THE BEDFORD liAZETTE.
ncritimL JuiSt I *!"$.
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor-
Q2?"VVe invite the especial attention of our leaders
to a Letter from Hon. DANIEL BLOCHi.K which
will be tumid on the fir-t page. He is one of the
standard and radical Democrats ol Maryland, and his
name is familiar to many of the citizens of Bedford
County, especially those of Londonderry, t umber
land Valley, Colerain, and Southampton. His senti
ments are as manly and eloquent us they are true
and convincing. All honor to such men.
Z:Z The "Essay on Woman," by T. R. V ICSRO\ ,
Esq., to which we alluded last week, will be found
on tbe first page. It is a beautiful production, and
will be read with interest.
f. ' JAMES B.SANSO.M, Esq., Editor of the Ful
ton- Democrat, (and family.) have been spending a
few days with their friends in Bedford. Mr.S. gives
a good account of the Democracy of "Fulton," and
has no doubt they w ill poll an increased majority at
the next flection.
Kuow-Notheug; Befi' ln !
C7"A few days since Ree-on, Democi elect
ed Probate Judge of Berrien county, Michigan, by
two hundred majority over the know-Nothing candi
date, a man who, for years, was led and cfothed at ftie
crib of tbe Democratic jrarty! Many -m iingfatelu!
office seeker w ill soon find themselves in the same
position.
CCT'IvNOW NOTHINCISM continues on the wane.
At an election m Norfolk, A a. on Monday la-t, week,
for municipal officers, the democratic camli .ate lot
Mayor was elected by OS majority, zG the State e
lection, but a few weeks ago, i'lourney beat ■ a
iiout 100. At the recent municipal election in San
Francisco, California, the Democrats carried the
.Mayor, and elected half the council and other olfi
cer>. At tlie *U*ct on tin* K. s earriet.
.very thing. Tbe Placer Times of June says For
the information of our friends at the eu-t, we will
state that the result is regarded l.cie. under .... In
circumstances, as one of the greatest democratic vic
tories ever achieved irt California.
THE FIRS'!" RESPONSE TO THE PHILADEL
PHIA KNOW-NOTHING PLATFORM ' —Kt.ow-
Nothingism has met with a terrible rebuke in the
city of its biitb. and in a city, too, winch has hither
to been regarded as The Gilnaljer of the order, ill
IS.)'! the Know-Nothings carried the city of New Or
leans by a majority ot about two thou-and, ami at
that time illu-trated, at the polls, the humanity of
j Their principles and the pairiol.sio ol theii a-pi;itions
by murdering three or four citizens who ha. t..
misfortune of being native- of Ireland. In iSol the*,
again swept the city by a majority nearly, if not
quite, as large as the preceding year. At the elec
tion for Chief Justice o! Louisiana, which w;i- held
on Monday last, the state of the poll in New Oilcan
was as follows :
Elgee. anti-know-nothing .Kilo
.Merrick, know-nothing IK-07
Anti-know-nothing majority 1.17S
An Anti-know-nothing majority of clrwti hum/ml
urn/ ttccuty-rizht, and an anti-know-nothing gnu since
the last ejection of over t/nrr-thoi .•,/; This is a
fitting response to thepietform of pi ine-plesjust con
cocted by the second ilartford convention.
A Kit 11
Cy7=*The public have been put in possession of the
important fact that the Know Nothings of Bedford
County held a delegate convention in this place, in
"Temperance Hall," one day week be'.ore iast, at
which the following extraordinary resolutions wen
adopted :
Resolved, That the subject of Temperance did not
enter into, and was not contemplated in, the elec
tion la-t fall; and that, being more a mora! than po
litical question, it ought not to enter into politics ai
all, but should be left to the legally expressed will of
the people—untrammelled by any other consideration
whatever.
Resolved, That the Legislators who passed the
Liquor Law at the late session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, "took tlie responsibility,"!_aiul should
themselves bear it: and that t ie American organiza
tion never intended, and does not intend, to range it
self" on either side of this question, as a party.
Cool, decidedly. Now, "that the subject of Tem
perance" was the prominent element "in the election
last fall," is well known to every man, woman and
child in the county—and, although the people, by a
decisive vote, declared against a Prohibitory Law, a
Know Nothing Legislature passed such a Bill, in its
most odious form, and a Know Nothing Governor ap
proved it—and now the people are officially notified
that the Know Nothing organization doe-"not intend
to range itself on either side" ol fins question I I ni
ls a capital way ol meeting a subject which has a
lotised ttie indignation of the tax-payers from the
centre to the circumference of the commonwealth
—and exhibits a species of DODGING well worthy
the party from which it emanates. '1 he voters,
however, will have something to say tonchmgthe
matter, and, with their verdict, we #huil rest satisfi
ed.
The names of the delegates to this Convention
were not appended to these resolutions, not even
those of the chairman arid secretary, thus evading
the usual forms, although it is alleged that their
meeting was public. True, they give the HONO
RABLE Fr. Jordan a broad, bint, but the "organiza
tion" will find them-elves as strongly condemned as
he i-. When this "American organization*' becomes
public, the people will see that'SAME OLD COON,'
and nothing else; headed by such wiry office-hunting
An'imasonic Whig Politicians as A. 11. BUNN, ot
hcliellsburg.
K7-THE RIGHT COURSE.—Jacob L. Gioss of
Lancaster, appeared befoiea late deracrrialic (.oti
vention with credentials as a delegate. Mr. Gross
was elected last year to the Legislature on the K.
N. Ticket. He had previously been a Democrat,
and still claimed to be one after his election, promi
sing many of his party friends that he would always
be found supporting the caucus nominees of the De
mocracy'. Mr. Gross forgot a!! this alter he arrived
at Rarrisburg, and voted with, and for the Know
Nothings on all questions. He had strength enough
in his own township to be sent to the t onvention to
select delegates to; the -tthol Jul.y State Convention.
Upon the presentation, however,of his credentials, it
was unanimously adopted that a Know Nothing could
not take his seat in a democratic convention, arid
they accordingly ousted .Mr. Jacob L. Gross, late K.
N. member of the State Legislature. The greatest
good that this new order has accomplished U to
make the democratic party tnon- lesoiute and less
disposed to consult expediency. When its members
find a man on their ticket, or in their meetings, false
to the party, they cast him out with a boldness that
does them infinite credit. Long ago, it we had
throw n off a host of false friends, instead of giving
them office, the party would at this day have been
ntv iticible.
Hoclors Differ!
It is well known that the question (LIQUOR
LAW) entered largely into the contest in lbol.—
Cliumberiburg Repository ami I! tug.
Resolved, That the subject of 'JT'i' j>e ra iur did not
enter into, and was not contemplated in the elec
tion last fall.— Late Know-Nothing Resolution fenn
el in Bedford.
The New York Herald says :
"We never belonged to the know-nothings.
We have taken the know-nothings into onr
training school lor a few months to teach them
their places ; but if' they do not show a little
more docility and attention to our instructions
we shall turn them out, and let them shift lor
themselves. We v. ill have nothing to do with
anv political animals who are not sensible, do
vile, useful, practical, and full of grit.'*
THE LID TOR Ll\l!
(i!)l. POLLOCfc'S POSITION !
K7*riw ('liambfrshnrg ftrpasitarif titt'l Ifcon
tends that Gov. PjDLI.OCk "should not be hold re
sponsible for the imper lections of the new License
Law," berau-e, in approving that measure, he only
carneii out a pledge he had given the people to sanc
tion any law enacted by their Representatives in ac
cordance with the popular will I Now, we would ask,
did the "popular will" declare in favor of a measure
like this, or any thing approaching it ? On the oth
er hand, was not the question of a Prohibitory Liquor
Law submitted to the freemen of the Common
wealth, and did they not, by a fair and decided
majority, proclaim themselves opposed to AM PRO
HIBITORY LAW, thus instructing their Represen
tatives in language so plain as to admit ol no mis
understanding and yet, in the very lace o! this in
struction, placed upon'record in the proper Depart
ment at Harrisburg, a Know Nothing Legislature
parsed a Prohibitory Law which is a burlesque upon
common sense and common decency, and an outrage
upon every feature of the Constitution ot the land;
and Gov. POLLOCK approved and signed it with the
full knowledge that he was trampling beneath bis
feet the legally expressed will of the people, l!, un
der those circumstances, Gov. Pollock is "not to he
held responsible for the imperfections ' of the anti-
License Law, titan the office of Governor is the sheer
est humbug in the world, and is the mere automaton
of any corrupt and designing set of men who may
happen tox-ontrol the Stale Legislature.
Heretofore, the great conservative power of the
Commonwealth rested with the People's CHIEb
MAGISTRATE, an officer sworn to see that tio laws
are passed inconsistent with the t'ONSilll. 1 ION
arid the WILL OK THE PEOPLE—and now, lor ;
the first time in the hi-tory of the "Old Keystone," j
we are told "ZD/ Authority ," that the Executive l)e- j
partment considers itself bound to carry out the will
of THE LEGISLATURE, no matter how revolting j
their act, simply becau-e its members are the lirpre- j
xeuiuiv* of the People, if formef Governors had j
pursued this disgraceful policy, Ruin, Misery, ami J
Bondage would have been the portion ol the yeoman- j
ry of Pennsylvania! The candidate for Governor j
who will give a pledge 1o approve any hill the Le- ;
gisiatnre may choose to pass, is more fit to he inves- •
ted with a straight-jacket than Executive honors.
What! a GOVERNOR not responsible for the pas- j
saga of infaitious and imperfect Laws, whilst invest- ;
ed with Constitutional power To prevent them from j
going into existeiWe ! Whoever heretofore heard of ;
-uch monstrous doctrine as this >
But (iov. Pollock contends that this Liquor Law i
comes " WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CON-:
STITLJTION," whilst nearly every Law Judge in
the State has pronounced it a bundle of contradic
tions and nonsense, meaning any thing and nothing;
and no two of them have construed its provisions i
alike. V.'e say, let it be REPEALED —not leaving ,
a line or word of it from '-Re it enacted, ' down to
and including the Governor's signature, an issue we j
are prepared to discuss hoth in the Gazette and on
the stump, without dodging or equivocation —and, in
making this declaration, we fee! warranted in avert
ing that our temperance principles are as sound as j
tho-e of any other man upon the face of the Giobe. j
'i'he difference between us and FANATICS on this
subject is, that they want to force every man to fol- .
low their peculiar notions, whilst we concede the .
right to every responsible human being to think and ;
act lor himself as to what he shall eat and what he
shall drink. Sometimes vou find the most rabid ,
Temperance Lecturers tbe veriest slaves to 10BAI -
CO—denouncing rum with a long toby or a handful!
of rotten weed in their mouths, emitting a stench
quiie as offensive, and decidedly more filthy than the
fumes emanating from the swallowing of Whiskey.
If people, generally, would mend their own ways in
stead of setting themselves up as dictators for the
iest of mankind, the morals of the world would soon
improve. "Let him that is without sin throw the fust
stone."
After the people decided against a Prohibitory
Law, the Legislature liatJ no ru nt to pass such a 1' H,
nor the Governor to sign it, until the "popular will "
hail again been consulted.
"If we mistake not," says the Repository ami
Whig, the " lied ford GazrtU was the paper that
vouched for Gov. BiGLEU, on the authority ola
celebrated minister, being as good a Temperance
man as Gov. Pollock, and willing aUo to sign any
restrictive law that the Legislature might pass—just
what Gov. POLLOCK, prorr.ised, and what he has
performed. Will The Gazette explain?"
Now, the Gaarite not only vouched for Gov. Big
ler being "as good" a Temperance man as Gov. Pol
lock, bat a far hr.tln one. Did any man ever see or
hear of Gov. I'igler using intoxicating liquors as a
beverage—and has not hi Lie exhibited the
character of a 'Vc-mprratiee man in the fullest sen>e ol
the term? Can this much be said of Mr. Pollock?
The ''celebrated Minister"'* allulled to, (Rev. JOHN
CHAMBERS.) made no such declaration as that at
tributed to him by the Whig. He defended Gov.
Rigler as a sincere friend of Temperance, and .-aid he
felt warranted in declaring That he would sign any
CONSTITUTIONAL J.iquor Law framed in accor
dance with the WILL OF THE PEOPLE as ex
pressed through the ballot-box. The Rev. gentle
mad (one ol the ablest advocates of Temperance in
he Nation,) deprecated the idea of passing any tem
leiiince Law against the voice of the people.
Gov. Uigler never pledged himself "to sign any
restrictive law that the Legislature might pass." He
distinctly proclaimed to the world that he would
give no pledge on this subject in advance of the ac
tion of the Legislature—that he would consider i! a
gross violation of his oath of office to do so—that be
would be governed in his conduct by the character
of the act presented lor his signature. He did not
perpetrate the enormity of saying he would sign auv
restrictive bill the Legislature would pass —and we
venture to assert that his VE TO of the anti-License
JUG law of last session would have been one of the
clearest and ablest papers that ever emanated from
his pen.
In passing this law, says the Fastou Argus, the
Legislature committed an outrage on the rights and
interests of the citizens ol Pennsylvania, which they
alone have the power to resent. If their voice was
not to be respected, what ifse was there in taking a
vote 7 If it had been pie-determined to disregard
the will of the majority! what necessity was there
for the expenditure of a large amount of money in
having a vote taken on the question? But some de
ny that it is a prohibitory Law. This may be true,
in general terms, so far as the details ol the law are
concerned, but it is nevertheless a law ol the same
character, and one that may be regarded as infinitely
more objectionable than a prohibitory bill. It is
more obnoxious, more unequal, and more unjust in
its operations than any prohibitory bill that could
have been passed. Let us examine a few of its pro
visions :
In the first place it is uutqual. It compels Tavern
Keepers in Bedford and certain other counties to pay
the amount required lor a whole "year's License
whilst at allows them to reap the benefits of the Li
cense but for five mouths. The Tavern Keepers of
BKDFOlil) COUNTY have ail been compelled to
pay their usual license, with th" privilege to -e'l ou
ly until tiw iii 1 of October, win! t m Franklin n.>>fh- |
ty they pay th* same amount with pftiwiniW to sell
for a year. i* tlin right - is it HONEST '/
In the seVoiut place, it iriJl injure tin- value of all
Tavern Properties!. There are humlreils, and per
haps thousands of Motels ill the State that are actually
necessary to accommodate the travelling public.—
The Proprietors of these houses have erected large
and iu many instances expensive building* for this j
express purpose. Many of t hem have been leased 011
a term of years, at high rents, and have been expen
sively lifted up. The mere profits ol their table w.ll
not support them at present prices. One of two
things riin-t he done, father raise tlicir prices or
have their rents reduced. And this will affect every
man who is obliged to travel. When one ol our citi
zens re-iding in the country is called to Bedlord as
witness or a jury man, receiving 621 cts. or SI a day
tor his pay, he w ill he obliged to pay, perhaps, SI 2.) ;
or SI , r 0 for his hoard. Tavern keepers cannot en- :
tertain people at the prices they are now charging.—
They must raise or give up business. 11 Liquors
should be sold any where, well regulated Taverns is
the place. Whilst this anti-License law will bring
about the results designated, it will also greatly de
crease the Revenue of the State, and promote
DRUNKENNESS to an alarming extent !
The HONORABLE Fr. Jordan is entitled to tKe
HONOR ot carrying this Bill through the Senate a
'gninst the positive INSTRUCTION of his
ents—and James Pollock is entitled to the honor ot
attaching to it his approving signature as Governor j
of "he Commonwealth. In Massachusetts the Know
Nothings have imposed a heavy line and long impri
sonment !i|Miii any man who dares to make CIDER
or CURRANT WINE! Could fanaticism go further
than this I
KKI.EVHIIS IMtiLERANTE.
One of the unal tricks resorted to by the members
.
of the Know-Nothing order, is to deny that proscnp- i
tion for religiou- faith is a part of their principles.—
They indeed confers that a few of the ultra leaders ;
of the organization may act upon such a basis, but at i
the same time they most solemnly asseverate that
no such rule of conduct is laid down in the order it- j
self. The action or the Philadelphia National Conn- j
cil, however, shows that Religions intolerance is a
primary doctrine of the order ; the exclusion of t fie :
Louisiana delegation from the same body demon- ]
strates that actual hostility to Roman Catholics is
still one of the fundamental principles of Know-No
thinsism. One fact should not he forgotten, that the
order in Louisana has never arrayed itself in host 11 - ■
ity to any religious denomination. It is based upon
the obi Native American pa 1 ty, with the secret prin
ciples attached. Some ol its most prominent and ac- i
tive members are Catholics; and one of their dele
gates to the National Council, Mr. Gayarre, widely !
known as the author of the "History of Louisana,"
is among the number. The committee on credentials :
objected to receiving the Louisiana delegation on ac
count of their toleration of the Catholic faith, al
though the delegation gave the strongest possible as
surances that 'although they would not join in the I
proscription of any class of men on account of their
religious sentiments, they did not reroicnize. the au
thority of the Pope, or of any other spiritual function- \
ary. to interfere in any v'ty, or to any extent icith the
performance of the ir cm/ tlnln s. '1 hese assurances,
however, were not considered satisfactory ; and the i
qne -1 ion of their admission was elaborately argued!
in Convention. The great body of the members ;
from the Southern States sustained tlie Loui-iana del- !
egation, and urged the necessity of maintaining the ;
principles of religious freedom to their fullest ex
tent.
Mr. Rayner, of North Carolina, the only prominent
Southern member who took the opposition groitfflf,
insisted that opposition to Catholicism, as inconsis
tent with the Republican institutions, was the very
corner-stone of the Know-Nothing movement : and
that any proceeding which should ignore or be incon
sistent with this position, would be fatal to the Or
der. In this he was sustained by a decided rftajority
of the rnernhers from the Northern States. It was
suggested, hot not formally proposed, that as Mr.
Gayarre was the only Catholic its the delegation, the
other members might he permitted to take their seats
—with the understanding that they would not at
tempt to change the ritual of the Order on this sub
ject. But they unanimously refused t<j come into
the Convention on any terms which should exclude
their colleague in consequence of hi> religious opin
ions. The result was, that the Louisiana delegation
was exeluded."
When the report of this open attack upon religious
toleration reached New Orleans, it was looked upon
as scarcely possible. The New Orleans Bulletin, a
staunch Know-Nothing organ, on the receipt of the
telegraph report . aid "that some excitement was cre
ated in this city, by the circulation of a report of the
exclusion of the Catholic delegation." It add-, "that
the report must be a fabrication, for we cannot be
lieve that a National Convention, composed of able,
enlightened and patriotic men, would no completely
stultify itself hopelessly, heyoud the. power of redemp
tion, a* to male mere religious opinions a test of polit
ical fellowship. It cannot bp, and we shall ntterlv
refuse to place the least credit in the rumor till we
hnvp the most unquestionable evidence of the fact."'
But the report was not a fabrication. It soon passed
into reality—a rpality verified by a nparlv two-third
vote of the Convention. And yet, when the charge
is made that religious intolerance is one of the prin
cipal features of the Know-Nothing cru-ade, it is in
dignantly denied. The action of the Grain) Council,
however, settles the question definitely, and hereaf
ter when men are told that it is not the intention of
Know-Nothing organizations to legislate upon the
question of religions belief, the answer will be, why
then did the Grant! Council make a national issue iip
on the religious belief of its members? If this is not
to be followed by further and more stringent action,
the incipient steps would not have been taken. The
men who would deliberately exclude delegates from
a convention for no other reason .than a difference in
leligious faith, are prepared to legislate upon the
same matter when once they have the pover to effect
that end.
What fruits will follow such a course are thus elo
quently and truthfully pictured by the able and pious
Judge Lon-istreet, President of the Mississippi Uni
versity. In his word-, it is a "ino-t desperate and
dangerous agitation—churches rending asunder—pas
tors and flocks at variance—Christians losing all con
fidence in each other—saints and sinners in close em
brace—preachers of the same church getting but half
congregations and half support—one looking on ap
provingly, while another is abused—teachers totter
ing—their pupils in midnight cliques—fiiendship sev
ering—rage taking the place of love—father against
son—brother against brother. These things now are,
and they pro!cairn, triirnpet-tongued, what is coming,
if the monster be not crushed at once. And all for
what ? In honest truth, to get in the outs, anil get
out the ins. This is the object of the Order. Well,
it must take its course till reason resumes her seat."
Philadelphia Argus.
NOT IN THE BIU.S.—We are informer! that
Gov. Johnson introduced a feature into the de
hale at Springfield not put down in the pro
gramme. lie stated that there were many in
rmcent ami well-meaningpeople in fit* country
who belie veil that there was still a Whig parly,
and that it was not yet defunct in Tennessee ;
hut that there might he no 1 itistake, and that
none might deceive themselves with the idea
that in voting for Col. Centry they were voting
as Whigs, for a representative of Whig priori- j
pies, he would call upon his competitor to slate
whether the Whig party was in the land ot liv
ing or not, and he would give way to let him
answer. There being no chance for a dodge,
Col. Gentry was compelled to come to his feet,
and in reply stated that the Whig party was
dead ; that he knew of no such party in Tennes
see, and (hat he was not its candidate, and did
not claim to be. The incident produced quite
a sensation, and many old Whigs scowled as |
though they did pot apptove of the summary
mode in which Col. Centry consigned their ;
party to oblivion and erected its tomb-stone. — j
Cltuksville (Tenn.) Jrjf'ersonitin.
LETTER Hi CM REV. A. P. EO.XGSTREET
ON KNOW N0TI11M;-1S3I!
We find in the last number of the .X'nshviile
Vnion and J.lmerictm , a letter on this absorbing
question, from this distinguished native Ceorgi
an, now President of the University of Mississip
pi pi. The name of Augustus 15. Longstreei is
endeared t>> the people of Ceorgia by many ties
in t?;e history of the 'past. It is a name which
we were taught to revere in early youth as
synonomous with all that was hold and (earless
in tbe character of the advocate, with a!! that
was parental and dignified in the sage instructor,
ami with all that was pure ami honest and up
right in the minister of the Gospel. ihe old
men of Georgia have been accustomed to love
him as a hiotherithe young men, scattered
! throughout the State, who, from hi> lips, have
heard the lessons of wisdom, continue to rewie
him as a father. There is no man in Georgia who
i will dare stand up and s.iv that A. 15. Longslr.et
'■ speaks from impure motives. The indignant
frowns of an honest people would t aralyze the
j sacrilegious effort. Judge Longs!re t has been
i forced from his retirement to come out and speak
| upon this question ; btit having come out, he has
1 met the issue with that boldness and honesty
which characterizes the man. He speaks to the
pe.ople in lite voice of warning wisdom, and t•*i Is
them to beware of an organization, which must
i lead to religions intolerance and persecution.
The circumstances which led to tlm publica
tion of this letter arose trorn an attack made up
on the Judge by the .' !■':)! ji.'e ii liable, (Hid lifl-
Qi/irer, charging him with pr> achuig Anti-
Know-Nothing doctrines.
After alluding to the editors of that paper,
who have assailed him as the head ol the Missis
sippi University, he proceeds to condemn the
order in tlie terms to he found in the extracts
below. [,et ev-ry Georgian lead them care
fully and ponder over them well, whether he be
Know-Nothing or Anti-Know-Noliiing ;
"In July last 1 had just heard of a new organ
ization in the country—secret in its movements,
i and going under the name of Know-Nothings.
Its principles, I understood to he, opp >sition to
Catholics and foreigners, to he planned in the
i dark, strengthened by oa!hs and manifested a'
the ballot-box. It filled rne with alarm.
"1 saw in it'the elements of rapid expansion
and awful explosion. 1 exhibited them to the
1 class-that graduated that month, and forwarned
them to have nothing to do with it. Had I
1 been inspired, I cquhl hardly have foreshadowed
• its history more accurately than I did. Oi my
! prediction nothing remains to ho fulfilled but
the outpouring of more blood. My forecast in
relation to it ought to insure respect fur my
judgment, in and about Oxford at Last ; hut it
is that verv forecast which is raising a buzz of
discontent against rue in this vicinity now.—
This is the sin which brought out against me the
recondite presses which I have named above.
It is called l dtthUin(r in politics hut its true
name is / npalatable Truth ." i his is toe sin
for which I am soon, perchance, to :.-e sacrificed.
They that stoned the prophets of old are yet
alive, and whv should I expect a better fate than
theirs 1. Well, I do not know {hat a betu r use
could be made of my old carcass, than the nfter
ing of* it upon the altar ot this jjt,ie : ic<nx ! aal.
j An incense would arise Irons it that would do
i more to purify the Church and tiie Stale from
this modern abomination, than anything which
; can emanate from my poor frost-covered brain,
j "The public has now the sum Ma! of my
political sins, public and private. 1 shall speak
I at large of the new order, in an appeal to my
I Church at some future day, if I mav he allowed
to do so. Tam committed against it, and shall
j oppose it forever—not in the class-room, but
everywhere else—not as a partisan, lut as a
Christian. This the patrons ot tlie ! niversity
should know. For all the honors and einolu
j rnents of earth I could riot be induced to assume
j a position of neufrnli/i/ in regard to i". It all
experience he not a falsehood, and a!! history a
fable, it will throw this country into ceaseless
j convulsions, if*it be nut crushed, and that speed
ily.
"Tn mv view every man who has n scruple's
influence should rise against it—now—immedi
ately, ere it be .forever 100 late. Indeed, it
allows no neutrality. With all its professed
Americanism, it assumes an absolute dictator
ship. It will allow no man to question its
purity or its policy. It gathei? within its pale,
men of dignity, talent and piety, preachers and
teachers, and with them, the most depiaved,
abandoned, desperate, God-defying sinners upon
the earth : hinds them bv oaths iti the bonds of
fellowship and sets them all at work in politica
and nothing hut politics. I find a christian
brother anions them I read to hint Fl Cor. vi.
14 and on, and I implore hi:n to come out from
sncli connections: and it addresses nie in tones
of despotic authority this wise: 'Sir, my
name is Politics —von as a Clergymen sliould
have nothing to do with Politics /' 'Right,' cries
piv brother, 'old man vou will ruin yourself if
you meddle with politics!' I say to him, 'your
oaths are airainst the laws of Cod and your
Church." "Sir," Tt responds, "do you thus de
nounce the pious of my order—have you no
respect for the Church or your place '?' I de
nounce the sinners of the band anif the Saints
reprove me. I reprove the Saints and the sin
ners denounce me. The Saint shields the sinner,
and the sinner, the Saint. If such a combina
tion is not enough to make the Church and
State hoth shudder, I know not what would.
"On me the new Order bears with intolerable
pressure. It rises before me like the ghost of
Banquo, at my every step in the pathway of
duty.
"/ am a preacher. Tf I preach upon the sanc
tity of oaths, it regards itself insulted, and
attacks me accordingly. If I preach to chris
tians to come out from the wicked, it insults me
for assailing Know-Nothings. II I preach that
the love of Christ is not bounded by State lines,
it charges me with attacking the article of its
creed against foreigners.
itt m <i teacher : IT J ti*ar!i thai unlawful pro
mises are not binding, I shall be chaiged wit!)
justifying the exposure of Know-Nothing se
crets. il l set the lesson to my pupils wherein
J. K. Say savs that every accession of a man to
a countrv is an accession of treasure, lamto he
published to the world as indoctrinating mv
pupils in ant i-Kno\v-Nothing politics. As I
am ever to he sored bv this young mad bull, I
had as well take it by the horns at once. Let
the order keep its hands off me, the Church, and
the Constitution, and I will never disturb it."
"A word to the good people of Mississippi
and I have done. Yon have a Cniv. rsity of
which vou may justly feel proud. For har
mony and kindly feeling among the Faculty,
for good order, good morals, gentlemanly de
meanor, study and progiess among the students,
and tor ardent attachment between preceptors
and pupils, vou may fearlessly challenge a
comparison with any other kindred institution
in the world. For its age, it lias not its equal
in point of patronage and rank in the United
States. In these respects, it stands at the head
of 103 out of 1 IS Colleges in the t nited Stab s :
and of those above it, a large majority are over
forty years older than itself, and three over one
hundred \ ears older. And this rank it has
attained through more adverse fortunes than
probably ever beset an institution before, h ear
not thai it will ever he n school of politics.—
Yonr sons graduate in politics before they come
to the I 'Diversity.
It is now in its palmiest davs, and this yon
see is one of the objects of Knuvv-\othing van
dalism. It ha-, already, I fear, thrown a fire
brand into it - peaceful halls. 1 appeal to yon
to come to the rescue. Rise up as one nan
against it, when it invades tin- sanctuary of
literature, inst-ad of requiring vnnr Professors
to kneel in its presence. lam sure there are
vet more Hum ten ihoutinn.il Christians in and
about the State who hove not ;/cl bom a I the hr.-cr
to limit. I call them to its help! Honest
yeomanry, and farmers of the iand, who always
mean right : ami. when not deceived, will al
ways do right, come to its succor. Honest,
well-meaning Know-Nothings v\ ho in n thought
less moment have hern drawn into the Order,
come out of it, and rally to the support of your
University. I regret having been constrained
to an attitude which mnv, perchance, injure the
University for a tiiri"-. hut he the fault on the
head i.f Know-Nothings, nut mine. Look at
theii fruits already scattered through the land,
and stirelv vou will approve of my opposition
to it. If you do tint, your children will. "I'y
their frui's shall ve know them. ' What aie
they ? Most (it sperafe and dangerous agitation
—Churches rending asunder—pastors and (lucks
at variance—Christians losing all confidence in
each other—Saints and Sinners in close embrace
Preachers of the some church getting hut
half congregations and half stippnrt —'me looking
on approvingly, while another is abused—
Teachers tottering—their pupils in midnight
cliques—friendship severing rage taking the
place of love—father against son—hrotiier a
gainst brother. These tilings now are : and
they proclaim, trumpet-tongue, what is coming,
if the monster he not crushed at once. And
all for what ? In honest truth, to get in the
outs and get out the ins. This is the true ob
ject of the order. Well, it must lake its course
till reason resumes her seal.
"Nalions, !imen, run trad n! times, and
nthin<r but time and blood-letting ran curi'
them. Still, while I!HT" is hop-, a!! good men
should strive to relieve Ih"m. Mv course is
taken— carefully. thoughtfully taken. Tam no
Catholic. Put Methodism and Rornanism on
the field of (air argument, and T will stake mv
ail upon the issue; but T am not such a coward
as in flop the (odd of honorable warfare for sav
age ambush fighting, or stir!) a tool as to believe
that a man's religion is to he reformed hy har
rassing his person. Nor am T quite so blind as
not to see, that when the work of crushing
churches is begun in the country, it is not go
ing to stop with the overthrow of one. Al!
Protestantism almost -A ill he against me—two
thirds of mv own church (I judge) will he a
gairist ir.e—the trustees will be alarmed for the
interests of the college—mv colleagues of the
faciijlv will he uneasv—mv best friends will
lie pained ; but I have an abiding confidence
that nothing will he lost hy my course in the
'•nd. Tt will he madness in men to withdraw
their sons from the able teaching of my col
leagues, for my fault—to attack the college to
injure me ; hut the se are dnvs of madness, and
this is the wav which obnoxious Professors are
commonly attacked, lie it so. 1 have done
n v dotv, and T leave the consequence with
(<n;|: and here sign it v name to what I deern
the best legacv that 7 could.leave to my chil
dren: a record proof that neither place, nor
policy, nor temporal interest, nor friendship,
nor church, nor theatening storms from every
quarter, could move their father for an instant
from principle, or awe hint into silence when
the cause of Cod and his country required him
to speak.
"ArocsTrs H. LONOSTUEET."
Another Distinguished S;n!heri M'liig on
Know-Xolhingism.
Loi.tsiVii.Li:, June 1, IS:">3.
To the Editors of Hie Louisville Times :
GINTLCMEN :—Many friends, irrespective of
party, knowing my views to be op|>o.sed to lite
organization and policy of'the Know-Nothings,
have warmly urged me to become a candidate
for re-election to Congress from this district. [
have stated that I would consider the proposi
tion and give them an answer by the first of
June. After reflection upon the subject, I do
not think T ant the appropriate person to make
canvas, and therefore decline the invitation.
The old Whig party by which I was elected
is disbanded. A new organization, wbic.lt pro
poses to introduce questions of religious belief as
criterion# for office, and to repeal the naturaliza
tion laws under which we have lived from the
beginning of our government, with the single
exception of the federal interregnum under
Adams, when they were extended to fourteen
years, lias arrayed itself in the field of politics.
In addition, we find that the new party main
tains an ominous silence in relation to the rights
of the Southern States, which should fill every
patriotic heart with fear. I have-ever been and
yet am inflexibly opposed to such principles.
The regularly nominated Democratic ticket
is the only opponent in the lirJd against this
new party. It is clear that it cannot achieve
success,unless, as in Virginia, by the aid of hon
est and fearless southern Whigs, who will not
be absorbed in secret fraternities, and who de
sire no umbignous alliance with Northern Know
Nothings. Their aid has given the first check
to this new party and annihilated its prestige of
victory. Bui, with these facts before us, it can
not.he concealed,. (hat the main body of the op
pojjenfs of the Know-Nothings is cofr.poserl <|
Democrats. It is natural they should desire
their candidate not only to he the representa
tive of their set timents npon these topics, in op
position to the know-.Not kings, hut also to coin
cide with them u|)on the genera! polirv of the
Democratic party and to yield acquiescence u|e
on the issues of the past. Ido not mean to say
that this would be required as the terms of *uj' M
port, but I have heard it suggested as requisite
to concentrate the full energy of opposition
Indeed, it has been intimated that an acquies
cence in the policy of the Democratic adminis
tration might be necessary to give force ami co
herence to the movement. Standing in the at
titude I occupy, I could-only consent to make
the race as an independent candidate, free from
all pledges whatever.
Fun these reasons I am convinced that, in or
der to achieve success and combine the party ~
it i> better for the Democracy to select a candi
date from their own ranks, and entrust to iuui
the advocacy of the cause. For my own part,
my belief is decided that the Kuow.Notliiin/
movement is as transient as its growth has been
sudden. As between the Democracy and itself
my choice is quickly made, but I Icel that I
best consult mv own dignity, and relieve my
se If from all suspicions of unworthy motives, ifj
at the same time, that I fiankly avow mv de.
termination to support the principles of the par
ty, I decline its honors. All that I ask, is the
privilege to sustain by my vote, tile wise
great, and hoblv liheiai principles upon which
I know the Republic is founded, and by the
faithful observance of which 1 am profoundly
conscious the social repose and political pros
perity of the nation can alone be secured.
Permit me to let urn my heartfelt thanks to
those friends, both Whigs and Democrats, who
have so generally offered logive me their waun
support.
I remain, with r -pert,
W. PRESTON.
Late*! Viar Yew*.
5,000 KILLED AM) H(HADED.
NEW YOJ:K, June £B.—The STEAMER Baltic
arrived at one o'clock this morning. She brings
telegraphic details of the capture of fvlamelon
and White Works, after sanguinary fighting,
ft, )00 being killed and wounded. The French
took 62 guns and 500 prisoners; and their
new position enables them to shell the shipping
in Sevastopol harltor. Simultaneously the En
glish stormed artd took tin* Riflemen's works in
the quarries, but lost 500 killed and wounded;
since then the firing has been slack. The fleets
have achieved new successes in the .• a ol Azo/T,
and have burned stores at Tngnwnov, Maripol,
and Cenitsck. and an expedition is fitting out
against Perekop.
We liave nothing from Scheindya or the Bal
tic.
Breads!ttfis. influenced by the fine weather,
are-null : Wheat, 3 to 4-d lower; Flour, Is to
2s: Corn, (id to Is. Holders do not evince a
willingness to sell at these rates.
VIENNA, Friday, noon.—Cen. La mora the
younger died of cholera at Balaklava.
A shameful occurrence took place. The
Russians fired upon a boat bearing a flag of
truce: *2l sailors and '{officers were killed.
Private letters from Kerlsch give a (earful
account of the slitherings of the Russian army as
well from wounds as from sickness.
The Russians are said to have obtained enm
mnmration with the Crimea, independent ol the
road from Perekop, by constructing a bridge a
croes- Suvergi.
The British ship Shemecoek was foundered
and lost at sea. She f-.aci a cargo of copper val
ued at §200,000.
LATENT BY Tri.EcnAPfT.—Dantzic, June 15.
—The Vulture has arrived with despatches.—
She left the fleet on tlie 1 Ith, and anchored oIF
Cronstad on the (ith. The Russians tired on a
h.>at b a- ing a flag of truce, and 16 English sai
lors were killed.
On the Bth the Magicianne fired for an hour
with gr* at effect on a hodv of horse, the artille
ry suffering but little damage.
Cit.it ow. 14th.—The Emperor of Austria ar
rived yesterday.
The Crimea correspondence down to the 4th.
stales that the weather is excessively hot. Al!
accounts agree that there is a vast amount id
disease and despondency in the garrison at Sev
astopol.
The English funds to-day have shown less
' ttovnncv. Tlie discount houses gave notice "I
a reduction of rates on call loans.
Advices front the I nited States are looked
for to stimulate the prevailing tendency towards
confidence in manufactures.
INPT.CENZA This is a very common disease at tins
season of the year, ami frequently leads to deep-.-eat
p<! roughs, anil oftentimes Consumption. 1 o tho-e
who may be throublecl in that way, we advise to
read the following notire, and act according!}'•
From the Pittsburg Morning Post, Oct. 'JS, 1 SAO.
IM-'I.VKNZA. — One of the best Medicines for the
cure of Influenza, That ran be found in the country,!-
Dr. Key.-er's Pectoral Svrnp. We have tried it.and
take tireat pleasure in bearing testimony to its elfiea
ry. 'l'here is no humbug about it. At tins season
oi the year, when one-halt our citizens are sneezins
and coughing, it should be known that a lew spoons
ful of this medicine will, in half a day, work a per
fect cure. Reader, if you have a cold take our a<;-
viee, and huv a bottle of Dr. Keyser's Syrup-
It may be had a; Rtipp Jc Osier's, of this place, and
Colvin and Robinson. Schellsburg.
K7-SYPHIUS, SCROFULA AND DISKASF.U
BLOOD.—For these terrific disea-es, Caiter s Span
ish Mixture i the only specific.
The proprietors have in their possession over ene
hundred certificates of the most extraordinary currs
effected bv it.
We re Ie r to the cert.ficate of Richard Adams, I 3 ' l
fliah Sheriff of Richmond, Va., F-dwin Burton, com
missioner of the Revenue lor Richmond ; (-rn-:•*..
Welch of the Mammoth Cirrus; Dr. Hiti'ov. '!
Washington City : Mr. Wm. A. Matthew-, and < •
Luck, Ksq., of Richmond. Va., .Mr. 1 ■ Hoyden. Lv
chaiisie Hotel, Va.; and a host ol other#, who V
seen cases of the worst description cureil hy t of'" 1 *
Spanish Mixture. They all certify that it is
erpate-t purifier of the blood known.
See advertisement.
VYe have frequently heard the celebrated ueruwr
Hitters sold by Pr. C. M. Jackson, 18® Arch stree .
Philadelphia, spoken ol in term.- of the ecu
meditation, arid we honest|y believe that it is one ."
the best medicines advertised for the complaint
which it is recommended. They are pleasant to
taste, and con be taken under any circumstances •>
the mo.-t delicate stomach. The press far and wit'-
have united in commending this invaluable rem' I ' >
for dyspep-ia, debility, tvc., and such ate the liea.t -
effects ol this panacea, that we hope it may be in'"
•lured to every family where Dyspepsia ha-, crls
likely to have a victim.
See advertisement.
ftotice:
All persons indebted to the estate of POMNH k
COOK, late of the Borouirb of Bedford, deceased, ro
requested to make immediate payment —and t
bavins claims against said estate will presen- us
properly authenticated for settlement.
AN DIMS SAC PH.
MARY COOK, L':rrut rtx.
July 6, 18~>f>,