Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-09-11
ICoMMUNiCATED.l
The Nomination,

A writer who signs himself "a Republican" is
pouring forth most piteous lamentations through
the columns of the LEDGER" and the Gazette" a.
bout the nomination of David B. Montgomery for
the Legislature. He charges the candidate with
ueachery, and the convention with dark and wick
ed plot to secure his nomination Let us inquire
briefly into the truth Of these ridiculous charges and
the object in thus magnfying so small an affair in.
TO one of serious Importance. There were four
candidates before the convention, neither of them
having a majority when the convention met, but
large majority of the delegates came 10 Sunbury with
firm determination that Jesse G. Horton should
not be nominated, and willing 10 yield their prefer
enccs for their particular candidate, in order to
cure this object. In this one purpose there
perfect union of sentiment Among the majority,
however, they differed to the person who should
be finally nominated With this understanding the
ballotting commenced, and the friends of Gearhart
and Mckinney, finding after six intellectual ballots
that the majority would not unite on either of these
gentlemen, cast their votes for Mr.. Montgomery, and
thus effected his nomination. Is there any thing in
This that deserves the name of ga dark and wicked
plot" Was il not done in the presence Of crowd
of lockers on, and has not the thing been done
and over again ty our county conventions
Was not Gov. Porter nominated in 1898 by the
friends of some twenty other candidates uniting up
on him! Who thought of calling that transaction
dark and wicked plot! The man who applies
such language 10 the proceedings Of the late county
convention, either does not understand the meaning
of terms, or deserves TO be treated an simpeton.
But, says the writer, Mr.. Montgomery had
pressed himsclfin favor of Mr., Mckinney. So he
had, and so he did at the convention, but the dele
gates did not choose TO nominate him. Were they
on that account to he prevented from uniting on
Montgomery! Mckinney, however, told the Tur-
but delegates jus, before the ballottng began that
he would as leaf see Montgomery nominated as
himself and If they could not get him nominated
they should go for Montgomery, and to 60 for any
body rather than have Horton nominated. They
did do Just he wished, and yet these newborn and
pretended friends of Mckinney cry, ooh, the horTid
treachery of Montgomery ~ What ridiculous non
sense this is. The real object of all this outcry is
to divide the party and elect Gen. Frck, and comes
from the very persons who opposed Mckinney, and
ondeavored to cajoe the people, and bribe the dele
gates TO nominate Horton. | told the people
last fall that the object Of Horton in getting him
self elected, was TO vote money into his own and
the pockets of active friends, who were chiefly con-
tractors, launch the State into the further expeu
diture OF wiMiOnS, and thus afford them the oppor
tuny for plunder; that to secure this object,
he would vote for giving the banks more time, or
any other project. My predictions have been ver-
fled by his acts. These same men wished TO elect
Horton again for the same purpose, and failing in
that, they turn their eyes upon Gen. Frick a fit
person to accomplish their object. But to elect him
they must conrive to distract and divide the demo-
cratic party. Hence all this talk about treachery
Montgomery and fraud in the delegates. They
have imposed upon Mckinney, who is a simple
hearted, honest cid man, aud few of his neghbors.
Further than this, their endeavoring to elect Frick
aud their treachery to the patty, has not, and will
not have any effect PLAIN TRUTH.