The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-01

the Iand II O general amnesty
could have been proclaimed, ana the pallot
with sis. Tapplause.] Dig fellow-c,tizens.
fine war came on through the teachings OF
certain southern politicians who supported
n doctrine commonly called State rights.
Now / fear, my feIlow-citizens. that the
pcpdultlm has swung too far In the other oil,
rection. lApplause.] And while we nao
inst reason to complain of the insidlous apc.
trinc of State rights we have also just riSnt
TO complain that there Is too much cenuah-
zatiop of government Just now, overlooking
thefust rights of the States. come now 10
sneak of Pennsylvania. My friends aha
neiphbors. all your rights Of property, all
YOUR rights of personal liberty, are lound
protected in the government Of the state;
You scarcely feel the impress of the Nationul
Government. In our courts in our state you o..
fluid your rights, your interests, protecIeo III
the government Of the State. ,,r
"Now I am told.-nay, was tola III nn
Iand-that the great State Of Pennsl,,1sahii n
must elect the ticket put into the neid
cause it affected the election OF t 1,
I hold no such doctrine. / couiu io' iiu,
initiate my State by such doctilhe. ! muu,u
preserve to the States all the rl2nts geui'n,
teed to them by the ConstIutiotl' anu Moa .,p
anrord to tho National Government all the
Movers riycn it In that instrument. Pro
lection OF the people of pennsylvania, ana
preservation of the purity Of their govern
mcnt, is q question for themselves, in which
other States have comparatively little In
tcrest, and which has no connection Win
national politics.
"Now, my fclow-citizens, have declared
In a letter recently written, and which mas
f< &c
that would not support the ticket put III
nomination last spring, and Will support
Governor Charles II. BuckaleW. [Apphtlse.
I know him well; have known HIM for
twenty years. lie has made his mark upon
the legislation and Constitution OF the state:
I differed with him in political opinions, and
have acted with the party in opposition 10
his views. Ihave never received his support
for an Office in my life. l know he is a pure,
honest man. [Applausc.l
81 have nothing to say against General
Hartranft. He was gallant soldier and
served his country faithfully, but III an evil
hour, in his ambition, he wished to become
Governor of Pennsylvania. If he had been
Governor for six years he would not be quite
so ambitious for the honor. Laughter
He connected himself with ring surround
ing the treasury of the State, not Of recent
date. 1t has been in full power for SIX
years. The present Governor of Pennsyl-
yanIa was nominated and elected by the in"
fluencc of this same ring. 1t has been there
ever since. There was formed combination
to elect the Governor and TO provide all the
machinery by which they could reach every
county in the State where they could control
vote and return their candidate to the
United States Senate.
"Of all men engaged in the war the most
forgivDg were those who fought IT out. we
all advised men to 60 to war. | did it, with
others. The soldier forgave and forSot-the
real soldier, not the shaun soldier. The real
soldier soon forgot his injuries, with the
desire to make This country prosperous, to
return friendship for those warning States, to
give us ace-hcaveu-hon and blessed
Dcace--and never again to return to the fierce
struggle OF sectional bate"
Governor Curtin referred briefly to the
importation of negroes into this State for
voting purposes, and ended by urging OH his
hearers the necessity of watching those freed
men who leave the District Of Columbia to
work on Cameron's railroad.
How q Radica! Candidate for Cover
nor EIecfionecrs--RKc Spends IEis
= Time i'm Beer Observation-Disclosures
JiHs,or and Euttoni,oics Men and
Boys.
PITTSBURGH, September 27.--The doings OF
General Hartl,ntt, Republican nominee for
Governor, during the late great public occ;l-
sion of the Soldiers Convention is the theme
of much discussion now, owing to recent
developments that while here hc-thc man
who asks the sobcr-mindcd and thinking citi.
Zens of PENNSYLVANIA to select him H. Chief
MAGISTRATE Of the Statc-found himself
most at home in a beer saloon, and
that he contented himself with the
compaMionship of Observation-Disclosures IN Il
| basement bar-room. The facts arc beyond all
| speculation, and cause considerable aston
| ishment. While in this city he visited n,l-
mcrolls saloons, also many on the north side
and still more on the south side, nearly all
! the places being kept by Germans. He used
his personal influence with the proprietors,
| or those whom he CHANGED to meet in these
saloons who might not be favorable to his
election, to secure the casting Of their votes
in hi%fuvor. General Hartranft buttonholed
mcn in these saloons with a bolder mir than
even ward politicians do, not failing i'll some
cases openly to ask men to vote for him, and,
according to the statement of one saloon
keeper, made Il most infamous proposition
for his vote and influence. Christian Field, pro-
prietor of the SouthSide City Hotel, made an
affidavit before Alderman John a. Strain, Of
this city, to the effect that OH the 10th OF
September he met General John f. Hart
ranft in saloon called Concordia Garden, in
St. Clairborough, kept by F. Miersch, and
that General Hartranft was drinking wine
with himself aud others who were in the
saloon. Some Germans told Hartranft that
Field was Liberal. Hartranft then asked
him (Feld) if he was going to support him
(Hartranft). Field said, "No; am going TO
vote for Buckalew." Hartranft then said to
Field, CHOW. suppose you were guilty of 4
crime, tried, and convicted. / would have
pardoning power, and would pardon YOU"
TO this Field replied that if he was tried and
convicted of crime justly he ought not to be
pardoned. To show to what straits his party
is driven, and the means Hartranft would
employ to secure success the affidaVits OF Will
liam Mackand Andrew HiIsh, each but seven
teen years of age, may be mentioned. These
atfldavits were made before Robert E. Mercer,
alderman of South Pittsburgh, county of AL
legheny, and the Opponents say that Oh the
18th day of this month they, at Copcordia
Garden, d place where lager beer, ale, wine,
WulShCSs duu UI!lcI llYuuls tuc lctalicu,
drank wine paid for by John F. Hartranft,
or some of his party who were there, liquor
being placed on table for the use of who
ever wished it; that Mr.. John +. HartIantt,
Grant Republican candidate for Governor Of
Pennsylvania, shook hands with them aud
said, q know you can't do anything else for
me, but you can do little hallooing." Afll-
davits are also made by Henry Sewer that
General Hartranft took three drinks of whis-
key at the saloon Of John Osterwater, OH
Penn street, and by John B. Tmmony that
the General drank repeatedly in the saloon
of Bardell GalliSath, on Diamond street.
ThiS SWORN testimony shows the character