The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-29


that suited the gentlemen who surrounded the
Treasury OF the State, and he was made State
he ls there IN once and ne ASKS lor
he was Auditor General OF the accounts OF Pennsyl
vania- We have but two officers connected with
tor General-who hold books and they hold in a
hduciary capacity money raised by taxation
the It 81 offence 70 maSe
profit from deposits OF the Treasury. You win find
by examination Of the reports OF the Treasurer
. half and sometimes three millions Of dollars
are kept IN the Treasury and , that on TINS
pS s anS he IS
to buy his ONCE and sustain the Ring very well
In doing this they employed broker IN Philadel
what IL charged, but Of what Is proven by the
books Of Yerkes. This transaction amounted In
yw 40 sSa the
BY their party supporters that other men
did no more than other Auditor Generals and state
Treasurers have done. 1t was good fortune, then,
To Of
give them their SURFACES and elevate them
had the support OF the members Of this Treasury
Ring and never had their votes, 1t was my good
on homs
the ticket might be Withdrawn, as there
s ssss purpose SG sns Eopea woa Ss
be; andI have no hesitation IN saying tonight i
were both candidates, had 4 been nominated at
Harrisburg IwOud not be In your presence tonight;
but II they choose to take man from that Penn
insensble to the gratitude and false to the trust
reposed in me 4 I dared to declare myself
Of my present course, and discounted it before
taking the stand. Ibid. l only regret my friends
and neighbors, that 1t pleased Providence to throw
II had my health and strength would have
travelled from Lake Erie to Delaware. Appause)
OF Pennsylvania; right to aniliate with any party
who win purify the government Of my State. ZAP
plause.) l have no doubt that tonight stand In
would not have been here II did not declare these
statements. have no doubt that II could look
0Os tSs @aHS Of Old
Laughter and Voice. THERE'S plenty Of new
s IL O his 10
duty which an American citizen performs,
casting Of his ballot And has 1t come to
this when man chooses to cast his ballot rom an
the honest men and against the ring surrounding
the Treasury OF the State and elbow deep In 1t,
that he is to be denouncedf have no doubt that
whatf To his country No; to party. What partyf
We all claim-democrats claim and republicans
purity; and separated nom ali this, / come here
after an absence Of four years and a half without
feeling any Of this emotion. I look over the
field and am prepared next Tuesday week to cast
my ballot against the candidate Of that Ring. 1t is
said, my friends, II you vote for Buckalew you
SG 1ca w or T
held back during the war. l have heard that be-
fore, my friends The war was closed by the cour-
government, maintained It's integrity By the force
%Sssss sn@ SS the sbs e0
friends, It is not generals, colonels captains, or
majors that preserved to MS this heritage Of liberty
and equality which we received from our ances-
Where is he : He is not elevated. He served his
BY his that when tSe war
should be shot were men who surrounded
fession, who bought cattle and horses.
could name some OF them to you tonight. could
Contracts Now MOVIES they S0 cali man who dares
to assert his independence and his right
as an American citizen traitor. And,
the country was bleeding at every pore
when every household had lost its favorites. when
graves Of our brave men were in every cemetery
the State, when every breast blazed with
enthusiasm, and when soldier to save his govern
ment marched into the jaws OF death, these men
furnished camps, with horses, oats and hay, and
1attened, and taey were for hanging the rebels. OF
men were those who fought it out. We all advised
men to go to the war. did 1t with others. The
soldier forgave and forgot; the real soldier, not
the sham soldier. The real soldier soon for
got his injuries and, with a desire to
make this country prosperous, to return to friend
ship for those warning States, to give us peace
heaven-born and blessed peace-and never again
return to fierce struggle and sectional hate.
The Ex-Governor referred briefly to the importa.
ton Of negroes into this State for voting purposes
and ended by urging on his hearers the necessity
Of watching these freedmen who leave the district
Of Columbia to work on Senator Camerons rail-
road.
Mr.. Curtin did not foreshadow his policy with re-
gard to his future action on national questions.