The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-09-28
NO. &C.,
Bigler and the Honor of the State.

DiSIGE ana tne H0D0f OF the Statc,
We have made the charge that the
State of Pennsylvania has been disgraced
in the person of its executive, over and
over again, since Gov. Bigler was elevat-
cd to that position which he is so ineom-
petent to Gil. We mean to refer but to
one of these instances to-day, but that
one is enough to damn any man to etern-
al shame and infamy.
Some two years ago the territory of
Pennsylvania was invaded by set Of
kidnappers from Maryland, and two OF
her inhabitants carried off to be sold into
slavery. These persons thus kidnapped
were inofensive girls, and the outrage
naturally created an excitement in the
neighborhood from which they were alb
Quoted. Several of the citizens Of the
vicinity went into Maryland in pursuit of
the stolen girls, and gave testimoney in
Baltimore to the effect that the girls were
free, and had been kidnapped. For this
they were b rutally treated by the "lower
law" men of that city, and one of them,
a highly respectable citizen of Chester
county, Mr.. Miller, was MURDERED be-
fore he left the State. A Chester county
Grand Jury, took the matter in hand and
found true bill' against notorious
scoundrel named McCreay, who for years
has been committing his depredations Oh
Pennsy sylvania soil and escaping into Mary
land for protection. This ''truc biil'' was
taken to Governor Bigler, and he was
ccz 1DiI0 n 10
Lowe, of Maryland, for the rendition OF
this man McCreary. Gov. Lowe refused,
in defiance of our Constitutional rights,
and in violation of all precedent, to deIig-
er up the criminal What then does Gov.
Bigler? Does he assert the Rights and
maintain the dignity of this old Keystone
Commonwealth Does he rebuke the i'm
pudent assumptions Of Lowe, and tell him
that under the broad Constitution Of the
United States, we of Pennsylvania "know
our own Rights, and knowing, dare main
tain them?' No such thing, He sinks
like a base coward into silence, and al
lows the criminal to go free, and our State
Rights to be basely outraged and insultcd
Not a word ever comes from him in re-
gard to it. His next message after the
outrage is as silent on the subject as the
grave. He tamely pockets the insult,
and leaves the broad seal of our Com
monwealth lying trampled in the dust,
beneath the feet of Jcsuit Governor Of
Maryland. But this is not all. Like
the veriest spaniel, he would lick the hand
that smotc him, and place the authorities
of the State cringing at the feet Of Mary
land officials. The verynext Legislature,
overfowing with the friends Of Bigler,
passed resolution, inviting this self-same
Lowe and his compeers to visit Harris
burg as the "guests of the State" to re-
ceive its honors. The invitation was ac-
cepted and the Maryland officials were
c0nciliated for our presumption in barely
intimating 10 them that according to our
Constitutional rights we should like them
to deliver up an offender against our
State laws, at an expense to the tax-pay-
ers of the State of something like SIC
dollars.
This is one instance-and there are
the way in which Gov Bigler
has maintained the dignity and honor of
this Commonwealth! How do the men
of the State like the picture ?-Le5anog
Courier,