Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-02
'lHf- For the Le,cis6awg Chronicle. J. p
The old 18th!

MI. Editor tits a common saving in
the present Congressional campaign-as
il has been in fue campaigns past-tbat
this District belongs to the Democrats
Ina, they have an admitted and nndoubted
majority here, &c. 10 proof, they refer
10 The fact that on State Tickets merely,
they generally carry majority. But
these are local, not National, issues.
How is it on the National issues al.
lcge-and refere 10 "tbe Documents" for
proof-,hat i, has always been on the Pro-
fectire Tariff side oi National politics,
since its formation.
When John Snyder was elected 10 Con-
eress, no one doubted bu, he sided with his
Father and other old Democrats on ira,
issue. Bu, when il was found he took the
Free Trade side OF the question, they re-
iecied HIM, and elected Gen. Frick Tar
iT Wing.
Again. John Snyder was run as Free
Trader and defeated by James Pollock a
Tariff Wing.
Next. Gen. Petriken, m Anti. Tariff
Democrat. was run Ly the Democrats, and
defeated by James Pollock. Tariff Wing.
Next. Allison White, a pretended Tar
III Democrat, was run BY the Democrats,
but defeated by an unprecedented majority,
many Of the Free Traders themselves go.
ing agains, him.
Next. Gen. Petriken, Cass Democrat
and 46 Tariff man, run by the Democrats,
and defeated by Joseph Casey, Tariff
Wing
Here are FIVE different trials, in each
OF which the Democratic party was proved
10 be in the minority on the Tariff issue.
In 1874 James Buchanan and other
prominent Democrats declared James X.
Polk was '42 Tariff man, and in that wav
oaly did they carry this Dislrct-:he peo
RE ro,ed Tariff.
When that Tariff was destroyed, the
PEOPLE Of this District exhibited their feel
ings al the mex, election by The following
vote.
Power, rarifI Wing Foster, Dem Free Trade
Clinton 6sS 533
L.ycoming 1884 945
Nonh'd 1924 755
Union i976-5472 GO5-3l4O
1882 majority against Mr.. Foster simp-
ly lecause he was identified wiM the par
,y which repealed The Tariff of ~.
In IS4s. on the Stale tickets. Long
sireih had l99 and Painter had III major
:ty in this District but on The very same
day Casey, Tariff Whig, had 223 maj. for
Congress; and month after, the vote for
President stood:
Ta,iar, ~ Tariff Wing Case, 40 Tariff Dem.
Clinton, 9ll 967
Lycoming, 1892 2244
Nothumd, 1865 2245
Sullivan, 1919 303
Union, 3l29-792s I656-742s
498 majority for the Tariff party. No
thing has since occurred 10 change the
opinions Of The people. Our Coal interests,
our Iron interests, our Manufacturing in.
terests, are suffering for the admitted want
Of Protective Tariff The balance OF
trade is against us-Ensiand does no. need
our wheai-and al our California gold
has to go to pay for Foreign goods that
should be made al nome, and would be
under the Tariff of AZ. New York i'm
ports fifty or sixty millions more than sac
exports! ..
The Democratic party in Congress have
defeated every effort made by The Whig 4
Administration and Congressman to effecl
even the smallest modification of The ad va
aorem Revenue Tariff OF '46 TO benefit
abused betrayed Pennsylvania.
With these facts before US, unless the
People are deceived by the honied profes,
sIons Of Gamble as they were by Polk,
Kane, Buchanan, & Co. in ls44, this Dis |
trict-always out-and-out Protective Tar
if-can not, ,ciU NOT, elect man who is
supported by all the radical Free Traders
and advocates Of the British Tariff in This |
District, and whose election would be hal. |
led with acclamations in South Carolina,
Mississippi. and Great Britain,
Projection FOR PRoTEcTIoN' SAKE.
H0Yrid Murder in Chester County. |
Phebe Sharpess, a daughter of Aaron
Sbarpless, near Hamorton in this county,
hos hoan ,aacbiny Scbool near Rocky Hill! Il