AMERieAN VOLUNTEER- CAH&SSIiEJ: THURSDAY, SEPTJEMEU 38, ,1830. omi fsj.vg. ‘*Now our fl iR is flu in; to the wild wind free, Luc it float oVr our /hither land/* And the guard of its spotkss fame shall be, Columbia’s chosen band!". FOR PRESIDENT IN IR4O. MARTIN VAN BUREN, ' AND AN INDEPENDENT TREASURY. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. Assembly, ADR AH AM SMITH M’KINNEY, of Hopewell JOHN ZIMMERMAN, of Monroe. Commissioner , ALEXANDER M. KERR, of Frankfort!, Director of the Poor , SAMUEL EQKLES, of Alien. Auditory THOMAS. H. BRUTON, of Southampton.. Prothonofanjy *rj GEORGE SANDERSON, of «arlisl?. .' Register, ISAAC ANGNEV, of Ca%lo. Recorder and Clerk of the Courts, WILLIS FOULK, of. South Middleton, Democratic citizens of Cumberland county! the above ticket has been selected by yourselves, through your Delegates in County Convention as sembled, with unparalleled unanimity. It is a ticket composed entirely of Farmers, Mechanics •and Working Men —made up of the “bone and •inow” of your county. The candidates arc op posed to federal misrule and extravagance-oppo sed to tyranny in every shape—enemies of thq Buckshot war;— in favor of Equal Rights', Equal Privileges, and a Government conducted l»y the People themselves. In voting for this ticket you vote for men-who will prove true, to "their trusts, and who.will honestly and faithfully oerry out your wishes and desires. DEMOCRATIC. MEETING. The- Democratic Republicans of-the Borough of _Carlislo-Kre-requcstpd-to-meetat the public house' '•of Capt. -William Moudt, on Saturday evening . next,“(2Bth ihst.) at early candle light, on busi ness o£>importance relative to the -approaching e loction. ' MANY. September Several commybicationa are on file, which shall liavo a place in our next—provided there is-room. Col. McElwee’s fourth letter will bp-found on •our first page. Next week wc shall publish the fifth—it being the last of the series, ; - . Tmpcelor's Ekcfidn.— Democrats! Remember to- Jnorrow w'eck (Friday the «lth of, f ;.for the Inspector's election ,in the different townships and boroughs of tlio county. You can not too'early make suitable preparation for this im- decision of the people at. the bal lot box. Let not your conscious strength, and the enemy’s apparent weakness deter you from attend ing the polls'. If the first blow io struck fairly and • fully, you will have ah easy victory at the general ■election. If, on tjio contrary, by youpsupineness or indifference, thefoe should acquire any advan tage at the primary election, his scattered forces' ■may take fresh’courage and givo you unnecessary Wonkle on the Tuesday following. Do wise, then, in time, and lot your first broadside be directed at the ran-gnard of federalism. Lot your motto be— ♦‘God and our Country—Tyrants offend'them.”— Strike home for your liberties, and the Buckshot* cnian cravcn-hcartcd traitors, with their forces, will retreat in confusion. Thet Inspector’s Election will take place this year on the Friday immediately preceding the Ge neral Election—and not, as heretofore, on the. Fr iday week previous. Wo hope our democratic friends throughout the county will bear this in mind. Friday the 4th of October is the day fixed upon by law, for electing Inspectors and Judges of the General Election. The election opens between the hours of 8 and 10 in the morning, and closes at 7 in tho-evening. Are yon Assessed? —The law requires every man men between the ages of 21 and 22 years excepted,) to be assessed at least-ten days before tiho election in order that they may bp entitled to ■vote. See to it in time, then, that your name is oil the list. /If you are not already assessed, it must he done by Saturday next (28th inst.) at farthest, <or you will lose your vote at the coming,, election. Ilemembcr—“A stitch in time saves nine.'* Democrats of Cumberland! tho time is rapidly Approaching when you will again.he.called upon to deposite your votes in the ballot boxes. Wo •ask you to arouse front'the lethargy that secms,to have fallen upon you. We entreat'you to shake off any indifference as to the coming contest that may possess you from a consciousness of the over whelming strength of the party. t Wc are strong, it is trite, and in our union there is a guararttce'of *ucccbs— but Btiirthere is no excuse for_the sleepy sentinel on the ramparts of democracy. /We are have routed the enemy, horse,;fopt tand.dragfions, from r Malno t6Ticmisiana, ‘frpm the hold in our handtrtKo keys of, tho strong hoIdS of liberty, and •tlj/stara,artd stripes.of freodom agalq-wavo in tri-' Himph over our broad and favored land. But it ./should bo .remembered that “eternal vigilance” is -tlie price at which all these advantages have been they h§ve not been achieved by timid 'or irresolute men, lulled into supineness by 100 jnuch prosperity: wc have contended inch by inch for every foot of . ground! we possess, j and have -(fought. with traitors, conspirators -.and enemies tofreemmi! bur foes are defeated— \bitt not.conquered, Their banner floats once more . In tho breeze,-and their mercenary bands of laz ssororii dre quietly marMiallihg for the onslaught. Dot ua then : be prepared,, fellow citizens, to meet the grim battalions of fcderaUana oitbcr in tbs night • <>r In tlto open field. - ■ . ! , Wg havp;alrcady aeon that at the mpmeat wbca -wo least assault, from an ond conquaied enemy—that in tho, "very hour of defeati - . with'tho, energy of despair they turned upon their.conquerors, and, likp banded pi -rates,/setting at defiance,thedaws of ciyilized war-, fare, treacherously rose upon their captors! This was don* *ftor.A* clootiou in Permsjrlvania, by the federalists and their allies, in thoir unhal lowed'attempt to wrest tho reins of government from tho hands in-which they were placed by tho voice of'the majority. They openly proclaimed that tho people should not govenwand that, al though David R. Porter was elected by an; over-- .whelming vote, Joseph Ritnpf, should, by the grace, of Stevens, Pcnreso and Burrowes, still rule over .the contumacious “rebels” of the land! Are wo hot all livjhg witnesses, to the scenes enacted at Harrisburg; by these desperadoes in the attempt to suppress the right of suffrage! those nullifycrs who strove to overturn thcballot boxes, and in tlio general scramble produced by a state of anarchy to achieve the destruction of the Republic! AVould that the page could bo torn from the volume of our history that contains tho recital of the treasonable effort of a lawless banditti (elevated to office by accident) to usurp the government; but it must main as a landmark to warn .us and our children of the dangers incident to self government. But a few months have rolled over our heads since we beheld irresponsible automatons,-without certificates of election, without majorities, and without even a rumor of rights forced into our Le gislative halls and permitted to deliberate'on pub lic affairs! But a ; few moons have grown old since our peaceful* hills-resounded-with-lhe stomiy mu sic of tho drum and fife, and the stillness of tho Sabbath was broken by the clang of arms, the bu gle note, and the shrill war cry! But yesterday, as it were, wc beheld'marshalled in the capital of our State, regiments of cavalry, artillery and in fantry, with buckshot and ball cartridges, cannon and fixed ammunition for the intended slaughter of tho people of this Commonwealth!—yea, oven of your fellow citizens—your brothers, friends and relatives of your own county of Cumberland, who dared to boldly outface treason, treachery and eon-, spiracy. Arouse, then, onaand all, and once more givd a day to your country, that your country and yourselves may be shielded by yo.ur votes from a year of misrule. In casting yo.ur._s.uffrages, you are to remember that tho contest is for principles , and npt for men. You may have objections to this or that indiyiddal on the ticket, of a'personal- na ture; but all true patriots, in estimating file-tri umph of party principles, cease to‘count'selfish considerations,, Every"vote cast against the po pularrights and democratic ascendency,'and every vote added to the federal scale, weighs just so much in favor of conspiracy, treason and rebellion., ft- .. TJ r /ia! J s in ihe t vtnd now? —We learn from good authority that the leaders of the Buckshbtonian party, have meetings every night at a certain house in Louthor street,' where they hold their dclibenu tions by moonlight; ' What the object of these se cret cabals is, we are, of course, not permitted to know; but of one thing wb arc certain, that it bodeS .no good to the democratic party. •We -advise our friends to bo on their guard against the schemes and machinations of these midnight prowlers.— These fellows aro cithcfbcnt on plundering their neighbor’s property—or, which is equally disre putable, concocting new falsehoods and' Slanders against the democratic candidates. Would it not bo well for pur police officers to keep a watch on the hoary headed traitor and hiff ruffian'hahdilti, and, if possible, protect the public from sustaining, loss at the hands of.thesfe desperadoes! Falcral Decency.—- The following gross and piti ful attack upon theTfish is from aleading federal paper in this State—the same journal which short ly before abused the Germans with its bitter and malignant blackguardism. It is an extract from an article villifying the laborers who gave testi mony before the Auditor General recently, in ref erence to the way and manner three hundred and eighty thousand dollars of the people’s money was squandered last year, on the break in the canal at Huntingdon, by the Ritncr administration. “Nor is the testimony of the laborers, who qpcar that they did not receive all the money .Chfh-r red to them on the check roll, of-any better etanfflig. If these affidavit laborers partake of the reputation of some, of the men working on the canals of tho State, is good for nothing. Many of thera'are so ignorant that they cannot write thoir own names or even road a word; and have so stupified their senses by the use of li qour, as to be entirely unable either to remember any fact twenty-four hours, or detail it correctly five minutes after its occurrence. Again— too, are mostly Catholic Irish, who discredit tlta Protestant biblo, and who will jgg an oath on it with the same spirit of levity that would over a bottle of old. Lye!” Look out for theSfandcrcrs! —Wo arc authorized by John Zimmerman, Esq. one ofi our candhJates for the State“ Legislature, to pronounce the asser tion in the last Herald,- that-he is-an u aboliiiomst”‘ to be a wilful, deliberate and malicious falsehood. Mr. Zimmerman despises from the bottom of his soul the vile and incendiary doctrines propagated by the fanatics of the north on tho subject of sla very, and will be found in the State Legislature acting in concert with the friends of democracy to check the progress ,of an evil that threatens the dissolutipn of ~ouT Unibn. ~lf we thought ‘ for a’ moment that a single individual on the democratic ticket was a friend to tho-abominable doctrines -of Abolition, wc would at once proclaim tho fact, and call upon all good citizens to oppose his elevation to influence and- power—as it is, we are now only compelled by a sense of duty to direct the finger of scorn to the base libeller of an estimable and worthy citizen. John Zimmerman is an honest and unwavering democrat, and as such, an. enemy rebellion ijnd revolutionary.doctrincs. ’ "**Ahd the devil topi him tb thp./10p,.0f„.a. high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms bLthe earth, and said if ho would .bow down and wor ship him that all these should be his.” ~ put at tho-samo time the poor devil-had not a foot of land to bestow —so with the whigs and antimasphs.— They make a grand display of offices, which they freely promise to any democrat who will renounce : his alleglance to the party and worship.the Bank, and at tho same lime they are fully aware that in the county of.Cumberiand they cannot elect a sin gle man on their ticket. Old Nick and the whigs ought to' shake hands, they are promising politi cians. , " The Herald, true to its character for falsehood,- still persists in its charge against editor of this paper of having opposedMr.Van Buren and supported tho election of-Mr, Whitesides in 1834—Jbnt -without attempting any proof to back liio groundless assertion, -- So long as the hireling editor refrains ftnia;Bddujcingeny evidence-to suh etantialo thQ charge, We shall consider it all labor lost to make any reply to his impotent ravings.—. We, therefore, now, once for all, pronounce the assertion infamously fake, and dare ths miscreant to tbs truth' of the allegation. , , ’ ' • CPautiox.—We 'advise our democratic friends throughout the county to beware of the slanders and falsehoods of the opposition, which will* doubtless, bo freely circulated between this and the election. The federal party always resort to ■ these weapons for the purposc-of misleading Kin-- . .catand unsuspecting democrats. ’ Look' out, there-, fore, for lies, slanders , and damnation to he heaped upon the dcumcratic nominees, as thick as black, homes in. June, IVom.now until next Tuesday week. The enemy are desperate, and they will resort to d.csporate measures to defeat, if possible, a portion of*tho democratic ticket,' . 'The false-hearted menial, who conducts Pen rose’s foul print, affirms that Mr. Zimmerman was* defeated as a candidatO'for Commissioner. Zimmerman never was a candidate for* Commis sioner. The affirmation, then, that ho wad# is false; but only in correspondence with every thing emanating from that paper. ’ With a like regard for the truth, hd asserts that this gentleman is an Abolitionist: this is, ho.wcvcr, but the counterpart of the other declaration in respect to the same in dividual.. Mr. Zimmerman is not an abolitionist; but there is ohe individual on the Buckshot ticket iwho is, and a second who is strongly suspected of being-tainted with those principles. Wo allude to Halbert and Porter —the former of whom, wo understand, is the open and.avowed advocate of this abominable doctrine* and the latter, from his mysterious silence whence subject is introduced* together with other suspicious circumstances in his conduct, is‘also bclfcvcd by many to bo joined to the same idol. Mr. Halbert, at least, is willing to strike servitude from our Southern blacks, and turn them loose upon the people at large—remov ing pvory restraint, and subjecting our citizens to the inevitable consequences of such an event public plunder and social violence. It is’ for you, friends of order and social sccmi ty, to say'if such a man be a fit subject to be en trusted with the public confidence. Will.von'rest authority and official influence in thejiands df_ono who is notoriously the friend and advocate of the incendiary pleasure.* -Your discretioh-and .sense of propriety will,, at once, reject such men and their doctrines." " 7 ’ 7 ~ ■Confession of a Federalist, —Mr. Prentiss, of Mississippi, in a letter proclaiming himself a can didate for the Senate of the United States, says: “Political science has become,, rnu THE most PART, THE SCIENCE OF DECEPTION.” The Mississippian responds: ... A(1 ,•. t‘As applied to tho Whig party, it'is literally •Iruc. * Their only weapon is d_eccpjwn-rri\\r\r .only hope of success is by gulling and chcatingthc peo ple; because their success would be a triumph ov er the rights, interests and-liberties of tho people. •In the whig school, Mr. Prentiss’ apothegm is doubtless true; Xvo protest however against any further application of it—and it is fair to presume the’’gentleman intended to confine it entirely to his own political associates,,-with whose motives of action he is of course most Intimately acquainted.”- Yellow Fever.— -In N r ew Orleans, up to the 7th inst., tho fever-had heen-on the-increase.—.-On-the..’ 6th there.were *l6 intormentSi—'Tho Times says that of the 60 passengers who arrived'on tho 3d from Havre, 28 had died before the close*of the 4 th. The accounts fronrMobilo' arc equally distres sing, the number of deaths rapidly on the increase at tho latest dates. In consequence of the great mortality among the printers there, the several newspaper publishers of the city have been oblig ed to reduce their publications to one day in the week. The Missouri Argus announces the death of the lon. A. G. Hasuuson, member of Congress. The Congressional election ui Maryland takes pla.ee on Wednesday next. . k ITIE DEMOCRATIC CAUSE. The cause of democracy is onward. Every town, borough and township semUin the glad tidings, that the people sleep not: that the sun of democra cy is rising with growing splendor and stretching his benign rays into spots and bosoms hilh'ertoun warmed by its genial heat. In one firfti, compact, irrcsist#lebbdy,thcson4ofdcmocracy—the worthy descendants of Uie heroes_of glorious freedom .—will march fortvartl to the patriotic duty, to si lence, forever, by l an overwhelming defeat, the ’boastful shouts of a bank ridden party. Taught by experience to b* vfgilant and active, instructed .in the same rougli ’school to shun cunningly dcvfsed schemes and whining cries of onj hypo critical'foes; and having lArned that U/non und Harmony are the first and foundatiflh principles •that-warrant-triumphjnt freemen of Cumberland arc invincible alike by the stratagem oV tbo strength of tho enemy. and the measures, which # givo life and beihg to ounparty, are tho principles and measures, which have secured respectability and permanency to our revered institutions. Such arc the principles, which the have strng glecl tcTsustain, and.wlucfi they have sustained, every successive assault of our foes, sinJe tho lib erty of the. States Was proclaimed. Every year, once or pftener; tlie friend of his country—the pa triotic,farmer, mechanic citizen—has been in voked to this great and important end. If he dis charged liis. duty, he obeyed the call; If not, ho is a delinquent. ’ It is not which is decided by one triumph. The,enemy may b& driven<ii»ncl?t repressed, enfeebled and routed; but;furtivclyjnarr shalling his scattered and dispersed forces, he rushes again and again to the onset. To-lose a yoa two or three,, in every year, isjihjf-an. inadequate remuneration^ for the social ;SQCurity c and we: enjoy. It should be thfe: freest and proudest offering which tho patriot upon his for it is a high and no ble privilege which all mankind do not enjoy—to work the very machine of government and push back the noisy drbnes, ;who would grasp it forever from his power. It-'Js a duty, next’to that due to tho author of all being, the rabatVolemn and bind ing, to which human nature is obliged. Under this sacred obligation mah; any citi zen, who prefers the free air of indepcndenco to the corrupt atmosphere of a gloomy thraldom; considers thoi gross culpability of his country’s, deriliction,-neglect to perform this dutyV ffhe re sponsibility of a reckless apathy, now far more than ever, calls aloud for wary activity, and cease less exertions.. A band of desperate conspirators, leagued with a wide-stretching bank speculation —the enemy of mankind—tho growing monst(?rs that interlace and tighten their fatal bonds about the public energy and virtue, are exerting a fierce strength to ensnare and crush the common liberty. If ydt a single man sleeps, arise;* buckle on the armor of the patriot and forward to-tho rescue.— Let every man array himself beside his neighbor’s elbow, r Lei it be an emulation—a proitd effort to fix firm and Immoveable the standard of right and truth: let each man strive to bo the first. _Swcll up the throng: add vote to vote and strengllTTo' strength, till every democrat shall have deposited the pledge of his faith. Let no one delay: let no one trust to his neighbor’s activity; let one and all .sharo-in-pianling-tho-banncr pf-yictdry-bn tlia dis membered battlements of a vanquished foe. Again let the flag of triumph stream to the breeze, a mindful symbol of our country’s virtue and patri otism. . ■ Tolls.— ■ Amount of tolls received'on tho Penn sylvania canals and railroads, in the present year, up to Sept 11th: ■ ' 6780,312 GI Amount received in IS3B, up to Sept, 15th Increase, WELLERISMS, "Asses have cars,” as the Herald-man said when he looked in the glass. . “/’//pocket the insult,” as the talented Senator said when he fobbed the Biddle bribe. "Pm Chief of the Kickapoos,” as a hire ling editor said when, his dignity received (ho accession of a foot. "Heads 1 win, tails you lose,” as a cer tain editor said when he tossed up with his creditors. "Pm as bold as a sheep,” as Penrose said when he'jumped out of the back window. “Jl host of respectable ivilncsscs,” as the hangman said when he pointed to Eckles, Hall, llerghcr, Penrose and Phillips. "They arc all mineP as Old Nick replied to the hangman. - ’ Meciianicsburo, Sept. 21st 1839, Gentlemen: —The cause of Democracy and the people is on the advance with ns. Allho’ .likc.ulher.sections of the.county, we had our. local preferences for certain gentlemen,.ami expressed those thro’ our delegates at- the convention, yet we are too deeply .interested in maintaining the predominance of republi can principles, to allow such predilections to interfere with the welfare of the whole party. To choose and advocate his favorites” before the assembling of the delegation, is the right of every" democrat; but after the selections arc made, to support such nominations, be comes a duty. By (he very fact of sending delegates, we recognize .the propriety and expediency*of the system;,-to'refuse then to subiTiit to its lemg-esbiblislmd usages.:would bo highly reprehensible: it would indicate a grossly culpable degree of selfishness, which no democrat will manifest. The democracy of our Borough was never more united thirti at present. 'The nominees are generally known to. the people, and great enthusiasm is evinced to secure their elec tion. The republican vote will be given, to a man, to the regular nominees'. The ag gregation of talents, intelligence, business habits, respectability and sterling democra cy ...which it embodies, will secure for it a ■Considerable support TronVour opponents.— * When brought into competition with the Amalgamated chaos, which (he Buekshot onians have introduced ‘into the ..field, our ticket's superiority is freely admitted. In trnththoy have not the slightest expectation of electing their nominees.--They run a ticket memy to keep up a shew of opposi tion. Good men would not consent to a defeat,’’they are consequently obliged to sup port such as will sutter themselves to beguil ed with a nomination. The Whig-Antiriunsons, it seems did not choose persons for the county offices. They might as well have done so, I’m* by,, the petty devise of getting out volunteers they only divide their puisne strength, without detach ing a single individual front our psrty. — Their object,by such a course, was evidently ttflnduce candidates from our ranks to op pose the delegate selections; but so far, no democrat has been found sufficiently selfish and weak to. answer their purposes. He could only have brought defeat and disgrace upon himself, for the present, ami suspicion ever after. That none such offered is a source-of-pride and—satisfaction,-arising in the knowledge that men can act from disin terested motives, and^Bltprinciples govern die conduct Of the democratic party. You may rely upon a cordial. support for the whole ticket, from, the genuine republicans of this place. They will give an undivided vble’for the ticket—in Increased majority will show what opinion the people of Me chanicsburg have of the Buckshot party and their candidates. lies • . • SiiiPJENSiiuiiG, 19th Sept. 1839. it ‘ * * * /fnd now, business ovcT, a word in regard to politics.. The war I find rages, fiercely between the respective party presses. Jn one respect, at least, we nave a decided ad vantqgo over our opponents, in the strength and respectability of our ticket. JudgingJj'y thoAvUig^candidates from this district, "selection made }9' their delegates was most, unfortunate. If admjfltd %upcvi- ; ority, to nominees. . Among our party, general unanimity and zeal reigns. The whole democratic Vote wili trated upon the ticket, besules many others who cannot the materials which compose feueraT nomi nation—our oflmnents do not suc ceed;—inevitable defeat awaits them.. With you, the contest is carried on with much spirit and animosity. The federalists, ,in. the extremity of their desperaSon, have betaken themselves (jrcalumny and vitupe ration, which lias recoiled upon-themscU?s. They have, been repeatedly convicted of these gross subterfuges. It argues a despe rate caj)sc, supported by desperate men.— Orabb, starts- and (thunders wonderfully under the expose of his mean artifices anil falsehearted professions. With us here he' is well known—he cannot impose upon or seduce any democrat from our ranks. Our ticket is just such a one, as every membpr ■of our party, in this place would have se ■ljScted.if submitted to-.his discretion—being cfmiprized of firm, talented, intelligent and faithful men. Your course in meeting the hvpbcfjtical rabidity of the Anti-masonic editor With boldness, in- dragging him-fidm his rancid cell and exhibiting hisislimy form and distorted features to ithe public -gaze r meets witht-th e-uniform approbation of our friends in this, place—-such creatures must be met in their/,own way—you have pursued a proper and„ expedient course. The whig Tmriily have not been tardy in pushing forWardte. goodly number of-volun tecrs for. offices.' These fellows must be very uneasy for authority, when they present themselves, without a possibili ty bfT)eing elected. Our political foes have already started more candidates upon the courge, than there arc offices to fill; They need not, however, rjuarrel abou t their claims to.partisan support; since, one, two, or half a dozen candidates, for each office, can be defeated'with equal facility. Rest assured Sliippeusburg will give a good account of herself on the Bth October .next. • - Very truly yours. Messrs; Editors.—l send you a letter picked up in the streets of Carlisle a, few days since, and evidently written by a “giny viiie” antima'son to hisTriend in this place. Q; “Shuyrmantow'n Ceptimbur 1839. Deer Sui\—You ax me to guv you the knows, an to rite about thee candydatcs tucked up on our syde at the dilikatc meet in an thee votes thee wil git in the loo'r end. I cant say nothin jist now, but am thinkin •that thee is fill life billow—thotickett is not gonyvinc auyhough in the fuss place, tharis tu menny kaiitcrlopcrs on it hod.ippio'anty maysins, now if thee antys is to 1)6 boors of would an drawyers of waiter when the dic tion kums on an ye huxamin thee hullit boxis, u wil fine a fallin olf in the loor sitllemintsof antymasoonary, shelly is thee onlee anty, an he is a good ole anty, but noes hotfnn. of reedin ritin or siferin, that the neebors says he wil be hailed at in thee legislatour, dont (ruble your si Iph this time, the ole antys is all mad, an the yung antys is like hornetls, and sais thee huve bin filled, and wont wide anny hough u kan tix it fur thee feathertdls —jist mind whots whot, and dont beet (his time fur we are gone suckkers, and Jake sais' he wont wote, an Piper may play his pipes to the toon the ole kow dido on— re number me to mister danuel Axles assquir? an poster ICrab, and tel mister Pin rose that we kaht raze a meetin fur him to make'a speech, that the people is beginnin’to fine out that al :he sais is bawldir-dash (cl thini not to make, up munny to beet, this year,— the luckyforkoes got it all last year, an thar is no snaix if thee dont git it again.” Gls,fiG4 13 9131,C1S 18 the Electors of Ciimberiaml Fellow-Citizens: — fire undersigned hav ing'been-appointed by the date democratic convention of tins county a committee to address yon onthecsohjectrof ing election, now proceed to discharge that duty. With regard to the individuals put in .nomination by that convention for your suf frages for seats in our Legislature, and for our different County. OHicfes, we need on ly state that they are all intelligent, respec table democratic citizens, and fully compe tent.to.disch.arge Ihe.duties of the respective offices for which they hltvc been put in nom ination. They were nominated'fairly by a full convention of respectable ami intelligent delegates from the. different townships and boroughs of opr county’fully reprosehTing the democracy of the county. They were nominated in accordance with the" ancient usages of the democratic phiTv7‘~ (bin dem ocrats (hen oppose such nominations? We say ho. They cannot. It has ever been the pride and boast of the democratic party that they’were governed by principle. The prin ciples anil policy of our parly need no elahr orate discussion dr exposition/' They are familiar to you all. They arc known to the world. They constitute the brightest part of tile political history of our country. Ue mnerats acknowledge themselves In he gov erned by principles. The great mass of the parlv are so governed and have no desire for office. Hut die offices must he tilled, they ought to he filled by democrats. Tip.' motto of every genuine democrat with regariW to ofiice oifght to be that of the illustrious Jackson, “never tu seek office and never to' refuse.” Offices are few and but few can bold them. Genuine ts seek not office. They arc' in Hr higher mo tives.- They are influei ive of coun try—by a love of those s and that policy which are best r to promote tlie general good, and no interests of tlie poorer classes in society. The demo cratic party when united is a tower of strength. It is'impregnable. Our political opponents are well aware of the o axini to divide is to conquer. Tiieyr only mode of attack,on pur party is to effect a division To effect this object (hey slander, villify and misrepresent .democratic men ami measures, in the must reckless manne'r. For some time previous to the nominations by the de mocratic convention, a number of highly re spectableand iirtelljgcht gentlemen from va rious sections of the county were spoken of by their different friends as suitable persons For%eats in the legislature and to fill the diIV ferent ebunty offices. This was to be ex pected and as it ought to be.-._lXutLLthc ac tion of the convcntym allidemocrats have e i|ual claims. Ev’ery man spoken of has his .friends. Hut all cannot be nominated. The convelitibri inust de'eiile, and we know of no fairei-mode of decision. Democrats are sat isfied with this mode Of decisioe. Although some individuals of the democratic pilrtj. previous to the nominations expressed some objections to. some of #lc. nominees of the convention, still, like high minded democrats, after the action of the convention was' knownJ they expressed their satisfaction. "But it astonishin" and .liupiiliating to' the digntly | of nAn to Witness 1%0 coiujuakoii ourpoliti- ' cal opponents, Jo witness their meanness and unparalleled impudence, Whilst employed in I slandering! and,, villifying democratic men 1 and measures, ,iii attempting t« bring be-: fore the public leading democrats asyolun- ■ teers for office in opposition to the.ticket of their party, by, promises of whig, and anli-,| maspnic support! But we.are happy to say ! that, our opponents have signally failed in ! their vile and low efforts. The history of the Bitner administration is a memorable ! lessen to democrats. That administration came into existence by disunion and disaf fection among democrats. The disgraceful, misrule, corruption, and trcasonableflcsigns' of that administration'have taught democrats who love their country and their country’s laws, the necessity of union and 'harmony to iu'aint#in democratic ascendency—and to preseove and perpetuatcVoifr... republican in stitutions. This union and harmonyVwas never more required than at th 6 present time. The democratic party ought to act as one man throughout the county—the State—and the Union; Wc considei? the opposition par ty completely; prostrated in this State so far as the action of the people at the ballot boxes - C'otnttif. goes. But'they have always exerted a pow erful influence in our legislative halls, al though generally in .the minority by their cunning, and sophistry—by their corrupt and demoralizing practices. The advocates of batiks add monopolies without restriction,and regardless of the means of carrying their lueaSure^.'theyhavc^UccceilcirtonbTteriin seducing weak and selfish democrats from the path of their duty to their acknowledged principles to the will of their constituents, and the good of their country. A democrat who. could be influenced to vote for a bank charter,' or any other charter, by an invita tion to a dinner party, or-a wine-drinking, or a stock speculation, ought to be driven from the ranks of his party and held in con tempt by the whole community. We have witnessed (he passage of bank charters by such corrupt and demoralizing practices.— Wd have witnessed cashiers and agents of banks receive presents of thousands of dol lars,lor their successful efforts in corrupting and seducing members of (he legislature to vote for their charters. There must be an end of this mode of legislation—or there will soon be,an end to republicanism and public morals.. The people must watch their rep resentatives.' They must instruct them,(and if instruction will not answer threaten them,) to drive fiom (ho capital the vileband of monopoly and bank mercenaries. Thecash ier of a bank or other agent who would pub licly receive a bonus for seducing members to vole for his bill, would rub on (he high way were it fashionable to do so. When we look at the numerous applications now be fore the public fur bank chartersand renew als of bank charters, and consider the. sedu cing aiid corrupt practices which we have ' described, we have reason to treruble for the liberties of our country—for public and pri vate morals. . The people nuis't speak out. The uncor upted democracy of the land must speak out—must condemn and reprobate t'hcse.se ducing and corrupt practices in our legisla tion, and drive from the ranks of the party all. who xounienancc-such- practices.—Wo arc not opposed to banks when necessary and conducted on fair and legitimate prin ciples. But we are opposed to the present lawless ami unmanageable banking system 1 of the country. Time and experience have demonstrated that the system wants'some regulating and controlling principle. Time and experience have deiiH)iis(itKed;ThiTf'ffTm • principle is neither discoverable i • a Nation- '"lt 1 was proclaimed to the world,after the groat State bank was created, by its renowned financial chief,that the-system was then perfect—that the great Slate bank \umld be the.r.egulator —the sun—the centre of the* system —of eight liundred’or a thousand smaller bodies, with liberty to create, new bodies without number. But- a short-time after this pro mulgation of (he great chiefof the great re gulator, which was heralded from’:one end of (he Cnion to the otlreras whig wisdom ex traordinary, the regulator, its thousand plan ets and-satcllitcsceascd thcir'inotions—stood as still as if thcy.hud received the commands of a modern Joshua. They are now motion- • loss. They now stand st.iH.—-They want a regulating’ principle. Ami it requires no forwtghl to see that unless legislative wis dom is capable of devising and infusing into the system some regulating principle,uhetli or a sub-treasury scheme or some other scheme, the system must ere long explode with ruin and desolation to the country.— Democrats of Cumberland County! in these few rematks we have endeavored to call your attention .to (he grunt object of your party —that principle is its aim and object— that that principle is the public good—-the parage of good and just laws to protect the industrious classes against the encroachments of stDck jobbers-and bank gamblers—that our party ascendency deptjids on our united and harmonious action, also called A'Our attention, .to the radically defective uiuUdng system of our country —to the dis graccdn and coi nipt practices 1 lin our legislation. It is for you to.speak out l and condemn. It is your duty to do so.— 1 Having full faith apd confidence in the de mocracy of Cumberland County* that they i will discharge their duty at the coining elec | tion, we subscribe ourselves your friend* i and fellow-citizens. - - HUGH GAULLAGIIER' JAMES WALLACE, JOHN MILLER, LEWIS DYER, JAMES LAMBERTON, JOHN MOORE, IRVOAY, JNO. CLENDENIN, Sen. WILLIAM r Z. ANGNEY, JHIFPLIH AWAKE! . At a meeting of the Democratic Republi can citizens of Mifflin ami other townships iil the county of Cumberland, held at the v house of Saimiel M.’Patterson, Esq. in Mift liti township, on Saturday evening the J4tb September 18S9, the met;ting was organized by-appointing Isaac Chhistlieii, President — fFillitm 'liamp and Samuel IJ. Patterson Esqrs, Vice Presidents, ’and John Martin ‘Miller and William Lusk jr. Secretaries: On motion, a committee of five was ap pointed by the President vizr Robert Lusk Hfcq. Henry Sipe of Frankford, Michael . LWeisc.Juhn Healing.and David Lusks, of WlopewclT’,, whllMfftr retiring for sometime and,rend the following, which were' ■'unanimously.agreed to: I . Whereas, all men are created equally free, 1 ajid have a right to meet together and ex press their sentiments in relation to the : nnul'e'of their governuuwit, and whereas at a ’ period like the pcesenC so important to the pMptt of Pennsylvania' (and to the welfare [of the United States,) when the. Antiea \ and federalists are using every exertion to | ’ regain their lost Administration and crush \ . free and Representative government, and to I destroy the peace and barihotry of our happy Union—when through thft influence of their monster-they have wantonly set at , nought the constitution and. laws by calling-a nidi- -' tarv force fo enable them to destroy the rights and liberties of 'the people, whose rights and liberties were .not purchased by ( the silver and gold of 335,000,000; but by the blood and scars of the honored-heroes.of .- the Revolution,’ and by the battles fought and.the final vicTbfy" that called this country to' fake her dignified station above the na tions of the earth. Let us not slumber.when, we see those rights,about to be taken away —the treacherous dealer “dealctb treacher ously,” therefore’ trust not the Anties, for every Antic is opposed Vox pbpuli. Vox Dei, ,
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