The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-05-04
Gen. Cass and the Oh Regions.

Under the sbore caption. our last paper
contained an articls in reference to an al
legged opposition in the oil region to the
nomination by the Democratic State Con-
ventiorr OF Gen. Geo. w. CASE for Governor.
The Pittsburgh Post Of last Monday copias
the main portion of our article and c,mpli-
ments its fairness and unbiased statements
as follows:
To the above fair and unkiassed statements
no friend OF Gen. CAss or any just man can
object. The question of Gen CAss' connec-
tion With the South Improvement, monopoly
could have been set at rest during the height
ef the excitement in the oil regions had his
letter addressed to }. d HAScCcK, ESQ. beer
given TO the public. Why it was withheld un-
I'll few DAYS ago and until after the meeting
Of the Venango Democracy j. best known to
some gentlemen in that vicinity and in this
connection We copy the following from the
Crawford DKHoeaAT. a parer that does not
cherish 'any partislity for Gen. Cas- as = cam
didste for Governor" IL SAYS:
THE POSITION OF GENERAL cAss.
During the month OF March last, Gen. G. w
Cass addressed the subjoined letter to j. ID,
ly heard that such a letter had been written to
somebody in the oil regions; but, for some rea-
son, this letter was not made public until the
18th of the present month 1t will be discover
ed that & Dir: aancoek.s letter to General Cass
prompt reply-and yet, tt0entp-fotrr days were
suncred to elapse-and during time when the
against their real or supposed enemes.beforc
General Cass was allowed to receive the ben e MT
or his letter Was snch treatment fair ?-and
we ask the question without cher rishing any
partiality for General Cass a candidate for
Governor.
The facts are. the people Of the oil regions
aleI .uH 81. a..
journals that have circulated .eports-innocent-
iy perhaps. and calculated to injure him in the
estimation OF the citizens Of the north estern
counties--TIll now publish h:s letter shch first
appeared in The Titusviile CoURIEE ami copied
bT The Posr on Thursday last. This much
they owe to themselves. their readers the Dem
ocrstic party and to General CAss.
Below will be found the correspondence
referred to by the Pittsburgh Post between
J. ID. Hancock. Esq, Of Franklin. Venango
county. and Gen. Cass, on the subject Of his
alleged connection with the operations of the
South improvement Company. which has
created so much excitement recently in the
oil regions. It will be observed that this
correspondence appears in the Titusville
Courier. and is published in that paper as
an act of justice to General Cars We sup-
pose that no honorable mao. after reading
Gen. Cass' letter, will doubt for one moment
that whatever infsmies the South Improves
lnsnt Company undertook to practice in the
Gil region. his hands are clear Of them
As We said last week, our cbjec: was to
get Gen. Csss to explain his position on this
question. which is an imI oFtant one in north
western Pennsylvania. lie has now done SC
in his letter. which we think ought to be en-
tireIy satisfactory. not snly to the people Of
the oil region, but to the eCtire Democracy
Of the Commonwealth:
From the Titusville Courier1
THE PVs!rIoS or GkNkkAL CAHs j D.
Hancock, Esq, OF Franklin. sent us the fol
lowing letters some days ago. They should
have appeared before. 1t will be seen that
the etter from General Cass was written during
the time the fight was going on. In Justice TO
General Cass We give his letter. not ~ Ilhstand-
ing so long time has passed since it was writ
ten;
FRANKLIN, April l6, 1872.
~ c. Pltmmer, Editor IItusrile Courier:
DEAR SIR-You will perceive that the follow
ing letter, by Hon. George W. Cass, was writ
ten nearly month ago, in answer to- one from
me, requesting him to use his influence in our
laNor IN the contest with the south Improve
ment Company. did not intend To publish il,
out as many assertions have been made con-
cernlng the position of General Cass in that
contest, nave decided that justice requires me
10 give II TO the printer, SO that the public NAV
as lar as possible obtain from himself his opin-
ions upon the questions at issue.
You viii therefore oblige me by inserting it
in your paper.
Truly yours, JAS. d. HANCOCK.