Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-09-29

PROM ,hs rhllaaslphis Agrl
A gentleman ffum the lntcricr Of
I this State, satisfactorily vouoned 10
9 as Ne a man Of substance and rcspeo.
liability, REQUESTS us to publicly mako
: for him tho following proposition.
, Our desire n oblige him, also to aug.
ncnt the fund for tho Avondalo
8 sufferers. prompt, us to comply with
. his request His communication Is
addressed to Colonel J. ". Forney. as
editor aud proprietor Of the Bess
newspaper. Some Of the questions olt
which our correspondent makes an
issue with the Press, are very simple
! and Of easy decision The Press has
probably Il hundred times asserted. in
the most positive manner, that Judge
Packer went To Europe during tho
war for certain nnpatriotic reasons.
Yet it is perfectly well known to US,
and to all the friends of Judge Packer,
not only that the impniation on his
motives is false, but that the assertion
that he went to Europe at all during
the war Is also false Now we have
q respectable gentleman who wishes
TO stake something on this easily
decided point; not as d wager, but as
n charitable contribution 10 the Avon
dale fund. We think the Press is
bound TO meet this proposal or if it
Shrinks from the pecuniary penalty,
at least to confess that Il has grossly
misled Ills readers, upon the point ia
question
TO Col John W. Farney, Eiifor and
Proprietor Of tie Phiiddeiphia Press.
Sir-In your daily of Friday, Sept.
10, 1863, you propose TO raise a fund
Of 100000 tor the benefit OF the
widows and orphans Of the Avondalo
tragedy Now will suggest plan
by which you can add SO, 900 thereto;
it you decline the experiment, it will
be your fault, and not mine.
IN the same paper you publish,
editorially, rs follows:
"Should trouble again hefalI the
Commonwealth, we want Governor
who will stay on the spot, and not
run off to Europe with bis sons"
1--WE see by some Of our exchanges
that Judge Packer, iR 1855, acted with
the Know Nothing purty"
During the War Asa Packer packed
his trunks and went a. Europe.
where he stayed two whole years
consorting with the Rebels
In those three sentences are six,
several distinct propositions
No. ]. That when the Common
wealth was in tronble (war), Judge
Packer ran off 10 Europe
2. That he took his soma along.
3. That he acted with the Nnow-
Nothings in 1855.
4. That during the war be went to
Europe.
b. That be stayed two whole years.
8. That during that time he hob
nobbcd with the rebels.
Now, Sir, | proprose TO pay over TO
George IL. Stuart, Esq, Treasurer of
the Avondale Fund, the sum of five
dollars for each and every of
the above propositions that you will
establish TO be a fact by any sort of
respectable testimony. If you provo
any one OF your assertions, you can,
in this way. add $500 10 the fund-if
all of them, $1,000
Now, | propose TO test your truth
fulncss and charity, aud make con-
lribution of $1,000 10 the Avondale
Fund, either from your or my pocket.
First, | will stake you $500 that
Judge Packer did not 90 to Europe
during the war
Second. $500 that Judge Packer
never took, or sent. his sons to Europe
Turing the war, and that neither Of bis
sons were in Europe during the war.
Third, $500 that Judge Packer
never spent two years, or one year,
nor six months, in Europe, before,
Turing, or after the war.
Fourth, $500 that Judge Packer
icver "hob-nubbed" with the rebels in
Europe, or elsewhere, during the war,
,r any where else, or any time, unless
Z was at the great dinner given to
lin on his return from Europe, when
ome Of yonr prominent Radical con-
pirators against the Union and Con-
'titution were present.
Filh, $500 that Judge Packer new
r, either in 1855, or at any other
inc, acted with the Know Not ling
'ar,y.
The money to be placed in the
lands Of George II. Stuart, who shall
lear the proofs and make the decision,
md hold, for the Avondalc Fund, tho
ums which shall be lost by either Of
Is. VINDIoAToR.
September IA, 1869.