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WIEN FiVRIIET,
BELLEI4)IVTE, PEN
1111EDNEFIDAIG JAM E IRS
TOYS AD BUS and CAR R.l:: . 'OlV ON TS.
firninuiTownsuir.—" If a &ever employed
in a caw receives money, cam. lie he held ac
totentoble r the sariUT if not holding,
hie own right V The lawyer
. is , retiremsible iit'a-eseiid suit for thi money
' received by him; but the shortest way in
hem is to complain to the Court,
and theindge will mate him disgorge, or
arid hem to prison, and strike ,his name
. 0.0116 the lilt of attorneys also.
" Arru Dreirctriti".—Your story IS old ;
besides the game is too contemptible. We
would request our corn spondenta to discos
tinue sending us, communications in vela
lion to the contemptible pauper, as he is so
xo cell known to the community, partice
/tidy 4he business portion of it, that it is
a waste of paper to notice hire, '
Oxixi lino-Kseies," sends us the Life and
Chore:liter of M. P. erosthwaite, which we
decline peiblishing. Mr. Ceosituraite is in
the
,hanits Acialirs, who is able to attend
tolhon.
lour, the 'virgule, of U. B. R., will he send
us another copy..
THE NE WS
The news latest from California, brought
by the George Law, is VPvy important. The
'city of San Francisco is in a gate of revolu-,
time ; the Vigilance Committee of ISM has
been recited, and the people here risen en
nia4se to expel - from their midst the gamblers,
vagabonds, theives and zrourtlerers, with
which that city has been so long infested.
The immediate cause of this-popular commo
tion was the mu der of James Kir.g, 'editor
of the /latietoi,)by James P. Casey, editor
of the Sunday Times. On the 14th of May,
essey met King in the public streets and tie-
Olt mrely shot him. An article that, had ap
peared in the B u //ctoi, accusing Casey, among
other things, of having boon /in inmate of
Sing Sing. Prison, was the, allegisl rinse of
the murder. Mr. King lingered for some
six days and died. In the meantime Pie in
dignation of the people was thoroughly rous
ed. The excitement was unparalleled, and
on the 21st of May, the day the steamer
sailed, continthed unabated. The citizens
organized themselves into military companies,
and on the 19th of May proceeded to the jail
for the purpose of seizing Casey. The
Shalll and other elllctrs dared mew no nie
sislauce to such an imposing force, which
numbered some two thousand rifles ben tees
tieitl artilery. Caacy, and ('or►, the nitirdf r
er of the late United States Marshal Rich
ardson ere eonsequer4y given up, and the
-----wipe
_ ... 4eiess -‘ere carried to the
..
etthe reeetive I 'otn tni t tt.e, Win Ile% ,
Ilic hot
it Aran generally believed, they would only
g 4 out to cadicntion. The wholo pew-ced
ing,' of the people are described as bring
adman and orderly in the extreme. An
Krecutive Committee has been in session
night and day trying the pm:otters, and it is
slid that, after they have been t tis i ,,, ne d of,
all the gamblers in Man Francisco will be
driven from the city. We must await the
arrival of another steamer to learn whether
this great , popular movement will be for good
or for evil. The press of San Francisco,
with the exception of the !feral,' believe
thee/thorough renovation will be effected.
—Mt lbreigrf news by the Arabia is not
very important. Thf papers are tilled with
peace rejoicings. Mob anxiety is also
manifested respecting the American dancer
tfcc 714venewe of the recognition
Vigil, following an closely on Lord Claren
iton'i amicable advances, incroanes the ex
citement. It is rumored that Lord Elgin
goes as Plenipotentiary to Washington, as
the °Jay chance of averting war, The Lon
don Times, with reference to the recognition
of Padre Vigil, says "It seems as if the
demands of ode nide, and the COTICCH9IOII4 of
the other, had reached the utm o st limit,"
and suggests that the United States send bi
Loudon a special Ambauseador, or accredit
the' present 'Meister with plenipotentiary
powers to settle tjie dispute amicably. A
rumor preVailed it Liverpool at the :list,
that Lord Elgin would ,be sent to Washing
ton 'as liEnist,eri Rleuipotentiarjr. Another
rumor says Sir Ifvnry s ill be the
Envoy. On ihn.29th, the Bank' of England
reduced the trtinimun rate of discount to five
per "rut. The arrangements for the British
deputation to the t'ear's coronation are com-
Octet], is fitting out a Hoot for,ltlex--
ieo.
Deutnark.is putting her fleet 111 an cf.
itelob state.
—'f,bo Anti-Fillmore Know-Nothing Con
ecrilion holding its session in Now York city.
last" Friday, accepted the proposition of
he liepublican Committee for a fusion, and
paused a eerie% of resolutions looking to that
exult. Ono of the resolutions proposialthat
the Convention shall nominate a candidate,
and also appoint a committee to confer with
the nominee, and aftern.ards with the Repub
lican Convention. plan, as understood
outsiders, is to nor..inate qcorge jaw,
who wilt decline in favor of tiler tAulneit of
the Viiihnlelphia Convention, te meet on the
_l7thinst. Mr. Law Made • speeth to the
setrodating the restoration of the
litunproasise, ansilrosd to the Pa
oak, at-,
V-Tho 13t. Louis Democrat, the organ of
the %Mon' Deenocrats, enlists heartily in
support of Buchanan and Brockinridge.—
This is, right, and Democratic. It is tip
dpty of ivery, unto, who calls himself a Deur
went, to abide by the deelidon of the Nation
al Coneention and support Its nominees, sad
wo are glad tosee that the Benton Democmia
of Alliouri, spite ,of all alleged eausco o f
complaint, intend to support the ticket pith
Warty eptlinsissta- ,
70. 7: learn from the Baton Rouge (Lo.)
\ Ado e 0 the 30th alt. that Wihemot , ad
dict of the United States army itationed at
la t oseco, wOmed the pawky of death bj
~ haning, the murder of a fellow-eoldier•
lie temtlis fete eakilli, — Gut did not deny the
wiftrwaa in hla aeii screaming
&o w th e i l ioeution aa though her heart
mpg break.
The nominatiewe *ad the pbatfertnjof two
greats Porllicat liartiell era note bedhre the
.peopl We may fairly consider that the
cempalge le open for a thir and free diScus
sjettlit4Winciple• Tha r Demotratie party,
organized arid held together by' lionnd na
tional doctrines, has piesented t to the coun
try two of the - satafilest statesinen within
ita 14uitte-invd we have also a chart and
avowed ellen!, by which to guide our future
political action. The boldney and frank.
rem With etisieh the sentiments of theme who
made the 'national nominations have been
published, is a sure guaranty of their sin
cerity--and 44, could dot hav4 beeu other
wise, bebauso the very principles of Demo.
erocy are identical with the business pms
perity and the territorial advancement of
the Union. The members of the Cincinnati
Convention knew that the wants of all sec
tions harmonised in a confederacy which
was based ou a fraternal foundation-add
carrying out the wise axioms of the Consti-
Lotion, they linvc given to their constituents
I a platform full 1 justice, and covering the
rights of all Ae6o/18.
~,
The state of arties at present is one of
those singularkedtations which always fol
low an exransion of political excitement.
From the days of Idouroe, when the Demo
cracy was yet in its infancy, the country
was divided into c:iques that had mote lead
ers than followrrii. Even before that eta,
and during the Adams dynasty, when the
alien irate/3(lokm laws were used as ma
chines of persecut ion,' the peuMeralic Party
and its principles found wanner adherents
than advocates. The people, the sound,
tax-paying and thinking people, were a lu aye
Democratic-and tht people, even when
misled by the excite: wlt of a moment,
have never failed to sustain that organisa
tion which to-day rises in grandeur amid ma
jestic power before the countf) = . Puri - 4
the exciting period of . the war of Pll2.
a Democratic administration successfully
moderated a proud foreign power, milli the
sympatpcs of foreign notions against it, and
, A it li trie clamors of home made philanthro
pist to contend with. No issue, however '
important, and no question, however it affec
ted the laboring masses, but was settled by
the men a hose talents and convictions were
d ev ot e d to the promulgation of Democratic
principles. The financial crisis -that con
vulsion of capital which more than threat
ened a dissolution of the Union, and which
for a time almost destroyed all hope of civil
liberty on this hemisphere, as co amicably
settled by A Democratic policy, that the
farrida of those ato were its warmest ad
soeates then, are in...lilted by an allusion to
the fact now. The. (mention of trade and
commerce, with the aniononling issues of
home industry folketteel Amor in the track of
hank corporation- and that question, amu
sing the jealous), of seetions, VW inflanniig
the passions of individuAl toile rests, hecatne a
stem subject of discussion--but was at
leogele ...Wed. he that struggle, no mom
bore a nobler part than Jsenus Buchanan.
Ile was in the Senate, the compeer and the
equal of such men as Clay and Webster
and he was in the cabinet of Polk, whM the
casting vote of a Democratic Vice President
forever put at rest the vi yed question of
trade, and the right of any department of
ludustry to claim special advantages, by le
gislation, over another. These two lead
ing and important features m the govern.
merit, spreading their influences to ell sec- ,
lion e, reepdred at the time a a ise and saga
, cious treatment -and the history of both
the past pod the present, shows how wisely
they were adjusted. Turning from the set
tlement of such a subject, the next great
mime involve/I the acquisition of territory
and in. that. issue, ()wised by all cliques, de-
famed by all the arts of declamation-and
circumvented by all the machinations of for
eign
diplomacy, the Democratic party open
ed to civilization a territory gifted with ev
ery blessing of nature-gave to fezao a
I,lace an the,aisterhood of States-brought to
the bluer of the Union-and ail unintemrp
ted and smlimitahle Pacific coast. These
are the plain And untarnished truths of Mei-
tory-the plain triumphs of principle-the
achievements of men honest in their inten
tiorm-and that prestige of that greatness
which has made di respected abroad and be.
lout at home.
EMI
=3
These questions attended, the right to
control the acquisition of territory, a na
tional bank, and a high protective tariff,
were each in their torn, the lailkies of the
opposition, and each fell before the convic
tion of Democratic truth. As parties are
now formed, and as they have declared their
principles, new issues have r .been Started,
but yet the fh inoeraey-Aiat Democracy
Which is identified with the prosperity of
the whole countryl-has never changed, and
remains intact in its political tivowals. Tho
issues as presented by the conglomerated
cliques of partizan fanatics are as various as
they are vile; too contemptible, 'sonic of
them, for notice; but in the aggregate, ma
king just suehitort of opposition which is cal
'ciliated* deceive the masses. Knovv-Noth
ingism, assuming to be the exclusive
iarkinization of the land, claims tho dis
pensation of political rights. Its creed is
intolerance, and its principle. persecution.
It would dictate terms to Clod, and defiantly
disregard the laws of man. Its leaders are
sworn to treason against all who differ with
them in opinion—thi denouncers of slavery
where color js only regarded-Land yet ty
rants when the opportsusity is,offered. ,
The real issues of the Derroperatic, party
are, "equal and exact jiistiee to all," reli
gious ,toleration, a ketone regard for the ne,
Lionel honor, the extension of free institisa
tacitly, and that love of country which at
taches itself to the soil, and not to the her
esies of political deznagogueism.
Aomnytmas or Ma. Fit/atonic—Mu. emu
mittee appointed by th. but PhilidnlPl4
Know-Nothing Cent/mhos to 'ay rise Mr.
Fillmore of his nomination for the Presiden
ey_have *t last road/red • formal response
front that errithitryin. unhiaitatingly
aimepts the nomination, platform and all.
The fetter of semptatnoe wan written at
Faris, and bears date oflifay 21.
riot rY ISSUER
MEM
iIIT.TITRAf AGAIN.
- 'The organ of the Knew-Nothings ht
Phil
adclphi4, the Dui/ti News, in Its issue of the
14th intl., h noticing the anti-Fillmore and
Done!son conwention;held last week in the
city of New York, and its antecedcrh inten
tion of imitirig t with the 'llllick-Repiiblicens;
who are no)tr holdiOg their convention in
that city, Asks the question .• who will be
the Republican nominee 'Tito News di
vides the Black Republicans into two fac
tions, mid desetibtig one as follows
.N.The other eltment consists of tneteliold
hit direotly oppositoyiews, who, alter hay
iag worn out theinselvas in tho t,oeo Foca
party, and being unnfilo any conger to ob
tain °Mee from it, have united themselves
with tht) Republican orgaiiirntion, and now
are its chief (1.11(1 most active lenders. These
men, though tlif.y prqfessto be violently op
posed to slavery, are still Loco roeos in all
thi it principles, if they hove any, and hi fa
vor of all the radical illerlFilrelnilvoratcd by
the Loco Yoe() Party, including tho British
Free Trade policy, ffillibusterism, kr. They
are, in short, reeklessomprincipled dema
gogues; wiouie only aim is public place and
plunder, and who w)11 Adopt any means to
obtain either, and s upport no inao,whom
they cannot use for their own selfish pin . -
p_04401.
The Nehs then notices the claims of the
different Republican minlidatey, and irlicres
that Col. Fremont wilt be the nominee,'
says: • . , .
"The indientimis now, therefure, are all
that Fremont will la. the ninny and, If so,
Well may tin n be the qIIC/WAIII asked,.%4 hat
feats Of statesmnnsbip hellias performed,
th it tic slionlikbe chosen President, or, to
iise the language of Shnkspenre:
•' Now in tie name of nil the Gate it‘mro,
Upon what wont deth this our Cow feed,
7 hitt he ieptowit in grant."
So Fillmore is to be throe n overboard af
ter scripting the Know-Nothing nomina
tion, What will the llindoos do i Nigger
ism is ins fair way of ruling Know-Noth
ingism.
FHB CLERK OF THE SESSIONS.
The Clerk or the Sessio n s is RS easily dealt
with as a child in swaddling clothes —and
that is he nerds washing. He admits that
he attempted to overcharge— . and when we
discovered and exposed this attempt, he
erica for .mrrey. He says is a printer, and
with the aid of an amanuensis, has gained
a light reputation' in literattilq. But his
fatality has been to listen more to the voice
of flattery than reason. We give the
" Clerk of theticasions" a charitable benefit
of his own bombast in this allusion, and we
now t ill endeavor to convince him that he
11 is is tong in making himself an agent of
the free love organ. The very fact that he
olicred to do the nal r !limn% for one man al
a blurr sum than ye charged others. proves
our assertion that he was engaged in extor
tion under the mercenary advice of inter- 1
~.suil abet t..irs. His overcharge hi the bill
of i osts was (cm dollars instead of ihrre,
%loch is the h gal rate—and part or his hAs
is the liberal manner in which the witnesses
humnioneil in the liquor trials have receipted
for their fees. .
Well the '‘ 'kik of the SeSNIMIS " ponder
for a moment, and coormeo himself that
words do not justify a virong. A column
of brevier or long primer is touch easier
set up than a cord of wood—and yet, when
common sense and common reason are
in
vokcd, a guilty conscience, indeed, needs no
accusgr. In the legal proft'ssioti, the Clerk
of the Sessions': is admitte4 to, have com
mitted a sad error—and in the community
be is pitied fur hitt indiscretion. The fail
ing is to be attributed to ala -brains
not a want of heart.
FAQ, of Lancas
ter, Pa., has issued a useful work entitled,
;"bierstor's Guide and Pocket RCcard,; i t con
taining in a neat and compact form, conve
nient for parrying in the pocket, the United
States Patent Lawn, • ith, notes of twiner.
ont; decisions of the United States Courts ;
also, Rules and Directions for Preeeedings
in the Patent Oilier, with Forms and In
knictions for Patentees after they have se
cured their lett( patent- In addition to
these it also contains a list of counties for
each State, for recording niemoranda of
sales, hc., interest table, an abstract of the
r , ,enstis of 1850, a list of the number of pat
ents for inventions and designs that hare
been granted, a dictionary of technical terms
in mechanics,-and other interesting and use-
ful notes and rules.
slums AGI L ICULITIAL SOCM-
ry.—Tha Exowitive Committee of the So
ciety have issued a circular in reference to
the Fourth Annual Exhibition, to be held at
Powolton, near Philadelphia, on the 7th, Stbl
9th, 10th and 11th of th:teher next. It is
stated dada local committee of forty citizens
of Philadelphia have been appointed, tw co
operate with the officers of the Society ; and
that /66,000 has beeu guaranteed to meet
expenses. Premiums from 025 to 8200,
amounting in the aggregate to over $12,000b
will he offered for the various classes of do
mestic animals, fruits, American wines, ma.
chinery, agricultural Implements, &c. Fa
vorable arrangements for the transportation
of stock and other articles are to be made
with the various railroad companies..
K rnattatt on our outside a very inter
esting
: letter from the Rev. E. W. Butter,
relating-to the German population of Penn
sylvania. The author is a ripe scholar, and
an editor known to the fraternity through,-
out the country. Ile is now engaged. in it
holier not a better cause--and we are
glad to a that ho has • moment's, leisure
to turn him ..sh• mild pursuits of his` prO
f4ion,, jo pity tame attention to the gab.
Jetts Which' bit pen has, heretofore, no nobly
noil so beautifully adOrned.
Ml
Putors.--Our exchanges from
nil parts of the, country come us filled
with Know Nothing withdrawals. One pit.
per contained the public withdrawal of fifty
seven persona in two palatial. The Know-
Nothing party . is tumbling to pieces Amt.
Hossists Crizga--Tlui house of .Jacob
Friend, ftylr miles front St. losepb, Mis
souri, was ilted by sortie unknown person
lately, and Mr. Friend, his wifo rind five
children wore burned., Itis supposed they
- ,?..rdniunlered before ihe fire.
PRILADiii,PRIA tVRItIISPONDSIVCI3
PHILAINIPMA, Juke 140466. '.-
Moms Entlol3:.-11aving few illotneut;
ofleistre I twice dirliberty of eel:rang you a
short ethane of &tiny in the oeity of Ikoth
orly Love," thitike they might prove of
interest to your Atlent—particularly the
Democratic on e s.
_
Yhe most important event of the week has
beett the great Ratittcation Meeting in glori
ous ohl Independende Norm, on Tuesday
ti
otening last, add it is a going too far, when
f state that It wakthit • rgoat. meeting eVor
held, here -'being con 44 alines; exclu=
sivoly of vote; s, free men too, who had come
there to show the fees of civil and religious
liberty, that the Conatitntiolv of their country
should be upheld, in vile of Abolitionism
rend all its kindled isms. Our worthy Wyor,
Richard Vaux,.presided, assisted by a large
number of Vice ]'residents and Seoretaries.
That noble old 'champion of Democracy,
Hon. Lewis en 45,1111,4 present, and made a
glorious speech. It is needless to say he was
nipst vociferoudy cheered. He was ddlowed
by the "Little (limy' of the West, nom S. !
A. Dohglas, oho 014 mado a splendid hit.
A vast `number of others addressed the
meeting, which adjourned at a late hohr.
Tho feeling in thip quarter in minium to the
niominntio'n iv rind, and plainly imbeateic
that the Donodra tic flies never burned
brighter, nor the tips of Die times present
1 a more glowing lsrbingcr of auccesa. The
old(ine Whigs all falling into the ranks in
large nufnbera, iftermined to lend their aid
in crushing out tlp insidtams monster, Know
Nothingism, what) has crept into our coun
try,il tra serpent le crublied within its shiny
fordorevery kin and social feeling that
should ['nitride t -heart of every true Dem
ocrat and mincer lover of this glorious land
..:—wthen man sh l Adge his fellow man for
his moral worth, awl not by the narrow stand
ard of sectionalism or birth.
Our worthy Mayor, Richard Vans, has
had a busy time of it II =king his selections
for the new Police. The out side pressure
has been Teri great, as is always the case
in a change of admieNtrat ion. The appoint
ments thus far are very good, and if we do
not have an etT(..ctile force, when, the whole
a'ro made, it wilting be the fault of his honor,
for he is desirous of having one of the very
best; and shonki he re on as ho has begun,
he will make ono of the moitt. popular Chief
Magistrates that our city has had for years.
Long life and prosperity to len, for he is a
noble fellow, Is ith a heart ever open to do a
generous act.
The weathar hereabeuts has been very
changable, one (lay and another warm—
but you know "var;ety is the spice of life."
Provisions are high—butter sells at 30 to 37
cents.
llosillCSß IN pretty good, and our itiercliants
have not had muds, if any, cause of com
plaint. The trade of this city is rapidly
increasing, and promise to rival ally other
city at no very distant day.
Tim /attar afAili&lami iiCCCPting
the bastard Arierican nomination, has just
been received and published. is' a
strong current at work to throw all the can
didates overboard'and centre all the ' isms"
of the day upon the nominees of the Repub
lican Convention. which meets in tin city
next week. It is thought Fremont w ill be
the unluckily He that as it
nmy, you may rest assured that Fillmore
is to be dropped and the whole opposition
will cad( avor to slop the deluded followers
into the trace of amalgamation. To further
this mid, Robert T. Conrad, of the city, has
been elected chairman of the anti-Fillmore
American Convention, now meeting in New
York. That paragon of modesty, ex-Govern
or Johnston is al to in attendance, dancing
around among the members like a pea on a
hot griddle. Whether the honest portion
of the '•Anwrican," can be o hipped into
the support of Black Re publican; ins, remains
to be seen. Truly has Know-Nothingisrn
fallen, when it has become ao ashamed of
its own darkness as to endeavor to screen
itself under the loatheimme cloak of Aboli-
We hare the usual items of city news,
such as Ares, drownings, drunkenness, d.c.,
which are mcidt.nt to large cities.
Our Board o' Tarern i Licences are pretty
much temperance own. I think they havo
ahamsfully abtaed the confidence reposed
in them, as they have granted licences to a
numhernf infamous runt holes. lam afraid
that the law will prove a farce, so far as this
city is concerned:
the number of deaths in our city, for the
wialek ehding tmdny, is 150, of which 17
were of.honitimption : scnilet fever 14, &c. ;
adults 56, children 101 This is 38 less
than last wee*.
P. S.—News has just been received of the
"American" Convention at New :York Offi
cially ratifying the organization propositions
of the "Woolly-heads." Verily the wonder
will never cease, Yours. truly,
WllO IR G10111.11A1.. WAlSka? r —rllo citizens
of Nashville, at recent own Meeting,
passed quite a glernig eulogium in the char
acter of General iirelkesotho master spirit
of the Nicaragua movement. Ono of the
resolutions describes him after this fash
ion :
" Born, reared and educated In our midst,
he has ever maintained the character of, an
bobcat and honorable man. A firailurite of
the University of Nashville, sod for several
years a student at Paris, where he devoted
himself to the acquisition of knowledge, his
intellectual endowments, hie literary attain
ments and varied knowledge, his nice sense
of !poor his distinguished gallantry, and
hisW.cpuiiican principles, eminently qualify
hint" for he task of regenerating a people
earned *l'th all the evils of a bad govern
ment, and ooeferring - upon them the blessing
'of freedom and security under the operation
of wise ad beneficent laws. lie left his
"home and native land without spot or blew
ialettpon his character, and we, who know
bum !cU, feel aura that, whatever may be
his fitters career, he will do nothing to tar
nish the brightness of his tante."
Mnar TAVXU LI011718; EICTOETRAL —The
Clerk of the Nannies of Philadelphia cofinty
hits been exponent by the Evening A►`gys for
charging fees error what the law allown. him.
Thin practics,Ateinn:to be contagions.
THE PEMOCIATIC RATIFICATION
MEETING N PILILAIYELPHIA.
One of the largest and most. enthusiastie
theetitiga ever witnessed in Philadelphia was
heidritt.hilependence Square, on' Tuesday
evening, June 10. There were pver twenty.
thousaud freemen pi eseiit, mid 'ffiii - 7tptarti
presente appearance of a sea of trans
pitrendea, on which were inscribed senten
ces/ patriotic and pungent. The crowd was
so great that tuo meetings were Organized ;
being at the rear of the
State House ; at this place, the lion. Rich:
ard Vaux was chosen 'President, assisted by
rue hundred Vfico i Presidents,'and fifty Sec
retaries ; among the Vice Presidents ire ob
sei'ved the llon Josiah Randall, Judge Find
lay; lieorge M. Wharton, Esq., Win. Biddle,
Esq., 1)r. N. L..Hattield and aims. The
proceedings were opened by, some remarks
of Mayor Vaux of a character' highly com
plimentaryM Messrs. Rachanan and lireck
'midge. lie concluded by introducing the
lion. Lewis CABB, of Michigan, to the meet
ing, who delivered the following able speech,
which was frequently interrupted by ap
plause.
SPRECII OP GEN. CANS
FeIMO Citizens—l rim hoe among
you to-might to bear my testimony to the
importanam of the queation, about. to be
he subthitted.tolhis eonfedetated Re public.
'The peaceahle election of a Chief Maguftrato
by twenty-live millions of people is always,
a trying duty for them, and interestiog apec
tacle for the other nations of Ehristendom.
It is a glorious power, this power. to choose
a national ruler, awl' glorious tills been its
operation, atiti'ell. for rho prosperity of our
country and the stability of oar otstitutions,
as fur the encouragement of .strip4'gling free
dom through the world. - lint - eirellilititall
ccii give to the approaching quadrennial ex-
OrOiso of , this power, A character of grave. I
had almost said fearful iesponsilality, a l og h
it has never before Assumed. We have fallen
upon evil times In the, expressive, Intl
guage of the Scripture, lid:hate nosed fat,
and prosperity is blinging os tritium of pre
sumption, and insantialaottion, and arrogant
dictation. - Since the memorable day, in
this r cry Spat' e, u last that great deed
of independence was done which will
make this spot immortal, there has been
no day fraught with inure serious cootie
quences to the destiny or our eons try, than
will be that fixed day of popular decision in,
November next, for which we are now pre
paring. The .integrity of the Union, the
freedom of riligmn, the right of man to gov
ern himself— date are each inisailed with a
tenacity and activity of purpose, and a. bold
ness of action, ri ho It call for the post erful
interposition of every true-hearted American
whose patriotism has not fallen a viitim to
the strange hallucinations of this period til
strange things. Little could the men of
Seventy-Six— littla could the moi, a ho im
seerated in the Hall, under whose shadow we
are assembled, by words and deeds the
principles of self-govi i 'intent mud of the
right of cow-woe,: little, ould they par e
thought, that lwfore all the generation that
Wi11i...8,4 . d alit' apporril and part lei lintel in
their worhbre»oir »i il lahms, should have
passed ninny, auothts ri mild liar e arisen to
repudiate their cork, and to cast re i yowl)
upon their memory. • llut so it is - tin 'atli
ohe must not worship hiq Creator, agreeably
to his own faith, nor must an American, liv
ing in a Territory, be solferod, i ith his fel
low .citizens tla re, to adminoder the vverd
ment, ;or the «antnan betn lit. and by the
common action. And jo ,
y, my fel low- Demo
crats, who are now arouird _ too, and who
have wane to thus y000(110,41 of fri i men,
know iog )our righti;:anit Mu ii. ~ determined
to maintain then, you parto•ipatc in the
government of tin i good old k, ~tone State
keyntone now and yrs r may it lio, and no
man dare nay you nay. lone intimate do
mestic relations, those. Vi tin pass the iloOr
-1.111 Mid reach the hearthstone, upon the en
joyment of Wilii'll. Kit munch of the hitp i ,,,,,,
of life depend, the relation., of bust and
%Nile, of parent awl child, and of mast( r and
tiers ant; these flintily corslitions are con
trolkil by yonm Ives, and the power is of
the very essence of freedom. And think
you, if you should relict% e to Kansas, that
they would lw li SS dear to you, or you less
competent to niami;.- , them ? And yet, if
you stem here, it is eltilmetT by the corn
mints of Democracy, by all of tilt in I be
hive, that this pooi r to regulate y our do
illeStlC relations would beton.; to I 'ongi es,,
wit to you, list that a ii,' igo I, ;_;!,11l1 in 0,
foreign to the Territories, because they- have
no reprenentatinit iu it, has the right to dic
tate on the subjeA of these relations, aril
that it is its duty to control o ne of thou a t
least ! , that of master and at rvant, and that
the,nght of to If government does not belong
to the people. Do you thud, if j on ri ere Otero,
you would appror e such a toontrouti usurpa
tion i He, who a ould dote, i , as Joint to en
joy the privileges of a fretinan, as he is inca
pable of appreciating their r aloe- It isapre
tension better suited to the hankit of the Dan
ube or the Neva, thamthose of dm Delaware
or Kansas. Do you not think, that hero or'
in a Territory you are capable of judging
and acting for yourtielves anima rho aid or
interference of Meddling politicians, either
in Mruisachusetts or a herever cliiv lilmlitioll
- Nulled captive the hem( and hearts of ,
Wren; or political ambition directs it against
the Con.ltaution. And the great doctrine of
the ravolutiom the great doctrine of )111134
nature, that man has a right, to gas ern litini
self, in the Kansas, Act, the whole Kfilliiiiii
Act, and nothing but the knoatis Act, so far
as respects the principle int (mud in it. And
in ita preparation antr in Ow powerful and en
lightened. tompott he lent to ir. and to which
its final success is greatly indebted, lip
friend, who sits beside me, Mr. Idouglasi
kept steadily in view this great controlllng'
element of our institutions, and made it the
very corner stone of the Kansas govermnent.
And ho would be a rash Mali, not merely a
bold one, who upon thin holy, ground of
freedom, tondo holy by itsassociatitms should
deny the principle or condemn its practical
'application. ,
If every portion of our coufitly woold
limit its interference to its own cow - frog, and
leave each political conimmunity, Outlier
?Mato or, Territorial to:govern itself,: subject
only to the Constitution, wo should bo the
happiest and unit united; as ' lre I[lll4 , OW
freest nation the world has ever Fioll. bit
this eternal propensity to pass bejbond the
circle of our Own rights and (Intim, and to
undortake to direct the conduct Of iothent,
has already, worked incalculable animehief to
our Union, and if not *sliced will 'work its
redo. Awl how is it tell hocked,' but ljy
the aotidn, prompt arid fca it, wed ein4.-'.
gotic or the Democratic party. 'rotor party
alone Mande erect laitween the(S%ol,l ihition
and its; perilii. Its rival, and sot , tiles in
moments of extreme danger to thin tiountry,
its co-laborer, the Whig party, the old faah
honed Whig party is prostrated, brolfen up,
savored into fraginchts, each disjointo por
tion seeking new combinations. Our arty
hat; a mighty trust committed to if, tho i.
ust
of defending and maintaining the herit ago
of fr4dom which we received from our fa
thers, and whieh,our children have a right
to 'at our handl unimpaired, aitheir
birthright.. And truigniticont indeed will be
its destiny ; if it is not Moored b,y the wick-
Midas and follies of our day. ' rho Unictr
hiis btought us libirtx. prosperity,-power,
"Tyro."
glory, voleatevet politihal benefit the heat of
man can cenreive or desire, and it is lot in
the infemy of iteoxistondo. Hold oh tai it,
friends, as I said soenctiddes sine() id the
Ser.ato, hold on to it as the shipwrecked hut
riper clings to the last Plank oyhbte" night
Red the tempest close around him, _
I hate told you thall came hero to,tear
nly testimony to the importance of this
great Ocelot al question at the present tinic,
and in - all truth and idiwerily I move done so.
The Demovratie party linVe nominated as.
its candidate for the n 'y. Yette wOr
1010W11 and cstet mud fellow-cifi
' mt. James Iliiiglanan, and for Viet: , 'resi
dent, Bedizen of Rentuelly, John U. Breck-
inridgc" warthy, bk, his talents, and scree- e
ces, and ellaraCter, of the emifidemte indiea
led by his selection. And their election
will be at once the test of the strength of 1
our party and the pledge of its Union, and'
also of its stability. Well then, may I bay,
that the election IS a momentous one. tia
momentous, indeed, that the persotlal claims t
of the candidate's - almost fade front view.
And yet I need not tell a Pennsylvanian au
dience, nn American audience indeed, that
James Buchanan ix among the ablest and pus
refit, and most experienced of the states•
men of our country, titled by his qualifica
tions to till and adorn its highest station.
'fhb Executive Government w ill he safe in
his hands. ,Abroad he will maintain our
rights and our honor with decision and firm
netts and at the smite time, in a proper
spirit of national courtesy ; mid at home,
his guide will be the Constitution, and he
will jealously gum(' within the lineds of his
duty, the rights of et cry seetiou of the Re
' public. The name of an .‘ MN - frail not of
his country w ill he a missran I of honor. and
within it will be a guarantee of constitu
tional rights, so Air as regards the genetal
got eminent, whirs !to man trill touch uits
impunity. And he trill find the colleague
we skill give him, (Mr. Breekenridge) a
faithful co adjutor in the mime grin! cause.
I say the colleague we shall give him, for
they will both 10 elected. The deerce has
gone forth, and It mar be tend in, all the
signs around no. In the , fat or with tt
the nominations ate revolved, in t„lic confi
dence indicated in the,yesult, m the reperts
that r, itch us, and in /what tt e have done , ftnil
can On ono that rasa, xce Will on
these considel adults, whde they futnish eon
diliwe for hope, furnish alsy [notice , lot
energetic action. .We shall enter the con
test, not for t letory, that as we ill n linen ing
indications promises us,,,,nit for the extent
of that victory, not for a' inajority, but fur
the numbers beyond it. What wp wnnt is
moil decisive iestilt, that to the ,power of
the Constituticn, the new ndininktration
' tnay add o fEntinoral power, which dvpends
on the conviction of public : support and co
op( ration. And all of this is within our
reins, if Ice entry to the ti tok but a Ninon
portion of the zeal and em rgy. which our
revolutionary patriarchs carri( d to theirs,
when in yonder building they mutual))
pledged to each other their lives, thi it for
tunes and 1/11ir Narreil honor. And nobly
did they lash( ni the ph dge. tin ye all and
lid low their example.
While hailing the bright thaw n of the dam.;
sun, k t us not la glie•t the steady light of
&piffling; one. Let us tho jiditnie to the
performance or I:enertil Pkeree,lw bile we the
jastiee (I, the minis,. of Mr. Buchan:ln.
ii,timog A...m..0.0;mi has Is urn truly
Democratic ;xll.l Ann t icatt-tote. It will e,
141111111/1111rabll . 1,0,111 the pagis'of our politiv
Col histoiy. Its glint till mane; or external
j die} meet my warm opprobohNott. They
1111 t e Lion just, firm, nil took. And in ride
lion to itsk int( rnal pull y apple (I to the
ittlittr.4 in Iii1111:41/4, anti tla in IcindiH iliffemb
Gel, 'which Muer been n grdnt soiree c a. ern
harrossment . it ennui-alai* itsttlf Ow to my
}
Itidgeniont and suppot t. May the sbuing
I ' Chief . .Ma' , lsttate fi nd. %%lon Lc xturns to
private life, ui the en!), of a faith
' lid de-Hinive of 111.4 dolt , s, and in the le
• peel 1111,1 of In 1 . 1)1111r) in( it,
the rtoard of Ins 1:11o, and 4 , .'1 . 1104 and
Iliad,. And 1114 ruble addr....; 111, , °diet
vetting In Ibr Ili tow airy rf Wa ddngton, to
faet, to the Ili tuorracy if the l ' uton, at
loans lotting of raudiraliun, tth u •h call. 11
upon lino, and the Sllll'll ity and tariastia ss
with which he a yuesci d m 1111' I.l.ketini/ of
has rllllllll . lllnr, 111111111`1101111 1• 1 .1 1 111 I 'olllllllllll
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e !Bei! to move-pied 001.1111141.1 4 / 1 441. 1 .11. I tiot
coed is tilt deep interest to Ids ( haricot
onlo,•and I trust they will he conveyed by
the press and the post to es cry corner of the
Union, to the re tuatevt. 1. , g ohm upon the
3 the vt..4.."Atrge
‘‘,lll show tO I h r Aui. I that dim
tippeintinent iu in,. high place s is not always
I follow ed by and that there ate
President,, w hit unite no circumstances
I forget it hat they owe to the 113 mom atic fart).
May place and happiness attend him in lux
retirement.
The lion. Stephen A, Douglas, of Illinois,
then followed, and was listened to kith much
attention. Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
was then received with much enthusi
asm and applause. The next speaker was
the Hon. Wm. B. Reed, who wan greeted
by his fallow citizens with the liveliest de
monstration.
sputcuMr LION. v. 14. B. it.mY.o
Fellow clic:cam—l sin here this evening by
the kind invitation of your exmimittee.
sin here under the generous and comprehen
sive ealrof your meeting,--and I am here
,)),44.1 as strong a wish as animates any One
within the son n et of toy voice that the ticket
nominated at Cincinnati natty Isit successful.
In coining bore, I am conscious aim separa.
lien from ancient friends or ficin c xisting
pohtical organirations, for the great party
with wind, 1 l o tto solely 11 , 1 ed hi practically
extinct. No one stoiel by it longer than 1
dot Those who tt mild now prostitute its
mane for other tiers, (All4l C 5,11 that 1•1 hard
ly Kith nded,) have no claim on illy fidelity,
i and those who without 71 Ch111) , !1. Of feeling
or opinion on any great prineil:le of govern
ment, think there, is something more sacred
than a traditionary party name—they--and
!Nine are thousandk such around us and
lamongst us—will, on the great question as
to it hose hands the truest of our Executive
government shall be confided for the next
four years, will c'oute with me and vote with
you. lam glad to be among the first of the
great conservative party of this city, thus
publicly -to avow adhesion to the candidates
of National Iknuieracy : It ivy be, I ant
taking a hazardous step. It thay be a sac
rifice. But, he it whatit May, no one shall
say it is a half-way, timid, hesitating step--
or that now, after a life of very decisive pol
itics, I hesitate to do that which every senti
mint of loyalty to the Conatitittion, of clear
duty to-my native State and to my native
city,prompts. Thus feeling, thus speaking,
thus very wilting to art—coming too as, a
-private and undistinguished ..dtizen, with ino
ends to gain, no aspiration to gratify, 1
aln
sh I shall be welcome.
Ifutif have a special and a local object iq
being here to-night, and I wish that, what 1
diay could reach every Marl or business in the
community, for, on the Vomit! 9f mere local
interest. I can demonstrate which aide
Philadelphia ought to take in the isoue now
before the people. Shall the capital of Penn
sylvania, this metropolis so often postponed,
so much overshadowed, cast its infliteuce
and throw its' veto—is it wise, is it patriotic,
is•it politic for it to throw its Vote against a
Pennsylvania candidate 'for-the Presidency
rimccially ft is wise to do so when the vbte
wouhl, , in all human probability, be east, in
favor of it principle of sOetiettittism against
which Philadelphia hes afefaysayra yeditad _
With- aggressive Sectiorudtem in, any- fem..
thilreity tif .the Constitution neve , hag ta k d,
anti never can have mum:profiles, ri d I cher
ish tang,) ope,that, if herea ft er
,P ladelphis
Ironshet:serf obliged to choose • tureen a .
merely Abol Tion cause in any firm or [Mile,
and the - Natontil - party, which knows lie
higher law than the Constitution, and makes
its principles , conservative of- the
,Union; her. ,,
citizens will mime forward to the, suppottsit
11Ir. Buchanan with as zealous and hearty."(
will, as I UTI it my, duty to do now. r. Tem
porary and national ezeitcmetita Allay have
their i»fluenee of delay, but the ultimate re
sult is certain: When M. ,Buotitinan was
last here, returning from public service to
' his hotno, the politicians treated 1.101 door
' tigninsChlini tic *Velma greeted himfrOm
, official lips. dint the, inch of business, the
' Merchants of Philadelphia toek „the dray fa,
their owp hands. They thAlleed haty fort
maintaining 'their honor abroad. They
thanked kiln for his effort to plantain peace,
and with it the. interests of commerce and
peiteeful industry , To them'he spoke words
or genint gratitude and of conservative foon
sel—and they now feel, differing as they ',
may front him politically : that the Interests
of the Nhtinn are safe in hie hands. lie
Mends in-fore nit too a man or irreproachable
private character. If doling , the canvass
shout, to begin, Mr. Buclitinan mantains, aft I
am sure he wilt, his• attitude of dignified
moderation, of admonitory reserve to all who
from any quarter urge It- contra-ultntism,—
if he contilines to stand as ho now does be
fore the nation the type of conservative states
manship, with no alia l tententof fidelity to the
-great party who in Lliounriftg hi! ll l.__h°m"
itself, I, as one of its ' humblest citizens, int
cite him 'ick to Philadelphia te , ,, a new afi'd '
'heartier welcome. I shall be gl*d'to Reo 11 ,
POOnSjII. auk President welcomed in Inqe-
Insolence I 1a11..... ~ -
'phi, toatti - 1: of Suite pride, this local ezul
town] ; in honors rendered to Our own public.
men. must not be looked on as an illusory'
souluoent. 'Your distinguished guests to
night,•fraimiwtiner States, hill not think rho
noise of ii 4 for indulging it. It is that which
has made Virginia t he Mother of Presidents.
She 1111T1W4 her childien like aTtively mother,
nod does not bind them out or east them off
wittinni rare as to wtow iws-i,...,, ,, ,-, -.4 .4.......
ft it 115 1 lilt( it Midi made Massachusettscling
to Mr. )li-6riter : North Carolina to William
i;nLiton : and Soul Ii Carolina, to Mr. Calhoun,
furl to lit r other honored eon William Leun
des, (a Min_ bentative from Carolina, whom it
was lmr pride to send to the Halls of Coo
p-, it, men of peaceful, gentle chivalry,) end
'4%111111 bound Kentucky by devotidn tbatnever
devoted to Clay. And now, whet* for the
first hole for seventy years, a Pennsylvania
statesnion is named for the highest honor in
the Nation's gift, have we not a right, nay,
is it not our dirty-to eaow the throbbing or
the same pure sent intent in our heart 1 If
the linbit of easy self- sarrifice,,the readiness
to lic J »tent pith small honors and subor
dinate ;'lll, is which has been so long the din
drt,,lit n o d sh a m,. of Pennsylvania, if all this
brit e not ellillcd to absolute indifference every
iii ,,,, ri f ( m o t i on of honest pride In our
bohont, this commonwealth will speak out
for low honored son ii, torten which will not
stain die an ny to silmwe —and film no pare,
if her feelings and opinions on pnintsof pub
fie po l i cy lie moderately respected, will there
he ii of flinger' and heartier uttemticefrowitthis
tilt B log met i spolis. ..
But there to an actual political significatt ,
i-y• in do se nominations; that or Mr. limek
iln idge, ns is ell a-1 that of the President, as
it-Teets locality, that cannot be overlooked.
It i‘, no extreme of territory that l'grrliiihea
Ilse candidate. They come from the Middle
Suttos, from the very centre of the tfniop,
for Kentucky, strictly speaking, isno longer
a IVestirn state. They are the represent*.
I iv( 4 of thilL central band which encircles the
I Mon, and which, if ever theUnioninnever
i il, mast break asiiiitit,r in tagged edges to
tint and wound by the animosity of frontier
r. a rfni e Kt min 19 and Penns . ) Ivania, though
with diflorelit social institutions, are of the
smile political parallel of moderation on all
national qui show,. and of unwavering . fide-1
;iv to the l'omtnnlion nazi the Clown.—
Celialt) IVallilt I-; one of the Old Thirteen, and
lividucliy it the it ohle.st child -at least, their
;list-born beyind the Allegheny mountains.
The beautiful nver is hit-h ii ashes the shores
of Kentucky and on which Beats the friend
ly commerce of so many united States, is
termed of h iiiisyhania streams. Fanelli.-
CI,M has not, and in vt r has had, a foot-bold
in Peunsylvania r s.s.cept, perhaps, near the
Nt:u .1 in k line. or uuthe..l_4.c.of _the-West,
ern Ile ,i i t e, and Kt (duchy has never tieh l t, a
child of her 'loomed soil into the councils of
the Maim' ii hose acts or words gave pain, or
alienated the hearts of patriotic men, hewet
er sensitive, either front the South or the
North. The:candidata thus selected hero
a high mission. They have imniedikte con
stituencies who have trio net! timid in the
school of Constitutional loyalty: and that
mission, as J rt I igiously hope, (and for this I
look to Mr. Iliicharian's election with 'On
bounded conflikm c,) is to put an end, by
wise and decisive counsel, and by adminis
trative discretion, once and for e'er, to that
sectional agitation which has solong &Meted
and replexed this nation. What a price-'
lees blessing it will be to have an adminis
tration for four years, during which, by the
lucre force of example, no word of acrimony
shall be uttered ~n the subject of domestic
slavery, anti lioe nailinCh evil passions may
be at rest.
These. my fellow citizens, arc sdino of the
renynei hick Influence my judgment and
enntliwt now. They are not meant L&.
oldnivi%tly utlu rd any is here, or to be "of
fensively urged on those who may think dif
coently Irma u,e. There aug.other topics
rather relating to the past than to the future
should he glad to Npt :1k of, but this IS not
the fit occasion. (hi them and especially on
the ant repel,' trauma of secret political of
ganwatioll. lay Vie s are Avid! JCllO.l$ll, for I
spolse Hem long ago, when ( as pow, timid
eminiAols advised silence. 011 all Public
!natters I am - apt to fool strongly and to
speak decisiVely, hut, I have sought in what
I hive said to-night, to titt,r no word to giro
pain or excite unpleasant fecling,enywhere.
I have tried to - feel and speak, on $ great
question of political intoreat, as do 4weviean
public man should' think and speak and
from the bottom of my heart, Mr. President
and fellow citizens, I thank you for tb4.4.
r ortimity yolk have just given we 'of
mg out What I really behovo labia. it is
notnew, the true policy of ,
After . Mr. Reed, henry M. Philip, Esq.,
of PhilatlelP s hia, the Hon. Asit'Briggs, of
Nord; Carolina;
, tntl lion. Richard 13nalhead.
claimed the atten • n of the assemblage for
a considomtle tithe.
The second meeting w organic* the
southern end of the square; by o)l4liPoint"
Inept of Chas. Miteikster, as - Preflident, and
a numerous body of bleb Presidents and
Secretaries. In taking. the chajr at this
Stand, Maddacalester made a few marks.
and Was followed by Messrs. R.- W: Power.
James M. Schofield, of Kentucky, Captain
Day, Win. E. Lehman, Hendrick R. Wright,
Thomas 13. _Florenee, and otmll, Itacr
which those present separated iirWrmuch ,
enthusiasm
fry •A letter front r Oopenhagen intya—="ar•
Fillmote-speaks Clertaanvety fluently."
(1711 c 19,126 ;emigrants wfin arrived at
New 'York during the Mouth Of May, brought
$1N2,819.
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