The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-11-04

lisOn's course in Congress, and the use made OF
it here was advantageous to Mr.. Allison, and
prejudicial TO Mr. White, our regularly nomi-
mated candidate Mr.. Hubbard, OF Mercer,
was said to approve of the letter and the use
made OF it, but he publicly denies knowing
anything about it, and gives 1t As hls opinion
that Won never wrote such letter By vote OF
| the Club. am directed TO write to you and IN
uuire whether YOU have written to any one here
/ in regard to the Congressional nominees and
if 50, what you said, and how you came to in
tertere in the matter An Immediate answer
! will help our cause. Address
Rev JOSIAH HEUTCHMAN,
Newodstie Laurence County, Pena.
Od q, 1852.
! ANSWER by the EDITOR or THE ERA.
The terms of this letter towards the close
are rather too peremptory to suit our taste, but
waving all objections on that score, we shall
/ checrfully answer, and prefer to answer public
! ly. Happily what we do in politics we are
willing should be proclaimed upon the house
top.
Sometime before the election the following
letter was addressed to us:
NEWCASTLE, Sept. -, 1852.
DEAR SIR: You will pardon me for the lib
erty which | take in addressing you. But the
Importance of the subject must be my apology.
To be brief will state that in this Congress
SiOnal district we have three erSons nominated
for Congress Mr.. Hubbard is the nominee of
the Free Democracy Mr.. Allison is the nomi-
nee Of the Wing party; and Mr.. Trout the
candidate Of the Old Democracy. We have no
prospect Of eecting the candidate Of the Free
! DemOcracy-the contest between the others is
doubtful. The candidate of the Old Democracy
entertains opinions in accordance with Mr.
! Buchanan, and opposed to agitation.
The object of this letter is to ascertain your
opinion of Mr.. Allison upon the subject. Do
you consider him. from what you know of him,
to be reliable upon the questions growing out
of Siareryt Many of our friends here are de-
sirous of throwing their votes for the man who
would stand up for Freedom in the Halls of
Congress. Mr.. Allison processes to be opposed
to the demands of SiaUerp but | wish to know
how he acted when in Congress Please an
swcr at your earliest convenience Your letter
shall be confidential, az | wish this to be so
considered.
Very respectfully yours, &c,
DR.. Baiiey. JOHN X. SwIsHER
knowing that Mr. Allson's conduct in hisrep-
rescntative character, in relation to slavery,
had been right, it was just to him, when ques-
toned upon that single point, to say so. We
did say 50 in the following letter, in which we
carei lily refrained from interference with the
politics of the District, and requested Mr.
Swisher to show the letter to Mr.. Hubbard,
who as we understood from him, was the Free
Soil candidate:
COPY Of letter in Gn$wcr to Mr. SwiSher letter.
WAsHNGToN, d. c. Sept. %, 1852
DEAR SIR You will please consider this con-
fdrntal with II single exception You will
ohligo ne by showing it, or sending it, to MIR.
Hubhari 1t is not for me to interfere in any
way with the proceedings Of the Free Democ-
racy in your dstrct-tO counsel them on the
subject of an Independent nomination for Con-
grcso--tu advise them to continue or withdraw
Mr. Hubbard know nothing of the circum-
stances of the district and it would be pre-
SamptuouS for me to express any opinion re-
slecting the policy they ought to pursue.
Having thus guarded myself against miscon-
struction, | have no hesitation in answering
your question Mr.. Allison. so far as the ques-
ton of Slavery is concerned, has been loyal to
the Auti-Saycry sentiment in his votes direct
and indirect during the time he has been in
Congress- aud has manifested Il steady Opposi-
ton to the demands of Slavery in his repre-
sentative character.
Respectfully yours, e. BAILEY
Mr. John h. SwiSher,
NelccGdie, Laurence CO., Pa
Our friends now know what we wrote and why
we wrote, and they will permit us to say, that
in the same circumstances, we should again
act precisely in the same way. We did not
"mtcrfcre with their action, for we knew
nothing of the peculiar condition of the Dis
trct; but ~ the election is now over, we will
II Buchanan man, in his policy concerning sa-
very it is to be regretted that they did not
take care to make the reelection of MIR. ALI
son certain Pennsylvania in this Congress
has four Representatives, whose votes on all
questions of slavery have been uniformly re-
corded on the side Of Freedom; in the next
Congress we apprehcnd she will have but one.
Now, we go for independent action in pol
tiles and for third parties, whenever necessary
and it seems to us that the Free Democracy,
for reasons we have repeatedly stated, is II ne
ccssity of the times-but we hold that where
it can accomplish substantial results, by TEN
porary coalitions it ought to doso. Chase Sum-
ner and Hale are the offspring of coalition
the continuance Of the Liquor Law in Maine
is the result of coalition, the powerful Free
Democracy of Massachusetts, is constantly
achieving practical results of great value by
coalition, and so far rs we can form an opn-
ION at this distance with our imperfect knowl-
edge of the DIST District in Pennsylvania, Il CO.
altion to elect Mr. Allison would have done
good.
II does not follow that because one party
unites with another to elect II Congressman, it
must or will unite in the election of a Presi-
dent As to the objection that no party can
be kept mp on such policy, we need only re-
fer to the Free Democratic party in MasSachu-
sets. 1t maintains its independence and its
distinctive policy, but it never hesitates to CO.
aescc with another party when it can do it
honestly, aud 50 rs to gain something for it's
principles 1t will be found that, in this coun-
try of practical men, it is utterly impossible to
keep up party which is SO mpractcabe that
it will not accomplish anywhere, at any time
and in any manner that is honest the imme-
datc good that lies clearly within its power.
These are our sentiments not oficously or
a
untecr advice, and, rs we have often said, the
Era is no party organ Our opinions are our
own no party is responsible for them. We de-
sire to force them on no party, but we are al
yovs ,rena rod to daf,nd theu a nin n a nv Nv