THE VOLUNTEER.
John Bi Bratton, Editor ud Proprietor.
OAHI.ISX.BIa THOBBDAT, SEPT. a»i IS#*'"
FOR GOVERNOR,
WILLIAMBIGLER*
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
SETH CLOVER,
: OF CLARION COUNTY.
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,
. JBBEBAH S. BLACK, of Somerset,
JAMES CAMPBELL, of Plilladclphln.
BMIS LEWIS, of Lancaster.
JOBS B. fIIBSON, of Cumberland.
WALTER H. LOWRIE, of Allegheny.
COUNTY TICKET.
PretidentJudgC,
JAMES H. GRAHAM, of Carlisle.
Aa'idciate Judges,
Honi JOHN CLENDENIN, S. Spring.
WILLI AM KERR, W. Pennsborough.
- Aaaemhhj,
J. ELLIS BONHAM, Carlisle.
J. C. DUNLAP, Allen.
Froihonolary,
JOHN P. RHOADS, Hopewell.
Clerk of the Courts, • •
SAMUEL MARTIN, S. Middleton.
Register,
HENRY S. RITTER, Carlisle.
Commissioner,
Col. W. GRACEY, Frankford,
Trtasurer %
MOSES BRICKER, Monroe.
/ Director of the Poor,
GEORGE' SHEAFFER, S. Middleton,
Auditor,
. , S. MEGAW, Mifflin.
Bigler Club of Carlisle!
k Meeting of the Club will bo held at Scott’s
Hotel, on Saturday evening next, the 27th Inst.,
at 71 o’clock. Turn out, Democrats, turn out!
JOHN B. BRATTON, Prcs'l.
Carlisle, Sept 25,1851. -
Democrats of Silver Spring,
TO THE RESCUE!
An adjourned meeting of the Democrats of Silver
Spring.township, -will be hold at the public house
of Joan LoT,in KINGSTOWN .onTHURSD AY
EVENING, Oct. 2d, at early candle light. Ad
dressee may be expected*
September 85.
New Good*. —Our merchant* of Carlisle have
nearly ell returned home from the eaetern market*,
well supplied with f*U and winter good*. Perhaps
tbe moat exiemive and truly elegant a*aorlmonl ever
opened In Carlisle can bo soon al the alorc of our
enlerptiaiog friend, Oqilby. His good* are beautiful)
fashionable, exiemive, and, what ia belter than all,
very cheap. Give him an early call If you wish
great bargains. .
Messrs*; Woods, Uilner, Benlz, and Arnold have I
also received their fell supply'of goods; and are now I
prepared id offer great bargains to their customers.
They have purchased extensively, and believe In the
poliejrjdf "gulch eafee. .and email, profits.** Give
a cal/. The/ charge nothing, for exhibiting
their goods.: ■ j
Somtoß Cider Vinegar. —Aa lb i a ia the aoaaon
or the year when houaa keepers make oao of Urge
quantities of vinegar, we think wo aro but discharg
ing » dnly to them id inform them where they can
obtain » tip lop article. It ia to bo had at tho atom
of Mr. Hitner. Wo have tried it, and apeak of out
own knowledge. It ia tho pore clarified cider vine,
gar, and aonr enough to make a pig aqueal. Give
it a trial, and bur word for it, you will pronounce it
the beat yon ever used.
. TheCarliale-Volunleir ofThuraday laal haa nearly
a column of highly Indignant denunciation of the
Herald for. an alleged Tefaaal to pnbWih tho cord# of
Messrs. Kennedy and Muilin, who offer themselves
M candidate's for Associate Judges. The Volunteer
waxes very wralby over such an exhibition of'‘muz*
sltQff the press,*’ dtc. Tho beauty of the thing is,
however, that Me Herald of the day before contained
those vxar card*.— Herald, of lait week.
When we wrote the article to which our neighbor
•nudes, we hid not received (he Herald 11 of the day
before.” The Heralds U is trap, is dated one day
earlier than the Volunteer t but yet our paper goner*
ttly g Mt i 0 p rQ ti & i early aa the Herald , which pro
vents as answering any thing that paper may con.
tain In its issue of the day previous. Our heavy
edition mikes it necessary that we go to press a day
in advance of the date of our paper.
, Bat, oar remarks In reference lo the refusal of our
neighbor 11 to publish the cards of Messrs. Kennedy
nnd Molllnwere, after all, true to (he letter* The
editor did refuse, for two weeks, to give the cards s
place in his columns. Let him deny this If he dare.t
We know he is reckless enough to deny anything—
we know he is ever ready to publish the most damna*-1
ble falsehoods, if. by so doing, he can servo hlsl
misters. But, we are prepared with the proof that
bh refbsed, time and again, to give publicity to the
earde of Messrs. Kennedy end MulUn. In his paper \
from which we take the above extract, he modestly 1
•eenses as of u downright falsehood,” end then;
points us to the column of his paper containing
“these very cards.”. When we accused our neigh
bor of having refused to publish for Messrs. Ken*
nedy end Mullln, of course we did not pretend* lo
•ey whet he would do in (ho matter; we only elated
whet be had done, fie had, for'lwo weeks, refused
to publish the cards, and this wo can prove, and It
was., only After ho had discovered that his course
fAVS offence to nesriy all his subscribers, that ho
consented to give the cards a place.
1 Even after ourneighbor had been forced lo pub-
lUh lbs cards, he could not let pau Hie opportunity
to , (in Messrs. Kennedy end Mullm a lecture be.
cun of their presumption in announcing themselves
u candidates without first haring eoneulled the
Carllilo clique! Such line been the oourao of the
editor In tbla matter. We ehall aoo wbelhor the
bonnet portion of the Whig party ore the olavoe of
the throe or four men who nominated, in the Herald
office, the " Independent Judicial Ticket,” or wheth
er they are freemen, with nerve enough to resist the
dictation of a contemptible and eellieh faction.
York Coutfrt.—ln no county cf the Stole
ore the Democrats more enthueiaetio and active,
than in old .Democratic York. Never have we
known our brethren more zealous in that county
then it the present time. On the 13th inet. a very
large Democratic meeting woe held ot Dillstown,
which waa addressed by our townsman, Jaues Ao
wiw,Esq. The apeeoh of thia young Democratic
champion la very highly spoken of by the York
papera. At the aame meeting a Bigler Club waa
formed, of which pur valued friend, Col. Samuzi, N .
Bailey, la Pteeidenl. , o
. SIMPLY RIDICULOUS.
The last week’s Herald, Iho edi tor qf which does
whatever he is told to, do, and says whatever he is
Ridden to say, by his maalera, contains.thejnost
contemptible parcel of trash, in relation to the
State debt, Mr. Bonham's position; &0., &o.» that
could well be.put on the same space of paper.—
For any man of any pretended intelligence, to
serve up such arrant nonsense to hie readers, gives
slriking evidenCe of his being a knave himself,
and of his thinking the people fools—as most Ay
foluten Federal politicians do—and that they can
be humbugged by any silly assertion which may
be made in the columns of a Federal newspaper.
The people are more intelligent than upstart Fed*
eral politicians imagine—they know the truth from
falsehood, and will nail to the counter as spurious
the base fabrications of such mendacious sheets
as the Herald , as the result of the coming election
will verify.
Among other ridiculous, things in the Herald of
last week, was a puny attempt to show that Mr.
Bonham had misrepresented the facts as to the
amount of taxes being greater during the last two
years of Goy. Johnston’s administration, than they
were during the last two years of Gov, Shank’s
administration.
In order to prove this, the wiseacres of the
Herald have, instead of->taking the assessments,
which is the only true criterion, have taken the
amount of the taxes received to the end ot each
fiscal year at the State Treasury, which is just no
criterion at all* The (axes assessed are some
times not all collected during the year they are as
sessed, but are always collected eventually, and
paid into the treasury, excepting some slight ex
onerations, the per centage of the collectors, and
recently the five per cent, abatement if paid within
a certain time, ..which would be as much One year
perhaps as [another. The difference as to that
would be scarcely perceptible, yet we often find
that the'amount paid into the State Treasury dur
ing the fiscal year, is far greater than the amount
assessed, which would be a startling phenomenon
to the Herald , and to those persons of the mental
caliber wo so often witness in Federal, small beer
politicians. • -
To take the taxes received at the State Treasury
as any ; Criterion of the amonnt of taxation for any
fiscal year, would.be. nonsense Indeed. Why In
the year 1845 t the lax assessed In the coonly of
Cumberland was only $27,730 98,- while the tax
actually received in the State Treasury for that
year was $44,986 83, nearly double the amount
assessed. And the amount received each year Is
to be the criterion of the amount of taxation for
that year! The assessments for the year 1849,
, were partly collected in I 860; and f0r.1650, partly
collected In 1851—and William F. Johnston's ad
ministration is now spending the taxes collected
from the people for those years. But because It
was not collected, the same year it was assessed,
therefore we must pot down the assessments as
nothing. Wisdom Indeed 1 ,
To illustrate further—the taxes assessed in Cum
berland county In 1841, ware $10,214 S 3, and yet.
the amount collected during that year was only
$2,140 97—for the year 1642 the taxes assessed
were $15,568 92, and the amount collected $9,.
076 27—for 1843,.assessed $19,475 70, collected
$8,G57 33—for 1844, assessed, $18,337.05, col
llccted, $10,002 30. (Auditor General's Report for
11850, page 97.) The taxes assessed Is the only
I true criterion of the taxes paid. The taxes assess
led 'each year, are paid ybr the year, if not within',
A the year,. That this is so, is plain to the dullest
I comprehension. Thus in 1846 the taxes assessed
fin ibe whole Slate for State pUrpo?e*, were#!,-
324,594 Cl, while the amount received at (he Slate
'Treasury was $1,445,112 70—being$130,516 09,
greater than was assessed, not counting the exon
erations, costs of collecting, and abatement of five
per cento a thing utterly impossible, unless the
taxes of previous years had been received. An
additional proof of this being so is the fact that the
(axes assessed for the. year 1841, were $523,530
06, while the amount received was only $33,292
[77. (Auditor General’s Report, page 118.)
I To such miserable shifts, and contemptible
quibbling are the friends of Gov. Johnston driven.
Mr. Bonham well characterized in his speech the
assertion of Gov, Johnston, that he had paid more
than half a million of the public debt, “without
any increased taxation upon the Farmers of the
Commonwealth,"— an “idle boast. 11
The increased revenue on the public worksunder
democratic auspices are nothing; the increased re
sources of the Commonwealth, nothing; the in
creased taxation, nothing—but this Ajax, this Ju
piter Tonans, this Jack the Giant Killer, this
| Polyphemus, this .Cyclops, pays the public debt
| without money and without means. Wonderful
| man! and wonderful too are his adherents!
I And it seems by the IJerald, that Mr. Wm. M.
Pknrosk, is one of these adherents who lias demo
lished the speech ofMr. Bonham,at Mounlßock,
and the editor hopes this triumphant answer may
be published. We hope so too. Mount Rock,
the residence of Joseph Ritner, was the proper
place, and a lineal descendent of the great Buck
shot war hero, Charles Biddle Penrose, was the
proper person to sustain the administration of Wm;
F. Johnston. If the son's financial abilities areas
[great as those of the sire, and if the former's sup
port of Johnston Is as rjftdive In damning hla ad- 1
\ ministration, as was the support of the latter in
1 consigning “to the tomb of the Capuielsl' the aJ-
I mlnistration of Joseph Ritner, the Democrats have I
little lo.do In ibis contest. \
The annexed is a true statement of the taxes
assessed in the Commonwealth, showing a con.
slant increase of taxation during Gov. Johnston’s
'administration, over and above (he (axes assessed
| during Gov. Chunk’s administration, as certified
'at so late a period as Sept. 10, 1851, by John W.
Hammond, a Whig Clerkinthe AudllorGeneral's
Office.
STATE TAXES.
Yeabsi
1845, -
1840, -
1847, - -
1848,
1840,
1860,
Aumron Oeneiial’s Ornoe,' 7
Harrlaburg, Sept. 10,1861. j
• I certify the above statement to be
correct.
Witness my hand and seal of office,
the dayland year aforesaid.
JNO, W. HAMMOND,
For 13. Dawks, Auditor Gen,
Wo Invite attention to the advertisement of Lemuel
Todd, E«q„ agent for the owners, In to-day's paper,
in which he otfera for sale one of .the moat eligible
and valuable properties In Town.
. The beighth of impudence is to go into a printing
office end read the MSS or handle the type..
THE JUDICIARY--WIIIG LIBBRHiITTi
Wq feel, in duly bound io doff our beaver, with
profound courtesy, to’ the editor of the-Jfernld and
his Whig advisers, for their extreme liberality to the
Democrats of Cumberland county and this Judicial
District; ip kindly proposing to lake .to themselves
the President Judge and one Associate, and conde
scending to give to tho Democrats, (and the 1 Whigs
to designate toko he thall be,) the remaining Asso.
elate! HoW extremely kind, indeed, this is, in a.
Judicial. District which gives from ton to twelve
hundred Democratic majority, and In Cumberland
county, which gives about three hnndred>msjority
for the Democratic ticket. 'Why has not the same
magnanimity influenced the Whigs of the adjoining
counties of Dauphin, Adams or Franklin? or-why
is it that tfiere is not u Whig county .throughout the
length and breadth of our State, in which the Whigs
have tendered to. the Democrats the small boon of
even one Associate Judge 7
.The mystery is not inexplicable—the questions
afe easily answered. The Whig party always and
Invariably lake all they can get, and try; With ell the
cunning and tefckery they can .devisov to, take whkt
they cannot get. But wby are tho Demoerata aske,d
to vote for a Whig Judge in Cumberland Perry and
Juniata? Is It because Mr. GhaHam 1 , l(in;Demo
cratic nominee, ia Incompetent? That' is^not el-
Icged. Is it because he is dishonest'or orddubtfal
character, in point of Integrity or morality? No
man to-whom l)e is known can breathe such onlm-
pulallon, end we believe he is known to every voter
in Cumberland county, end to almost evoiy one in
Perry, for he hai been a member of the Carlisle Bar
for twenty year*, and for the laal twelve or fifteen
bad an extensive practice, and he has also practiced
in Potty county for eight or ten years past* Why
then Is it the people of the District are asked by the
Whigs to abandon Mr. Graham and_elect'Judge
Watts, the opposing Whig candidate? * * . !••
Why it Is simply, because Mr. Graham Has been
utuinxmoutly nominated by the Democratic party In
this. Judicial District, and Judge, Watla,.who is a
Whig, always has been a Whig, (formerly'jlermcd
federalist) and, unless & very miraculous anu unex
pected change should occur, wilt continue (a be one |
to the day of his death, refused tho nomination by ,
the Whig-parly, which ho cerUinly re*
ceived if requested, and is now the of llio
same parly, although without a regular nomination,
and! supported by every-Whig press in (he District.
Under these circumstances it Is insinuated that be*
cause Mr. Graham has been nominalcd-by the Dem.
ocralic parly, if elected, he will bo,unpolitical
Judge ; M all his hitherto unsullied reputation for
honesty and integrity will be lost, and he will as.
cend the bench, not to administer tbe law with Jus.
lice and impartiality, but according to the political
feelings of tho different suitors 1 Sorely to state
such an argument Is to show Us utter falsity snd
absurdity and that it is an insult to every mloJ'pos.
•easing a spark of honesty or integrity. .
Bui lei us examine this Whig logic a Utile more
in detail. Does not Judge Warfe owe Kitpresenl
position on the bench to the Whig parly, of which ;
i he has always been & uniform and active member ? ■
I 1 His appointment never would have been received
from the hand of Gov. Johnston had he not ranked
among, (ho active, zealous and efficient,political
friends of the Governor, and we ask the editor of
Iho Herald if ho can point to an insolaled case of a
Democratic Judge being appointed by a Whig Gov*
ornor, since the organization of our Stale* Govern*
ment. Judge Watts, therefore, holds his office es
much through parly partiality and on account ofhis
political faith, as If ho had been elected hy lhosuf*
, frages of the Whigs of his district. But been
I said that Democrats signed a petition for hit appoint*
mont. ThU Is true, but at the tame time It must be
remembered that no Dernootatlo lawyer Mould be
found sufficient!/ stalteffed to °f beye an op*
nljiial to Oor. JoifMTwr Ibr
Agaip, if party,nominations sro ineonsiaUul with
Judicial integrity, in what posilloadoea it fclade the
two great political parlies ofoar State 7 The, Whig*
as well as Democrats of Pennsylvania assembled in
their respective Conventions, and each Convention
I nominated candidates of their political parties for
Supreme Judges—men of reputed legal learning and
integrity. Now, should ilia five Whig candidates bo
elected, in vain (according to Iho Whig logic of this
Judicial District,) might a Democrat sue for justice
before that sugust tribunal. However pare and
unsullied their choractcrs may have been, wo sooner
are they clothed with the judicial ermine* through
a political nomination, than their characters are en*
liroly changed, honesty, integrity, and selfrispecl
arc shamelessly thrown aside, and cases are decided,
not according to tho Constitution and laws (hey are
sworn to support, ond tho immutable principles of
justice between man and man, but aceording to the
political feelings of the suitors! And ogain, should
Itio five Democratic candidates bo elected, the Whigs
of our Commonwealth will bo placed In an equally
pitiable plight. Then, according to the logic of tho
Herald, wo may picture the present venerable Chief
Justice, whose legal learning and chaste diction have
been the pride and boast of our noble Commonwealth
for tho pest thirty years, not as in lime pail, bolding
the scales of justice with conscious rectitude ar.d un
biassed impartiality, but racking his giant intellect
for a plausible pretext to reward his political friends
and punish his enemies, by transferring the sub.
I stance of tho latter to the pockets of the forpner 1 *
- But let us inquire if the Whig parly practice Id
I Whig Judicial districts tho same policy the Herald
preaches to (lie Democrats of Cumberland, Perry
and Juniata counties. Take tho l)Vo adjoining
districts of York and Adams, and Dsephin and
Lebanon. Judge Dunskc presides In the former,
.and Judge Pearson in tho latter, both ofwhom aro
known to many of (ho citizens of Cumberland county.
They arc both Whigs, and. both appointed by the
I same Whig Governor who appointed JudgV Watts.
Whey are both men of unsullied charaolsraod repu.
\ tatlon, neither of whom have over beensiikpcoled of
1 not entertaining a high regard for the administration
» ofjuslioo. It el both these gentlemen haje not con*
1 sidered it improper or derogatory to tUa Judicial]
i character to permit themselves to be placed in the
attitude of “political csndld&lep,” for they) have both
been nominated by (he Whig parties ofthijir respect*
ivo districts. And will the editor of \be\Herald or
his Whig friends insinuate (hat these gentlemen,
if elected, will be influenced by partisan feelings or
political partialities, or (hat (heir. PwqiJrition by a
political parly disqualifies them, for InW office for
which they have been nominated? ButJ|l is need
less to refer to particular districts. TlnrWbigs have,
without exception, in every Whig dietricl iin the State,
nominated their candidates Look, at the Allegheny
district.' The learning and purity of Judge Hempen
of Pittsburg Is admitted by every one, buj (his could
not save him from being supplanted by a Whig nom
inee. Look at the Frsnklin ond Somerset district,
the Mifflin end Union district, tho Chester and Del.
aware, &o. In all thesk, Whig candidates have
been nominated, and if elected, what honest tnsn of
either parly dare say they will bo political tricksters |
and blinded by petty prejudice ao for as to forget (he
high and colemn duties of their atollon 7
In some district! where the Democrats ere In a
hopeless 'minority as l(w Whigs are in this district,
the Democrats mode po nomination* end will support
the Whig nominees, as in Dauphin and Lebanon,
and in Franklin end Somerset, &o>, they do not
place in. the field Democrats without the formality
of a nomination, and denounce the;regu]arly noml*
noted Whig candidates* as unlit to wear tbo judicial
Tax Assessed.
$1,305,603 83
1,334,604 61
1,434,871 79
1,460.783 03
1,446,008 36
1,645,966 44
ermine, and if elected would be “ political Judges,"
who would consider foaliy to their patty paramount
to their duly to the public and to their God! But
this is the course pursued by the Whig press of this
county towards. Mr, Grahau, the Democratic candi
date. And the Shipptnehurg Weekly W«w# v a paper
or which the editor is indebted to the kind liberality
of Democrats as well as Whigs, through sympathy
for hla misfortune, tauntingly asks—” Why should
wo seek to placo a political Judge upon the Bench 7”
Docs the editor know Mr. Grahau? If ho knows
him, docs he, or the' editor of the Herald, or any
other Whig in the county or district believe that Mr.
Grahau, .lf elected, would be a “polities! Judge?”
We feel assured that no man who knows biro con
entertain such an opinion. Such insinuations ate
as ungenerous as they are unjust, and will receive
the merited' disapprobation of honest men. Wo
therefore hope we shall hear no raoro such aspersions
upon the,honesty and integrity of the Democratic
nominee. His character is as pure and as far bb
yond suspicion ss ; that of any other man in the
' district, and it is duo to Mr. Grahau (hat the people
'of the district should indignantly repel all attempts,
| however disguised, to affect his. well merited repute* j
lion for honesty and purity of character. |
We say, thbn to onr neighbor oflhe Herald and
his Whig advisers, we cannot meet you:on your
terms of •'union.” Wo’ cannot give you the Presi
dent and one of the Associate Judges. This would
be a liberality, which would astonfrhr even the editor
himself. It would be a generosity onboard of whore
the Whig party.have the power. But wo can end
will elect the Democratic candidate! In (his district
[by a majority that wllf plado Clio sffaf of condemns,
ion upon (he aspersions to Which we have referred.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That the public Treasury lias been robbed within
the last three years of more money! by Whig Gol
phinisms, (hen would pay a liberal compensation to
one thousand laboring men for two year*' services..
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That (he Whig Gorman Stale Printer, has been do*
tectcd in taking $2,300 from (ho Treasury on a
false account and compelled to make restitution.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov. Johnston sympathises with and sustains
John Strohm, who voted to starve our troops in.
Mexico.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Governor Johnston la a Notice American; that
he has lent his official influence to sustain the whole
phalanx of Native American Custom House officers,
while, at the same time, lie \nchenting (he foreign*
era by pretending to bo friendly to some of their
societies. ...
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov. Johnston was !n the Legislature in 'lB4l
and voted for a law allowing BANKS to tutpend
payment on.their ovonnoUs, and at the same time to
sue the people and collect debts from (hem on exccii*
lion.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Col. Bigler was in the Senate in 1842 and vo.
ted for tho law compelling BANKS to pay their
debts, as well as individuals, or forfeit their char,
ters.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Col. William Bigler is d eel/ made man— that
he has risen by.his own industry end integrity of
character to stations of honor andpublie (rust; and
that he now occupies a high position as a states*
man, patriot and phtlanlhrophist.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov» Johnston, when a candidate Tor Governor
In 1848, WM .d’ecidedly opposed to pny rattf being
•looted mors'ithan ONE TLRAf, and this vn ofle
of Ait prjhofjNtt themes end strong points ho urged
in his own favor.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov. Johnston defends the cxlraysganco of
Ritner’s administration, and declares.that the State
debt was not increased ’under it a single dollar,
while the official records prove that the debts con*
traded during that administration roach nearly
TEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That William Bigler was a poor-orphan boy, com
pelled to labor for his own livelihood and to sustain
a widowcd mollier. He comes, from the “common”
people, is of tho people, and knows and appreciates
their wants, and will devote his talents and energies
to the greatest good for the greatest number.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov. Johnston is a wealthy nabob, living in
splendor and magnificence, and has no feeling in
common or sympathy for (ho laboring man and me
chanic.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That the money illegally drawn from (ho Stale
Treasury by Gov. Johnston for travel, fees, and
sixteen days* services before he was Governor,
amounts to $l6l 50, which would pay the interest
on $3,530 of tho State debt for a year.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov. Johnston, when in (ho Legislature, in
1841, opposed tho law (hat abolished IMPRISON
MENT FOR DEBT.
QOV. JOHNSTON APOLOGIZING FOR ABO
LITION TIIKAHONi
When tlio recent horrid abolition murder, Insur
rection, and armed resistance to the lawf, In Lan*
castor county, was first made known in Phihdel*
phis, a committee of the citizens of that place ad*
dressed Guv. Johnston a letter referring in terms of
strong language to this' 1 " insurrectionary move*
monl," and calling upon him to take efficient action
las the chief executive officer of the Commonwealth,
(in “vindicating the outraged laws,” That com*
| mllteo consisted of-John Cadwaladcr, James Pago,
I John W. Forney, and others, and they expressed
l| almost the united-voice of our commercial motropo.
illls, and in fact of the groat mass of the people of
I I the State. , .
The Governor after a delay of four days from (ho
(ims of (he outrage, issued tardily his proolsma*
lion—-but in (he mean time he writes a letter in
answer to (he one directed to him by the committee
ofPliilude!phls,BDd takes it upon himself to lecture
them, and through them the citizens generally, for
dating to speak thus unadvisedly of Ills friends (He
abolitionists. Commit murder they may, but he
cannot bear to hear of their being guilty of treaoon
to the Government. Oh,no! That le 100 near the
practical workings of his own abolition heresjes.
To make them guilty of.treason, might implicate
himself s* anaider and aheltor of treaton. The
legitimate fruits of his abolition doctrines, and affin*
itics, and bis opposition to (he Compromise mess,
urei adopted by Congress, are now before him In
the mangled remains of the murdered Gorsuoh, us
the fruits of the sol of 1647, one section of which
ho now refuses to repeal, ware manifested In the
death of lb« lamented Kennedy In this place. Hut
to the Governor's lecture on constitutional law,
Among other impudent things, as that their loiter
was without dste, &0., the Governor speaks as fol*
lowst
‘Tamil me, gentlemen, having thua removed all
Juil oauso of anxlelv from your roindi, reipoolAilly
lo auggpat (Hat Ihe idea of rebellion, or Insurrection
ary movoraefat m (tie county of or thy
where olio in this Commonwealth, has no real foun- j
Nation, and is an offensive imputation on a . large
body of our fellow citizens.
There is no insurrectionary movement in Landas-
Iter county, and there would bo no occasion to march
I t'miliCafy force thqflfas yofa seem to ‘desire, and
inflame the public mind by any such strange oxog.
aeration. Ido not wish, our brethren of the Upton
to think that in any part of this State resistance to
the Uw goes undetected or,unpunished, or that there
exists such a eenllmenl aftroason to the Union and
the Constitution.
No doubt he don't. '
He then goes on and gives the committee a hom
ily about having confidence “in the judicial tribu
nals of the land,* and “ abstaining from undue
violence of language,** sto. &.c.
The evidence shows that in the outrage spoken
I of, there waa a body of men, block and white,
lafmed'snd‘accoutred for violent resistance to the
law, and that they did violently resist U, and defeat
its execution. This was treason, this was an insur
rectionary movement, and we are pleased to see
that the Philadelphia committee retorted upon his
A&olitionsMj) with proper spirit, and with effect.
„ They say.in their reply to this impudent tirade:
“The more important errors of your letter will,
we trust, bo as . publicly corrected, when shall
have learned that treason against* the United States
was perpetrated successfully .within the territory of
Pennsylvania on Thursday last. You will then, wb
presume, no longer treat the offence of the insur
gents as though the homicide, which ail deplore, had
been committed by them'in nn ordinary tumult, as
contra distinguished from an armed rebellion against
the taw. ’When you shall have learned that the lat*
ter was the true character of the offence committed,
you will probably caaso to censure us, or to Invite
sympathy fur the offenders by calling our true and
simple definition of their crime “ an offensive impu.
tation,” and a “strange exaggeration."
• The purpose of our communicatloh has been en
tirely misconceived by you. Tile crime which had
been perpetrated in bur Immediate neighborhood
was preventing by an armed resistance*
the enforcement of a"laa of the' United States. Our
purpose was to request your, attention to (his fact,
and not to censure tho local police of a county, as
you suppose. There had boon no local police strong
enough to resist on organised bind of armed, out
laws who were in open insurrection against-tho
Government of tho United States. The local author
ities were overawed; end had they resisted or |n
leifered, would have been overpowered. Forty-eight
hours elapsed before they were so reinforced as to
I be ablo to visit the seal of the disturbance. The
' insurgents were then dispersed, as their evil design
had been fatally accomplished. When we took leave
to address you on the subject, we exercised- the un>
doubled right of every citizen on such an 'occasion.
The disposable military force of the United States,
at (his post, had been sent to the spot where the
unfortunate event had occurred. Citizens of Penn,
sylvania and Maryland were in arms to assist in the
lawful enforcement of the authority of the General
Government. But nothing had been done by the
Government of Pennsylvania to vindicate the out
raged honor of the Commonwealth.
Tho first act of State of her Executive ti a pro
clamation issued four days after the opponents of
the law had openly accomplished their designs.-^
Your recapitulation of the few lardy acts of pre
vious intervention, including arrests, by individual
officers, shows (hut even this proclamation would
probably not have I 'boon issued if the public* feeling
of indignation on the subject had not been manifest
ed. At tho crisis at- which our communication to
you was written, there wore peculiar reasons of pub
lie notoriety, which it is unnecessary here (o specify,
that the insurgents should bo deprived of the pre
text of an excuse or palliation of their guilt. In the
supposed sympathy or indifference, of tho Chief
Magistrate of the .Commonwealth. As yon have
seen proper to answer (hat communication, we ore
justified in observing that it afforded you an ample
opportunity for the removal of all doubt uynn this
material point. Tills might have been done in words,
though the timely adoption of tho proper active
measures had been neglected. Under.theso dream,
stances, that any citizens, however humble, should
I have been unadvisedly reprimanded by'an officer of
the Commonwealth, and particularly by her Chief
Magistrate, for oxercNing their right to address him
respectfully on an occasion of public interest, is a
matter of subordinate Importance, which Wo do not
pause to consider.' *. ’
it Jr of rotate loipbrlawso that your answer has
been published by yourself. Its tcno'aiid spirit—
and that of (lie Proclamation'which has followed It
|—whether, responsive to, or evasive of the public
1 reeling—are a proper subject of consideration by all
the citizens of the Slate.. We believe that those
enemies of the Slate whose cola you charitably de
ny to be treasonable or insurrectionary, threaten and
intend to renew them if & like occasion should arise.
We believe that your fetter will afford (hem encour
agement In their lawless designs. Wo understand
il as a declaration of your opinion that there should
be no change in (ho course of the Slate government,
andlhat no public measures of State are required
in order to prevent the recurrence of the late bloody
outrage.” - . . •
Ilia a singular circumstance that the Governor I
of (his Commonwealth should bo called upon to
place sl legal construction upon nets, which his own
words and conduct may have been greatly inslru
mental in producing. Is this retributive justice 7
Il would seem like it—and the legal opinion of his
Excellency Is more that bfa partieeps criminis than
of an impartial judge.
Wo ore loft to'lnquire what is treason? Tho
cases of treason which have occurred in tho history
of this government havoboon few. Tho Washing
ton I?«j)us|ic,a Whig paper, but not on abolition
one, cites such as have occurred, and wo would
advise Governor Johnstqn to read them, or consult
his Attorney General, before he writes another letter
to the Philadelphia committee. William F. John
ston's opinion is nothing more than the opinion of
any other respectable man, but tho opinion of .the
Governor of the groat State of Pennsylvania, given
In a self confident mannfcr, on a subject effecting (he
peace of the nation and (he stability of tho Govern,
mont itself, containing so.grave an error,is a grrave
matter Indeed. One would suppose from the flip
pant manner oft the. Governor, that he was writing
about a knock down at an apple butter bolting^
But (he question recurs what is (reason? The
Republic says:
The Constitution declares (hat “ (roason againal
the United Slates shall consist only in levying war
against them, or in adhering to (heir enemies, giving
them aid and comfort}” and it empowers Congress
to declare the punishment oi treason, with (ho re
servation that no attainder of treason shall work
corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during-the
life of the person attainted. The law of Congress,
In pursuance of this grant of power, enacts “ that if
snyjseraon or persons, owing allegiance to (he Uni
ted Slates of America, shall levy war against them,
or shall adhere to their enemies, giving thorn aid
and comfort within (he United States or elsewhere,
and shall thereof bo convicted, on confession In open
court, or on the testimony of two witnesses to tho
same pverl act of treason whereof he or they shall be
indicted, such person or persons shall be adjudged
guilty of treason against the United Slates, and shall
suffer death."
The same law, in ill second section enacts lint
“if any person or persons, having knowledge of (he
commission of any of (lie (reasons aforesaid, shall
conceal, and not,'as soon as may be, disclose and
Make known tub pahk to the President of the Uni>
ted Stales, or some of the Judges thereof, or to the
President or Governor of a particular Slats, or some
of the judges or justices thereof, such person or per
sons, on conviction, shall bo adjudged guilty of mis
prison of treason, and shall be imprisoned not ex
| ccedlng seven years, and fined not exceeding one
i thousand dollars.” . '
I This low was passed during tho second session of
tho first Congress; and in 1795, while Gen. Wseli-1
I ington was President of the United Slates, the first
oases occurred requiring He application. Two per
son!, Vigot and Mitchell, were arraigned for high
treason, nn the charge of resisting, and preventing,
by foioe, the execution of (lie laws Imposing excise
duties on spirits distilled within the United States.
The occasion was known as the Whiskey Insurrec
tion In Western Pennsylvania.- Tho law, In Vigoi's
cade, wos laid down by the Court very explicitly.
Mr. Justice Patterson said :
“ With respect to the ovJdsnee tho current runs
one Way; it htrmonikes in.ail .lla parts; Il proves
that (he prisoner was a member of the party who
wont to Roigan's house, and aftprvmds to the hduso
of Wellf, In orjn»i marshalled and arrayed and
at each place, committed acta of violence »Ij°<
vatlation. *" a «#•
With respect, to the -Intention, likewise ik
not, unhappily, the slightest posalbilitv «rJIV*
ITo suppress the office of excise in the founh ... l *
1 of.thls State, and particularly in the present i n 8 .? rVfiy
I to compel the resignation of Wells, the exoim! *
so os to render noil and fold in effect an act o °fr ’
gress, constituted the apparent, the avowed obi , n *
the insurrection, and of the outrages which ,♦.* . of
oner assisted to commil. P riJ *
Combining these facts and this design t| ]o „,i
of high treason is consummate in the contemn!.!
of the Constitution and law,;of the United State *»
2 7)gl p ..a.. *5
In (ho ease of Mitchell, before the same n ‘
the construction of tho law, es to the ph me rl '
ing war against ihe'lTnlted'Stalos, is fixed within!
more precision. *’lf the objeot ofthe insurreeii ,1
said the Court, M was to suppress thd excise offi*
and to prevent the execution of an act of Cons r
by force and intimidation, (he offence In le»*iV?
mation is High Treason ; it is an usurpation n p,[!'
oulhorlty of Government; it is High TrcaJm f 9
the levying of war.” . - MOn "T
In the case of Fries, wbioii occurred in i7gg ( i
samo construction of. the law of/lroason was t r
| firmed. The opinion of this Court as stated t
Judge Chase was, “that if a body of people comol,
I and meditate an insurrection to resist or npp ote ,l°
execution of eny‘ statute of (ho United Suus S #
force, they are, only guilty of a high imademeanof
but if they proceed,to carry inch intention into ci
eculion by force, that they are guilty of the troaim
of levying war; and the quantum of the force em ,
ployed neither leaaena 'nor inoreaaoa the crime*
whether by one hundred, or one thouaand net..*.'
is wholly immaterial. ** ■ '
The Bight Talk*
At a late, meeting held by the Democrat! of y or jj
county, the following resolution, among other®,
adopted. It. 1b aa applicable to tbia county ai i Q
York, and we therefore commend U'lo the attention
I of every Democrat*; V '*
Retolted, That, it is Iho duty of ever; Democrat
to support the nominntloTj of hip party, hoooraW.
made, and • thol the Democratic parly prefer open
enemies to secret foes.
Are'Yon Aaseisedl
Democrats, see to this important matter! Ev
amine the Assessor's list, immediately, and let
those whose names may not be found there, go io
that officer in person, and have themselves assess
ed. Remember, that this must be dons allmi
ten days before iht dtdion! .
SILVER SPRING SPEAKS I
Agreeable to public notice, the Democracy of the
lowehip of Silver Spring assembled at the public
house of Mr. George Duey, ?n Hoguestown, on
Tuesday evening, the 23d Inst. Oh -motion a Bigler
Club was organized by the appointment, of Jons
Trimble Chairman, C. B. Herman, F. Ecklcv, and
D, M-Kissinger* Vice Presidents* and F. A. Mutecr,
and George (I* Puchof, Secretaries. On motion, a
committee was appointed to draft resolutions cx.
prcsslvc of the sense of the meeting, during the
absence of which .William 11. Miller arid Jo mu
Agnew, Eaqrs., addressed . .the meeting hr an aMo
and eloquent manner, after which: Ihft committee,
reported the following resolutions, which were rood
and unanimously adopted : .
Resolved, That the Democracy of Silver Spring
township pledge themselves, heart and sont, to the
support of the nominations of the Hirrisburg and
Reading Conventions. ■ '
Revolted , That wo glory in the nomination of
Col. William Bigler, of Clearfield, esteeining him
as emphatically the man of the people, and comid*
ering his present exalted posilioir as a brilliant and
encouraging example of. what may be attained
by industry, honesty, energy, and undevlating at.
tachmcul to the genuine unadulterated principles of
our patriotic and triumphant party—that we anriei.
pate his elevation to the gubernatorial .chair, by an
overwhelming majority, with as full certainty as we
look for .the daily rising and setting of the eun.
Resolvtd, That- Srru Clover, the Dcmueralio
candidate, for Cpnal Commissioner,-Is well qualified
Ip discharge the duties of that important office—is
■worthy, of the supnort of (be Denaocra«j oT Wa**-'
sylvania,and shall.receive'our cordial-and untied
suffrages,
Keselred, That the talents, eloquence, and xeil
displayed by.our lute representaiive, J. Ellis 1 Bos.
run, during the recent session of our State 'Legists*
turo, in advocating and sustaining the favorite mess,
urea of the Democratic party, endear him to the
hearts of hit constituents, entitle him to their eon*
fidonco and esteem, and afford a bright prettge of
his future political’career.*
Resolved, That, (hough many df os think that
Silver Spring township has been for years past- tin*
justly dqalt With, in lha distribution of office, jet as
we battle dot for lobes# andji§hte t but for principle!,
wo promise a foil and unbroken roto to the - wliuld
ticket formed by our County Convention.
Revolted, That we retain Dndiminishei) reliance
in the probity, industry, and capacity of our fellow
citizen, the Hon. John Clxndcniw, that We earnestly
desire his conliuonce on tho bond!*, and shall use
every honorable exertion to secure hid’election.-
Resolved, That (he Democrats of this township,-
in conjunction with (heir brethren Ihroughoot the
State, are determined to sustain tho Compromise
Laws of (ho last Congress—being fully -Convlheed
that by wisely adhering lo those measures,-the bar.
mony and prosperity of our great country will be
perpetuated.
Resolved, That llicso proceedings bo signed by
the officers and published. - ‘
[Signed by the officers.]
TniBUTB OF lIESPfiCT.
Union Philosophical Hall, )
Sent. 17th, 1851. f
HTiereaa, Wo have Moly bean called upon fa
mourn on iflllcting dispensation of Providence in
Dio removal from our midst by dealli of our beloied
friend and fellow Union, Josxrii J. Graham, we feel
that some expression of our loss is but duo to oar*
■elves and llio friends and relatives of our deceased
brother. • •
Therefore, it Is by the Union Philosophical Socle*
ly of Dickinson College,
Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply sympa'
thlse with those upon whom.oar mutual loss fall*
heaviest. M
Risolced, That knowing tho intrinsic worth and
sterling character of oor deceased brother, «s feel
we have lost one of our best member# and btigldest
Resolved, That (his Society wear (he mad badge
of mpurnlnsr for the apace of thirty daJ»* ,
Retoltedj. That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to tho family of the deceased and published
each of the Carlisle panora,
THEO. M. CAUSON,
Wo regrel to announce iliat a valuable barn w I
all Ho content*' the property of Mr. Yoono, ed
lireljr consumed by, fire on Sunday night la»t.
waa situated on tho York, road, about three mi «*
and a half aoutlr eaal of thl« borough. Thla
be a vqry heavy lose to Mr« Y*i a« hie •Btlra «rop °
grain waa In the barn. It la not known how
originated, but la auppoied to bo tho act of an n
cendlary.
On thn 4l)i ln.l„ by Ilia Re., A.'H, Krem«. Mr '
Aaaaiuu W, Qwiaaar, to Mlsa Kim Du»r.
On llio 18111 Inst.,.by the aamo, Mr. Mich** 1 '
to Mita Matilda Biiorr« all of thla counlyt
39 en tfto.
Ip (Vlechanloaburg. on tho IDlh loaU Mra. AjwiJ
MaaoAaKT, consort of Adam Selrer, Baq*» Bnd a ‘ »
of David Smith, High Sheriff of thla county, af 6 ”
CO years and I moo(h. , ,Sho-haa left a d aoonaotaw
husband end afflicted family.to mourn their beret
merit.
On the 16th Inst., Ann Elizadktii, Infant d*«g > ®
of Henry and Mary C. McCord, aged 9 monlne
98 day*. 1
farewell, deadest thou hist left us,
- And .by angels guarded home t
Gone to join tho angsllo chorus,
[ Around our Haavenly Fuji hor’a throne*.
-3
WM. A. BNIVELY,
L. D. REYNOLDS.
Committee.