The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-09-29

AN EDITOR ON THE STuMp.-wro.xe
currency To a rumor not long since that our
esteemed friend, Hugh Pitcairn. ESQ of
VIC @ Ai'ooha Ir16une-a gentleman from
con.. VIC nave personally received the most
.o"i 'eous treatment ever since we have had
the pleasure of forming his acouaintauco-
was preparing speech or two for the cam
Pa,gn, with the Intention of appearing Gin
~ pJIo W On the stage to say his say on behalf
". nayes ana wheeler III particular and of
the republican candidates, district and conn
ty, in general. Mr.. Pitcairn denied at tbe
time that he was making any such prepara-
sion, put II Is true none the less that he did
appear before the Hayes and Wheeler Club
OF Altoona on Friday evening last and nm
oosomed himself III a speech of some length
verbatim report of which we find pubjish
an @ IN Saturday, issue Of the Ereniao Mirror
Ihat the speech itself is a masterly uroduc
tlou we shall neither deny or affirm bnt that
IL contains anything calculated to convince
the poor workingmen Of that CITY that they
ought To vote the Republican ticket. we beg
leave, with all due Difference for the talents
anu slncer1ty OF the orator, to express our
honest doubts. Some of Mr. Pitcairu's ex.
Presslons are certainly very unique aud his
glorif1cation over the fact that he is a Repnb-
mean because it places him with the respecta-
oe people OF that community is extremely
logical, to say the least especially when II
Ieads one to infer, as it certainly does that the
democrats over there, as we'll az elsew here
Tor he goes on to say that wherever he has
NN" nos di"dyS .OlneU nlfHSeif with the
oest class of citizens, l. e., the Republican
party, are little better than scalawaps and
common bumIners, which of course Mr.. Pit
cairn does not believe nor would he have
any one think him capable of uttering But
mat Is not all. Mr.. Pitcairn gobbles down
'Tantlsin aud all its glariug iniGuities with
areIish which seems to betoken a very strong
stomach, and even goes so far as to say that
lt Is one OF the best governments that has
ever fallen to the lot of man. A fter that no
one need be surprised to learn that the
speaker charges Gov. Tildeu with having
been the rlngleader of the greatest thieye.
lhat ever dlsgraccd any city of the United
States, or that he himself is strongly inn
pressed with the belief thar Hayes is the
only man 10 give little more of that
'oest government" etc, generously be-
atowed upon us by Grant. The rest of the
speech il made up iu great measure of the
usual bloody shirt arguments, which are
well calculated Of course to convince pcople
tiat the only way 10 express good viii! to-
wards the South aud To redeem the country
from the deplorable condition in which il
mas been placed through the unques,ioued
J"bbery and corruption of the Republican
party, IL IL TO vote for n continuance in pow
er OF the same men who have secured for iIs
The great blessings which We now enjoy (?)
SO oahnhdahtly. But enough. We commend
MIR Pitcairn for his sincerity, and earnestly
nope that he will repeat that speech, like
some Of his political faith in Philadelphia aud
eiSew here do their voting, early ami often.
The Democrats can certainly stand it if he
and his party friends. can. For the sake of
the latter, however, we are almost tempted.
III the language of the lamented Greeley to
say 10 Mr.. Pitcairn, Go west, young man
go westl''