Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-07-31
THE STATE ELECTION.


ed down to struggle between the friend:
Of Slavery extension and its opponents.
PACKER represents one principle, and
WILMOT the other, and all efforts to di.
rect the public mind from the real and vi.
tai issue Of the campaign by the presenta.
ton Of third ticket will signally fail, as
the result on the second Tuesday Of Octo.
Der will prove. Pennsylvania must take
her position on this great question ; and
to her addition the friends of Free Labor,
Free Speech and Free Soil, in every part
of the Union, are looking with the most
intense anxiety. The influence which tho
voice of the "Old Keystone" would have
OF her sisters of this great confederacy-
if that voice be fairly expressed-caunot
be estimated at this time.
Pennsylvania should array herself with
the great Northern phalanx in this contest
for the eradication of the heaviest curse
that ever blighted the prospects Of an 9TH
erwise prosperous nation. Our good old
State, whose early history is a standing
rebuke to slavery, should shake off the
thraldom of Southern influence in which
she has been eptangled by the course Of
her own unworthy sous, who would barter
the fair fame of the Commonwealth for
the "loaves and fishes dispersed by pow
er. Pennsylvania should no longer main
tain the character of the blind giant, igno.
rant Of her own power and resources. aua
subject to the control Of weaker and in.
significant rivals.
The great party which is represented
in this political contest by DAVID Will
MOT, is the only opposing party to the
pcrnicious and destructive doctrines Of the
mis- named Democracy, now before the
people Of Pennsylvania. The effort to
place third ticket in the field is one of
the shallowest schemes of Locofocoism, al
though ostensibly introduced by "Ameri-
cans" for the alleged purpose Of main
tanning separate and distinct organiza-
tion. These "Straight-out" disorsauizers
have their warmest sympathizers in the
ranks of the bogus Democracy; and the
voter who would be deceived by such pal
try maneuveriug must indeed be stupid
beyond redemption.
In the mean time, the friends Of Free
Labor should not waste their time in idle
discussion, but proceed with the work OF
thorough and effective organization in ev.
cry election district in the State. This is
the ight way to 60 to work ifa final tri-
umph is the object of our earnest hopes.
Let it be known, then, and remembered
too, that to elect WILMOr and the Union
State Ticket, WE MUST WORK FOR
1T, with heart and will worthy Of the
candidates, the occasion, and the great
cause in which we are enlisted. We must
work for it as men and Christians-as
Americans and as Republisans-in every
county and every township, from the Del
aware to Lake Erie-from the head wa
ters Of the noble Susquehanna to Mason
and Di1on's line. Organize, NOW !!
Organize as if you felt the great truth that
eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty.
Organize closely and thoroughly, and with
view to secure large turn out to the
polls; for, after all, if our friends do not
vote, they are of very little service to the
cause.
Among the most effective means to con-
duct political campaign to successful
termination, is the free circulation Of
newspapers and documents. Give the
people light-spread among them sound
and convincing facts-and the battle is
more than half won. We trust our edito-
rial brethren-the ever reliable sentinels
on the watch.towers of Freedom, will
sound the buglc notes Of preparation-or,
in other words, will recommend prompt
organization and decisive action, in regard
to the approaching State election. Should
We 70 into the contest, determined to
hang together, and if need be fall togeth-
er, we have no fears for the final result.
WILMor will be the next Governor, and
Pennsylvania, by the expressed voice Of
her own sons, will be where she should
have been years ago-on the side Of Free
Labor, and in opposition to the dark spirit
of slavery, and the train Of evils that
spring from it.-PMsbury Gazette.
REMEDY FOB DRUNKENNEss.-Dr.Jno.
Higginsbotham, surgeon in Nottingham,
England, says "When the mania comes
on, the intense desire for alcoholic stimu'
lus is so strong as to render the drunkard
subject to no control, and from the seusa-
ton of depression, or sinking, he looks
upon alcoholic stimulus as his only remedy.
When person is in this state, 1t will De
alvays found that his stomach Is in fault,