Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-10
[From the Independent Republican of March !,
Letter from Judge Wilmot
TOwANDA, Feb'Y. a lQss

rose Delnocrat ol Tue Zzhu INST, letter nr
porting to have been written by me to Sna, ra,'
Cameron.
The letter published is CARRIED and FALSE
In that part blazoned in capitals, there !.
most motcrial onliSsion.
Mr. Chase in his insane desire to do mo
injury, has gone far to verify the truth of tIi
portrait drawn of him last fall by democra,
ic contemporary. 1t will be recollected tbo,
one Of the papers published at the State CAM
tai, Jealous in the support of Governor Biglar
presented a daguerr0tgpe under the title of
"ROERBACk'--a name the very imnersoro
ton of falschood. The efforts of Mr. Chase to
nlisrepresent to his readers, the position of Gov
Bigler upon the Nebraska question, obtained
for him the complimentary notice, in the co,
umns of one of the Governors metropolitan
organs.
| now charge him with having published
over my nan e, a gGrtLed letter; omtting ma
terial part, with view to change its sense
and to fGlsijy my language and position.
The paragraph published by Mr.. Chase, in
italics and capitals, reads thus:
h, respect TO yo,ysef haze oppressed no rord of d.
couragenlent or unkindness. On THE CONTRARY !
HAVE REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE
FOR YOU OVER ALI YOUR RIVALS buchanan DaT
Til TIE PIRTT" W0ULD HAVE THE UNDIsPUTEEDD
POWER TO MAKE AN ELECTION"
/ am here made to express on the 22d Of
January last, the date Of the letter, prefer
ence for Mr. Cameron over all his riyalS-that
is, over the gentlemen, Attn ATTIME, pub
licly and generally known as candidates for
United States Senator. That the publication
is carefully designed to convey this meaning is
apparent from the language; but it will be
made more clear from the comments Of Mr..
Chase. In commenting upon the above gar.
bled extract Mr.. Chase says:
Men Of Susquehanna County! can You
read the above letter and believe your senses?
Would YOU have believed that David Wilmot
could sink himself so low-could show himself
the unprincipled demagogue who has not hesi,
tatcd to dcnounce Simon Cameron in pubic
and private, as a man void of all moral and DO
litical integrity. as "pro-slayery hack" who
had endeayored to bribe him to his support
we ask could YOU have believed him capable Of
the baseness, while taking such aposition here,
to sit down and write Gen. Cameron Hqt k
araS his preference orer all Other caad5dQtes for
| United States Seaatorm
Thus it is fixed beyond evasion, that Mr.
! Chase designcdiy so published my letter as to
make me declare myself in favor of the elec
ton of Gen Cameron Herein consists the de-
lbcrate and wicked Misrepresentation
shameful suppression ola part of the letter which
! if published, would have effectually precluded
any such construction.
! | expressed in my letter, no preference fOr
| Mr.. Cameror over the candidates then before
the public BY no fair or even possible con-
struction of the letter | trrofc, could it be tor
/ tured into an expression of my desire for his
election Yet this is the foundation upon
which Mr.. Chase pours out upon me denunci
ations and revilngs-iteTatinr and re-iteratins
charges duplicity, baseness intrigue, dishonesty
"a desire to sell my principles to the highest
! biddcr-until his pure soul takes alright and
he contenrplates the picture with q sadness and
! aiGrm"
Immaculate man Paragon Of truth, integ,
rity and honor! Can YOU not make another
public appeal to the spirit of a sainted father
invoke once more the endearng ties of DO
mestc life, as an evidence of the high value YOU
place upon a spotleSs character? The sacred
recollections of the one, and the holy Obliga-
tions of the other, should have constrained yOa
to the observance of that law, which declares
neither shalt thou bear false witness against
thy neighbor." Do you know the penalty God
has affixed to the crime of bearing false wit
ness? Hear and tremble:
9 And the Judges shall make diligent inqui-
sition: and behold, if the witness be false wit
ness, and hath testified falsely against his broth
er then shall We do unto him, as he hath hdt
10 do into has brother: so shalt thou put the
evil away from among yeu."
BE assured, foolish man ! that God will in
time vindicate His high enactments In His
beniiicent providence it is ordered, that pit
man diggeth for his neighbor, therein, he that
diggeth it, shall himself fall,
! | preserved Mo eepy of my letter, and car
not therefore give its words but the emblal-
oned paragraph, in which the gross frasd Is
| perpetrated, by the omission of an important
part, reads substantially thus
"In respect to yourself have expressed no word Of
| dsparagement or mkndncsS On the contrary J have
frequently expressed preference for you ali your
yals Of the Old line democracy, Buchanan Forney, Hir
Dawson, &c, &C.. and this when it supposed the
party would have the uldsputed power to make an e.
ection."
The words OF THE OLD LINE DEM
! OCRATlC PARTY" or OLD LINE DE,
| MOCRACI," or words of this import, are
! OMITTED and those words, clearly d.f@
dad hmH TO a particular class, those rirak, oyc
whom | had given Mr.. Cameron preference
was not referring to the then present state
of the Senatorial question, as would clearly aF
pear by correct reading of the letter; but 10
the subject as it had presented itself before the
political character of the Legislature was
known. | say in the letter when speaking Of
having repeatedly expressed preference 'o'
Mr.. Cameron" and this when it was suppoy
ed the "party' would have the power to make
an election" What PARTY was it, that It
was supposed would have the power to maze
an alection, when | expressed preference of
Gen. Cameron over his rivals, Dawson, For
ney, Hirst, Buchanan, &c? A reference 70
the OMITTED part of the letter would show
that it was the old line democratic partg. -
No one supposed, that party would have lie