Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-05-29
Judge WilMOt's Letter.
Misrepresentation of the Packer Press

We last week submitted Judge Wilmot S
Letter, ACCEPTING the nomination for Gov
vernon, without wor1 of comment. The
poctical contribution on cur first page
evinces the very general appreciation Of
that document. We ask every reader to
scan the Letter carefully-weish well its
scope, its temper, and its languagc-and
say whether it is not patriotic, manly,
liberal exposition of the principles which
lie at the foundation of our Government
whether there is harsh word against the
non extension slave. holders? whether it
breathes a syllable against honest adopted
citizens? and whether it seeks to elevate
one race over another? Again we ask
every man, READ THE LETTER, ,CANDIDLY.
And why? Not only on account of its
merits, but to show the manner in which
it is falsifod by the Packer press-dcliJ-
erateIy and roiltal!y .talsifed, with intent
and hope to deceive the voters! Not one
PacLcr Paper d.at ,re hare seen, has dared
to coRy Judge Wilmo;'s Lctter-not they!
They conceal it from their readers, and
speak of it in terms of which the following
are examples:
Judge Wilmo, has accepted the Republican
nomination for Governor in j letter which
reads as ifhe thought he was a candidate for
rt.n n. of ht,f.
STRANGER TO Pennsylvania. II is for MenegTO
from beginning 10 end, and has not a ,cOrd JJr
The ,chHe citizen except an incidental MbTal
fling If the foreigner. There is no aspect in
which the letter can have any fitness or peril
ncnce TO a candidate for Governor of Penn
sylyania, unless its author has misty visions
of slaves floating up the Susquehanna. But
II snaps and snariS al tie South IN a spirit bet
ter becoming rival hack drivers than the dig
nitied Governor of iraternal Statc.-BkOmS.
burg Star.
WILuor's letter Of Acceptance has reached
the printer. The pth and substance Of ii is
composed of Abolition harpings upon stale
rigmaroLe, informing the people of Pennsylva-
MA that if they'll be liberal enough to elect
him Governor, the Mining and agricultural
interests Of the State shall not occupy much Of
his attention !; but, that rAie man shall be no.
where, and 6ilck man all around.-Beruick
Gazette.
We might give fifty quotations, iden-
teal in tone with these. As we before re-
marked, none copy his Letter, but thus
misreprescnt it :! Again we say, READ
TIE LETTER, and judge if there is in it
from beginning to end one "illibcral fling
at foreigners" "snapping and snarling at
the South" any indication of neglecting
the "interests of the State" any intima-
ton of 'white man nowhere and black
man all around?" On the contrary, is it
not full of interest and sympathy for the
laboring white man? opposed to bringing
more black men to Pennsylvania or any
other free soil, as the Slavcocrats demand,
and as their system tends? moderate in
its opposition to the overbearance of Sla-
naa IL I'll Sas aGHsa aea
doctrine which should actuate Pennsyl-
vania freeman and Democrat of the old
school? It is shame and disgrace to
the public press, that any of its conduc-
tors can be found who will thus recklessly
belle public man whose only offence is
in opposition to slavery just
where he and his party were ten years
ago: and while thus foully abusing and
him, refuse him an opportunity
to defend himself. fla murderer is allow
ed to be heard on trial in his own defence,
surely the respected candidate of large
party is entitled to a similar chance. II
Wilmot's Letter be what these Editors
say, let them publish it, and prove their
assertions by the record This unfair and
Infamous attempt to crush manly oppo,
nent, is too barefaced; the honest people
Of the Old Keystone are not to be thus de-
ceivcd and misled there will be time to
undeceive them
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