AMEEIOAK YOLUNJEEIL PUBLISHED BVfcET THUDSDAt MOENINO By John JB. Bratton* TERMS' Sodsobiptioh.—Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents, bald in advance j Two Dollars if paid within the year; and Two. Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year. These terms will bo rigid ly adhered .to in every Instance. STo; dttfcsorlption discontinued uutlluU arroatagoaoropMd unless at the option oftho Editor. ; 1 Advsbtisbuents —Accompanied by the Cash, and not exceeding one square, will bo inserted three times for ono Dollar, and twonty-flvo cents for each additional insertion.. Those of a greater length In proportion. JoD-PnnmHQ—Slxch as Hand Bills, Posting Bills, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, Sto., &0., oxo fcntcd with accuracy and at the shortest notice. t. , ADDRESS :to!|HBTOTB .CENTRAL COMITTEE—NO. i. %&lTßE~pk(>s’ZE OF PENNSYLVANIA! ? FButi6w-orriZßi*s. —There have been antag . bnistio&l principles and antagonistical parties m governments, from their first institution to tho present time. Tho one, taking from tho people aU power of self-government, and in effect do** njing thdr right as well as their capacity to feovern themselves. Tho other-claiming in the language of our' Declaration of Independence, ‘•that all men ate created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with .certain inalien hblo rights; tH&t tfmdngst these are life, liberty, hnd the pursuit of happiness. That to sccuro Ihcse rights governments are instituted among \ik\,deriving their just powers from ike consent b/ the governed ; that whenever any form of government bccatqo destructive of these ends, it fa the right of thapcoplc to alter or to abolish it, imd to insiitUtlha new government, laying Its foundation on such principles, and organizing Us powers in such forms as to them shall seem hiost likely to effect their safety and happiness. It was these antagonistical principles that led Iq our war of Independence. The great mass 6f tho American people then asserted, distinctly and unequivocally, thit all power was inherent tiv the people\ That they not only possessed tho right of self-government, but the capacity also to exercise the right. The British of that day, arid their adherents iri this country, denied this right as well as this capacity. Our fathers he roically maintained their position, and estab lished their governments upon tho principles for which they fought, and the right of man to gov ern himself, and his capacity to do it, in this country at least,are truisms which no man dare deny. But although wo conquered from reluctant England,andobtainod from all the governments Europe the recognition of our government, thus established, yet tho despots of the old world have ever looked with a Jealous eye upon our republican institutions, anil we had a party among us during the war of the revolution, and wo have never been without such a party since, that practically have denied many right and ability to govern himself. “ ; when tho constitutions of the several states Of tho Union were under consideration, this party, without an exception, were strenuous in their endeavors to clothe tho government with strong, if not with arbitrarylpowcr; to keep, as they said, tho people in check. They look all the power they could from tlm people and vested it in the government, thus reversing tho decla ration, that governments derived their just Eowers from the consent of the governed; and it as taken the friends of the people from that time to the present to correct tneso arbitrary provisions in their organic law. In some of the states, the aristocracy has so intrenched itself behind the barriers of wealth and exclusive pri vileges, that, even in this age of progress, the people have not vet been able entirely to dis lodge them ; and, if not in their organic law, in their ordinary legislation tho people of those states have been subjected to a restriction of their rights, and a tyranny in their government scarcely exceeded in those countries where des potism prevails. In framing the constitution of the United States, tbcsoopponcntsof the people**?rights en deavored to establish a consolidated govern ment, which, should tend to centralize in the general government all the powers and rights of the several states, as well as of the people, j They claimed to establish a strong and m&gniff-1 cent government with numerous offices, high I salaries, a standing army, and a large navy, and whenever they were m power and had tho opportunity, they carried these views into effect. The other party, of the days of the revolution, was composed of those who asserted and main tained the rights of tho people, who put forth tho Dfeclarationof Independence,aud based their government upon tho principles contained in it. urs was tho first government ever established upon thoso principles, and it has been a model for all subsequent governments. In the stormy days of tho revolution, tho Union of the states was'hcld together more by a sense of mutual danger, and a sense of mutual dependence, than any coercive authority existing in the govern ment of the Union. In the organization of the several state governments, the friends of tho ■pconlo endeavored to make them as democratic os tncy could. Still, the influence of habit, an attachment to tho ordinary forms to which they had been accustomed, a partial ignorance in the forms in which their principles could bo best carried out, and a disinclination to enter upon new and untried theories, prevented as full and complete a,reform In their governments as experience has since shown to be necessary, and enabled those of tho other party to succeed in their views to a greater extent than they ought to have done. When tho throes and the troubles of tho revolution were passed, and ft was found necessary to establish a better form of government for tho Union than - tho old arti cles of confederation afforded, tho convention of 1787-8 assembled to accomplish this purpose. ITcre tho same antagonistic elements were found at work. Tho friends of tho people, believing that tho country was best governed iu which tho goveniment was least felt by the people, were in favor of retaining to tho people and to tho stato governments, all power nob necessari ly requisite to tho transaction of tho business of the general government. • They wished to con fer upon the general government only certain specific and enumerated powers, that were abso lutely necessary for such a limited government or confederation. Their opponents, os has been stated, were for clothing tho general govern ment with almost uhliimlcd powers, which, if granted, must havo mode it a consolidated gov ernment, and in tho end swallow up tho state governments entirely, tho result or that con vention was to establish a government for the Union, of unrivalled excellence, which combines the federative and the democratic principle, and makes it a government of compromise, in which tho powo*s of government are limited, restricted and coittlnrd, to those expressly granted, or Which follow by direct and necessary (not mere rv convenient) implication from (hose granted. This government, when properly administered, has all tho power necessary for its purposes, and yet leaves to tho people and to tho states all (beir rights uninfnngra. The immortal Washington was,by unanimous consent, placed at tho head of tho government. 110 called around him tho statesmen and soldiers Of tho revolution-—yet in bis cabinet wero found Very discordant materials. Both tho antagonis tical principles to which wo have before alluded were there represented, and it required tho whole weight of that eminent man's character ! to prevent their operation to tho prejudice of I tho country. I Col. Hamilton, a man undoubtedly of talents 1 who had been conspicuous for his services in tho revolutionary army, during which ho had en joyed much of tho confidence of Qcn. Washing ton, had been selected for ibo situation of secre tary of Iho treasury. In tho convention of 1787-8 he lias, however, shown his predilections for a strong government, which, if adopted, would havo mado us liltlo better than an elective monarch, with a president and senate for life. Hoofcourschcaded tho parly who coincided with his views, and distrusted, or affected to distrust tho power of tho people to govern themselves- mmm BY JOHN B. BRATTON. TOL 41. They assumed to themselves the name of fedcr. aliats, falsely alleging that they were the exclu sive friends of the form of the general govern ment then organized, and in practice. . The immortal Jefferson, tho great apostle of republicanism, the author of the Declaration of Independence, was selected for secretary of state. He espoused the cause of the people, and of tho states, and favored a strict construc- tion of the constitution. He was able to a very great extent, to counteract the influence of Alexander Hamilton. lie was not, however, able to succeed in all things; and Hamilton, to the great regret of the republicans of that day, succeeded in establishing tho old Bank of the United States, which very soon prostrated itself to political Before tne close of Gen. Washington’s Mr. Jefferson withdrew from.it, as be was unable to affiliate with Col. Hamilton and those who held his po litical views. In 1796, Gen. Washington having declined a Second re-election. John Adams, then vice presi dent, ond Mr. Jefferson became competitors for the presidential chair. As tho law then stood,the candidate who received the highest vote became president, and he whft received the next highest vote the vice president. On counting the elec toral votes it was decided that Mr. Adorns was elected president and Mr. Jefferson vjco presi dent. Many persons however wereeven then strongly impressed with the belief that this re sult was unfairly produced. Mr. Adams en tered upon the presidential duties on the 4tb March, 1797, and affiliating to a great extent with tho views bf Col. Hamilton, selected his cabinet from those entertaining like views, and disposed of tho patronage of the general govern ment among those oflike character. With the powers of the government ond the monied influ ence of the bank combined, this administration , soon began to show their disposition for arbitrary power. By tho sedition law they sought to ■ prevent the freemen of the country from speak- ' ng their though ts,and made it a criminal offence , puuisliable by fine and imprisonment, to either verbally or in writing comment upon or investi gate the improper acta of the government; thus effectually crushing the liberty of the press, the ! great palladium of the people's rights. By the alien law they gave the president the power to order any foreigner out of tho country at his own direction, and in case of refusal, to suffer 1 imprisonment so long as tho president might ! think tho public safety required. They raised a tons® sending army, unnecessarily expended millions in the increase of the navy, imposed ' direct and indirect taxes upon everything which the citizens owned, and filled the country with hosts of revenue-officers ; that, like the locusts of Egypt, ate up their substance and became tho pliant tools of government in being spies up on the people and prosecuting them for alleged sedition and titason, under tho laws to which we have already referred. The reign of the party, emphatically and tru ly styled ‘*tbe reign of terror,” happily was of short duration, and expired with the term for Mr. Adams had been declared to bo elect ed. Federal vituperation and abuse had been resorted to without stint, (o ealutfiinate the peat republican portion of 6ur citizens. The horrors of the French revolution were held up as bugbears to frighUp the timid, and declared to bp. the necessary result of. the democratic tendencies of the republican party. The terms democrat and Jacobin were heaped upon them as names of reproach. The republican party, believing that the term'democrat, which in its signification meant an advocate of the govern ment of the people, was correct, assumed the name and gloriously carried out its meaning.*— Pennsylvania, the keystoneof the political arch, in the election of 1799, gloriously triumphed hi her democratic priciples and gave an earnest of what was to follow in the succeeding year. In the fall of 1800 the people of the Union elected Thomas Jelleraon and Aaron Burr,the two high est candidates for president and vice president Of the United Slates, each receiving an equal number of votes although it was perfectly well understood tliat the former was to be the presi dent and the latter the vice president. The election had to pass into the house of repre sentatives to select the president and vice presi dent from the two. and if we before had speci mens of federal arrogance and tyranny, we then had exhibited the fullest evidence of their utter profligacy os a party. They whispered into the; car of Aaron Burr, who .was a bold, bad man, 1 os the sequel showed, that if he would accede to their views they would defeat the voice of the people—they would make him president. They were enabled for a long time (the members vot ing by states) to prevent tho majority of the 1 states going for Mr. Jefferson. They never were able to maintain a majority for Burr. The democratic members proved‘true to their trust.' and the federal members of our state at length yielded, and Mr. Jefferson received the majority, lie was inaugurated the 4th day of March, 1801. lie surrounded himself with the ablest and best men of. his parly, and having obtained the ma jority in each house of Congress, he repealed the obnoxious laws passed during the administra tion, of bis predecessor, simplified our govern ment, refortued the abuses in its administration, lessened its expenses, and abolished all parade and ostentation—in fact, made it the model of republican government it wasoriginally intended to be, and generally has been since. After ad ministering the government for eight years, ho voluntarily withdrew,and was succeeded by Mr. Madison. During the whole of Ihoadmimatra lion of these two statesmen the federal party were rancorous aud malignant in thciropnositlon to the government of the Union, (verging well nigh on to treason.) in the doings of tlio Essex Junto—the Hartford convention—the refusal to furnish men and means to cony on the war in which we were engaged with Great Britain from 1812 to 1816, emphatically called the second war of independence, and their constant apolo gies for the acts of (Great Britain during that war, mourning ovef bur victories and rejoicing at those of our enemies.' Jackson, however, ended that wpr in a blaze of glory at N. Orleans on the Bth of January, 1815. Jackson fought many battles, martial and civil, for his country. Up to the time of this war, federalism al though foiled and defeated, had held its crest erect and displayed a portion of its former pride and arrogance. During this war, however, it assumed the naipo of the “peace party ” and since then has been known by almost as many names as there have been political conflicts in the country. About the conclusion of the war, one of its leading editors in writing to another, about equally prominent in its ranks, advised a change of tactics, urging that it would bo bet ter to waive tho proud pretensions they had as sumed, of possessing all tho talents, all tiic de cency, and all tho learning of tho country, and seek success 'by fanning the embers of discon tent in the democratic ranks.’ Tho hint was token, tho party name was dropped, and since then they have been found, upon every occa sion, fomenting divisions in tho democratic ranks, by inflaming the passions and prejudices n a TO orLion °f our citizens afioctcd either from Uio mfluonco of circumstances and trade upon their pecuniary, affairs, from political or person* * disappointments, from local prejudices or nnbtta, from sectarianism, or fanaticism in ro ligion or any other cause. But they have never changed their principles. Wliigcery of the present dny is fho federalism "of 1709, grown * PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1854. more cunning. It has stooped perch, and is now a mere truckler in which, if once firmly reinstated, it would show all its obnoxious traits of character over again. The attempt to elect Burr in 1801, and tho at tempt to defcat tho election in Pennsylvania in 1838, by tho acts connected with the Buck shot war, arc but different efforts of the same party-'to treat elections by tho pcopleos though they had not taken place.’’ The democratic party have ever been true to their professions. Rccogizing to their fullest extent the right and ability of the people to govern themselves, they have deemed it the best policy to have the people governed as little ns possible —to abstain fiom the passage of all ar bitrary laws affecting their persons, property or rights—to require the citizen to give up the fewest of his natural rights, that will be con sistent with the safety of society, and clothe the public servants with only those powers that ore absolutely necessary for these ends—to require that all power, delegated to publio servants, should'return at stated and short periods to the people, to whom all power belongs, that the same may ho conferred either on the former in cumbents, when found worthy, or upon others more meritorious. For although power docs not always corrupt, of which we have had many admirable examples, yet its tendency is to cor rupt, of which we regret to say wollavehad not a few. Tho principles of these two antagonistical partiesare involved in the coming contest in Pennsylvania. Thcdcmocratic party, ever hon est and candid, avow their principles in open day; they bear the same honest nanjo they have bomofor more than half a century. That name conferred upon them as a term of reproach has won its way to public confidence and esteem, and so much is tho power of thalnamo felt, that ancient federalism, now modern whiggery, has often sought to steal it, to deceive tho people, < Democracy advocates the equal rights of all 1 our citizens,'it abhors all exclusive privileges to the few, it knows no distinction between Our native born'and naturalized citizens, other than j those which tho constitution has created. One i of its first acts when Mr. Jefferson came into power was to mend the laws and facilitate tho; means for tho naturalization of foreigners. It j remembered among tho causes assigned for ,dc-1 daring our country independent, an important one, that the king of England had obstructed tho laws for tho naturalization of foreigners: and in this as in all other acts they have carried out the principles of 1776—n0t the principles of tho miscalled “.tons of tho sires of 7C.” Our adversaries arc endeavoring to crawl into power at this time by a concentration of all their own partisans proper, and an attempt to excite among others prejudices foreign and in imical to the constitution of the United States, m relation to two subjects calculated to excite the sympathies and prejudices of portions of our citizens. The constitution of tho United States left the institution of slavery, which had been imposed upon us by the mercenary cupidity of Great Britain, just where it found it—a mere municipal regulation of tho states in which it existed. Pennsylvania, immediately upon the close of tho revolution, abolished this institution within her borders, and almostnllthc northern states have since followed her example. Before the revolution ,;it existed in all,the, states. If the truo motives of its abolition could .be reach ed, we fear that the northern states would hot be entitled to as much credit as many claim for ito-abolition. It was found that slave laborwns unprofitable for mere forming purposes, and I these, tho motives of pecuniary interest, snper addecd to what were deemed the principles of humanity,-procured its abolition in oil the original states north of Maryland ond Delaware, Tho compromises of tho constitution upon this subject, which prevented any action by the general government on the subject of slavery, have been faithfully carried out by the demo cratic parly, in every portion of the Union.— They hold one state has a right to in terfere with what appropriately belongs to an other. The Congress of the United States has the power to admit now states into the Union, and they have wisely determined that, in creating territories and admitting new states, the people of* such new states or territories shall have a right to make their own laws upon tho subject that belongs rightfully to a municipal govern- Our adversaries taking advantageof the agitation produced on this subject of slavery by the erection of the now tcrritoncsof Kansas and Nebraska, arc charging'the democratic party with favoring the cause of human slavery. They have done no such thing. They have merely determined that Congress, according (o’the con stitution, has no right to interfere with the sub ject, and that to the people of the territories and states, respectively, this whole subject be longs, and they have unquestionably decided rightly. Pennsylvania, or any other state of the Union, might to-morrow revive the institu tion if it were thought right. -Yetouradversa rics arc endeavoring to excite your sympathies in the cause of humanity, sons to induce you, practically, to violate tao constitution of our country.' They are also endeavoring to foment difficul ties between different classes of our citizens and to array our native born and naturalized citi zens In opposition to each other, and to effect this they wonld bring to tholraid sectarian feel ings In religion. Our forefathers wisely Inhab ited this. When, in every state constitution we And a provision substantially declaring that ev ery man has a right to eqjqy his liberty of con science and to worship Almighty -Godin (ho manner he shall think most acceptable, and the constution of the United States prohibits the general govermuon from giving preference to any one religious denomination over another. That constitution, too, confers upon natural ized citizens all the rights conferred upon those who are native born, with ono exception. Wb, therefore, protest, In the most distinct and sol emn manner, against any indirect otlmtapC# tof accomplish that which the constitution and law's oftho United States and oI thd several states cro pointedly and so properly prohibits, ft would bo sapping the foundations of our ft-oo Institu tions. It would bo loosing the bonds which hold us together. If would bo a practical wrong upon a portion of our citizens, who have equal rights with oursolvea and making a distinction which (ho constitution of tho United States does not mako or permit. "Wo should guard against all attempts to vio late tho principles of - that constitution. It Is tho ark of our political saloty. It should never bo touched with unhallowed hands. Open and bold attempts to violate It are scon through,and at onoo excite our resistance. It Is from se cret, Inslduous and undetected attempts to un dermine' it, that wo shall bo exposed to the greatest danger. Opposition to those of foreign birth consti tutes much of tho political capital of our adver saries of the prpeont day. In this they are close Imitators of Iho federalists of *OB. , , By tho ffd auction of the alien law, every mas ter or commander of any ship or vessel, which shall ontor any port of fho United Staton, shall Immediately mauo report in writing to tho col lector or other chief officer of tho customs, of all aliens on board his vessel, specifying their names, ago, tho place of nativity, tho country from which they shall have come, the nation to which they belong and owo allegiance, their oc cupation, and a deicription of their persons ; and on fUlluro to d,o so, to forfeit tho sum of throe hundred dollars* and In default of payment tho ” ORB • OOJtrNriIT—MAT •IT AWAYS BB BIOBT OB WBONO, OUB COUNYBY.” vessel was to be detained .launch collector or other officer.» Tbo also required forthwith to transmit to the department of state truo copies ot all such returhV. This was virtu oily closing ourharbors to foreign emigration, attho most important crisis of.tho Irish rebel lion, when many of-tho heroes and patilotsof that gallant people which' tendered so much service to the cause of liberty ifl our own rev* olationary stngglo, wore engaged in Imitating our example, and being unsuccessful, were dri ven from homo and country, io seek an asylum elsewhere. ’ * , \ Many of that noble and'gencrons, but unfor tunate people, after thoy!,nad failed in their exertions to emancipate tijelrplecdlng country, relying' upon Hie assurance ’riven,by tho con gress of 1776 to the Irlsli naffon, that “tho fer tile regions ot 'America', womd afibrd them a safe asylum frOfar oppressionJ’resolved upon making this coutftry-thofr residence. Ruths King, a liigh-toncd federalist, jono of the party of “the well-born,” and a fat«iful representa tive of their Intolerance, andy bigotry, was r at that time, tho American minister in London, at tho court of §t. James, oud resisted tho emi gration of these Irish -A number of them who were confined indlsnUldungeons, and who had an offer of their roloa® on condition of to America, applied to Mr. King to withdraw his opposition to thiir so doing. In answer to a letter written biig by one of tho Irish state prisoners, Mr, Hetry Jackson, an avowed republican and an enthusiastic friend of liberty, Mr. King said t 'i . . “I ought to inform you that 1 ! really have no authority to give or refuse permission to you or any other foreigner to go, to U.ortJuited States; tho admission and residence of strangers in that country being a that by‘a late law, (the alien law) exclusively belongs' t&.lhe president. — It is true that the*government s before tho admission of tho applicant (o tho rights of citizenship. It is somewhat roamarkablo that this act was passed on tho 16th June, 1708, the alien law on the 25ih Jiirio, and tho sedition law on tho 1-lthJuly, of tho same year, it would seem as If tho whole energies of federalism were rousod to onotro memlious exertion to crush tho spiritof the peo ple, and destroy tho liberties of tho country.— All those nets were repealed on Mr. Jefferson’s secession to tho presidency, and the time of residence necessary for a foreigner to become a citizen brought back to five yours, at which it has over since rcftmlhed, Nearly every civilized nation has adopted lib eral naturalization laws, particularly where they have been situated as wo aro with a spam popu lation, and extensive regions, millions of acres? of uncultivated lands. It is our policy to draw the power ami productive Industry of other no- > (ions to ourselves. Franco, Holland. Russia, and oven England, have all In (urn pursued (his policy to groat, advantage, at different periods In their'history. In tho tlmo of tho Edwards, the Honrys and In tho reign of Elizabeth, alien citizens pnd manufacturers Wore invited to Eng land and tfathrallzcd. wlthmVt any previous resi dence, or oven an oath of allegiance. But tho miserable know-nothings of the" pres ent day, have refined upon the cruelty and ty ranny of ih'o’federalism of ’oB—fpr fhC’y (Votlla repeal all naturalization laws, and prevent for eigners from becoming citizens Qt oil. They would also add telfglout to political Intolerance. Tho would not only enact laws by which those not born on American soli would bo shorn of all tho attributes of -freedom, but they would de prive native as well os foreign bom of tho bles sed privilege of worshipping God according to tho dictates, of tholr own consciences. Tho comparison Is manifestly m fUvor of tho black cockade federalism of “tho reign of terror,” In the time of tho older Adams. Tho democracy reaped nil r’ollgioi’ra, and in tho spirit of oAr institutions tolerate all. TMs was tho, spirit of our revolutionary fathers. — .Thoy persecuted neither protostont nor catho. He, neither puritan nor quukor, but extended tho brood n>gla of tho fundamental daw of the land over them, for thoir protection. In De cember, 1707, General Washington, wrote to tho Roman catholics af tho United States as fol lows : «As mankind become more liberal, thoy will bo more apt to allow' that all (hoso who con duct themselves ns worthy members of the com munity, aro equally entitled to tho protection of civil government, x hope ever to •« America among the foremost of im/ion* in examples of t«»- tict and liberty. Aud I presume that your fol. low-citizens will not forgot tho patriotic part you took hi tho occompHahmont of their revo lution, In tho establishment of their govern ment, or tho important assistance received from n nation In which tho- catholic religion is pro fessed.” Mtirtwr. | When, tborolbre, follow-citizens, wo find that a consolidated government, a love of exclusive privileges and monied corporations, a desire to draw implied powers from the constitution, and exercise them for their own selfish purposes, and to establish a restriction to citizenship, consti tute tho favorite dogmas of onr political adver saries, it !s reasonable to believe that a change in onr very system of government would follow their ultimate success. This histofical yjtaw ol tho parties, tiioir prin ciples and their actsfhas occupied more space than was expected; and ive must hasten to tho conclusion ol this our last address. Remember, follow-citizens, that tho motto of our party Is, “principles and not men,” Yet. in popular elections men must bo selected astho standard bearers of partlosand ofthclrprinhlplcs. They, however, aro but tho representatives of their party, and are bound to carry out its principles. Test the coming contest by principles—let no false Issuo bo Introduced Into it. Confinejbo. Issue to that for which our fathers, fought triuL bled—tho. rights ,of tho people. Every.votlier clement attempted to bo introduced Irito.ltls a device of the' enemy—a stepping stotio'togot themselves into power, which, whenever posses sed, they have abuse. Remember tho cause of tho old democracy; Its upright, straightforward course. Roar its banner on high, march boldly in solid coliim to tbo fight—victory will crown yonr efforts, and tho cause of popular rights will bo salb. J. ELLIS BONHAM, Chairman, George 0. Welkeb, Secretary . SO DESIOCRW SHAHID VOTE FOE i'EXOW MTIim Tho position of the traitorous secret political organization, who not long since called them selves the “Sons of tho Sires of 76,’' and now assume tho name of tho “The United Order of the Star Spangled Banner,” is undergoing a searching and terrible scrutiny at tho hands of tho Democratic press of this State and the Union. The members of this infamous order cannot stond this ordeal. If any Dcrococrat has been foolish enough to join this order, and yet ask the Democrats to vote for him, he counts with out his host, and must fall by the way side.— The Pennsylvanian has tho following able and truthful remarks on this subject. It says: “Tho Democratic party has not as yet know ingly placed in nomination for tho suffrages of the people for any officp any person who belongs to that order. And if by chance, without tho knowledge of tho parry, any person should be placed before the people who is secretly pledged to doctrines so utterly at variance with our whole political creed, we hold it to bo tho duty, as we have no doubt it will bo the pleasure, of of every true patriot to purge by the magic power of tho ballot box oar public officers from so foul a disgrace. A nomination obtained from the Democratic party by men pledged in secret to disregard tho Constitution of tho State and of tho Union, and bound by a solemn oath to political dogmas which they are ashamed publicly to advocate, have no right to expect thq support of aparty which they havo deceiv ed anti defrauded. We do not undertake to say at Ibis time Chat there arc any such. . But we have taken plain inisUislbta gTfOua&Sponr Ibis subject, and wo cannot believe that 'or' fruo J Democrat is called upon to'support a man who I swears array dnoof the most sacred rights! guaranteed by Jtho Constitution of a IVeo gov- / eminent, and wo shall feel it to bo our duty to) expose all such who-may, under tho falscpro-| tcnco of tho advocacy of Democratic principles, have obtained a position in our ranks. I* The issue is now fairly made in this country. It is not tho first time the Democratic party on the eve of an important election has felt it'to be Us pleasure to maintain tho inalienable rights of the people from the seductive influences of federalism and its subtle allies. In doing this the party has never yet failed—andcannot now lose any of the vantage ground which it has, by purging itself of false friends. That party de sires no secret foes within its ranks. If Its principles are not true, they should be denoun ced openly. It true, they never can gain any advantage by supporting d known and sworn enemy, for the sokc of a temporary gain. Such a gainwould be loss of the most disostrouskind.' And with tho well known fact before tho people that no man known to belong to the Order of | ‘Know-Nothings” could secure a nomination in the Democratic party, there can bo no obli gation upon that party to support such a nomi nation when the truth of his membcrslup shall be property revealed. From all parts of tho Commonwealth, wo re ceive tho cheering news, that the Democracy is up and doing. Tho Democratic presses are alive to the importance of tho present political campaign, and are frilly aware of tho miserable shifts to which our opponents are resorting, to procure a triumph. ifnow-Nothinglsm, with all its horrid oaths—with all its plans and schemes concocted in secret, while it may take away from our party a few Democrats, who are unable to see the tendency of such an organiza tion, will bring to our aid thousands of good men, Whigs, vmo pride themselves upon being advocates of tho principles of our Constitution. To this may bo added, that hot a measure of Governor Bigler’s administration con bo pro nounced anything else than Democratic—that ho has stood firmly by the great interests of the people, and administered the publfc a flairs as became on honest And upright mrrn,. Why then should the people forsake him ? Nay, wo tfsk, why it wo receive such - cheering news from oil parts of the State ? It is Just because tho people arc satisfied with his administration, and believe him to bo a worthy honest man, who desires to do no act that will against tho prosperity of tho people. It is this feeling Much is now animating tho masses, and while friction may rise its hlmoutf head, and threaten destruction to Democratic men and measures, tho bone and sinew of tho country—tho honest farmers, mechanics, and working men, will not let go of him whom they fravo tried and not found wonting, for one who at beat is but on uncertainty. We therefore say to all, that tho re-clcolion of Governor Bigler is now reduced to o moral certainty, and that his majority will bo greater than it was oyer Johnston, wo have ntf doubt.— Platform. flotf. Joseph B. Oiukdlrii.—This time honored Whig—for ncarlya quarter of a centu ry tho able cditdr of tho Whig organ in Phila delphia-eminent for his vitrtua and his talents esteemed by friend and fbc, and for four years a distinguished member of Congress—was named as acandidato for rc-clcction to Congress at tho lost meeting of tho Whiff Conference in Philadelphia, ami did not receive a single vote. Mr. Chandler is ft citizen of tho United States, was born in New England; and his writings like his personal Example, have exercised a most salutary influence upon largo classes of men.- But ho is h Catholic; and ms party friends— those whom ho has served so long and so well —fcarAil of offending tho religious fanatics in tho Know-Nothing conspiracy, have whistled him off, os if ho hod no hold upon their affec tions. An exhibition of proscription and ma levolence like tins should arouso the whole com munity against it.—JffaAing/on Union.' Encouragement. “ ridiculous” conduct that ho aims to bo elec ted Governor of Pennsylvania. His brightest hopes of political preferment are based upon au act which his own parly organs pronounce of a “ridiculous” character, but It remains to be seen whether those expectations will bo gratified and whether the people of tills State will reward Mr. Pollock for his “ridiculous” act of folly and of high-handed outrogo upon tie Constitutional rights of a Urge body of bis fellow-citizens, many of whom are far better men than he can ever hope to be, by making him Governor of his State.—Penatyfeanfan. tt7*Pot hardening tho heart politics nto nearly ns bad as law. Wo saw the other day a member of tho “General Committee” figuring up tho effect of the cholera on the nutumnnl olecltlona., lie struck a largo balance lu favor oltho Whigs. As thus t Out of every hun dred who Ulo of tho cholera, 85 are Irish. Now, eight-tenths of ttip Irish urq Democrats —ergo, every time a hundred men die of tho cholera, tho Whig party makes a clear gain of 7il vo'cs; Who but a politician would Imyo entered into such a calculation. AT 32,00 PER ANNUM. NO. U. Inconsistencies of Mem Whiggerjr! It is amusing to retrace the various and con flicting expedients which our opponents resort to, says tho Democratic Expositor , for the par. pose of destroying Democratic ascendency, and tho retrospect is at the same time useful to ex emplify and expose tho hollow-hearted insince rity by which their movements aro regulated, and to prove that in their desperate struggle for power as an end, the character of tho mean* used is entirely disregarded. In 1810, a favorite song of our opponents was; “ Cold voater may do for Locos, Or a little vinegar stew; Bat we’ll have hard eider and whiskey, And vote for old Tippecanoe.” So that while in that year wo aro deluged be neath the waves of a “ hard cider” and “whis key” ocean, and reproached for our adherence to “ cold water,” in 1854, the attempt is made to set up this late »»bard cider and “whiskey” party as the embodiment of oil the virtues of Temperance, and to denounce us “Locos” as the “mm” party. In 1885; Joseph Ritner was elected Governor of Pennsylvnnio, on the Antl-Mnsonic platlonn of deadly hostility to all secret societies, no matter what was the character of their objects. In 1854, James Pollock is put forward us the Know-Nothing candidate for Governor, and as the representative of the worst feature of a sc. crot society, because It is a political one. In 1852, Gen. Pierce was bitterly denounced because the Constitution of Now Hampshire contained a clause authorizing a religious test tor office. In 1854, Mr. Pollock is zealously supported by his Know-Nothing associates, be cause he is said to have sworn to do all in Ids power to aid in establishing such a test in Penn* sylvanta. When tho Missouri Compromise was estab lished, the men who voted for it from the north ern States were hung in effigy oud bitterly de nounced ns traitors of the vilest stamp. In 1854 when tho Compromise was repealed, 'Greeley asserted that it would bo better to hnvo tho Na tional Capitol with all its inmates blown up, than that such repeal should bo effected. • In 1852, tho Whig National Convention warm ly endorsed the Compromise measures of 1850, tho Fugitive law included. In 1854, tho Whig State Central Committee of Pennsylvania hnvo issued an address, containing o clause intending to convoy tho Impression that tho Whig party of this State Is in favor of a repeal of the law. In 1852, Gen. Scprr, tho Whig Presidential Candidate was very, eloquent in his praise of “tho sweet Irish brogue” ond the “rich German accent. In 1854, iir. Pollock is said to have Sworn in a Know-Nothing Lodge, to practically proscribe oil foreigners'. ’ Under Ritncr’s administration, and in 1840 under Johnston's administration, on tho only two recent occasions when our opponents pos sessed full control of theexccutlvo and Legisla tive branches-of-our State Government, they passed laws authorizing a sectarian division of tbo Common School was last win ter repoalc^ffog:^ of "* meet our decided Approbation, I :and*hre Sppiibi blotomry cobnty in the State; - We have d General City, Executive. potamlb tee which must be purged of every, member of the Know-Nothing Order, if there bo tfttbH . person in .that body. Every candidate, both on tho city and county..and.legis lative tickets must bo interrogated by tho City Executive Committee as to their conrico? tioqWith any secret order for poHUcal ptupbscS, , ■ and as to their approval or disapproval oftho * anti-American principles entertainedand too- , mulgatcd tho Enow Nothing questions should bo so framed as to admit’ of an answer ras or 2to. Any candidate declining or neglecting, to answer tho interrogatories, or who shall answer in an unsatisfactoiy. manner, must, without the slightest hesitancy, bo stride* cn from the list of nominees, and the post de clared vacant-—to befillcd by apian tobeogreed upon. Each Ward has its distinct Executive Committee, which may bo made to act as a mo tive power to tUo’Gcncral Committee, in urging it to action. Thcso too, must bo purified of the traitors who Jbave not only.disgraced them selves, but brought defeat upon our party also. They are generally known in the l Wards, in which they aro located, and no clemency must bo shown them, To effect a purification of all the Executive Committees, a paper should be Saved for the signatures of tho members'of Committee, pledging them by their most sacred honor that they have no connection with any secret organization for political purposes, and that they arc ip Unity with no other party than tho Democratic. This course is necessary to protect ourselves from the same contemptible treachery which was practised upon us in June last. There must be no more written state ments of our acta and intentions conveyed to tho Know Nothing Lodges by members of our Executive Committees. Having first purged our Committees of their traitorous members, it should then bo the ob ject of every Ward Committee to commence & thorough and energetical organization of each Ward, through its several division. Every division has its committee man, and ft “good man ami truo”shall occupy ibis position in each of Oic divisions, a most cflbclive organi zation can be brought about. There is no Umo to lose. Let the Wards begin the good work at once by calling meetings for fiomo evening this week. Trusty and active men should toko upon themselves the duty of -.visiting every Democrat m thedivisions, and urge thcm,whero cvcr they need urging, to actively engage in tho work of redeeming tho county, and save tho character of our country from thO,dishonor which is sought to be heaped upon it by a com bination of men who nro either ignorant of, or totally disregard (ho basis upon which our gov ernment was founded. Uaving proceeded thus far in tfurorganiza ion, we shall then know who to truft with tho safe keeping and circulation'of our tickets on the day of election, and bo able to gaitrft against the deception of scoundrels who nifty Attempt to wear a Democratic badge and circulat6 too I opposition tickets to unsuspecting Democrats, !os at the June election. Tho propriety of open* ing every ticket before it is voted, should also be impressed uponourlricuds, to guard against ti similar fraud to llmt perpetuated at the re cent election, by mhmbcrs of tho Executive Committee of several of the Southern wards.— They obtained possession of the tickets tho night before the election, and then corrupted them. These spurious tickets wcrocanrcdat the polls even by 1 honest Democrats, who were ignorant of their character, and many of them got into tho ballot bores from Democratic; hands. For the present week, the WOflc 6f p’tf• rify ing our several Executive Committees should go on uninterruptedly, preparatory to a thor ough and perfect organization of our party, and then wo shall have something more to say upon this subject. VTc have here thrown out a few useful bints , to tho active men. of our partyj nnd ,wo -uige „ them to act with bccbinjng’ finnncssand alacn/ ty upon them. Thousands of voters not hither to connected politically with lib, but who loro our country too jveJi, nod regard her lion as too sacral.to be given to the sport of the winds and waves of faction, only desire to bo convinced of oup-sinceriiy, to- cost their votes and influence* into.lho 6’catc of our power and principles. IlencCo glorious prospect is before us, if we meet the hybrid monster of IVhiggoy and KnowNothiogism os freemen property es timating our own rights and respecting thoso of our fellow-citizens, whoso only crimoormis- I fortune is to have drawn ,their first breath, in [ another hemisphere, or to have exalted their hearts to God at another shrine than that which canting hypocrites declare to be the proper onfe; but at which they themselves have never bcent accustomed to worship in 'spirit and in truth/ Rkd'cee of tiis New En-glAnd CutEOr.— The Warwick Baptist Association of New York, at its last meeting, administered arobuketo Uio 3,0U0 political clergy of New England who re cently assumed to themselves the authority to speak tho will of tho Almighty, concerning tho Nebraska bill. Wo quote the fallowing from* report adopted by the Association: “Wo utterly repudiate all fellowship with those who impiously assume to protest in tho name of the Almighty God against tho passage of laws for the organization of territorial gov* ernments, or other purposes, and in His name to fulminate anathemas against the representa tives of ,tho pcop!6 in the discharge of their official duties: And.we regard the assumption that any body of men arc divinely instructed to sit in judgment upon allqucstionsofamoral and religious uature as one which, if recognised by the people, is calculated to destroy every vestngeof ,civil and religious freedom, and pros trate all the institutions of our land at the feet of an irresponsible and arrrogant priesthood. 1 \£y* The New York Sotf, in An article on the drouth, and (ho probable influence it Is destined to exercise upon (ho price of breadstuflk, ex presses tho opinion that the damage to (he com had been greatly exaggerated. Tho editor rea sons In this way: Tho wheat crop Srfis harvested before Iho drought did mud) injur)', and the crop, both in tho United States and Canada, was a full aver age one Pnc. In many parts of the Southern States, the planters have paid more attention this year to the raising of corn, and wo hear few complaints of the failure of tho crop from them, in Texas, tho crops have been abundant. California will not offer a market for breadstuff from the Atlantic const, and if the Unoweather continues in Europe until the harvests are gath ered in, the demand from that quarter, will bp very limited at tho prices ruling hero. So we need not fear anything like famine, since there is is no state of things to sustain famine prices. Tho prospect of good prices wiU induce Conners to uso economy andf send all the produce which they can spare to market. Canada has a largo surplus of wheat, and as tho Reciprocity treaty will give it free entrance into markets it will, in the absence of a foreign demand, keep down prices in Iho Atlantic duos. Wo will not con sider It remarkable should flour bO cheaper in Now York in August 1865 than it Is at present. K7"Tt Is said, remarks ouo of our oxchnn geo', that tho “Know.Ncithlpgs” will petition Congress to remove tVom tlic -Cftptlol, the stat ue of was both a foreigner Mind.aCatbpUQb alfb/Coy lain pictures In tho ;Uo|undu,‘ tho lauding of forelgucVs Ip Ui|a\<;oufitry, . •' Dt7*lt is now. said by tho Whig paptra that Mr. Pollock, having recovered from his recent illness, will, even at this lato day, take tho stump in opposition to Gov. BiQLKjri - If. the Sttnhiiry attorney can muster to do so, iho Clearfield raftsman wlllsdonTcaYO,- . him without a sttitiip to stand upon. ■' > jl’ ■