THE PUPLE'S JOURNAL
! JOHN S. MANN, EDITOR .
C~.~a-^^tii ~~
Cf 'IIDERSPOitt, rA.
THLRSDAY Fog NINg, MARCH 6,18,'•6
nr, We ere very sorry to lose Ma-
jur sli4l. frore the Cuudersport hotel
when:he Lai made so many improve
mean:anti accomplished so much fur
the rapniation of the Once. " But we
are assured by those nu whose judg
inerst-Aie rely, that his successor, kr.
Daniel - Giaismire, son-in-law uf 'Capt.
N...Vldills, will maintain the present
eharicier of the house and tuku
niesigure is noting sesstßl nispruv. e .
tneriti in faruitute alrady, g i ve
the house a pli.aiant, home) .; Ke
ante. S., we bespeak fur Dir. Glass
mire
a liberal patr ,7, uage. and the good
e .
yrisinsa r f the peol)le, , •
tit t psa clpf the attic's, from
the y. oti t r o.t! luj n entitled " fhe
Spe4ership." It is especially corn
tn. ended to the attention of those inno
cent old liue Democrats who still fancy
their party is opposed to lialinv Noth
ingism, or unwithug to form'cualitions
with any faction or ism that will assi.t
them to secure any portion of the
1, 9111
Th Jeositifft proposes
CO). A. 11. M'Clure, of the Boillsylva
nia•Telesraph. as a candidate for Audit
or General. We second this nomina
tion with our might, aid so would a
laFgo bujorkty( ! fthit voters of this coun
ty, should hit llama come before then
as a candidate at. the polls. Col.
Chou is a ttraitforward, upright, tal.
sated : and fiariess Venus . ylyaniar,—a
worthy descendant ulthe melt who laid
the foundation of our character in the
days of Fianklin. We hope he will
ways the . unsuimous vote of the del-
egatet who may tnpot ir. convention
on the 26th of this motith.
tar If. li.pent has written, through
paper, a familiar letter to Juhu B.
it•
,oxpressing his views and wishes
in regard to uur schools. This farnil
z'.
!Amity between Dent and Beck, is very
natural, as " Birds of a feather," &c.
. .
rir Wu fear the nomination of Fill
mere will have u Lad effect on the elec
tion QE C;ongressean in this District,
as we judge frum the tune of the Lew . -
istown Gazette, that it will become a
warn; supporter uf Fillipore, and may,
insist o u ci f tiditlate of that stamp. As
co man who earnestly desires tu pre
acne Kausas frum the curse ofslavet y,
trill thii‘k of voting for Fillmore ur any
gnu wan agrees with hi::: on the slave
ry quast f uu, appreiniu4 . there
be trouble in findolg a candidate fur
Congress that can elt•cted.
Xine‘ilour students had enroll
id their name's on Mr. llendrick's class
. •
Ibook un 'Tuesday last, a.id still they
came. It is a plea3ant thing to visit
the Acad.:ln) - now. Such, a host ~t
smiling, happy faces—such hopeful
. 1 : 11 •;•ir'its all around you, and a corps of
tischers, able and willing to give entire
suifsfactiou to all who nt.ay seek their
EROY 5516 OL SOO3Z.
Oar friend Lewis Wood is on the
• ,
ansiou4 seat in re vird to the outrage
amatnitted in dtpriving Mr. ISVG•nue
of his teat ; % . ;."1 hard - outing hops
a+l Lis
cquversion to the rigut. Hu
Oa/ writtani two columns in 'elation to
tier new School finite, the M.irga
affair, tae new Court House. and the
Pierce Dontocracy ; but he has not
4, : tsau the names of . those electors wao
who wete deprived of voting at the
- oloctiuu last fall in CUlldequenao of the
, ahaaga of tha place, of holding it ; uor
has ho given the names of those zlitt-
Sane or said township who gave notice
H the Board that they Ivisheil the vide
sloe hell at another place. These
also very important atatowtiuti aurora
•39 tq Mr. Wood, aro alleged . to be
false. We think, therefore. be wuuld
lave beau better employed in giving
.60 Li 1111204 Of thlaa persons iu Sharon
MIO=IIIICIII
who could sustain thesCillegfitio - fiii, -
,thaniu allutdone to 11furOn (Who bee
,serer been mentioned--in this pollen.,
? that wo remember) . or to Atm outrage
of the Commhisiouirs in building -a
Court House in defiance of the will of
the people. .We aro entirely tini}ble
to see : the connection li . c4ween these
dead isr-as and the falls petition about
Ole election in Sharon township.
As to the name 'of the school house•
where the eleciion was held , eve ht%re
only to say that Fhe School directors
have emits and exclusive control of
the public'Schoolfflieses.of t.bis Stat'.,
and that the School Directors of Sha
ron township, at their first. rr.eeting
after the completion of the, building
1 n question, designated on their
books as the Roy °Jchool House,"
antrthey have so datsivated it from
that ftty to Ns. lhat Mr. Wood
contributed largely to the building of
this house, ie, u Beet cl eerfully admitted,
and has hequently been spoken of by
us, in conversation with friends
is ;note than likely the School Eprect
ors would lauve deenle4 this linerality
a suffletent teasel: for complying with
any request kir. Wood might. have
Ipreferred to them as to thJ name . of
the house. But it gave him 110 .control
of the nume, and as he made nu request
t o the bawd, it very naturally took the
;lame of the building whose place it
erected to 'supply. 4 therefore
called the Le Rog School
as appears -from 'the recto ds of
the Board of School Directors ITith
Robins Brown for Presiderat ; aad all
the squirming of which 1-Toulterisru is
parable, cannot falsify the recursl of
the fact. Thu simple truth ij .the
Sheriff's gruplamatiun designatecl
Le Roy School ouse aA the placa.for
bolditig the election in Sharon town
ship. and every votpi who started for
the polls, went to the house where the
Board of Election was. This shows
that in S:istrou the voters all under
-stood the now School House) was cll
MEI
CM
ed Le Hoy School House—which fur
ther shows that the - petition to the
Legislature calling it the !. Sharon
Center," contained a falsehood in this
as in the points named above.
Can't some other of the signers of
that document try his hand at defend :
lug it T Give u 4 the names of those
electors who were deprived of voting,
and of those citizens who notified the
Board of their wish to have the elec
tion; held at another place. if there
are any such ?trim's; sffrely it must
be an easy matter to name them.
TWO THOUSAND-CLTIZENI IN COUNCIL.
-Au indignation meetingof the citi
zens of Williamspurt and vicinity, on
Monday evening, Fell. 13, 1356, at the
Coutt !louse, fur the purpose of ex
pressing indtguation at the course
pursued by the committee in the mat
ter of the contested election of John
C. M . Giiee, was organized by the se
lectiod of the tolloviiiig officers
!'resident, Joux K. this, Esq.
Vice Presidents, William Alleil, E.
Calvert, E - sq., Garr..at Tinsman, Maj.
Chas. Hepburn.
iecristiiries, Dr. J. Pfuuts and
•
Leonaid Ulmer, Esq. •
G. W. Youngman, Esq., stated the
abject of the meeting, when, on mo
tion, a committee of Mae was appoint
ccl to draft resolutions expressive of
the feeling ofthis meting. - ThcCnair
appointed the following gentlemen to
coortitute , the committed ; G. W.
Younattism . Esq., Win. li i idegrsif,.
Maj. L. G. Hu nag, rhos. South, J stub
Wise, Jainos Tinier . , Dr. J. Tomlin,
60.1, Samuel Toreet, Steplied
I)l:i.ta the aliseace of the commit
tee, i.el meeting ‘Vd.3
_addressed by
Leonard yisner, Esq., iu which he
euimsdvertiid very strongly OU the
report of the committed and their
ba..tting,-Mr. Beck.
The cometittew, after retiring for
deliberation, reported the following
preamble and resolutions, which Were
uneniastusly adopted by tee meeting :
WHEREAii, Tao Elective franchise
icu'sacr ' ed • U j eve' y true
and iieutilauia ireetnau . of feausyl
veine &rule only legitimate mode ui,
ei L )ressing opt view., aatl praferelice
101 inea ` inid and wherea.i,
wu ite 1 tett wan deep regret 'that a
great wriag tins licoa eMnnattod upon
our 'nuts - try the insjority In Ulu tAmt
:aittou LO try tau Coate.itod e . icettau ut
uttr wen thy repres?otatti,:c Joint U.
Arauee., appuars must clearly Irma
tueir ;opal, am.V 10 pitultc, punt, and
fur the redress ut tutl.ttl grievances we
bare the tight gUarautood to 114 lty
that ilowurun patiadium 4.buatin ho
urly, Itioneclaratioaufludepondoiaco;
....-$.:-Ct%t , tc,fl.__.r.o W7' K'-''. - .:.-,,,e J. 1-r-
=Eszni
therConstittitiOn of the Unttel &aft*
arid tha.Constitutiott and la*i of the
COnarnonwealth of Pennsypinnia ex
press in a public, manner our thoughts
and grievanpss,'and eve appeaY to tt,
candi‘rand intelligent public ;
We would, therefore, call the atten
ljen dal! reflecting men te . .the glaring
abuses and tyfannical power exescis
da - hy the rmijerity committee i n
siding that John B. Beck should Occu
py a scat in the Legislature as one of
the members from the district comps
ed of, the counties of Lycoming,
nod Putter, when by their . own
'bossing John C. M'Ghee bad repeve4
ti Alcor majority of the .vote' cast by
persons every syay geglifted to vote_ fur
members of the .4sierebly in said dis
trict : therefore
Resolved, That the facts as r e n ip l eci
by the majority committee to try tip
contested election case of John C.
ltrGhee, member elect from the dis
trict of hygoraing, Clinton and Potter,
if true, proves only that the election
in Sharon township-. wa3 invalid, and
in that case ghottld have been so re
ported under the 112 d "section of the
act of 1839, Pgraoies iligest, page
299, so that the people could, by bal
lot,.decide who should represent them
in the Legish.ture.
Resolre4, '.'hat no Itnnorttble and
hitilt-minded man would consent to
take, a P. 04t in the Legislature. against
the vyislies of a majority
ez:pressed - through
the ballot box. whether such a seat
could be procufed by !a - Fhnical
titans or otherwise.
Resolved, That John B. Beck is not
the choice of a majority of the voters
of this Legislative district, au4
fop' iihui4d resign fortliw4ll,
Resolved, That John C, 111'Ciltee
was the, choice of 9. majOtitY of the le
gal voters of this Representative
truct and was justly' it:aids:al to his
!taut, frig!) Iyllich be rtv wtongftilly
ejected.
Reiolred, That we will repel by
pyery means in ourpower, all attemino
tp ptrike down the rights of freemen
and disregat d the will at the sovereign
and that we regard the action
of the committee on the above 'case ai
an unmitigated and high-minded out . -
rage on our lilicities and rights, which
should meet the indignant repulse and
condemnation of every high-handed
and hot - unable citizen.
11.eroleed; That the deci,ion of the
cntiunlitee is au insult upon tie
iutnlli
gerice of Oil po t pie of this Legislative
a:Atria, anti particularly to the citizens
.. t P at • i L •
p •t Lou./ty..
Resolved, That the voice of the free-
mthi of the borough of Wi:liumiport,
as expressed on Pridav last through
tire ballot hox, is a merited rebuke up
on tlie. fleclsion of the Legislative com
mittee, and the action nftheir halitling.
John B.lleos, member from this place.
Resolved, That we highly approved
of the 'manly course ptirsned ity our
worthy member; Sain4o Oelchyi+ll•
.
- Resolved, . That the proceedings of
this meeting be signed by its officers
and published in all the pub* papers
of this district and throughout the
State.
The Pittsburg Convention
One of the most important conven
tions ever held itt the Unitod States :
met at Pittsburg on the 22nd of Feb
ruaiy, to take counsel as to the host
method of proventing the further
spread of Slavery, and of perfecting
the organization of pie Itepublicaa
party. " 411 the free State;, eight slave
States, and three Territories wore
represented in tide convention. -
FIKANCI3 P. BLAIR, the old‘confidant
and champion of Grim. Jackson. now a
Maryland planter, was onanimlusly
chosen to preside. and on taking the
chair, he was greeted with enthodasm,
liehdlierchiefs being waved, and cheer
following upon cheer. Thu organiza
tion was completed a 3 follows :
Vice Presidents-1 - Lnatio G. Ru 33,
N. H.; li o. .131i3i, 14133.; H. G. Plaz
at (1;111.; W. P. Sherman, N. J ; Gen,
Mit kle,- Pa.; W. P. Clarke, lowa.; G..
W. Julian, Ind.; Gov. Bingham, Mich.;
Nawsuti, Minuesutd ; L. Brain
isr4, Jarnes.M: Bunco, C 01111. ; .. E.
D. Alurgna, N. Y.; Joseph Farley, Va.;
Win. S. 134i1y, Ky. ; it. W. Spaulding,
Oniu. ; John .4c9lillaa, 111.; DaviA
Junes, Wisconsin ; L. Chsp.alan, Dis-
I trict of Oulunibia.
Secretaries—ituasell Everett, Pa. . ;
Nam; I)Jyt ~,,, N. Y.; 1). It. Tilden,
Oai . u.; J. C. ViagLai, Ill.; J. W.
btono,
We nave net space for the proceed
ings ut . tha evtiveLitioa, but the follow-
tug aitract vrinc,4 we take from tad
i'litsbhro Gazette, shows the spirit id
thu couvsettou and. the gist of what
was done
Mr. Iteemlin, of Oaio; wa3 opliosed
to all . Naitusial lt.luuki
tuu muC.t Itka kitilutviug in the foui
aces of tttu i.)14 partied. Tuley were.
giving their enemy ;au, upilurtuuity to
aittice: wan by toe time and
place of holding, the convention. The
Idleptson •Is ;a ; great one. Jefferson
didn't cnine qm a Fon entiou ; JaelF;
aolt 1 0 19 T WasWngton didn't come from
ponyfntkons. ',Tis Republican , move-
men; would :obtairt more success by
-going out-among t.be • people. If the
people can't find a roan, for God's
sake don't . let politics fi nd one for
them. You are preventing the people%
.choice*;' . you - are preventing - 14.e - Fon ,.
centrally:l Of . pre:lic opiniot!
actiftn . .: . *For his part, he. \vas dory)
with 'eyin, * that- he would vote the
,ticket; the whole ticket, and nothing
but thetieket ; beii; never du it again.
(4 P PluP
Mr-. Lovejoy, of was in-fa
vor of holding the Convention. We
have been accu4emed -to them. and
tho.poeple expect a Convention, which
was .the opinion of tile cornrnittee.
Woire not in danger of corruption
(Vinttigue so long 43 we remain
true to pi inciple. Hereafter we may
arrange the matter of nomination dif
ferently.' Nr. Lovejoy oen moved
that instead of two, three be tbp haiis
of tvpresentwitlii from each emigres
>ional district to the Convention. Car
ried. , . •
After some further diartvision the
swim] as amended was adopted, and
it as rolINW:
The Conimittee fluffier, recommend
the holding of a Republican Na:ional
Convention, for the nomination of
Candidates fur. the President and Vico
President pf the United States, •at
Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the 17th
day . ofJune next, to he composed of
delegates from the several States,
equil in number to three times the
representation jg Congress to which
each State is entitled.
..„.
M r . Ashley, of Ohio, otrarel a sub
stitute 1;4., Mr. Lovejoy's amendment,
makit the reßresetitition onefrotp
each Congressional District, Er-c.
* judge emarked - that he
had nu d4uht his colle,z.ie's motives
were hotest, but he would move to lay
the substitute on the table, w'lich was
accordingly dune. • -
"The th section wai then read, and
wai unauintottsly ad~•~tted, pnl3 is us
0110 %pi
That the Reptibllcans of the several
States be ref:wattled t o complete their
organization at the narlie4t graetieal
movmet.t by.the appointment of. State,
County, and Dist, lets, Cotnmittees, and
the State and County Committees are,
requested to organize the respective
counties by Republican clubs id every
town and
. township throughout the
land.
Itir. Mann of New York, from the
committee on iti.l4ress., announced that
he hal been instructed, tznaninrosly.
by the committee, to present their !u
-pon. There were stone slight differ,
ences among the members of the com
mittee, but they were aditisted antic-
ably in order that the whole might be
benefited. He said the address was
not the production of any member of
the - committee, but was prepared by
an able and careful hand. The great
question up in Mile!) the convention
was c•niferting wds.whether the con
stitution sliall have engt ailed upon it
the itistitotien of slivery, and have it
declared national. We are nowbrough t
to the point that each must act for Om
self, and deterinipe upon the proper
course to pursoe, This action is
foreed upon us by the administration.
The speaket said he felt the reSponsi
tidily los assumed, when he made the
deciatation in the face of the adminis
tration, and the powers of the central
government, that it the gOvertuno t
by any a u thority it may assurne,sitr.uld
shed ono 'cfrop
,att human . blood in
Kansas, that would be the end of livt
mon slavery, not only in this cull:A . ly
but in evqry other land. (Great • ap
plause, all& crte,4 11' ".repent that de
' !oration," which the speaker did )
Lie said he was . 'nq orator, but spoke the
words of Ern h and COO:I:Mil. Me 11.1.i1 no
, doub. this dec'ardiron wuu.d be common-pd
' on frotu Maine to 31tnnelota, but he c..red
no., as is vv.,s made front his hear.. Mr. 1114iin,
then read .he .i.iiii of the Dec amiou of duo
Princ.ii.ea of the itepubdc.th l'ar,y. Being
too inacu .exhaus.ea .o re id .he paper, which
vr.ts very vo.nuatious, IDr. Dennison . , cif
Ohio, performed .1 4 it da y fur hint.
The reading ut the Address oec..pied 5012 e
two hours. , •
The address ixotiud up by taking tile fql
lowing posil.ons as .he bma of the Na.ia6al
He i nle-mall Pitr,y. '
We du therelbre dec'are to the • peop!o of
the I.la.Led Stu es, as ob j ec.s fur which we
uui.e M. pu 'tic II ac ion:
J. 'fit it wo demand and shill attempt tq
secure :ht: repeal all laws which a.iftw the
to roduc ion of S:avery in.o Territories once
4.insecr.t.e.l to freeddin; and watt reels. by
I 'reef, cons.itutionat means ',he ex.s.ence 0 . ,f
I St:Avery in any of the Terri,ortee of th e Urn.
I ted .S.a.es. .
X. We' will a:Kim:by every lawful ups ins
our bre Miran in KaIISAS in .Itefr constituaen Il
and man y . resistance to .be usurped au.hority
of meirlisw.ass invaders; and wail give the
full weight of our'ito i..cd power in favor of
the hounds.' ;Amiss on of Kens ts to 'the
1111011 as a free, sovereign and independent
Sine.
a. Be.ieving that-the present National Ad
minis.ra.tua has shown a ie.! to be we .k dud
lay.h.ess, ..nd Lb O. 1,1 e011.111:1 Inca in power is
iden.ified wt.h .be progress of :he cave pow
•r to na joust suprein..cy, vri h the isse.usion
of freedom from .he terrt.ories and with un
ceasing cwt. discord-4 is aas titling purpose
of our organization to oppose anti overthrow
it.
=OW NOTHINGS IN COUETh
The National Know Nothing Con
vention which met at Philadelphia on
Monday, February 18, was completely
under the control of the alardlulders
awl their Northarg i 1 si. When this
Imcardeichlitro, tide aitriTover~/.
'h9lters, reptesentilog eight Stittr; (N.
}amp,hire,Can
Magstiphu3etts, Penniylvapia, „Ohio,
lovreomi 111ipois,) mot and a4optes)
the foilowiog address
TO 7TIII, AMUIIICAIf P I Ann op UNION
The undersigned, delegates-.of—the
Nominating Convention' now in session
in Philadelphia. find themselves gern
pelted to dissent from the prinetples
nvoin-ed by that body ; and holding the
opinion,. as they do. that the resell atitte
of the Mjssortri Compromise, deemed
ed by e majority .of the whole people.
is a redress of a grieveds and undeni
able wrong , and the execution of it. In
spirit at least, indispensable• to the
repose of the .conintry, they have re
garded the refusal of that Convention
to recognize the wel! ! defined opinion
of the entinety and of the Americans
of the free States upon this question
as denial of their rights end a rebuke
to their sentiments ; and they hold that
the'almission into the National Coun
cil and Nominating Conventicle of the
delegates from Louisiana representing
.a Roman Catholic constituency, ab
solved every true Americt.o from all
Obligation's to stistain the action of -ei
ther of said bodies. -
They 'have, therefore, withdrawn !
from the Nominating -Cornytotion, re
fusing to par ticipate 'in ;hp propeserl
nomination ; and now address them
selves to the Americans of the crow
try; especially of the Slates they
represent, to justify and approve their'
action. Arid to the end that a nomi
nation
confer ming to the overo gling.'
sentiment of the country in the great
issue, may he regu'arly and auspiciotco !
ly made, the unslersigued propose to
the Americans in all . the States to as
semble. in their several State organi
zations, and el»ce Delegates to a Com
ventiori ; ea meet in the city of New
York. on the 12th of June next, for
the purpose or nominating candidates
fur President and Vice President, of
the United States. -
After this Mimi Fillmore ,Was
nominated as the candidate for Presi
dent and A. J. Dunnolson for Vice
President. This was pqnsiderecl a
great outrage hy a number of the
friends of george Law, who repudia
ted the nomination, and signed a pro
test of the follovring is the major
?Art I:
First The nominee is not a member of the
American party. He has never been inside
of a council-room, and no act of his life, no.
word spoken; or lino written by him, of which
we hare any knowledge, iud cites thit he
sympathizes with that-party, or that he would
carry out its principles.
Second. His nomina:ion we regard as an
utter betrayal ofthe great movement: a trai
torous attempt to wrest it'from its purpose,
and make it minister to the selfish.arolOion
of the leaders and demagittles pf the deld
organizations of ibis I wit.
Third. He was coreed upon the State of
New York by Sau.harn vo:e , ag limit the wish
of our State delegates,aind from those Stales
witiefi:no may pretends cu carry their vote
for etl Arn•ric•in Preaidient.
Fourth. Ile was forced twin the State of
:haw York itpinelhe express wish of a large
majority o& our State Legislature—against the
express wish ofa majority aril'', State officer'',
and, we repeat, ugliee the oxprem wi'k of
two-thirds of-our delegates in the Convention.
if those two pretests do not {pock
all the life out of the Know Nothing
organization, we shall be much naista
ken. The nomination of Fillmore
makes the. issue between freedom and
slavery tintniitakable ; and no man
who desires Kan:as to come int-) the
Union a free State, will think of voting
for Millard Fillmore. We are glad the,
issue is so plainly made that no one can
be mistaken. .
THE EIPEAKEE3II2
Nino weeks of the Session, an , l
hundreds oftlionsmdi of were
spent in afruittoii attempt to elect
a Sprakor and tog inize the House,
and it W.O not until the allies. of the
Border Ruffians in the House suppos
ed that they could el.ect a Speaker of
their. own faith, that they permitted
one to be chosen.
.On the assembling of Oongreas the
old Hunker thonocracy held their
caucus, nominated Richard4oa, who
had 6een . the champion of the Ne
braska Bill and S.'averg in the last
(.Jongress, as their candidnte fit Speak
er, constructed the inoAt ultra pro
slaverx and Anti-linow-N..t , iing, plat
form, and resolved that they, with
their candidate, waald stand upon •
this platform and fi,zlit the battle • t •
the t• bitter end." After a few days
of unsuccessful ballotings, it becalms
apparent to every one that a Speaker
could net be chosen unless thu plurali
ty rule were ad.ipted, and a pi oposi
tion to that effisct,was soon brought
forward by one front the Riviltlican
side of the House, but was voted down
by the combined. votes of Op No 7
slaveryliaow Nothings and, the old
Hunker . Dem icracy. These interest
ing pal ties could not agree to vote fir
the same 111111, because of the effect
it would have upon their cahstitueuts
at home, but they could prevent al
organization of the H /114 e. and chance
might open the way for a union by
ivhicki 4 pro-Slavery Speaker might
be elected and neither party matera i
01. y damaged in its cun.urnmation.-
-The difficulty in the way of uniting
the pro-Slavery Knorr Nothings, and
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ihiWerMS Tr#ritOcracy, was the Anti-
Know Nothing !dank in the platform
"upott;which Richarcisou stood-41 10y
had•no objections to the principles of
•Itichard son in the main, but they were
tint willing to give their votes to stul
tify themselves and their party before
the country. Alter a great deal of •
billing and caning between litimphroy
Marsha Wltitney, Valk, Banco, .
Fuller & Qn., nn the one side, and th e .
leaders of the Pierce ;Democracy nu
the Other, Richardson • withdrew hii
name as'a candidate fhr Speaker, and
• Orr, an old South Carolina nullifier
was substituted in 1114- place, and al
though'Orr, obtnitted the votes of
few Southern 11.nnw-Nothings, yet the
old Richard: Anti platform on which
some of llis friend 4 insisted upon his
standing still repelled the' great body
of the pro-Slavery- A mericant —and
after repaated hallotings. Orr was
ahantlonml and given up a; imprficti•
cable. Upon the uliarpl.niment •£ Orr
the union • I.etween the Pierce .Du
mocracy and the pro-Slavery Knox
Nothing.; w:l4 nearly complete, anj
the onl y difficulty in carrying out the
object of the union, was in the sale,
tion of the ms's. and that they 'might
meet upon a common p!atform where
neither would have the advantage,
Illord;cai Oliver, an old line Whig
of Niseouri, ‘vai pitched upon, and
there 'we! e Twiny r:.•tions• ivliy O.iver
%vas a suitable man f4r the party amd
Ike occasion, Flo wai a reAdont of a
Slave State. wa4 the jrnmetli.ite repre
sentative of the Mieinart garde, Ruf
fians, miql\t, in fact he said to he • one
of cm." and a 4 be belonged to 4-party
of the past, hi.; election ve otkl pro
duce n • jellott4e4 or heart-barnings
between the different wingi of his
supporier4. But as it nften happeies
that the mist carefully corm .cirri
scheme 4 fill of success, an in this case,
altluiuzli Oliver's vuto reached 101,
yet a few hard-hearted Know Ned]:
ito74 still held out. and Mr. Oliver. the
Whiz, arid the candidate of
the Old-Hunker Democracy and the
candidate of the pro-Slavery Know
Islithing4, lacked n very f4w votes of
an election. nod he wa4 pronounced ma-
availahle.—Then, as the Alouetain,
would not come to Mahomet, Mahe:_
met resolved to go to the Mountaiu.;
the Democracy, to conciliate their
Know Nothing brethren. had ahem-
cloned Richat (lien and taken up Orr,._
and then still further to conciliate
them hail thrown overboard both Orr
.and their platform. and met them with
Oliver, on neutral ground ; but still
failing of success, the Pierce Demo
cracy resolved to take the fine/ sup •
end if the Know Nothings would net
come to them, they would, go to tile
Know Nothings P Consequently...Ex
tie. Billy Smith." a Virginia Know-
Nothing,: was the next candidate, bat
here a reaction took 'place, a few of
the Dimocrats refused to be trims
ferred to the Koow Nothings, and re- _
fu•led to vote. So ° extra Billy,"
shared the fate of thoso who had guns
before--efeiled for the want of Vot ed _ .
Tho iieNt last candidate of the Coili •
tion, Was - Hon. William Aiken of
Sooth Car• lina. Its did not Itching
to the regular Pierce Dcm icracy, at
least did not ancaul the Democratic
cauen4, Let was 4 uullifiut—me !who
believed that the Republic existed
only for the herposc ref upholding and
extending SPaoecy.. Ile was. himself
the owner ofenore than a thousand
Slaves, and therefore Border Ruffian- -
could have nethieg, to fear from •
him. He was not a grinw Nothing
hut ha 4 made pledze4 to tlkAt party;
till they were satitfiea. matt*
an attempt to elect him by resolution,
and came; so near sir:este:ling that
they thought with the plurality rule
att.:cc:is would be .certain. Conse
quently an admieistratioa Dim 'ere.
from Tetutessee proposed the Plurali
ty Mule, giving as a - reason that he.
thought a satrial consecrative, national
man m;;;14 be elected, and when the
measure was proposed from the ad
miniscration side of the
.H ouse. it - was
.carried, and the result before the
Bat what a degrading and loath
some spectacle it exhibit; to are
tie great Democratic pasty- of the
country throwing overboard it, men.
and entering into coalitious . with
Whig t, Know Nothings, and tiro fag
ends of oil parties and faztious, that
it might stojey the evtited privilege of
playing second li.ldle tq 33./.ODJ slave- .
Soilers, tifid spreading thecurse of
lavery over territory now free-.
Tha hypocritical cry of Knew
Nuthingism can no longer be used by
the Bogus lletnecracy with euccess; .
if the'thing should be attempted, just
point them to the vote for. Oliver, a
:Whig: Smith, a Know Nothing.. and
Aiken, a ma:i pledged t • •tbeiKnow-
Nothings; and if they do •not bang
their heads with shame., it will he be
cause there is nut sensibility enough
left in them to appreciate the con
temptible position they occupy.
rir We regre•; to learn that the bora&
barn of H. L. .Bird of Sweden, broke,
doWn with the weight ()renew, Tuesday
night last. A two year old colt was
killed, and other steak considerably in
jured. This is a serious accident, and
should warn all others to clear their
roofs (roes snow without delay.
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