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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
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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
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*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 |
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hx # i
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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 ]