THE BEJFORB GMETTJL
Hc£fhrd, lane 23, IS.T3.
G. YV. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
Democratic State Sioket;
GO VFIiXCR.- '
HON. WILLI AM SICLZR.
.11 STICK OF THE SUPREME COURT:
HON. JEREMIAH S. BLACK.
CA X A L COM MISSION HR:
COL. HENRV S. MOTT.
Up"" We invite the particular attention of our read
ers to the following extract from a Sermon by Rev.
E. \V. Hl.T'l'kr, ol the Lutheran Church, on the sub
ject of "Political '/We ration." It is one ot the best
productions on this subject we have ever read, and
tiee principles it contains should lie treasured as a
pearl of great price. No- man can read rhe.-e plain
and forcible truths, without feeling ashamed of the low
personal abuse in frequently heaped upon the heads
of those who differ in polil,eel opinion. It has al
most been reduced to a systi m, for roti/iiiansio brand
•■very man vaioi s utid ji.\oi:am who stand in
oppi.sition'tijjlieir waj? of thinking, a system repug
nant to the best feelings of alt correct minds, and it
is gratifying to perceive that the are hegining
I-, repudiate this disgusting system in a manner not
to be misunderstood. In proportion to then strength,
there are generally as many good men (in ail their
personal relation*,) in one party as the other, and
when one man is placed in opposition to the other as
a candidate for public favor (both, perhaps, equally
respectable and possessing equal talents,) how re
pul-iveand loathing to see she one branded as a j\ -
/nw whilst the other is almost dt ijh / ' Cut we simp
ly designed to direct, the aiteiition of the reader to
the subjoined extracts, and trust they will be read
with that care to which they are so justly entitled :
POLITICAL TOLKIUTKtt.
iiract from a &'ttrmon preached in Si. JUut
fJittr* Lai/nr.t a *' Lurch, aYetp Slreil, on
8 a Ida dli Evsnitkjis jane ;% LSS 1, by
Ike Pastor , if nr. 11. it . / hitter.
Tl-X'l :— L: t none moderation ? f. ooirn unto ul!
rir."—PtliJ.l.iriANs, iv.
POLITICS, in the abstract and elevated -EN-e of the
term, i- a science, among the noblest and most iim -
tul that can engage the mind of man. It embraces
ill it enlarged and comprehensive .phere, the dear
est and runst cherished temporal interests it l!i- tiu
uluu family. By this study are unveiled the means,
■whereby sagacious and enlightened policy imparts
elevatiun and grandeur, farce and stability, to human
institutions. By it, goveininents are lounded and
perpetuated. l'iie study of politics, as a science, en
ables man to detect in the social' organization those
lurking print iples of defection ami decay, which, re
ceiving their vitality from the depravities insepera
l.lo lronr ignorance ami Luxuiv, conduce to paralyze
the virtue ot the masses, and sport with the fate of
nation-. The proper and impartial study ot politics,
qualifies man to tiace from history the corrupt iuflu
• rices of venal administration- upon the best const!-
tuted governments, and to rut oil'the fountains of de
tection and ruin, before they have sapped the foun
dations, and over-turned the super-structure, of na
tional prosperity. It qualifies, also, to distinguish
between the Patriot and the Demagogue—the man of
principle and the man of interest—and serves to de
monstrate, I tint in their p irate characters alone are
to be found the true sources bo!h of political virtue
and depravity.
It is the custom with many to decry the very term
"politician" as one of infamy and shame. Cut
why ? It patriotic and enlightened, from the errors
and calamities of other republics lie gleans le-sons
of wisdom and \ iftue for the safety and perpetuity of
his own. With the somces of national prosperity, as
well as ot national decline, he acquaints himself.
I'lie ruins ol ancient grandeur, lie does not contem
plate With stoical built! uei.ee, but—every memorial
tif destruction he traces to its primitive Cause. Look
ing over the m p of fv- world's history. he perceives
that there never yet has existed p. city, a state, or
nation, that has survived the fate, ty ot certain ele
ment- ami causes ol ticca v. lie -e i Nineveh gone—
Babylon gone—l'roy, ami Tlcbes, and Palmyra gone
the old Medo-Persian empire gone—the Grecian
empire gone—the Roman < tnpire gone—Pale-tine,
whose clns-ie soil once echoe i lo the virgin steps ol
the World's Redeemer, despoiled ot her*;liirv ! Hand
ing.amid these speaking symbols ot by-gone ages.
Irom the moss-covered sepulchres enshrining the dust
r>t departed glories, he evokes Utterances ol wisdom,
•vrceiviug in them multiplied proofs that there i* a
Providence palpable in the government of earth's
empires—a Cod ruling in the heavens, at whose com
mand nations appear and it -appear like bubbles on
the sea of time. And at the slum-- of these departed
glories doe, the wei|-in!onned politician enkindle the
I'roineth.san flame which i- to illumine the unknown
future. 1 oily and Crime entomb the pride of Pe -
er and the Pomp of Civilization ; but it is the politi
cian's ta-k to open in other places new avenues for
their renovation, where the causes ol dissolution have
not yet penetrated.
Such being the elevated and useful character of
political science, 1 hive not deemed it an inappropri
ate theme, at thi- particular juncture, on the eve of
an exciting election, for calm and dispassionate pul
pit ellort. in so doing, I vvpuhl not, of course, lose
sight ot the sacredness either of the place, or the
day. The time is the Hoy of our Lord Jesus Christ
the place, the church, founded in His blood. With
the Apostle, '!! magnify mine office." When I dese
crate it to unworthy ends, let "my right hand forget
.her running, and my tongue cleave to the roof ot my
month." With partizauship. and its contests for
place, 1 have nought to do. But with government,
as .I system of ethics, applied to the regulation of
< oruinnnilies and states, lor the preservation of their
.eternal pence arid safety, ami the ilevclopetnent and
iiugnienration ot their moral, intellectual, and rrligi
lioi energies—ir have all much to do. And thi.- to
pic, with which the most cherished interests ot man
an" iruli-soltib!y interwoven, I dare and will disc-s.
I'i'C idea, ;< which 1 wish to its-ign prominence,
is, that in this country, where treedqih c f-perch and
ol the pTm-s are so 111:traminded. w hat ye most need
is I'oi.i i ic.i'.'l'outnano.Vi To the calm and dispas
sionate judgment of rt erv unprejudiced mind, it is
•uhm it ted, whether our political differ er cr-j, for the
most part, are not conducted with a dejree of acri
mony, from which the b* Mi r port ion ol the commu
nity revolts. If Civilization, in its progress, has ban
ished those instruments ol physical torture, by means
of which, in the dark ages, the artful demagogue es
tablished his terrible despot ism over his fellow-mar,
unhappily I he IO arc still other agencies of coercion
in ex sleiH i , equally to be deprecated. There are
no longer any royt 1 butchers, like King John ol Eng
land, to ex'ort wealth and homage, by feaiuig teeth
trorn the mouth—hut tor violence and three the sub
stitute.s here are ribald abuse and unsparing calumny.
Our arena of political discussion, to a treot extent,
has degenerated into a gladiatorial ring, in which
the controversialists, forgetful that politic? are a
brarirh of freraN. assail each other, oil en. with al
most di-moiiiac phrcH/.v. Their ami does not seem
to he, to convince, but to exterminate, as il Obloquy
were a nobler weapon than Kea-on, and fo defame a
neighbor a p'oiukr achievement than to reclaim him
tiom error. A happy milleniitm will bare dawned
upon our land, when H. party disputatious shall be
conducted without, a resort Io intemperate denuncia
tion.and ribald invective when the sole ground of
confrftVetsy shall b" the antagonist principles of gr>-
v'ernm. nf—when the struggle -ball be or.e of Reason
smd Opinion, and the establishment Truth—and
wimp on trovorsialisn. shall have cru.,cd to be sunken
jpto a wretched brawl, in which bad curls and worse
means act the chief part.
Tt is not to be expected that on of gitive
and dignified importance, we should all think alike,
nor would it be desirable. IIT the material wot Id we
behold an interminable diversity. The excellent
hard of nature has not fashioned any two objects ex
act.y similar. From the flowers that bloom on the
same parent stem, and the leaves that rustle on the
same branch, to twin sisters and brothers, all bear
distinctive marks of inexb:u,nblo variety. Aiuch
more striking!v still is this principle exemplified in I
the diverse and manifold operations of the intelligent 1
aiivl uiiir.orul unud. lfuundless as is the field of
and s]eculatou, there is, perhaps, scarce
ly a subject that employs the thoughts of men. on
which the opinions of any two wholly coincide.
Whai-boriltl this universal ildTerenr.e in thg constitu
tion of taste and intellect Teach its, other than the
duty of an enlightened sniF prudential tolerance of
opinion ? What Tight have Ito pursue a neighbor
with tire find laggot, for no other reason than that lie
■ cannot view a measure of government in the same
light as mvsHf? Can 1 he-certain riwrt /am always
right? Have T examined the question with proper
at frnti >n .' Have 1 suspected mv own passions and
prejudices? Am 1 myself tree from pride, error, and
infirmity ? What, if the revolutions of time, mellow
ing and changing the passions of men. as it does the
outward lace of nature, should convince me that I
was wrong anil my neighbor right? How then
would 1 excuse my intemperance, either to myself or
others ? Well, therefore, does the Apostle enjoin:
Be moderate, not in one thing only, but in all things,
and let your moderation be known unto all men—an
injunction, which no class of men need so much to
hear and practise, as those engaged in violent and ex
: cited pnrtiznmhip.
The Psalmist calls it a good and pleasant thing for
bi' thern to dwell together in unity, and sir it is.
They that neither devise mischief against otheis,
nor suspect it to be contrived against themselves,
possess calmness of mind, eorripnsure of the a libe
llous and sweet sleep at night. Not so the lite of
the immoderate jtolitician. Enmity and dissension
are lor the most pait the ingredients rv! his bitter
cup. His thoughts are distracted with solicitous
care, corrosive envy, and anxious suspicion. His
heart boiling over with chnler, his longue out of tune
by discordant noises of clarnorou- contradiction, his
sen of life is tossed with tempests! Oh. how im
measurably more comfortable to sail steadily in a sea
ot quiet—every sense and faculty of the soul partici
pating in an -liulisturbyd community of affection.
When the heavenly convoy of angels agreed to wish
mankind their most perfeet and elevated felicity,
they could not better express their spnge of it than
bv wishing them •'Peace and Good Will." This an
gelic benediction excited partisanship annuls and de
tests. It arrays neighbor against neighbor, alienates
the best friends, and often severs the sweetest among
brotherly ties. Tins ls i(ie effect, it is true, to some
extent, ol all contests for truth, in matters pertain
ing to religion, as well as in those pertaining to se
cular policy, Tlie admonition is hence of general
application - -"Let your moderation be known tin to ul 1
men."
Happy could the Christian church esteem itself,
if within it* hallowed pale the hydro intolerance did
not ;ear its hideous crest. Mahomet and his follow
ers propagated their ereed with tire and sword.
Mournful to relate, the professed disciples of the
meek and lowly .testis too often display the same fe
rocious spirit. *o utterly repugnant to that ol' the
master. Burning faggots, racking of quivering limbs
upon wheels of Torture, imprisonments, persecutions,
and expatriations have too frequently been substitu
ted for Persuasion, Faith, Prayer, and Love. If the
Romi-h Inquisition, the fruit ol an unhallowed and
persecuting bigotry, had its Anto da /•'. , the annals
of Protestanti-m are stained by the curling smoke of
a Servetus. The Saviour's appeals were ever address
ed solely to the human volition, to the convirtions of
the mind and heart. To effect His mission, and se
cure //,',• conquests, lie proposed no other than moral
means. His own chosen apo-t|e- did not always im
itate his benign spir. t. One of Peter's arguments was
to sever the ear n| Malchn- from his head, but Jesus
healed it on again. Even the meek and amiable
John wished to see a rain of fire descend, to consume
one who was exorcising spirits outside the cliuich,
or,til Jesus answered, that his mission was to save
men s lives, not to destroy them. No sooner, how
ever. do the ministers at the altar obtain secular
power, than they forget the mild precepts ol the
Christian taith. and exhibit the frailties ot an nnsanc
titied humanity. Then do they tease to be "etisaro
ples to the flock," but become "lords of the heri
tage." The must repulsive and detestable of all des
potisms is that which sets in judgment on the soul,
and seeks to paralyze the exercise o. its faculties.
Submission to its arbitrary mandates is an abdica
tion of reason, and degrade.- man to tne level of a brute.
The consolations of religion, or the virtuous philosophy
of a Socrates, may enable hnman nature to tolerate
manacles upon the limbs, but an unhallowed obtru
sion ,rito the sanctuary ot the soul is an outrage sur
pa-sing the capacity of human endurance.
1- the immoderate pursuit of abstract dogmas con
futed to the political arena ? 1 wish it were. Can
dour constrains me to affirm the contrary. True,
there are here no convictions and executions for n
poted heresies, no stake-burnings, no inquisitorial
torturings, no decapitations on the scaffold, no incar
cerations, no penal inflictions for infraction- of arbi
trary orthodoxy, no Procrustes beds to stretch or
shorten : but our religious periodicals teem with the
tnost embittered sectarian .-trite, and not nrifrequent
lv with the most envenomed personal assaults. De
putations upon Christian truth, among and by Chris
tians. -urely should be so conducted as lo subdue the
turbulence of tire passions, control the waywardness
of the w ill, elevate the affections, and purity the
lieai!. Alas ! "1 heir conquests are olteti prosecuted
by lursli invective, as if the mind could be moulded
by constraint into any pattern of symbolical or tra
ditional ort/mdoTff, as the potter shapes his clay.
God himseii hath enkindled in man's inner temple
the ••burning bush" of Kelson, to guide his footstep
am! illumine bis soul. This 'heaven-lit flame the fe
rociousness ot man would often fain quench. No: to
politicians only, therefore, hut to Clergy and to
Laity, does the Apostle ?ay : ";\t t your moderation
I' Inoieu onto all men A'
Oiie'of the evil consequences of over-wrought pnr
tizanship is, that it super-induces a disqualification
to judge accurately either .is to the effects of mea
sures. or the merits o! the men, who are to represent
and execute them. One of the reasons why the Pha
risees would have nothing to do with Christ was, that
lie was the son of a carpenter, and had been brought
: tip at Nazareth. They foolishly asked whether it
were possible for any good to emanate from thrrr '
I hey judged before they had heard, and condemned
as soon as they judged. So the vine politician. He
perceives everything that is good in his own party,
or sect, and everything that is bad in those who diff
er Irom him in opinion, whereas there are good men
and bad. in all sects, and among all parties, and some
i ruth, and some Error, mixed up with all. The dirty
ol the Christian is to seize upon the Truth wherever
lie < an find it, and fo do justice to a truly npright and
good man, no matter w here he is from, even if be be
the Son of it Carpenter' But to such an extreme of
prepossession are party politicians often hurried, that
to condemn a measure, or to denounce a man, it is
only neces-ary for them to know that they belong to
the party opposite to their own. And, under such
influences, everything pertaining to the subject is
viewed through a talse and distorted medium. The
mind is not tree to investigate. It is already clog
ged and trammeled by the fetters of prepossession.—
And in no department of political activity nrp the
pernicious con-eqnonces ot such a spirit more glar
ingly palpable than in the tone and temper of the
newspaper pres.. When the press is pure, free, /-
r/,/I IIIJI.'!, and enlightened, it is the great moral en
gine o.' the age, moulding and directing the opinions
and activities ot the masses. Only a century and a
hall has passed away sir.ee the introduction o i news
papers. During many years their progress was slow
and doubtful. in their infancy there was little to
commend them to public regard. In the days of
T'r.v xxt-tx, for example, a newspaper was a mere
chronicle ot passing events, recording everything
with equal gravity, whether trifling or important.—
Then the newspapers pat forth no enlarged news, no
interesting speculations, no elaborate discussions, po
litical or statistical. But as they attained maturity,
their character gradually changed, and they became,
what they now are, the repositories ol all that is im
portant in the progress ot human affairs, and of very |
much, too, 1 tint is valuable, in science and literature. 1
The duration of the newspaper press is now beyond !
the reach, whether of fWnd or force. In a republic,
the new-paper is the safeguard of freedom—in mon- >
•.archies, it is a jealous aenftnel, prompt to di-cern and i
tearless to announce upproaching danger. The news- !
paper is the speaking-leaf that describes all parts of '
creation—a true transcript of the world's face, d.ty !
by day mirrored forth—the knowledge of millions is- ;
mied to millions—the thread of DAXHAJUIS, to guide •
the world tiirough the labyrinth of Cunning—the 1
spear ot Itbnriel, to detect Error and Deceit. The '
Pulpit, the Legislature, the Executive, and the Jntfi- '
ciary, are all, under (tod, in some measure dependent t
on the press, aud lean ti[*>nit for encouragement and j
support. it teems with extracts from the ablest ;
Critics, the soundest Lawyers, the most learned Phil
osophers, the rrtost distinguished Statesmen. Tbe j
newspaper copes every setr, and Traverses every lake. I
It climbs the mountains, and lingers in the vallje*. — ,
It is the wish of Archimed"s realized—a fulcrum, i
capable of moving tbe world, and a place to stand on.
In the remark of one of the early Presidents there)
was deep and cogent philosophy, that v/e could better
get along with newspapers without a government, :
thai) with a, government without newspapers.—
AH thi, is unquestionably true or the newspaper,
when free, pjire, patriotic, enliahteneci, ami indepen
dent. But alas! how comparatively few journals,
purely political, to lie classed in this catego
ry. Kxceptions, of eourse, there are—journals
which loom up like shafts of towering granite, from
green and pestilential morasses. But the great mass of
partiZan journals, on both sides, are they not the mere
exponent * of faction, chained to the car of the selfish
and auibitiou*. and following their lead as blindly as
ever automaton re-ponded to the touches of the mas
ter-rnover ! Is a measure projected by the party?
ft is applauded in terms of exaggerated commenda
tion. Is it proposed by the other side '/ It is vehe
mently denounced. T'pon the weakest and most ig
norant the grossest flattery is bestowed, and from the
well deserving it is withheld.
Immoderate attachment, by any sect or party, to
their own dogmas and opinions, leads individuals of
ten to the violation of law and order. if they can
not attain their ends peaceably, thev resort to
violence. The despotism of the mob i? often the re
sult, than which no form of social disorganization is
more calamitous. The decrees of the mob, like those
of Draco, are recorded in characters of blood. They
fall indiscriminately upon the innocent ami guilty
Mob-law has not a solitary trait to lessen ils hideous
nes.. Its order is frightful r/Zs-order. Anarchy ami
ami madness stalk with triumphant tread in its train.
A mobuoracy is a realized Briar. iD, with a thousand
bands, each bearing a dagger—a realized Cerberus,
gasping with a thousand throats, each panting for
blood. Like a West Indian hurricane, it strews the
fruitful earth with promiscuous ruins, and turns the
sky yellow with pestilence. It is an earthquake,
ti.ut loosens the foundations of society, and buries7
often in an hour, the accumulated wealth and wi-doin
of qges. They who, alter the calamity, would re-con
struct the edifice ot Public Liberty, would scarcely
lie able to find the model, perhaps not even the ruins.
If. therefore, we would avoid internal dissensions,
discord, and civil war, let us. with the tenacity and
firmness with which wc adhere to our opinions blend
a becoming Christian moderation. But 1 have been
sometimes a-ked, whether, in rny opinion, it he pos
sible for a man to be a politician, and also a Chris
tian ? This question I answer, unhesitatingly, in the
affirmative. Why not ? Does the sacrifice of integ
rity constitute a element ol political life /
That were to utter a loul iibel against that which
in ft*/ be pursued by some. In my lntercouse with
public men, I have known many, who in their every
public action I ban reason to believe were scrupulous
ly and religiously upright. 1 know one public man,
who has occupied many high offices in this country,
who, from moral conviction, would not frank a let
ter, when on private bu-iness, lest he wrong the
post-ievenufc to the amount of iltrer or cents,
and would not use a sheet ol letter-paper belonging
tn the Government, lor the purpose of pritnte corres
pondence. The declaration,"then, that every man in
office, or a candidate for one, i- necessarily a rouge,
is not warranted by fact. Cod-has his own every
where, and not a lew among the politicians. When
discovered, they cannot he too highly prized. Upon
them, in the midst of disloyalty, God seems to have
breathed a large portion of his spirit. They are the
pillar-of file which brighten the darkness of the
night, and to them, under (soil must we look lor an
enlargement of the empire ol talent and of truth.
What, then, would I have the \ ouiig Men, whom
1 have now the pleasure to addles-, do/ Never en
cage in political affairs t all/ Nevei read a politi
cal newspaper, nor |Kitticipate. in .my way, in the
organization ol the government / By no means.—
On the eontiary, I regard acquaintance with the po
litical history of this country —the genius and spirit
of her in-titutions—ibe lives and services of her he
me- and state-men—as a most valuable attainment.
Nor would 1 counsel the young man never to accept
office. 1 lie otficesare created lor the common wel
fare, and somebody nutxt fill them. It the lumest and
competent do not, the dishonest and incompetent will.
What 1 would, however, affectionately exhort every
young man agairist. is the pursuit of politic* as a pio
ie>-ion or tiade. This has pioved the ruin ot thous
ands, conducing to habits ol indolence and dissipation,
and hading, if not rounteiacted, to the pii-cn and
the almshouse. The bait is attractive. Vigilance
and prayer are required to resist the temptation. The
desire ola name—the ambition to figure in the pub
lie piints—oh! it turns the very heads, often, ol the
young and undisciplined, leading them into a thou
sand hurtful snares. I would not have yon then.
Voting Men, prematurely affect a greatne--, whose
delicate flame a ptiflol wind may extinguish. The
knowledge ol our nothingness, and ol (rod's transcen
dent glory; a sense of the vanity ol euith and of the
nearne-s ot eternity, these aie coii-ddciatinn- well
calculated, to feed u- to set a lesser Value upon the
world's applause. The more glutted and surfeited
we are with popular hosannahs. the less we prize
thern. The surest and most plea-aut path to truth
ami enduring glory, is to be just, kind, virtuous, up
right. and sincere—to love and tear God, and obey
the go-pel of God's son. Who hath greater fame in
all the earth than Christ ? And yet lie never sought
it. lie never courted popularity—on the contrary
ever repelled it. When lie wrought a miracle, He
did not blazon it tn the world, but His injunction tn
His di-ripies always was: let/ Jl* man."
How few tread tht.t path to glorv—the stern and lug-'
ged path of duty—and yet it i- liie only true path
i he rHf't politician tugs and toil-, abides and contra
dicts, flatter- and lawn-, and -Trut- and -wears, to
acquire a name—and yet, when hammered out to the
utmost stretching dimensions, how tar does it reach/
Often, scarcely to ihe neighboring town, ten or a do
zen miles di-tant.
1 •")>% Mm ' My concluding conns-! is seek f;r>t
the Kingdom of God and its righteousness. Let the
sanctification of vour spirits, and the salvation of
your und\ mg souls, he your chief aim and ambition,
making every other end tributary and subordinate to
t.os. 11 yon engage iii state or municipal affairs at
ail, do it with Conscience—in the love and tear of
God—free from passion, prejudice, and excitement.
In tine, so discharge your duty to the cif\ the state,
the country, the church and your Maker, as neither to
offend by criminal lukewarnuiess nor indiscreet zeal,
and as tnat yorur nt orlf 111 tio a shrill br llt mm. ! c all MM.
uy~ We publish in another column the advertise
ment of I\ T. BARXI.W, R*q., who will exhibit his
menagerie in Bedford on the sth of duly. We were
as-ured by his agent that no rirr/ts or buffoonery of
any description is admitted into this exhibition, and,
under sucji circumstances, we have no hesitancy in
giv ing it a place in our column*, a* the exhibition of
the works ol creation can have no tendency to viti
ate the inind of anybody.
Slate (tulral (omniitltc.
The Democratic Slate Central Committee,
agreeably to previous announcement, met at
Bueliler's Hotel, in Hnrrisburg, on Thursday,
the 75th instant, and after a full and free inter
change of sentiments, it was resolved that a
more iflicient organization of the democratic
party be effected, and that addresses he issued on
the following subjects :
Ist. The new position of the Whig paity and
their allies.
2nd. The principles of non-intervention and
popular sovereignty as settled by the Compro
mise of lSfiO, and emhodii d in the Nebraska and
Kansas bill.
3rd. Review of the measures of the present
anil late State administrations.
4th. federalism and Whiggerv from the davs
of Hamilton down to the present da v.
Resolved, That the foregoing proceedings he
published in the Democratic papers of this
State. J. ELLIS BOM I AM,
GEO. C. WELKKR, Chaiiman.
Secretary.
TtiHfPERAKfE iNEKTI.Vti.
The intended Temperance Meeting to take place
in Bedford on the fourth of July next, is postponed
until furfher notice.
PETER SCHELL, j
JOHN SMITH, |
11. J. HENDERSON, Committee.
GEO. W. BLYMIRE.J
[E?™ The corner Stone of a Lutheran Church w ill I
be laid on the land of Jacob Tetters, (of John,) on
Saturday, the Ist day of July next, at 10 o'clock, A.
M. Several Ministers will be present. The public
ate invited to a'Teud.
BE ILTING COM MI3TI. E.
June -3, ISSI.
Male Central CooimiUre.
The above committee met according to pre
vious announcement on Thursday. The atten
dance was as full as could have been anticipated.
Their proceedings will be Ibnnd elsewhere in
this paper. It will be seen that they have rais
ed a jrrogramme for conducting the campaign,
and that several addesses will be issued. There
are a number of excellent writers on the com
mittee, but we presume that the principal
labor will as heretofore, devolve upon the chair
man. J. ELMS BONHAM, Esq., of Carlisle, who
lias the honor of that position, and the Demo
cratic party may confidently expect that the
duties will we ably and satisfactorily discharged.
Mr. BONIIAM is a young gentleman, possessing
a high order of intellect, of indomitable energy,
and genuine Democracy. We look with con
siderable anxiety tor the first address which
will shortly appear.— Harriahursr Patriot.
Dangers of Native Americanism.
Hubert T. Conrad, the newly elected Whig
Mayor of Philadelphia, in his late inaugural ad
dress, declared that he was determined to ap
point no naturalized or adopted citizen to any
place of trust. This declaration will be receiv
ed with a feeling of sorrow and disgust by all
candid and just minds in America. Such pro
scription is a v iolation of the spirit of the Con
stitution of the United States, which knows no
difference between the native and the adopted
citizen, and which extends to all the advanta
ges of a common freedom. The word "citizen"
is robbed ol half is meaning, it those who have
complied with all the conditions which entitle
them to wear it, are to be proscribed and per
secuted on the locality of their birth. The
constitution which prescribes the conditions of
citizenship, knows no such tule, and any party
which attempts to enforce such a rule, tramples
the right- of an American citizen under ils leet.
They outrage one of the most sacred principles
of American freedom.
So far as the principle is concerned, the au
thoriiies of Philadelphia or New York, may as
well proscribe a man for being born in New
Orleans, as to proscribe him for being bom in
Germany or Ireland. The principle which
would ostracise ;t man for being born in Ire
land or Germany, if tinned fully out, would
prove destructive of the general rights of every
American citizen, lor it would reduce citizen
ship to tiie narrow limits ol special and acciden
tal localities. Indeed, the principle of what is
called Native Americanism, carried fully out,
would leave no such thing as American citizen
ship in existence; hut we should have only
Philadelphia citizenship, New York citizenship,
ect., and a war of sections, races and localities,
would spring up, which would mince our hap
py and prosperous countty to a hell of strife and
outrage.
But we need not go so far as to discuss the
results of such a principle, for it is crushed in
its very inception by that sacred chapter of hu
man rights, the Constitution. And lie is the
worst foe to our counti v's freedom, whether he
is born in New York, in Dublin,or in Amster
dam, who would seek to violate that sacred prin
ciple embraced in the meaning of "citizenship."
The war which an un-American bigotry wages
upon our adopted citizens, is as unnatural to our
country as it is unjust to human rights.- Jt is a
crime that the Irishman or the German was not
born in this country ? If so manv of them have
done the beat they could to atone for it by get
ting here as soon after birth as possible. They
have borne their part of our national work, and
contributed Iheit share to our national wealth.
They have constructed our railroads and made
fruitful our western lands. They have contrib
uted their full shares to our treasuies of art and
learning, and to whatever elevates and advances
our civilization. Banish everv adopted citizen
from our country, and w hat profession is there
w hat department of art, science, learning, or
lalwrr, which would not feel the shock ? Cur
colleges, our studies, our counting-rooms, our
woik shops, and our public works, all would
realize an instant shock which would cover
with amazement and shame the bigots who are
trying to make capital and a living out of a
crusade again.-t adopted citizens. It is aston
ishing to what a pitch of excitement this shal
low fury has risen. We almost wonder that
the "Native Americans" do not blast Plymouth
rock to pieces with gunpowder, and banish the
hones of the Pilgrims and the Knickerbockers
Irorn the soil ot our country.
We marvel that Robert T. Conrad should
not tear the pictuie of William Penn from the
wall oftheoid State House in Philadelphia, and
pull every monument which reminds "Native
Americans" of the beneficence ofGirard. Pull
down, and tear up everything not produced by
hands indigenous to the soil. Such an undertak
ing would impart an enterprising and business
air to the streets of Philadelphia. And Robert
T. Conrad is just rash enough fir that sort of
undertaking. "Native Americans" could not
fiossihlv have a better representative of their
principles. Rash, tirey, ambitious, without
judgment, and without any particular restraints
of conscience, he is the very embodiment of that
principle which would violate the rights of
American citizenship, fora momentary triumph
of his party. It is at least comforting to be
lieve that not possibly can the "old country"
send us more mischievous and dangerous citi
zens than these. It our institutions suffer no
evil from such restless and unprincipled spirits,
we need apprehend no danger from any other
course.— *\~aitonal Democrat.
O**Bayard Taylor relates the follow amusing
anecdote in bis own experience in Arabia.
While in Arabia I bad a very remarkable
experience. There is a drug in the East whose
effect is like that of opium; it is prepared from
tlie Indian hemp. It is much used by the Sar
acen warriors when about to enter a battle, as a
stimulus. It produces on the imagination a
double consciousness; one part of the mind seems
of study while the other looks on. From mo
lives of curiosity, I was persuaded to try the
effects of it on my own system. I was in Da
mascus at the time. Soon after taking the
drug, the effects of it bagan to appear. I saw
the furniture in the room, talked with the com
pany, and yet I seemed to be near the pv ram ids
of Cheops, w hose blocks ol stone appeared to
me like huge squares of Virginia tobacco. The
scene changed, and I was on the desert in a boat
made ol mother of pearl. The sand seemed
grains of lustrous gold, though my boat ran as
easily as on the waves of the sea, the air seem
ed hlh d with harmonies of the sweetest music;
the atmosphere was filled with light, with
odors of music. Before me seemed to be a con
stant series of arcades of rainbows, through
which for fifteen years, I seemed to glide. The
finer senses were developed, and all gratifica
tion was a single harmonious sensation. Hence
we cannot conceive the origin of the Arabian
Nights. My companion, a huge Kentuckian,
tried the drug with an amusing effect. After
lookitigyal trie for a while, lie Parted Hp wtlaj
the exclamation,''l'm a locomotive," antibegan
to cut off his word* like the puff oi an engine,
and to work like the moving of the wheels. At ;
last he siezed the water jog for a drink, but
it down with a yell, saying, "how can I fake
in water into my boiler when J am letting' off
st<am."
TUBER DAYS AXII TUBER NIGHTS WITHOUT
Foot).—A young woman from 13r>-mt h, arrived
in New ork, scarcely able fo speak a word of
English, and proceed directly to Wi/ccmsiti, 111
company with an acquaintance, to visit a broth
er residing there. Having finished her visit,
she started back, with her friend who under
stood the language well. On the way, in the
confusion incident to hastily changing cars, she
missed her friend. On she came, however.—
Not only was she unable to speak a sentence of
English, but she without a cent of money. — j
The conductor came lor her fare; she shook her
head, and—possibly on account of her good
looks—he let her pass. Mm had too much pride
to beckon for food, and so she continued on
without any. Three days and three nights she i
went without a mouthful to eat. She became
sick at her stomach, and could not retain 011 it
the cold water which she drank. She describes*
the sensation of hunger, which becomes power
fully intensified, as "gnaw ing" and horrible in
the extreme. At the end of three days she ar
rived in New York. She was taken suddenly
sick, and la)' 011 her bed for two months.—.V. !
Y. Post.
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\V AIKC I)I:I.YKI\O. — Prof. Siliiman, in a re
cent Smithsonian lecture at Washington, ,
the following sensible advice to young men, j
which all should read, remember, and adopt ;
"If, therefore, you wish Jura clear mind, strong j
muscles, and quiet nerves, and long life and j
power prolonged into old age, permit me to say, i
although 1 am not giving a temperance lecture,!
avoid all drinks not water, and mild infusions !
of that fluid ; shun tobacco and opium, and eve-
ry thing else that disturbs the normal state of
the system : rrly upon nutritious iiiod ami mild
diluent drinks, of which water i- the basis, and
you will)need nothing beyond tluse things ex
cept rest and due moral regulation ot all vonr
powers, to give you long, happy, and useful
lives, and a serene evening at the close."
A lady in Boston was recently bitfen on
the hahd by a favorite cat. The hand became
inflamed, the affection finally extending to the
whole body, so that a doctor was sei.t tor. who
immediately proceeded to apply partial reme
dies securing partial ease. The case is not ex
actly hydrophobia, but the whole system is
poisoned by tin* bite.
StNGTLAt: Case.—About eighteen months
since, Ida, a little girl of about 4 years old,
daughter of Mr. M. Taylor, residing in Sarato
ga, near Pearl street, complained very much of a
sharp pain in the lower part of the lelt groin, and
u|M)orexamination a protrusion of the flesh was
; discovered as if rupture had occurred. Dr. Ri
ley, one of the most expeiienced physicians, at
j tended the case, and ordered a truss, the pressure
iof which the child could not b-ar. Soon after
on I lie right side of the abdomen, a hard lump
was detected, inhumation ensued, and a tuinur
was manifest. The usual remedies was applied
for a long time, but the child grew worse, and a
| great rigidity of the system supervened, and
; there seemed to be no probable relief but
in death. Supposition, however, was in pro
cess, and the tumor was finally lanced, when
' a considerable discbarge Temporary
relief was experienced, but the child presently
j grew worse, complaining of comethiug sticking
i Iter. About two weeks since,bring very fretful,
| Mrs. Taylor carefully examined the open
j wound, and perceiving something that looked
j like a foreign substance in the core of the tumor,
; she managed to g. t hold of it, and to hei uttr
amazement drew out a large pin, very much
corroded. Dr. Riley at once pronounced this
the sole cause of the 'disease, and it so turns out,
<ir the child has recovered its usual health, at-
I ter its long prostration, and rums about as well
as ever. 1 lie child is supposed to have swal
j lowed the pin, but when or under what circum
! stances is unknown. D dtimore. Situ.
| A CI.F.UICAL Pt;.\.—One of the San Frnn
j cisco bishops, while delivering a discourse, let
fall a very excellent pun, of which he was at
the time perfectly unconscious, arid which he
I did not discover unlit it was pointed out to him
jin his sermon, which was a written one. He
j was speaking of Peter's denial of the Saviour,
; and of his subsequently going out to weep.
I l, And why," said he, "why did Peter weep?
i Because lie had committed a crying sin." I\>r
| an impromptu and unwittingly uttered pun, this
1 is one of the best on record.
|
Capt. Grainger writes from Fort Merrill, that
within a week past the Indians have done more
damage than in the three years previous.
The Brazos river was veiy high. At Hous
ton it was three miles wide, and great damage
to crops was anticipated.
The steamer Florida has I Trough t back to Sa
vannah the fugitive slave, who had escaped in
the Charleston steamer Nashville, and was
transferred at sea to the Florida.
An annecdote is told of a young lady of Har
risburg, who was on a riding excursion recent
ly. The horse commenced kicking, when she
in the most simple manner requested her com
panion to get out and hold the horse's leg or he
might injure the vehicle !
A BIG RATTLESNAKE. —On the 14th ult.,
Mr. Geo. VV. Bowman, on his larm in Bullitt
county, Kv., killed a rattlesnake six feet four
inches long and 13 inches around the hotly,
with twenty-one rallies. It is believed that
this was the largest and oldest rattlesnake ever
seen in the Western country.
DISTRKSSISI; Aecinesr On Monday cveningTat,
while a servant girt named Mary Johnson, living in
the family of A. P. Hope, Esq., was engaged at
sewing bvn kitchen table she accidentally overturn
ed a burning fluid lamp into her lap. In an instant
tier clothes were all on fire, when she rushed into the
street, the flames striking above her head. Mrs.
Hope happened to up stairs at the time and as soon as
she ascertained the cause ol the disturbance below,
she followed the girl with a blanker and with much
presence of mind threw it around her and smothered
the flames; but by this time the poor girl was so
horribly burned hat she died the following Tuesday
morning.— Kant an Argtitt.
A F CAR Kyi. WALTZ.— A correspondent of the Lon
don Times, in giving an account of the bombardment
of Odessa, says : "When within about 2000 yards,
each steamer delivered the fire of her enomous gun-,
then wheeled round in a circle of about hall" a mile
in diameter, each taking up the fire in succession
Thus they kept wheeling and twisting about like so
many waltzers. One of the English steamers was
set on fire by the red hot shot from the fortress, but
the fire was got under without much damage. The;
dock yard which was set on fire burnt for two days
and nights, and a vast amount of naval stores must
have been destroyed. During the fight a geat loss of
life."
IB A IS II I S-; || ;
j In Sd.Pllsburg. on tin; nth in*t., by the Ke v w
i kopp, Mr. WJI. ROCK to Miss Si.s.w iV M>n ,
j <>n the 6t!l inst., by D. B. VVisegarver, ESQ M
J SAM.IKI, BLACKBI/BV to Miss MARV Mll.uVall" u f !'
l.iair I ownship. Bedford.County.
CONSUMPTION AND SPITTING BLOOD K
I the certificate of Mr. Turner If. Ramsey forV ""
years proprieior of ihe Farmers' Hotel. Frederick
j burg. Va.. and late of the City Hotel. Richmond \l
Dr. John A.inge, of ths City of Richmond, thoJ,'
a regular physician, and of course opposed to
called quack medicines, was obliged to say that r"
BW*I effect* in the case ol Mr. Ramsey, were u, ! *
derful indeerf. Wo "-
He had been given up by several physicians- |,
j tried most of the quack livcdicihes, and was on I'.
1 verge of despair, as well as the grave, w hen he trie!
Carter's Spanish Mixture.
We-refer the public to his full and lengthy ceru
cate around the liottle, stating his cure.
See advertisement.
THERE ARK FEW things which afford US GREATER
plea-ur'e rliaii sitting down to write a notice "ol
celebrated ILootliinl German l'ifters, because w> ar
tully con-cious we are conferring a public benetif
and our heart tells us that by our notices manv hav,"
been induced to take these Bitters, and been re.
Horn death by Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, A,-. .
j the cure of which it is certain. It is prepared'and
; sold only by Dr. C. M. Jackson, at the German M.-
# icine Store, No. 120 Arch street, Philadelphia.
THE LI SGS. —TIIP lungs are the- mos? liable 0 f a ! i
the organs of the human body to take disease, e..,..!
cially in the winter, owing to the rold and variaLl
state of the weather, which causes obstruction-;
the skin ; the humours are driven in upon the inter
nal organs, hence coughing and shooting pains in the
. breast are experienced. To any afflicted in this win
, we would in the way of salutary svlvit-e say, buy |) r '
j Keys-er's Pectoral syrup, 'lake it according to di
rections, and you will get well.
lO r=> v\ e are authorized to announce the
name of IICGH MOORE, ESQ., as a eandi
j date for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the
I Democratic County Convention,
i June 23, 1554-. 5
A DESIRABLE TOWN PROPERTY
IFoa* siale.
The subscriber, anxious to go we-?, offers, at Pn
vate Sale, the valuable Town Property on wiucli lie
at present resides, in Scbellsburg fforowgh.
There are two Lots, (one of which i- a corner to!.)
<>G feet front by 2io feet deep, on which there t ,
erected a two story Crick Dwelling House, tb fi-er
front and 2 (fleet back, with Crick back building, ...
by 10 feet, with double back porrb, all nearly new.
Also, a two story Frame Carriage Shop, AS [, v j(,
feet, with Smith Shop adjoining, 3-> by fO feet. an.i
Carriage and Lumber House, 10 by 30 feet, anexr< !-
1 nut new or nearly new Stable, and other out bu ; .
irig- thereon erected.
'i'he location i- in the most desirable part of t
Tow n, and one well -uited for the Carriage Manufac
turing business, or the same may be changed to suit
the Foundry or any other Mechanical pur-nit. The
shop- are sufficiently large- to woik 10 or 12 hand. t 0
advantage.
Being near the Allegheny, the best of Lumber ran
be had cheap—and coal can be got to great advan
tage.
Any person wishing to purchase property ami start
the Carriage Manufacturing liti-iHc--. will do well to
call on the subscriber, as be is determined ti> sell
he can.
For terms, (Xc., enquire either of the stib-eriber in
Schellsburg, or Jno. P. Reed, Esq., Bedford. Pa.
G. U . JICNT.
June 23, ISGI.
E 9 f(l>isc SaSc.
Bv virtue of an order of the Orphans* (jpurt,'
the undersigned will offer, at public sale, oh
the premises, nn THURSDAY, 27tn day of
Julv m xt, the follow ing described real estate,
viz : A tract of laud situate in Colerain Town
ship, containing one hundred and fifty acres and
120 perches, adjoining lands of Fred. Menclt,
A kins' heirs, Jno. Harcleroad, and otheis.
Terms made known on day of sale, and sale
to commence at ten o'clock. A. M.
JOHN CESSNA.
Jhlm r of the Estate of Jacob, Divc/jf, deceased.
June 23, IS.H—4t.
Pstl>S:c Shlc.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court,
the undersigned will offbr. at Public sale, on
the [.remises, on FRIDA\, the 2Sth Ju!v.
ne\t, the interest of John Moser, minor son of
Philip Moser, deceased, being the one undivid
ed seventh part of the following described Real
estate, subject fo the Widow .Moser'.- douvr,
viz : A Tract of Land situate in Harrison
Township, containing about one hundred and
thirty acres, about one ha if of which is cleared,
with a Log House, Barn, Tannery, &.C., thereon
erected, adjoining lands of Samuel .M. Barclay's
heirs, Juo. E. Miller, Abraham Miller, and
others.
JOHN MF.TZGEK,
Guardian of John,Montr.
June 23, ISs4—4t.
PI'BLIC SALE.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court,
the undersigned will offer, at public >a!e, on
the premises, on FRIDAY, the 2Sih <!JV of
July next, the interests of Elizabeth, Susan, anil
John Miller, of. in, and to the following de
scribed reai estate, it being the one undivided
seventh part subject to tile widow Miser's dow
er, viz :
A tract of land, situate in Harrison Town
ship, containing about one hundred and thirty
acres, about one-half of which is cleared, with
a Log House, Barn, Tannery, See., thereon
reefed; adjoining lands of Samuel M. Barclay's
heirs, Jnn. K. Miller, Abraham Miller, and
formerly the property of Philip Moses, deceased.
:£?** Terms —CASH. Sale to commence at
11 o'clock, A. M,
JOHN" MF.TZGLR. '
June 23, 1 Sol.— 4-t. Guardian.
Final Notice!
The subscriber gives particular notice to Spor'--
rncn, that they niu-t not trespass on hie premises n
pursuit of game. He has suffered much Irom rheni
and their dog already. Malicious boys and others,
who are in the habit of trespassing, aie also notilW
that he will no longer submit to their depredations,
and is determined to deal with them to the extent o!
the law.
WILLIAM MAIKF.N.
Bedford Township, f
June, 23, ISOT.* \
NOTICE.
In the matter of the petition of Septim"*
Foster for leave to prove a parol contract marc-'
by Richard L. Foster, late ol Broadlop lowa
ship, Bedford County, since deceased, will) t' ll '
skid Septimus, agreeing to convey to the said
Septimus 50 acies of land, more or less, in d" 1
said Township ; Notice is hereby given m tbe
Administrators, and Heirs, and all other persM*
interested, That the undersigned, appointed i'. v
the Orphan's Court of Bedford County, to ex
amine all witnesses, whomsoever, as well out' l "
part of Septimus Foster, Relator, as on the [art
of all other persons interested touching saui {*•"
trol contract, XT ill attend to the duties oH 11 "
appointment, at the house of Thomas Spec- " l
Broadtop Township, on Saturday, the 24th day
June, 1854, at 9 o'clock, A. M..
\YM. M. HALL
June 2j 1854.