Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-09-23
Correspondence.
TREYORTON SEPT. Ill

TREvoRToN SEPT. 11th, 1871.
EDITOR OF SUNBURY AMERICAN, DEAR
SIR.-Seeing that you have place in your
columns for correspondents, and being tho
possessor of facts Of vital importance in the
present political campaign, deem it a duty
| owe to the citizens OF Northumberland
County, to make them public, and knowing
of no better medium than your estimable
paper, havo made bold to address this
communication to you, hoping that you will
use it to the greatest advantage.
An article appeared in last weeks Demo
crut, denying the statement of the MI
t9aian's Sunbury correspondent, that L.
c. Scott, their judicial candidate is pledged
10 the Miners and Laborcr's Union. This
assertion is branded as talsehood, and to
prove it such, they quote remark from his
address to the conferees, IN which he
solcmnly assures them that if called to tho
bench he will go there without having
given any pledge or promise directly or
Indirectly to any one. This statement of
his is rs false MS the Father of Lies" him.
self. As l will prove to you. Having
business that called me to Mt Carmel, |
happened to be there on the evening when
he was there electioneerns for the primary
election. Passing through the bar-room
of one Of the principal hotels, saw him
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prominent among whom were Pat Hester
and Austin Maley, and the rest Of them
were rs murderous and rufiianly set of
men rs could be picked anywhere. While
standing at the door one Of the responsible
citizens of the borough, stated 20 mo that
he was u juror Oh the inquest of the lloll-
man murder, and from the evidence there
obtained, he was certain that most Of the
principal cOamittors OF that outrage were
! IN that bar-roon, as the friends and asso-
ciatCs Of Scott.
Alter conyersing with this citizen short
| time, | walked about town, and on return
I ing, | found him still there with most OF
| the same gang of MOLLY Maguires. ~
Whlle was passing through the room,
/ one u them said TO him. III we help To
elect you will you do the fair thing by usyh
| Ills answer was given IN these words,
"Gentlemen II am nominated aud elected
/ | assure you, that | will remember my
| friends aud my enemies must beware, ~
/ Later in tho evening heard him pledge
himself TO secure the following nominations
/ 10 the persons named, next hll; For
/ Sheriff, Pat Hester Tor Prothonotary,
\ Mike Connelly aud for the Legislature
either Galaghar or some other lrishnan
from the Cual Regions, The only way |
\ can reconcile these pledges and his addTvss
TO the eonierees, is BY thiuklng that, at the
/ time he made them, he Was influenced by
| tho ardent aud afterwards forgot ever hay'
I iug uade them. "A sTegards bis legal quail
locations for the position, which are 30
I highly extolled BY the Democrat, l chal'
| lenso its editor t0 mention tho hIst case la
/ which lao has ever plead ior u client either
/ in hchnyikill or Northumberland county
/ "A lar az | have been able n lcaTn, hia
career has been only that VI low pollll'
! clan, and facts provo thls since his debut
ia Northumberland county, toF lnlnledlale'
ly aleg hls deieal la tho campaign oI last
isll, when ho was an asplFanl aiier Con
OCCASIONAL hoR0Tu, he eoni lnenoed lniilgulna
hg lho judicial nomination. iheTe eAlala 90
doubl h my mind, bat, that II eleeled, he
Nill d0 ali ln hls poNsF W adfancr The va
leglsla ~ lie lrlah lloiaan Catholics, ehu
az slfiYlag Va INTRODUCES ruplsh 5nnnl
and blgolFy lRio ouf "land VI fTes,loin y
And n AnleTican elli1sns ~ nalise blgll
n IA support and elect " uiiiae lhe pledsed
lflenas "a thls lntolfraat sgcit ihty eiil
llaino aols but lhtnlsslFes, u tle slh {"
iu.y sg,nfs Ia Ma fpFk elilalu ie'enael
el N Northumberland eyuiili ~ tasl
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