Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-10-15
y no Editor of TIE TRIBUNE ever oco-opera-


ted'' with any such.
That you or your scribe [who is said to be
your Senatorial Chaplain, but hope is not,]
should proceed to assert that
ssGreelev,s Fourierism, ee-Loveism, Spi-
ritualism, are parts OF that platform Of ichsch
secti0nGtfsm IS the soaf,
is but natural and consequent. What would
be the profit of lying if you were not to bring
your lies to market7 You know very little.
yet you can hardly be so dull as not to know
that this talk of eGreeley's Free -Loveism,
Spirtualism," &c, is the basest kind of lying
An appeal from the reason and conscience of
the community to the prejudiccs of the ignOr-
ant and the credulity of the unwary.
Mr.. Senator Bgler you occupy very ex-
alted station, while am a private citizen, and
both of US occasionally address our fellow-cit-
izens on the politics Of the day with reference
to the Presidential election. When do so.
generally read the platforms of the three par
ties with relation to Slavery, and set forth their
points of accordance and of difference. then
compare the doctrines of each party, as thus
defined and proclaimed by itself, with those
of Washington, Jefferson, and our Revolution
AIRY patriots, and with the action Of Congress
throughout the purer days Of the Republic
| ask those who hear me to vote for Fremont
and against Buchanan because of the position
taken by them respectively on the great issue
Of the day, as Mr.. Buchanan truly pronounced
it in his interview with Senator Albert q.
Brown. L appeal to all who have heard me TO
say whether / have or have not at any time
personally assailed Mr.. Buchanan or any OF his
upporters-whether have or have not sought
to divert attention from the great issue made
up by the rival National Conventions to irrel-
evant and trivial matters, or to the opinions Of
your candidate or his friends on any question
not involved in the canvass. You, Sir! have
chosen a different course; we shall see how
the People regard it. Up to this hour, can
not hear that any member of your party has
ever printed the Three Platforms and the Let
ters Of Acceptance of the rival candidates for
President for circulation among the voters of
all parties; have printed many thousands of
these, and shall be happy to supply you with
them at cost. But you do not want them
you would carefully refrain from distributing
if you had them and your fellow partisanS
have frequently denied TIE fact that the Gin
cinnat Convention unanimously indoTsed the
administration of Franklin Pierce, and at frst
voted down a resolve favoring the PacifcRail-
road-the Pennsylvanians going solid against
if, and afterwards voting for an ambiguous,
non-committal expression of opinion in its fl-
vor. This day, there are haud bills circulated
in your State calling on the people to rally for
buchanan, Breckinrdge and Free Kdnsas, -
just as they were called in "A to struggle for
..Polk, Dallas and the Tariff Of 'i2.' 1 ob-
serve one OF the speakers who in ii maintain
cd in public debate that Polk was better
Protectionist than Clay, now on the stump de-
monstrating thatBuchanan's election will more
subserye the cause of Freedom in the Terrific
ries that would that OF Fremont. Perhaps, Mr..
Biglerl such tricks will win, as they hare won
ere now-and perhaps they will not. / bid
you welcome to all that you can make by such
a canvass, and remain Yours. indignantly,
HORACE GREELEY.