THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, Si-C.
THE GLOBE.
C'ireitlation—the largest in the county
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Wednesday, September 2, 1857.
DEMOCRATIC U'OIVEIR.A.TIONS
VOR GOVERNO.I,
Ron. WM.. V. PACKEIC, of Lyconaling-,‘
OR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
NIIIftOD STRICKLAND, of Chesttro
FOR SUPREME JUDGES,
Ilon. WILLIAM STRONG, of Burks.
Flop. JAMES TROMPSON, of Erie.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
VOR SENATPII,
WILLIAM P. SCHELL, of 110dford county.
FOR ASSE3RLY,
DANIEL HOUTZ, of Alexandria.
FOR REGISTER Sr. RECORDER,
JAMES B. CAROTHERS, of Morris
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
DAVID CALDWELL, of Cromwell.
FOR TREASURER,
JOHN li. LIGHTNER, of Shirleysburg.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS OZBORN, of Jackson.
FOR DIRECTOR OF TRE POOR,
JAMES 'MURPHY, of Petersburg.
FOR AUDITOR,
JOIN M. STONEROAD, of Birmingham.
Shipments of Coal.
The shipments of Coal over the Hunting
don and Broad Top Rail Road for the week
ending Thursday, August 27th. amounts to
2,525 tons ; for the season, 56,291 tons.
Change of Time
On and after Thursday, September 3rd,
Passenger Trains on B.untingdort and Broad
Top Rail Road will
Leave Huntingdon at B'A. AI and
Arrive.........c. "...2.30 P.
Our Senatorial Candidate
We have the pleasure to-day of announcing
to the voters of Huntingdon county and the
district, the unanimous nomination by the
Democratic Conference, of Hon. WILLIAM
P. SCHELL, of Bedford, as our candidate
for the Senate. We never witnessed as much
- unanimity in the selection of a candidate for
any office as it was the pleasure of the Dem
ocratic Conference on Monday last, in the
nomination of Mr. Scusr.L. Mr. S. is a gen
tleman of much legislative experience, hav
ing filled. the Speaker's chair of the House
'for, we believe, two years, and is an honest,
industrious friend of the - people. The posi
tion was not sought after by Mr. S.—indeed,
it was with great reluctance that he finally
agreed to accept the nomination. But, he
has accepted, and now it is for the voters of
the district to say whether he shall be suc
cessful or not. His election is not uncertain
if Vitrpeople will vote for the best candidate.
Somerset and Bedford, we are assured, will
run Mr. Schell ahead of his party ticket—
and we feel, inclined to believe that Old Hun
tingdon will give him a handsome majority
over his rank Abolition opponent, Mr. K eon tz,
of Abolition Somerset.
Our Ticket Complete
The Democratic Ticket, headed by such
men as SCHELL and HOUTZ, cannot fail to re
ceive a handsome majority of the votes in the
county. From every district we have the
gratifying intelligence that the independent
voters of the opposition parties have deter
mined to be true to their interests, and to
themselves, and will vote for the men placed.
in nomination by the Democracy of the county
and district.
Senatorial Conference
The Senatorial Conferees of the 18th Dis
trict, composed of the counties of Somerset,
Bedford and Huntingdon, met at the Wash
ington Boise, in the borough of Bedford, on
Monday, 31st August ult., and organized by
calling J. D. Bonny, Esq., to the . chair, and
appointing A. L. GRIM, Secretary.
The following named gentlemen presented
credentials and took their seats as conferees:
Somerset--J. D. Roddy, Geo. W. Beufort,
and Charles Halley.
Bedford—D. A. T. Black, Thos. H. Mur
ray, and 3. Henry Schell.
Huntingdon—J. Simpson Africa, Aug. L.
Grim, and Win. Lewis.
On motion of William Lewis, WILLIAM, P.
SCHELL, Esq., of Bedford, was nominated-by
acclamation as the candidate c,f the Democ
racy of this District, for the State Senate.
On motion of J. Simpson ,Africa, ISAAC
HUGUS, Esq., of Somerset, was nominated by
acclamation, Senatorial Delegate to the next
State Convention.
On motion; the Chair appointed J. Simpson
Africa, Wm. Lewis, and Thos. H. Murray, a
committee to inform Mr. Schell of his nomi-
nation
Altiv tendering . Tars, Cook the thanks of
the delegates for the use of her house, the
conference adjourned,
J. D. "RODDY, Chairman.
A. Guam, Secretary.
THE MISSOURI ELECTIO'S.—The official re
port shows that CoI:STEWART, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Missouri, is elect
ed by 334-majority. The official vote stands:
For Stewart, 47,975 ; for Rollins, 47,641. In
announcing the election of Col. Stewart, the
St. Laliis Leader of the 27th says :—" The
Democratic party has beaten the coalition,
and remains on the field, in spite of the rage
and 'disa_ppointment of the enemies of the
State , and of the South every' here, a clearly
ascertained. KAJORITT of the whole - people of
Missouri!!
Opening of the Campaign by Gen. W. F
The Democracy of York county had a grand
rally on Monday 24th ult. We copy from
the York Gazette, Extra :
After the meeting was organized ) . General
Wil-Liam F: PACKER, the Democratic candi
date for Governor of Pennsylvania, entered
the Court room, attended by a number of
gentlemen who had escorted him from his
lodgings at MnTzen's Hotel. His appearance
was the signal for enthusiastic demonstra
tions of respect and affection for himself per
sonally and_the devotion to the cause of which
he is the chosen and honored standard-bearer.
He was introduced to the meeting by HENRY
L. Fisus,u, Esq., and proceeded to deliver a
powerful, eloquent and argumentative ad
dress, in the course of which he was repeat
edly interrupted by cheering and other man
ifestations of applause. Gen. PACKER com
menced his address by a happy reference to
the electric effect produced on the night of
the last Presidential election, at his home in
Williamsport, by the telegraphic announce
ment of old Democratic York's thundering
majority for Btren.Aaysx and BRECKINRIDGE.-
Every Democrat present who had contributed
to that glorious majority felt proud of the re
cord made in the great fight of the Constitu
tion against sectionalism and fanaticism.—
Gen. PACKER proceeded to demonstrate the
constitutionality of the position maintained
by the Democratic party on the question of
slavery. He held up to scorn the hypocrisy
of the party who now affect to be horror
stricken at the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise—showing, from the records of Con
gress, that that very party had virtually re
pealed, repudiated, and trampled upon the
" sacred Compromise" long before the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill was introduced into Con
gresS by Judge DOUGLASS, to which distin
guished statesman he paid, in passing, a
glowing and merited tribute. He proved, to
the satisfaction of every dispassionate hearer,
that the Democratic party, so far from going
beyond the Constitution in reference to . slav
ery, does not 90 .so far as did that instrument
—and that it sanctions no measure or princi
ple for which there is not clear constitutional
*arrant. ' Ile depicted, in vivid but truthful
colors, the danger of placing in power, in
federal or State government, a party who pro
fess to have a higher law than the Constitu
tion for the regulation of their political con
duct—a party whose representatives are ca
pable, like the Legislature of Massachusetts,
. in which were GO fanatical clergymen, of
swearing on the Holy Evangelists to support
the Constitution of the United States, then
passing a law in direct and acknowledged
violation of that instrument, and justifying
it by declaring.
_that a hinliar law overrules
the federal fundamental law ! In this brief
sketch we of course cannot do justice to the
able address of Gen. PACKER. The hollow
ness and absurdity of the groans over "bleed
ing Kansas," with which the Black Republi
cans are seeking to inflame the worst passions
of ignorance and fanaticism—their disloyalty
to the compact of Union made by our revolu
tionary fathers—the folly of their calculation
upon peace and prosperity to be secured by
a separation of the North• from the South—
were topics which Gen. PacKna pressed with
much cogency and effect, lie concluded amid
hearty cheers—and evidently made a highly
favorable impression upon his audience.
4 P. M
Judge Wilmot a Know Nothing
It is important to the people of this noble
old Commonwealth to know, that Judge Wil
mot is a Know Nothing in the true sense of
that term as a party designation. He may
be a "Woolly Head" as much as he pleases,
but he has, in his recent letter, declared him
self, in principle, a faithful disciple of "Sam."
He stands on the Know Nothing platform of
principles and avows them as his own. We
care not for the manifest and studied caution
with which he has taken his position. The
position itself is unmistakeable, and is that of
an advocate and supporter of rank, unmitiga
ted Know Nothingism.
Here then we have the doctrine of proscrip
tion, revived in its full extent. It matters
not that the advocates of Know Nothingism
disavow the doctrine. It is proscription and
nothing else. The.proscription of Catholics
on account of their birth, is the soul of the
system. If it is not that, it is nothing, and
neither Judge Wilmot or any of his followers
can so delude the people of Pennsylvania, as
to make them believe otherwise. Proscrip
tion and Know Nothingism are convertible
term's. We bad thought; that as a party pol
icy, Know Nothingism had become a thing
as effete and .marrowless as an Egyptian
mummy, and that its skinny remains were to
be forever laid aside among the relies of the
folly and wickedness of other times. But it
seems not. Judge Wilmot takes the loath
some carcass in his arms and hugs it to his
bosom. He will find it a powerless attempt,
however, to breathe into it the breath of life.
Con - tact may destroy his own political vital
ity, but can never infuse any into the car
cass. -
zr-We learn from the Germantown Tele
graph that Passmore Williamson commenced
a suit on the Ist inst., against Chief Justice
Lewis, of the Supreme Court, for refusing to
grant him a writ of habeas corpus, when im
prisoned by Judge Kane for contempt of
court. Perhaps the best legal proceeding
that could be had in his case, would be one
to protect the peace of the community by de
termining whether Passmore Williamson
should be sent to the Insane Asylum or the
Penitentiary.
Packer.
Democracy Always the Same---The Op
position Always Changing.
Nothing commends the Democratic party,
says the Uniontown Genius of Liberty, more
forcible•to the support of the people than its
constancy of purpose. Ia all the :wild sur
ges of popular excitement it remains firmly
in its old position. It has its ancient land
marks and knows them, and adheres to them
with as much fidelity as the needle points to
the pole. To be sure, it had its temporary
defeats, owing to a trait in our people which
leads them occasionally to the adoption of
new theories, particularly when they are
presented and held up in a plausible light
and urged by specious reasoning. But, the
bulk of Democracy, even in time of defeat,
has remained true to the time-honored prin
ciples of the party. It is but a fraction that
occasionally goes off under excitement to
give triumph to the opposition. These inva
riably come back under the operation of the
`sober second thought.' The Democratic par
ty is the only party in the country that has
character either at home or abroad for relia
bility and permanency. Even the bitterest
of the opposition are forced to pay deference
to the proud history of the Democratic party.
Its long line of victories and its established
principles stand out as so many trophies
which can neither be ignored nor disregard
ed. The citizen in casting his vote for the
Democratic party performs a simple duty
which he fully understands. In looking over
the history of the past, he sees how much
the Democratic party has done for the growth
and prosperity of his country, and judging
of the future by the past, he casts his lot
with the Democracy, confident that such
course is best adapted to promote his own
and his country's welfare.
Nothing goes farther to condemn the oppo
sition in the judgment of the people than its
constant shifting and changing. It raises its
standard to-day, on which are inscribed high
sounding and captivating sentiments, and on
to-morrow it is lowered by the same hands
that raised it, and its emblazoned principles
are all ignored and repudiated. Three years
ago, the opposition, to a man almost, adopted
the dogmas of the so-called American party ;
and by all manner of fraud, and misrepre
sentation, and under pressure of a wild ex
citement, succeeded in defeating the Democ
racy. From the enthusiasm and seeming
earnestness of the opposition when they first
seized upon Americanism, it might have been
thought they had discovered the very doc
trines upon which to build up a permanent
party, and which were to inure in all time to
the benefit of the people and country. Their
frenzied zeal in Iperambulating the country
and exposing the alleged wicked designs of
the Peres o.] `tie G4I2S -or—tDrergn
emigration, rivaled any of the outbreaks of
politico-religious fanaticism that ever marked
the history of the world. In just one year
from this memorable crusade, the fears of the
Pope and the foreigner had all'subsided ; rea
son resumed her throne; Americanism be
came prostrated: and the good old Demo
cratic party regained its wonted ascendancy.
The zealot's fear of the Pope and the foreigner
all changed to sympathy for the poor negro
slave ; and now they set up no cry but oppo
sition to the extension of slavery. This ne
gro furor has nothing more to commend it
than had the furor of Know Nothingism ;
and it is destined to the same inglorious end.
Such has been the character of the opposition.
Not only are they constantly changing their
name, like the guilty fugitive ; but the meas
ures they espouse to-day are abandoned to
morrow. They have no principles establish
ed—no promises redeemed through which to
claim the support of the people, and it is not
to be wondered at that they have no record
of triumphs to point to and no prestige to
boast of. The democratic party has charac
ter and prestige both. Its history is co-es
tensive with the history of the country ; and
there is not a great measure of our govern
ment that is not the result of Democratic
policy, and the work of Democratic States
men. Unlike the opposition, the Democratic
party never resorts , to expedients to gain a
- victory. It never caters to whims, nor to the
voice of factious tumults. It lays down its
platform, based upon its ancient landmarks
and rests upon the justice of its cause, un
moved by the opposition, and undisturbed by
the cries of fanaticism. The plain old Dem
ocratic flag has more in it to arouse the zeal
of the masses and inspire them with. t atriotic
emotions, than all the devices the opposition
ever. originated. That old flag still floats in
the breeze, without " a stripe erased or star
obscured." The principles inscribed thereon
are the same •thaealWays adorned its proud
folds. Democrats rally to its support; and
let the shouts of another victory in good bid
Pennsylvania go forth to gladden the hearts
of the people of the whole Union.
HORRORS Or TILE MEAT PIE TRADE.—The
Paris police having received information that
of late great numbers of cats had been killed
in the Faubourg, St. Martin, St. Dennis, and
Poisonniere, and in the adjacent streets, re
solved to capture the destroyers of the ani
mals. Some of them on duty in the Rue
St. Martin, on the night of Sunday, per
ceived a man throw' large pieces, of meat
about, and when, as generally happened,
some cat happened to take a morsel, another
man who was somewhat in the rear, set on
a dog to attack the cat, and was soon able to
thrust it dead into the sack. The police suc
eeeded iu arresting the man with the sack,
but the other got off. From the prisoner's
confession, it appears that the slaughtered
eats were sold to keepers of low eating hou
ses at the barriers, 'who passed them off as
rabbits.
How it Works.
All through the State, the ,effort to get up
and maintain "Union" organizations among
the opposition, for the defeat of the triumph
ant Democracy seems to work but badly,—
says the Pittsburg Union, something is al
ways getting out of joint, and it appears
about as difficult to maintain harmony among
these discordant elements, as to "keep cool"
in the dog days. Each locality has its pecu
liar grievances, and strife, and discord pre
vails energetically. In one section they can't
agree on the Main Line question, in another
all can't unite on a, naturalized citizen, and
now we find a new difficulty in Blair county,
arising from the difference between Hazel
hurst and Wilmot Know „NOthingism—simi
lar, we presume, that which is well known
to exist between tic eedledum and tweedlecke
But this difference, however nice and delicate
it may be, promises to create considerable
confusion in the "Union" fold in that county.
The Blair county Whig expresses itself on
this subject with marked clearness and per
spicuity, and without any approach to- cir
cumlocution. Hear it;
The proceedings of what was called a Un
ion Convention to place in nomination a
County . Ticket, will be found in our paper to
day. The candidates are ofunexceptionable
character; personally. As to their , political
position, we know of but one or two of them
who have given their unqualified assent to
the support of Judge Wilmot. These gentle
men we will support ardently, and unless the
others avow their intention, without equivoca
tion, of doing the same thing, they cannot re
ceive any aid from the Blair County Whig.—
This ground we take because we believe it
is right that no man should be supported who
is in favor of liazelhurst & Co.
Must Stand It !
The Clinton • Democrat says that the dog
days appear to have about the same effect on
Republican editors as they have on the canine
species. All around us they are snapping
and snarling, as ,though they imagined that
ill-humor, hard names, and vile epithets, were
means of improving their dreary prospects.
Gentlemen—perhaps we should ask public
pardon for such use of that term—permit us
to remind you tint such a course of conduct
will not relieve you of your misfortunes:
• your=doom is before you and you must endure
' it—you need not apply hard names or epi
thets to us, for they won't stick—and you
cannot make your black cause look white by
trying to blacken other causes and people.—
Take our advice, then : endure coolly and
complacently ; and above all, du not fly in a
passion because of the certainty of it. Ne
gro Republican Plug Ugly Know Nothingism
is down, Wilmot must go down with it, and
you must go with them. Then you will have
reached the lowest depth,_ and then you can
get some other humbug to rally around. -- in
the mean time, " keep cool."
Cool for August! Very!
Judging from the following paragraphs,
from the Petersburgh (Va.) Intelligencer—a
Know-Nothing sheet—of Saturday week,
there must have been a severe frost in the
immediate vicinity of its office, and frigid
Jags hasbitten' the Editor. Just hear him,
and remember while you read, that the time
of year was the Bth of August, and near the
middle of the dog-days
"The yawning abyss .cf Democracy has at
last engulfed Kentucky. That noble old State
with its beautiful Barrens—its flourishing
fields—its pleasant pastures—its multitudi
nous mules and yorkers—has disappeared in
the maw of the great devourer, and our only
hope is that, one of these times, she well
Jonas-like, be thrown up, alive and kicking
from the dark and dismal depths into which.
she has been precipitated. It is impossible
that she can remain long the victim of such a
horrible and unnatural suction.
"In plain parlance, the Democracy, as the
latest returns indicate, have swept the State
at the late election, and Salt River will cease
for a while at least, to be the classic resort
that it has been for the used up candidates of
both parties, for the "or:terrified" have it all
to themselves, and true to their instincts, will
keep exclusive possession of its Elysian re
treats. We trust, however, that it is but a
temporary victory, and that not many years
\kill elapse before the new sceptre which sways
over the land of Clay and Crittenden will De
'broken to pieces, and the reign of political
truth and honesty be restored there."
Will not somebody send the editor a quilt
or a fur blanket? Ile is actually shivering
in August! Alas! poor Yorick. The "laud
of Clay and Crittenden" has proved to be the
burial place of poor "Sam."
TRUE RELIGION.-At the late session of the
Protestant Episcopal Convention of the Dio
cese of California, held at Sacramento, Rt.
Rev. Bishop Kip, in the course of his pasto
ral address, alluding to the political contest
then going on, and its exciting effect upon
the public mind, took occasion to say :
"From all these excitements our church
stood aloof. Its ministers contented them
selves with doing their Master's work, and
inculcating the truth that 'thereunto were
they called,' not to carry into God's house
the engrossing topics of this world, but rath
er on the day of holy rest to remind their
hearers that all these things must pass away,
while for us eternity is waiting. On no one
act of any of your number has the gainsayer
been able to throw discredit on your holy
calling. When urged to take part in these
exciting topics, as all of you have been, your
conduct has shown the same spirit which ac
tuated Nehemiah, when his answer was,
am doing a great work, so that I cannot
come down.' "
It would be-well, alike for the cause of re
ligion and politics, were all the denominations
in our land to imitate the example set by the
ministers of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
in its systematic abstinence from intermed
dling with political matters.
ATIMISAI AND ABOLITIONIS3I.—These two
isms run together as natural as water runs
down hill. The one ignores the Bible, and
the other denies the relations -which are com
manded in the teachings of that book. The
one asserts that man is a law unto himself
and is accountable to no superior revealed
power, and the other denies its obligations to
the government which protects its deluded
followers in the possession of their opinions.
It is all right that Abolitionists should be
come Atheists. When a man denies the su
premacy of the civil government and that
God rules in the affairs of men and of nations
it is but natural he should deny there is a
God; it is but a single step from one to the
other. We have been led to make these re
marks by the perusal of a letter from one Ira
Aldrich, of Bureau county, 111., published in
the Bureau County Democrat, and from
which we make an extract,. for the especial
benefit of the Abolition Republicans of this
region. To be consistent in their abolitionism
they should also become Atheists. Mr. Ald
rich, who is both an Atheist and a Republi
can, says:
And, sir, believe me when I tell you that I
am far from believing all those croaking, pro
fessed Abolitionists, honest no farther than
negro slavery is concerned, and that too, in a
distant land where they cannot participate
in the favor of negro service. I speak, sir,
of the Christian community; for they believe
the Bible and. that to be the law of their God,
and in that there is nothing to con,demn,' even,
but much to prove slavery to be a Godly insti
tution.. Their. blessed Saviour did not con
demn the system, but enjoined it upon slaves
to be obedient to their masters; and now, sir,
if you are.one of those believers I do not won
der at your 'professed contempt for the poor
down trodden negro race; and nothing short
of Christian influence and. Christian sway
could maintain the accursed system for one
day, for they taking twenty one as the aver
age age of graduates, draw it all from the
Bible, the greatest source of evils to the
Christian part of the earth. You speak of
Atheists. as being Abolitionists. Such 1 be
lieve to be the' fact—and, as such, I am proud
to be reckoned in their ranks! Would that
all wore Atheists'. that equal rights might
prevail!
IV/I,3IOT'S CONSISTENCY—The liontrose
Democrat, referring to Wilmot's Know Noth
ing Letter, gives the following conviucingev
idence of his sincerity in denouncing the
Catholic Church for interfering in politics:
Now we cfn show that
o Wilmot's letter
proves him grossly inconsistent; that his
de
nunciation of clerical interference in politics
harmonizes poorly with his own conduct du
ring the late Presidential canvass. Many of
our fellow citizens remember well the disgus
ting scene enacted in the old Court House at
this place last August. Wilmot and two big
oted priests were the chief actors. They vied
with each other in denouncing the Democrat
ic party and its brightest lights. They play
ed the part of demagogues to perfection. It
wo .c. G 11G - 1G
tho hon
or of humanity never to witness again. A
man appointed to administer justice, and two
poor deluded beings claiming to be the agents
of the Almighty, pandering to the prejudices
and appealing to the passions of an excited
and misguided crowd With ridiculous and
impious vanity assuming to brand with eter
nal condemnation their superiors in all that
constitutes the man, these pharisaical three
assaulted measures they could not compre
hend, protested against the elevation of a
patriot and statesman, and racked their puny
intellects in the vain endeavor to turn sensi
ble men into devotees of a reckless specula
tor and adventurer whose claims to prefer
ment rested on the expertness lie had dis
played in fleecing the Government out of its
just dues. And now Mr. 'Wilmot, who was
then "cheek by jowl" with political parsons
urging them to an abandonment of their
proper duties, has the cool impudence to pro
test against the interference of the clergy in
politics, and assaults a body of men whom he
fails to convict of that impropriety! Such
conduct deserves the execration of all good
citizens; and when we consider the motive
which is the parent of it, we cannot doubt
that this demagogue will be speedily and
overwhelmingly condemned by those he has ;
so long and so successfully deceived."
IMPORTANT TO RAILROAD TRIVELLERS.-A
Court in Ohio has decided that the loss of a
railroad ticket falls upon the purchaser. It
held that, the ticket being negotiable by de
livery, and one picking up the lost ticket
could ride upon it. The ticket agent having
sold a ticket to the plaintiff, the latter was
obliged, if he rode, to give it to the conduc
tor. It was held further, by the court, that
passenoers,"by the purchase and delivery of
tikets Co the conductor did notbecome lessees
of the cars; that they were still in the posses
sion and under the control of the company ;
that if the company ordered a passenger who
had thus paid his fare to leave the cars, and
he refused, he Might be 'ejected without ren
dering the company liable to an action for
assault and battery that they would, how
ever, in such ease, be liable for a breach of
their duty as common carriers, and might
be made to pay such, damages as resulted
from that breach of duty,
.either for detention
or any other loss.
piir The Philadelphia Sunday Mercury,
.14o."
an independent Journal, in noticing the Com
munication of the Democratic State Commit
tee to the Democratic candidate for Governor,
against stumping the State, says:— .
"The Committee are, we think, sensible in
their conclusion. There are plenty of windy
orators who go through political campaigns,
and acquire thereby an immense reputation
for oratorical talent, but who really have no
more brains, comparatively speaking, than
parrots. The effect of adopting the stump
ing custom of the South would be to give
these noisy, frothy, 'superficial spouters, an
eminence to which they are not justly enti
tled. Good common sense, administrative
ability, information and judgment, would be
entirely overwhelmed by "clack," and very
inferior men would be thrust into public sta
tions merely because they bad a faculty of
talking fluently about nothing, and expending
a few unimportant ideas into a multitude of
words. The action of the Democratic State
Committee is a wise one. The day has gone
by when a ten or - fifteen minute's speech on a
political platform, at a noisy Mass meeting,
will he accepted as a proof that the speak
er has ability, judgment and experience."
Gen. Packer the Poor Man's Pziead.
It is well known that while Speaker of
the House of Representatives, in 1849, Gen.
Packer, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, contributed very materially by his in
fluence toward the enactment of that now
popular measure . " Three Hundred Dollar
Exemption Act." During the winter of
1850, it will also be remembered, a strenu
ous effort was made by persons who , fancied
themselves aggrieved'by the law, to have it
repealed. Gen. Packer was then in - the Seik
ate, where he at once took the lead among:
those who opposed a repeal. A remonstrance
against the law, numerously signed by his
own constituents, being forwarded to him to
present to that body, he complied with the
request; ae'couapdnyiing *ith the° eloquent
remarks which we print below, and which
the Philadelphia Sun,- when publishing
them, at the time,' prefaced as " philan
thropic, just and truly Democratic." We
need hardly say that they contributed large
ly to prostrating further efforts at repeal ;
and the poor unfortunate debtor and his de
pendent family now enjoy the protection
that humane law affords and a sympathizing
public opinion' sustains..
Gen: Packer said:—
Mr. Speaker, I dO not sympathize witli
the prayer of the petition I have just pre
sented. Ido not believe that the law of
last session will injure the `!poor and middle
'classes" of community. I do not believe that
by exempting the last three hundred dollars'
.worth of property of the poor .unrortunate
debtor from levy and sale on execution, and
by driving from the door of poverty and dis
tress,- the sheriff and the constable, urged on
by a close fisted, miserly and heartless credi
tor, that you injuriously affect tile interests
of the poor. Sir, it cannot be true. Do you
for a moment suppose; that you would- belie
fit-the " poor and middle classes - of ;commu
nity" by exposing their last article of house
hold furniture—their 'last -bed—their 'last
stove—or their last cow—to the tender mer
cy of an avaricious creditor?
If Senators entertain such an opinion, - let
theni Comply with the prayer of the petition
ers, and vote for the repeal of the law of last
session, together'with all the exemption laws
previously enacted, and they will - promote
the interests of the poor and Middle classes
to the heart's content of the rich. Sir, so
far from sympathizing with the petitioners,
I would extend the exemption law still fur
ther. And, permit me to say, which Ido
with all confidence, that the. day is not 'far
distant when it will be carried further: The
day is dawning when every family will Le
protected in their little home, in defiance of
the - bad conduct of an intemperate, father, or
a profligate husband. The day. is -coming,
nay it is now here, when it will be conceded
that a man with a comfortable permanent
home, will much sooner pay his honest debts
than he who is almost distracted with impend
ing troubles, and who is ever al the mercy, of
an execution.
Many of the States of this Union have led
the way in this humane reform. Maine ex
empts a homestead to the value of $5OO, and
in the absence of a homestead, -personal
property to that amount. Vermont ,exempts
a homestead to the value of $5OO. lowa and
Minnesota forty acres of land or a lot.—
California exempts 320 acres of land or a
lot, worth $2OOO. Deseret, the- proposed
Mormon State, it is said secures a home to
every family. All the States and Territories
named having acted on this subject within
the past few months. Georgia, Texas, Mi
chigan, Wisconsin and Connecticut, have
long since enacted liberal exemption
New York always among the foremost in
popular reforms, is also pressing on in this
matter. I have before me the annual mes
sage of Governor Fish to the present legisla
ture of that great State, to which I beg leave
to call the attention of Senators. On the
subject of homestead exemption, the Govern
or says:
" While it is admittedly a primary duty of
the legislature to enact laws for the punish
ment of vice, it is no less its duty to remove
the causes which frequently lead to the com
mission of crime.
The impressions made upon the youthful
mind, by the gentle force of parental author
ity and example, and by the associations of
the family circle arc among the most active
and enduring of the influences which con
trol the conduct of after life. Much of the
vice that we are called upon to deplore, may
be traced to the removal of its subject from
the reach of that authority and example,
and from the innocent, but wholesome asso
ciation of a home, however huml.de. The
cause of morality, no less than the dictates
of humanity, demands the preservation of
the Amity circle, and the maintenance. of
the filthily home, as efficient preventives of
vice, and sure and permanent contributors
to individual virtue and happiness, and to
public prosperity and order."
Such Mr. Speaker, are the views of the
Governor of New York. . They are the sen
timents of a humane and far-seeing states
man—and I honor him for his manly inde
pendence in giving them the weight and
sanction of his official station. Sir,. I go
with the Governor.' of the Empire State. I
would secure to every family a nomE and a
nE.tarn. I would notpermit _the covetous and
hard-hearted creditor to drive his unfortunate
debtor, naked - and penniless, out upon the cold
charities of an inhospitable world. The laws
that authorize such a procedure should be
blotted from the pages of the statute books
of every State in this Union—they are re
pugnant to the.spirit of the; age, and revolt
ing to humanity.. Like the laws sanctioning
imprisonment fbr debt, they should be repu
diated by every. philanthropic legislator—
they should exist but rin the history of the
past—an obsolete idea.
It has been truly said, Mr. 'Speaker, - that
he who sells out the•last -little property of a
wife, and. family of •small children, of a
rash, heedless, or perhaps intemperate but
and father, and afterwards with a
cheerful countenance goes. home to dine—
goes home TO FEAST ON HUNAN .11EAETS
Sir, money thus obtained has' a damning
• •
curse upon it I
' Entertaining these views,- Mr. Speaker, I
cannot go with those of my constituents who
demand the repeal of .the exemption law of
last session ; nor can I believe that any con
siderable number of them desire it.
, i , "" - The following is the direction on s letter ma
the nuntingclou Post Office a few days ACC"
To Miss A. F. t the within is itadreased, •
At Scipio Centre, you'll please lets rest:
Lakes,
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Away up In York State, that coy' of
In Cayuga county, where the School system tako.—
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