Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-09-15
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The lnquisition or swearing party finding
that 500 votes is rather small capital to
commence business on in this county are en-
deavoring to enlist the wings to aid them in
their struggle for Office against the people,
A correspondent of one Of the upper town.
ships writes to us to that effect. What a
beautiful commentary on the principles of the
faction in this place, who have usurped the
name of democracy, and who now offer to
make terms with those whom they so lately
vilifed and traduced. 1t is only three years
ago, at the election in this place, when some
of the principal men of this faction, were
hawking their own votes through the streets
of Sunbury, offering to vote for the wing cam
didates, provided they could, in return, get a
vote for one Of their candidates for a county
office. And it was only at the last October
election that "aU Of them" as they acknowl-
edge in their own organ the Gazette, voted for
an open and avowed Know Nothing candi-
date for the Senate. against Jesse G. Horton
the regularly nominated democratic candi-
date. And yet now they affect to have such
holy horror Of the Know Nothings, that
they require their candidates to swear that
they do not, and never will belong to the
order they themselves supported last Octo-
ber, while it is evident from their previous
conduct, that they would again vote the
Know Nothing ticket, if anything could be
made by the trade. Such are the principles
Of the faction in this place, who impudently
call themselves the democratic party. One
would have supposed that such a rebuke as
they received at the late primary election
when some Of the districts refused to vote al
all, and other large districts only polled from
three to ten votes, that they would have dis
covered that the people did not recognize
them, either as leaders or as democrats.
1t will be remembered that one Of the res
olutions of the swearing committees Inquisi
tion, was, that no more votes should be re
ceived at the primary election, than had beer
polled ut the General election, last Octo
Der, for Governor Bigler. The Governor
vote was 2lsO. The highest vote for th'
Inquisition candidates was SAT-
1t was certainly wise precautionary mea
sure on the part of the Inquisitors, not to lie
them come too fast. 1t is probably not say
ing too much that but for this prudent re
solve the vote for the candidates of the In
QUESTION might have reached six hundred. O
about one fourth the vote polled for Gov
Bigler. The committee it seems were re
solved to keep down the democratic vote t
its smallest number Justice requires us I
say, and we are willing to put it on recort
that the committee have done every thing i
their power to accomplish that object. Ho'
well they have succeeded in reducing the den
ocratic vote of this county, the result abov
mentioned, clearly shows. There never wa
standing committee better organized fo
the purpose Of reducing or curtaling vote
than the present. Give them one chanc
more in curtailing the vote, and we will ver
ture to say that the result will more tha
equal the famous contest between the Xxi
kenny cats, and scarcely tail will be left.