The Van Buren press., 1872-10-08
The Canvass in Pennsylvania
Extracts from Er- Cor Cuti"s Late
Speech

Gov Curtin said in his speech nj
Bellefonte on the 2Sth IL is strange
to a man, absent So long from his coun
try, to find thief, liar aud traitor modest
words in the political literature OF the
country. Traitor is common woid,
and man who independently, in this
country, attempts what he believes is
right, must be denounced, My fellow.
citizens, long acted with the party call
ed Republican | received its honors,
and tried 10 discharge my duties Ap.
plsuse When the war was over, | be
longed to that class of men in the Re
publican party who believed in general
amnesty and the ballot. What could we
do Could we kill all the men in the re.
bellion, or could we take them back !;
The popular sentiment of the best states
men in this land was that we should take
them back into the fellowship of the
Union, and if they rebclled again, teach
them again that we would compel them
to obey the laws ] believed at that
time, believe now, that we could have
had peace throughout the land If gen
eral amnesty could have been proclaim
ed, and the ballot with it. ! was told in
England that the state or Pennsylvania
must elect the ticket put into the field bo
cause it affected the election Of a Prcsi.
dent | hold to no sucn doctrine
would not humiliate my state by such a
doctrine. l have n perfect to affiliate
with any party who will purify the gov
ernment Of my state Has it come to
this, when a man chooses to cast his bal .
lot from an honest conviction that it is
his duty to cast it for the honest men and
against the ring surrounding the trcasu-
~ Of the state and elbow. deep in it, that
he is to be denounced have no doubt
that the word traitor will he freely used
Traitor to what2 TO his country No
to party. look over the field and am
prepared next Tuesday week to cast my
ballot against such candidate | have
declared that | would not support the
ticket put in nomination last spring, and
will support for governor Cbas. X. Buck
alcw Applause know Mr.. Bucka.
lew WE'LL have known him for over
twenty years He has made his mark up.
on the legislation and constitution of the
state He is pure, honest man Re-
member, my friends, it is not generals,
colonies, captains or majors that pre-
served to us thi. heritage Of liberty and
equality which we received from our an.
cestors We owe it to the common sol
der Where Is he ? Il He is not elevated
He served his country faithfully and he
is now serving his country ny his labor.
We find that when the war closed, men
who clamorcd that the rebels be shot
were the men who surrounded the camp
who were quartermasters by profession,
who bought aud sold horses | could
name some Of them tonight ! could
tell you the names Of some who fattenad
on army contracts. Now they call man
who dares to assert his independence and
his right rs an American citizen, trait
or or all the men who engaged In the
war tho most forgving men were those
who fought it out The real soldier soon
forgo his injuries and with desire to
make this country prosperous, to return
to friendship for these warning states, to
give US peace, heaven born and blessed
peace, and never again return to fierce
struggle and sectional hate.