THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.I Sled lord. FDD. KS. 5 837. C-. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor. •'The Union of lake?—the I'nion of lands, The Union of States none ran sever; The Union of hearts, and the Union of hands, I And the flag of our Union forever!" OCT"A number of articles unavoidably crowded out, to make room for the proceedings of the Demo cratic County Meeting. [pr~Our opponents quote tin- Fottsville Em- I ■porium as a Democratic fa per. This is not ! true, ft is a rank Know Nothing abolition sheet, sailing under false colons! * Tempest in a JIG! The go* escaping from the ''■ hot /.'"•■' hot RICUAUD WHITE. JOHN I'IMOS, MWHAEI. ' I)AN MM.EIIAN, and MICHKAL HASSOX, of Cambria.— . A little sober reflection will render them, and their V resolutions, the contempt of every honest Democrat in that county. They would make the public be lieve that the noble Democracy of Cambria are as easily sold as cattle—that on one occasion they allow ed a single individual to '•■•// out their interests ami their candidate" without uttering a word o. corn plaint. We defend the Democracy of Cambria from so vile a slander. Delegates io oS" C'on reßfioss. CA" The Senatorial conferees for this District met in Bedford on la-t Tuesday morning, and selected ! Uon-JouN CESSNA 9 the Senatorial Delegate to the 2d of March Convention. The Representative conferees also met in Bedford on the same day, and selected JAMES B."SANSON:, U.sq., of Fulton, and HK.NIIY A. Boons, Esq., of Cambria, ?,< Representative delegates. All three are instructed for Col. SAMUEL W. BLACK, for Governor. There was but one dissent ing voice to the instructions, Mr. Noon, of Cambria —so that Bedford, Somerset, Fulton and Cambria, have instructed for fin. CLACK, in solid column, no ordinary compliment in view of the fact that he is personally known to most of the people in all these counties. If nominated, Col. Black will, we have no doubt, meet his opponent, or any body they may select to represent him, face to face in discussion he fore the people of the Commonwealth—and no man in the State is better qualified for 'he tu.k. Great lass OF THE DEMOCRACY OP FF $ V*. ST N F -- V Si J> V. <iZ. S <9 it A S* iiiii < Agreeably to notice given, one of the largest and most respectable meetings ever convened in Bedford, at a February Court, met at the Court House on la-t Monday evening, and organized by the election of the following officers : President—Maj. LAW. TALIAFERRO. Vice Presidents— Geo. W. Powell, Jonathan Jlorton, John Amos, (Jn. James Hums, Jr. John W. C'risman, and Wm. Keyssr. Secretaries—James Rush. Henry' 11. .Mock, Himes O'Neal, ami Daniel Fletcher. 'l'he meeting thus organized, the Pre-ident ac knowledged the honor conferred upon him in a lew neat and appropriate remarks, when a committee consisting of two delegates from each Township am! Borough in the county, were selected to report pro ceedings expressive of the sense of the meeting. The committee having retired, the p'-oploy were j addressed by Mes,r~. W.ii, M. HALT., .V:ai ' TATE, J. B.SAN > U, mid GEO. W. BOWJJ AN. The Convention, through '' their Chairman, Hon.] JOHN CESSNA, then marie the following Report, j which had been inanimou-ly adopted by that body, ' and which was unanirnoH-ly adopted by t!ie meeting. 1 he address ami resolutions breathe a spirit, and are written with a degree of" force and ability, which seldom characterize the proceedings of political meetings. All will read them with both interest and profit, and we commend thorn to the serious atten tion of all classes of our citizens: .According to tile rules adopter! tor the Gnr • fitment of the Democratic. Party of Bed fori! County, we ate now assembled at our accus tomed time to deliberate on the political ques- ; lions of the day. As this is the rir-t meeting] in the county since the termination of the Pres- j idential struggle of 1 S">6, it may not he amiss to ! refer briefly io the principles at issue in that I contest. It is now an admitted fact that the i late contest equalled if it did not excel in hitter- ; ness and animosity any which ever preceded it. j This assertion has been so well established that it is now a part of the history of our country. I On the one side was arrayed the Democratic | Party, with their armies in every State bearing; aloft the same banner—that banner unfurling ! the same mottoes and principles which w-ere emblazoned on their folds in the contests of for- ] sner years. Standing on a truly National Plat- | form—with tlie Constitution as their shield and : the Union as their watchword, the Democracy ■ nobly withstood the combined assaults of all : their adversaries. In no part of this glorious ] Union of thirty-one States, did the Democracy advocate any principle or proclaim an v doctrine which couM" not with equal propriety, he pro-: claimed in any other part of the same Union. \ They had, in the North, South, East and West, j but one candidate—one platform—one banner —(the flag of thirty-one stars,) one constitution —and one Union. Against the Democratic Party thus nobly contending, were arrayed ad versaries of every kind. True many of those; w ho had opposed us honorably in former strng- ! gleg were with us in this. But the foes who had fought us before, had abandoned all the great questions upon which we once differed, Tiie I nited StaUs Hank and the Protective 7'ar ii: - were abandoned—so was toe Distribution of t :;>• proceeds of the Public Lands—the s.ib-lrea- | surv—tije annexation of Texas and the acquisi- ! t ion of California were no longer opposed. Up on all of these questions the position assumed i by the Democratic Party, has been almost uni versally admitted to be correct. In the late j contest, opposition to Religious Liberty, or rath er the establishment of Religious bigotry, arid a ! wild Fanaticism whose end and aim appeared to be a desiie to array one part of the country against another, were the chief burdens of the sotigsof our adversaries. i'he party who in! lSf>2 opposed the election of Franklin Pierce, because he lived in a Slate whose Constitution ] prohibited Catholics from holding office, and ! which supported Gen. Scott because fie loved "the rich Irish hrrgue and the sweet German . accent," was, in 1856, assembling in Lodge 1 Rooms, where no Catholic, Irishman nor Ger man, could find admittance. The "Wrongs of Bleeding Kansas," and "the sufferings of the ; poor negroes," were proclaimed from everv ! house-top, and every effort of eloquence, skill, , cunning, ingenuity and passion that could bt i made to array brothers against brothers, and to { defeat the Democratic Party, Was made. Be ! sides these two great questions which were prominent in our own State, everything else i which could be used, was used against our par ty and nor candidate. Keen personal detec tion ami vile "ten cent slanders" were scatter ed all over the land. Rut notwithstanding all j the efforts of the opposition, the verdict ol the i people was in iavor of the Constitution and the ! Union. Religious bigotry and intolerance were overthrown, and the party which so suddenly sprung into existence—which fed only upon 1 those elements, is now only remembered .among j the things which were. Fanaticism, Abolition j ism, and all their allies have been relinked, and the American people proclaimed to the world that they time not \et forgotten the warning voice of the father of their country, when he urged them "to frown indignantly upon the first dawning of any attempt to alienate one portion of the Union from the rest."' Scarcely,however, had the noise of the battle died away, when the public mind again be comes settled. All are willing to submit to the decision of the people at the ballot-box. By the election of Mr. Buchanan, public confidence is restored—the good of all parties acknowledge his patriotism and abilities, many of his enemies now admit that the perpetuity of the Union has been secured by his election. Already peace is restored to Kansas, and much of the violence of party spirit has died a wav. While we thus have much to gladden arid encourage us in the genera! aspect of affairs, th re has occurred an event in our own State, i which is Weil calculated to alarm and arouse ev ery true patii t. During the late campaign in Pennsylvania, it was well undectood that the Legislature then to be chosen, would be called upon to elect a Senator to serve in the Congress of the 1 nited States for six years, from the Ith c.f March, 1857. The Legislature was elected with espe cial reference to this fact. I't the counties of Adams, Fianklin, Chester, Lycoming, Mifflin and Washington, the Democratic Party lost six members by an aggregate of about 99 voles. Notwithstanding these unfortunate results, there was a char majority of five votes on joint bal lot, Upon every principle of honor the suc cessful party was entitled to the Senator. But it is well known to the country that hv treach ery and by villainy, unequalled in the history of this or any other State, the fruits of tbe vic tory of the second Tuesday of October, 1856, have been stolen by the enemy. How this - result has been brought about it is not for lis to say. But there are some features attending the event, which it is our privilege and our duty to consider,denounce and con demn. The first and one of the most prominent of these is, the treason of the three wretches whose votes were necessary to elect (Jen. Cam eron. True they are not our immediate repre sentatives ; but we hold thai the people of one county have a light to discuss and examine, and ii need he, to denounce the actions of any representative. No man is the representative of a particular county or District. VJr'hen lie becomes a member i i the Legislature, hb agre.s to become a representative of the State.. In deed he swears "to perform his duties as a mem ber I tile If use of R. preseiitati ves" or "Sen ate," &c. He is not to represent or perforin oa!y the duties of representative for a county, but fir the State. These three - traitors, tffc'n, should have been representatives of the v. hob Slat*', and we have the right to speak of th"ir actio;.s. \\'e have no wish to spi-ak of them : their very-names ire too vile and base now, to ,be spoken .;• mentioned. They came from comnties larg- lv Democratic—all went in?*!** Democratic caucus—one of them voted fir the nominee on the first and nn!v ballot and all ol I (hem voted to ratify the nomination. Th v I never even hinted to arty of the Democratic members that tiiev were dissatisfied until thev cast the fatal vote. It is us-less to speak of such creatures. Some may love the treason— at! must despie the traitors. The High Priest, of old despised Judas, and unto this dav his name is odious, even to those to whom he ! e ffrayed his Mister. If modern traitors had half the conscience which was left to Judas, more than one "Potter's Field, or Field of ; Blood," could soon be purchased in Pennsyl j vania. | In the whole history of England, not a single man could ever he found so base as to defend the conduct of Arnold. His name has ever been a reproach, and his example held up as n warning, among all good men in every country. .Many other examples might be given, but none : to equal in depravity tbe case in point. file mi \.t feature of this result which we fee] ! bound to condemn in stern and positive terms, is I the conduct of some seven or eight Senators and members, who were elected as Democrats,ami , refused to attend the Democratic caucus, or tc ■ support the nominee in Convention, ft is idle to suppose that any party can succeed without a rigid adherence to this system. It has long been in practice in the Democrat ic party—so long as to receive the iiuanimoui sanction of its members. Besides, it is simply an agreement of all to submit to the will of the i majority. No good !)■ mocrat will deny that this i right. Indeed without a rigid adherence I to this Rule no party and no Republican gov- I eminent can possibly exist, much less prosper, All of these gentlemen by becoming the candi dates of the party gave a solemn pledge to abide by its rules. Every one of them was nomina ted and elected upon and by virtue of the same Rule. Had C. .V. Smith proclaimed that lie would disregard this Rule of the party, he nev er could have been nominated. There, is not a sin<r/e Democrat in Jim/ford County/ ?-.ho up prom his co ;rse. Not one who omits to con demn it. Ihe conduct of these men is in no way palliate.! by the fact that their candidate was a man of talent or one qualified to fill tin place—nor bv the fact that be had twice re ceived our votes for a seat in Congress—nor bv the fact that only last year both our members supported hiin in caucus for the same position— nor by the fact that he and his friends enter tained the vain hope that their adversaries would eventually unite upon him to defeat the Demo cratic nominee. The policy of the opposition in thus tampering with him speaks well for their cunning and ingenuity—but does not much increase their claim to honesty norths to sagacity. He ami those who voted with him ih served to he duped as thev certain!v were.— Ihe soldier who listens to the flattery of the enemy it! the hoyir of battle deserves to be siain in the midst of liis supposed security. The conduct of these men is in no wav palliated bv the circumstance that Col. John W. For ney was the nominee of the caucus. Few mer., if anv are more justly entitled to the support of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania. Long arid faithfully has he labored in the cause of Democracy— sound and national upon all the great questions at i-sue, he has obtained a hold un6n the offi-cliotisof our people which cannot readily be shaken off. He had fairly obtained the nomination, and, upon every principle of political and personal honor, he was entitled to the election. A generous people will supply all and more than all that was snatched from him by the hands ol selfish aspirants and vile traitors. It these men are to be justified, or even f\- rused, for their course, then there is an end oi political organization, and the_ party may as well at once disband.* Designing and cilien able men never tail to invent some excuse lor their coudnct. It one can succeed in gulling the community, another is sure to make the ef fort. They will give anv reason and perhaps every reason but the true one. Every body now plainly sees that these mm were actuated by tiie vain hope that they would be joined by the opposition. The latter party, it is well known, encouraged this idea. .Now, since the result is known, this is the very best reason given lor their conduct. When fheir candidate atose ami asked leave to change his vote, after he saw that Cameron was elected, and found that the opposition had been hood-winking hint, he unthinkingly told (he whole story. He found then that they, (the opposition) thought it no harm to betray a small faction which was itself betray ing its own friends. But of all the miserable excuses which cunning and designing men could invent for their conduct, the most unsatisfactory to u> is that of their protest.— That John W. Forn'-y was the candidate pre ferred by Nlr. Buchanan was about the last reason in the world why he would be objection able to the people of Bedford county. George ,\. Smith could not well have offered a greater insult to his constituents than this. Another prominent feature of this Senatorial contest is the conduct of the opposition. This was sufficient to astonish the good and reflecting portion of the community of all part ies. iNo man in the State had been more publicly or more frequently denounced by their leaders than Gen. Cameron. If they vwre sincere in tlies denunciations, honest reflecting people can nt readily understand bow he could receive the unanimous support ol the party. The idle and ridiculous pretext oTered by some of them that they were forced to ciroose between Forney <Sc Cameron, will not answer—every one knows that the election was managed bv design—by a skillful trick. Two years ago they c aid hal lot for days and finally adjourn without an elec tion ratlmr than allow Cameron to be elected. A single ballot now, \\ ith even one of those who had denounced him, voting against him, would have prevented an election—because the Dem ociats (except the thre- traitors) would have preferred a vancancv to the ebcti n of Cameron. If there had been a single men.ln r of the opposition honestly and really opposed t<> the election of Cameron, he could have pre vented it. What produced this result? A - m as the result of the OchibeV election he-, came known and it was ascertained that I lie majority was so-all, w l;v \\ p -jj&tJ'.Hl all ev< v> 'ie tyyiod towards Gen. Why were there no other candid..: opposi tion ranks Why did -\erv * prominent nnr able membtfr ■Bfctit party withdraw from tliii contest? v\ I net knew t!>j could not be elected W?tf3t u r-soit to "sham* !e. > and wholesale nr by sotm ti i>" treachery oh tin- par! of some cd the trienf hers ? H.>w ro'crici It that sixtv-l nr llorio/th hie Senators anfj.riiersibers are ready and willing to send t4t|je Senate of tiie I,'oited States a man "desr*nfil and riistkyn-d by every politic# organize!i nin Pent sv wh."isi fit representative.. i .nil a. til ■'i. -pot: frit of no hum An itt ir whom "there is not character enough to ID - pose upon credulity itself." Only two years ago five of tlmse same honorable gentlemen ask ed.." Who is Sim -n "Cameron ! As a Statesman fame has never associated his name with the world. Asa jmlitician he ha-■ always professed to be a Democrat, ami yet that party only re members him for his treacherv am! speaks of hint.as a traitor." They then declared "thai they could not Mijip rt hi; nominalio i consist ently with the O'lf/ii they had taken" because "it was destitute of ewrv principle of virtue, and a disgrace to their native State." and "would be repudiated by Ih• ir constituents with scorn and righteous indignation ! " How, we ask, did all these men support this nomiuation wlieu any one of them could have prevented ids election ? Was this brought about by the "concentrated and cohesive power of public plunder,'' or the "superadded element of shame less ami wholesale private hri'ver yWas if V cause "corruption was behind the throne," or was it because there was "nothing go el" to be represented, or because "Americanism" and "R 'pubiicanism" had "no honorable principle" to lurnish an < xponent ? Or was it because tlm famous " Jjuzz'ini'x luasl'' vvassurrounded with "hoary headed engh .N" and Speaker Taggart's other illustrious American bipeds? Without pretending to solve these mysteries or to pursue further the examination of the events connect ed with the late Serial trial ' lection, we unhesi tatingly declare that another occurrence of the kind will justify a change in the method of - ha ling I nited States Senator*. The people will take from corrupt politicians into their own hands this important and responsible duty. liad John W. Forney and Simon Cameron been befor" the people of Pennsylvania for the office of Senator, a majority of at least on- hun dred thousand would have given to the former the seat now stealthily, treacherously and dis honorably wrested from him and given to the latter. At the late election iit Pennsylvania four hundred and sixty thousand freemen exer cised the right of suffrage. Of this number on ly about 83,000 endorsed the doctrines "of the so called American party. This minority is now to be represented in tlm Seriate of the Uni ted Slates for six years to come, i y a man who has publicly committed himself l.i all the dan gerous and anti-Republican doctrines of that expiring faction. At the same election the Republican party cast 11 1,000 votes, fliis minority through the treachery of public servants has secured a will ing instrument in their hands to advocate their sectional and dangerous principles on.thy floor of th* Serrate. 1 his too at a time when tjvery vote in that body is of the utmost imp.y tance, and when, too, the betrayed people of his na tive State had ju.st condemened these doctrines by a clear majority of nearly (>O,OOO votsfc.' 11l view of these facts we freely express our sentiments as contained in tiie foregoing Ad dress, and add to that expression of opinion the following resolutions : Resolved, I hat we congratulate the country on the result of the political hut lie of ISSO, believing, as we do, that it resulted in the triumph of correct principles at-rl in securing to the country a Chief rna jftstrate under u hose rule the Constitution and the h"ion will lie protected and preserved. Re-olved, That we adhere to the principles and ap- prove 01" Ihe <Joct/ine proclaimed by the Democratic .National Convention at Cincinnati in June 18.M5. lit-solved, That we rejoice in'Mie t#ct that Penn sylvania has so able a representative of her interes's in the Senate of The United States as lino. W,M. BtGLER, whose lr:s* lit intellect and unsullied repu tation has secured lor him the confidence and respect net only oi his own party hut of candid and conscien tious men throughout the Union. Ilia official acts as senator and Governor e! Pennsylvania, and Ins speeches and reports in tjie Senate oi the United Slates prove b.m to be the equal of any member on that floor. In him the President elect will have a •ale counsellor and a gentleman of tried integrity. Ke.olved. That we congratulate the country on the appointment of Col. JOHN VV. GEARY to the Gov norship ol Kansas. I nrb r the w is- and just admin istration oi Gov. Geary ur.il the beneficial effects of the Kan-as Nebra.ka Pill, we will hear no more oi' "Bleeding Kansu " Resolved, 1 bar vve have full and unlimited confi dence in the integrity, ability and patriotism oi Col. JOHN VV. I'OUNI.V. Ilis defeat in the late Sena torial contest has only endeared him more closely to the true Democracy ol Pennsylvania. Any other man in the Commonwealth would have met the same fare. '1 he treachery was premeditated; plan- Bed and arranger! in advance. Resolved, That we cahnor hut abhor the conduct of the three traitors by whose vote- thi-re-nlt was more directly brought about. They are morally, politically, ai d personally disgraced; be-erve to be shunned and despised by all parties, and will be loathed and avoided by the very negroes whose champion thev have aided in electing. Resolved, 1 hat we cannot too strongly condemn the conduct of those Democrats who refused to attend the democratic caucus or to support the nominee in Convention. Pa-t services, p-rsnnal excuses, and itim-ry profp-ts cannot and will not excuse there. J here t s no safety for the democratic paity except in a rigid adherence to its rules, and a stern, deter mined, and unfaltering rebuke to all who choose to violate them. Resolved, That we fully endorse arid approve cf the course oi the lUi/lord Gazettr, Pfmixyh' nton, U< I ■Hug' Gtsrttr, IIo!Ui/,ii/\liin :r Slanrtunl. P/P/.-./tl f'J'itl Argn v, j ,t(lfy ■ •!!, },iir/r.r.\trr In trill 'jr n PC; I'.ri,' (Jhvrver, Pittxhurg Post, llnrrishitrg Union, Mluntniziioii ti/otrf, and the otln-r democratic papers which pursue the same course m regard to lho-e nn ;fail it tut representatives. I Resolved, 1 hut we feel particularly constrained To condemn the course of G. NF.LbON bMlPll. 11 - Conduct in regard to the election was sufficiently of ien-ive To ins constituents—his Protest w.n more so, arid in- letters and editorials v.iliiymg (h i . Ifinfiuaos and other good Atemocrats a>£ jifi.i.rig insult .tosrp? J ry. and proves tbaf lie feel-life necessity ofaWonf ing the true question and withdiaM uig tiie attention ot tire people iioir. the true i--ne by id yain effort lit ,ra ;-e i ilse ones. fc "Resolved, That we will not hold the Democracy oj Earnbpa county responsible for the in-ane resoiu? pidi; - adopted by Know Nothings, Black Republicans, and a lew disappointed and reckless Democrats at Johnstown ami hbensburg. Resolved, That the assaults of the Greensbiug pa pers upon (MI. Pow.mam in regard to his course on the Senatorial quest ion are the best evidences that they ieel tli- truth and justice of his pn-tti.jjj&jM,,! are driven to slander and abuse in order to ©jWTU errors they (le(end iro'ii the public gaze. '■ffi* ih.-op • . we cord i.lly approve of th/course ol ( of. W Jl. c. M AMF.R one ol our rejwey-nta tiv**-iri the J.epnatqye. if - open and sfeailfa-t coinoe p e-ents a favorable contrast with that of his. errViig col • ague. R-ef.dvetl, That we congratulate the country on the wi-rlooi of t!.e member iiorn i'.rje as exhibit ml in his recent advice lo t'i- three trai'ots recommending them to pro-ecnte tfie demor i itie editors for |,b'el. VV e tins' in- will faithfully execute that labor of dove —and when thai Bull is put .n motion vve should tie glad To see :L rolling over some.A our hill- and •. al- Resnlved, That -Messrs. JORpfkN, Lewis ai d Tag gert, of the >•: ate; and >1 essriwip'KifHid McCalmont ot tii • Hon- . by signing TBGSJJBHUOIIS}' I.ote-G of I .md then becoming vaUioWn- guests jPfie BU ZA.M/S fi.A> 1o! I -.",7. QK e im/eiteihil?! the c.-.e lider.ee and esteem by th&" latK'r n't which they e- Vr acquired hy the former. * Resolved, Thar Mr. Speaker Taggert alter having endured a personal conflict with the Senator elect after having -een hi- aged and honored parent re moved from iiis position or office by the i'n"iiT%;ce of the same individual—after seeing his bio*inr strriqk down by the -iitXj hand in his late rare for b gi-!a t;ve honors and alter "laboring hard (or-j wo rfionths to reach the speaker's chair," has shown '* the '.%rii.' -con\ • a log - li-po t'ou. :. Jorde I thai lie has trot ita ilored in vain. Resolved, 'i'hat we earnestly recommend to our distiiiguisheii Senator Fr. Jordan, F.-q. Ihe .eccs-ity iii.il propriety ofrui- ng another inve-tigating Com mittee to exarr.in- ndo the late Senatorial ivuiven tiori. Ii r.o rase-of bribery could he discovered he could no doubt (by the aid of Speaker Tagged irr frauiirg the commit tee) explain the'•corruption be hind the throne," ai d perhaps by a few letteis Vom Chairman Gibbons (if Charley would not be ••too i i'l'j tie could throw- much light upon this interest ing que-tion. Resolved, Ti.at Job Mann, John P. Reed, and G. 'V. Gump be and they me hereby appointed Senato rial Conferees to meet like conferee.- from Somerset ami Fulton counties to nominate a senatorial dele gate to the 'id of March convention, and t. at they be instructed to support John Cessna for that position. K<- nlved. That James Patton, Jacob Reed, and James Cessna he and they are hereby appointed re presentative conferees to meet I ke conferees irorn Carnbr a and Fulton counties to select two delegates to the 2.1 o March Convention. Re-.-dve !, That we I uve full ccnf. lence in ail the distinguished gentlemen now n ined in connection .vili the dep.ocratic nomination lor (I .vernor. That, w tliout d--i rig rid i - parage the claims of any of tlie other candidates, we declare our preference lor Col. SAML. \Y. BLACK, of Allegheny county, ami reqiipst ocr conferees to vote to instruct the dele gates tosnpport hi- nominal ion. Resoive.l, That these proceedings he signed by the officers and published in the Bedford Gazette and any oth c Demon a'ic paper- in the State which may see proper to copy them. LAW. TALIAFERRO, President. From the Penr.-ylvanian. Taic PrevaScaace of fovnipJioii. One of the rrmst unfortunate and alarming features of the politics of the day. i- the preva lence of corruption amung th >se who are select erl by the people as their representatives and Jaw-makers. Jt is impossible !< avoid the con clusion that a monarch more powerful than a riv European sovereign, the Almighty Dollar, is yearly gaining new strength, as the real con trolling power of far 100 much of Ihe legisla tion of the country, whether Municipal, State, or National. This evil is reaching -rich an a lar nin£ heijht, that the axiom of Wa!po|e, that "Every man lias his piiie," is • \ -inplified hv the c induct of not a few, whose constituents had a risjht to expect hetter from them. Corruption is contagious, and the air ol the many Legislative halts is poison : si with an at mosphere which instils tiie dis.-ase into many a man, who, after leaving his quiet h ntie honest iin t honestly dispose;!, returns to his constitu entsa rascal. The idea that money can obtain or defeat legislation is alarmingly prevalent. The efforts of not a few of those who seek to i'nlltience such bodies are not so much directed to prove the propriety, expediency, or justice of their projects, but rather to he certain that they have enough ''money" to gain their ends. Too many members of Legislatures and of Congress are mote anxious to fulfil Ihe injunction, "put money i' l 'by purse," than to pass an honest judgment upon the questions submitted to their decisions. So far lias this custom progressed that our legislative halls are thronged with pro fessional vcfe-sellers. Nominally, they are lobby members, but really they sell out at so much a head, some of the honorable members, is pigs are sold in the market. There i- something, in this position of affairs, it seems to us, more serious and alarming than ihe public roind fully realizes. It jeopardizes the most important ami vita! interest", and if suffered to progress unchecked at th" alarming rate at which it lias been developed during the last few years, it threatens us with the most lamentable evils. The will of the penpfe, un der certain constitutional restrictions, forms the basis of our institutions, but that will ran only be "spressed through, Representatives. ] f those Representatives become generally, as not a few have shown themselves individually to be, hope lessly corrupt, ready and willing" to sacrifice upon the altar of mamnon their convictions of justice, and to utterly disregard the wishes and interests of their constituents, our w hole theory of government will be substantially subverted, i lie very soul of Republicanism is destroyed hv such conduct. Tile people do not tule; they do not impress their wishes and judgments up on the statute books of the country, — ih-v are rili<al and robbed of their inalienable right of self-government, just as much as the people living under a despotism are : the only differ ence being that in one case it is done openly and defiantly by a crowned tyrant, and io the other secretly and stealthily, by a mound power. J here-is nothing more dangerous to a Repub lic than the prevalence of such infamy. Mo deeper insult could he offered to a confi ding people. %o political sin ran cover a Repiesentative with more blistering disgrace, or evince a deeper depth of depravity, than the We of his vote. And unfortunately, it is al most impossible to set any limits to the extent-of such an evil. The man who will sell his vote for one purpose, w ill not long scruple about selling it for another, and when the principle of trallicking in the law-making power becomes firmly established in the hearts of the corrupt miscreants whn descend to such baseness, it is impossible to know to w hat scheims ol wrong, oppression ami iniquity thev n ay not descend, tior can we teil how long the liberties of the nation can be rescued from their mercenary clutches. s. IV e have recently seen several • ■ v!ii!; ions of this prevalence of corruption, < f the most sick ening and alarming character. The conduct of three traitois, L u VVag us-Mi r, an ! A!- iif'iV, furnt illed ,in illos:ratnm of the prevailing d.vWoT which it is frightful to c ntemphite. WAilo not allude here so rnuclr to the personal aspect of that case as to the principles involved. ! he verdict of Pennsylvania had gone firth up on the great jrolitical questions of the day. The c.'iair j i >ns ot nationalism arid of sectionalism, l.a 1 :r:ef and grappled with each other before her patriotic people, who, alter having heard and t- Quoted upon all things pertinent to the issuf liadrsolemnly rendered their decision, and in no quarter of the State were they more em phatic ty, their judgment in favor ol the D-m -ocwyy than in Schuylkill and Voile (' unties, the homes of the miscreants. To fully represent the vv ishi >of our vo'eis, a Democratic I nited States Seuatiir was demanded, and hv all the forms \v}ii h our govprnmjmtai system requires, •Si the people of Pennsylvania contribute to asA up; in-itlv cere tlr.it r- suit. It T cr impossible to tell to what an extent the destiny or the nation may he regulated during the next <i\ years by the vote arid influence of tire Cnivd States Senator (r un "Pennsylvania, feat peri >d of time is always pregnant with gr> at events m American history. . Peace may gia Itlen and enncfi us with her smiles, orgfim vijaged war may wrinkle his angry front and invoke havoc and desolation, li tt)e se<ti,nai agitation continues, we may he brought to the v. ry verge of civil war, or possibly be plunged into the midst of all its horrors. And so through ;'r tir in-.ind contingencies of the foreign and in ■■ ; cv of the country, momentous ques- TMIIS will necessarily arise, tile decision of which, fir vveai or woe, will he greatly influ enced !> v the vote of on* of our Senators. In view .ail these circuo.-t owes, Pennsyl vania ha I solemnly declared h> r desire and de termination to have that position occupier! by a Democrat. Th: itigh the basely bought treach ery of the three traitors, this w ill has been thwarted. fl Simon Cameron is admitted to his ••■ at. Pennsylvania will re t only be. disfranchi sed by ha ing a fals-* R -presentative of her ~i*!i-ti ti cents, but doubly wronged in having the weight of her influence in that body cast in di rect opposition to her well-known proclivities. ('am Ton goes there, not as the representative of nir State, but in defiance of h> r will. The power that • Rivaled him was found not in the hearts and the judgments of our citizens, but in t:e vaults of his Rank. When lie speaks, lie will sp-ak not for Pennsylvania, but fu his own corrupt interests. When he votes he will vole n<>t fir our people, but for his money hags. His constituents are Mi Idlelown notes, |!,;* to them he owes- his election, and through six long years, as the business of the S-nate glides on ami the judgment ot Pennsylvania is called upon to decide question's at issue, when Camer on's name is uttered bv tlfe Clerk, the response of '-aye or '•no," which will come from his lips, will be governed hv no respect fir the wishes or interests of the noble people of a great Stat-*, but hv the cravings of his selfish nature or the fulfilment of his pledges to minority pir lies, defeated and condemned by our citizens. It corruption is allowed to thwart public senti ment and defeat the public will in this manner m one instance, what may it not do in an other ? The National H >ose of Representatives is in stituting au investigation into direct charges of corruption against some ot' its members. It. is impossible Jo resist the conclusion that members th-re have been offered, and in some cases have taken, bribes, as a price fi>r th* ir votes. They have sanctioned schemes which their judgment condemned to advance their personal interests. They have betrayed their constituencies for fil thy luri". They have ignored honesty and pa triotism for plunder. On- of th" most gigantic systems of corrup tion •vr .t mpt>* I at U ashingt >n, h w> Ver, is no doubt to be found in the machinery i.*!i.<! upon to sustain the present project to secure the remission of duty upon Railroad iron heretofore paid, and its admissi >n into the country tree of duty hen-after. A large amount of money has been pari into the Treasury as doty upon Rail road iron, and the quantity of plunder at stake is thus immense If* hv any unjust species of spe< ial legislation, this duty can be refunded, it will go into the pockets of Railroad companies and Railroad contractors, who can well afford to re-imburse those through whose agency thev will be thus enriched. We exposed, a few days since, the outlines of the whole scheme. IVn per cent, the amount to be refunded, is to he given up by the Railroad companies to some body at Washington, the "agents," who are to receive a portion of this money: but are the members expected to vote for the measure, to be unrewarded? The whole thing hears cor ruption stamped upon its verv face. The Trea sury is to he corruptly plundered in a corrupt manner. The mode of remuneration is provi- ;•*'! for - " T ' Y" cent." „,, on 000,000, , M.V., i, , w to !>e played for. The masses of our taxed at every turn to support th-' , (lovermiieiif, and to sw Ittide of ov. r*c■',* 000,('OO, which is annually poured into tl'" treasury. The tax is indirect, it is t,, 1( . ' It is nonet!).- less certain. It is pair! t 0 I Vf . r storekeeper, every grocer, evei v <ii v c oo4 s s ,, chant, with whom the people deal." "ph- ker pays it as he boys a segar. The M if,, it When She buys her silks, her cottons, her ifn ens. J tie husband pa\3 it when he buys ! " cloth, or when he lays'in his stock of Mi V ar a '? molasses. i iie people cd Pennsvh aijia ; doubt, contribute at least $(>,000,000 ntim of this tax—prnlably more—and trader in the State helps to" collect it. ,\t >•'! same time, railroad companies havy been pav- J ing a similar tax, and an effort is gfc- i| ; , 1 made to have that tax returned totlil®; i-ave no h.-tter right to it than „ iliions ofhj,\. American people have to tip- re-payment of money they have been info the \ u m[ al I'reasury for years past. An ordinandi"', of justice convinces the members of (Alness id this fact. It is therefore necessary' 4 ' t rrWr{ f lraneoits means and if.. grant their improper is t filing done by the parties having this matter i charge at Washington. Let the people v.atci every movement upon this question rjoselv. ar riiatk the men who are engaged in it for future condemnation. % Vt ON T GO ABOLITIONISM! % Fromthe Philadelphia Daily News, Feb. T1.,; Ki yiblican Stale Cunrtnlion. We notice that the Chairman of the Repub lican State Committee has issued a call for a Mate Convention, to be held at on the iAith of March next, to nottßvf'/TanfJidah s fir Governor, Suj reme Judge, -Rd Fanal missioner, to r * snpported by toe Ti- j Of iu-r paitv at (he m xt ensuing State eiecti i; • ,y. we notice, aiso, that the Ret>iih)c , Ai of D. i •vare c uuty, and in .:1.m,1C!, u: ■ al ready in motion to r-spomi-to this '.hi. |'; L nf Delaware county have issued a county-meeting, to appoint d legal Hjk. .-7f,i Convention, a ltd those <T Su-qm h,ma county have already 'ln Id a meeting, at which the movement of Mr. Gibbons was endorsed and Dr. Ezra Patrick was appointed Senatorial Delegate, ami O. G. Hempstead, 'Esq., Repre sentative delegate to said Convention. This movement on the part of the Republican • S'ate Committee indicates clearly that the lead ers of that party have determined upon a dis tinctive party organization, with candidates of its own, nominated by it. and to be supported us Republic ins. Though this in direct con flict with the professions made by those leaders when the Ri j uhlican moven-ent was started last Spring, i f is, nevertheless, what we then expected, and w l at those leaders then .'- signed, it would p,.t have been sale for th m then, thus to have avowed tit- ir purpose, to a' > -r j and swoilovv up the American organizati n, and hence they cunningly and most adroitly r- pre s mted the Republican movement, not to be a distinctive paity organization intended lobe permanent, but as a sort of People's movement, intended only for a temporary purpose, a; ii> • accomplish a'certain result. lis chief, and in- '■ deed, its only object, was avowed to he to se cure freedom for Kansas. That secured and the mission ;>f the Republican party Was to be at an end. All intention to organize, and per petuate a sectional party, with a view to a con tinued agitati -n id the slavery question, was dis- thousands ofhonest Americans were beguiled into the Republican movement during the last canvass hv these prof s>i,.-ns and representations on the part of its leaders, with out the remotest intend n of aiding the iabl ishmert ot its p-rmanent organization, or con tinuing to act with it after the cl i.se of tlie .an va s. We could not he thus dec ived and do ped into itssu'pport as a omrd temporal v move ment, far we saw plainly that the intent of the leaders was to build up a distinct anti-Slav, rv organization, and that as soon as tlie opportuni ty would be afforded them, they meant so to proclaim their purpose. Seeing this we refused it our support, and opposed it w if h ail our might; and fir so doing we were abused and maligned, as lßack Republicans only can abuse th se who ddR r with them. Now, their own action shows, however, w hat are their real aims and purposes. Though it is conceded now, even by themselves, that there is no longer any dan ger cf Kansas becoming a slave State, tiny s-em nevertln Ess determined to keep up their sec tional organization, and to act as a distinct party even in Pennsylvania. We lave \-t heard but one reason given f>r tl;is earlv move ment on the part of the redoubtable Chairman f the Republican Committee, and that one which, however, satisfactory to distinctive Re publicans, cannot, we think, be so deemed by tlie Aim-deans who acted with tin- paily in the last canvass, and who are now looking for some common ground of co-operation requiring no sacrifice of principles. The reason given, is, that it was necessary to make this early call to head off the American party, which night oth erwise make nominations in advance of the Re publicans. The verv reason urged, is a clear and unqualified .admission, that the Republicans mean to act as a distinct party, independent ol the Americans, and that all the latter must ei ther make up their minds to surrender their A m-ricanism, and go it blind for lllack Republi canism, or disconnect themselves from those with whom they acted last Fall. There is at wast one thing to be said in favor of this movement of the Republican Committee, and that is, that it indicates a determinate-n on their part tog . before the people on th-ir own principles, reiving <-n no support .ait )' >' I t ieir own party. Con men- org thus -• v. it is hardly t> I - supposed that,alter having r> • in itiated their candidates, ami placed them in •' field as their own, th- v will have the audirity to attempt the despicable game p : ave.J last fall. Reading off as th--v now do, it would b*> more lhan ever thev could do, to talk afterwards ot making a common union of opposition to Loco Focoism, bv getting the Americans to adopt the Republican tick-t. Presumptuous and impu dent as may be their audacity, to suppose that they could successfully plav such a game, would be supposing that A men! ans would sub mit to anv outrage. If the Republicans mean to make a trial of their own strength, by mak ing distinct nominations <>f their own, they have a p-rfect right to do so; but it in thus leading off they mean, after having nominated Iheir candidates, again to play over a d-spica >je fraud, under the pretence of on one-si.led Union arrangement, then surely their move ment deseivcsand cannot fail to receive the •xecration of all honest-minded men, be they Americans or Republicans.
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