Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-06-20
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FRIDAY. JUNE 20, 1876.
To the Editors of the Lewisburg Chronicle;
Mrssns EnlrnRs We looked IN Your

To the Editors OF the Lewisours ChTonieie;
MEssas EpiroRs We looked in your las,
paper for a proper rebuke OF the premediiated
insult of the "Argus" To those who attended
the gathering IN University Hall IN condem-
nation of the recent ouirageS by the Slave
Power upon the infant State of Kansas, and
upon the person of the truly Hon. c. Sumner
But we were disappointed IN our expectation,
and therefore ask for short space TO express
our opinions thro' your columns. The Argus
stated that Some malicious persons circulated
the story that there would be a nIgger show al
the HILL. This as a matter of course was not
correct" Well ,sIrs, the phrase used Is without
doubt used reproachtully, and II mot correct
fthe people concerned very naturally lhqnlre)
why was it endorsed by publication II II
had been uttered only orally and privately by
"some malicious persons, what must they he
who three days afterwards publish an admit
ted unIruth aud send II on the wings of the
wind through the public preSSi II II be Ina
lcious" TO invent, what must II be TO give
currency 10, a ta.Se, opprobrIous charge! we
are inclined TO believe that the "mahcious
inventors of the stupid stigma were ventrilo-
uuis,s, who made the very statement which
they deliberately promulga,e! Or, II IT were
ever uttered, either as a joke or mallciouSly,
il need not be repeated, when known not TO he
true and hence we charge that the response
billtg Is not Snllleu upon dl uHhhp"h s'df'-
goat, but is incurred by those who endorse II
by putting il in print for an evident purpose
Having participated IN said meeting (Which
Sy the way was far the most orderly and I'M
posing political demonstration ever witnessed
In our community we beg leave TO add that
IL was no "nIgger show, but that the actors
and spectators were at least as white-both IN
character and compexion-aS either Of the
gentlemen who spread the miserable charge.
We saw no ssnieger" there, unless those he
thus designated who year by year carry out the
wishes of the Slave Power, apologize for Op-
preston, and are so hde-bound by party let
iers that they dare not indulge one generous
impulse or breathe a wish for the freedom of
our brother man everywhere. We, however,
did see the beloved Governor of our good old
liberty loving Commonwealth, and we did hear
his spontaneous and noble defence of those
rights for which our fathers struggled and Sui-
ferel. We did see presiding over the meeting
the honored head of our University, assisted
by gentlemen who have honorably represented
our country in the halls Of the General As
sembly in the Stale Senate. and on the floor Of
Congress. We saw the educated Professors,
with their families, and most of the Students,
there. We did see the Ladies of the Female
Institute, and IN addition five or SIX hundred
of the most intelligent and accomplished La
dies oil tnc lDWH diu NlClultb- We saw CiDi-
yymen, Farmers, Mechanics, Merchants. men
who earn their daily bread by their daily toni,
who acted with the meeting. respectable
company from a neighboring town played
aaEehb Sbut "nigger music. Solemn prayer
xAs SlfeSs0o the Majesty on high for protec-
kR Al guidance in these troubous times.
spesthsW surprising power was delivered IN
manly style and sustained by incontrovertible
documentary evidence, advocating the rights
both natural and constitutional of White Free
men, and vindicaung our fellow citizens from
Penn'a and elsewhere in their lawful and lau-
dable efforts to found a Free State upon the
broad and fertile plains Of the Kaw, where
"niggerism" should never vex or curse them.
These were the aciors-lheSe the spectators.
The only "nigger show was in the editorial
columns of the Argus, whose gratui'cus insult
was to a people who have ever been generous
and friendly TO them. Truly, what degrading
influence has Party FealIy, when 1t prompts
10 the utterance uf malicious story" when
il is a .alsehood and designedIy slu'M
We pass to notice the plea put in by the
Editors, that We should not Judge the whole
South by the conduct of Mr.. Brooks. Howe
yer plausible this may appear as general
proposition. 1t can not be urged in the present
case. All the Southern Congressman shield
him thus far; the Southern newspapers. pub
IlC nttllHpS, anu even SbbtiutIS dVildhu uI>
fagilious act; and we may therefore truly say
that he did but act out Slavery despotiSm, and
is fully endorsed by the South.
One word as to the resolutions adopted by
the meeting. The Editors say they "reiierate
the sentiments of the Republican party" We
have never seen the Platform of that Party,
but if il accords with those resolutions 1t will
receive the cordial assent of all the Northern
Wings and of tens Of thousands of Northern
Democrats. Would ii be asking too much of
the Editors TO publish those resolutions for the
information of their numerous readers
MANY.
Remarks.-If we had two daily papers,
We might pay attention to many more
subjects than we can find room for in our
miscellaneous sheet. We dislike contro-
versies, and since our local contests were
decided have endcavored to avoid them.
The expression which arouses our cores
pondent, did not surprise us-in fact, We
are surprised at nothing in that sheet since
it declared the CHRONICLE "prctesse7Iy
NEUTRAL paper" "NiggcrworshipIng"
is its synonym for liberty-loving. Where
us. troops can not be had to "crush OUT
freemsn-where the pistol and gutta per-
cha canes can not be used to frown down
freedom of speech-THERE epithets and
degrading comparisons like the above will
be used, plantation fashion, by those who
openly boast Of their political affinity with
slave-owners and slave-drivers! "Rebels"
ind similar degrading epithets were en-
plCyed by the friends of King George in
'76, precisely in the spirit they are by the
friends Of Pierce, Douglas & Co. in sc.
As to the endorsement of Bully Brook.
by the South-it is true we know of nc
Buchanan paper which condemns him
but it is right to say that several religious
and Independent journals, and also half I
dszen American journals, have had th'
courage to join Senator Crittenden ant
Col Benton in denouncing the bastard.
"Mauy" will have ga good time" indu
cinO the lr0ns IN conv anv Renuhlica,