THE BEDFORD CIZBTTB.
Bcdifbrd, Jisoe drd, I
6. W. BOW-SIRR, Editor and Proprietor-
QCF* Dr. HENRY LEA DEP. and family, (for
merly of this place, now of Berrien, Michigan,)
have been spending a few weeks with their
friends in Bedford and vicinity- The Doctor
has become eminent in his profession, and en
joys a lucrative and extensive practice.
CEP* The Editor of the Chambers burg Repository
and Whig says that we were inerrorin asserting that
Gov. POLLOCK and his know nothing Legislature of
last winter nearly doubled the Ranking capital of the
b-tate, and alleges that they did not increase it more
than one-tenth. Now, suppose we take this declara
tion for the truth, and we have the fact admitted that
a single session of the Legislature added MILLIONS
to the Ranking capital of this Commonwealth, not
withstanding all prudent business men considered the
paper basis (prior to the meeting of the Legislature)
by millions too large for the safety of the people.—
The Repository also alleges that The tonnage tax re
pealed by the -ame power, only amounts to about fif
ty thousand doliarsa year. Take this for granted,and
we have a K. N. Legislature and Governor making a
gift to a great mammoth corpoiation of fifty thou
sand doll us annually of the peoples' money. But
Rapt. ZciitLKE, of the Democratic Union, who is
well posted on all matters lelating to the 1 iiianres of
the State, tells us that the Tonnage tax was worth to
the Commonwealth at lea-t THREE MILLION'S OF
DOLLARS! The Repository thinks that "Governor
Pollock never could have sanctioned any measure
whose results would even approach the frightful cal
culations of the Gazette."'
After "sanctioning" the JUG LAW, anil other
acts equally odious, we think t he Gofrroor was pre
pared to have put his type to any enormity a reckless
and ignorant Legislature could have passed—and >o
think the great mass of the tax-payers.
Federal Tactics.
dF~ The Federalists have changed their name every
few years since the organization of she government,
rind, in this way, have occasionally stole into power
in the most disgraceful manner, always Wing rejm
tliatrd a- soon as their principles were made manifest
by iheir acts. But yesterday, as it were, Federalism
rjuged under the name of ANTJMASONS, because it
was alleged that masons were bound by the obliga
tions of an oath—now they tale an oeit/i of the most
plasphemotis character as the lever by which all their
political conduct is contiolled. But the meanest,
dirtiest, most contemptible, and barefacfd change
tbev have yet made, is '.hat which relates to CATH
OLICS. Three years ago, they ron. as their candidate
tor the Presidency, a man who is identified in feel
ing with the Catholic Church, ai .I whose family were
communicants therein, a fact well remembered, in
order, however, to refresh the minds of the people on
this subject, we would call their attention to the fol
lowing extracts from the Louisville Journal, then
the leading organ of the Whig Party as it is now the
leading organ ol the Know-Nothing Party It Every
Whig paper in Pennsylvania, arid throughout the en
fire Union, was filled with articles in 18.>'2 such as
those taken from the Journal alluded to, and every
Whig politician "knee high to a duck" belched them
forth as their strongest arguments in behalf of VV ng
gery. In 1855 all these Whig pipers, with here and
there a solitary exception, are ranged under the ban
ner of know-nothingism, and yet the intelligence of
tiie people is insulted by being told that this is a
Jieu■ party separate and distinct (root both the ol ! par
lies! Whilst it is true that thou-amls and tens of
thousands of men who have heretofore voted with
the Whig Party will neveragain vote with the K. N.
Party, yet it js equally true that the entire Whit: or
ganization has substituted Know-Nothing ism tor their
former professions, with the view of defrauding Dem
ocrats into their ranks by the cry of new party —hut
the mark of the Beast is too plain to deceive any one
who is honest in his intentions. Read the extracts
alluded to, and behold the degradation of Whig
gery :
The democracy of New Hampshire, generally rf
cogniz d as the most thoroughly democratic State in
the Union, heve never permitted Roman Catholics to
be elegibie to office in that State. On the contrary,
they have voted with extraordinary ima&imity that
Catholics shall he ineligible to any offices whatever ;
and vet tbev now ask that one of their men shall he
supported by all Untbolics throughout the nation for
the presidency of the United States.
Louisville Journal, June IG, 1852.
The Cincinnati Enquirer thought it would be ab
surd to vote again-t Franklin Pierce because he liv
ed in a State that did not permit Catholics to hold of
fice. The editor of the Journal replies thus:
Well, there are many that will think the reason a
very good one. They will not consent that the New
Hampshire democracy, who recently voted, by an
overwhelming majority, in favor of Catl.ol.c disabili
ty to Fold cilice, shall have the honor to give a Pre
sident to the nation. They would greatly prefer
that this honor shall he accorded to SOUK; H>TUTE not
■disarmed Itj suck abominable bigotry.
Louisville Journal, June IG.
In the Journal of the !-5 th June the editor under
takes to prove that it was the democrats, and not the
wings, of New Hampshire, that voted against strik
ing out the proscriptive clause of the constitution.—
He gives the votes of a number of towns to prose
it :
"The vote for governor on the same day (says the
Journal) was aliout 00,000, yet out of such a large
number ol votes m the strongest democratic Stale m
the Union less than i 0,00() could be found lo cast
their votes against tbU most in famous : yxtrm of reli
gions intolerance and bigotry ever seetl in this rouu-
/nj."
A sain:
"The., editors of the Times are surprised that we
■should.attempt to excite prejudice against General
Pierce because he lives m u State that proscribes all
Roman Catholics (torn office. Our neighbors have
certainly a right to be surprised; but, at the same
time, we have a right to think that it State which
contains more than 00,000 voter-, and which, upon
the direct question whether Roman Catholics shall
he permitted to hold office or not, gives only nine
thousand and odd votes in the alfirinat tve, i- a minr
ahle ahode ef most infamous bigotry, and should not be
allowed the honor, amid the many direct and inci
dental advantages, of giving a President to the United
States.
• •" • 4 •
We are not alone in thinking that AW Hampshire,
riisgracejl hy iirr religions /<•/, should not have the
honor of the presidency.— leant smile Journal, June
iO, 1833.
Again :
Ye. Mr. Pierce's nomination is a compliment to
New Hampshire, and his election would he a still
grrater compliment to that State. We think, however,
that New Hampshire is just about the la-t State in tbe
Union that should be honored by compliments. She
is the only State in the Union that tolerates, or w ould
for a moment tolerate, an ruttou- and infamous reli
gions test, denying to.all Koman Catholic citizens the
rfgtoT t® hold office. Her const* tut ton is at tear witfi
dr H, I Q mental prtitcijdts of religions liberty and
* • refinhlituuisnt.
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She has shown herself to he without one paiticle
of "ermine democracy, or one claim to the re-pect of
the rest of the Union. And now the people of the
Ignited States are invoked fo compliment the uni
formly democratic State ot New Hamp-hire, hy .-up
porting her General Pierce tor the Presidency. Com
pliments aie sometimes said to he cheap, hut we
Think this would he a dear one.
Louisville Journal, June It, 1 S-l.t:
The editor rested on tins subject till July 22. when
he reaii a piece from a correspondent of the Ameri
can Celt, and his zeal become stirred within him.—
Fierce as he had been before, he grew fiercer when
he bad read how his Catholic friend wus offended
The correspondent was for punishing the State and
every mail in it for this anti-Catholic clause in the
constitution.
"It is a high honor, (says the Louisville Joiirrnl.)
a great advantage, to a Slate to Itiniish the incum
bent of the executive chair of the nation, and we do
not think this honor, this privilege, this advantage,
should be accorded to a State base enough urn/ bigoted
enough to tolerate a religion* test in the uiutgeeuth
century. There may be worthy men in such a State,
but we would not gratify the State, and Matter her
pride, and minister to her interest, by selecting a
President from her population, as long as worthy
men, or a worthy titan, can be found in States less
shamefully intolerant."
Here the editor of the Journal quotes in full what
trie aforesaid correspondent says, who addresses
himself chiefly to Catholics, and then the editor calls
lustily upon Protestants :
"It is not (says be] a matter for the consideration
of Catholics alone or especially ; liberal-minded Pro
testant- should set their faces against New Hamp
shire as long as she retains the infamous lest in her
evnstilutioK."
The editor of the Journal then goes on to charge
the infamy upon the democracy of the State, and up
on Pierce, because he hail not done enough to remove
it. He says Pierce mut bear his share of the "dis
grace" and "shame" lhat rest upon the State, lie
then quote., the speech of Pierce against the test, and
says:
"if that is all General Pierce could say or do to
ward relieving New Hampshire ola disgrace that
ranee*lter to Ire regarded with sroru by every tiberul
minded man in the Uuited Stales a.hi t/t the world,
we a-k if he is fit to be President V*
The editor insists that the speech was a poor per
formance oi a duty the author owed to the "great
cause of civil and religious liberty."
A\ ITE3I FOR TA\ IMI'EKS !
CyThe receipts into the State Treasury for tlie
year 1851, Irom tavern, brewery, distillery, eating,
beer houses, and restaraunt licenses, was TWO
Hl/NDRED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED AND THREE DOLLARS AND FORTY*
FOUR CENTS. Under the op-ration of the Know-
Nothing anti-license JUG law passed by the !a-t Le
gislature, tt to restrain the sale of Diquor* a dificit
oi at least Tuo Hundred 'fit on* a ltd Dollar* will he
created in the Treasury without any diminution of
drunkenness—on the other hand, this bill is calculat
ed to encourage drunkenness to a fearful extent, a fact
admitted by almost every man who -peaks or writes
upon the subject. Now, where is this deficiency to
come from 1 U'e answer, from the Land and the
sweat of the p.-or man's brow! Suppo-e the Know-
Nothing Senator from this District had proclaimed
to the people of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton, that
he intended to vote for an ABOMINATION like this,
does any rational man believ- that I'll. JORDAN
could have been elected ? NO—he would not have
been heard of in the canvas—a fact which he will
clearly learn should he ever again venture before the
people. This Bill is so iniquitous in its character—
so ab-urd and nonsensical m its provisions—so dis
graceful to every principle of correct Legislation—
that not a single paper in the State dares to defend it!
U'e are told that Mr. Jordan done wonders at llar
risburg—that he spun speech** by the yard —that it is
supposed he will become the next greatest man now
living to the liariryc lHaeLsmith —that hi, breeches
will scarcely contain'his beautiful proportions alter
his budding geniu, receives a few more Puff* manu
factured to order- and yet, notwithstanding all these
evidences of commanding superiority, he never open
ed hi* mouth to utter a word agairi-t lhe htiotiral
anti-License JUG Law!—but VOTED lor it with
all the self-importance of a French dancing ir.astei
and by his vote the measure was carried through the
Senate. It went to JAMES POLLOCK, and he ap
proved it. Had tile Law contained the Massachusetts
know-nothing "CIDER" and "CURRANT WINE*'
provision we suppose it would have presented no
obstacle to Mr. Jordan's lotiug for it, for even this
could not have rendered the measure mote infamous
than it now stands under the great seal of the Com
monwealth.
And this is what we are to understand as the e<-
*euee of "Americans ruling America." If the FAR
MERS of Bedford county consider this system ot
Reform calculated to promote their own true inter
ests and add to the honor and dignity of ttie State,
then it is their duty to encourage midnight oath
bound Lodge- to regulate tfceir affairs. If, however,
they entertain a contiary opinion, as we think they
do, then every principle of patriotism and self-respect
calls upon them to sully under the Flag of DEMO
CRACY, and stand by the men who stand by the
CONSTII L'TiON.
Tlic Hefurni Legislature.
During the election campaign last year, it was iu
do-triously circulated that, as the Democratic and
Whig parties had become corrupt, it was necessary a
new party should h- formed, which would not only
i educe the expenses of government, and con-equently
the taxes imposed on the people, but enact whole
some and judicious laws. The Knovv-Nothmg organi
zation was breathed into existence, and the people by
hundreds and thousands connected themselves with it
undei the hope that some reform would be effected.
The election re-ultcd in the elevation of Mr. POL
LOCK to the gub 'i uatorial chair, and a large majority
ot Know-Nothings to the popular branch of the Leg
i-latuie. it is unnecessary to recapitulate the acts
oi* the Legislature. They are not even entitled to the
common respect of the people, much less their ap
probation. And it is universally acknowledged, such
a Legislature never belore congregated in this State,
and the constant, earnest prayer of ail is, that it may
never again.
But, as the people were induced to-join the Krtovv-
Nothing organization, and under its power elect men
to the J.egi-lature, with correct notions of reform, it
is hut due they should know how tar economy char
acterized the action ol their represeritaives. The
Democratic Legislature of ISot, was made an especi
al target for the fire of the Know-Nothing and Whig
pre —es. It was pronounced corrupt—its action mis
construed, am! its expenses heialiled torth to the tax
payers of the State, a- an evidence of the most reck
|e-s extravagance, flecau-e that Legislature was
democratic, the democracy of course were compelled
to take the responsibility ; and as it did, so we now
deem it but fair to test its reckless extravagance with
the one which old Father Time has just driven out
of existence.
The expenses of the Legislature of
1S">I. embracing only the pay of
Senators, Members, Clerks and
officers, was $79,819 0!)
The expense.- of the last Legislature,
embracing the same items, are $101,027 73
Difference, $22,778 04
Thus will the tax-payers ofthe Staff perceive that
in their effort to reform, hy electing Know-Nothings
to the Legislature, they have increased the expense
oft be Legislature, $22,778 04. In tins calculation
we have not included the contingent expenses—po-t
--age, printing, newspapers, &c.. lor the reason that
the accounts have not all yet been settled. When
the correct account shall he made out, which will
not be long, it will be found to reach at least thirty
thousand dollars of an increase. It must also he
remembpred, that the last Legislature was in session
the exact time ofthe Legislature of 18.71, and there
fore this increase of expenses did not uit-e by length
ot ses-ion.
Now, what we de-irp lo a.-k the people, is how
much better have you made yourselves hy connection
v.itli the Know-Nothing organization, tinder the hope
of reform ! You believed that the Democratic l.egis
lature of 18-31 was a reckless, extravagant one. Yoti
were toll! this, by tho-e who desired li> obtain the
olfires, ami who need I lie worst means to induce yoif
to believe them. You reposed confidence ami trust uj
what they said. ami went to the polls, giving youi
votes to men who were ileeeiving you ail the tune,
From the above comparative statement of the expen
se* of the two Legislature* you can readily see bovj
you have been duped ami tooled. If the Legislature ol
185-1 was an extravagant one —if it was corrupt, ai
you were made believe it was, how much more so ha
been the Legislature of 18.7.7, which increases tin
public expenses, so far as can at present be ascertain
ed, S'<?-,77S (id f Will it be said tins is an item of m
account—that it is too small for con-ideiation ? Sine I
as it is, it nevertheless proves that the people huv.
gained nothing by the change, ami that in emlorainl
Know-Not hmgi-irt as a means of reform, they bill
helped men into power whose only object seemed t<
be to teach succeeding Legislatures what exirava
gance WHS. —Harrisburg I'll ion.
THE LEGISLATEHI!—THEIR REFORMS
ft was very truly said by one of the members ol
the House of Representatives, oncoming out of tb)
Hall after the final adjournment, that "this Legi*
lature will be remembered : we have paid ourselves
given away the property of the State, and repudiate!
her debts." All these acts were done. They tooj
a round sum of $-700 each for their services; the)
passed an act to sell the mam line of our public irii
provements, lending front Philadelphia to Pitt-burg
at htt* ihrm half it* cost ; and agreed to relieve till
Pennsylvania railroad company ol the tonnage tax;
worth to theX'ommonwefklth at least three million)
ot dolfars, and defeated the claim bill, which provide)
for ttie payment of the honest, hard-working labnij
ers. who had assisted to construct and keep in repaii
this improvement ; many of whom bad been kepi
out ot just claims for a series of veurs. If this tu
reform, we have it fully and faithfully cairiedoulj
• literithttrg Unton.
AMERKAX JACOBINISM*
The Know-Nothing organism has been fitly com
pared to the Jacobinism of the French Revohitioij,
which drenched that country with blood, and, for i
time, overthrew all law and order. The history and
operations of the two organizations are very similar.
The following brief description of the proceedings d
the latter well describes the aim and tendency of the
Know-Nothing order of this country;
"The first Jacobin Club was organized in Paris on
trie (i;h November, 17Si), under the alluring name t-f
the' Friends of the Constitution,' cpiite as specious
as that we now bear of, 'Americans shall tide Aniet
ira.' .Many ol the best men and truest patriots in
Palis joined it—and thousands of the same sort o!
men joined the alfiliate clubs altervvards—little
dreaming of the deadly lung- of that viper they vveie
i.ortmirg in tlieir bosoms.
Many of these men afterwards went to the guillo
tine, by orders pas.-edecretlv in these very clubs.—
All legislaiion was settled in these clubs—members
ol the National Assembly and Convention, all of
them, or most of them, were membets of the clubs,
for they could not otherwise be elected. And, after
the question was settled in the clubs the members
next day went to the nominal halls of legislation,
nothing but trembling automaton-, to regisier the
edicts of the 'older,' though it were to behead a
monarch, or to cau-e the blood of the best ol their
own number to flow beneath the stroke of the axe.
is history of no use ? Or do our people vainly in a
gine that Americans would not do as the French did
under like circumstances?"
There are some points of similarity between the
Jacobin clubs of the French Revolution and the Know
Nothing order of the present day, which will arrest
the attention of reflecting rnjeu of all paities. One ob
ject of tho-e clubs was to Takeali legislation Iroin the
hands of the delegates and merge !i in a sworn secret
order, the proceedings of which were wrapped in
gloom and mystery. In this way the cunning, un
principled and unscrupulous IIIPH of all parties mana
ged to override the will of the majority, and set up a
practical despotism. To be elected a member of the
National Assembly, it was necessary that a man
should belong to oneof these clubs, and when elected
he was bound by his oalh to that club, not by that
of office. All his votes were cast as directed by the
secret ordr. All legislation via* settled and
nuned in secret order, not in the manner whs ii
the laws of France required it should be. Is not
this a pecfect picture ol the know-nothing order?—
Are not men required to belong to that society he
fore its members can support thern for office, and
when elected are they not required by oath to obey
the mandates of the order, no matter how treasonable
or anti-republican in spirit and effect ? The history
of the Know-Nothing older proves most conclusive
ly that the parallel is complete and perfect. In our
State Legislature the members of the order were
mere tools for the lodges to operate with, 'i lie most
minute matter was made the subject of lodge super
vision and instruction, and the member- obeyed like
slave-. So, too, in the City Councils. From the
election of President to the appointment of turnkeys,
all is determined in the rooms of the order. All the
tree action of an American citizen is repudiated, and
eaeh man i- compelled to how with meek submission
to the oath Untitled order of the organization. It the
Fiench Jacobin clubs were tyrannical and opposed
to that freedom of individual action which is the
basis ol all just government, the Know-Nothing order
is equally so in every particular.
Cut the action of the Grand Council of the order,
now u-sembled in this city, has developed another
leature ot this plot against the peace and perpetuity
of the Union, which is still more dangerous and
alarming. 'I he New Yori Htmltl, one of the ac
credited organs of Know-Nothingi-m, says that its
Philadelphia correspondent suggests the probability
of the adoption by the National Know-Nothiifg Con
vention of apian of settling the
described by it as follows;
"We refer to his letter for the particulars. Here
we may say, briefly, that it is proposed to leave the
,-lavery question an open one until after
LS'iO, in older that the order may carry the irrtei ve
iling State and the Presidentiabelections, proslavery
men in the South and anti-.-taiery rneii in the North
agreeing to unite on some lair man for President.—
That when Congress meets, after the election, the
slavery question be lairly opened and ducii-sed. and,
ll possible, an understanding had between the North
and the South as to the admission of future States,
and all such other matters as may he likely to in
volve the question in the future. If an understand
ing, in which both sections of the country.are likely
to acquiesce peaceably, cannot at oil.the
basis ol the present constitution, then that Congress
adjourn and a convention be called compo_-ed of dele
gates from all the States, for the pur|io-rnf ascer
taining whetheror no some other constitution cannot
be framed which will settle the point in.-dispute : in
other words, to amend the constitution eyrvos iq place
it in harmony with the magnitude of fpt• rejJs and
conflict oi opininiisexi-ting in the presefltdayArid,
finally, if after due and earne-t discu-sion, it is fuund
impossible to invent any compromise which can be
received willingly by both sections of the country,
that a peaceable separation he effected between the
North and South, and such treaties passed as may be
suitable to their future independent condition."
Here is a deliberate plan being concocted and
discussed for effecting a separation between the North
aud the South. The intermediate steps are all sketch
ed out with precision. Congress is first to he at
tacked. If there i* too much patriotism in that body
to he controlled by this villainous faction, then a
Convention is to he called, composed of delegates
from ail the State?, with a hope that such material
will be more malleable. But the one fact which over
top- all others is, that here, for .the first time in the
hi Tory of this Republic, we have a party, an organic
featuieof whose constitution is a systematic disso
lution ot the Union. Other factions have talked of
this matter when the blood was hot, ami passion had
ii-urped the reins of mental and political government,
hut until the meeting of this Jacobin faction, the
announcement of a party platform based on such
doclliocs; was unheard of in this ( nion. Ibe ( ou
st t tot ton is to be disregarded and tiatnplwdon by this
gait" pi wicked men—the right* ot the Stntes treated
asofno moment —civil urut religions liberty SColfed
at as an idle dream—and when the patriotic citizens
of all parlies remonstrate against sucli a course o'
action, they are to be told that such remonstrance,l
will dissolve the Union, and a plan presented by w tch
the treason and iiilatuy is to be consummated. Uas
there a more desperate and despicable faction ol
French Jacobinism in its bloodiest day, than this ! ]
Assuredly not. TheCoostitntion ol the I nited States j
does-not even by implication, provide lot a separa- •
tion of the States. Such a contingency was never
dreamed of by those wise and patriotic men who!
fiamed that instrument. They knew that upon the j
Union of the States depended the perpetuity ol the ;
Republic. When the Union tails, then farewell to j
the liberties ol tiie country. 11 the Union is of such j
real consequence, should not the party which will '
dihberately concert a plan tor its dismemberment ;
be reprobated by every lover ol tree government ?
If French Jacobin club, ruined that country, will
not American Jacobin clubs produce the same bit
ter fruits in this Republic ? It is lor wise men to
answer this question by the light ot history and ex
perience. — l'kiltidr.iphia Argus.
PATRIOTIC RESOLUTIONS!
THE VOICE OF OLD LANCASTER!!
: r At the Detnocialic County Convention-]
held in Lancaster last week, tile following reso
lutions (vvilh others) were passed with great en- j
thu.dasin. They are from the pen ol JAMES L.
REYNOLDS, Esq., ytie of the most radical as
well as one of the most talented Democrats
in the Stale:
Resolved, That the astonishing progress made by'
our hee and happy Republic in all the elements
which minister to the welfare ol the people—the
mighty and pervading inttuences it has exerted over
the wot Id —ami its rapid advancement in a career ot
greatne-s uiipnrnilcled in the history ot nations, n
--eivnt or modern—all go to e-tablish the tart, that
our free system of government is, of all other-. be-t j
adapted to the want - of the masses, and most in con
sonance with tile enlightened and progressive spuil
of the age.
Resolved, That viewing the grqpt and happy re
sults ot Democratic rule in our National and IState
Governments, and the deleterious etrects of an ad
verse policy when Federalism, or any ol its kindred :
isms, occasionally obtains the ascendency, we are ;
confirmed in the opinion that the identity ot the Na
tional Democratic party, a- it has existed since the
' days of the illustrious JKH-KI:SO\. should lie -teadily -
and unflinchingly muiiilaiued, as well m adversity a,
prosperity.
Resolved, that the principles and policy of the
Democratic party have ever been openly am- tearless- ;
ly proclaimed to the world—having no concealments,
; and shunning no responsibilities. VVe are therefore
| deterniifiately hostile to all secret, midnight politi
\ eal associations, or dark lantern movements —looking
upon all such political cabals as anti-republican, m- 1
suiioiis and designing, or they would not seek to con
ceal them from the pubic gaze.
Resolved, That to tree-horn American citizens,
| there is something revolting HI the idea that men aie
to be ostracised and degraded on account ot their re- t
ligious opinions, and that, too. at the bidding ol the
j leaders ot a secret, oath-bound political pjity, whose
sole object is to delude and deceive the masses, so j
: that they, themselves, rnav reach places ol profit and ,
trii-t to which they are not entitled either socially,
; morally, or politically.
Re-olved, That, to use the language ol" .Mr. JefTer- ;
son, "our civil rights have no dependence yn our re
ligious opinions, more than our opinions in physics
and geometry. To proscribe any ciii/.en as unworthy
Ihe public confidence, by laying upon bun an inca- !
parity of being called to offices ol tru-t and emolu
ment unless he profess or renounce this or that reli
gions opinion, is depriveing him injuriously o! those
privileges and advantage* to which, in common with
his fellow-ritizeris, he tins a natural, indefeasible
right. Atld we hold that every per-ou ha- an inde
feasible right to the honor and confidence of hi- fel
low citizens, resulting not trotn birth or n Ii trtoo*
opinion*, but from hi.. iSTial.., s.l.t thoii proper
sense of t iiem ."
Resolved, That we hail with hope and joy the re
cent brilliant success of the Democratic party m the
State of Virginia, believing that this overwhelming
victory is but a prelude of others -non t• be achieved
in our own and other States. The Democracy ot
Lancaster county send greeting to the brethren of
the Old Dominion, anil their accomplished and intre
pid standard bearer, Hi \Y A. WISK, for thus ar
resting the daik wave of proscription and intolerance
which at one tune bade fair to desolate the entire
Republic.
Re-olved. That our confidence in the integrity and
patriotism of President Pimm remains unimpaired,;
and that we will yield a cheerful support to his ad
ministration in every emergency.
Resolved, That the administration of (inventor
Pill.i.oc;; is characterized by weakness, and inefll
reticv except for evil; that it has already lost the
confiderce of friends and opponents, and will only be \
noted on the page of history as an abortive attempt of i
a weak riian to administer the government of a great ;
Ommoiiu ea 11 li.
llesolved.'That the administration of Governor
Pollock thus lur has given proof, as strong as holy
writ, of the danger of placing in power any man
whose predilections are with the isms arrayed against
ihp Democracy of the country. Ilis urging and
agreeing to the sale of the public work-, which cost
the tax-pavers many million-, for a merely nominal
price ; tns giving away some §.>00,000 annually of
the people's money, by approving the repeal ol the
tonnage tax ; Ins depriving the treasury of some
$•->OO,OOO more, per annum, by sanctioning the repeal
of the liccn-e laws, and substituting therefor the
'•Jug Law," a law not demanded by the people, and
which if not repealed, will increase, instead of lessen
the evils of intemperance; his promiscuous signing of
all law- granting special corporate privileges, ami his
numerous other nets ol omission and commission—all
go to prove either his niter unfitness for the Kx'-cn
tiVP chair, or a dishonesty of purpose which none but
a Know-cf.rthliig would he gn:lty of.
Resolved, That the Know.Nothing legislature of
185.1 disgraced itself and the Slate for winch it pre
tended to legislate. The little good the majority of
the members did, can only he attributed to accident
the va-t amount of evil they accomplished was
manifestly intentional arid premeditated. As citi
zens of our good old Commonwealth, having its wel
fare at heart, we are sorry that such a Legislature
ever had art existence ;• —and, as Democrats, we pledge
ourselves to work for the total eradication of every
vestige of its existence.
Resolved, That the Democracy of Lancaster coun
ty have undiminished confidence in the integrity,
undoubted ability and exalted personal and political
character of the Don. J.VUFS BUCHANAN, the U. S.
Minister at the Court ofSt. James. H;K diplomatic
eareer, since his residence in London. will add new
lu-tre to Ins namp, and he another bright page in the
history of our common country. We -hall had the
day—not now remote —when he will l>e again
amongst his old neighbors and friends, and receive
that cordial, heart-felt welcome to which he is so
justly entitled.
Resolved, That the experience of every day more
and more strengthens its inthe conviction that then
is something radically wrong in the banking system
of the country—and that the course pursued by tho-e
worthy Democratic Executives, Governors SIMNI;
and IJIGI.ER, is the only true policy, !>v adhering to
which the right-and interests of the people can he
secured agaui-t lhe designs of unscrupulous and des
bonest Rank officers.
Resolved, That tlie delegates from this county he
instructed to vote tor the nomination of no candidate
for Canal Commissioner who is suspected of belong
ing, or of having heretofore belonged, to the organi
zation commonly called Know Nothinfs, or to any
other secret political organization whatever.
H'-snlved, "l'hat we gladly welcome back to our
patty the members \vhn, seduced from their alle
giance by the false promises of Know TVothingistn,
have since discovered their mistake, and seperated
from the order, and we cordially invite their co-oper
ation hereafter in our contests with the common
enemy.
A NOBLE Sox.—Thf Fairniount. Virginian
slates Itiut u youth, only If> years of son o!
Mr. T. J. f'lagett, of Fainnount, Manon coun
ty, Virginia, lost Ilia life, on Friday of last week,
while attempting to mr tiit- life o| 1s is father,
who was placed in a perilous situation by los
ing control of a boat while crossing Valley river.
The son, knowing Hi3t his father could not
swim, and being himself an excellent swimmer,
plunged into the stream, which was much swol
len from tin* recent rains, for the puqmse nl
saving his parent: hut his father reached the
shore in the host, while his noble and affection
ate son sunk only to rise a corpse.
"AMERICANS RULING AMERICA!"
ANOTHER KNOW NOTHING LAW!
Fa rmtvit
IHRK NOT ILL IKK FLWER!
Penally, Than/ Fine ami Imprisonment I!!
The Rev. Mr. Lovejny, speaking of the late
law passed by the M iss.icbusetts Legislature, on
the subject of liquor, holds the following lan
guage :
"A man who manufactures a barrel of cider,
is fined under this law S3O, and imprisonment
from three to six months lor the first ofi-mce.
S2OO and imprisonment for six months for the
second offence, and S2OO and imprisonment tor
twelve months tor the third offence! If you
make one gallon of wine, squeezed from the
currants that grow in your garden, and give
away or sell a glass ol it, that act entitles you
to imprisonment for twelve months, and this in
the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the
vear of our Lord, 1833!"
There is a truth in the above, which cannot
but strike tlie human mind with peculiar force.
We have oft en said, the result of all such laws
is to lead to a dangerous extreme, ant! produce
a state of society in this country of the most
fearful character. Although we considered the
last Massachusetts [.• gislature capable of any
thing, we scarcely believed a point in legislation
would be reached so supremely ridiculous.—
Who everdreamed that the year 18:3; i would
witness the enactment of a law hv a sovereign
State of this l iiion, prohibiting the tanner from
making a barrel of cider ! Who ever supposed
a law wmtid he passed to imprison a larnter lor
six months, if he dared manufacture a barrel of
cider ! Is il env wonder that the common sense
of the people is beginning to revolt at this out -
rageons hundiuggerv ? The people mav he
called rum-suckers and rum-sellers, hy those
whose sense of justice and right hn> been eaten
out by fanaticism : but the time is coming when
froth and genuine morality will prevail, and
laws which are but the result of a miserable
catering to fanatics shall be wiped from the
statute books.— Hern. I nion.
InijMTtr.ut Military Decision.
Commonwealth ex. re!., John Taylor, Jr., vs.
William F. Small. —This case, which has exci
ted no little interest among the military of Phil
adelphia rarne on at Hairisbnrg, upon a rule to
show cause whv a quo varrnnfo should not
issue. Wm. M. Meredith. Esq., and P. McCall,
Esq., appeared lor the relator, and William I.
Small, Esq., and Enoch Brewster, Esq., for the
respondent.
The facts of the case, necessary to a right
understanding of the matter, are concisely as
follows, viz : On t>u nth day of June, 1831, the
five yearlv election of Brigadier General of the
Second Brigade, First Div ision, P. \., took
place. Win. F. Small ami Henry Mather vv-re
tlie rival candidates for the office. 1 lie returns
showed a mnjoriiv for Small, and he received a
certificate ol election from the proper Brigade
Inspector. But Colonel Mather contested the
election. The hoard ol officers, called to try
the election, Consisted of Major Genera! Patter
son ami Brigadier Generals Cadwaiader and
Reillv. Altera full investigation of the matter,
the board s-'t aside the entire election, and or
dered a new election, following the words of
the statute on the subject. Accordingly a new
election was held, and John fvlei, Jr.. Esq.,
was returned as elected. Jlut Col. Small took
an appeal to the Govenor, and Govenor Pollock
undertook to make a decision in the case, over
riding the decision of the board of officers, and
caused a commission to issue to Small. Mr.
Tvler contended that the action n| tlie board
was final and conclusive of the question, ami
that the Governor had no right to review or
touch their decision in anv manner, and conse
quently' that as he had been lawfully elected,
he was the lawful Brigadier of the Second
Brigade : and the object had in view by him in
applying for a quo vnran/o to the Supreme
Court is to trv the validity of the commission
issued to Mr. Small under the circumstances.
On Saturday th<4 rule ol the relator lor this
writ was called up tor argument, and the ques
tion was fully argued-on both sides. The points
relied upon hv the-respondeiit were: Ist. Thfct
the Board had no jurisdiction over lite subject
matter; and 2d. That granting the Board had
jurisdiction, the lelaior had no case in Court.
The Comt thought differently, and ordered the
writ to issim, and the record of the case to be
remitted to Philadelphia.
The public at large having an interest in the
controversy, as woU as the military, we have
thought proper thus briefly to state the case as
it now stands.— P/iiluile/p/iin . Irgus.
A New Trial Granted for Vtm. Arrison.
Yesterday morning Judge Hartley, in the Dis
trick Court, gave a lengthy decision upon the
motion for a new trial in the case of William
Arrison, who was convicted and sentenced to
he hangifl lor the murder of Isaac Allison at
the December term of the Criminal Court.—
The argument in the case was heard on Monday
last, and the decision reserved.
Judge Bart ley said they had carefully and
fully examined the grounds of error submitted
by the defence, and had given that attention to
tl.e case which its importance, both to the com
munity and the prisoner, entitled it.
The Court then summed up the assignments
of error submitted by the attorneys for the pus
oner, and oveiruled all with the exception of
that portion of Judge Flinti's charge, which
reads as follows ;
-A lew words, gentlemen, as to what you
must say in your verdict, and we are done. II
you find the defendant not guiltv, you will
merely say so. But if you find him guilty, the
statute - requires you to specify in your verdict
of what crime he is guilty. {Swan's. Statute,
238-39.] Therefore if you come to the con
clusion that he is guilty, as alleged in the in
dictment, you will say : "We, the Jury, find
the defendant, William 11. Arrison, guilty of
murder in the first degree, as charged in the
indictments;" or words to this effect. *
The Court said that the instruction to the
Jury, to find the defendant guilty of murder in
the first degree, left them r.o discretion in the
matter. It was a jxa.it,ve charg?. directing ,j „
Jury to find a verdict, in a form and maim,...
that tli. hiw did not authorize, The t | i3r ,j
does not say tlie Jury could convict tlie jiriso,,"
of manslaughter, and, therefore, left theJ, J( ,.
no other course to pursue, but to act ond. r the
charge. The Court was unanimous in theoiiin
ion that such a glaring error in Hie instruct
should not have been allowed to go to the J (j ,i
The judgment oft he (Vuninal Court, was, them-'
fare reversed, and the case referred back |o r
new trial to the Common Pleas Court Cin
cinna!i Kaquirrr, June S.
F1 DELHI.
Sever forsake a friend. When enemies gath
er thick and fast around him when sitkn.>
falls heavy on his fount— when the world is
dark and cheerless, this is tfie time lotiv true
friendship. They who turn from the seen* ..f
distress or offer reasons why they should be ex
cused from extending their sympathy and aid
betray their hypocrisy, and prove that seltisii
motives only prompt and move them. ]fy„„
have a friend who loves you—who has studied
your interest and happiness—defended you
when persecuted and troubled, be sure to sustain
him in his adversity. Let him feel that his fu
iner kindness is appreciated, and that his friend
ship was not lavished on you for naught. R.al
fidelity may he rare; but it exists—in the heart.
Who has not seen and felt its power! Tlev
only deny it.- worth and power who have never
loved a fiiend, oi labored to make a friend j ia j>_
pv. The good and the kind, ihe affectionate
and the virtuous, see nod feel this heavenly prin
ciple, for heavenly it is: it is a fruit gathered
from a sacred germ imj>lant>d b v heaven in
man's bosom. And true fidelity has its reward.
It may he slighted by some, overlooked bv oth
ers: lint pure minded men cultivate and cherish
fond and undying love for it.
As tlie diamond is found in the darkness of
the mine, as the lightning shoots with most li
vid flashes from the gloomiest cloud, so does fi
delity proceed from a (mart suscejitiide to the
calls o( deepest melancholy, and shows itself
brighter and stronger in the adversity of a friend.
.Mirror of Hie Times.
LIFE. Men rejoice when the sun is risen ,
they rejoice when it goes down : while they
are unconscious ol the decay of their own li\ t >.
Men rejoice at seeing the face of a new sea-an,
a- the arrival of one greatly desired. Never
theless the ievolution of the seasons is the de
cay of the human life. Fragments of drill wood
meeting in the wide ocean, continue together
a little space; thus parents, wives, children,
relatives, friends and riches, remain with lis hut
for a short time—then separate, and the sejara
tion is inevitable. No mortal can escape p..
common lot: he who mourns for departed rela
tives has no power to cause them to return.
Knowing that the end of life is death, every
right-minded man ought to jmrsue that which
is connected with ultimate bliss.
Latest from Serastopol—Another S.\\-
' u.naky Battle.—A postscript to a letter from
a prominent Merchant in Liveqmol, nddr>-„ j
to Messrs. Duncan, Sherman is. t'o., tinted S.;'-
urdav, Mav 26, states that a telegraphic cr
patch liad just been jiosled in the Liverp I
Exchange, stating that a serious engagement
had taken jilace on the day previous, in Iro.ut
of Sehastopol, between the Russians and Allies.
Tlie fight was a long and bloody one, a iarg
number of troops being engaged : and alter a
verv heavy loss on hoth sides, the battle terni
rated in the decisive success of the Allies. We
have no notice of this hat tie from any other
source.—.V. V. Tribune, June 9.
llornir.LE. Under this head the St. Louis
Mirror ol the nth in.-t., states that Hie S- xfim < !
the city graveyard discovered there, the Hav
previous, the head ot a barrel above ground.—
The thing looked suspicious to him, and lie hail
the barrel opened, and found in it the bodyola
white female, perfectly nude. H-r body v.as
in a state of decompostion. and hard probably
been there some time, and from her appearand-
! she had not been older than firun twenty I
| twenty-two years, and rather gcoi) looking.—
( pon being opened hv order of the Cnrnner.it
was ascertained that she was pregnant and with
in a lew weeks of her confinement. Jt i
i thought that she had never been a resident ot
that city, hut had been s nt there, ns fnuinu
from other parts. The verdict of the jurv was.
that she hail come to he death hv fottl meansni
the part of some person unknown. A murder
; of the blackest die has been committed, and w-"
hope the perpetrator may yet some some day
! discovered.
YI A s ss 1 1: i>:
On Tuesday, oth inst. at the house of .Mr. Adam
: Keith, Timigh Creek Valley, by Rev. S. W.l'ru'.
1.F.Y1 E\ A NS. Esq. ot Coal moe I, I'a. to Mis- MA
RY KEITH, of Huntingdon county.
CL/"'Squire Evans and his accomplished Lady have
onr best wishes Cor their future prosperity- " J5
they realize their brightest anticipations.
On the 10th inst. bv Rev. David W'otf, .Mr. JOhY
SCHXABLY, Ji. to .Miss E. GWIXN, ioth ot R<l
- Cord county.
j llpfllSl
Mn the IGth inst. at an advanced ase. J''!" 1
this life, Mrs. PIKEKK KF.KFFE. relict of the J
; John Keetftf, of Bedford county. The decease- .
j been long laboring under a painful disease, \ iy
with other very severe family trials. iie bore u ■
' <:ieat fortitude and submission to the "
God who "scourges every son ami daughter ' l -'
■ be loveih." Fhe had, but a shoit time ago. n
j ed over the untimely death of two ot her cLH".er.
: and she had also felt the heavy blow ol hems "P 3 '-
; ted irom a beloved hu-band who ha>i bee"
j ner of her joys and sorrows for about fort} •
• She ha<l long lasted of the Cross, and ha- ! yj.
j to her Heavenly .Master to experience the lu '"y
of the gracious promise— >*BttsrHart ih'r
: for thty shall Ir contfurlrtl." She died the ilea ■
{the just, alter being fully and happdy su-Ta.iie'
' alt ttie consolations of her holy teligmn. pr ,'j rt .
j children, friends, and acquaintances, will
| sure up in the store-house ol memory
bright examples of goodne-s, faith, and ' o<e ' "
she displayed through life, and in the try"J*.
nicnts ol her la-t illness; so that they mn>
j sole themselves that she has exchanged Uie '-
earth for the brilliant rewards ol the S 00 "
"Well done thou good and laithlul servo" 1 -
thou hast been fhittiful over few things, Iy a i
liiee over many."
BACON AND FISH.
Ju-t received and lor sale, a lot ol Ik' 7 '' - '.gart
ers and Side;—also, a fresh supply ; '".-vi'
tiout. Rl'fT -v
May 4. ISoS.fcC its