THE COMPILER.
"LIBULTY, TILE 11$10N, ANDIHE CONSTITUTION."
GETTYSBI*#G, PE NN'A.
Monday Morning, Aug. 25, 1856.
Democratic National Nominations.
JAMES DUCIfANAN, of Per.o€3-Ivia.,
,JOHN C. BRECKINRIDUE, of Xentucky.
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
ELECTORS AT LARGE.
'Charles R, Buckalew, of Columbia county,
Wilson .IV.i.ijandless, of Allegheny county.
DISTRACT ELECTORS.
1. Geo. W. Nebinger, 13. Abrahgm Edinger,
2. Pierce Butler, lieuben
3. Edward Wartman, 15. Geo. A. Crawford,
4. William 11.. Witte, .16,-James Black,
5. JohnrlVleNair, ' 17. Henry J. Stithle,
6. John j 4. Brinton, 18. J,olin D. Rodd,y„
7. David Lanry, 19, Jacob Tu rney, *
8. Charles 'Kessler, 21). J. A. J. Bncilanan,
9. Joseph Patterson, 2.1.-William Wilkins,
10. Isaac Stenker, . 22. Jas. G. Caniii-1,x'.11,
11, Frs. W flughes, 23. Thos.Cunningliam,
3.2, Thos. Osterhout, 2-4, John Kealty, -
2L, Vincent Phelps,
Canal Cominixsioner,
G'EORG SCOTT, of Columbia, ounty . ,
.Audkor 'Orwrat,
JACOB FAY,JR.„ of Montgomery co,
Surveyor Geperal,
.JOIN "WWI, of Franklin county,
Pa. Cowin,
WILSON REILLY, u Chambersburg,
GEO; W. BREWEIt, of Franklin county.
Assembly, -
ISAAC ROBINSON; of lfamiltonban twp
AssOciaM Judges,
D AVID . ZIEGLER; of . GOttysburg.
HENRY REILY, of Mountpleasapt, '
JOSIAH BENNER, of Straban,
.Anditor,
CHRISTIAN CASLINAN, of Monaca.
Director of the Poor,
FREDERICK WOLF, of Berwick.
Attorney,
WILLIAM—McCLEAN, of Gettysburg,
t.
County
EDWARDII.IcINTIKKof Liberty,
DENOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE,
The . members of the Democratic Committee
.of Adanis , county are- requostod to - meet at
the hoes° -of 11. D. Wattles, in Gettysburg,
on . Sattv'clay net, the 30th inst., at 10 o'clock
in the
,foreuoon,.and it is hoped they will all
be present - . - - Business of interest to' the vari-'
ouS districts will be . presented.
' IL J. S'TAILL,F,', Chairman.
_
-1-The Committee iss composed as follows :
GettysbUrg—Henry J. Statile, Jacob Troxel.
Cumberland—John Batt, Jr.
Straban=—Capt. Roiry Witnior.
'Mountjoy—Peter Boblitz. • . •
Freedom-;Abrabam K rise, of-P, -
Liberty-. Joseph P. MoDivit. . •
. - Hamiltonban . 7 —lsaae Hereter.
Franklin- - -. Maj. Samuel Lehr.
Butler--Jacob Italfensperger,
°ye,. doer.
Tyrone—Jacob C. Pittentorf.
Huntington—Wm. B, Gardner, •
Reading-: , -Lfeary A. Picking,
I~amiltbir. =4 01. J.J.. Kuhn.
Berwick' ftill i f ; —Geo.
Berwick Borf.lfenry Mayer.
Oxford—. Anthony Felix.
MeuntpleaSant—Jacob Cashman.
COnowago—John Busbey, Sr.
Union—baniel oeisel man. - .
Germany—Amos Lefever.
Latimore—.Joseph Lohr.
"The UtliOn j mow and forerciiiir -cola in
separable. I"
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING,
lIIINTERSTOWN.
A meeting of the friends-of Buchantin mid
Breekinridge will take place at Ilunterstown,
oil Saturday tylernowa next, at 1 o'eloek. A
Beautiful Hickory Pole is to be raised on the
occasion. Good speaking may be expected.
Tura out, a.ll who desire to hear the Taunt
in regard to the issues involved in the present
campaign.. - . [Aug, 25, 1850:
Jon Sows, the Democratic can
didate for Surveyor General, is a native of
Franklin county, and in the prime of life. lie
was a Member of the State Legislature for
two .successive sessions, and elected on both
occasions over a standing Whig majority of
seven or eight hundred, and that too before
the advent of Know Nothingism, Mr, R. has,
until suite ,recently, been engaged in the bu
siness of a miller, and is at this time a mer
chant in the beautiful village of Greencastle,
to whose prosperity he has largely contribut
ed. He is eminently a man of TUE i'EOPLE—
a man of practical experience, of great indus
try and indomitable energy andperseverauce.
The Gettysburg Delegation.
The Gettysburg Star is twitting the dele,
gation frbm that place to the Democratic
Mass Meeting held here on the ith
about their not having received a notice fr , qu
this paper. We did not undertake the hercu
lean tna l f , o f g ivi ng a det a il e d ani::,trat that
meeting, And other delegations lAirles tho
welcome one froin Gettysburg wer. , passed
.over without special notice. The c ,, uling of
the Gettysburg delegation was ann,uneed in
Our_ parer, and when they got here, their
- beautiful "Penelope-Ann" spoke Stir them in
a voice ) , ind enough to be heard.— C'hantbers-
Thiry Valley Spirit.
;*Gen. James Wcir, a prominent mem
ber, awl distinguished speaker of the Old Na
tional Clay Whig Party of Old Belmont, Ohio,
has announced his determination to supper:
Buchanan any. irec:lnritigt-. IC is anion-. oral e l ect i on. i n N ovemb , r. ,,
the host of influential men of that party in
nou!d have
11PCI
rie;el(lent,
Vice President,
Senator,
Cominissioner,
f'hi
Frerr,oni'g Bcef Speculation.
enlph ni,sr frith al:en;l4 , eAArce T r ap.
matiow v he official documents, laid before
Congress by the late President Taylor, says
the Lancaster Intel ;flower, will show that Col,
John _ Fremont:when
_in, cotimuoul of his
regiment In California, made a contract for
six hundred cows.—. These cows were purchas
ed by him, under the pretence that they were
needed beef for the troops, •and the sum of
$6,975 was paid for them by the government.
These animals were never used by the soldiers,
but were delivered to - a man named Abel
Stearns, with whom Fremont had made an
agreement to take and kt,ep them on the shares
ffir three years as his (Fremont's) privateprop
erty!
We repeat, this fact rB'oflicially.state(l in r
letter all Ire.-ised to Adjutant General Jones,
at Washington City, by Col. Mason of the
first regiment of U. S. Dragoons, who hail been
called nrio,u to foot the bill fur the General Gov.
eminent. .
Just think of it. Au officer in the U. S,
Army to buy six 'hundred cows, ostensibly
fur beef for his, regiment, at the public ex..
pence, and then make a contract with-u pri
vate individual to 'take the cows and breed
them on sletres for three years! Monstrous I
And yet this fact is officially stated, and ac
companied by documents to prove the allege
tion.—Will the. honest voters of the country
support any man for the high - office Of Presi
dent of the United States who Is guilty of such
an act of fraud, corropth.n and poeulation ?
Tu assert if is to libel the American people.
It is not to be wondered thar-CliTerge—Law
the
.great steamship monopolist and rusty
musket speculator has spent thousands upon
thousands of dollars to secure - the nomination
of this teef specidknewat. George Law knew
maii,l It is not surprising either that the
New' York •ll , rald, 'the most villainously cor
rupt paper in tlre,World, support's Fremont for
Presidek. Bennett also bows lily maal
Shall 'heartle.ls speculators and grasping
Galphinites rule the dostinies of this country ?
That is one of the great questions fur the
people to answer it the ballot hoY:.
Call of an Extra Session of Congress.
The first session of the thirty-fourth Con"
greS - s — inljourned On Monday at nowt, in accord
ance with the previous resolution of the two
Houses*, but having foiled to pass the army
appropriation bill by reason of the itoest, per
tinaciously clogging it with provisos in, ref.
erenee to KanSas, whielt the Senate deemed
irrovolent and arbitrary, Mid woald not there.
fore agree to, the President of the Unite('
States promptly issued his proclamation call
ing an t xtra Session, which convened at the
Capitol on Thursday last,
For the extra session now. being held the
members will receive no additional pay, as
under the law which they had just pas e 4
their own compensation is fixed at $3,000 per
annum; and there is no mileage•allowed unless
ten days elapses between the sessions. Each
man, however, gets $O2O more under this bill
than he would otherwise have received • for
the session just, expired at $8 per day and
mileage,
The following is tho President's preebaxna
tion
Whereas, whilst hostilities exist with vari
ous Indian tribes on the remote frontiers (.d•
the United States, and whilst in other respects
the public peace is seriously threatened, Con
gress has adjourned without granting the tic
cessary supplies tin- the Army, depriving the
Executive of the power to perform his duty in
relation to the common dormice and security,
.itud un extraordinary:oceasion has thus arisen
for the assembling of the two Rouses of Con
gress, I do 'therelbre, by this my Prot:lama
tion, convene said houses to meet at the Cap
itol, in the city of Washington, on Thursday,
the 21st- day of August instant, hereby re
qui ring the respective Senators and Represen
tatives then and there to assemble, to consult
and determine on such measures as the state
of the Union may seem to rcifuiro.
In testimony whereof, I intro caused the
soul of the United States to be hereunto affix,
and,signed the same with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington, this 18th
day of August, in the year of Our Lord 1856,
and the independence of the United 'Status
the 81st,
By. PRANN uisr PicHrE,
By order, W. L, MARCY, Secretary of State.
The .11ramorc Shoemaker.
-The Republican papers are rejoicing over
what they turn► the change of G. M. Joh nston,-
the "Drumore Shoemaker," for Fremont.—
Now, the truth of the matter is, that Johnston
has for several years been vaseillating in his
course—as often voting the opposition as the
Democratic ticket. It is n'orions that last
fall he voted against the Democratic ticket in
Lancaster county, nod it is very doubtful
whether he voted ter Governor Bigler in 1854.
The opposition are welcome to him. We pre
dict that before he is with them twelve montlis,
they will be as glad to get rid of bun as were
the Democrats of Lancaster county.
• Kit Canyon against FrentooL____The 2111..c,Tonri.
Democratßai s that Kit Cars-on, the man on
whose broad shoulders Fremont has been lift
ed into notoriet}• as an explorer, dons not sup
port his former protege for President. Kit is
a in-in of gond, .strong common Eense, and
r:remont, as he necessarily must, all
through, like a hook, it is by no means s t range
that he should decline to lend himself to the
seheme of a knot of Wall , street Apeculatms,
to make their "stool pigeon" President. The
whole thing wears e look that every plain,
honest man like K it would "put his foot on."
Efl; Pill' Preach ing.—Tho Alton
Dotuocrut states as ono of the effects
of two 4•1 a relies in t bat city beento - ig tit
as iv 4 1 ,1 as religious .sanctuaries, that . sonio of
their wetuliers aro getting into very worldly
ways: “One pewolwner in. Rev. Mr. Iloley's
e4larch fifr(!rs to Lrahis pew (eligibly situated,
and valued at 5:Ali()) against a pew in Iles.
Mr. Norton's ehtir .11 4) h
Z-;:=''lt is rumored that the .\;:fional herrn
' iienrer, ut Washington City, th,, time. honored
1:T - Ins Cuokm's 1.-ttPr to t h e;>r,,r,, o a •Cl• and Webster, will announce it-
Clay
of MAiio- v, ill appear in our no , :t. He i.,elin favor of Mr. Buchanan in a few days,
fir 17,1 Und R Rll ), A. l iere 73 ••, i n t h e de.,:eney"
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Democratic Rally.
Serong
,qtration I—Tho Democratic meeting in the
Come house, on Wednesday evening,.was
most enthusiastic and encouraging one. Al
though got up on short notice, 'and al - though
nearly all the persons - in attendance at Court
from the country hail gone home, the Court
room was filled to its utmost capacity, and every
Democrat present_sfienied alive to the impor
tance of the issues now before the American
people. The meeting organized by the choice
of the following officers :
Prrsf dent,
lion, Jou; B. DAN - Ny.ll, Gettysburg.
171:e l're.riilents,
John Butt, - Sr. ) ennaberland.
George Gunder, Germany.
Philip Donohue, Strohm'.
Georg,e Sl,tgle , Connwagn.
.le.sa . ‘Volford, Niountpleasant.
Fleury A. Picking, Reading,
Matthew EieheMerger, Berwick.
Frederick Diehl, Franklin.
Peter Adams, MenaHen..
Peter I [oilman, Gettysburg.
Jacob Cashman, 3lountpleasant.
Edward Showers, Carlisle.
Siy,.retarics,
Edward Shari), tnion.
Sitirmol GI. Cook, Ciettytiburg,
rliackley, Straban,
John Nool, "Sienalion.
Jesse Walter, Gettysburg.
The meeting was addroSsed by Groncr. F.
Esq., of Shippenshurg, late an ;dd line
Whig ; Wit.sos . liEtt.tx, I;sq., the Ikanoeratie
candidate for Congress, and GEoinz. W. 13 anw-
ER, E&el., tlre Democratie candidate for State
kienator—hoth of Clumbersburg. We will
'pot - do the.e gentletnen the Injustice to at - -
tempt e•,:en a sketch. of
.their elear„ahle and
eloquent efforts: tiuflieo It to say that they
argued the several issues presented in the
campaign with rare power and effect,. fre
quently elieiting the hearty. applause of the
meeting. Of a truth ; they make a strong
141ani, nod we are happy to be aide to day that
an opportunity to hear them will be,present
ed to the people of the comity sometime in
September. The meeting adjourned with sis
thundering cheers for the Democratic Mimi. ,
pees, National, State, District, and County.
Nomination of Ceo. W. Brewer, Esq., for State
The Senator al Conferees of Fraiddin and
Adams conntios met tit Caledonia Springu, on
Monday last—Messrs. Chartism Gihhs, John
Rowe and John Oyler Topre.senting Franklin,
and "Messrs. Jacob Brinkerhoff, Frederick
Dicld and henry J. Statile represent ng
Adams.
11p:Nitr J. STAIII.E. WaS dm Chair,
CHARLES CA'inits appoilitod Se,,ri)tary.
Oil In o t i„,, or Jacob Briuicerhipti, thminiE
W. Itrumcn, Clounlorsburg, was
unanimously nominated as the Democratic
candidate for State Senator in this district,
and. the conference commend him to the sup
port of the friends,of the Union and the Con
stitution throughout thedistrict.
Messrs. Brinkerhoff and Oyler were ap
pointod a committee to inform 'lllr, Brewer of
his nominatien,when the conference adjourned.
Mr. Brewer is one of -the most eloquent
eham - pions of Democracy in this region of the
State, and if elected, of which we cannot
en
tertain a doubt, will prove an ornament to the
Senate_ and a credit to his district. Mark
that.
AV.The Uhamborsburg talley Spirit, in
speaking of the nomination of Cionnt: 'W.
liamwmt, Esq., for State Senator, says
Our political friends in 'Adams county
'have behaved very generously towards us, and
we trust their kindness will net soon be for
gotten. Mr. DA'ssEit, who is a favorite in
his own county and is deservedly esteemed
by all who know him,- was mentioned for Sur
veyor lieneral. Ile did-not, however, permit
his namc-to go before the State Convention, of
which he was s a member, but voted throughout
for Major Rowe, Next the County Conven-,
tion unanimously ratified ItEumes notnina
tion for Congress ; and lastly the Senatorial
Conferees, carrying out the wishos of their
constitttenth. ha‘c made Mr. Barwmt oar
candidate for Senator. The Democracy of
Franklin are ',now fairly, the debtors of their
Brethren in Adams. Let them not forget the
obligation; nor fail; when the occasion pre
scuts itoell, to reciprocate the kindness of their
friends on the other side of the mouutain,
The fleeting at Abbottstown.
The Yhrk Gazette, in speaking of the Demo
cratic ?keting at :kbtbuttsto«•n, ou Saturday
week, says:
'‘Too inch commendation - cannot be bestow.
ed Upon the landlord, Mr, Wilson and his la
dy, for their kindness and hospitality towards
their guests, who, we feel assured, will to a.
man join us in this sentiment.
"The best feeling prevailed thoughout the
proceedings. The siiirit of Democracy and of
riiimr. is at work, and our young' Dcitmcniii'e
.vister Adams \vitt tell a tale this fall that will
not soon he forgotten by Know Nothings-and
Black ilepublioans."
That's so 1•
Isaac Robinson, Esq.
A nems (orsTv.—lsaac Robinson, F,sq„ ie
the I)olte - wratie candidate for the State Legis
lature in Aciams coutnty. 1I r. I{. was one ~f
the moot attentixo and industrious members
of the last house of Representatives. re
election would be a credit, as well to his im
mediani constituency, us to the Democracy of
tlae \VIION State.
rAiy-Thit above is copied from the Reading
•edited by J. L. C.g . Erz, Esq., who was
a. leading member of the last Legislature.
Commendation so flattering from such a
,_source is indeed to be valued, and will still
more firmlyi establish Mr. Robinson iu the
,
feet.kons of the people of the county.
a-&-Wilson I.loi Emi., the able and fear
less eliampion - of Detnoeraey, has Been unani-i•
mously nominattsi for Congress in the Frank
lin distrik. Mr, B. is one of the ablest men
in Penn.:ylvania, and will di credit to his State
in the Nati-mal Legislature, should he be
elected, and of this VI (3 have no gubt.—Car f ,
lisb; DenioN•at,
Senator.
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New Pluixe of Know ilitithingi,sm.
The Fremont papers are, boasting a great
deal of the large number of Germans and oth
er adopted citizens who have, as is alleged,
declared in favor of the Rocky Mountain hero.
We shall believe this, when we ,B ee the vote
cast, and — not before ; for we hitie no idea that
any naturalized voters are so blind as not to
see the proscriptive spirit of Know Nothing
istn beneath the Black-Republican cloak. To
show bow little respect these same Republi
cans have fur the foreigner, and how they
would degmle bins if they had_ the power,
read the following extract from a recent letter
of the Philadelphia Ledger's Washington cor
respondent "ObBervm" It shows plainly that
the game of Know Nuthingism is to be attemp
ted on a new plan. Despairing of obtain
ing a repeal of the naturalization laws, and
stbandoning all hope of ever electing it pure I
Know Nothing President, the exclusion of
adopted Citizens from office is to be brow:ht
About by suspending the payment of the sal
aries. Will any foreigner who has a particle
of lielf-respect, or who values the rights he
has acquired by naturalization /18 an Ameri
can citizen, aid by 104 vote to place in power
men who wou!(I disfranohiso him ?
"The most remarkable feffture of the Diplo=
math! and Consular Bill, as F4ltffirted by Mr.
Pennington, of New J ersey, a leading Piemont
man, is, that while• it does not forbid the
President to alrpoint adopted citizens to office,
it expressly !copulates the, no m o ney hereby
appropriated shitll be used in paying salaries
and other expenses of other than NATIVE BORN'
citizens of th e ' Unit e d States. Mr. Penning
ton is chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, nal goe4 in this eliTui;Ctiii — liiioAl,
further than most Know Nothings, who would
grant political understanding and capacity lbr
office allot- a term of twenty-one years, So
mach for the assertion that the adherents of
Lieut. (Jul. Fremont are no Know Nothings,
and that while tlmy profess .warm sympathy
for the negroes, their hearts equally throl)
with philanthropy for the German and Irish
adopted citizens. Perhaps Mr. Pennington
has a very high appreciation of the sense of
bonor of adopted citizens, which will induce
thorn to serve the country .- hmtoris euusa, for
the honor o f it, rm. the whole honor, and noth
ing but the honor. Jr so, it is film., that the
adopted citizens should knOw..aluit honors are
in store tbr them, should the Lieutenant (Jul.t:Joel be elected."
Another Roorlatelc.--li now turns out that
the terrible story which is going tho rounds
or the
,press, representing tliediseovery of
fric body of a young, man near Blue Springs,
K ansas,•tied to a tree, witlt a rifle ball t trough
his head, and his throat cut, is A flagrant
hoax, concocted a / younglawyer who prob
ably bad more Itusure than clients. It is a
singular fact that of all the bloody tragedies,
which are stated In lutv-e occurred in Kansas,
nine-tenths are as little uunled in fact as the
one . 116 Ire referred to.— Philadelphia .I , :eeninj
Journal.
Nothing singular in it, when we-remeniber
that "Kansas'' is all the political capital that
the Free.inwthltys have to trade upon. Here
is the key to stories of "bleeding Kansas." and
"border ruffian outrages" with which the so
called "RNLl')Henn" papers have been filled
for months past. It was unwittingly diselos
e,l by one of the hired outrage manufacturers_
for the New York abolition journals, in a
rePent letter to the New li* Times, dated at
Lawrence, in Kansas :
"in must keep up the Kamm excitement."
It 'Vibe °ma - element qrsuccess Mc &pub—
liran party in !becoming Pre.lidential election."
Here is the whole seerot, in a few words.
This Kansas excitement must be kept up, - at
whatever cost ; and therefore horrible stories'
like the ono above alluded to, will continue to
be . printed, without regard to their probabili
ty or truth, 'nay. will always gain a day 'or
two's' start, so that it will be next to impossi
ble fin. their contradictions to overtake them;
and difficult even to follow their track. Why,
instead of denouncing Judge Doughts and the
members of Congress who were chiefly instru
mental in procuring the passage of the Kan
sas bill, as our "Itepublican" opponents do so
wickedly, they—should give them hearty
thanks ; for without it, let us ask, (with the
Reading Gazette,) what earthly "principle"
would they have to rally upon, in the present
•
campaign?
The Re• Action Already Commenced.
It requires but little political sagacity to see
that the tide of public opinion has already be:.
gun to turn with overwhehning force against
the 'sectional and disunionist Black Republi
can party. The re-action has ; already com
menced. The sober and reflecting portion of
the American people are becoming tired of
these profitless agitations, these idle conten
tions without any legitimate object. They sce in
the Democratic party an organization compre
hensive in its policy, national in its character,
wise and just in its management, • and
they are rallying to the support of its faith
ful standard-bearers. They wish to be de
livered from the blighting evils of Abolition
fanaticism, with all its impracticable vagaries
mid dangerous combinations. They desire'to
see unity. harmony, fraternity, fellowship and
confidence, restored between the ditTerent por
tions of the Union, and one People, one Con
stitution, and one Destiny, the motto of every
political creed. These aro the wishes of the
conservative men of our great nation, and they
arc proilucing their legitimate, results in the
minds of it multitude. Our opponents see, as
well as
. ourselves, that their prospects are
daily becoming more and more dark and des
perate. They will continue to be the case
until November. Revolutions never go back
wards. Their game is nearly played out.
Dozen with the Foreigners and up with the
Darkies.—This seems to be the-programme of
; . 1 -Black Repnblicanism. All tho Abolitionists h
from Garrison down to Lovejoy, support Fre-
I mia. and that means up with tho darkic s ,
I Col. Fremont was nominated by the northern
Know Nothing Convention, it is said On good
on a pledge to the Massachusetts
dele 4 ation that he would carry out thuir poll
; el.- in ree-ard to foreigners. This i, r ret -
‘‘kettle of :1 , 1i," truly. Imazine a big, burly,
thick-lipped, African crowding General Shit:li!
away from the polls w eleetion (lay Tha
tho working of the fusion policy
—l/1/ituis paper.
From tho Charnbercbarg Valley Spirit
- 1-Brief ;Memoir of Wilson Reilly.
There aro few things More remarkable, and
perhapS.more reprehensible, in this great re
public, where the people choose their' ONVII
.rulers, than when a cititen, however eminent
mr well capacitated. is brought forward for
kinne position of honor and trust, that the
public press and those advoeating, measures
different from his, apparently lose sight of
of that glorious privilege "Freedom of Speech,"
as well as the honest intentions of his heart,
his good traits of character, and descend to
'that low, disgraceful vituperation characteris
tic of cone but the cowardly blackguard.
We have men before us now, for the several
offices, of honest and high-toned integrity,
who stand amongst us like some mighty mon
ument of art and genius, attracting the atten
tion and consideration of all around them,—
men who from the humblest circumstances. in
life, have risen like a meteor to the very zenith
of greatness and glory; and who it is the boast
of the free people to entrust with the manage
ment of their public affairs., However much
it should be the pride of every citizen to favor
and support such men, there are - still to be
tZ)und iliteiiiwho aro actuated by a sense of
moral turpitude, that leave nothing •untuuch
ed by their calumniating efforts.
Where indeed is there to he found a living
public man who 'presents to the world a re
cord more significant than Wir.sox REimaa
the present Democratic candidate for Con
gress? • If we look down-along the lapse of
years, and consider the portraits of the great
Inert of other days, how very feaaaire_tke_
who exhibited in their lives the same indomi
table perseverance and successful conquest
Of difficulties, which to thousands are impossi
bihtie,. E . we consider him the humble - sail
of still humbler parents, pladding his way re
luctantly to school, with no inducement from
friciels nor encouragement front teacher, and
see him stand eminent at the bar as a counsel
!, ii;iiTild - lidViaiite`, - Wittriiiralisraiii - than - ahis
own ileitistry and perseverance, we are oblig
ed to acknowledge his groat diserviugs 10111
lofty capacities.
ltii Ison Reilly was born in the year 1811, in
the vicinity of Waynesboro', Franklin coun-
ty. His father being poor, was not aide to
give him even a good ordinary Faiglish - eduaa.
tem, and in those times the teachers•of com
mon schook were net qualified to give instruc
tioas in any of the higher branches of educa
tion, At the ago of thirteen, the seviees of
V
Wilson being needful to his father, le was
taken from school and, set to work at t it car
pentering trade, at which he labored- until the
ago of sixteen; when he commenced an ale
prentieeshiP at the 'flatting and served until
he was twenty. Being; desirous - of doing well
at his trade. he, like the great linger Sher
man, shouldered his knapsack and started
west, and that ton at a time when the Great
West was net within a' single dav's travel,
but when there was no puldie mode of con
veyance, save an imperfect line of staasse.—
He, however, did not avail himself of this op s
portunity, but diligently plodded his way
along on foot, until he arrived at the city of
Cincinnati. .Finding nor very great_ opening
fie- his businet:, he remained hut a short time
and then returned in the same manner to his
nati \ e viffage. Ile there opened out a shop
and did a respectable business until 1834,
when lie removed to Chambersburg and settled
himself down as a hatter. lie continued here
but a short time until Lewes induced to cum
mence the study of law. Having a family to
support, end being. in debt, he V.'ils required
to speed all, the time possible at his trade, in
order to support his family and provide against
times-of sickness and trouble. Ile, however,
did tint relinquish his studies, hut at the still
ness of the midnight hour. Was earnestly en
a
e fo sod in preparing himself for that pi - ;sitio — position
which one day he was - destined to occupy. ,
NO tinfrequently had the morning sun risen,
and by his brilliant, sparkling rays invoked
the laborer to hhi - task, before he quit his
kitivi-y-firpurstre - dris - wonted -- avoeation - by the--
side of'the Hatter's kettle. Thus day after
day :net night after` night was he employed,
until finding himself qualified, he made appli-
Hatian, svae exianieed and admitted to prac
the. law at the bar of Franklin county. ,
1 Butt now comes a time more trying than
ne e h e reiefore. He was admitted at a time
whoa the lair was tilled with the ablest law
on;, and having nothing upon which ho
could . depend for support antil he, would get .
( into practice, but his occupation, , which he
1
pursued eagerly for more than one-year after
' his orlinioaion. About this time David R.
Po; teelvas Ow ted Governor of Pennsylvania,
and upon application to the Governor. Mr.
Reilly \vas appointed Prosecuting Attorney.
This hr, Light the voting Hatter before the bar,
vhere h cviti e e4 7 -poweraof-mind-character-H.
istie of the great null successful 1
_awyer, his
proeTess since has been onward anti upward,
until his mime has become associated with
the great and learned jurist.; of tho State.
In 1841 he wits placed upon the Democratic
ticket for Assembly, and in consequence of his
strict adherence to a local question which
then was somewhat agitated, was defeated;
anti upon the same question was Mr. Ptearoy
defeated, who then was his opponent and is
now placed upon the Republican ticket, his
antagonist for Congress. Mr. Reilly, how
ever, in this election ran largely ahead of the
average of his ticket, and would probably
have been elected 'in the succeeding, election,
had he permitted his name to appear before
the people us a candidate. Ile was not an al
fice-seeker, but was more content when net.-
mitted to attend to his practice and stay with
his family, In 1845 he was again nominated
for the legislature, and was defeated : but as
before 'getting much more than his part
vote. Franklin county at the time of both
his elections was strongly Whig, and to have
succeeded in his election, would h ave rectu i r _
ed a much greater effort than that made either
by him or his friends. The Whigs then were
devoted to their party and their principles,
and they adhered firmly to it, not because they
loved Reilly less, but because they loved their
gallant leaders more.
%[r, Reilly, after this second defeat, turned
his attention more particularly to his profes
sion, and soon received a large anti profitable
practice ; but whilst enjoyitr, its pleasures,
lie in 1854 was earnestly solicited to accept
the nomination for Congress, which he did,
although _with reluctance. The contest on
that occasion being conducted in an unusual
and unfair way. resulted in his defeat. But
it is earnestly believed that had the opposition
met in an open and fair election, Wilson Reil
ly would this day be our representative in th e
Ileuse of C4rigress. It is readily observed
I I that his nominations were all unfortunate—
the first and second when the public mind
NV:V. unsettled, and the third when the• Know
Nothing orgauization swept everything be
fore it. s
__ Wilson Reilly is now again before 6,3 peo
ple of the 17th district for the offico of Con
gress, Ile has been fortunate and unfortu
nate: but he stands before you the architect
of his own fortune. a man'oi'undaunted cour
age and pure patriotism, one upon whom the
foul touch of personal malignity has not dared
to lay h"r hands, and who-as a Scholar and
Lawyer, stands a prowl trophy of perrieverauce
reel' with feelings of pride and self-approval
those of a per,-,n who has almost un
,limbed to the peak of a lofty mountain.
a true renro.4o:l!ative, n'g , tht , A meri,,:an
c!1a...1. , ;, , r. with all it- intlu' , try and
aviratious. About such a repre.scatativu
there Call Deno tinsel; nor monarchial reserve.
Ile is worthy to be theservant of ;. a people who
look to Institutionsand principles., not to men,
for prosperity- and happiness.
MR. 'STA fiLE: I observe by the last Star
That_the shifts_ofitceedeubtable .editor_ are.
still bravely going on. He, by skillful ma
noeuvring, manages to keep the ball in almost
constant Motion. The political history of
this, man of changes would afford a complete
parody to the "Wandering Jew." In the .
early part of the fall of 1K54 he was a Whig,
the professed defender of his Catholic friends,
and the open and
,ostensible advocate of Col.
Neely. lmmediately after the election of the
same year, he dropped Col. Neely, changed
his ground and style in regard to his "Catho
lic friends," and really sympathised with the
defeated Mr. WilSon, who had all along, and
up to that very hour, I May say, been what
the Star termed an uncompromising "Loco
, foco." Since that time until quite recently,
he has stuck to the hnow . Nothing plat
fOrm like a good fellow, and when the Phila
delphia nominations were made, he run-up
the flag of Fillmore. Ile clung to this reve l ..
ed name for a while, but as time advanced he
gradually became more and more smitten with
the peculiar and congenial windingswindingsf the
`"Pathfinder," and eventually he saw fit to
place the name of John Charles Fremont on
.The very top of his flag staff, high and dry,
enough above that of his late friend Fillmore.
Notwithstanding all this shuffling, he can- .
not directly say at this moment what man-he
iten d s=to - support at - the - comi iig - Presrd
election, and consequently he has his present
Platform so constructed as to allow him to
take out, and slip in a "plank" at pleasure i la
order to keep step with the variations of the
tunes that he may adopt from day to day. lie
has not given publicity to anything haltsio ex
pressive and definite in regard to his political
_ t and mei es, 6110, tbe_ bet yel of hit j~i.cnd
eely, , as the communication in his last issue,
headed "Union and Anti-Buchanan Club."—
It will - be seen by perusing this document of
his Own composition, that he has the honor of
presiding over an Anti-Buchanan Club,—a
position that becomes him to a fraction, since
it serves as a "nut shell" exposition of his po
litical creed. An ti-Dealocrati c. Anti-Buchan
an, and Anti-Catholic, are the only things
that are likely to stay on his stomach, ofagree
with his elastic and raving appetite. C.
How Sthods the Record.
ba 1840 Mr. Buchanan addressed a Dem:o
'er:ale convention in Pennsylvania as follows:
"The Whig party had in Mr. Clay a. candi
date of whom they might justly be proud--4a
man of bold and fearless heart, a mans& bold•
and cominanding eloquence, and a,man: d is
ting-uish‘Ki Although oppost4 tci Ma
political principles, yet I have ever felt for
him the highest regard." . _
And yet, in the - face of the above declara
tiou, Mr. Buchanan ha.s been pronounced "the
slanderer of Henry Clay."
The Watch-word.
The united convention at Syramese, N. J.,
has giVen to the Democratic ariny the word
"Close ranks cud charge;" and we• mistake,
the temper of Democratic soldiery if they
.do
not drive the broken ranks of the enemy he
fore -t em like chaff before the wind.
Presidential Prospects.—The recent eleo
tions, taken in connection with other facts,
says the JOurnal of C 0111,711 CTCC, render it not im-
I proliable that - the tileetoral vote of - every Sonth
ern State.will he given for Buchanan. The.
total of these votes is 120. Number ueeessa
ry to choice, 159. Penmsylvaniu giVes 27
cousin 5, New Jersey 7, Maine 8, &e. If
northern Democrats do their duty, the result
cannot be doubtful. But they must work for
it. Such a, &vial - ice• to whip out sectionalism
and ultraNin does notoecur often.
Mr. .131b31,attan aihd Governor Letcher.--Ex-
Governor ',etcher, Of. Kentucky, in. a speech,
at May slick, in. that State, said ‘-'that Mr. Bu
chanan was his personal friend—that he was
a gentleman and a patriot; for whom be en
tertai ued a hi;g:Lisgard---ccad Mot kecoiard not
say a' word against okaracter, as a man..
He did not like his, political sentiments,. and.•
i:45 the -.aitness upon, whom. the. opposition edi
tors have relied ta prove- Mr. Duchana.a. the.
calumniator of Mr.. Clay r
Last Joke of the &axon !—A loeofocn , paper
in Ohio say's that the Committee- , Appointed to,
wait on 31r. Buchanan to 9,unoumee to him his.
nomination, found the,"UU Sage" calmly at
work in his garden, hdeing potatoes I—Ctir/iste•
Hcrukl,
A Black Republican paper- printed on the.
other side of Jordon says that vrhen the fusion:
committee waited on Mr. Fremont, they founat
the "Young llysou" calmly at work in his sta
ble, currying the kinks out of the. woolly
horse's Mir.—Valley Spirit. •
Highly Significant.
In the town of Faxm ON T, near Toledo, Min,
a Republican procession had two coal-black
negroes as its standard-bearers. One of them
carried a flag in front of the procession, upon,
which was emblazoned thirteen States, with
the motto, "Free Kansas and Fremont." The
other negro carried a black eagle upon 4.
standard: So we go.
August Elections—Democratic Majorities.
Nownt CAROLINA, 10;000 t
ARKANSAS, 5,000
ALABAMA, 10,0001
• KENTUCKY, 10,0001
MISSOURI, 20,p00 -
DEMOCRATIC MAJOAITY
IN FIVE STATEN
FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND !I
,The Constitution of the United States,
Section 4, Article 6, says, No religious test
shall ever be required as a ip4alification to any
oflice or public trust under the United States.
When Mr. Fillmore joined the Know Noth
ing Lodge at Buffalo, he swore that he would
not vote for a Catholic for any position of
trust, or profit, and of course if in parer would
have to ask a man what his religious predilec
tions were before he could appoint him.—Can
Mr. Fillmore .bc- trusted—lot him act as he
would, base perjury would come near the re
sult.---Hanorty Gazette.
The List Explat q . the Puthfinder.—A par
ty of shriekers, lately returning from a gath
ering of freodom, found a man assiduously es
saying to ascend the - over-shot wheel in a large
w lite aNkerilt hu
\VaS , 1 7111', ...Well stran-er7 said he, "do yo u
see that, whit- ii' use up there? Well I'm try
in!, t,, get into it, hut somehow theseJ.
stairs won't hold. still."
That is what we call a free-mount B u t
-such a getting up stairs we Cleve.; lii St 3."
For the CotripSler
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