Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-09-24


aud slaveocraric support. Let unsser'ing
patriots be sent TO Congress, who dare
ding defiance aud contempt 10 the face OF
.u EXECUTIVE WHO would seduce them
from the path Of reetitude By he offer Of
place or lucre. But it will COS, a manly
fight. for IT is 70 be remembered ,bai with
despotism it is the death struggle, and its
cohorts Of trimmers aud cfhce seekers ~il!
ply all their arts to again gull the Ameri-
can people, aud thu. obtain a new lease OF
: power, aud a further opportunity to pros
ccute their nefariou. business q robbiug
the treasury under cover of fheial du',
! Let Americans aud Republicans, Whigs
and No-Pariy- Men, unite in one sold
phalanx, joined With Thousands Of honest
/ Democrats who heartily rvpudIsie the
3 rlinous rule Of james lch4nln, aud the
result can not fail TO DC : .'orious victory
! for the principles ot PGy,ecIIyU, aud Self
Government.
! And why should ~e not thus unite !!
! Does no. the SO called Democratic party
violate all our cherished n0tlons of RIGHT
and JUsTICE in the m1st high-baud-d
mauUer? Has i! not become the inpera
tive duty Of every intelligent citizen to
make common cause 10 effrel,ng its over
throw? Could they lot forget tie petty
differences Of opiuion that divide them,
while eudeavoring to ~res, their country
from the greedy grasp of a renorsele-s ~
rant? In short, shall We not make uui-
dividual prosperity aud reputation aud
-bove all by our coming dssi.lGn eviScs 10
neigh boring nation. that the Isre atroei"us
a,teup, Of misguided Executive, aud
corrupt Congress, TO force the domestic
institutions Of an incoming State in ITrc'
opposition to the expressed viii OF her
people, finds DO response IL the great heart
Of the American people?
In this day of moral and political de-
gradatiOn, the frs, and paramount du'y
Of every citizen is, to ignore hi. partIZln
ship, and act in the future as a mau aud
patriot, independen, Of lr,jadices aud
psr,isl;,es. Who would not rather d.
violence to his party Preferences than to
bis country! Who would not rather fore
go q party triumph than entail disaster
upon himself AID nation? Tho Party
rish, or-srong." is . bartaric sentiment,
aud should be wholly repudia,.d by a
Ctri.riauired, educated, reputlcsB people.
Indeed, the bsllo, box may be declared
shameful sham, if soulless dem ssrgues,
who usually control patty macLiaery, are
allowed to dictate to the masses for whom
they shall cast their sUfrages. Just TO
think Of few hundred wire workers, mo-
we'd BY the President, controlling The SOW
reigns Of Pennsylvania. L, i. No less
true than humilia,ins. Il has been So
for years back, and it is for her electors
TO say, a, the coming election, whether i,
shall be - in the future, Shall her sen
timent, on the Slavery question, contitue
to be outraged, aud she beld up TO the
scrutinizing gaze of CbrisieDdom as foe
instead Of friend Of Freedom, Shall
her dearest local interests continue TO suf-
fer,at the hands Of venal aud recreao, SOUS,
who have sh.mefuliy misrepreseu,ed her
in Congress, BY sbetiing the free trade
semi-suicidica, heresy, aud consequently
aiding directly iu the prostration Of our
Manufac'ori-s, and tie pauperizing Of cur
lsborers? More anon. RIDDLE