Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-07-22
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FIsHlNaoREEK, July IS, 1868.

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FIsHlNaoREEK, July IS, 1868.
Mr. Editor ::---Inasmuch as my article in.
tended for publication, two weeks. ago, was
not received In time, and as you have seen
ft to withhold II still, which Is perhaps the
better plan, have concluded to address you
few lines Of more moderate character,
not making 30 many structures upon tho
course Of certain individuals az were made
in the other, and will hope to meet better
luck than to be thrown under the table.
, In my first lotter / spoke Of the manner
in which Mr.. Kline was brought before the
people. ! think there made II plain to
every reader that 1t was mere work Of cor
ruption calculated to cause strife in the Dem.
0cratic party. did not then allude to the
record Of Mr.. Kline. Ipropose now merely
to say o word or two Of him. Almost eve.
rything has been told Of bis action in the
Legislature, and believe the people Of the
county sufficiently understand the matter TO
say in their votes for delegates that he, with
his tonnage tax and Sunbury and Erie rail-
road had better stay at home. had the
pleasure, few days ago, Of seeing gentle
man in onr neighbornOod from M0ntour
county. 1t occurred to mo that tho expires.
sions OF that gentleman should be made
known to the people Of Columbia. Mon.
tour county, as is well known, forms part
Of this Representative district, aud the citi.
zeDs Of that county are as much interested
in the choice OF good candidate as we Of
Columbia. The gentleman of whom speak
is Democrat, and although he said the
member belongs Of right to Columbia, yet
they Of MOntour were not willing that
man whose past record is impeachable
should be thrown upon them. He said that
Notwithstanding they did not wish to inter.
fere with us, they would feel very much in
suited to be asked to ratify the nomination
Of candidate who could not possibly carry
the county of Montour The gentlemen
who have been active in putting Mr.. Kline
before the people, and striving to secure his
nomination, should remember the faction
Of ColumLians does not extend outside OF
Columbia, and that if they should through
tricks and money force Kline upon tho dis
trict, he might be met with opposition in
the conference and succeeding in the confer
cnce, the Democrats Of Montour becoming
Indignant at tho frantic tumbling Of the
conservative Celunbians, might seek redress
by defeating Kline in October think We
should present to the Conference man Of
pure Democratic record, one against whom
the Radical press could not charge fraud.
Some of Mr. Klnc's friends have COM
planned Of the Democrat because it publish
cd his official course on the Tonnage Tax
question, and also his own justification on
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad fraud, to-
gethcr with the very just criticisms Of Col!
Freeze They say it is going out of the
usual course to favor or oppose candidate
previous to the Convention. If that be SO,
why did the pet conservative Columbian
open the way by publishing an article con-
cerning the vote Of Mr.. Kline, intended to
misleal the people? 1t became, sir, your
duty to expose the deception thus attempt
cd to be practieed. We want capable rep.
resentatives, and such as fairly present to
the legislature by votes, words and deeds,
the wishes of their constituents. When q
man has been tried and found wanting it is
not well to trust him again, and particularly
when he still insists that his course was
right. If the people of Columbia are iu
favor Of giving to Railroad companies hun.
dreds of thousands Of dollars which proper.
ly belong to the State, then We would Say
repeat the dose; if upon the other hand
they do not wish to be burdeued with taxa
ton and debt to increase the income Of
large capitalists they should try new phys
ician. 4 few such prescriptions az were
given the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvani.
in 1861 by Kline and others, will physi,
her to death.
Again, Mr.. Editor, it is now said tina
the publication Of Kline letter and Freeze
comments is wrong, because Col. Freez,
did that work under the excitement of til,
moment, that he did not believe it righ
then, and now thinks he was in error. The!
say Freeze would not now charge Kiln
with fraud and corruption. do not pre-
tend to say that Kline was bribed, but d,
say that the comments Of Col. Freeze upol
his letter, seem to indicate that he, Freeze
then believed there had been bribery. ]
it were not true why did not Kline clear VI
the matter? If he were not bribed, thel
! his error in judgment makes'him wholly al
unfit Member Of the Legislature. Men wh
r arc so easily lead away have not strength o
: mind enough to represent the horses 0
Columbia. IT, however, Col. Freeze di
> not believe what he wrote opposing Kline
course, then he was most consummate de
ceiver, and Col. Kline should not now allo,
himself to be Freezes candidate, unless h
is equally decciver, and delights in decep
tive combinations. There is much fog en-
; circling the matter, and should advise III
candidate Of Orange to seek honest compan
if he would repent.
Yours, &c, JUSTICE.