The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-27
Gen. Cass and the OIL Region.

mate Geo. w. Cass for Governor NWheth-
er he above all others ought to be nominated,
is question on which We have net hereto>
forc. nor will We now. express any opinion
We have not heedlessly committed this per
to the work Of advancing the claims Of any
OF the candidates tho have been named in
connection with that Office, and We are well
satisfed that if certain self constituted party
organs that assume to manufacture Demo
cratic sentiment had done likewise and rxer-
cised little more discretion. the State Cons
vention would not have to encounter scme
of the difficulties with which it is now very
evident it will have 10 contend.
It is always the part Of political wisdom
, to refrain from claiming. much less from de-
! manding. that. matter of right. par
,icular rerson, either from LEGALITY or any
other consideration, is entitled to receive the
domination for :he highest Office in the Gem
monwealth. A judicous settlement Ct that
question may depend on various collateral
| considerations. When the Stat. Convention
met three years ago and nominated Asa
Packer, there was a strong feeling among the
! Democrats of the western portion Of the
State that George w. Cass had been harshly
and unfairly dealt with. Be that as it may.
we think it was fortunate for General Cass
that he was not then nominated, for the Tea
son that the same villainous election ring that
counted out Asa Packer in Philadelphia who
it is now admitted Ma. fairly elected, wouid
have played the same nefarious game on
General Cars. Judge Packers fraudulent
defeat has again made Gen. Cass fnrnIida-
ble candidate. with the chances If receiving
! the nomination largely in his favor.
! All that We know and all that We have
! heard Of Gso. w Cass is to his credit. He
! j. regarded SIS hieh>mipded ger tleman and
n man Of un doubted integrity. and we would
not row have specially referred to him as
can ljdats, preftrring TO leave that question
10 be decided by the State Convention, had
not cur attention been very recently drawn
in that direction by reading an article in the
! Clarion Democrat and the comments made
| thereon bv the Titusville Courier. both ably
conducted democratic journals. Both arti>
cles will be found elsewhere in our paper and
deserve attention.
The a. ticle from the Courier reveals con-
dilion Of public sentiment throughout the
oil region which cannot at this particular
time be treated with indifference, much less
entirely ignored. An extraordinary degree
! Of excitement was recently produced in the
oil district, in consequence Of one of a nu
merous batch of corporations. styled I'm
prorement Companies. spawned by thr Leg
islarurs during the sessions of 1869. 20 and
II. having attempted. hy ways that are de
cidedly dark. to monopo'iz. The carrying
trade in petroleum as well as the process Of
refining tho same. So violent ard wide
spread became the indignation Of the people
of that secti' n, that his Leg lat Re promptly
repealed its charter.
II has been asserted that Gcn. Cass j. in
some way connected with certain Of these
corporations. The Pittsburgh Fost denies
that he is in any way associated with them,
and few days ago similar statement was
made by a clerk in Gen. Cass' railroad flee
to reporter of the Pittsburgh Leader
What the people Of the oil region demand
is a specific denial from Geceral Cass him
SELF To this they are clearly entitled. and
surely it can be easily given if the facts war
rant it. We trust it will be given. ard that
too by the only person who can speak know
ingly on the sui jet.
In this contest the State Convention must
run no risk in selecting its candidate. nor
can it afford TO make nomination which
will place the party in a de cf>nsire instead #
aggressive position. To be fol ced into max-
ing apologize. for and firing explanations in
b, half Of cur candidate from the very COM
mencement Of tho campaign, would he haf
! the battle lost. On that fatal rock tie RAD
ical party. by the nomination of Hartranft
has been split into fragments. and it behooves
! the Democracy not to initiate its suicidal ex.
ample.
We are not now and never have been hos
tile to the nomination of General Cass, nor
would we Intentionally place u single straw
across his path to the Executive chair Of the
Commonwealth. 1t is not his defeat in the
Convention. but solely the assured success Of
the democratic party at the bailot-bC1 that
t inspires our utterances.
General Cass ia simply asked to place him
self right on question which with the pso-
pie of a particular section tf the State ever
shadows all considerations of purely poIi.>
ical character, and will make deep i'm pres
sion on the ballot box. Ii this is not done,
then let the consequences resulting from tire
failure to do So be attributed to their legiti-
mate cause.
RT. Ery. francis NoNIERNY was conse~
Grated in st. Patrick's Cathedral. New York
OH the 2lst inst. as Coadjutor Bishop at
Albany. The consecratiou was conducted