Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-11-03
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Nov. 8, 1854.


-. RRr,SSess ,VHrs.-The LxwrsNune cpsnS,c1y
haa eoaad.r.hv tho i.rr-st circulation Of any English
u~w.paperin Union county.
S0-It used to be the case, in old times,
that when the brains were out, the man
would die" But the adage don't seem to
quite hold good with the redoubtable cham
pions of the anti-division cause. Alths.gh
. completely routed, whipped out of their
boots, ground to powder between the oppo-
sing walls Of their own slsehoods-with.
out power at home, or allies abroad. aud
dsnAyed at the total destruction which
has come upon them, they still seem una
Bile - realize the completeness of their
overthrow but founder about like hen
with its head cut of, and seek vaiply to
buttrcss their fallen fortress by ringing
the changes on the cabalistic numerals
ls5, and sspying sympathetic paragraphs
from outsiders as powcrless as themselves.
These, however, are but the galvanized
Efforts Of despair, not the vitsli,y of liv-
Ing, hopeful energies and serve only to
exhibit the striking contrast between their
humble tone in defeat, and the reckless
spirit of last winter, when Maj Simonton.
the representative, could nsolen,ly tell one
Of his constituents, Col. Wagcnselier,
"We have got you down, aud intend to
keep you there
These feeble eff-r,s at NV B,rlin to
mislcad public opinion are altogether use
less. The division of the county is turc-
gone conclusion aud the passage Of the
bill 4; the coming session of the lcgisla-
ture is as inevitable as The dccrccs Of fate.
n .ithcr Maj. Simoutuh's merely uuricri-
cal maj 'rity If lS5, nor au, oth her vote
upon record, Is any test r. public serti-
ment against division: and the New Berlin
leaders have alwa!s struggled with deeper,
ate energy against every c!f'rt to have aLy
such vote taken. To run Dr. Crawford, 4
division Democrot and a stranger, against
the Wing nominee, in a strong Wing
county, with party spirit high, and L. :.
Senator at stake, and come SO hear beating
him in his own county, instead of making
against Us, iu reality proves the orcrwhel-
ming strength Of the division feeling in
the county Take IF the s.v. raj hundred
division Wings who voted f"r Maj Simon
ton because he wasa Wig, other hundreds
ofdivision men of both political parties,
whovotc for him as an anti prnhbitionist,
and because they we're deceived at the
eleventh hour by falseh"od>. from high
sources, with regard to the Selinsgrove
bridge, and Maj Sim"nt"n, l.. an ""h-di-
rision test, would be left behind 500 or
600 votes at least.
Upon what principle they hope for the
influence Of DR. Crawford is mere than
We can conjecture. And Mr. Sellers let
ter to the New Btrlincrs, which thy pa
radc with SO much ludicrous ostentation,
only states-witb sagacicu> apr, ca'iou
Of the political character cf the party lie
was dealing with, and sLrewd ANTICIPATION
If she results which have since been bro't
about-.hat he woulI Consider that test
binding upon him i "!.onet,y expressed"
Now to regard ,La, ls5 majori'y for SIM
onton, under the real circumstances Of the
case as they are well known 10 exist, as
M honest" or honestly obtained ex-
preston Of public oriuion against division,
would be III, very climax Of sublime cf-
frontcry.
The truth Is, as we have already stated,
the division Of the county is necessary and
inevitable, and the sooner the minority
opposed to it reconcile themselves to the
will Of the majority, and adapt themselves
to the impending change, the better it will
b. for their own interests and comfort.