Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-09-28
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We received Mr.. Chsmberiiu's explanation
or reply TO Mr.. Brown's. card, published 10
the Northumberland County Democrat. Of last
week, bnt too late to publish II entire. tits
manly and sensible document. and meets
fully every charge made by Mr.. Brown
The. following e3tracts clone are suficien,
refutation OF Mr.. Browns slledged facts
While we say nothing 10 derogation Of. Mr..
Browns character, We must add that no man
10 Milton stands higher in the estimation of
it's citizens. than Mr.. Chambe.lin. After
|, ,vndirating his. motives aud action 10 The
Union convention, he adds - ----s-.-
He iMr. Brown says in bis card that his
name was placed with others 10 nomination
for the Legislature, without his consent. To
that ] have only to say, Mr.. Brown said to
me "You may nominate me upon the honor
Of gentleman that sm q Union man." and
be repeated the same thing to another dele.
gate, before the cas- left Milton.
Again, Mr.. Brown. you told us after read.
ing the paper. that these we're your views,
but that you we're not willing to forego your
Democratic principles. Why, who asked you
TO do 80 Certainly not the paper 10 ques.
tion, for that most explicitly stated that we
Did not ask you TO forego them. That kind
of ruse won't do.
| Again you say, or rather Mr. David Mar
for you, that you did not ask a nomination
But you trice authorized delegates TO submit
your name TO the Convention!
Again, MIR. Brown says that | submitted
the said paper to bim. kno~ing that hs would
not sign it, for the base purpose OF making
political capital out Of it. And yet 10 the
face OF this vile imputatiou he has since
admitted to one Of the delegates that he
believed We acted n good faith and were
sincere 10 our pretentions. ADd further, MIR.
Brown, you koow you have said that you would
have signed the paper but your friends would
not let you Are not Your friends using
you for something you do not yet understand
You should inquire into this little matter
And yet in your card you charge me with
insinceriiy. and say ; have done you great
injury. Now. Mr.. Brown. suppose you
mean your election has been injured. ls it
not your own political bnDdering aud incon
sistency that has injured you
Mr.. Brown seems to labor bard to make
capital out Of the little informalties in the
getting up and presentation OF the paper in
question. ! admit that TO the practised eye
Of quibbliDg lawyer there may be- q want o.
strict conformity to legal etiquette but il mns'
bs remembered that we are not all lawyers
and do not hang on 80 tenaciously 10 tht
techDicallties. He cannot deny, however
that the paper was read to him as early as il
could be got ready after We were elected
delegates, and then requested to see aud con
suit bis friends ; although it was pape,
which should have been signed without con
suiting anything but bis own conscience sut
common sense, if be was what be claimed Il
be-a Union man. After such consultation
he met oil the parties interested, al the depo
and was again urged to sign the paper. Bu
no-hs friends would not let him Still
he authorized his name TO be submitted TO ID
COdrenfiOn!