THE BEDFORD (iIZETTE.
Bedford. .9tu><* N, I
G. W. Eowman, Editor and Proprietor.
OLD VIRGINIA!
E7"Rettifn from 1 rJS Counties foot up a majority
10,100 for HENRI A. VVISK the Democratic canrfi
<iate for Governor. Six counties yet to hear from
gave (ipii. Pierce a majority of 96. The Democrats
nave carried every Congressional District hut one,
and have an overwhelming majority in the Legisla
ture. The Philadelphia JVerv, anil at! the other know
nothing Whig papers in Pennsylvania regarded the
*tefeat of the Democracy by 5:0,000 as eeriuin —and,
hv their deliberate and premeditated falsehood, in
duced their brethren of the dark lantern order to lose
at least a million of dollars on the result. Many of
their friends staked and lost nearly every thing they
had in the world. Let no man hereafter put his trust
in know nothing calculations, for sooner or later, he
wilt sink beneath the waves of its corruption. It ap
pears that Mr. Wise has received nineteen thousand
more votes than was given to Gen. Pierce at the
ia.t Presidential election !
Terrible Hail Menu.
K7~The Columbia (S. C.) Time? of May "29,
says:—"That hail fell in that locality, on the level,
to the depth of four inches, some of the stones mea
suring ten inches in circumference, and others four
inches long—killing hogs, fish, birds, fowls and
insects. In some places it wa. piled up to the depth
of six teet."
In Berks Cotinty, Pennsylvania, there was also a
severe hai! storm on the J4rh ult., as we l>-arn from
the Reading Gazette. "It feil in such a mass that
in places where the rain drove it together, it was
from three to five feet deep. Many of the stones
were the size of hens' eggs." This accounts lor the
recent chilliness of the air.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
That the last Know-Nothing Reform Legislature of
Pennsylvania introduced a Rill to give to colored per
sons all the rights now et.;tyed by the free white
men of this Commonwealth, and were only checked
in *heir efforts by an instrument called the Cou>titn
i inn '
It nearly doubled the Banking Capital of the S'ate!
It passed a law which is nearly equal to giving
away the great Public Improvements of Pennsylva
nia Rail-Koad company Ota irft/sasaqUhe Pennsylva
between twoand three hundred thousand dollars an
nually !
It repealed the License Law, and substituted an
act fo promote Drunkenness, by which the people's
Treasury is defrauded out of upwards of two hundred
ihousat.d dollars annually, all of which -must he cot- j
lecfed in taxes lrom the sweat of the tax payers'
brow •
It pa-sed a Law nearly doubling the pay of its
own members !!
It passed a Law through the lower House to re
move the seat ofgovernment from Harrisbug to Phil
adelphia ; a measure which, if finally succes-lui, will
add millions of dollars to the public deb:, and place
the people of the State at the mercy of the Specula
tor* of a city now governed by coriuption of the most
diabolical character!
Owing to the corruption of its K. N. members, it
■was unable to elect aU. S. Senator,one of it plainest
and most important dutie,.
Here are a few of the real plank* in the K. N. !
j 'otform, which admit of no doubt—none of which,
however, are to be found in the little book which is
represented as containing K. X. principles—a book
only designed io aeeeiv. ' 1
FARMERS and TAX PAVERS the issue is a plain
one. If you love the*e things—then encourage
Know-Nothing Midnight Lodges, if you disapprove |
of them-, then array yourselves, like noe Americans, ,
under the great P.atiner of DEMOCRAC\ , and con
tend fearlessly lor its glorious principles.
"SAM" A NATIVE OF ROME. —Martin Luther gave
this account of the order which bears very decided
resemblance in many respects to the present organi
zation :
"In Italy there was a particular order of friars
called T'ratre* Ignorant kx , that is, Brethren oj Igua
ra net, who took u solemn oath that they would nei
ther know, learn, nor understand anything at all, but
answer ali thing* with A/rr/o, "/ Luow nothing.
Luther's Table Tali, A o. -J fT.
THE LIQTJCH LAW !
The people sfftn t> be moving in every quar
ter lor (he REPEAL of the iniquitous JUG
Law passed by the last K. N. Legislature, and
approved by a K. N. Governor, i bat it wili
be swept out of existence by the popular voice
of next October, no man in his senses can doubt.
We have no hesitation in proclaiming ourselves
in favor of its speedy repeal. He have al
ways considered Political I ernperance a hum
bug, and we are now fully satisfied on this
jiomt. Whilst KI\G, of Cambria County, was
the avow ed candidate of the l'< mptraucr men,
he dodged the vote on this question baring that
it might interfere with his political prospects
in future—and n any of the men who supported
the measure throughout, drank probably a pint
of brandy or whiskey every day they were in
Harrisburg ! To suppose that such a code ot
morals can result in reform is perfectly ridicu
lous. Whilst corrupt politicians are using the
Temperance Question as a mere hobby, the cause
itself is perishing foi want of moral aid. Deal
ers in Liquor, Beer, and Ale, are novo selling in
open violation of the law : and, if temperance
laws are not enforced, what is the use ol pas
sing them ?
REPI DUTION.
We learn from the Philadelphia Argus
that the K. N. Treasurer of that City refuses to
receive Relief notes in payment of Taxes, not
withstanding these shinplasters were issued on
the authority of the Stale at a time when the
Whigs (now Know-Nothings) accidentally con
trolled the affairs of this Commonwealth. The
Treasurer, it seems, is acting upon instructions
from the authorities at Harrisburg ! Tile last
K. N. Legislature added millions of trash lite
this to our banking capital, which w ill eventual
ly swindle the people by wholesale. A man
mav receive it in payment for his farm, his
crop, or his marketing, and yet not be able to
jray even his taxes with the filthy stuff!' The
people have suffered midnight Lodges to con
trol their taxes, and dreadful will be thesuffer
>ng they will experience in consequence there
of. We take consolation in the fact that the
Bedford Gazette never failed to warn them ®f
their danger '
C7~ By reference to onr advertising columns it J
will be seen that the "Allegheny Mate ami Female I
Seminary" located at Rainsburg. in this county, will j
open for the reception of Pupils early in August, and
we sincerely bope it may meet with liberal encour- j
agemer.r. There is no good reason why it should
not become one of the valuable Institutions of the '
Commonwealth. The location is tine—the building i
good—the country healthy and beautiful—and Thej
inhabitants of the town and neighborhood, upright, '
moral, kind and obliging.
CTTbe following communication from our worthy j
friend, Maj. Taliaferro, was intended lor our la-t is- !
sue, but omitted for want of room. It loses none of
its interest, however, from the (act that Mr. Wise's !
majority is several thousand more than we supposed I
it would be this rime last week. The K. N"s who j
kppt dousing the Major on the street, on th<* receipt
of their jffoti >/*•:, which always elects Whiggery, !
must feel considerably fiat just now.
For the Bedford Gazette.
Gen. BOWMAN:
Permit a rative born citizen of the good old j
commonwealth of \ irgir.ia, the \ IRGIN State of our
glorious Confederation, to congratulate vou. Sir, anil ;
the sterling, unflinching Democracy of Bedford cnun- !
;y, on the result of the recent contest for Prinripfrs I
in the "Old Dominion; a WISH defeat of a midnight '
faction seeking to destroy the Platform of the Demo- j
cracy and sap the foundation of Religion, Law, and j
Order, making all these a bye-word and reproach,
and the Constitution !ike unto rnttrn Massachusetts
—the State of ///—To be hissed at in all time to
come—unless she repent of her evil domgs, and
cause her DOOO apostate Ministers of tbe Gospel to
return to their sacred de-ks as preachers of righte
ousness and not of K. N. debauchery; if. indeed, they
have not entirely forfeited the confidence and respect
of ail good citizens, which. I fear, is the far?.
Virginia, the land of Washington, of Jefferson, of
Maion, of Patrick Henry, of Lee, and a host ol o
thei Heroes and Sages of the Revolution, is not the
State to give wav to Know Nothing Infidelity, Abo
lition Fanaticism, and Freesoilism. No, Sir. And
now do I love I,tr as my mother; and though it has
been made my fortune in War and in Pi-ace to be se- ;
vered from her bosom for u ore than forty years, yet
in a temporal sense she is fhe crown of my rejoicing, j
With many and kind thanks to my K. N. friends i
in this -ection of the '-Old Key-tone State," who i
have, during the few past days, oJuiaKilg stepped a
side to .nqutre "if the Major had heard of the Virgi
nia election, and of the defeat of his gallant friend, j
Henry A. Wise, by some twenty thousand majority
for his Nix Wi-ser opponent," are now respectfully
referred to this short letter to the Bedford Gazette, ;
with rlie remark that the handle of the Jug of Virtue 1
and Patriotism has always Keen on one side in Virgi- !
nia, and Henry A. Wise holds it firmly in his Giant
gra-p, being full of Constitutional Liquor, "good for
Man and Beast," but certain death to K. X's, wheth
living in the South or in the North! lam truly ;
nv'tifi t ,i! Kii s reat result o£ right over wrong—bap
i ' " ,a ' Administration of Pre-ident Pierre has ;
mJ.r pure morality has been pro-'
.1 . r ' ow ' w^""n it shall have pleased the Al
r.nr "" V i" l !< " iro " r "is Spirit upon u* as iri times
. am cause another glorious revival of vital reli
my e>? °' ,r may then be enabled to lift up
T.ord, lef thv servanf°"fepart ir?
have seen thy salvation/' I
Yours, Sr.ce re !v.
l aw. Taliaferro.
SPEECH OF MK. BUiIAYA.A AT TIEEROF
AL ACAD EM i DIWKR I\ Lo\Do.\:
The inauguration dinner of the exhibition season
of IS-j-5 attracted on Saturday, May 6, a brilliant a>-
semblage, within the walls of the Royal Academy,
London. From two o'clock, at which hour the doors
were opened, until six, the Ministers of State, many
magnificent patrons ot art among the nobility, and
others distinguished in politics, law, literature and
science, continued to ariin, and to apply themselves
with keen arti-tic relish to the inspection of the
paintings in the various rooms. The "fusion" of
rank, wealth and parliamentary eminence, with the
artist world, was no less complete than gratifying ;
^ ol .'P 4 might be seen, in which
the merits of the more remarkable paintings. At six
o'clock about one hundred and eighty gentlemen *at i
down to dinner in the eat room, the cbair being ta
ken by the President of the Royal Academy, Sir C.
L. Eastlake.
During the evening the President said that the
next toast which he begged to introduce was the
•■health of the foreign ministers, who had deigned
on this occa-ion to be their guest-." (Cheers.)— :
He bail to regret the absence of some of those in- (
v;*ed,and among thorn the representatives ot those
gallant nations now our special allies ; hut they
were honored by the presence of other* who might
here recognize the perpetual alliance which it was
the province of the arts of peace to promote.
(Cheers.)
Mr.. BCCITANAN. — After what fell from my noble
Iripnrt (Lord Palmer-ton) on a former occasion, who
said I had no right to call myself a foreign minister
at all, (a laugh), I am inclined To think I have no
right to address you. but although I might plead this
privilege. 1 am not disposed To do it on This occasion.
The foreign ministers who represent the different
nations of the worh! at this court must be very un
grateful indeed if they did not fee! sent intents of deep
gratitude towards the British people ai d the numer
ous noble societies that adorn This country. We
have received the kindest attentions from all, and it
is a natural and neces-ary con-equence that thi
shouhi produce feelings oi response, not only on our
own part, but aDo on the part of the countries we
represent. (Cheers.) We tee! it to be a great priv
ilege To be present on occasions of Thi- kind. The
arts have beer: brought To great perfection in this
country, and when we review the page- of history
we find one thing to be constantly the lac?, that civ
ilization, ami above all, liberty, are the best fo-Ter
mothers of the arts. (Cheers.) Painting arid sculp
ture sprung into existence almost at once, like Mi
nerva iron, the head of Jupiter, w ben Greece became
tree ; and I believe it may be said to be a remarkable
act, that they sprang almost at once to a (soirit of
?xcel!ence which ha- not since been exceeded in any
•ountry in the world. For my* own part, not having
iad an opjiortiinity in my own country ot seeing ex
pensive .'alienes, or many -pecimens of the periec
lon to which the arts have been brought in this
■ountry, everything wears an air of novelty in this
exhibition that has inspired me with delight, and I
shall remember tbepre-ent evening when I return to
my nat ive land as one of the most agreeable and in
structive of my whole life. (Cheer-.) Rut, although
the taste and immagination may be gratified bv the
specimens of art here collected. 1 cannot help
tng that noble institution of England—an English
dinner. (Cheers and laughter. / 1 have en joyed the
privilege of lea-ting with von, and alter enjoying 'he
least ot reason and the How ot -out, in surveying the
pictures hung upon these wails. I Lave been high
ly delighted to enjoy a more material least of this
sort. I return you the thanks of my colleague and
myself, and I am Mire 1 may also thank you in the
name of every member of the diplomatic corps.—
(Cheers.)
Evrr.AO!tni.\'AUY Sricuu:.—English papers
mention the suicide of a .Mr. Royfstone, who,
ten years ago, was worth one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds sterlinc, which he has since
squandered in the gratification of his appetite.
He had agents in China, Mexico, Canada, and
other places, to supply hint with the rarest deli
cacies and a single dish, sometimes, cost him
fifty pounds. At length, on the loth of
April, nothing was left htm but a solitary guin
ea, a shirt, and a battered hat. He bought a
woodcock with the guinea, which be had served
up in the highest style of the culinary art.—
He gave hirr.s-lf two hours for an easy digestion,
and then jumped into the Thames from West
minster bridge.
A collision occurred in Boston Bay on Tues
day night, as a consequence of which two
were left upon a wreck to drift about at tht
mercy of the winds and wares during the recer.l
sforni. They were rescu.-d after being on th.
wreck more than twenty-four hours.
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From the Philadelphia Argus.
ILL HAIL 11R LI MA!
The 4 Smiiß{>ioii oi'4'ivil and 34c-
Liberty !
A Voice from Independence Hall!
FkWSYLVAMA SKMIS GREF/ITXti TO
Tilt: OLD DOiIIIMON.
As was anticipated, the meeting in Independence
i Square la*t evening, was a demonstration worthy
! the occasion, and the principles it was called to en-
I dor-e. The meeting was no common one. Since the
: adoption of the Federal Constitution such a crisis has >,
not occurred in the political history of our country. ,
The Hartford Convention treason was confined to a
few Eastern States, and was therefore comparative
ly powerfe-s, hot Know Nolhingism has amalgama
ted with abolitionism, and penetrated the entire
Northern and Western States, while in the F.a s t
everything, save the Democratic party, lie- dead at
its feet. With such victories to stimulate them to
action, no marvel that when the contest cam* in Air- 1
ginia, the key to the South, intense anxiety was felt
! by the lovers of civil and religious freedom as to the
; result. I.oud and defiant boast- were sent forth by •
j the Know-Nothing organs and their allies, that the
i like triumphs which had attended their efforts in
: other States, would follow them in the Old Domin
ion. Though confessedly opposed to civil and reli
| gious freedom, and allied to a faction which by iegis
| lative enactment- had repudiated the Constitution,
and set at defiance the power of the State-, still, with j
matchless effrontery, they invaded the -oil of Vir
ginia, and sought To trample under foot those princi- '
pies which had been enuuc.ated by a Washington and
a Jefferson.
Hut in *his they were mistaken. They had under- 1
taken a Task more than equal to their capacities for !
lying, cheating and juggling. They judged old Vir
ginia by the same standard they did Massachusetts
with her-freason-loving population. They vainly
hoped that the bait gilded with specious poison* would
be swallowed by the Constitutional men of old Vir
ginia. Such was not the case. From one end of the
Commonwealth to the other, from the centre to the
circumference the alarm was sounded, and when the
uay o/ contest came the enemy was driven from her
territory covered with -ham-* and di-grace. It ua*
this achievement, -o momen'ou* in its consequence
that caused the demonstration of last night, and made
each patriot s heart beat with quickened impulse as
be witnessed the steady tread of the vast column of
freemen that passed onward to the Mecca of Repub
licanism, from thence to send their greetings to the
Old Dominion. Each ward wa. paraded with trans
parencies bearing appropriate mottoes, while the '
strain- of martial music, mingled with lire shouts of
thousands, filled the air with inspiration. The scene ,
iuold Independence Square will never be forgotten, j
It w as a sure forerunner of that victory which awaits j <
ti.e Democracy in this State. The meeting was ca!- '
led at 7.. o clock, but the different sections of the '
consolidated city did not arrive upon the ground un- -
tii .liter D o clock, ihe southern wards formed at i
I us-yunk road and V\ ashmgton street j the western |
ncr of Frankford road and Hanover street, amf lA)e 1
north-western wards at the corner of Broad and
Coat-- streets, and proceeded to the square, accomp- t
anted by bands of music. J t
At about half-past seven o'clock, Col. Florence a- I
rose, and called the meeting to order.
Mu. Flohkm i: said In undertaking the pleas- J .
ing duty of presenting to you the list of names which (
will be submitted as the officers of this meeting. 1
urn sure 1 nay be indulged m a few remarks that i
this great oci a-on seems to inspire, I congratulate
the twenty Thousand peisons pfes-nt that they have
assembled spontaneously, upon This sacred ground. '
to return thanks to Almighty Cod that the spread of .
heresy has been stayed in the land where repose the (
bones of the great lather of this country. Cod he
praised that these twenty thou.-and men have come
together in one common min i, to a-sure our hreth
ern in Virginia that we are with thern hear! and *oul,
and return to them thanks for the noble deed they
consummated on la-t Thursday.
As a bright and happy coincidence, as many free
men in the cifv of New York are now assembled in
Tammany Hall, sending up shouts in honor of the
same great occasion, and it is our duty to unite with
our brethren in New York by sending them greetmg
ot congratulations on this, the mutual occasion, o!
rejoicing.
The following was read and despatched to the i
meeting tn Tamany Hall, New-York :
Prima®*i.pnt.i, May 31, ISS-7.
To the Chairman of the Democratic Meeting
Tamany Halt, JVeto 1 ork.
The Democracy of Philadelphia assembled thi
ewening to the number of 50,000,-in Independence :
Square, within sound of the tocsin of American Liber- j
tv, desire to interchange congratulations with their
brethren tn V irginia, and pledge the Keystone, in her
next contest, to stand by .the side of the old Dimm
-10)1.
Mr. Florence then rea 1 a letter from F.x-Gov. j
Btgler, in which he regretted exceedingly his inabil
ity to attend and take part in the proceedings of the i
meeting, convened to rejoice over so glorious a vic
tory in Y irgmia. 1 hough alr-ent he hoped he would
not for that reason lie lost to the spirit of the occa- j
' sion.
'The letter was received with loud and continued
applause.
Mr. Florence continued :
| It is fitting and inspiriting to the heart* of the pa
triots of America to come Together, under a call for a
i union meeting, and as that meeting, i of the united
Democracy, let us, in the name ol the Democracy ot
| the city ol Philadelphia, tit the language of St. Paul,
< say, in all heart anil spirit to thir-e in New York, as
-1 sernbled at old Tamany, "Let brotherly love con
; ttrine." [Applau-e.]
As it would perhaps be intrusive, if not improper,
, to further detain you before the meeting is luily or
! garuzed, I shall at once proceed to the discharge ot
my duty, by reading the li-t of officers of this meet
ing.
; Ojfirent un met omitted frrr tnnt of room. ]
The meeting being thus organized, Mr. Bobbins,
; on taking the chair, spoke as follows:
(•KM r.PMKN :—Accept my thanks for the dLlin
-1 gnished honor you have conferred on me, by select
ing me for your presiding officer on this very impor
tant occasion.
The victory which we meet to celebrate, is one of
' the utmost moment to the welfare of our country. —
it is a triumph of long established national principle*
over error and fanaticism. And in the opin.on >">!
many intelligent men, it is the most important victo
ry that has been achieved since the great contest be
: tween Mr. Adam- and Mr. Jefferson, which resulted
in the election of Mr. Jcfierson lo the Presidency of
' ■ the United States.
Our opponents, with their secret organization,
swept over the Northern and Northwestern States
iike a tornado, and their progres- was never checfcd
■ ' or arrested until they fried their strength in the old
; i patriotic State of \ irginia.
, I They boasttngly told Mr. Wise that he would be
. I defeati-u by some twenty or thirty thousand; but be,
( nothing daunted, buckled on his armor, and met the
' qur-tion openly and boldly, and in-tead of being de-
I fea'cd, he tva* elected by tea or twelve thwanil
' mtjtity.
\k, therefore, gentlemen, have great came to re-
I joict the result, am! > hav- reason to believe that
: Peniylvams will profit by the illustrious example
set y ber by Virginia.
X- President then introduced the Hon. JuhnCad
! vvarter.
Sir. fadwaladcr's Speech.
Jin Cadwalader, Esq., said, Fellow Democrats,
bretren in a righteous thi- i-> no ordinary oc
casion whifh we meet together. The two great
seat of commerce in the United States—New York
; amPtiiladelphia —are to-night simultaneously as-ein
: bfer for the purpose of exchanging their mutual con
, gradations and heralding loitti their approbation to
the, fellow DemocrSTs in every section ot the Union,
. on i occasion of which the interest can oniy be niea
f surl by the importance of the late cnsi-. in which
' theecurity of the union ol States has been involved
I in gieni as yet unsurpassed in our national history,
i Tail* Dion lias hitherto depended upon the laitbtul
: ageey of Democratic Republicans in protecting the
ngfs of all classes who were threatened with oppres
j sto from intolerance. Political intolerance had
thiateued one class—religious intolerance another,
i Dot kinds of intolerance had been ruu.bmed lor the
oj jession ot the third. -[Applau-e.]
I Ire Democratic party, regardle-s of temporary
selmterest, has fearles-ly, on every occasion, been
at land lor the rescue of all. (Applause.) Their
I potu-ai strength, as the reward ot this political vir
• tusbas hitherto been founded on their alliance with
' thsrgriculturul population and with our naturalized
feW-citizens, both of which classes HI return for
thiprotection of the Democracy, have always been
lined in the support of Democratic principles. I
coteive that the late election in Virginia was a
i trimph over a band of conspirators, insidiously a--
sopited fur the purpose of sowing dissension between
tbiagricoltural population and the naturalized Amer
icas. Regarding lUimportanre in this light, 1 would
i asltlie attention of the meeting to a lew ha-ty ob
seiutior:s 01 the character of the agricultural ti.ier
esfrif which the Democracy ha- thus been the recug
nfc-d protectors. Generally, throughout The Union,
Ti(sagricultural population, particularly thaj more
rrrote from our Atlantic seaports, ha- lonr.d an irn
j rrtnity from oppressive taxation in that economical
j sjtem of limited expenditure in aif.tir- of govern
nint, for which our party was contrasted so strongly
will their political opponents, who had always ini
tiated an alliance with the commencal classes in
rmparntive disregard of the agricultural interest.
Al the fiscal agents of enlarged financial operations
-nil artificial regulations of commerce, tending to
eltravagant outlays—had been of anti-Democratic
pientage. The con-equence was a natural reliance
o the farmer on his Democratic protectors, and a
i ri-iproca! support of the Democracy by those who
erjoyed the benefit of tins protection. But the par
ti-iiiar agricultural interest which depended on this
potection was that of the planter in the slavebolding
fates.
Our sister States of the South had united with u
qder a geneial government, upon Constitutional
fudges of immunity tiorn interference in their do
ne-tie affairs. The domestic institutions of the-c
hates would have been sacrificed with a total d>s-
Bgatd of the Constitution, it they had not received
e unwavering support ot the Democracy. Out
moralized fellow-citizens depended, in like manner,
<1 the Democracy lor the protection of tiie-e rqua
ights, pi ivileges and immunities, against which an
i-Deroocratic influence had been unceasingly exert
*1 from the days of the alien and sedition laws.—
low, these two interests, in alliance with the l>e
rorracy, especially with the Demoeracv of th>
Korth, had always hitheito been able to resist sue
<e*s|ully every kind of intolerant oppression. Tht
)uipue of Kuow-Xothingism is, and has been, a- ,
hate already stated, to sever this union of the Agii
rtikurist ami the natuialized American. Know
Nothings have been the agents relied on by opponent!
of Democracy To sow the seeds ol dissension betweei
these hitherto associated classes.
Had the Know-Nothing lacfion succeeded in tb<
Virginia election, the success would have been pro
claimed as a sure proof that the Southern Democrat)
were faithless to naturalized Americans. This wa
to have been the means of exciting in the minds o
our naturalized fellow citizens a feeling of ho-tiiit■
to the population ol the slave-holding States, result
ing in hostility to their local institutions. The con
spirators against our national freedom had hopes, b)
Mich artifices, of depriving Ibe Democracy ot the a.-
of the naturalized American population, withou
which aid ttie Dernociacy would have been i:icipabo
lite fheX mTveV? I \c\tHVffAVu' S &k. ot
end o: the first year ol Gerreial Taylor's Presidency
it become apparent to every man of ordinary intelß
genre tnat the candidate of the Democratic M nr tb,
the 1 residency of the United States u it ,st b- success,
lul at the elect,„o of 18.12. During more than tw,
years preceding that election the member, of
Democratic parry had therefore been reciuited !>••
acces-iorn ol unfaithful mercenaries, corrupt auxil
iaries, pvfending to belong To the party, but,
truth, posessed of roue of its sterling p'i wiciples
uiembersii if only in name."
1 i,e paly, swelled thus in numbers, by spurious
pretenders to member-hip, was m. nh!l .
those by ~0-e vole it. apparent majorities had bee,,
augmented fr, the distribution of patronage, such
ot these in, as scrambled into office (God grant they
may be levy o! cour-.-, did not become Know-Noth
ings. ."who were disappointed in their expec
tations ot o)e, became ffailors. (Great applause )
heir treacfty wa. at hr-t secret, i„ order that',,
ought be my effect Iv e. This was ,i„ origin of
Know-Noth |em. At fir-, It as.omshed ar ,d par
aly-zed the DWracy. They found their organiza
tion tainted,Gfbout being able to discover the
-ource of its Iturily. Treachery lurked m every
quarter wberjU m , lo of detection we r ,- „'r i
command. J kerncrly was first discerned by our
h, y"' rp ' l ( f Magistrate, Wrlliam Big|e r . Hj s ;
plan of the rain Pennsylvania ,n IS.-,| W(ls fha j |
w.„rh to-.t becJ,| owe(l by tbe pr-s-,., Governor
elect at Vir ß .niu.v. filler, |, k ,. I]-n,v A. Wise
saw riu.y t 1...T i„. n caiiv-s. i„ whi<-fa tiaifors , tr „j
'""TlirV""' fearlessly denounced and
openly come JoiJh from the.r bid,re.
places, and awi motr |j f . p r i„ e ipjfthe fruits ~'f
Democratic org^iion would be r „ lor( , rt- ,
restoration he by- and lorf>to | d Know-Notlon"-
isn, extirictior ~, in the ouNpt of tUp ~
vama rar.vi." honored candidate was by the
hand ol I rovnle.it, I( .j;p n doW |i an j ]a „ j#h >
derd.-a,e froinit, bp , „ ot n . cov> . r
,-ve of the elect,.| e had In,| e more than time to
make the ranv.l- "t.iladelphia. Here alone, he
t ween the J,,,.* a| ob(>r e | r< ., im , M „ f ,- s , ,
, WM . earn to flwrl* H (ettvr ,„ )00 ' V()tf . s
Had he been able. to t . anva „, tbr ,
25.& xArwi 1 " •' -
Mr. Vtis(,t,r.d 'icr auspices, had commenced
his eanva-8 with determination, and by the
bio.—IRC of Provide,,, hp ,. n Sl( , faille(l mh f J
most superhuman r >nt( | iu ,'
fori. [Appjjtisc. jruth cannot be repeated
ton frequently by a o | Democracy that Virginia
has never fa,led to i Democratic elector* for
the Presidency. I u||f |(j ,
was honored by tin |, lon 0( >uch Collh , it
ry ami whose rner4 r a , ik( . hoi|| , r f
who telej ted him, -,, it ,bc Democracy Of the
Haveholdme -fate, , jr pro ,„ ( . flon o( ., |)e ;
ralized American ,* rpfurn for ()js
IO their Constitutions, ||iei,m.o,l ~„i .
ued Appl .o.e.| [Ktnewed and contin-
In order not to upon the time of others
! u,ll not pursue th,s ?|hril| „ ht t() jN o|
conclusions. We are rH<fbr|l|p
ner.l of an ext.net fai, Wo|||<l CUf
fault ;t we d,, ? it up ? Krvo in which it was
buried, and give it ~e „ „ot already killed, it
had received its death „ Vm-jima, and it could
not survive the <l( , h( . D
cy of Pennsylvania in flrvf
While Mr. Cadw.Ur " t . ak|
u 2 despatch vva< rece,Chairman of the
Mas. Meeting in New t w .„ reccived wj
three cheers :
i . . . VOIIK, May, ,8.-.;-).
\ our despatch,, rec- flre " f|l d
assembled in front of I , 00 , s ,
been ordered honor r ; J„ nJ ,
racy ot the Kmpire bwr[|
Keystone State, and p|et. . , , .
. - , .... firs lostandside
by side with them in IK4T
Chairman.
Tamany flail,
(apt. A. % f|i
Mr. President and Fells . ... , ,
, i suggested 'hat the gates , ~ 1 lf> '" has
to be opened, so that fhi.JL . *'' l' " l" ""ilhf
• Sqnareniay 20 over the; "'. % !" '
I deed, a great r ,heri e ?7> Tt >-
* 1 Itecillen, will)
j warm hearts and quick sympathies to re*|N>rid to one '
j of the most glorious victories m the history ol Demo- I
j cratu- triumph. Virginia has met the legions of the
enemy and before her ttn'V have retreated vanquished.
The patriotism and chivalry of the sous of the Old
I Dominion were too strong a barrier for the sectarian
bigotry and rain pant fanaticism which ran for a while
like wild-fire over The land. There the torrent of |
- heresy which-deluged the North was checked and j
j forced back with increased impetuosity to those dark [
j and murky place* from which it had it- source. (Ini- j
men-f applause.)
Secret political organization*, as ha* been well ]
| said, will never succeed in this Republic. There
can be no sympathy for men clubbed together with ;
all thecharacreristic of .Incobms and Spanish con-i
spirators. [Renewed applause.] Hone-t men are I
truthful. What they do may he seen in the broad
sun light. Not so with those of this dark lantern
oligarchy. Their plots are hatched at midnight, and
in mysterious hiding places. Is this manly .' Raiher
, - is it not cowardly and unworthy of men .'
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
Klernal vears of (ire! are hers;
I But F.rror wounded writhes in pain,
And dies amid her worshippers."
[Applause.]
The Constitution of the*" United States was not
framed in secret. The deliberations of the fathers
of the country were not in gloomv rooms by the
litful glare or daik lanterns. Nor were citizens in
vested with their rights and immunities without no
tice. <Applau*e.) Secrecy does not belong to our
institutions. Secret political organizations are to ns
noxious exotic-, tran-planted from the hot beds of
European despotism. (Loudand continued applause.)
If lor a time they flourish, we may well exclaim
with the Roman poet, O JWisura* kuminum intuit
O ' prrtora terra
But the glad tiding* from Old Virginia, havp dis
-1 pelted whatever of gloom there may have been.— :
! l'he Democracy there* as they have ever done, arid
■ a* they ever do every where, closely and gallantly
• i folioweil out the teachings of it* great apostle and
, expounder—Thomas Jefferson. V\ e have met to ten
der them congratulations, it is meet that we -hould !
do so, and 1 am sure from the vast concourse before i
i me there will rise up one loud, long and hearty shout
fur Old \ irginia arid Democratic principles.
l'i.ree cheers were given for old Virginia anil Dem
ocratic principles.
The following brief but excellent letter from ex
governor BIUI.ER was read at-Jhe meeting :
I MKITHAVT*' HOTKI., May 31st, 1
Dear Florence—i regret exceeding!v rny inability
to participate in the proceeding* to-night a* a speak
er. a* so kindly and flatteringly de-irtd by the Com
-1 rnritee, but I hope I shall not. tor that reason, he lo*t
to the spirit of the occasion. Virginia fiid triumph
ed over the in*id;on- and -ediict l ve influence r.f Knovr-
Nothingi*m ; but I'enn-ylvanm, with her candidate
for Governor, war the fir-t to declare aw ar of exter
mination agaiii*t the heresy, anil up to this hour a
Pennsylvania Governor has The only official paper on
record discarding the doctrines of the "dark lantern
oligarchy."
Your friend, tt'ii. BH.J.KK.
To Hon. T. B. Florence.
KNOW MTHIMHSM IS IT IS*!
CHRISTIAN"! READ! PAUSE! REFLECT!
And the Lord -aid unto Cain, Where is Abel, thv
bioftiPr? And he said, I KNOW NOT.—Gen. 1 c.
9 v.
And with Absalom went two hundred men out of
Jerusalem, that were railed, and thev went in their
simplicity, for they KNEW NOT ANY THING.
And tiie con-piracy was strong; for the people in
crea*ed cuntinnally with Absalom 2d Samuel, ch.
El, 11 and 12 verses.
Then Jesus -aid, Father. Torgive them; for they '
KNOW NOT what they do. Luke 23d ch. 34th v.
In these day* of know-nothing bluster, it maybe
well, perbap-. to refer to -orneof the most prominent ,
■>f <I important act- of the know-nothing*, from the
time when 'he illusfr nn- founder of the order flour- '
ished 'o the pre*ent day, and ascertain, a- far as we
can, v!,;H cla-*e* of men have su-tained and perp-Mu
ated it in different ages of the world. Byway of di
recting the attention of our reader* to a few circum- *
stances conntzJed with fact* which we doubt not are
familiar to them, we hav extracted from the only '
record into which errors could not have crept, the <
:r - - - Lord—, s,;r
iiy:^zi a r ,aze eni " ! " > ' e,j * "■* *
y zi%z::crv: ,r£ onb * m m
" " T ' ( " T - ' h " q..irer i, mvaOabfy wftMh
er, •>, KNOW NOT ; ' an "
.Mr. Cam was doubtless a better man than many
u,p <■<■ mtrv with' , '' was o,i, y ~ e f "i'o
Inbe ; r "at P ; r^"i!;" nS " rh as ,he who,e
;i ,d • x r i: d y
ha -' r r,y '*'"<"* "P
SSsE^rfB
~, i , . . < orrupted themselves,' thev u pti*
the party.' a " °' °< that day broke up
So i effectually were thev extinguished that we have
'...•'Tr„7,rr„^ r tr;rr. ~s r w "" nl ahout
father. Kin.r David 'I I " AI "-' , . lo,r ' his
z:r r ""' ,mr ■-SsktlS
r.ivaletn they denounced the Saviour I, „ c
who had come oil the e i /V I-? f<"?rr,
ir^JTrr
to leave no room for cavil U ,kl V "' IPr
r"n^T,T
a--" '.t',: n :;sr n ">
fsi.'t "-r
millennium in' thV^JSneV,'S tr^iT^t^"
mean.n, men, democrat",, prmcinlJ XdTer* **'!
rf in -- - 'f;i :
d r,lßc '" ,lc ent chamber, scented with burn
apjrroached, entrance, by bf r aoViic
arm# opened and received him. at firt with a "e?
' He prr-.uie: buf foon, #1-! the .hrwUnUbe
.led vicllni gitce eviden.e That ho a. pierced by 'ho
>!eei spike-that project*,! Iron, her h,„!y, ,fcjj
The boautilui woman wm l.ut an instrument of tor.
ture n.iivod by the hands of a monitor lor his own
: sellish ami unholy end,. Know-\othm e i,ni to u .e
a grotty strong figure, ,g that rnork lieuiy ; ali d the
way t! • spikes thht s>rb!ecl Irom it# body aie alri-ad •
piercing the tlr-li ol the deluded Democrats, who
■ fOr to the presence chamber a* bridegroom, to
i their brides, is a caution now . and w ill be more p ar
I ticulurly ,0 berealter.—New fork Republican.
Know Nothing Blisters!
"The bosom of America is open to receive'
not only tile optilent and respective Mtanger!
hot the opptessed and persecuted of ALL NA
TIONS A N D OF .A LL RELIGIONS, whom w "
shal! welcome to a participation in ALLGLR
RIGHTS A NDPRIVI LEG ES."_ II asking,.
'•Our civil rights have no dependence on our
religious opinions, MORE than our opinions in
physics and geometry. To proscribe attv cit 1-
zen as unworthy the public confidence bv lav
ing upon him an incapacity of being called to
office ol trust and emolument unless fie proles
or renounce this or that religious opinion is
depriving him injuriously of those privileges
and advantage# to which, in common^with his
fellow-citizens, he has a natural right. It lends,
also, to corrupt the principles of the verv reli
gion tt is meant to encourage, by bribing with
1 <1 monopoly of worldly honors those who will
| externally prof, s; and confirm to it. Every
person has an equal right to the honor and con
fidence :tf his fellow citizens, resulting, NOT
FROM BIRTH, BUT FROM HIS ACTIONS,
and the ir sense of them."— Thomas Jejjrrson.
"Resohrrrf, 1 hat the liberal principles iin
bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and sanctioned in the Constitution,
which make ours the land of liberty, and the
ASYLUM OF THE OPPRESSED OF EVERY
NATION. HAVE BEEN CARDINAL PRIN
j CJPLF.S I.N THE DEMOCRATIC FAITH,
and every attempt to ABRIDGE THE PRES
ENT PRINCIPLES OF BECOMING CITI
ZENS and the owners of soil among us ought
to tie resisted with the same spirit which swept
the alien and sedition laws from our statute
books."— Resolution of the Baltimore Demo
crat ir tan r?ntion.
"The history of the present King of Great
Britain is a history of repeated injuries arid
usurpations, ail having in direct object the es
tablishment of an absolute tyranny over these
States. He has endeavored to prevent the |mt>-
nfatiin of these States—FOß THAT PURPOSE
OBSTRUCTING THE LAWS OF NATU
RALIZATION" OF FOREIGNERS REFU
SING TO PASS OTHERS TO ENCOURAGE
THEIR MIGRATION HITHER, and raising
the conditions of new appropriations of land. 1 '
[Declaration of Independence.]
T. I E TORNADO NEAR JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS.
—The Chicago Tribune, of the 14th, has the
following account of the tornado near Jefferson,
in that State, by which a house was literal!v
carried off, and three persons were killed :
A cloud of a peculiar shape was first observed
approaching from the northwest, and tern.ma
ting in a funnel-shaped point,the apex towards
and nearly reaching the earth. As it came
nearer, it was discovered to he a whirlwind,
rapidly (evolving, and whirling up various 0:-
jects, in which were plainly seen large sticks
of wood, I oards, small tree, arid chairs. It was
coming towards our informants, hut did not
reach them, l.ut turned to their right, described
a semicircle, and fell 11pm a large frame house.
[IT .'f' 3n ' J house £
iffud Iron I us foundation, literally torn to p,.-
vor'tev Th r'™* Up homd
sha eJ'.h ?' r,lre,D ,h " lo.se_all of ,
the same late ; the weight of the articles
.ip| f an.:- no obstacle to their ascent whatever
sad n trM We r'" 1 ' of the narralivj
person -' n rt ,Jtr '• J " lhH iK) " Sf * . u *' r '* '"<
and tei'l o% U '" rP aii flra " nU P int " the air,
Ml, at d.tTerent distances and with <r r J
tolence to th.- ground. The wile of one ot the
>e-u Mrs. Page, and two | her chii
dren, we r e instantly killed. All the other per
sons in the house were greatly injured.
. e injuries, with two exceptions, consist of
singular and heavy bruises all over the boil v.
wrfiT'i. S 3fm brokp "' and 3nr) ther Ins
p' ; I( h . iKi, - V 7 Mr. Page only saved
m .-IMrn m be.ng drawn up into the" air bv
Wing on to a large rock. The house stood
ipon lour granite boulders. These were all
moved several lent from their places.
Th u.ii.luind went on and passed diago
nally across a post and rail fence. Of this it
t re up twenty ,ods so effectually, that there is
not the slightest vestige Of a fence remaining.
Many ot the fragments of the building, etc., Ml
to the ground from a great height. In cumin*
<.°n they fell nearly perpendicularly, ami
entered the g ronn( | |jkp s!ak( , s j u ( . re
counted by our informant.
A\ Advemtih: with Lioxs in Ixnu.—Cn
the evening of the I4th of March two large lime
" ' rt> ot in "- e 'ft mediate vicinity of the can
tonments at Deesa. At ahout 4 o'clock in the
afternoon some natives brought intelligence
.. ,vvo grange animals had been near 01,1
Oecsa, am! that none of the people knew what
kmc! of quadrupeds they were. They were
however declared to he neither cheetahs nor
Captain VVyvitJe, of Her-Majest v's S3tt
Regiment a dead shot-immediately started,,,
pursuit, accompanied by three or four natives.
ii ma. dug the place pointed out the captain
found, to his astonishment, a full-grown lim.
i* 0 # . , | ) - 1Ss * Hp, however, lost not a moment,
t. a in; a coo! and deliberate aim, lodged a
•at t " pi. in the carcass of the "monarch of the
forest which brought him at once to the
j,rouni stone-dead. Ihe lady, not being accus
tomed to sTTfh scenes, immediately dashed off
with her new acquaintance, Captain Wwille,
" pursuit. On rounding a point in hopes
of turning her flank, our gallant \imrod found
uin.se | at once almost on the top of the infnri
j at. east. He had only time to jump from
his horse before she was over his hack, and had
, astened upon one of the heaters. The poor
ow s pen! now became imminent: but his
two companions with courageous hearts carne
up to his rescue and attacked the brute with
heir swords. The spectacle now became aw
ful, and inevitable death would have overtaken
one or more ot the brave beaters, had not Cap
tain H y ville raised his rifle and shot the lioness
t) rough the head. Ihe skill and dexterity of
tie shot was enhanced by the tact that thede
| Mat ion of a hair's breadth from the true aim
would most likely have carried the ball to the
I teart ol one of his undaunted companions.—
•apt. VV v viile, however, seems to jsissess the
eof the eagle arid nerves of iron. For cour
age and coolness the adventure has- never been
surpassed, and rarely if oyer equalled. One of