Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-01-18
Chr STAT aub Cbronifle.
EDGAR C0WEW,
MONDAY. JAN. IL. 1861.


Who i, elected to the |. 5. Senate, IN
,l,cs Of Wm. Bigier, for six years from
4,b March next, is a man over SIX feet
i, height, less than fifty years old, and OF
,ls,.ip, address, as many will remember
rbo heard his earnest and convincing
s,secb a, Mffl nburg, few months ago
Bs native of Westm0reland county,
WAS born poor, aud relied upon his own
e,srtious principally III receiving liberal
.ducstion. which has enriched his mud
,nh, store Of general knowledge perhaps
superior to the acquisitions OF any Seuator
from this State in our day. From his
yoa,h up, he has been an ardent aud uu'
s,ucbipg advocate Of Protection aud Free
ion, BAT in q county whose adverse poll
teal views have hitherto prevented has
,iEaucement. He is highly esteemed for
integrity aud ability by al! who know h'm.
Judge WiImot was the prluclPa. com
w,itOr Of Mr. Cowan, aud the contest was
ira long time close aud uncertain, but
,urosd in favor Of COwap for two reasons
ID, The West claimed the Office and as
here are but Eve or six Democratic Mem
ssr Of the Legislature, West Of the Sus'
qlshauua, there was a strong local Iniiu-
tare concentrated on Cowsn. -. lie Is
Il cid-time WEig-ani as the other Sen
rr Cameron Is from the Democratic
stg, and as the old Wing element is the
szoV:est in the party. lis friends desired
o,t 4 the National Senators as a matter
d both right and policy -Uuion county
exhibited her confidence in Judge Wilmot,
10 he hopeless contest Of 1857, when some
d Bis eleventh-hour friends were killing
lin By running Hszehurst-yet We cor
!al ,cqulesce in the choice Of the ma jor-
i,T Should Gen. Cameron accept the
r.fsred post 10 Pres. Llncoln's Cabinet,
:'abtlss: Judge Wilmot could be nomina-
I'd By scclamatIon for the vacancy, with
L: best chance for the next foil term.
As it stands, the choice of Nr Cowan
in generally approved as any cue would
''' .nd is enthusiastically aPpIauded by
n''s sho know him best. a bright pos
yet Is before him, provided the seducrions
u hlsh station, aud prOdigality, do not
hue hin to sRerve from the rigid requi-
~''ns Of personal and political integrity.
Disarming the People
.'''5s the first step Of Tyrabts and Re-
'aailoul's. As We read the History of
's War Of Independence, We find the first
"00' vas shed by the British, in trying
! Ase from the Wings, at Concord aud
Ahg'on, the arms and munitions Of war
~! had there gathered In Virginia,
''.' Tie same time, the first hostile col
h'a Vas from the British Governors at.
'aHN rob the colony of its means of
stsace
-hiactly so has it been iu the presen.
- 10 extend Slavery and the Slave
me That thief and traitor, Floyd, has
'"T l0f months past, quietly removing
,"'f'u the peaceful, loyal North, to
- 'a'o the hands Of the RevoIutionists at
x s'aia. The latter have, in violation
'as' oatas of allegiance to the u. s,
F'ea before their States pretended to
''e' BY violence seized forts and ar
's VI 'ae I. S Government :. Thus
ave Toe modern secessionists initiated the
n, y'o' Dfltlsh and Tories in the outse, of
"HN Nperpetuaie slavery. Both soush,
~ IRON the people their own means
slf-defence
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES advocates
!, ." ii they grant privsteer papers
sa get desperadoes of all nations
- 'oeethsr to annoy our commerce
=. -e' our seacossts. This is of a
.'a ali their acts. In the elder
administration, Charleston fitted
T.. t,'a'ee's under the red revolutionis.,
lie French minister: and when