Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-03-12
Additional Response.

trlal. L he lCcIlpgs OF many, II MOI I'LL arc
expressed by the following
Additional Response.
To he E.Lior Of tie Union Argus:
SIR: You will doubtless remember, that prior
to the assembling of our last Court, you were
! requested to publish 4 call for Democratic
County Meelng,thc object of which was stated
10 be "to ascertain the sentiments of the party
in this county ON the subject of the admission
OF Kansas under the l.ccompton Constitution
Ne,among many others, thought no Democrat
should object TO 4 popular expression Of opln-
ION. by the party, on question so deeply IN
voylnG lis peace and perpetuliy. To com
pare opinions in a friendly way, and IN re-
Spcctiul manner give ntterance TO what might
prove 10 be the sentiment of the county, that
it might have lis influence in the formation OF
proper public opinion on the subject, was
thought right by many. The notice was
handed you in good time; ii stated openly and
clearly, the object ofthc meeting; fixed a pub
lie place. and convenient time, for lis as
sembling, that all might know the object; and
the place. Being Court Week, our friends
from every district Of The county could, with
htile extra trouble, be represented. In this
call, however, your Argus eye could see no
good you were fearful it might inJure the
party, and refleed 10 publish ii. While we
differed with you in opinion, we could not
but respect your seeming anxiety Tor the m
tcre>t of the party. We abandoned the prof.
ect for the meeting, not because we thought 1t
wrong to express our honest Convictions of
/ right, but, from the opposition OF these IN
whom we had confidence, we thought such cx-
preston at the time might be inexpedient, as
the opposition to an expression of opinion
fro, tn, thp I
constitution.
You may well agine how much we were
surprised 10 find, in your last paper, what
PurEurted to be an account of meeting of
the County Cunm,ttoe. heartily endorsing L6-
alpt0n, and fully committing the Demurtd-
cv of the county to that side OF the question!
Now. when was that meeting called VINO
ever saw the call When and where was
the meeting hclil BY whom was it attended,
/ Who offered the resolutions What was the
/ vote upon theml These are questions that
the honest Democrats Of the county want an
swercd. Did you not know that the meeting
. in question was composed OF but three per-
/ sons. the Postmaster one of the three met
/ together without formal call, acting without
authority from Il majority of the committee.
lheir action withheld from the party until too
. late TO counieract il in the State Convention
that the whole thing was a miserable trick,
conceived IN fraud, brought forth IN darkness,
and sent abroad to deceive Knowing all
this, as You ought to have known il, we are
surprised that YOU would admit the proceed
! ings IN your paper, in such manner as 10
give them an appearance OF regularity
4 cali for an honest, open, daylight meet
ing on this question, you must Suppress, appa-
renty afraid of an honest expression OF opIn-
I ion, here, rs the LecomptoniteS are Of the
same thin; in Kansas. We cannot think
. that the time has come, IN the history ol our
glorious old Democratic party, when iii nee
+ essary 10 It's safety that the Press should be
muzzled-,hat liie-long Democrats shall be
/ compelled to speak in words of purchased
/ fattery, or not be permitted to speak al all, or,
wha, is worse, to be spoken for, by a self-con-
stItutsI committee Of three Until Democra-
cy in this county is enieebled by age, or de-
Inrpted by other causes, her honest sons vii!
prefer TO form and utter their own opinions,
iu preference TO having them manufactured
and expressed by an irresponsible comm!Itee.
. Did YOU not know thatt this Committee was
I doing most palpablc injustice to many Demo
I crals when they said that they expressed "thc
' unlvcrsa! sentiment Of the Democratic party
in this county :" uttered, too, in the face Of
the fact, that they dare not meet the people or
the Democrats on thIs question, but, sinking
away from public gaze into some place not
vet made public, BY the dim flicker of a"dark
lantern" This Immortal trio. IN their concen-
rated wisdom, take the affairs of State and
Nation in hand. They first aUbnt three
men 10 the Stale Convention, when, in fact,
these men had been fully entitled TO their
seats by o;hrr and fprncr actiOn. They then
( tell tho President that they emphatically en-
/ dorse his Kansas policy, ana recommend the
/ speedy admission Of said Territory under the
/ Lecomnton constitution. They assure the
/ Cabinet that they believe them of "Sound
mind ard of "quaIiied honesiy"-rather
left handed com pliment yet the Cabinet may
be thankful that three such men would con-
descend to consider them sound in mind even
/ in honesty somewhat "quGiyfed." Our friend
Bigler is next called M, and, after pait!ng his
/ head in matronly manner, he Is informed
that his course on Kansas and on everything
( else is endorsed" They, however, fail TO say
whether they mean his course on Kansas as
expressed in his speeches during the cam
raign ct 1856, or that now recently taken in
the L. ). Senate. II the former, the Democ-
F racy approves il most heartily; if the latter
is meant. they might as well also have in
formed Benedict Arnold that it is now the
universal opinion that his patriotism and de-
vol.on TO his country should never have been
doubted. They, too. have word of approval
for our excellent Governor, but say nothing
of the manly principles put forth in his lnau-
( gural Address. They close u? by modestly
/ telling the Senatorial and Representative Del
esates hoy to vote on resolutions and nomi-
| nations.
The public sentiment Of the county being
laid dowa-the President, Cabinet, Senator
Governor and Stale Convention endorsed and
properly instructed, they adjourned-and
NAV well ask each other when shall we
three meet again p Such assumptions are
not often witnessed, yet are not entirely orig
inal. We remember Of hearing an incident
that happened a few years since. stranger
very gravely stepped up TO the Speakers
desk in the House OF Representatives. in Har.
risburg, and in bold, commanding tone, or
dercd the Members home 10 their families.
He did the same in the Senate so with the
Governor, and all the heads of Departments.
lie felt he was commissioned from on high TO
take things in his own hands. He persisted,
most vigorously. that he must be obeyed. II
was soon discovered that the poor man was
crazy, and he finally compromised, that all
might remain in their places if they would
give him a suit of old clothes, Il is wonder
ed whether a suit Of old clothes, in other
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