Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-18
luorrerpondence of th. Levi.surE chroniel-.l

some twenty years ago. IN Third ST. near
the corner Of Chesnut, fourished a very much
neglected arufactory Of ",iles," under the
shadow Of very prominent shihgle, bearing
in prominent characters the cuphoricus adv
erti.ement of 1T Florence, Practical Halter"
No wonder the ..estatlishmept' WAS neglected,
for its ambitious proprietor had hand in
every meeting having for its object the saliva
ton of the country and the advancement Of
the "wcrkins mans interest" the popular cry
! in those days-and any night in the week you
might have heard his voice from the steps Of
Moyamensine Hall, declaiming in very pa'ri.
otic strains and very bad grammer, or reading
reading resolutions in the real Forrest style
a very popular man was "haudsome Tom
Florence"
From .praciical halter" Tom became prac-
tical editor. practical Ioa:er.practical Temper
ance man, (where as NV. P of the .Sonnies'
he used to make practically pious speeches
and cry over them, very affectiona'ely. while
some Of The brethren who were coenizant OF
certain practises Of his. INDUCED in very prac
tical laughs at him) finally Toms father be-
wrigh,s Of the lst Disuic, arguing from that
that he would make a capital fellow about
the "Ship of State" sent Tom to Congress,
where he became practical "doughface" and
now he cant see that Congress has any right
to punish practical blackguards who disgrace
her halls. 1t is not TO be wondered at that
Southern representatives. hold the North in
contempt. having such noble allies as their
models
Truly We have hit on . great period in the
history of America. Fourth Of July orators
are continually screaming "eternal hostility
to every form of tyranny over the mind Of
| man !" but preachers who dare to denounce
national sins are invited from their pulpits
| (Tyns of Phila. and Conway of Washington;)
and the Eagle of the "Old Dominion" isready
with beak and talons to chase from her hal
| lowed soil any mlscreant (Underwood and
! Rye) who dare to intimate that the traffic in
human flesh is no, perfectly legitimate and
"pecuharly" humane and patriarchial, institu-
ted for the express purpose of humanizine and
christian;zing both the slave and his kindred
at thome-although when he Is 10 be allowed
! the opportunity no one has ventured to assert
and in all respects blessed institution.
| And the platform on which this precious idol
sits, is borne very complacenlly on the shoul-
ders Of lot of huckstering, dough headed
northern representatives, who will End bye
and-hye-,hat even Polysamy is constitution
al, as the constitution does not expressly say
tina, one man shall have only one wife.
| Most Of the sensible and good men down
this way are going in" for Fremont People
| begin to feel that they have been the tools of
party-have been kicked and euffed bought
| ume 10 take the matter in their own hands,
and not allow those practical" brawlers to
judge for them any longer. All compromises
are to be made hereafter on the basis Of right
AID wrong, and not for the sake of peace and
harmony; for peace can never find xnEA
s---s--.-...s.. .s~cK or princfpie, wnicn
an abandonment of justice and right pre-sup-
poses. And when such men as Mr.. Cadwal-
win TIE endorsed ny Philadelphia, ,and the
voice Of the majority 60 to sustain such foul
acts as that committed by Mr.. Brooks. it is
time they we're undeceived, and they requested
to resign position they disgrace. They are
the very fellows who are in no danger by ad-
vocating the "fortirer in re-; for there is no
danger of either of them telling the plain truth
so as TO make themselves obnoxious to such
freeaters, and thus have the rule applied to
then.
One cannot help feeling that judgment"
has not altogether "ned to british beasts"
since the vote on the expulsion resolution has
shown so respectable a majority in favor of re-
tanning some title 10 decency; for. after the
sham trial Mr.. Brooks had, nearly every one
supposed that il would amount 10 only such
farce in the House
listened last evening 10 q speech from Mr..
w. H. Fry of the Tribune. forcibly areumenta-
tive and historical, delivered at Fremont
meeting in Camden. where am staying thro'
the summer months. HIS main subjec, was
a review Of "sectona alism'-,he great gun of
Democracy, which is unloaded in the teeth of
every one who dares to attack Slavery and |
Mr.. Fry rather opened the eyes Of the Span.
iards" on that subject: but"Spain" is all right.
dllhouSh hoo 6oeo iicuus
through the State. Jimmy Buchanan dare
say is q very nice old bachelor. but I would
not occupy the White House at the price he
must pay for IL if he does occupy l., nor hug
such carcases of political and moral ro,tenness
to my bosom as Jno. W. Forney and the clique
tha, surrounds him, for the power and poses
sions Of the Auiocrat Of all the Russias.
/ have never voled, because never felt
that my vote was worth anything. at least.
there have been no questions mixed hereto.
fore with Presidential elections appealing so
strongly to our moral sensibility and in which
the future Of our country is so deeply con.
cerned but il the present contest, count me
sin Yours &c, S.H.F,
For the Levisburg Chronicle.
The other evcning,I attended meeting
Of Buchanan club, very respectable in
its appearance, aud was considerably en-.
tertainee. The speaker, a gentleman with
gray hairs, and who l was told had served
in the General Assembly, gave us q very
original aud learned genealogical account