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party, to which a majority of- the commis
sion re ami their clerks are attached, in the
jurors selected'and drawn, as .must destroy
' confidence in their impartiality for,the de
. cision of ■questions arising out of the political
commotions of the day .'I The evidence on
which this-exccption is claimed to be sup
ported is.
First. The declarations of John Adams
Fisher, Esquire. ' ,
Second, The political complexion of cveiy
jury drawn since .the jurors lor IBS9, were
selected, and ... . ..
Thirdly. The .evidence of political prej
udice ami paniality exhibited in tiie conduct
of the persons returned and empaniielled as
grand jurors, at the present session in rela
tion to this, indictment, and a certain paper
or presentment whidt they returned, shortly
after returning it.
That John Adams Fisher, Esq. who is
and from January term last, has been the
counsel of the private prosecutors in relation
to this matter, did say in the nuihth of March
last, in. a public bar-room, when speaking ol
this case* -that they : hail gai anti-masonic
county, anti could pack a jury on the defen
dants and convict them right or wrong; and
swearing by a prolane oath that they would
do it, is proved by evidence which is neither
contradicted nor explained away. This
declaration of Mr. Fisher, does not in itsell
support the charge Against the commis
sioners, and tho-comniissioncrs and their
clerk have, under oafli, declared that they
never had any conversation with* him in re
lation to-the subject, and have expressed an
honest indignation at the bare supposition
that they sliould be coupled with such a
charge. The court therefore treat this"3ec-,
laratlon of Mr. Fisher, ps a piece of repre
hensible bravado, which he might have been
induced to utter from knowing the. fact,
1 which the commissioners and the clerk have
not denied, that there was a very great, dis
proportion between the number of jilrofs se
lected from the two political parties in the
county, giving the preponderance to ,thc
anti-masons on the panels. Anil it perhaps
may appear-in the sequel; that lie did not
miscalculate the effect which political prej
' udicc might produce upon juries so constitu
ted; Tne court do not find liny thing in the
evidence to fasten upon.(he commissioners
-the charge, of a corru pt combination to pack
juries, but they cannot shut their eyes to (He
‘fact that a great disproportion exists in the
political-sentiments of the persons selected,
eo far at least as the juries have been drawn,
and if such disproportion does exist, -from
whatever cause it proceeds, it is wrong ,iq
principle and practice, unless it is clearly
accounted for in the legal qualifications of.
intelligence and integrity, of the persons
composing the two political parties, which
clearly has not been done on the present ocr
casion.
The following (able, construCtcdlrom the
evidence of Mr. Henry Peflfer, shows the
number of jurors drawn out for eight suc
cessive juries in the present year, the num
on each which he knew to belong to the
democratic and the anti-masonic parly, tlic
number whose politics he did no! know, and
(ha number, of each party, of those who re
“eide in the borough of Harrisbtt,rg.
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County of Dauphin there are per
haps about six thousand resident tax payers.
There were five thousand five hundred and
ci'rht, three years since. At the last elec
tion the antimasonic party claimed a majori
ty of some nine hundred votes, whilst their
opponents claimed that the majority was lit-
lie, Jf_any, .oy-erithEe.cJittndrpd yote.B.;.:..Xhe.
difference arose out of the votes iii the Hali
fax' election district, \yhere two elections
were held, neither of which, as the Court
has decided this week, was conducted ac
cording to law. In the bmough of Harris
burg the democratic party at the same elec
tion, had.a majority of two hundred and six
teen votes, out of eight hundred and twenty
two polled; making the strength of the par
ties 51,9 to 303. Yet in the County,, ns far
as ascertained, the jurors drawn whole
Countv, stood about ~t_wp and a half anti
masons fo one democrat, and m thc borough
of Harrisburg in about the same proportion.
“ That such a result might have occurred once,
"or even twice in drawing by ballot from a
. . wheel, where the.partics were nearly equal
ly represented, might be credited, although
it would not'be very probable. There is no
such probability, however," when the same
thing occurred eight time consecutively} and
accordingly we find it conceded by Mr. Puf
fer and Mi. Hummel, that there was a pre
ponderance of anti'masons put in the wheel,
«nd they endeavor to justify it, by saying,
. thaitii their judgment there is actually a dis
proportion between the number.of persons
belonging to die respective parties, who pos
sess the qualifica-vins of “being sober, intel
ligent, and judicious persons,” such as are.
-required for jurors. Mr: PcJTer' states the
difference to be, that.the anti-masons have
three-fifths of suchpersons in the County,
and the fiemocrats two-fifths; atid Mr. Huin
mel estimates th»"difference ns being equal
—to the results firawiifrons .the wheel, eyen in
Harrisburg. . On the other hand. Sheriff
Cochran and Samuel Pool, Eaqi who ejaim
to know the County well, say that there are
a, many men.in' the deraocratio party ,with
in the Ci.ninty.or Dauphin, who are compe
tent foxerva* on juries, as there arc in :tlje
parly,.Wad Bhri-iff that
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Mr. Hummel does not know the County as
well as he does, and therefore is not as ca
pable of Jorining as correct a judgment on
the subject ns be can. -The Court will pre
sume tliat-eacb party in proportion to their
numbers, contains" an. equal proportion of
sober, judicious, and intelligent persons, fit
to serve, ns jurors,-and if so, thc-reason why
they are not equally the! jury
box is not satisfactorily explained?. Tins
circumstance, therefore, would induce'the
Court to look for a strict and perfect com
pliance with the letter and'spirit,of the law,
in' regard to the selecting of the jurors and
securing the wheel, &c. - ' . .
It is urged that there is evidence furnish
ed of the effect and operation of (his politi
cal preponderance in the conduct of the
grand jury in relation to this bill. ■ - That the
grand jury greatly erred in their conceptions
of what were their powers and duties, in
presuming to act on a .bill of indictment
which was improperly introduced before
them, which the attorney general had refu
sed to sign, and which could not be sent to
the grand jury and be acted upon by them
without an express violation of a positive act
of assembly, is but too true; and from the
political complexion, of that grand jury—
their, conduct in the premises, ns well as in
signing a presentment, evidently .drawn up
by some persbn-..n6t one of the grand in
quest, finding fault with the- attorney gene
ral, for acts which ivere perfectly right and
proper in that respectable officer, and for
which he.had the sanction and direction of
the court; we die ccnstrained to say. that
they have given occasion for at least strong
suspicion unit something else than a strict
observance of the law of the land, and a
due regard to the rights of the parties ac
cused, has operated to warp their judg
ments.
On. the whole, in. regard, to the objections
to the jurors, the court fbink {bey have been
sustained, so far dt least, as to invalidate the
acts of the grand jurors, and to require a
new selection for the residue of the year.
This strictness in regard to the process of
selecting ami returning jurors, has always
been observed in criminal cases.. In the
case of the Commonwealth vs. llooffnagle
and others, in the Oyer and Terminer o(
Lancaster, (second Brown’s Reports,) de
cided so long ago as 1810, Judge Eranklin
sustained a,challenge to the array', lor.,de
fect in the precept for holding the court, al
though held at the time required by law, and
mere wifs'pq objection to the mode ot se
lecting the jurors, ami the requisite number
had been drawn and summoned will) all care
and form. And in this very case, the late
amiable and talented President of-this court,
of'Whose worth thc*court entertain, as high
a consideration as that expressed by both
the counsel engaged in this cause, quashed
the bill of indictment found against the three
defendants and eight others, for the same
offence now charged, because’ the clerk of
the former sessions, Mr. Mish.dn affixing
the seal to the venire by mistake, happened
to. use the seal of the court of common pleas,
instead of that of the court of quarter ses
sions. ‘ - - - ,
In coming to the conclusions stated, the
court have been governed by a due regard
to legal prccission and accuracy in its pro
ceedings, To the supremacy of the laws,
to the-purity of the administration of jus
tice, and to an ardent and heartfelt desire
to prevent as far as in them lies, the baneful
influence of party politics from invading the
jury box, which, in its purity, is (he great
security of man in the enjoyment of his life,
liberty, and property ; anil they sincerely
trust that henceforth, such care and caution
will be exercised in the selection of good
men, as will entirely exclude all suspicion,
or intention to give any political or party
character to the jurors of this county. Con
fidence in the integrity of the jurors is, as
essential as it is in any other branch of our
government, and such a course ought'to be
pursued, as will effectually carry out the
intention of the legislature, when they en
deavored to makp provision to obtain im
partial jurors, and also to leave no well
grounded apprehension on the mind of the
losing parly in court, that his want,of suc
cess is attributable to the improper selection
of the jury. J. M. POUTER,
JOHN C. BOCHER.
Auggsti!iLJLB39.
'"'“TKe following is the order of the count as
to the Jury :
• And now, to wit:—August S6th. 1839.
The dourt having quashed the array of ju-i
rors at this-,court, by reason of the irregu-,
larity in the selection of , persons, and de
positing their names in the wheel, the sher
iff and commissioners are ordered by the
court, forthwith to take out of the wheel
from which such jurors were drawn, all the
names therein deposited, and make a new
selection of jurors, and deposite their names
in the wheel for the remainder of the cur
rent year, in the manner directed by the act
of 14th April, 1834.
' STORM ON THE COAST.’
The Elizabeth City, (North Carolina)
Phenix, of Saturday last, says :-‘ J The
weather on Sunday, Monday,- Tuesday and
Wednesday, the 25th; 26th, 27th 1 and,2Btli
ult. about-i 2 olciock 'A. M., was exceeding
ly warm, the mercury ranging, about 90 in
(he shade; Wednesday evening the mercu
ry fell to 70, when we were visited by, the
severest storm experienced here, this yejir;
rain fell in torrents,- and the wind was un
commonly high.- The storm on Thursday
night and Friday morning did niuch damage
throughout the town and adjacent country,
blowing down trees,.fences, chimneys, &c.,
and carrying away all the bridges on the
road between Elizabeth city and Hartford,
in consequence of which the mail was una
ble to proceed to Edentown on Thursday
evening—and the storm raged with .such vi
olence on Friday that it was deemed impru
dent to send the stage to Norfolk. The far
mers around’ here experienced severe losses
by their corn being blown down,. The storm
had abated but little when the paper went
to press on Friday evening.” , '
: A slip from, the"office of the Washington
(N. C.) Republican, dated .Sept. 2d. furnish*,
e.s the most melancholy details of the rava
gos'of the storm of Thursday* 41 The whole
coast seemed to tremble under the ocean’s
rage.” Capf.B. Williams. of, Washington,
lost Ids life ; <vith.his vessel,. ’A.bont thirty or
forty sloops; schooners and fibaits; were eith
er^ 'destroyed or. left high and dry by the tide.
Flour in Philadelphia, £5 75.
In . .
CASISiISLS:
THURSDAY. SEPTKMPR I». l»3».
OUR WhrfG.
, * ‘Now our flag is Hung ■t c the. wild wind free,
Let it float o’er'our ‘father land.
Ami tlie giiai-d of its spotless fame shall be,
Columbia’:; chosen band!"
FOR PRF.SIDENT IN IS4O,
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
. .... 1 AND AN '
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
Ati fndr/icndrn t Treasury* — whose officers re
sponsible to the people, instead of privileged
corporations, shall guard the people’s money.*
Democracy asks in vain; what clrtim nave the
buiks to use this public treasure ns their own,
again to convert ifintSU! n engine o{ ruinous ex
pansions and contractions'of the currency, and ol
new pnlitic.al panics and pressures, to enforce
submission to the Money Power. —llotu James
Buchanan's 7 'oast.
ABRAHAM SMITH MTvINNEY, of Hopewell,
JOHN ZIMMERMAN, of Monroe.
Commissioner,
ALEXANDER M. KERR, of Frankford.
Direitor of the Poor,
SAMUEL ECKLES, of Allen.
Auditor,
THOMAS H. BRITTON, of Southampton.
Prothonofan /,
GEORGE SANDERSON, of Carlisle.
Register,
■ ISAAC ANGNEY, of Carlisle.
Recorder and Clerk of the Courts,
WILLIS FOULK, of South Middleton,
Judge Pon't'En’s Opinion. —The opinion pf the
Court upon quashing the indictments presented by
a pack of anti-masonic ignoramuses, ’yclept a
Grand Jury, in Dauphin county, will be found on.
our first page. We bespeak for, it an attentive pe
rusal,' ■ " • . -
In our next we shall.publish the replication of
Mr. Attorney General Johnson to this same mass
ofantimasonia corruption and imbecility, who with
unparalleled impudertpe took the liberty of making'
a presentment agaihSt Mr. J. for refusing to sign
the hill which, was so justly and properly 1 quashed
Uy the Court. /'
-Plagiarism. —Sincc.our first pag/wa|- printed
we have discovered tnat the poetical article sign
ed “Romulus” is a complete pieco of plagiarism
from beginning to end. We advise the individual I
who forwarded it to us, ns his own, to keep his j
hands clear hereafter of other people’s productions, j
and not palm them upon unsusp'ocling printers as
original.
ANTIMASONIC WHIG BUCKSIIOTONIAN
TICKET.
Assembly—Jacob Shelly, Samuel Piper,
ifcommissioncr—John Glippingcr.
Auditor—Lewis H. Williams.
Director—William M. Hendcrsrtn.
The foregoing 13 the bright array of federalism,
anti-maSonry, temperance ami talents, which the
good people of Cumberland are invited to support
at the coming election. Truly wc expected some
thing bettor from these.vain-glorious braves, these
brilliant lights of genius, than tins dull collection
of stupidity, ignorance and inebrity. Obscure fe
deralists, rejected democrats, temperance-loving
ex-sheriffs, and Buckshntoniandistillers, comprise
the splendid galaxy of these rare spirits-.
How can the moral anti-masonic editor support
these brilliant and sober wights!' Will his prac
tice and his profession correspond! .Wo qdiall |
see. At any rate, this is the very ticket we should-!
have wished, to secure beyond controversy the
election of the democratic nominees. We shall
now enter the field with a hearty good will; and
if xvo.Aoat.Shell out the true merits of those aspi
rants, and Clip off their immoral excrescences, it
will bo because they have none, which, nobody
suspects. The Clay-Harrisonitcs might as well
Pipe to an old Hen, as expect to elect this patch
ed up ticket. These distempered, rickety, dusty
nags, can never win a race in Old Cumberland.
-Thoy-had botter-bolt-at onoo and savc theircrcditr
Our opponents, in patching up a, county ticket,
left throe great rents. They failed to name who,
for the ensuing three years, should close up, what
arc technically called the county .offices. They
expect to stitch together enough of Voluntesr de
mocrats to mend these holes. Hitherto their
-threads have failed to hold together these shreds.
Democrats are not disposed ,to bo puckered to this
oliTgown of federal anti-masonry. For “no man
piitteth a piece of new.cloth into an old garment,
for that which is put in to„fd). it up-, takoth from
the garment, and the rent is made worse.”
Since the above was in type, William M. Por
ter, Esq., a lawyer of this borough has made his
appearance for Prothonotary—and Captain John
Halbert, also,of this place, for Register. . Both’
are of the real Buckshotonian'stamp. We shall
panvass their claims to popular support in qur
ndxt.
We are gratified to learn the general-satisfaction
Wat prevails throughout the county in regard to
tha Ddihocratic nominees. .The -persons chosen
comprize together, one of the strongest and ablest
tickets over presented to the democracy of old mo
ther Cumberlhnd. Many of those who stood most
proimficntbefore the comrentiori for nomination,
but whose claims,because of the number of worthy
partizans named before it,- were postponed for the
present, have evinced a noble disinterestedness in
declaring their full satisfaction at the result. They
are willing .to give their warm, undivided support
to the candidates of We convention. Such mag
nanimity is characteristic of a good democrat, kit
puts principle above the sordidness of qelf-aggrim-.
dizement, and shows that houe'sty and not policy
is.the ruling tmit of tha man. If a party were sup
ported entirely by such stern materials, itwould bo
invincible alike by the persecution of the decep
tion of the enemy. When men advocate princi
ples and measures from a conviction of their re<>
titudo and personal .predilections, and
partialities should suecumb-td the common weali
Those who have thus freely made this sacrifice
merit the lasting-esteem' and gratitude of every
sincere democrat. ■We record with' unfeigned
pfleasurb-’these sterling cxamples-of republican
'hojicoljy. " ■
It is almost needless, we think, to say any thing
witlrregard to the prospects of the Democratic
party iii tills county. It appears to bo admitted
on all hands, (oven by some of tho more knowing
federalists, themselves,) that.tho party is-more nu
merous and firm in their principles than at any
former period. ; The events that transpired at Har
risburg during the minority misrule of Joseph Rit
ner mofo particularly the infamous attempt in the
month of December last, to usurp tho government
have opened tho eyes of many honest and substan
tial men who have all along voted; with
sition. These mon’have heretofore looked upon
the democrats as a sort of. 'disorganizes, and as
men tyho wished to subvert the-laws of the land
in order to promote anarchy and confusion. They
thought—and honestly tee—that we were opposed
to law 'and order; but they have at length found
their, mistake. They now see that the democrats
are the real conservators of tiro peach—the tnie
friends of law and order. \
When the Capitol of tho State was assailed, by
order of Ritner, Stevens, Penrose and Burrqwes,
with a strong military force armed with Cannon,
Buckshot, Bayonets and _ Laiicos, for the express
purpose of murdering the peaceful citizens of our
Commonwealth who were there assembled, and
to subvert the constitution and laws—tho Demo
cratic party resisted tlie base and infamous attempt,
and drove tho vile crew from their position without
tumult or bloodshed. , It was the great moral, as
wellas physical power exerted by staunch and un
flinching republicans, that accomplished this great
object peaceably at a time when the whole State
was threatened with war and intestine commotion.
The firmness, decision, energy, and at the same
time, forbearance of the Democratic party, in the.
face of.so much provocation, and such open viola
tion of all Jaw and decency by the Ritner .party,
have secured us an accession of strength from the
thinking and •judicious’ of our former opponents—
men who have a deep interest in the prosperity of
the country—citizens who have farms, and- work
shops, and houses, and families to protect from
military violence—who do not wish Vq see the in
stitutions of the country overturned at the point of
the bayonet, and our fields drenched with the best
blood of our citizens. These arc the individuals
i who are now ranging themselves under the banner
| of democracy, and are preparing to do battle a-.
; gainst N those who so egrcgiously deceived tl)omby
professing one thing and practising another.
I To our friends, .then, elsewhere, we say—old
Cumberland is at her post. The. great and un
paralleled; (and we might una
nimity which characterized the proceedings of the
county Convention, has struck terror into the
ranks of the’"fcnemy'.’ It has sounded" the -death
knell to all their fond hopes and desires. They
certainly calculated on a “split” in tile Convention
—they were sure of seeing a “glorious fight”
hmong the.delegates, and nothing.could convince
thorn prior to last Tuesday week, of the fiilsity of j
.their anticipations. But, how chop-fallen when
they found that the whole thing went off smoothly
and quietly. At once they gave themselves up to
despair, and the more candid among them now ad
mit- that we shall succeed by an overwhelming
majority.
To our friends in this county, \vd*have but a
word to say in conclusion. Be firm and united—
willing to sacrifice personal predilections on the
altar of common good—be vigilant and active,
and we shall carry.our ticket by 1000 majority.—
The enemy arc disheartened already—almost will
ing to yield without a struggle?. Lot us give a
“long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether,”
and ou,r word for' it there will bo a larger'demo
cratic majority in Cumberland* county than - has
.been for-the last ton or twelve years. Murk the
' prediction.!
The Herald-man pours forth an ocean of fiery
indignation against public defaulters. How this
pure patriot’s blood curdles at the very thought of
public peculation! With what a gusto of honest
fury does he blazon forth these rascally swindlers—,
each .bearing his proper’ bundle of .sins.. But, a
| bovc cfll, his religious regard for truth in ascribing
•Uho defalcations to the Sub Treasury system, is
strangely admirable.. How the child .coughs be
fore it is born! Wonderful monster indeed this
Sub Treasury, that,' whilst yet in embryo, has
swallowed tip the consciences of some thirty hon
est men and converted them into arrant rpgues.—
What may wd 6xpcct when it is full grown. Why
the potty peculations-of private defaulters will bo
totally obscured in the shade cast by this over
grown and gloomy Centaur, They will-be but
candle lights shining in the full blaze of the
dian-aum —What-a-ehnnce~for-potty~thiGVC6~to-
swcll into public, defaulters! Como then, ye im
maculate spirits, that snuffed the foul atmosphere
of dishonesty,improvc your opportunity. Disgorge
thou Penrtisian charnol-houso, from thy full stored
womb, its starving inmates—the gross accumula
tion of years, and let them fatten on the public
food. - *
We vindicate hot the hlislibnesTdofaulters—lot*
them pay tho penalty due their, transgression.—
We censure them, no less than tho base dishonesty
which could attribute tho public losses sustained
by them, to a system which has not yet been adapt
ed. At tho same time we cannot avoid a smilo at
tho affected indignation of those who rank but lit
tle below them. At all events, if these minor de
faulters, with their respective deficiencies, do not
receive the,notice of,a public press, it is not be
cause they do not merit it. Tho principle is tho
same in both cases—dhe injury, in these lesser pec
ulations often the greater—because tho more mark
ed and definite. But; after all, the number of those
public thiovesris not-a circumstance- to-tho-dense
flock of .private robbers who crowd the stalls of a
certain Senatorial keeper—the god-father of bank
rupts.
The last Keystone thus concludcs an able article
on the subject of tho “Rebels” (so called) and
their prosecutors. :. ...
“Let Antl-raasonry keep its polluting fingers
aloof from the jury box—let an impartial," not a
“jjacfarP’ tribunal bo seledted from the honest yeo
manry—and no Democrat, be he called a “rebel”
or'otherwise, will,.hesitate to have his agency in
th q “Buckshot ‘war” sifted to the bottom.’ Then'
too—when justice may be dono—it will become a
jrirayo question, whether Robespierre- Stevens;
Danton Penrose, and Marat Burrowes, instead,_qf
desecrating .the.temple of justice, by crossing its,
threshold -in the character of cdmplainahts; shall
npt turned upon Went, and bo nt
raigned afthe bar in the attitude of felons, to an
swer wfiethera conspiracy to. S©’” “TBKA'TTHE
UT.UOTIOX AS IP !T NEVER HADJIEE.V HEI.D,”.is nota
TRBASONABLECDMSPLRACYeAGAIMSP
THE STATE;and as such punishable by law.”
We sincerely hope that the recommendation of
our cotemporary will bo cafricd into effect, and,
that thesa villaiii conspirators may not bo suffered
togo.'Uin’.vlVijh of justice” much" longer, If is
ourpßospects,
LET JUSTICE BE DONE.
due to the character of tho State^—to.the adminis
tration of tho laws—to tho cause of liberty and
justice—to bring tho guilty culprits to condigh
punishment. We venture to assort that if these
modern Triumvirs were brought up before a jury
ofthis county, composed as our juries are of about’
an equal proportion from each party, and the field
opened wide enough for tlie admission of alt the
evidence that could bo given ngafnst them,--they
would be.convicted of a “treasonable conspiracy”
ooainst the rights of the people and tho Constitu
tion and laws of tho Commonwealth. Yea, even
before an honest jury of Dauphin county, they
would assuredly got tlie reward duo" to their vil
lainy and crimes.
“If Cdssio do remain, , v
He hath a daily beauty in his life
That makes mo ugly ” — Shakspeake.
The hireling of tho Herald takes exceptions to
our personal appearance, and appears to pride
himself vbry much (at least by implication) on
his-own rare beauty and prepossessing appearance.
To tho first we have no objection, as we arc con
stituted incur outward man just as the God of
Nature-designed us. But that that long, lank,
cadaverous, ill-shaped and gallows-lqoking mer
cenary should fancy himself a model of beauty,
and curl his lip. at those whom ho conceives have
not been as much favored in this particular as
himself, is surprisingly strange! Does ho not
know that hundreds have expiated their manifold
crimes upon tko gallows, or in tho gloomy cells of
our penitentiaries, whoso physiognomies indicate
a thousand times more honesty and integrity than
either his own or the talented Senator’s to whom he'
has sold himself body and breeches'! And docs
he not likewise know that there are certain indi
viduals, occupying the relation of master and ser
vant, (beautiful •in their own estimation, if lie
pleases,) who, if they had their deserts, would ere
this have graced with their villainous countenan
ces, an Arnold’s fate, (had lie booh captured,) or
a Dvott’s reward—4a lodging place iii'a solitary
cell, at hard labor for a period of years!
Gallowses and Penitentiaries arc not erected for
those whoso only fault is (if fault it can be called,)
Tliey have not been erected for the honest and up
right, no matter what may. ho the appearance of
.their faces’. No—no. But they are found to be
indispcnsible for/tremhling, conscience-smitten,
cowardly iraiiOrs against the Constitution and
Laws of their Country—and likewise .for -those
who have wilfully and intentionally committed the
crime of fraudulent imulvency, whereby unsuspee
ting-and.confiding creditors have been cheated and
wronged out of.what wiisju'stly their due, and
■some favorite accessory made the recipient of their
eaffnings. -
We hope tlu? hireling will make the application.
Perhaps in the long list of his political friends, lie
can find some two or thrpe individuals to whom the
above remarks will not be considered inappropri
ate.
The hireling , in speaking of tho Democratic
nominations", says: “Sanderson opposed Van Bu
re n and supported the United States Bank in,IS3.J
-•I. In IR3I he ran as aceandidate on the Anti Van
Buren Ticket, and .allied-himself with the- Auti
masonic party to defeat Jesso JVlillcr.”
We unhesitatingly pronounce the above asser
tions, from, beginning to end , false and unfounded.
We never did oppose Mr. Van Buren, nor were
■Wo ever in favor of the United States Bank. \S c
never did run as a candidate upon an Anti \an
Buren ticket, nor did wo'ever ally ourselves with
the* Antimasonic parly to, defeat Jesso Miller.
Having given the lie to the hireling's assertions,
wo shall drop the subject at present by daring him
to the proof. So soon as he attempts to bring for
ward any (and he has enough of scoun
drels at hand who would swear any thing either
he or his master told them,) we shall then recur to
our own political history, and let our readers know
what wo did do during the above-mentioned period.
It is scarcely necessary, however, as there are but
few citizens in the county, who arc not perfectly
acquainted with the course we have pursued lor 1
the last five or six years.
Encampment ‘at Mbchanicsburg. — Phs “La
, Fayette” Encampment of Volunteers took place,
according to notice last week at
under the command of Major Jacob Hehbar,« of
tho 2d Battalion of Cumberland Volunteers, The
Camp was beautifully laid out in a field near the
south-east'corner of the borough—and, notwith-
tho inclemency of the weather at the
commencement, and other causes unnepssary now
to enumerate, which caused tho number of troops
iiTatfehdaneoto" be-much'leas- than'would—other—
wise have been, they made a handsome and highly
creditable appearaifco. Tlie following companies
wore in attendance, in additidn to the 3d Battalion
of Cumberland Volunteers, viz: '•
, Dillsburg Artillery, commanded by Capt.
Bailey.
Lewisburg Riflemen Capt. Thompson.
Carlisle Infantry Captr Moudy.
Harrisburg do.* " Capt, Roberts.
The whole made n handsome- and martial ap
pearance, and tho parade passed off-much to the
gratification of all who witnessed it.
On Friday tho troops were reviewed by his
Excellency, Gov. Pouter in full .uniform. Her
was attended by tho Adjutant General and part of
his staff also with a number of field officers from
Dauphin county. Upon appearing in sight, about
11 o’clock A. M, the Governor was saluted with
17 ro'unds from a piece of artillery, under tho di
rection of Capt. Bailey.' After reviewing the
troops in the field, the.Goycmor was escorted to
town by the whole Battalion. He remained at
Mr. Wunderlich’s hotel until' 4 o’clock, when he,
and his staff left on horseback for Harrisburg.
During his stay atWundhriioh’s, great ndmbors
of tho citizens called to pay their respects to his
' Excellency," and all appeared to be highly delight
ed with their visit, -i
As a marie of respect to tho Dillsburg Artillery,
who" by the way are a fine looking set of men,
Wey wore presented in the field by the Adjutant
General, with the beautiful piece of brass ordnance
which they had just before proven themselves
worthy to use. ’ ■
“I’ll not stand it,V as the Herald-man said, when
ho lay grovelling before the* inn of Mr. W.
“Money m the root of all evil,” as .the same
groaned, when ho staked tha last fip on tho Faro
bank. •
“I reflect youf image,”" as the same condoled ,
•with the whining Swaruvouter, who wished to
prosecute us for libel. |
“More losslthan profit,” as a ‘talented Senator’ i
“exclaimed,' when ha computed the sums expended"]
on his bankrupt dependants. |
“You sell high,” as’ the Bank said to a ‘talented ]
Senator, they bought hfra out. . ~ •
“There is]a big pile of us,” retorted the talented
Senator, alluding to his’bankrupt adjuncts,.
ANotHER Falsehood Nailed-.— Penrose’s hirc~
lingj in speaking of Col. Foulk’s. nomination by
thc'Copnty Convention, says: “ho.ncver has been
elected by the people” to any office whatever!—
This is so barefaced a falsehood, as to scarcely
merit any notice from ua. Who elected Col. F«
to the respective offices of Major Colonel ,
Brigadier General , & Brigade Inspector— if it were
not the people? - Docs not every man, woman and
child in the county know that the'assertion of tho
Herald is a* most base and wicked falsehood, de
signed to injure,a man who freely shed bis blood
in defence of his country, and who bears upon. his.
person the scars received from the enemy,at a time*,
perhaps, when the vagabond hireling was muling
and puking in his nurse’s arms?
Wo would advise the hireling' and \x\spurchased
master' to bo a little more cautious in their attacks
upon the nominees of the Democratic party. Such
barefaced falsehoods and infamous slanders wiU
onljl recoil upon the heads of their vile’ authors,
and must-sink the hoary headed,/m/cu and hia
miserable mercenary stiil lower in the estimation
of all honorable and honest mem
The Ticket is now fairly before the people of
the county for their approbation or rejection. The
importance of the measures that will be discus
sed before the next legislature as well as the high
consequence of county ascendency, demands of
every democrat steady, zealous and active cc-opc
fdtlbn in its election. The ticket is ? perhaps, the
least exceptionable that has overjbeen presented
to the Republican party of the county. It posses
ses talent, integrity and genuine democracy in a
high degree. The election of a United Slates
Senator by tlio legislature, -together with numer
ous applications for Rank charters—that caneer
which js gradually eating away the very vitals of
our hallowed liberty, calls imperatively upon us,
to be active and wary in securing tbe election of
sound, faithful and talented iheinbers. Unanim
ity, strength and efficient parly action, at home,-
no less strongly urge upon us to concentrate'our
energies 'upon the nominees fur the respective
county oflices.Such are they who have been
chosen by the unbiassed action of the delegates
in convention assembled. They were selected
with a view to conciliate and gratify as far as
possible all parts and suctions ; the ticket was
framed• with a regard to the common welfare cf
the party; and every true democrat should feel
the importance, and ;lio obligations he is under,
to secure its triumphant election. The-Jcccn anx
iety of our opponents for political predominance;
their illiberaUtyv and abuse of authority when
gained, admonish us by the strongest accents that
can animate a patriot’s, bosom,.the respectability
.and .perpetuity of our noble institutions, to re
press and keep down-those-.'arrogant aspirants,
{jet no one, then, be sluggish. . Rather let it bo
an emulation ; the honorable competition of friend
with friend, to effect the greatest possible amount
of good. Let every democrat exert his utmost
strength and push forward his greatest efforts, and
victory shall again proclaim the overthrow of a
corrupt and disjointed party ; again shall the flag
of democracy stream triumphantly over the stliat-
L-rcd-and broken ramparts of the fye.
State Loan.— “lt is a subject of deep interest
to the public'/’ says the Keystone, “that the loan
should be taken; but thus far, not an offer for a
single dollar has been made. It is true thegreat
cst embarrassment.exists in the monetary affairs
of this country and of Europd, and it is also true,
that the public bonds of some of the States have
been wholly refused, and others,have been sold
at a heavy sacrifice, but all tills, is a poor and_
trivial excuse for the refusal of the (rusconading
banks of Pennsylvania, to step forward and redeem
their pledge to aid and sustain this Pennsylvania
of ours.” In fair times they are rife in promises,
but when the storm comes they flinch from their
performance.
t4 lf this loan is not soon taken, the publ-ftTworks
must stop—ihf.conlractors and -workmen ruinously
feel the pressure—and all classes of the community
directly or indirectly, become the sufferers. Vi c
sincerely hope the next intelligence from Eiiropa
will be such as to avert this threatened catastrc*
phe,’*'
T II E TICK E T,
,tfc had intended saving something this
week about the nominees of the democra
tic pat-tv, but the following from an esteem
ed correspoudentlis, wc presume, amplysuf
ficient :
Messrs. Editors: The last Volunteer dis
closed to me the names of the persons cho
sen to fiTl'llTirTespe'c tive~ (TolriTTy-offircsr
Fortunately I am personally acquainted
with all the nominees, and cun'therefore
justly appreciate their fitness and claims.
The convention which nominated them
seems principally to have regarded three
matters —the competency and democracy of
the candidates and tl.e different interests or
clnsaeVof feelings prevalent in our county.
Every grade ’ and rank ■ of, business may
claim its representative. At the head of the
ticket-stands for the Assembly, the names of
Messrs. McKinney and Zimmerman, the»
former a mechanic and tanner', and the lat
,ter a mechanic : nest appears for Commis- .
sioner the name’of Ah*. Kerr,’who is also a
farmer; then comes for Auditor Mr. Brit
ton, likewise a farmer : next appears for Di
rector of the Poor,‘Mr. Eckles, who is a
mechanic and farmer, .The remainder of
the. Ticket, comprizing the nominees for
Prothonotary, Register, and Clerk of the.
Courts and Recorder, is made up of the
same material r the-two former being me
chanics ; the latter formerly a soldier in the
service of his country, buF recently, in like
manner a fanner. Tlrus we have placed be
fore us men who kpow and appreciate the
true'interests, of the'people. No tinselled,
fop nr gaping upstart appears on the ticket.
They are practical man whose long experi
ence and business hibits fit them for any
station; men who have mixed with and been
raised among the stern democracy of “ Old •
Mother Cumberland.” The mechanic, the
laborer, the farmer—all arc represented. _
The ‘.bone and sinew,’- the strength and ho
nesty of the people will find taithful repre
sentatives in the present nominees : besides
coming from the body of the.people, the
very source of our country’s glory and sta
bility ; they bring into the field a-high de
gree of mental power, - : The ticket is no
less respectable for its strength and vigour
of talent than.for the prudent regard exhib
ited in. choosing gnud and-faithful-men.- In
this respect jt- recommends itself-,.sfrongly
foHIm people’s support; Itcqinprizes much 1
piactical knowledge, intelligence and ex- "
perienoe. A better has never been offered
m the county- -.The sterling-democracy