Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-01-30
THE CHRONICLE.
FRIDAY. giN. so. 1857.
s. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
A "StOp Thief" FNreiicnt!

A 'NlGp lhiei fNItdieAI.
The following are the names of the
ELEVEN Democratic Members of the
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature, who refused
to obey King Caucus by voting for
Jno. W. Forney for |. :. Senator:
Geo. n. wasenseier. scbny!sln Co.
SsIn. IL. LebO.
Samuel Nienear. tYork Co.
Henry ID. Foster.
Samuel :. Eaii;, We>more. and DIS
joan F:iuSOiG.
G.. Nelson smith. fcambriI Co.
II. }. Nicholson, Armstrong district.
}. II. Calhoun.
john GrcsNcii. Jr. fBlair Co.
seth A. ssaciAus, Cleariie'd Co.
For their free and Independent act,
these eleven Members are held up to
ridicule and repro1ch-branded as
hypocrites and traitors-paradei in
prinswith black lines around their
names, and coffin pictures underneath
or, without a word Of proof, reck-
lessIy denounced as bought and cor
ruptly Influenced in their course.
The first three named were early
personal friends of Gen. Cameron, Mr..
Lebo is son of Ex-Shcriif Lebo of sun
hurv,)-formcrly CasS mcn-elccIed
from counties which always supported
Gen. Cameron, and in which u great
majority of native born citizcns have
a deep concern for the Coal and Iron
operations which Gen. Cameron SO
nobly sustained when in the station
to which he is again elevated AS
against free-trade pro-slavery Forney,
they believe they acted for the best
good of the free laboIcrs and great
interests they represented.
Six Of the remaining eight speak for
themselves in the following
PROTEST.
The unders gned. Democratic members OF
the Senate and House OF Representatives OF
Pennsylvania, having declined to attend and
take part IN the proceedings OF The caucus
which met on FRIDAY evening, January 9Th
1881, for the purpose Of placing nomina.
ton candidate of the democratic party ioI
the office of United States Senator, respectful
ly submit 10 our reSPectve constituents and tC
the democracy of the State, the causes which
have constrained us 10 adopt a course
which, If unwarranted by sufficient reasons
would subject Us 10 legitimate censure.
The undersigned have been, and still are
with others, the friends Of Hon. Henry d. Eos
Ter. of Westmoreland county, AMI have beer
the earnest advocates of his nomination 70
the office of United States Senator.
~, ,s,. coo"a,t ,to,Jng ,,r,d tber o,o
merifs, UNSUPPORTED ALIKE BY EA
PcTaItE IA ION hnD ht -, lLbLnA bh.
the caucus, on a fair expression of opInlo
upon the par' OF me men who's an'y y II Is SO Q
ney, or upon any other man whose name wa
brough, before that caucus, we should hav
er,as nm M @ and - b,cau,, of ,bi % and n NOT I fror or
any fac,ious spirit, we remained away fror
and G 'ook no par, IN u 'ee Ca caucus -o,, e or
position. We believe we were right IN tn
0efn9Ins ana we Sna pu.SIe 20 'ne sn5 a."
no contingency, will single vote of any
the undersgneG oe tast i@I any 4 man. no ma
democra, and man fit to represent Pennsy
wanna IN the Senate niE ct the GM'sd ,,;I States
G. NELSON SMITH,
R. J.. NICHOLSON
;, IoAS n; CALToSN, cnfN Np,1 =,
JOHN FAUSOLD,
P. A. JOHNS.
Harrisburg, January 10, 1857.
re-, Co-.. H.,
t0'n oSlcl was cahuiua'e' ah
OF course did not sign the above. MI
Johns of Eovo,to oo,,r,., r.;oro.od l.;
''0'"'eu IL