Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-24

ance of the design for which the first on
rage was committed. If there is any
thing which will defeat the object of Lew
isburg it is the seItishness, presumption
aud impuaenre which this project bear
upon its face"
All this diatribe, the reader will OBJ
serve, is utterly destitute of ever show
of argument on the issue 1t is abust
against town, without rhyme or reason
No one ever supposed that the E'itor
or the Politicians of Northumberland coun
ty would ever consent to the Forthcoming
re annexation The Editors would there
by lose much good subscriptions and other
patronage, and Politicians would find many
projects disarranged. But,as neither Edi-
tors nor Politicians can argue the question
fairly without getting the worst oft, they
set up q simultaneous howl from the four
points-Sunbury, Milton, Mfllinburg, ana
New Berlin-against Lewisburg! Poor,
unfortunate, dwindling little Lewisburg
With regard to II this SANDER of our
town, we would just hint to Sunbury and
all others, that it is nothing new For
five or six years past, Nep Berlin has prac-
tised H game-in many long column
of bit6s, libelous prose, and vindictive,
impotent rhyme-until the public were
disgusted, and vomited back the filthy
mass into the bosoms of its concoctors.
The New Berlin traducers of Lewisburg
were much more talented, vigorous, and
devoted to their holy work, than you are,
or can be- But whether New Berlin or
Lewisburg suffered most by this kind of
warfare, is for the Editors and Politicians
of Northumberland to consider: and when
they have asceriained just how much New
Berlin made by their vulgar and false as
suits upon Lewisburg, "please make note
ont" In the language of Daniel Webster
respecting well-atuscd Massachusetts, we
say of Lewisburg, THERE SHE STANDS
LOOK AT HER!
The above ''first rate notice" of the Ga
zefte, is so barren of reason, yet so full of
falschood, that we can not attempt to
answer it in detail
We would remark, however, that from
everything we can learn, the charge tha:
the petitions for dividing Northumber-
land county originated in Le,oisbury," is
wholly false No such petitions have been
printed, or circulated from here, or by our
aid or advice, to the best of our knowl-
edge and belief 1t would be folly for us
to ask such a thing before the County
Site is located and the Buildings erected.
Then will be the time for the friends of
the proposed union, or both sides of the
river, to move in the matter. If, then.
such a move has been made-as the enc
mics of Lewisburg assert-THEY MUST
HAVE MADE IT, in order to precipitate the
matter at the wrong time, and thereby in
jure it. THEY have done the deed which
the .N1toniaa and Gazette condemn so We
hemently, and then lay the blame on LEW
IsBURG. There's honesty for you with
vengeance
Having got up those petitions, Cor false
ly asserted that they were in circula-
tion--we know not which, they next raise
hue and cry against Lewisburg, which is
joined in by the Editors, Politicians, and
Candidates for Office on the other side Of
the river Every Editor is threatened
with loss of patronage-every politician
fears his plans may be disturbed-and ev-
cry Candidate hastens to keep right with
" the lower end of the county-by de-
nouncing Division, and vieing with each
other in heaping calumny upon calumDy
on devoted Lewisburg!
Next follow the "Reminiscences got up
by Mifiiinburg and few of the Milton
men who have a neighborhood jealousy of
their rival. They tell the people that Mif-
flinburg will be the county scat-that Lew
isburg, if it got it, would chea: the peo-
pie, and would not pu. up tho County
Buildiugs-and, by persistent and perse-
vering efforts to get names at every hazard
of truth and honor, are getting up long
list to appear presently, with tremend
Gus flourish Of trumpets in the Mlffiinburg
luminary, to be copied by the disinterest-
ed papers aforesaid as evidences of Public
Opinion!
Well, they have laid their plans, cum
ningly. But, unfortunately for them, the
FARMERS Of the supper end" are not
fools. They know Sunbury well-know
Just where, and how far off it Hss-they
know Lewisburg, too, and just where, and
how far off, it STANDS. IV- When the time
comes-mark it, ye Editors, Politicians,
and Candidates-,ehen the proper time ar
rives, they will ask to be detached from
Mahancy, if they deem it advisable; and
they will ask it so Enthusiastically as to admlt
If no denial Until then, 1--WE, and) THEY
'BIDE THEIR TINE, and allow Editors,
Politicians, and Candidates to abuse Lew.
isburg to their hearts content.
Last spring, however, We should state,