AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. jOnN B. BftJTJWiTMltoi ft Proprietor, ><;ARtISLE, PA.', SEPT. 27, 185 S. , for canal commissioner, ARNOLD PLUMER, "• ■' ' . Off Venango, Coontt. ■ 7 DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. Assembly, . , WILLIAM HARPER, of Dickinson, JAMES ANDERSON, of Silver Spring. Sheriff, ~ ■JACiOB BOWMAN, of Silver Spring. tQreasuref, ADAM SENSEMAN. of Carlisle. .Director of the Poor, WILLIAM COBNMAN, of North Middleton. '• Auditor , ISAAC RINGWALT, of Carlisle. Coronor, JOHN WONDERLIOH, of North Middleton. Burnt District Again on Fire! Democratic Rally. The Democrats of Dickin* and adjoining townships, will hold a mooting at the Burnt District, on Saturday afternoon, Septem ber 29th. Col. A. Cr. Eos, and other able speakers will bo present. AH those who aro op posed to intolerant and proscriptive Know- Ndthinglam, aro cordially invited to attend. Silver Spring Wake Up. A Democratic Meeting will be held at the public house m.llougcstown at early candle light on Tuesday evening, Oct. 2nd. The Demo crats of Silver Spring and adjoining townships, and all opposed to Know-Nolhingisra and cor ruption are invited to attend. Turn out Demo crats. MANY. Sept. 27,1855. Democratic Rally. A Democratic meeting will be held at Costaraagna’s Hotel, at Boiling Springs. South Middleton tp., on-THURSDAY EVENING, September 27th. &t early candle light. All opposed to Know- Nothingism and the corrupt legislature of Inst winter, aro cordially invited to attend. Thos. M. Biddle, Esq., and other able speakers will bo present. Come one, come all! Dickinson Awake! A Democratic meeting • will be held at the Stone Tavern, on Saturday, the Gth of Oct. at 1 o’clock, I*. M., and trill bo addressed 1 by several able speakers. , Thb Address.—We publish this morning the address of tho State Central Committe. It is - an important document, containing some wholesome political truths clearly and fully set forth, and should receive, ns we have no doubt it win, tho careful perusal of every man who rejoices in the same of Democrat. \£s* We arc authorized by Maj. Robt. Mc- Carthy?, to stale that he declines being a can didate for the office of sheriff. Death op Ms. Gusui.—After our edition had been worked off lest week, wc received in telligence of the death of Mr. Geobob Gleim, of Hampden township, the Democratic nomi nee for County Commissioner. Be had been aide- for some three weeks, and died on Tues day night, the 18th inst. Mr. Gleiii was a highly respectable man, and univcrsallyestccm ed by those who know him. Peace to bis ashes. Tub Cohnty Convention Re-assbublkd. — The Democratic County Convention of this county re-assembled in tho Court-house, in Carlisle, on iVcsday last, to lake action in re gard to the vacancy in the Democratic ticket, occasioned by the death of Mr. Gleim. The Convention was small, only 22 delegates being in attendance, and, as will be seen by their proceedings, in another column, a resolution was adopted by a vote of 15 to 7, declaring it inex pedient to nominate a candidate for County Commissioner. Tho only candidates before the people, therefore, for the office of County Commissioner, arc William M. Henderson, Whig, and Christian EiiEßtr, Know-Noth ing. _ [C7* The Democratic meeting at Shell’s ho tel, in this borough, on Saturday evening, was well attended, and the greatest enthusiasm pre vailed. Taos. M. Diddle, Esq., and Col. A. G. Eob delivered eloquent speeches, and both took occasion to allude, in feeling terms, to tho late J. Ellis Bonham, whoso musical voice had been beard in that same room, that night one year ago. We noticed tho tear to glisten in many eyes during this reference to the la mented and beloved deceased. O** Ex*Gov. Bigler is expected to speak at a Democratic meeting, to be held at Bloomfield, Perry co., on the 4th of October. The Gov ernor is a native of that county. Watches and Jewelry.—Our friend Con- Lin, on West Main street, has just returned from the city, with a very extensive and beau tiful assortment of watches, jewelry, Ac., which he is prepared sell at reduced prices. Give him an early call. Premium for Corn.—We arc authorized to say tlut the Cumberland County Agricultural Society will pay a premium of three dollars for ttyo three best cars of Corn, of Cumberland county growth, which shall bo exhibited at their Annual Exhibition on the 17 th of October* Democrats of Cumberland! Never wero the prospects more encouraging for tha Democracy of Pennsylvania, than they aro at this lime. And tho Democracy of Cum- to have taken courage from this and are working in good earnest for tho suc oeaa of our ticket. The ticket presented by the Democracy for the suQrago of tho pcoplu is agood one, and, Judging from tho spirit and enthusiasm which prevails everywhere, we feel COriQdcnt it will bo elected by a triumpliant majority. Sound tho word along the lino,that there is no such word as fail, if wo all do our duty. Then continue the work in good earnest until tho polls aro closed and our ticket will have received that consideration at tho hands of the people,it ,so richly deserves. Work! W#lt! i Work !! I is the watchword. . Pennsylvania Aouicultuual College. Tho trustees of tho State Agricultural Sneiety met at Harrisburg lost week, and fixed upon Hen. James Irvin's farm, in Centre county, os the location for tho State Agricultural College, it having been given as a donation for the pur pose,’ together'with a bonus of 810,000 cfleicd uy the citizens of Ccidvo county. * TUE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. The Democratic ticket for this county, vro are rejoiced to say, gives universal satisfaction in oil paVts oi the county. How could it be other wise i The ,ticket is. composed of men whose characters, moral and political,jaro without spQt or blemish. When compared with the Know- Nothing ticket, every fhir man will acknowledge It far superior in every essential 'particular. For Assembly, we have that old and honest Democrat, William Babfbb of Dickinson, and the efficient and trust-worthy Akdebbon of Sil ver Spring. Theioigeatlomen are Democrats from principle, and were among tbo earliest op<t ponents of Know-Nothinglsm in our county,— Should they be elected,.they will uso their best' efforts to repeal the boddeb law of last session, by which tho members of Assembly nearly doubled their own pay t This was one of tho greatest outrages over perpetrated by a Penn. Sylvanla Legislature,’and Messrs. HAnPJsn, and Andkbson are pledged, to urge Us repeal, and thus save to tho taxpayers pf the State many thousands of dollars. For Sheriff tho Convention selected Major Jacob Bowman of Silver Spring, agohtleman every way qualified for ( a faithful discharge of the duties of . tbo office, and who is warmly es teemed by all who know him. Ho is a hard working and industrious mechanic, and, unlike bis competitor, has never held office of any kind. Even now, his nomination Is not of his asking} it was con/crcd upon him by the voluntary ac- tioD of bis party, without solicitation on his part. Tho office socks him, not him the offlcoj 'and this can be said of ovbfy man on the Democrat tic ticket. Wb think' thatsuch a man, with a reputation entirely uftspotted, cannot, fail to command a majority of the votes of Cumberland county. The candidate for Treasurer, Adah Senseuan, of Carlisle, is an uprlghtj intelligent and capa ble man, and will make a roost efficient officer. Affable and courteous in his demeanor, ho has always boon highly popular with tho people, es pecially with those who know him best. In his private relations, lie is unexceptionable in char acter, and has always been a consistent Demo crat. For Director of tbo Poor, wo have William Cobnman of North Middleton township, a gen. tleman of unlmpeachahldcbaracter, and a firm and unyielding Democrat. The interests of onr county and its unfortunate poor will find in him a faithful guardian of their rights. For the offices of Auditor and Coroner, Isaac Rendwalt of Carlisle, and John Womdeblioii of North Middleton township, are tbo candidates. Hr. Rinowaxt, it Is well known, is-oflo - of the best accountants in our connty, a true Demo crat and honest man, and Is peculiarly qualified for this office, audSrill bring to bis aid con siderable experience. Mr. Wosdeelicd, tbo j candidate for Coroner, is well calculated to discharge its important duties, and, should any accident occur to tbo Sheriff, would fill the post with honor to himself and advantage to the best | interests of the people. Now, Democrats and freemen of Cumberland county, you who love open, fair, and manly dealing, is not this Ticket worthy your serious, active and generous exertion 7 Let every man go to work ns if ho felt that the responsibility rested upon himself alone, and the result can. not bo doubtful. Hundreds of good honest De mocrats as woll as good honest Whigs, who were last year led either to join or rote with the 1 1 dangerous Order of .Know-Nothings, from rols.- taken notions, will go with them no longer—and wo most sincerely trust that every man who de sires to stand beforo the world as a FREEMAN, will exhibit the fact by fearlessly voting'tbo Democratic Ticket as presented above. Many, The attempts of tho American to make it appear that when a member of a Know- Nothing lodge pleases to sever bis connection with it, the adhering members can then attack, and expose, and villify him, is not .only bad logic, but supremely ridiculous and absurd.— Ask your State Council at Philadelphia. Mr. American, and you will bo told that you preach false doctrine and have been speaking “ with out tho book.” Because a member pleases to' leave the lodge, he is no longer a “ brother,” eh? Then do you admit, sapient American, that that “ brother ” is absolved from the oaths lie had taken, and is at liberty to divulge all the secrets of the lodge? If you are at liberty to expose him, and publish his name to the world as a recreant Know-Nothing, certainly you must admit that ho too, is no longer restrained by his obligations, and is at full liberty to di vulge all he knows concerning the doings of the midnight order. If you are absolved, so is he—the rule must work both ways—both par ties are bound by their oaths, or neither. The American, therefore, in publishing the names •f recreant members and exposing other secrets transacted in the Council, violated tho princi pal oath of the order, and Is evidence to our mind that tho editor considers the obligation a mere rope of sand, and of no bending force —and this is the fact. Tho oaths'adminisier cd in Know-Nothing lodges arc illegal, unlaw ful, unconstitutional, blasphemous and wicked, and leading members of that despicable faction regard them such, and violate them whenever it suits their convenience. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION At the cal! of the Standing Committee the.) former county convention met at the Court house, on the2sth doy of Sept., for the pur pose of nominating a county Commissioner to (ill the place of Geo. Glfim, deo'd. The fol* lowing members were present: ... CaWi.de—E. W.—M. llolcomb, X, Bingwalt. Car/i.«/«—W. W—W. Foulk. Snin’l, Crop. Dickinson —S. Woodbntn, J. Rcds?cker.; Hopewell —Christian ’ll. Pcsleo, Joshua W. Vandcrbclt. hn'mpdei}^— N. IX. Ecklcs. John Reamer. ' Mechahictbtti'g— S. M f ’EmmgerWm. Eckels. B. Perry,' Jlionroe—Moses Brlcfccr, D. Voglcsong. Neujuillc—D. B. ; l)unUp. McOu)loU6h, D. J. McKee. N. Light. S. Middleton —9. Glcim,' T, Bradley, f 7. ii/fen—Xhos. Gould, A.'Floyd. The following resolutions were offered, and agreed to : ‘ ' itesotaad, That, as the day of the clcctiort Is now close at hand, wo deem it inexpedient to , nominate a candidate for COunty Commissioner, to supply the vacancy on tho Democratic tick et occasioned by the death of Mr. Gleim. Resolved, That tho Democrats of. the differ- J ent towushipSrAvards and boroughs bo earnest ly requested to turn out to a man on 'the-2d Tuesday of October, and vote tho Democratic ticket. Oar triumph is certain If wo all per form our duly. Resolved, That these proceedings bo signed by the officers,and published in tno Volunteer ■ and Democrat. v SAM’L. WOODBURN, Pres. I. Ringwalt. I - , . N. U. Eckels. } Dbuoorats OuoANifß! —Will not the Dem ocrats pleach Township,take speedy action,so as to. have a full and thorough organization lr- Thls is all important. TUB MOMMIOTBIHO TICKET.; When we see men of different politics bended together, by oathsnnd obligations, tho better toenablo them to for themselves, wc may take if for granted they aro Unworthy the confidence of cither Democrats or Whigs. The men composing'the Know-Nothing ticket, of this county areal! things to all pnen, in the hope that they may win thereby, and father their own. nests. Let a Whig ask John Wil liams, the K. N. candidate for Treasurer, if As is still a Whig aud odmircrof Whig-principles, and he will answer “certainly I am a Whig still, and opposed to the vile Loco-tocos as much as ever!” Then let a DemocrUt and a'friendbf tho National administration ask Wm. Reily, the K. N.icandidate for Sheriff, if ho is yet a Democrat, and ho will respond, “of course I am, and I. hate, tho Federalists (as ho always oalled.the Whigs) as much to-day as I. ever did!” And yet wo find Williams, and Reily ontbesamo ticket-—both ore willing to sacri fice their professed principles', provided th'Oy.can secure office for, themselves.. But let us examine this Know-Nothing ticket a little more in de tail. Who are themcn who compose it?— With their private characters of course wchaVo nothing to do, but of their fitness for office and the manner they obtained their nomination, wo have a right’to speak,'and we shall do so bold ly; dud without the fear of Know-Nothing ism before oUr eyes.: . The Know-Nothing ticket is headed with a .recreant Democrat, and tailed with “another of the same sort.' 1 Valentine Febman, the first man on tho ticket, has long had a desire to ocoupy .a cushioned seat la the House of Representatives'at Harrisburg,‘and was a standing candidate before tbo Dcmo ocratic; Conventions for many, years past.— l But, some how or other; the' Democrats never could discover his merits—in plain En glish they considered him utterly disqualified for tliis position, and obstinately refused ,:to nominate him. After many ineffectual efforts to procure a norainationTrom tho Democrats, he at length became “disgusted ”;,with his party, and joined the K. N’s. in tho hope of better lack. - He has won, So far as nomination is concerned, but the people have yet to speak, and, if we ore not much mistaken, they will tell Valentine to remain at homo in the quiet enjoyment of private life.* .The other - nominee for 'Assembly is Jacob BoudAugbii, of Shippensburg, an ex-editor,and a man of some talent. When Qcn. Scott was a candidate fur President, Mr. B. was n great admirer of the “ Irish brogue,” and “sweet German accent,” and then thought that every true American was in duty bound to vote against Geh. Pianos, .because the Con* stitution of : his (Pierce’s) State contained a clause making Catholics ineligible to office!— These were Mr.. Boubaroeb’s views in 1852, but note he is on the other side of the question, and we find him in mid-night lodges, concoct ing schemes to deprive Catholics and naturalized foreigners of their rights as citizens ! How easy it is for a man without principles to change his views, if by so doing ho can servo himself. He is a very suitable colleague for Fbeman. What a pair of disinterested worthies they ore! ' Next on the ticket, is our corpulent friend, Wm. Reilt, about whom we spoke in our lost. Ho has been made fat and sleek by gorging himself on Democratic pap. Fornearly eleven successive years he has held office under the Democratic party, during all of which time he was a decided, and even vindictive partisan, and only foundoutthat the party was “in favor of the Pope and the devil,” when ho was turned out of office! Hois intensely American in his feelings just now, and, notwithstanding ho is the son of an Irishman and a foreigner, he de sires the people to consider him a much better American than is his competitor, Maj. Bow man, who was bom in Cumberland county, and whose father before him was an American by birth, and one of tho American army In 1812. Mr. Reilt, as wo provedin our paperof last week, got his nomination by the. basest piece of villainy ever practiced in this or any other county. Let tho people pass judgement upon that transaction. For County Treasurer, tho night-owls .select ed our amiaWc friend, Mr. John Williams, who is os cold as an icicle and sour as a crab apple. He would Just as soon bito a Demo crat as look at him ; but, as wo have had some experience in fighting snappers of his species, wo shall attempt to extract his fangs; and make hisjaws a mass of toothless gums thai can hurt nobody. But, seriously, John Williams Is about tbo last man in Cumberland county to bo elected to any office, for a more morose, selfish, bigoted, dogmatical piece of humanity, is not to bo found within the limits of our county. In hts private rela tions he may bo, and doubtless is, a good enough man, but for a public position, be has no qualifications, and would make an exceed ingly unpleasant officer. CnmsTiAN Edbrlt is tbo candidate for . County Commissioner, but how he got on the. ticket is known to but , two or three Know- Kotbing demagogues. Certain ,it is ho was never nominated by the Lodges. Mr. E, bos heretofore been a Whig—got on theK. N. tick et by a bargain and sale, and will bo ing\ori- : ously defeated on tho second Tuesday of October | Jacob Hbmminoer of Dickinson, is tho nom inee for Director of the Poor, and JAmes Postletuwaitb, of Carlisle, for Coroner. Tho first is a recreant Democrat, who, IikeFERUAK, baa been a constant applicant for office. He is. we believe, a respectable mno.liut bas no qual ifleationa for this office. Mr. Tosxlbtwaitb baa always been a bitter and vindictive Fedo allsti and wonldno doubt bo happy to hold an inquest dyer tho body, of every pripocrat .In Cumberland . county. Jlc afleclB,,io/hato ; Uio Popo, but - hid hatred of democracy is much more intense. . ; • Tho tail of the ticket is grnccil with the name of Fbbd’k. Mentzer, of Frankford, for. Auditor) Should ho be elected ho will hove to employ a clerk to perform tho duties for him, for it is, notorious'that be has no capacity either ns : a I dork"or accountant. . What induced- the 'K. N’a. to nominate him for this office, wo cannot determine. It is an Important office, and pan not bodlllcd by. on ignorant uneducated Wan. Every tax-payer desires to have n : oapablu mail to audit tho heavy 'of the county, and must see tho necessity of support ing Isaac Rinowalt, who is a good account- I ant and scholar. 1 ( Such, fellow-citizens, is tho Know-Nothing ticket. , It was nominated at mid-night, by a few political adventurers, and will bo. defeated in tho light of tho son on tho second Tuesday ofOctobcr. •*; •• \\ } ?•. TfIAT «Apm)B nOKOBUM*” • - Thinking editor of tho ra» waai, Blncdto when ho; offored to make .hon orable araondsfor'tho calamnioßOjvith -which his paper had teemed for weeks, upon our convin cing liiim.of .hla.brrorf wo'met him, by,his own and took the .teat he desired, and wHhwhioh ho de’clarcd hlmSblf “sntlßfle(J.”; — After this compliance on our part; and expres sion ot satisfaction'on his, ,wo confess we vjoro not a little surprised to discover this “amends honorable i ,> about which he has been prating so 'much ihe ’shape of a miserable attempt at a jaayflcatlon of those very calumnies one whole column. In-length, which winds up with an indirect Imputation that wo' falsified upon oath. Though this masterpiece of transparent duplicity; introduced with a garbled copy of our affidavit, Is: really, unworthy of notice, wo will stop a moment to examine it —hut first, a brief recital Of * a : foW introductory facts may osslst in setting it in its proper light.. . - ■ ~ It will bo remembered by his renders that about thp IsfpSf August, bo put forth a most in famous libel against the party named in his « amende honorable.” On the 29th Of the same month ho'ropoated his attack wlth : such oggrn vatlon as. In our hUmblo opinion, should have prepared him for anything In reply. Tho'por son assailed called upon; ua and' desired us to publish his reply under his own signature. This wo refused to do, as wo informed Air. Zinn two weeks ago. Ho then requested permission to write?an editorial in answer, inasmuch as ho was charged with having already assisted hs. To this wo assorted, but when shown the article, declined it, as almost afc exceptionable as his first. Wo, however, having commenced on edi torial in reply, told him to furnish some facts fur our guidance'. This ho did, and wo told Mr. Zinn so before tbo Justice, as ho himself admits in his lastissao. We would haro shown him tho manuscript -had ho desired it. What sense then was exhibited by his parading before his readers as agroat discovery, tho manuscript con talning those facts, wo cannot perceive; though wo can perceive soraothingworso than non-sense in disclosing thereby tho clandestine manner in which possession of that manuscript was acquir ed. Ho says it was “plckedup” by a friend and taken to him. We were taught It was dishon orable to open another’s letter, and criminal to carry from his aoorwithout permission wha’tdld not belong to us. But this teaching, whether right or wrong, docs not apply to thiscoso. The manuscript in question was purloined from oar ssnctumj together with a number of envelopes, and a large quantity of our own man uscript, some of which had appeared, in our is sue of the proceeding week.* The balance was Intended for tho week following.-'lt is hardly necessary to add that the use made of the for raer manuscript was in faultless harmony with tho.manner of Us acquisition. . Wm.-J. Shearer had never concerned himself about Mr. Zinn or any of his friends, and why tho wholo pack has boon bowling n£ his heels with more than bloodhound ferocity, wo leave to an Impartial community to gather from this “amende honorable.” It will bo spen that tho writerjabors through throe-fourths of that col umn to vindicate himself from tho charge of malicious defamation, 170 first relies upon “ certain circumstances within his own know -ledge,' and information derived from others,” without daring to disclose cither those circum stances, or that information. Perceiving on re view tho ntter insufficiency of those vagae gon oralltics to secure credence, or reminded by his friends of (heir glaring falsity; with tho merit which attaches to the candor of necessity bo abandons them ail, 'and Informs his readers that ho •* will. be glad to exhibit this manuscript as tax grpunds of his action.” Ho donbt ho would bo glad to do so ybu£ has ho so poor an opinion of bis 'friends ns to suppose they will receive as such,.a manuscript (hut was not oven written, roach leas in hit possession when tho last attack appeared In tho “American.” Ho can’t trnns. pose dates: ho can*t’even confound them. It was folly In him to attempt it. Tho transaction is too recent; bat, were it oven remote, ho would find himself in tho samo awkward predicament; would fail, at any length of timoofjustityingan attack byproduclngas tho ground of that attack (ho retaliation It provoked. In view of the above facts which he has labored so fruitlessly to suppress, bis profound argument drawn from tho words “our former stylo of speaking”— made our own by adoption' in another’* defence —by which ho cfalms the credit of having con vinced himself that wo did not write the fprmcr editorials In our own defence; Js in our opinion, •to say the least of it, as choice a specimen of unwearied puerility ns was ever displayed with in tho ‘creeping ground* of a wct-nurscry. But, as ho acknowledges that honesty Is so expensive -ftruth so fatal to bis cause, as to drive him to such pitiable expedients, wo 'frill in kindness drop tho subject; and only add that though we bdvo no desire to deprive hitnof that “precious’* scrap, with which ho appears to have fallen so desperately In love, wo would bo obliged to his “street-picking” friend for a return of our own manuscript and those post-oflico envelopes, if in his possession. As. a further Inducement, wo Offer tbo'“ Ledger's” terms In similar caqes:— “ A liberal reward and no questions asked.” For tho weakness of having attempted to con vince men against their will, wo rospoctAillybcg pardon of our readers, That wo shall hover bo guilty pi again suspecting a Know-Nothing edi- tor bfsinccrUy, wo .herd pledge our word. If a man deceives ns opcb, it is our misfortune—if twice, our fault, iThu preventive of is in our own hands »• wo will bo responsible If it is abused. ■ ' ■ Jn immense Meeting. ~ ’. Tho cclobrotian of the Cttlh anniversary of tho adoption of the Federal in oji'th?, tfce inet., was a monster assemblage of the Democracy. Independence Square was filled to overflowing; and 1 the Pennsylvanian'estimates thd number of persons, ; pr£scnt.at 30,000 |' q'hc mpeting was presided overby that veteran Democrat, FeKd’k, SirorneiV wliowas assisted by a large num ber of Vice Presidents and Secretaries.; Strotjg resolutions wvo .adopted, and patriotic letters read from Gen, Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Don. G. M, Dallas, cx-Gov'crhor Bigler, Gov. Henry A. Wjub/of Virginia,, tloh. John Slidell, bf Ixmjaaria, Hon- Joiiivß* Thompson, of N. J., andllon. Daniel B. Sickles, of Now York.— Speeches wero made by Hon. : \V. A. Richard son, Col. John W. Forhby, Hon. Barclay Mp. tin, lion.' A. O};?' Nlpholson,' H. Sewell, 0. F. Staid, Hon; HrB»: lion. T. B. Flor ence, lion. W, H. VVhittc, lion. D. E. Sickles, 0. W; Carrigao, and others. Platfoum BHBuivu.—Tlio ogcnt fop thin county, Mr. Wh« Oebblb, is now engaged in diqppsing of important, invention, to our citizens. The hive is so constructed as to pro* tect the tcea frpra their, diflercptcncniics, and combtocatnaoy other, desirable improvements* ADDRESS OF The Democratic Slate Central Committee. To the People of Pennsylvania-: { 1 Fellow CixizhNs In tho of our duty, Wo lately addressed yCU on the eub jeet of Knbw-Nothiugism. ,Wbi' warned yon against tho Insidious, appeals of a party, one ftrinciploof which establishes a religious test' or office, a thing expressly prohibited by the Constitution of the United Slates, and by that of Pennsylvania. A party which seeks to prac tically disfranchise one class of American citi zens, because of their religious creed; another class, because of the place of their birth, and to proscribe a still more numerous class, be cause they will not deny to others tho rights Tttnch'thpy claim for themselves. We remind-, cd you that these States had been founded by immigrants who fled hither for self-protection from this ; 6arao.persecuting spirit/ That ! by mutual toleration in-matters,of religion, and by an equal .participation in the common concerns of.social life and government, these rightsof j each were guaranteed by all;.that to wrest | them from any citizen, however weak-or hum bio, was to substitute might for. right, and thus subvert the.great principle of political equality,: on. which;alone rests our common security and gcrteral welfare., : That to do this in secret, and under mutual pledges and oaths; and above all, to do it under the name of, Americanism, was to destroy all confidence in tho capability of men for self-gov ernment'. to confound local prejudice with the virtue; of, patriotism, to exalt the profession 1 of a creed above tho practice of genuine Christi anity, to .bring Democratic institutions into contempt, and to cover their founders with re proach. ■ ■’ ■ If the rankling hatreds and fierce feuds, : the social wrongs and lawless outrages, which have characterized this secret party, had been in like manner occasioned by all others, society itself could not have existed.: Brief; therefore, as has bccnits carcer.lt has convinced every reflect ing man that its tendencies are counter lo tho genius of our governments arid opposed to the leaching of their founders. We have, there fore, seen it overthrown by the Democracy in tho.South,.and. disorganized and broken—or blended with Abol'tionism in ibe North. Such has been the succession from its ranks by the deceived and erring men who joined it, that notwithstanding, its abated pretensions ond the attempts made to liberalize its principles, its possession of local.offices and the forlorn hope of political places and rewards in 1866, alone kccp.it from utUr annihilation as a National parly. ! At the present, therefore, there is more occa sion to call your attention to another and pure ly sectional party, which threatens to subvert the Federal Constitution, ond to'destroy the Union of these States. Tho Know-Nothing party—miscalled American —tends to occasion civil discord among neighbors, and between citizens of the same State, but this self-styled Republican party, tends to add to this the hor rors of a negro insurrection in the States of the South, and a civil war between the several. States of this Union. ' Wc do not say that this is the design of all or even the majority of its members, put wc do charge that to be the* only avowed design of sonic, and those not a few of its leaders: and. wc further charge that such is the clear tenden cy, and would bo tho inevitable result, of its success. It is'in vain for its partisans to say that they intend no ill; tho question is not one of intention, it is one of practical conduct: and the principles of American government and of Constitutional law are the sole tests by > which it musb be tried.:, We have already seen the Legislature of one State openly ond designedly pass an act in defiance of tho Constitution of the United States and the laws made in pur suance thereof, and when the Governor of that State—and a partisan of this very parly—veto ed, and attempted to arrest the course of that Legislature, wc saw them defy him also, and repass this act. Wo have seen the same State openly remove an upright and learned Judge because he dared to Keep his oath and support the Constitution of tho United States. In our own State, wo have since heard a deliberative body of tho same party, vehemently applaud n motion to mob• and beat a Judge: and still later in. this State, and in the Convention of this whole party, a Reverendmeinberof itpub licly advocated the destruction of a public Pris on, and tho rescue of a prisoner, because they had considered andadjudged him to bo;wrong fully imprisoned. , If these things are now done and advocated, and by such men and in such places, both under color of law and in avowed I defiance of it, who will or can assure the pub- I lie that they would stop there ? or that other —and tho most of tho low would not be committed by other men and mobs, and in other places ? When. men thus Constitution and laws of-their country, and seek to organize together one sec tion of the Union, that they may tho more suc cessfully overawe or subdue the other, they re duce the whole question to one between force and law, Union or disunion, domestic tranquil ity or civil war. If is absurd for men {to prate about liberty, I whilp at tho very same time they are encour aging resistance, to Jaw. . There can be no jib crtywilhout law, and there is not and cannot be any law ofthia land higher than , the Con stitution of the United . States. Whatever, therefore, may be tho pretences put forward by tho abolitionists, or whatever more deceptive name they may assurao, and array thcmselvcs'uhdcrtftficrcal and solo issue will bo the same ; it will bo that party—a violated Constitution and disunion on tho one sido, and tho Democratic party and the ConstltuUonnnd Union os they are on the other side :• choose yc between them ! Even if you would;yet you cannot now.but choose between these two.— I While the Whig party existed, whatever may have been its follies or its faults, yet neither Clay nor, Webster, nor its other great leaders, nor, tho true mcn ofi its rank and ) flic, would have tolerated a sentiment hostile; to tho Con stitution or tho Union. But these great men and true patriots have passed away and the old Whig party no longer exists. The weak, the venal and thc.Bclflsh in its ranks have gone into a secret and sectarian organization, or have gone over and arrayed themselves with Abol itionists, infidels and fanatics, against their brethren of : the South. One party alone re- I moina firm and defiant., Over every foot of the soil of this Union, and wherever- its Constitu tion extends, there too extends the all, protect ing arm of tlic Democracy, bearing aloft tho broadflag of ClviL and Religious Liberty, the and the Union. , 1 Fellow Citizens, our duty in tho premised is plain.. much party leaders may heal-1 txteor tying,back, fcftrivl'O.r losing their own position,' or bf ylcidingtoon old political oppo nent; there is hut one course left, and that is a general rally of all.patriotic citizens upon the platform of tho Democratic party. Thcta is no mistaking tho tone of, tho Democracy in this crisis. Jt unhesitatingly aciicpUr the issue ten dered lb it by. tho Adversaries of the Federal Constitution, and proclaims lU’high purpose! to sink or swim, survive or perish, with, thi Amcricdn Union. Refusing to make terms with traitors of any shade, it has not only without regret hut with undiSHcmbUid joy , seen them dcs.ortjta ranks for those of an unprincipled Coalition. Purified and relieved,froto their baler fill influences,' and enabled to net unfettered in its high duty, it invites to its standard-every patriotic Pennsylvanian. It has; no cpticcaU ment of its principles, or scorcsy in its organi zation,' but shielded, helmed and weaponed with tho truth; it advances' against * tho com bined fanaticisms. ' It acCeptd tho wholo res ponsibility Of opposing those who oppose tho Constitution. It fully enters into tho contest against tho Abolitionists and their allies. In such a cause, even defeat,would bo honorable, but victory Is certain to crown our efforts if, duly those who are conscious that we are right, i \will act up to their honest convictions. . I 1 Wo are,no alarmists. It js not our purpose I to exaggerate the dangerous tendencies of the, political action.of uur opponents, Youican see I for yourselves not alone tho obliteration of a| great pirty, but the bold and flagrantdedara-* i tions of those who have taken thoi itslplace.— 1 There is indeed no alternative left lisbqt oppo- I Bjtion, as there ißiuarrifestty no partyleft to i odako that opposition butthe Democratiqparty. 1 1 The inconceivable evils pf a dissolution of our bcloved trmon. do not deter; the Arrogant fac tions which how; niake headwoy-ogainiit tho rights of, the States. iThe guilt greater \ on. the pprt. bf such,, fanatics as garrison ahd Philips, than on that of tho demagogues hepo and elsewhere, who support them. They- are all working to tho same end, some of them with tho consciousness,—and others thqughUcss or reckless—of the theirsuccess wbhld cu tail upon the country. .But'howisit with you, people of Pennsyl vania ? Are you willing to yield to k the man datesof these men? HaS tUo, UnioriMost its sacred and inestimable value in your eyes ? Arc you ready to regard your countrymen of tho South as so many alien enemies. ]f Wo .dis dain appealing ‘to your. ifttc^ests,,Sfo',' invoke your , patriotism ; wo; Appbfxl to the .'gloriotis tacmoncs of the past find' to',the unparalleled blessings ever’present'; arid .wo point,. in.; pjoof of' lhe" peril'that besets the, near,future,,riot merely tq tho overthrown Whig’ orga'riizatipn, nor tO the fariaiftisms springing frbm its, ruins and coalescing in ouriiudst; but to tho alarm and dismay that have 1 spread. Over .tho South likcdfuucral pall,in view of lhc aggressive purposes of Northern Abolitionists.' •. ' • And mark the miserable deldsioii with which Abolitionism tries to abuse the patriotic ■ senti ment of r tlie'tforlii,"lt' affects indignation.,be-, iauScilicMiss6url restriction, never apprpyed, and ;for' tbirty-tlve yearis, disregarded, by IHo Abolitionisms,' arid 'spit upon and reviled by thonl with eyery epithet of scorn 1 and ’ iridigna* tiotij h'fis been repealed!lt denounces llie doc trine bf ;Belf-gbvcrnmerit' in the territories, tile Very principle upon which the* American; colo nics Were peopled, govcrnl'd, and protected,!— It denounces the NcbrVsUaact which declare? ••It beingihe true intent arid meaning' of tins, act not to legislate slavcry inlo any Staltr or 1 Territory, norUo exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free ,’t'd fdrin and'regulate their uomesiic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution bf the 1 United SUites.” 'These fanotifes' therefore, to allow the people to regulate theft domestic institutions; yet ari early as Octbbbri 1774. these United Colonies assembled in "Con 1 gresa, sbleiurily KesolvedV “That tho 'founda tion of English liberty, and of all'free gov emmenty is a right in the pcojde to participate in their legislative Council, * • * - that the colonists are entitled to the free and exclu sive power of 'legislation in their several pro vinciol legislatutes, where; their right of repre sentation can alone be preserved, ni all cases of taxation ancf internet polity I" —arid at the same 'time tftcy further declared that these rights existed' “by the immutable luics of’nature* the principles o! tho English Constitution, and the several charters and compacts.’’ The De claration of Independence chopged it as an act of usurpation by the King of Croat Drjloiri, that “he refused lo pass laws fur the accommo dation of largo distnois of- people unless those people would relinquish the right of tepmuri lation in the Legislature, * * * ,* aright inestimable to than, and formidable to tyrants only.” Nor was our own Stale behind her sister States in asserting this right; for by tlic third article of the declaration jof rights, made in Ju ly, 177G,'it was declared “that tho people of this State have the sole r exclusive and■ inherent right of governing and rcgulntingthc Internal policy of the sameand when the Deputies of iho people of Pennsylvania assembled in full Provincial Confcryncc, to suppress all authori ty of the King of Orcat Britain and for: estab lishing a government upon the authority of the people only, they declared their willingness to concur In a vote declaring tho United Colonies free and Independent States, "Provided, the lorming the government and the regulating the internal policy of this Colony be always reserv ed to the people of the Colony.” And yet, against these self-evident and im mutable principles of American liberty and of all free governments, men have tho audacity to a*ray themselves under tho name of Republi cans! maintaining, too, that their follow coun trymen, who inhabit the territories, must act otherwise than of their, own free choice, and that Congress should compel them to elect bit-* tween dictated submission and threatened pun ishment !• •• Hut, fellow citizens,* cvbn while indulging in these expressions, this party, is scarcely* at tempting to Conceal the fearful ultimatum of disunion which it is now sticking to precipitate by. means of, nn exclusive sectional "Northern organization—the first organization of the kind ever known in this republic, and the success of which is certain to end .in the perpetual aliena tion ol the South from the North. > ' Ami by. political agitation,.what good'can they even pretend to accomplish ? What man; in the free States of this Union, would be bene lilted by the success of the Abolitionists ? Not one; nor could they give freedom to a single slave ? they would but more firmly rivot their fetters. As .early, as I*2B, the late Rev. Win: E. Uhahning, of .Boston, said : “My fear in re-, gard lo opr cllorts against slavery is, that we shall make the case worse by rousing* sectional pride and passion for us support, and thal.we shall, only break the country into two great parlies, which may shake the foundation of gov» emmeri/.' 1 ;,*,.,* So late as 1850, Mr. Webster said in the Sen ate: , , “Then, Sir, there nrctho Abolition Societies, of : which lam unwilling to speak,but in regard to whichl have very clear notions and opinions; 1 do . not think them useful. 1 think their operations for the lost twenty years hato pro. duccd nothing good or valuable.; • *: *. ■ ;T do not mean to impute gross motives even to the leaders of these Societies; but 1 am not blind to the consequence of their proceedings. I cannot hut sco what mischief; their interfer ence with the South has produced. And is; it not plain,to every man i They attempted to arouse,.and did arouse, a very strong; feeling: in other words,.they created great agitation in the North, against Southern; slavery. Well;, what was the result 1 .The bonds oi the slaves were,bound.more firmly than.before { Uhiir riv ets were more strongly fastened. . ‘ - “Public opinion, which in Virginia bad be gun to be exhibited against slavery, mid was opening out for .the discussion of the question, drew back and shut itself up in itScaStlo.*• Wo all know.the fact, and wo all know the cause ; and everything that these ogltating pco* pie have done,' has been, not to enlarge, but to restrain 5 not to set free, but to bind faster the slave population of the South/’ Tho whole ehbrt of these agitators ficcitis to bo to make a sectional issue in every 1 fiional district dr the tblrlV ; on6 tiles ' bV 1 the Union, and'to turn (ho halls of ! Congr£sa 'lhtd an arena itt which tho delcgalea frOm tho may denounce the domcallco institullons’of the South.*' :*■• •< 1 ' V| T ' : Not oidy dots air reason forbid ,lis' to dib countenance sectional parties, blit wo have’ (ho solemnly recorded opinion of : Who on this very question siijd:, ’ “But this momentous qucstloiri'liko ; a Dm bdlin the night* nwhkcned and filled imo With terror. I considered it atouoo as the' knell of the Union. . It* is hushed, indeed* for tho mb* ment. But this is a reprieve only, not a. final sentence. A geographical lino coinciding with a marked principle; moral and political, once conceived and held up to'tho angry passions of men, will never bo dbliteratcd, and every .new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.T ; 1 Let tho ttfUeWhlga who have not ceased (0 treasure up.tho counsels,of their.. great 1 states men, now apply tho memorable warning of Henry Clay: ... ; ‘*Tho Abolitionists, let mo suppose, succeed in tbo present aim of milting tho inhabitants of tho free States ns ono man against tbo inhabitants of tho slave Statcs.unlon on tho ono side will hog get union on tho other. And this; process of reciprocal consolidation will bo attended with all tho violent prejudices, ( embitiered.'passions and implacable animosities which .ever degraded or deformed human nature. Ono JmUou^.vtUl stand InindnicingJ and' hostile thb othir. Tho collision of opinion will £?i n ,4 ly bo followed- by. tho clast) ofarin," TPi attempt to dcsortbp, scenes whicß bow Si lie concealed frbm onr vibw.” ' Let them weigh well tho following word»..t the conservative Webster: ~ b ° Wa °* nicdjn tho spirit bf.WashingWn: ifwo'S?;’ consider her in bet nSfiZ nown, in her present prosperity end in' her turo career, and as in that., character dcm.iS' ing'of ua all to account for bur conduct m 3' iticnl mon or 09 private citizens,;how ahonldr answer him :Who has ventured .to talk of d' union or; dismemberment? tor bow should h answer him who dwells perpetually on W i interests, nnd fans every kindling flume of prejudice.'Hour bhonld ho answer him ,2J would nt-ray. State against State,interest Benin,'* interest, 1 ' Ond‘ pnrty hgninst party, cnrtlm j,, the'obntluuancbbf that’ unity of GorertmtM which constitutes us one, people.” ,Lr t And llnnlly, let all iuen -within tho bound.br this State, and no matter to wlmt party [V, belong, lay to theirhenrts the farewell ndvlcs Jl Washington :- J 1 -- ~ “The unity of Government, which ebusli tutesyou one people, is also now dear to von It is Justly,sot for if is a, main pillar in ihl edifice of ybur.mlindcpcnflcnccy-lhe'snpikirt of your .t.ronfiuility , nf, hpmo'V'ybur abroad s.ofypMrjSafetyfof your proa'ptHi,-! of that very liberty which you sb highly inii'- But os it is easy to forseo - that, from djifetni onuses nnd fmm dificrcnt quarters, much pa1,,,- will ho tnkori. 'mnny artifices employed- ij weaken in your minds; tho- conviction bf thii troth: ns this is .the point in your political fort tress against tvlpob.the iattcrica of intenialihd external wjU lbo .’pibst' constnnily' actively—lliboyU, often, covcrtlyUndinßiduou,. ly—directed, itis of inflnilo moment that you should properly bstimnlc the immense’ value 0 f your.'Nbtional Union to ybur collective add in dividuaf happiness ; tlmt ! y6u should cherish a 1 cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it; think and speak of it ns of tlib palladium of youp political sure ty and prosperity ; watching for its • pnserva -1 tion with jealous' anxiety; .discountenancing whatever may suggest even, a suspicion Mint it can, in nnyrovent;. bo-abandoned rand indie, nantly frowning upon the first dawning of ere ry attempt to alienate any portion of our coun try from the rest, or to enfeeble (ho sacred tlm which now link.together the various parts. “For this you haveovery inducement of sym pathy nnd interest. Cilistns by birlh orchoiu of a common country—that country has a right to concenlrnte your affections. The name of Atnerican which belongs to you in your nation -Inl capacity,.must always exalt tho Just pride of patriotism; more than any nppclaiicn deriv ed from local discriminations. - With slight shades of difference, you have thosame religion, manners, habits, and political principles.. lou have, in a common cause, fought and triumph ed together: the independence and liberty yiu possess sic the work of joint counsel nnd joint efforts, oTcommon origins, sufferings and sue*- cesses. ' . . • ‘This Govcrmncn t—the offspring of our own' choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation,com pletely Proem sld principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy,and containing within itself a provisiqn for its own amendment—has a just clairtx to your confi dence and your support. Respect for Us. to tborily, compliance with Us lavtel acquiescence in its measures, arc duties enjoined by tho fad damcritiil maxims of thio.liberty. The hosts of our political systems, is'the rifcht of the peb ptc to'make and to alt at their Constitutions’’tf Government: hut tho i Constitution whichat any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of’the whole people, Is sacredly obligatory upon all., The very idea of (ho pow er ond the right of tho people to establish Gov ernment, prq-sunposea the duty.of every indi vidual to obey (ho established Government.” If, in addition to these words, wc need others more’dlrcctly and solemnly applicable to the present, times, the/ will be found In tho follow ing from the eam'y immortal production: ‘‘ln contemplating the causes winch msy&r*- turb our Union, it occurs as a matter -of seri ous concern, that any grounds should have been furnished for. characterizing parties by geo graphical discriminations, Northern and South* cm, Atlantic and Western, whence' dCsigtnpg men liiay endeavor (o excite a betief that, thti’o is a real diflcrenco of local interests and views. YOUCANNOT SHIELD YOUHoELVESTOa MUCH AGAINST TIIE JEALOUSIES AND HEARTBURNINGS WHICH SPRING FROM THESE MISREPRESENTATIONS; tot* to rentier alien to each other those who ought to he bound together bu fraternal affection." Fellow Citizens: Wo have thus submitted to you the present condition and tendency of pol itical parties, and tlio issuo about to 'be made between'them,*in this State and Union, As the best aiid only safe, guide for your conduct, wo havcTcmiftdcd ybu of tho counsel and warning* of tho wisest and mopt patriotic of oar States men. Your choice,must now' be made between a sectional party under tho black banner of Abolitionism and tho National Democracy, bearing aloft the gorgeous ensign of llicßcpyb public ••with that sentiment dear tottery tnie American hbart—Liberty arid Union now and forever/one and inBcpa^able. ,, . ' JAMES F. JOHNSTON. 11. I « '/ : ) , Chairman. . Jacob Zkigleu, J , 8 * / J Sept. 18.55. Governor Shanuon-V-Base Slander Exposed , . Some days since a telegraphic communica tion was received froth St.XomS, slating that Qov. Shannon, of Kansas, had made a speech at Westport, Missouri, in which he said bewos for, ’‘slavery, in that Territory*” Wo were well convinced : that it was a telegraphic ti*. and oyr opinion Is confirmed by the report,of the speech published Jri/lbe St. Louis Republi can*.'. lie said nothing that could by any pos sibility bo tortured Into such a sentiment jwhicb was a fabrication but of whole cloth.-- The concluding and mpathnpbrf apt part of hi* speech .waii'na Iqllpwa; ,* ',.-i •‘I conic among you, notas an aqTenturtr seeding' to .better, his fortune and ibearctam home, but asone dehifing for himsclfandfani ily a permanent, location; and it phall be®/ iughesfi.mbition to. devote my humble, tfforh to liio” promotion of the, newhrid prosperity of Ijbis Territory. .Xo»* compliah. these will nU,admiUb»‘ a govcrumciit'of law .and order is absolutely necessary. We all feel.the (hi*, anil I trust wil} uhilfl In j^uHhgßq.dssir^W* nn 'oWcat,;;: '}!fp Mytm,M pwpj pfejwiy. by llie jnnlntninnnco of I*® ami and intraal.Md dwy pliko uniLein cnlorcing .on oa tne obligation dp maintain bofai Assmbly, that has Just ao* jourped. lias provided a c'odc of laws (bf .lh® Tcrrilory. ’,',lt is qiy duly 09 an < ‘tlm duty of, every «obd ciljwn, (c *’ bide by thoM, laws so long as they rcniato W force,. To, maintain' the Constitution of tw , United the organic lawof thcTtrh t( * 1 ry, and'(ho laws passed, by the Lcgislatho M' f seipbly hi conformity thereto, js an ‘oblig»P[ r imposed pn ino.by oath of. ofijcc, aa wcU ■* [ th<? duly ! owe to tho Territory ,»s a cili* ol * in conunpu with othprs, WUh tho law ior oo J f guide, and, the best iptcrcstspf thoTcrfiWv • for our object,’ all uniting and harmonizing w* gothcr, we.,cannot fail, under Preyidrec®'* bulldupagWav State, furnishing « to thousands of our pconic, .pddmg ,/wdiiPj strength -to our Unmn, nnulpnomng for, the advancement of ciyiliMtlon and ri* lo . mfcnt over diir vast Territorial possess* 003 tho West,” - ladies of Mdbllo hovo vico of • plate to John Forsyth, Esc-- tho Jftfgwfer, who assisted'mhtcrfrW 1 feating tho Know-Nothings In Alabatna* custom er giving editors 100 owt. - ib« m silver is Injurious, inaonuich as it c , ftU . s '7.«mi, to lay awoko nights thinking pf their trea dnd uowit way bb stolen ftbm them.
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