Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-10-05
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MEN FROM THEIR BEDS, anu hi0
change of over so votes in that township
and thereby carried the division OF the
county" Well, that ~as time the
"Battle Of Guudy's Lane" was nothing to
that eventful night. Just imagine "John
Barber with number of his friends" drt-
ying men from their beds, and m1hi"y
them vote for division! To be sure, he
had promise of Judgcship in his pocket
to stimulate him in his midnight attack
upon his noighbors' beds ; and, no doubt
if he had been promised the next Presi-
dency, he and ''his friends" would have
reused up the whole county!
Seriously, We suppose Barber, and the
Watsons, and Lutz, and Hildcrbrand, and
Shafer, and Deck, and Sheary and a hun
dred moro men in West Bufaloc d'd
choose to vote for Division; and We sup
pOse.hey nearly all went for it for very
good reason-thcy wanted Nlllinburs Tor
the county Seat; and J ohm ' in addition
had the promise Of an ofice-if he could
get it. They wanted Division for the sake
of Nininburg-thc BARRIERS especially all
u2te for Mifilinlurg, and give money for
Mlfllinburg, and yet-a Lcwisburs paper
gravely tells US it is our duty to support
Barber, for he and his friends "drorc men
from their beds and mals them vote for
division y We suppose John V. Barber
is no such mighty man as all that would
indicate, or he made poor use of his Dl-
vision power on previous trials.
If Barber is entitled to be Judge because
he once voted for Division, what shall We
say for John Schrack, who voted for Di7i-
sion ccc,y trial, without promise of an Of
flee 3? Eight ou: of ten Of the friends of
Division will vote for John Setback, be-
cause he has proved himself the best friend
of that cause. 1t is we'll known, too, and
acknowledged, that Mr. Schrack's offer to
transcribe and furnish the necessary dock
cts for Snyder county, did more to carry
division, than any other act Of any man,
"The West" docs not claim TIE election
Of John Barber: the returns will show
that they repudiatc him, for they kn ow
him, and they have no confidence in him.
They know he run in Lewisburg,in 1858,
as a Division and Maine Law man, while
in other districts he run as just the oppo-
site. The same game can not te played,
successfully, twice.
The Aryus says, "Sinca tho Division,
it is not necessary that Judge should be
acquainted with the German language"
We know our county does not require 1t
as much as Snydcr,yet there are hundreds
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Children
who are not sufficiently familiar with
the English to transact legal and other
business in that language, and there are
many papers of Importance also in the
German language. Wilson, Marshall and
Barber would be unable and incompetent
to deal with such matters. Why not, then,
have at Court one good German scholar on
the bench q? And who could deny our
numerous, industrious, and warm-hearted
German fellow citizens-who pay more
than half our taxes-a man of their own
nation and speech! Certainly we could
not. and we believe and trust the Germans
will arouse and claim and defend their
rights and their interests in this matter.
As to the arguements, without any
regard to truth and decency' said to be
used against Barber, we have not heard
them. What We have stated, is matter OF
public record, or on the authority of his
friends, publicly declared. The questions
put to him in last weeks Chronicle, have
been more or less matter Of common fame,
somo of them for two years and II not
true, Mr.. Barrier ceull and should havo
publicly denied them. He has not denied
them, aud therefore VIC believe them to be
true.
There have been many untrue and