Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-10

moo from the field The decided adverse po-
Gtical character of the Legislature, precluded
ns II was supposed, the possibility of their ell
ntion. and they ceased to be spoken of as cam
Tdates and were no longer before the public
- Snch These, and others of this class were
the men, over whom, l had repeatedly express
cod preference for Mr. Cameron and it fol-
lows of necessity, that such expression was
made when they were understood to be candi-
dates or "rvals" for the Office Mr.. Cameron
was seeking.
have said enough to show the infamous
noons employed by Mr. Chase, to make me
tbr victim of his falsehood and misrepresenta-
t;nn A word as to the reasons and motives
of his conduct.
would not consent to cooperate with him
IN q systematic course of fraud and deception.
wonld be party to no shams. L would not
dSnlav the banner of Freedom to betray it. |
would not make hypocritcal professions of at
taclment to the principles of Freedom, for the
purpose of leading the masses into the support
of slavery propagandism. In short L would
not become a cO-partner in his lntamy, III pre-
snting Gov. Biglcr before the people, as the
candidate and friend of Freedom, when l, and
he. and every intelligent man in the State and
County, knew that he stood as the candidate
of the National Administration, and the repre-
sentative of its principles and measures If
had earned for myself portrait, drawn III the
same colorS, as that presented OF him by lead
ing Bigler paper Mr.. Chase to-day would have
been my friend ; and instead of devoting al
most his entire paper to misrepresentation and
faschoods aimed at me, would have been eX-
tollng me as a model of political consistency
and integrity.
The motive for the perpetrating of this au-
dacouS vany at this juncture is too plain to
he mistaken, 1t was intended for effect upon
the Legislature, and to influence the result to
come off on Tuesday next, the 9th inst For
this reason it was held back until it was tho't
too late to expose and countefact the fraud
heard two weeks ago through a letter writ
ten by Mr. Laporte to Z. O. Goodrich, that
Mr.. Chase-then in Harrisburg-was showing
a letter from me to Mr. Cameron, containing
expressions of kindness and personal regard,
with view to influence my friends to the sup
pert of that gentleman. When informed of
this bv Mr.. Goodrich remarked at Unre, that
| cared nothing about it beyond the fact that
Mr. Cameron had allowed so unscrupuOuS and
mprinciplcd man as Mr.. Chase to have pos
session of the letter The result has demon
Strated that this remark was not without fOun-
dation The letter was not written for eHh-
bition or publication and vet if Mr. Chase
chose to make this use Of it, | cared not a
straw if it were published in every paper in the
Commonwealth, and read hy all her citizens
| thought, | confess that it was trcnching up
on the point of honor and gcntlcmanly inter
course, to place the letter in the hands of a
known unScrupulOuS enemy This act justly
makes Mr.. Cameron responsible and sharer
in the intamy which attaches to the use that
has been made of it. The only apology he can
offer for placing the letter in the hands of Mr..
Chase, is that he wished it to be used in the
manner, and for the purpose it has been used
ard that there TTas no man in the State, Mr..
Chase excepted, who would Stoop to an act SO
shameful and base.
But to the letter, and the motives for its
garbled publication at this time So little
thought did give the subject andso little did
care about it, when | learned that Mr. Chase
was showing the letter in Harrisburg, that |
did not even write to nv friend Laporte upon
the subject. | well knew that it contained
nothing of the least Importance, and that it
could not fairly be used to influence the action
of any one
The first use made of my letter; was to see
if the tone of personal Kindness that pervaded
it, could not be used to win over some of my
friends to the support of Gen. Cameron. Mr.
Chase is the agent, employed for this (compar-
atively honorable) work This was failure.
The letter, even in Mr.. Chasc's hands; did not
prove me Jealous enough in behalf of Mr. Cam
eron, to induce any of my friends to come to
his support. The next use made Of it; is to
present garbled publication, on the eve of
commencing again the baotings for Senator,
with view to prevent the opponents Of Mr..
Cameron uniting upon me. Mr.. CamcrUn's
friends in the Legislature are compact and
organized, and within few votes, number the
figure required for an election. 1t is other
wise with his Opponents--they are broken and
divided between rival candidates, and agreeing
only in one thng-oppoSitiOn to the election
Of Mr. Cameron If they can only be kept
divided, it is easy to see that the disciplined
forces of Mr.. Cameron, must in the end prevail
| had received more votes on the second and
last ballot against Gen. Cameron, than had
been given to any other candidatc-Mr Buck
aIew excepted, whose election his friends do
not count upon or expect. 1t was feared that
the opponents Of Gen. Cameron (not including
the members who voted for BuckacW) might
concentrate npon me- and thus present the
strength OF all anlted body in opposition to his
election. Mr.. Chase evidently feared this, and
contemplated with dismay the possibility Of my
success, What so well calculated to prevent
Gmon upon me, among a class Of men whose
nohd OF cement in action, was oPp0suion to
cameron as to represent me to be really in
IAat gcntcman's faror? What better calcu
"'ed TO excite against me, men so feeling, than
70 " represent me as declaring my preference for
cameron over those candidates in whom they
nP lett an especial interest, and whom they
~1uI' lay aside in uniting upon me Or in
"ma' way could Gen. Camcron's success be 50
snol'1aiIy promoted, as by keeping his oppo
AHAtS broken and divided? Here lies the true