Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-12-26
Che Gbronifle.
FRIDAY, DEC. 26, 1886.
Pennsylvania away from Hume.

There is injustice in the manner III
which the late election iii our State is
alluded TO 10y some Republicans. We
might give many illustrations OF this
fact, from leading Journals but the
following extract from private let
ter written 10y u native OF Union coun-
ty, now citizen of u Western State,
will suffice for a salty specimen OF the
encomlums bestowed upon us
"Ihere are other points than
the election OF Mr.. Buchanan or Coi.fremonI,
involved IN the contest just closed The sham
Democracy IS Conquered III the Tree Nuiih-
nothing but It's Southern strength mas given II
even the name OF viclofy. Loud, deep, and
universal are the eIecrauUns heaped upon
Pennsylvania. 1 feel myself dIsgraced even
by the slightest allusIon 10 her. Look at New
York Massachusetts, and other Northern and
Western Sta,es,a ,as they are covered WI glory
by the mighty tIIun,pn they nave achieved IN
the great contest between oppression, disun-
ION and the power OF slavery on the one hand,
aud equal representation, freedom Of speech
and ui the press, and the eternal principles OF
the Declaration of lndrPendence,un The other.
Would could draw the pail oil oblivion over
the deed thai mas made your State the ally OF
Brooks and ruombs and WISE and the other
slave-drIvIng rutfians and lyrants OF the South,
but the waters of Penn> creek and all your
noble rivers can not wash the foul blot from
YOUR escuIcheon, nor can the shadows Of all
YOUR mountains hide II from a cunIemptuous
and wondering world as 1t throws It's blacken-
ing lines across the noon-day blaze of the
nineteenth century. That II has been accom-
p!ished by the juint agency OF taisehood, CAL
umny, bribery, fraud aud the Vaccinations OF
third party. can scarcely mitigate the enor-
mity of the deed, while such plea would be
paving no very haiiering compliment TO the
intelligence, patriotism or virtue of your peo-
pie! Still, the friends of freedom have cause
to rejoice in the meriled rebuke which has SO
heavily fallen upon the leading traitors to
The North. We have mace good beginning.
and our canse is just-so keep organized, and
ready for another battle IN 1862
skipping the hardest words" as we
did in copying the above, and remin-
ding the reader that it is not wild
Yankee Abolitionist," but q sober
Union county Dutchman,whO wrote it,
we remark that our friends in other
States all seem to forget one very i'm
portant fact, and that is, that we had
to encounter not only all they had, but
in addition we had to battle with a
STATE PRIDE worth to Slavery 10000
votes, and without which it could not
have obtained the vote of Penn'a on
that side. A Stale always with the
President elect, but never having one
of its own-a State OF the number and
power Of Penn AMY one who knows
human nature must see would make a
desperate effort to make one of her
SOUS, President, the first opportunity
that presented. Any other than one
from this State, We thought and still
think would have lost it to the Dem
oerats and insured it for Fremont.
Judge M'Lean was the choice of the
Delegates from this State in the Ma
Iiohai convention, but we honestly
yielded to the decision OF the majority.
While the Buchanan party made a
show OF opposition in ALL the Free
States, their REAL STRENGTH was saga
ciously concentrated upon Pennsylva-
MIA and other Border States. Feeling
sure Of the South, they rightly judged
that Penn'a and one other Free State
would be sufficient to carry the day.
Hence their strongest men were sent
here-Clerks at Washington and ne
gro owners in Carolina were taxed to
swell the immense fund ito carry
Pennsylvania"
With all these peculiar and special
drawbacks, Buchanan's maj. Gf any
over all Is less in his own State than
IN lnd!ana-less than 500. Consid'