Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-29
Chr ltwisbur9 Cbronie!e.
FRIDAY. JUNE ID. 1873.
Front 3jDI!aoelpbta.
Correspondence of the Lewisburs Chrcnicle.l
PmILAD., Monday, june Is.

the "spot where he was bern, we cannot
pretend to give you history of his say
inrs and doings, bu; would refer you most
respectfully to the "IRtnny,eanian," which
appears to be wonderfully exercised by the
presence of the young gentleman in town.
Once or twice indeed the journal in
question, announced the certain demise Of
that wonderful individual-to-day he had,
Judas like, "burst asunder )" then, he had
not actually "pegged out but was Won
derful sick, and had sent for fJOhn 20
confess and absolye him and FINALLY he
lad an attack of the "black WON'T from
which none ever recovered, and some even
of the "knowing' ones had put him down
rs "gone coon," when 10 and behold on
Saturday evening in spite Of torrents of
rain
John Barley Corn got up his head,
And sore surprised them ALL
need not undertake to tell you any
thing of the proceedings here, for We have
had nothing but reports from New York
ourselves, and of course your opportuni-
ties are just as good as mine in that re-
spect and the proclamations, manifestoes,
protests, &c, which have been made pub
lie, you have read long ago.
There is one thing, however, which to
me is matter of wonder, and that is the
bitter opposition the American party finds
among Americans.
Love of country, l take to be one of
tie deepest rooted principles ofour nature,
q feeling as lasting as nature itself and it
was always my conviction, and is yet, that
no man who retains vivid recollection
of the land of his birth, can ever become
thoroughly uanataralj@ed.
Americans. however seem to be more
liberal, and are ready, for the sake of the
broadest principles of liberty, to move out,
and let any one who passes, possess the
land
Rather than "Americans shall rule A
merica' if by that is meant the exclusion
of Foreigners from the ballot box for twen-
ty-one years, they would assist John Hugh
es to fortify all the churches in the Union
belonging to the pope, and resist the mar
ro,c priaciipHc to the death
Rather than "Americans shallrule Anne
rica," the freemen Of the North will sell
themselves to the South, and the two glo-
rious principles-mcntal and physical sla-
very-will join forces to crush the rcstric-
tive giant in his cradle Read the follow
ing paragraph from the Ptaa.ylraniaa.
Remarking on the anti-slaycry element in
the late convention it says: "The South
should Jear III mind tie Uristiidaa afaiir,
an whjch one Of her citizens ,ras murdered
almost IN the presence ot the then Gooernor,
for simply desiring aoclaimhjso o,rn propery
under the solemn la'cs efHe land." There's
patriotism for youl There's philanthro-
py would make Howard blush There's
q jewel of consistency would adorn the IT,
ara of Pic Mono,
The Spanish Government is soundly
scourged and denounced, because they
would sooner liberate the slaves of Cuba
than surrender it on any terms /; but the
BohOn Upas of Slavery and Catholicism
is courted and fattered and welcomed,
rather than the landmarks of a party
should be destroyed, and the swarms of
blow flies and grubs should be driven from
the carcase which has generated and fed
them.
There seems to me nothing more rea-
sonablc and just, Il say it as Foreigner
than the claims of the American party, as
we have it in the address of the late Con-
vention yet one would suppose, from the
Trades of party newspapers, that the stab
of "the well beloved Brutus" was not more
fatal to the life of Caesar, than are these
to the vitality of Republicanism.
But are they serious in their opposition?
| judge not, and that though they oppose
the claims of "sam," it is only because
their bread and butter is concerned; for
you will find the same journals the most
active opponents Of restrictive license, or
lrohibitOry laws, and for precisely the
same stereotyped reasons; that is infringes
mems rights, and this is their ground be-
cause ninety nine of every hundred of the
tipping shops are kept by foreigners, and
like the member Of parliament who was
suddenly awakened just as the speaker
was about putting resolution for the
suppression of adultery, and who wished
to say word before it was passed, "be-
cause said he, "onc half of my constitu-
ems live by it )" their interests are so |
much mixed up with the liquor trufIic and
the foreign vote, that every avenue to
their reason and patriotism is shut up, and /
for selfish ends they can consent that their
country sEal! withcr under its curse
If the sins of the foreign population
were only visited on those canting hypo-
CRITICAL demarorues bv vhosa agency thew