Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-06
The Re. Annexation Question.


the citizens of Selinsgrove aud vicinity,
WAS held on the 2Sth ult., HENRY W.
SNYDER, Esq, President, and large
number of other officers. The proposition
to annex the whole of jackson and Union
townships, and the Borough Of New Berlin,
to the new county Of Snyder, was taken
into consideration, ,and the following among
other Resolutions wers unanim ously ad-
opted:
"Rssolvcd, That We solcmnly protest
against any change being made in the
legally established boundary of Snydor
county, where it adjoins Union county.
Resolved, That We have f... coniIeucc
in the Legislature, ...at thoy will disre-
gard the effort row made BY the citizens
Of New Berlin and lis out-po.ts 20 change
the Division line Aforesaid
Resol. j, That as the voters Of Union
county have confirmed the act divid!he
the cocnty, We now asi, the Legislature TO
pass law authorizing ;he sale Of the pro-
rsrtg belonging to said county of Union,
snd dividing the proceeds OF sale equally
between the counties Of Union and Sny
der"
The las. Selin.grove DenioIrqt says:
s'The friends OF Division in Snyder coun-
~, never woall have consented 20 hare
New Berlin brought into sad county
We know the Division iH-a in Union
county wers much opposed to have Now
Berlin in said county, .uo thay c5usou'c!
to take then. T..e tAc, tAat Both counties
wero opposed to .ye New Herlin, proves
shat many OF tucm are corrupt to the
very core. Ona reason tia: SO many of
the New EeriinsFs are de7piseG oy al
honorable ;aca, IS this fact: .shen men
diEer With them on public matters, their
irst move is to make a false and bruta!
personal attack On the men who differ with
them and they may rely upon it, their
unnanly and overbearing conduct has
done much to bring about the division of
the couusy"
The general principle, that townships
and bcroughs should be allowed tc choose
their own county seats, is as applicable to
the above Districts as 70 any other, rar:s
Of Union, Jackson and \ u Berlin lie
about eqa:-dis:ant from BufFsloe AMI Md
die creeks, near which tia new Court
Houses will doubtless bs erected; and We
see no just reason why they should not be
allowed to cLoosc which way to 60 We
do not believe majority Of the people Of
Union, of New Berlin, or those Of Jackson
on this side of Penns Creek, desire annex
a.iou to Snyder county but if they do,
and weuld ask that privilege, upon mature
reflection, We say their prayers have a
right to be regarded. 1t was this princi-
ple-the accommodation Of the majority
which triumphed in Division and afcr
the County Sites are established, we hold |
that those Districts which may be abou;
equi-distant from each, should be allowed ,
to elect that which is most suitable for
them. If New Berlin, or Jackson, or
Union, should prefer Selinsgrove to Lew
isburg, We think our friends there would !
be bound to take them, and train them up
Sin the way they should 60" True, New
Berlin has declared it is "only little hil!'
and "short distance" for Us Lewisburgers
to get to New Berlin but if after trying
il for themselves earnestly, the chilli |
should become mountain, and the dis
tan.e considerable, we should be inclined
to follow out the golden rule, and-altho' !
they would be greatly in debt to US on the
score Of visits and otherwisc-we should |,
say they had right to 60 to Seiinsgrovc,
ifthe hills seemed less and the road shorter |