Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-09-25
The Two Men.

rs hc Has tibc w spuTt, WV. tphiiN
is travelling over Penn IA. meeting the peo-
pie face TO face, and telling them his opin-
ions on the one Great Question of the day,
openly and abov vcbosrd.
1t has always been deemed improper for
a Law Judge to take any part in Politi-
cal canvass. Accordingly. it was expec-
ted that JUDGE WOODWARD would attend
to his legal duties only, leaving his pub
liShed speech and his platform to speak for
him. But he il alarmed at the prospects,
and he takes the field in an unmanly way.
At Lancaster. he attended Mass Meet
ing of his party, and was driven about in
a carriage, to exhibit his fine form and
delicate skin to the best advantagc-bow-
ed-tlanked his fricnds-but refused 10
express opinions upon any great qae'''ons
until after the election Worse than that,
in Bcrks and Lebanon counties, he has
been going around from house to house,
tavern to tavern, X. q. &. lodge to lodge,
chiefly at nights. What he does and
saws in these conclayes, is not known to
the public, as yet, but that is what he has
been about.
Which il the fair, safe man?
nn- From the way the SNAKES" along
the North Branch hiss and squirm, it is
evident that Maj Oh. II. Shriner's recent
speeches thereaboutS have fallen among
them ike bomb-shells. Old Democrats
listened attentively, and went home with
some new ideas The Union paper of
Bloomsburg says:
The meeting on Wednesday evening.
was 4 regular old-fashioned outpouring of
the people. 1t was impossible for the
Court House to hold them. aj.Shriner's :
speech was one of the most powerful and
convincing we ever heard. The eff,c, Was
electrical, producing the most tremendous
applause. To follow the speaker and give
him fair synopsis, would be impossible
Suffice it to say, We pronounce him one Of
the most effective stump speakers
Next weeks Republican said:
Maj. Shriner's speech has had good
effect. 1t set the honest and well meaning
of the Democracy to thinking, and because
of this the leaders are mad 1t was an
argument, proving. 10y Democratic history,
that every act of the present Administra-
ton, so much and 70 vehcmently opposed
and denounced-its military arrests, slls-
pension of writ of habeas corpus, arming
the negroes, and conscription for soldiers
had been done by ANDREW JACKSON, the
great Hero, .nd leader of the Democratic
party And for these acts, that party made
him President of the United States ~
The same paper says Of the Democratic
meeting
"Thc Coppcrhcad orator from Lewisburg
who made the clownish performance in the
Court House on Tuesday evening, asserted
that Eallandigham stands higher in the
confidence and affections of the American
people, than Abraham Lincoln Well, let
the ides of October decide The Democracy
standing on the Vallandigham platform in
Delaware, Vermont, California land Maine1
have been most signaily defeated. If the
same result do not follow in Ohio, and in
Pennsylvania, the boohing of Mr. Booher,
or Bucher, will not have been in vain.
''The laudation of allandigham and the
abuse of the Administration, was the bur-
then Of his harangue. His own town>men
who were present told Us that he dared not
venture such a speech at his own home.
a number of Democrats who were present
We're disgusted We did not hear a word
against the Rebels"
PHILADELPHIA gave 500 major