TERMS OF THE fAMKIttCAX."
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II. B. Masser, Esq Dear Sir : In lStfG,
when I wag a delicate to the County Conven
tion, il is averted by 'Old Lycoming' that 1,
in a speech of characteristic malignity, de
nounced lien. Fleming, who had been nominat
ed aa the Senatorial delegate to the reform con
vention.' On tlic contrary, after his nomination,
bo having signed and delivered a pledge to carry
nut our principled, in relation to the Bank, &c,
which is published in the Gazette oflhe2Gth
Oct. of that year, I advocated his election.
See the election returns.) I did, however, as
ji consistent democrat, openly opposo General
Fleming, while his nomination wan pending in
he Convention, because his name was sprung
upon us without any notice, having been named
previously as a candidate for the legislature,
a nomination which his friends found tiny
could not ( fleet, and, becou-a? 1 doubted Ins de
mocracy, he having, during the Panic, de
nounced General Jackson for having removed
the depositee from tin- Hunk of the U. States.
I am accused of opposition to Dr. Taylor, in
1S37, and of having tampered with Mr. S. Bus
tress, 'who was the warm personal and political
friend of this same Muncy fuctinuist,' in order
1o itiduce him to run as a volunteer candidate.
The following corrcsHiiidence w ith Mr. Bus
tress will completely refute that charge.
"Mincy, Nov. 2(1, 1S33.
"S. Bastrfss, Esq Dear Sir : I have re
cently been conversing with a number of our
friends, of each division of the democratic par
ty, as to the best mode to be adopted to bring
about a union, so as to prevent another defeat in
the approaching contest tiir President and Vice
President, and the general wish, as expressed,
is that a meeting of the Democratic party be
called by 7ie rrpular Standing Committee of
1 lie County, without references to the late un
rtunate contest, and thiit, at that meeting,
measures should be agreed upon, if possible, to
produce the desired result. In attending the
meeting, ihose belonging to each division, must
come prepared to make mutual concessions,
otltcrwise the attempt to produce a re-union
will prove abortive; became it cannot bo ex
pected that harmony will or en be produced
by one side demanding all, and the other asked
to concede all. I wish ynu would use your en
deavors to promote a spirit of forgetfulness of
thp past, and a determination to pay no rpgard,
in future, to names, but o stick to the princi
ples which the democratic party have been con
tending fir. Talk to our old friends on the
subject, and if the proposed meetii'g is called,
do not neglect to attend, if you approve of the
mpnsure. Let me hear iruinyou boon on uic
subject, and believe me
Yours truly,
(Signed.) WM.A. PF.TRIK1N."
"Mincy, Sep. l. 1.57.
'S. IUtrfis, Ehq DtarSir: I received
jour esteemed favor of this inst., and am ex
tremely sorry to h am that our parly hns con
ducted matters, in relation to the formation of
their ticket in the representative district, in
8uch a manner a to create dissatisfaction and
division, which (am fearful will ultimately ter
minate in defeat. I do not know what to ad
vise relative to running another man in this
county. Bruner, I know, would not agree to
run, and I would not advise you lo do so, as it
would depend very much on circumstances
whether you would succeed or not. The great
danger is, that when the opposition finds that
our pirty is Jio.Vr, they will take tdvantnge
of it and carry their man.
Yours Respectfully,
(Signed.) VM. A. PETRI KIN.
Jnnsi v Shore, Sept. 10, 1W.
"Wm. A. Pitkikin, E-. Iitsptcted JVicnd:
1 received yours this day, and thunk you kind
ly for the friendly hints therein. I think they
re correct. I always doubted the propriety of
running arainsl wind and tide. Packer and
Gamble went up, this day, to meet the Confer
ees from Clearfield. A. C. was here yesterday
and urged the matter strongly. I told him I
would not consent unless my friends in the low
er end of the county requested me so to da He
told mo he would see you this day. Now, my
friend, you will do me a kindness, if you see
him, to show him the great risk there would be,
and, besides, I cannot submit to be called an
anti-mason and a Fed., lor running against the
ticket. I alwaya have been a democrat, and
hope to remain one, altho' I am aometiines call
ed an Anti, for supporting 11. A. Muhlenberg.
If he should have returned to Williamsport,
please drop him a line, and we will drop the
matter and be at peace. Do attend to this
my friend. I remain your friend and well
wither. (Signed.) SOL. BASTUESS."
On the next day, after the receipt nf the a
hove letter, Mr. A. C, the individual above al
luded to, called cn me and I communicated lo
SUTNBURY AMERICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL:
Absolute acquiescence In the derisions of the
Ity Mnsser & El.cly
him the determmation of Mr. Bnstress, not to he
a candidate, and I heard no more of the matter
until his name was announced.
It is notorious, that an accidental circum
stance enabled me to contribute largely to the
success of Dr. Taylor's first election to the Le
gislature ; and it is, perhaps, owing to tho cir
cumstance to which I allude, and my exertions,
that he was saved from defeat. The opposition
had secretly prepared an attack upon Dr. Tay
lor, remembered afterwards as the 'Keep Dark'
hand bills, intended to bo circulated on the
morning of the election, one of which accident
ally fell into my hands in time to counteract
their influence, and by unceasing exertions,
gning myself and sending others to various parts
of the county, 1 succeeded in preparing and
distributing n refutation, to which, doubtless,
the democratic canitidate owed his success. I
did not desire Dr. Taylor's re-nomination, but
took no measures to defeat it. lie was an ho
nest and amiable man, but was objectionable to
a great many democrats, because be had voted
for, and, as the Lycoming Gnzette says, carried
through the charter of the West Branch Rink,
notwithstanding he had been elected an Anti
Bjnk candidate; but, after his rc-nnminatinn, I
opposed Mr Bastrcss, my personal and politi
cal friend, and as honest a man and politician as
exists, and supported the Doctor in good laith,
as the election returns in Muncy, where 'Old
Lycoming' says I exercise a controlling influ
ence, will show. Mr. Bastress got but 87 votes
at the District, and Dr. Taylor ISO, the full do
mocralic vote! How well is 'Old Lycoming'
sustained by the touch-stone of truth !
Let it not be forgotten, that Dr. Taylor, to
whote second nomination I had objection?, was
the instrument in the hands of the Williamsport
Clique, to procure from the legislature the
charter of the West Branch Bunk. 1 might
here dwpll upon the efforts that were made to
induce me to come up to the help of the Bank,
and become a participant with a few to get the
control of it, in order to use it as an instrument
to rule the political destinies of the county ;
but I forbear, feeling no inclination to hold men
up to the scorn of the world, unless I be driven
to it in self-defence. I might also review the
columns of the Gazette about this period, when
they will be found blank, as far as the U. States
Bunk is concerned, until these spurious demo
crats were out-genera led by the AntiiB, when
suddenly a clamor was raised, demanding an
investigation, alleging that the grossest frauds
and corruption could be proved. I might ful
low them to Ilarrisburg, armed with thedocu
nientary evidence, confront them before the com.
mittee, of which Luvvrly was chairman, and a
muse the rpailer with their bravadoes, until, as
if by magic, the charges were withdrawn, sig
nificant whispers circuited, and, it is said, the
hush momy' of 1000 paid, w hich has not, 1
believe, been contradicted. But I pass by all
thN, and fetbenr to comment on the blight tint
fell upon Northern Peunslvania, occasioned
by the 'fliire up' ofthisr,f-morruir(?) Bank,
to the establishment of w Inch, I was from prin
cip'e opposed.
It is al'eged that, in ISIS, three of my 'per
sonal ninl political friends' aspired to important
cftices. The assertion is not founded in truth, j
I am not aware that any of them were my 'par
ticular friends.' On that ticket apppared the
name of Maj. Bruner, as a candidate for the As
sembly, who does not acknowledge any 'par
ticular friendship' for me. I remember, how
ever, that he as a candidate for nomination
the year be 'ore, Hnd that, as I understood, the
Williamsport faction, by promises of future con
sideration, induced him to withdraw in fiivor
of Dr. Taybr. He may remember, at h ast 1
do, that, instead of redeeming their promises,
they endeavored to t hove him off and have one
of their own clun nominal d. I also remember
that one of the Williamsport gciilltintn, who
generally figure in the regulation of the nomi
nations for the county, urged and insisted on
my being a candidate, alleging Bruner' utter
incapacity. I, of course, refused, knowing his
motives. I, however, as hasalways been my
uniform practice, suppoited the ticket.
It is not true that I, previous lo the nomina
tions, uppcared in the field as a candidate for
Senator in lf39. My name was mentioned as
such, but my political friends throughout the
county, and my neighbors, will testify that I al
ways resisted their urgent iolicitalions. Wad I
been so disposed, the 'ghost of the defeated
Packer,' which 'Old Lycoming' lugs in, would
not have scared me from the track ; for, I had
sufficient evidence that it was a poor harmless
shadow, and particularly the following year, in
the election of Judge Taggart, who is termed,
by the writers of 'Old Lycoming, my 'twin
brother,' by an overwhelming majority to a seat
in the reform convention. If the Ghost was to
be used as such a potent scare crow, why did
not his 'canonized bones' then 'burst their cere
ments,' emerge from the political 'sepulchre'
wherein they were 'quietly in-urned,' and 're
visit the glimpses of the moon.' The truth is,
neither the 'Ghost' nor the original, ever had
any terrors for we, My 'conscience,' so far as
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
Sunbury, Northumberland to.
I wss concerned in his defeat, never made a
'coward' of me. I considered the matter long
since settled by the people, both as regards
Judge Taggart and myself. As far as the can
didatea for Stnte Senator were concerned, I had
not much choice between Messrs. Fleming and
Anthony. Personally, I would have preferred
the latter, but I supported the former in opposi
tion to Ilarrisburg dictation. And before his
nomination, Gen. Fleming gave a tcrittrn
pledge to carry out the principles of the party,
which is now in my possession and subject to
the inspection of any one. He was elected, and
it is well known who gets the credit of it, if rre-
dil could be attached to nny one ! A lecture
on gratitude might here be in place ; but let
it pass. Allusion is made to the course of my
'own brother-in-law,' (Mr. Montgomery,) and an
effort made to hold me responsible for his par
ticipation, as conferee in the nomination of La-
varty, as a candidate for the Assembly. How
childishly contemptible is it to associate me
with everything they consider reprehensible !
By oiling on cither of the delegates to the con
vention which appointed Mr. Montgomery con
feree, namely Messrs. D. Mecuin and J. Daw.
son. any one cin learn that I had no agency in his
appointment. Though it is not expected that I
should defiend him, yet the returns of the elec
tion may be set down to show what the people
thought of his conduct. Maj Bruner, residing
in Lycoming, received, for Assemhly, DUO
voles loverly, of Clearfield, 1171 in this coun
ty, notwithstanding the unmeasured denunci
ations and abuse bunched out by the Lycoming
Gazette agiinst Mr. Montgomery for casting
his vote ot the conference for Iwiveriy. In Clin
ton county, where I believe t!;e conferees form
ed the ticket, Bruner bad 092, Laverty 730
votes, leading his colleague in both counties 17-"
voles.
'Old Lycoming' withhold their censure as
regards 1310 ; but they forget to mention that,
by the managctnent of the Williamsport disor
ganisers, with the aid of the 'notorious John
Morehead,' which the Gazette styles him aWnit
that time, the democratic candidate for the As
sembly was defeated in this county, at the spe
cial election. Tiiey pass over in silence the a
buse of me, this year, in the Gnzette, which wos
indignantly hurled b.ick at the authors ot il, by
the voluntary action of my friends and neigh
bors, in a publication of March 5, and by an
e xposition over my own sigualuie, of March 12,
IS 10.
In 1511 difficulties are spoken of, and all, as
usual, ascribed to me ! I At us sec with how
much truth. The previous session of the le
gislature Mr. Gamble had, unfortunately, voted
for 'that damnable relief Bill, as it was hypo
critically termed by one of Gov. Porter's Cubi
net officers, in a conversation with me, after it
became a law. I lis vote gave great dissatislnc
lion to his constituents, and, as one of them, I
unliesilotingly expresed my disapprobation of
bis course. Was I, Mr. Gamble, or his friends
who advised li tin to pursue that course, to bla in ?
for the difficulties attending his re-nomination !
I, however, used no efforts to have him super
seded ; but, on the contrary, having been pluced
on tne ticket w ithout a competitor, and having
given me the strongest ossurenees, in writing,
of his regret for his vote, I yielded him, as the
nominee of the party, an ardent support.
As regards the nomination of Sheriff-, I took
no part in it, whatever, was not even at the
delegate election, being from home on a visit to
a distant sick friend ; and I learned, at Nor
thumberland, for the first time, from Mr. Park
er, that 'Donlij would be nominated, a he
trat $troPfr in the centre It appeared, how
ever, that his strength was 5 votes, on the 1st
ballot, while Turner had upwards of 90! yet,
by din of figuring, D- n'y wss nominated by
I of a majority. This I learned from others,
having not been present, as I returned home
sick, and was lying ill when the convention
met, and, consequently, bad no igency in the
settlement of the ticket. Instead of encourag
ing Mr. Turner lo run against ihe ticket, he
and his particular friends, as well as many of
my neighbors, know that I used every argu
ment I could muster to dissuade him from such
a course; and I know that T. Maxwell, K-q.
and Col. Bonnet aided in Dooly's nomination
and election. The latter rode the lower end of
the county, electioneering (or him. Il is also
false that Mr. Turner wte a foreman on the
canal, under T. Maxwell, E-q., or under any o
llicr person. By a reference lo the returns of
the election of that year, it w ill be seen that
Mr. Turner, w ho received SO votes on the 1st
ballot, in the delegate convention, and those all
from the 'lower end' of the coui.tj, obtained but
7 votes in Muncy borough ! If I, whom 'Old
Lycoming' represents so formidable as to 'co
erce' the votes of 01 of the people's delegates
in the convention, as the nominee for Congress,
had txeried myself in favor of Turner, would
he have received tl;& meagre support of only
7 Votes in iiie borough where I live 1 What
will the public think of a writer, or writers, who
could thus deliberately strinf falsehood after
falsehood together to accomplish an unworthy
there Is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and
I'a. Saturday, March 8, IS45.
purpose, when they must have known that the
means of exposure were at hand 1
In 1842, in consequence of the extraordinary
means used to induce delegates to violate their
instructions, which was, in too many instances,
successful, and the most hare-faced system of
bargain and sale, Mr. Maxwell, who was a can
didate for the Assembly, was defeated in con
vention by a majority of one ; still Boat's no
mination had a color of regularity, and he wos
accordingly supported, though a large majority
of the party had little confidence in his demo
cracy. I had none. The result proved their
suspicions to be well-founded.
Mr. I lor ion's pretended nomination, as a can
didate for Senator, however, was a different
thing. In fact il was no nomination according
to democratic u?-age, as I shall show ; but Mor
ton, whom as a gentleman ami a fellow citi
zen, I esteem, was palmed upon the demociacy
of Ibis Senatorial district by Governor Porter,
and, in effect, we w ere given to understand that
we must swallow him, because the Governor
hnd use for him at the seat of government.
Northumberland county, in accordance with the
unge in the district, was entitled to the nomi
nation of the Senator, and when their conven
tion met, Capt. Win. Forsyth was duly nnnn
nited, and Jesse Ilorton, who was before the
convention as a candidate for Assembly, was re
jected. Conferees were accordingly appointed,
with instruction to support ('apt. Forsyth in a
conferer.ee of a'-l tho delegates from the w hole
district. The conferee? m t twice, and adjourn
ed without beng nble to innke a selection from
the three candidates presented, namely : Win
Forsyth, of Northumberland, George Crawford,
of Clinton, and Col. James Burnside, ol Centre
county ; the difficulties arising out of Ihe con
test between Judge ICwis and Judge Burnside,
to procure the nomination of the man who
would best suit their respective views, and the
wishes of the Executive, as will appear from
the letters nf the latter, to Capt. Forsyth, at
that time. Il was not until Ihe th.nl meeting
of ihe conferees, a fler several ballo'incs, that an
apology for a nomination was made, namely,
Jesse C. II rten, w ho had not been before the
people of Northumberland county as a candidate
for the Senate, and who hud, as before stated,
lcen rrjerted by their convention as a candidate
for the Assembly. The finale of this farce oc
curred on the 27th of September, only a few
day before the election. It is remarkable, that
at most of these meetings, a portion of tho con
terence was composed of substitutes, w ho had
no authority from the people, particularly one
of those from this county, who was answera
ble only In his principal, w ho shrunk from the
responsibility.
Forsyth's was the only nomination made ac
cording lo Democratic uage. lie was nomina
led by the delegate convention of Northumber
land County, and now holds a certificate signet
i by the delegates almo.-l unanimously. Byasal
ulary usage ot the party, the nomination ot Sen
atoi w as conceded lo Northumberland county
and she had, with great unanimity selected
Capt. Forsyth, rejecting- Mr. Ilorton, who, by
arbitrary means, was palmed upon the party,
and the people asked lo support him. Forsyth'-
friends in Northumberland county, under these
circumstances, would not permit him lo with
draw, alleging lhatns he was the only regulur
nominee, he was in the hands of the party, and
must go before the people, even though he
should have to contend with the train bands o
the Slate administration along the public works.
The Governor, himself, came into ihe district
and every one of his millions were set to work
against Capt. Forsyth, the people's candidate
I openly, and watmly supported Capt. Forsyth
and opposed Ilorton, who had not even the co
lour ot a fair nomination. In the beat of the
contest, I never stated any thing but tho truth
iu reference to Ihe means used lo present Mr.
Ilorton to the party. Forsj th would have been
triumphantly elected had not the district been
visited by the Executive nnd his officers, a pro
miuetit one ot whim passed up tl.e canal on the
Sabbath day, immediately before the election
on his way from llmrisburg, and scattered
hand bills, manufactured tin re, along the w hol
hue ol the public works in the district. Letters
from Ilarrisburg, calculated tu intimidate or
otherwise influence Ihe weak or ambitious,
came like Ihe leaves of autumn, flying intoevc
ry purt of che district. If more need be said on
t'.e subject, I shall call upon Capt. Forsyth and
the delegates by whom he was nominated, to
publish an exposure of tl.e w bole transaction,
I boast of going with my democratic breVnern
in support of Forsy lb, gaint the candidate of
the Executive, thus forced u'fm the party with
out Iheir consent. A h.ototy of ihe transactions
and Ihe correspondence thereupon, will fully
fuUin mIi h&vetUUd in tthtoti to the mat
ter. This brings me down to '43. The unpen
tlemaitly manner in which 'Old Lycoming' in
troduces the name of my step-son, is intended,
I suppose, to wound the feelings of a parent;
but iu this sge of refinement and courtesy a
memg even political opponents, such Vile peison-
immediate parent of despotism. JtrrrBso.
VdT. !iXo. 24 Whole No, U3J.
ality can have no other effect than to subject
the writers to the scorn and contempt of an en
liirhtened community. Brindlc became a can
didate ogainsf my advice. For several reasons
did not wish him to appear before the public
at that time. The first person 1 ever heard
proposo the matter was Wm. F. Packer, E-q.,
when he visited our place, iu company with Mr.
S. II. Lloyd, in order to solicit my aid in procu
ring the appointment of Prothonotary for Hep
burn McClure E-q. If Mr. Packer will do me
justice, he will testify, if called upon, that I
was opposed to the measure of bringing Brindle
forward. The history of the campoign of 'A' is
so fresh in the minds of the people that 1 need
not dwell upon it ; but, that persons at a dis
tance may judge who were the disorganizes, I
will briefly i-tiite the most important facts. Boal
bad generally voted with Ihe whigs in the Le
gislature, and had otherwise become objectiona
ble to the democrats, yet he was high in ihe fa
vor of the Governor and his particular friends.
Efforts were, therefore, made lo prevent his re-
nomination In referring to the excitement, of
the contest, ai uncalled for allusion is made to
the pecuniary circumstancesnf the candidates j
and il is alleged, "on the one side, was seen
he influence of money and on the other 'the
lei re rr re o!" rfi h ,' unaided and unsmtained
with either." This leaves me at perfect liberty
to say, that for years I have sustained the 'bare
crust ot r hi, 'and sheltered him from the 'pel
tings ot the pittiless storms' of many winters, '
that I assisted in procuring him the means of
obtaining and prosecuting an honorable profes
sion ; and not because of any peculiar merits o-
vrr other applicants, or tliat 1 had nny great faith
iu his democracy, but because of his needy con
dition, I interested mvsclfm Ins lielmlf, and I
believe, materially aided in securing him the
office of deputy prosecuting attorney. His lia
bilities lo me have not been discharged to this
day, nor is il likely, from present appearances,
that I hey ever w ill ; and the many acts of kind
ness he has received at toy hands, has been re
paid with nought but ingratitude. I should
scorn to speak of these matters, but for the un
cilled for allusion above, arid the representa
tions so repeatedly made that I have applied
pecuniary nv ans, to interfere with the political
aspirings of the individual referred to, as h.
vin? nought on his tale but the 'bare crust of
ripht:
But to return. Boal was the Porter candi
date, and sustained by the whole force of the ad
ministration and the canal officers ; Brindle was
forced into Ihe field by Ihe people to oppose
him. When the delegates assembled at Wil
liontsport, and the Porter party made Ihe disco
ery that the 'biwer End,' by custom entitled
that )cur lo the member, had declared for
I'riniile with great unanimity, by a clandestine
and arbitrary course ot proceedings, taking ad
vantage of the absence of the anti-Porter dele
ites, the wire workers managed matters so as
to cause a division in the convention which re
sulted in a separate organization, and the ap
pointment of two sets of conferees.
These conferees, with those appointed in the
other parts of the district, met on the 11th Sep
tember. On the 1st hallo? Brindle was duly
nominated, having received 4 of the 0 votes.
Boal received but 2. Some irregularity being
alleired, a re-balloting w as had, and Brindle was
aain nominated, having received the vote of
every conferee in the conference. Boal was
also nominated, having received a majority.
Only pne set of conferees was received from
each of the counties. Brindle was nominated
by the same conference that nominated Boa), so
thai if either were irregular, both were. I was
not present at the meeting of the conferees, but
can appeal for the correctness of the above state
ment lo Mps.-rs. John &. James Gamble, Col.
Rhodearmel, J. II. McCormick and others, w ho
were piesent. Thus the ticket was formed,
and thus it was aniionuced in the Gazette of
September 10th "' and the following language
uspd in reference to it :
We now call upon the democracy ofold Ly
coming Income forward and stirtain the ticket
Ihe whole ticket and nothing but the ticket
which will be found on the first column of this
page, printed in conspiciotis letters. Seldom
has there been tueh on cxce'lent ticket in eve
ry respect formed and submitted to the people,
und we feel confident thmit will receive a warm
enthusiastic and genersl support by the demo
cracy ot old Lycoming county.'
But Old they euppuit Hid ticket ? Nol they !
Sj toon as the news reached lbirisburjf that
Ihe peoplo hnd dared lo pbee a pereou objec
tionable to Potter in nomination, up cumc Mr.
Pucker, the Auditor General, and upon his own
personal responsibility struck the name of Brin
dle from ihe ticket, and inserted that of John
Morehead iu tho Gazette, which immediately
opened its battery ot abuse upon Brindle tir du
ring to appear on the democratic ticket without
first securing the consent of his Excellency !
The following exposition, publi.-hed shortly ut
ter by Col. Carter, who was editor of the Ga
zette, will Ihrow furlhor light upoii ihe subject ;
'On Monday ihe It'll) ot September, I was re-
Pit ICES OF AD EllTISEXG.
I square 1 insertion, 0 Wl
1 do 2 di T5
1 da 3 dt . I 00
Rery subsequent inscrlicn, 0 tS
Yearly Advertisements i one culumn, f 85 hi If
column, 1 18, three squares, 1S two squares, f 0 I
one square, f 5. Half-yearly t one column, 18 ;
half column, f 13 j three squares, 9 ; two squares,
$5; one squnrp, $3 ftO.
Advertisements left without directions as in tl a
lenqth of lime liiey are lo be published, will I
continued until ordered out, and charged acconl
intrly.
rjWiitecn lines make a square.
quested to call at General Packer's house. I
called, and found assembled in solemn conclave
Ihe following persons : W. F. Packer, Audi
tor General ; J. Butler, Canal Commissioner ;
A. B. Warlord, Engineer ; J. B. Beck, Collec
tor of Tolls, and aome twoor three other person.
Mr. Packer seemed to be tho head, and Mr.
Beck the tail of the party. Mr. Packer com
menced censuring me in a pleasant way, for pla
cing Brinole's name on the ticket and writing
on article in hid favor. I replied that it was
my duty, as a democratic editor, to support reg
ular nominations, lie answered by staling that
Brindle hud received his nomination unfairly
that he was not to be trusted nnd that he would
in a few days lay such a train as would blow
Brindle nnd his friends to Texas or to, if my
memory serves me correctly, even to a still
warmer place. After further conversation, it
was agreed (hat Bundle's name should be strick
en from the ticket, and Mr. Morehead's name
inserted iu its place.'
It is unnecessary for me to follow 'Old Ly
coming' through all the scurrility, misrepresen
tations and glaring falsehoods in the notice Ihey
take of my nomination on the ticket last fall,
the only time in which lever yielded to the oft
repeated solicitations of my democratic friends
to bring me before the public, as a candidate
for ony office. The people of this county are
well aware that personal considerations never
had nny weight with me, in the efforts I have
used in the cause of Democracy ; and as it id
difficult to prove a negative, yet, in this case, it
could be done. I ask the distant render to be
lieve the simple assertion of one who claims to
be on honorable man. . 1 never sought office
never was a candidate for political honors be
fore the late contest, and 1 have freely declared
that I never felt interested in any nomination
other than, as a means, to perpetuate the prin
ciples of democracy pure and unconlaminute.l.
The hostility of a few demagogues to me, ori
ginated in the fact that they have not bem n
ble to use tne to aid them iii securing t'.t -fl-'sh
pots of Egypt." I am, Imwpyr, tru'y rsa''
to my fellow d'nv crit for the continued evi
dence of their kind regard.
'Old Lycoming' seems to regard it as a piece of
effrontery in me to permit my name to be u;--d
as a candidate for office ! I would rather not
repeat the circumstance of my nomination, lest
I subject myself to the charge of egotism, which
of all things I would most avoid ; but a glance
at it 6eems to be necessary. The Porter pres9,
the only one at that timernf'iir democracy
in the county, the selfish and disorganising po
liticians the Lawyers the Judges tiie Sher
iff the officers on the canal, from the supervi
sor down to the mud boss ull were against my
nomination. I bad for competitor.-! two lawyers,
one of whom had before bpen honored w ith a
seal both in the National anJ State Legislature,
and the other hnd filled a scat in the ref'-rm con
vention, nnd subsequently in the State Senate-
and one Diietor, all highly distinguished and
respectable men, who canvassed the county for
delegates, some of (hem making personal visita
tions, and at! stumping it ; and yet, alone, aided
by my 'seven men in buckram,' as 'Old Lycom
ing' alleged, received on the first ballot 01
votes, Mr. Ellis 13, and Gen. Flemmtng 9.
Ah ! but, say the writers of 'Old Lycoming, the
nomination wa. a 'coercive' one, aiel 'the oilier
I candidates expressed a w illingness to waive all
' their claims for the good of the party.' Now,
! those 01 delegates mu.-t have been possessed of
very little courage, if my noe.i'malion was 'co
erced,' or those 'seven men in buckram' must
have assumed a very for nidable appearance!
The truth is, however, that there was no coer
cion on my part, or uny of my friends. The
nomination was titir, and made without barga'u
or compromise. Nor did my honorable c m;o
titors, nt any time, 'express a willmgne? to
waive nl! their cl tints,' but kept their names be
fore Ihe convention until the last.
It is false that 1, or any of my relations, threat
ened destruction to the ticket. The opinion
may have bi'en expressed that some of the can
didates would not be elected, but nothing like
intimidation was attempted. Whoever heail
j of a democratic convention nominating an indi
vidual for fear of his opposition ! The bare in
sinuation is an insult to the party. Il is asser
ted as an excuse, I suppose, for the secret Oj
posilion of 'OKI Lycoming,' that I did not hy
pocritically taw ii upon tlio.-e whom 1 knew it
bu unworthy. 1 am satisfied with my mamn r
in my intercourse with the public. Either tin;',
or my peculiar ways 'have secured me many
warm friends, whose regard I shall be proud tu
cherish while I live.' The charge is basely
false that any of my warm friends traded i lT oi-r
democrat. c Canal Commissioner V Who can
not fathom the dark design of this insinuation?
It as t-videuily intended lo produce iu f5 t
up-n the Canal U -urd, prejudicial t any nfmy
friends who niiebt a'ip'y for appointments.
Who aro the unir-i mini; democrats' who eoii'J
not bo induced in ote Hie wli--I" tei.ei ! Wht rv
did an 'unwuv riiitr rit itincisi e r sicrt-t';.
plot the defeat of the ueket, claim ereiM lor iii.
act. and write bu ohhioi communication l-
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