THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
THE GLOBE.
Circulation—the largest in the county
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Wednesday, August 18, 1858
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT,
WM. A. PORTIMII I of Philadmll►lala.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co.
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ASSEMBLY,
DANIEL HOUTZ, of Alexandria
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JAMES IiENDERSON, of Cassville
DIRECTOR OF TILE POOR,
JOHN AIIERLY, of Springfield
AUDITOR,
JOHN OWENS, of Birmingham.
CORONER,
THOMAS P. LOVE, of Huntingdon
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Having purchased the right of this
county for printing in Dry Colors, we in
form our friends and enemies that we are
now prepared to accommodate all with the
most beautiful Posters, Bills, Cards, Cir
culars, &c. Call at the "Globe Job Office"
and. examine specimens.
New Advertisements.
42r- Administrator's Notice.
.ice Dissolution of Partnership,
.1M- Read prospectus of the "Scientific American."
zay- Teachers and School Directors see notice of school
examinations by the County Superintendent.
We return thanks to the friends who
have called with us, since the commencement
of Court.
Orr We are prepared to get up in hand
some style, Banners and Flags for Sunday
School and other celebrations, political meet
ings, &c., with any inscription desired.
OUR TICK.ET
The Ticket placed in nomination by the
Democratic County Convention, which as
sembled in this borough on Wednesday, the
11th inst., will be found at the head of this
column. We take pleasure in referring to it,
for we do not believe a better ticket, if as
good, as a whole, was ever placed in nomi
nation by any party in the county. The
gentlemen upon it are all experienced in busi
ness, honest, and worthy of success, and the
representatives of the Democratic party, who
were instrumental in placing before the peo
ple of the county such a ticket, deserve and
will receive the thanks of every Democrat,
and of every liberal voter in the opposition
party. There is no dead-weight attached to
the ticket—every man upon it adds strength
to it- - -and the whole can be elected if the
proper exertions are made by each individual
member of our party. Go to work then Demo
crats—remember that the victory is half gain
ed.by the nomination of an unexceptionable
ticket—the other half you can easily gain
possession of if you will hut determine to do
so. Go to work then, and never cease your
efforts until the polls close on the 2nd Tues
day of October next.
THE ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN.—The 111. Douglas
campaign appears to have revived through
out the State the electioneering furore of
1840. At Hillsborough and at Grenville, Mr.
Douglas bad addressed the people, and at
each place the assemblage, according to the
Chicago Times consisted of a turn out en
masse of the whole surrounding population
for many miles—men, women and children—
as to a great camp meeting.
THE STATE ADMINISTRATION.—The German
town Telegraph, an iudependent journal, but
of. decidedly Republican proclivities, pays
the following compliment to the State admin
istration : "Governor PACKER and his Cabi
net have returned to the seat of government,
from their visits to Cape May and Atlantic
City. We never bad a more respectable Chief
Magistrate, or a Cabinet of more integrity
and ability. Judging his administration so
far as it has progressed and has been devel
oped, it is clearly entitled to the confidence
of the people."
The Tariff Question.
The opponents of the Democratic party,
says an exchange, have been laboring earn
estly, for months past, to make capital out of
the tariff question. They would revive the
exploded Whig doctrine of " protection for
protection's sake," and are loud in their de
nunciations of the Democratic principle of a
tariff for revenue with reasonable discrimina
tions in favor of home industry. Under these
circumstances, it was to be expected that the
Convention which met at Harrisburg on the
14th ult., and nominated Read and Frazer,
would have made some positive declaration
on the subject, in accordance with the pre
viously expressed views of the opposition pa
pers and orators. But what did it do ? Among
a series of resolutions of a singularly nega
tive and non-committal character, it adopted
this one:
Resolved, That the revenue necessary for a
judicious and economical administration of
the government should be raised by the im
position of duties upon foreign imports, and
in laying them, such discriminating protec
tion should be given as will secure the rights
of free labor and American industry.
Now, we need scarcely say, this is almost
literally the Democratic idea of the tariff;
and it is a high compliment to the principles
of that party, that its position upon a ques
tion of so much importance, should be for
pally adopted by its opponents and publicly
proclaimed as au article of their political
faith.
The Spirit of Democracy.
Of all the political struggles, says the Car
lisle Democrat, which this country has experi
enced—and it has experienced many—none
has surpassed in the intensity of its nature,
or equaled in the magnitude of its *conse
quences to mankind in general, the great first
revolution ofl.Boo, which prostrated Oligarchy
cloaked in Federalism, and brought Democ
racy into power under the leadership of its
true exemplar, and fearless champion, the
great Jefferson. There have since been con
tests in which on the one side and the other,
great numbers were marshaled, and in which
questions of equal interest to the people of
this country were involved—contests for the
preservation of that 1113 trampled sovereignty
which in this great contest-was to be wrested
from those who had arrogantly seated them
selves above the people, and as they fondly
hoped, above the power of the people. Those
contests were entirely for our own happiness.
This great contest, which marked as an epoch
of Freedom the advent of the 19th century,
.was directly for liberty here, and indirectly
for liberty everywhere. It was to prove the lie
upon both Federalists and Monarchists who
predicted anarchy as inseparably consequent
upon Democracy. It was destined to raise the
desponding spirits of the suffering millions of
Europe, who were watching the Great Experi
ment here with a solicitude commensurate
with the interests involved. It was a fierce
struggle between the Spirit of Democracy and
the Spirit of Oligarchy, for a permanent as
cendency in the government of a country
which was about to mould its institutions and
its policy.
Federalism, though it ostensibly adopted
the theory of self-government, practically
ignored that doctrine because it feared the
"excesses" of the people—the "prejudices"
of the people—their "intemperate use," their
"abuse" of power—their "grasping at the
shadows of immediate good," and rejecting
the substance of ultimate good ; and in a
thousand ways by its conduct and its mea
sures did it exhibit its suspicions and its fears
of the people, and its want of faith in their
ability to govern themselves. It sought by
all the devices of legislative and executive
cunning to "palsy the will," to paralyze the
exertion of the people and to fetter the Spirit
of Democracy, which, like a mighty wave,
was rolling onward and onward, threatening
to sweep into oblivion every vestige of the
structures that impeded its course. To this
flood of public opinion—powerful everywhere
—omnipotent here, Federalism opposed the
artificial interests it bad created for this day
of reckoning—this evil hour that had come
upon it. But the money power and factory
power, and all its other mercenary powers,
though they obstructed, and for a while im
peded the advancing flood, could not obstruct
or impede it long_ Gathering strength from
the obstacles which were meant to stem it,
the mighty torrent swept grandly over all.
The very measures which Federalism had
adopted to help it in time of need—to buoy it
above the angry flood—proved to be mill
stones about its neck to sink it deeper than it
otherwise would have sunk. The Alien Act
had been passed to drive back into the des
potism of the old world the thousands of pa
triots who had fled from its tyranny. The
Sedition law was to gag the press of the
country, in order to prevent that annihilating
investigation of its measures, and the motives
'of the authors of those measures, which it
had just reason to apprehend. Thus it sought
to muzzle the press—to silence complaint.—
But fines and imprisonment bad no terrors
for those who loved their country more than
they feared the power of Federalism. It
was these measures that contributed more
than all others, to stamp upon Federalism
that burning odium of a peopled awakened
to a sense of their danger, which it still bears,
and will ever bear.
Jefferson, placing implicit trust in the "in
telligence, patriotism and discriminating jus
tice of the people," and despising the fears
and suspicions of Federalism as heartily as
he did its miserable pretexts for its yiolation
of the rights it had sworn to defend, pro
claimed in language that sent thrills of joy
through the great American heart•—the right
and capacity of the people to rule themselves.
Kings and oligarchies had fur three thousand
years professed to , govern justly but had
never done so. Under all circumstances, at
all periods, and in all countries, monarchies,
limited or absolute; aristocracies, pure or
mixed bad been tried, but tried in vain. The
people might not govern as smoothly as the
despotism which quietly reigned over the
desolation it had caused. But they would
be true to themselves. .Thay were the only
ones to feel the effects of their own misgov
ernment, if they misgoverned themselves;
and self-interest, that universal and inde
structible principle of their natures, even
were they destitute of all higher qualities
which they were known to possess—was, in
itself, a guarantee that the people would re
medy the evils the people felt.
These were the inspirations of Democracy,
these the answers of Jefferson and his noble
supporters, to the doubts, the fears, and the
suspicions which Federalism sought to instil
into the minds of its dupes. Jefferson and
Democracy triumphed, and what are the con
sequences ? Let him answer who can com
pute the sum of the prosperity and happiness
of this mighty nation, flowing from the sov
ereignty of the people as inaugurated by
Jefferson, and just and equal laws impartial
ly administered.
With the brave and eloquent Shields:—
"May this sacred principle extend its glori
ous triumphs to all the oppressed nations of
the world."
Democratic County Convention.
The Democratic delegates, elected to repre
sent the party in County Convention, met at
the Court House on Wednesday afternoon
last, the 11th August, and organized by call
ing SAMUEL BROOKS, ESQ., of Carbon
township, to the Chair, and appointing JouN
GEMMILL and B. R. FOUST, Vice Presidents.,
and JOHN YANDEVANDER and J. C. SEMLER.,
Secretaries.
Credentials of delegates were then present
ed, and the following named gentlemen took
their seats.
Alexandria borough -Gen. R. C. M'Gill,
Francis Conner.
Birmingham—John M. Stoneroad, George
W. Owens. ,
Cassville--Jno. Henderson, Jno. S. Gebrett.
Hidingdon—Robt. King, John. E. Given.
Orbisonia—John P. Dnnn, Perry 0. Etch
ison.
Petersburg—Jos. Johnston, S. D. Myton.
Shirleysburg—Capt. J. W. Galbraith, J.
H. Lightner.
Barree twp.—John Hirst, Silas A. Criswell.
Carbon—S. Brooks, Esq., Ed. ➢'Hugh.
Class—Jon o. Hoover, A. J. Henderson.
Clay—William Dunn, P. H. Bence.
Cromwell—Sarn'l Bolinger, David Irvin. •
Dublin--John Jamison, Chas. Burkholder.
Franklin—John Zentmire, T. Henderson.
Henderson—John Porter, Andrew Decker.
Jackson—George Jackson, Thos Osburn.
Juniata—H. S. Isenberg, Isaiah Foster,
Morris—Dr. T. Harnish, Col. R. F. Haslett.
Mt. Union district—B. R. Foust, Joseph C.
Sechler.
Oneida trop.—Robert Wilson, 'William Li
vingston.
Petersburg dist.—Sarrel M'Ateer, Henry
Holtzaple.
Penn twn.—J. M'Gahen, Joshua Gorsuch.
Porter—Robt. Cunningham, Jno. Gemmill.
Shirley—Wrn.M'Garvey, Peter Crownover.
• Spingfield—N . K. Covert.
Tell—John Price, Solomon Goshon.
Tod—David Hamilton, A. Clark.
Union—John M'Combe, Jacob 11. Miller.
Walker—Jno. Vandevander, Jos. Isenberg.
Witrriorsmark—James Chamberlin, Thos.
Wilson.
West—Henry Davis, John Cunningham
The Convention, on motion, proceeded to
the choice of Congressional Conferees,—the
first ballot resulted in the selection of JORN
SCOTT and JOUN VANDEVA.Is.IDER, Esqs., and
Gen. G. W. STEER—without instructions.
On motion, Dr. D. IforTz was re-nominated
for Assembly, by acclamation.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
for County Commissioner, Director of the
Poor, Auditor and Coroner. The first ballot
resulted in the choice of JAMES HENnEnsoN,
of Cassville, for County Commissioner; JOHN
MIERLY, of Springfield, for Director of the
Poor ; Jour: . OWENS, Esq., of Birmingham,
for Auditor, and TrtomAs P. LOVE, of Hunt
ingdon, for Coroner.
On motion, the Chair was requested to 'ap
point a County Committee at his leisure ;
when, on motion, the Convention adjourned
sine die. SAMUEL BROOKS, .Pres't.
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B. R. ROUST,
J. C. SECIELER,
ejNO. VANDEVANDER, 1 SCC'S
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Agricultural Meeting.
A meeting of the Huntingdon County Ag
ricultural Society was held in the Court house,
in this place. on Tuesday evening, 10th inst.,
President, JOHN C. WATSON, in the Chair.
The minutes of last meeting were read and
approved.
The Society then proceeded to appoint elec
tors to represent this county at a meeting of
the Farmers' High School, in September nest.
The following persons were appointed said
committee :—Gen. S. Miles Green, Gen. Geo.
W. Speer and T. 11. Cromer, Esq.
The Committee on Premiums, appointed at
the last meeting, presented a list which was
read by the Secretary and, after some altera
tion and amendment, was adopted, and or
dered for publication in the county papers,
as heretofore.
The following resolutions were offered and
adopted :
Resolved, That our treasurerhe, hereafter,
authorized to supply all persons, wishing to
do so, with a copy or copies of any of our
standard Agricultural journals, to be select
ed by themselves, instead of the cash pre
miums awarded.
Resolved, That llon. Jona. M'Williams,
late President of this Society, be requested,
if consistent with his private engagements,
to attend the next meeting of the Pennsylva
nia State Agricultural Society, as the Repre
sentative of the Huntingdon County Agri
cultural Society; and note whatever may be
deemed of interest, in a report to our next
regular meeting; and that Gen. S. Miles
Green be his alternate.
Resolved, That Israel Graffius, Esq., Geo.
Jackson and Hon. Jona. M'Williams, be the
alternates of the delegates elected to attend
the meeting of the Farmers' High School, in
case further inability to attend.
A meeting of the Executive Committee was
appointed for to-morrow evening, at 7k o'clock,
for the purpose of making further arrange
ments, &c.; when, on motion, adjourned.
JNO. C. 'WATSON, Pres't.
M'Divlrr, t . •
J. F. RAMEY, zecretarzes.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Aug. 11.
The Executive Committee met, pursuant to
the above appointment, and organized by ap
pointing GEO. JACKSON, ESQ., of Jackson
twp., to the Chair, and J. F. RAMEY, Seey.
The following persons were named and ap
pointed a Committee of Arrangements for the
coming Agricultural Fair, with power to fill
any vacancies which may occur, viz.: Dr. J.
S. Griffith, J. Simpson Africa, Henry Corn
probst, M. F. Campbell and Alex. Port, Esq.
Committees to award premiums on the dif
ferent articles on exhibition, were also ap
pointed, which will be published, -together
with the premium list, as early as possible.
Resolved, That our Annual Fair commence
on Wednesday, 6th of October next, and con
tinue three days.
Resolved, That all stock, manufactures, or
articles for exhibition, be required to be en
tered, and on the Fair ground, by 12 o'clock
on Thursday of the second day of the Exhi
bition, in order to be admitted to competition.
GEO. JACKSON, Pres't.
J. F. RAMEY, Scey.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GLOBE.
Investments in M'Lean County.
BLOOMINGTON, August 10, 1858.
Mr. EDITOR :—Permit me . through the col
umns of your most valuable journal to present
you with a few facts touching the crops, the
financial embarrassment of the farming com
munity in Central Illinois, the depreciation
of real estate since the financial pressure and
the failure of crops, and the great induce
ments for monied men to invest for specula
tion.
_ First, the crops. The wheat crop in Central
IllinoiS,.and especially in M'Lean and adja
cent counties, is almost an entire failure, with
the exception of those crops which are grown
on the new broken land, whieb may give per
haps lira a crop. The oat crop will compare
nearly with the wheat crop; not quite so good
if any difference. The prospect for corn is
very poor; . many fields entirely too backward
to make any corn at all, even with the most
favorable. season. Here and there you will
find scattered promiscuously over the coun
ties a few fields that will make fair corn with
a good season ; but those fields are few and
far between. The season still continues wet,
too much so indeed even for the potato crop.
The next thing I desire to notice briefly is
the financial embarrassment of the mass of
our farming community, the causes, &c.
speak now especially of that class in Central
Illinois. It may safely be said that (with
few exceptions) the entire farming commu
nity in Central Illinois are badly in debt for
land. Until within the last two years, far
mers have been blessed with a series of years
of unprecedented prosperity. They have
been accustomed to buying unimproved land,
breaking it up, and paying for the land from
the proceeds of the first crop, and then selling
the land at quite - an advance; consequently
not only the kid glove farmer, but the indus
trious and hard-working farmer, went deeply
in debt for land. They added farm to farm,
giving their promises to pay, maturing gen
erally about harvest. Last year being a par
tial failure in the crops, many were unable
to meet their obligations, and found them
selves badly crippled in their financial mat
ters, but most of them succeeded in keeping
their heads above the wave by getting an ex
tension of time until they could raise another
crop. But the present crop finds them in a
ten fold more disastrous condition than last
year, and the result is, men are compelled to
sell their lands at such figures as they can
get, many of them at ruinous sacrifices. The
depreciation of lands in Central Illinois, es
pecially M'Lean and adjacent counties, which
have suffered perhaps worse than almost any
other counties in the State, is a very marked
one indeed. Many farms in the - county of
M'Lean, and even in the vicinity of Bloom
ington, that were held one year. ago at forty
and fifty dollars per acre, can now" be bought
at twenty-five dollars .Some of the very best
improved farms in the county can be bought
for thirty dollars per acre ; other lands in
about the same proportion—owing to their
relative distance from railway stations.
I desire now to present some of the in
ducements that present themselves for specu
lation iu the State of Illinois. When we
speak of Illinois as a State she is to be re
cognized as the great State of this great
Union. She may now be called the great
agricultural emporium of the Western world.
Illinois stretches from a little North of the
North line of Pennsylvania, down nearly to
the Southern boundary of Virginia and Ken
tucky„ and hence embraces a greater variety
of climate and a wider range of productions
than any other State in the Union ; its great
est length being 378 miles, and its average
width 150 miles. To compare her with other
States, Illinois, is nearly as large as all the
six New England States put together, and
with her resources well developed would sus
tain a population of fifteen millions. She has
now in successful operation 3,000 miles of
railway, besides several others in progress,
giving farmers every facility to put their
grain into market .when it commands the
highest figures.
I should like, had I the ability and would
it not be intruding on the space alloted me,
to turn to the future and speculate upon
what Illinois is destined to become in the
lifetime of the children born in 1858—situa
ted as she is in the central valley of this
great continent, a climate stretching through
five degrees of latitude, railways and naviga
ble rivers running in all directions through
the State, giving her commercial advantages
not equalled by any State in the Union, with
Chicago, the great commercial City of the
Western world, situated at the head of the
most magnificent chain of lakes on the globe,
and with an industrious and enterprising
people pouring in among us, determined to
make their homes amid our quiet groves and
on our beautiful prairies ;—but time will not
permit me to do so at present.
That there is a marked difference in the
features of the financial pressure of 1837 and
that of 1858, is very evident. In '37 the
country had no facilities for exporting its
grain. Secondly, there was no money in the
country to meet its indebtedness ; conse
quently it took several years for the country
to rally from its financial prostration. The
present financial pressure finds our vaults
filled with gold and silver. There has scarce
ly been a period within the last century that
so much gold and silver has been lying in
the vaults of our commercial cities. This
vast amount of capital must eventually seek
an investmentrsomewhere, and I feel certain
that if capitalists in the East who are loan
ing money at 5 and 6 per cent., would send
it out and invest it in real estate in Central
Illinois at the reduced figures that they can
now be purchased at, they could double their
investment as soon as the times again re
vit•ed.
In speaking of Central Illinois as a point
for investment, I would refer those who are
thinking of visiting us, especially to the
county of M'Lean. This is one of the great
agricultural counties of the State, situate in
the centre of the State, about mid-way be
tween the two great centres, —Chicago and
St. Louis,—making it the great central coun
ty of trade. Bloomington, the county seat of
M'Lean, is.the central city of trade between
Chicago and St. Louis, having a population
of about nine thousand, and pronounced, by
all who visit it, the most beautiful young city
in the West. llaving made itself within the
last eight years, its improvements are mostly
new. Its business houses are mostly built of
brick, three and four stories high. The busi
ness rooms are finished after the most modern
style, and Will compare favorably with those
of our eastern cities. Bloomington has three
fine Seminaries of learning, one College, and
the State Normal University, in connection
with several fine public schools, all in suc
cessful operation. These institutions will
always give Bloomington literary advantages
over every other point in the West.
But I have continued my remarks too far
already. I will close by inviting all who
wish to rise in honor and wealth with a
rising State, to cast their lots among us, and
invest capital where it will pay. And I as
sure you that not one of a thousand will ever
regret that he became a citizen of Illinois.
Celebration at Alexandria.
[Correspondence of The Globe.]
MR. EDlTOR:—Though I have not penned
anything for your columns for some time, I
am still in the land of the living, and resume
my pen to give you a brief account of a cele
bration which took place here on Saturday
last. It was a union of five Sabbath Schools
from Alexandria and vicinity. Major Win.
Moore was Chief Marshal of the day. The
procession formed at 9i o'clock A. M., in
front of the German Reformed church, and
proceeded in good order to Neff's woods, a
short distance east of town. When all were
seated, the President, John Porter, Esq.,
called the assembly to order, and an appro
priate prayer was offered by Rev. S. 11. Reid ;
after which suitable addresses were deliver
ed by Rev. J. Riale, Rev. McComb and Reid,
interspersed with vocal music by the scholari.
Dinner being ready, all repaired to a table,
some two hundred and forty feet long, literally
covered with the best of provisions. The
table was filled several times; until all were
satisfied, and still many "baskets of frag
ments remained." After two o'clock, the
audience was again called to order, and an
address delivered by D. Neff, Esq., which
was well received. The President then made
some remarks, after which he dismissed the
company. Everything passed off pleasantly,
and all appeared to enjoy themselves.
Aug. 11, '5B.
EDUCATIONAL
[For the Journal.]
We have been informed here, that the
County Superintendent, has been using his
influence to procure students to attend an
Institution latety established in Shaver's
Creek Valley, known by the name of the
Mooresville High School. Now it seems to
us that the Superintendent in doing this cer
tainly exceeds his legitimate duty.
Our information may possibly be incorrect,
and therefore we forbear any further com
ments.. I\ COG.
"Incog" subjects himself to severe criti
cism. But criticism would do more harm than
good. The County Superintendent has a
right to advise his friends when information
is asked of him, " Incog" has a right to par
agraph him in the newspaper, and every body
has a right to sneeze.
The County Superintendent is equally in
terested in the success of our meritorious Lit
erary Institutions, and no one can take a
reasonable exception to his course when un
derstood. Any person properly interested in
any department of education will receive the
kindest attention, when they present their
claims in person, instead of newspaper para
graphs. A. OWEN.
The Tioga Agitator, a leading Repub
lican paper in Wilmot's district, thus dis
courses of the opposition platform:—
Some time since we took occasion to say to
our fusion cotemporaries that the Convention
would not dare to deal with living questions.
Look at that platform; read it carefUlly ;
weigh it; 'analize it; tell us—what relation
ship does it hold to the Philadelphia Plat
form! Is it child, grandchild, stepchild, coil:.
sin-in-law? Neither. Does it affirm the full
power of Congress to prohibit in the Terri
rories "twin relics of barbarism—Polygamy
and Slavery ?" Does it denounce the inva
sion of personal and State Rights by the
Dred Scott decision ? Does it deal vigorously
with one leading question at issue? Neither.
It is negatively Republican and positively
mild—clever—harmless. It might do as a
toy for political babies, but it will not hold
up the weight of a great party. It won't do,
gentlemen. Extract the essence of Flanigan
and there would be nothing mentionable left.
You had better make another effort—remem
bering, however, that not the power of -a
thousand " Union" Conventions can lead the
freemen of the Northern Tier one inch from
the standard planted in 1856. Tioga will
endeavor to preserve her integrity—leaving
the State to cipher out its political salvation.
Virk See advertisement of Prof. Wood's
Hair Restorative in another column.
LcE' See advertisement of Pr. Sanford's
Liver Invigorator in another column. .
B. IV. LEWIS
FALCONBRIDOE
Opposition to the Demooratio Party.
- Ever since the existence of the Democratic
party, which is co-eval with our confederacy,
it had its bitter opponents. At its very in
cipiency, it had to contend with many giant
intellects and brilliant orators ; but logic, in
perfect harmony with our national origin,
prevailed. Men were made to understand,
.by reason, the nature of its principles ; the
nature of the Federal compact, of State sov
ereignty, and of the true principles of human
liberty. Since that time, in carrying out its
great measures, it has . had to contend with
parties and factions of almost all sizes, shapes
and complexions. Slandering and villifying
the Democratic party, and imputing dishon
est motives to its different Administrations
and to its leaders, representing the masses,
has been, and still is, a very common thing,
Whenever a measure was proposed by the
Democratic party, a loud cry from the Oppo
sition followed, predicting that if such mea,- -
sure were carried out, ruin and general op
pression would be the inevitable consequence.
Then followed appeals to the passions and
prejudices of men, instead of addresing them
selves to the minds and hearts of the masses.
Our principles were misrepresented and mis
construed, and every advantage was resorted
to in order to mislead the masses as to Demo
cratic measures.
Regardless of all this, the Democratic par
ty flourished, prospered, and triumphed.—
Sometimes a new party would rise up, as
suming such a formidable appearance, and:
gathering strength so rapidly, that the timid
would fear its power, and predict its final
success ; but "the sober second thought"
would soon banish all fears, quell insurrec
tions, and seditions, allay fanaticism,- blast
the hopes of corrupt politicians, and show the
world that DEMOCRACY must and will finally
triumph in human reason, because its foun
dations are .deep in the human heart.
For three-quarters of a century the Demo
cratic party has been at the helm of our gov
ernment, and history will corroborate us in
making the assertion, that no great measure
was ever passed by our National Legislature
which did not owe its origin and final success
to that party. It guided and shaped' the
politics of the nation.
The rapid progress of our country in great
ness, strength, and power, since the Revolu
tion—as well as in the elevation of man to
his proper and intended sphere—has no par
allel in- the history of nations. In this she
stands unrivalled and alone. And yet, why
is it, since the Democracy were in the majori
ty during the main period since the formation
of our Government, that we, as a nation, oc
cupy this exalted position in the great family
of nations ? If the principles of our party
are false—if it is a sham-Democracy, as often
so termed by our opponents—why is it, we
ask, that we now occupy the proud position
as an asylum for the oppressed of all nations?
Is it not manifest that our principles embody,
and always have embodied, the true elements
requisite to a nation's greatness? The tree
must be known by its fruit. The character
of -the Democratic party, and the merits and
demerits of its principles, must be known by
its past history.
The present opposition arrayed against it,
with all its bitter vindictiveness, will not
avail anything in the end. All the factions
marshalled against it will soon be forgotten,
and the time will soon come when the so-call
ed "American Republican" party will be re
membered only as a name. 'Then let us con
tinue to put our trust in our old party, which
has stood the storms and tempests for so.
many years, for it is the only party that can
stand. Let the aspiring young man ponder
before be connects himself with any other po
litical organization. One thing is obvious,
and which our opponents by this time must
be thoroughly convinced of—,we mean, that
TUE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL NOT, CAN SOT, DIE.
—Somerset Democrat.
Something for our Lawyers
The following paragraph, relative to a re,
cent rule adopted in England, deserves atten
tion on this side of the water:—
"The English lords of the bench decided
at Westminster, about a month ago, that it
was a principle of common law that a coun
sellor, in questioning a witness, should ad
dress him in ordinary tones and in language
of respect, such as is employed by one gen
tleman in conversation with another; that
such a lawyer has no right to question the
private business or moral character of a wit
ness, any farther than it is apparent they ab
solutely effect his reliability or touch the case
in hand ; and that a witness is not bound W
answer questions put to him in an insulting
or bulldogish manner. If forced to answer
by the court he will have his remedy lit
damages."
It has been well and truly said, remarks
one of our exchanges that there is no greater
outrage perpetrated under the forms and by
the sanction of law, than the manner in which
counsel are permitted, by our courts, to abuse
witnesses. A witness upon the stand, let
him be who he will, and as honest, frank, and
truthful as man ever was, seems to be re
garded, by general understanding, as a tar
get, at which snappish, venomous, and inso
lent counsel may direct all the arrows of
abuse. The same kind of foul abuse out of
court, would be repelled by a blow or excite
the use of a rat hide. Reputable and . honor
able men, too, sitting as judges, will permit
such conduct, and if a witness has the moral
courage to assert his rights, will threaten him
with punishment for " contempt."
Important to the Military.
A late number of the Philadephia Press,
has an article in reference to the Williams
port Encampment, in which it is asserted
that no Philadelphia companies will be pre
sent at Camp Susquehanna, in September.—
The impression which at first existed that
those attending the Encampment. would re
ceive sufficient compensation to defray all ex
penses, has been dispelled by recent discus
sions of the subject, and by the explanatory
letter of Adjutant-General Wilson. If any
thing like the number of military anticipated
should be in attendance, it has been clearly
demonstrated by facts and figured there would
not be funds in the treasury sufficient to pay
a tithe of the sum which the provisions of
the law authorize. Nor would the amount
realized from the military taxes in the State,
for the entire year, defray the expenses ; be
sides which, according to the law, as plainly
provided and interpreted by the Adjutant-
General, the military fund of the district in
which a camp 'of instruction is held, can
alone be drawn upon for the -purpose. Nor
can any expenditures of the State military be
defrayed out of any other fund—not except
ing even the salary of the Adjutant-General
himself. The development of these facts will
have a tendency . to make Camp Susquehan
na a much less imposing affair them. was
an
ticipated.