Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-02
The One Term Principle.
For the LetcisJurg Chronicle.


Ter Of your paper. reply to short communca-
ton signed " A Whig," and in that reply you
appear to have laid aside your neutrality, and
entered the arena Of party strife. You speak in
ralher decided terms for the reelection Of Jacob
Haus for Prolhonotary, and the only grounds
upon which you appear to justify his reelection
is because William Roshong had the same Office
for two terms. and Daniel Beman had the Reg
listers & Recorders Office tor two terms. This
in our opinion, is rather lame argument, and
no justification at all from the fact that these gen.
tlemen should never have had their respective
offices for the second term. Two wrongs will
never make a right; and if they would have
had it twenty years, it would havo been no rea>
son why Mr.. Haus should have it that long.
These men obtained their nomination Tor the
second term, under very peculiar circumstances,
and it never can be quoted as q precedent in this
matter.
You intimate that the Wings don't adhere TO
the One Term principle in their nominations for
county offices. This is a mistake. presume
unn,en,ional on your part; but before you send
forth your opinion TO the world rs fact you
should have arrived at a different conclusion.
There may be exceptions, it is true, but as
general thing they inlexibIy adhers to the One
Term principle for all county Offices; and go
far have they gone, and So successful have they
been in propagating this principle. that they have
no, only established it as one of the fundamental
crceds of the party, but itey have even driven the
Democratic party TO ad'P, it also. Take the
counties of Lancaster, York, Berks, Chester,
Delaware, Montgomery, SchuylkilI. and North
amp,on. which are old counties, and where the
principles of the parties are well defined, and !
challenge you to show me a solitary instance in
which either party have elected man to the
second term for these county offices. during the
las, eight years. You say that the Wings elect
ed Mr. Martin for the second time in Lycoming
county, hut you forget 10 inform the public that
Lycoming is a Democratic county, and that Mr..
Martin was an exceedingly popular man for
tha. office and that his nomination was deemed
more matter OF party policy than party principle,
aud if another man could have been found equal
Iy available, he never would have been nomina-
ted for the second term.
You al, ,'a.e ia, i, s Better 10 have the eff
c,s y ell iilicd by one man than by many Incom-
tctelt men. We say so too. Bot ths, don
go TO prove that there are no other men IN the
county fl to fill The ofTice, hut Mr.. Haus. In
order to violate the principles Of the party, you
must establish the strongest exceptions, and
hay bss vi, ,h,Ss5 % ,hs fc, ,b,, there are no Other
men in the county compe,en, to fill The office,
br' Mr.: haos then 'heIe wou'a nave cen Ione has
many, who are equally eompe,en, if no, more so,
portion of your argument falls to the gTou nd.
ou' P,".as Is, ia so'm " ,hs, I on .,s ,"nn;na
counter to the progress of rcpubcani<m. Our
institutions d'iltr from many OF ,h"se o' Europe
f'om Gr IL ,hsi, stations and return lack again in,o
the ranks Of The people in much shoner lime.
kepubcan PRINCIPLES are on .ne ma'en cam III 'n,s M
even Justices Of the Peace and the Judges of our
Courts held their offices for life They now hold
mo"ed ] I for ;,campr,,ncy or anr other % INABILITY
previous to this change, but ,ha, did no, answer
the republican splr'. o. .ne age Men kept 100
for this reason !, was deemed advisable to change
the Constitution in relation to the matter refer
r,n h. hs,s ,he,l Office bu, 70, one term in suscess'
ion. This is established by law, and why we
would ask should the Register and f,ohono'ary
in The one case is as strong as in tho other. The
Pro,honotary's office in this county is worth six
- h., 'I," no, .""ueh 81, a"u we WpI. ,ha,
should not satisfy the cupidity of any man who
wears pocket Of ordinary dimensions. Is 1t