Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-04-14
hMr. Hick0k's Letter"

The New Berlin meeting Of lst inst
correspondent Of the Tinses-and the
Editor Of that delectable sheet-all pounce
with terrible unanimity upon statement
made by Mr.. Hickok, Harrisburg, March
9th, relative to the number Of petitions
for and remonstranccs against Division,
then prcsented-which he stated to be
300 Of the former and 962 of the latter /;
whereas, upon count being made of the
former at a certain time, only 1889 were
to be found-[terrible bad man, that Mr..
Hickok land that among the signers
are boys, dead men, folks from Center
county, and from Iilinois-[tcrrible bad
man, that Hickok land that the Rail-
road Bonds had scared the people into a
Division fever-[bad man, that Hickok ]
AZ Mr. Hiekok happens to be absent, We
submit the complete defence of Mr.. II. as
exhibited in the following
C'~reponience.
LtwIsBunG, April 8, 1854.
Col. Ell SLIFEE, Senate, Harrisburg:
Dear S,r-Will you please in..lm no,
by return mail, the number of signcrs o.
tue petitions forwarded 10 you for l D.Ni-
sion of Union county also the number Of
sisuers IL circumstances against the Divi-
sion also whether they were not as gene
rally legal voters of the districts concerned
as petitions to the Legislature usually are !!
The facts within your knowledge, de-
sire for publication.
Your, &c o. n. WoRDEN.
HARRISBURG, April 10, 1854.
Q. N. WoRDEN, Esq.
Dear Sir-ln reply to your note of Sat
uri4y, | would answer that | presented
reii,ious i'll favor of the Division of Union
county, signed by three thousand one hun
drcd aud nine (3l09) names. presented
against the Division signed
by nine hundred fifty eight (95o) nalnes.
la locking over both petitions and reni-
was favorably Impressed with
their character. l can hot say that the
names attached are all legal voters, but in
the main | believe them to be such. In
that respect, both parties have acted more
fairly than is usually the case with parties
in petitioning the Legislature
on ques,i MS of interest to themselves.
There were number Of remonstrances
presented IN the House, the character of
which | know nothing, nor do know the
number Of names attached.
1t is due here to say, that the petitions
we're not all before the House Committee
| asked leave to withdraw the petitions and
presented in the Senate,
which leave was granted. Before the NEE
Mr. Piatt, the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on New Counties, for the peti-
tions and remonstrances in his possession
he handed me bundle which be informed
me contained all he had relative to the
Division. | afterwards learned that the
count did not hold out, aud on Saturday
last | again called on Mr. Piatt, informing
him of the loss of some of the papers. In
again searching his desk, he found nine
teen more petitions, numerously signed,
which makes the number above stated. /
felt this explanation to be due to the par
ties who counted the names on the petitions
before the House Committee, and were of
course honest in suppoSlng that the num-
Der had been over-stated.
Yours, &c. Z. SLIFER.
Col. Slifer We presume no one will con-
trovcrt in this matter, and be sufficiently
sustaiDs Mr.. Hickok's representation.
'One who Knows" however, (but who
don't know, or else he wilfully misstates,
as to the number of petitioners says that
in addition to the 962 referred to, 1921 re-
have been sent to the House.
Allow this to be correct, and there are
For Division 3l09
Against Division 1888
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