Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-06

ly fairly done, by the unbiased tribunal tc
whom the choice was confded, and could
without complaint or i'll feeling join IN
honoring the more fortunate party brethren
who received the majority votes. Every
man will also feel his indiridual response
Jaty in tue matter, for he votes, and NOT
bis depn,y-he must take more care in
scanning the fitness and claims Of candi'
dates-he will not feel compelled by
common consent to vote for an In
competent "Dcighbor," if man little
further away is more deserving-and, vo-
ting by ballot, he exercises bis high power
in the safest manner, accountable only to
his God.
It's oljicc'ea, that this way gives towns
and thickly settled townships the advan'
tage, as they can easier come together and
vote. (The same objection lies against all
Elel,ions by the mass Of the people. Why
should not the same chance be given to
Nominate, as 10 Elect, our oficers?) As
a matter Of fact, We have found that, in
Union county, with day fixed in advance
the stable population Of our Townships
have polled as large votes in primary elec'
,ions, as the fuctuating Bo,Oughs-all
depends upon the interest manifested
Every District is entitled to have its exact
strength felt in the selection Of candidates,
and by direct vote the majority of vo
tiers can have equal justice done them,
wherever they may reside. By the Dele
gate system, the 80 Republican voters Of
Har,letou have the same power as the l0C
Republicans in Hartley Twp-;he so Of
our party in Union Twp. have the same
power as the $50 in Buffaloe Twp. This
system might stand in the rotten boroughs
of the old world, or where Slavery exists,
bu, not in Republican land, where every
man is the equal, at the polls, of every
other man. Why should one man. in
Har,leton borough, be equal to three men
in Hartley tOunship? or why one man in
Union have the same power as three men
in Bufaloe, or While Deer? That system
is clearly wrong, and should be righted
By rotiny directly for our men, every one
has an equal chance and no more, wheih'
er be lives in tbinly or thickly settled
ueighborhood, township or borough.
The objection, that in the multiplicity
of candidates, one man may chance tc
have more votes than any other man, and
yet, if the choice lay between two or three,
| he would not be selected, is valid. Fo,
many candidates-sometimes some ofthem
mere decoy ducks, to allure away votes
from some other man, and thus make false
issues-are an evil. But the same evil
exists under the Delegate system. And
we should hope that, at least two weeks
before the Nomination, every candidate
proposed, who does not desire to stand a
vote, should have his name withdrawn, so
that the candidates be reduced to the
lowest actual number, and the people can
then vote intelligently.
In conclusion We would say, the new
mode is becoming more and more adopted.
By both parties, and it is alleged ensure:
better candidates and more harmony thar
the old mode. 1t cuts of the trade o.
selling votes in Convention, and puts som'
small demagogues at rest. Let US give i
a thorough proof. Look about, camly
and unprejudiced, and pick out, from
among the many good men proposed, th'
best, most reliable, and most worthy
those who have not been traitors to ou
party, or allowed personal or local bicker
ings to Influence their vote-aud fearless
ly vote for such, without dictation o
clique or section-then rally for the tri
umphant election Of those who shall re
cieve the most votes-and all will be well
Plain Talk to Pennsylvanians.