Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-11-07
The sa,naritan's Defcnc,


Occupies sh.u, tour cclun,ns IN his paper u The
:5th ui,. We 'hnk il can be disposed Of in Q
hart.r eomp.ss.
From ,h,, p,pe'. snd sls" from the paper
.f NV 1t, We Do not .hssrv~ that the Editor
,,,rmr,. TO dsnr n,y II the allegations Of facts
g. hnv. ms'e ,s,in.t him.
Avcnlius she original paint why did 'h. Organ
nf all 1rmI rrancr vote for Q character whi, b he
had rel c.,edy ,,enuuncej - ba-e and unworthy,
he lug. IN the g.siuitous information thss he
,o,ed E,r Mr.. Gamble " knowing lie WAS . man
II god moral rharacier.s . Pr"fe'sing Ch'istisn.
and Temperance man. and bees"se" . es'i.i"
"Mc" Of Wlk..B had written him an s',ice
-ssaiiing NJ. Fuller "n the ,eml ersnce sc"'e.
VIC hope Mr.. Gsmbie i. alt the Samaritan
claims him To kc. Pre-, ious 10 The eiectI u. We
heard ,ha, he sumeiimes drank brandy and slsn
uested TO gri his nomination But such unc.r.
tain chs. grs u,.de st su,h . time. We ii n",
and do no, co,,.i,lrr !sr and sufficient svid, nee
to rr. juii.s an honest. s-asnabIc MN sg.lI,s,
Nj Gamble The Samaritan would not f. gard
it. But n,tairs against Nv. Fuller h~ sreu's
to take del h, III publishing. ard publishes No.
hing 10 refnie them "I'hou shalt not tear
f.l.- ~i,nc-s," i. Divine law which his pnli,i.
cal prjuiirss or legal practices make him fryc,.
Thu. the various charge, he makes against Mr
Fuller are effrctuslly ,efutei by iwo articles 70.
uuhiish i in tho Chio, ice Of Oct. u. and NC
have rea-on t believe had been seen l., Lin in
one or two ape n.ronx hr Pabll.hrd .ub.,.n
tell. ,hr same rhsrsss. After setting it. ye, he
Withhold. /. rcm bis res ers! II this be No.
:.eaYtns fAl.r witness" what is!
And pray who ia this "Mc" who writes oil the
way from Wiikcs Bare 10 New BsIIiu to sbu.s
his neishhor ? We venture to guess he is no,
only q ,i"isn.. radical. oip'sing party man. but
, ais, arrival lawyer. and . personal enemy Of Mr.
| Fuller-a di.intrrc.,ed witness, truly! five are
correct, Mr. "Mc" cleo ass candidate for office
ihi. fall, and while Ar full.r's f.iow citizens
gave him i73 maj"rny, Mr. 'Mc" fell 1877 behind
-urd We ,en,u.e to gue's further that Mr.
| received many more Temperance votes st home
than his ,,lliiirr did. We have known Edw &
Msllery. = u l,wis, Geo s Croft, II d Robin.
son and G Burrows 40 worthy and leading tenn.
pe'ance men for many ,esrs while residing near
| WIke,.B Barre, but never heard of M'Carragher
| - such EXCEPT through the coiumns of the Good
Samaritan. We receive their evidence before
his, and submit The point to candid consiier ion
Tho Ssmafitan goes on 10 say
I'VE KNEW that Cumming treated. and Sli.
fer We were fold did the ss,ne.'
"Cul. Slifer, we were assured. treated men 10
get their rotes. no, by - lines" only. which
Of course the editor wou0 regard ~ good au.
thori,y on ,hi. point hut IN WHOSE We.
RACiTY WE HAVE 80 REASON TO
DOUBT" iOct. H.
Under these G e.cum-tances, how did the Organ
vo,e-fa u Aes'n.t men who he had d-nouncrd
in such unlrcs.ured terms Hear him!
I'VE voted 80 that neither would 6e the gamer
by our vote !: we voted for BOTH. We -
nos that our beet course would have been S"r
TO VOTE At ALL. although the result Of the
been the same ~ il is." s..
AdmiIstl- i"gic! Two men ere to Le elected
to the Lessla,ure-the.e c ere fur cand'da,es-
f,Oo of these men the Organ h~levcs 10 bs vile.
hypoe,iiieaL dangerous men. unw.r,hy the vele
Of sny decent. much les of any iensyssance man
thing agsi"srs % every~sy repu'skds men. Two
If ,hrse are To hs eIec,rd. Which N" dies the
Organ sidi Drrs he vote again'f BOTH the
men he KNEW 10 be wr"nsf No-but FOR
them both I: asa (for susht he kne~) his singh
vote might hsse elected chancters he rspiobstrs,
and defeated reputable men:!! In other wo'ls
he voted Tor 70 III 30 80 to help neither and
NJ. the oEly Temperance Organ~ Ant now
even. while his course 10 universally condemned.
his only rrges h thst le ,Oni at Gil. We think
sensible sEd co..s;sten, Course would have been