Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-01-06

t grove politicians, and some OF the opposi
ton in the neighborhood: who dropped II
and took just enough part in it to preven
! its being perverted into party scheme
, "Old Ner" and others Of his good sens'
, were observers of the performance, bu
/, had too much of the ''old fox" to be caught
nv such small bait as Buchanan's Nava
Storekeeper in Philad. had prepared, Ii
will be seen that three gentlemen from
this county performed the speaking portion
of the task before thcm-which was very
kind to the people of that county, Gust as
if they could Mt save the Union without
going to Philad and New Berlin y
For the star & Chronicle.
Mrssn,. EpIrons: Perhaps il would be a
comfor, 10 your numerous readers 10 know
that the Union is safe, at least for another SIX
monihs-whch happy and desirable result
was accomplished on the 3lsl ul,, al Middle
burg, SNYDER Co. Pa. Ii was not known that
there was one dIsunion man IN our usual 10y
al county, but the erer-waichfui eye OF the
! Naval Srorekeeper discovered, from the re-
turns of the late election, that there was trea-
son rank among the people, when, with his
usual dislnIerested patriotism. he hastens 10
/ the rescue, and UEion Meeting IS got up,
without regard to party, OF course. In due
/ time, the day arrived, the Court House bell
/ proclaimed the ''crlSls, and people, (more
| particularly the Democracy rushed IN by
dozens until the Court Room was nearly hal!
full. ESQ Simpson was called 10 the chair,
; al 4 f,,-, Ira al,
tions expressive Of the sease OF the meeting.
The chair announced a sound Democratic
committee. with The mover, 5. Alleman. Esq,
as chairman, and slight sprlnking of Re
publIcans, all good men, but IN a decided MI
roriiy. The committee Withdrew TO perform
their awiully important and fear.u.ly respon-
si5le duty: and now. while they are, Gas we
hope) wnh prayerlul hearts and uP'Illed eyes
raking their brains 10 draw some possible
way Of saving the Union, let US return 10 the
Court Room.
Isaac Slenker Esq Of New Berlin, Union
county, has taken the floor; is going on 10
tell the astonished multitude that our nation
at one time only numbered thirteen States, |
and that 1t had increased to thirty-ihree, all
Of which had independent governments of
their own, excepting snch powers As they had I
delegated 10 the Federal Governments; he |
further stated that he was Democrat and had T.
always been, and was sill; he was decidedly /
anti-slavery extending, but, (Said he.) where !
the Constitution and the decISlOn Of the Su- |
preme Court allows slavery, there, for Gods !
sake, let 1t go. CAS- the Bred Scott decision
is said to rule il iteverywhere. hope the South
ern masters will be satisfied with his ortho-
doxy) He said many other wonderful things
how that one John Brown had invaded The
8 f,,E nd had Oh
upset the whole Pa,rarchal nalion.
A call was now made for Mr.. Bucher oi
New Berlin. Uniof county, who pairioically
came forward. and stated that he had not
come there expecting 10 speak. but 10 listen
(some irconsiderale person W ondered how he
10 have his manuscript along with
himl He savea beautiful pGan 10 the Union,
and almost shed tears over The aw!H cons--
GuenceS oi sectional hate, but had moi word
10 say 10 Southern DIsUnionIstS.
The Committee came IN with an air Of CON
f1ence depicted upon their c"untenances,
which sent thrill Of Joy throughout The
whole meeting. They reported series Of
resolutions, with long preamble ini! of gilt
tsring generaiijeS, Imput!ns all the excite
meat and trouble 10 the Harper's Ferry raid.
(Which, however, is not correct. Ior .that vas
unly one of the fruits Of the seed sown By the
PrO-Savery party in Kansas. which the com
miuee must have lurgoiten.) The resolutions
The Northern fanatics and South
ern fre-eaters alike, which was very fdI!;
but they did not say one word about the
threats that are daily made in Congress. The
ssyen resolutions were taken down in one
duSe without any trouble.
But now came the tug Of war. The eighth
resolution was objected 10 by the minority of
the committee, upon the ground Of lis being
partisan, winch put the Democracy into
terrible furry, and no wonder, iOr II was THE
resoluiiOn-upOn 1t hung a.. the law and the
prophets. Il was very IngeDIously coGtrIved
to endorse Pres. Buchanan, and g fsGii
Wise, for their great promptness and dexIer-
iy In putting down the tremendous Insurrec-
ton of John Brown and his score of men.
Here followed scene worthy OF the pencil.
The Union was agaiQ IN peril. You could
almost see the Naval St0rehouse diSsclving,
and Jack holding on with both hands and
calling for his friends, al the top of his lungs
to come TO the rescue. But the pIl! would
not 90 down; an amendment was offered,
proriding that nothing therein be construed
as endorsing the administration of Buchanan
or WISe-which was firebrand TO the al
ready almost distracted meeting. and, ii being
apparent that the amendment would pass. the
resolution was ndStlly TitnuIaWn, ana tnlS
Cummings accomplished all ercept the very
thing he wanted.
Robert Swineford. of New Berlin, Union
county, applcan, for Marshall, was called out.
He mplored the people TO carry their resolu-
iion into effect. ii. e. TO vote ior Airicanized
He further advised them, that
If any hired preacher came among Them prop
agaiing bad doctrines they should rOten-egg
nm at once. He further leciured all good
Democrats, yea. and Republicans too, to burn
all such newspapers that hold these TO hm)
perniciouS doctrines. But here he sadly miss
ed the mark. What right had he-a Locofo-
CO Office. seeker-to dictate what we shall
read J! What have Republicans TO DO with
the suppression Of the trulh-gagging Of The
press--and the destroying of the liberty Of
speech That dirty work belongs to the 9th
er side exclusively. The speaker here re-
marked tha, the audience was becoming rest
less, (but in fact had nearly all left3 he
would close, promising TO give them talk
In about SIX months hence. Adjourned. sine
die. ErE WITNESS.
About 3 o'clock in the morning of the
30th Dec, the north half Of the Troy IN.