by z ry PIE PATRION * Notfor himself, but for his country.” WLaDNESDAY, Qctober 2. We present to our readers, in this fay’s paper, what nay very prop vl be siyied—Joux MiTCHEL'S AN- ATHEMA. It 1s a declaration in orm of what HE purpeses to do wilt thse who have doved to sficak, act & $/k for themselves, We know very well, h 8 lack of power, to put hi threads in eXccution; but we would dvise him, when elected to the As- mbly, to have a G.2G LAW passed, raped In such a manner that it wi answer his end, and save him the ex- pence of an Attorney’s Fes, at each election. He bas (Heaven bless the 2 a Fx he The following are the names of the asuing ciccLion. Assembly JOUN MITCHELL IACOB HERRING FRANCIS MEWEN MARTIN HOOVER Commissioner JOHN HAYS Coroner Wham M’MINN THOMAS HASTINGS sz. Auditor Wa. KERR For the Patriot. Alter considerable exertion, an As: sembly ticket bas been gotien up in oppusition to the one tormed by the mark 1) declared thar all opposed to jus cloction are of « reprobate minds.” rezular democratic delegation. Tha! men professing the utmost attach- Wht ve (or Ws infantile amanuensis) means by « reprobate minds,” at a loss to determine. The word nypROBATE, sigrifirs—A man lost to virtue, a wretch abandoned (0 wicked ness. We are implicated in this charge and, consequently, must be permitted to set up a delence, If 10 speak and act for ourselves, without consulting an Allorney, isan evidence of a refirebate mid, then we are reprobate If 1 oppose a man for office that has acted contrary to the dictates cf common hoa sty, in the dis- charge of his official dunes as WW i@réasurer, is any evidence of the “gf the absetce of viriue—hend we av. Roprodate Aud wih all due deference to the opinion of John Mi chely-—his atirorney and self-created POPE, we tbiok oui mind, morally and politically, quite as chas ¢ os their own. We most heartily despise their at- tempt at denunciation ; and Most coi - dially invite toem to do every thine that their malevolence may promi them to do against us, A sweeping «iri of denunciation” we have no doub Michel harbors. and destrucl/ion 100, against cvery Democrat opposed to | him, 'f he had tin kis power, as Sher- iff, ta put it in execuiion. He hus co.mitied to paper the real senti- ments f Lis bosom. A democrat by profession, and a Zyrant at hearty he dares to hiocure zn Attorney, wicked- ly, wiifiily, maliciously und wih mal. ice afore houg it, to draw up a formal denunciation against such democrais as ae oppos do his clechon. It 1s stviled “sw ping denunciation. Truiy, it waull be a sweefung 00€, in- deed, if every democrat upposed to the election of John Mitche!, must be swept 1ito the vortex of Aposiacy — We are afind that a-m jority of toe pty would uudergo swe ping by this new broom ob domacracy, who, it ap- pears, has taken ¢poo hinself the ol- ne of DICTATOR, We are ac- gained with the fact, that Mitchel piu<ed the piece alluded to, vefure it ws land d tous for publication, & it received his sanction, We do not charge htm with composing it, for we know that hes not capable of puting together three sontences, correct'v.em Unfit for the task, he procures an Attorney, and he very wisely advised and devised a method wo frighten the dem cast vote for Mitchel, We all kaow that for a fie an Attorney cn be found (0 blacken the reputation oO! anv ane We find; embodied in the ¢ gweep- ine denuncidtion,” a quotation from a prhlicatinn made In the Bellefonte Farrior, and which the writer endeav- ours to paim on the peop.e as emana ting from us, or as the sculiments of the kditorol this paper. The sen- tence he quotes, 1s as follows : « That they were basking in the sun-shine o Fooeral favor, or reclining on the thorny bed of Apnstacy ” ¥ We disclaim the authorship of this jpsulting stoff. ¥ is the A SU s he author same & sweeping fu i’ that has se! himself up as Dictawor to the Demo- cratic party, and the author of th eweefing derunciction, It was handed to us, by him, to publish. It without a signature. After correcting some ex: res,ons in ity which wr considered woo ba sh, we gave it to the compositor. Being without a sig- pa‘ure, the vouag wen, 10 our absince in making up the paper, placed it uo- der the editonal head. Had we buen at home it should not bave so appear- ed. Tis is a uve statement of the case, and Michel's amanuensis well kusw he was committing himseit when ho placed 1 to our account 5 bug, wo doubly, he calculated on our si- shee. Svan § e— (Communicated ) BE ON YOUR GUARD.—~An at mp. wil be made, on the clection ', to deceive those disposed to give iw suifrages to Francis M'EWEN, giving them the name of Wiaam we arc was lment to democracy cou d be brought to oppose what 1s delegates dud, is, land our ht to be, a matter ot very great surprise indeed. The delegation sys (em has 1's enemies (0 bu sure ; hul they ave the enemies of d:.nocra'y [tis the best m thod that can be Fai len upsn to unite the party, and 1t 1s because this is its excellent tendency ‘hat we bear so much aga'nst it trom he enemy. As a paity wishing lu have the asceadincy in the manage ment of our political affairs we cantot ame ‘hem. If they oeheve the pub- ciple thy prof sy to be arthodox, it is but just and prepet that they should wish them to predominate. They are tho’ well pessuaded that the Ola jor part of the ciz-rs of Cenue and Ciearficid counties do not think with hem. and that it 1s impossible that old- s~boclism, or federalism, its concoinll- ty can galn the ascendancy u less through democratic dissention, Thuy qave on niore than one lnsiance at- ~mp ed to succeed in U is way, bul ve vecn dsappointed ; and they are ull ouirageous against delegations ecavse it will reuder it impussibic ior then to atiain their ends. Tris yonc- essary lo say any thing to the people Jf this district in support of 80 excel- ent a system. The best evidence ‘hat can be had of its estimation with out citizen dumocratic brethren is the admira le manner with which it was Jattended to recently. The respecta: bility of the delegates, their republican integrity and the distnterestedness that icharacterized their proceedings fully attest that it is a fivourite system ‘with the people. I believe no cue can except to thelr nominations unless it is a few who think they were not no luca 4 according to their merit. [tis true that we have many de- ‘serving men ip our district whoss claims upon the democratic pacly are 'ereat. hie numss of many suc h were mentioned by the people and it is weld thy of remark that almost every township in the county instructed then delegates differently ® From the whole number proposed two were ‘se lected by th-m whom they though best calculated for the staiioas to which they were nominated. If every ldclegate had stood forth and refused w yield, the constquence would have heen no nominations would have Leb made, and the end and desizn of tie meeting frustrated. They sent thei epreseutatives to fix on a ticket for heir support s—not that they ghouls go 10 Bellefonte and state thelr 1G struciions withou: dong any thing else. Although they inst ucted them Lo sUPPOrt certain persons yet still they ned a discreuon which they might ex: ¢rcise, and tn the full exercise of this discretion 1 have no doubt they did what was tight. The respectability >t the members of the delegation 1s sufficient to warrant such an assertion {n mavy things they did not do as I sould have wished. But my powers 0 act were resied in them and I {uliy sopcut in what they did. 1 am ex- vemely sorry that all do not do so, tor nany reasons, but those most piromi- ent are, that it is a pity indeed that any democrat would suffer himselt to be duped by those politicians who pro ess opposite principles, or permit his | { wor } 1 *Thisis untrue. But six townships were ins ructed ; and it is worthy of remark, that wherever the meeting was held in a township by an asscm- blage of Democrais eo instructions were given for John Mitchell, except in Lamar towaship, and there the meet ed. formed, not a democrat was present ; land we know that the chairman of the it is true, were democrats, but they received their instructions from the federalists and old-scucolmen. t « In many things they did not do as I could have wished” No : they appointed conferees coatrary to your wish, young man, for which you bes. towed on them a good deal of abuse. (But if you are vested with the power. sersons Candidates for Office at they ie private griefs to get the icipation of dissention, very correctly served that there was a ime wheny w: had suszh men amongst us, bu that they were basking in the sun hue of federal favour er reclining on the thorny bed of afiostacy.”’|| it ap-| sears tho’ that the party 1S oat yet al- ‘ogether purged and that it will be our welancholy duty to consign some more t our brethren to the same: bea § and give them ¢ over fo refircbale minds.” | A sweeping spit of denunciaidon is) much tobe deprecated nor is it our| disposition to harbour any such! thoughts or p actice such principles ft is the right of tvery person to do as they think proper, and act in palitic-| 1 and other matters as they thmk ight ; bat when any member of the democratic party, in contradiction to, vide the party ; themark o hught to be stamped npon as thev would a pes Hence. If Francis M’Ewen bad not been prope ly represented in delegation ; if ‘he discontented bad not been properly represented there; if the delegates were corrup'ly 1hfluenced, it would be a d: ferent matter 3 and none would be moire wiiling than myself to disupprove of their proceedings ; but when the name of Francis M’Ewcen and others, thelr qualifications and claims were mentioned and fully discu-sud; tt when every person was represented. for there never was, in this county a ‘more full delegation ; when they acted without prejudice and their selections Ihave been made with judgment 1t is to be hoped that the people will affi m thei proceedmgs. § have no doud: ‘ton that such will be the case. I bave better of hisivantage of the present opportunity, a! judgment § The editor of the Belle fin justice it should long since have udie Patriot a few weeks since in an been done, to make known, to th: ‘made, and stili John Mitchel, honest f the Beast his forehead, | il the d.mocrats ought to shun him amount. his profession, makes an attempt to dr | * > a hx # i A % Although a plain country Farmer, he is. not to be dispised for his talc os, vhich, combined with a good educ - tony present him as more Swine ty qualified to discharge the daties'of Lhe Office with advantage to bls Conse ye. ents, than @ man whose only objucg is to m:ke money out of the Office, On the other hand. John Mitchel ys a very doub ful Democrat. He i but a butterfly of a day, in point of time, a demacrat, in comp rison with Francis M’Ewen. He aud his frieedy have endeavoured to instil into the minds of some people that « Francis VI’Ewen bas apostatized” Tis comes well frora him and them, in- deed. John Mitchel but lately sot. ted in this part, having neither pait nor lot, until latety, in tie interests of p opie of this county, asks you, fe.- low Citizens, to denjunce 4s an aposs rate one of the Futiers of Dumocrae cy, and for what 2 In order thay he PUBLIC) may reap a golden harves® atthe ea. very largefpense of Francis M’Ewer’s chatacter, honest farmers of our county, the reas on why their purses are drained in payment of taxes. John Mitchel, a wan lately come to this county, and now a candida e for Asseubly, was bs some mishap, appointed Treasurer, some four or five yoars ago, At the expiration of his lawful term of ser vice, it appears, by the Report of the Auditors, he hsd a balmce in his hands of the money of the People, amounting to about three thousand nue hundred dollars. This money should, and of right, and according to his oath of office, ouzht ro have bee paid over to his succ ssor Nex! year, the Auditors again reporicd, and by examining the report we find a large balance still remained in his hands. Report upan report has been man, remzins——what ? DEFAULTER, to a a those concerned to the balance report {an unveasotaVic.s dae, truly ! 14) put ed and published last year by thelihis question b ali of you + Has nud \uditors as dus by him. It is no de [John Mitchell seen well remunerated cep'ion for electiomecring parpnses |forany service he ever done for the {+ is a stubborn fact, that John Mich [party ? conside: we!ly and I know you. cl who now oflers himself, feliow|will all respond —He has beea well citizens, for your suffrages, has dis fverved. honestly pocketed the # money of the] Democrats! be not deceived, as to people,” and placed it to his own pri {the men you have placed before you vate use ; thercby subjecting you {for your support. You have a choice ENORMOUS TAX :S, the fang:of Democrats. of the Tax gatherer, and bring ne the Jacob Herring is a warm active and county Treusury into disrepute zealous democrat. : Jobn Mitchel’s friends have asserted] Fiancis M Ewen is also a warms tht the money has been lately paidlactive and z-alous democrat. with eight per cent (an unlawful) in} Martin Hoover is also a warm ate terest. lt is pot true : at this momentjtive and z-alous democrat. John Mitchel has upwatds of ONE THOUSAND doliars of the county money in his hands. It 1s a grea : These men have not lived on the ine dustry of you and your chiidren.—s inare confidence in the virtue and 1n- ‘tellizence of the people than to harbou: la suspicion to the contra'y. 1 caano believe that the people will ne the min ices of vengeance fora few men of Vie. Mitch ell’s private enemies who ;ave persecuted him and are persccu ‘ne him with the utmost rancour aud malignity. Tue names of other democrats were mentioned 1n delegation but not pom inated. Democrats too, whose sous were well tried when the party was 'n its infancy——democrais who have al ways been seen in the fiont of th battle—democrats too who have nev: criheless been littie voticed by the brethren— where are ticy now, or arc they manifesting any discontent 2—No. —~Matthew Allison, Esq. William Kerry Esq. John Pavon, Esq anc many othey worthicd disdain to mu qnury or aid those whose principles they abhor and detest, and have s often combatted. They don’t wish by . single act to undo all they have been Asin; in order to grauily the malice u: a few discontents ; nor do the people f our district. M.ny of them have togged and toiled for democracy ‘hrough life, and now when their heads are suvered o’er with honorable aye ‘hey are not going to degrade to them selves ard desert the democratic standard.§f Their patriotism wil prompt them to act and a goodly re- salt will Prllow their exertions on the second Tuesday of October next. A rrIEND To DEMOCRACY § For this veiy ieasun the peopl re not te be duped to vote for John Mitchell. He is one of your tag-rag and bob-tail politicians, bis principles measured by bis interest. 4 We icfer the reader to our re marks under the head ior an expiana tion of this, § « Our melancholy duty to con- sign some more of our brethren to the same Bed” What brazzn-laced im- sudence is embodied in this sentence. A boy, to take upon himself to de nounce men of years for daring to act without consulting an Attorncy. +t This is oot the fact. Francis M’Ewens name was not mentioned in lmeeting 1s a federalist : the delegates, the delegation, {tf What a deal of coaxing is here to be found. “ Many of them have tug- ged and toiled,” &c. Indeed, they ail have, snd what advantage have they derived from it. Wm. Kerr would have been nominated and on the ticket for Assembly, if a secoad vote had been taken ; but that would not an swer. Wm Kerr had nine voles ; P. Cambridge had szven The next vote ‘would bave placed Kerr above Mitch- re il. I suppose unless they tug and toil” x a v24} of - +1. 4 . " Ings ab nge before Lire day appoibl-igy: Mitchel in one of.your sweeping io ree n Haines township, we are 1W-'depgpciations” you will also set them | lon their back. nll penn For the Patriot. The people of this county have been greatly harrassed by Tax gather leis for some years past, aud es the expenses of the county are not great- ler vow than they were some years «go, many of them aie at a loss to Koow the reason why such heavy taxes are laid upon them. As cvery public officer subj cid himself. if he discaare- { Thsy are sot always sceking office, and denying to others the riche of «pe earring before the blic ‘as reportod was three tiauiand one Hu. 4 ! fore © eT aes well ug ; emsclves. THey have pot, and will 1eed dollars, It now stands at nei not attempt to denounce yous it you do -nousand and s-veuly tight dallas, not voluntarily make cigice of them eluding interost. How be managedifgn yong Support. They bave: never ‘a reduce it thus, I know not 2 but lL atemoted va for Y > chalienge him 10 prodice a r-ceipt ; : or any amount of CASH, paid ito ve Treasure, by which the origin | eprt of $3100 was 1 ssened to 21078 Jo on Michel is now a candi- date for another iinporant Office. Is « faic to elect him, wh'n we have nen of tried honesty, offered to ow support. 1s it politic to place him in 0 an Office where he may have it i iis power to debarr the people frou eceiving that money which his mal: adminis.ration requires Aim to ac count for, and aci honestly in. Fellow Citizens. —The matter res s with you. You areto decide whetho: our Officers shall he forced to act honestly when in Office, or whether yeu will sanction the mal-conduct of vour Officers by exalting them to + gher and more important stations. It is now referred to the people, and to an injured public;—decide as in justice you think right. Let every man have his due. iece of folly for Miichel’s {viends to teny this, The balance as at firs selves on you, or 1) coerce inion in any mecasure. They make athema of abuse those wlio may perchance not agree with them in opinion They aie Farmers, and well qualified to dis. charge the dutics of any office in your ite with honor to themselves and the country. Aad lastly they have, ail of them, dischavged the duties of any office they fave held, with that fidels i y which berokens that they did not consider themselves as el cted for their Wi terest, but for the terest of the the trust repoced in them by the pcos ple, by speculating on the public fi. nances. I wish [ could here draw a veil over the conduct of John Mitcbel § but honesty forbids it. He was ine trusted with the « lock and key 'o the door ol the county.” How Jdid be discharge the trus: roped in hin ? did he act as a faithfos steward 7 He has rendered his account, and his own statement shews that he, contrary to his b unden duty. hae been unflithe ful. How can he usk you to Sanction hy your votes his conduct on this oce casion ? He has more than ordinary presumption so to do, He is hardly known to you in any other way than as an office hunter. ‘But for his thirst for office, a majority of you woud have never pethaps, heard of hm — And yet this man, snd a few of his sartelites, hired fr the purpose. and ready insiruments of slander, have en= deavored to traluce the character and standing of one of our oldest citizens, and uniform Democrats 1! He (Miche el) has been a dead weight on the pare iy ever since he resided in the coun try and if not gratified in all b's « asks ings,” he, un ler the influence of the worst passions of the human hearty procures men to ride the counly to denounce all opposed 10 him as core rapt afostatcs, guilty of moral ard po= litical turpitude—and aliens to the cause of Democracy. Truly this is a new thing under the Because a man prefers not for Office, one who has alreacy forfelied 111 confidence, he must be denounced JUSTICE. For the Patriot. Mitchel’s f iends have stated, and stated knowing it to be false, that Francis M’Ewen has been induced o ran for the Assembly at the instance if the Old School and Foderalisis. ft 1= utterly false, What will ties ot state, when one of them, regard ‘ess of truth, asserted to apn hones countryman a fiw days since, tha Francis M'Ewen was aiways a I dor alist Another of them stated that Francls M Ewen supported Joseph Heister {for Governor in 1520 “ Spirits of falsehood,” blush at this !! Are you not ashamed tobe cought ii such palpable misrepeesentations Bat Mitchel needs propping Con scious of being the choice of the Fd eralists, he affects to despise their sof frages, and to sccure to himself the votes of Demucrats he was induced to stigmatize, by his agen's, Francis M’Ewen with apostacy. Francis M’ Ewen was not solicited by th. Old Schoolmen and Federalisis 10 stand the poll tor Assembly It waslas an Afostale. 1f such be the case, at the solicitation ot Democrats, alone | he sooner the party sanction such that he suffered his name to be placed proceedings, the better ; for then, and in pomination. Francis M Ewen'not unti! theu, its predominancy must, has ever and anon been a Democraticland of right, ought to cease But I Republican. During the # reign of hope better things. The denunciation sun terror days,” be wasa zealous Dem of John Mitchel and his two CHAM. jocrats 2nd has never; in one single PIOAS, is no eviderce of the dis. : position of the Democratic party. departure in the most remote de-| Ti ese men are in every sense of the from Democratic principles! word a¢ gall” from which bitterness He has been long a citizen of this must ever flow, without a sing'e mixe county : he removed hither before its ture of sweet to render auy thing [ae or by one single act, evidenc- ed a region of country was a wildeiness :most vitiated ta:te. Hurried en an honest liveliboed ; and lived 10 see fuin, by one stroke. hurl virtue from the « desert biossom hke a tose.” Helis s-at and principle fom iis (hrobe, has not been secking public pairon-jif by so doing they could render suc age, vor depending on Oflice for cess certain ior mv part, most subsistence. He bas, to use a ligme- {heartily d spise them aud their denuns ly adage, never « eat the bread offciatiors Albeo” they « toke wings idleness His claims on the Demo-jto the nivelves ; cratic party are of no ordipar Ua od camtie Von ‘Uipalry bh Te Oi ¥ NE CQO an ; (a LDL arg Ne tha organization ; and at a time w lien this'coming from them palatable to the” by the sweat of bis brow he has made their malignant feelings, they would” \ io spread it to cvely Jor the truth of this, I vefer{ A very modest request amamhot wt ak wy \ people. None of them have betrayed wn ]
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