unexplained and undisclosed where lies in this transaction the departure from straight forwardness and candor. So far' indeed from admitting the encourage ment which you gave to t his bill in its inception, and explaining and excusing i your sudden and violent hostility towards i it, you throw into your Veto Message an interrogatory equivalent to an assertion! that it was such a bill as you hail already d;elared could not receive your S3llCiilll/. Such is the obvious effect tit the first in-, terrogatory clause on the second page.' It hart all the face of an assertion with out its open fairness. 1 have met und re futed this, the necessary inference front your language, in my preceding. statement, the correctness ol which you I am sure will not call in question. Your veto to the first bill yoa reefed on constitutional ground and the high con victions of conscience ; and no man in my opinion, had a ligltt to question your sincerity. I so said, and so acted, for, .through all the contest and collision that arose out of that act, you had my adher ence and support. But how is it with respect to this Y The subject of a bank is not new to you ; it is more than twenty years that you have made it an object ol consideration and of study, especially in its connexion with the constitutional pow• era of the General Government. You, therefore, could not be, and you were not, taken unprepared on this question. The bill which I reported to Congress, with your approbation, at the commencement of the session, had the cause relating ito agencies, and the power to deal in ex changes, as strongly developed as the one you have now rejected, and equally with out the assent of the States. You refer' , ed specially and with approbation to that clause, many days after in a conversation held in the Department of State. You sanctioned in t his particular bill as de tailed above. And no doubt was thrown nut on the subject by you, in my hearing, or within my knowledge, until the letter of Mr. Botts came to your bads. Soon after the reading of that letter, you threw out strong intimations that you would veto the bill if it were not postponed. That letter I did and do most equivocally condemn, but it did nut affect the cohsti• tutionaiity of the bill, or justify you in re jecting it on that ground ; it could allect only the expediency of your action; and, whatever you may now believe as to the scruples existing in your mind, in this and in a kindred source, there is strong ground to believe they have their origin II Ibe right in this, and I doubt nut I am, here is a great public measure de manded by the country, passed upon and approved by the Representatives of the States and the People, rejected by you on grounds having no origin in conscience, and no reference to the public good. The rejection of this measure, too, continues the purse with the sword in the hands of the Executive, from which we strove to wrest it in the contest which elevated your prtitlecesaor and you to power. I cannot concur to this your course ol poli cy. In or out of office my opinions re main unchanged. I cannot abandon the principles for which, during all any politi cal career, I have struggled ; especially I cannnot be one of the instruments by I which the exacutive wields these combin ed, accumulated, and dangerous powers. i These, sir, are the reasons for the im portant step which I have felt it my duty to take, and I submit them as itsjustifica • tion. lam, very respectfully, yours, T.EWING, TO the PIIECIDENT. 0 RPILIA:i : Hi" Salk E. 'N N pursuance of an order of the Or phans' Court of Huntingdon county. will to exposed to public sale, on the pre mises, on Wednesday, the 18th day of October next, at one o'clock in the after noon, the following described TRACT OF LAND, situate in Hopewell township, Hunting. don county, on the w .ters of the Rays town branch of the Juniata, adjoinit ' , land of James Eutrekin , Esq. on the west, Ja cob Hess on the south, lands formerly owned by Michael and Peter Keith on the east and north, containing One Hundred Acres, neatly all of which is improved and cul tivated, with two houses and a stable thereon erected, with the appurtenances,' late the estate of John Griffins. dec'd. Terms of Ruie: One third OfWpur chase money to be paid on the confirms lion of the sale, one third in one year the' eatter, with interest, and the remain.. ing one third to remain in the hands of the purchaser durintr the life of the widow, he paying to her annually and regularly during her natural life, the interest there of, and the principal to the heirs of the deceased, at the death of the widow ; all to be secured by the bond and mortgage of the purchaser. 11 EN It Y 13E VE R„ A dnert. DANIEL AFRICA, By the Court, JOHN REED, Clerk September 22, 184 t. .111.1111.17 S TAM TO S LETTE'IIS of administration on the es tate of James Clarke. late of Morris town ship, deceased. have been granter( to the un dersigned. All persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment; and all those having claims against it will present them pruperly authenticated for settlement wtthout delay. _ _......... JAA9iIS CI. A R K 41cfmitiWrator. August 184.1. THE JOURNAL. One country, one constitution one destiny 's Huntingdon, Sept. 22, IS4I. Democratic Candidate FOR GOVERNOR, JOHN BANKS, OF BERKS COUNTY DiI , MOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. SHERIFF. JNO. BROTHERIANE, of Hollidaysburg _ PHIN G. MILES, of Huntingdon. SANFORD S. DE VVEY, of Birmingham, TREASURER. ANDREW K. EintsT, of Huntingdon' CORONER JAMES HUDSON, of D:th;in township Commzssioxya. ROBERT MOORE, of Huntingdon, AUDITOR ALEXANDER STITT, of Alex ,ndria A rew 11ems. Kr We commend to our readers the letter of resignation of the Hon. T. Ew. ing, resigning his seat in the Cabinet, as Secretary of the Treasury. Let it be care fully read, and we feel confident that there are none but what will think ai we have done,—that Mr. Tyler has betrayed hi: , friends. KrSIIF.IIIFFALTY.- By some accident, the name of lames Te npleton, as a can. dilate for Sheriff; was left out of our pa per last week ; and we are informed that there are some who take advantage of it, and report that he has withdrawn. Mr. Templeton requests us to say that the re port is erroneous—that he is still a can didate, and if elected, will perform the duties with fidelity. Oti-THE ACDRCSS flour County Com• mittee is inserted in to-day's paler. It is an interesting and important document; end will well deserve the careful perusal of every honest son of Pennsylvania. It lays out, in the plainest, and brighteat co. lours, the character and conduct of the present State Admintstration. Let every man, who feels the necessity of opposing the reelection of David R. Porter, read it, and ponder on its statements ; they are the truth—the plain unvarnished truth. Voters, don't forget to read and remem• ber tt. KrThe length of the Address, as well as its importance, has rendered it impos Bible for us to insert several important articles for this week ; among others, the letter of John S. [sett, Esq. It shall ap• pear in our next. ADDRESS OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE, TO THE PEOPLE OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY. FELLOW-CITIZENS: Within three weeks from this time, the most important elec tion which has ever taken place in Penn sylvania, will be decided—decided for good or for evil ; and if we would do our duty—if, when it is over, we would 're joice with those who rejoice' in the tri• umpli of correct principles, the ascenden• ry of honesty and truth, and the restora tion to their primitive beauty and vigor] of the honor, constitution, and laws of the commoilwealth : if we would not re• [broach ourselves with a passive instru mentality in upholding a corrupt, profli gate, lawless, and tyrannical State Ad ministration, —or, if, whatever may be the result, we would have the joys of tri umph sweetened, or the pains of defeat mitigated, by the consciousness of having dune OUR DUTY,--there is not a day to lose in preparing fur the conflict. In thin aspect of affairs, consirlerin 4 the im• porturice of the approaching contest for governor in this Slate, the consequences which must inevitably result oni• way 01 the other, and 111, means and m•frde of opt ration which have been adopted in this county by the present iticumbeut, Nit. Porter, we, as the committee appointed fur the county of Huntingdon, by the State Convention which nominated Joh Banks an our candidate for governor, have deemed it our duty to address you on the subject, Let none imagine that we approaci•l you merely as partizans—that we are so licitous mainly about the success of men regardless of the important measures whici: this contest, in one way or the other, must sanction, or must condemn. That, indeed, in this crisis, as every enlighten ed conscience must dictate, would be treason to our beloved commor,wealth. Measures, in the success of which, her ' honor and dearest interests are bound up; measures which,.if it ever be done, must restrain the profligacy and corruption of her rulers, now rapidly sinking her, bur dened with debt and disgrace, into bank ruptcy and ruin ; measures which must protect her laws from the alarming insub• ordination to which they are doomed, a they be longer outraged and set at nought by her highest executive officer, sworn to see that they "be faithfully executed"— measures which would restrain that same official hand from "pulling down the scaf folding which those same laws have rear ed between crime and the community," and fruits opening her prison doors and turning loose upon society the guilty, the abandoned, the blood-stained, to prey and riot with impunity upon the property and lives of the industrious, the defenceless, and the innocent ! measures, which, if it be not doomed to continued surpression, must raise again in her halls of legisia, don—the voice of the sovereign people, now 4liflcd by the tyrannical exercise of a kingly prerogative ! Such measures, we say, ;ire too big with importance to admit of a comparative thought about the mere claims of men. In comparison with them, the individual claitns of individual candidates, dwindle to nothing: in view of their magnitude, every selfish consid eration must be lost and forgetten ! They are measures which surely cannot have a rival in the minds and in the determina tion of honest and reflecting men. Be. tore such, they must rise into supreme importance ; and become the sole goy e ruing, supreme object of patriotic so. licitude Surely no man who suffers his mind to sit in candid judgment upon what is dai ly transpiring before him- —who does not wilfully shut his eyes against truths which must otherwise be seen—can fail to realize the important stake which eve ry man has in the present issue. The honest farmer at his plough, pursuing his quiet and peaceful avocation, RS he views his fields and his crops, cannot shut out from his mind the discouraging and de pressing truths, that an ENORMOUS STATE DEBT OF FORTf•ONE MILLIONS OF DOL• I ' Leats, and increashig lately at the alar•' sting ''ate of nearly THREE MILLIONt A YEAR is suspended over our heads ; and that unless the system of squandering the public money to reward and enrich ac live partizans and friends, and to influ ence the elections of the people, so ex tensively and shamelessly practised by the present State Administration, be checked, the fruits of his toil, if not his farm—his home itself—must inevitably contribute to the payment of that mam• moth debt. No valley or hill-side can be so secluded —no hamlet, no domestic hearth ran be so fur removed from the strife of the world, that it must not be in vatted daily by the rational tear. that IF THE LAWS be not maintained and upheld IN THEIR POWER, or if they be trampled under-foot by their highest sworn minis• ter, THEY must lose their power to protect, and we the greatest civil blessing we have --the SECURITY, which, through the busi ness of the day, and in the silent watch es of the night, we now feel in their pro tection. No friend of liberty can avoid seeing ; no one who values his own free dom, can see with inifference, the rapidis ty with which the odious VETO POWER is swallowing up popular sore' eignty ; and t hat if it be not rebuked in time, it will soon, if it has not already done it, convert the executive into a despot, and leave the people, shorn of their rights, in the na kedness and degradation of slaves and vassals. And it the executive, control ling, through the creatures of• his appoint ment, the money of the people—having literally an army of officeholders always ready to do his bidding— wielding an im mense patronage which extends to every corner of the State— and holding, and nu 3cruplously exercising A POWER by which lie can prevent the enactment of any law except such as suits himself—be not met imy the bold front, in unbroken phalanx of ..freetnen, determined to be free,'—de. ;ermined to preserve their laws in all their :wholesome influence upon the communi v, a shield around the virtuous, and a 'error to•evil-doers—determined not to be taxed and oppressed to feed harpies, and, enthial themselves—determined not to itt the "servant" elevate himself "above hit master," but to be heard and represen fed in their own legitimate sovereignty,— who does not see that he may hold and abuse his power for T%l 0 TERMS instead of orre, and then transmit it down , 'through a line of chosen successors, tin t.l the chains he forges for us will eat in- , to the flesh of our children The administration of David B. Porter, as thousands who, expecting better things, aided in his elevation, are now ready to admit, is without a parallel in the history of any state in the Union; and we sin cerely trust, we "ue'er may look upon its, like again," Ile, and the kindred spirits, he has drawn around him, it would leally , seem, have thought to overpowerand sub, due opposition by the boldness of their mitt-day robbery —their unscrupulous and daring abuse of power. To go into a de tailed examination of all their outrageous acts, would ;swell this address beyond its designed and proper limits, and would only be placing before you facts will which you are all familiar. We must confine ourselves to a Inlet' s alement of the prominent issues now made up ; thrust upon the people , and upon which their votes on the second Tuesday of Oc• Itober, will be their verdict. I. They will then decide, by their votes, whether, through the veto power, the will of the people, delegated to their representatives, must be made yield to the will of one man This is one issue. It is a strange one, indeed ! it is one which the framers of• the Federal Constitution, from which the provision conferring the veto power was copied into ours, never for one single mu limit supposed, would some day have to be gravely decided in Republican Penn sylvania. The VETO was, and is one of the prerogatives of the British Crown ; it was borrowed thence, and given to the President, 'chiefly' as a means of defence against encroachments by Congress opt' the executive department. It was trans ferred to the constitutions of most of the States, which was generally modeled atter that of the Union; but by a num• ber of the States it has been entirely dis carded, and in others, modified. It was very rarely exercised by the first Presi dents ; and by sonic, and amongst the most distinguished of them, it was never exercised. The ding of England has not exercised it since 1688, a period of more titan a century and a half. This fact was pointed to, at the formation of the Feder al Constitution, as evidence that the pow er would not be perverted and abused by the President ; and to that objection it was further answered by Alexander Hain. ilton, (Federalist, No. 63.): ",a king of Great Britain with all his sovereign attri • butes, and all the influence lie draws from a thousand sourer 8, would. at this day, HESITATE to put a negative upon the joint resolutions of the two houses of Parliai ment." And yet, the governor of Repub lican Pennsylvania, has not hesitated to exercise it upon the joint action of the representatives of the people, TEN times in three months ! ! And, it has already come to pass, that now, when the enact ment of any law is sought, the enquiry is not, as it should be, "will the people, by their representatives, pass it ; " but, “WILL IT MEET THE PLEASURE OF THE KIND WILL THE CROWNED HEAD NOLI WILL THE DESPOT SMILE ASSENT !" The issue, then, is truly stated. Every vote will lie an opinion upon it. Every one who believes that the republican principle that 'the people shall govern' is no longer practicable—that the government of the State is eater in the hands of oNe MAN that a monarchy or a despotism is prefer able to a representative government, will sustain Gov. Porter in the exercise of a prerogative which "a king of Great Brit ain would hesitate" to exercise ! H. The people will then, also, decide, whether the executive, thus robed in kings Iy power, and exercising it, not like a king, but like a despot, shall exercise the power of general jail deltverb, and turn loose upon society, HUNDREDS Of Convic ted felons every year, and thus take away the terrors of justice from before the eyes of the wicked—encourage crime. and expose the community to its depreila• Lions. Governo? Porter has dune so. Er • ery vote will approve or disapprove. 111. The people will, then, further de• citle, whether the laws shall be set whol ly at nought; whether criminals, with acknowledged guilt upon them, shall re ceive license--in the shape of 'previous pardons'—to walk at large ; to uely the taw and the trammels of the law; and, in the face of both, to laugh an out-raged community to scorn Governor Porter has given such license. He has pardon ed before trial the libeller and the lime thief I Knowing their guilt, (for why pars don innocent men, who, if tried, would be acquitted ? ) and sworn to see that the laws "be faithfully executed ; " he has stepped between them and the law, and taught them and others to defy it! Viewed in any light, it is au exercise of preroga; tive, or, rather, a perversion of power, at which every good citizen must shudder. And the people must say whether these things shall be ; whether they can view , without indignation and alarm; this extra. ordinary fellowship between the governor and felons ; between the sworn execu tive, and the guilty violators of the laws. Every vote will be YEA or Nay IV. The people will then, also, decide whether the patronage of the public works shall be continued in the governor ; wheth., er it shall constitute hereof er one of the arms of executive power, to be used for electioneering purposes, and purposes of speculation t Nothing less than an aul thi-ritative decision by the people will be needed. Their representatives, during the late session of the legislature, passed a Bill changing the mode of appointing the Canal Commissioners, with a view of divorcing the management of the public works trim the State administrati,.n. The governor replied, '1 FORBID; but it you make them elective by the people, 1 will agree.' It was done—he was taken at his word,—another b;ll,agreed to by him 'self, and loudly called fur by the people, was passed ; yet, in sullen defiance of the people and their representatives, and in utter disregard of his own insincere sug gestion, he holds the bill in his pocket— ivitholds his kingly assent—holds on to the public murky, and his army of touts and depindants / This one act affords a summary illustration of the man :aid his principles. Here is his kiuely preroga• tive corruptly and tyrannically exercised: his iusincerity—his contempt for the peo ple—his love of power, and his love of plunder. the decision of this issue by the people, On the second Tuesday of Oc tober, must be of a character not to be . misunderstood or resisted. V. The people will then decide anoth er issue of yet greater importance ; far it gathers importance •froin every other is• sue to be settled. It is the remedy, cho sen and appointed by the people, for the evils in government which have at length become intolerable —lt Is--shall the ONE TERM principle be adopted in Me choice of our governor ? This issue is express ly made ; and will be expressly decided. It must be. John Banks is pledged to ONE TERM --Gov. Porter is asking the of fice for a SECOND TERN, The vote for governor 'sill `to a decision of the issue ; for no man who is in favor of one term, can vote for Porter for a second term. Besides, an amendment of the constitu tion . to that effect, is now before the pee ple for their cosideration ; and will be, in• directly, adopted or rejected. Vs hether the one term principle shall or shall not be adopted, is, therefore, in oirect issue, and will be decided, perhaps, finally-- forover decided.--bj the approaching e lec tom. Let no one, therefore, lose sight of this important measure for a moment. It I nlay be the only opportunity the friends of reform will soon have, to vote eon ONE TERM ; and thus cut up ly the roots all in. , dneement and temptation to abuse awl rer rert paver and patronage, and squander thepe pie's money, and outrogetheir TO HOLD , N To Powell And let this he dime, and let the appointment of the ca nal commissioners be tales from the gov ernor, and the patronage of the public works be divorced from the State Admin. istration ; arid we will have SI pure and econotnic,,l government, and not till then,' It is moo plain to admit of doubt ti at al most every abuse of power which has crept into our governmeut, and of which the people have so homily and justly coot plained, has been the offspring of a des perate effort to retain power. Let the one term principle prevail—let the execu live be elected and enter upon his official duties without any hope of re-election : nay, with the certainty that he cannot be re-elected ; and the leading enquiry wi,h hint will not be, as it is now, .how will this appointment, or that measure, afeet my prospects for re election,' but .is RIGHT?'not, as now, 'how will it of ct my party;' bat, "WILL IT TEND Ti THE PUBLIC 000n.' Instead of filling the of floes with demagogues, chosen on account of their capacity for political intrigue, he will select honest avid capable men. He will be the governor of the State, and not the drill sergeant of a ;wry. His reward will not be a re-election ; but, in bearing with him front office, at the end of his term, the consciousness of having, in all things, done his duty; and in receiving, as he retires, from the virtuous and the intelligent, the proud plaudit, "well done, good and faithful servant " Let "one term," then, he our watchword. It is already inscribed, with the name of John Banks, on our banner. It must pre vat'. The judgm nt of the people of Pennsylvania, for the last 25 years, has plainly indicated their preference for the principle ; for it will be found, that since the days of Simon Snyder, (except in I one instance, when there was no arm, sition,) every governor who has efered him self for a re election, has either been dr feated or hat succeeded by a largely dimin ished vote. In 1817, ‘Vm. Findley was elected over Jos. Heister, by a majority of 7509. In 1820, Heister succeeded over hits, V 1451. In 1829, Geo. /toll was elected by 28 443 ; in 1832, he was re. elected by 3,l7o—his Witter majority be ing reduced above 23,000 ; and, in 1835, lie was defeated. In 1835. Jos. Rimer was elected ; and, in 1838 defeated. These, with other similar facts which might he stated, all plainly show, that the people of this State, have at least, long felt arid acknowledged the evils, which the establishment of the one term principle must and will remedy. If thi?, then, were the only issue, could any doubt the result of the contest 7 And, when it is coupled with the other issues which we have stated, and, yet, others, which the people will assuredly raise, with Governor Porter, every one of which must be decided against him ; can we Lill short of glor:ous triumph, if the friends of order and reform be active and vigi lent, not suffering themselves to sleep at their posts, or to be divided and tlistrac ted by the wiles of the eneinyl Let us, then, exhort yon, one and all, to be up and doing; to meet Governor Porter's sr my of officeholders, with a united deter urination, and unbroken front ; and to this end let us now invite your attention to a brief examination of rho schemes; to which our artful opponents have resorted in this county, to infuse dissention apd confusion into our ranks. The means and mode of operation adop ted by Gov. Porter and his friends ite Wes county, are admirably calculated tor de ceive, direct, distract and divert the at tention of his honest opponents from the true issue at the coining election, and plainly indicate, as we believe it can be demonstrated, the plotting wiley brain its which they had their origin,— that of the Governor himself. We will endeavor, as briefly as we Call, to explain and point out the manner in which this plan, con coned by Governor Porter, as we believe, has, through the instrumentality of the nominations made at Alexandria on the 27th of last month, been carried out. It was generally understood Wore our ;last August Court, that the friends of Porti ter would not nominate a Ticket in this county, and none has yet been openly and avowedly nominated as such by name. No one will presume, no one for a moment can believe that our friends--the friend& of John Banks came to our delegate con. v ention held during last August court . with the premeditated intention and design i of tieing disappointed, of distracting, dis organizing and destroying the party to which they belonged, and, in addition, carne with a previously well digested and cunningly prepared plan by which all this should be effected. Such an idea is preposterous. But all this, and more, must be conceded before it can be believed that the present so called, but we sincerely be lieve, much miscalled '‘ Working-mens Ticket" had its origin among any of the friends of John Banks. Although there were a very cansiderable number of can didates for the nomination to the office of Sheriff, yet each and every one of them pledged himself to this convention, either 'personally or through his friends, to sub mit to the decision of a majority n( the convention and to support the Ticket which should be nominated by it. If any portion of the friends of Banks were dis satisfied with the nominations then made anvil disposed to oppose them, it is a self evident fact, that it would, as a matter of course, have taken them considerable time—probably a week or more, certainly several days—to have ascertained each. others views and feelings, and to have formed and digested some plan to carry their opposition into effect. This we con ceive no one with any pretence of can. dour and truth can pretend to doubt. And yet in the evening of the very same day our regular nominations fur thie county were male; within less than an hour after this convention had adjourned. 'his plan, and the whole plan, for the for 'nation of this miscalled Working-mene party or ticket was privately reported and circulated through the Borough of Hun tingdon, and the next morning it was pub licly prodaineed by notices calling a meet ing that evening at the Court House which notices were written and put up BY orsit or Goy. PORTER'S OWN CONNLTTRE FOR THIS COUNTY. It is generally known that the Gov. has a private snit is the Common Pleas of this county, which has been on the Trial lists a number titimes, It wee. on the trial list for last court and the Records of our court show that this suit was continued by consewf parties before that court ; it being knYviiil that it was thus continued on the ground that Governor Porter alleged, that his public duties were such as not to al low him to attend to the preparation and trial of this suit at that time. This suit tieing thus continued, to the surprise of those concerned in it, Gov. Porter comes to Huntingdon a short time before our last court and remained here during the first week of it. About a week be fore our last court, John C. Bucher, Esq. of Harrisburgh, a warm friend eV Gov. Porter's who appointed him an As sociate Judge for Dauphin county, whose party being in the minority there, it is known he has for POW length of time bees► engaged there, unsuccessfully, in endea— voring to form his so called Working-. men's party, conies to this county and goes to his relution John S. Isett ;and, here in mentioning the names of Judge • Bucher and Mr. [sett, we think it proper to state, that knowing them both to be • very respectable and worthy men in their private characters, we refer to them only in reference to their public political acts. Their public acts connected with party transactions we consider fair subjects for proper discussion. And further, as Judge Bucher is an old and shrewd politician we think it must likely, from what we have heard, that Judge Bucher only threw out at some time, as :fit were by accident to Mr. Isett, the idea, of thg propriety of a %Vorkingstneus ticket, under seine cir cumstances, and Mr. [sett caught it up. as no doubt many other men have, with honest intentions, and acted on it, little
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