The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15
Gurus L. PerSaiH0.

the vials of their passionate wrath ano
heap upon him all manner OF vile pO
Iitical abuse. If they had pursued
different course they would not have
been true to their well earned reputa
tions and to their well known political
instincts. Judge PERsHING has, there.
fore. been and still is a bright and
! shining mark for the poisoned arrows
of radical cafumnv and defamation.
| But these envenomed political and even
personal shafts will fail to hit the man
| Mt whose breast they are aimed, and
will recoil with fearful effect upon those
who are attempting to speed the bow.
In Cambria county, where CYRUs Il.
| PERsHING has spent most OF his life,
! and where he is respected as high
minded. honorable man, no answer is
needed in his defence. There is not a
ssa7t, nor is there a Iady, in this whole
county who is personally acquainted
with Cyrus l.. Pershing who will not
endorse him as high-toned gentleman
and ''an honest man, the pobjest trOrE
Of God.n Whatever any Republican
in this county may think or say about
his political views and opinions, he Will
not dare to impute to him a want In
the slightest degree Of personal rnteg-
ritv. The honest and unbougIit voters
of this county elected him for .Eire sue
ccssive wears to represent them in the
lower branch of the Legislature. 1h0
was n high and manly expression OF
their perfect confidence in his integrity
G,lo 70 lpia m
tv has never before reposed in any one
Of her citizens, although some of her
best men had be fore that time and since
been honOrcd with their suffrages as
their representatives at Harrisburg.
1t was Just after the rebellion COM
menccd in 1861 that CYRUS l.. PERsH-
ING was first elected to the Legislature,
ANDREW G. CURTIN, known to all the
people of this State as the War Gov
ern0r" was then the Executive Of this
Commonwealth, in full sympathy with
President Lincoln and the friends of
''the Union now and forever, one and
inscpara BILE"
Did CYRUS l.. PERsHING, by any
vote or any act of his as member of
the Legislature ever betray his country
in the struggle that was then pending
and upon the result of which the very
existence of this government depend
eel Did he ever raise his voice or
cast his vote against any of the war
measures of Governor CURTIN? If
any man refuses or hesieates, let him
ask ANDREW G.. CURTIN, and surely no
soldier from Pennsylvania will doubt
what CURTIN then said and what he
nor saws about the able and efficient
support that Mr.. Pershing gave to his
administration. In regard to the war,
Cyrus l.. PERsHING is fully and
squarely on the Legislative Record, as
witness the following in 1862, the first
year during which he represented the
people of this comfy 1t can be found
in the Legislative Record of said year,
page 252:
Mr.. pershimg (on leave givcnl offered the
following resolution, which was twice read:
Resolced, That this house has heard with
feelings of patriotic joy the intelligence of
the capture ofFort Donaldson, and we here
by tender the thanks of the people of Penn
sylvania to the gallant officers and men of
the army and navy, who, by the recent vic
tories al Roanoke Island, Fort Henry and
Furl Donaldson have added new lustre To
the American name, blighted the hopes of
treason and of traitors, and thrown an i'm
prrishable glory over the age and nation.
Did ever CYRUS l.. PERsHING in all
his subsequent legislative career go
back on this resolution? Never. We
therefore conclude as we began, that
CYRUS i. PERsHING needs no defence
at our hands. He stands here
amongst his old associates and friends
rs a man without guile and without
eproach-known and honored i'm all
the length and breadth of Cambria
county, whose people at the ballot
boxes, the crucible to test the merits of
candidates for political honors, will
give him such an endorsement rs will
90 honor to him and at the same time
confer lasting credit upon themselves