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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY :BY S A M U E L J. It 0 W , SOMERSET, SO MERSET COUNTY, PA.
New Series.
TUBSDA1T, SBPTSB2BSR 28, 187.
V ol. 5.-2 To. 4G
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Notice..
A LLpers6ns who know themselves
CEL indebted to the undersigned, while
engaged in the TINNING BUSINESS,
by note or book account, are requested
to mike payment of the same immedi
ately to J. H. J3enford, as a longer indul
gence cannot be riven.
JAMES (I. BEN FORD & CO.. ,
Sept. 747.
; MARBLE TOLIB STONES.
THE subscriber , thankful for past
favors, respectfully informs the
public generally,that he continues to car
ry on the Stone cutting business, atjiis
shop in Somerset, where he will always
kpep on hnnd and finish to order a varie
ty of, MARBLE and COMMON,
- TOMB STO.XES,
ill of which will be sold at reasonable
prices.' ; ' i - ' : v I ;
( Country produce taken in exchange
for work at market prices.
BENJAMIN WOOL LEY.
March 2. 1847 ly
& &U) . ....
THE undersigned, Forwarding Mer
chants, al Cumberland, Md., have
clisposed of their interest in fire business.
to Mr. Walter Shriver, who will conduct
Ihe same, on his own account, at the old
Hand, -using the name and style of
Dickinson & Co.".
Mr. 'Shriver having long been their
chief clerk, is well acquainted with the
business, and the undersigned take plea
sure in lecommending him to the patron
age' of their old friends, who may be
fending Merchandise or Produce over
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. '
DICKINSON &; CO.
. Aug24.-'47-2m
cunm
GHAIRS!
GORDON & MITCHELL.
Shop one door west of J. 2ieS Tarf r, and
nearly opjxsite S. Kuril's Drug Store,
" r Main Street, iSomcrset, Pa. ?-
ripil E SUBSCRI BERS would respect
- JL oil v inform the citizens of Somer
set and surrounding country, that they
intend to earrv on the
Clialr Making- Business,
at their old stand, where they will con
stantly keep on hand and will make to
order -
Common, Fancy, & Tippecanoe
Settees Si. Boston Uockin? Chairs,
which they will sell very low for cash or
exchange for lumber or approved coun
try produce.
GEORGE L. GORDON,
C. F. MITCHELL.
jnr.e!5-'47
tXtSlTI5R FROM A. B F.OCT. A R PHTSICIAX.
DR. INGOLDSBY'S
FiTes Specific.
AN INTERNAL REMEDY t '
A CERTAIN AFD RADICAL CURE:
If'htlhtr' Internal, External, Bleeding
'or Iilind: -Has
maJe radical cures in every case of the a
bove mentioned complaints, as can be proved by
personal refrrc ncc, and several thousand certifi
cates from all parts of ihe country. .
The specific Uan internal remeoy, has a gen
tle action on the bowcU, is pleasant to f aVe.and
perfectly harmless in the most delicate caea,
male or female. Females before arid after con
finement are often troubled with constipation of
the bowels, or cctivenes, as well as the piles.
In all such cases the Specific can be taken with
perfect safetv, and is a certain remcdv.
- rURUATIVES NOT NECESSARY, ,
So severe in llirir eflctL, and so liable to injure
fcrhen ued (being in cases the cause of piles
wlitntakcn during fever and ague aud viany
vihtr diseases.) ate thus done away, with, as
coTivr.Ess is easily removed by using this
medicine, ami the bowels restored to a vigorous
ad hcallhy action without ieaving any perceptible
eiTect oa the system. .
ritr.s or seven ear's standing ctred.
Dia Don on: 1 have !ccn a perfect victim
to the cumplatnl called Pile, contracted in the
West Indies in 1 S38. and daring a term of seven
yean ha c sufTiTfJ beyond anythius that could
be conceived of Joss of apatite, food tasteless
rout of rest, bumin j pain, weakness in the kid
neys, and a total want of strength. So decided
Jy opposed to anything bearing a resemblance to
quackery, that I have abstained froru any inward
or outward application. From hc recommen
dation of our mutual friend Potter, iSo. 4 Han
over sL, I was induced to give your medicine a
full trial, and to those who may be Minilarly af
CicteJ I give you leave to nhow this, w iih my
name attached, having hern, I firmly believe, en
tirely cured ofneof the most confirmed cases
of Piles that any p.xr creature was troubled
ykIi. Make whatever rase vou think proper of
this testimonial of your invaluable medicine,
designated by you as Dr. IngoMshy's Piles Spc
rific, and accept of my best assurances for your
future success. ,
With regird rour obedient servant.
W. H. i ON ES, Auctioneer. 22 Tine st.
"Reference ran be given to some f our mot
eminent Physicians.
Price 50 cents per Cot.
. Soidbythe faliowing 3u!y appointed agents
for Somerset county. Pa.
J. J. 6c H.F. Schcll, Somerset,
' Snyder & Zimranrman, Stoystown,
Edmund Kiernan, Jenner X a
Pbillippi c Liernan. TJoxbury.
? "harlesKnsairrger Berlin
. ' fe W Merer Meyers Mill
Mi'lcr i Dively Salisbury
" " Grantsville. MJ
U II McChetmey SmithfielJ
c;T.ort Eider PetirsbcrgU
LLit SnU Jlfotat Tela. . : ' . ; riy . .
' Dr. W.1S. Harah, ,
TENDERS his professional serrices
to the citizens of Ocntreville and
vicinity. His office it at the White
Hall Inn, (Joseph Pile's,) where at all
times he may be found, unless absent on
professional business. "; " june8 tl
D. WETAND.
JOHN D. RODDY.
Law Partnership.
- W E Y A N I A N D R O . D D Y, "
A ttorr.eys at Law, will attend piwc
jTjL tually to all . business entrusted to
them. Collections and, other, business
ulicited. Office immediately-opposite
the Hotel' of Wm. II. Picking, Mair
street, Samerset, Pa. ; sept. 21 47:3m.
SGuiHisETFounpny:;
THE undersigned would inform the
citizens at large, that they have fit
ted up a steam engine rr complete rder,
which will enable them to say that they
can compete with any . establishment in
Western Pennsylvania, in ;tl:e : way of
castings. Their casting will consist in
part, of .- - v , - :
" Stoves, Grates, Ploughs,and
Plough Points, and all kinds .anddti
criplion vf IIOLLOirAV.ZItE. ;
They have also fitted up turning lathes
and are read' at any time to take in tur
ning, which will be done on the short
est notice. ' V- -- : "':T- --;
It has been bnt a short time since the
above named Foundry has been pat in
operation, ind the undersigned are thank
ful for the very Haltering support alrea
dy offered them. - They would also add,
that they hope to give satisfaction to all
who will hereafter give them a 'c'alL
ARMSTRONG & CO.
Somerset, Aug24, '47-3m ;
Private Sale T ...
A VALUABLE FARM,
In Donegal fp Wcstmorelftnd Co., I'a. ;
THE subscriber offers for sale a
VA LUAIILE 'J'R ACT OK LA ND
situate in Ligonier valley, Donegal tp.,
Westmoreland county. Pa., containing
; ; : .': . ist acres, l.: J .
adjoining lands of John Galbraiili. John
Philippi, Joseph Realty, John Withe-,
row and others, ont hundred, acres are
cleared, and in a good state of cultiva
tion, the balance is well timbered, there is
25 acres in meadow,
and 20 acres sowed in timothy and clo
ver last spring. The farm is well wa
tered; the Loyalhanna creek passing
through it, and a number of, never fail
ing springs of water thereon; there is on
the premises a large and commodious
Two Story Frame Uotitc
and kitchen, a bank barn, smoke hnuse,
&.c, and a saw mill on a good site; there
is also an apple orchard and sugar camp
on the premises. , 'he above tract i
situated in a good settlement, convenient
to mill, within 2 tniles of Centreville,
and 6 of Ligonier, Laughlinstown and.
Donegal. , Any person wishing to pur
chase wilT please call on Joseph Lloyd.
Centreville, orEphraim Lloyd, Donegal,
who will show the premises and make
known the terms. A good bargain will
be given, andan indisputable title made by
JOHN LLOYD,
AugSl-Ur-Sm V Mt. Pleasant.
Orphans' Court Sale
OF REAL ESTATE.
Y virtse of an order of the Orphans'
Court of Somerset' count v, there
will be exposed to sale on the premises,
nri Friday the 8th of October next, the
following valuable Real Estate, late the
property of David Dibert, deceased, viz:
One Tract of Las id,
being the home place, in Quemahnning
township, Somerset county, containing
303 acres," ahout the one half cleared,
and about 30 acres in meadow, two
orchards, a large brick dwelling house,
one frame and one log house,
a bank barn and spring house, and other
outbuildings, and sugar camp on the pre
mises, situate one mile west of Stays
town on the turnpike, adjoining land of
George Hertzel, Jonathan Slailer and
others. - . .
Also one -tract, adjoining the above
mentioned tract, containing about
Tvrenty acres more or less,
a part thereof cleared and nnder fences.
Terms of Sale: One third of the
purchase money to remain a lien on the
premi?es, the interest thereof to be paid
annually to the widow, during her life
lime, and at her decease the principal to
be paid to the heirs of said deceased; the
one half of the remainder of the porchase
money to be paid in hand, and the bal
ance in one year, without interest, to be
secured by judgment bond or mortgage.
Attendance will be given by John Di
bert and Adam Mowry, Administrators
of aid deceased. , , , ."
By the Court,
WM. H. PICKING,
Sept. T. 1 847. Clerk.
BLANK SUMMONS' AND EXECU
XKXNS, For sale at this. Office.
. 'TII E BRITISH TA Rl FF-' ; ; j mosl undesirable to all who wish well to chanan's great abilities and extensive in
The Tariff of 184 6. framed bv Messrs. theircouhtry and So mankind. i're hope, fluetice, occupvin? as he does one of the
Polk and Walker and the Agents of the ! al Ie3St not t0 see our. country legislating highest ind most honorable offices in our
j British Importing Houses, who paired i in reference to fnch physical causes is country, shouM have come out at this mo
lone or two wintera irt Washington, and ! naTe produced such dire misfortunes in went, which some think critical and bold-
backed by a Report from the . American
Secretary of tHe Treasury, who' received
special honor in a British House of Lords r y-fg.'viKi now -wants none oi our iireno- ihe agitation ot this delicate but important
receives about an -eqtial amount of com-1 fl'ufl in et we are compelled, under a subject. Jle as boldly opposed the -mendaiion
In England and the United P'wt nnd nati-Ameriean law, to receive tnot Proviso, and is in favor of the ex-
states, l ne Aumtnistraiton are its irienos
here and the British Manufacturers in
Great Britain. Much more 'has thenres-
States. The Administration arelts friends
ent law been a fcubject of congratulation
upon the' other, side of the Atlantic than
upon this, and much more good .will it
confer upon British interests 'than our
own. We fiml-irrlhe-Jast received num
ber of the London Economist, a notetl
British free trade paper, a passage exult
ing, in the" very tone of the Union, over
the vast extension of British shipments to
America: 7 , . . ' -I -
"To'Uie United States'aloney (says the
Economist,) the increase in the amount
of our shipments in the present year will
exceed'ariy thing on record. ; On a few
of the leading articles the comparison for
the first six months is as follows:
Exported to the U. & in the first six mentis of
' " 1846 1847
Cotton thread ..lbs -3U.312" 435)G9
Plain calicoes vds G,l 16,283 22.57 1.4S5
Printed do ' 7,643,350 23,914,571
Wollens,allk'ds,lbs 702.234 ' 1,042,161
Silks, T -yds , 88,152 ... 124,343"
Linens, 11,476,290 13,659,211
Do entered only
by valuation jbs ; 5,190 39,647
Besides , these, there is an equally large
increase in cutlery, metals, aud every va
riety of goods; for all of which' the orders
continne to'be upon a very large scale"
. Wilmer & Smith in like manner re
joices over our dependence," and remarks
as follows: - ..
".Making allowances .for ..large quanti
ties clVoods which have doubtless been'-
dispatched irf vessels to America on freight
there can be no doubt of the vast increase
which this branch of commerce has thus
suddenly obtained. It is satisfactory also
to hear that large orders for the fall trade, j
embracing other articles of inanulaclureu
goods, continue to arrived Thus, so far,
the wisdom which has . dictated in tbc.U
nited States sqf "emisTdefable a modifica
tion of their tariff is as completely illus
trated by the above returns, as that our
own measures of free trade exhibit, up to
this period, the most gratifying prools of
success." . .--." .
' Yes, and this excess of exports from
Great Britain to the United States, isjnst
so much of an abstraction of goods which
ought to be manufactured at home. Ixok
at the enormous increase of English Cal
icoes, fourteen millions nine hundred
and twenty eight thousand one hundred
and thirhj five yards of the plain, and
sixteen millions two hundred and seventy-one
thousand two hundred end
thirty-one of Prints! Look, too,- at the
great increase, of Woolens in a country
which ought to be wholly independent in
the production and manufacture of a fabric
like .this. The party leaders seem de
lighted with such a state oi fact, and talk
exultingly of our large imports. The ef
fect of these imports are two fold, ami
both alike disastrous:
First. It tends to create the dependence
of which we complain, and to throw cap
ital out of use and laborers out of employ
at home, and .
Secondly. It adds so much to our for
eign indebtedness as to be the just cause
of alarm to all who would wish to pre
serve the balance of trade. ;
When Europe was starving for Bread
and Provisions, we would counteract and
control this glut of foreign fabrics by an
equal shipment of provisions and flour,
but now, with smiling weather and plen
tiful harvests, the balance of trade will be
against us. Foreign Exchange has run
up from a premium of four and five per
cent, to eight and a half and nine percent,
and a very little advance upon these rates
will require us to send specie to Europe.
Then again, to obtain the same amount
of Revenue under the Tariff of 1846, we
have to import a vast amount of addition
al goods, the lower duty requiring the ex
cess of import and increasing the foreign
debt.- '
Even the Treasury is not benefitted by
this state of fact, nor are the consumers,
nor, indeed, is any body hut the European
capitalist, who has the means of driving
our people out of employ, and compelling
them to submit to prices and wagrS im
posed by those who have no interest m
the Government beyond what they derive
from the pockets of our people. : Wc ap
peal to every candid man, capable of re
flecting upon past events, if the influence
of the Tariff of 1846 would ntft have been
disastrous but for the physical inability of
Europe under a severe stale ot lamme 10
produce her own food. Lord Ashburton,
in a speech,. made in the city of Edin
burgh a few years since, took the ground
that England should manufacture for the
United State, and that the United States,
should supply England with her neces
sary provisions. We have done this to
some advantage under famine, but with
no -power to reciprocate, unless England
snH other i-fii'ntrifcs shall forever be af-
Iflictcd by Frcvidence, a state f things-1
Europe, for exerience has shown tint
ratine may be followed by plenty.
j ' p"" . "w
1 "ils'ned with, this . state of fact, and the
j Wuiinistration at Washington, in cum-
q.aEi:ines ct ncr goous. ae is won
tjon 'ith British Alanufacturers, seek to
iakc u? glory in . our chams and depen- nia, in viewing the interests and consid
tenee : ; : " - : ; cring the welfare of our prosperous and
P 1 England in the meantime talks rec'pro great coufrderacy, forgets localities, and
ciVvrhul in her system .of reciprocity, she cliques, and f ictions, and takes his stand
-lone reaps . the advantage. -She-talked- unon the broad and solid nlatform of the
ta like manner of reciprocity when Mr.
Van Buren, as Minister to England, sucri
iiccd American shipping to that 'of Eng
land in a treaty which has proved cmi- .
fiently disastrous to our carrying trade.
She talks now of 'free trade, arid young'
is our manufactories are, she has made us
(ake a step which she would norasume
for herself.' She has been the dupe, and
am bungling authorities "the duped. ,,Wc
have sacrificed" our business 'lnletests to
her pretensions, . and alike in, .ships, ton- r
fcaffc-imports," discriminations' and pro- '
tmion wehave suflered her to bear tire
pntm to tne great injury ot our trade auu
commerce.
JAMES BUCK AN A.X-
F Tbe spell of the Lethcon must have
been over Mr. Buchanan which be pen
ned his late letter for the Harvest Dome
if Old BerliS. In his dream of future Re
nown he forgot the past, and in these his
smbitious aspirings for political fame, the
recollection of his own acts were blotted
from the book" of his memory. It is thW
part of History to reveal those hidden i
things,-to lay (rear the records of uldeo i
time and to show indeed that all true His
tory is philosophy teaching by example.
Here then is one of the old reminiscences,
copied al our hands by the York Repub
lican. At a lYrge and respectable, meeting of
the citizens of Jjancaster held on the 23d
Noveiler, 1819, in the Court House in
that city. " the following resolutions re
ported by. - a Coinmiueccaiisisting nf
James ' Hopkins, William Jenkins and
JAMES BUCHANAN, were . unani
mously adopted:
Ilesofced, That the representatives in
Congress from this district be, and they
are hereby . moat earnestly requested . to
use their utmost endeavors as members of
the National Legislature, to. PREVENT
THE EXISTENCE OF SLAVERY in
anyof lhc' territories or Slates which
may be erected by Congress. 1
ilcsolced, That in the opinions of this
meeting the members of Congress who at
the last session sustained the reuse of
Justice, humanity and patriotism in op
posing the introduction of Slavery into
the State then endeavored to be formed
out of the Missouri T erritory, are en-
led to the warmest thanks of even
friend of humanity
A third resolution reported by the same
Committee, and also unanimously adopted
recommended to the earnest considera
tion of the legislature of Pennsylvania
then about to commence its annual ses
sion, the propriety of instruct ins: their
representatives to use their most zealous
and strenuous exertions lo prohibit 1 tie
existence of Slavery in any of the terri
tories or States which may hereafter be
created by Congress.9
Surdi were the sentiments of Mr. Bu
chanan in 1819, and they are exactly co
incident with the principles of the Wil
mot Proviso. That nro poses no prohibit
the existence of Slavery in any o flhe
;
U created by Congress.' This is what
Mr. Buchanan approved of twenty-eight
yeurs ago as vie cause oj justice, inmuii-
ify and patriotism.
Having looked 011 this picture, now
look on that which has emanated from
Washington, and sent to the Democracy
of the "Harvest Home." .What sort of a
harvest can Mr. Buchanan expect to reap
by cutting such a sward as this! He
must be greener than the grass, to expect
to feed the People upon such herbage.
The letter to Berks county was written
on the 25th of August just two days be
fore the death of Silas Wright, the great
Northern Jocofoco Champion of the Wil
mot Proviso, or as Mr.-Buchanan would
have called it twenty -ciglt years ago, "the
cause of justice, humanity and patriot
ism. - ; . ;
, Mr. Wright had shown himself incor
ruptible, and then it was that Mr. Buchan
an made his bid for the Southern vote
So soon as this, even, he is getting his re
ward in the Slave Slates, and the follow
ing are examples of the , praise bestowed.
We copy from the Union, which copies
approvingly from the Loco Foco press of
the South: . . ;
' MR. BUCHANAN" ON SLAVERY.
Below we publish a letter written by
the Hon. James Buchanan to the demo-
cratic citizens ot Berks county, Pennsyl -
vania, and also the remarks of the Wash-
mgton Union which were elicited by that
documents - " ! . ;
We ar rejoiced that a man of Mr. Bu'
ly announced to his fellow citiiens of the
Keystone State his decided disposition to
tension ol lite 3Hs?oun Uompronnse to
v
all territory that
the Rio Grande.
may be acquired beyond
J'he great statesman of
that rrent democratic State, Pennsvlva-
Constitution, ami does not fear to declare
the whole truth, even to those of his fellow-citizens
to whom it may give offence.
-Petersbtirgh llepullican.
It cannot but be a source of pleasure to
any southern man to see an eminent
northern statesman take the position
which Mr. Buchanan Ins taken on the
subject of slavery. But it must be pecu
liarly gratifying to every southern demo
crat to sec, from such a distinguished
source, evidence that our friends at the
north do not mean to desert us at this
crUis.Jlichinond Enquirer.
, Us appearance at this time is mostop-
porlune, as it cannot fail to exercise a
healthful influence upon public opinion at
the north. We have long" been aware of
his sentiments upon this subject, and we
are pleased to see them so explicitly and
' forcibly suited to the public-
Charleston
Jilercury.
Trovble amonq the Democracy or
the Old Guabd. We announced some
......
. ,
s since, that there had been some dis
turbance at a meeting of the Locofoco
County Convention, recently assembled
in the City of Lancaster. We have since
received a full report of the proceedings
of the conventisn, published in the Trib
une of that city. '
, Alter the committee on Address and
Resolution had reported to the meeting,
Mr. Gundacker offered a resolution ap
proving and lauding Hon James Buchan
an Colonel Frazier declared himself op
posed to the passage of the resolution, and
was sorry to see it nrged in that conven
tion. Mr. Buchanan was no longer a
citizen of that city, or of the State he
had expatiated himself had sold his
personal property in Lancaster for $55,
000, and taken the money with him to
Washington city, where he resided, for
the purpose of avoiding the payment of
taxesand had written to the Assessor
and Collector of Iaticaster, refusinjr to
pay assessments. He was unworthy of
a complimentary resolution and he (Mr.
Frazier) was ready to oppose it.
Mr. Gundacker replied to Mr. Frazier.
1 sai,j he could not understand this onpo-
sitionou the part of his colleague, he had
always been tbe warm friend of Mr. Bu
chananbelieved he was the first to style
him "Pennsylvania's favorite son." He
wished Mr. F. would explain himself. -
Mr. Frazier rejoined "I am opposed
to Mr. Buchanan and his resolution."
'J'he Democracy worked hard in the city
ror his election to the Senate, and they
succeeded. "I was not the first to call
him "Pennsylvania's favorite son" but
I fought manfully for him. At the very
time Pennsylvania looked forward with
hope to him as the next President, he de
clined and left us with our hopes crushed,
and an effort spent in vain. His conduct
11 reference to ihe tar ill of 42 was weak
anj childish. The Hon. Robert WaH
ser
susi3inea tne interests 01 tne uemocracv
j tt.hi!st j.,mfts ijuchaiun was afraj(J t'0
j corae up t0 :he Work f;eor&c M. D.d-
las acted nobly in 1816, while James Bu
chanan looked after $6,000 a year salary!
The Democracy are as free a3 the air
they breathe and being so shall we
truckle to one man? "Upon what does'.
this our Gasar feed, that he has grown
so great!" That we shall obey, and bow
to his will, and worship himr No! I am
no man's man; and I am not for James
Buchanan tioirl He refused to give any
thing to the support ot the party in 1815!
He has refused to pay his Taxes here!
He has no right to vote here! He is no
longer with us, or for us! And arewe now
compelled uo!ey his mandates, to estab
lish his will? Are the Democracy ready
to declare themselves his friends, when
he is the friend of nt uianV
The resolution was postponed in the
end, and the Democracy of Lancaster have
refused at last to give their confidence to
"the favorite son of Pennsylvania'
A Good Old Whig. A correspondent
of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Register, wri
ting from Sullivan county, says: "On
Thursday last, John Van Hoover, of this
county, who is one hundred and fourteen
years old, went one and a half miles to
; the place of holding the election, and voted
1 the full Whig ticket. He has voted at
j every Presidential election that has been
j held in the United States. He was a
1 "Whiff in the revolution .and i a Whig
cow., -
DEMOCRACY & CORPORATIONS.
A HARD HIT.
The "Philadelphia Sun.
in replvin
to an article in the VPenusylvanian" tie
' claring that the "Democracy" are "op
posed to all exclusive grants and privile
ges of any kind," refreshes the memory
I of that journal with the following undeni
J able facts, which we re-publish (or ll;e
j purpose of exposing the hypocritical pre
j tenders who are endeavoring to humbug
win peopie. i ne iruia is, ana me recoru
of our State history will show it, that tha
Locofocos are the friends and advocates of
these corporations, and cseated all that
now exist in the Commonwealth. For
years Locofocoism has been in the as
cendant in Pennsylvania, and all these
"exclusive grants" and "monopoly privi
leges" which flood the State are tbe ex
elusive oftspring ot that party.
The "Sun" rebuts the falsehoods of tha
"Pennsylvanian" with the following facts:
"The whole State of Pennsylvania is
now crammed with corporations, covered
by exclusive grants, and devoured by
privileges to monopolists!
Pennsylvania has always been govern
ed by Democrats. Even in Hiester'
lime and Ritner's time, there was a Dem
ocratic Legislature. The power to
make laws has always been in the hands
of the Democratic party. If, then, lli9
Democrats are opposed to corporations,
how has it happened that the whole Stato
is flooded .with these exclusive grants and.
monopoly privileges!
We will answer this testimony from
the record of history. The Democratic,
party, instead of opposing, created theml
Every corporation now existing in the
State, will be found to have received the
votes of a Democratic Legislature -if not
signed by a Democratic Governor.
The, Issue. The letter of Mr. Buch
anan, to the Locofocos of Berks county,
establishes one important point. Those
who vote lor Mr. Shunk vte for Mr.
Polk and for the extension of slavery in
the territory to be acquired by the presei.t
war. Every issue connected with tha
present Administration is an issue now ia
Pennsylvania. Our citizens must de
termine whether they approve the impe
rial power of the President to comraenca
a war without the sanction of Congress
the creation of a debt that will mortgage
every farm in the State and overspread
Pennsylvania with an army of tax op
pressors and the expenditure of five
hundred millions for the fetters that ard
to make our fellow creatures slaves.
These are the issues pretended by Mr.
Buchanan. And upon this issue he saysi
"The field is a fair one; our candidate
well tried, able and honest; and he has
been regularly nominated by the party.
Should he be defeated, the attempt will
be vain to explain the decision of the bal.
lot-boxes, in any other manner than by
admitting that the Whigs have the major
ity." It will be seen that the Secretary ac
cedes to our party its olden and honored
tide of IVhiz thus rebuking theeflorts of
the Union to degrade him, Woodburyt
Cass, and others by the reproach oi fed
eralism. , We do not hesitate to acknowl
edge the truth of Mr. Buchanan's view
of the issue. Like the last political con
test in this State, it will establish that, ia
Pennsylvania, "the Whig3 have the ma
jority." North American.
Desperate! The Lancaster Union
says: The. indefatigable Mr. Reily,
Chairman of the Iocofoco State Central
Committee, has just published Address
No. 5 to be had of "all the principal
booksellers in the United States," of
course. The present number, like all its
predecessors that we have seen, treats of
the enormity attempted to be practised by
the Whig Legislature, last winter, by
means 6f a bill to sell the Main Line of
Canal and Railroads for the sura of 020,
000,000! the Slate retaining one half
of the Stock!
We don't wonder that the buzzards
scream so loudly at the prospect of losing
their prey upon which they have so long
fattened at the public expense! Bat those
who recollect that in 1844 a bill was pas
sed by a Locofoco Legislature to sell the
same works for the same sum and that
the People by a direct role, in the sama
year, declared their will that the works
should be sold may well be astonished
at Lbe desperation and impudence that
n.iw denounces this measure as "a scheme
of public plmider."
The One Term PaiNcirLE.-This tru
ly 'Democratic doctrine is gaininf.'ijnds
every day. A number of the leading
"Democrats" in t.ie State hold to it, and
so in fact do all but the office-holders, and
their tools and wire-workers. The at
tempt to break down the one terra prin
cipleby the re-election of Governor Shunk
cannot and ought not succeed. He has
already been in office more than THIR
TY YEARS, and drawn from the treasury
the enormous sum of seventy thousand
pollars. This is pp" enough in all
conscience. So think ihe . Whi-js and .
think a very lanr portion of Democra
cy," and unless we r.rc greatly mistaken
the nest election will prove that so think ;
an overwhelming majority of the pejpls
of this Commonwealth. Star & Banner,
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