Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-04-24
kunkle and WilmOt.

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of Wilmot, IMR,card, Veech, and JJ Leuii
Hon. JOHN c. KUNKEL made an eloqueu
and powerful speech, which was reporte
in the Telegroph,]
Mr.. KUNKEL said he did not come her
to submit to the nomination Of Davi
Wilmot for Governor, but be came to ha'
it-not to acquiesce in it as a necessity
but to rejoice at it-not to say to his fel
w.citizens, that, as we had sent delegate
to the nominating Convention, we wer
bound by the nomination there made
but to say that, in his judgment, it wa
the very best that could have been made
and in every way ft to be made. DaviC
Wilmot was the foremost man of his age
Where, in the history Of Pennsylvania
can such spectacle be presented, as the
18th Congressional district presents:-
Six or eight years ago, that district gave
six or eight thousand Democratic majori
ty; it now gives the same majority the
other way-a change, in single Cong
ressional district, of some fifteen thousand
votes. How much Of that change is at.
tributablc to David Wilmo. himself? p
Must not the man, who can thus WELD
the popular sentiment among his friends
aud neighbors, be true, sincere, faithful,
able man? How faithfully has David
Wilmot, ever since be introduced into
Congress his proviso, extending the JEFF
fsrsonian ordinance to the Territories ac.
quircd from Mexico, adhered to the noble
stand then taken! Others fell by the
wayside, and have had their rewards in
places of honor and trust from the Demo-
cratic party. But Office aud emolument
had no charms to win David Wilmot
from bis principle. The highes. honors
and rewards we're within his reach, if be
had consented to abandon his fealty to
Freedom at the bidding of his parity
But he uobly spurned them all, for right
and truth aud justice, and in the hour of
trial was
Faithful found among the the faithless
And faithful only he"
Take him, as the record of his life shows
him, and be presents " a combination and
. form, indeed, where every god hath
set his seal to give the world assurance of
. man"
But the Free Traders now preach up
that Judge Wilmot had been hostile to
protection, and this they made . great
bug bear among old Wings. 1t was true
that Mr.. Wilmot had differed from the
Wing party on this question, though he
always conceded that the iron interest, as
national interest, should receive the fos.
tering care of the government. But what
ever may have been the views Of the 18th
Congressional district in the past, on that
subject, Mr.. K. knew that in the last
Congress the representatives Of that dis.
trict voted uniformly with the friends of
protection.
1t was said, again, Mr.. Wilmot was not
an American. Yet, when our boaored
Executive was nominated by the American
party, David Wilmot and his district gave
him their full, hearty, and cordial sup
port, running up an unprecedented ma
jority for him. Moreover, the Conven-
ton which nominated Mr. Wilmot, adop-
ted platform Of principles, and Mr.. vii.
mot takes the nomination as the represen-
ta,ive Of those principles. Among the
resolutions adopted, is the following:
"Resolred, That it is fraud upon our
laws, and fraught with danger to our in.
sti,utions, to admit to full participation
in their benefits, any man who acknow-
lodges a foreign supremacy, which he can
not conscientiously, and without mental
reservation, abjure and for ever renounce;
whether that supremacy be civil or spirit
ual."
That, said Mr.. K, is enough for me
as an American. 1t embraces the vital
principle of Americanism. Could such a
resolution be passed in a Democratic Con-
vention? The voice Of its adoption would
not die upon the air before the right wing
of the Democratic party-the Irish Bri-
gade-would march of to the bowld an
them of
"Erin mavourneen, Erin go braghl'
But when everything else fails, the
cry Of the enemy would be, Wilmot is an
Abolitionist! Mr. K. said be had no pa.
thence with this charge. 1t was false, ut
terly false, and those who made it knew
it to be . lie. It had served its turn
thrice in Peuusylvania, and Mr.. K. thought
it would now meet the contempt it deserv-
cd. Who, he asked, that did not swear
in the words Of the ever varying creed Of
the Democratic party on tho subject Of
Slavery, was not obnoxious to this cpl
theft He, himself, had gone to Con.
gress from one Of the most conservative
districts Of Pernsylvauia, entertaining the
most conservative views on the Slavery
question, and yet, because be had voted
for Mr. Ranks for Sneaker. and for the