Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-12-23
A Democratic Game, Foiled.

JoHN b. Cook, was represented as an
inofensive young man, who was led into
the power Of Brown in Kansas, highly and
patriotically connected By family relations,
&c, aud for this reason it was urged by
many Democratic presses and people thas
his life should be spared. But if Brown
was the commander, Cook was roluntarily
the commanded; and who will attempt to
excuse any act on the plea that somebody
told the offender to do it? The law and
common sense laugh at such an idea, un-
less it be that the culprit be an idiot, or
child not yet arrived at the years Of NOR
al understanding. Neither was the case
with Cook. 1t wa. not pretended that he
did not understand fully the nature of tho
expedition, and the consequences that
must flow from the act, If he was not in
fact the one who led Brown into the plan.
But the Democratic L. s. Attorney for
Indiana came all the way to make grand
public speech for Cook, and The Constitu-
tim, (Buchauau's organ the Argus aud
most Of the Democratic journals, North,
copied and commended IT, Z combined,
universal effort was made to get up SYM
pathy in his favor, as basis for pardon
for he was ! good Democrat.
Cook was also q brotheriu-law Of Gov.
Willard Of indiana, and an effort was made
to turn the party press of the West into
his service Oh that account. A man by
the name Of Sprole has been travelling for
that purpose, but tie North L,ra Times
exposed the whole plan, hy publishing the
annexed letter from SprOle to its editor:
OS BoARp KEY CRY. Nov. II, So
Cor. R3cHaRDsoN-Dear SIR: | knew YOU
in Indiana, through Senator Bright, (whose
private Secretary was.) as fhorough-going
Democrat, AMI | take the liberty Of addressing
you qs an Ind GHiQn AND \ DEMOCRAT. I
enclose YOU an article winch | desire publish
cd IN your paper editorial. Willard is IN
trouble; Cook is his brolher-la-law. and we
are irving to get Wise To pardon him Vr-
Gthf4 - Hh Tf14f on me siDJfCf, tne JuOge, tnS
SsHaiorS IA Congress, and all the leading men,
viii sign petition for Cooks parion-bus
WISE is a candidate for the Presidency, and
we must deal with him as such, hence this
article, fauering him, &c. Please publish 1t
as soon aS YOU possibly can, and send a num-
Der Of your paper containing II, marked. to
Gov. Wise, Richmond, Va, and another copy
To Gov. Willard, and one 10 me at Washing
ton City. The Western press are all right.
The Pioneer * Democrat al st. Paul. the Wi
mona Democrat, The Prescott Democrat, tho
Henderson Democrat, &c will all come out
next week; the press OF Illinois, Indiana and
Ono. whom have seen. will chime IN. and
am now on my way to Iowa, Missouri, Ten
HeSsee and Kentucky, 10 ge' them 10 Join IN
also. Truly yours, X. ;. SPROULE.
Mr.. Richardson deserves the thanks Of
the country for his integrity, for had tie
plan gone on unexposed, no knowing what
have been its effect upon the Exec
ltive Of Virginia, who could ouly have in-
erpreted it as the honest opinion of the
country. 1t was a Democratic trick to
ave a brother Democrat, but the people
specially Of Nirginia-would not abide it,
md, (tor the first time, Democrat has
Uttered for the same crime as an Aboli-
ionist. So NAV it be ALWAYS. hereafter.