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.