The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-09-12
Who Shall be Governor Of Pennsylvania.


There is now no necessity to hesitate
for moment as to the choice between
the candidates for the .Gubernatorlal
office in the State Of Pennsylvania.
The two candidates are known to the
people by their deeds. The one takes
the field against armed traitors, Rebels
against the Government and laws OF our
country, the other goes skulking away
to the Dominion of Canada 10 counsel
with Rebels in special commission to
burn the cities of loyal states, to distrib-
ute contagious diseases over the land =
to release prisoners Of war and turn
them loose to murder the wives and
little ones of the men who were on duty
IN posts of peril and danger; to incite
insurrection in the Northern. Western
and North Western states, by giving
encouragement to the "sons OF Liberty"
and "Knights Of the Golden circle"
whose avowed purpose was the over
throw of the Government of the United
States. Our Lib-Rep-Dem friends at
the developement of Buckalew's compli-
city with the rebel commissioners pooh
ed at the idea and with their old weap
on bluff endeavored to avoid it. But
that, they soon found would not work
and they then put their wits to work tc
discover some way for their candidate
to escape the effect of his coalition with
Rebels. And first it was said that he
was one of senatorial committee to
End out how the Canadian government
dealt with the Indians within the do.
minion; but then this was too thin fol-
the purpose intended, and the rottonnes'
of the excuse was to apparent, and some
other reason must be given and th'
second reason formed was that the Sena
tor from Pennsylvania was travelling
with bis wife for her health, and tool
the Canada side of the Niagra in hi
tour for the benefit of his wiie's health
Why not stop on the American side
Was not the atmospher just as SAUL
rious, and the association just as goo
as on the Canada side? No, there wa
a certain congeniality over there thi
did not exist here for men Of the Bucl
alew grade of Loyalty to, and love f(
the government. But this excuse WI
little too much on the shody ord'
even for Lib-Rep-Dems, and they ma
needs "Ga ia upo anither plan," al
the bright idea loomed up that Holcon
said he saw Mr.. Buckalew, but did n
say that he and Buckalew had spok'
with each other. But Buckalew mu
have forgotten that his friends were tr
ing to get him out of his Rebel commits
ioner difficulty, and admits that he al
Holcomb did have a talk about the pre-
pect of the government raising the so
900 men then called for, and that
assured Holcomb they would be rails
and that then they separated. NJ
Buckalew tells us that he undertook
obey resolution of the United Star
Senate of which he was then a memb
from Pennsylvania, ordering himself a
Senators Harlean, and Doolittle to go
Canada and learn what they might
the Indian policy Of that Governme
and report. Harlan and Doolittle
vited Buckalew to join them at Niae
and proceed to the business of tn
commission, but when he got there
colleagues had been there and had &c
on to perform the duty assigned the
while United States Senator Buckal
went over to the Canada side to coun
with those with whom he was in
sympathy, to wit messrs saund'
Thompson, Holcomb and Clay. N