From the Washington Union.
fOL. FREMONT'S LETTER OF AFffiPT
jINCC.' THE ISSUE OF !MO.\ OK DIS*
I .Mo.\ MADE IP.
Coione! Fremont is now up ("or the presidential j
race", ami sets oat on ibe novel experiment ot riding i
two boi'.ies at the same lime. He i>s some cek-' T ri- j
ty as an equestrian, and i.e will have still more il he j
succeeds in his present feat. H.s acceptance ol the
North American nomination appeared -ome (is. - '- Atto.
That required but little time to' arrange, but toe re
sponse to the abolition Fuiot'-siiders who met at
Philadelphia required more rare and circumspection,
't will be found in another column, and a more ingc
•i .us specimen of demagogism was never concoct
ed bv those master -pints of sectional agitat.on,
Mes.-rs. Seward, (Ireely, and Blair, yi course Col.
Fremont is made to eudor-etue principles o!The ab
jitiou Convention which nominated him.
In legani to our loieign policy. Colonel Fremont
assumes that .there is a pai ty ig tlii- country wliirli
maintains the doctrine that it is right to take v. hat
ever new territory we may want by a re-ort to force,
and he very emphatically repudiates such doctiinoa
inconsistent with national honor. !i them s any
point in this port ion of the letter, it was intended to
iiisii ua'e i i.it Mr. Buchanan put forth this doctiiue
in the Cc.en.l document. Such is the application ol
lae lticr made bv the New York Evening Post. The
■ nswer to t is, that Colonel Fremont has grossly
perverted and misrepresented Ihe doctrine of Ihat
document. It contains to such sentiment, but the
doctrine which it docs announce is one which no one
vho values the preservation o: our government as
the highest duty of every citizen car. either deny or
controvert. That doctrine is, that when our gov
ernment is satisfied that our own self-preservation
makes it liece-sary to acquire Cuba to avoid our own
•lestruction as a nation, we have the right, and a
will be our duty, to save our existence by buying t. e
island if we can, and il this cannot be dine, titfn T)
.-erortiiig 1o force*.
It would no! be expected Ihat a candidate for the
Presidency, whose principles lead unavoidably to the
destruction of the ['nion, Would approve a (tacrine
•vhich rests upon the deepest devotion to its peip-tu
•y. i" was, therefore, nicer alia proper lor the ean
iidate of a paity which :gn*>,vs one hall ol Ui.c con
federacy To pledge him-pii luat, il the l inon could
not be saved from dis olution except by taking and
annexing territories identified by .Is location and in- •
istitr.tions with the ignored section, he would soon- •
er let the ifnion go than resort to the lirst law o! i a- i
-lire—the law of M lf-preservation. Fjrtunat.lv, the |
[democrats have a candidate who stands upon the doc- |
friiio that "ihe*federal Union mast be preserved,"' ;
and who has a heart that embraces m its throbs the |
South as well as the North.
The o'her subject on which Colonel > remont avow s
Itis cordial concurrence with the ab nition conven
tion is in regard to the slavery question. Ihe con
vention lays down the doctrine that neither Congress,
nor the territorial LegisidtiTtes, nor individuals, nor
"ssocintfoiiv oi indiv duals, car, give legal existence
n slavery will.in our territ ~-jes so long as the con
stitution lasts. It follows from this doctrine that
slavery ca.Ju}! exist constitutionally anywhere wirh
ii'-he United States except where it existed when
.'he Const-tot on was formed. We have the same
constitution now that we had when Florida, Louisi
ana, and Texas were acecuired; and hence, upon
Col. Fremont's principle, slavery has no valid exist
ence in these Mates formed fromthoseTerritories.-
l"l>e sau,e doctrine leads to the conclusion that slave
ry cannot have a legal existence in Kansas, whether
.he people there will it or not; anil her.ee the only
suggestion he has to make for the settlement ot the
Kansas question is the admission of the Territory as
r. free State. Cot. Fremont Iherelore, stands upon
;h® ground 'hat there cannot- and shah not he any
additional abates admitted info the I. man which lib
erate I a very. K stands pledged by h•- letter to
fSfry out this principle in tiifc event of his election
as Pres dent ; cnii hence it matters nothing with him
f every man, woman, and .fuld in Kansas suouh!
.e-ire that tile State should drne in as a lave Slate
—the con-titution, as Colonel Fremont c;.htr test,
must exclude them. His doctrines goes CVPII !ur
thet; if >'inss were admitted to-morrow a iree
1 \B*te the people conhl not afterwards chdfigo their
cousr.tuiinn and laws so as to give legal existence to
slavery. Still further, upon the same doctrine, Col.
Frerronr would pronounce cvpry slave in Florida,
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, now to
in* illegally held to service. The language of the
iilatfonn which he endorses, and which he pledges
himself to carry out. bears .:o other fair construc
tion. -
This I® open and undisguised disunion; and yet
Col. Fremont allows himself to be deluded with the
u|ea that he can find svmpalhy, even in The South,
with the great mass oi the population who are not
owners ol slaves. He adopts anil reiterates the in
surrectionary suggestion and appeal, made by Mr.
• Seward and reiterated bv his followers, to the suppo
sed ioaloustes and interests of the southern non
. lave owners, tie, too. is more than a demagogue
when he talks about the southern slaveholders as a
clas- handed together, with interests antagonistic to
those of their neighbors who own no slaves, and by
*h power of their capital mlftef the masses. We do
.tot object to Hie jssnes wnicu Col. Fremont's coun
cilor's have induced bin. to make up by his letter,
't is a point to which abolitionism, combined with
.'cnow-nothingisrri at the North, has been rapidly
drifting lor the laft two years. No better time can
be found to make a final trial of the strength of the
■'niorv than tfue present. Whilst we deeply regret
t hat Ihe mad rf.ir.t of fanaticism -hould render s. v'a
*. trial necessary, yet, since Ihe issue is una voidable,
We snv, let it rotor, and Ift it rnrtif note. The cn'y
flung we desire, in order to make victory sure, ]s,
that every notional Union-loving mat: shall see and
• •el what is the real issue, and what Is at stai,—
Col. Fremont's letter in connection with the prinei
les o the party which he endc-i-p*. arid the known
'i.iin on sentimenia and purposes or the leaders who
■ octroi him. leaves no man 10.-.m further to rr. .- .inier
. '.and tiic true issue.
Prophecy of Hav.
Both Clay and Calhoun foresaw the lamentable
conclusion which parties in this country have flow
reached, and predicted disunion a- the inevitable re
sult of such a state of a (fairs.
Mr. Clay, in hi- spe -ch in the Senate February 7.
'A IS), thus daguerreotyped '.lie very aspect of aHairs
.11 the Vear 1 8" 6 :
-' S if," said Mr. Clay. " 1 am not in the habit of
spi aktng lightly oi the possibility of di-solving this
happy Union. The Senate know that I have depre
ilite.l allusions, on ordinaiy occasions, to that direful
event. The country will testify that, if there be a
'ything in the history of my public career worthy
of recollection, it is the truth and sincerity of my
ardent devotion to i's lasting preservation. Btft we
should he lai-e m r.i.r allegiance to it, it we fid r.ot
discriminate between the imaginaiv and real dangers
i.v which it may be assailed. Abolitionism should
i i longer be regarded as an imaginary danger. The
; bolitionists, let ir.e suppose, succeed ;n their present
r.'im of uniting the inhabitants of Ih* free States as
One man ag.< ; :t*=t the inhabitants of the slave States.
I nion on our side will beget union on the other, and
ibis process o; reciprocal consolidation will be at
tended with ail the violent prejudice, embittered pas
'ions. and imp! if able animosities which ever degra
ded or deformed human nature.
* * One section will stand in mena
cing and hostile array against the othei. The col
lision of opiht'r. will be quickly followed by tile
clash of arm'. I will riot atterrpr to describe scenes
which now happily iie concealed from our view. Ab
olitionists them-elves would shrink back in di-may
ar ! Tiorror tit the contemplation of desolated fields,
conflagrated cities; tribrilered inhabitants, and the o
vertbrow of the fair'*-t fabric of human government
that ever ro-o to animate the hopes of civilized
man." 1
tnf.LvWEs F. Cr.sr, Esq., son ot the late Hi nky
Fx AT , has published a letter tn the Lexington States
man of the SHb ins!., in which he distinctly declares
that he will vote for .1 aiifi Rr n.wsx as next Pre-i
--i ent of the United States, although he would prefer
?Ar. Fdlmore, pertonally, if he -too! on the same
platform he did in 18.10. In voting for Mr. Buchan
an, however, Mr. C. says he doe' as an old-line
W g, and that whenever the Whig standard shall be
1 again raised, h- will be found among its warmest
friends. Mr. Clay savs he wishes to cast hi- vote
for 'iie candidate likely to defeat the Black Re
publican Party, *and, a- he consider Mr. Buchanan
that candidate, hr rritl i-ntr for him.
?f Tlv nv Cvv were living he would as cert nly
"*"• :T: Ruc'.ia: •- a> y -- mat in th r
)aAe.
THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. >
Bedford, July S S,
Gr. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor- c
VOICE OF illE PEOPlE!!! !
FOR PRESIDENT, L T
HON. rn® BBCHM.W,
OF FF..>N"?• YL\ ANIA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ,
IfOK. JOHN C. BUECKINUiiMJE, i
O! KENTUCKY. ' I
l)EI\I0CItVTIO STATE TICKET. |
CatK.l Commissioner, I
GEORGE SCOTT. j<
. .'in!itor (it'/ieral,
JACOB FRY,JR.
Surveyor Centra/,
j COL. oOHN ROVVE, (of Franklin county.)
(Subject Co the decision ot the State Convention.) ! 1
j 1
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. !,
Countv Surveyor—WA*. M. TIALI..
Distric. Attorney—(l. H. SPANG.
Associ•-'.* J—A. J. SNIVEL .
Coiiuni^ioner —H. J. Filil NEH, {3 years.) . .
<• ' CAD VVA LA !)ER EVA NS, ( 1 y r.)
Poor Erector—GEO KG E ELDF.II.
Auditor—-HENRY B. MOCK, 17 vears.)
THOS. \Y. HORTON. i;J veins.)
Coroner—JOHN HARSHBARGEK.
THE • jSOC'ENT* 1 SLA.IfB'JEK !
Hi ftewsird
Will he y.irid iifimediafely by the undersigned Dem
ocratic Cou'nt " Committee of Bed lord County to any I
pei.-on or per-.ins who vvill show; by clear and -ati--
iactorv proof, such u< would be received in a Court
of justice, that Jafir Bi u ■ \AX, in any speech, let
ter, public or private paper, written or printed doc
j unicnt or social conversation, ever advocated or fa
| voted the doctrine that the standard ol American
| wages oi labor should be fixed at ten cents per
: day. I
This charge has \>pen often and reckSes-iy made by j
j the enemies of the Democratic Party. It ha- been ■
; it:- often met atifl answered, but neither argument
■ nor sell re,pecl have been snliicici.t to stop the ;
mouth of vile slander.
The charge comes with an ill grace from a large
portion of our opponents Who are struggling to lree
ruore than thiee millions oi negroes and scatter
them among us to compete with the working end
boring population oi the country. It is mr.de -at an
unfortunate time for our adversaries. Every person
knows that the wages of labor never commanded a
higher price nor a greater at. ! smer reward than at
this time,and every person Knows that this rsvult
has been brought about by the ilortrines and policy
of the Demociat.c party under the lead ol BI -
CHAN x and the other great statesmen who have, tor .
year-, a-m'ted in guiding tha ''ship of St-ate. : '
We trust that our adversaries will immediately
claim the reward, or exhibit, such a regard fur truth
in the future, as will prevent the repetit.cn ol this
infamous and unfeti ued charge.
JIN CESSNA.
W.ti. I'. SCHKLt,
JOS. W. l'A IK,
W.M. M. HALL.
(.TO. H. SPA NO,
T. 1). BFK.OLK,
SA.M'J.. STATLKII,
t County Cool mi Lit C.
ii>. liord. July i1?-"G.
SvNOH NOTHI jit) iOXVE.XTIOX.
R . JoctMN. Esq., Cha rman of tie itr.ow
Nothing County Committee, has is-tied a call tor a
Convention to convene in Bedford on Thursday the
.'si-t inst. for the purpose of putting in nomination a
County Ticket for the ensuing election. In the lan
guage ot Parson lirowulow , a member oi the Fiil
rnore National Convention, the call is as "short and
sunt as a rnnstnl matrgot. 31 lt doe- not make even
the slightest allusion to the Presidential question,
although Mr. Jordan declares that he irtni *>rp
fwr'.ing 1 1tl/:!rd I'iUmorc to the hr.st of /lis ability.
The time was when Mr. Jordan made his notices j
about as long as the moral law when calling upon .
the faithful to assemble in County Convention, but
now he carefully refrains from rsTering to any' of the
i-sues before Hie country. He does not eve;, bint at
a Prohibitory Li< t uci lata, which has so peculiarly oc
f copied hi' attention for several years pa-t. He im>
! dropped tlii- i:itmhitg along with those in reference ;
j to the Bank, the Veto, the Tarifi) the independent
i Treasury, Kc., &c., ..mi is, we presume, preparing to i
! go the whole i g tor Fremoiit and Abolitionism.
.
Now, we call upon the .one,t friends of Fillmore
in the County to vutrh itosr/y the movements going ;
i on, or they u ill he said before th.-y know where they
•j, are. It has been alleged by some who pro!V> to be
I leaders in the ranks o: the oppos tion, that a con- |
, | tract has already been entered into by which Fill
- j more is to be dropped and Fremont substituted, and, j
" I a< an evidence o this fact, tot a wen! was said inlu- .
t ji or r.i .'illmore in the proceedings i a Know Nothing
. meeting held in Bedford a few weeks since. On the I
other band, it vva.-, alleged that a r . solution compli
mentary to Fillmore had been laid on the table! It
it true, that Mr. J. has bpen supporting Mr. Fill
! more "u the be-t ol his ab.l.ty," and intends to con
j tinue so to'do, he will present the most unqualified
i le'olntioiis in tuvor of Mr. Fillmore, whom he de
j clares to be the regular nominee of his party. If ,
• l; common honesty is to prevail, there can be no rom
jnooii :f between the friends of Fillmore and Fremont, I
1 Mr. Fillmore having declared, in a pnbl.c speech,;
that the triumph of the Biaek Republican Party i
| would result in a dissolution af the Union! ! And i
■ further, whilst Mr. Fillmore is associated on the j
tick'-t with a gentleman w i.o OWNS a ULNLIIKI) i
i SL "MS, and who boasts cf the fact, how is it
. ■ po--'Nsle jor his friends to irrd a candidate and a lac- ;
; tion who disclaim all party tie-:, and who act upon :
' th p single idea of libera!in the Slaves of the South ?
It" the friends of Fillmore in Bedford County are:
not willing to be traded off as Merchandize, they will
demand that the Convention about to meet makes a j
' "r/tan breast'" in giving expression tothe opinions ot
the party. If they talk about forming a union Eiec- j
i toral Ticket between a SLAVE HOLDER and an j
i ABOLITIONIST, every honest man mint revolt at j
the proposition, tor there would be a degree of wick- j
edness and inconsistency about this which could riot '
i | fail to cover with dt-gracc all engaged in ihe trans
• j action.
i The President of a Fillmore C'tib in New Yofk at
-1 tempted to sell the members of that body to the
t j Black Republicans as though tliey were mere cattle
1 j —hut lie waked up a hornets nest in the attempt, as
will be seen by a history of the -,ise in another
• j column.
. j Mr. Jordan says, each Township and Borough is
. | entitled to two Delegates, but he does not say how
.ior by whom these Delegates are to lie chosen. Are
. i they the same set appointed a yes.r or two since bv
the midnight Lodges I The "rani; and file" of our ■
opponents would, we think, like to know something !
. ab7ut this, especially as tiiey were represented in the
late htate and National Conventions by self-ron titu- ,
ted Delegates. |
Unas been the contemptible and dishonest system
of trading and eh an gins; names that has brought the
once powerful Whig Party down to a combination ol
| mere rat,-it-penny factious —and hence it is time for
honest, intelligent men, to stop and consider, and in-
I quire whether the Party which always sails under
'ev -i".-.- n<:' the tru- party of the country.
jfj~ We publish the following a- a matter of gen
eral news,and not with the view of inducing any ot
our friends to bet,as there is an express and a very ,
srvtrr /air in I'emisylvafiia against betting—and be- (
sides, the system is demoralizing in its tendency,
and should not be countenanced. Our opponents, (
however, are so full ol ti'tnd and Inrng that they are
always taunting Democrats to violate the law, on
this subject. A week or so since, a friend of F?.e
-IOM boasted largely at the Guard House in Phila
delphia that he would bet ten thousand dollars on
his (Fremont's) election, if any Democrat could he
found who would take lam up. Ihe next morning
the l'riw<iylv<t)iiau informed him that by calling at
that office he could be accommodated, which was the
la-t that was heard of the braggadocio! Other [
Know N. !h have beefl sneaking about the Ho.eh. j
of Phildilelnhhia procliumiug that "the Democracy j
were afraid to buck their candidates with their mon- |
ey." and hence the offer below to bet thirty-one thou- j
sand dollars that JAMKS BUCHANAN will carry every J
State in th:* -' 11 iori! Of course no body is crazy e- j
nough to Ti.he ttie bet, and >o the matter stands. All i
reasonable men concede the election ol Mr. Bit*
cl.gttan by an overwhelming majority :
* CijANCF. FOB MONIKD MEN —ln the Phila
delphia Sorth American, (an old Line Whig paper.)
. V.fune ISth, we find the following ofler. which can
•e fell in with by any one having a little spare cash
T J invest in a permanent sinking fund:
1 MIST OF. NTi A L F'.LKCTIO- •The Subscriber offers to
make the following BF.T, amounting to sil 1,000, viz :
itooo that Buchanan obtains a majority in Maine.
s]<g># do do New llamp-hire.
s-Miffi) do do Vermont.
Sfliyo do do Massachusetts.
SIOOO do do Rhode island.
Si 10(10 do <h. Connecticut, j
1 SIOOO ilo do New Vork. !
$i0(1(1 i!o do Pennsylvania, i
SI OOO do ill New Jersey, j
SIOOO do do Delaware. j
slo(ui do do Maryland, i
slOOll do do Virginia. \
SIOOO do do u_, Ohio. I
SIOOO do do Kentucky.)
SIOOO drr do- Indiana, j
SIOOO do do Michigan. |
SIOOO do do Illinois. '
SIOOO do In Tennessee.
$100(1 do do North Carolina. |
SIOOO da do Soulii Carolina. :
SIOOO do. do Georgia. |
I $ 1 3JO do do Alabama. ;
| SIOOO do do Florida. |
SIftOO do do Mississippi.;
SIOOO do do . Louisiana, j
SIOOO do d>_ Arkansas. ;
SIOOO do do Missouri. ,
i SIOOO do do low a.j
SIOOO do do I exits. -
SIOOO As do California. |
SIOOO do do Wisconsin, i
JAMF-S ELLIOTT,
Twentieth and Market Streets, Philadelphia, j
The fbfkv.
K7"The reader is directed tri'theffirst page for a
number of very interesting articles, especially an
extract from a great speech recently delivered l>y ;
Gov. 13:i.1.1 n, in Philadelphia, on the subject of the !
Kansas difficulties, and the remarks of lion. SVMI I t.
C.iui -urns, of Washington City, made at a Demo- .
cratic Puti'.cation meeting on the ISth u'.t. 'i hou-l
sands of old-tine Whigs are rallying to the stand::td
of tha D trior ratio-party for the same reasons given
by Mr. ha rut hers.
Orfhl Sale of Town Lois.
j Vv e invite especial attention to the advertisement
of H. K. STKON.;, Keq., President of the Ropewelir
C'oal and iron Company, to be found in the proper
column, in which he proposes to sell a large number
of Lots in the Town of "opeweil. A map of the
Town can be seen by calling at our office. Here ;s i
a chance lor securing aluable Lots that may not
aoon again offer, and we advise those who desire a
permanent interest in cur great coal region to give
tHe matter prompt attention.
Pole ESaisifis;.
Cf7"The Demociats cf ST. CLAIR give notice to
their Democratic'brethren of Bedford and the sur
'Oimding To vnships that they will rai tea B( cu ivw
1 and BRECKIXIVOGB Pole at St. Clairsviile, on SAT
URDAY, the 20th day of July inst.,and respectfully
and earnestlv invite them to hp present on the occa
i sion. Old Line Whigs are cordially and affectionate
ly invited to enroll themselves under our Banner on
that occasion—and it is hoped thct all Democrats
| who left the Democracy under a mistaken view of
the principles Vf Know Nothingismy will rally as one
man to the support ot the nominees of the Cincin
. nali Convention, and thus prove to the world their
devotion to the Constitution.
fTT"*! :vc or six daily Lines of Jo.;. kor>e coaches
j miming in and out of Bedford, re mi ruls us of the old
times when the names of RESIDE, PE PIPK.K, and
YC.A'S.;, W ere so familiar to our people in connection
■ wi th the business of staging.
Compliment to Mr. Buchanan.
C3~ We extract the following paragraph from the
anniversary address delivered at the exhibition of
the U. P. Society < f Dickinson College, on the e
vening ol the Bth inif., by Jas. I*. Purvis, Ksq., of
Baltimore, one of th.fi graduating class.
This College bei: g Mr. Buchanan's Alma Mater,
Fed himself an acting member ol" the I . P $., the
i sentiments herein expressed are those that met with
! E hearty response from the audience. Though the
occasion was a pumly literary one, yet, the speaker, i
in alluding to the Society's succe-s, made this corri
j plirneritary reference to Mr. 8., and from the andi
| ence, held spell-bound by the sp-aker's eloquence, at )
this juncture, hurst forth a hearty rap of applause.
We simply add, that the address was of such a !
; character that the students had it published in pain- :
ph'et form, which is a very unusual "thing :
'miie has buth occasion and justification for a I
thrill of pride, when she sees the sons, who j
went from her sheltering bosom upon life's ad- 1
venturous enterprise, relurti'ng to her side, j
; freighted with Hie trophies, and ablaze with the i
i honors of. foftv achievements. This hour she
may indulge in self-gratulation at the thought
| lliat a son of hers is the focus of the world's ob-
I servation, sd the centre of a nation's thoughts.
No one wilt accuse me of forcing a politic;:! as
pect upon a literary occasion,in suggesting this,
among the many other sources of pride, to which
the occasion so obviously prompts us to recur.
IVe issue u habeas corpus against the nation,
and, for a brief season, make the name and fame
of he.-great statesman all our cwn. The oc
casion part, we put the war cry upon his lips,
and the battle-axe in his gloved hand, and send
him forth to join the good and true of all par
ties who are gathering to revive the glory of
Thermopylae at the last strong-hold of Ameri
can nationality."
'
! PHI: MEMI'IIIS ELECTION.—At the late city
election (says an exchange) in Memphis, Ten
i riesjjee, the democratic candidate for mayor,
Mr. Douglas, was elected bv a majority of three
hundred and ninety over his know-nothing
competitor. A vear ago Memphis gave the
know-nothings one hundred and seventy ma
jority. Democratic gain in one year, five hun
dred and sixty. A corresponding rate of in
crease throughout the State will give un Ten
nessee by fifteen thousand majority.
*ELL!\LJ OUT!
(YY Notwithstanding MIU.AP.II FILI.M.JRF IS the
regular nominee of the National Convention called
bv the enemies of Democracy— and notwithstanding
JOHN 0. FRE.UONT was neminateil by an assemblage
of eeJf-custi i nlrd Delegates--men who undertook to
speak for the people without having derived any an- 1
thorny from them to do so yet it is plain that tbe
Abolition wire-workers have made arrangements by
which they hope to be able to buy out the INUmoie
Party, (they can enil., Iny the leaders,) a proceeding
more disgraceful than has ever characterized the
conductor any political party since the organization i
of the Government. Only a few days since the
President of the Fillmore National Club in New4=
York agreed to sell out to the Black Republic..::- for
SIOO0 —that is, he obligated himself to hand over
the members of that body, just as a man would hand
over to the butcher a similar number of sheep or
cattle which lie had purchased—but the rank and file
dissented from the gro-- iu-ult ami indignity, a's will
be seen by the following scene which ensued at. the
last meeting of the Club:—
There U SS a large and noisy and effective meeting
last' evening, at National Hall, Canal street. Tine
FOLLOWING IS tile call issued for the meeting: —
FitFni>o:R is NATIONAL, SLAV K.UV SK MONAJ.. — The
numbers of tlu; American Republican N.iiionai-Gltib
(formerly National Club) of the City AND. County of
NEW York, are requested to meet this (Tne-day) E
vening, June 21, at their quarters, Nat ional Hail, Ca
nal street. Also, all persons opposed to the exteii- ;
sion of slavery are invited to join with us, to make
artangements tor the grand ma-s meeting, on Wednes
day evening, June 2.7.
B. VAN Ript:U, President.
Attendants at the meeting began to pour in at ari
! early hour. The room was two-thirds l';:|i at short
| ly alter 7 o'clock. Mr. Van Riper, whc.se NAM" ap-
I pears appended to the call, was among the foremost
hand. Mr. Cyrus Shay, of the old wing demor
| racy, was with him, and Jo him Mr. an Rip. r evi
dently turned for consultation. A private confer
! eFice of some minutes WAS noticed to ensue between
I the two, when Mr. Van Riper teak the chair and pro
! reeded to call the meeting to order.
Cries of '-get out of there you d d traitor!"
! "You area pretty fellow to take that place!" "Yon
| ought to behiti g!" and kindred remarks followed
fri tn the crowd. A perJect del age cf groans and
j hisses succeeded, and . war some ten minutes be
' Are there was perceptible the -lightest- diminution J
! :I their intensity and rancor. A gentleman mounted
j .UP table fronting the desk, and it was perceived he j
\va , trying to say something. A prtial silence wa
nt length effected. WHEN .be noise -o diminished
; that- he could make hi'M-ell" heard, he moved that THE
club organize by appointing William Slokely, \ ice
F {'resilient ol the ("Lib, as Chairman.
The motion was made arid carried with but few
dissenting voices, but
-Mr- Van Riper declared the motion iost.
A vou-e— You are a liar.
Mr. Van Riper —l arn President of this Club.
A vo OE— that'- a D—D lie; you are a base traitor, j
and don't belong here.
Mr. Stokely took a position beside Mr. \an K per-,
and ASKED what was the pleasure ot the meeting.
.Mr. \ ah- Riper—l wish to explain, and ask wheth
er 1 am 1o be acknowledged as President or not. All
i i ask is fair play.
Cries followed trom everv side. "We won't hear j
him." "Turn hirn out," mingled with repeated
cheers Jor Fillmore, and groans for Fremont,
j Mr. Van Riper —l will explain the matter.
A large N-.mber shout A D—"We don't WUI.t any ey
planat ion."
Mr. Dtiganne now wanted the table vacated bv the
mover of organization, and alter making several ef
; forts to OE heard, moved the appointment cf a com
mittee on resolutions, the same to be appointed by
the Caa R.
Mr. \"un Riper a-ked that he might BE heard be
iore the motion was put. lie asked a Juir discussion
of principles, and nothing rriore.
Voices —-'Turn him out," followed by a icpetition j
of cheers for Fillmore, and additional groans lor
F remont.
Cyrus Shav here ATTEMPTED To sp A :ilc. standing by
the side of MR. Van Riper. He succeeded :n saving
1 pav tor this room, and have got the receipt in
my pocket. ! should like to see any of you atterrqif
IO put Mr. Van Riper out, if he dare. The remain
der of his reinatks were drowned :n overwhelming
groans.
Ihe CHAIRMAN (MR. Stokely ) ASKED iliat 'he MEET
ing would come to order that he might name a com- j
miftee on resolutions. Partial quiet was at LENGTH
restored, when he named as the rnmnvttee Messrs.
Dtiganne. Vanderpool, McGrath, Harold N, Brinker
hoff and Griffith. The appointment o' the commit
tee wa- received with leud cheers. The committee
immediately retired.
"Give the traitor Jesse." cried one.
"Show it up that the National Club has been sold
to r.o Black Republicans," shouied another.
The room was densely filled at tins time — so miicb
so that the Retiring Committee had some difficulty
in effecting their egres--. When they had got out RII
the door, toe acting Chairman (Mr. Stokely) ASKED
that the mee'uig should hear the explanation propos
ed tn be given by MR. \ an Riper.
MR. Van i-iipei -All 1 want is to explain my ac
tions.
ilisses and grnr.ns prevented his going further.
The Chairman Jtiurfiped VIGOROUSLY upon the dbsk,
and besought the persons to come to order and bear
MR. \ an Riper.
A voirt —l ask if Mr. Van Riper did tint -av in the
Park, last Saturday evening, that he would sell the
National Club ?
Van Riper — No, sir.
I Loud voices— You lie. You to!J Mr. Sparks if any
j party wanted to buy the Club, they could have it by
paving for it.
Van Riper — Yon are a D—D liar.
A gentleman here moved that Mr. \ an Kiper be
allowed io go on with his explanation without con
tinued interruptions.
The motion as put and carried, upon which Mr.
• Van Riper proceeded with his explanations, as fol
lows : _
For two years 1 have labored for the National Club
! with the utmost diligence and fidelity. (Voice--"A
lie." Other voices —"Let hint jo ON.") La-t fall,
| after serious reflection, my views changed for the
| slavery question, and 1 asked permission o, She -
Know Nothing Council to which 1 belonged to v. ith
draw. (Voice —"Traitor" and cheers.) My card
of withdrawal was granted, t Tremendous CHEEIS
and cries of "they were glad to ge. vid of yon.") i
applied directly to the Secretary OF this Club, and
J told him 1 wanted a list of tire names of Ihe members j
of the Club, that 1 might call them to attend a meei- !
! jng, as I had something special to bring before them. >
! tt>|d Mr. Random I de>ired to call this meeting,
| that I might give the members of the Club tire
i choice of going with me ;r riot, as they saw fit.
A voice—He ha- said enough; put him out.
f A repetition of previous hisses and groans follow- 1
! pit for some minutes. By importuning* of order from ;
the Chairman they at length ceased.
Mr. Van Riper, resuming— You are a National ,
Club, and you will grant freedom of speech.
A voice—Who licked yon to-day ?
-Mr. Van Riper—Will yon allow me to go on?
Hear me. and then you cau pas- judgment upon me. )
A voice—Stop thief.
Another voice—He is a spy and a thief.
Chairman—Gentlemen please hear him.
Mr. Van Riper—l intended to have notified every
member of the Club to attend last {Saturday night's
meeting.
A voice—Yon lie it is no such Jiiing.
Mr. Van Riper—You are bound to meet with re- j
criminations at every step. It is hard to go on.
A voict—Yon needn't go on ; but the sooner you ,
go out of the room the better.
Chairman—l'lease not interrupt, but hear the end
of tiis story.
A voice—D n his lies, let us have three cheers
for Fillmore and the true sons of the American
party.
The Chairman thumped with his fist, but the three
cheers were given thrice three times, followed up
with three groans for Fremont and Dayton. A re- i
newal of the Chairman's thumps restored at length j
partial quiet.
Mr. Van Riper, continuing—l ask cannot a person
change his views? I insist that i have acted only
upon a chans** ot my views.
A voice—Yon acted for money.
Another voice—Let's put the d—d traitor out. A ,
movement of those fronting the desk was made to-I
ward Mr. Van Riper, as if to act Ln accordance with j
the last request, now the fiftieth *ime ana over re- j
P'Sted.
All announcement at t!ie back ol Ihe ball that the
Committee on Resolutions were coming in hail the
eti'ect To check the movement.
".Make room tor the committee," ro-e iiom every
part of the room.
Mr. Duaaiiiie, after ttrcat effort, succeeded HI get
ting himielf to HIP table in front of the desk, which '
lie immediately mounted, am! was greeted with three .
cheers ami a tigei. tie stood some time in his j
elevated position, and it required all his own efforts, \
combined with those of the Chairman, to command j
silence sufficient to make himself heaid.
llear :ni OSd Line Whig;!
Letter from the Hon. Mm. B- Beet!.
It affords lis very crca! satisfaction to publish the 1
sound and able letter from our distinguish- :
ed fellow-citizen, the Hon. W.m. 15. Kki i>, in reply to
an invitation from the l'emocracy of Pittsburgh, to :
unite with llu'tii in celebrating the late anuiveisary
of American Independence. We ask lor it the
most careful consideration. it presents the true
questions now before the public mind, u itb remarka
ble clearness and vigor. It is baldly necessary for
its to add Tbat Mr. lu:ei> l.as been a leading and in
fluential member of the late Whig party :
PtlH.ATF4.:'iii.V, June .JO, 1 S")0.
(•r vrr.r.nKN I have had the honor to receive
your letter of invitation. It would, I assure you,
git-e me grei.f pleasure to have the opportunity of
-aving to my fellow-citizens of Allegheny County,
why I support the nomination of Mr. Buchanan ear
nestly and actively. But rny engagement- here ear
! nestly preclude it. 1 should have peculiar satisfac
tion in being among you now., berau-e my last vi-it
to Pittsburgh was on a very different eriand. ( wa
there two years ago, as a member of what was sup
i posed to be the Whig State Committee, with an ear
nest anxiety to save Horn insult and defeat your I'H
lovv-citizen, (b-oige Dar-ie, as a man of high charac
ter and unque-tinned integrity, and who. t thonghf,
(and the resiilr showed how trulv,) was nbniit To be
sacrificed because his biithplace and very early
ch'blhood happened to be abroad.
With what ii.Bowed, I need not trouble von, but
within the wx' year I found myself obliged by mere
self-respect publicly to renounce all active connex
ion with thi- Committee. My reasons are before
my fellow-citizens—arid I feel no little pride in the
recollection that I did not wat till t- moment of de
cay and lii eomfitnre to express my antagonism to
that unconstitutional and anti-liepnhlican partv.
known as the Know Nothing Organization. When I
! said what I thought about it. it wa- in it- full power
of mischief. It is not necessary to speak of it now.
■ fti honest adherents (and tho->- were not a few) are
leaving it. Its n anageis. ai d designeis, and contri
vers. ought never to lie forgiven lor having disfigured
the political history of The con-try bv the tradition,
as it has now become, oi a paitv which proser hen
a man's religion and drew li-t'.nctinns between those
whom the Constitution arid the laws make equai.
It destroyed the obi Whig party utterly and com
pletely : and when I aril now asked to vote for Mr.
j Fillmore as -till a Whig, or lor Mr. Don> 'so;; as a
! f/finoenit, 1 have plain answer, that, as J under
; stand t. each of these gentlemen became an adhe
ring Know Nothing, or a technical '-American."
passed the several degrees of til" order, and took its
Polish ami wicked oaths. If this be so—and it has
' been openly asserted and never denied—if My. Fill
more, an e^i-Pre-blent of the Cnited States, ever
i took an oath or obligation to exclude, or aid in ex
: eluding a man from public trn-t simply on account of
his religion or bis birth; if in taking thai obligation
he hud to purge himself from all sympathy or con
j nexion with Catholic- or foreigners, however inno
cent and respectable, then 1 cannot, a a gentleman
or as an American citizen, vote for Mr. Fillmore.
There ha- died in this eitv, witrrn the last two
months, one of our most venerable citizens, a resi
dent here for more than half a centurv, though horn
abroad and a Unman Catholic, i followed him to hi
i grave, il s whole heart was loyal to his adopted
country, and true to the faith of his ance-tors. Two
of his sons, my personal ami political friends, p ro .
Fes-ing the same religious opinions with wteir la
ther, for years, represented this city in the Legisla
ture of the State with honor to themselves and their
constituency, and yet if they and he were alive now,
they would find themselves, bv this new ritual, pro
scribed and disqualified. 1 refer to this as ; mo<t stri
king, ami to my immediate fellow citizens, familiar
illustration of the practical and inevitable fruits
of this organization. Weil may we he grateful that
a partv. professing such principles, has passed awnv!
I beg your pardon.for troubling you even with this
; reference to it.
Those who were once Whigs are now asked to
vote for Mr. Fremont and Mr. Dayton. not a- Whigs,
but as what are called "Republicans." for it seems
to be assumed (urid perhaps history justifies it) that
nothing is easier for a Whig than to change his
name. Il herloes it in a ceitain direction, and calls
: himself a Know Nothing or a Republican, it is all
very well, but if he ch.s.s, in the exercise of a
manly discretion, stimutated by local pride, to art
with the Democratic party, as I certainly mean to
do, there is no end to ihe denunciation he receives.
Mr. Frernu.it. 1 do not know personaßv. and what 1
have read of him induces me to. think he is a gentle
man of entire personal r u *pectab;litv, of rambling
ami adventurous habits of life, and of large specula
j live wealth. My gallant townsman. Dr. Kane, ha:;
done quite as much in the way of adventure, endu
red as much hardship, gained as large a scientific
fame in the cause ol human charity ; and yet I am
not aunr" that he has any immediate a-pirations for
the t're-idency. He is not a rich rrau and lives i:i
: Philadelphia. Mr. Dayton I do know, and have known
; long and well; and among all the a-perities of poli
tics.it is very plea-ant to have the chance of hear
ing testimony (valueless though it may be) to his
high, social and intellectual position. lie is worthy
I ot every rtouor the nation can bestow on him, al
though this time his fair ambition cannot be gratifi
ed. Air. Dayton stands on the Republican platform 1 ,
! having within ten years as a Senator voted against
extending the Missouri Compromise fine To the pa
cific ocean, and in favor of the Wilmot proviso; on
the last qttp.-tion, if i mistake not, recording his
vote against those of Daniel Web-ter and Ilenry
Clay- I "nder these circumstances, 1 see no especial
ci.itn tics ticket has nil Whig lidelitv.
But let me, in candor, a-k how can any conserva
tive or national man. especially any Pennsylvania!),
vote for tlie Republican nominees? Thi- is a ques
tion i should b- glad to put and to have answered in
your hearing. The nomination was made in Phila
delphia, and I had some opportunity of observing the
influence under which it was made, and the manner
| in which it has been received. Had the Convention
been leit to more disinterested impulses, it would
have nominated John McLean, of Ohio, of whom it
may at-least be said, he is a tried public man. Still,
j though supported earnestly and heartily by Pennsyl
i vania—and perhaps for that very reason, he had no
chance—he was first withdrawn arid then defeated.
The managers and fanatics had determined on anoth
, er nominee, and of cour-e Pennsylvania was defeat
, ed, her delegates sullenly firing guns of dismal ac-
I quiescence over their buried candidate. Mr. Fre
mont was nominated, and wiil he sustained, I fear,
by thp fieice.-t and mo-t sectional fanaticism. 1 do
not care to refer to individuals, but no one will
■ que-tion that the leading and most active men in that
! convention were gentlemen who were proud to call
themselves A'ou know the opin
\ ions ot representatives from Western Pennsylvania.
; 1 can answer for those liom the East. They are
| generally avowed and extreme enthusiasts. But the
-pint that actuated thp convention was not disguised.
It was veiy holdlv avowed. There now lies before
me a copy ola Philadelphia newspaper, published at
the time and favorable to the Republican cause,
| which records that ju-t before the nomination, a del
, egatp. (Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois,) said, " he pro
[ claimed himself an Abolitionist—he thought the par
ty had the disease, and before The campaign was
I through it would break out all over"—and then, at
this cutaneous prophecy, there was '• tremendous
cheering" in the Convention. Now. gentlemen, it
is useless to disguise what sentiment predominated
in this body which now claims my allegiance and
| tbat of other conservative men. I most resolutely
decline all such companionship. lam bound by no
such duty, f never will vote for any man who is put
forward as a mere sectional candidate.
It may not be uninteresting to you to know how this
sectional nomination has been received here in Phil
adelphia, the metropolis of the State. Certainly not
with enthusiasm, for it seems to me that the men of
business here, let the severance of ancient party ties
he as painful as it may, will be slow to su-tain sec
tional candidates—to endorse by their votes extreme
t abolition, or any thing which looks like abolition—
j to put in jeopardy the great commercial interests
; they have been so long striving to create, and to run
' the risk of tour years of 'ttrmoi? and disturbance on
this hatefnl quest inn of slavery, with all itsad
1 heir second thought is last machine them 'UVV
Buchanan uttered safe, and to them conge,[.
trine, when in his letter accepting ire C .
nomination, he said to truly and vet *<, 'ZTT'
i "most happy would t he for „,tr country „•
tat ,ou were at an end. During it
i has piodnreil no practical good to any fur, a„ A.*/
! whilst it has be. „ the s< urre of g!< ;,I arit j dangerous
i ill-. I 111- is exactly What I believe to| et U
| valent sen'i men tin Philadelphia at this moment
| I -ball be much disappointed t; every day' . r-twV,
! does not strengthen it. ' "
But conservative men have seen other infiue,
iat work, uhich are no wtier** lent u- f ) . T t , e *
I feeling a- here in Phdadelphu,. They th'tlTi
I see the management of the Republican canvas- ''
j ready the use of mi a lis that aie wholly i|l,.„ lt .i^'
I do not refer to the it recent attempt to revive
I musical tactics of ancient dv, though I < u!
| repress a smile at the idea 0 1 some ol my
, friends hereabouts becoming ineloiknut. All •j' 3 '"
j innocent enough. But wor-e agencies area: v,
There i- now before nte a letter fiom lien.
j Sumner, endorsing the Fremont tominatu ~
j which I find the following remarkable laneuae-J"
"Our declaration of principles," says Mr. SumTrr
I "appeal- to the/ore/'v-o born, who, tejoicing
I privileges of American citizens, will not besitdV;'
join in this holy endeavor to vindicate then."a
| 'he aggressors of ar: oligarchy wurte than any
j HI/ front which they half fed. in this contest ft ar
il-every motive to Union, and also every mntne,.
j exertion." "Now or never, now ami Intrre,''.''
"Such was the ancient war-cry which, emhi , .- rt J
; on the Irish flag, streamed from the castle of Buhl n '
land resounded through the whole land, arotnu'g'•[
j generous people to a new struggle tor their anc-nt
; rights, and this war-cry may lie fitly inscribed ev,.'.
| our banner now. Ari-e now, or out 'uexoiai.le slu've'
driving tyranny will be fastened upon yog- J • 5( .
now, and Liberty will be secured forever."
Now, this may he considered proper Senatorial t>,
; toric, but I know no language strong enough to
! denm such an appeal to one class of oar pop , a: ,
or so disloyal a comparison of our Southern Weti.,,.'
! with the butchers and tyrants of Europe. A- an ap
; pea! to the foreign born, it i' per *e wrong. As suJi,
an appeal it must be ineffectual, for the naturalized,
citizen knows too well how hollow such florid ex
pressions usually are. fie knows, ton, that at the
very moment these words of awkward flattery were
written, Mr. Sumner's candidate, Mr. Fremont, h
lieen pronounced To he in iiul communion with i e
American order, has accepted an American (tl,e
I Xo/th American,) nomination and is on the ticket a:
this very time with you r townsman. Governor John--
' ton, tor Vice l'resideut, whose fidelity to the strict
| est Americanism, no one can question. But to sober
i minded and conservative men, the sorrow- must be,
! and : is. most sincere, on seeing any cause thus pm
| moted. No where will there be greater revolt man
I here in Philadelphia, where the class of citizens re
ferred to have been often petted and persecuted fo
the top of their bent,
j 1 have 1 bus. gentlemen—written to you very much
as I should have talked to you, plainly and uncei.-
moniou-ly—given my reasons for refusing mv t;;
port, or mv vote, to two of the candidates bci.ire ti.c
people. My individual opinions, are, I e.u juite g
vrare, of no value—they ran only seem ft. be enti
tled to consideration so far a- they represent offic-s
who Wave heretofore acted w.th i.ie. i befuvethe.i;
are thousands who think as 1 do.
Havii g thus defined my opinions, it is hariflv
fs-jry for me to say why 1 vote for Mr. Bud. ■ m .
and why 1 am willing to do anything in my power to
promjle his election. I look to him and Mr. Breck
enridge, as the candidates who. if elected, will c
the country vvl.al it most needs, repo-e, and tepiess
' thoroughly and completely all sectional agitation „i ;
this distressing topic of domestic slavery. 1 find m
Mr. Buchanan's past, and especially h..- lec-st p:b
lic career as our representative abroad, an as.-ara.;,e
that he will secure, with foreign nations, honomble
peace. 1 regard him as eminently a sale and eon
vative statesman. But; lam proud to say. that t. >
being a -i ii of Pennsylvania, (a-:de irom other rot.-
sidetations,) would have entitled him to my lots,
for 1 think this grexi Commonwealth lias waited long
enough, and been postponed often enough; arid t .t
now, when the choiCe ;s made of one of tier mn-t ' -
Tingtiisbed citizens lor the nation's big. est honor,
that Penn-ylvaiiians.pt least, sbocki. rally to b.s sup
port. 1 have no doubt they will, ami, if there can i •
any humble service that 1 can render to promote
restilt, my fellow titizens have a right to it. it:!
course 1 now febl it my duty to pursue, lie mcoii-;--
tent with former political conduct and opinions it i:
an incon-istency lam rather proud of—-b it it it I
consonant, as I think it is. with the leplmgsoi htafc
pride and local loyalty, which have been the coniro •
ling inflneuees of my public Lite, I see no tea-.
regret that they continue to operate on me rut.
when for the first time for seventy year-, we iave ;
chance cJ* doing something for Penn-yivar z.
I have the honor to be with great regaid, re-pcv:-
full*■ and truly vours,
WILLIAM 15. BKliv.
s:rcat political Rc*Fo!ii!ioii!
MLK'.c SIGNS. — Plte "sti. fj;ht wing- 'ot Kei:-
Dickv stand out firmly against Mr. Fillmore.—
At the recent whig; convention in Louisville a
•resolution expressing ihe confidence <i the
whigs of Kentucky in iVtilKird Fd'u; ire. and say
ing lie was as worthy ol their support a< in ISD,
was rejected by the vote cl sixteen ci:iu:tii<a
gaittst one in favor.
At a late democratic meeting in Milton, In
diana, it was addressed by \V. A. Buckle, v.-;;.,
an old-line whig, who took ground in far td
tlie Cincinnati platform and nominees, and ajr
pealed to all lovers of the Union to gtVe them
their support.
The Lebanon Advertiser savs that the " -
line Clay vvhigs in that locality declare thiu
intention to support attd vote lor aire's Diich
auan at the fall election."
The Sentinel, an old whig paperol Henry
COUOtV, Tennessee, the editor Ol vvhicl: ••ays ■
i was a Clay whig for twenty yeais, has coine
i out for the national democratic non im rs.
In \ irginia, eight of the thirteen knnw-r
ing electors appointed have d-dined, andu'-
I dare that they shall go the democratic notisu.J
--!
i tions.
Cosstitig ict t he 2'oiEtl.
The Democrats of" the District of (. uhimhia,
I held a tremendous ratification meeting at U J- i_
j ingtot), a few days since. Mr. M.igdhn wro
j one ol'tiie speakers and hit off our opfiutieiits
| his usual sarcastic stvje. He said
"One branch of'the party nominate ! I ■' ITir,r '''
and another Fremont. Both are in afliaru -j
with the black republican party, and have .
j one common purpose in view. The are league-,
j against the peace, dignitv. and honor of f' l
; country, though professedly agreeing in
common principle, ami entertaining d'h re...
view s in regard to the policy of the country•-
It reminds me of a story f once heard. A '-t
tor going out into his neighborhood one uaj,
said to a fiiend he met, "1 saw a most ex '"'
dinary thing this morning "Ah ' •!. .> o
jit ?" "said his friend. "I saw a child- horn la-t
• night, hlack from his waist up. "Ho" •
i you account frr it ?" said liis Iriend. • 1
j not tell. A wonderful prodigy it is, hot J ■
not account for it V' At last his friend, sa.. >
perplexed, inquired, "And, prav, what Co,o J 1
was the other end ?" "Oh ! that was black too
[Roars of Laughter.] Now, the distincti--a
tween those two branches ol the same pS'
turns out to be pretty much like the chia
doctor spoke of.
THE BLACK REPUBLICAN FLAB.
The Portland (.Me.) Argus says:
"The black republicans ot Norway, "
State, have boldly thrown to the h:e<Z' '■
banner of disunion. They have raised at
bearing upon its front but SIXTEEN STARN to U
ignate the sixteen free States, thus slrik'R?
J from tite glorious galaxy ot the c.-n-""-
the fifteen southern States."