The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-22
NOW AND THEN.

The election last fall in Pennsylvania Of Hon Arnold
Pumer the democratic candidate for canal commissioner
the combined forces Of aboonsm and know-noth-
ngsm, has been cited and cited justly sasas-
tory evidence of great reaction in public sentiment in that
Stateas the triumph Of truth error of princ
pies the wild clamor OF fanatcism still further and
gratifying evidence of that reaclionary spirit
which has brought forth such substantial fruits in the
Keystone State is furnished in the suboined telegraphc
DESPATCH which appeared in the Baltimore Sun OF ycser
days issue ....r-a
WiLKEsBARRE, (Pa.,) Feb. lo.--The friends and neigh
bors Of Hon. Henry NJ Fuller NJ c. from this district gave
bm public dinner yesterday which participated by
wings know nothings, and democrats. Mr.. Fuller beng
called out, made speech of some LENGTH vndcating the
Of himself and friends during the struggle for the
speakershp and arguing that his position the slavery
question sound NATIONAL and conservative He depre
Gated the agitation Of the question: in and out Of Congress
calculated inhsme the public aud sectional divisions
Hedesired that the OF the North and the Of the
South should live and act brethren He also showed that
the Hon. Chester Butler former wing representative from
this district advocated in Congress the doctrine that States
should be admitted recognising excluding slavery
people might determine He thought the people Of Ter
rtore should be e to act unmnesed for themselves and
that attempts to their action improper and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. His remarks received with mani
estatons Of much pleasure eiciting great applause He
turns to Washington with Of good will sup
port of all who have met him on this visit.
We will not stop to inquire whether Mr. Fuller thepr
mary them reflection of that change In the SEN
ments of many thousands of his constituents in regard
to the popular sovereignty and the slavery questions which
has thus been brought notice II is enough for us
to note the gratifying fact without seeking discover
extent credit of the instrumentality To show how
complete and radical is the change in Mr.. Fulers sen
ments, we give below letter written by Mr.. T. on the
18th of August ls49, at the time he soliciting the sn
ages of the people Of Pennsylvania the whig candidate
for canal commissioner The letter is addressed TO Mr.
T. Saxon: ... r. .....a ..sa
You state in Your letter that the free sellers win hold
convention at Hyde Park the a0h instant There is
pretty strong probability of my being the field for
commissioner, and it would certainly aid my prospects very
materially to receive nomination from your party.
in favor OF free SOIL free speech free labor and free men, be-
ing Wimot-proviso up to the hub, and utterly OPP
posed to the extension of slavery.
The natter oH require prudent management, and kno
Of no man cho accomplish better than yourself.
could be bod policy aspt @thoat certainty of success
done it would be well done by the adoption resolu
tnn &C., which you will understand how prepare Con-
suit with our mutual friends Hacky and Johnson and write
soon.
"Yaprs, truly, HENRY Nj. FULLER"