THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL,
JNO. S. MANN, A. AVERY, Editors
COUDERSPORT, PA.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 16, 1855
[Don't forget the meeting at the
old Court House on Friday evening,
to make arrangements for sending a
representative to the Republican State
Convention to be held at Pittsburg on
the sth of September.
ar We have tho great gratification
of announcing that the new steam
grist mill of Gridley & Lewis, com
menced operations on Monday motti
ing last, and that it is turning out a
better article of flour than was ever
manufactured in this county. The
mill is full of new wheat, and we
hope it will soon supply our village
with flour. "There is a good time
coming, boys."
Eir Several farmers in this vicinity
have threshed and measured their
wheat. The result is entirely satis
factory. Seth Taggart had one hun
dred bushels from four acres of
ground, and Alva Taggart a hundred
and sixty bushels from seven acres.
This is nearly twenty-four bushels to
the acre. If the yield throughout the
county is equal to this, we do not see
how our people can justify themselves
hereafter in going
* west for their
flour.
la• As an evidence of the severity
of last year's drought, we may men
tion that Nelson Clark cut but eight
tons of hay last summer ; this season
he-has over fifty tons from the same
meadow. The other crops except
corn, aro about in the same propor
tion. Nu wonder there has been
great depression in all kinds of busi
ness. But a bounteous harvest is re
storing activity to trade, and hope to.
society.
tar Our farmers have been so suc
cessful the past season in raising wheat,
that we hope they will repeat the ex
periment another year. There is a
most bountiful supply now on hand,
and every body is buoyant with hope..
Let every farmer do as well this fall
and next spring, and it will produce
a revolution in the trade of our coun
ty. Friends, the times are propitious
—prosperity is within your reach ;
let the effort for success be energetic
and hopeful, and Clod prosper tl:e
brave in heart.
gThe exercises at the Academy
on Wednesday afternoon of last week,
were highly interesting and. full of
instruction to students and visiters.
We bespeak for these Wednesday ex
ercises the regular attendance of such
of our citizens as ,can make it conve
nient to attend ; and we are confident
the visit will be mutually profitable to
the school and the village. What is
to prevent the clergymen, physicians,
lawyers, and land agents from attend
ing regularly ? Other gentlemen and
ladies could attend as circumstances
would permit.
rr We ask attention to the artke
on the first page from the'Harrisburg
Union in relation to the removal of
Governor Reeder. The ck.ntrast be
tween the outspoken and earnest lan
guago of this article, and the milk
and-water homily of Dent's organ, on
the same subject, is so great, and the
change to the Union so refreshing that
we give our readers a sample of how
even a live Old Htinker talks about
this outrage and the "horde of lawleEs
and law-breaking ruffians" that came
over from Missouri to take charge of
Kansas, per invitation of this faith
breaking Nebraska bill.
C7' The communication of Sharon
feviewing the course of H. H. Dent,
and his productions, is rather long ;
but we have allowed the up town vil
lifier to fill his'paper, week after week,
and month after month, without_ re
ply or notice, until forbearance has
ceased to be a virtue ; and now we
propose to do him ample justice in
few words. This is so handsomely
done this week by our correspondent,
that we have nothing to add, except
that we have no doubt Mr. Dent is a
fair sample of the kind of persons
produced by the corrupting influ
ences of slavery.
" N o honest man would enrich
himself by methods that are prejudi
cial to the community in which he
IS PENEISIZVA.WIA A FREE STATE 1
We understand there-are persons,
(men they cannot be.) even in Cou
dersport, who rejoice that PO l Arnore
Williamson is confined in 11 Soy
jail. Such being the humiliating
fUct, we feel that it is necessary to
discuss that subject mote fully than
we have as yet done. The facts of
that case are briefly these:
Mr. J. H. Wheeler . of North Caro
lina, with three slaves, stopped at
Philadelphia, and while there, Pass
more Williamson informed them that
under the laws of Pennsylvania, they
were free, and accordingly the slaves,
a mother and two children, took the
liberty of practically asserting the
doctrine of " personal rights " by
leaving the steamer for a more re
tired looality. 'Wheeler commenced
a suit before Judge Kane. It was not
shown that Passmore Williamson had
violated any law, assisted in the ab
duction of slaves, or otherwise laid
himself liable to arrest; but the Union
was in danger, and Judge Kane de
termined to save it by wreaking ven
geance on Mr. 'Williamson. So, iu
default of any law or precedent, Judge
Kane decided that Williamson had
committed a contempt of the court,
because he refused to produce per
setts there who were free to go where
they pleased.
It is now well settled, that as soon
as a slave is brought to a free State
with the consent of the master, that
moment be becomes free, This has
been the • decision of the courts in
every instance that, has occurred since
the adoption of the Constitution.
The first case of importance involv
ing this principle, that we are familiar
with, was the \Vatson case, decided at
Cincinnati in 1845. In this case Judge
Reed issued a writ of habeas corpus .
to one Hoppess, commanding him to
produce the man Watsbn, and show
by what authority he restrained him
of his liberty. After hearing the evi
dence, Judge Reed decided inter dila,
that :
" If a master bring his slave into the State
of Ohio, be loses all power over him. The
relation of master and slave is strictly territo
rial. If the master take his slave beyond the
influence of the law which creates the rela
tion, it fails—there is nothing to support it,
and they stand as man to man. The slave is
free by the laws of the State to which ho has
been brought by the master, and there is no
law authorizing the master to force him back'
to the State which recognizes and enforces
the relation of master and stave. At one time
I was of opinion he had the right of passage
through a free State with his slave. This
probably wou.d harmonize with the spirit of
the Compromise upon this subject. But Upon
more careful examination, I am satisfied the
master must lose his slave, if he brings him
into a free State, unless the slave vomuturily
returns to a state of slavery; because the mas
ter loses all power over the slave by the law
of the Stare to which he_ has brought him;
and there is no other law authorizing him to
remove him. The Constitution of the United
States only recognizes the right of recapture
of a fugitive held to service in one State es
.caping into another. The person owing such
service must escape froM the State where .
such service is owed, into another State."
" a a "Hence, if Mr. Hoppess brought
his slave into the State of Ohio, or permitted
hall to come here, he has no authority to de
tain him in custody, or to remove him froth
the State."
This principle was reaffirmed in the
_Lemmon case at New York, and in
the Dennison case at Cincinnati ; and
no court in any State has decided to
the contrary,--so we may conclude it
is well settled.
Now, Mr. J. H. Wheeler brought
his alleged slaves to Philadelphia, and
therefore he had no authority to de
tain them, or to remove them from
the State. The slaves vvere ignorant
of the law and of their rights ; they
sent to Mr. Williamson for advice,
and he told them that they were free
according to our laws. He told them
the truth. He did his duty. He
would not deserve to be free himself,
if, under the.circumstances, he had
withheld this information from. this
poor; ignorant mother and her chil
dren ; and yet, for telling the simple
truth to this woman, he is confined in
jail in Philadelphia. Wherefore we
ask "is this a free State 7"
Will our citizens submit to such
despotic outrages upon their. rights ?
We rejoice to know they will not.
Even in cotton-bound Philadelphia
this outr:ge is• producing a healthy
agitati,n which will soon overwhelm
Judge Kane and all his sympathizers
in . disgrace. Passmore Williamson
cannot be immured in any jail in this
State very long, for simply telling a
slave woman what' the Judges have
published to the world. If there is
not revolutionary blood enough left
in Philadelphia to liberate him, the
rural districts will undertake the work
in due time.
or Very flue weather !
STAY WHERE YOU ARE.
Every day's experience conyinces
-us more thoroughly of the wisdom- of
this advice. ,We sometime since gave
a- few reasons which suggested them
selves to our mind in support of the
proposition. We give •iti this paper
a Very interesting letter from Miss
Mary E. Hamilton, now in- Nebraska,
Which will make this impression on
the -intelligent reader. But, the Olean
Journal of the 10th instant has an
unanswerable article on this subject,
from which we extract the following:
If n man has a good farm in any of the coun
ties of Western New York or Pennsylvania,
.the inducements for him to "go west" are of
a delusive and intangible character. Many
parts of the West are undoubtedly equal to
the representations we see and hear made of
them; but we cannot but regard it in a general
way as a bargain in which you get splendid
lauds very cheap, and fevers and cholera
thrown iu, gratis. There are a few consid
erations to which we desire to invite the atten
tion of those who are so sick of this county—
many of whom have become wealthy • and
prosperous within its borders—and who are
now so anxious to leave their smiling homes
for the toils and privations of a new country.
1. Anxious as many hereabouts are to sell
out, the )t can go to no part of the West with
out finding.a vastly greater. number in pro
portion to the populatiun, who are still more
anxious to dispose of their farms and get still
nearer " sundown." Go into any county in
the West, which has been settled from three
to ten years—even those which are most ex
travagantly praised—and you will find 'ten
farmers nervously bent upon "selling out," to
one so disposed in - Cattaraugus. Men go to
the West to select a home, and come hack
singing its praises, and all the while telling w
hew very many are "sick of the country,"
and ready to take the first offer, thus affording
splendid opportunities to eastern buyers.—
Why is this?. If the West is such a Paradise
such an &time thule of prosperity and enjoy
uient—why are the people'so uneasy pnd dis
contented ?
2. A startling fact to be contemplated in this
connection, is that almost ever} family of five
to eight or more persons who remove to the
West, lose .some of their number before they
become "acclimated." What in consideration
of this fact, are all the inducements presented
by a good soil for raising bounteously the or
dinary field crops? You can raise corn as
high as a man on horseback, and your barns
may "burst with plenty"—but will these facts
compensate you for the' premature loss of a
beloved child, parent, brother or sister? Let
the reader refer to almost any family whom he
knew in former years, who are now in the
West, and he will see that this hint is well
founded. And how frequently do we see "the
laggard remnants" of some poor family crawl
ing back to their olden homes, which they left
with buoyant spirits, and full of hope and con
fidence, ruined in fortune and health, and their
heart's fondesmeasures sleeping in far distant
graves! The parent who takes his family
away from this region where they are blessed
with health and educational advantages, com
mits a great moral wrong.
3. Another thing worthy of special notice
is, that hundreds who went west years ago,
and who have accumulated wealth while there,
are returning and providing themselves pleas
ant healthful homes in Now England aid New
York, in which to pass the evening of their
lives. They do. not regard it as - the best coun
try in the world to lire in, very evidently. The
common sense inference from this Is, that
those who are in good worldly circumstances
here should stay here.
lar Mr. T. B. Tyler has followed
the example of his patron, H. H. Debt,
and resigned his office as a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Acad
emy. This is in keeping with the
conduct of Dent and his followers, for
more than a year past. It is the "rule
or ruin" policy, the highest standard
of conduct known to hunkerism.—
Messrs. Dent and Tyler with their
knot of uneasy politicians, failed to
elect the candidates selected by them
for Trustees, and so, not being able to
rule the Board, they resolve to. ruin
the Academy. This is not the first
time since we came to- Coudersport,
that the same class of men have acted
in the same way. This is the third
time. disappointed men have under
taken to broak down our best institu
tion of learning. They may succeed.
What then! Will the people of this
county believe that men engaged in
such a work are good citizens? Will
they give them their aid or support in
their high-handed attempts to play
the overseer over the county and its
institutions.
The Journal and its friends' have
always given the Academy a steady
and unwavering support, and this
as well when we and our friends
were defeated for Trustees, as when
successful. We shall continue this
line of conduct, and we appeal to the
honest masses of the county, to rally
to the support of the Coudersport
Academy ; for without this the com
mon' schools of the county cannot pros
per. Mr. Bloomingdale, we regret to
announce, leaves the Institution, doubt
less to - the satisfaction of Dent and his
followers ; but another person well
qualified for the station, will be
promptly secured by the Trustees.
rir Mr. E. D. Halbert, who had
the misfortune to lose a leg by \the
bursting of a cannon at this place on
the . 4th of July last, has, we are happy
to state, so far recoveredas to be able
to ride out. Yesterday morning was
his first exercise of this kind, but we
hope he will take a daily ride - after
this, until he has•entirely recovered.,
oov. ItEEDER 18 immovEro
- -
Yes, freemen of the North, this infainy is
consummated; this foal deed is done !. Frank
lin Pierce, the President of the United States.
has bowed tow his head before a southern
mob, and pledged his obedience and allegiance
to dealers in men,• slaveholding rioters, and.
Jaw-defying ruffians! He has resisted the just
appeals of the North, scoffed at the petitions of
freemen, mocked the sacred forms of itIiTICE
and Lamar; prostrated himself before the
altar of slavery, and become the servile tool
of cut throats and villains!
Oh, that is n dark day of our natipn ; a day
of shame and disgrace for America! Slavery
is 'no longer sectional ; it has become national
ized and. is universal throughout our land.
Slavery, indeed, rules our republic. What a
humiliating spectacle we this day present to
the world! We stand pledged,. by our chief
ruler, to recognize .the propriety of riots, to
protect the instigatofs of mobs, to deny the
freedom of speech. to refuse the right of in
dependent suffrage, to ignore the sanctity of
the ballot box; and to obey the behests of
slavery. Freemen of the North, have you no
voice in this matter? Are yon prepared to
assume this degrading position? %Val you
bare your necks unresistingly to the yoke
which the South, aided and abetted by Frank
lin Pierce, would fain impose upon you?—
Have you become tired of being rnEE? are
you willing to surrender the rights of FREE
MEN? and are you ready to become the slaves
of a hoard of petty tyrants? These. questions
must be practically answered, and that right
soon.—/Varren Ledger.
True enough, every word of it;
but how are you answering it? The
Ledger talks fair on this subject, but
stultifies its testimony by supporting
the nominee of a convention which
laid on the table the following resolu
tion which was offered by Mr. Chase
of Montrose: •
Resolved, That the taking possession of the
polls at the election for the organization of
Kansas, by large bodies of men from Missouri,
for the purpose of overawing the bona fide
residents of the Territory, was a gross infrac
tion of the laws, and an outrage that calls for
the severest reprobation of the American
people, and we therefore most heartily en
dorse the course pursued by the Hon. A. H.
Reeder in his patriotic efforts to enforce its
laws and protect the rights of the people of
Kansas from violence and usurpation. .
• We are surprised the Ledger should
affect to doubt that the above resole-.
tidewas offered to the Convention
and_laid on the table ; fox it appeared
in the Bradford Reporter, a demo
cratic paper, as a part of the proceed
ings of the Convention. If _the Ledg
er really deSires information on this
point, why not ask the editor of the
Montrose Democrat, 'oho offered the
resolution, instead of the mere tool of
a creature who has not a single sym
pathy for freedom.
Tho Convention • was the ally of
slavery. It endorsed President Pierce
and thereby placed the. party on the
side ofthe Missouri mob. No man
can vote for Arnold Plummer without
'becoming a party to the outragd com
mitted on A. H. Reeder and the
rights of freemen.
LOCAL NEWS
We have long desired to make the
Journal more interesting as a county
paper. To do this we need the as
sistance of some friend in each town
ship, who Will undertake to commu
nicate with us regularly every two
weeks, and who will report 'whatever
occurs in his township of any interest,
embracing accidents, deaths, marriages,
and more particularly such. information
as relates to the business of Farming.
Our financial condition will not
permit us to pat very liberally for
this service ; but we make an offer to
furnish the Journal to one person in
each township who 1 -will render this
service for the readers of our paper,
and we will pay all- necessary post
age.
Any person who will -undertake
this ,work, may send us a letter as
soon after reading 'this article as he
may choose. Don't wait till you can
write a long letter. No matter how
short it is, so it reports an item of
news, or an event of interest to the
public. Now then, friends of the
Journal and of a - home newspaper,
shill we bear from you ?
A Truth Worth Knowing
The late election in Kentucky was
attended with terrible riots. The N.
Y. Evening Post accounts for these
outbreaks as follows:
Outbreaks and outrages are not unusual at
times of election, especially in the south and
southwest, where popular passions are.less.un
der the control of law; but the use of firearms,
the parading of cannon in the streets and the
firing of houses are unusual, and show an un
usual rancor and excitement. The cause of it
is to be sought for in the intense personal
hatred given to political controversy by the
rabid appeals of Know-Nothing orators.—
While politics is a question of principle, there
is very little room for these violent exhibitions,
but when it is maie a question of mere nation
al prejudice, the most dangerous conflicts be
come inevitable.
There is doubtless much truth in
the above. We have had in this
place for a year back Some experience
on this subject. Mr. Dent and his
follower's conducted the last campaign
entirely on "personal hatred" and no
"question of principle" is ever intro
duced into the discussion of politics
by his organ. The result has been
most unfortunate for the harmony of
our village, and is well described by
the Post in the above paragraph.
REPUBLICAN sun comarno.
The citizens of Pennsylvania, with
out regard to former party distinctions,
who are willing to unite in- a new
'organization to resist the further
spread of Slaiery and the increase of
the Slave power, are requested to meet
in Mass Convention at Pittsburg, on
Wednesday, the sth day of September,
1855, at . .11. o'clock, A. M., to organize
a REPUBLICAN party in this State, which
shall give expression to the popular
will on the subjects involved in the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise, and
co-operate with other organizations of
a similar character in other States.
GEORGE DARSIE, Alleghany Co.,
Jolts W. Howz, Crawford Co., •
Jot's S. MANN, Potter . CO.,
JOHN ALLISON, Beaver Co.,
JOHN M. KENNEDY, Philadelphia 'Co.,
Wu. B. THOMAS, • "
Joann' rilannLE, Westmoreland Co.
BENJAMIN FRICK, Northumberland
MARTDI BELL, Blair . Co.,
H. H. FRAZIER, Susquehanna Co.,
Al. H. Corti, Tioga Co.,
THADDEUS STEyENS t LaIICHSIOF CO.,
ALEX. K. McCune, Franklin CO.,
ALFRED MATTHIAS, Indiana
T. H. MAnuocs, Delaware C 0.,.
Arrangements are making to secure
the attendance from abroad of eminen t
speakers whose names will be duly
announced.
riP Above we publish the call for.
a Republican State Convention. The
work goes bravely on, and we feel
more encouraged than ever before, 'at
the prospects for a speedy triumph of
our s cause. As this - has long been
the banner county in the State, we
presume arrangements will.be prompt
ly made for carrying the Republican
banner in triumph through the corning
campaign in little Potter.
The Williamsport and Elmira railroad is
opening a new trade between Southern New
York and Philadelphia. Elmira, on the Erie
railroad,.has a population of 10,107, by a cen•
sus just taken. The Advertiser of that place,
says that the merchants of that town find
Philadelphia a more desirable place than the
city of New York for the purchase of goods.
The Advertiser shows, by its advertising col
umns, that the Philadelphia merchants tire
,availing themselves of the advantages of these
facilities,-and are giving a publicity to their
business which cannot fail to be profitable to
them.—Ledger.l
.If it is better for the Elmira mer
chants to go to Philadelphia, it must
be 'better for the merchants of Cou
dersport to do the.same thing, and we
should think some ofeur Market-street
friends would do well to try the ex
petiment of making known to the peo
ple of this county, that they have
goods to sell.
''The old stagers of the Hunker
party of this village, aro unusually
active in their endeaVors to secure
delegates to their convention next
week. We do not blame them for
this. " Misery loves company," and
as the leaders are too much hardened
to change their course, it is very nat
ural they should .desire as many of
their folloWers as possible to remain
in subjection to the rule of slavery: -
We shall soon see how many in this
county, of the rank and file, are willing
to go into the convention of a .party
thays under the control of Atchison,
Stringfellow, and Douglas. • Those
'who desire to rebuke the outrages
committed -in Kansas, will turn their
backs upon old parties, and will unite
with their fellow-citizens of all parties,
for the protection of 'Freedom.
Imitation is th? sincerest, kind of
flattery. .
MESSRS..EDITORS OF THE JOURNAL :—I no
tice in the Patriot of the Bth an article
entitled " Our Academy and our Village
Disgraced.'? This was a most startling an
nouncement; and as I felt somewhat inter
ested in the Weal or ‘Voe of both the Academy
and the village of Coudersport, I very nat
urally perused the article with much interest,
to learn what impending cloud of .blackest
infamy had burst upon your devoted Academy
and village. But judge of my surprise, gen
tlemen, when learned that this article, with
such a terrific heading, was merely written .(o
extol the virtues of H. 11. Dent; and to vilify
two very respectable citizens of your Bo
rough, Messrs.. Ross and Overton. And of
what atrocious crime have they been guilty ?
What means this terrible onslaught, this
attempt to, send them swift to the tomb of
all the Capulets T The offense seems simply
this : they chose to become candidates tor
the office of Trustees 'of the Coudersport
Academy ;without the permission of H. H.
Dent; and Oh! most guilty stockholders, you
have dared to elect them without the same
permission'. Was e'er such conduct known
before T When such wisdom, such experience, _
such profundity in every department of hu
man. learning, kindly offers to control your
municipal tiffairs, your morals and your re
ligion, yotir churches and your schools, will
vit reject; the proffered aid, and turn your
backs upon your would-be benefactor ? Oh,
most ungrateful of all ingrates !
It may be that this virtuous individual
himself is not the author of the article al
luded to; but this frequent occurrence of his
name is extremely suggestive to those who
understand his habit, to use a hackneyed
phrase, of " blowing his own horn." Does
it follow as a necessary deduction that the
village and Academy are disgraced because
Dent's candidates for Trustees were not
elected? Is it certain that Ross and Overton
are villains of the deepest dye because they
received a large majority of the votes polled
atyonr annual election 1 It may be they are
the incarnate fiends 'they are represented to
be ; but they are elected, and what does this
prove for Dent's candidates? We are bound
to suppose that the stock-holders acted r a .
"loyally, chose between two evils, perhaps,
to wit: Dent's candidates and the candidates
elected. But Dent's candidates were not bad
men, perhaps; nothing can be said again st
them, except that they were in very bad co n .
patty; that .they were run by a bad man,to
be used by hint in forwarding his purposes, if
necessary. They were held up as the ex.
ponents of a mon who is obnoxious to all
honorable men—a man who openly bongs
that revenge is the_ sweetest impolite of hi.
soul—a nian who to-day puts at defiance all
law, morality, and religion, and to-tnorrow
assumes the canting hypocrite 'and whine s in
,
piteous tones, because freemen in this vicinity
and county are not as subservient to his
whims as the chattels upon ha Southern
•
plantation.
But'what are the facts in relation to the
election heldon the 3d inst. 7 The writer al
luded to Days: "The successfulcandidates were
elected in the know-nothing style, the ticket
being formed and elected before the publicand
the stockholders generally knew what was go.
ingon." The barefaced falsehood contained in
this statement againsuggests the writer of the
article, the first ticket in the field being Dent's
ticket, the first man at the polls soliciting
votes being that delectable individual himself.
Theesuccessfill ticket was formed afterwards,
after the voting had commenced, and Was
formed openly, was supported openly, the
opposition knowing well the ticket they were
opposing. Is it possible that H. H. Dent was
so active all that afternoon in fighting a
Quixotic battle with an imaginary foe 1 Some
give him credit for greater sagacity. - -
'Again, the writer tells us that Dent ik CO.
acted all oblivious of political distinctions,.
LINO of their ticket being of opposite politics.
Two of them, forsooth! Did Dent vote for
Lewis Mann? How is it, Dent—s.didn't you
scratch that ticket T Is Pradt opposed to Dent
in politics I Pray, Mr., are you ignorant of
the politics of this community, or are you
indebted to a fertile imagination for this dii.
corery It is charged that this election was
a mere attempt to whitewash the character of
Ross and Overton. They need no white= .
washing; they ask no endorsement. Judge
Ross has been long and fivorably known in
this community. He was born among the
hills of Potter. Its was contending against
overty's brawny arm, and gallantly strug.
gling for the position which he now . oc
cupies in this community, long before a
streak of fortune had put it in the power of
his traducer, 11. H. Dent, to do him harm;
and he will be respected here and elsewhere
when there is none so poor as to pay respect
to his vile calutnniator.
Mr. Overton is comparatively a stranger,
particularly to people living in remote parts of
the county. Ile came among us two or three
years since, about the same time that tha
"blight of Meeker" fell upon us. Ile has
taken no extraordinary pains to foist himself
into notice. Ile has no hired newspaper
scribblers to trumpet his fame. Ile has no
weekly publication with two-thirds of its
column's devoted to au exposition of his vir
tues, or his troubles. Ile has placed no sound
ing brass in steeples here to hourly herald his
wonderful, elislreerested benevolence. Ile
expects like o:her rational men to stand or
fall upon his own merits. He is sincerely.
attached to the interests of this county, being
the agent of a large landed interest here.
He makes no empty boasts that he shall ere
long make every citizen of this county a
Crotsus or a king. - He leaves all such empty
self-laudation to the virtuous up-town bahy
whipper. He only begs of his friends to save
him, from the humiliation of a compariori
with such a creature.
In all the malign bitterness legitimately
spawned in the weak and morbid intellect of
11. 11. Dent against Ross and Overton, is it
once charged against them that they arc not
good men to fill the station to which they
have been elected? Judge Ross has already
acted for several years in that capacity. The
public can say how well he has executed his
trust. Can Dent or any of his •atnomatons
point to a single act of his unbecoming an
incumbent of that station? If Mr.- Overton
neglects 'to discharge his duty faithfully, it
will then he time to call him to an account.
I will bring this communication speedily
to a close. I see from the same paper that a
dire calamity has fallen upon us. Now, be it
remembered, that un Saturday, the 4th day of
August, 1855, Mr. 11. 11. Dent, peacefully,
witliout a struggle or a groan, resigned the
office of President of the Board of Trusteei
of the Coudersport Academy. I read some
time since in the Patriot these words: " I hold
no of of public trust except that of Peosi;
dent of the Board of Trustees of the Cou- -
dersport Academy." Hereafter it will read:
" I hold no office or.public trust except that
of poor-master of the Borough of Couders•
- port. , Oh! how painfully my money flows to
prevent starvation here. Oh, what a fall there
was, my countrymen ! I was ambitious to be
a Congressman. I have seen the travail of
my soul, and am obliged to
.be satisfied with
the poor laurels I merit as Overseer of the
poor." This resignation and wlthdiawal ii
merely carrying out the rule or ruin doctrine.
Milton aptly describes a character of the
same-kind : - •
"He ceas'd; and next him Moloch, scep
tered king,
Stood up ; the strongest and fiercest spirit
That fought in Heav n, now fiercer by despair.
His trust was with th'•Eternal to be deemed
Equal in strength, and rather than be less,
Cared not to be at all; with that care lost •
Went all his fear: of God, or Hell, or worse,
He reck'd not."
• Well, Mr. Dent, fight on; perhaps you can
ruin the Academy, - if you cannot rule it.
"We shall see what we shall see."
SnLRON.