Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-03-11
Pr0-SlaverV Tactics.

hood in its stead, is its mode of warfare
The emissaries of the Slave Power pub
lish, and persist in publishing, dcsignci'y,
false sentiments and expressions as the
sentiments of the Republican party
trusting that those who unfortunately read
no other papers but their own, will be for
ever blinded by them. We do not know
of a Democratic journal in this region
that ever Published the Republican Decla-
ration OF Principles, but they did publish
a batch of lying little scraps which they
imposed upon their de!uded readers as the
Republican platform.
We recently exposed one Of these impo-
sitions, found in the columns Of the Argus,
directed against Hon. Joshua T. Giddings,
oopfronted with Mr.. Giddlngs' reiutatIon.
The Argus gets out of the dilemma by say
ing it was all mis,ake--it was Mr.. c. Ia.
REMoyD who made The "spit on Wash,
iDgton" speech. (Very unfortunate, to
quote Gicldings where Rem9ad was the
man intended , Whether Remond said
it, is matter not worthy If inquiry here,
as lie is not Republican, but an Aboli-
tionist-a very different party from ours.
.M Rem0nd ,cas once It Slave-and if "thc
iron has entered into his SOUL SO as to ex-
tort such an expression, thanks to the
Slave system for it
But tie Aryrs is not disposed to let
Mr.. Giddings eff SO easily. "rhe follow
ing" it says, "has Jeen pi}c!y circulated
as an rrtract from one ofhis speeches."
al look forward to til. day when there shall
be serriie iRsurrectioH IN the South when
the black man, armed with British JGyoHefs
and led on by British ogicsrs, shall assert his
freedom, and wage war of determination
against his master; when the torch Of the IN
cendiGry stall light up the toIcRs and cdies Of
the South, and blot out the last veSlage OF sla-
very. And though | may not mock at their
Calamity, nor laugh when their fear cometh,
get rciH hail 1t US tie durcn Of u political mtk
hnnium."
Yes, that "hds been widely circulated"
and THAT, TOO, is A BASE FABRICA
TIoN, and was many years ago branded
by Mr.. Giddings.
What mean and desperate cause must
that be which continually resorts to such
low and villainous measures
Now if We should procure a fresh denial
of this forgery, or challenge the proof Of
its correctness, doubtless the Pro-Slavery
echoes would assert, 80, it was only Il
harmless little error in the name only
we meant Fred Douglas instead of Josh,
Giddings" then spin out another
whole cloth fabrication and charge it upon
Giddings! 1t is therefore useless to at
tempt to expose all these prcmeditated
paper perjuries; we may occasionally i'm
pale one on the gibbet of popular scorn,
and leave others to the silent contempt of
all honorable men.
look at it-a person accuses you Of
Ju'y'ay; you prove an alibi; when he
retracts aud says it was another man he
meant, but publishes that you did commit
forgery. You give him chance to make
the charge good, when he admits he was
mistaken, sligh,ly-and next day declares
you are hi:yhuayman for certain. You
prosecute him, but he begs of, and strait
way turns about and swears you commit
ted murder. And SO on to the end of the
chapter-wriggling out of one false accu-
sation only to project another!
As to WAsHIsdToN' hostility to Sln-
very, the argus coneeals from its readers
every word Of our reasons-reasons with
which We should be willing to submit the
case-and harps dOlefully upon Giddings'
expression, "less guilty" With all his
manly virtues, Washington was not per.
feet, and has his own sin. to answer for as
well as other men. He was "guilty" of
s!aveholding, be that guilt more or less,
just as each one may estimate it I: but he
was not guilty-as our Democracy palpa
bly, are-of aiding plans to extend and
strengthen that dark evil. His views of
Slavery are identical with those of the
mass Of the Republican party-he wanted
ga Contederdcy of Free States"
The Aryus again alludes to SEwARD's
Speech, which it has not or dare not pub
lisb, Notwithstanding its a,cfnl threat that
it would do so. Doubtless there are some
reader, of that paper who really believe
that Mr.. Seward uttered something for
which be deserves the rope of the traitor
whereas-if they could see it they would
say it was true after ALL The Argus
gains no credit by denounciug and yet
suppressing Seward's speech, authorized
by himself as genuine, while Publishing
dirty little lies about Gddipgsl
Now, in respect to Mr. Giddings, we
have one serious offer to make the Argus. /
We do not suppose its Editor would him
self wantonly misrepresent him, yet i. is
certain his party zeal leads him to copy
the charges of those who do wilfuIly falsi-
fy. Mr.. G.. is q living mana native of .