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DB. W.M. EVANS’
OAMOJiILB PILLS,
severe case of Piles cured at 100 Chat
ham street.—Mr. Dan'l Spinningof Shrewsbury,
Eden Town, New Jersey, was severely afflicted
with 1 Piles for more than 20 years. Had had re
course to medicines of almost every description,
also the advice of several efnminent Physicians,
hut never found the slightest relief from any
source whatsoever, until he called on Dr, Evans,
■of 100 Chatham■ street, N. Y., nnd procured
spine medicine from him, from which he found
immediate relief, and subsequently a perfect
cure. H , ” 1 : ;
Beware of Counterfeits,
■ (Xj*Caution,—Be particular in purchasing to
see that the label of this medicine contains a no
' tice of its entry according >o Act of Congress, —
, And he likewise particular in obtaining them nt
• 100 Chatham st., New York, or from the regu
lar agents,
IlASllMoy&GniEßrGarlislc.
DB. HUNT’S
BOTANIC PILLS,
INTERESTING & APPLICABLE TO THE
~ AFFLICTED WITH v
JMscases of the Stomach, or Nerves;
•Snell a Dyspepsia, either Chronic or Casual', un*
der the“worst symptnmsrof restlessness? Low
ness of Spirits, and General Emaciation; Con*
sumption, whether of the Lungs or Liver; l«iv
er Affections? Jaundice, both Biliary & Spas*
modic?'Costiveness? Worms of every variety?
Rheumatism? whether Acute oy Chronic? to
gether with Gout, Scrofula, Pains lathe Head,
Back, Limbs,"and Side, Typhus Fever, Scar
let Fever, Putrid Sore Throat, Fever & Ague,
Spasmodic P.tlpitatioh of the Heart.and Arte
ries, Nervouslmtability, Nervous Weakness,'
Hysterics, Tic Douloureux, Cramps, Female
Obstructions, * Heartburn, Headache, Cough
the Common or Humid, and the Dry or the
Whooping; Asthma, Gravel, and Dropsy. v
The Blood has hitherto been considered by
Empirics and others,, as tlic great regulator of
the human system, and such is the devoted of
the* adherents, to that erroneous doctrine, that
tlieyd’ontent themselves with the simple posses-,
shin.of this fallacious opinion, without enquiring
inti the primary-sources from whence Life,
Health, and Vigor emanate, and, vice versa
k - gj.iin, sickness, disease and death. .Not so with.
j)u. Hunt, whose extensive research andprac*
tipal.expericnce.so.eminently qualify him for the
' "professioirnf'which - Ite hashed) oneofthtTmnst
useful members. He contemVs—and admment’s
reflection wilfconvince any reasoning mind of the
correctness of his views—jhat the stomach, liv
er, and the 'associated''Organs are the primary
and great regulators of health, and thatJtUe blood
in very many instancesis dependent on these nr
gans, and that unless merliqine reaches THE
ROOT OF THE, DISEASE, ihe.superficial
anodynes usually prescribed, serve but as foils
to cover tiie ravages of deep-rooted ihaladies-
Under these convictions, at the expense of ye..rs
of close application, the doctor has discovered a
•medicine whose searching powers are irresisti
ble, and in prescribing, it is with a knowledge of
its being a radical c»irt in the“various” djscsises
already enumerated, even if applied in the most
Critical cases, but he does not pretend to ascribe
to
HUNT’S BOTANIC PILLS
n supernatural agency, although from positive
'proofs within the kno»vledge ol hundreds he is
prepared to shew, that When every othcr.eartb
ly remedy has been given up,
HUNT'S BOTANIC PILLS
have never been known to fail in effecting two
very gratifying results, that of raising from the
bed of sickness and disease those who have test
ed their efficacy, and thus amply rewatding Ur.
Hunt for his lung and anxious study to attain this
Jierfection'xw the Healing Aut.
The extraordinary success which hasattend
eUTTie use'of Hunt’s Botanic Pills, is
•the-best criterion of their superior virtues.
They have been the means of raising a
host of languishing patients from the bed
of affliction, as it is clearly evinced in th’e
following
CERTIFICATES .
FEVER AND AGUE CURED
aTo Dr . Hunt
Dear Sir—Believing it a duty I owe yOu ms a
kucOeasful practitioner, as well asthos* who may
be similarly afflicted, 1 take pleasure in acknow
lodging the benefit i have derived .from the use
of your vain tble medicine. k
HUNT’S BOTANIC PILLS.
After much suffering from Fever and Ague, du
ring the spring and fall, for the last four years,
an.) the pecuniary injuries attendant un the in
dispositiou «»f one on whose exertions a large fa
mily .was depen lent for support, and having
without success tested Ihe skill of ninny medical
advisers, at an expense 1 cohid nut well afford.
In the fall of 1838, finding the premonitory symp
toms of approaching, I was induced
by "a friend who had tried your medicine, to pur
chase a package of your Botanic Pills, and now
have the happiness to inform yon—and through
you,-those who may be.similarly-afflicted— that
-they counteracted the disease,-jior huve-f-been
troubled with it since, and my confidence con.
limits to uphold me in the belief .that your Bo
tanic Fills are the most safe, the cheapest, most
-efficacious, and radical cure for that distressing
.djse_ase J _Feyjei!_and_Ague. i^flJ.canit.or.tlie.pre?.
-sent oflfcryou for the blessing you have been in
■Htrumental in.conferring oh me, is my assurance
•of unceasing gratitude and esteem
“ P. M. McCORMICK.
Newark,N.L, July 31, 1839. .
Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, Effectually
Cured,
Mr. Win. Tucker, having lately been restor
ed to a sound state of health, through-the efficacy
of Dr . Hokt's Botanic Pills, thinks it an iii
dispensible duty, to state certain facts relative to
the disease under which he had so long suffered.
The symptoms were a painful obstruction, with
a constant rejection ot.food, head-ache
tiohof the heart, lowness of spirits, a troumk
some dry cough, dizziness, tightness at the cheat
.and difliculty of breathing, almost constant pain
in the side, loins, and shoulders,'' accompanied
with much languor, andilebilify. These afflic
tions, together'witlf an unusual degree of .flatu
,lence,brnught on such a state of extreme weak,
ness, a% to prevent.him froriwutendlng to his bu
siness.rand his.health appeared lost beyond re
covery. His friends and relatives became a-
Isrmcdat the melancholy prospect, and strongly
recommended Hunt’s Botanic Pills—they were
administered, and in a few days produced aston-,
ishing relief, unci finally realized a perfect resto-.
-ration to sound health. f .
•i WILLI AM TUCKER.
• ; Beware of Counterfeits. ;
' : (ty*Cauiion.e-Be_pnrticularin-purchaaihg;to
see that the label of. this medicine contains a noi
tice of it sentry aceording.to act of Congress.—i
And belike wise particiiiar in oblainingthemat
100'Chatham. st.jjNew York, or,from theregu-
Jar agents, 'r. .. : )
Hamilton '& Grier,’ Carlisle. II
£Vnvcncnn ; iloluntccr.
BY G. SANDERSON & E. COBNMAN.J
Whole No. 1340.
_ DU. WM. EVANS’
SOOTHING SYRUP,
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
To Mothers and Nurses .'
The passage of the teeth through the gums
produces troublesome and dangerous sy mptorhs.
It is known by mothers that there is great irri
tation in the mouth and gums during this pro*
cess. The gums swell, the secretion of the saliva
is increased, the child with frequent
ami sudden fits of crying, watching, starling in
itBTsleeprntid“spapmsxf-pectiHarparts;thexhild
shrieks-with extreme violence, and thiusts its
fingers into its mouth. If these precursary symp
toms are not speedily alleviated, spasmodic con
vulsions universally supervene, and soon cause
the dissolution of the infant. If who
have their little babes afflicted with these dis
tressing symptoms would apply the celebrated
-American Soothing Syrup, whichjias preservi d
hundreds of infants when tliought'pTtslTe^averyT
from being suddenly attacked with that fatal
malady convulsions,
’ This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds
when thought past recovery, .from convulsions.
As soon as the Svrup is rubbed on the gums, the
child will recover. This preparation is so inno
cent, so efficacious, and so pleakant, that no child
will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it.—
When infants ,are at the age of four months,
though there is no appearance of teeth, one; bof
tie of the syrup should be used on the gums to
open the pores. Parents,should he with
out the syrup in the nursery where there are
young children, for if a child wakes in the night
with pain in the gums, the Syrup Immediately
gives ease, by opening the pores and healing tire”
gums; thereby preventing Convulsions, Fevers,
&c. -
Beware of Counterfeits .
(C/’Caution.—Be particular in purchasing to
see that thelubel of this medicine contains a no
tice of its entry aCcordirigto Act of Congress. —
A nd be likewise particular in obtaining them at
100 Chatham st. New York, or from the regu
lar agents, , .
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle.
DR. WM. EVANS’
Camomile A* Aperient Pills. •
Another vertf severe case of Inflammatory
Rheumatism cured by Dr., Rvans* Medicine -
JMr. John.A. Carroll, of the.county of Welches-,
ter, town of North Castle, New York, had been
severely afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism
for with violent pains in* his
limbs,* grrat heat, excessive thirst, dryness of
skin, limbs much swollen, was riot able without
assistance to turn in bed for six weeks. Had
tried* various remedies to no effect. Was advis
ed byVfrtend of his to procure some of Dr. W.
Evans* medicines of 100 Chatham street, N. Y.,
which he immediately Sent for; and'aftef taking
the first dose found great relict, and in continu
ing its use according to 'the directions for ten
days, was perfectly cured. . Allows me to refer,
any person to him for the truth of the above
statement.
Beware of Counterfeits,
J7*Caution.—Be particular in purchasing tr
sec that the label of this medicine contains a no.
tir f e of its entry according to Art of Congress.—
And be likewise piirtjcular in obtaining them nt
100 Chatham st.. New York, dr from thc’regu
lar agents,
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle,
orno, 1839.
ENVIABLE DISTINCTION.
IN the midst of a general and, in many instan
ces not unfounded prejudice against many of
the medical remedies of the day, Dr. W. E
VANS’ PILLS have the enviable diclinction of
an universal approbation. They are perhaps
tlie only medicine publicly advertised that has
the full and unreserved testimony of medical
men in its favor, if not the only one which gives
full satisfaction to its purchasers. Dr, W. Evans
has the »ati«lact*on,nf knowing that his>
CAMOMILE OR TONIC PILLS
are not only regularly recommended and pre
scribed by the most experienced physicians in
their daily practice, but also taken by those
gentlemen themselves whenever they feel the
symptoms ofthose diseases In which they, well
know them to b.e efficacious.' He knows this to
be generally the case In New York, Philadel
phia, Albany, Boston, and other large cities in
which they have an extensive sale.. That they
should thus conquer professional prejudice and
interested*opposition,' and secure the agency of
the most eminent and best informed physicians
in the country to render them useful to all class
es, can only be fairly ascribed to their undenia
ble and pre-eminent virtues.
More conclusive firoof&of ihe efficacy of Dv.
. IVm. Evans' Camomile and Aperient Pills.
CER riFICATE.—The following certificate
was handed to us by Mr., Van Schaick, of Alba*
ny, a highly respectable member of the com
munity, and.whose veracity canndt be doubted;
" Mr. Scptemius Kendall of the town of West
erloo, county of Albany, was for 27 years trou
bled with.a nervous and billirusaffection, which
for 7 years rendered him unable to attend to his
business, and' during the last 3 years of his ill
ness was confined to the .house, uis symptoms
were dizziness, pains in the head and side, pal
pitation of the heart,- want of appetite," (jfc*=r
After expending-during- his confinement nearly
three, hundred dollars' without obtaining any
permanent relief, he. by accident noticed an ad
vertisement of Dr. Wm. Evans’ Camomile and"
Aperient Pills, and was consequently induced to
make-a trial of them.- After-using-xbem nbout
a fortnight, he was able to walk out* in four
mouths he could attend to business,'nnd consid
ered his disease entirely removed. - The-■above'
information was given to the subscribcr'by Mr.
Kendall himself; there can, therefore', be no de
ception. STEPHEN VAN SCHAICK.
The above invaluable medicine together with
DR - EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP (lor teeth
ing) are sold wholesale at 100 Chatham &t. -N,
York. \ . " - - ‘
Beware of Counterfeits.
(Xj*Caution.—Be particular in purchasing to
see that the label of this medicine contains a no
tice of its entryaccording to Act of Congress.— ■
•And he likewise particular in obtaining them at
100 Chatham st., NeW York, or from the regu ;
lar agents,
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle.
1 Of whom may be had,
Dr. Wm. Evans' Camomile Uf Aperient Pills.
Do. Soothing Syrup. ■
Dr. Hunts Botanic Pills. ■ . ••
Goode's Female Pitts.
Fever anii'Ague. Pills,
Dr. Evans’only Office, 3, South Seventh street,
Philadelphia,"
Hamilton 8c Grier. Carlisle, . - v .; . . ,
S. R. Kirby, and W. V. Davis, Chambersburg,
Wm. Belli Harrisburg, ,
W. L. Lafferty Ec Co.; Brownsville,'
B; Banniin f# John T. Werner,JJottsville,.
Lippincult & Brothers. Mt. Pleasant, ",
B.’Campbell & Co. Waynesburgh,
Irwin fc Arthcr, Pittsburgh, : '■ ' ■'
BurnsideMorris, Lockhayen, ■ c-
R.-W. Cunningham, Newcastle;
I. Pi-Olmstead. Bethany, 1
January 16, 1840, • ■
Carlisle, JPa. Thursday June 4* 1840*
... Jhr the Volunteer.
Some scribblers of late, have polluted the State.
In rhyming ’bout.BlUey Buck-Eye, O '
You’d think by their gong, that his name .was * so
long ‘ - , .
’Twpuld reach from the east to Ohio.
But so dull and slow is their vile.4//cgro f
It will suit neither. Poet nor lover;
But like their old J)e or, they make a pause in the
Tealr, ‘ .* .
And sing out when the Battle is over, .
They tefl-qa our names are so crooked and strange
We cannot make rhyme of them no-way, 1 •
But babies thcy.are, and should petticoats wear,
And that they’re no Poets I’ll show,ye.
Their Har-rri-son rhyme, is the slowest of time,
They can’t even make it jingle with Granger,
Whilst Marlin and Dick, can he done up so quick
That it don’t even bother a stranger.
Those Harrison drones who are but skin & bones,
-Will_s.oundAL.you happentashakethem
.Like.dirt in a shoe,.they will rattle ’lis true,
But Poets no devil can make them.
Their dactyl atjast, is a forc’d Antopast,
For Tribriibh they use an lambus,
A spondee we see, where a Pyrrhic should he, ,
And the whole we endorse, ignoramus.
Ye rhymers, for shame, abandon your theme,
The Nine ye have surely offended, ‘
Ye never can ride, Pegasus astride,
With breeches arid petticoats blended.
But True wor t th 9 which haa never shone
forth, •**
In Buckeyes, white Bahkmoh, nor Clay-boys;
The virtuous and bravo shall our suffrages have,
Van Buren & Johnson, Hurra boys.
MR. KENDALL’S ADDRESS
The People of the 17. States.
Our country presents a hew.spectacle for
the contemplation of mankind.
A candidate for the Presidency is asking
the suffrages pf our people, and at the same
time refuses to answer the questions they
* put to liimTor the purpose of satisfying them
selves as ,to .the principles and policy-by
which he will be governed, if elected. - With
his own Consent, a. committee |s interposed
between-him and his countrymen, not to aid
him in giving frank replies to-their reason
able inquiries," butTo cut off direct commu
nication, and keep his opinions from the pub':,
lie. , A and intelligent people; whose
precious right it is to ask and obtain the
views of every man who seeks their suffra
ges, upon every topic appertaining' to their
government, are bluntly told that they shall
not enjoy this right, but shall take a candi
date for the Presidency upon trust. They
are asked to relax that “eternal vigilance, 5 ’
which is truly “the price of liberty,” and'
blindly submit themselves, if not to a "King,
who can do no wrong,” to a Chief Magis
trate who assumes the attitude of irrespon
sibility and surrounds himself with minis
fcrsf_even before the crown of power has
been placed on his head!
This candidate was nominated by a con
vention, not because they considered him the
ablesfrman of their party, or at all qualified
for the station, but merely because he had
once been a General. Having scen-the peo
ple place the heroic, Jackson in the. chair of
state, notwithstanding their unceasing de
nunciations of “military' chieftains,” they
weakly .expected to avail themselves, in their
struggle for power, of the same devotion and
enthusiasm, by-presenting the name of an
other who had worn the uniform of his coun
try and attained to the'same rank. They
■did nut accortl to file people sense enough
to discriminate between the weak and inelH-
ciertt chieftain, who, after a scries of military
blunders, fortunately for his country resign
ed his commission in the midst of the war,
and the real hero wild took it up and closed
that war ip a blaze of glory at New Orleans.
Under this fatal error, the convention, in
stead of presenting in an address or resolu
tions the principles which would control t|ie
administration of their candidate if elected,
concerted a general movement throughout
the Union to give eclat to their nomination
by a simultaneous shout to the military glo
ries, which, after an oblivion of twenty-live
years, are now for the first time discovered
to be worthy of commemoration in feastsand
in' song. We have accordingly seen vast
assemblages collected together, at great la
bor and costj not to respond to any princi
ple; or listen to any arKumenf„but to droAn
the voice of reason in the shouts of revelry,
and lead captive. the feelings of the people
in a senseless excitement. ‘Huzzas for the
newly-found hero, annunciations of his pov
erty;~ofrhis- residence-in-a-log-cubinj-and
hard cider; the hapling of miniature
log-cabins, and , canoes, and cider-barrels,
through the streets; the rolling of ballsj and
thcdisplayof banners with un nieaning mot
toes; doggerel rhymes and vulgar pictures;
the drinking of cider, the.raumbling of gin
gerbread, anil imitating the cries of birds
and beasts, with other mummery and mock
ery, as disgraceful to the country as it is in
sulting to the people, are the 'new means of
electioneering, by which it is vainly expect
ed to induce the community to surrender it
self like the charmed bird, to the jaws of
the'wiley serpent which stands' ready to de
vour it. By arguments like these; it is ex
pected' to persuade.the freemen of America
,to surrender their right to know the politi
cal, opinions'of the candidate, and takehiip,
for better or for worse,: gagged and guard
ed its heisi . ......
To these means of influence are added'
monej without stipt, abuse of official station
and jiriyilege without restraint, and viola-,
tion of the laws without reserve. The Har
rison party ip'Congress are leagued together
in a great electioneering Association, with
its “executive committee’? appointing subor
dinate committees throughout the Union;
raising money by tens of thousands to sup
port presses, to magnify the mock hepo, Jf
bel the Administration, and scatter delusion
through the country; practising the roost un
heard of abuses, getting subscribers to a
newspaper under a promise, that, they shall
receive it under frank, violatingijthe law by
actually franking If. and devojtiogtheirmo
heyj their talents, their privileges j. and their
“oim cocNTßY—nidH* oii wrong.”
time, not to the business of legislation for
which they were elected, but to an unscru
pulous and Unceasing warfare upon another
department of the Government. .The pub
lic business is delayed, the public Xaith vio
lated, and the Ordinary operations of-the Go
vernment obstructed, that the session of
Congress may be protracted; thus furnishing
the influence of public station, the facilities
of the frank and money from the Treasury,
to carry on their electioneering operations.
by members of Congress, Weighing more
than they had a right to frank, have been
falsely marked'"public documents,” to se
cure their free.transmission; and in others,
the frank of-membershas been boldly forg
ed! What would be said 6f the Executive
officers here, i f -they were to form # such ' a
club, appoint such a committed, and resort
to such means? VVould not the very.irien
who are now committing abuses and Out
rages a thousand times more aggravated
than any they charge against the Adminis
tration, sound the tocsin of alarm upon a
thousand bills, and startle’the country with’
the threatening danger? .And are,, these
combinations less alarming, less corrupt, less
dangerous, or less criminal, in one depart-'
mentof the Government than in another?
CONTEMPT,FOR THE PEOPLE lies
at the bottom of this whole scheme of elec
tioneering.
The Harrison party showed this contempt
in presenting "a military chieftain” as their
candidate, after having for years denounced
the elevation of such men as worse for the
country than “war, pestilence,, and famine,
or any other scourge.”
They show it by presenting a - sham hero
to the people, and endeavoring to persuade
them that he is sCreal one. " ' "
They show it by asking the'peoplc to Vote
for a gagged and guarded candidate, 'who
“will answerthe questions of ncither-friends
.nor foes,”
They show it by abandoning all argument,
and throwing principle out of the contest.
They show'if by their log-cabins, cider
barrels, pitchers, canoes, balls, banners, pic
furear and parade, riot, and drunkennessjfit
only-to, amuse,, if they did not disgust, a.
London populace ora Parisian mob. . -
They show it by their incessant and mon
strous misrepresentations of the acts of the-
Administration, and their causeless abuse of
the men who compose it: '
Where is the true-hearted American who
would not be ashamed of his country, if she
could, by such means, be induced to üban
■ .don her right to question candidates for of
fice, and throw herself -unconditionally into
the arms of a President and a party which
has no principles, pr dare: nut avow, them?
From this-contempf/df the people springs
the opposition of the-leaders of this party-to
the extension of the ftght of suffrage, and
their steady attempts to Corrupt it when'ex
tended. Not believing"the people fit fur
self-government, they will not trust them
with power when they can avoids it; and,
whenever the opportunity presents itself,
take ■ from them that which they possess.—
They do not scruple to compel their depend
ants to vote their will, at elections, instead
of their own, and so to manage their private
affairs as-to reward or punish more humble
men for the-surrendcr or assertion,,of the
right of free suffrage. Upon the same-prin
ciple, they do hot hesitate to cheat in elec-,
tions and cheat in the returns. Recall a few
facts of recent occurrence,-and it will be
seen that I do them no injustice.
In 1838, the leaders of the present Harri
son party had possession of the Government
of Pennsylvania, in all'its legislative and
executive .brandies. By false registries,
and the introduction of thousands of,voters
from abroad, they strove to elect a Govern
or and a majority of the House of Represen
tatives, but were defeated. Instead of sub
mitting to’ the decision of the people, they
determined to disregard - !! and retain posses
sion of the Government of the State.at every
hazard. From - the county of Philadelphia,
two Democratic Senators and eight Repre
sentatives had been elected, aha it was so
certified; by a majority of the judges of the
election; yet, though the Democratic majo
rity-wos several hundreds, a minority of.the
judges' sent a certificate to the office of the
Secretary of State,.falsely showing that the
Harrison candidates had a. majority. The
change, of fhese eight members from one side
to the other, would give them a majority of
theHouseof Representatives. Fortified h'
$ •" fair 'fir-'
ins false certificate, and supported by the
Governor and a majority of the Senate, the
Secretary of State-publicly advised his par
ty to treat the-elcctiun of-Governdr as u it
mid never been held, although the Democra
tic.candidate had a majority-of thousands!
On the meeting of the Legislature, he sent
in the false returns, and withheld the true
ones, -'the Senate'immediately admitted
the usurpers. When the Democrats;of the
House resisted their introduction into that
body, the Harrison party proceeded separate
ly,in conjunction with the usurpers, to or
ganize a House and choose their officers.—^
I The Democratic members did the same thing,
in conjunction with the true Representatives
from Philadelphia County - .' But, as the Go
vernor and a-majority of the Senate were of
the Harrison, party, all powerwaa in their
hands; and it became evident that they in
tended to create, by arbitrary power, a ma
jority in the House, and. set aside the elec
tion,’ notonly of several Senators and Rep
resentatives, but that of Governor alsdl
' This dcsign.-mure bold, considering the
and the age, than the most daring- u
surpationS of Cadsar, Cromwell, or Napoleon,
roused. the.spirit of tT’b; indignant multitudes
poured .into the capital; they organized a
Committee of SAFETY, and, prepared to
assert the-rightsof the people., The affright
ed Governor, and; his rguiltyaounsellors,in
stead pf receding frqmjheir foul design, de
nounced the people as-rebelsand determin
ed to carry out the usurpation by force of
arms! ' .Troops were called out provided
with "buckshot and ball catridges;” the cap- .
[AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
Now Series—Vol. No. SI.
jfal of the State resounded with the din of
arms; and the peace of the Commonwealth
seemed to be suspended upon a hair. Lest
the militia of the State might show some re
luctance to shoot' down their own friends
and subvert their own rights, the Governor
had the audacity to request the aid of a bo
dy of United States, regulars, then in the vi
cinity, and to demand of t|ie President the
aid of the army pf the Union! , .
What, in this case, did the people ask?*—
Nothingbut-theinstallationoftheir-public
officers, duly and constitutionally elected by
large'majorities. And why did not the Har
rison party proceed in their monstrous de
sign to deprive them of this deafest right of
freemen; to treat the election as if-it had not
been held, and retain the possession of pow
er at the point of the bayonet? Not because
they relented of repented; not because they
were not ready for blood and carnage, to put
’down the .rights of the people; but because
two of their number/and (too only, refused
to act out the scene, and receding from the
usurping House of Representatives, left it
without a quorum. As bold, unprincipled,
and unscrupulous as they were, they dated
not proceed'when they could no longer shield
their usurpation under constitutional forms:
What on' this occasion was the conduct of
those who noW.constitutethe Harrison party
in other States? Did they denounce tile u
surpers and, take the side of the people? No;
almost to a man, they sustained, encouraged,
and defended Governor Ritner and his dar
ing associates. The people received from
them but ferocious abuse, with the epithets
of traitors and rebels. The attempt to cleave
down by the sword the most precious rights
of freemen,-was every where applauded by
them, showing that the same contempt for
the people peivades that-party throughout
the Union.
And what have we seen at' the- present
session of Congress? The House of Repre
sentatives kept in a state of disorganization
for yyccks, by an attempt to force into it,, as
members, five men from New Jersey, when
five other men, notoriouslyand confessedly,
had a. majority of the votes given at the elcc»
tio'n.' The “broad seal” of] the Governor,
though covering a known and acknowledged
fraud, was held by them more sacred than
the people’s right of suffrage and was con
sidered a better title to a seat in Congress
than a majority of the people’s votes! This
was not a Pennsylvania scene, probably.be
cause the Harrison party here had no Gov
ernor Ritner under their control.to back the
“broad seal” with “buckshot arid ball;” but
the contempt for the people, and the will to
trample on their rights, were in both cases
the same
■ Freelnen of the United States! Your lib
erties are not so safe’ as you may suppose.-r
--Think you; if Harrison had been President,
■ the army of the United States would have
been refused to his friends in Pennsylvania?
Think you, that in such a condition of things,
the'people 6f that State .could have main
tained their right to a Governor and Legis
lature of their own free choice/but by wad
ing through rivers of blood? It was at Har- 1
risburg, on the very scene of the Ritner u-1
surpation, and by the influence of. the lead
ers in that desperate effort, that the nomina
tion of Harrison was effected! If elected’,
Ritncr’s advisers will be his adviaersj the
profligacy and daringness of-that faction will
be transferred to Washington; and their
spirit will pervade the administration of the
General Government. What have you to
expect from it, but what you have seen it at
tempt? What* but that minority candidates
will be thrust into the State Legislatures,
(and “broad seal” members into Congress, at
j the point oflhe bayonet?
| A flood of demoralization hits stvept oVer
our land; and upon some States it rests in
stagnant’ pools, contaminating the atmos--
phere of liberty, and threatening death to
every thing virtuous, noble, and free. It is
to the'wons/cr Bank, which,(having struggled
in vain, by its blandishments, its corruptions
arid its terrors, to.overcome the fearless and
incorruptible man tjien. at the head of the
General Government, turned to the State
Legislature where it found no difficulty in
buying up Senators by_the dozen, that the
people of Pennsyl vanijjwerc indebted for
the profligacy exhibited in the attempt fb
subvert,their liberties by the sword. To
means furnished by the same and similar in
stitutions; or those directly connected with
them, if not even to the bankers of Europe,
are the people of the United. States uridoubt-
! edly now-indebted, nutTmlyfonlrir-depra
vation of morals which tlireatens to break' up
the foundations of Society, but for a large
portion- of the means which enable the: “Ex
ecutive Committee” at Washington to pros
ecute their-war against an honest and demo
cratic Administration. It was by violating
moral obligations am) plundering their own
through the Bank of England, that
the British Government was enabled to keep
the .world in arms during the scenes of the
French Revolution; and the British parly in
America are profiting by the profligate-ex
ample. . Laws are violated with imp Unity;
moral obligations are scoffed at attd derided;
knavery walks, the streets with the bold face
of honesty; plunderers of the public and'of
public institutions obtain sympathy and-for
givehess; and the Administration, : which
sternly sets its face against these evils and
theif is sought to be'made the vlc
tim of its firmness and in tegrity.; If bad men,
are to be permitted to overthrow it; by means
so profligate and With motives, so corrupt,
whatis to be, expected, but that they will
proceed to aggrandize themselves Upon the
ruins of our free- Government, and the en
slavement of our people?
It will be roy endeavor, as far as neces
sary, to ,Vindicate the Administration from
the foul aspersionacast upon it, and earnestly
to inculcate— , - '
‘-That in the practice of a rigid morality
alone, can men or nations jusllylook for
happiness and safety: , ,
That there is but one code of morals for
.private and public affairs:
AGENTS. . .
Jonta Moore, Esq. Newvlllc
Joseph M. Me ans, Esq'. Hopewell township.
John Wunderlich, Esq. Shippcnsburg.-
yr,‘h L^ M M. Mateer, Esq. Lee’s X Roads.
Mehaffy, Dickinson township.
r D S N,!T ’ ir - E sg-. Hogestown. -
is^t?i> LIOTT ’ E»q. Springfield.
Daniel Krtsher; Esq. Churchtown.
Jacob LdNoneckkr, Esq. Wormleysburg.
Georqk Ernest, Cedar Spring, Alien tr.
Martin G. Rupp, Esq. Shiremanstown.
That plife trioraUty ia lrue democracy,
conceding to every one Ills right, and seeking
advantages of nonei
That every freeUihtl Iras a right to know
the political opinions of any candidate who
is presented for his suffrages; and to deny
him that right, is a vyrongand insult; which'
strikes at the root of representative govern
ment, and is the adoption of a kingly princi
ple: ’
That the catiSe’of morality, freedom, and -
lawj-tlie-interests-of-agriculturq.mnnufnc- —:
lures, and commerce, the peace of the coun-.
try; the rights of the people and the safety
and improvement of their institutions; will
be best protnoted and secured by the re
election of Mr. Van Buren;
And, finally, that it is the indispensable
duty of cVery man who wishes to preserve
the blessings of on honest representative
government, the rights of property,,the faith
of contracts,The honor of Jiis Country, and
the freedom of man, to oppose, by all honor
able means, the election of General Harrison,
who already sets the-people ht defiance,
while his fl-icnds mock and insult them by a
childish and ridiculous mummery, fit .only
to amuse thC'wild natiVes of,Africa.
■ The ferocity of the Harrison party is equal
to their folly. In every moment of rising
hope they cannot restrain their jeers, anil their
taunts, their riotous parades, shouts ofexul- .
tation, and groans ofjnsult. ; While holding
a high public station, I have seen my chil
dren spring in terror from their beds at the , ■
dead hour of midnight, in' the belief that guns
were fired into the windows of their chamber,
—lt was. the cannot! of Federalism in the -
street, where its myrmidons had collected to
exult over and ihsUlt their father with muck
music, firing, shouts, and groans.
The God of Liberty forbid that this
spirit should ever get possession of our Gov
ernment I ■ Arid does not every true Repub
lican say Amen ? '
j Let us rally id the restue. Send light
among the people and the Republic is safe.
For myself, if at be porsiri/e .that the people
of this country can throw themselves into
.the.arms.of a candidate ujithoui a tongue to
speak to them, and a party without principles
,fo announce, a..party already .mad wj.tji the
hope ofpower, though relying for success on
nothing but theirindustry' and skill in det
ruding the people) and if my feeble powers
shall enable me to do any thing to prevent
it, I Shall esteem the day of my resignation
of the Rost Oillco Depart merit the most for
tunate of mv life, as it has: been already one
of the happiest.
-Democrats ! I invoke your aid and" 1 co
operation.
AMOS KENDALL
An honest Federalist.- —Horace Greenly,
one of the leading opposition editors in the
city of New York, has written and published
in the “New Yorker” a capital article on
“political slander,” which does credit to his
head and heart. After speakingof the man
ner in , which'certain politicians fabricate
stories fur political“"cfTect, he proceeds . as
follows, relative to the charge made against
Mr. Van Buren of being a federalist:
“But we commenced this article with the
purpose bf putting an extinguisher on a spe
cific and serious slander upon Mr. Van Bu
ren which we find in general currency in the
SoUtherii whig papers, including many which
we know would not give currency to an ac
cusation which they did not believe to be
founded-in truth. This Slander assorts licit
in a public meeting during tlie last war, Mrs
Van Buren oftered-ior adoption the to!lowing
resolution: ~ ... ,
“Resolved, That the war is impolitic anil
disastrous, and to employ the inililta in an
offensive war is imconstilttlianal. ,>
We assure the editors of the Richmond
Whig, Mobile Chronicle. &c„ if they shall
not haVe been already convinced of and
corrected their error, that ‘Mr. Van Buren
never, offered or supported any resolution ot
, the kind. The story is a down right (abn-
I cation. 1 And, as the history of this slander
| resembles that of a good many, others, and
as we have watched the growth of it front the
outside, we will devote a few lines to its -
elucidation, / . .
The charge against Mr. Vati Buren origi
nated, if we mistake not, in a series'of.po
litical" essays, first published as early as
1834, signed "Patrick Henry.” They,em
bodied a caustic review of the political ca
reer of the present'President, .The Avnter
dwelt with much foriSenponMr. Van^ Buren S
support of He.' Witr'Ciinton for President
in 18X2, in opposition to James Madison,
and endeavored to, show that he the n J acted
ip concert with the federal party. He then
quoted the above resolution which was passed
by the Federalists of. Mr. VawßurciFs county
(Columbia) in 1812, (but at a meeting with
which Mr. Van ,Buren had nothing to do.)
atid endeavored by some dove-tailing process
which we have forgotten, to identify IVlri
Van Buren with the authors of that resoJu
tiani because he supported the same candi
date for President, His reminiscences have
since held a place in the-armory of political
warfare, and this ohe has been copied over
and over, changing shape little by little in
the process,: until if has' now come to assert «
point-blank that Mr. Van Buren offered
resolutions denouncing the warl Such is the
history of many a party calumny. .
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Is now -opening-a splendid assortment of
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;■ coops,
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Florence, a yanety of Prints and ChmtzVß.Mus
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Also, GROCEBIES.&'QUEENSWARE.
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Attention to business, to receive a share of pub*
lie patronage.
"May 14, 1840,