Wlinf is Democrat > i
(C? 3 * DEMOCRACY represents the great
principles of progress. ]t is onward and out
ward in its movements. It has a heart for ac
tion and motives for a world. It constitutes the
principle of diffusion and is to humanity what
the centrifugal force is to a revolving orb of a
What motion is to them, Democtacy
is to principle. It is the soul of action. It
conforms to the providence of God. It has
confidence in man and an abiding reliance in
his high destiny. It seeks the largest liberty,
the greatest good and the surest happiness; It
aims to build up the great interests of the many,
to the least detriment of the fow. It remem
bers the past, without neglecting the present.
It establishes the present, without fearing to
provide for the future. It cares for the weak,
while it permits no injustice to the strong. It
conquers the oppressor, and prepares the subject
of tyranny for freedom. It melts the bigot's
heart to meekness, and reconciles his mind to
knowledge. It dispels the cloud of ignorance
and superstition, and prepares the people for in
struction and self-respect. It adds wisdom to
legislation, and improved judgment to govern
ment. It favors enterprise that yields to many,
an industry that is permanent. It is the
pioneer of humanity—the conservator of nations.
IT FAILS ONLY WHIN IT CKAUI:- TO I:E TUCK TO
IT3EJLU.
THE BEDFW"TTZEW7
Hertford, 1141 S, a H57.
G. W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor.
-X Dcmavatic Slate Xliminattcna.
GOVERNOR :
<iieu. Win. F. Packer.
CANAL ('<>MMISSIONEII:
lloit. \iiß2rort Nlricktand.
05?"\Ve invite attention to the highly important
opinion ol" Attorney General BLACK, published on the
first page. Like all paper- emanating from ins pen,
it is rlear, powerful ami convincing, ami will be read
with general interest.
[TF'Several new names are added to the 1 it ol
candidates this week, but we have not had a particle
of excitement touching the nominations, nor an angry
word uttered by any boil v. Arid we now predict,
and call upon fhe people to note the tact, that the
unsuccessful aspirants will be among the most enthu
siastic supporters of the Ticket. We have no fac
tion in our ranks, and the party are determined that
it shall not exist. With this spirit, we shall be able
to carry the county by an overwhelming majority.
" The PrcsidcHt Doomed.*'
Ci7""L nder this head the Cincinnati COM mi trial and
ilarrisburg Telegraph shock the sensibility ol their
readers with the declaration that ".\lr. CLCHANAX
is most likely to add one more name to tiie list of the
National Hotel victims—that HI a lew more weeks
be will be no more. A vain young orator tiom Ken
tucky will be the acting arid his friend Stephen A.
Douglas the actual President ol the-e United States."
A more cold-blooded and brutal paragraph never
found its way into a newspaper. Those who could
perpetrate so gross an outrage, exhibit hearts black
enough to commit any crime in the calendar of vice.
That some agency ol Black Republicani-m designed
to poison the President elect, seem- to be now gen
erally believed—and such paragraphs are well calcu
lated to confirm the impression.
-Mr. B VCHANAN, we are gratified to be aWe fo state,
is in excellent health, and walks as firm and erect
as he did twenty years ago. That a merciful Prov
idence will vouchsafe to him health and strength to
perform the duties of the exalted trust which has
been conferred upon him by the freemen of America,
is the sincere prayer of every truly Christian heart
in the land.
Couttfy Hii;;ei'Elin(lei9(.
K7*By reference to the proceedings of the County
School Convention, it will be seen that '.lev. 11.
Hi OKKRMAN has been chosen Superintendent of the
Common Schools of Bedford County for the en-uing
Three years at a salary of .S-'dlO per annum. This
intelligence will be gratifying to the people of the
whole county, for, in addition to the moral worth of
Mr. 11., he possesses qualifications of the very high
est order for a faithful discharge of the dul.es of the
office. This lact will secure general confidence and
give permanency to the institution.
.Mr. TYSSKY, the leader oi "Black Republicanism"
in Middle Wood berry, the "snpernutuial" correspon
dent of ihc Blair County Whig, and the "practical
teacher," by the aid ol the wire-workers or his par
ty, actually received live votes, a compliment entire
ly corresponding with his men'-. The Black Re
publicans in Bedford, not satisfied with slandering
the Methoihst Conference generallv, and Rev. Col
lins, particularly, for their resolutions denouncing
the SLAVKRV AGITATION now disgracing the
country, implored that a Minister might not be cho
sen Superintendent, but rather a "practical" Aboli
tionist. Their influence is manifested in the result
. JLtateii —and it is now evident that the highe-t rec
ommendation a man can have in this county is to be
slandered by this small tribe of small fry.
THE *1 U LAW.
C /'We repeat what we have always heretofore
s.nd, that the Know Nothing Jug Law was among
the most infamous and disgraceful mea-ures ever en
acted by this or any other Legislature—that Jordan,
in giving the casting vote in the Senate in its favor,
alter the people hail decided by an overwhelming
majority against it in his own county and District,
as well as in the State, exhibited a contempt for the
sovereign voice that has scarcely a parallel in politi
cal degradation. And the effort oi his month-piece
to connect Gen. PACKER with this measure, who was
not a member of the Legislature when it passed, will
only add another leaf to the crown of political infa
my which now decks iiis brow.
We pity those high-toned gentlemen in Bedfoid,
who, within the past few days, have been making
themselves ridiculous in retailing this bold-faced lie,
knowing it to be such, for we can scarcely believe
they can plead ignorance as a justification.
The Senate has engrafted a section in (lie ap
propriation bill, giving to fhe members of each
House, two hundred dollars additional pay.—
Should the lower House approve of the provi
sion, (and we have but little doubt hut that it
will,) the compensation of our legislators will
be seven hundred dollars for the session. Could i
we think of a proper way to determine the mat
ter, we would suggest the propriety of paving
each member in propoition to his services.—
Were such now the law-, a great majority of the j
peoples representatives would not be entitled j
to as much as would pay for their salt. And!
were there a statute making our law makers 1
responsible for the injury done the State, by i
some of their enaciments, a vugy large prop or- i
tion of them would be bankropted. Whither!
are we drifting? 4
Democratic County
iWeefiiisg* I
Pursuant to notice, a Mass Meeting of the llcmn
!
cratic Part)' of Bedford County assembled at the
Court House in Bedford on last Monday evening, and
organized by the appointment of the following offi
cers :
President— MICHAEL Wl.R'i Z, Esq.
Vice Presidents—Matthew Murray, F.lias Gump,
F. D. Beegle, Nicholas Kegg, John Amns Geo. W■
Powell, Denton Stevens, and Andrew Collins.
Si-cretarie:—John T. Gephart, Geo. lleimund,
Henry Fluke, and Charles Adams.
The meeting thus organized, it was addressed by
GEO. VV. Bow MAX, Maj. S. H. TATE, Hon. JOHN
CESSNA, and O. K. SHANNON, Esq.
The following resolutions, offered by the editor of
the Gazette, were, on motion of Mr. CESSNA. ununi
. measly and enlhnsiastieally adopted at the opening, oi
; tlie meeting, when the house was full :
M'hereas, It is the duty as well a s the privilege ol
Freemen to a-semble together, and peaceably ex
press their sentiment-on all subjects affecting the
public welfare—therefore, be it
Resolved, That we rejoice in the election oi
JAIIKS Bi CHAXAX to the Pre-idency, believing that
! be is the man of all others now living best calculated
to administer the affairs of this grear Republic lor
the best interests ol all. His entire lue, public and
i private, afford abundant evidence of the fact.
Resolved, That the cabinet selected by Air. BR
! CHAXAX does honor alike to his head and his heart.—
Better men, in every respect, for the posts they hold,
could not have been found in the Union. They have
' lew equal- and no superiors.
Resolved, That the appointment of our former
District Judge and neighbor, Hon.J. S. BLACK, to
the distinguished office of attorney general o, the
United States, is a compliment eminently due his
great worth, and is properly appreciated by the peo
ple of Pennsylvania in general, and Bedford County
in particular. A giant in intellect—a gentleman in
practice—and Democrat second to none, he will a -
dorn the high trust, and reflect credit upon the ad
rninistration and his native State.
Resolved, That we most cordially endorse the
nomination of Gen. VVM. F. PACKER a- our stand
ard-bearer for Governor. Whilst his private record
is unspotted, his public arts are such as to commend
him to the respect, confidence, and admiration of all
! good citizens. An able speaker, and sound on all
the great is-ues of the day. he i- eminently fitted to
head the democratic column, and lead it to glorious
victory— as he most certainly will.
Resolved, That the nomination of Nuinon STRUT
MM', for Canal Commi--ioner, meets our hearty ap
probation. Among the honest men of the State he
occupies an exalted position, and his fitness tor the
trust is admitted by all.
Resolved , That the low pickery and falsehood
governing the acts of the Know Nothing Abolition
ist-, are alike repul-ive to morality am! the true in
tere-is of the country. Having abandoned all the
is-ues they fioimerlv advocated, they are now hand
ed together in factions, under various names, and in
viting every element, no matter how degraded or
j loathsome, to "unite" with them in their unright
eous war against the Democratic party—a party to
which they are ixi i.rsivEi.v indebted for all the
greatness we have acquired a- a Nation.
Resolved, That the conduct of the party assuming
to be "AMKBIOAN," ha- proved itself to he a (action
o! the lowest origin, destitute of every principle
justly attributable to the American name—a mere
j I rand—trick—gull-trap—or anything el-e yon plea-p
I to rail it—intended to minister to the appetite of the
vicious, and mi-lead the unsu-pecting. The fact that
it now lie- buried beneath the rotten carcass of Ab
olitionism. i- abundant proof of the facts -fated.
Resolved , That the di-gusting treachery of our op
ponents in Bedford county, last year, as in other
parts of the State and Union, should forever warn
honest men agairst putting any faith in their profes
: -ions and promises. Throughput the entire cam
j paigri they had at their ma-t-head the name of Fil
| more (who professed to be a national man.) as their
candidate for President—and, when the Democracy
. asserted that this was a trick—a fraud—a he—all
, remember how we were denounced, by JORDAN, who
, was made the especial mouth-piece of the Know-
Nothing faction. All remember, too. how they pa
i raded a I'ilmore Flag in the square of this town -on.
the eve of the Stale election —the old Cass & Butler
Flag, which they had disgracefully altered—how
j they marched under it to Schellsburg—how infa
i litou-ly they lied to the people in pledging themselves
; to-tick to it and how JORDAN, the Chairman of
| their County Committee, was, at that very time, in
correspondence with CNAEI.rs GIBBONS, the Fremont
Abolition leader, a fact he will not deny. In a let
! ter written to this black Abolitionist, and dated as
eailyas October 2, Jordan says:—" Yon know ivy
views, but lam afraid you are a little, too fast. My
] conviction is that any such arrangements (m arrrmg
the transler, like cattle, of the Know Nothings from
: Filmore to Fremont.) before the October election,
will injure us here on the Conntv and State Ticket."
Could infamy go further than this? is an intenoga
tory which will suggest itself to the mind of every
reflecting man. But this dirty and revolting spe
cies ot mearine-s and self-prostitution \v a - recklessly
carried out a few weeks later, on the assembling of
the State Legislature. Among their fir-f arts was
the election of a Senator of the United States to lep
re-ent the freemen of Pennsylvania, in part, at
Washington, for the next six years. And who did
They fix upon* The man who, only a few months
, previously they had officially branded, in a printed
paper, as "a fit representative of nothing good, anil
a fit exponent of no honorable principle"—as a "pub
j lie plunderer"—as having procured a nomination tor
the same place from the K. N. Legislature by
"wholesale private Bribery"—that to vote ;<,r h:m
would be to "violate their oath- and throw away
their sell-respect'"—Jo "partake of a Buzzard's
1 east." To this declaration of principles, was at
tached the name ol FRANCIS JORDAN, who now occu
pies his mouth-piece at home with the republication
ol ful-ome sp-eche-, ground out to order by a cer
tain class oi sp'reh-vriters at liarri-burg, w ho, lor a
few hollars, will manufacture a -speech oi any
length, the basis being only a lew stuttered senten
ce- uttered in debate.
Resolved, That the nomination of DAVID WILMO ,
tor Governor, (being the same rnan whom the same
party denounced for many years as a British Free
I rade Tory, and as one whose name and deeds would
forever stink in the nostrils of all true I'enn-y Irani
ans,) i- in harmony with their sale anil transfer of
Filmore. and their election of Cameron. He is wor
my oi them—and they of him.
Resolved , That the declaration by the Ilarrisburg
Telegraph, and other Black Republican leaders that
••the Tariff is not uair a living issue," i- conclusive
evidence that there is no living principle jn the ranks
ot the enernie- of Democracy—and that the entire
machinery by which they are propelled is a bur
lesque upon decency arid truth, and an insult to the
Intel! gerice of the people.
Resolved, That Governor POLLOCK, in refusing to
appoint either oi the Black Republican nominees to
the place on the Supreme Bench, made vacant bv
The resignation of that distinguished Juri-t, Hon. J.
S. BLACK, i- one redeeming quality in hi- adminis
tration; and his appointment of that good old Minis
ter. Dr. DK WITT, as State Librarian, against the
nifed remonstrances of the "Republicans and Amer
icans in the Legislature, i- another which will not
be forgotten bv the Democracy of the Common
wealth, I his. however, we are sorry To say. i - all
that we can find in his administration, so far, to
command our respect.
Resolved, That the bill before fhe Legislature tor
the sale of the Main Line i-the mn-t infamous meas
ure ever proposed in that body, the re-charter of that
sink of iniquity, the (J—S. Bank, not even excepted.
V\ hitst the Bill in question releases that mammoth
corporation, the Pennsylvania Rail Road—and the
Lancaster Road—from the payment of upwards of
three hundred thou and dollars of tonnage tax annual
ly, which, by ISr,;), it jg estimated will reach four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, it appropriates
three millions of HIP Bond- to the Sunbuiy and
Erie Rail Road, thus. j n attempting to throw
away one improvement, actually embark*- in an
other! Everyman who votes for thi- State-rob
bing measure will brand himself as a traitor to the
State he professes to represent. We solemnly pro
te-f, in county meeting, again-t its passage.
Resolved. That the conduct of Col. W~t. C. REA
MER. one of the members from this District, through
out the entire sessmn. ha- bee,, such a- to secure Tor
him 'he continued confidence and respect of the Dem
ocratic parfv.
That the attempt of Fr. Jordan to hang
Bedford County - .1001.5 the oldest in the Nit- j to
I Somerset, with the express view of dislranchising 1
our people of their rights, ia ju-t w hat might have j
! been expected of one who lias reduced himself so
j low politically, that it js impossible for him to gete
any lower.-*. f 'j/x . * W\> —j
That the inuirge preferred against Gen.
; PACKER, our candidate lor Governor, of having voted j
; for the infamous Tug Law, is so destitute of truth, t
' that it could only have emanated from men bound
| together by oaths, the very essence of which re
quires them to lie. Gen..Packer was not a member
, of either branch of the Legislature at the time this
abomination was passed, and, therefore, coy Id not .
have voted for it.
Rmatred, That we rejoice in the numerous acces
sions to our ranks from the old Whig Party, who
have become disgusted with the isms and tactions
controlling the opposition—and congratulate those
who have abandoned the oath-bound order, and join
; ed the Democratic column, as having performed a
work of which they will r'orever hereafter feel proud
and we cordially invite ali others who have be
come nauseated with the loathsome doctrines of Ah- ,
olitionism, to come and go with us in defence of hon
; est and rorrect principles. I
; Rtxii/rr//, That we are not the advocates of slavery,
j The Democraric Party have never recognised any j
such doctrine. We, in Pennsylvania, abolished Sla
very of our own free will, and we would not submit
to have it fastened upon us by the aft of any other
; power than that of the will of the sovereign freemen
, within our own limits. The Democracy are for al
; lowing all the states and Territories to do as we did
I act for themselves in this matter—and this is the
! sum and substance of the pro-slavery sentiment of
: the Democratic PaTty. Let no man be deceived hy
the falsehood that we are iri favor of forcing slavery
into Kan.-a- or any place else, for there is not the
shadow of truth in the charge, it is on a par with
the "'fen cent Slander.'' the "Tariff," 'he "Veto."
the "Pardoning Power," and the "Bank" Hr.MHrr.s,
neither of which are now "living issues," having died
out just a- tin* miserable slavery farce will in a
short time.
Rrso!vn/, That, as the Canal Commisinners are e
lected by the people of the whole State; arid, as the
Democratic party is responsible for all their putjjic
! arts , it will not he out of place for u-, in mass county
meeting assembled, to say that we have the bet rea
j son to believe that Mr. Bryilen, the present Superiii
j tenrlent of the Portage Rail Road is totally disqnal
' ified lor the high and important trust that he is not
a reliable Democrat, a fact which he clearly exhibits
by employing Know Nothing- and Abolition Repub
licans in preference to men who aided to elect the
Canal Hoard, and who are ardently devoted to Dem
ocratic men and measures. We have not only the
authority of the iiollidaysburg Standard, one of the
irio-t able and reliable organs of the Democratic Par
ty in the State for the truth of the-c charges, hut
we have them eoroborated by other gentlemen of high
standing. In fact, the charges preferred again-t Prv
den have riot beer, denied in any quarter. Without,
therefore, designing to east any reflections upon the
Hoard of Commissioners, we respectfully. Gut tar
tn -ihj. request them, in justice to the noble-hearted
Democracy of P,lair County, as well as of the Com
monwealth, to remove sa;J Bryilen and appoint an
honrst and competent Democrat in his place.
Resolved, That as we have an important election
approaching, not only to Pennsylvania at large, but
To Bedford County in part.cnlur, we call upon every
Democrat to buckle on his armour and prepare for the
contest, and certain victory will crown our efforts.—
When a ticket is formed in the way prescribed by
the people, let all lallv enthusiastically to its support,
no matter who inav he the nominees, and thus ac
knowledge the right of the majority to govern, the
superstructure upon w h oh our mighty Government
stands. Let ns have no quarrel about mere men,
hut rather look to onr principles.
Resolved, That Kno'.v Nothmgism has proved it
-B"lfan organ. zation more disgraceful and infamous
than was even charged upon it hy its opponents.—
: And, although we were boastingiy a--nred that it
was to tie the only lever by which this Urnon was to he
controlled in the futnre. ir already I ie- buried beneath
the rotten caicas- or Abolitionism, arid it would re
quire a search warrant to find hail a dozen men in
any county in the Common wealth who will admit
that they ever followed a dark lantern, through a
dark alley, into a dark hole, cellar, garret, or stable,
and there took the blasphemous oaths and entered in
to the mysteries of the secret order. And yet this
is "Americanism" a- promulgated by our opponents,
which, added to the doctrine that a negro is as good
a- a white man. and a little better, compose- the el
ements of w fat i- to make up the "I'MON COXVEV- ;
TioN" to nominate men to fill the various olhres in
Bedford County. Who will stand upon such a, plat-'
form Certainty not the honest farmers who inhab
it our beautiful vallies. \ !
lit.sol red. That the attacks made upon a l i*e decis
ion ol the Supreme Court of the United State-, (the
j highest Ji iiic.al Tribunal known to the ootid,) _bv
the Clack Republicans, is conclusive proo that, had
they the power, they would trample beneath their
lect ali law , and place the lite, Lbei'v ami property
ot the people at the mercy of a mol>. If onr Courts
should he abolished as these fanatics thus indirectly
propose, and the title- to land. &c., were placed at
the mercy o! I own-hip rue, ring-, then and then only
would the people lie made fo feel the full force of
A ho! it ionisin !
Re so/red-, That flu- failure of the "Republicans ,n/d
Americans" to call a meeting at the present Court to
rati!y ttie nomination ol "ftre Trade Wilmot" for
Governor, being the only opportunity that has pre
sented itselt to do so since bis nomination, is con
clusive evidence that they have no faith either in
their candidate or the rickety platform upon which
he stands. The leaders ot' this incendiary move
ment iri Bedford having found out that the bulk of
what used to he the Won, PVRTV in this countv re
pudiate the Serpent Abolitionism, let it pr-et itself!
:u any lorni it will, are afraid to meet tor public
dr-cussion—and have concluded to lay low and work
! in tiie .fin I; !
Rr.to/rrd. 'I hat a change ol ten thousand vrdjm ifi
Connecticut. and about nine thousand in the SjlFte <,j
lowa, affords the most gratifying as-uranre fhut The
people endorse the Supreme Court in the.p derision
in the Died Scott ca-' —and that the Adrnini-truDon
of Mr. Buchanan will be triumphantly sustained bv
the vhnU country.
j Rrxoln That as our cause is the cause of Truth
of.Justice—ot Equal right- to all men—of obedience
to jhe Laws and the ('ons t itut on—of unrestrained
religion- l.be-ty ; op nion—we will stand hy it as
did our forefathers in the;r noble and smmessfol
struggle to bequealh to us the pr. vileges and b®ssinis
we now enjov.
Restdr.*d. '1 hat the proceeding* of thi- meeting he
signer! by the officers arid published in the Brd/nAi
Clnzeite, a-embodying the sentiments of the united
Democracy ol Bedford County.
MICII A Ml.' VVKRTZ, Pren'drnt.
Ma the w Murray, Klin* Gump, F. 1). Reegl,.,
Nicholas Kegg, John Amos. (;,- 0 . W. Powell, Dei7tra',
Stevens Andrew Collin-. Benjamin \ alentine, John
A Dip, Sr., 1 /rr Presidents.
John T. Gepi.art, Geo. Reimurid, Henry Fluke,
( ha-. Adams, Seen tur/rs.
SCHOOL CONVENTION".
CC?~Tlie following is the re-ult of the labors of Ihe!
School Convention which met in Bedford on last
Monday :
the School Directors of Bedford County, to tbel
number ot fifty-three, met in convention to electa!
County Superintendent tor the ensuing three years.
On oioDon of Wiiiuim Keyser, Hon. A. J. Siiively |
was called to the Chair, ami, on motion. J. P. Reed j
was appointed Secretary. A motion to fix' The com
pensation lor the Superintendent, as thp first item ut
busiiie-s, was negatived. H was re.-olved that tiom- >
iriations be made; whereupon.
Reed nominated Rev. H. Ileckerman.
Gephart nominated I hotna- R. Gettys-
Fry riwii nated N. K. Gilds.
Shires nominated James S. Ttissey.
A vote was then taken rivet voce as prescribed by '
law, which re idled as lot lows:,
Mr. Heckerriian received 28 votes.
Mr. Gilds received 17 votes.
Mr. Gettys rec* iveil i votes. *
Mr. Tu-sey received 5 votes.
Mr. Ileckerman was thereupon declared duly elect. !
'*d. (on vent ion then proceeded to conipensa- '
tion. Mr. St evens, of SoutlinrnptrmWir'Ved that thy
sum lie fixed at S'-'IO. Mr. Shires moved to ameml hy i
in-erting $.700. Mr.'Gephait rnovedjthe -urn of SDOO. i
Mr. \ ickroy the surrvol $2OO. "Theynotion amended
-o as to fix compensation at ssoo,'was adopted, when j
the con veul .on, on motion, adjoin ned,—not, how even !
until Mr. Ileckerman. w ho was called out, expresseii
in a briet and neat address, his thanks for the bono*
conferred upon hirr>.
Colore I Curi'/i/ is Poisonous. — At a recent!
trc ■ tin;: of ilv ■ lect Committee ol the BiitLh j
! house of Commons to impure into the adultera
; tions ol all articles sold lor loot!, &c., Dr. Tay
; lor, the celebrated Professor of Chemistry at
I Guy's Hospital, ruade the following .statement
in regard to colored confections:
Hit ted candy Vermillion and red lead were
i used; and in the yellow oxide of lead and elim
inate of ted, which was very dangerous, arid
I had been known to he the cause of the death of
a child in 1853. Ihe extracts of bitter almonds,
j which was very much used in confections, was
a most powerful poison, as it contains from six
To twelve per cent, of prusic acid. Twenty
drops ofvthe oil killed a woman forty-nine years
ol age in hall an hour. A compound of it call
ed 'almond flavor' was much used, but was very
dangerous. There was an instance in which
halt an ounce had killed a woman thirty-six
years of age in half an hour."
Correspondence of the Public Ledger.
Fst'iler HVasEEi 22:i*rssl!>;irji'.
Sole of the .Main Line—Sunhunj and Erie
Project.
ilAnnisiicnu, April 25th, 1857.
The hi!! for the sale ot the Main Line of the
Public Works having passed ihe House of R.p
-] reseutajives, it will be well to recall some of
i its provisions, and show what the Common
j wealth sacrifices to effect a sale. The point and
gist (if the hill may be embraced in a |>-w lines.
The main Tine is valued at $7,500,000. The
; purchases are to give bonds lor the purchase
i money, at five per cent, interest, and no pait
of the principal is to he paid until 1890, more
than thirty years hence. If tiie Peni.-y ivania
] Railroad Company become the purchaser--, and
consent to give $1,500,000 in addition, they
are to he r< leasi d from the tonage tax, and all
ot her taxes, on bonds, dividends and pmpeitv,
and the Uarrisburg arid Lancaster Company ate
also to he released from the tunage tax.
.Now in case the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany purchase—and there is no use to contem
plate any other contingency the State will
release tiie following items of taxation :
Tonageon Pa. R. If. $226,018 51
" Harrisb'g and Lanc'r. 23,002 91
Tax on loans of Penri'a Railroad 1 1,-1 Sfi S3
Taxes on Corpoiation Stock Pa li. 42,065 52
Total, $305,573 77
No account is here taken of the taxation on
property, one of the items released, because
there are no means of ascertaining precisely
what it would amount to. Doubtless, it would
materially sw-lfthe total of these items. With
out including it, or pretending to make any esii
iriate of what it is, the above figures show the
release of taxation to an amount which would
pay the interest, at five per cent. or. six millions
of Slate debt, and this upon the supposition that
the tonage tax will remain stationary. For
what consideration does tin-Stale release the
large and growing source of taxation? For this
sum of one million and a half of dollars, or ra
tio r for the interest <>ri lhat sum.
But there is another interesting view of this
question. 1 have show 11 above the very ha.-!
loss that the State can sustain. L-1 us 1 >->k at
the great gain of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company hy this bill, and the f< t will he ap
parent, that under its provi.-ion-, thev will get
the Alain Line for nothing. The tonage tax
his grown with amazing rapidity within the
last few yeais. On the Pennsylvania Railroad
alone, it was
! In 1854, $ 112,880 50
| In 1855, 129,234 56
In 1856, 220,018 51
S ltd wing un increase of one hundred per cent,
in three years. It would be a fair calculation
to estimate that this tax would amount in 1859
to over $450,000 or double its present amount,
for while there is an increase of a little over
ten p< r cent, between the years 1854 and 1855,
there is an increase of over 70 per cent, be
tween 1855 and 1856. A corresponding ra
tio ol increase would swell the amount to an
• no: mens figure in ten, twenty, or thirty years,
whey the first instalment of ten per cent, on
the purchase mom v is to he paid ; hut j do not
propose to pursue the calculation, although it
might very fairly enter into the . -tin ate < f the
advantages ol the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany under this bill.
i he Pennsylvania Railroad Company then,
are interested to an amount beyond any •Tiber
Company or Association of individuals, much
greater than one million and u half of dollars,
lake the items above _iv.ii, v iz:
Tonage tax past year $226,018 51
Tax on loans 14.486 S3
l ax on cot iKiration slock 42,065 52
$282,570 86
and we have the interest of SS,GOQ,Of)f) in round
nmrib'TS. To this amount the Pennsylvania
Railroad Compattv are • interested in the por
-1 chase of the Main Line above and beyond any
other Company in the State. To pot them on
an equality with others, they would have to
give SIS,oOTLOOO f r it. while in reality, under
this bill, they will give but $3.500.<100. This
calculation shows the position <>f the Company
in the most favorable light. The item of $ 12,-
065 52, tax on corporation stock was paid for
the first time into the Treasury in January last,
and is most probably but a part due the Stale
j from this source. The tonage tax will double
ifself iii a few years, ami the tax on real estate j
owned hy the Company entirely omitted. So
it vyII he sen that the taxes released would in
a few years amount to more than Ihe interest on
j the purchase money, ($450,000) The bili
pn pos-s nothing less than a gin of the Main
Line to the Pennsylvania Kailn at! Company.
Rut in consideration of what this Company
has done to d.-velope the resources of the State,
arri the ability and fairness with which its af
-1 fairs have been conducted, this measure might
l(i* allowed to pass witimut much c-tisnre, if
there was n. t connected willi it another propi-\
i siti in, startling to those who look upon a sale 1
las a means of reducing the Slate debt. I al- :
hide to the project to appropriate three millions
i of the bonds given tor the principal of the pur
' chase money to the Sunburv and Erie Railroad.
■ No sooner had the Main Line hill passed the
House, than the work for dividing (lie proceeds
commenced. So intimately connected were j
they that they were kept close together, and ma- j
I nv of the v otes obtained fi>r the first were real- 1
!iy to get at the second. It was defeated ves- 1
ierdav morning by a vote of 45 yeas to 45 navs. 1
After the usual course of legislation, a recon- !
federation was had, and the bill again defeated,
to my surprise, by a vole of 46 y. asto 46 nays.
This i- n"t tfie end, however. The measure
will le re-vamped with every chance of pass
ing. The pri s-iire upon the Legislature bv in
terested parties in its favor is too great to be j
w ithsfood.
Th D tan be no doubt thai th" people d-..tre
that the proceeds of the sale shall be applied di
rectly to the payment ot so much of the State
debt, and to no other purpose. What advan
tage is there in a sale, it we are to embark im
mediately in another public improvement ?
I hose interested in the Sunbury and Erie Road
insist, with much earnestness, that there can lie
no possible danger in this nieasute, because the
State would he secured by a first mortgage on
five millions of property. This may sound ve
ry lair, hot who does not know that such mort
gage never would he executed, and that the
deeper the Company is plunged in debt and dif
ficulty, the louder would he their claim lor
sympathy and r lief. The end w-mld he that
the State would he torced into finishing the
Sunbury and Erie Railroad.
From the Daily I'enn-ylranian.
The liausas < a><? Staled-
If we had not been accustomed to very odd
ideas in politics, we confess we should he not a
little, but a great deal astonished at the course
of the New York Tribune , and a few other pu
llers of the Republican stamp, upon the ques
tion u hetber the people ot Kansas ought to vote
at the coming election.
We will just state tiie case. There are in
Kansas what is called the Free State paif y, and
a Slave S!ate party. VVe choose thus to desig
nate them in order to make ourselves under
stood. Weil, the Free State party, acting with
out any color ol law, organized a year or two
ago, with a view of lianung a Statec ,nstitution.
It i only necessary to say they elected, in
their way, delegates to a constitutional conven
tion, and that convention deliberated subse
quently and framed a State constitution. 3t
was submitted by the Free State men arid adop
ted by litem, the whole number voting tor it
; being something over a thousand persons.—
Meanwhile Congress had organized what is call
ed a Territorial government in Kansas not
dissimilar to the Territorial Governments organ
ized in Michigan, Wisconsin arid Arkansas in
their respective periods of pupilage. A legis
lature under sucli Congressional organization
was elected and a Judiciary established. A
Governor and Secretary were appended, the
public lands surveyed, an Indian Department
established. What we mean, in short, i- this;
That a complete Territorial Government was
' put into opei at ion.
Now we make these points:
I. The Government established bv Congress,
under which the people were called upon lo e
lect their own Legislature and to make their
own laws, was, and is, the only legal govern
ment in Kansas. Jl has all the legal sancti us
ami it has equally all the moral sanctions of an
American territorial Government. Congress
assumed only to take such measures, under the
constitution, as would indicate its general ju
risdiction and right of federal control: leaving
to the people all special legislative power—all
such faculties of government as are enjoyed by
the St.it'-.s. This principle is so just, so obvious,
so sell-evidently m harmony with our federal
systun, that we cannot comprehend how it
has ev t r been opposed. But it has been oppo
sed, an ! this brings us t > the next proposition:
A class ol fanatics, as we have noticed a
bove, took it into their to ads that they would
set up an independent government in Kansas,
and so they established the Tupeka Constitution
; which received the sanction, as we have said,
of something over a thousand men. The move-
ctn?, t-.*ay the last, was in ultf-r contraven
tion tu tin' government referred to in our first
pomt. its legality is claimed, we believe, on
tiie ground thai the people have ari independent
and absolute right to do what tiny please, and
that, of course-the federal authorities have no
rights at ail. This right thus absolutely assert
ed, it strikes us. canies with it something more
Ihan a sanction ol tin* Tujnka Constitution; it
makes Kansas an independent nationaiit v, like
Mexico, and draws t > its* it ail the properly in
the Territory. Ol course the assertion ol' such
a right is an effort at revolution— a barren el
fort, to be ,-ure, because the government, estab
lished under tin- Topeka Cons<itutiotv, lias never
gone beyond a mere newspaper existence, and
lbs executive is a vvantb liug mounte! auk, who
travels about the country load-.! with titles but
windy bereft ol the least authority. The move
ment so bar has been a -heer humbug. There
is nt ,1 sane man in Kansas, ami nut an hottest
man in the whole l'nion,who attaches the hast
weight to the movement or concedes to the To
peka (.inventor ami Legislature the smallest a
mountol authority. Indeed, those mock func
tionaries, though acting treasonable, have been
regarded as almost harmless traitors, in the fact
that nobody has given them suiiicient credit to
enable tin in actually to perform overt acts of
treason. IVrhaps it would he more acurate to
justify their conduct under the general doc
trines of liberty of speech: tor thev have done
little else than speak, and tiiat very absurdly
and foolishly.
Crantiug the regularity of the Tonyka
movement in the organization of a State Gov-;
ernment—a concession that can hardly be
made even for tiie sake of the argument—that
: proceeding at best, and this all irnet planly see,
was a me t e snap judgment, which is unworthy
ol the h ast notice or credit. The idea of a
thousand men forming a Stale Constitution for
ten times their number, at this very day, and
attempting to toice their labors upon the peo- |
pie, is woithv only of such abolition presump- i
lion and self-constituted wisdom and morality as I
! we are taught to reprobate and hate as the very j
i bane of our society. Even if the Topeka pro- :
ceedings could b>* regarded as regular, they j
ought to he set aside a> premature, and utterly ;
unjust to the people of Kansas at the present j
time.
These points present the case, and have us to j
; consider what-ought now to be done. Mean-j
while, there is a regular Territorial Govern
ment in Kansas—a Governor, Legislator*-, Jud
ges, Secretary, Land and Indian* systems.—
Emigration is rapidly tilling the voung State
with bona fide inhabitants and citizens. The
time approaches when, in obedience to settled
principles, a State is to he oiganized an:! admit
ted into the Lnion. Tiie constituted authorities
there have provided means lor taking the cen
sus, and tor electing delegates to a convention,
with a view of adopting a State Constitution.—
The aforesaid corporals guard, composed it may
he of the whole Topeka people, reinforced bv
others of kindred sympathies, still urge that
their snap-Judgment lias concluded the "people
arid that all are bound bv the proceedings of j
tiie irresponsible town meetings which you j
sanction to the Topeka constitution. The New
York Tribune is foremost in urging that sham
concern as the organic law ofthe people of Kan
sas: ami it devotes about half (ts space to the en
forcement of this idea. It advis-s the Free
>tate men, which means all the abolition emrni
saiies, to withhold their votes at the coming
June election, and to fall backjupon th-* Topeka
humbug, us the Malabo!!' of abolition strength in
and out of Kansas.
We remember nothing in American politic
more absurdly ridiculous, or more absolu!,| v
unjust than this proceeding. A paper wh lc '|,
professes friendship fi.r the people, 3n d sets ut,
an almost arrogant claim to !>• their cu j, .
organ and defender, is thus engaged j n the
work of disfranchising nine-tenths of the /, o ,'
fide residents of Kansas, and under the cap/foul
plea t hat on a former occasion the te-nth tJ | iheir
predecessors took the work of establishing tu, r
government into their own hands. Did fo|j v
ever go farther ? Did presumption and ii,j U w
lice ever befoie so seek to enforce its own "| IT ;.
potent behests upon ail} portion ot the Arm-M
-ean people.
The practical point in this whole matter j s
simply here : The people of Kansas, consulting
equally their own rights and their own inter
ests, now that they have the necessary mem
i hers, w ill form for themselves a State Const it tw
tion. They are required to do so by every coii
: sideration of patriotism; and such consideration
I points to the necessity of administering | 0 the
i Abolitionists a rebuke such as will hereafter
satisfy them that they cannot tie used as stool
| pigeons fur such gamesters as Mr. Gucci rv and
Mr. WEED.
Tut: POSITION OF WILMOT.— "The fo|fowi,,„
; resolution, among others, was adopted at the re
; cent Republican convention :
Resoired, That we are yet Freemen, and
! that while we retain the inestimable ngPt (1 f
Freemen, secured to us by the sacrifices, stJ (k
, firings and blood of our Revolutionary ftthcr
. WE WILL NOT SUBMIT to have a new
I constitution imposed upon us by the extra judi
i cial opinions of the Judges of the Supreme
(Joint—opinions subversive of the rights o| hu
man natur—in conflict with the truth of histo
ry, with the unbroken action of the Government
and the law of the land, as heretofore pronoun
ced l.y the federal Judiciary, and the Courts of
nearly every State in the American Union.
There is repudiation (or you! Won't sub
mit ! The Republican party of Pennsylvania
openly proclaim that tho-v .ire above tie law
and will refuse to obey. They appeal to a "high
er law" than the Constitution, viz: to arms!
They refuse to submit, i. t., they REBEL against
every law that does not suit them, and will, if
, necessary, inaugurate an era of civ il war and
blood! How many law-abiding citizens, who
believe that the foundation ot all government is
respect and submission to the laws, v> ill vote
for a candidate, who stands upon a platform
which advocates practical treason ?.—Yorris
town Defender.
The Reaction in . W-e have al
, ready noticed in general terms the large gains
made by our Democratic friends in Michigan at
the recent election held in that State. The fol
lowing gratifying ii.teligence, which we find in
t the D. troit Free I'stsx id the i!2d inst., may be
taken as an earnest of w hat may be expected
by the Democracy of Michigan at the next gen
eral election :
The Democracy ofth* first Congressional Dis
trict have done well. This District is redeem
ed. Three years ago we were defeated by be
tween eleven and twelve hundred votes, and
!a>t year the opposition bv between eight and
nine hundred. Now, how stands the case'—
Wayne has given nearly one thousand Demo
cratic majority, and Livingston nearly one hun
dreb and fifty: W ashtenaw has given about two
hundred Black Republican majority, and Jack-
son about two hundred and fifty. Total Demo
cratic majorities over eleven hundred; total
Black Repn'ilican majorities, some foui hundred
and fifty. /L-mcmatic majoiity in the District
over six hundred and fifty '■
We repeat, the Democracy of the first C n
gr-ssi >n a I District have done well. For three
years they have been in the minority: they are
now in a majority: and will doubtless continue
so. "Bleeding Kansas" lias had its day, and
the "Dred Scott decision" lias marked not the
slight est benefit to the niggerites. "Truth
crushed to earth," has risen again:and the indi
vidual ol fanatical notoriety who now mis-r< j
resents us in the lower branch oft.be national
legislature will experience insuperable difficul
ties at the next election in convincing the peo
ple that he is the proper person to whom should
lie intrusted their Congressional interests.
the defaulting Cashier ot
the \\ w Castle Bank, has been released on a
bail of $3,000 for his appearance for trial at ihe
Sessions in Mav next, lit* left New Castle
with his family for the east, on the '2oth tilt.—■
It is believed the notes ofThe Bank will ail be
fully redeemed.
! . -
EX-SCNATOR FOOT, who has been for some
time associeted with the Know-nothings in Cal
ifornia, has withdrawn from the organization
and returned to the Democratic paity —so says
the San Francisco papers.
CORXEK-STONE LAYING.
Fly Divine permission, The corner-stone ola new*
Lutheran Church will tie laid, near Ei-hertown, six
miles north-east of Schellsburg, on The road leading
to Holliday-burg, oil Sabbath, Ihe 17th of Mav-
Services To commence at 10i o'clock A. M- The
friend-of Chi ist 's cause, and the public generally,
are most cordially invited to be present on that sol
' emu and interesting occasion.
.1. A. KCXKEL.MAN.
'
A3 A E5 2£ 3 E S> :
In Friends Cove, at the house of the brides father,
on the 3t)ih April, by the Rev. C. F. Hotimeier, Mr.
i Philip.l. Shoemaker, to .Mis. Mary Caroline Com
piler, daughter o! Mr. Philip J. Shoemaker Sr., both
| of the cove.
I On the 10th day of April by A. Blair, Esq., Mr.
; George VV. Zinimerly to Mi-- Sarah A. Hardinger,
| -ill ot Cumberland \ alley Bedford County Pa.
I On the glith inst at Marietta, by Rev. N. E. Gilds.
Mr. Isaac Corle to Mi-s Elizabeth Code, both ot
; Bedford County.
NOTICE.
Letters of admini-tration on the Estate of Freder
ick Claar, late ot Union township, Bedford County,
deceased, having been granted to the subscriber re
siding in said township, notice i- therefore given to
all persons indebted to said e-tatc, to make payment
to the subscriber immediately, and those having
claims will present then, properly (in settlement.
JACOB G. DIVF.LV,
May s, ls.>7. Adm'r.
(iRE.IT EXtITOIE.YT!
The Elegant Assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
Just received unit opened at
REED'S CHEAP STORE IN BEDFORD
having created quite an excitement in our usually
quiPt town, the subscriber feels confident that he
can exhibit such a stock ol Good- as will meet the
general wants of both town arid country, at lair pri
ces. As it will cost nothing to examine his Stock
he invites all in want of either substantial or Dress
Goods to give him a call before purchasing elsewhere.
JACOB REED.
MajTt, 1557.