Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-06-29

| whose name heads this article, by the free
trade party and its allies, for the purpose
| ofdepreciatng his services and keep him
cut of the United States Senate. 1t is well
! known that Mr.. Cameron has been instru-
mental in preventing the schemes of the
| free traders ever since he has been q men,
Der Of that body, and that the State of
! Pennsylvania never had truer advocate
of her interests. But we find certain
class of aspirants making no secret of the
matter, and openly declaring their opposi-
! tion to the State Ticket for the purpose of
preventing the reelection of Mr.. Cameron
to the U. S. Senate. The nominees of the
! Republican party in this State are not OBJ
| iectionable, but because it is feared that by
their success in October next the free trade
party will again fail to accomplish their
! objects, for six years to come, every means
will be rcsorted to to defeat them. As these
free traders and their allies are making it
preteXt that Mr. Cameron is not the right
man in the right place, and that through
him the State ticket should be defeated,
We copy below an article from the Ger
mantown Telegraph, written by its vcnera-
bic editor, Major Freas, who stands indie
pendent of politics, and whose opinions arc
greatly leverenced by all parties:
"a concerted attack has been made from
various quarters upon General Simon Cam
eron, that leaves no doubt whatever that
this is part of general and deep-laid
scheme to change the whole complexion of
the United States Senate in the interest Of
the free trade faction that has its hGadQuar-
tCrs in New York. 1t begins TO be obvious
that the leaders of the Democratic and So
called Liberal Republican" opposition
really care much less about the chance Of
clccting a President than obtaining the
control of the Senate for iree-trade and
Democratic purposes. Several Of the lead
ing trcc-trade organs make no secret Of the
matter, and therefore publish list of the
Senators who are to be chosen the winter
ensuing, and direct attention to their Sc
Crets rs The main object Of the campaign.
lii such IL contest we can feel no hesita-
ton as to our course. We have no partiC-
ular love for Simon Cameron. He is not
our Jclu ideal Of statesman, but as the
aim in striking at MIN seems pretty clearly
10 be 10 pat an opposition Senator in his
place, we warn all cur friends to beware Of
falling into any snare ON this subject ST.
mon Cameron may be q selfish man in
some respects, but he is 4 most unscliish
one in others Those who are now parad-
ing extracts from Lannon's abomiuablC
Life of LincolH,n carefully showing how
! Mr. Cameron was turned out of the Cabi-
net, are extremely careful not 30 show how
this same Simon Cameron returned good
for evil. by getting the two houses Of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, with all their
officers at their head, to rG-nOminate Pres
ident Lincoln for reelection. We have u
personal and positive knowledge that this
was done by the influence eofSimOnCameron.
Nor DO these newly tlcdgcd enemies of
our Senator care TO remember that Simon
Cameron, in his first report as Secretary Of
War, advocated openly the enlistment and
armng of colored troops and especially the
slaves, and that Mr.. Lincoln and his con-
servative associates objected to this radical
passage and had it struck out 1t is also
quite convenient now to forget that Simon
Cameron, as Secretary Of War, raised,
! armed and equipped the first National
Army of over six hundred thousand men
ever put in the field. Perhaps these oppo-
nents of General Cameron do not know or
care to know that when the first great call
was made for troops, General Scott pro-
posed to put them all i'll three great canton
! MGnlS on Inc northern lakes, TO urlll Tor
three months, three or four hundred miles
I from the frontier, and that General Came
ron, as Secretary Of War, refused to con-
sent, and his refusal prevented it. Yet we
have this from gentleman who was pres
Cnt at the interview.
We say all this, and we could say very
much more to the same effect, ut the same
time that we reiterate that we have not ad-
mirCd General Cameron. We know his
errors and they are serious enough. But
we do not believe in men who have never
gone astray in any Of their public acts.
| They are generally persons of feeble char
actcr, too much afraid Of their good name
"to attack 4 burush unless the wind were
/ in their fayor.n As between Simon Came
t ron and the irec-tradc faction who seek his
/ political martyrdOm, and as between him
and the miserable tail-cnd of faction that
rallies around Senator Sumner and attacks
and yiliics all who were concerned in re-
moving him from the position lie disgraccd
at the head of the Foreign Relations Com.
/ mittec. we are clearly, uneQuivocaliy and
| decisively for Simon Cameron. If the Re-
| publican party must 80 down in defeat in
! Pennsylvania or rise with Cameron, WI
shall incOntnently throw overheard Rll
who make this q personal matter and g
tor the man who sustains the party that
has done so much TO preserve the Union
one and inscparable."