The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-04
TEE VAR GOVERNOR AT HOMB.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.
Eloquent Den"7ctotton OF t5te Ring
-Cssr*Sa Strong for Saschoie.v.

cnft5ou Of Ex-Governor Curtin here this
evening was brilliant affair. The streets
were thronged with people. Visitors were
present from CIearlleld, Lcck Haven and
The surrounding country. Governor Cur
in's reception b9 his old frieadsandneigh-
hors was most cordial and affectionate.
None bat the most angTy-and ernbittered
partiszHa refused 10 participate il the de-
,uonst.ation in behalf Of their distinguished
fellow citizen. After tie long torohlight
procession, the governor IN llfs carriage,
was taken to a platform III front Of the
court hgsso and 7as Introduced by Hon.
i. s. MacAey, Of Lock Haven, and spoke
as follows:
You see my friends aud reighb0rs, that
Tam clad to meet yuu. ATesidenco in dis
ralls sad foreign country Of different assO-
ciations and political organization, so far
from weakening nay affection for my Ia
tive country and my admiration Of it, free
and generous Institutions, has strength
euCd and confirm them. l return home
af1er an absence Of three and half.
separated from all the political aaperit!es
which divide mon and c0uuJryTaen too
often in this laD5l, feeling ncre of those
Violent opinions which excite men in poll
t:cal contest such as I now find engaging
the vast people Of my country Away
from the newspapers ana The party drill,
haze not iTlbibcG tLas iioEoe political hatred
for i IS oaly political hatred-which
seems to have inspired parties and men in
the United States. Way it Is strange 70 a
man absent so long from bis country to
find "ihicf' liar traitor" modest
yorls IL The political literature If The
country Traitor II % common word, YET q
Ttls.a who independently in this country
..steulpts what lie believes isri3ht, must he
denounced. Ny fellow citjzens, have
long acted with the party called republi-
can. I received its honor, / discharged it's
duties. / tried 10 discharge nay duty
IApFIause. Il was The pleasure OF the
people q this State ~ lft ne TO jhesp1si-
hoH % their highest honor Ii years, long
years Of great suffering when the cyurz- :
.sas torn and convulsed By civil war. /
Witnessed that struggle yTtth regret. did
not TiZ8suIe rs magnitude non did ] I'M
5eTstaud lis full Consequences l was for
my government, .,iHtact AID I'D not believe
thar any state oT coInoinat'Ur2 d states hac
Z, Tiol to seGGGa fFGTG tAe Union, certainty
t,sat IL , had 10 :igft 10 plunge this conn
AZ iutO :, civil war. ELan the war Vas
over I baIC ed to tns- class oF men in the
.CDuJIclu pt.5:Y yTl2D believed IN general
amnesty and t. ball.t, What could we
DO Gould we ~ al ti,o lIeE in the re
Uelii1:s or could We ,ss-e thc"' hack? &
voice take tAe.a bacb'I lha general
eeati ia.oaJ uI the best stat 1len ia the ia'fC
Vas that We should take IL I back into
thc fellowship Of the LuicB. .sil,- # thay Ic-
Ue.lyd again, teach them again hat We
could comps! them ~ Uh"y the lst,s. /
believed at that tl1Gc a2i ce,,cyc now at
yvC could have had peace throughout H.
i1g.d i gcucEcl amnesty could have hrsn
proclaimed and tho ballot with ii. lar
Ilause.
Ny fellow citizens the war came on
through the teachings Of certain southern
politicians who supported q doctgiue com
monty called states rights. H4w fear, nay
fellow citizens, that the pendulum has
swung too 1aI. in tie ether direction. Zap
pIausC. And witile we had just reason t.
oJmplaia Of LAe insidioGs doctrine Of state
rights we have also q just r!glS TO com
plain tHat there is too InUch Capitalization
II government now overlooking the Just
rights Of ho states. come now 20 speak
Of EeHHsy .yauia. Ny friends and ncigh-
1JT:S nh Jour rights or property, al your
rights oT personal liberty. are found pro
tzuted ~ the govesaaeBt Of the state,-
GuU scarcely ielt the iTEvTca. Cf the ma
tjonal govotHmeRt, Dur couT5s ara stato
counts. our iRws ase c-Gto laws You find
yuHT rights ypUr interests protected n tho
government II the state. Eov, am told,
may, was joid in Iugiaud. shat tic state
If Pennsylvania must C!act ticket pm;
into tac Held because It affected the eleo-
lion ut 81 President. hold 50 40 such
doctrine. would not hunHiiatC my state
hF sEcn a doctrine. / w0uid preserve to
the statcs all the rights guaranteed to tham
hF the constitution, and would accord to
tte national government al the powers
given Il by that instrument. The proteC-
non of the people Of Pennsylvania aud the
preservation Of tho purity oi their govern
Hent Is u question for themselves, in which
other states have c2mpaIs stjvcly little in
tcTCst, and which has no connection with
national politics. Now, my fellow citizens,
l have declared IN letter recently written,
and which has given o3ense to some OF my
political friends / have declared that
would not support the ticket put III nomj-
nation last spring auG VIA support for gov
error Charles X, BHckaiCw. tAppiause !.
/ ku6w AIr. Bucaalew, ] have known him
tor over twenty years. ne has made his
mark upon the legislation and the consti-
tuition OF the state. I have differed with
him IN political opinions and have acted
with the party ia opposition 10 his vicwa.
have never received his support for an
office Ia nay life, Int know ne Is a pure and
honest Tn5n, t8pplauaeI. Now my fellow
citizens ! have nothing to say against Gen.
+EStl IL Ftf.H AAt ffttc n .otidf1b SttNAitT
served his country faithfully, but in an
evil hour, III his ambition, hs wanted % be
come governor Of Pennsylvania. II he
had been governor for six years he would
not be quite so ambitious Of the honor,
daughter He connected himself with a
ring surrounding the treasury of The state
not of y recent date. 1t has been in full
power for six years. IEepresent governor
of Pennsylvania was nominated and elected
by the influence Of this sarae ring it has
been there ever since. 1t then was formed
and combination made to elect the gov
ernor eud-to provide all the machinery by
which they could reach every county in the
state where they could control vote ard
return their chief to the United States SEN
ate. II is said all this is fair. How fair !?
General Irwin, Of Beaver county, was six
years commissary general OF Pennsylvania
lie held that Office during the war. |
never heard any objection made to the