Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-08-27

releTCnCc ~ oui diic3 3aitVuSS tWO WtchS SiuC
r. concerning the interference Of the Committt
d in the Railroad difficulties in this county; b,
not in time for last weeks paper. 1t was a
dressed to a gentleman of this place, Dem
crat, who had written to Mr.. H. on the subje'
but who, like some others, shrinks from tn
responsibility ofhaving his name in print-an
states that we and our informers "have bee
imposed upon" with regard TO the agency G
the Committee in this matter that the subjeC
has never been before the Committee, that the
have never taken any part whatever direcil
or indirectly in the contest, nor appropriated o
furnished any "sincws of war" TO aid eirhe
opponents or friends of the Susquehanna Road
and concludes with the following paragraph
"Wil you be so good as 10 hand this not
TO Mr.. Hlckok, and beg him to deny and CON
tradict the statement on my authority, and yer.
much oblige yours truly, w. L. HIRsr."
This is the first and only denial o. our state
ment that has yet come To our knowledge from
any quarter; but as it comes from response
bic party, and we certainly have no disposition
to knowingly misrePresent any one, we prompt
7 ~ duu SHccii"iit SV"F'l WIN WI. AAhSt . ic
quest, and give the Committee the full benefit
of his disclaimer. We did not, as our readers
will doubtless recollect, speak of this matter
from our own knowledge of the facts, but from
sources of information which we Judged at the
time 10 be authentic and reliable; but Mr.
Hirsts respectful note is SO positive and expli-
cit in its denial, as to lead US TO the belief that
We and our informers have been, as he states,
Imposed upon in designating this Commit
tee as the source of supply. That material
AID has been furnished from some quarter 10
sustain the Anti-Railroad agitation in this coun-
ty, is almost universally believed by the COM
munity, and not without good reason. The
Editor of ,ihe Union Times has expressed his
willingness to work for the best paymasier
and il is fact which we know can be proved
by competent legal testimony, that when taken
TO task for changing his course, and opposing
the County Subscription after haviIc 2 publicly
and privately urged it along, he justified HIM
self BY saying that she uas WELL PAID for urhaf
he ra, doing" 1t is certain that one press, at
least, in this county has been subsidized BY
the enemies of the Susquehanna road. Besides
this, the Immaculate Whiskey Inspector has
been for many weeks. and still is, almost con-
stan,lv engaged-with very unusual rcrsevc-
rance, and at an undoubtedly heavy expense
in canvassing large portions Of the county
from door 10 door, striving BY wholesale and
monsirous falsehoods, 10 damage the prospects
of The Susquehanna road, and if possible pre-.
vent its construction. Now, where does the
money come from, and who pays these and
other heavy expenses connected with this cru
sade. That the Whiskey Inspector does it HIM
self may do 10 tell 10 the marines, but nobody
in this region will believe it. II would be too
much money for very pro6tless whistle
Standing alone, he has not enough to gain by
it, to make up for so heavy sacrifice of time,
and labor, and money. 1t wouldn't pay.
Perhaps Daniel l.. Miller, Jr., for one, can
throw some light on the subject In his letter
to the public, dated Philadelphia, 7th mo. 80,
1852 in which he attempts TO clear himself
of that unfortunate " one per cent" business,
and other imputaions-the following re-
markable and significant passage occurs;
The Office of Presiden, was accepted by
me with great reluctance. and has been one
of most arduous labor. requiring an erpcndt-
ture Of time and MONEY, ,chich FEW, u any
,cW EVER KNOW or appreciate"
This certainly is very candid admission
of secret and mysterious agencies which 1t
would seem he thought it right and proper to
put in motion, Ito demolish the Susquehanna
Company } and which he naively intimates
were not of a character to be generally known,
or if known at all likely to be appreciated "
(by any community loving truth and fair
dealing). Where could he operate to better
advantage than in Union county, and where
could he find more pliable and inscriptions
instruments than the Whiskey Inspector and
the Times ? And why did the former, all at
once dcnounce and oppose the Susquehanna
Company, after haring subscribed to its stock ?
And how did it come that he was in confden-
tial communication with President Miller, and
that he exhibited and read 10 CHARLES WEAvIR,
Esq, of Sunbury, one of the Commissioners
of Northumberland county, letter he had re-
ceived from the Whskey Inspector, hostile to
the Susquehanna company And what means
the boasts at home and abroad Of the great
political changes TO be gained BY this assault
upon the substantial interests of the people of
this county Does it not all prove, what we
have heretofore intimated, and is the general
belief, that the late excitement is not TO be
taken as the homes. and bona file sentiment of
the people of the county, but has been infu-
enced and sustained, in part at least, by
outside influences and resources!
We note these circumstances incidentally
while our hand is in and may perhaps recur
to the subject again hereafter.
GTThe Times and English Democrat did not
venture to publish the chaste and eloquent
speech of the Whiskey Inspector at the Mi:
finburg dinner. 1t seems TO have been too
plain and candid for even their columns
Neither do we find any of the letters received
in reply to invitations. One from Maj. Lyn-
dali is said 10 have concluded with something
like the following
"The Whiskey Inspector, the Union Times,
and slaymaker's Bull-all opposed to Locomo-
tives"
Qf our copy of the toast is imperfect the