THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL, MI S. MANN, EDWIN HASKELL, EDITORS FIDELITY TO TILE PEOPLE COUDERSPORT, FRIDAY, SEPT. - 8, .18-54 PRIMARY MEETING. —The•Repnitlican Electors of Enlalia town- Fhip, and the Borough of Coudersport, who are in fa v or or united actton to prevent the Extension of Slavery, and to build up a Party of Freedom, ore requested to meet at the Court flott-e iu Coudersport on Thrrsda.o afternoon, S&pm . Ger 14, at 5 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of voting for candidates for the ensuing election, and of transacting such other business a,t nray be deemed advisable. !Awls MAN x, A. G. Outsrk:o, F: L. Jos r... C. S. Joss:s, 11. J. 01.M , T , :11, 15iZ1.505 CLARK, L. D. SPAYIPRIL SonsEszt Ross, A. C. TAGGART. Eir The Free Democratic State Convention, which met at Harrisburg on the :30th of August, withdrew - our State ticket; and adopted resolutions expressing confidence in James. P6l - We hope this action will se-. cure the triumph of Republican prin ciples at the next election in this State. Er The speech of Hon. Josiah Quincy, on the first page is short but effective. - It contains more than a hundred such egotistical productions as that of H. H. Dent, sent out to the Faithful last week. We hope every Republican voter Nvill attend the primary meet ings on Thursday afrernoon next, fur that is a sure way to ensure the nom ination of a ticket that will sweep the county; and it is also a sure way to deprive umbitionS men of the power to do harm by attempting to lead. OF' The Nebraska men of the . Dis trict west of us have nominated David Barclay, of .Teffet:.son county, as their candidate for Congress. We shall be happy to record the election of Iton. - C. B. Curtis as au independent man. Lt thii . Dktrict we understand the plan is not. to nominate till a few days before the election, so that the people will have no time to ascertain the uan clidate's petition. Considering the ma jority which, the district gave for Pierce, we should say that this indi cates great cowardice on the part of the Neb-rascals. i*"As Governor Bigler has under 'taken to enlighten the people as to his views on the various questions on which he is called to act, we trust he will inform the people of this county what he thinks of the Lager Bay: bill which he has Carried in his breeches pocket since the Legishit urc adjourned. Also, whether he thinks it is any more manly for Lim to keep this bill so long without telling what he thinks of it, than it. was fur Governor Johnston to keep the bill throwing open the jails for the use of shareholders in his pocket. If we are not mistaken, this Was one of the chief charges brought against Johnston in ISSI, and we think the people should make Gov. Bigler dance to his own music. r er The Bigler men begin to trem ble in their . shoes. They see that. the people of this county cannot be in• awed to acquit...see in the 'Nebraska outrage, and tlfby whiningly ask, What influence will the county ticket have on this que:•tion /, We answer this by asking, if the county ticket has not a very Material influance on National questions, why do the Administration Men nominate a full ticket in every county in the State and Nation! Judge Wilmot, who understands the influence of these movements as well as any man in the State, says "we must strike down" the allies of theNationalAnminiAration "in every State, Di3trict and County ;" and the people mean to follow this advice. rr We hope some honest demo crat will ask his Excellency to . answer the following questions, put by the W ell slio ro Agitatot : Why did you deplore the . increase of crime; and yet let loose upon suci• city a horde of desperadoes by means . of the pardoning powet• . l Why did you tell the committee of the Temperance Conventiom•that • you could, not express any definite opinion, as to whether you would sign a Prohibitory Law or not, and shortly thereafter write a- letter to the Rev, John ,Chambers, satisfying him thut you would sign such a billf ®'There was a thunder shower on Wednesday eVening, which was yery , refreshing. A tree in sight of the vil lage was struck' by lightning. WIULM BIGLER'S POSITION.. As this subservient Governor is it 47 vertiseil to. visit equdersport, and make a speech to-mcirrow,' . we think it a proper time to call the. attention t,of the People to his true Position, which is one of unblushing subjection to the Slave Power. ---••- . - • . In proof of this, we will refer to . a few facts which will satisfy every ,can did mind, and to rebut ~ These facts, ... . we challenge‘the Governor or any of his friends, to produce a single manly ex . presion tli tthe has ever uttered in favor of fre dom, or in rebuke of the , , impudent a nTessions of the slave holders. Ile has, made the tour of the State once, defending the Fugi tive Slate Bill and denouncing the anti-kidnapping act of 1847, which became a law during the faithful ad ministration. of 11011(6 Frank Shank; but when has be said a single word iu favor 'of 4-fashioned, Jelfersonian Democracy, which held -that Liberty. .for all, NVII< the great object of Gov ernmentwhich held that . Slavery was :uch an evil as Congress was bound to exalt& forever from all the Territory of the Nation. , In the campaign of ISSI, certain wing papers charged Mr. Bigler frith inconsistency in voting for the anti kidnapping act of 1847, and denounc ing the same act in 1851. Mr. Bigler thought it necessary to deny voting for this act, which was the chief orna ment. in the Administration of F. IL Shunk. lie was s Member of the Senate when it passed, and the bill received the unanimous vote of that body, and yet in a .letter dated July 22, 1851, he says: "I did not 'vote for it; I topk ro partin the proceed ings of the Senate on the subject, nor could it in my opinion, bet re become'a lawi if its full bearing had been per-• ceived at the time." Is not that . a pretty denial for a man to'make, Who was at that time, and is now, asking for the votes of independent freemen! Why, this act of 1847 is the most glorious, and the most important of any act of this State since the passage of the act of March 1, 1760, entitled "An. Act fin• the gradual abolition of slavery." The act of 1547 completed the work which the act of 1780. com menced, and yet his Excellency thought it necessary to deny voting for so noble au act, probably fbr the same reason that Peter denied with an oath his acquaintance with Jesus of Naia-: reth. In this same letter, William Bigler said, "1 am in favor of the compromise measures and in favor of a thorough and dicient execution of them as they are, and against all future Congre. , sionai agitation of the question settled by them.", The English of this is, that he is ill favor of a thorough and efficient exe cution of the fugitive slave bill as it is, and he is opposod to any change of that bill, or any discussion of that subject in Congress. Whatevermakes is furor of Slavery be can advocate and uphold with a will, but .when it comes to sustaining a compromise that works against Slavery, then the . Gov ernor has not a word to say and when agitation is commenced . by the' slaveholders, the object of which is to repeal a sacred compact in favor of freedom by means of which Slavery had reaped great advantages, then be is silent as the grave. Is such a man a fit Representative of freemen ? But take another fact. Rachel Par ker, a free -born citizen of Pennsyl vania, was kidnapped by certain Bal timore slave dealers, hurried off to that city, and thrust into a slave pun. Joseph Miller, ft on' whom the girl was stolen in his absence, went to Baltimore to restore her to freedom, and was brittaily murdered. Thomas M'Creary, of Bahimore, soon after-. wards was indicted by a Grand Jury= of Chester county for kidnapping the Parker girl; and Governor Bigler was asked to do his duty, and bring the wretch to trial, but that duty has vecer Leen discharged, It is true, however, that Governor Bigler went through the motions of demanding the surrender of M'Creary, but the Gov ernor of Maryland know his man, and paid no attention to the requisition, when the subject wa§, dropped, and M'Cleary walks abroad. unpunished for his villainous outrage on an unpro tectts•!dffemale. . The same is true of the murderer of Smith at Columbia, except that his Excellency did not go through the form of demanding his surrender. • Thus you see the Governor favor of tt . . thorough and tjfcient.exe catiot of the odious and cruelfugitiVe slave bill;. but is entirely *rent to the exeatitio'n of the bill requiring. the surrender of crimiwils, especially if the, criminal. conies .from a slave State,-and is only kidnapping a free person with a view t