The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-16

A nuDter of the Democratic papcrs In
THIS district have again given to the people
that infamous lie that Hon. Jacob NJ.
Campbell. while serving a Coluncl Of The
aith lsealmcnt Prnasy ivanis volunteers.
inhumanly treated one Serg.sti linsi. 4
member Ot his regim -at. Ne tlsoagtt
that this question had tsen settled Two
years ago. Nhen after The election. h a
81 ouid uot be cliafsyd az u camgni-h doc
uHafHL Ne published leit.r iiom Captain
II hr. ih ~aioh he gave an unqualified de-
Ms 90 fEs char-S sae prsvsG c Inclusive
y o. asv Aaiis.acian 81 al. ,iai BOA, was
u.~,fshs al b0isL H. guaneCiiun Niih
ii:s. Ac L.ssr gettitcl a ielggr from a gen
O. in-n ~ u-is uaunA IA Which he says
\ nolicui in The Democrat OF last week
an a@i;.eie IN which Gtlerdi Campbell is
clar.,d ~iih having iniiunIanly treated
th,ssr uHdrf his oammaud While serving as
Colonel ul The 5ith Regiment. Pennsyiva-
Mia Volunteers. The notice states that IL
makes ones blood run cold to read it, Ii
Is enough to make ones blood run cod 70
think that the Democrat would publish
such hig lies: Tor ! know that this charge
Is a lie. ] served under General Camp
bell ny SET ior three ,ears, and | know
thai he treated all his mel AS a kini-heaTi
cd oilicer should have done. This |
know viii be substantiaied 10y my com
rados.
\ PGTyATE, Co. {. 54ih RsGr
The Altoona Mirror and the HOLIDAYS
burg Standard. Democratic papers both,
whO had published this charge, afterwards
made The ameRde honorable in this style:
CFrom the HoHIlaysburg Standard, Nyy., 1870
Two weeks previous to the election
there was sent 10 this office from Harris
burg, an article copied from the Harris
burg Patriot OF October. 1915, which con-
tanned the alleged affidavit of one Ser
geaBt Roat, charging General Campbell,
Republican candidate for Congress, with
brutal treatment of himself. We did not
know then, as We do now, that the article
was a base lie from beginning to end. 1t
was a forgery. gotten up by some one
without honor or manhood, and had we
known It's true character, we would have
cut cf our right hand rather than il
should have penncd an introduction TO so
vile a SANDER. That article is the only
thing which appeared in the Standard
during the campaign Of which We are
ashamed. We can only plead ignorance.
and beg General Campbell's pardon for
the great injustice done him.
(From tie Altoona Mirror, Nov Is, 1870
In the Mirror, the DAY before the cleo
ton, We published what puIported 10 be
the affidavit OF one Sergeant Roat, in re-
gard 10 treatment alleged 20 have been re.
ceiyed 10y him from General Jacob NJ.
Campbell. while in the army during the
late rebellion. The affidavit was repre-
scented 10 US as genuine, and we believe
the parties who represented il were firmly
convinced hat it was genuine. but we
have since learned that il was a sheer fab
riczliUn. that the statements it contains
are Absolutely false, and that Roat Rerer
sr0Te ~ IL 1t al. The affidavit O. first
appeared 10 The campaign of 1873, when
General Campbell Was a candidate for
Sui vey0r-General, ana il was promptly de-
MED by Captain Suter, TO whom reference
Is made in the affidavit % as willing To
sUbs,aatiate it, and also by Adjuiant Rose,
0 District-Aitorney o. Cambria coun
~. Had we known these facts prior to
the publication Of the alleged affidavit, we
you'd never even thought Of publishing
Il. t.. aside from the justice due General
CamPislfs p4blic and private character,
We have & personal regard for him which
would have restrained Us from circulating
it, and which now prompts ~ 20 make this
statement. In conclusion We wish TO state
that the General has not requested, direct
~ or indirectly, al our hands, any refuta-
lion Of the charges contained in what pur
parted 10 be Roats sworn statement, but
commsa tsirpess dictates such a course on
cur part