HUNTING DON GLOBE, Al DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS, &C.
THE GLOBE.
Circulation—the largest in the county
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Wednesday, December 14; 1859.
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IDE:uaCitATIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
.22esoir, That the election of a State Delegate and Con
ferees t- elect a Senatorial Delegate to the next Demo
cratic Ste a Convention, be postponed until the first week
of.lanuari Court next, and that this Convention adjourn
to meet again at that time, and that the Chairman issue a
call for the same at the proper time.
In accordance with the foregoing Resolution, passed by
the Democratic County Convention in August last, the
Delegates composing said Convention, are requested to re
assemble at the Court House, in Huntingdon, on the even
ing of the second Wednesday of January next, for the pur
pose of transacting the business therein set forth, and
any other business that may be deemed necessary.
D. HOUTZ, - Chairman.
New A.dvertisenaeiata.
Agents wanted.
45?" Insolvent .Notice.
Afilj-Register'e Notice.
Any-A Beautiful Holiday Gift.
)M.Piano Forte, Organ and Melodeon Tuner
The P. 0. Organ and its Clique.
CHAPTER IV.
" The public take but little interest in the quarrels of
Individuals, and unless they originate in, or serve to ex
plain a principle, they are not proper subjects for news
paper comment. The present status of politics in this
county, however, requires a reference to individuals in
order that it may be fully understood, and that the peo
ple may know the motives that control the conduct of
those who' assume to be their political leaders."—The
Union.
" Daring Anderson's Supervisorship on the
Canal, Lewis, a lately imported excrescence
from • the eastern part of the State, became
the ostensible owner of the Globe, and to the
tune of bed and board,' began to grind his
organ."--The Union.
In the spring of 1846, we were " imported"
from Harrisburg by Gen. A. P. Wilson. At
that time there were two factions in the coun
ty—ihe Wilson and Gwin factions. We re
fused to take sides with either, and continued
to publish the Globe without any interference
from either faction, until the Fall of '47.
Then we felt it our duty to expose a corrupt
combination, having in charge the break at
the Huntingdon dam. The Canal Commis
sioners were Democratic, but instead of giv
ing our own Democratic citizens a share in
the spoils, what was not imported from Mif
flin county, was purchased from the Opposi
tion here. This conduct on the part of the
Canal Commissioners, we denounced, when
we were waited upon by Gen. Wilson, and
offered an article, written by himself, with
the request to publish as editorial. We de
clined to publish, but continued our exposure
until at least a good share of the patronage
of the contractors was given to Mr. William
Dorris, Sr. From that time to the present ,
we have had Gen. Wilson and all under his
influence against us to the bitter end.
In December 1851, we received a long ar
ticle from David R. Furter, with a request to
publish as editorial. The article insinuated
that the County Convention held in August
previous, which declared for Gen.. Cass for
the Presidency, was "packed," and did not
speak the sentiments of our party. We, of
course, refused to publish the article, and
since then the ex-Governor and his confiden
tial friends here and elsewhere, have been
dead against us—and always will be, for the
reason that neither him nor any of his tools
will be friends of any man they cannot use
fcr their own selfish purposes.
J. P. Anderson was appointed Supervisor
in '4B, just twb years after we were "impor
ted" by Gen. Wilson. The first campaign
after his appointment, was to elect Gen. Cass,
when, of course, all good Democrats were a
•unit. The campaign of '49 found us as in- .
dependent as ever, pursuing a course right
the reverse of that pursued by Mr. Anderson
and other leading party men in the town and
county—yet we survived the opposition then
made against us, and have ever since pursued
a course dictated by our own judgment,—
never consulting Mr. Anderson or any other'
Democrat, Whig, American, or Republican,
as to the men or measures we should support
or oppose. That we have opposed the elec
tion of Democrats, we freely admit. We op
tosed them for very good reasons, and we as
freely say now, that under similar circum
stances we may be expected to de so again.
A nomination, shall net be binding, upon us,
unless snoh nomination is ft to be made. We
never have, and never Will, support a: nomi
nee; or the Democratic• party; right or wrong.
A nominee and our party, must be right,
must be honest, When we give either our sup
port.
'But, we may be permitted to inquire : How
often have the Union editors and their back
ers bolted regular and - good Democratic nom
inations ? When John Scott, Esq., was nom
inated for the Legislature, who brought out
. and supported Geo. Leas, a Know. Nothing?
and who opposed the election of Dr. Houtz?
both respectable men and reliable Democrats.
And who misrepresented "the Democracy of
the county . in the 16th of March Convention
'59, after_ obtaining a seat in that Convention
under pledge-to do just the-contrary of 'what
he did do ? Will the most contemptible of
all pups, Bruce Petriken, the head and front
i;of the editorial corps of the The Union, an
sorer these questions for himself and his as
sociates. We would not disgrace our col
umns with the name of such a miserable
thing, were it not that he is one of the edi
tors of Colon's organ, through which he is
permitted to attack, in the most disgraceful
manner, all gentlemen who will not conde
scend to associate with him.
Win. Colon, P. M.
The following is the statement presented
to us last week by Mr. Colon, with a request
to publish. We lay it before our readers
with pleastire, hoping it, as well as the state
ment of " One Concerned," and our remarks
may be read with care
ib the .Fll. of the Globe.
SIR t—ln your last issue you say "the duties of the office
too have been neglected by the P. M. A letter containing
over - a hundred dollars was found in the gutter in front of
the office three or four days after it had been placed in the
office by one of our, citizens. The office key for opening
the mails was picked up on the pavement, and we saw it
in the possession of a gentleman twenty miles from town
—fortunately the gentleman was honest and returned it
to the office."
The above charges are entirely inconsistent with the
facts, and which I would not notice were they not calcu
lated to mislead the public 'mind and thereby weaken the
confidence, the public should ever repose in the postal
service. There is no evidence that the letter in question
was ever in the office. On the contrary the presumptive
evidence is that it was dropped by the person bringing it
to the office,as it can he proven he dropped one on a sub
sequent occasion on his way to the office which was picked
up by a boy a few moments thereafter. The facts in re
gard to the key are simply these: Mr. Morrison, the sworn
route Agent for the Broad Top Road came into the office
as usual for the mails and took the key with him, which
was in some way attached to the mail bags; he has a key
of his own and.has a right to mine if I choose to let him
have it. I send you the above in compliance with your
offer to publish the correction of such errors as you might
have fallen into. Respectfully
WM. COLON, P. M.
Now hear what " One Concerned " has to
say in answer to Colon's presumptive evi
dence that the letter was dropped outside of
the office:
Mr. Editor:—ln the Union is to be seen a
letter written by W. Colon, P. M., with the
aim to free himself from the sequence of his
delinquencies in office. His denial of the
charges made by you; (which he quotes,) and
his pseudo concern for the honor of the pos
tal service—the presumption of trust being
placed in the P. M'.—his fear of that faith
and trust being weakened, are ideas so absurd
and nonsensical to any knowing his course,
that they can not be considered worthy of
contemplation or notice—for, to our best
knowledge, we do not know of one who thinks
well of his postal services.
As regards evidence with reference to the
lost letter, what kind of evidence can he
want ? When the letter was found, he did
not seem to desire any, but gave many excu
ses, adding that he thought "it would not
soon happen again." Every one concerned
has heard from what was then and now is con
sidered good authority, that the letter was
found among the sweepings of the office, over
eight feet from where the carrier of the let
ter passed on his way to the office, and we
can prove by those who saw it - when picked
up, that there were marks of large heeled
boots upon it, which, by the way, Big Yank
could only make, and could only be done by
being pressed between the heel and the floor.
Granting that it was dropped on the nearest
spot to the place where it was found, and that
there were no marks of boot (or shoe) upon
it, how could it have gotten among the sweep
ings such e, distance from where it was likely
to be dropped ? The letter, if dripped at all,
was dropped at noon ; this would be allowing
it several hours to lay on the pavement be
fore dark, at the most frequented part of
town. If we admit that it was intentionally
kicked or placed where found, we must un
willingly admit that there are worse men than
the gentlemanly editors of the Post Office or
gan. Yours,
Now, as to "the facts in regard to the
key." Mr. Colon attempts to cover up his
gross neglect of duty by asserting that Mr.
Morrison, the Conductor on the Broad Top
R. R, and who fund the key, was a sworn
route Agent, and had a right to his key. We
respectfully tell Mr.• Colon that-he asserts
what he should know to be false. Mr. Mor
rison was no route agent then,—had no right
to a key—and we challenge him to publish
what Mr. Morrison may have to say upon the
subject. We shall take pleasure in publish
ing any statement Mr. Morrison may make.
Will Dl r . . Colon inform himself of the du
ties of a Route Agent, and then ask himself
whether he •is not stretching his conscience,
(if he has any) to make both ends meet -P.
Does Mr. Colon -not know that transient
newspapers cannot be =sent through the mail
without being pre=paid? Will he deny that
he has permitted such papers to be mailed at
his office, knowing them to be subject to a
pre-payment of postage ? Will he deny that
he has been sending his organ, to non-sub
scribers free of postage ? Do v es he not know
that franked envelopes have been used for
other purposes than for circulating public
documents? Will he answer these questions,
as a man. should answer them ?
THE PENNSYLVANIA. RAmitoAu.—The fol
lowing very handsome puff of the Pennsyl
vania: Railroad, and all connected with it,
we clip from The Union of lait week:
"There is not. perhaps, in the United States, a railroad
which in'all its details is better managed than the Penn-
Sylvania Railroad. Its chief executive officer is among
the hest in the world. The arrangement kir the transpor
tation of passengers are se complete under-its excellent
police system that although two millions • of passengers
have been carriedl over the road within the last two years,
not a single one has been killed in the cars. The officers
of the road, from the President down, are kind, obliging
and popular, and deserve the confidence of the traveling
andlonsiness public. The laboring hands are promptly
paid, and the interest on their stock is always met as it
fails due; and taken altogether, it is deservedly entitled to
be called "the model named."
Every word of the above is 'true; but com
ing from the, source it does, it is calculated
to create a suspicion that the writer of it
wants to get his 'hands into the Treasury of
the Company. Perhaps he will remember
the little arrangement he tried to persuade a
member of the Legislature to enter into to
frighten the Conapanyinto a submission to his
will. Coal contracts and the three mill tax I
A beautiful specimen of honesty is Bruce and
his 'colleagues..
- Ser The State Legislature of Virginia,
unanimously passed resolutions appfoving . of,
the sentence of Cook, and the other prisOners
at CharlestOwn, and .refusing to interfere.—
They will be hung on'next Friday, •
ONE CONCERNED
Chips.
Brought to tea.—The through mail for the
east is now closed at 9 P. M., instead of at 8
P. M. Our attentive P. M. is - being stirred
up with a long pole. - He will need watching,
however.
"The Post Office is located in the business part of the
town, and that is just where it should be."—P. 0. Organ.
The business part of the town 1 Yes, but
a kind of business that would require our
constables to be on hand all the time to have
it well attended to.
The Union clique claim that their filthy
sheet is the organ of the Democracy, of. Hun
tingdon county. : When the Democratic party,
of the county can degrade itself by endorsing
such a. sheet, and the political charactets of the
trading, contemptible would-be-leaders who are
its editors, owners and defenders, we want to
be out of it.
The Union says we are one of Anderson's
coat-tail bearers. Wouldn't the honest edi-:
tors of that -paper jump at a chance to
,get
just such a position—so near his pockets.—
Can Speer tell who it was that was very near
having his nose held at Tyrone for insulting
a respectab:e lady ?
" Mr. Pershing, the candidate for Congress, WAR written
to by Lewis for $2OO, which his friends immediately sent
on. And after having received it, these corrupt men had
the despicable meanness to use it against him."—The
Union alias P. O. Organ.
Not having received it, it could not be used
by us or our friends against Mr. Pershing.—
It seems strange, however, at least to us, that
Colon should know more about that - money
than we do—but as we are now on the track
of it, we will not be surprised if we find some
of it in the neighborhood of the Post Office.
TRYING TO OUTLIE EACH OTHER.—COIOR's
editors can't agree as to the attention we give
our canal office. One says we often don't see
it once in a week, another says we never go
near it. Wouldn't they be serving the peo
ple better, by devising some means to get Co
lon out of ,bed once a week at least, to give
important morning mails his attention—mails
he has not seen once in six months. Stir up
the animal, it will be good for his health,
brighten his ideas, and give him a good
appetite.
Who borrowed free passes from . a
Member
of the Legislature and then passed himself
off with the Conductors on the Rail Roads up
North as the Member? Not a very honorable
business for a man, claiming to be a gerille
man and an honest man. Would such a man
steal from 'a Company? The Conductors up
North would like to see the "little Member'
up that way again. Now that Bruce has his
band in as assistant editor of The Union,
perhaps he can give the public the name of
the gentleman, after 'which he 'can at lea Sure
denounce' all who have passes, as being
bought.
"A good cause requires no crimination to support it,
Personal detraction may serve a temporary purpose, but,
like the scorpion when surrounded by fire it stings at last
with deadly venom, 'its own author."—Editors of Tke
Union, Aug. 3 2 '59.
And ere this, if you are not dead to all hon
orable feelings, you have felt the force of the
truth of your borrowed sentiments. The dis
graceful attack you made upon the character
of a helpless fellow-citizen—a dying man
-in your last issue, and then send your filthy
sheet to the house of his aged mother; to be
read by her, is evidence of a black hearted
ness existing in our midst that must be is
stigma upon this. whole community. _Hang
yourselves—drown yourselves—do anything
with yourselves, that the town. may no longer
be disgraced by being compelled through
charity, to own you as citizens. What mis
erable wretches. you must feel yourselves to
be .
"Lewis never made a political speech in his life."—
Colon's Organ.
And we never committed to memory the
speech of another man, and then tried to pass
it off as our own. Colon, did'nt you splurge
in '56, with other men's brains ? -Well you
did—and you were stupid enough to believe
that the men, women_and children, (and par
ticularly the young ladies,) who attended our
political meetings, thought you were some
pumpkins. Do you remember how quiet the
crowd would be during the delivery of the
exhortation part of your speech" On several
occasions did'nt the serious portion of the
crowd, (the children in particular,) almost
come down on their knees ? Was'nt those
speeches (that speech,) great speeches? No
wonder Buchanan run so well in this county
and State. Hope you'll have another tremen
dous speech committed to memory by next
campaign, so that you can "knock the spots
off" those who hay nt brains enough to make
a speech.
R. Milton Speer, (Esq!) says he was spo
ken to, last spring, by a couple of Democrats,
(Bruce and Colon, We suppose,) to connect
himself with us in the editorial department
of the Globe, for the purpose of making it a
more sterling Democratic paper. That's cool,
for a man of his ability and political charac
ter. ' Su= his chug. When we need the as
sistance of an associate , that the Globe may
be a more sterling .Deinocratic paper, it is
not likely that we will call to our, assistance
a Democrat such, as R. Milton Speer. The
office in which ,he is now employed as editor,
is in part owned b3i . a Republican, and Since
he 'has been occupying this very honorable
position of "squirt" for his masters in that
establishment, he has made a proposition .to
a simon-pure Republican of town, to go into
partnership with him in the purchase' and
the conducting of a Republican sheet in York
county. Why did he make a proposition to
purchase and edit a Republican paper ?
Simply . because, as he said, "the d—u
with
he was in, didn't pay."
.A man with such
principle,s 'may snit Colon and his clique, but
he wouldn't suit us and the Democracy of
'the county who think and act, independent
of :leaders: ' Colon should make the. smut
machine pay, or his editor will be off , into
'the Republican ranks the first chance he may
have to cheat that ,:party with his principles,
his' bra/ant " Jamming," and, his pure moral
character.. S'Nx TUrk. .ifilbolin. .
-WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS THINK • OF
The Altoona Tribune of last week, gives R.
Milton Speer .the following complimentary
notice:
" The insinuation_ that we justify the Rail
road.' Company in doing that of which the
Union complains, because, forsooth, we do a
little job printing for it, is nothing more than
we might. expect from one who, to hold his
position, is compelled to play second-fiddle
to a borough Postmaster. • Such men always
judge others by themselves, and the public
judge them in turn. The Railroad Company
demands or us the' work of our bands, not
our priiate political and moral principles, as
do the controllers of the' Union, of its nomi
nal editor!?
Mu. LEWIS :—Not being a patron of that
miserable publicationoniscalled "The Union,"
established by, and issued weekly under the
auspices of the Post Office at this place, a
friend handed me the last week's number and
pointed out to my notice a supremely scurri
lous article, in which unwarrantable liberties
are taken with the names of several private
citizens of this borough ; my own amongst
the rest.
However besotted to the decencies of socie
ty, and regardless of all the proprieties ob
taining amongst gentlemen, it is evident that
the outrage was committed by the creatures
controlling it, with some apprehensions of a
community's disgust and indignation ; for the
article commences with a preface of pitiful
deprecation of such a result, and an excuse,
as false as lame, for the meanness of the act.
The fear of public scorn, only, and not the
rebuke of their own consciences and sense of
decency, .was their dread. But I feel assured
that all the excuses and apologies offered
have failed to justify . their attack, or shield
its authors from the just contempt to which
they have subjected themselves. All right
thinking men ; all good citizens—all indeed,
whose conduct and character render their cen
sure or applause of value, have long since set
their seals of condemnation upon such publi
cations ; for they plainly see, that if any cause
lino be upheld or, prostrated by the licensed
slander of venal editors ancl prostituted pres
ses, rather than by, fair andmanly argument,
no private citizens of any note, could escape
those thieves of reputation; and the more wor
thy the individual, the greater the prize for
their felon pens. But to the,artiele in which
there occurs the following c '
" Our readers will, therefore, bear'with us, while wo ex
pose the corruption of a band of schemers and tricksters
in this town, who have grown fat upon plunder, and who,
now that their power is leaving them, have become mad;
dened by the desperateness of their condition, and assail
with deep malignity all who refuse to endorse their life
long venality."
The above extract refers to four individuals,
as afterwards specially named, to wit: Your
self, J. P. Anderson, J. B. Given and myself.
It being no part of my duty to speak for oth
ers, and knowing that they also, are able to
speak for themselves, I shall confine myself
to the above charge as it reflects upon myself.
And first, I would premise, that the long
chapter of personal scandal, of which this is
a part, purports to be an answer to a very
scorching history of facts, written by you the
week previous, connected with the band who
surround the Union, including owner and
menials ; and instead of contradicting or
explaining these, it is sought to direct public
attention from their own derelictions, by reck
less charges against private citizens, who had
nothing to do with the matter, knew little
about it, and for which, one of them at least,
cared less.
Now, sir, as to being a " corrupt schemer
or trickster," to accomplish any purpose,
worthy or unworthy, in all my life, is untrue
—and that I have " grown fat upon public
plunder," or that I have grown .fat at all, is
as false as the false men who conceived it.—
I have ever believed that "honesty was the
best policy," and I have the consolation of
saying at the age of near a half a century,
that the little competence I have is the savings
of my own toil—and that I am indebted to
no - man's bounty for- any part of it—neither
are my fingers stained with bribes, or the
wages of servile labor, in the support of
wrong. Perhaps the master and his servants
may-yet find-ont also, " that honesty is the
best policy."
That I have not been free from vices all my
life, is now to me a matter of regret and
pain—that I have been dishonest either in
my private - dealings, or my potitical princi
ples, I utterly deny, and leave the world to
judge between my slanderers and myself.—
But my vices were of a common kind, and
injured none but myself, which now for years,
I trust, with the aid of a Higher power,
acting upon my own judgment and manhood,
I have abandoned forever. I am afraid,
however, from late manifestations, that two
of the Union's coterie, the Pee-wees of the
concern, have begun where I left off. I hope
they may be able also to leave off sooner than
I did.
On this subject. the Union says : "Major
Campbell was; with great importuning, per
suaded to remain sober long enough to write
to the Judge" (Black,) Now, some men,
who are even constitutional falsifiers, would
be careful to be more consistent with the
substratum of a lie. It is well known that
" Maj. Campbell" has not been " drunk," or
tasted spiritous liquors, since before that pe
riod in 1857; just as well known, -as that
both the writers of the Union have been, re
peatedly, since that time. If, however, the
slander was written the morninc , after one of
them was helped home, from inability a to walk
himself, it may be pardoned through commis
aeration, both in regard to its matter and
temper, on account of the temporary infirmi
ty of a brain, not very strong at best, and
the bile such indulgences engenders.
I did write to Judge Black, at the request
'of Mr. Lewis, and briefly and respectfully,
simply asking him if Mr. Lewis would be
appointed, as.l had understood he had assur
ances to that effect, and the appointment was
much delayed. It was the reply of Judge
Black which charged the Legislature with
fraud in passing a bill to sell the public works.
A charge which afterwaids brought upon, him
the terrible rebuke of our Democratic Su
preme Court, that I answered. His letter to
me I left with Mr. Lewis, as it belonged to
him. Mine, if Judge Black saved it, it is in
his possession, and I have no objections to its
publigation. - But that I have attempted to
lead,.that I have taken an active part in pol
itics ever since 'Mr. Buchanan's treachery ;
that I have sought, or assisted to seek, the con
trol
than
appointments in this county; other
than what I have already stated,_is untrue.
The - Union seems jealous on that subject.—
The appointments I Oh, that's the patriotic
,stimulus of these pure Democrats. Mr. Bu
chanan was partly right, 'when he said the
rabble of the party "would always go where
the offices were."
I did also refuse to vote for Mr:liuchanan'a
nomination, and my reason, always stated
was, that he was a false man, and could not
_be trusted. I felt it was so, and events have
unfortunately, fulfilled my presentiment. It:
the fulness of, his manhood and the ripeness
of his intellect, he had been a Federalist of
the most venomous stamp; had said more hard
things of the Democratic party and its dis
tinguished, patriotic leaders, than any man
in Pennsylvania, and had been, honored by
its offices-year after year. He deserted only,
when under the lead of Old Hickory, he saw
its ranks hopelessly shattered, and its defeat
certain. Gen. Jackson never trusted him,
and publicly regretted after' his retirement,
" that he had not crushed- that viper_ from
Pennsylvania." I supported , Mr.. 8., how
ever, at the election, which, in common with
'hundreds of thousands of Democrats; I re
gret. But I could not see how any man,
however false, 'so covered all over with pledgee,
could desert the vital and conservative prin
ciples of the party, and look the world in the
face. Indeed, it seemed his interest to carry
them out; and when we doubt a man's in
tegrity, and desire to know how he will act,
(as any man would do under similar circum
stances with the Post Office band,) we look
at his interests, and judge from them. But
the interests of a President lie beneath the
surface and beyond the reach of the common
eye. He did betray the party ;he did aban
don the doctrine of the Kansas-Nebraska
Bill ; he did attempt to force slavery upon an
unwilling people, even without a sufficient
number of inhabitants to form a State ; he
did abandon the Cincinnati Platform, and de
nounced the true men who kept their faith.
And worst of all, he has now interpolated
into the creed, and calls it Democracy, the
horrible doctrine that a territorial Legislature
has no power over the institution of slavery
until they form a State Constitution. Upon
such a platform, his Pennsylvania State Con
ventions placed her candidates for the last
two years, in the very face of his own letter
of acceptance, "that the legislation (Kansas-
Nebraska Bill) is founded on principles as
ancient as free government itself, and in ac
cordance with them, has simply declared that
the people of a territory like those of a, State,
shall decide for themselves whether slavery
shall or shall not exist within their limits,"
and demanded obedience from his vassals in
the support of his heresy. There is no venom
like that of a traitor. Conscious of his own
abasement, he is desirous of forcing all to his
own level, and to share his guilt. I withheld
my vote from the heresy ; for engraft it into
the Democratic creed, and there is no Demo
cratic party. Upon such a, platform it could
not carry a free State, and not even all the
Southern ones. Where now is the offence ?
Some men disdaining the glitter of gold and
the charms of position, refuse to repudiate
their principles, at the beck of the gyved
servants of a false master,
and they must be
denounced. The name of an organization is
everything, its principles nothing. "Gentle
men," said Gen. Washington, once, at the
hustings, " I vote for principles not men."
- So was our war-cry in the good old days of
Democracy, as quoted from Jefferson him
self, before the small men of the Union had
left their wet nurses, and before one of them
had ever seen the light of day. And so it
still is with me. I have not allowed a collar
to pass around my neck, to choke back the
inspirations of freedom, and the rights of a
free man, however cheaply others may hold
the appurtenances of their manhood. I love
the principles of the Democratic party. Its
name, without them, is worthless as the car
rion carcass, when the soul has fled.
This is the reason of the Union's anger.—
Any man who stands by his integrity and
the long loved principles of his organization
is to be ostracised ; those who follow the
President and his toadies are applauded.—
You, too, are charged with not being able to
" make a speech for lack of brains. He is
a wise man who knows when to hold his
tongue, and if the Post Master could only
" see himself as others see him," he would
have learned the truth of the aphorism. I
have heard that he has made speeches, "un
accustomed as he is to public speaking," but
his friend Mr. A. McCoy alleges that till this
day he has never seen any of them in print.
I. am charged with an attempt or desire to
lead the democratic party—and also to con
trol the appointments in this county. As to
the first, my reply is, I never did try, to lead
the party, in its purest days. I endeavored
to serve it, and I think as an humble individ
ual assisted in doing so. Perhaps my speech
es were - not so eloquent as the little man's who
re-told all Pershing's anecdotes, and claimed
them as his own ; or those of the greater ora
tor, who, although a great scholar, and "mas
tered" the French in six weeks, is still unable
to spell English. Yet in that simple day of
democracy, when we had no " talented bug
gars," they were well enough in their way.
The best of all, was, however, that we paid
our own expenses, and jingled no handfulls
of gold, saved after the band was paid and
all other drafts upon the fund, furnished upon
call by the Central Committee, and dragged
by contributions out of home democrats, who
were made believe that the town gentlemen
had lavished their means until they were ex
hausted. As to leading, or being politically
associated with men who deny the people of
the territories to decide the question of sla
very for themselves, I beg most profoundly,
to be excused. As to the second charge, I
reply, that other than the letters spoken of,
I never even gave my name to an applicant
for office. From the course of Mr. Buchan
an, and seeing him surrounded by his old en
emies, whilst his friends were shut out from
the sunshine of his favor, itwas to be presumed
that any one who would sing hallelujahs to
his desertion of principle would be heard ;
especially after " cut his ears off" Bennett
bad become his favorite organ grinder. But
I have never yet sunk so low, that I could
supplicate, where I dispised. Both Petriken
and Speer were anti-Lecompton at first, at
least professedly; but their patriotism being
of the beeswax order soon melted down under
the sunshine smiles of their masters.
Mr. Editor, I have now taken up too much
time in answering folly, which if it had not
been for the importunities of friends, I should
not have thought necessary to answer at all;
but as I cannot'sport" such magnificent mid
dles, as tifilton and Bruce, but only the
bumble one of • Postlethwaite, therefore,
in the brilliancy of their wit, I am christened
"Peacock." " Milton Speer," " Bruce Pet
riken !" Surely, there is no vanity in that.
Oh I no 1 But then my name is ,at least my
own, and is quite respectable enough for a
plebian like myself. It's not a geneological
larceny at all events, paraded for /urge.—
And then R. Milton Speer I R. Bruce Petri
ken: I . They are fully entitled to be called
the R's of the Union, (pronounced ass,) as
they clearly are the R's of the Democratic
party. • And so.I will leave • theth -with 'the
honors they have "gained reposing on the dig
nity of their two irs.
AB for my friend, the Post Master, I am
unconscious of ever having injured him, • that
his mighty ire has been so kindled against
me. Indeed, I am not conscious of any feel
ings between us but that of neighborly friend
ship. He but serves hisnaasters, and as such,
sets his little dogs on people to please them,
and break up the •Democratic party, which
Mr. Buchanan has always so disliked. But
he is only simple William Colon. That-will
not do. His position is too lonordble•to rest
with a simple cognomen, while lesser lights
shine in glorious additionals. So whilst we
are Introduced by his paper in fowl feathers,
he must also be dressed ; and as he is too pro
portionable for any of the smaller bipeds, we
recommend him to fill up with a; gobbler;:til
most as handsome a bird as a peacock, and
much more admired by epicures. And thus
we'll all have middle names of excellent pro
portions and grand associations. So I 4EB'
miss the surroundings of the Union, with the
advice that they take the wages of their po
litical treachery and personal servitude in
peace, but never to allow its possession to
make them so arrogant as to forget that they
are traitors to principle, and slaves to power.
.TllO3. P. CAMPBELL.
Union Meetinzs.
One of the largest public demonstrations
that ever took place in Philadelphia came off
on Wednesday night last.
The meeting was assembled in pursuance
of the following call :
" No North, no South, no East, no West,
OUR WHOLE UNION.
A Grand Union Mass Meeting
of the
Citizens of Philadelphia,irrespeotiveof party,
Will be held at Jane's Hall,
On,Wednesday evening, Dec.7th, at 7i o'clock.
The object of the meeting will be to
RE-AFFIRM I ALLEGIANCE TO THE
UNION, THE CONSTITUTION,
And condemn all fanaticisms.
Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll presided, assisted
by over a hundred Vice Presidents and Sec
retaries, amongst the number were Hon. John
C. Knox, Hon. Ellis Lewis, Hon. Henry D.
Moore, Hon. Richard Vaux, Hon. Jas. Camp
bell, Col. John Swift.
Hon. Win. B. Reed, from the Committee
on Resolutions reported the following which
were unanimously adopted amidst enthusiasm: -
The citizens of Philadelphia, assembled in
general town meeting, desiring, at thisj uncture,
to express an earnest sympathy with their fel
low-citizens of Virginia, recently threatened
with an attempt to produce a servile:revolt,have
1. Resolved, That the longer the Govern
ment of the Union exists, with its manifold
and inestimable blessings the more is it con
secrated by the affection and devotion of
those who, as we do, " know no North, no
South, no East, no West, but one common
country," whose integrity the Constitution
alone secures, and whose varying interests
the Union harmonizes and protects.
2. Resolved, That, in the judgment of the
citizens of Philadelphia, this sentiment of fi
delity to the Union would be fruitless, did it
not imply an obligation implicitly and prac—
tically to recognise every duty 'which the
Constitution prescribes, and obey and carry
honestly into execution all the laws of Con
gress enacted under the Constitution.
3. Resolved, That no part of the Constitu
tion of the United States, or the laws of Con
gress, are more obligatory on the citizens of
the Republic than those which prescribe the
duty of restoring, under judicial process, fu
gitives from labor ; and that all attempts or
combinations to defeat or frustrate those pro
visions, and all State legislation to the same
end, are condemned by the judgment of this
community.
4. Resolved, That, in view of what has re
cently occurred in the Commonwealth of Vir
ginia, the citizens of Philadelphia disavow,
as they have always done, any right or wish
to interfere with the domestic institutions of
their sister States.
5. Resolved, That they reprobate, in the
strongest and clearest terms, all attempts,
whether by invasion, secret instigation, or
the promulgating in any form, of fanatical
opinions, to excite servile insurrection, or to
arouse those who are lawfully held in servi
tude to violence and bloodshed. .
6. Resolved, That, looking merely to the
past, they deliberately express their approval
of the recent, administration of justice in the
Commonwealth of Virginia,. by which; accor
ding to the forms of law, strictly observed,
the commission of a great crime has been ju
dicially proved, and the punishment awarded
by law to that crime has been afflicted.
7. Resolved, That it is a simple matter of
duty to express the sense which the citizens
of Philadelphia have of the energy and fidel
ity with which the Executive authorities of
Virginia have discharged, from first to last,
the painful and responsible duty which the
emergency imposed'.
8. Resolved, That the Executive of Penn
sylvania, in promptly surrendering, on the
requisition of the Governor of Virginia, those
fugitives from justice who sought refuge
within our borders, discharged his duty to
the Constitution, and for doing so, merits,
and has received, our hearty approval.
9. Resolved, That the prompt suppression,
in the first instance, of the Harper's Ferry
outbreak, is now, and it is hoped will always
be, regarded as a most marked illustration of
the value of the Union, and the efficiency of
its Executive authorities in furnishing on the
spot, and at a Moment's notice, the military
means to suppress a local and dangerous re
volt, and relinquishing to the State authori
ties the vindication of the violated law.
10. Resolved,. That earnestly assuring our
brethren of the South that there exists among
the people of Pennsylvania a determined
spirit to assert and maintain the Constitution
of the Union, and the rights of the States un
der it, we ask in return, confidence, and that
dignified - moderation which confidence and
patriotic sympathy inspire. •
11. Resolved, That these resolutions, em
bodying the sense of a vast majority of the
citizens of Philadelphia, without distinction
of party, signed by the officers of, the meet
ing, be published in all the newspapers of
Philadelphia
and Washington.
Speeches were made by several of Phila
delphia's ablest men.
A Union meeting was also held*in Harris
burg on Saturday , last, which was largely at
tended.
fl' A correspondent at Indiana, lowa,
under date of Nov. 29, says : " A singular
instance—sing,ular from the length of the
terrible expertment = of voluntary starvation,
occurred recently near Oskalooska, Maaska co.
A Mrs. Cruzen,
_having been laboring under
mental aberration; for some three years, came
to the determination, over two months since,
to starve herself to death. She refused every
kind-of nourishment, even water. Entreaties'
were of no avail. She persisted in her rem:-
lution until death came to her relief,
_exty,
eight days after she first refused nourishment.
It is proved by ample testimony that, in the
shape of liquids or solids, she never took two,
ounces of any nourishment whatever,
CONuaiss.—Oongress has been in session a
week, and up to yesterday, there has been no
election ,of Speaker or other officers of the
House. The members have been doing their
best to kick up a row, 'but thus far they have
failed to "come up to time." The John
Browns of the North and the John Browns
of the South are likely to receive a full Aare
of buncome speedo*.