Arouse. theft, fello o w %citizens, rep. , ,:t rOlefts . ,lOf
rtolvt dtlfflytti-t!s' ns to measures, of 'policy,
and suit* , alliatc 7 thi . , the gtetit principin of
olor th)vertittivttt:--fOe i t!teautionfif . ttizi..7Statesr--
1 he rights and citix.ettsfor
jiht9 ty nnrl religious tolcit'attee, reji..ethig
theoqiihiie - or corrojn;iind denier:lle corii
nat ion. barred i6hpriiielpletind pibtopted'hy
ins rimNes nt vat innee with-all these sacred
ft.atuti:S of ottr'Uovertment.
Al. • S . . ,
Chnirman ,9171, t'enlral niumillee.
.7.
Zig Republican tompiler.
GETTYSSURG, PA.
MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 8, 1855
Por Canal foinmll3fainOr.
RSOLD PLUNIEIt. of Venarig,o Co.
Demooratic Cciunty Ticket.
Assembly,
ISAAC ROBINSON, of ljautilionban.
Commit:stoner,
lIE'NUY A. PICKING, of Reading.
Ildrector.of the Poor,
GARRET BRINEERII(iFF, of Strabar..
- * County ,Auditor. • .
JOHN 1.1.11:1'111AN, - of Mottutpleasant.
County Treasurer.
J. LAWRENCE SCHICK, of Gettysburg.
Patal casualty.
We record with regret the occurrence of a
distressing casualty at Mineral Mills, obi Marsh
creek, nri Thuresy week, which resulted in
the death of Air. JOHN Kouit„, It appears that
he had gone down into the "pit," to examine
the working of
• Some part , of the machinery,
when he became dizzy, and tell over upon
shaftin motion, by which one of his legs, was
crushed-fiern the knee to the ankle; and one of
his hands severely injured. Ills 'death ensued
on Monday rnorning. 'llis ago about 4 -years.
LARGE .Avrt,es.-11r. Pena Boman, of
&remit) tow . 9 - hip, the other day, 'upon
(tor table it petrol' Apples,. the . !argest of which
measured lA' inches in. circumference. and
weighed oneimmd—and: the other'waa not far
below it. They . were emphatically '.big ap.
T!achors' AssoOatioy of Adams
county hII sit ititeiosting snd no doubt highly
instruetiv* seiniquumarniecting. in this lAA*
during Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
lust. Several laNeets connected with the art
of reselling' weie ably discussed, end excellent
and
appropriate Addresses were delivered by
Dr. idausees,.of York Springs, and 1)r. STK%
of eastitown. Thu minutes will be published,
e undherAninti.
• a - 7 The ItOr.- RimSAT : -JOONSTON' w ,Pastor- of
the Presbyterian Chiarch in thii'place, has ac
cepted * call to the First. Presbyterian -Church,
in Petnini-1111tuyial-and will lave for his new
charge towards - the lasi of this month.
71he Pleabyteryo Carlisle met in the
Presbyterian Church, in thiaplace, on Tuesday
evening lira, and continued in session several
days. -
t o'Bear in mind, that Mr. GOBRECIIT'S Sale
will tape place on Tuesday, the 30th inst.
r7Rerelltvt, Denpats, that the Polls
close at 7 o'clock in the evening of election day.
Be sure that you' are do the ground in time.
.r.7-I.fetnoerats.of Adams county,, whether t.
.1
RAINS or SlibiES, turn out to the eleetiou
on To atountier, Tuesday, the 9th. Give-the
whole, or it least a part of the day to your
country—and thereby aid in putting down the
proscriptive . heresy of Know - Nothingism.
Then, when the' battle is fought and won, you
Can rest from your labere, and have the pleas
ingstflection bes'ide that you discharged your
duty faithfully end well, and assisted in the
glorintis ee.bierement.
boasts dour enemies. This is their ga rne now.
They boasted of 20,000 majority itt
professing to,speak "by the book." Yet Wise
beat them 10,000. So in Tennessee—and now
SO IN GEORGIA ! They may know the
number on their lists, but do nut know how
many are reliable. In this county their lead
ers are out daily and nightly, endeavoring to
keep the fractious elements of their party to
gether till the election. If they are so certain
of success, why these extraordiu;ry efforts ?
Metuderats, let their boasts pass as tho,idie
wind. and vote, and teach theM that their
system has lost its power. 'Thus you do your
duty to your party and your 'country.
tea State Convention of Know Nothings
wet at Carlisle wi Tuesday. The attendance
was small. although some three hundred dele
ptes wero expected. Simon Cameron was
the leading spirit, and managed "the wires."
7'he nomination of .Yichran was endoe.sed !
making him the Know Nothing candidate for
Can tu au ssioner.
:ysbu rgers.
.. ate ' ---
__
Nothings arc making ade Aerate etfort to get spent the summer. Mrs. Taney- di e d o f p ara . ' been tolerated for a single day. Both parties.
Two FaxTross.—Accordiag to the St. Louis against these midnight plotters, and all the Herald or Freedom states that...this distiiiguish- i t
-
Their meetings, here and lysis, and the daughter of yellow fever. They would have frowne d upon all such base appeals
De guest there ate two branches of Know abuse their speakers can fling at the editor of ed Democratic statesman, formerly Governor of "P a sensation.
, th e re, throughout the city, arc thinly attended, were both buried in one grave, on the firm of to the religious passions of the popul a ce. And
Nothings in liissouri—uses who follow Mai- the Oimpikr will nut strange popular o rms i au At Kansas, has written a letter, renouncing his
noticeable as the dying kick of the Col. Segal, near Old Point, on Monday. In I hope the country has nut retrograded in the
lion and the other Doniplian. At a: merit concerning them and their despicable doinas. etaineetiOn with the Administration, and favor- I and only
meeting a propoisition was favorably entertain- I By the way ; the editor of this paper has llo t ing the principles of the American Party.o_ ! secret older. The know Nothings nay rant I this sudden and double affliction the venerable scale of morals and republican integrity.
ed : Itst„ to secure a unnot ur the two faction : : ' the time nor spec now, (even had he the in. noir. ,'ti einnaen YELL, of Arkansas, has been about Catholics and howl user foreigners, but Chief Justice will have the united sympathies Honest Whigs cannot fail to see through the
on U. S. Senator, and 2d. to establish a fooddin:akin—la Inch he has nOi.) to notice ev er y dcad fm• ~,aft tpfirs ! Ile served as Colonel of the the is cast. The honestmas--es suspected, 'of all our eitizens.—Bd
a. S,g I
un "ednesday. , w
flimsy veil of bigotry with which the Whir is
to send South . gtn n emigrant, to Kansas. Siting. sneaking cur that would snap at In.; heels.— -a regiment of vokinteei•s, under T
(Gen. A1.1.,,u w h o , Know Not hingisin stns hi 01:,
p aw I
;lit oot, that , . .
ts 'lt-rzn..y, ,
varri t - I
lafwr L. now endeavorin to blindfold them. They
- „ .
story of the pant what reliance
•
fellow & Co. belong to Li ke .t Ac hi son branch of 1k has more important. work on hand, arid in AleXico, and was killed at the battle of there must he something rotten in it . but now,
Pnil.loSa.laill.- (let. 2. ---The State Liquor f romknow the m
IL---.N:.a. auidtes_it_a_pui_ut_iseaci:_out_the_oltl_stia e-V K
'._•'buSl- linemista.-- This nails another now Noth- since it has been ta led. since it haa,hankau p ted T
I,:iw 55 tilt into Operation to-day. A fe w iv
taverns can he placed in that
deceptive sheet. and they
-- ;
ness lint. and pleasure atterwaids."
____
can judge from. that what it will resort to in,
Massachusetts. ! , ~.,___ „ I ing fiasetio.A. ' Philadelphia, and causer the streets oil:mein
! have closed, but others continue in operation
The Know Nothings of Mas;:iclovetis. have u„.. ./ .i,ew are of spurious tiekels. - See that I - - - Hall and Louisville to Bow a ith blood, the order to Gain its ends. 'fhey will, therefore,
under their licenses. which run till May next, 4:5
Hon. Arnold Plumer. !
your ballots contain none but the names of ;
had a blow up. Gov. Gardiner, tlic God of 1 'Phis gentleman attended the Agricultural
die Democratic candidates.brand imposition.—Phi h.. .11 .ru.s. pro , erilition - tor con,eience sale,-under the
their idolatry lastyear. has htten - over- _
___ _._ _________.__________ ' Fair. at liarrisburg, and won phlen opinions _ _. •,. • Some others hat bCen arrested oil the char- '
~e
mask of set vin g the intere,ts and reputation of
board, and Julio:, Rockwell nominated in his t.;-- - We regret that several communications, , Fr 7- The K
__now Nothings of Kilo\ county, selling contrary to 1:oe. The cuii,.iiiationality
intended for this number came to hand too , 'Min
"ll '
b Y 1 " s " bane and g cnitel "" l Y de- the country. Protestants and Catholic-3 have
stead. The Boston Ike, a' Know Nothing pa- late for insertion. . portment. Mr. P. has a fast hold on - The attee- I mliana, in stets of three hundred French o f t h e l as , w ill b e t c ,t e ,l. (),,, I ,,, vern hi , clic ,.
Cat holies in and about Vince:lnes. who al ways ever been living in tins courtly in the most
per, charge,: Henry Wilson, the Know Nothing, - Lions of die people of Penu,ylvania. as will lie is giving away lus stock of liqu.ir in older to
n---,-. Vu:cd, the Whie ticket. are thinktua Aura this- intimate and soeial bowl, of fiat:al.:hip. r acy
pen - sing with the Catholic test:. close busmeas.
have, Cm ail ocr i , ma,. :late,' titer and (aim
_
• .1.. o to , Mit oCti‘ ICM • • -1- • I.'. j•
itt • acs -
•• Ent gaping to 31r. - • abundantly inamfeNte.l the iinza i..11 , ;e vote
are announced in the Carlisle papers to speak
: c
Itrigerg - itt, %Vnrcc_sicr; --- ••/'llbhic Ihr who!' thing - at a - Witioe Springs, ratic meeting at Boiling Sprin, lie \yid r.:ceivc at tilt Ck tion to uiw ruts,
(A:aerie:in 'arty) 14 ii , Cumbtrlaadc , ,unty, 31un , ; 11.1 y
, . .
ANOTHER WORD! I'siEA , :its. m_%itTiN, 11ENIM'IL:1S' %.`ll WILLIAM
! The election is at hand.
,4o.niorrow (Tuts- ! • )r;oN WYrill*AWS i'iti - " THE MU), AN9
da y) 11 . 10 Pe 6 Ple 01 Atkins county will be called : '
. . . THOMAS NICHOLSON,
upon to :exercise one of the dearest rights A RANK ABOLITION KtiOW NoTHING,-NOMINA
TED MI:
whjch belong to Freetnen. :Are you prepared i GANAL COMMI.'3MONER !
for perforating the,. duty of exercising .-this this -`
, , . ..I / few of the 411einherS of the Central' commit
great privilege TO you, Derwiciats. we have
but.to say, you are engaged in a confl'ct with ' tees
of
the Know Nothings' self-styled' Repub
an enemy w nch will resort to any means to ii . eauT-and--Whig-s-rinet-i-tra-bmk-roonr of - Herr't,
secure their ends. BE,ON YOCIt GUARD ! Hotel, at Harrisburg, on Thursday night week ,
Yours i; a noble cause. Be . not recreant to for, the purpose of concentrating upon one can
didate fur Canal Commis:,ioner, in order, as
)our duty. but go to the Polls to a man, and
therefrecord such a x-erdiet against bigotry and they said, of making,sure to defeat/ Mr. l'l.i
intolerance ns Will strike terror and dismay t o NEtt, the DemOcratie nominee. :'after a long
the hearts of the enemies of our Constitution. Ilew•Nvow, they agreed to drop all the regular
-TO-the honest Whirs of the county we wStad ly nominated candidates,and unite upon Twin
say, you r have remained 'true to your party, AS :Nietiol.stis,_at. prtsent a clerk in the 'freas
while thousands have deserted it, and turned my Departme,nt at — thirrisburg, and au old
traitot a to its principles. But you have no office-hunter. , .
ticket in the field, to which you may yield
your support. Which will you_ vote fur ?
The Know Notlfings profess to entertain as
chief object the breaking up of the old parties,
and proscribe every man who will not debai,e
hiMself to enter their (kn.; oldarkness. The
triumph of the Detnocraic ticket will he tho
triumph of principle over trickery and dee,ep-
tion,
To all we sny, deposit your votes in favor of
open, and manly political action—in favor of
civil and religious liberty. Do this, and a
victory will be gained of which the friends of
law and or way well be proud.
VOTERS. LOOK OUT FOR THE
Emissaries of the Know Nothings !
At this time the county it travelled by a set
of men whose daily vocation is to utter the
most shameless slanders and unblushing ; lies
against the Detnoctitic nominees. They ace
pursued by • these men in a manner that can
not fait to bring upon the authors of the slanr
tiers the contempt of every honest man in the
colinty. Wit CAUTION TM: PEOPLE AG INAT
Taiessmats, and-ask them to treat these
villitiers with the scorn they deserve. They
have not, and cannot utter one word. in ti nth.
against the ptivate or politi character of
any of the Detnocratic candidates. This they
know, and have, therefore, resortid to this
-representations of every character for the [me
' pose of stealing from them- the cinifidence
of the people. Such a eourse must recoil upon
their . own nominees, and they - will find that
the true and honest citizens . of Adams county
-Committees On belodr of the Whigs, the
Re
pullicanN and Know„ Nothings r‘,=,toned to awt,
for the independent yeomanry of the Keystone
State, and, in the small hours of night, in some
retired room of a Hotel, fell t h e p eo pl e w h a t
they must do to defeat the Denmei atic party.
Simon Cameron; as the leading spirit, aided hy
cannot be influenced by such men and such Jegunel Todd, of Contht - nliintf county, repre
miserable electioneering tricks. Again we—seined the know Nothings--Jessup. of Sus
caution our frii nds to be on their guard—look i q uehanna, with smne kindred spirits. were the
spokesmen of the self-st vied Repo 11l iettn.4.l4
out for them—watch titian at every turn —give the redoubtable editor, McClure, of Frat : •
them no:quarter—and remember that theirlin, with a.sistants. acted for the old line
object is to promote the ascendency of the 11Chigs. Kitove - N'inititigs led ()ll' for %Vitt.
Know Nothing party at whateversacrifice of 15. Anderson, of Perry county 1 " a a fter a
i s in , n . l c .) ,ste. l a c)ii.,,
er(f wft 'e ( ct i i i ial7 Nmie
, itLioa,n
t h t
truth, honesty and honor they may deem ne- ut
u
•
oeSsory to accomplish that purpose.
"Somebody Bound to be Cheated." '"
assorted, without contradiction. that
Mr. WILSON, the Know Nothing nominee for
Assembly, has privatelit promised several
landlords of the county, that if elected to the
Legislature ho will vote tin* the repeal of, the
-Jug Law.," This is of course done to get
their votes. It so happens, hoWever, that
whilst ho is making this, promise, the leading
Know Nothings of this Borough are manamvre
ing to secure • for hint the entire Temperance
vote. using.as an argument that Mr. Wilson
has always been an avowed and uncompromi
sing Temperance man c and that though he
may vote for the repeal of the Jug Law, if he
does, it will only• be v:=itir the - hope that 'he can
secure the - enactment of a more stringent law.
Now, we submit it to every honest voter,
whether one side or t h a other is not bound to
be cheated. It cannot be otherwise—for the
design is such. What confidence, then, is
there to be placed in a candidate, who, just
before an election, occupies conflicting posi
tions, to suit every shade of conflicting opin
ions! The people will not endorse such low
and among other reasons for standing aloof
from the infamous combination., Mr. Wiling
ten gives the following. to which -we ask the
serious consideration of every Tax- payer._ Tlie
eawasitacr says :
I "'There was another reason why the Whig
Committee could not recommend lii Nich
olson to. the support of the IVhig voters of
Lancastereoutity. His *iniecedents are not of
the right character. It is well understood that
when a Clerk in the State Tteasurer's ()Pict:,
some live vents ago, he drew the salary appro
. primed by law litr he,: clerks —the business of
Beware of Lyino Documents ! the office one clerk to be dispensed
with—but the pay was retained. In an office
The Know Nothings, we are informed, are
r,,0 important and pecoliar as that of Canal
circulating in the country documents contain- uommiz.sioner, where temptatiou besets the
jog the Address of their Elecutive Committee, incumbent on every hand, a propensity of the
d - other artieles.of alt v verm ifor cli. - kind irldik-vd , --itt tilt - LIP/ 41 4n , itf kVl.'g corn
ivas not desirable, and with his past
ecter. Place no reliance upon its assertion:4—
history beftwe them, they (amid not recommend
Mr. N'icliolsott to public atippta t."
There ate know Nothings even who will
not : f ire in to the nomination of Nicholson.—
The Daily Bulletin, the organ.ot the K. N's.
in Allegheny Uity, boldly inotest.s against it,
as follows :
"We leant by telegraph this morning, that
sell constituted fusion committee in
curnung.
for they are false and calculated to deceive.
To prove bow little credit can be given
the statements of the Address, we refer to the
communication of "One who Knom s," on our
first page. Ile proves then to be deliberately
false.
But the blackest part of the affair is, that
Know Nothings, who pretend to have s'n nitich
regard for outrage the holy 5.11114,1111
by employing it in circulating these lying doc
uments! A pretty picture of hypocrisy, is it
not 1'
No Go !
We arc reliably inthrtned that the Know
Nothing meetings which have been held in the
northern and western parts of the county„
were very, very slimly attended, the Gettys
burg "delegation" generally constituting ationt
the half. At Bendersville they expected a
monster demonstration—but: the upshot was
that the attendance did not number more than
a few dozens, and nearly the half of them
Gettysburgers. The fact is, the PI.:()PI,F,
Martin, Henderson and Williatnson hare
therefore been withdrawn, to inahe room for a
red-mmaked .111mItWim linnw 'Voila's . * "A titi-
Nebraska" is the plea for this extraordinary
proceeding, but 'Wiz Npoi/s7 arc at the bottom
of it. •
That Know Nothings and Abolitionists
should fuze is not astonishing-, but that any
%I'l►ig should take part or lot in the
bargain, is strange. Indeed, we cannot be
lieve that :my considerable number of that
party will give a moment's countenance to it,
much less endorse it by voting for Nicholson.
We do not fear the result, but deplore
the inoral baseness Anil pclitiral ':obliquity
which characterize the doings of the opposi
tion leaders. Thousands of Democrats' who
were decoyed into the dens a year ago, will
have their Tyes opened by this vile Abolition
Know Nothing inanwuvre. and return to their
first love; and thousands of honest Whigs, v‘ho
have no sympathy with, Know Nothingism or
Abolitionism, will de:,ert those leaders who
have basely betrayed them, and vote with the
Democratic party. which now stands al o ne,
the sole champion of the , ,Cunstantion and the
Union.
The lhrrisburg Patriot road L'itb,n gives us
I a sketch of the doings anti characters who
um! 81 the caucus
heaver, and now chief clerk of the State
Treasury, and on a vote uf-sis to five. Nichol
son was declared - the candidate of this most
iniquitous of all the political amalgamations
the country has ever heard Qt.
The address of the Demociatie State Com
mittee, in another,column, treats this subject
with much truth . and ability. It should he
carefully read.
_ • _ _
Thomas Nicholson—ls He Honest'?
11E41) 711 1 1 E871 MOS F !
The Lancaster Exfwaner fp Herald, the .
leading Whig paper of the State, doe 4 not -and
will not endorse the bargain between Cameron,
Wilmot, Steven~ & Co., by which Nicholp,on
is irinde - a — candidate for ('anal Commissioner ;
CIEMI
Philadelphia, has nominated a man by the
11:11/IC of :s.icholson, and that Peter Martin, the
American candidate, declines the honor eon
fermi-upon him by the American party of
Pennsylvania. We hope, it' the report is true.
that the American party of the West will not
touch any candidate put in nomination by such
a self-constituted crowd of political tricksters.
There is still an American in the !ield who
never flinches from his principles ; and if the
American Know Nothing , party have droppial
their nominee. we hope that the American
party of the West will vote as one man for
Kim tier Cleaver. AN I/Uhl/Oil/CM. tncu and
Atiltle:MS, we of the West wall accept of no
candidate 11 ho is the spawn of Philadelphia
Committees."
11(1N. AttcnittAtm YELL.—The lia;-erstown LAST l;ASI , OP A. DTI NI;
READ AND RVFLECT!
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "STAR."
. •
,Ills. smpi/E.v.;, 1 , ;(111G 1.1, v Know Nothingism again Floored! „.0,1 !VI e rue': en another plan to boa 7r
.K.VU IV SUM LNG MN. 111 k WORK GOES BRAVELY ON
the people of m
this comity. It is soethiitg
new, and you are intelligent enough to think.
We find in the ~Iffscon (Ga.) ?efrgraph, a re.. A n ei c erion for Covcrnor, Members of Core. that lacuple in general ar e fond of novelty. so
port of the speeches delivered at a grand inass gress. - and of the Legislature, took place in they are,
,f,ur yon cannot think, I hope, to
Meeting of Democrats and anti-Know Nothings Georgia last week, and returns from more n i iakeany intelligent,mancla,ili i 1
ev i e , there is any
tim:: new in 11117der tilIS 11WV Nothing in (;ji jui n , Ga., on Thursday,
,the Gth, than two.thild, of the State elterringlY -41114---I VReciitive Address which 1 am alluding to.
'fl ere 4 is novelty in the eionerr, I must confess,
but we ate not Know Nothing enotigh vet (6
- think the same of the ityrtkr. Volt artoftcoil! se
- te - 1 - 17v r
the fit her of the whole ann.. and to give it an'
air (al imeortanee and authority yeti have in
duced the n• her gentlemen to give it the weight - .
of their 11,1111 P,, /010tVing that the worth
of t',eir charteter would also accompany that
of tl sirs sienateres.• lint as for the stuff. every
body 1, - eoa s t hat it is only a rcpititwn of e hat
has appeared in the t Star," under different
Ita . ds and shapes. 'from week to Week, ever
:.itice you brlrtirel Neely and apostatized front'
the Whig party. You feared that the people
might suspect you of insiocei it y. the saint that
you played off last fall in regard to poor Neely,
and you struck upon this plan to convince
them that this- time you mean what, you say,
and that- you Will not deceive them any more,
if they forget the past.' This shows what an
ingenious man you are, and I am glad that you
have made such a tasty selection in the forma
tion of tliis your "Cabinet:" Of - course yen
are-"the whole world,'' (in your own eyes.)
and your 'companions "the rest of mankind ; "
and of course we may expect something rich
(tout your joint labors. I have not the pleas
tire_ of being acquainted with all your Cabinet ;
but 1 am sure they are congenial sprits ; men
that are proverbial for candor and straightfor
wordnep—men of veracity, who would not sign
pledges lobe broken for the sake of nominations
or ell - ices—who would not thrust themselves
into Democratic*private meetings, under false
pretences, and communicate to yen all they
heard, at 4 'edit more. With such political
saints as you are now associated, you cannot
fail to do a great amount of good. ' Your coun
try will fhrever revere your memories awl
your set vices. Yon no 'doubt will have the
gratification of beholding, with
. your own eyes,
munun.ents springing up in every gaunt it, and
bearing - all sorts of noble and saintly devices,
•in testimony of your unbounded worth, and
fruitful and eomidentlabors. • -
But, astute as you are, nevertheless, I per
ceiye one grand mistake that has crept . into
your Address. It most inevitably conflicts
with the letter and spirit of the Constitution of
the United - States. You should have Ameri
canized your feelings and habits a little more ,
by perusingstudying
and that immortal doc
ument', before you issued your KnowcNothing
dectees. You should know that all panties- in
thesd. United States should adopt the Constitu
tion as„ their paramount platfonal, and build
up nothing_that has not that "Magna ('harta”
as its foundation. This you have oyetlooked;
iloubtless, because you'aie unacquainted with
the' laws -of AineriCa. You should, by all
'means, have put some legal men on your com
mittee, so that. your proceedings might square
with law, as well as logic. For your edifica
tion, I will now inform you wherein you vio
hued the letter and spirit of the Constitution.
The Constitution declares that "No relagious ,
test shall ever be required as a qualification to
any office or public trust under the "United
States"—and - that "Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishmen t of religion, or
ohiliting the free exircise thereof." Now, if
the Constitution of the United States were fa
vored fur one moment with animal life and
speech, it would rise up against your bigoted
and proscriptive hypocrisy, when you say you
wage - no war against any man because of his
political or rekeioas belief, but you decline
hieing Catholics your support ;—when •you•
say you accord every man (magnanituus
generositY !) the right to. worship God accor
ding to the dictates of his own conscience:"
anti yet tel! the Catholic in advance, no matter
what his civil qualifications may he, that you
can never support bun for any o(ice, because
his ronscience may dictate the worship of his
God in the Catholic. chinch, Your • platform,
too, how beautifully does it square with the
ConstantiJn, and these (potations from your
Address. Of course your ()rler is founded on •
the Philadelphia plat tOrm, and you arecertain
ly aware that, respectable melt were excluded
from participating in a political Know Nothing CO:mention. at the City of "Brotherly Love,"
some time ago, and when your present plat-.
form was framed, on account of their religion ;•
because they chose to worship God according.
to the dictates of their own conscience. In the'
face of this, you and your committee brethren
have the till-outcry, the hypocrisy; to avi.ivr
that you accord to every ratan the right to wor- -,
L....hip God according to the dictates ut his own
consci e nce .- - The lions tit utimariy.sa. here shall
he no religious trst—the Philadelphia pla.tferin
says there ohall be a, religious test, and conse
quently excludes Cathuhes ; you mast subscribe
to the platlbrin ; and hence your hypocrisy itt
saying you accord to every man the right to
worship God according to the dictates of his
conscience.
froth w h ic h we clip the following extract‘z from
the remarks made by the I n. A. 11.4ephens,
n candidate for re-elect ion to Congre'ss frmn
that State. The remarhs of Mr. Stephens
will be read with great interest. Ile has long
been known as a prominent ‘Vhig
SN•pheus said he want.Tl the penplo to
hear his words and icuiember them, lle came
to speak not, to their passions, I ,ut to their
reason—not to their heart;, but to heir heads.
Ile had confidence in' the; people and their ca
pacity to govern tht•in.,elves. The..• need e d n o
4
-secret dictators, vicl he ha i l n o Mean f or t h e
result when he saw them, as - then. feeling an
interest in public affairs, and determined to
• examine into them. The question was merely
• this. Were they willing to live under the
Constitution of their fathers, Or did they want
another ? We have formerly diffored about
measumv, but now the difference was about a
firm of Currrnncnl. The Know Nothings
propose to substitute their supreme council for
the present.t , loverninent" and their Constitu
tion for the Constitution of the country.' Let
th e peql e elmose. Which - would they have—
the Constitution of their Fathers, oythat of the
Kuow Nothing Conned ? That was the real
question. He hail the Know Nothing Consti
tution in his kind. It was genuine and he
knew it. It declared that the ,Supreme Na
tional Council should -'decide all matters_ap
pet taining to 'National politics," that it should
have power to ••mx" and power to • 'punish"
4thotit limitation or restriction: This was
more power than was claimed for Congress.—
I fur thretathers guarded our liberties with
checks and balances. It minle the Senate a
check upon the Clouse—the President a check
upon the Senate, and. the Judiciary a cheek
upon the President. Ent this party claimed
all these powers for its secret National Coun
cil alone. Licre was power to decide our na
tional politics—power to tax and to runtish—
power over Lhc swm d and power over the purse
ShOrt, all the great powers Of government
in the hands of a few men. and melt riot cho•en
by the people at that. What then was the
use of our Constitution or of OLIF government ?
This party made another Constitution and gov
ernment fur its. NVonld a freinnan acknowledge
the right to ///x hint ? To punish him ?, To
decide all political questions for-him' What
was the question'? Ihd the people want a
new government Were they
_tired of the
Constitution of Jefferson and Washington
_and
Flauldin ? They must choose between thew.
They must say whether they Wanted another
form of liovernment. • Ile held in his handAlle
two Constitutions.. The one made by .our
lathers, the other by the Know Nothings.—
Choose ye, this day, which of the two ye will
have. " Let the people •think of this
K. N. Constitution. Let-them remember it •
- powers to decide national - poli tics --powers - to
0\ the people—powers to punish, yes to pah
lAll the irremoi of these. ['tilted Mates. Fight
:igailist this nionster—tight thr the Constitu
tion of yoitr eon nt ry. Don't stop with beating
it Cut its head clean off iu October nest; so
that it will trouble you no snore. lie had corn
fidenee in the people, and he knew they would
do it. 6o out, front now till the day of deo
t ion. ,spiced you/wires tier the Constitution.—
To the old and young man, the rich and the
poor Matt. lie would soy, yretid y,nst.o
lie ivollid eVell appeal to his
to come Into the contest. Let no. , i •
their sons—the V 1 tell their 1.. i• -
damsels tt•IU Owl!. sweet Itear.s to
Lattl(•. -and pier((! I htaiseleev. ••1
.(Ives. i say. fur liherty consul..
the t'uo:,ut otion ut their country.
CONSISTENCY !
Know Nothing editors and speakers have
the assurance to ask old lino Henry Clay
Whigs to vote for the dark-lantern candidates,
"for the love they bore the Sage of Ashland :"
Were Henry Clay alive he would scorn and
spit upon the midnight plotters nod their prin
ciples,' as does his gallant son.,
But how do the Know Nothings of Kentucky
revere the memory of the departed Statesman
Why, they elect to Congress front the Ashland
district, Dr. A. K. 'Marshall, who declared that
he Wed Mr. (lrry he leis "hear! of hearts"—
who wished he !yeti ••t coo hearts" /hut, he might
hale ! This is no fancy sketch
—hut the honest truth.
"Americanism."
fAs its name implies, the American Party
seeks to .iniericaniz,. the fteliugs and habits of
I_,A4A.c." . Prim- • h
dress published in the Slue and Me Sentinel.
(ll7'Ainericanize". them after the Know
Nothing fashion, We suppose. To make theta
take wicked and uneimstitutional oaths that
they ‘vill deprive fellow citizens of just Tights,
and proscribe alt who. do not endorse the cor
rupt doings of unprincipled political aspirants
—to make them scour pightill the high-ways
and by-ways, to seduce the honest and unsus
peeling into their dad: dens short, to
school them itl falsehood and deceftioln, and
end by sweriling theca to lie. Ilea en pt;escrve
this Republic from such lutcrieai Tsui
a --
.)-A bold attempt has been made to trade
oil the old Whig party, "body and breeches,"
to the Know Nothings ftnd Abolitionists, by
the nomination of Nicuot.sox for Canal Com
inthsioner : and they are expected to acquiesce
in this bargain, which a few ur the leaders
have made with Cameron, 1V il mot Co., with
out halting or objecting. But will they do it ?
We think not.
• rit,s, tlic tirne
JUG .1(.. 1()1-16 at Laud.
rate the election of JOHNS+ ).):, Democrat,'
for (gym error, by from 7.0(u) to 10.000 . mkjor
ity !' and :he defeat of nearly every ,•---
Notltinr candirlate frr Con.2,tes:, !! Messr.s.
Conn and STEpny.xs ate elected by large
joritits.
Nw,v, I\t‘. sTioNE voi - u 1:Low
The majority for Pea , ;e, ( , 1 , .m,) - for Gover
nor, is 7,237 : for 'tunnels, (dem.) for Lieut.
( ;nvernor , 3.250. Against —the r. S. Cong.ICSA
Debt Lill. 1.474 majotity. lion. P. IL
(diem.) majority for Congress, is 5,94. Hon.
Matt. Ward's (dem.) majority. also for Con
gress, so far, is
. 28. The counties of Orange
and JefierSon are yet to hear from, though one_
paper gives what purports to the entire vote,
making ,Ward's majority 230. This is not
Matt. Ward, of Louisville, but arilionol able and
able man.
Trouble in the Camp.
It apiears that the Know Nothing National
Council is "in pecuniary trouble," and wants
the brethren to make prompt payment of "the
semi-annual assessment." Where do these
assessments go 1, Is money used to control
elections, or do the TIYrANI : S and the Gwrouns
of the order find it, a profitable thing to act ns
Presidents and Secretaries of Grand Councils?
The following Circular has been sent to the
various subordinate Councils
SECRETARCS OFFICE, S. C. or• PA.
Philadelphia, Sept., 1855.
thtorrrEit :—Ynn are hereby notified that a
stated meeting of the S. Q.. Will be held on the
211 of October next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., at
Marionllail, on Main street, in the borough of
Yon are requested to inform your,
colleagues of said meeting, and conimunicate
to them the P. W.
You will bring with you or foi ward the
quarterly report.tif -your Council, also tho semi
annual assessment due October 2d, as the term
ends on that (late. It is hi: , hly impnrlaril that
you should pay the t‘enn-an4al as,,Fessinent, AS
WE ARE LABDr.i.y . INDEBTED 4) TnE NATIONAL
COI•Nell„ AND THEY ARE IN PECUNIARY
TROUELE.
The Puss NVord by which you will he ad
mitted is 20, 2, 25, 10. 9. 17, 24. 11. 12.
T. 1,. G IFFO Secretary:
The Coast il ail() of the U. States,
• _V .u.sus
KNOW NOTHING OATHS.
"No religious test Anil ever be required as
a qualification to any ofli•e ox public trust un.
der the Un ted Stiles. •'—Constiiution,: Gated
Stales.
"Congress shall make no laws respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise the' eof."—Cunstitution. United
Ist.
Ile \, ' \ • L L
:'1(/ ,•li
lic+l, 1 , 01 1' y;Fte, nor
1:4111. tr, , -.l;y luau. Ir , i fogy office
L;.. l u iie he an -9azer
-1,, . ~ y i . •
,Xtilt.ticans ruling
\ ! , •.r twr ii be lie a Raman eathrilic."-
1, - ,,,,,t• ' ~;,l igalian,l.sl degree (nuucil.
' ‘)‘". do solemnly znal sincerely
swenc *. that, if it may ).,e clone
legally. you will when elected o r appointed to
any official station,- conferring on you the pow
er to do O. remove all foteigners. aliens or .
CATtun.ws Iron!, oth.e or fita& - t — and
that you will, in no cle-e, appoint si , cn to any
office or place hr your gift." --Kimu, Sol/zing
2nd degree Council.
1 1.7 - If the above does not PROVE the objects
of Know Nuthingism to be violative of the Con
stitution of the United Staten—thy very *Char
ter of our liberties —then we would like to
know what the plain English of it is.
EDITOR. these days of strange
events, one ought lint to be astonished- at any
thing : but I confess that the •course of your
neighbor of the "Adams Sentinel" for some
time, bet for the la4t few ‘‘ . •evkl - ; in - particular,
has struck I Inc as Moro titan ordinarily won
derful. --T4nin 016 NW - issues o ns paper
previous tip the last, I was led to hope traekr.
Harper had ,t last, (at the eleventh" hour
th o u g h it he,) determined to stand up like a
man for his long avowed principles v. but his
paper of Monday last dissipated every gleam of
sunshine thus ailuriled, and - I am - 16 reed to
look upon
_him as designedly and knowingly
playing into the hands of the Know Nothing
party. Else why so avillingly allow hid jour
nal to be the vehicle for spreading Know N 9•
thing electioneering articles ? Wherefore, I
say, do this, in the face of Els pretended all
one-sided affection for the old Wing party ?
The matter k unsolvable to me, and. I call at
tention to it "more in sorrow than in anger.''
Mr. Harper has lost more c onfide nce i n a wee k
titan Ite can repair in months. PATIV)N,
VEATiI op MRs. TANEY AND DArGuTEE..—
Wc regret to have to announce that the Nor
-6)1I; boat yesterday brought the intelligence of
the death anil burial of the wik. and youngest
daughter of Chief Justice Taney, of this 61)
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Si Irrh;
GEORGIA O. K, !
Texas Elections
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promise
l'or the rotnpilor
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The Editor of the Star, I observe, is driven
to wonderful extremes, by the violence of the,
malice he seems to entertain for those that dif
fer with him in his proscriptive policy. 'An
occasional perusal of his columns, I think, will
have a beneficial tendency at this particular
period of political madness. It will serve to
show the danger that is to be apprehended,
and t he evils that must result. from an order
tint swears its adherents to suppoit such Men
and Illeft,lllTA as a majority of the secret coun
cils may dictate, "though it may conflict with
their personal preference." It will have a
beneficial tendency, I believe, in dissuading
men of al! parties from joining this anti-repub
lican and anti-christian order—and from giving
it the aid of their support. It is high time.
for all who have the reputation of their country
at heart to be up and doing. When the
Whig and Demociatic .parties were the only
political partivs of the land, uo such proscrip
tive measures and practices as arc resorted to
23.• , air ro. vocatic Lits new or fir, could have
MGM
iuiuglcd In the true It , Jf
tt,;tceably ttttil tic ictietr 411t1 tutt:uttuttz, ofouz
For till , Cosniaer
For the CompEer