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The temoratic Watchman
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.111INIty .LAYS, PL.
rj , "flor trends everywhere will woofer a favor
by httereeting themvolvera In getting op club* for
(Ike 4 A entail effort on the pert of the
ftientis of the good e u e would 'he the means of
plaoin 'wood Demooratio argument within the
tenth of every men. •
gilt Valatritinan.
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FILN It Y fIAYS,
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IVEDNEWDA V, JUNE 23, 11,430
TO R.E.4D 1:105 "d CORRESPONDENTS
F., Art< bcrn re'cit'ed and tet7l" at•p . eak ?text
treol. A 'number of adecrlitement? and
r , aohn.z maitre hal peen retarded `nal thm
fr ,, A to ',Mkt I.lotil , fOr 11107 . 4 vptiror (ant ar
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TIFF NI:IT CONGKESSM t VI
eompliniftber of
uniBstions from our Mends from cliff
erent Part. of the Congressional district.
evil. etc reeommendmg a favorite as the
nett Demoorati, , candidate for Congress.
It n ill he scum limo hefore the nomination
rue l it made, a n d lint lug
. tio:t commenced
an important Prt ,I. 1( [dial campaign. tee
de, ni Isti 1 30 t to 1111.11,01 Ibe4o
eosnnwai
rntwn, in full, and content onr,elves tvith
rn, it ly nicuti.nung the tlttmes of the gentle-I
ne I, Iwought foinrl'. any one of whom
ould make a popular candidate and an vib
e:cot rt prem. salty. e Among those sugges
.l' Into from Oil.; John B.
Meek, Dr. Benjamin J. Berry, t)r. Sanutei
Struheeker, John T. lloovi. r, James Mac
maims, Esq., and Dr. C R. Foster. Clinton
. - ounty steotlgly urges the nomination of her
Carol ite, Allison 'White, Lyrosning
Comity with the saruo spirit urges the claims
of I fon Wm E. Packer, and MitTlimeolnity
bi lugs forward those sturdy Democrats, Hon.
James Bunts and Moses Montgomery, Esq.
These are all ggeKl names slid are well
known to the people and the Democracy of
the District, but as we stated above there is
Mont) of tuna IN fore u 4 ., both to select a
esmiodiste anti she him. Let taut Brat, finish
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electing a respectable man to represent this
now disgraced Congressional district.
THE NE WP
John C. Fremont, the nommee of the
Republican party for the Presidency, owes
noinination more to has reputed wealth
n . trvice. Ilia lota has
not been spent in the councils of the email-,
try, or 111 political cabinets. lbw tastes led
Lim to wild adventure in new countries, and'
ns an explorer of western a rldcruess. Ile
WWI born in South Car him. in ISt 3, and is
now in his 43d year. Ills frthcr, a French
man, died %hen ho is its only four years of
age, a n d Irma mother was left dcpciarlent.
lle received a good edueation in Charlesom
Colter., through the fru ;
culisequently taught, Ilathimain 4, and then
turned his attention to Civil
,l'avrtnevring,
and was soon after appointed A Lieutenant
sf Dlgineers. In 11542, he explored the
Rocky Iriountatns by a new hire. In this
t Apt dition it' was that elvers' of his inert
go; lost in the snow and ikrished from star
vation arid exposure. In; 1845, he started
on auothir expedition to 'the West, and
«hen the war In CAlltortila 'broke out, he
retired from the service, in comerpienee of t
being court-martialed, though the Prcsident,l
nut of respect for his father-in-taw, Col. T.
11. Benton, remitted t h e Levitt-nee and red
gored hem his sword. He organized another
expedition to California, and on ins arrival
II that country way riveted to the 1 rvi ted
Notes Senate. Ile drew the short term of I
two years, %Inch tho at out, lint Wade no
great impression in the St . hatv , ,' taking very
Mile anemia In polities, except in what he
Lad the greatest ixicunisry interest in linnseq,
land claims.
C. Payton, tln Itepubli^an
1.011/lIICC fir Vlct PrtSlllefl L, is n Inxyt r by
pi olvssion ; has herd the office of Judge of
one of the Now JoNcy Courts : has servyd
in her State Legislature, and u as lion of her
representatives ut the Undid Stet( Scunte
from 1842 to 1851. During tins pc of
his sturdy orposition to the Fugitive Slave
Law is probably one of tro`Atgest reasons
nvity ho was selected as the fteptabliean east
itidate for the Vice Prehidency.
.-j-Lietroit, Juno ID. --James A. Strang,..the
Mormon leader, war shot ,at"lteaver Island
on the Itith, by two of bis, f f ortne . r followers.
lie received three, belle In the body, fad a
severe blow from a pistol . on' the head.
Strang was alive up to noon 17th, but lay
in a very
,critical coudirion• as'isiastris
had been larreatett
—St. Louis, Juno 20.74,4 vices from Kan'
1119 Territory, repreeeot affairs tlag 44j $i
smiting a mildevaapoeti.,,itulnorn of !Minna.,
Lays almost:.ceasedto he beisid, soot. the
patties of armed .
have been dialsauded,
<n" are skuUtitig In remote parts.
11.11te - New Ilayen lb:Aster Says the
Black Itepub!itsuis de sending to*Kanass
41.21.1 t 9U0, to stituuletti rebellion ant! murder:
their oidenlations Wig that this 6no9uut
spoilt there is MOO see hie then gip'as tunes
the amount spent ht the fie* State*, and
that, by the eseitensent they will get up in
Kansas, they *sr catty do wiany of the North
ern Rates fiat from ~State stron g* they
cam MONA, itabosso; •
THE EE-ÜBEH'AN N'OHINATE;NYE
In the early days ofilinil t otuan EssOrb,.
when that Repot:die - was in the 'zenith of its
power ) • youlig soldier was sent into ;Asia
Minor to ravage its pioviriCes and conquer
with the sworifehe tribes he could not sub
tine with the arts of diplomacy. Ile was at
the head tt the greatest army that ever left'
the capital of Rome, and marched with a
prestige and renown Unknown in the annals
of ancient or modern warfare. ilia passage'
into Egypt was an uninterrupted series of
triumphs ; bitt arriving there, himself and
follewers bocamd an esty prey to the courtly
luxuries of the East, where ' Closer at last
became the lover and the suppliant at the
feet of Cleopatra, his army was dipersed,
his achievements were dimmed by his de.
batiohorio, until t h e people of Rome, indig
nant with the treachery ho had practised,
ummitriously demanded his return. lie did
return at the,dicad of another amity, enriched
by the bounty of his mistress, and when he
entered the Imperial City, he was hailed with
the acclamations deserving of a god- His
immense wealth: corrupted the nobility,
blinded the People, and gathered around his
standard tt,driutken mob, who etc% atoll 11110 j
to the throne. From that date the Ileelly of
Rome commenced, until she fell a prey to
the liettnesmantss thep_engentlevvl, 'weer 10
rise to power and glory again. The contrast
whirl' we Kish to present by thi. :illusion is
contained in the nortimation for Prtsident by
the late Republican Convention. A few
years ago, a young soldier was tient abroad
on various expeditious ; the results of which,
however brilliant, were marked by all ex.
traveganco unbeconiuiga republican govern
ment. A daring adventurer by education,
yet timid by nature, ho plunged. min extra
sea at which his superiors trembled, until it
rreseesaw wacmaary 'to allier
inirtiel,.. , where, after -a ikitliirirklee - wits
suspended from the service. Then follow
big the dictate: of n nild impubte, he gath
eiled around Lim a number of rmigenial spit
! its, and ,1 :filo the desert iii quest el l
the El Dona.) of the modern republic.
5110 W 117111 Ntol In, pinching want,
star.ation and de Atli, that gallant band'
struggh d, and only a fi w reached the roil
of a uscle4 ts expedition, Vt file bOnCti of
the rest were left to bleach in the path I,hey
luta taken: ..701,11 C. rj,tikolit it as
the tcad
cr of that unfortunate bawl• and he is now
the candidate of the Iteptiblican party for
President. hI , • mild to Cal; fornia a; an ad
venturer in guest of gold. lie reached that
territory and rwabu d hid brightest di tams.
lly- one of tlio.e strange feral s of fortune
ono of those singulaz tricks of speculaCon.
deierving the higliest prnl.e of the adept of
Wall street, he h anta-,usl a fortune almost
; fabulous in amount, and is now regarded ai
I the nchest man in the world The means
resorted to to get possession of the lands
and mines he now owns, are known to the
country: and although his titles have been
approved by the highest courts in the land,
the duph:ily which he practised to get pos
session of his eatireystices has been des:lowa-1,
tilir - Z - niii. mines eve a ish to prese ' n ' t
here, is contained in the striking similanty in
the manner in which one people was cor
rupted and destroyed by the same means.
Ha was nominated solely, because he is rich.
He has no merit heiond his deeds of desper
ation ; no claim to public favor or considera
tion beyond that of &ling, a. ituitioniare ; no
education but that which he obtained while
in: the employ if hiS - ittiii"- - inmeeit ... itis es pf , - .
nem.° as a legislattir. ILO sagacity as
a statesman ; no discretion as a diploma
tist., and the last man in the Union to
hot even thought of as fit to, wenpy the
Presidential chair The ripe s-holarship to
which Ainencan statesmen arc approxi
mating', ertth the increasiuz interest ,of our
forvign and dome:tic polo y make it us i.•es
s.ll-y that c c , h..u1 , 1 ,iLlec:: our Iwit inert for
posts of honor and of frost, and it Ni null
indeed be a i allrWty 10414/414 the iron or 44
estimation if the people were induced to
eNtunii to the hands of a rash adventurer,
thew wealth, their noloatry, their prosper
ity, and their civil glory. As Rome tin,
whorl corrispli il by the n ealth of easiar, so
we might fall, if brought tinder the inthienqc
of one sillis& past ti fill of inistakesoind
wko is brought forward nOW,rOIIIY as the
representative of money. Hunmit' hia short
Senatorial career as the first United States
Senatas,rrom California,' the position of Jahn
C. Fremont was below even that of medioc
rity. MI litr etTorts , in the Senate were di
reefed towards the &lt of speculators;and
the consolidation of h.s Mariposa claims:
and we venture to say that he ill! not pre
sent • single petition to that august body
wlikli did not contain on its face some
scheme either to enrich himself and friends
or_to deceive the government es to the value
of their territorial 1108 ieliiiollN. utter a
short teen of two years the people of l'itli-•
If forma indignantly &son Lied him, and then
it n-as that he threw himself into the politi
cal market, hacked by his- millions and his
myrmidons as candidate for the lighest
office in the felon. lie Imekstered vitli
I every chine, bowed to eveiy faction, &civil.
eseett with all 'sentiments, has a face for
all sections, and is now the candidate of
the pie-Mild mass, termed the Republican,
/party.
We mistake public sentiment and we have
hut a low estinuto of the intelligence which
has marked the political history of this
country, if the people will suffer themselves
to be deceived into the support of a nomina
tion such as this. Laying aside the incon
gruities of the platform on which he Mends,
and the inconsistencies of those who hypo
tTitically take shelter undypr o his standard,
niust not be sittainithed if the govern
or the old world, who have long made
,thor , arab= of republicanism a subject of
rfilicule.'to take advantage of his elevation
to wrest the growth of this Union.
We believe, however, that these is a con.
servative feeling abroad, and we• know that
there is a great Democratic party at whose
head stands one of the brightest and pun*
of American statesmen, both of which' will
atop in between the people and such a, re.
suit. The candidates and • the platform of
Ihsuessuis potty ors such u chalbow rot.
only tke , admiration of OtiUntil, but they
1
rßll sMikiire the enthusiastic - SOpporS'of
masses. It is well, indeed...at tids_ Itinolure ,
that weshould such a platform tmd
such candidatkw, and it is'bottertoo, that we
ben rely upon that sound dispasslotaie
went of the people, whi , n they are called
upon to decide between not only the merits
of men but the purity of principles, To
such a tribunal we confidently-rest the issues
of the coming contest.
THE' REPUBLIVAN PLAT ORAL
The platform of ' the hybred reformers,
yclept Republicans, is one of those strange
specimens of political tergiversations which
it is almost impossible to deal with sensi
bly, The resolutions set out with the hypo
critical professions of attaelunent, to the
constitution and a veneration for thole brave
men who framed and passed that immortal
instrument, and then the author plunges
into a tirade of denunciation, of all hiws
passed tinder its sanction which happened
jto conflict with his peculiar ideas of , the
itglitsof the colored popiiintionof thecountry,
i n d ee d, th e piston in is nothing more than,
a ieliarhli of that dale jargon with n Inch
1 David \\ 'limit ha, been insulting the ears
of the people of Penns . ) Iva Ilia, for the last
eight or ten 3( fir's, and we do not know which
to despise most, Ills impudence in thus fore-'
log himself upon the notice of the people 1
who have so often repudiated him or lilts
mendacity in attempting to give the color of
truth to what has long been trampled in the
dust as the most OhnOX ions falsehood, 'The
whole spit it of tiw resolutions is embodied I
in "inggel worship," seasoned with the
usual abuse of Democratic men and mess. ,
ores; and reiterating what he has so often
iterated—hollow professions of attachment)
„for the rigiskilf man. The whole subjest of
1 1 IliaNal7.. a .`. 6M , , P.,lB3:oPrely asmasaricso, and
had he gone no further than thin, the people
would have executed Into, but his tiaimmtrent
elk' t to niudead piihlic opinion from the real
state of 11111111 s in the Trrritorial Go' trinnuit
I
i of Kansa , : and Nt.iira‘lsit., tt is at mice appa
-1 rent that lo• fi.ont it thow ',whitlo w , m ore
to tier, ire than to enlighten the.pcople whom
he bolo ,to thaw tO lb, it support, 'llie a!,-
SCI l ion that the govt. nine ut has tmeminiged
not awl rt vointotti to those tem tturitA it too
.p.laudy lake to ne, il a rt filiation ; bectnew
it 10, ls oil the aim and the tifort of the
ntiministiation of Fratildin Pit i , ,•, tht re to
maintain cis il law and.hu-sttun the tultninin•
(ration of J imi , r. The hold of which we
has e heard VI Intl il Anil whirls are made the
. text foi filme resoltitionm fooml their most
active ( 'lrminger-, ainong the fanatics and
Abolition , iustiders'in lit Fah:. Such men 1
ilau Henry IVitrd Iteeehm, who prefixes his,
name nith a recerend, ma le an arsenal of '
his church, a lure arins {SAM collected and
money nosed to intimidate the government
white I.thorilig a inalittaiu the peace of that
country. Intlammitory handbills were dis
tributed throughout the Tvmtory, calling
iiixh the people to p r on.. Lt.. ogilitaara of haw,
*tut il.i arrests of "canteen ' abolitionists:
hacked by such menus Wilmot and Corwin;
4...5ia 'esamersaaaa.
most vigilance of the federal officers . ;'
ale- • leader. There is more danger in a fusion
excite the liveliest fears of the citizens of
like this than will appear at glance to
Kansas. No sane man in thelfnion eve* moat people, because the demigninfia• n
believed that that Territory would beciline
Iv( 'eh it mill being together are the Baltic
elite() property, nor
,was there any motive
i who have so . long been threatening the sta.
beyond that of a mm-bid desire for agitation homy
of the union.
and din cosine
the floors
'on the part of Alerlitionism for the confusidh !of congre,o, with the
which lately extlted there. Karvtal nn 'fortes poem to ruck men and to place tear to
tioubtedlYiitt ft CI e4_ . s t ft k , - klr e S.l-Q9' • -
men positrontalaf mthrence wantit to - tante- -
we trust, not mil) from the moral luitio
mminit to
retritna ,
purse to a bandit or
tiLavery, lea from the ls,itnuouw intinc "` life;to a tire! Although ;erut Smith
and pewees() of the mutt who reingt
ac the leaderbYTkaiteed Alsilitioeisin is air
borne- to talk !elm sympathy and be w
ling for a Brost() take his place in the oinksbravely against moo's inhumanity
man, " of any party. it to only to secure for hon.seli
and follow era incase of auceess an °ppm tu-
We can •.e.•• o other feateire in t h is plat
ity to rent their %demi upon those patnotic
them beyond that of tills worn out subject,
n oun ho have so long thwarted the min th(
worthy of notice. Questions and issues of
labors to (h stray the(,nion. Although .1(.1111
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far mom importance to the intereals of •
P. flair, and Newerd, and re'e ly, and Chase,
country, arc entirely ontoneloil.
Our inter " i and oftlon iner, and
It
most arm ant of All A boli
cool st itlt fort 17,11 nationit notv so firmly
F.dohnidon, are willing
peacefully established is unnotici
' to tiappert John Cv Fremont, it M but a ruse
lir trade and commerce of tear country are
get
po,,se,anni
of a
pliant Idol w
ith hied,
lost in their s) inpathy r.,1- an ahnosit tieeless
to rut down amt,ny the Democratic
race, and the I datr°tin ' `die" consider party. These are'facts, sahib tbe aspect of
that the Convention that adopted it, con
. the political barman instify in proclaiming,
tented, at leant, men of ability and 'expert
land they are such facts which should of once
ore, if the lid lack honest and patriot
e the entheseisem of the Democratic
is tint p narcat li P tte i ntett of a- Plitical party of the country. Even if tee have an
creed the people were t vcr a.sk9el to adopt.
abiding faith in
air thorough
04iniziation,
It containi but a single sensible suggestion, !
an unalterkble conviction that the men we
and that is, its endoreement of 'Pacific an
ott presented to the country are tried and
Railroad ; but there are still some hopes i
',well known statesmen, and that the priori.
left for the Committee ;1110 framed the ream
lotions, 'because they are opposied to Ito—
plea which are iattcnhed upon oar banners
lygnmy.
emanate from the Constitution, we must take
wanting of the put, and' not allow our belief
in our own strength to permit our enemies to
succeed. Already do we notice the indica
bone of the ftiaton in our own nudist ; already
do a e hear of men anhained to acknowledge
themselves as belonging: to an oath-bound
clique, and unwilling to rank themselves
among the fees of the Consist Mien, butto
foes for holne. elen,se to Oplie,:e the Delllo
- paay, ss he are now openly and mis
chieviously aztioositing }remora and Fusion.
80 far as Centro county-sit coned Lied we
recoguitie the fusion and liektioa ledge the
compact—the. Democratic pat ty, •;.s• measures
and r•r, men against ell the clopo e , the :vino,
- The doctrines, and the wesecutions which
maditehs and misfire caw invent. Thelpo
, noieracy of old Ce'.ntre, nit arc of the liyipbc
' risy by which she 4as been tit:caved in the
in the past, is ill scarcely be deceived by this
second effoi t on the yeti of Utese st Ito are
trilling to asetinia any name, or avow any
principle to gain power. The men who now
proclaim thentstes for Fremont am the
same who l have alvitays opposed Democracy;
they may thing° In mime, but they eannet
change pr atifre. thoL i are ottr natural oppo.
nuts; but defeat has) led its far to teach
• .
thorn that they never cn slit
‘ed in totally
overthrowing a National Democratic Organ.
Ws navy: requested again by ('apt.
It. I). t'umnungs to state that the memory
of " tee Me editor" of the free love organ is
as shot tas lug funds. Fin denies owing the
Captain a single penny, and writeo him
-dealt " a liar," when he asserts that he
does. "We the I , lithr," forgets, so says
the Captain, that there is is Judgment, against
him for a considerable amount in the office
of `.iyuire ('aldwcll, still unpaid ; and that,
so says the Captain, ho paid a 101 l in Phila
delphia of ton ciollarS for " we the editor,"
which ilie Itrvercuil Mr. Crostini aite refused
to return, alleging that it was a personal
debt fur which the freillccee organ w as not•
responsible. Ile forgets, so says the Cap
tain, that he leaned him three dollars, which
amount is still in thapnekot of '" we the ed
itor," Where it ittiffirtlasing by interest.
ffe forgets, so says this Capitain, horse and!
buggy lire, nt various times, still unpaid, '!
and he forgets also, so says the Captain;
rious sumptuous dinners, which the Captain,
in the goodness of his heart, is willing :to;
forgive him. It is very easy for men to be
come personal on paper, and play the part
of Bombastus Furioso with d steel pen ; but
says the Captain, it would be fM morel
manly to walk np to his 'Mace and settle.
" WS, the editor° wil' certainly' take ill
this advice in the same spirit in which it to
give, that is, , ib„sobernees and honesty.
1 A. Wealthy family in Now Orleans, so
tainted with negro 'blood on the rnollicrol
Bide that they ,could not be adulated Int*
the ”best society," gold out last year wad
Went to Plll*. Ono at the daughtera;. it - is
v,
'sum repot. , has married a foreign au:abas
h** at tbeil ot i Lovis Nor I co&
PAltrr - mrsioNs
For more than ten ram there have been
in existence a variety of political organism
tions,,which have suqeedcd only in convul
sing the country withAlSe issues, and thus
ilriving into extrpos men whose choice of
government differed with their better judgr
meet. A review of these cliques present the
extraordinary fact, that the basis upon which
they.rested iint now rest, is n hostility to
Democracy. They are incited to activity
only by •this single idea—and we doubt if
ever there was it political party, however
remote its existence, Nut was started for the
same purpoSe, end at last fell ',beneath the
irresistible growth of Ihnnocrntip principles.
As parties were heretofore formed, snob
parties to which:we 411u41e, they strove more
for men thau measures. It Wait with the
leaders a game for ambitious aggrandise
ment, and the race for pourer, lath became
anxious for the destruction of the other.
When any great crisis ocenrred, these
cliques, north and Routh, }tolling oft from
the real interests of the cow try all aid or
lissintant . e, left to othera the d ty of repair-
I jog the injuries which the ,perpetrated.
The crisis commenced unit the Imlay of
profess( ii yeformation are to iltilitlerOlis ,to
be referred to now—hut it worthy of tie
mark, that only when these .xtrenies would
he brought together, only tl n dill the mini
try sail. the evils of mi. itle—only Then
was the Ireasnry droned of its rehources—
and only then were the pro le booed to the
ground in shame. A fuel i of churl; has
always resulted in confn on, and it could
not he otherwiee„ boom e their ideas of
government do not h , onize, and when
once placed in power, ditiy have inratiably
caused k revolution in the sentiments of the
people, which hurled dew from power, and
beieght back the wry-meat to that policy
apPuldnettOrodOMecaud ;temerity.
The peoptelieefgoat to hare soother in-
. rf 10 ' 8. h
hrec parties which have lately prcsented
'andolatk s for hreablent nod Vice
now Notinitgisn., I 'bat k
'em and Republicaniatn, all inotgli ni on dly
r alitfering in A entlpielit, nn nits tidy milking
rrangetn. Ids to unite for the 'impose of
gibtod; is,issession of the :Toils of ofliev.
Millard Fillmore is to Jr. ,ft..rdleed to satisfy
the Phillipscs nod the Gail-D.(m The
Black Republicans of the North rendered
frantic by tin ir long lrprated dal% I, and
ra 'in not forgotten the stand %I.telt lie tottk
regand to the questloli of slavery, then
swore and r are non iletcrinini <1 to run 'loin
nut o r the field, althou t ;:. thine Sallie 111011,
the adht rcuts of (ire, ly laid t:ltt rlSon, with
rho folbin of Fitlinoro nic Illedge(1 . hp
prescribe a man for MI ° I - eliginn, and de
nounce loin for his place of birth. They
are divided by an army 4,1 negroe. a Idch will
cep thcITI A ennrril ft] furt rt r. In retort,
the fi iends of Mr. Fillrnoie, rnortillvd at the
reatintnt they have reetts IA at the hand,. of
heir weoll -headed allies, ti.elare they r ill
„,eW,.: - 3
mirleas now fa kmithat in 04 ow RepubArark !
' • a no effort mittied tb
TWIT
•
lrY"The corporatkm of tho city of &Moo
have ongagod John Witte, E.q., of Ir►ecwter
Pa., to make a balloon asoenaion on tho. 4th
.01410 next, from timpublicgrodado of Moir
•
Madam Uoldabibla (shoWny Ulla} Will
makecher Wit god lippestanes in
04 the 30044 POliql.
EDITORIAL CORRESPQND RNC If.
LAJidAtillelt, June 17, 1866
At homeoneo more. There is something
very pl4SMot in the thought, oven after an
obsoneo of a few short mot/WS, to,flnd your=
self ehome--in your old home- 7 4milialmed
os with the Sweet memories of child
hood, boyhood imd manhood. I never visit
Lancaster without an emotion of pleasure, or
leave it without a sigh of regret. Ilut the
old home is changed-11M old familiar races
bive parsed away—the playgrounds of
youth have become the business marts--the
blooming maid the staid matron-and the
lazy *chola boy, who :lingered on' his lot
sti 4hpptitir o'clock boll summated him to
his studies, has become the man of care and
trade. Three are the common mutations of
Time—and asyears roll on, 3 tremble while
standing beside the old familiar home-hearth,
to think that I too run growing old. I teem
hied, as passing through the solemn city of
the dead, to mark the sail memorials of de
patted friends ; and yet there is souothing
eweitt in home. The same sun still shines
on old familiar places ; the same ti and bends
the golden grain, and the sainc.rivnicts, (lint
'lanced in gladness along daisy-covered
hanks, and through flowery dells, still send
their gushing u titers to t h e bosom of the old
Conestoga. Chid bles4 old Lancaster.
The principle feature noticed in the gr at
change in Lancaster, is the immense im
provements which have taken place within
the last few years. Ten years ago it was
considered nothing more than an inland
town ; n ith a quiet unasouming population
of genic nine thousand inhabitants ; hut now
it. ranks next to rithaburg in trade find bust-
newt, and in manufactories next to Pidladel
phia. There are three of the largest cotton
factories in the blitidlo States, employing on
on it veragc from, Light to twelve hundred
me& women and children. Two &attic
liwonnoth C works, oneoll which in the :Asia
space of ta o years turned out sixteen loco.
motives, besides a large howls r of station
:fly engines. A huge nets ittanufactoiy,
owneit by our old friend, l,t neon, lisq ,
nho annu‘illy ottiplies the govt With
o ork to the amount of thousands of dollars.,
It is Walesa to go into detail of the other
great tmprotements in the industrod inte
rests of Lancaster ; but the change and the
inCrease hcen so great, and the accumn
lated wealth all apparent, that I could not
refrain from giving tlWin a passim; notice.
From a city of tune thousand, Lancaster has
grown in population to be almost one of
iighteen or nineteen thousatut. Iler once
quiet street;( aro now ahvo with business
stately residences rise on every side; magni
cent stvres filled vtith the costliest goods
and rarest gen-Kass hay taken the Waco of
small shops and her public buildings are
certainly tqual, if not:Superior to ally city in
the State west of the metropolis. As a
welmen of achitecturc the Lancaster enurt
()use cannot be excelled. It ia orally
Insgnifteent pile. and at first eight strikes the
1111,1M11110”.11141.0., AMR V. RYA remiss
for ten.. nos Isiniding reflects credit Ityron
die liberality and taste o3' ,
I 0: men or arrangements stro on a gcale of
splendor almost beyond description. The
court mem is elle cif the largest in the
country ;,)ts furniture luxurious ; trtula the
drapery, curtains, and frescoing gave it a'
palitrat appearance. In walking through
the court, rout' I was struck with th, , r,,_
scud/lance, of course on a hmall , ,cah., wlurh
our own court room bore to this mirtinent,
coat& -riot -home -*ern- mere--prrfect
been ilmuerreotyped. The county pitson,
the lecture rooms, Fulton Hall, many new
l'ohurehes; Marshall College, the miter vrorkn,
gas %%mks, and a hundred other public tin
moveinenh deserve a rediee; but my time
and space will not p. unit.
Last evening, the company of a few
fnends, I had the pleasure and the honor of
vu,iting iVlicalland—the residence of the
Hon. Janie, Buchanan. Wheatland is sit
itated 4mM-A mdc wetit, of the city limits.
it ni "ertainly- a tedivat tit for the great sage
and statesman -located as it is in the midst
of one of the finest parts of Lancaster
county. The reaiidenec is not large, but
substantial and very plain ; iudced it is
sternly re - iiiiblican, and as the visitor passes
through the beautiful grove uhicli leads to
the mansion, he is struck with the tnipi i -
city, neatness and order of the grounds.
The lands belonging to the estate consists of
about thirty itereay M the highest state of
calthation, and under the immediate direc
tion and control of the bachelor occupant.
We found Mr. Buchanan at home, sur•
rounded by a great many friends; and found
too, that hospitible greeting which quo; made
Wheatland an agreeable Eckert for the hardy
yeomanry by which it Is surrounded. Be
reeeii,td 114 all kiuilly And roe te . 4)llhly, and
although jiist returned rimii an important
and arduous foreign mission, whose perplex
ing duties would have shown', their traets iin
an Ordinary than. He . leolied as well as
event remember. 'He has received, since
his return, and parthMlarly since his nomi
nation,,an inniuneralde manlier of viliitoni.
Persons froms]] ',parts of the Union indeed
are }motoring to congratulate him; and it is
more than gratifying to War front the lips
of those who' have never Strut Who nine, er
iressions of the a artnestde‘Mion and
after they had made his fiequaintance.
Great a ma,: as James Ilit'clianatiand
filling its he now doo, the. mots* 'of his
country's glory, to be proper t i appreciated
slid beloved, he must be milt at his Own
threshital; . he taunt hei seen in the calmness
and repose 'of own home; he must be,
communed with at his own baud : and uo
man, no American, can leave Ills presence
'without feeling that he has atomd before one.
of the Arcate4t men of thsi,age. His very
mildness makes hint great; his venerable
ticpearance, noble bearing, and kind, genial
attribittes of the heart Lave drawn around
him in old Linctietier 'county the warm and
true men of all parties. There is not a
dent iulnind hat that James, Buchanan will
carry Lancaster county by s very largo ma
,
Repugnant as it js tOntrffitlings to lusie
personal allusions, T 'am induced to at, so
nor by mYaltention having been called to
paraimb. ingia /onca t ateT Zino in.
Which the, editors of that , delectable shoet.
'charged Me: Bitchanati with'keeping a eq.
giky , akw hottlio— .At lioSilh`lhis- Is re
: tiled ail one of those inalieroui •falactotidi
the - Which one of, the editors wilt, ineaicelvt-,
tea in the countypritiert ; add ittihond those
who know Mr. Bueliannn will, took upoh It
as a forgery iihottld be punished by
a few years in the Ilenitenttary. The per
sonal allusion which I Wish td make I 9 con:
shined in the fact that 1 am / indebted to
M. Willie Geist, one of the editors of this
temperance sheet, for the abuse which I have
received at the bands of we, the editor"
Of the free - love organ,whihilif7 - Cleiit gives
as his author of the reports which have
reached my home from Bellefonte, as to' my
being a drunkard and a common street loaf
er, one Ira C. Mitchell-- 7 culled by Mr. Geist,
an "eminent lawyer" of Centro county (1) 1
do not know this Mitchell personally, hut he
has taken particular pains during
,iny short
residence in Bellefonte to,commonicate to
Mr. (twat the vilest falsehoods, and through
the agency of Ucist, wound the feelings of
those who are near and dent- to inc. can
safely rest my conduct with my friends in
Bellefonte, but \\ hen a wretch unknow n even
to the common reciprocities of - social polite
ness or manty truth, thus utt, to place
me in a feb,e position bet* those \claim I
honor and respect, I consider it my duty to
hold him up to merited scorn and contempt.
can afford to pass both these worthies
Mr. Geist whose - ft:tend f have crier been—
was his filend in his darkest hour stood by
him when an iron door greeted his sad
glances, it is not saying too much that he
has displayed 4rl ingratitude of feeling, an d
a badness of heart from n hick I hope Cod
may ever preserve me. Our mutual friends
in Lancaster were ;dot only astonished but
indignant when they heard of - the cotichiet
Of Ge:et; they pre= net sesprimed. bowers
to rend the !these we had received 14 the"
!mods of Know-N,AltitiglAii. This k nil Vie'
i------. i
'ilie Democratic State Central Committee
of
performs a pleasing elittrin -
dir ' e i : nlisY
tingt kia h a e p attention of the ,peoPle to the
i t l i o o n n i , in o te n t i ° th e w s i cl n t ri l i , lo o l f iy
Ju tl n ie e, N l a B t 6 i 6 o . nal Th Oh e s i v ic e ct n•
.
dents which
of the National ilemocracy, - Mve inspired
lowed that d P ec re i t iii atl'
on t of lte th ec a m nied
re fbveist
the feliitationa of patriotic men in every.
part of the country. The voice of the pito
of the (kw,
vention. The result bad icarcely en as.,
g P rt il l'teffi fa l i t t y ll ' f r u e l s iY poti r d e r i Z s t e l li ii!Vetton . at
ancluiliti.
neunced before it wag welcomed in ttlallal- .•
at at 4 of tber cdtifedaraermand 0i *OSP,
of UM polio confirmed the earnest, di Petia
eliding an 'deep-seated Rentirnent ha favor of ;.
11111. difitinguiitted ,, atstesman., AMOS the
time when the masses proclaimed'their pre
ference for the hero 0 1 f4y. , - - Ories.aa lie such
demonstration her witriesied in the
United States, The hartnonlous ,example
' of the august body which seletted our can
didates wad promptly followed by the en.
dorsement of the,most distinguished Intel-,
leets in the Demoetatic party. The Voice
of the venerated Casa, limit raised at the
Capital of the Union• in support of these.
candidates, was reseehoed by the patriotic
Ibmglas, and the upright Chief Magiattate.
of the Nation. The great cities of the,
' North, and of the West, and of the 'fai
South, caught up the enthusiasm *hitch rat
ined itio, nominations at the Conrefititsri it
anil. a national ovation, unpeeoe -
•
In our annals, was crowned with the voinn,
the opposition. ~
tar l y st em i nentem i nent t m en o our
''
l h
r e
rdor a i
e t C cause
o f il thil the nY restia
Of
the ur
no em i nent
1 The people, its if U .
plift:heed try one in
stinct, flocked from eliller3nt Reding!' of the -
Union to the scefio of 'action to declare their
,pi eference for James Buchanan. They Itital,
followed him record during a long life, until,
• at last, as ono after another the venerated
' representatives of-national cktetrines dimp
•peared from the stage of Sedan, he =
their spontaneous thole° for the
crake in their gifts At a period when flee
'thin lei's, mitpreina ip one branch of emir
O'er's and threatens to usurp c antrol in the
other : %%heti, the most alarming: doctrines
an et•rtel and carlieil into effect in several
if the Slates or ow union ; such a man as
'Alt. liti•lothatt becomem a national necessity.
Thor) dr. e: years cif distinguished services
to in, •orintry in thr Nntiounl Councils, tbirs
te -Ili e you% mosullwil by a single tritstike,
tbo ly. live rears of almost constant amtlOCiiit
ii'diaii‘i itlillie eminent patriots of otherdays—
thot3 -tii., 3< ar, of clianipionship of the
l'onstitio ion -reeler him „peculiarly the
''.:iii.lTTP'.‘. - ro: trio - ilz;iiiri'ig• nrargrrtr: - -noun
„) 1 , . [loin, afar presenting her favorite son
at 111(` har of other National Conventions,
and arecr yielding with unmurmuring pa
th ore to their deentions, find at last, that
her fidility to principle boa not been forgot
t, it and that tho,Nation at [fume accepts her
candidate: amid the v. lieroilf expressions
of conli , h nee and pi ale. May we not say,
1 Hot,-„turn.;, to our brethren in other
Nolte', th.t.when the day of trial eomes, the
Keystone of the Arch it ill too fotmd worn
firmly lise4l than aver iii hey Volition, Ind
len affirm the action of the Cionvention
by it map: ity onetptillail ev:in in liar an
nuls !
The eanilittate of the Ihmucratiu
for the Vice Presidsmry, the lien.
lireckinrldg,e, of Kentucky, is -*
worthy of the universal joy which
Iris nomination. Mr. lheekiiiridge
thirty-lire yeaia of age on the 21st of Jas.
Wiittea fur thetrieiTZro4l.„.lAr ' last and is now the candidate ro t i .
Mr.ssins. I:perm - es—l am glad you arc now ; pie. It would be difficult to find a man in
coenhatting the fors of Democracy. Th e I wholn public and
, private
the early rivate usefulness so, rare.
manner in which you perform your duty,', /.).
commingle. N
age at a finch he will be called to occupy a
ham given ',tessera to every one in our sec- i high position, he povseases, in a singular de.
lion of, the county, • 'fliffreltpltitloil 1 , 1 lire, grey, that firmness id character, that direct - .
ti ' , .store I ingeis” h , : Si liellefma a aked up I . ness and purity of purpose, which, when
theii politico-nligioll ire of the ” elnpn." to', ever exhibited, are' aJways aura to be hon.
aii „toni,l, big ( I,. gre ,. Th, y 11,)%c ~ , (twit. orC (I by the most sagacious people in tits
elverialetal dreams. of oflitt , awl pionder town- 1 wo+l , l- alr—lkucks4riAlgo has wycd ila,UlSt--
mg as ay: For years the Denioeuu y have' Legmlaitire of his State, and was four yearet •
4wene-resi.mi lsy s.hoossoos.liqui•-re-+k-iielonte-,--se--eleleimmeshest and --4sopittoe4--silamtow...C...
and the farmer; an d palm. , l'N Of • 11 1 (` 1• ,, ,,,,1y the popular branch of (lon as. ; Ilia
had to 11111/1.0 serial 11.1410 to (heir ouri , tc. 1 Rfle4 , ll(S in the latter body 'dared him in.
IButt a new sort of 'lungs have come to pass. , the front rink of American statesmen, and
' The D.:mo racy halo - gee, iii - o r it,,.0 - .1 won Mr him a permanent place Intim sdhse., - -
religious caudal; hypi•rites, V. ht) 1 114 beer' I onoi of him political friends: lie was Mt
,, as a mill stone to the party, :sicking reer . . leetvit toy ['raiding Pierce a.s the Ansetican
-1 drop of hirs„ol for du it ou .i iiiiinioinii,. m.o. :Booster at the Spanish Court, which high
'lgo y are knot.. n by tii , ir action,, and for position he aas cornm4lrd to dec line.
mean:lugs, I 14411 paiiit. to nue of these, loon-: Pre YIUII.I to euttruig upon lot. '
; gers— that one rs, the Itilcer..iiii M. 1 , . r,otial career, be :rotator, red for the ext.
Crosilowaite. .Inst kelt at him ! IYhat wa • eau war, and during a long and trying min
he, is hen the Ihniocrate• party tou,lc hits out PRIg", he , I'lirlli the r1,15,t and confidence
of the " slough of indigence IT' as
•) our (-o r - of lip ift Ilow hol(11( IA lie has never aoscht.
!retrodent " Penn); Valley" tunas it. But public favor ; and it is because - fie has wstit
about that I will not say much. The De- ; licld himself from reciting roots-Ms fir pope ,
mociacy placed pus in a position, it here he r ular preferment, that the distinctions - he
could make a living, and where: he did make weam so gracefully, hair been so freely be
e living;' yes, Messrs. Editors, the - very stowed. In this t espeet fie rescinblesNr.
blood that circulated in his veins was fed by Burhitnan whose notuanation was the resell!'
Dethocratie. bounty, and I may say, by us; of no efforts of his own, but the „olfti a '' '3
farmers. What was hisconductvduct to the men ;of that popular,' opitiloni &I
whir* mola ,
' ,
en
•
and the party who done so much for him ? the respect of the Corfreittinn becalm •
Why r ir i a. pretext he h as , l y (14,4,71,4 nine ) baSed upon a Motive Which entitlbd itall ate --
betrayed them. Itut ho is getting his re- ' highest conshienttiort. The manner in "bible
ward, for he cannot (Soo 801130 of his friends I 'Jr.l Breckenndgc refused to becomes enneli:
in this section. But his meanness anti it* date for the Vico Presidency, his fidelity 0
gratitude does nut stop lucre. Ills treat. 1 the choice of his. own State, and his *MIK '
merit of Mr. Shoemaker, the former editor 1 minatica to throw no obstacles in the Wall
pf the 14% 4 ,, w h o in a - g,rottrnart. and ,of that choice, excited in his behalf, a seed,
i thought that Crosthweite was one also, i s I sent of admiration a Nell mold not be i.e. / 4
; another evidence of his meanness. When," /drained until it (bumf vent in the esprit,. i
Crostini site asked the tieL7ollll, nin u i nation of ; sion which made him the I)einocratic nseek
the Democracy, and was refused by them for nee for that distinguished position. .
him conduct, he had no better [friend then It is „in vain to describe the spectacle
John K. Shoemaker, who don t; everything , Which transpired when Mr. Buchanan's tiaras
•
he could to get him re-alcvtecl. And now to :a as fully agreed upon. Thu rivalry to see-
Alms- his gratitude to Mr. S., all, n he was onul. (lie enthusiasm to support, the, eager- _
elected, and IVIIS independent. Of 'Air. Shoe-' "Pus to endorse, the significant Unity of
maker. he bought out the f 'core 1 )omdrrat i heittitnent „and of vtion which characterised
atict4urned ever to the opotn-nts of neon)- 1 that interesting period of the Copy
'
racy, thereby cutting; r, Shoemaker off, cannel hi, domorilioii, Scarcely had Mill
f
friolki nii patronage that I ..u.siuld have hail,, Meld been announeel to an espeetaittt
if i,,tt marl not have 11.q' fin' Ifni, vet creed pie, hi for; the (h.:verdant branchei 'of l rk r lt' '
renegade. tint his ineanne , , , , does not stop Democracy of Now York were broeght
her v-et. • 15-ben the County Commissioners ' together and for the Brat time in many Ita4,"
were to allot the county printing, Mt. Shoe- i u lurt (4ll4 rw o : l d *l'Prm 'thelt way Once 'more '
maker put in an honorable mid fair hid of i'llitu'l as a band of brothers, ft was Maid
eighty dollare. Now what did the ft ern-: such augurfra aria Insley such circumstantial •
cue/ Mr. t'restliwaite do I Why lie bid I that 'lncites lltichanan }weenie the norninee et •
one hundred dollars or lest than antibotly.ebrA,l the Democracy for the l'rsi(ktrier '-
This knit! of a bid N 0111 d have been rejected 1 Before the struggle for the noininathatst '
by
any, honorable m„,„ au dishonest. _' i None on, the platform of principles idear'
Crostliwaito agreed to do it for /1875 ; coit h e. adopted. It is constructed upon liti enduri
gently Mr. Shoemaker was gonr,ed (or some- ; ng
hams"; it is -tOursded deep in undying faith
thing worse), by a man whin one in debt to I and fidelity to the Constitution, ; it renew 4
him, by the most hertorable Faus-- 7 that of, iii language or, forver.t patriotism our dere!.
grittitude fur services rendered. , What does 1 tion to the Union of the Statexibiere-easerts
the community think of such a, being, ' our gratitude to the sages of the prise t • .
who .could g i•; ‘ , / ,,,, his best f r i end t. shame on elitmelates our duties with rempettt titicOntacir,
,lilni r No won der that he has EWA a tioarn- events and points Out the darzi ' death) '
. lit
mat 100 k Whim he sees any of nisi old in reserve for Ise on the North Lett' Y -
friends from our side ,of the irsdinfaiii. Continent. The \ unanimous asserthan 0'
Why, gentle read
carpet : - but .l er, ho can only
l bp corn. theile doetrincii,"in advance of the nombla- '
pared to Judas
an e a rn a o s er ur s t i ze ti t i o linc tl i i p l o co s t a i r n e fry alw th a st
,atutro
ys
mom feeling than hint, for when he eiti'' 1110
illid lion;
teas
tho n
workings of his aonseioneo, ho took a rope itararoollitl, and expediency and - policy eu. -
and hung hineodf. But this ingrates would, tirely.secendaly and subordinate.
rather ineet:with the scorn and contenipt of And now, Citizens of l'ennsylvania,wihave,
all honest men, than follow the example of placed before you our :,principlen and ocr
his prototype. • eaudiclates. Freely as the Convention has
Now, what gild the reverend gerittpmen spoken tha cane d ates themselves have re
gain by his printing eeterprise! Ili! taper snotidcd% Mr. illichanen isy• the record of
has been a disgrace to the history of Ventre I his life and the recent declanttione of his
county. And fie has proven himself false opinions; Mr. Brec.kinridge by hie :manly
to the doctrines he-pretends to preach. Any and beautiful address spies the fioar of the .1
petition doubting this lot him -recd his't free Convention. Notbing fe left to infentsg t e.
love organ." Itdoleratmo is rebuked; proscription pre ,-
r estisll write l to you at another time, and scribed; abolitionism denounced; the righti '
tidg•rhold- of tome other "store lounger, l ' °him StategrwatitrapadT altlitisrfneiphaaf the
• -lbws's,Nobratilts hill endorsed, . Tillare s a corn
-4,..F.,,045a,ter Poiravt TOWaibffp'. Pl et mull'ia 144 4 1 4 4 itY A ll 4 kiii PO al**.
ra oject dt MI
I had almost forgiollen to state, lin% nig
seen all Ohl frirrnl, and one ti.o who i; toll
kite n to the Deneieravy of nintr.il Penn
'") Iteidt Frazer. lie is the
same ardent uoinilsive nod indomitablo
witru at ; and although personal difficulties
itin) have smell helm yen him and minim: in
iiiir I WllO, I 1.4'111% r that fife rrilTurrAlwrtrt•
Ts no firmly wedded to Dt mocraey 11(11
Lc ill St Wok ghirtnus principles to Ili,
lxv,olll as hit poLli al /With!. lie IOOkB ex
sreeffingly well, 1 , 1111 if his It it , MINI ten>ln A.I
hill permit, he is deterinined to %isit the
scenes of Itic Old battles and triumph in
Centre county, tilt re to meet the DeinocraeY
once more face to face. lie Rpeaks in glow
ing terms of our mountains and rallies ; re-
ferreTl to may otonr hest men with grati
fication, and spoke in such familiar terns t of
the reliticat history. of Central Penivi
vaunt that t tutu not nstomslied that he Inv;
so ninny personal frientla there. I bespeak
for the Colonel cser'he •isite that region
a hearty welcome.
laurs
lii):Irto .all Ptmotratit State
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