Iniettigencer sz, 3ournal. Lancaster, September 7, 1S51: O. SANDERSON, EDIT FOR PRESIDENT:: . . . FRANKLIN PIERCE, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, L. WILLIAM R. KING, OF ALABAMA SUPREME JUDGE. 0. W. WOODWARD , OF LUZF.RNE )R CANAL COMMISSIONER, OL. WM• HOPK INS, OF WASHINGTON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS SENATORIAL. 0130 E. W. WOODWARD, 01 LIIZAIDO !LOON M'CnnnLess, 01 Allegheny. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT. •SLRT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia. DISTRICTS. • ter Logan, I a. H. C. Eyer, -o. 11. Martin, 14. John Clayton, •hn Miller, 15. Isaac Robinson, W. Bockius, 16. Henry Fetter, McCoy, Jr., 17. James Burnside, Apple, 16: Maxwell McCaslin, ' Strick.and, 19. Joseph McDonald, . braham Peters, 20: W. S. Colahan, vid Fistei, 21. Andrew Burk, . E. James, • 22. William Dunn, •hn Mcßeynolds, 23. .1. S. M , Calniont, ' Damon, 24. George R. Barret. Delegates Elected. e following named Delegates have been elect the County Convention, all of whom, we be are instructed for a County Ticket. W w:-.L:11:1 L. Keifer, John-Dorwart, e Yeisley, Henry E. We John A. Scheir- E. W—Thomas Cox, John S. Dougherty, s L.ReynoldF, Thomas C. Wiley, John Som- . W.—William Nlathiot, Philip Fitzpatrick, el Huber, Henry W. Gantz, John Kautz. lE. W.—Henry Gorrecht, William A. Morton, tam K. Leonard, H. W. Fedderson, John C. RotelL ncuster Tu.p.—Hugh M'lntire' Maj' C. Nau man] B. Huber. Lanyeer TV.—Geor ge I;' , ,nh, Christian Hess. John M. Miller, James C. E‘voi,! , , David Fulmer. Ccilunibiu S. TV—Jacob Aaweerte.., Dr. N. B. Wolfe, Dr. F A. Thomas, John Yearnish, Chas. M. S'rein. .11 , TV.—Jacob M. Strickler, J. l‘nlatin, John Slack , John Eberly, Jeremiah Hess. • .ilianheitn Tup.—Cal. S. C. Stambaugh, Richard M'Gyann, John Bear. Benjm. Eaby. 41 anor.—George G. Brush, Jno. E. M'Donald, Gem i ge S. Mann, Christian E. Habecker, John Kill - kler. appointment by the Governor. pt. JouN H. Ductistssr, of this city, to be mil itar Aid to His Excellency with the rank of Lieu' tens it Colonel. A excellent appointment. Col. Buchman is an exp rienced officer, an active and efficient Demo crat and is richly deserving the confidence reposed in im by the Governor. We congratulate our frie d on his promotion. Immense Meeting. The Democratic Mass Meeting, at Reading, on i Satuday last, was the largest assemblage of the I kind ever held in Pennsylvania. It is estimated 1 thai about 20.000 persons were present, and the gre test enthusiasm prevailed. The Hon. JAMES Ba SANAN was chosen President of the meeting, and amongst the selections made for Vice-Presidents, wee Governor BIGLER, of this State, and Governor Lor,ot Maryland. Amongst the Speakers were Me srs. Buchanan, Hallo, of Boston, Bissel and Douglass. of Illinois, Lowe, of Maiyland, and StaHton, of Tennessee. e shall give a more extended notice of this mo ster Mass Meeting in our next. ilw Another terrible accident occurred on the Idson River, on Saturday, by the explosion of the •hmboat Reindeer's Boiler, by which seven per were instantly trilled, and over thirty more .ly scalded. 111 - The "Buchanan Rifle,' together with a large inber of friends, were the guests of our esteemed h ow-citizen, Cot. 0/0113EL C. STAMBAUGH, at his : l utiful residence at Annadale," near this City, yesterday afternoon. The Col's hospitalities e richly lavished upon his' visitors, all of whom e highly gratified with their reception, and the •a l sure they enjoyed. he Rifles were accompanied by the Lancaster :ss Band. Life of General Pierce. Ye have received from the Publishers, Derby & filler, Auburn, N. Y., Bartlett's Life of General lANIC.LIN PIERCE. It is a neatly bound volume of f.l pages, and is embellished with a correct life e portrait of our distinguished nominee. Mi Fil 201 like Mr. Jonathan Dorwart is the Agent for the sale .1 he work in this city and county, and we bespeak or him-a cordial reception from our friends. The book should be in every Democratic family in the county. IN , lp.cticracs' Coorfssuton.—This is the title ot ew monthly medium-size paper,(the first num •r of which was issued in this city, on Friday last, Mr. E. H. Rauch, Editor. and Proprietor,)at lifty •uts per annum. It is to be devoted to the die- Urination ot the principles and objects of the Order United American Mechanics, and gives promise (being conducted with considerable ability. LIFE no llLimy Ci...l—By reference to our al 'rtising columns it will be seen that Mr. Jonathan sorwart, of this City, is the agent for Sargent & reeley - s great work on the Life and Public Servi el sof HENRY CLAY. The hook contains nearly .[)0 pages, is handsomely bound, and will doubtless ,eet with a liberal patronage. It is well worth he subscription price, and will fill a place in al ost every library in tht:' county. A.CVERICAL STRIFT--The clergymen at Con necticut are complaining of their sdaries as alto gether inadequate to the comfortable support o themselves and families. A pamphlet has been is sued by the clergymen of the Episcopal Church setting forth the grievane.. It states that the av rage salaries of the clergy is not over $420. APPOINTMENT Hy GOV. BIELER.—Jacob R Clo hie I Kensington, has been appointed Inspector '.l Staves and Heading by Gov. Biglet 117 The Democratic County Con , .ention of rho, at their meeting last week, unanimously ominated Hon. HENIVI A. 'AI ottrEN n can, ol II- 'ng, for Congress WILSON REILT, Esq., of Chambersburg, is the emocratie candidate for Congress in the Frank- in district 1U JAMES C. VAIeDUrE, Esq., of Philadelphia, is the Democratic candidat_for Congress in the district at present represented by Hon. Joseph R. Chandler, who is the Whig candidate or re-election. ID - The proceedings of the meeting in Upper -acock township, Came to band-too late for pub_ cation this week. They will appear in our next. Ili Mr.lHiester, in his Court House speech, said , in substance, that neither Gen. Pierce nor his Bri gade were in action at all, during Scott's campaign in Mexi..:o 7 L-that be always managed to keep him self and his brigade out of clanger;:iind hence his populari•yl with the men under his command. And the . Examiner,laking its-cue from the Congress man in expectancy, tries:to relieve its pet frum his unfounded allegation, by saying that Mr.';l3. alluded to Gen. Pierce - himself, and not to his.'bri gade. This excuse won't do. f4,116.1a too well acquainted with the English language, and has too good a tl ,W of words at his command not to speak intelligibly to his: audience. He certainly did 'poi mean %%hal the Examiner days he did, or he would have conveyed his meaning in such a way as that it could not be misunderstood. But to another point : The Eaminer says that it "should like the In telligences to show, from despatches written at.the time, by Shields, Scott, Worth, or by Gen. P. him* self, that he did command his Brigade in a single engagement." Well, as our neighbor seems to de sire inforMation on the subject, we shall endeavor. to gratify; him with extracts from the despatches, forwarded to the War Department at the time.— We copy,l from the Volume known as the Presi dent's Message and Accompanying Documents of December 7, 1847—as published by order of the 15. S. Senate. Here they are: 1. Gen. SCOTT'S official account of the Battle of Contreras, dated August 19, 1847. He says: " Brevet Brigadier General P. F. Smith's and Bre vet Colonel Riley's brigades (Twiggs' Division) supported by Brigadier Generals PIERCE'S and Cadwalader's brigade. (Pillow's Division) were more than three hours under a heavy fire of artil lery and musketry along the almost impassable ra vine in frimt and to the left of the entrencl•ed camp." 1D2.1 Gen. Scott's official 'account of the battle of Churdbusco, dated August 28, 1847. He says: Accdrdingly, the two advanced divisions and Shields' brigade marched from Contreras, under the immediate orders of Major General Pillow, who was now joined by the gallant Brigadier General PIERCE of his division, personally thrown out of activity, late the evening before, by a severe hurt received from the fall of his horse." Awl again, in the same report, Gen. Scott says Next (but all in ten minutes) I sent PIERCE (just able to keep the saddle) with his brigade (Pil low's dii , ision) by a third road, a little farther to our left; to attack the enemy's right and rear, in order to favor the movements upon the convent, and cut oil' the retreat towards the capital." ID — 3. General Worth's official account of the same battles made to the Commander-in-Chief, and dated August 23, 1847. He says: " The:division commander cannot forego the op portunity presented, to acknowledge his obligations and express his admiration of the gallant bearirn , of ;Major General Pillow, and Brigadier Generals ' Shields,, Cadwalader and PIERCE, with all of whom he had the gratification of concert and co operation at carious critical periods of the conflict." 11J 4. Gen. Tw m's report of the same date say,: "During this state of affairs, Gen. Smith's bri gade was • r.rdered to forth a junction with Riley's, whilst General PIERCE'S brigade occupied the left of the trail, and remained as a support to the bate duties as would produce ID — 5. General PILLOW'S official report, dated the amount of revenue August 24, 1647, says: needed, and at the same : " l'o sustain the movements, Brigadier General time afford reasonable 1 incidental p industry.n to I glide and support Colonel Riley, and Brigadier Gen am opposed to a tariff eral PIERCE, with his command, to support the 1 , for protection MERELY, the column moving upon the enemy's front." and not for revenue. —••- And again, in the same report, Gen. Pillow says: Brigadier General PIERCE, though badly inju red by the fall of his horse while gallantly leading his brigade into the thickest of the battle on the 19th, did riot quit the field . , but continued in com mand of his brigade." Again he says:—" During this movement I met with General PIERCES bri gade, which had been moved by order of the gen eral-in-chief, under command of General PIERCE, against a large body of the enemy to the right and rear of 'the main work, where they had been, in conjunction with Shields' brigade, engaged in a fierce open field fight with a large force." And yet again, he says Brigadier General PIERCE, tho' suffering severely from his injury of the preceding day, had nevertheless been' f on duty, and in coin-. a mend of his brigade during the day, and until Jew moments before, when he had fainted from pain and exhaustion, and been carried from the nj" 6. In his report of the battle of Moliuo del Ray, dated September 11, 1847, CA.. Scorn says "I called up, from the distance of three miles, first Major General Pillow, with his remaining brigade, (PIERCE'S ") &c. `• These corps approached with zeal and rapidity; but the battle was won just as Brigadier General PIERCE reached the ground, and had interpdted his corps between Garland's bri gade and the retreating enemy." Above We have given extracts from the reports 01 Generals SCOTT, WORTH, TWIGGS and PILLOW— aII of Whom testify to the bravery and gallant bear ing of Geh. PIERCE, and prove conclusively that " he did command his brigade" in more than one engagement, and that he took a ff leading part," so far as a subordinate officer could do so, in the bat tles of Contreras and Churubusco. One of two thingslis certain, either Gen. Scour and the other distinguished generals above mentioned have delib erately falsified, or else the Examiner has done so. We leave the public aF large to determine the ques lion of veracity between them. We might have given other extracts from official despatches to substantiate the above, and might have also called attention to the gallant conduct of Gen. Pisincs at the National Bridge, when march ing his brigade from Vera Cruz to Puebla, but the above swill suffice. The challenge "of the Exam iner has therefore been accepted, and it remains to' be seen Whether that paper will have the magnan imity to re-publish these extracts and thus, to some extent, atone for the wrong it has done, and for the slanders heaped upon the head of General Prsncs by Whig orators and scribblers. We shall Alr.:lluebanan is not now before the people or we, would willingly undertake to prove the alle gation against him."—Examiner. What allegation? Why, of course, the allega tion Made by Mr. Hiester in his court House speech, 'that he (Mr. Buchanan) had advocated the reduction of wages to the European standard— amouting to about ten or twelve cents a day. This abominable and villainous slander, which has been over and over again refuted, and which is not be lievedlay any intelligent man of any party, is what the Examiner n would willingly undertake to prove," if Mr. Buchanan were now a candidate for the Presidency. True, he is not a candidate, but neither lie nor his friends are afraid to meet the is sue; and we sow boldly challenge the editor of that paper or the Whig candidate for Congress, or both combined, to the proof. Let them bring forward the documents, and we here pledge ourself to answer theni by proving that the said allegation against Mr. is talsein every particular from beginning to end --false and infamous as the yile heart that conceived it, and the yet viler hearts that would propagate a wilful and .wicked slander—knowing it to. bb such. Come on, then, gentlemen with your proofs, or consent to stand before this intelligent community with the brand upon your foreheads. You have seen proper, without any provocation whatever, to assail iMr. Buchanan who is now a private citizen, and you must expect to receive the reward tine to such disreputable conduct: " Buckshot andßall :" qOl. WILLIAM HOPKINS of WaShington county, will be our next Canal Commisioner. He is a first rate man, comes fresh from the ranks of the peo ple,and is as popular as General Jackson. He was speaker of the House of Representatives . du rind the "Buckshot War," and was in the chair at the time that Stevens, Penrose, and their gang who ranted to "treat the election as if it never had been held," jumped out of ,the syindows of the Cap itol.; ;He is an old fashioned Jackson Democrat, arld*ill - he elected. by a majority tJitt will. startle the DemoCrats theroselves.-Doylcionssm.rte,niocrie Mr. Hlester—the Examiner—the Tariff, &c. The Examiner of Wednesday last tries hard to break the force of our remarks respecting Mr. Hies ter's speech in the . Court. House, to which we cal led the attention of our readers two weeks ago.— This, of course, is perfectly natural on the part of that paper, and we have no fault to find with it for so doing. .:put it will not do for the Examiner to allege that - our attempt to "correct" Mr. fliester was "not correct in a single assertion," nor will it answer the purpose to say that " it is rare to meet so many mis-statements crowded into so small a We again repeat, what we stated two weeks ago, that the Baltimore Whig platform treats the pro tective policy as an obsolete idea, just as much so as a National Bank is now treated by that party. To prove.this we refer to the record. Here is the Whig resolution itself as adopted by the Whig Na tional Convention—certainly not such an one as would have met the sanction of the late Mr. Clay, or any of the other great Whig leaders and advo cate of "protection for protection's sake:" Resolved, That Government should be conducted up on principles of the strictest economy, and revenue sufficient for the expenses thereof in time of peace ought to be derived mainly from a duty on imports and not from direct taxes; and, in laying such du ties, sound policy requires a just discrimination and protection from fraud by specific duties whereby suitable encouragement may be afforded to Amer caq industry, equally to all classes and to all por tions of the country. With the exception of a single word, (specific which should be advalorecn,) this resolution embo dies the whole Democratic doctrine on the subject of the Tariff. That party has always contended for the doctrine that a tariff for revenue alone, with incidental protection to all the leading branch es of industry—agriculture, commerce, manufac tures, mechanic arts, Sec.,—was the true policy of the country, and this position was taken by the late President Por.s. in his celebrated "Kane letter." Between that platform and the one laid down by the Whig National Convention, we cannot for the life of us perceive any material difference; and, therefore, we think we have fully established the " assertion " that the doctrine of" protection for the sake of protection " has become " an obsolete idea " with the Whigs. But to maintain our position ful ly, beyond cavil or doubt, we again refer to the record,and place the two platforms in juxtaposition, so that every intelligent reader may see at a glance that the Whigs have abandoned their former policy, and have virtually taken their position on the ! broad platform of the Democratic party. Here they are: Ma. Por.x.'s LETTER. -I am in favor of a Tariff for Revenue, such a one as will yield a suf. ficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the Govern ment ECONOMICALLY ad ministered. In adjust ing the details of a rev-, enue tariff, 1 have here tofore sanctioned such moderate discriminating " Government should be conducted upon princi pies of the strictest econ omy, and 'revenue suffi cient for the expenses thereof, in time of peace, ought to be derived main ly from a duty on imports, and not from direct taxesi and i t laying such duties sound policy requires a just discrimination, and protection from fraud . by specfic duties, where by suitable encourage ment may be afforded to American industry, equally to all classes and to all portions of the country."--Resolution of the late Whig National Convention—part of the platform. In my judgment it is the duty of the govern ment to extend as tar as it may be practicable to do so. by its revenue laws and all other means within its power, fair and just protection to all the great imerests of the whole Union, embracing Agriculture, Manufac tures, the Meclianic Arts, Commerce and Naviga tion.:' What then, we ask the Examiner, has become of Whig love tor " Pennsylvania interests - -lor Iron Masters? They would not agree to Secreta ry Walker's proposition to give them a higher du- ty on iron in the act of 1846, and now they have jumped on to Mr. Polka !! KANE LETTER plat form ! - Verily, it strikes us, that the !ewer such friend; the Iron Masters have the better they will fare, and the less our neighbor says about the matter the bet ter it will be for his party. Whiggery always promises much, but unitarmly violates its pledges. frrThe Examiner admits that the tariff of 1828 was "not a party question," and yet, strange to say, the editor essays to hold the Democratic party re sponsible for its establishment! Our allegation was that it was neither a Democratic measure, nor was Gen. Jackson responsible for the act, for the reason that he was not then President, as alleged by Mr. Hiester, nor was he even in Washington City du ring that entire year. Of course the allegation of Mr. Hiester that the Tariff act of 1828 was pa , sed through the influence of the Jackson administra tion, was incorrect in every particular, and it was for the purpose of putting the gentleman right and vindicating the truth of history, that we alluded to that branch of his remarks at all. The effort of the Examiner to extricate its Congressional candi date from the awkward position in which he had deliberately placed himself, has only left him in a worse predicament than he was before; and we apprehend that he may well exclaim, "save me front my political friends," and leave me to the ten- der mereiks of my enemies. The speech in ques tion proves one of two things—either that Mr. H. made statements which he knew were not correct, or that he is grossly deficient in that knowledge which is essentially requisite to qualify a man to represent his constituents fairly and intelligently in the Congress of the Union. He may take. either horn of the dilemma he chooses. (7..e;11 Extract from Corwin's Inexi Speech: The Senator from Michigan says, "we Will be two:millions in a few years, and we want room." If 1 were a Mexican I would tell you "Have you not room enough in your own country to bury your dead l If you , come into mine we will greet you with bloody hands, and welcome you to hospitable graves!"—Thomas Corwin's speech; delivered in the U. S. Senate. Feb. 11, '47—copies from Greely's Whig Almanac of '4B. The above extract is from the revised edition of Mr. Corwin's speech, and precisely the same from which it was translated into Spanish and published in the Mexican papers, copies of which were found with our captured enemies. And this is the man selected by a Federal President for one of the high est offices in the government! Had Corwin been Secretary of the Treasury when the Mexican war was going on, it is fair to presume he would have stopped the supplies to our armies, so far as he could, and left our brave soldiers to starve with hunger and fall an easy prey to the enemy. Indeed, the foregoing, extract from the speech, tells plainly what would have been his course had he held the purse strings of the Nation during the war. STRASBURG BOROUGH By order of the Executive Cointhittee a meeting of the Democracy of the borough of Strasburg was held at the public house of Wm. Echternoch, on Saturday evening, Sept. 4th, for the purpose of electing delegates to represent said borough to the Convention to be held at Lancaster on Wednesday, Sept. Bth.. The meeting organized by electing Jacob Bower, President, and W. T. M , Phail, Sec. After a series of.nominations for delegates were made; the meeting proceeded to ballot, which re sulted in the selection of the following gentlemen, viz: W. F. S. Warren, James McPhail, Wm. Echter noel', Joseph Bowman, John Steele. On motion the Delegates elect were instructed to urge , the settling of a county ticket. JACOB BOWER, Psesident. W. S. bi'PHAlL..Seery. 11.4.HLEBTON, Sept. 4—ln consequence of the heaVy tieshets in' Georgia, corn has advanced from 40 to 7,5 Oente - per Imshel, and wheat from 60 cents , Dragging Religion Into Polities. The attempt made by the Scott papers to drag the sacred cause of, religion into party politics, has not only failed of success with those intended to be influenced, but elicited expressions of opinion from Catholic journals which, under ohter circumstances, would have been withheld from the public eye. On Tuesday last, we published a communication from the Catholics of Concord, New Hampilol, de fending Gen. Planes from the attacks made upon him, touching the religious test. To-day we invite particular attention to the following article from the New York Truth Teller—a leading Catholic journal. It gives the strongest assurance that the dangerous course of the Whig leaders is fully un derstood, and that our Catholic fellow citizens in dignantly scorn and repudiate the efforts made to induce them to enter the political arena as a reli gious body THE PHESIDENCL—Efforts of a peculiarly mean, insidious and unscrupulous character are being made by agents of the Whig party to catch Irish votes for the Whig candidate for the Presidency. The deep and well grounded antipathy of Irishmen to the English government is made use of, and they are asked to vo e for Scott, because, as is alleged, he carries 'British lead" about some portion of his body. The sacred name of religion is also used, and Irishmen are asked to vote for Scott because a daughter of his has had the grace to become a Cath olic. We allude to these despicable efforts and the silly arguments by which they are sustained, be cause we conceive that the parties who use them insult the understandings of Irishmen and Catholics in the United States. We do not deny—no one can —to Gen. Scott the merit of being a good soldier, but it may be worth while to inquire on what oc casion he received this dose of 'British lead" about which so much is said. It was at one of the bat tles of the war of 1812—a war declared and carried on by a Democratic Administration, and opposed in its inception and its progress by that Whig par ty of which Gen. Scott is the standard bearer. Had the Whig party been in power in 1812 no war would have been declared againstEngland,Scott would have won no laurels, and the United States would have been humiliated and disgraced. Du ring the war, Scott, then a junior officer, obeyed the orders which he received from his superiors, and fought gallantly; but to the party which originated the war is due the thanks of all true Americans and of every enemy of English insolence. No mat ter what Scott's persorial merits may be, he is now, and would be, if by accident he should be elected, a tool in the hands of that party which, on every occasion since the foundation of the government, has lent itself to the designs ot the British Govern ment—that party with whom originated the alien and sedition laws of John Adams, and whose most prominent leaders, even of the present day, are tainted with the spirit of native Americanism— that party who opposed every proposition for the extension, by purchase or negotiation, of the limits of the republic, by which from year to year-new fields have been opened in the West and South for the labor of our oppressed countrymen; that party who commissioned Abbot Lawrence to the court of St. James, to beslaver with his praise the tyrant aristocracy of England. With reference to the religious cry, we would simply ask by whom has it been raised? By the anointed guardians of the Catholic religion in the United States? No! By zealous adherents or even open professors of that faith No such thing; but by men who belong to other religious persuasions, and who, if they be sincere, can have no sympathy with the Catholic religion which actuates these parties, but a desire to make political capital out of the religious feelings of Irishmen. The attempt is not more reprehensible in the parties who make it, than it would be disgraceful in any Irishman to allow himself fora moment to be influenced by such unworthy appeals. What matters it to any Cath olic in America what religion Scott's daughter pro fesses ? What matters it even what religion Scott himself may profess? Here, in this free land, there is no State church, but all creeds are, by the terms of the Constitution, placed on an equal footing be fore the State. To introduce, therefore, the question of religion into the arena of party politics is uncalled for, is wicked. The man who does so is not the friend of religion, nor of the peace and happiness of the United States. In Ireland the case would be different, for there the government is the enemy of the peoples religion: here it is not so—never can be so, unless such parties as those to whom we have referred should be allowed to make of the religion ot a nu merous section of our citizens the scape-goat of their own little political designs. Such a result, however, is impossible, so long as Irishmen are intelligent, and are true to the institutions ot their adopted WHIG PLATFORM, 1852. country. Were we so dispore, we might enter into a com parison of the relative merits of Scott and Pierce, and show how purely on personal grounds Pierce is entitled to the suffrages of every man who val ues the honor and prosperity of this country. We might show how, while Scott is altogether unskill ed in civil affairs, Pierce has fulfilled the most im portant civic trusts with honor and distinction— how, while Scott, but a few years ago, avowed the most ultra Native American sentiments, Pierce has always been the friend of the exile, and in a State the only one, happily, in the Union, where intoler ance has a foothold has been distinguished as the able and‘ zealous champion of toleration. We might show all this, but we prefer to argue this question on higher grounds. We support Gen. Franklin Pierce because he is the worthy champion of the great Democratic par ty,,„of the Union—of that party which derives its in spiration not from the counting houses of Wall street, but from the workshops and the fields where the honest pursue their daily toils—of that party whose name is identified with all that is great and glorious in the past history of the United States,• which humbled the insolence of =England in the war of 1815, which has extended the limits of the Republic, and which has proclaimed to the world the grand principle that "No foreign . Monarchical aggression should henceforth be permitted On thin . Continent." We sustain the Democratic party. We sustain Gen. Frank Pierce. The party is worthi, of the man—the man is worthy of the party. JEWBHARPVILLE, Aug. 17, 185 g. Major Gen. Winfield Scott, 11. S. A Dear Sir :—On account of your marching and counter-marching, your charging and retreating, your shifting and manoeuvreing—now here now there—one day in one position, the next in another, your friends in Jeweharpville do not know in what direction to level their guns, fearing that instead of wounding the enemy they might kill their beloved general. When, fired with indignation" Major General Winfield Scott, of the U. S. A.," assem bled with a few friends in your " parlor" in order to form a new party that would hurl destruction at all Catholics and Foreigners, the valiant soldiers in Jewsharpville (which you have placed under my command) leveled their death dealing instruments at all,who dared to say aught in favor of that rw tion.OT our population, and them who refuse to subscribe to the Principles as laid down by the Na tive American party. But no sooner were they ready to fire their big guns, when they beheld a commotion in the army of the enemy, and lo 1 the leader of Native Americanism had deserted his post, and was in the enemy's camp denouncing the Nativess and flattering Catholics and Foreigners.— But, dear General, how can they trust the one who so lately lead the Natives against them 1 - When you refused to fight General Jackson we were ready to proclaim the beauty and honesty of the principles that impelled you to refuse to take a brother's blood. You had shown your courage . on the field of battle, but your religion and con science would not permit you to be engaged in any such dark and heinous crime as dueling, when dreadful day ! Oh blot it ever out ye that almanacs make, the religion that prevented you from fight ing a military man, and not to prevent you chal lenging De Witt Clinton, a civilian, to meet you upon the field of honor. I have written to you un der these circumstances. I thought it better to write to you to know in what position you will be found when the great battle takes niece. If a Na tive American we will fightitor them ; if a Catholic we will fight for them. If you are with the for eigner we will fight for them ; if an anti-duelist we will fight for the supremacy and code of honor; if a free soilor or abolitionist we will fight side by side with Seward and Thad. Stevens for you; if you will be on that day rabid ultra—Southern rights party man, so too will we be; but it is asyou well know, very doubtful. Your friend, JEsSE JEWEIHAMP, K. M. At a meeting of the Managers of the of the Odd Feilows' Levee, on Saturday evening, September 4th, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, Thst the thanks of the Managers' be returned to C, Hager, Esq., who, at great inconve nience, tendered the use of Fulton Hall, for the Levee on Thursday evening the 2d inst. _Although the building, as yet, is unfinished, all who were present expressed themselves delighted with the Saloon, and feel that they ere under many obliga tions for the erection of a building which promises to supply a place for public purposes long needed in our city. Resolved, That thanks be returned to Chas. Boughter, George W. Hatnersley, John M. Johnston David Blair, C. W. Morris, and the host of. others who contributed no mucltto decorate the rpom, and thefeby added greatly to the splendor of the Levee. Resolved, That these resolutions be 'published in the city Tapers. ODD FELLOWS' LEVEE City and County items. A Grand Affair. The•. Odd. Fellows' Dedication and Procession, which came off in this City, according to previous, publiahed- notice, on Thursday list, was the most interesting; and imposing pageant of the kind that has exec ' taken place in the State, out of Philadel phia.'" The ceremonies of the Dedication, which were had:Wile HO, in South Queen street, by the officers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, were appropriate .and solemn in the highest degree, and were witnessed by the hundreds who jammed the room, with intense interest. Amongst the specta tors present were a large number of Ladies. The numbers in the Procession Were variously estimated at from 1200 to 1800. We think we are not tar in error when we say that at one point on the route of march the strength of the line was about 1500—including some eight or nine.excellent Bands of Music, amongst which Beck's celebrated Phila delphia Brass Band and the Washington Brass Band attracted general atttention. Owing to the extreme heat of the weather—the thermometer being up to ninety degrees in the shade—the dust and the length' of the route, which was from four or five miles—hundreds of members of the Order did not parade at all, and many others were obliged to leave the line before the Procession had near reach ed its destination., The Procession was headed by Grand Marshal, Hon. D. B. Vonderstrith, and some eight or ten Assistants. The whole 'number of Odd Fellows in the City on Thursday, with and without regalia, were probably 2500, and it is not too much to say, by way of general remark, that a finer look ing or more orderly and well behaved set of men could not'be found any where. During the progress of the march the streets were literally lined with spectators, and the win dows of the houses and doors presented an array of beauty which has never been surpassed. Wreaths and boquets were showered upon the Procession, as it passed along, from many a fair hand, and the smiling countenances and waiving of handkerchiefs betokened the delight of hundreds and thousands of the fair sex. The oration by P. G. M. WiTrs, of Philadelphia was an eloquent production, delive:red in admirable style, and did great credit to the distinguished speaker. - At the close of the oration, Grand Mas ter Fitirz, of the Grand Lodge "of Pennsylvania, introduced to the audience Past GraLd Sire WIL- oar, of Baltimore, the founder of the Order in the U. States. The announcement of his name, and the appearance of the venerable man on the stand. elicited a burst of applause from the multitude.— Amongst the distinguished gentlemen on the stand we noticed the Hon. halm BUCIIAN.N. ft The following, as near as we could ascertain was the order in which the different Lodges, En campmenta, &c., marched in the Procession : Band of. Music. Aurora Lodge, No. 465—Banner Equal Rights. Lodge, No. 464. Band. Fulton Lodge, No. 454—Banner. Pequa Lodge: Earl Lodge, No. 413—Four boys carrying Bible. Cocalico Lodge, No. 408. Patterson Lodge, No. 394. Kosciusko Lodge, No. 374. Band. Conestoga Lodge, No. 328. Cliihuabua Lodge, No. 317—Banner. Monterey Lodge, No. 242—Banner, Tassel-bear ors in Grecian postume. Blount Airy Lodge, No. 235—Banner North Star : Lodge, No. 166—Banner. Donegal Lodge, No. 129. Elizabethtown Lodge, 128—Banner. Band. Susquehanna Lodge, No. 80—Banner Mt. Zion Lodge, No. 74—Banner. Humane Lodge. Harrisburg Lodge. Martial Music Lancaster Lodge, No. 67—Banner, Tassel-bear ers in Fanny costume. Salem Lodge. Philadelphia Brass Band. Robert Morrie Lodge, No. 29—Banner. Grand Marshal. Dauphin Encampment, No. 55—Banner. ,Band. • Ashland Encampment, No. 45—Banner. Shawnee Encampment, No, 27—Banner. Mt. Vernon 'Encampment, No. 14—Banner. Washington Encampment, No. 11—Banner. Tassel-bearers in Turkish costume. Salem Encampment, No. 2—Banner. Brass Band. Grand Lodge of Penn'a• with Banner. Grand Encampment. Committee of Arrangements, in carriages. Grand Lodge Officers of Penn's. in carriages. Past Grand Master George Morris, and Past Grand Sire Wildey of the Grand Lodge of the Uni ted States, in carriage. The proceedings of the day • wound up with a Levee in the evening, at " Fulton Hall," which was decidedly the most interesting and brilliant affair of the kind we ever witnessed. The beauty and fash ion of the place were there, and every thing was conducted in the moat tasteful and elegant manner• Upon the whole, Thursday last was a day that ,will long be remembered in Lancaster, as affording unequalled enjoyments to our citizens, without a single occurrence of any kind to mar its pleasures. SALR OF A LIBRARY AND Furtarrints.—The sale of a valuable Private'Library will commence, at the Mechanics' Institute Hall, in this city, on Friday, the 10th inst., at 4 o'clock in the after noon. The sale of Furniture, including an elegant RosewoOd. Piano, made to order 7 ;a Rosewood Melo deon, and extra-sized Mirrors ; also, paintings, en ,gravings and stationery, and horses, carriages, &c., will commence, at Hardwicke, 1 mile east of Lan caster, on Tuesday, September 14, at 9 o'clock in the morning. Catalogues may be had on' opplication at this office. The books and furniture may be examined previous to the day of sale, as mentioned in the Catalogues Ffitaxzw's PARADE.—On Tuesday of next week a grand Firemen's Parade will come off in this city, on the occasion of a visit from the Vriendship Fire Company of Baltimore. Our various Hose and Engine Companies are "brushing up" for the occasion, so as to give their visiters from the Mon umental city a cordial and appropriate reception. Hour. Tarzvzs.—Our county continues to be in fested with horse thieves. On Friday night week a 3 year old light bay mare was stolen from Mr. Samuel Kellenberger, near Enterprize, and on Tues day evening a horse was stolen from the stable of Mr. L. Z. Lindemuth, in Marietta, and one from the larm of Mr. Henry M. Engle, a mile from Ma rietta. NEW Pour Aux LA.:v.—Below we give an abstract of alterations in the postage law, which goes into operation on the first of October : Newspapers, periodicals, unsealed circulAre, weighing not over three ounces, are to pay one cent each, to any part of the United States, or hall that rate, where paid quarterly or yearly in advance. Newspapers &c., where weighing not over one and a half ounces, half the above rate, where circu lated within the State of publication. Newspapers, Tapers and pamphlets of not more than 16 pages, Svo, in packages of not less than eight ounces, to one address, to be charged half cent an ounce, without regard to the number of pieces. Postage on all transient matter to be prepaid or charged double. Books,bound or unbound, of not more than four pounds each, once cent per ounce, under three thou sand miles, and two cents over that distance. Fifty per cent to be added where not prepaid Weekly newspapers free in the county of publi cetion. Bills for newspapers, and receipts for payment of moneys therefor, may be inclosed in subscribers' papers. Exchanges between newspaper publishers I ree. Newspapers, &c., to be 'enclosed nu that the charactet can be determined without removing the wrappir—to have clothing written or printed on the paper or wrapper beyond the direction, and to con tain no enclosure other than the bills or receipts be fore mentioned. Letter postage is not touched at all by the new law, but will remain as at present.. Mammals, Aug. 24.—Capt. Marcy, about whom so many conflieting reports have been published, passed here this morning s on bowl the steamboat FlF°YPaith• • Canal Commissioner. The following are the ballotings for Crnal Corn missioner in the State Convention : Messrs. M. Arnold, Badger, Barber, Brown, Cala-' ban, tiark, Clothier, Conroy, Davis, Fuller, Gil& lan, Hamilton, Hilep, Hirst, Hook, Hi.iplet, Knees', Lewis, Lightner, Leech, Mathiot, Marshall, Geo. Moore, Murray, MlC.ibben. M . Veagli, Nicholas, Noble, Reynolds, Sanderson, Seegers, Simpson, Shull, Sotider, Stambaugh, Stagers, Sterigere, Skinner, Inlet, A. K Wright, and Weaver-43, voted for Wm. Horst Ns. Messrs. Armstrong, Barr, Isaac Berk', Black, Brindle, Diffenbach, Enbaugh, Gamble, Hyer, Abm. Lamberton, Laporte, Miller,jno. Moore, Murphy, M'Allister, Nill, Reily, Stable, and Welsh-19, voted for J. B. DANNER. Messrs. Closseo. Fry, Hager, Horn, Hutter, Lord, Means, A. Packer, Palmer, Ringwalt, Schoonover, Stiles, and Wagner-14, voted for H. S. Mori.. Messrs. Kelly, Knott, Marchand, Merriman, M:Farlane, MLaughlin, Phelps, Power, Sansom, Walters, and Weiler-11, voted for F. R. Was-L.. Messrs. Barnett, Dunn, Hastings, Kent, Lynch, M'Cullough, *Roberts, Stewart, and Thomas-9, voted foe Naar BAYER. Messrs. H. Arnold, Burkholder, Hazelton, IL W. Lamberton, M Kee, Negly, and Plumer-7, voted J. PATTEnsox. Messrs. Bertolett, Cessna, C. H. Hunter, Rams, M issimer, and Strong-6, voted for A. S. FEATusx. Messrs. John B. B , •ck,Dougherty, Eyer, J. Par her, and Worthington-5, voted for W. FORSYTH. Messrs. Dennison, Ross, and Winchester-3, voted for T. OUSTS/W.O7T. Messrs, Goodrich, Hunter, and Scott-3, voted or JOHN CHESSWELL. Messrs. Boise and Watson-2 voted for J Mr. Wingard-1, voted for H. J. Lori) SECOND BALLOT. Messrs. M. Arnold, H. Arnold, Badger, Barber, John B. Beck, Bradley, Brown, Calahani Clark, Clothier, Conroy, Davis, Dennison, Eyer, Fuller, Gilfilan, Hamilton, Hiley, Hurst, Huplet, Kneass, H. Wr Lamberton, Lewis, Lightner, Leech, Lynch, Mathiot, Mar Shall, Geo. Moore, Murry, M'Kibben. 111. - Veagh, Nicholas, Noble, Reynolds, Sanderson, Seeger, Simpson, Shull, Solider, Stambaugh, Steri gere, Skinner. 'Wet, L. Watson, A. K. Wright, H. B. Wright, and Weaver-47, voted for Woe. HOPKINS, Messrs. Armstihng, Barr, Isaac Beck, Black, Brindle, Cessana, Diffenbach, Ebaugh, Gamble, T. M. Hall, Hyer, Abm. Lamberton, Laporte, Mil ler, John Moore, Murphy, M Allis - er, Nill, Palmer, Reilly. Scott. Stable and. Welsh-24, voted for J. B. DINNER. Messrs. Bardwell, Clossen, Dougherty, Fry, Ha ger, Horn, Rutter, Lord, Means, A. Packer, Ring walt, Ross, Schoonover, Stiles, Wagner and Win chester-16, voted for H. S. Morn • Messrs. Burkholder, Hook; Hunter, Kelly, Knott, Marchand Merrirnan, M Farlane, M . Latighlin, Phelps. Power, Sansom, Walters and Weiler-14, voted for F. R. WEST. Messrs. Banett, Dunn, Hastings, Kent, M'Cul lough, Roberts, M. Stewart and Thomas-8, voted for Near Baezit. Messrs. Goodrich, Hazleton, M'Kee, Negly, Plu mer and Watson-6, voted for J. PArrEasolv. Msssrs. Bertolett, C. H. Hunter, Karns, Missi mer and Strong-3, voted for D. B. Kirre Messrs. J. Packer; and Worthington-2, voted for w. FOBSYM. Mr. Wingard, voted for H. T. LOYD. Mr. Boies, voted for T. J. Powan. TH1111) BALLOT. Messrs. M. Arnold H. Arnold, Barber, Badger, Bermlett, John B. Meck, Boles, Bradley, Brown, Burkholder, Calahan, Clark, Clothier, Conroy, Davis, Dennison, Dunn, Eyer, Fuller Gilfilan, Good rich, Hamilton, Hastings, Hiley, Hirit, Hook, C. H. Hunter, Huplet, Karns, Kent, Kneass, H. W. Lamberton, Lewis, Lightner, Leech, Lynch, Math lot, Marshall, iVlissimer, Geo, Moore, Murray, M . Cußough, M'Kibben, .M . Fall. M'Veagh, Negley, Nicholas, Noble, Plumer, Reynolds, Roberts, Ross, Sanderson, Saeger, Simpson, Shull,. Souder, Stam baugh, Sterigere, Stewart, Strong Skinner, Vliet, Walters, Watson, T. Watson, Weller. A. K. Wright, H. B. Wright end Weaker-70, voted for Wm. HOPKINS. Messrs. Armstrong, Barii, Barnett, Isaac Beck, Black, Brindle, Cessna, Clossen, Diffenbach, Ebaugh, Gamble, T. M. Hall, Hager, flyer, Abm. Lamber ton, Laporte, Means, Miller, John Moore, Murphy, Nill, J. Packer, Palmer, Reilly, Scott, Stable, Thomas, Welsh and Worthington-30, voted :or J. B. DANNER. • Messrs. Bardwell, Dougherty, Fry, Hazleton, Horn, Flutter Lord, A. Packer, Ringwalt, Schoon over, Stiles, ' Wagner, Winchester and Wingard 14,voted for H. S. IVIorT. Messrs. Hunter, Kelly, Knott, Marchand, Merri man, M'Farlane, M'Kee, KLauahlin ' Phelps, Pow er and Sansom-11, voted for F. R. WEST. Genuine Eloquence. We have never seen any thing more truly elo quent and characterized by a deeper, heart-stirring pathos, than * the following extract of a speech re cently made by Col. THOMAS H. BENTON, at St. Louis, after his election to Congress: I have been through a contest to which I had no heart, and into which I have been forced, sorely against my will. I have not conducted it like other men. Who since it began, has seen me walk the streets of the city in which I live? stand at a corner? or visit a public place? Who as seen that? No one. Who has seen me talk to any in dividual to conciliate his vote? No one. What have I done? Gone forth, when too much assailed to speak to the masses—those masses always ho nest, sometimes mistaken, but always ready to do justice. I have spoken the same language to all, kindly and deferentially to the good and mistaken; proudly and detyingly to the false and wicked; and from the masses, and the repulse of assailants, I have always returned to the seclusion of nty own house. My work has been that of the sick lion— sick at heart—reposing in his lair, only leaving it when the hunters and their pack bayed too closely; and then to slaughter or disperse the assailants; and then return again to the sick bed. "I have gone through a contest to which I had no heart, and into which I was forced by combina tion % against life and honor, and from which I gladly escape. What is a seat in Congress to me? I have sat thirty years in the highest branch of Congress—have made a name to which 1 can ex pect to add nothing—and I should o - ly be anxious to save what has been gained. I have domestic af fections, sorely lacerated in these latter times; a wife whom I have never neglected, and who needs my attention now more than ever; children, some separated from me by the wide expanse of oceans and continents, others by the slender bounds which separate time from eternity. I touch the age which the Psalmist assigns for the limit of manly life; and must be thoughtless indeed if 1 do not think some what beyond the fleeting and shadowy pursuits of this life, of all which I have seen the vanity. What is my occupation? Ask the undertaker, that good Mr. Lynch, whose face, present on so many mourn- ILI occasions, has become pleasant to me. He knows what occupies my thoughts and cares— gathering the bones of the dead—a mother—a sis ter—two sons—a grand child—planting the cypress over assembled graves, and marking the spot where 1, and those who are dear to me, are soon to be laid; all on the sun-set side of the Father of Floods, the i towering city of St. Louis on one hand, the rollitl4 ., stream of the Missouri on other, and where a ceme tt y of large dimensions is to be the future necropo lis of unnumbered generations. These are my thoughts and cares, and the undertaker knows them. have been a recluse for many months, and was called proud, because I was so. If by that term it was intended to say I had the vulgar pride which treats with contumely honesty in rags, it is false; if the lofty pride is intended which despises mean ness, though plated-with gold, it is true. I have that pride. I never saw the poor honest man that 1 did not respect; nor the rich mean one that I did not despise. Of that kind of pride I have some, something from it to be proud of within myself, and more to be proud of from the people. lam proud of the thirty years in the American Senate, which the free votes of Missouri gave me, and feel no degradation at being sold out of it by traitors to the people. I am proud of the 5250 votes which this city and county gave me Monday before last; proud of the twenty counties which have made me their representative; proud of the acres of men who met me at the grand rally the Saturday night be fore the election; proud of the thousands upon thou sands who are here at this grand celebration to hon 'or me this night. And I hope again to be proud of the State of Missouri; but it cannot be until she has purged herself of nullification, high treason, and vagabond paper-money." • For the Intellsr.er . WASIIINGTON BoBOUGH, Sep. 2d, 1852. Capt. SANDERSON :—Dear Sir:' As the time is fast approaching when the Democracy will meet together for the purpose of settling a County Ticket, I desire through the medium ol your columns to bring to their t.olice the name of Wx. H. ELDIR, o f Columbia, for the Assembly. Mr. Elder is a- man of fine education, a good Lawyer, a first rate business man, and besides being a young man of excellent moral character is a,Democrat of the first water as was his father before him, the late Michael Elder, Esq., of Columbia. Should he re ceive the nomination be will poll a much larger vote thanny man that could be settled from this end of the county. Eloquent Speech. The following truly eloquent and appropriate remarks were made by COI. WILLIAM HOPKINS, upon taking the Chair as President: of the Deno cratic State Convention, on the 26th ultimo Gentlemen of the Conrention:—W e have met un der circumstances very different from those under which AT assembled in March last. 'I - hen we were full of hope. A large maim ity of this body believed that the time had arrived when Pennsylva nia's distinguished statesman, James Buchanan, could be nominated fur the Presidency. To this end delegates were appointed who were known friends of that gentleman. With what fidelity these delegates discharged the trust that was reposed in them, let the four days' balloting which occurred at Baltimore, answer. They adhered to him with a devotion rarely equalled and never surpassed. They . were not alone in their preference tor the man of your choice. They hail the proud satisfac tion of receiving the warmest co-operation of the sterling Democracy of the 'Ohl Dominion," of North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia an*Mississippi, but they were obliged at last to yield. This great and good man had to be offered up as a sacrifice to the union and harmony of the Democratic party. The saclike was a great one and one which seemed like parting with the last friend, but still, it was not too crept to lie made, in order to accomplish so desirable an end. It is proper to state in this connexion that a re spectable minority ol this Convention expressed a preference for another distinguished gentleman, the patriot and statesman of Michigan. He. too, had a large, perhaps I might say, controlling number of triends at Baltimore, who, with equal fidelity ad hered to him. He was altogether worthy of this support. . . Then again, the intellectual giant of Illinois, and the "scar-covered patriot of Texas, had their admi rers, who exhibited much anxiety for their nomi nation, as did the others for their favorites. Thus it became apparent That personal preferences must be laid aside and some one selected who would harmonize all the conflicting interests. After surveying this widely-extended confederacy, the attention of the Convention was turned towards New Hampshire's favorite son. The moment hia name was introduced (in the language of a dele gate in my eye) it took like wild fire, - and Frank lin Pierce was, by the unanimous voice dale Con- vention declared the nominee of the great Demo cratic party. And who, I ask, could have been more acceptable to all? Superadded to talents of the highest order, he will bring to the administration of the government a large amount of political wisdom and experience, and besides a purer, braver, or more disinterested patriot does not live. As to his en tire fitness for the exalted position assigned him, he has the endorsement of some of the most eminent statesmen of the age. It is only necessary to men tion two—James Buchanan and Lewis Cass—who would desire more Of the nominee for the Vice Presidency I need hardly speak. The name of Wm. R. King is as familiar to the Democracy of Penn sylvania as "household words ;" with-them lie has ping been a favorite. Perhaps there is not a man in the Union who would command a more cordial support. But, gentlemen, how sadly different are the cir cumstances which surround us now, from those under which we last met. Then the Hot]. Richard Coulter was, so far as we knew, in the toll vigor of health—occupying a seat on the bench of the Supreme Court. Now, his mortal remaillo lie slum bering in the dust. He was, indeed, an eminent jurist—a profound scholar and a courteous gentle man. Then, the lamented Searight was a member of this body, with a promise of,many years of use fulness, and it was my pleasing duty, as your organ, to pronounce him the nominee for the office of. Canal Commissioner. Now, it is my moz, ',jut duty to announce to you that he, too, has "gone down through the valley of the shadow 01 death."—This is not the occasion for pronouncing a eulogy upon his character, nor would I be competent to such a task. Bnt you will, I know, allow me to make a remark or two. It was my privilege to enjoy the personal acquaintance of the deceased for up wards of twenty years, (luring the last Kneen of which our intercourse was of the most friendly character. I was both his predecessor and his succes sor in office as Commissioner of the Cumberland I road, and transacted business with him to the amount of thou Sands of dollars, and I here publicly (as I have often done privately) bear my humble testimony to his iollexible integrity. A mare hon est, honorable, or gentlemanly man I have never met. In all the relations of life, lie was courteous and kind. His heart and band were always open to dispense of his ample means towards alleviating the wants of the necessitous. But the character of this truly good man was more strikingly exem plified in the domestic. circle. A more indulgent and devoted husband and father could no where be found. But he is gone, and I respectfully suggest, in view of the relation he sustained to this Conven tion, that appropriate resolutions Iv- passed expres sive of our profound sorrow on acrount of his de mise. Thus you see, gentlemen, that an inscruta ble Providence has, within a few months, stricken down two of our prominent dozens—each of them representing one of the political parties of the country—and thus demonstrating - the great truth that "death is no respecter of persons - or parties, and reminding us of "what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue." Should we not therefore learn from these afflict ing dispensations of divine providence, IS cultivate a spirit of mutual forbearance and brotherly kind ness, not only towards those of the same political faith with ourselves but also with our political opponents. Let us remember that "to err is hu man, to foriive divine." While we should iulhere to our principles with manly firmness, we ought at the same time to treat those who differ with us, courteously: and never say of the living that which we would regret hav ing said after they are dead. But I must not detain you. It only remains for us to proceed to the performance of the duty for which we have met. Strasburg Bee on Pulpit Politics. CAPT. SANDERSON :—I have a word for you and your readers. I notice in Saturday's No. of the Strasburg Bee an article headed " Politics on the Pulpit," in which the editor attacks a very worthy Divine for certain language alleged to have been used while in the exercise of his rtiinisterial func tions. . The Editor in remarking upon this subject, (and as you will sec in no very flattering terms, of the sect which he and his party are courting in order to secure their votes,) says:—" The Rev. gentle man has made it his calling to preach repentance to sinners—we, have made it our duty to advocate the cause of Scott,—and to defend him from the attacks of his defamers Now how will this tally with the flattering unction they are laying upon the Catholics to secure their votes in favor of Scott for the Presidency ? In one breath we hear them ex alted as being honest, pure, good, and patriotic; and in the next it is defamation to rank Scott among them. It is a disgrace it in slanderous; all that is required to injure S c ott is to rank him among the Catholics. Now sir, I have just as high an opinion of re spect for the Catholics as a sect, (and so has any reasonable man) as for any other religious denomi nation, and for aught I care, a man may or may, not be one, so that he is honest and good—and to call it defamation to rank Scott among them, is the imputation that either no Catholics are to be trusted, or, that Scott if he be one is not be trnsted. (Very flattering truly!) They may take which horn of the dilemma they please. The Whigs here, and the Bee paticularly aro on nettles, and do not know how to t.ct through fear lest the language which the Rev. uses might have a tendency to influence one or two votes in favor of Pierce and King, which is more than insinuated in the following. " We know this Rev. to be A Lo cofoco, hence he thought proper to insinuate that Scott was a Catholic," which shows plainly the cause of his !th e Beefs) anxiety, and that what I have said is true. It aso stands in direct opposi tion to what'is tremblingly offered in another place, viz: " we regard the above defamation equally un warranted and uncalled for." In this he objects,. or seems to object on the grounds, that, (laying aside its political tendency) the pulpit was not the place to attack individuals, making a faint attempt to appear unconcerned in regard to its influence. Again, if the Bee did not intend to place himself in this ambiguous position in regard to the Catho lics, we have only to say that he mane a very bad choice of terms to defend .his standard-hearer Scott; and we would advise him to consult his Lexicon before he sits down to write another arti cle of the kind. Now what think ye Catholics I One branch of the Whig party courting you for no other purpose than to secure your suffrages for themselves, and another branch calling it defamation of Scott to rank him among ye. Think. As I only wanted to sharpen the sung of this " Humble Bee," I will close. L. Truly yours, • September 1. - DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. 87 - On Saturday the 18th day of September, at the Public House of Mr. Myers, at Eden, Manhiem Township, at 1 o'clock P. M. Able speakers will be present. 113-On Friday the 24th of September, at the Public House of John A. Moore, Drumore Centre. Several able speakers will be present gr On Saturday, the 25th'of September, at the Fublic House or T. G. Bach, Ephrata Township, at 1 o'clock, P. M. The meeting will be addressed by several able speakers. ny- The Democrats of E. Lampeter and the ad joining townships, will meet at the public house ef John Row, at the "Bird in Hand," on Saturday the Otb of October, at 1 9'cloek : . BLUE, ROCS,
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