Proceeding of the Congressional
Conference.
At a meeting of the Democratic Conferees of
the count ins of Lycoming. Northumberland, IT.
nioo and Clinton, composing the l?th Congres
sional district, convened at the home of Theo
dore Wells, in the borough of Muncy. Lycoming
county, on Wednesday the 11th dny of Septem
ber, 1 11, for the purpose of nominating, in tie
coi dance with the usages of the paitw, n p-rsnt
to be recommended to the support of the Demo
cracy of said district as a candidate for Congress,
The meeting was organized hy choosing G.
LElSEXRIXG, Esq ., of Noi thumbi War d county.
President, and appointing Col. Jcin Ei::,NFir,
of Lycoming county, Secretary :
When it appeared that the coulerns f:om the
following named counties were in attendance
and answered to their names :
LyeimiingUon. Thomas Taggmt, Col. John
Bennett.
Northumberland William Wilson, Gideon
Leisenring.
Un'on R B. Barbour, Jonathan Wolfe.
The Conferees from Clinton county not ap
pearing, Mr. Wolfe moved,
Tint the conference adjourn until to-morrow
(Thursday 12th! in order to give them an oppor
tunity of being present, which motion was a
grced to.
Tiicrsiiay, Sept 12.
The conference met pursuant to adjournment
The conferees from Clinton county appeared,
and prevnte I their credentials, viz ;
VI no i J. Harlan, Allison White, F.sqrs.
Col. John Bennett moved that the conference
do now proceed to the nomination, which was
agreed to.
Col. Bennett nominated Wm. A. Tltrikin, of
Lycoming ceunty.
Mr. White nominated Wm. DtN.v, of Clinton
county.
Mr. Wolfe nominated ALrxA.cr.ii JcRcan, of
Northumberland.
The conferees then proceeded to ballot, which
resulted as follows :
1st ballot. Crid U.Uot.
G'n. Win. A. Petrikin, 4 5
William Dunn, Esq , 2 1
Alexander Jordan, Esq , a 2
It appearing that Gen. WM. A. PEIKIKIN
received a majority of all the votes of the con
ferees, he was declared duly nominated as the can
'lid.ite of the Democratic paity for Congress, for
this district. Col. Bennett presnted a lett-r of
Gen Petrikin in reply to one addressed to him
by a number of citizens of Lycomi'g county,
and asked permission to read it to the conference,
which was agreed to.
The letter and correspondence be'ng rci.1,
OnmotionofMr.Wolfe.it was ordered that
the same be published with the proceedings of
this meeting.
Mr. Wilson presented and read the following
resolutions and moved that they be adopted, viz :
Readied, Unanimously, that Gen. WM. A
rETRIKJN, the nominee of Lycoming county,
is the Democratic candidate for Coi gresi, in the
13th Congressional District, and we individually
and collectively pledge ourselves ti support the
nominee, and that we will use all fair and honora
ble means to secure his election.
Kfvlwl, That we place implicit confidence
in t he patriotism and capacity of Col. JAMES
K POLK, of Tennessee, and GEORGE M DAL
LAS, of Pennsylvania, the nomit.ees of the De
mocratic party for President and Vice Prcsidei t,
and that we will give them our undivided f '. ppo.t
at the ensuing election in Novemttr
Res-Ire J, That we approve of the se'ect cn of J
FRANCIS R SHUNK, as the candidate rfthe
Democratic party for Governor, and we hull his
nomination as arl'earnest of certain victcy.
Resolved, That ice tan and tee will ch i t our
whole ticket in the lDth District by a triumph
ant majority at the ensuing election ; which re
solutions were each unanimously adopted.
On motion of Mr. Wolfe,
Reo'veJ, That the conferees of the 13th Con
gressional District meet hereafter at this place,
onthovJnd Wednesday of September,
JitJvtd, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the officers and published in all the
Democratic papers of the district
GIDEON LE1SENRING, Pies t
John Bi.NNrvr, Sec'y
(We annex the correspondence above referred
to )
Wim.iamsport, Sept 4. 1614.
Gen Wm A. Pstrikin Dear Sir . The
Democratic County Convention of Delegates,
from the several townships in Lycoming county,
having recommended you for nomination as the
democratic candidal for Congress in the 13th
Congressional District, and it being generally
conceded that Lycoming county is entitled to the
candidate, we as members of the Democratic
party and your fellow citizens, take the liberty
of propounding to you the following iuterrog ito
xica :
"Are you in favor of a tariff for revenue and
protection to home products and manufactures'?''
"Are you opposed to the charter of a United
State Bank?"
An early answer is respectfully requested.
Wt itrnuin, with great respeat
Yours, &c.
J. A GAMALE
II. A. KERR,
JAMES LOWDEN,
O. WATSON,
JACOB RODEARMLL,
T. B. TORBETT,
A II M'HENRY,
JOHN BENNETT,
THOMAS TAGGART.
Mi-Ncr, Sept. 1 1th, 1611.
GtxTiiMK : Your favor of 4th inef., inform
ing me that I have been recommended by my de.
mocratif fc-llow-cititeni, through their delegates
assembled in Convention, as their candidate for
Congress in tha 13th Congressional district, and
propounding to me certain interrogatories, is le
fo.e me.
i." .'. 1 1 I" . . .1'
I feel thankful to yon, gentlemen, for thus af
fording me an opportunity to express my grate
ful sense of the very high honor conferred upon
me, by this flattering testimony of the esteem
and confidence of the democracy of Lycoming
county, in selecting me as their candidate, and
particularly at this highly important crisis,
when our party are buckling on their armour, to
rjinstate the l'tih Congressional district, in its
former high and honoiahle position which it re
cently lost, by the accidental ascendency of the
Federal Wh:g party.
To your first question, viz: "Are you in fa
voi of a Tariff for revenue and protection to
home products and manufactures?" I promptly
snd frankly answer in the nffirmaHte. I am now
and ever have been in favor of a Tariff sufficient
to raise revenue to meet the necessary expenses
ft the Government, economically administered,
and at thp same time affording protection to the
great 1-ading interests of the country, to the
farmer, ni"chanic, merchant and laboring man,
us well as the manufacturer ; and although some
have thought that the TariiT of 1812 maybe ad
vantageously modified in some of its details, yet,
upon mature reflection, inasmuch as it is found
upon trial to be highly beneficial to the interests
of my native State, I have no difficulty in com
ing to the conclusion that it ought not be dis
turbed. I am therefore opposed to its repeal
and if I shall bs honored by my fellow citizens
of the 13th Congressional district, in being e
lected to represent them on the floor of Congress,
I shall ever be found sustaining the interests of
Pennsylvahia and our common country to the
best of my abilities.
In regard to your last interrogatory : "Are
yon opposed to the charter of a United State
Batik ?" I can say that I ever have been, am
now and ever will he. My opinions on that sub
ject were formed in my youth ; were in fact
part of my education ; have grown with my
growth, and strengthened ns I advanced in years
and experience, and it is the settled conviction
of my mind that a bank chattered by or in any
way connected with the general government, ei
ther in the shape of Clay's Tank, with a 30 mil
lion capital ; his great fiscal or Tyler's exche
quer, is unconstitutional dangerous to the li
berties of the people and destructive of the bust
interests of our country.
During the bitter and vindictive war waged
by the cohorts of the old rotten and corrupt Bank
with Biddle at their head, aided by Webster.
Clay, Frelinghuvsen and other of its stipendaries
in Congress and throughout the Union, ogaint
that great, good and incorruptible stateman
And'w Jackson, when many a democrat quailed
and many a heart waxed faint, I adhered still
more closely to the democratic cause, and with
all my feeble energies I sustained the adrninis
t rat ion of that distinguished and revered hero
am! patriot, and the principles he contended for
and carried out.
I am very respectfully
Your obedient sci v t ,
WM. A. PETRIKIN.
To J. A. Gamble, H. A. Kerr, James Lowden,
0 Watson, Jacob Rodcarmel, J B. Torbett, A.
II M'llenry, John Bennett, and Thomas Tag
gart. Nsw York Awakb. There were eight meet
ings of the Democracy at Now Yoik on Monday
evening. Mr. George Bancroft, Mr Robert Ty
ler, Mr. Farnumand others made addresses The
True Sun (neutral) says: "The meeting at
Tammany Hall last night, and its brandies in the
open air, formed collectively one of the largest
popular gatherings we have ever seen in the city
of New York " The Herufd says . "The meet
ing, or rather the meetings, of the loeofoi-os of
this city, last evening, indicate the existence of
a degree of enthusiasm and unanimity in that
paity, such as none or its leaders dreamed ofTa
few weeks ago. In numbers, enthusiasm and
unanimity, these great popular gatherings have
never been surpassed in this city, or probably in
any section of the Union, during any of the con
tests which have heretofore agitated the country "
Important from Texas. The schr. "Star.
from Galveston, arrived at New Oi b ans on the
7th inst , bringing pews of the dath of the Hon.
Tilghman A. Howard, U. S. Minister to Texas,
w ho died at Washington on the 10th ult. Gen.
Howard numbers the fourth American Minuter
who has found a grave in that republic. It is but
a few weeks since we recorded the deaths of
Gen.'Murphy, the American Charge, and A. M.
Green, Esq , U. S. Consul, within a few days of
each other. It pains us to leainalso of the death
of Commander J. T. K. Loihrop. of the Texas
Navy. He died at Washington on the 1 1th wit ,
of bilious fever. He was a native of Massachu
setts. Commodore Moore's trial was piogressing, as
was also the canvass for the Presidency.
In the "Star" came Mr. E. O. Con, withdc--spatches
for the U. S. Government, and for the
British and French Ministers at Washington city.
The despatches are supposed to refer to the inva
sion of Texas. Gen. Woll, with some 10,000 of
the advance detachment ot the Mexican army,
has, it is said, arrived on the banks of the Rio
Grande. This it indeed deeply interesting in
telligence, and may be supposed to have created
great excitement in Texas. The despatches
were immediately sent to Washington, by the
Collector at New Orleans, Mr. Barrett
Since the above was in type we have received
the appointment of Major Donaldson, the Private
I eerf'flt nf .Taf-Lcnri n. rM.nrirA st'AfTi.ira
to Texas, in the place of the Hon. Mr Howard,
deceased. '--
The news above, brought by Mr Coi r, in re
lation to the invus on of Texas, is said to be a
lalse report.
Fxcs6ivLY Fpnny The Boston Courier it
disposed to ascribe the defeat of its patty in
Maine to the falling off in the Millerite votes. It
fays th Mdleritea are Whigs, but thinking the
world would come to an end in the course of a
few month", thy did not think it worth while to
vote for somebody to legislate for the country
after the world is burned up !
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Srjt. 21, !811.
Democratic Nomination.
FOR PRESIDENT,
J ABIES IE. rOLII,
OF HCNNHRSFlE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
GEO. IM. DALLAS,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR GOVERNOR,
ifvancffif it. 3 n unit.
FOR CANAL COMMlgftKINFtt,
FOR COM II KM,
C.KX. WM. A. PET1MKIX.
C O U N TV TICK E T .
FOR ASsK.MKl.Y,
EI) WAN I) Y. 1$ Kill I IT.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
DAVID MAHTZ.
FOR AflJlToR,
THOMAS STHIXi:.
K L F. CTORS,
Fo
I'reniitent and Vice President nf l'ie V Stairs
WILSON MTANDLESS,
Seiiatoi iiil.
ASA DIMOCK,
R F. P R F. S E N T A T I V E .
1. Gko. F. T.FiniAN, 13. Gkorue Sciinadle,
2. Christian Kneass, 14. Nath'l. B. Ell tu n.
William H. Smith, 15. M.N. Irvine,
John Hill, (Philu )
SoirrL E. Leech,
Samvel Camp,
Jr.ssn SiiAr.PE,
N. W. SA.Mrur,
Wm. Ht:lPENRrtrli,
Cdnrati Simmer,
StiI'Hf.n Bai.ov,
Jon ai Bp.r.wsi tit,
10.
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20.
01
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Jamts WoorniTS,
limit Montgomery
Isaac Ankney,
John Matthews,
Wm. Pattftson,
Antirew Rrr.KE,
John M'Git.L,
Christian Myers,
11. Roi'EKI Ol!R.
IT, It. '..', 7.. at litg Kr.iir.g
late a-id tout timer, .V-. 5'J Vine Strut, I'M
tacltlphia, i atithnrlztd In net on .t?rnt, ni d
rrerlt tor all tuoiiir due this oftitr, for tub
nerlpllon or adv. rthhig,
,1lito,i.t hlit OMee.Vo. ICO .Vati S rrrt,
.V.ip IV.
C7 A letter of Gkn. Wm. A. Petrikin will be
found in the proceedings of the conference, pub
lished in another column of this paper. The
General speaks to the point on the United States
Bank.
Ev Who Can Beat it. A Tomato was
presented us on Tuesday last, by Mr. James
H'Med, of this boiough, which was raised in his
garden, weighing SOounces. It can be seen in
this ellice.
We were aUo shown a Pach. a few days since,
from the garden of Mr. J H. Zimmerman, of this
place, which weighed t'J ounces.
CP" HuN Jami Hi f hanan. This gentleman
visited our borough on Monday lat, as the guest
of his old friend, Mr. Lewis Dewart. He was wai
ted upon and cordially greeted by many ol our ci
tizens. O" Littei.l's Living Agl. This valuable
periodical, of September 7th. i before It is
a periodical that every person should posess
This number, like all those that have pieceded
it, abound w ith the choicest matter of the Age.
Publii-hcd in Postun, 1 lj Washington Street
Price, Io j cts. a number
A Codn on his Ba k. As the thousands
of Democrats were passing up the canal, to the
Great Muss Meeting at Milton, on the 14th inst.,
a com was observed lying at full length on his
back. The Maine election was, undoubtedly, a
"coon killer."
K7 Omi-Fei.lowiiip. On Friday evening,
lljth inst , we had the pleasure of listening to a
very interesting lecture on this subject, by the
R. v. Wm. T. Fames. The lecture was deliver
ed in the Court House, in this place, to a large
audience of ludies and gentlemen ; and from the
attention that was paid to the remarks of the
tah iited orator, and the commendation bestowed
upon him after tin; 1-cture was over, we have
no doubt that all were highly gratified and pleas,
t d w ith them. The subject was new to a treat
many, some having m ver heard that such a so
ciety w;is in existence, and few being aware of
the b: u fit such un iustitiitn is to tb persons
b. lorgir.g to the society. The lecturer treated
the subject in a very masterly ami eloquent man
ner, and proved clearly to his audience the b me
lits arising from mutual reli. f societies, if pro
perly conducted. Mr. Barnes, in the course of
his remarhs, stated that he had frequently been
asked "why Lot admit the ladies to member
ship " He very ju-tly remarked that ladieg were
Odd-fellow s already, because they were always
engaged in works of benevolence and charity, in
soothing the couch of pain, and in administer
ing to the wants of the afflicted.
Arc you Assessed.
From to-day, but 16 days intervene to the e
lection; if you are not assessed before the 28th
inst you cannot vote. Again we say, are you at
$etied t Let every Democrat look to thit, and
let thote who are assessed look around them to
tee that there are none of their friends who have
neglected thit important requisite. At the ap
proaching election we wish to secure every De
mocratie vote "A fair field and a fair fight,"
and thf vi- ory is our's
O It A N D It A Ii L Y
or TUB
Dimocrary of the Uth District, at Milton.
6,000
DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLED IN COUNCIL.
Last Saturday was a glorious day among the
unconquerable Democrats of this district, a sure
presage of the great victory which will crown
our exertions on the second Tuesday of October
next, and an auspicious harbinger of a still more
glorious victory on the Ides of November, over
the mcdly array of count.
The Borough of Milton presented no unusual
spectacle as late as ten o'clock of that day, and
the coons began in their usual biagadocia style,
to cry failure ! a complete failure ! but the demo
cratic masses soon began to come in by thou,
sands, and the poor coons disappointed, mortified
and dismayed, fled to their cooneries thoroughly
convinced that the 13th district would be re
deemed from the yoke of modern whiggr-ry. The
hardy yeomany arrived in such masses that it is
impossible for us to describe in detail the differ
ent clubs and processions as they marched in ; for
they came on horse-back and on foot, in wagons
and by boat loads, withtheir banners raised aloft,
their flags flung to the breeze, and their bands
pealing forth the soul-stirring airs of '7(1 and'S'S.
Our readers may form some idea of the enthusi
asm which pervades the Democracy, fiom the
fact that one single procession from Lycoming,
numbered three hundred and tixhj-firc wnunt
and 1200 hardy democrats. The Democracy
of Anti-masonic, Bank-ridden Union were re
presented by hundreds ; the "Star of the North"
was there w ith her unlerijicd demncrari, and our
own gallant little county poured forth her mass
cs of Democratic Yeomanry. By lio'colck the
tow n was literally filled with people, so that it
w as almost impossible to make one's way through
the streets. At 1 o'clock, Gen. Green, the Chief
Marshall, attempted to form the procession, for
the purpose of proceeding to the island where a
stand had been erected for the speakers, but the
dust was so annoying that not more than two
thirds of those in attendance could be prevailed
upon to enter the procession. The persons in
procession was counted as they crossed the
bridgj to the island, and their number was fmir
lmwand even hundred und nijcty-threr.
The meeting was organized by calling GEN.
ROBERT FLEMING to preside, assisted by a
number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
Gen. Fleming made a few eloquent and pertinent
remarks npon taking the chair, and concluded by
introducing to the people the HON. JAMES
BUCHANAN, whose appearance was greeted
with shouts hat seemed to shake the very earth.
' Our own Buchanan" addressed the assembled
multitude in a speech which enchained the at
tention of the vast assemblage for several hours.
Every eye throughout the mighty concourse was
intently fixed upon the eloquent speaker, and
every ear hung upon his convincing argument
his thrilling appeals. We will venture to say,
that no Democrat left that ground without clear
er iews of the ereat political questions that
now divide the country the mighty conseqiieu.
ces involved and a firmer conviction of the truth
of his principles, and an abiding confidence in
their ultimate triumph.
We wish that it was in
our power to give our readers even a sketch of
ti.m speech, but it is not.
The meeting was also eluqnently a d.liessed by
the Hon. Ellis Lewis and John V. Forney, Esq.,
of Lancaster. The speeches of both these gen
tlemen were veiy rflective and commanded great
attention.
About tiOO ladies from Danville, Northumber
land and the surrounding country were in attend
ance, and presented a splendid array of youth and
beauty. Their smiles cheered on the youn" de
mocracy in the welt tried path of their demo
cratic ancestors. The ladies from Northumber
land carried a banner representing THOMAS
W. DORR in his Cell, w ith his manacled hands
raised to Heaven, asking for mercy for his cruel
and aristociatic tyrants.
'I hi meeting was emphatically THE MASS
MEETING of the campaign, out-uumbering by
many thousands all the meetings held in this
quatter, either by thewhigs or democrats. It
has stricken the coons with dismay, and filled the
bosom of every democrat with enthusiastic con
fidence in the success nf our candidates by a tri
umphant majority.
Gin. Wm. A. IVtrikin.
Our readers will see, by the proceedings of the
Congressional Conferees, that Gen. Win. A. Pe
tiikin, of Lycoming, has been nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Congress, in this
district. This gentleman is wad I qualified in e
very respect to represent us with honor and abil
ty. He was born and bred a democrat of the Jef
fersonian school, he has labored long and earnest
ly for the cause of Democracy, and is richly en-
t.tled to the support of every true democrat. His
moral character is unblemished not a word has
ever been breathed against it. His letter, pub
lished with the proceedings of the Conferees,
must satisfy the most ardent friend of the Tariff
that his viesvs upon that subject are sound and
coirect lie avows himself in favor of the pro
tection of home industry, and unequivocally op
posed to disturbing the TariiT of tM2. He is
then the Tur "candidate of the Democracy, and
will be elected by an overwhelming majority
(Q-Umon Count. The Democracy of this
county are aroused, and determined to give the
coont a warm contef t. 1 he whig majority will
be greatly reduced at the coming election.
Meetings were held at New Berlin on Monday
and Tuesday evenings last, which were ably ad
dressed by A. Jordan, W. L. Dewart and C. W.
llegint, Esqrs.
On Wednesday a very large county n . ting
was'held, far out -numbering the coon men of
the daypreviout, and eloquent speechet 4 1 'e
by Gen. Wm. F. Packer in the English and E.
W. Hutter, Esq , in the German languages.
These gentlemen gave the cons such a skinning
as thry will long remember.
V I C T O It Y t
One Thousand Cliccn for MAINE !
The returns from this gallant little State indi
cate a much greater Democratic triumph than
we had any reason to anticipate. Never has
Whiggery sustained such a defeat, or Democracy
gained a more Brilliant Victory !
We extract the following returns from the Au
gusta (Maine) Age of last Saturday :
Anderson, (Dem.,) so far as heard from, 47,122,
Robinson, (Whig,) 37,400. Present Democratic
majority, 9,410. In 1810, Fairfield, (Dem ) 1 1,
047 ; Kent, (Whig,) 4 1,015.
There are 31 towns and some plantations to
be heard from, which in 1910 gave a Democratic
majority of G01. Allowing no further gains, the
Democratic majority in the state will be 10,017,
and the Democratic gain, compared with IS 10,
10,418.
The Democrats have carried 5 members of '
Congress, the Coons 1. In the strongest demo
cratic district in the state there is no choice, the
Democrats having run two candidates. The
next trial will elect another demociat, making
the delegation stand Democrats 0, Coons 1.
Senators elected 2S Democrats, .1 Coons. Tin
House of Representatives will probably stand,
Democrats 101, Coons ID when all the vacan
cies arc filled.
d" Popi'lar VolE of I.mhana. The New
York Journal of Commeree, (w hig paper.) re
cently gave a statement of the popular vote in
the counties of Indiana, except eight, show ing a
democratic majority of 721. Add the majority
in the eight counties, 1000, and the majoiityin
the State is 1,7.')0. Harrison's majority in IS in,
11, U S. Demociatic cain. 1 I.S'.lS !
BT7 Pi'iTt.AR Vote of Illinois, as indicated
by the congressional elections: Dem , 51..V.
Whig, ,'fi,vo3. Democratic majority, 11.77').
Van Buren's majority in l'UO, ,0'M. Democra
tic gain, 1-2.S.10 !
C7Tiie nixi Stat Ei.rci ion. The next
State that will vote will be Maryland, on th
second of next menth. Then follows soon after
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and Georgia.
E7 In speaking ofEmvAiti. Y. Biii.;irr, our j
Democratic candidate for the Legislature, the
Pottsvi'le Emporium says: 'Our democratic 1
friends have nominated their late able and faith-
ful representative. This is right no member
at Harrisbuic, last winter, stood hi-iher in the
estimation of the public for probity, integrity
and industry, than Mr. Bright. "
ZT The New York Express says, that Cap
tain Stockton ofTers the follow ing bets, to wit :
510,110(1 that Polk and Dallas will be elected.
10,000 on each of the States of New Yoik. Penn
sylvania, Virginia and New Jersey, making
ViO.omt; all to be taken together.
ZJ" The following is an extract of an address,
delivered by Gkn. Simon Camhson, on being
called to preside at the Democratic Mass Meet
ing, held at Harrisburg, on the 2d instant :
"Hut it may be more appropriate now to
fpenk of the living. The unbroken iinanim'tv
w.th which I'KAXCIS R. Slll'.NK his been
made our leader, is at once an evidence nf his
great worth, and of the strenetli nnd lu.rimuiv
..'!. 1 1. . ... V.. ,..1. ...
! V ",l " ''" " l""'.v- ''"'"""n"1"
inns-, iii mt! iii at oi i in- connici.i le name more
th in half 'iiuM, have suddenly sell cted a new
leader, nnd pl.ici d him at the in a.! of themigh
ty l.ii-t w it In .nt experiencing the least confusion
or disorder. Mr. Shunk has hern tried in ma
ny stations, and found faithful in all. During
the last war he was content to serve as an hum
lie private in the rands a grateful people will
now, by ncclamutioii, make- him the Cumman
dr in Chief ! He owes nothing to lami'y or
fortune. Ti e son of a poor man, he had not,
in early life, the advantages nf collegiate train
ing. Ilis journey up the hill ot science whs
arduous nnd painful but by persevering indus
try, coupled wilh good si use and sound prinei
p es he has reached the summit. 1'i.r Mich a
lender no man can refuse to do the battle. The
old will rally round the standard, and turning
to the young- w ill incite them lo f 'inilate his
example. The unanimity with which A 1. 1,
now come to fie re-cue, is a beautiful commen
tary on the efficiency of free government. It
is proof that here "all men are free and equal,"
and that ihc road to distinction is open to him
whose only inheritance is a sound heed and an
honest heart. Stimulated by such a noble ex-
liitiition nl the character of our free institutions,
we shall emerge from thp October and Novem
ber struggles, as: in times of old, with the De
mocratic banner streaming in VIC TORY !
C7 Ji stics to Francis R. Siilnk The
following resolution was passed unanimously at
a Native American meeting, Philadelphia, for
New Market, Cedar, Locust ami Tine Wards,
held on Saturday evening last : 1
"Refo'ved, That the Native American party
neither recognise nor endorse as true, the charges
brought against the Democratic candidate for
Governor, in relation fr an alleged speech made
by him in IMtsbur?. as published; that we desire
every American Republican to vote for such can
didate for Governor and President as he pleases;
we as a paity eiuloise no slander against any
man "
Will the whigs now retract their slanders a
gainst Mr. Shunk ? They were published to
secure the Native vote, but the bait did not take,
it seems.
C7" The Democrats of Unity township, West
moreland county, the home nf Mnrkle, recently
held an immense public meeting, and unanimous
ly passed the following resolution :
Resolved, That the friends of Gen. Markle ask
the people to vote for him on the giound ofin'ii
cjiles, we cannot sustain him, because he is in fa
vor of a National Bank, of an assumption of the
State Debts and of the various measures that
characterized the old Federal, and now mark the
modern whip party. The friends of Markle must
not be offended if we take them at iheir own
words, and again condemn his principles, as we
once did, by a majority of 2,500 in Westmore
land. CT" Note tiis pRoriiKty ! On the 02nd of
October, lfell, the Pittsburg Gazette, a rabid
coon paper, made the following prophecy. It
will be verified to the letter :
"Henry Clay can never be Presiifer.t of these
United States, and it is uitltsi for tha whig party
to throw away their votes in the attempt.'1
Letters from Mr. Miunk.
The Slanders Nailed.
The following letter from (ho Democratic
candidate for Governor, vill be read with in
terest. It puts lo rest a vile, infamous fabri
cation, which the whigs, with their usual
industry in propagating- falsehood, have been
retnilinjj through their Jonrnsl and stump
speakers. Is it not disgraceful that a great
party, claiming to possess so much of the "talent
and respeclahility" of the country, should ba
found willing to make use of such detestable
trickery and falsehood, fr the purpose of in
culcating their opininns, and forcing their In
competent men upon the public ? They never"
say one word in relation to their own cnididate(
1 1 ifi lamentable incompetency is too notorious
for even Federal sssiirsnce to deny. They spend
their enr-raien, therefor", in inventing slanders
again t the Democratic candidate; which
wnuhl be hateful, did their fiimsiness not sink
them into contempt.
It is trim, tint aftor the 4th of March Con
vention had nominated Mr. M i'iilfmikhq, the
Clay presses, with one accord, were lavish in
praise of Mr. Shunk, lauded his unexceptiona
ble cbar-ietpr, nnd expressed s t'reat deal of
tender sympathy for him. "Had hmint Fravk
Shark received the nomination, we confess
I iwrrhnncr of electing Mnrkle would have been
but s'im," was echoed from every whig mouth
! in tho StntR. Hut since a Providential Dis
i pensalinn has made Mr. Shunk the candidate
j of the Democratic parly, they Imvt: nssumrd a
different tone, entirely, and do not hesitate to
charge upon him eveiy ?prcies of liitfh crime
j and misdemeanor. Oh! Whipgery, Wliiggeiy,
it we had no other name by whic'i to know
thee, we would call thee rank hipnci irj.
It will he seen that Mr. S. confronts his ac
cusers with n broad anil unqualified denial.
Wh.it now becomes of his petty slanderers and
f.Is Tiers ! They will go on, totming and fret
ting, until they w ind themselves up in the fila
ments of their own disgrace, tor it is hut an art
.j't:cf tr th; impotency of their calumnicj.
t tate, that even nmv, v. hen their paroxysm is
iN zenith, iiu one apprehends tho least evil to
'he Slate :
"Pm isih ro, August 21, 1-i 1 1.
1 Dkar Sir : -The publication in the II ir-
nslmrg telegraph, ot the 11th Hist , amy, as
you observe, require some notice. It isnnex
tract from the Pittsburg American, and pur
ports to be the substance of a speech made bv
meat a Democratic Mass Meeting, held at
Hroadhursi's, in this city, on the evening of the
.'II instant. Tiik Set-in n Ascunici) to mk i
IKNTIRFIV A WORK OK FANI V. I DID NOT
II I TER A SIXCLi; SENTIMENT IT
CONTAINS, AND IT DOES NOP C)..
TAIN A SINGLE SENTIMENT I UT
TERED. lieiog called upon, on that evening, to speak
to my German fellow-citizens in their native
tongue, 1 made n short inhln ss to them, in
which I alluded to the emises w hich tore them
from the homes of ih'-ir youth, and the graves
of their ancestors from the ib'a-ntit Father-
j I'tnd upon the Rhine and induced them to
1 come to this laud ot freedom, w here the pow er
of government is Vste '. not in Emperors and
I King-, hut in the sovereign people. I also al
umni to me questions which nt the next elec
tion liir President are to he dee;ded, and with
out entering upon a consideration ol the details,
I urged them, in common w ith all goul Citizens,
to ex ntnine these questions w ilh that care w hich
their import. nice demanded, in order that their
decision might he made with u view to the pro-
I servation efour free m-l, lotions, and keeping
i sacred, in the li'inds of the p -opie, the control
of the goiernim nt. :5'b lut'i fic fl fllvl r, l i
,!(i!"fn ?iiiltc tor OJu'niM kit w voithortijon.
hot n word, and il'ol nut allude, directly
I or indirnit, lo riliaifus disputes, or sects, or
! In the limn an nts of I lie Satire Aniericun par'
ty. I appeal, w ith the utmost confidence, tn
I every man who whs present, of whatever party
j or politics he miiy be, who heard and under
I stood what I did sav, tor the truth of the ttnte
I ment here made. In this city, where the facts
are know n, the publication alluded to, is under
stood and known to he a fabrication, and has no
effect, but abroad it may be believed. I have
lately seen n version of it in a (!ermr.n piper,
published at Lebanon. Hence I am troubling
von with the statement. Use it as you think
best.
In haste, 1 am,
Yours re-pertfollv,
FRANCIS It. SIIUNK."
I urged them, to vindicate the Equal Rights
of mankind.
, The following letter was addressod, by Mr.
Shunk, to the-editois of the Pittsburg Daily, for
publication, refuting the base slanders published
, in the whig paper of that city, concerning his hos
i tility to the Bible. It gives them the direct lie.
What will these honest worthies invent next ?
j "Pitisiiimi, Sept. 12,
; the lid Inrs oj the D.uly :
(ieiilleinen, 1 he p(Ksitiou paiiers are
! crowding accusations against me. The 1'ilts
, bin eh (iazetie now sas that I am hostile to the
use ol I In: llible in Comitcm Schools, and the
; conclusion the editor draws, is I am told, for 1
! have not seen his sheet, that I am an enemy to
the Uible Unt il.
The truth is, tint Iain friendly to the use
of the It. hie in our Common Schools, and among
my first acts, alter I was elected a School Di
rector in llarriiiburg, in lS'17 or lis, I pro
sed that the Ihble snould he read in the Schools
ot our Ward, which was agreed toby the Iliard.
1 do not know whether a record of tins proceed
ing was kept, hut I am certain that I)r Eager,
the Secretary, and the other members of the
Board w ho were present, remember it
In conversation, I have no doubt said, because
it is my opinion, that in Schools where the pa
rents ol tho children differ with regard to the
use of the Hit)! e as a School book, it is well, ra
ther than make that holy book an occasion of
unholy strife, not to insist upon its use for this
puiposc. For the religious education ot chil
dren belongs to their parents and their Sabbath
School instructors, and is not in common en
trusted to the Schoolmasters whose srholais ge
nerally belong to various denominations. There
are manygo-jd men w ho conscientiously believe
that it is improper to use the U'ble for the pur
pose of teaching children to read, because, it
may bo calculated tj lessen their reverence for