„..u. ■ BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 35. THE .AMERICAN: VOLUNTEER, Is published every Thursday, at Carlisle, Pa., by JOllN’B jltATt'Otf, upon the following conditions, which will M •i a '»dly adhered to: — Foroncyoar,»n«fflPßc«, . . ... • ‘ •jn'o Forsix months, jn'aacance, • . ■'.* '•' ’• t«.n Ku subscription taken for a loss term than six montiiiß, 10 discontinuance permitted until oil arrearages ari-p . . 'j’.voniy.flvo pofcont.ailditionnlon thqprjceofsii , 1 villbe required of all those who do not pay in advanep. ' RATBB Of ADVERTISING. v Q ’ One square, one insertion, . • • • - • " One square, two Insertions, , . . • .... One square, throe insertions, • , • ■ Uvery sobsoquont insertion, per square, • •* • *o \ liberal discount will bo made to thoso.who advertise by Hie year, or fur three or six montlis. Omcß.— The office of tho American Vdlnntif.r is in the sec ond story of James H> Oralmm's now stone ImUditi?, In Smith Hanover street, a few doors from Burkholder's hotel, and dl rortly opposite the Post-office, whore those having business coll. . : - ' THE VOLUNTEER. JoUn.B- Bratton, Editor and Proprietor* oarwslb, Tinmsp>Y, nov. a, ibis. AGENCY. ttyv. 11. PAliMEtt. Eaq.la our authorized Agenlforpro cj'niig a,lvorlUniiiciitH. rccuiviiii? subscriptions ami making c.illciUimtß for Hie JJinaritan' Volunteer, at hi oflldcN, .W. c ,nu)f of Tulnl aiiaqiK'anutitrPCtß.PHilatlelJjliin. Gen. Taylor and tlto Tariff* Amongst other falsehoods published by the Federal Whigs, in the German copy of the life of Gen. Tuy» lor, is their assertion that he, Gen. Taylor, is a tariff man. This, of course, wus intended to deceive the friends oflbo Tariff of M 2. It is a villainous cheat to loprcscnt Gen. Taylor ns a Tariff man. ' 4 General Tailor is a cotton planter; residing on* the banks op the Mississippi, and dy tub aid of ms numerous slaves makes dp Hwelte hundred bales oj cotton yearlg. His friends in the South prcss.Gen. Taylor’s claims upon the Southern. pn(i-Tarifiites, on 1 the ground that “ ms intkreBtb ; and mis feelings ark ALt WITH THEM, AND THAT, AS. A.LAaaE SLAVEHOLDER AND COTTON PLANTER, 118 CANNOT.DE A TARIFFITT.” A Test~*Who will take It* A responsible and highly respectable Democrat of Syracuse, t|iU9 challenges thp calumniators of Gen. Cass. No one of the assailants of that distinguished man and true patriot* wili -««<mpt to claim llio re ward. Jackson was assailed and traduced; and so is Cass. Jackson triumphed over calujnny ond asper sion. History will confirm the parallel—Cass will triumph also. , From the Sgrxte&e Democrat. —■” ONfi THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE 1 That I will pay the above reward In any person that can show that Gen. Cass—in any speech, letter, word or conversation—is in favor himself, or approves of any action on tho part of the General Government, for extending slavery into.tlm territory now free. As the charge is often made lot us have (he proof. J. 11. COLVIN. Syracti&c, &cpt. 13,1848. ' Fur the American Volunteer. ti’;e aaouiyo , These arc tho emblems placed on the lopof a cign post, recently erected by. one o( our worthy Burghers,’ in the rcar’of his grocery store, iff order to draw Federal custom from that quarter, and Mo celebrate the supposed triumph in tho restoration of thn lost principles of tho Federalists, in tho recent election. Oiir worthy Burgher, no doubt supposes wliut ho has | elevated on the tup of lus polo or sign post to bo cer tain significant emblems. \Vhut is intended as a coon, is pronounced by the very bast naturalists who have had llio pleasure of gazing, (from a certain po sition in.fjtjqysl Alley,) upon its beautiful proportions, io bo a groyrid hog! This Is typical, that tho Fed bfulisis interning, jindchmn'e tho Dcmocrojl.o policy of the and “ go tho whole the obnoxious Federal doctrines. Tho ground nog is standing with an air of‘ttonqucst over wlul Is no doubt designed fot one of Chapmans choristers, vul garly yelpt a rooster, or a chicken cook. But by Homo fatal mishap, this emblem is as much at fault as tho first, though perhaps representing tho real iialo of tho case. The rootlet In.fmc.U. nothing bul u leal genuine crow, u regular nquaker, and is lypioul of one of tho Federal allies, the Abolition or Freo Soil paKy, which by tho recent supposed success of Johnston, has been devoured and pluqcd in the capa rinus stomach of tho ground hog,' To what “ signs ond wonders'* will the. “foul p*rt£ M resort next, to exemplify iheir abhoronl political tononts. • The ground hog and .crow, wo believo are both Fcdci a I Whig. ".rUtlvKs’’ and enemies In tho Mexican war- Wliut suy you Mr. Burgher, of tho ground hog and crow sign ? NORTH MIDDLETON, Batik or no Bauk* Tiila Is a question that will bb decided aidcntbl election liu. November. It will Lo remem bered that General Taylor is opposed (o the veto power, and that ho promised In lib Allison letter that he would not veto a United Slates Dank .Bill, leuviug tlio question of a Dank with Congress.. Jf a Bank Bill should bo passed he toottld sign it,. .The Democrats hnving'Jost llio Stale election in'Fotiiisyl* vania, and a largo majority of Whigs having been elected to Congress, it is certain that the next Con* gross will bo Whig. This being the fad* otul Gen; Taylor having promised NOT TO.Vlil'O A BANK, what will prevent us from another United Slates Bank? Nothing but tho defeat of General Taylor and tho election of General Cuss* It is of no consequence, that the Whigs sny they aro not for a National Dank, (hat It has become qn ‘obsolete idea, 1 and so forth. You have not forgotten that this was their cry in ,18,<10, and yet, us soon as they got into power they chartered a FIFTY MILLION DANK, and because John Tyler vetoed Ibis Bunk bill, tho Wldgp, from. Maine to Florida, denounced him os.u TRAITOR. Democrats, tho question Is now with you whether wo shall or shall not huvo another Uni ted States Bunk. You cannot escape this question; You musi say YES or NO by your vote for Pros!- dent. The Whigs tutn* now tho power, They have « majority in Congress,'and,if you allow them to ■elect a nian to tho Presidency WHO WILL NOT VETO A DANK, we shall have another Bunk, and •II tho evils oltonding such an institution, os snro &s ■there is an election to bo hold on tlpo 7th of Novoin ter next., * , Democrats, when this question of a Bank Ift up, can you bo idle or indifferent ? Can you look on with indifference. and-alloW 1 tho Whigstuolcolamun \vlio has given thorn a promise that no will, not pre vent them from getting a United Slates Bank, if they ■can got a sufficient number of Congressman to pass ■ bill chartering such an institution. Havo you for gotten the ovlis of the last United'States Dunk?— Have you forgotten how that institution arrayed it seif against life government? Have you forgotten «ow it hired presses, orators , and Congressmen, to carry on a. war against Gen. Jackson, because ho exposed tho villainous conduct of tho bank directors, end refused to give them a charter? And havo you forgotten tho enormous loss to tho widow, tho orphan, •ud tho public in general, resulting from tho explo. jlon of that corrupt institution! If you romomber yieio things—and you must certainly romomber yiom, why will you not employ every moans V'Mtko chartering of another United States Bank,* will, certainly follow tho election of General Taylor.— Sunlury Gazette. • i 03* “Guilty or not guilty 7" nuked the Dutch jus. Ijjco. u Not guilty,” “Don vat,do duyvel you do Go npoat your piziness.” 17 .I'Froro tlib Lehigh Democrat. <• Tlis THEY DID IT. - gomo. idea.of tlio manner in which the Federalists carried the late election in this Slate, may be glean* cd from some facts related to us a day or two since, by,a friend of most reliable character. He says that on the election day, several of the officers of the Le high Coal and Navigation Company, in our sister county of Carbon, were seen leading whole sqads of workmen employed by (He'Companj'vup to the polls, with .tickets in their hands.'and almost compelled these poor laborers to deposit just sqch'tipkels ab their lordships chose to select for them.: NoVcontent with creating a political panic } by the suspension of their works a few days before-the election, these petty ty rants, (or rather, as Mike .Walsh would cal! them— these Cod fish aristocrats,) must needs watch.the polls wllh coglo lcslapaqr man should follow-the bent, of his own inclination and vote for a Democrat, he must be lei] up. to. the polls, like cattle to (he slaughter 1 Wholcommcnlaryupon the free dom of the Fifteenth Century! And what a beauti ful illustration of Federal-love for the poor man and the unrestricted rig|it of suffrage. , •ii| Poor men, citizens of Lehigh, Carbon, Books; Northampton and Monroe; wo ask you to look at theso things, and then say whether you can ever vote with a party-whose leaders -thus insult you—who would odd the pangs of slavery to those of poverty* and jvho would thus deprive you of the free exercise of tho'inosl inestimable right of freemen ? ; “Oh. for a whip In every hbneal limul . To lot'll the rascals nnkoj through tlio world.” From llio nostori Post. TUB lURTFOUD CONVENTION CfUT FOU TAYIiOK. To so desperate a shift is whiggery driven in Mas. sucfiuftclls, tlial cvcn..lh6’ venerable Harrison Gray UlU—the great embodiment of. John A*ciam’s alien and sedition FEDERALISM. The bitter opponent of JEFFERSON and MADISON, the prime-mover and constant defender of the notorious HARTFORD CONVENTION, which body so far matured its plan (or a dissolution of the Union, said John Quincy-Ad* arns, as to ugreo upon a military Icadcrr-ta pressed jnlo (ho service of whiggery, andopmes hobbling in* id Us runtis upon the crutches of Tayldrism. .'Democrats of tho United Slates ! is out this .Tael 1 enough to convince you of tho mature Rnd tendency 1 of Taylorism? Does it not prove that tho election of 1 Taylor is tho forlorn hope of Hertford convention fed* crulism ! —that federalism from which sprung those factions, traitorous, local efforts, principles and prej- which brought this glorious repubiio to'the verge ol ruin, through tho action of the members of the Hartford convention? This convention, where originated the very mischief that is now threatening tho integrity of our national compact and where the torch ol our civil disorder was first lighted. Look to it, democrats—no matter where tho imitations of parly may have placed you for a moment; in Whig ranks, Van Duron ranks, or Abolition ranks; look to it that your old, slecptdss, vigilant enemies do not coax your heads into thcifjaps to deprive you of your strength. Como out from among tho rally in support of fho usages and principles of the old Jefferson, Madisonian Democracy , sustain the nominees of the Democratic national, convention— LEWIS CASS, whom Jefferson' honored with his confidence,-and WILLIAM O. BUTLER,whom the patriotic Jackson esteemed as one of tho tho most worthy sans of the republic. This is. (ho only safe -{purse for you to pursue at this crisis. 'The noble hearted democracy of life United States were too firm lo be overthrown on indssc-~-lhoir piin oiplcs, which have secured !thp; permanency* oCAhe* gdWromcnt gn lho face of tho earth fur quartors-of a century," were too dear to tho people to be annihilated by open attack—and so ihiTtfcinpcracy arc to be despatched in detail; their principles overthrown boVcrtly, and the old monarch!- cal federal hydra is lo rear its head amid the confu. sion which hypocrisy and treachery are intended lo produce. Fisher Ames—(hat .violent federalist— projected (hat oqr present.forraqfgovernment would not lust fifty years—ifqox,' another Fcllcrallslsiadvi sed Washington to accept a crown—Hamilton and Adams desired tho adoption of llio English conslitu lion, &c. But Jefferson and his democratic associa tes, bolievod the people capable of government, and of maintaining their own tiie original difference between the federal pnd dem ocratic parties—it was this difference wjiich led to the great Qpntcst between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams—whicji secured ..the triumph of Jeffer sqn, but which induced his enemies—Harrison Gray Olis ’and his associates, Essex Junto, Silver Greys, &.C.—lo assail and oppose his administration In. the most vindictive manner—which led, alsd,toihooppo sition to James Madison’s election and to the last war wfth Groat Britain; a war which the Massuohuietts legislature, of which HurrisonGray Otis was a mem ber, proclaimed,was "founded in fuUohaDds and de clared without necessity a war whibh Mr. Oils avowed in his sent "was waged with tho worst pos/u -bio mytfvos”—which, G.qy. Strong pronounced." Un necessary ond unjustifiable" and the federal press of Boston os ** vilo and sneaking*.” The snake, though scotched, Is not killed—it hiss ed nl Jackson, but its fangs could not reach him ; tho sun of Taylorism has again warmed it Into life— it is coiling itself,fora rievv] spflrtg al, llie£qVqrnqiopt oftllil nplfon, but.if the democracy of tho country he (rue to their duly, the reptile can never regain that Eden its iniquity has forfeilrd. A VOICE FIldM ANDnfeW jAOKSbtf* How animating to the bosom of every freeman, while such u contest as tho one now enacting before ns is raging through tho continent, to call up tho sentiments and ojdnftmd of thb venerable old hero Who sleeps in peace beneath tho sllado of the Hermi tage! Were ho now living among us, ho could scarcely huvo mure directly or pointedly rebuked the singular conduct of tho whig candidate, for .the £ro* sidency than in tho warnllig vuico ho uttered-to his bodnlrymon years ago, Lol'his admonition film its way to every Arnorioan heart. These aro his words, .worthy of thogenorous impulses,'tho frank and noble nutdro of Jackson ; “ I say again, foliow-cilizons, romomber tho fate of ancient Romo, and vote for no oandiduto'who will not tell you, with the frankness of an independent freeman, tho principles Upon which, if elected, ho will administer tho government. J - ; “ That man deserves to bo 4 bKavb who would vote for a mum where his liberty is at slako.— Can u freeman who Valuos.his rights vote for suoh a man, who, when his opinions aro asked for, Insults you with tho reply.: ‘I will answer no questions, coming either from (Viond or fee?* I answcryoa volr, that nono worthy .to bo free can do so.' 1 .With what peculiar force does this strong language apply to tho dark shoheo that now hangs around Genera) Zachary Taylor, wholaid it.down as 0, principle” to use his own.expressive words, '* not to give his opinions upon the various questions of policy now at issue between the political parties ofthecoun try” Veiled in deep and impenetrable mystery, ho dodges nil public investigation and inquiry, and throws himself bohindlfio scenes, the better to smug gle himself into ajlUnta for Which ho is so unfitted, and which is with many vital nub ile questions domamlirtgfliß immediate and positive avowals, ns well as his prompt and decisive action. Was* it over thus in times gone by? Has R over been so with Henry Clay 7 with Danlol Webster? with any of thoso shining lights on whom tho oppo sition have often showered down their enthusiastic praise and plaudits? Wo ask tho Taylor party, (for ultra whlggory, It acorns, is no longer a party designa tion under the Taylor flag,} wo demand of them to show their colors. Let ui have their principles, if any belong to them. Ours stand put without disguise. None among us are ashamed or. afraid to avow them! and wo make our emphatic appeal to tho masked and secluded friends of “ Old Buena Vista" to opoh u‘p {o their ooifntrym.cn.the 'measures apd policy, in the problematic event of his success,'that are to gutdo and govern his administration. Cpmo, gpntlonion, out with ii.— Union, tear , your skin oft’, and dig’ your oyen qul,” as tho indignant, old lady vbsdrved to (ho po tulod. *«OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT —BUT RIGHT OR WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY. 1 * CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, JfgYEMBER 2, 1848. UNION—ACTIVITY—VIGILANCE. -These are expressive Idrnls-Hhe Treeioan’s watch* word ; and nojtv ia jho timpTortheirifull employment. Wo mlist remember, friends, that “power is always stealing’' from, the many to tho few.” Yes, staling; and by. etaallh and triokcrytho ranks.of lhe bCat-'or ganized parly, may bo successfully invaded. Tho opposuioti.a( , e aware of their own weakness; and hence, tlieir ten- thousand appliances to deceive and betray, to “ divide dnd conquer.”’ Seeing thbsjjpon every side, ct*n arty member of our parly' now remain lubewarm and wIUi folded arms? Where.do we stand 7.. Our platform has been well laid down. . Our cause la titat of truth, and justice. We hayoHhe re. jjuiuito fpreo (©perpetuate our principles, and to’give enlire.sbccoßß. to our strong and popular ticket; and will wo, can'we so fritter away our strength ps,to loave s possible contingency for tho defeat of Cass and Ddtler? ,t>o wo not need a tried and experienced, an able and accomplished statesman at tho helm?—> ono Whoso abilities as a civilian, and os a' soldier, have been well and thoroughly tried in the stormiest conflicts of the past?—one who largely shares In the affection and confidence of a naliod whose mighty career of prosperity and success is now attracting the eye of tho civilized world? What in* ccntivc do wo need to warm up our ardor for tho uß ?‘ Are we so organized, so united,' so abtivcßihd vigilant, as to hold out- the promise of that certain victory’; which b.Vor awalta* llie efforts of the faithful? ’ Look around,'you, friends, and see if. any thing is yet, wonting in your midst to ward off the accumulatingTalsehoodsand frauds with which you are how beset on every side. Knowing, as every democrat must, dp,'.tho. positive certainty of a glorioiis Irlumphj if industrlotis he permit it to-be onaichcd away by ihlrigdo arid copUont ; . # »;, . . On our bread, banner float in open day the princi ples of our political creed. Wo hide nothing from the public eye* strictest scrutiny has been in* vited from our opponents. Wo ask (bp np conceal ment, seek no disgiilSc.' Is-it so with our antago nists?—t/hron, : .- ■ . COERCING VOTERS* Wo have heard ofjsevoral instanced—sdijje ifyour own wealthy employers resorting to cd ercion to secure the voles of tho Democrats in their service fot tho Whig candidates. Wb have heard of more than one swearing that in. case their hands did not vote for Johnston, they should leave their situa tions. This is a system of viHahy/lhot no respect able man should bo guilty of. It is placing the la boring men of Pennsylvania, who submit to it, in a position as humiliaUng as tho slaves of South Caroli na; and it illy becomes Aten who resort to it to inveigh ogainsl Southern Institutions. Oitr election laws wisely make provision' for securing the voters of Pennsylvania—-nomatter how humble, in tho FREE EXERCISE of the ineetimahle right of suffrage, and punishing all vfho dare to interfere with that right hy any impropetjneane, Tho following is the section of the election law re fer red to: "Section 123. If any person shall give or bestow any such gift or reward, in order to procure any per son to be elected, or. shall promise or attempt, citiicr directly or indirectly, to confer any such gift or ro< ward for such purpose, or shall attempt or endeavor to influence any voter by an olTor or promise of any appointment, employment or pecuniary benefit, or by THREATS of loss of any appointment,employment or pecuniary benefit, ho shall, on conviction, bo fined in a sum not less'than ono hundred dollars, nor cx- aiilfoF-imprison mcnl not less than ono month, nor moro than twelve months,** ' • - - - Now we arc perfectly willing to lot by goncs bo by goncs, but in the coming election, on tho 7th of No vember, wo say to all "heware how you tamper with the free right of suffrage If men are to have their suffrages controlled by their employers, how ‘can they bo called freemen— if their votes are thus cast, they are the votes of their employers, and place'tho working classes of Penn sylvania; who thus permit thombplvcs to bo used, on a footing with tho slaves of the. South. Dem, Union, (•StItR&KDBRI NOt NEVER t THE DAT. TX.E HAS'JUST BEGUN*” ■ When tho intrepid Paul Jones was in the midst of a hard, fought naval engagement,a cannon-ball from tho enbmy-’sish'ip caino booming Into his vessel, and threatened disaster and! destruction to his crow. His adversaries, flushed wlih’ Imaginary victofy, Insolent ly donmnded.o surrender. "Surrender I" exclaimed tho gallant seaman: VNo-— never I the battle has just b%gunl" Hecpntinucd the fight,pourlngbroad side after broadside into the. .enemy's.ship until her crow were lifeless as the wreck that floutefl upon the .tyoato. . r 'lmitate his example .Democrats! Stand to your arms, till tho last gun Is fired., Tell your ©suiting ad versaries (hat the " battle has just begun,** and our word-fiJr It, like (bo immortal Jones,-you consternation and defeat info their camp. Jfts.suc cobs will lie lntelligencer, WHAT IS DESSIOORAOY I ,It is tho antagonist of monarchy—tho advocate;pjf liberty—the defender friend and guide of the people, from whom off government and, ail power emanate. It lived times, and amidst Us stormy conflicts Boro tho stand* ard under which we conquered in triumph through its desolations. No matter how’Tior when tried, De mocracy is over tho same. Based on popular suf frage, its vitality flows from tho public will,‘by which it is sustained, and through which tho great interests of tho country arc protected and advanced. ' Nb' change of circumstances—ho outward events—ho misfortunes, disappointments; or defeat, can dislodge It from its t|cop shako U from its cho sen scat ih.tho bdsom Thonamo “Democrat, 1 * first used as a term of reproach to tho present dominant party ofUho' country, has so far grown into popular use as to have securely fixed and firmly established tho only lino of demarcation be* tween republicanism and monarchy. On this’brond platform or principle.wo aro one and united. We stand bunded,togclher by ties.whidh must never—can never bo sundered. Ono and to battle, jlomomber, friends that Democracy fa again on its trial. An Infuriated, oonglomoralcd and speckled opposition aro npw combined and are coptbiningi to pull down tho household of the faithful around us.— Democracy for the forly»sovonlh time in our history, is ogaln lip) victim of tho same abuses, tho same stale slanders, that in 1600 clustered around Joftcr son, and threatened us with prosthufW. Move, on tho column, wo say, and let tho glorious results that await bur tolls and labors put tiro last soul upon tho doom of a party whoso only governing creed is our overthfdv^r. , — Union, Cutf Men Attention !/b the iftefimoorf Rtpub lican, April 20, 1848.—1 do design to withdraw my name if Mr* Olay be the nominee of the Whig National Convention} and, in llijs connocllpn, I bog'pQrmls* sion to remark, that llio statements which Imvo boon oo positively mado insomo of llio northern prints, to tho effect “ that should Mr. Clay be the nominee of the. Whig National Convention,' } 1 had staled "that I not suffer my name to he used}' aro not oorrpot, opd- havo no Jpuodation In any orbl or written re mark of mine*. It has not boon my intention, at any moment, to from tho canvass, whoever may bo tho nominee of tho National either of tjio Whig or Democratic party “Old 'WhU«y”'ii a rtilned librae, ; » And should boUkon (ram the ooune; In “old Kontuck” tho oilier day, Ifo stnok and floundered, In the Clav } In Illinois ho acarcoly trol*, And in Virginia baa ihb Borra. Mtssounr Jeff, wot do do nusom makers moan wfiort doy talk bout- Afißooi'ycyi mlio?" • JMiS « Why Jnko, that wa« sorter marridg?JHai iwixt Mapsfi giiowUt out? Mils Suo 11 A)i!—Uul ’counts Tor It. 1 I ■ ' ! P»pm lh(? .Wdß^iiijgioJHUnJan. j ’ SPEECH QF jim. BUCHANAN* To ths D'emocrkticMusa in thia city on ; ] iJS$r t iday evening last. 'Mr. Bqchan'fth, after, having returned hisacknbwl edgemonta to lift numerous and respectable assembly ofDomoerdts fertile honor which they hud conferred upon him bv vliiiling him at his own mansion, pro ceeded faTaadreqs tile meeting as follows : Ferrite mo to you, fcllow‘cili?one t upop the shaertn|r nows from Ohio.. haVo rbauoft to rojoibo that •'xlio ocmocracy of that noble Shite, under the lead bCthe gallant and accomplished We|. ler, although not have quite succeeded in electing himjgbt.ernor, have yet achieved a triumph in the general .-result, which gives qs firm assurance of a still more gdprious victory in November. But Whnt .slnU) I say to you of Pennsylvania? I know the o'bject'of your visit is to loom, something' oftho prospects of the Nomocracy,in that greut end good old Commdtj.weallh-, from one of her irioel devo ted sons. : !£f.‘ Tho fact, IreSTCI to say, can no longer be disputed or dcriLccf that atfp has elected a Whig governor.— Longslrcth, pu? candidate, and .a Democrat every way worthy ofilus high office, hasjjeori defeated by i less, it iq bclicyha, than SOO vdles; but to counter balanced thls’ miyprtnno, Painter, a sterling Demo crat, has been elated Canal Commissioner by a ma jority of. - Tho worst aspect, therefore, whioh*4qr election can present, is that of a drawq battle. ’TIJIio decisive action will. J bq,fquglil dri the .71h.0f Ifwoipbcrt ..On tlyil cycnlfurJoy, the Democracy of .Fefonsylvanla may hove to decide the question for lliCUnion, wlicthcr their long-cherished principles,ahaU;cdniinuo to prevail in the Federal go vernment, dr whether these shall bo entirely over thrown and reversed by a Whig administration.—. Shull tho Keystomt Democracy still bear aloft in vic tory the glorious. Winner, on which are inscribed, in bhafaclqra of'Hying light, tho names of Jefferson, Jackson, Snydepj Spunk, and a .host of other worthies; or will they suffsjiU to be prostrated in the dust? I do not IntcOwupon this occasion to spcak'oftbe high pcrsonal ohlfcaclcr and the eminent qualifica tions of Cass and. ; Buller. With Democrats, candi dates fpr oiflqp Une but tho representatives of our principles. Wp Are not mcn-worshippers; and yet, it might bo Irqly.Mtd, that throughout the whole ox. tent of this broaq '■•Union, no more able or worthy representatives dfUfcsc principles could be found; The contest will bo severe; but with proper exertions, bn our part, 1 cannot consider it doubtful. In deciding this issue, big. with tho fate of the country, know that we have no human powet on which iii rely but ourselves. Democrats can never coalesce, with Native tionists, or bearing any qthcr name, j If they could do this; jhoy must abandon their princi ples, and bnnSequcmly cease to bo Thpy have no other rclianCoiliaii Upon their own indomi. table energy for victory over tho allied forces of tho opposition. This Kill not desert them in tho liour of need. The greater the pressure, the stronger will be the reaction. Tap auspices arc favorable.. From the hilts and vallej&f Pennsylvania,every mail now brings me chcormV|holcß of preparation. Aroused, not disheartened, impending danger, they have resolved to redeem State, and to bear tho flag of Cass and Butler IrlCkfnptianlly through the approach ing conflict. Thcyjjiavo determined to adopt a more perfect organizaU<n&*nd to bring every Democrat to | the polls. SlioqidjshCy accomplish thin object—yr wo haw on unquSiljkjablo majority of the voters— ■lyinrjn i ,iliiiiii Let no-Democrat- lay tho flattering unction to his soul that tho administration of Gen. Taylor would not bo a proscriptive Whig administration. And hero let mo obrervo, llt.it even to secure (lie election of Cass and . Duller, 1 would not utter a dis respectful word against General Taylor. At the head of our bravo troops, ho has performed most bril liant and efficient services, in a just, ncccs»ury, and successful war, and in that position has greatly con. tribulcd to elevate the character of tho country throughout tho world to a point which it had never readied before. It is, however, no disparagement to him to say, that hitherto ho has been nothing but a mete soldier. He has been a man of war from his youth upwards. Unlike Washington, Jackson, and Harrison, he,has neverhad any, the least, experience in civil affairs. You might as well employ me, os a mechanic, to construct a steam-engine, as to expect that General Taylor' could himself exorcise a* con trolling influence in odininstoring tho vost and com. plicated concerns of the.federal government.' The thing is impossible. - Like the fabled Jove, ho would have to submit to his (jcsliny. A Whig himself, elected by Whig", and surrounded by a Whig cabi net, he would bocompelled, by tho necessity of his position, to carry into effect Whig principles and Wliig measures. Indeed, ho would prove faithless to his party should ho pursue any other course. Wo all recollect, that previous to the election of Harrison and Tyler, tho Whig party were solemnly pledged to "proscribe proscription!" For,tho manner in which they redeemed this pledge. I would refer you; In no unkind spirit, to the llon.Francis Granger, formerly tho Postmaster General oftho United States. Domoornoy is founded upon the eternal principles of (rufjr ond* justice. As nil men arc equal in the sight of their Creator, so it regards ell, whether pour or rich, os equal before the laws. lienee it always resists the grnnl of monopolies and privileges for the benefit of tjio/ovv.jund consequently at the expense of tho many. It respects the Individual., man, and seeks to elevate his condition. Fettered by no ancient and absurd prejudices, ll is in Its very nature progressive. Il believes that Ilia people aro their own beat friends, and not tbolr own worst enemies.. ll leaves man to his Individual exertions, restrained by no power except Hint of just and equal laws,t)qd thps Inspiios him with an energy which nothing can re sist. * - . ,v Democracy, even by the confession of Us enemies, is omlncnnlly patriotic., ll never deserts,the coup try in time of war; but clings the closer to it in the hour ofdapgor and disaster. Like thopluo of Clun Alpine— . <} •* ours Is no inplinc, chance sown Ify ilia fountain. ninomlnfl at Uellsne; in whiter lofailoj— VVHHn the whirlwind hasstrippM every loaf mi the mountain; Tho more shill Olan Alpine exult in her shade, MoorM in the roßotl rock, Prooflo 1 ho tempest's shock. Firmer lie moots him, tho ruder it blows." tl Ami whnlhua been the frulljpf u policy based upon such principles t With' tho exception of a few brief years, tlio Democracy have administered Jlto general government cvfir.pinco.tho qomrpenccimml tif the pro sent bonlury.. Apd where, since the Almighty first placed man upon tho earth, has there been unyjia lion to ooiii|i(tro with ours jn rapid mid substantial improvement? It has how become the wonder, ns well as the mpdcl of lift world. has known noobb in its sweeping course, except from tho expansions and contractions of our paper curron* oy,9))d the individual ruip which this Itasocodsionod. For these temporary revulsions wo arc.Jndoblcd to Whig policy. And oven fdr.lHum/Iri a groat extent, Democracy hai fWml a, preventive. In llio.muolt abused Independent Treasury. Whilst this restrains wild p’pettUlation and, over-trading pn the purl of banks and, individuals, ll has ol tho sHtho limp afforded the Lost and surest protection to domosllo mnnufnolujtpq —a groat and growing interest whlbli must bo,over deer to tho country, . . . . ■ During this long period of unoxamplod pfosporuyi tho Whigs have been crying out, ruin—ruin, Accor* ding la them, wo have been ruined by almost every prominent Democratic moa.iiro wlnoli In. bo°" adopted*, Wo Iwve been rolnnd by a n.foiiil «» '«■ ol,offer the Ua„l, of tin. Untied State. I ruined by tho odious Independent Treasury} ruined by llio MClt- < con wnr; ruined by the ocqdi.ilion of tbo va.tiand forliloTorrliorloa ofOalifornlo and Now Mejioo, and lust nt tho present moment we happen to bo irrolriev iblv ruined by what llio Whigs cull Ui6 froo-lrado tariff which novortjiolostfjmpnsos n duty.of thirty dollars upon the hundred on nearly all foreign pro-, ductl'ans which, Pan ooino into oompqllUon with our rdoinentio manufactures.’ And.yet,wo have eutvlvpd Emi. this ruin, nml still continue on the high roftd.lo mpxumplud national wealth am) greatness', 'lndeed, Bjtithn prcHcnl moment, under thn guidance ofDenjo Z. TAYLOR. philio principles, our country has attained such character throughout thd world, that it.has become the envy and the admiration of ull Every steamer which arrives from ‘EaropcbcarS this intelli* gcnco to bur shores. , Rcst yssuted, the Democrats of Pennsylvania will never abandon principles which have yielded such fruits in prosperity, greatness, and glory. The Whigs are prophets, ever foreboding ills which are never realized. Their political fortunes depend solely upon the panics whipti Jhey can excite {ithongsithe people immediately before on Important election. , . ;i The Whig party, at the present moment, calculate upon carrying Pennsylvania by a division in the De mocratic party in regard to the question of Slavery in our new territories. In this expectation, t am convinced they will be disappointed. Democrats will never'abandon their principles and the candidates of their parly upon a question merely transient in its lure’, and which, no matter how.. It inay- ho decided by Congress, can never produce any practical result —ci(n neVefijn (iqiot of fact, introduce slavery cither into CiHiforma or-Ncw Mexico. , , : . t For my own Vaft, more than a year ago, In a p(ib llshed letter lo Berks county, t strongly recommend ed Uioseltlcmcntofthis question on the ancient basis of the. Missouri compromise. I believed then that this would best promote the peace and, haimony of the Upipn { apd I bav‘6 since seen no to change my opfnlofl. Although, I siIJl prefer this compromise, yet I should not,object to the compromise which was reported by.Mn,Clayton, and passed*the Senate, at Its Inst session, leaving the whole subject of slavery in, the new territories, so Jong as they'may remain territories, to be decided as a question.of..conatilOr lionai law by the Supreme Court of thc-U. Sr- > 1 have said that this question is in its nature Iran* rtlcnl, In California it must bo finally decided within , a btiof-petiod by.the authority from which, under our constitution,-there dun lie no.oppoal. • All-admil that the people of lhat Territory, when assembled in convention to frame a Salute constitution, possess the sole* the.exclusive power to delcrmmp.wlicthcc sla. very shall nr shall flot..c£ljtl within Its,limits; -and the tide of population now flowing into it fully justi fies the belief that California will bo admitted as a Stale into the Union during.llio next Congress* But what wilt be the conditiontofdutifornlq during tho brief, intervening period 7 -When wo acquired it from Mexico it was freo territory, both in law and In fad; and free it must remain, unless its prcscnt,con dition shall be changed by the.positive enactment of a ceyipclppL legislative uillhofliy. •• ■ ..Such being the clear law of tho ease, what Is the slate of the fact? Time and more correct informa (ion from California have fully demonstrated that thj%ift,no longer a practical question. Slavery never will exist<in California. Both (ho will of its people and the laws of nature have decreed,the exclusion of slavery, from that territory. Tho people already there arc. nearly unanimous upon the subject, and the cmi> grants who'art! now crowding into this fluff and fer liio territory are chiefly from the middle and northern Slates, Besides the soil,.the climate, and llie.produc lionsof California are all opposed to slavery. N.v lure is.lhqs opposed Id it, qn(i v the art of mnn cannot carry ii there. • Tho power dfiCongrcss ’oannat leg islatcil into lhat territory.-They may adopt thq Wil mol Proviso, tho Missouri compromise, tho Senate’s compromise, or .resolve to do nothing, and the practi cal result will bo precisely the siune.. ■ • ■ • i .Besides, does any arian doubt, from the character and known'opinionl of tho people, that when they dqmo In frame, their constitution, they wiU /ofever therefore, transient In Ittf nattirc, nna Rol’brthe liSasl pfacHcal fruporlancc.' It will settle itself within a brief period both in California and New and this is most propilions for (lie peace and perpetuity pf our Union —of our blessed Union—which wo should never name without heartfelt gratitude (o Almighty God, and which cun never bo endangered by any oth er question than that of slavery. This will, fortunate ly, bo o final settlement; because wo possess no more territory to which the question can be at all applica ble.' As a practical question, all tho excitement which has been raised upon tho subject bus been worse than useless. * ....... Tor my own part.J respect profoundly the feelings of those Democrats in my native Stale who have par taken in this excitement; I know thorn to bo l ntelligent, and as devoted to the groat and glorious principles of the parly, us-any Democrats through* oul tho land. Ills fur this reason,! think l inay venture to assure you that they will never peril these principles for the vain purpose of excluding slavery from a territory where, from.tho nature of things, it never can exist. They •will-not suffer the ancient and lime honored banner of Democracy, which has waived over 'them In triumph throughout so many well fought fields, tu bo trailed in the dust and Irani* plod underfoot by their old political enemies, for the •sake of a more übstaction. If they should act in this manner, bitter would he their regrel opon finding a Whig administration Installed in/power, by their desertion of Iho good bid cause at the present critical mojnont. Sad would be lliolrrcflcclions In beholding their ancient adversary engaged in tjio work.of des troying nil those wise measures of’Democratic poll* 1 'ey which they themselves had contributed loeslab- i lish/ond In substituting for tlnjfh the off exploded « measures of Iho Whig parly, Which they; all their ’ lives, hod loudly condomncdand roslslcd. You may I rest assured, my fellow citizens, that we shall never i witness such a spectacle in good old Democratic Pennsylvania. But there is another aspect of the Presidential question which has always struck me with the great* i cat force. \V hat would bo tbo effect of Gen. Taylor’s election, ns a precedent, in alter limes? From Cm sar to Cromwell, and from Cromwell to Napoleon, all powerful republics have been destroyed by investing successful generals, fresh from Iho,fields of Jheir glo* ry, with the highest civic power. The history of the world has, therefore, Unghl rcpualica to bo jealous For tills reason, wo have adojit* cd it as a maxim, that the military shall always bo in strict subordination to Iho civil power. ( ( . It wtyild i)O r tynjunt to suy that distinguished niililn* ry servloosohoitlu have np'jwclghjiin the selection of u President; but our Presidents ought to come ns.they haVo done In all limes past,''directly from the ranks of the people, and not from the ranks of >lho army. Washington was' qifarrpciv Jackson wos a furmcr» Harrlqon.was -o .furpicc; nil three had but furgicro for years-liofoiotho Amerlcdb jteaphj-el* ovuted them to thb highest civil trust. Each one of thumhad long before retired from the army, and cn* gaged in-civil pursuits. • Tlio election of (3on. Taylor would, therefore,?bß* labllftll dH bnllroiy now prcfcbdcnt. A.inajor,general wlie lids boon all his-life In the regular*, army, would thus do Immediately transferred, without ovuti an Intermediate breathing spell, with all the hapU* or a camp life fresh upon h|m, from tho.oclnal command of one of our military districts, to the bond of the civil Although we all know that Oen. Taylor would form no designs against Iho hborl cs hf his-counlry } yet, In offer times, under the sanc tion of this precedent, other gohoral’a **J the spirit of a Ciosar or a Cromwell, may roach the ir adliriixo " «ptU.lhtpfijthoul the land hoilllo ID Iho liar.alU qf pMarftl Indinlry and commcrcq. Our i.plrin(r youlh, finding that Urn path of military gin-, ry U t/ia road In hifih civil dla(lnctipn< will bn over r.ady and qntiqus Ip involve Iho country In foreign war. - Under Ibis precedent, 100, officers of every grade! in the regular army, whilst actually holding and oxer*. I oising theli military commissions, may hocomooamli-1 deles lor.civil offices,before the people of the differ-1 chi Status, and engage'actively as partisans to secure their own election—an event which but throe short years ago would have been doomed impossible in this eputry, Upon the whole, my follow citizen*, as the lima is Util short,between this day and the ’/ihofNovembcr, I trust'you will rudeein U by using qll honofublo, means to secure llm election of Cnosi and .lluilur.iH* Should victory.follow, nr 1 have every reason |o bo* , Hove it will, this of itself will, an ample reward for nil youi pad iaUc uflWlf. * Ai- $2 do PEB Afisiia. WORKING StENi Dr. Charinin/. urges upon workingmen to, study . Politic^ —tolfjail into affairs of Stale—and to.under* fila.nd..eyerytliing connected with TJiia la Excellent advice j and lids particularly desk rablo in u country where workingmen hove to par* (icipate iri'the election ofthose who are to make the jaw*. by which the nation is to. be governed. ’“The - ljme/* »ays he, •• throwmowoy by the mass °.yhj, people.on- rumors ofjlho. day, might*-if belief* apim* give them a.good'acquaintance with theconalitulib/B, (dive, history,and thus _<* CflUWiflh thein-on iHoab great principles by (Whlcli particular measures arc to be determined, portion as llio pcoplo thus inform themselves, they,- will cease to bo the tools of designing The theory of. our government is that nil power I* derived .from»lho people { but practically power . Id Cpnfcrrcd.by the leaders of parties, .who, . Uon of offices, always tako.cara to sUpply-thetnselvqs ’. first. Thin is tlie natural result of wdrklngmen neg* Iccljng loiinvestlguio for themselves,and beingcoof ionl to follow the dictation of demogpguos,. Every man should make hlmstlf acquainted with •Mhe - con'J. stiliilion, laws, history and interests of hit country/! and lima be enabled to exercise his own judgment OB’ public affairs, and to act and vole independently* If such was the .case, parties .would act..with 'more circumspection,' arid the eburiify' would be bfettif jw. - ■ ■■ i ;. c - J POISONED VALLEY OP JAVA. I It is known by ll»o name of Guevo Upas, or'poi soned valley fand, following: b pativ- whlclihad been made 1 for (lip purpose, the.party shortly reached* it wilfj a ami some fowls, forlbe purpose . of making’ experiments* -OniptWving at tho moan* •tain, the parly dismounted} and sbramplod dp (hd.iltfp of a diatuncc of a quarter of-a mile, with (ho. assistance of Uio branches of trees and projecting 1 roots. •• ’»»}••, f • -J * •'* ‘ ■ • ..When a few yards from, the vulldjf, a strong irau-* scoas, and suffocating smell was experienced | : but on appfoabliipg* the margin-lino inconvenience was,no longer found. Tho valley .U about a mile in circOmV 1 furouco, of an oval shape, and about thirty feet in depth* The .bottom of it appeared to be flat, without any stonej and.lliercJ Skploluna, of human beings, tigers, boat*, and oil sorts of birds and wild animals, lsg A about in profusion. The - ground on which they It y at (he bottom of tho valley appeared to be a.hard, sandy substance, and,no vapour.was perceived. The Ve sides wero' covered’'with . vegetation. It waa hoij ' proposed to enter it; and bach of (ho party, having. i lit a cigar, managed to gotwithin twenty ; bottom, where a sickening,-nauscoas sp)p,Jl,was expe« rienccd, without any difficulty of hroatliin£*-*<A was now fastened at (he end ofa bamhooT'and Uirustp | to the bottom of tho valley, while some of tho pshgv : with their watches in their hands,observed the effects* At the expiration of fourteen .eceomVs the dog. fell off his legg, without. moving or* looking roqnd, and 'continued alive only eighteen minutes. The-other I dog now left tlicparly, and went to his companion) - lon reaching him, he-was observed to stand* quite ■ motioulußBvond> aiilhb seconds fell down ho never moved his limbs after and lived only'sevoia minutes. A fowl Avus now thrown in, which died Ini' - a minute ufid.a half, a,nd another jv||ich was thrown in, nftcr.diod Itt-llie spued cif a.mlnulo rind oiJialff-y A hcftvy'shower fell during Vho-timb that Ihcso^e*^.;, perimonls were going (onward,-which, fromlho Into* resting nnlaro of the experiments, Wasjqnile •dls?b i go rd ed. On ib e opposite * ejtfe'pfthe thaiUffi wlflfth '. w“aS^ (fay .aTtitJinan resting on the right arm.- The effect of the wealhefa: t hnd bleached the bones os wlntc.us ivojcy. .JV|iia ( wiu| probably tho lemafns of-somb wretched robe), bunted lo.wurds the valley, and taking shelter there uncon scious of its character. ... BVH .APJBA JUNO*: .. That you mtiy riot «j?o<ik IK of any, do*not derighi lo hear ill of them* Give no counlcnnnde to-busy - bodies, who talk of pllior men's faults. " Those who delight lo hear ill p(VoUicrs\will*soon fall hi the habit of spooking ill of thorn. When busy bodies run out ~ of mutter of fact, they will soon resort to arid idle stoilcs, to please those tyho are fond of hear* ing. others spoken against. , Such. common nuisances, often destroying godd neighbor* •* hood and the fellowship of old friends. If we endot*? vor in good earnest to mind ourselves wo shall work enough,and but little time to talk of others. •• > THE FADING LEAVER. , ■* * I. •' •. . The season oflhe ** sore and yellow*loaf/* 'ls befot®- • us. .* How full ol Instruction lo man! The 'forest .• which.but yesterday was green, beautiful and is now fading, and must soon throw.off Us garb lo go.lolho way ofall the on rib !' 80 U'ls-witH,': • man. -In‘t))d foil fnillon oflilb.whcn all around blni ‘ is full of liopo and joy, uml pleasure, the seaeon, of, (ho sore nod yellow leaf comes,,suddenly upon # and like (ho fading JdaVesof lbs fofest, ho ido mllst go Iho way of olLtho'onrlh.- *• • * 4 Nature i« a groat book'from.which wo can contin ually draw wholesome are taught, in every tiling wo see nround us,the froilty'of human . nature—>n certainty of the shortness'6f life, and th® absolute necessity of tha-foV^ly/oreyt* whose IVces never fade, and whoso fragrance I#, all) 1 ' fused through the whole habitation of the “jut! mado perfect.' 1 — Exchange. A Brave’Ddb.—Thfefu ftas & NewfoundlandBo£ on board tiro Bellona, during tho war, who kept (he. deck during tho'bnlllo of Copenhagen, rapning back*. r ward* and forward# with bo bravo on anger, that' hp f * became a greater favorite wij|i,t|)o tl mon tlian eVef. ' When the ship wap piitd off, afteritlfo.pcafcb of Amlonai ' tho Bailors had'a parting dinner oli nhoro, Victor wqb placed id the chair and fed wtlK plum pudding, and llid':blll wm made out In* Victory niimo. Ho wiib bo Oiil|e v d after his or/gipiU jifjjjlpr,* who wadfbno less a personage than Vifctor HUgd. ■ . J 1 I • fj.'\ I • o? ENKmr.si—Havo youcncmioß? Go dtrniglit. on, and.mind tliom, not, If, they block up <your :path,? walk aroilnd Uidm. rcgnrdU'M spUo.t.AiOiai* who hna h'ocnemieF, ib seldom-gottd fur anything-?* - ho is made of that kind of material which it «opa«jy worked that one has a hamMn it. AslerJidgv whp thinks for hinißol/l ajid speaka? wlml ho Ihlnki, In aljvayf.eure.lo.havo onomleß. r They uro oßnccoHtmry lo'/iim:aa,/Vcih airjitboy«kij«p. 1 him alive and aclivc, A celebrated choraciorjWtyq, wat nurronnded hy-cnemiea, übcu-Io remark j .n.Tney nro sparks-which, If yon do nol blow, will-go oht of - (Jilmiibolvcb." Lei this bo yonr feeling,* whilo ehdei* voting lo llvo down tho soamtol of those who are blip tor ogainal you. If you *mp Jo dispute,. yomdo SSL ~9 u,o£ (fcpiro, and open tho way for more obu«e.-£r Let llio poor followi talk—thcro wiU bQ.bula renc. lion, if yon porfurm but your who u wore onco alienated frnii) you, will flock to yoti.DDiL acknowledge their, error. , / ‘ SJL CoNBRQURNCR OF NOT TAKING Tilt PAPEftB.~SorhS year* ago a lady noticing a neighbor ofherq^viaoo£ in her Mat at church ,on thei gaUedoq.Jißt, return homo, to enquire bo punotlf Uni nn aUemdnnt. On entering'itiejinpae eW found; tha family ousy.nl \york.. She wub liorlVicna nddreaßod her. • v ■-•nVb-j •‘Wliy, U.l wlicro have you-been to day, drcafßd t up in yonr Sukhulh day clulhcfl 7" . , . ♦‘To mooting !V ** Why,.what .day is it ? M “Sabbathday I”i ■ "Sal, Rlop>-Wdßhlnff In n minute }~.Sabhklh;dfty I Well \ did not know, for my husband, hai gel aor,pie j. goy etingv ho wont tyko the paper? now, anti know nothing. Well, who proaohod 7** ‘' l '• 11 : ‘f’' ’ Mr.—- / •"! “ What did ho preach about?” . / .. i. . »* On llio dcnlli of our Savour,” , 'l* “ Why, U ho dead 7—well, well, ajlcrceltop mjgW he.dead, find wo 'kndwlholliing, oWil ItJ. It do, Wo imut Jmvc tho gnoQ wrong without ihe.psperi ’.tßiU hoe' almoei,4d(|t' hts feuding* nod Folly ha» got inopfoh again, eho hoe got no pftlly stories d** road. \Vp||, ta uko a oarl ) ,ioad of pptalqce nnd .opionr to niß[kot,‘l am rrnolv(jd-|o havo a mmapapbh • ; vj ' - w;» ■!}f' u- r<vr;’ KO. 21. ~ V
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