Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-09-26
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,

mat while Henry D. Foster was membe
OF the Legislature of Pennsylvania, be served
US chairman OF the Committee of Ways anC
means, in which position his Incidence ant
neglect of duty invoked for him the rebuk,
OF MS fellow members, while he only escaped
the cenSure OF the Speaker by the final ad
Journment OF the House. Is such man fl
10 De invested with the duties and RESPONSE
biilties of the Executive of Pennsyl lvania.?
mat while Henry d. Foster was a membe,
OF the national House of Representatives, he
voted with the extreme men of the South, on
the subjects really affecting the interests OF
whlte iaoor-supportingt the doctrine of popu-
lar sovereignty to carry on the slave labor in
VaSion OF free territory and advance the in
terests of his party organization. Is such a
man entitled to the reputation of statesman
ship which his supporters claim for him7
That Henry d. Foster Is committed in one
| section of the State to the slave code doc
trine and free trade interests of Breckinridge.
while in another he avows an adherance to
the principlestof that popular sovereignty which
| is reckless whether slavery is ssvoted down or
voted up''-enfranchising the masses while it
centers power to annul the actions of their
representatives in the veto of an Executive
or confides the construction of their laws to
the preJudices of Judiciary dependent on
the favor OF patronage for their creation and
existence. Is such man entitled to the sup
port of freemen who are really jealous of pow
er conferred by the franchise 2
That while Henry D. Foster was candi-
date for congress in 1858, he refused to de-
clare himself in favor OF protection to free Ia
Dor by preventing the growth and spread of
slave labor-refusing to define his position ON
the great issue of the Kansas-N ebraska ques-
ton, at the very moment he was soliciting
the support and confidence of the people,
Should not the claims and pretensions of
such man be rejected now, by the people of
Pennsylvania, as they were rejected then by
his neighbors and acquaintances?
Every question We here PROFOUND involves
charge against Henry D. Foster he has nev-
er been able to answer or refute. He has
never been able to explain his wavering po-
stion on the Kansas-Nebraska questionable
stain OF his neglect of the interests of the
people while a member of the Legislature
still clings to his reputation. His disregard
of regular nominations, leaves him without a
claim to the support of the sincere men of
his party, who are welded to its organization
in the honest hope of maintaining their poit-
ical opinions. And yet the people of Penn
sylyania are daily insulted by the advocates
of the claims and pretensons of Foster,
who assert for him pre-eminence and purity
to which he never was entitled. The free Ia
borer and mechanic who depend for success
as slavery is abridged and restricted, are ask
ed to vote for man who has plotted in COM
promises and bargains,to succomb to he pow
er OF slavery, Increase its prestige and enlarge
its influence. Win the houest, Independent
working men and mechanics of Pennsylvania
lend their votes and their influence to elevate
such demagogue and trickster as Henry d.
Foster has proved himself, to the chief eX-
ecutive Office of the State ?-Telegraph.