Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-25
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FRIDAY, JIf.X 25. 1856.

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PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENTIAL EoTEs
We publish below the official returns q
the votes for the Candidates for the presi
dency in this State commencing with th
election Of General Jackson in 1928.
1873. Jackson, I0l ,652. Adams, so,
SIS. Jackson's majority, 50,s04.
1882. jackson, go. 475. Writ t,GS,7lG
Jackson's majority, ~, ,267.
1896 Van Buren,, 9I,475. Harrison
s7,lll. Van Buren's mnj,riry, 1861
1910. Van Buren, 1869. uarri-
son, l44,OlS. Harrison's majority, 3Is.
ls44. Polk, 167 $50. Clay, l6l ,20l.
Blrney,3,l23. Folks majority over Clay,
6,332-over both Clay aud Blrney,3 2O9
1s4S. Cass, l72,74S Taylor, lS6,.
1ss. Van Buren,, Il.2O7. Taylor's ma
jority over Cass, l3,440. Taylor's maj
ity over both Cass and Van Buren,, , 2:33;},
1852. Pierce, 1855 Scott, 49,
ls3. Hale, 8 $50. Broom. $40. Pierce's
majority over Scott, 19,40O-over all,
$3.50.
Considering how much larger the Vote
OF the State now is, the contests are very
close.
There were $500 maj against Piumer,
last fall, although he had plurality, and
was thereby elected.
pm-The excuse Of the South, that "the
violation of the Missouri Compromise was
offered by Northern Senator, and We are
not to blame for accepting it" is vain
plea for guilty conscience. [. is neither
true, nor fair argument. 1t was a plot
of Atchison, Dixon, and other slave mon
gering Southern politicians, who put for
ward Douglas as a catspaw, and to cover
their foul spoiIs with the pretence of "a
gift from the North" But Douglas is in
no Just sense Northern man; he owns
and works, with his own slaves, a large
Mississippi plantation, aud is in feeling
aud practice Southern man. And if the
allegation we're true, it is no valid jus''f
cation of an act intrinsically wrong. The
South all knew that Douglas & Co. were
defrauding the North and acting against
the expressed wishes Of the North IN sac
ri6ciug the Liberty of Kansas. "The par
taker is as bad as the thief" all over the
world. The party that receives property
knowing it to be improperly obtained, is
guilty partner in the crime. "The woman
thou gavest me" did net shield Adam from
nerited punishment for partaking of the
forbidden fruit. Douglas "spiritual
father" and uamesake, Arnold, also tried
to be,ray the North but Andre suffered
(as Slavery must) for attempting to take
advantage of Arnold's treasou'
CALcuLATIoNs-Two taverns in Union
county were licensed at $50 each, Ii at
S25 each, and 8 eating houses at $50 each
amounting to $500. Clerks fees, &c.,
elsewhere, are $l,25 each; if the same
here, the total would be 1886 25. The
question arises, How many drinks will
it require to pay these expenses Of license!
9.77l drinks at cts each, or
1852 3
would pay the costs. But as the profts
must pay. and as they may be rated at 100
per cent, it will take 10, ,542 6 cent "nips,'
or 39,0S4 3 cent "pulls," to enable retail
ers to clear themselves on license costs.
Forty thou sand drinks will make how
many DRINKS And who can say how
much evil those 40, 900 drinks do create !!
Would the sum for licenses pay the dam
age!
SOne year ago, the interchangeable
MANA 1,ot,,r q rooiav and the