AMERieAN VOLUNTEER-
CAH&SSIiEJ:
THURSDAY, SEPTJEMEU 38, ,1830.
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‘*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, ,