( politicorilliocellanp - 13ttr NOM. '° LAND REFORM.' A new party, having for its motto,"the freedom of the public lands to actual oettiers,! has for some years past existed in the city of NewlYork. They have urged upon Congress, with much plausibility, the ittortance 4f protecting the public lands from the g sp of the'speculator„ As a party, they have become of sufficinnt importance to be cared for in presidential elections. They have recently put in nomination for President -Garrit Siiith, of New York, who has heretofore acted 'with tie liberty par ty; and Wm. S. Waite, ,a true demoCrat of Illinois, as a candidate for Vice President. The barnbuners of New York, since their complete defection from the democratic party of the Union, rie endeavoring to coalesce with this new sect, and to Make their platfopiln broad enough to hold all. After special proviAinn had been made for the ac ominodation of the abolitionists, Mr. Bptler addedthe following, 7 which was unanimously ,adopted:, "Reaolred, That we are of theopnion, that the public lands should not be sold in large quantities 'to speculators, but should in prefertmce be sold in small quantities to actual settlers; and at a price to them not exce - Wing the cost and expense Of acquir ing, surveying, and giving titles to the same.' • President Polk, in hisannual ines.3age at the com mencement of the :29th Congress, earnestly recom mended the graduation and reduction of the-price of public lands, "confining the sales to settlers and cultivators in limited quantities," nd urging the propriety of granting liberal pre-emptions. In pur suance of this - recommendation, a bill was introdu bed into the Senate by Mr. Breese, from the Com mittee on Public Lands, providing for the reduction of the price and sale of the public lands in limited quantities to actual settlers—the graduating sci.le commencing at one dollar, and ending at twenty five cents per acre, and limiting the amount to any one purchaser to one hundred and tty acres. This bill passed the Senate, but in the louse met with the most determined opposition from Preston King, George Rathbun, and Martin Grover, and their barn purning associates; and after a desperate struggle, in which the casting vote was several times given by the Speaker, this great metisureg reform was de feated by these very 'men who nolv desire to make it one of the cardinal doctrines oil their new creed. The., it was odious, becans'e President Polk had recommended it. General Cuss Mid voted for it, and the democrats of the west atid_soMli were in favor of it. Thrn, to vote agains, it %yas food for their revenge. ;Vow, to favor it may secure a few more votes for their great but fallechaMpion. We trust that that small but honestl l arty' ? who have been t urging this measure upon th 'conntiy, will not at tach themselves to a clique } , hose only object is to satiate their revenge by ruining a great and patri otic party which they cannot role.—W. Union. 1 Tug GARAI' BUFFALO Co?; v tion which is to assemble at next month, will be a great, and probably, startling cone will consist of representati States in the Union—fifteen i a concentration of all kinds ranging from those of the W abolition. How the convent is not so clear. Many dele b Fell-elected, or, rather, self-n, erent shades of opinions will cern. The old abolitionists the sixty thotlEand faithful of let Mr. Van Buren, the new the condrn and drive the hand, the Kinderhouk politici reins in his own hands, and and fur his own benefit. TI course of delegates, amateur: thing else, at Buffalo, on the Herald. A FAIR HIT.-11on. Mr. liocoi in Congress in which ever l ythi" lint the subject under consid.!rati, lowing reply to the assertion of that if Gen. Taylor were elec i ted, any nct of Congress:f— "Gontlernen say that'Gen. , Tay thing in the hands of the represet pie. What will he do in relati tariff; and the Wilmot provko? with the majority of the representatives? 1 read in the Constitution that all bills pa!ssed shall be sub mitted to the President; if IntJuntrove, he shall sign them: if not, he shall return theca to the house in which they originated with his objections. Any way. whether General Taylor approte ordisapprove of a bill, he would leave it Withlthe representatives of the people! What kind all President, would he . be? Such a-one as to be twisted and worked upon like wax. Suppose General Titylor comes in with a Whig, Congress. They residve that. such and such duties shall be laid, Gen. iPaylor apprcves and signs the,bill. The neict Congress is Democratic; we pass an r.ct to the ctStitrarl General Taylor ap. primes and signs that too, thus signing'of an adverse policy. My constitution tells mo that it "shall be" the'duty of the President "to give to Con gress information la tilo state lof the Union, arid recommend to their i cinisideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." He "shall," the Constitution says. The gentletnan from Pennsylvania thi»ks thatithe word ought not to be there. Ah! we see, im.this, the old' leaven of. federalism peeping out. tutdmay amend the con stitution, but as long as it stands let it be regarded as it is. The constitution contiiins the %eta power, yet gentlemen had arrayed themselves against it. The fathers of the constitutindt had placed it there. You have not altered it; int Yon choose to strike it out of your own accord. An amendment went be fore the people, an I they refused to adopt it; but Vet you want to strike it out. The Democracy, how ever, will meet yon. They will say that this pow er protects the minority from a bare majority, and that it prevents log-rolling." TRUTH TIZIUMPIIANT.-Nfr. ,Bedinger, from the demom alio portion of the Co nmittee on Public Ex penditures—consisting of ;.% 'essrs. Bellinger of Vir ginia, Clark of Maine, I fall_ of Missouri, and La Sere of Lousiana—presented yesterday to the Muse a most triumphant reply to the assault of Mr. Strohm on Mr. Walker's financial statements. It was shown most clearly, that Mr. Walker had commit ted not one of the errors imputed to him by the com mittee; whilst the committee themselves had com mitted no lees than sixty-four error.—exceeding thirty-three millions of dollars! All which is shown and proved. The vindication of the Secretary is complete and conclusive. This reporf of Messrs. Bedinger, Clark, Hall, and La Srre is very elaborate, entering 58 pages—and entitles these gentlemen to the thanks of the' whole democratic party. We shall publish the whole report in our paper this week, and will ask for it an attentive perusal.—ht aslting ton Union. lion. Arivar.w SruwAttr.—The Waynesburg Messenger says : -1 "We once heard Andrew Stewart declare before a public meeti n g in this 'place, - "So help me God, I will never vote for another man - for President, who ' lives South of the M'ison and Dixon line:" and this declaration was endorsed by the Federal party of this district. What will Mr. Stewart do now, since General Taylor, who is a Southern man, with South ern principles ! and 111/ e.vensive slave hold - er, is the Federal candidate for President." . What' will he do? Why he will do just what all the rest of the unprincipled demagogues in the coun try are doing:—he will profess great love for Gen eral Taylor, whom a portion of his party have said was "unworthy of holding a commission in the army of the United States. He' will swear that he has always been for Taylor, and will shout over. his istingnishea services in "an unjust and, unarm iiii ittional war," "a war against God," and one in wich "the powers of hell are combined." He is one of the-pure, disinterested patriots who would not have an office under the General Government.— Pittsburg Post. . "I went to Philadelphia prepared•to do any thing under God's heavens t) defeat Gbn. Taylor-=even to Poling, for a Big Buck Nigger."—R. C. Greg- - I ory. , Gregory was a ,Isle j uteto the Philadelphia con vention from the eighth district. Like must of the delegates, he was opposed to Taylor's nomination, hut he now comes back, says Whig principles are all obsolete, nod goes for Alams Taylor, with all the cringing sycophancy of an • original dough face. If the whig party have not given up their principles, there can by no doubt that men of Greg t. it etl sae ;0.-Ind/dila Sentinel ;s - rMs .—The Conven ufll4o on the 9th of cuilons, magnificent, tn. The convention es from all the free number—comprising f anti-Southern men, knot proviso, to total on is to be organized ates, no doubt, will be minuted. Many diff pervade the whole ;con those who belong to 11841—do not want to abolitionist, come into coach. On the other lan wants to fake' the ihip up the whole team,. crc i ‘vill be a vast con !, pOliticians, and every th of August.----X.Y. ck, in a late debate ,tig was dicust•ed llon, made the 'A ctinic silly coon, he would not veto l'lor will leave every ntatives of the Imo in to a hank, the Will he leave these MEE EEKLY OBSERVER, 1111IZE PA: AY MORNING JULY 15,1848 omocratic Nominations. FOR PRESIDENT. GEN. LEWIS CASS. OF MICIIIGAN POR VICE PRESIDENT. Gen. Wm. O. Butler, OF KENTUCKY FO i CANAL COMMISSIONER, Israel Painter, of Westmoreland omocratic oOnventiom Tho Demo rats of the different Township, Wards and boroughs, are requested to hold meetings for the purpose of appointing delegates to the County Convention, to bo hold at the Court House in Erie, on Monday, August 7. for the purpose of making nominations for Is and for the purpose of appointing dole- Warren - Convention to nominate a candidate ut 1, P. M., county office gates to thd for Congress rday theisth of August, is suggested as a I'm' the holding of Township meetings for i t &legates. I ~ l Vard of the Borough of Erie will meet in MT Room on Saturday • evening the sth of - !arty candle light; the West Ward wilt meet room of the Court House at the same time. SMITH JACKSON, • CARSON GRAHAM, ' JOHN FAGAN, B. F. SLOAN, GEORGE H. CUTLER, • HENRY COLT, JOHN BRAWLEY. Democratic Central Committee. • 12, 1848. N. B. Sat proper time the appoititm The East the Grand J August, at e in the lower Erie, Jul ROUBLE IN THE WIGWAM _ Inclicatio is grow stronger every day of the trouble the whips oxpe Mace in making a candidate out of Mr. Van Buren's Co . Taylor, that adrised the use of blood-hounds in Florida, nd Mr. Polk's Gen. Taylor that adrised the march oft a army to the Rio Grande, and declared if the Mexicans opposed him ho would fight them. On Friday we gave currency to the rumor published in the New Orleans papers that the General repudiated the RP tion of the Louisiana delegates in the Whigconvention: declaring that they had no authority to pledge him sotto be - a candidate if dot nominated. It appears now that no sooner Il i ad this rumor become general in New Orleans than a cOrrimittee of Whigs flew on the wings of steam to Baton Rouge to endeavor to prevail on the man that "never sin-renders" to think better of it, and—surrender! They partially succeeded in their mission, and at a ratifi cation mooting (media 24th. read the following paper: I A Csun,—We are authorized by (en. Taylor to 'say that the course of the Louisiana delegation in the Whig Convention, lately assembled at Philadelphia, meets with his entire, full and unequivocal approbation. That he not only never doubted, but never intimated a doubt, that his honor and reputation were safe in their hands. BAILIE PEYTON, LOGAN MINTON. A. C. BULLITT. June 23, 1848 Here, then, the rmuor is contradicted, and, with it, the story of Gen, Taylor's decided protest against the Phila delphia nomination; and, of course, the consistency which his advocates have uniformly claimed for their hero. With this version, they can no longer btrast that General Taylor is the candidate of no party—that, like Washington, ho is independent of all cliques and factions —that ho has thrown himself upon the masses of the people for their suffrages and support. - Here we see him "stoop to conquer," and here we see the evidence of the refutation of the bold assertion, that "General Tay lor never surrenders." What will his independent friends in Baltimore and in Maryland say now? What will they think of their indignant denial of Judge Saunders having the authority to commit General Taylor to the decision of a whig national convention? ,But it will be seen oven by this card of the General's committee that the fact that he had repuiliatel in conversation the course of the Lou isiana dblegation is not contradicted. The "card" of Messrs. Peyton, Hunton and Bullitt, merely elutes that ho is note satisfied and approves of Judge Saunders' state ment. By the following extract from the N. 0. Crescent, of the 26th, however, the reader can judge somewhat of the truth of the rumors just circulated, and see in what a beautiful position the acailatle has placed himself, and those who took him on trust: " Having been the first paper in the city to publish the rumor which is sought to be corrected by the above state ment, (Babe Peyton's') we owe it to our readers to give the authority upon which thapublication was made.- The gentleman Who is responsible for the error, if any. error exists, is Col. John Winthrop, who is, we believe, a friend and supporter of Gen. Taylor, and who Was one of the secretaries of the Taylor oonvention held in this city on the 2:2(1 of February lust. Col. John Winthrop had, with other gentlemen, been on a visit.to Gen. Taylor, and up on his return to the city told many gentlemen dull he knew it. from Gen. Taylor himself; that the Louisiana delegation to the Philv hia Conrention, had, in ,ina king the statement sub by Judge Saunders, and in withdrawing Genelltl aylor's name from' the eantass unless noonnalrl by that authority, LCTEO WITHOUT THE c emRAL'B Aorttontrr ; and,' in fact, tit:detach authority had been applied for, and refused on the ground that Gen. Taylor bad already accepted the nomination for the Pres idency from different independent bodies of his fellow citizens, and that they alone had the right to witlntraw his name. This is the substance of what Col. Winthropi reported ; boor his friends—if he be absent, as we un derstarid—haye the power, and, we doubt ,not, the will, to correct any misapprehension on the subject." Now, does any sane man doubt after this, that Judge Saunders committed a fraud upon the Whig Convention? —a fraud that actually procured the nomination of his favorite. That this statement of the Cres i Tent is correct, we infer also from the fact, that the Bulletin, whig - , in defense, says : - "Messrs. Winthrop and Stuart had no right to make public any assurances given to them in private conver sation bi- Gen. Taylor." . But, with the Washington Union, we say the question is not now whether they were authorized' to make these assurances, but whether General Taylor/had made them —whethee had authsrized Mr. Saunders to surrender the independent ground he had hitherto mama, and. place himself at the discretion of a rabid Only nonven tion. In other words, has he first surrendered, and then contradicted himself, and shown his facility in being guided by Belie Peyton, & Co. 7 If he be thus easily led by his friends, what becomes of the firmness of his character, and what hope have we of seeing a strong and decided administration under his 'auspices 1 This mystery cannot remain as it is. The fog must now be dispersed. Colonel Winthrop, Judge Walker, General Taylor himself, de the witnesses; anj the country has a right to deniand a full and thorough explanation of these manifest contradictions. If ever there was a time for Gen. Taylor to speak out, now is the time. Acousus.—Hon James E. Balser, one of'the Taylor °Melons in Alabama, has published a' card, giving his reasons for withdrawing his name from the ticket. He thinks Gen. Taylor's position remains unchanged by his nomination, Mit he cannot supportl Mr. Ffltmore; be being a Wilmot provisist, and an ultrohighliniffirian. II? The Lady of lion. Thomas Fi tz gerald. U. S. Sea l ator from Michigan, died at St. Josephs irt that State, o the 20th ult. Mm. F. was an amiable and accomplishe Lady, and leaves a large circle of rotative& and Mends mourn her loss: OT The Pittsburgh Jour ma bolts from the, renomina tion of Moses Hantptim—the present whig representa uve irt Congress from that distrieL Mr. Hampton is an original Taylor man and is opposed to the proviso. The Journal has swallowed Taylor, though theyalmest choked in the operation, without_ the proviso, but: now !weans that an anti -proviso Congressman is nue more it will take. The gallant 0)1.1:Slack, the _noMinee of tl5 Democract, stands a fair chance of being elected. r xHE wino P . t --. • •.• In the absence of the adop on of any the Philadelphia convention or address, d grouUds upotiWhich the whig party el • elect Gen. Tiiytor to the Presi•eitcy, ma nals.'When interrogated in regaitt to asked to point out the principles which candidate in the event of his 'election, to. the Allison letter ! This, they say, is enough and long enough for , the whete stand upon. Some of them even keep i head of their papers, and when doubts regard to the orthodoxy of thctir stuidida questions—the tariff, harbor ii i nprovemen it as evidence strong 'enough to silent Such editors forget that Nei very lett upon which they stand—was - uncerem by the Convention that nomiated him it staring thorn in the faro —wi h the lino% this', small evidence that theyi have not -, ed the principles and meastires for wh long contendon, ruthlesslyhoved iron their own convention —we t hi n k it mu deal of assurance, not to sa downrigh hold up this lettur aslembraing the pia the whig party-ask (the p epic to do te i must have a high appreclat on of the i peoltle, to ask them to supp rt a eandi statement of political prin t pies, the that nominated him, rejec l What party contending for—wha are their they in favor of a Bank—a i bionied m the currency ? Ask one, and he will " obsolete idea." Is it f 44 another law, like that Mr. Fillmore try does n'ot require it t D the public lands among the y lendered that schema imps tho tariff of '46, and the re enactmen Aye, that's it, say they--bi t this is by a largo portion of the part boldly de iff is high enough as it is: For the called 1 At the North, yee, at the answer, when we takeinta conside resolution declaring it " th 4 duty of 11. the existence of slavery in any territ or which may herea ft er be acquired,by was as unceremoniously rejected i convention, es the resolution endo - nets of the Allison letter we infer, south after election. What then is General Taylor ? Who is Gen—Ta ren's Colonel that recommended the't in Florida—Mr.Polk's General flea march of the army to the Rio Gran say caused the war with Mexico. " rough and ready"—as 4 statasm edge or experience—having, as ho but little time," in the forty years army, "to devote to the connaiderati, importanh political matters, nor" I doer), or been mixed up With politic any way, not eren having tfrited for o istrates, or any one the sitiee" he " lie service." Such, thenl is the au urea of the whip party, which the sanction by the election of Gen. T qualifications of the candidate the. elect in order to sanctiont become " obsolete" of thei 'fications of the instrumm l carry them out, are :cored! TRUE TO ITS INSTINCTS. ' published d letter from its ing and defOuding . the Br' Meal conduct 'towards Jo With this solitary exCepti. try so far as we hare ohs] of Mitchel) as barbarous, nail It is not surprising Englami and Mexico in ment ha's had with those the wrongs which are lie lrirh patriot. TUT. 14.113T1ES OF STE of us the dther day if we had reeei Stewart, of this state, in the House anxiety to see it. We had not the glimpse of the wonderful productiot it in fill—the following choice °A under our notice and We pasten to "Father Richio is tilt) coon i that?'] The coon saw n sharp-shoo said, looking down, 'ls that yon, 'Captain Martain Scott?' 'Tlt sake, don't shoot me; I'll come The old man Richie has become pact that, in hie next paper, he w ted song— 'Take me back to old To old Vitginny eh And then never re To opioad, old Zee, ['Ha! ha! ha!'" I KENTUCKY SENATORS.—The had the unpardonable impudence post of Senator in Congress, sin. as i a satrc to his weunde/ feelings lc the old gentleman rojcts it. is significant: If it were possible for me to r and to a berme of public duty, m, there are some minor considerati. i ceptencd of a temporary appoint in thy mind, &c., &c. TT The Meadville Journal is cause we prefer Gen. Cass to M ally do not know in this instane Mr. Van Buren Air having fell . sympathy of the Journt man , the rapidity with whic his' i however turn him over o our f and hope ho will adiuin ster to,h gerous. , , ALABAMA. Poor Ye coy is te his efforts to disorganize the de is stumping portions of the where ho resides, he mustered ly out an immense meeting call exposition of his course in the At a similar feint meeting of A oquerice only called forth two k him against the emphatic rati 'll SITTING aP WITH THE SICK when a whig:is heard of who i. for, an officeholder is sent to a it "sitting up with the sick!" is spreading.- .1' 1177oszni' T. &mamma the editorial chair of the Bost° of his hostility to the nominat has disposed of his interest , in it now hoists the federal flag. for Taylor and Fillmore. IET Wire fence is becomin The cost is:abrout 35 cents to most admirable purpose agai Cattle and horses. particular! well sawed by it once, can eq PEN. TAYLOR AND "I , ;R. PRO ner, the leading Whig gan o upon the charge that General faces are 'now 'representing) ritory bill: Lonisiai the intolerable, us to treat it wi This is an el slavery whige, which Gen. Ti tree of the Soi Luria it has befoie ii &fps, for a 7 tion of Toylo) TFOR resolutiOns by clamtive of the ct the people to y of:their4our is matter:' and. ill govern their int exultingly. , platfortitbroad j whig pirty to i standing at the re expressed in . o . upon ,certain , &c,,,—refor to all caviling.— , r—the platform • nicrusly re.* . With this fact ledge that evil ntirely abandon . ch they have ate under them 1,5 . .:t require a great. impudence, tO orm upon whit t Taylor. 1114 telligence of the , ate, whose onl y very Convention rl hen, is the Whi lg principles 1 A o • miter, to inure e tell you it is' n general Bankrupt 0, no—the cone -1 the proceeds l et No, the war has For the repeal - , of , of that of '42 7 1 — no means getters!, r iming that the tar filmot Proviso, lso otcd for ? • stribution States ? eticable. south, no. Which lion the fact MO a ongress to prohlait sly now possessed, the United States," the whig national ng the political M eans No ! north 4nd to whig platfor? 'Mr? Mr. Van itu e of 6 blood-houn i ds' recommended he , which the whigs s a General, brttve n, without kuo vl himself says, ho has been , in ) the n or eisrestigatio? of as he "talent/go/ to a men or matterir in o of our chief as been in the 1)1 ift lota/ of the in ask the peopled ylor—such ate wish tho poop urea. If what I=lEl ate bad; the q which they wiei r moalur ' i t through' ;Wont& Intelligm orrespondent, eau rnment for its tvi I, tho Irish 'nark I ire press of our c emn the punishi vorthy of the Ml'? , that the' upologi roversies our gov t , should now pal the head of a ga -The N London tish Gov n Macho in, the en , reed con nd only , howeve 1 the con countric , ped upw Whig friend Mgt ed the speech o and manifested been favored w, , nor have we ye act however has 4 give it a place: the tree. pH( er looking at him 'aptait Scott?' * same.' •For own.' Vila: h. very unhappy. II introduce ace irginny— ,re;' urn; any more! overnor of Ken to offer Mr. Cl his defeat by- Hear how indi . he foll Owing oncite to my:fe • return to thd a op — posed to rn ,ent, not without 'l lings, enate, i y .ZlC ve)ght us be- V° re , ost— rery indignant at, ; Van Buren. which to pity o low as to awu 1r the Journal n dignation swdlls. lend of tho Dc m should he apps an for We nocrat, :6r dart- . of it in a. .11e , ornery, • ving a hard time l oamy of Alabard tate. At Along irteen sympatbit /.d by himself, to ahimore ConveT tauga and Cooed, i ndred spirits to v ation resolation .ra on 7 ear his lion.— IMMII IMO passed I—ln Ohio it is disposed to bolt .nd to him, and he ssiekuess,' i aid that a Tay hey call is said, A. has been dri Courier, in consi .n of Gen. Tay, at paper for- $ and goes -the wl n fiom sequence or. Ho 500. 4ole hog I Illinois. BWeal a wine.— quite common i rod. and it iall stock but after having th" , • ely be got near fit noses i t again. ►eo.—The Naahv Ile Ban- Tennessee, thu . remarks aylor (as the whi I dough willing to sign a tee ter ! Why. , t forbids ovis alm I= anti ethrne faucle. qout )g ti Star says Callan ! :toms' a- luso igs i °the PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY . . '.Our whig cotemPorariOs, indulge no small amount _of rant, of late, against thi spirit and tondo* of what they please to style "Progressive Democracy." : Now wo Plead , guilty to'tho 01014 of:boinia progressive Dernocrat; , a class of politicians ftfhe, as people advance inliutalli- • gence. as science and art develope the great resoursea of the country and add to the long catalogue of improve ments new and wonderful inventions, are more antraore willing to trust. as far as .practicable, the affairs of the nation in their hands. • The fact is Democracy is essen tially progr,oessive in its characton'and can ' no more be pent up by the worn out axioms of-other agile, the thrintd bare theories of past generations, than the! diurnal flow of the tidea by the impotent command of man. Like everything else for the benefit of the people , --the masses —it has been opposed by those who. by treachery or cue ' fling, or as seine have claimed. by "divine right." I took upon thimsolves the task of governing them. Thus, I Progrtsiive Democracy has incurred the displeasureof monopolists of all grades—Bank men; Protectionists. those tainted by the love of power, and look upon the people as their passive instruments, and only condoecend to brOok their intercourse whenever good fat offices are seen in the distance. The spirit of Progressive Democ racy has been rife in the world, for centuries, but until the people became intelligent it was.used by hypocrites and knaves for base and unlawful pu l rposes. It was "Pro gressive Democracy" that consigned to the waves the Tea in Boston Harbor. I It was "progressive Democracy" that drew the first blood of the revolution nt Lexington and Concord. On the height/of Bunker Hill it direct ed the aim of the Unerring rifle until the compact col-, umns of British soiliers wore, piled in heaps of slain up on its bloody aides. It was its spirit that animated the hearts of the patriots of that eventful era—it was its warmth that enabled the bare-footed, half-fed, ragged troops under Was ington to endure the bitingcold in the night of the attar upon Trenton. It was its spirit that gave eloquence to a Henry to i arousti tho people , to re sistance-4f guide , the pen of a Jefferson in producing that glorious. instrument, the Declaration of Independ ence, and it nerved the sword, and strengthened the judgment of a Washington, in carrying its resolves into effect.- In short, what has not Progressive Democracy accomplished? It first built up the Constitution, and then defended it again 4 those who doubted the capacity of the people to govern themselves. It put down the old Fed eral party, sent theAdamses end their friends into perpet nal banishment, and struck down their favorite alien and sedition laws. The, onward march of Democratic prin ciples elevated Jelfferson and Madison—great men, who gave by their Wise administrations incalculable prosperity to the Union. It gave us Louisiana, Florida and Texas, and iii about to give us territory of untold wealth; on the shores of the Pacific, and make us in a commercial point of view, the stoOhouse of the world. Wo look at the Union increasing in population and territory, and we re cognise the indirect as well as the direct influence of this same despised Progressive Democracy. We, look to those who have brought to light and sustained the noble State-right doctrines of the' day, and they are the friends bf Progressive Democratic principles. The Bank, the Tariff and other Federal abominations have disappeared before the advaace of the Democracy. We look back to the war of 1812; and then at the war with Mexico, and still wo find thoo who are charged with Progressive De mocracy !sustaining the honor of their country against • the fierce attacks of enemies abroad and Federalists at home. It is true, for such support, they have boon called vile vlocofoeos," the "ignorant rubble," and anathemas loud dnd deep heaped upon their heads., We account for this by the fact that what gives them intense pain, is rationally stipptiped by sagacious Federalists to be equally hurtful to the people r a conclusion about as rational as 'that of the tipsy mad, whu imagined his friends to be in the same condition with himself. Every Democratic victory is an "awful crisis," which is announced with horrible forebodings of what a speedy and the Progres sive Democracy will put to the Union. -According to Federal calculations and prophecies, the Union ought to have been knocked to pieces some fifty years ago. Ames. - a shining light of the Federal party, said that the Consti tution was as full of Progressive Democracy tui a sound I=l lent ddlo j et of ern into hunt hickory-nut with meat, and looked every day for the de ,4,,.. struction of the Union by he unlicensed, Democracy of the people. . The old Ma lied with his expectations dis appointed; and, "critical per , ods, big with danger," have been popping upon us like minute guns at sea, whenever thei Federal ship has been riddled by Democratic broad sides, fired by the yeomanry of the land. • Welncknowl edge that Deminracy has been advancing. We knows that it is still advancing. So l is intelligence, education, science and ar They march hand in hand—are insep-, erable—and h ve boon for centuries, and will bo: for cen t turies to come. . , lired Mr, uch seen 01110 W Is and 'nd's 11 ex cbra- TAYLOR ME I you! John Tv ,N;IN LUCK !—Taylor men, we congratulate er your old friend, has heartily responded tin of Gen. Taylor! You remember him ! JI the famous man that slept with John M. rwards kicked the Whig party out of bed. I. The John , Tyler aforesaid, has come Gen. Taylor—and claims that he was one uggest him as a suitable candidate for the goes for Taylor therefere," as the whigs him, "without a why or wherefore,"—out •r the kindness once shown to hiM. He or isa man after his own heart, and he shall o elect him. John expects all of his old o slc; their duty. N. P. Talmadge, i too. who right luind man, is going it strong for "old to the nontina reader, do you Botts, and aft Yes - 7 -very we out strong for of the first to wings! Ile • once went for Lucky y tho in3iot, nant- of gratitude, says that Tay do all ho can whig friends t was Tyler's Zack." Baum Ott-Tig &MSCIIII3=3—ROOK LEFT.-Since Sat urday. we have received rwry subscribers to our weekly. Who says after this; that 'Cass stock in Western Penn sylvania, is not at a preMium. We have room on our boOks. however, for a "few more of the sante sort." and if our friends—the friends of eels!. anti Butler—will ex ert themselves a little, we have no doubt this ratio - of in crease can be kept up. Let every Democratic subscri ber apppoint himself a committee of one to solicit sub scribers, and forward us the namesi Our terms are low. very low, aril as for the paper, it speaks far itself. One thing. howeter, we may be allowed to say, that the Ob server furnishes more reading matter, weekly, than any other paper in this.part of the State ; and except the Ga zette, is the only one that furnishes its readers with tele graphic news. Send on the subscribers, then—we have room for their names in our subscription book, and we doubt not on creditors hate room fer the dollars we would get thereby. EEM The editor of. tho cam°. N. Y. ' News, bolted the nomination of Van' linten - in 1840. Now ho bolts that of Cass and goes for Van Burt*" Comment is unnocessal ry.—Boston Post. In the same beautiful position is the Editor of the Os wego Pallagium. In 1894 ho was the most radical anti- Van Buren iman in Western New Yorkwas red-hot for Cass—and his paper, (the Mayville Sentinel) only kept from opposing the nomination of Mr. Van Buren by the Democracy of Chautauqua calli4 a public meeting to decide the question. Now, ho is just as hot for Van Bu ren and op osed to Cass. ^ , toston Atlas says tho tine is coming when o hold officas under iho General government hatevor politicalopiaions they please, without emselves subject tol dismissal. This may be t under a Whig administration. Frank Gran ' out onlyfifteen hundred office holders in four er Gen. Harrison, and already whig Editors ing office holders with a "rote'? if they take t "Rough and Ready." CoMment is untie} 0:7 The' persons NV h can hold w rendering true, but n get turned / weeks, un are threat part again cessary•. Q7' Pe restored b by dashin where pe ere, were one apparently killed by lightning have been promptly immersing them in cold water, or water upon the body. Cases have occurred ens struck in the open air, during heavy show stored by the rain failing upon them. Humphrey Marshttll is stumpping it through for 9,13 1 ral Taylor. The same Colonel Mar w days after he returned frorallexico, gave toast:—"Gen. iyo ol o hero of Buena UT cd Kentucky shall, o fe t the folio* Vista.t, ..SPONTAN6;)US COMBUSTION" SIGNS Bums ur Lootsrses.—This State. the hoine of Tilylor, the whim's claim certain for their candidate; but the signs of the times indicate'that even this• poorconsolation in all probal:oiliiyr be denied them. Our friends are Ban:. guine, active, energetic. and determined to succeed; and when we add to this fact, the following significant sign. copied from the New Orleans Delta, it would seem to argue a different result than the anticipations of whigery have marked out: "Tax ROUGH AND READT."Gf friend H. S. Mc- Farland, has taken down the Taylor flag; and propotee to turn the Rough and Ready, of lberville, one of the first Taylor papers established in the country, into a Cass and Butler paper. In his number of June 21, be gives at length his reasons for this change—which are simply that he had supported Gen. Taylor as en independent candi date, disconnected from party—that he was willing to lose sight of his_part7 predilections and feelings, in order. 'to elevate to the Presrdeney a man who would administer the Govetument, as the General expiesmed it, "untram melled with party obligations or interests of any kind." but that now, as he has been nominated by the Whigs, made a party candidate, and the General has tacitly ac quiesced in that nomination, he thinks he is no longer bound to support him. but will return to his first love and raise the banner of Cass and Butler, in a new paper, to be called the Southern Democrat. Sums IN INDIANA.--The Cincinnati Signal states that a great disaffection exists in the whig camp in Indiana.— The whigs of the Switzerland District mat last week:— resolutions ratifying the nomination of Gen. Taylor, were warmly opposed by James IL Craven, ex-member of Congress, and rejected by a vote of two to one. Mr. Craven then offered a resolution, repudiating the nomi nation of Gen. Taylor, which was carried by a largo majority. What unanimity and enthusiasm t Verily the Taylor whirlwind is sweeping everything-before it—"in a horn," and we may add, will blow the whole faction out or the small end-of it about the 7th of November. SIGNS IN Ouio.—The Chardon (Geauga county O .) Republican, Gen. Seabury Ford's organ, which raised the Taylor flag, has been requested by a large ineeting of tlio 6 whigs of that county to haul it down. The Tif fin Ohio Standard, when the nomination was first re ceived raised the name of Taylor and Filmore„ but pub lic opinion was so strong against it, that it was forced to strike its flag. So goes Taylorism in Ohio. WILLING TO SELL—BUT NOT TO BE SOLD.-116 Mt. Vernon Times, the whig paper of Knox county, Ohio, still refuses to support General Taylor on the ground that ho is opposed to the principles of whi4ery, on the war and on slavery. The last number of thatpaper containp the following: REAUT •TO SUURETPER.—Aware that, under existing circumstances, we can no longer conduct the " Times" to the satisfaction of the whig patty of Knox, we, an nounce that we me willing, for a fait equivalent, to, sur render the establishment into the li!unds of any . person who thinks he can. • For the satisfaction of political Blends, we aro willing, to give up our post as editor - and proprietor of the Times, but the dictates of judgment and conscience we shall nceer surrender. The former is of small value—but the latter, With us, we trust, shall ever be priceless. CAN'T Go FOR THE N,TIVE CANTHDATi, At a recent democratic "flag raising" in Trenton, New Jersey, among the speakers was George C.lCollins, the distinguished lush Lawyer, of Philadelphia, known as the author . of the noted tract "Fifty reasons for voting for Henry Clay," published in and as one of aut o most efficient and influential-of the whig champions of that campaign. Mr. C: as an allopted avowed thatlicToold support no man identific , l, as the whig candidate was, with Natiristii—nor any party that: enter- tamed such a contempt for the popular intelligence as he aw exhibited in Philadelphia. Push on the rol•inn, and give the Coalebeents with Nativism a lasting and final Tu blike. SIGNS IN NiiV JERBI:IG—The Sege York T rue San says a meeting;Was• called at Jersey City on the sth for the purposi; of ratifying the nomination of Genesal Taylor. Although called to te-senible et half past 7' o'-' clock, it was not organized until nearly 9, in consequence of the small number present. After' theorganization a gentleman named Hardenburg was upon to ad dress the meeting. lie mounted the platform, and af terl.l expressing his thanks to the meeting for the honor intended him, proe'deded to state his anti-Taylor views, saying he was a Whig, and should vote for Martin Van Buren. He stated that unless there should be more Tay lorism exhibited elsewhere than there wasat that meet ing, the nominee of the Philadelphia convention could not be elected. He was opposed to him, and would ad vise all Whigs to vote for Van Buren. Err The New Orleans Bee, one of the thicsr, and firmest supporters of Gels. Taylor, declares that ho "is from birth, association and conviction, identified with the South and her institutions; being one of the most exten sive slaveholders in Louisiana; and s upported by the lave holding interest, as opposed to the Wilmot proviso, and in favor of securing the privilege fo the owners of slaves to remove with them to newly-acquired Iterritory." Where is Ball's proviso resolution, adopted at the ratifi cation meeting? lf" . • Late accounts from Englat d say that i , improbable that an expedition will bo fitted out against Cuba, and that the unliquidated debt from Spain 'to Brit ish subjects will be put for Ward as a eausus, kW. We have no faith in these reports. RIVERS Ann Hanson.—A vote W13:9- taken in the House of Representatives on Tuesday last, on that por tion of the report of the Committee on Commeree, afEr'm - ing the power of Congress to impro4e Rivera l and Har bors. That portion of the report was adopted by the strong vote of 128 _to 55—more than two to one. MT Gen. Quitman and Col. Doniphan passed up the lake ori Monday evening. on the Milwaukie, en route, via. Stinduskyi and Chwinnati. home. While the boat lay at the dock, ninny of our citizens called *upon them. WO 'T BO : T.—The bolting whigs at Worcester; ) acciar d the Suite of Massachusetts to find onelemocrat to se n d as a delegate to the r Buffalo Convention: They finall , selected E. A. Raymond, thinking him the only one litely to bolt. Mr. R. has published a letter in which be de lines the honor. He is for Cass and Butler. &pat. BUT EXPLICIT.- A young and beautiful girl e loper! with her lolrer frtn her home at Philadelphia, the other' day, laving behind her a note. as follows: "Dear Mot er—l am 0. P.—Ag. " She was about to be wed ded, as her friends thought. to another than the youth with whom she left- ' Luther Soyemnce, the member of Congress frOm Mai ' who said that the Mexicans wore to be applauded for killing the American troops under Gen. Taylor, made a yiblent speech in favor of the latter, on the 16th ofJune, at liallowell Maine. II r The politie,s of the literary men of this country, is a jug handle, all on, one side. Byrant, Cooper, Ir ., Paulding, Stephens, Halleek, Hawthorne, Ban &c.. are demoerto. t'!.r.rn'BrartvoLcrict.=Thes British Government his gi ...n to the crown witnesses in the recant State trials in Ir and, a free passage to tbi6 country., After using the miserable traitors to convict their own brethern the elf thoLrities quietly kick them out of the country! ' The be -1 nevolonce of this movenient is about equal to the tolerant spirit shown towards - pror Mitchell. STATE BANE OF Onto.—This has become the most im portant money institution on this continent. With thir ty-seven branches, covering the whole State—all bound together by oni, comnion interest,i andlin all impOrtant respects goverened 14 one head, the Board of Control. P. now issues five and; a half millions of currency—sus- Wits an, accomodationline, in the ways of notes end bills discounted, of seven millions; holds two millions of ape 4ie, and has a cash' capitol of 0,400,000. These facts we gather, through Thompson's Bank Note Reporter, ions a statenient made up to the sth of June. Gen. Taylor witl po;s's the Sum mer with his family at 'ascagoula.'a delightful watering place about 2 miles romßiloxi.—Er. paper. . . , And in the Fall_ take take q trfto the head of Salt iver, undoubtedly., 1 1, STILL fIARPING Our wlig cotemporaries ore still harping on the ou i, ject of 13 rbor and river huprovemeots; and the pettifog' ging ging 'Pi rof the Grn omerriaglaving, according t o t h; 1 1 .0 Gazelle . , een put hot. du combat in his ttssertioMhat.,ou, attemptt mako river and harbor improvements else that internal 'lmproVements is worthy the ridic u l e and emit mpt of every sensible man," so li ar us tie 'opinions of Gen. Jackson and Professor y o) h ed „ "go," le Editor of the -latter, true to the disgu et e, l propensi y of sticking his nose into other peopl;''s famines; comes to I the aid of his broken-necked cutest orary. „ 4 says that* have "inadvertently; of , warn, assed orer one veryi important authority. That is Lew 4 Cass him self. ' 14 his celebrated letter to ttli!e Ricer a d Dater Convention 6010 at Chicago on the 4th of Ju y, 18. r i t most clearly.designateS the promotion of "lITERNA IMPROVEMTNTS" as constituting the rirnair ob jeer of that body—a body, remember, compesed tad, siVely OF THE FRIENDS OF RIVERS {INDHAR BORS.t .. . , Now hen we state positively, without fear of eontra diction, that the Chicago Convention was nuti" composed exclusively of the friends of rivers and hartiors," as t h e Gazette; alleges, but that the friends of a g4 nt j, eyaten i l of "internal improvements," composed a +jority of is most influential and active members, itlwill at once lit; n discussi seen that the " authority" we passed over l i , , i 4 the question with the Com merciaL was °lino" import. lance" I t all. . It certainly cannot have escaped the memo, oryof he senior editor of the Gazette, that every speal l it er at t e Chicago Convention, except Messrs. Redfii and Fild of New York, advocated-the moat latitudin an con traction of the Constitution in regard to app ro I ations for improvemoqii r —that_instead of confining appro riations to the Iffprovement of harbors upon 1 lakes, 1 and sea-coast, and the removal of obstructs l from onr navigable rivers, many of the speakers, A Stewit of this State among then, declared that ab , el of A }teat was as much an article of foieign rows' when it left the farmer's barn, as it was when it e ed upon the oci3an, river, or lake, and argued theref that it was as 'much the duty of government to b 1 road or dig a canal to facilitate the transportation of I bushel of wheat to the said lake or river, ma it . 1 to construct hi:i!rbers, clear out channels, Ike:, to fat.] its transfrortatiOu while upon the water., This, la. i 4 character of that Convention, and it was On } e Demt+atic portion- of' that body threaten d raw, headed by the Mayor of the city, that th e c promise resolutions of John Tyler's man Spencyr, drawn up. Long before the convention met, dunk freely i expressc i d among the Democracy evervi,hi regard to its ohjects. With all with whom we cow alonoi the route, much anxiety as to the ground th Ventic 'il ni would occupy on, the question was rnaaife and eta belief was freely expressed that it weld.' ab the legitimate objects of harbor and river improve' and discuss and occupy the latitudinarian grouaitof -internal improvements. Such, then, was tit mbile feeling among the Democracy evert whirr ere more so thaitat Detroit, whim the b.:id I vritten. wherein the term "intemi t t unproven, sti, which the Ga=ette introduces as proof lb; understood the Baltimore resolution, condo len) :sy.stein of " intcrital improvement,,''' Or improvements. Now a letter written tulle mstances, and speaking of the Conventioi I . ifi " promotion of internal improvements," p . I .ontroversy, just nothing at - all. But there i ttiiideration, which explains, as Clear as in in speaking of the Chicago conv l ention, G. id, itriAltat letter. say it was for OM promotio I improvements. It is itt answeri to one ft tit deletration, int.:tang !din to acieetinpany tit .ehole tuna and tenor of the letter, shows .he invitation to which it is an nosier?, thus s !s for whic!i the (.7021ITIltiOrl was .boat to tee W LL9 t ter t with) of in Howl DM Is US Cass hart), circa fur t this , er ei.' by shou, tern I 1): tr, the that ilj .ou UNI on rt, x A rE!—We arc extremely son it, but the fact is ineoutestible, thOt the "E l l of the Com mercial is the eietbb' of a st omania. Whether "much learning bath it ."or it is produced by su sudden a ritefroul r court pettifogger to the more reputable p e.t . , we leave to the faculty, our •object bein I "gatherer up of news," to' record the fact.' ty is of the beligc rent tYpe—he thinks that e is to htirt hint—to take his life—and he s'ta a second Tom Thumb, in a boxing attitude. MI Lori" monl Jlllll tier' as a MiE wai like he a3s tre have been trying to "entirelydemol 'exultiingly tells his renders that ho "still s `is in "tolerable spirits." What kind of and and ihe tell i l f; in—whether :11ononphela or Jtunaica-1 us—by the way he rares, however, we.shot little of both, as it is said mixed liquor is ha l ,a. PJor unfortunite—we would u't hurt a , delicate little cranium—and we beg him sincere sl4ld meet his eye in a 'lucid moment, to reo i that, ho is perfectly safe, and can enjoy his ` 1 spirits," or.even "fourth proof" if he can get i mo ostation or hindrance frog I TT Ex-Attorney General O. F. Johnson, St ate, is making Taylor speeches in) New Oil promising that Pennsylvania will gn for his 1. teri thousand majority. This prophetic spea no need as , iin influential Democrat, Mr. Joh n for nerly idintifted with the DernOcratic pa te, but, for severfl years past, luiis taken no ev rin politics. IHe is one of those now Nib! Taylor ns ano party candidate. While he is fo Petinsy,vauut majorities to the Taylorites, t a Cane Man in the opposition ranks in our good w.nld baCk-his Piedictions, or make a - simil ti n, without blnelting. - LCECI IF In 1841, tho l whig corinorunts killed off i on by their unceasing importunities for offi them now think, no doubt, that if Gee. el cted, they will be - able to get rid of . him i panneb , leaving Mr. Fllmore, who is an resideq: The Democrats will sa've old Ready. from your murderems hands, Messrs. ens. AN APPROPRIATE CARGO.—The Louisville u tingly chronicles the faCt that two fiat boa tle names of "Taylor and Fillmore," laden b i Is. of whiskey, passed through the canal fells, on the 7th. -Taking into ecseitleratio more appropriate names could not have been Err york, r. be beat ( Wool al We all fierce and bloody pamh: has appe , lled "the Grape Shot."/ Its motto is Ihen we all pull together: Gen. Tn. Monterey." Tho meaning uo do • c ult l wool together. A WI frow d( , C 4 e l t hl N :i --- week, A ot death from eating clams, were r to induce the lady to throw away e for the nest meal. Ajhog ate the J . Goodenough for tho hog—he m ogs ought to that do n't take the papers. =I OEM repare ,nd die DM I • II 9F AN :AMERICAN COA;11/...JONiall 'on i atl for the Phillippitie Islaitds, di( 18th of March last, aged 37, 1 after tt. ~ days. The dectiased w a bra . Hewitt, the poe e5. , 4 f)f N w Yorl I ighly esteemed by atwho new hit ti the nly si DIIM MEM SPED.—.A Norwegian innnigrant ank of the Queen City while lying , on Tuesday morning las 4 and w Duo nog his poi •01710 miscreant attempted to destroy I . at qffice by fire. Considerable dam the flames were extinguished. " Err Demo before A . young woman of ,Norrisi Elizabeth Riggs, bas 13 months old, into tine river, , ntil it was drowned. - thi nam.• child, water "Ail.tonztlY Itlstc."—Thie iS ti lyptiki, soon to be eommenced at Warren Fletcher, formerly of the The Mail is to be a, Whig paper, ae port Taylor and fr%llmore. I I inter cuts" Gen. tit .1 r .11cS OEM JIM ' an, • ioath n. C.., !ii dr.. EBB (lii, aa , ate 1 de r elub' to r• E'• ccies ode him .Won of merelT, in er body cit. forth, Thu. , . ft' him, MIM -spans does not Id think for tht diraf his , if iho an.ured tolerable withqnt to this nro, and BIM CEE , on sis ti• of th art %65- , buppe,4l !prowl:s4 2323 State irk r declarb lGen. Efu• e . Most Ta r tiw is the awe tm whip" ough Pi ffice std. ourier es• c, bestial with 1600 (round tilt II th e too l' chosen ed in Net "Iletsn t or to Gel t , I s whe µ•as rare? , per. Di • ceivedp, . me she lui welled 0 t the lite il loore, EA. at ‘l,'-'i EMI MEI and $ r. = )e 6 :0 46'14 i s he LOU.cr° d' s' i'this StV' Own, i ;li-rested lbr tAtlngt lE s in, it andtt and h a new weer JouruJ-" e title o W TUTC omebto .d will, court