From tho Wilmnigion . [X.C.):Cuinmeretril,ovhigo
Aug. 14.
'UM OF THE WRIG DEFEAT IN NOR~'II
CAROLINA, •
We think the Standard is trtiataken'in
attributing, in any part, the defeat Of the
whigs•to the'free suffrage principle. In
the only case Where that doctrine would
hove any influence, the legislature; the
whip have gained ; which shows that the
free convention principle has overshadow
ed free suffrage in thiS election. •
The Scott nomination alone has caused
the election ofßeid, though the Standard
thinks it would rot'lliave been put in jeop
ardy bad' Fill More been the nominee. In
that election a large number of whigs,
thousands we believe, hive been inclitrer
ent, or neutral, or voted fur Reid. All
these, who comprise a large . pertion of the
talent and influence ;of the whig party;
would have been working Men and indus
triously engaged in prom n. otio the election
of Kerr, ha d' not the South been insulted
and dogrndod by the political devilment
tharnominated Scott. 1 -
• The whigs have now the , first lesson on
the Scott nomination' which we feared
would not road so well as many expected
and desired,end so we told the public:
The second' lesson on that 'nomination
will be rend in November, and the honest
whigs of North Carolina, who have per
mitted themselves to be deceived by the
upholders of the Baltimore betrayal, will
see more clearly than they now do the
patient humbugs of the lenders Of the
Scott foray against the rights, and inter
estsend honor of the South. False issues
and 'unsound conclusions now have their
inlluenee over the'rninds of those who real
ly wish well to the party and the country ;
bUt after the Scott ticket is defeated in
North Carolina, they will more clearly
discern what a cormorant set of spoils hun
ters and political aspirants we have in, as
well as out of, the State.
' We did all we could, in our humble
way, to avert the present crisis. Long
before the Baltimore Convention, we ex
'pressed the opinion that ifScott were nom
inated the whig party would be nut into n
'position "past praying for." And now we
repeat the opinion, that any hope of the
cohesion of the disjointed parts at the South
rests in defeat ; there is hope in defeat,
' none in victory under Scott ; for, in the
latter case, the divisions of the party will
be irretrievably and hopelessly sectional,
'While the great mass of the democratic
party will cohere as the national parry.—
Is any whig angry at our saying this 1—
Aro we your "enemy because we tell the
truth 1"
We hope, however, that one section of
this verity never be tested ; we think
it will hot be, because Scott cannot be elec
ted, from present appearances, But if he
is not, the mischief is done by his nomin
ation and the unwise adherence to it of -
Southern mon. While we say there is no
hope but in defeat, we do not think there
is a very lively hope in that. Southern
men are endeavoring to get up a furor and
excitement in this election on grounds, "as
false as stairs of sand.' , They profess to
be bound by the decisions of n political
convention, when they know,• in truth,
there is no obligation whnttivcr, the North
ern whigs having repudiated the contract.
They hurry for Scott, when they feel in
their "heart of hearts" that the influences
which generated and brought forth his nom
ination, nre'deadly hostile to the rights and
the peace and safety of the South, and the
security of the Union. And they hold on
their course in the vain hope that all will
end in the triumph of the party; not per
ceiving that jealousynud embittered hatred
will grow nut of the successful eircumven.
tion that gives a triumph to Northern nto;
litionism and free soihsm. The vile incen
diaries who , have poised their lances under
the honored name of the whir', party, will
not keepihem in unemployed rest, w hen
they'have so high a'sancrion for the as
' satilto pure n party to press them on.
But if the whig party alone were in per
il, 'there would who 'so much cause for
grief and anxiety. Parties may scatter
again form ; if tinder a new name, still the
principles will be the .same. But discom
fitted nationality is transcendentally peril
(xis; the lamp of freedom extinguished is
nor easily.re-kindled ;•nor can a household
long' toeether . by a community of in
thi:ests and
reciprocal regard, ever be reit
'ovated end le-organized in its pristine
excellence. The. men of this Union, 'es
tranged-by the adverse eletnents now in
the,aseendent in the whig party, can never
~.be seconciled as brethren,jf these elements .
Are permitted to do,tiatir Alta) work. ,The
( „Union maybe outwardly, preserVed under
. / eeentral power, strong in physical mighti
in the still more odious appliances 'of
!corruption and, bribery and fraud. We
JoKitypesent to the world the fruits acorn
, murpial ; enterprise, sociaj,,grandetir and :
; inajfitaiy , glory. , BCkne,more the patriotic
~;; heart of this ,glrious,union—no' more the
pure and unadulterated mind.. This,'even
,dthis,,is.the.best phase of the changes, with
which we are threatened. Well will it be
,we ; de not repent pur,follY in se
and in household hlood.
We have been led to',;digress.firpro the
. immediate line. with which we commenced
this article, by allowing the expresSions of
)' , ohr thoughts 'and feelings: as they have
11;nriSen. WO know that we will he censur
-',,eil, perhaps abused and traduced. for, the
::freOdetri with,:which we utter these truths.
-"But we trait they , are. not less honest in
I..theieentertainment than true intheiechar-
Satisfied that we; ere in .tho . right,
cannot and will not refrain: from the
performance of our duty our readers,
andin - pur bumble position, to !our court
#o were sure wa couldAot.g.reet
miidCrStariding of tho'soread . oar
' . reitiarks, would still cry out, and Warn,
piophet when be''pOpred 'forth'
upon the leaden cal'Of"Jiidult.
• Oiiin c e ci;;; 1ent.)1641.
'' ' it iit'adjuitted on all kends Out the
triitl . ef,strength Sin . de the Presid4itial
nominations, the whips 'are badly'bCaten.
Puy. Reid is re-elected by ,ah increased
majority. The National intdligencer
and • 'the Republic, however, console
their party by assurance that this is no test;'
that Scutt will show a very different raj.il . t.
wee with ,them that this election' is
not a test ; but for the reason that the
Whigs were united and worked heartily for
their candidate for Governor, and that they
will be - divided, and but a portion, probably
o small portion, will enter into the canvass
pr Scott with spirit and hope. According
to all the indications. General Scott has
no chrin6e of receiving the full whig vote
of North Carolina, and, of course, no
chance of carrying the State.
ow I i.„ ",,,
CEN. PIERCE AND CATIIOLICS.
We hoped, last V . eel;:that We had heard
the last of 1110' cries which interested par
tisd as had raised against the Democratic.
etindidate, in consequence of the reffisal of
his native State to amend the local con.4i
tutien in such a way es to admit Catholics
to State offices in New Ibimpshire. We
supposed that we had said ebough nnd
more then enough to convince our .two
hundred thoustind readers that, if Now
Hampshire has a constitution which ex
eludes Roman Catholics from certain offi
ces, Gen. Pierce is not at all responsible
for tint state of things, Our articles on
this subject, summed up, present the fol
lowing result. Gen. Pierce, frorri the be
ginning of his career as n public man, has
exerted all his influence in favor of amend
ing the constitution so as to expunge the
obnoxious clauses which require that cer
tain offices shall be held only by Protes
tants. He, and the late Judge Woodbury,
succeeded in procuring a State convention,
three years ago, for the purpose of revis.
ing this constitution. lie was the presid
ing officer, and all, or nearly nil the mem
bers returned by the people for the con
vention, were pemocrats. When the ar•
ticles concerning Catholics came up for
consideration, Judge Woodbury made a
masterly speech in favor of amending
them, which was published in the Pilot,
and Gen. Pierce also delivered a powerful
arounnent on the same side, he leaving the
Chair for this very purpose; This speech;
was published in our paper not low , since.
At that time, he no more expected the nom
ination than we did. The vote for amend
ing the constitution, in this respect, was
unanimous, we believe. So it is clear that
the leaders and representatives ofthe Dem
ocratic party in New Hampshire were,
unanintonsly . in favor of striking, front!
the Cowtitution the clauses respecting'
Catholics, end they strongly recammended
the people' to approve, by their votes at thai
primary elections,the amendments made by
their delegates. So far, neither ; the lead
ers of the Democratic party, nor General';
Pierce, deserve any blame—on the con
trary, they merit praise, and if the conven
tion voted unanimously in favor of the
Catholics, the praise is due to Judge \Vood.
bury and Pierce, who labored zealously
to bring about that riisult.
When the subject came before the pee.
plc, at their town meetings, all the (WWI/ (I-
MeniS proposed by the Convention wercr
lost. Gen. Pierce however, ninth) another
effort in favor of the Cat holies, and mainly
through his influence, the whole subject,
was re-considered by the people, and they
voted again upon certain amendments of :
the Constitution presented for the approba
tion by the delegates. The amendments
in which we are particularly interested
were once inure lost. In this second trial
Gen. Pierce, of whose nomination no one
dreamed, faithfully served the interests of
the Catholics of New Ilarupshi re. It was
not his fault if the amendment was rej cl
od by the people. ( .
We have diligently inquired into: hi;
matterond we are satisfied that this euri-
MIS , result is due to the following causes.
There %rem se%cral amendment: to thy•
Constitution as htoposed . by the Corn ca
tion lbr popular consideration. Some of
them were pleasing to the people, and
among these, wo may safely mention ti e '
prophsed' Amendment abolishing the 'yap
edy (Jim/if/cation. There was no earthly
reasue why tie o should he 0 eted yvt,
rejected they were. The omenilMents
were not, we belie\ e, acted upon, sep•r.
rarely, but they were all or nearly all, dis
posed of in a luny. Sumo of them were
not acceptable to the people, and the others
shared the lot of these. All were lost.
Persons familiar' with the conduct of
town meetings are aware that citizens who
have buf,iness of their Own to transact, fre
quently•ifnotordinarily content themselves
with going 16 the polls simply for the pur
pose of voting for ('Jtricbrs. They do not
always remain through the day to take
part in debates or loillottings which occur
after the votes for officers have been cast.
It so
. happened in the case we ate consid
oring.-. The votes on the questions of
amending the eonStitation were taken, in
Many town's, in the- afternoon, when the
meetings were thinly attended. So we
have been :infOrrricd.
Religious prejudice unquestionably had
moch - -to do with the result, as we intima.
ted in a recent article on this subject. We
suppose -that Catholics must wait patiently,
for a few years, as they have •waited in
New• York, Massachusetts, Carolina, and
in - other States and these laws will surely
be repealed. , In most States, penal laws
were , enacted - against- Catholics.- Our
oiandfathers can almost remember the time
when priest§ were hung in NeW York.- 7 ,
Our fathers can remember the time when
Catholics were not admitted to the rights
of full 'citiZetiship in Maryland; and in some
other States:'' 'We can remember the time
when it was"shl,id„carolina, and-else Where.,
• New; 'these' tliinpfs a re• changed, and Cath
olics enjoy equal.,rights with their'Protos 7 ,
taut fellow citizens. -And 'whence - came
this change? .Why, emigration , brought }t
about. ,Catholics settled in ,these States ;
thiiy became numerous, - 'the people saw
that. they were as - goodciOens
' any in the . land ;",they, thrit. Who':
liciTidely Poured forth blood and'irettenre
in the defdrice of the'country they, grew!
ashained, therefore, oldie silly laws which
were foisted upon the credulity of their'
fathers by English bigotry, and they-blot
ted them from the statute book. Thesamo
resale will•be WitneSsedin New Hatnpshire
in a few years more.
Ono reason why New Hampshire has
I•
dglaYed IblloWing the cxampleof the othOr
States is this. She has not like them, had
opportunities of knoWing who and what
Catholics are. We suppose that the Pro-;
testants of New Hampshire are nol,Ailler
all, more'bigoted than are eVangelicale in
other States, for these had such and worse
laws, and repealed them us Catholics be.;
:came numerous, and better known. There
are few Catholics in i\ ew Hs mpshire.—
! We have heard or persons
,who travelled
twenty miles to see an I rishnian' and an
!Irishman's baby; ivhether they were like
other 'men "and babies. This, ho‘vev•
ever, was thirty years ago, when Catholics
were but'a handful. There arc but three
,or four priests in New Hampshire, while
Ithere are but fifty in Massachusetts.
der these eircumstanceS, Catholics may as
well be charitable, and wait until New
Hampshire knows them better. This must;
happen soon.
These considerations show that this law
has been n dead letter in New Hampshire.
Catholics should not hold certain offices,
but then, there were no Catholics' in the
State, none at any rate, who could aspire
to be Governor, or Senator. Had the is
! sue been tried—had a Catholic been elected
Governor by the people, at any time, we
' are persuaded that lie would not be unseat.
ied by the legislature, in consequence of
these constitutional provisions. Li ttle
, or
nothing probably would have been snid
'
!about it. Any attempt in the way of enrol.-
cing the law would probably have resulted
in its repeal. This is the operation of most
obnoxious laws which have become a dead
letter. In Maryland, for example, there is
at this moment, we believe, a law forbid•
ding Catholics to pass Within a certain dis
tance of the Court House. We doubt not
that similar laws may be found in the stat
ute books in other States. They cannot
be enforced, of course. 'Woodbury cad
Pierce, in their speeches, strongly insisted
upon the fact that the New Hampshire law
is a dead letter.
Whirls care as much for Catholicity as
Democrats; neither more or ICs. We
would not trust its interests to either party.
It is wrong, however, in our Whig friends
to charge this New Hampshire law upon
the Democratic party in that State. The
Democrats might as well lay at the dour of
the Whigs the injustice of Massachusetts
in refusing to pay for the destroyed Ursu-
line Convent. Nay, with greater reason. They have suddenly discovered that
For Massachusetts has been, two or three Catholics arc 1111 interesting class of per
sessions excepted, in the hands of the sons; that New Hampshire dots nut treat
Whigs ; a two-thirds vote is not required ' t h en , well; that Gun. Pierce must be to
to make the proposed indemnity, and the/ blame for this, and therefore eught i not to
Whigs might, therefore, had they " 'stied ibe President ; that (den. Scott treated
it, have done justice to the owners et' the . ! Catholic soldiers well, re•Teeted Catholic
Convent. Yet it WaS not M''''slelltrett'' churches, ‘‘as present at Catholic proces•
NVW 7gery; but Massachusetts bigotry tint s i nus i i , M ex i c o, and therefore ought to Int
did this. The same thing holds inure tl"ln ' President. This is not the tray in w hi c h :
gad in New I larnpshire. For tww!ars, the contest should be conducted. The
we believe, New 1 lanyslire wad' in the: ; true question to be settled is—which is the i
hands of the Whit4s- witY did they not I best man, which candidate stands on true'
then et ince that tender interest_ for the .American ground, Alidsii man is the can.'
welfa re of the New H C
ampshire atholics 'l m y o r cree-seilism, fillibustierism, interven- !
which they exhibit now. • tion, domestic - anarchy, of radiealisml—
truth is, the Democrats never, with which men is fi- the Union, the Constitu
in our recollection, held New I itinarliir° non—including the slavery clause—and
by a majority of two thirds. I %
' lle.' have for the Laws ; including the laws against;
carried the State, in most years, but by a' treason and violation of international mai- I
simple majority. Now, to amend the Coll.! tics ? These, and similiar issues are the
stitution, a two thirds vote is required ; they ' questions which should be asked. The I
could not, therefore, without help front the , pol i cy of singling out the Catholics in this!
Whigs, repell this law ; and if they could` war, Lcsides being anti-American, is fool-I
not,they are not to he blamed. The truth is' ish; fur America has not, and cannot have
in every State lii!otry is to he latiici in men a State religion. The religion, or reli•
of both parties. It has no necessary nth.'
it,iii, prejudices, or want or religion, in a
non with American polities. • ' Pret-itlent, cannot atT:tct Catholics or Prot-
The questit a, then, hens net been, pith- e .: an t s , a s such. And it is very foolish to
erta of welt linlmilan 'e, mid the ditlieillt. misrepresent a candidate, as some of the,
is'ono or those which time will surely re-; papers misrepresent Gen. Pierce, in order]
solve as it has in most the other States.—lto prejudice the Catholics against IIMI,!
Catholies are beginning to be known in i V, hen the misrepresentation is so easily ex-I
New !lamp-are, hence the subject has' posed. Thu authors of this falsehood about
Iteen acitaied of yea rs, and tne agita- . G 7
• en. Pierce forget that there are thirteen '
iion with not cease mild the Constitution t 'atholle papers in tile United States, all of
shell Iw! [wen amended in this respect. ; b ent bulepptelent in politics, and none of
The norninn don or Gen. Pierce . has , i i iii.,„ disposedw allow even one , or their
b roug ht it antler the notice of Ihe whole rea d ers t o b e hoodwinked. It will be well
r s
country, and that cirAmstance may cause / I ;, i . o cti. 6c," if ho can clea hi skirts of
lie people of New Hainpshire, both Whi!4 , 3 1 N a ti ce i sin us easily as Pierce can fling
and Democrats, to expunge the olliinsive, hack the charge of opposing Catholic in
clause by a unanimous vote. Gen. Pierce! tercets.has dune all that one Dew can du to that!
I All those. things are well understood
end, and what he did was done w n
hen o
the I at the Fiist `and we smile at the of
f-me talked of him as a candidate for
forts ' made to secure ' our votes because this
i Presidency. I candidate was supposed to be friendly to
! Th° good fe eling of Gen' Pierce, in this
t the Catholics. or because that candidate was
t matter, may be appreciated.l . rom what we born in a Protestant State. But we learn
I have said thus litr. But a circumstance .
'that unremitting °Worts have been made to
occurred which adds greatly to his credit.
11 range the'Catliolics of Wisconsin, lowa,
1 When the towns came to vote upon th e
I and other Western States against General
1 amendment granting e q ual ti g hts to the Pierce, on the alleged ground that , he op-
Catholics, they rejected it, as
wit
have seen.
poses Catholic interests. We write this
Hilklorough, the home or ePr, •
I article to let them know the merits of the
gave a very largo.majority in favor of the i
1 whole story, and to show them that. the
!amendment. Concord, the town in which
1 t story is a very clumsy lie. After that is
,he transacts his business and. temporarily d theyf 1
- settle , can vote or wmm they please;
i resides, gave a small majority, about sev- but it i
is net right that either party should
olty, we believe, against it. That major
siorde us out particularly, and try to secure
ivy would have been much larger, were it
our votesupon false issues. Let us stand
not for the 'exertions of Gen. Pierce, and
upon American ground, or upon none at
thereby hangs the tale. '
all.
~ , •! ; !.
New Hampshire, as wo have said, is
Dow mainly populated by. Protestants, who
call
For a remark from the
We repeat that we hope this subject will'
do not know what Catholicity is, and who, never again
unlike tho Protestants in most other states, Catholic press. We have treated it from'
have not had opportunities of knowing what the beginning with reluctance, because it
it is. The big o ts were opposed to its la really. humiliating to know that politi
amendment, of course, and their influence
was exerted to procure its defeat. It was suppose that such considerakions us 'these,
in Concord • the' bigots. Were busy, and
can sway our votes. If the time
the votes' .were going largely against the clans think so meanly etas, Catholics, as to
t
when they could, it is gone, and over was
the
sooner
I •
!amendment. Gen.. Pierce, who was
,at this truth is appreciated, the better it will
!work in his office, after having depoSited,l be for all, concerned:' Meanwhile our read
hisj vote heard of this in the course of the ors will accept this a , rtielo as a. fulfilinent
' ' ' flo,': W . WoodburyJ
l afternoon.
.at ' and of Or 'promise to' expose. falsehoods and
t ether gentlemen, who had labored in the fak-eissueS.taised aottinst eithereandidato,
0 .•, ,1 .
1 '• ' d 1 h for Catholic froni whatever quarter.'' Our mueper.t.nt
it conyention ma , e sew ere the
position obliaes'uS , to do 1 l
t.i.s !to say noth
i amendmcnt,supposed thqt tho people would 0
'sustain it; , as the Convention,did„ as a ing .ol the fact that the *falsehoods told
' sustain it;
course. Qn . the receipt of this' about the: New litiiiipsbire . affair, , arid.the
I• ' •
tmeipccted and unweleome nears;.he.hur- silly issues. predicated -upon .thatrn• were
riod to the town hall, whore the people were
voting, obtained leave to Speak, a'nd dolly- /
ered an earnest appeal in favor of the
amendment Tho bigots were silene.od,
and the ballots thereafter were cast•for the
amend meat.
/ .‘,Had he, or any oldie /prom-'
inent friends ofThe Measure supposed that
there would have been Considerable oppo- I
sition, it would have been an matter
to Stump the State, as'the phrase is. But
no one expected such a result. This is.
plain from the fact that the convention was
unanimous. When Judge Woodbury had
finished his speech,' one of the members
observed that it was a good argument, hut
it wasl It rown away, because there was no I
opposition. Ho thought that• the people!
would accept the amendment by an over
whelming vote.
A convert is a' g o od thing, but recent
b
'convents, 'espeOtany when they are con
verts at efeetioliedring times, are' open to
suspietpn; —6on: Scott assuredly did once
espouse the Ntiiire cause. About 1848 he
retracedlhe errors. :' A second retraction,
conies now, M . 1852. These arotwo Pres-I
idential'venrs t All this is well, but it would i
be better to be free, not only from Nativ-:
but from the suspicion' of it. Now,
otir readers remember the Philadelphia
riots of 1844. The strongest voice that
was raisedin New England against those
~
excesses - Was the voice of General Pierce.
Meetings were held at his suggestion, to
denounce them. In this matter, as well
'as in the controversy respecting the New
Hampshire constitution, it is particularly
worthy of remark, thnt General Pierce had
no visible interest of his own to servo.—
'The . Into Baltimore nomination, so unex
pected to himself, has made these things of ,
some importance. But nt the time, in de
fending the interests of Catholics, and of
adopted citizens generally, he did a gener
' ous, disinterested thing, and lie ran the
risk, if risk there was,of °trending two par
' ties then powerful, or seemingly powerful,
in the country. We mean the Natives and
the bigots.
We are sorry that this question was
raised at all. Not on account of General
Pierce, for the lies circulated about him
will do him no harm, ns they have been so
promptly exposed by the Catholic press,
the party naturally the best informed up
on the matter. But we do not like to see
the Catholics singled out from the body of
American citizens, and made the subject
of electioneering experiment. We dislike
the politicians who love us at electioneer
ing seasons, and who do not know us at
a!! alter the election is over. Now, the
Whigs have been guilty of this capital er
ror, and, in our opinion, it will not tend to
[heir good. •
such as especially merited rebuke from 'the
Catholic press of the United States. Give
the candidates a fair field, tell no lies about
them, discuss - their claims honestly,' and
that is all that either can ask. • • •
THE IiPUBLICAN.
- -
CLEAR II Pa., August 27,
FOR Pi E:1 DENT,
Gen. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
ov Ntw 1-Lol'slunr...
F(11I VICT: I'ItESWENT.
WILLIAM R. KING,
OP ALABAMA.
PRESIDENTIAL •ELECTORS.
For the State at large—Senatoriol.
Gnonon W, Wow:my/inn, of Luzerne.
WILSON llPC,tram.nss, of Allegheny.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
, • DISTRICT ELECTORS. • •
1., Feted-Liman, 13. H. C. - Byer;
2. G. 11: Martin, 14. John Clayton,
3. John Miller, 15. Isaac Robinson
4. F. W. Bockitts, 16. henry Ebner,
5. R. McKay,Jr., 17. Jas. Burnside,
6. A. Apple, 18. M. McCaslin,
7. N. Strickland, 10. Jas.McDonakl,
8. A. Peters, 20. W. S. Colahan,
9. David,Fister, 21. Andrew Burk,
10.. R . B. lames, , 22. Wm. Dunn,
11. J. Melleyno/ds,
12. P. Damon,
L'OR (X):
CARLTON
COUNTY NOMINATIONS
FOR smitiFF'.
ISAAC b. BARRETT, of Boggs tp
FOR COUNTI' COMMISSION Eft.
SAMUEL SIIOFF, of lieccaritt tp
l'1?()=4;(' I i I'l NG AT EY.
L. JACKSON CIiANS, of Curwensville
It C 01; UDITOII
CIIRISTOPIIER KRATZER, of (lea rfield
SENATORIAL CONFERENCE
We see that there is still a
a:4r disagreement in the days named
for the above conference. Our
county named the 7th September in view
of the fact that Tioga does not hold he'r
Convention until the 3d, and had also sug
gested the 7th. Smethport is understood
as the place.
We shall marl• this article to each edi
tor in the district, and they'll give notice.
NEW POST OFFICE.—Wo are glad to
learn that a new post office has been estab
lished, (or rather an old one restored,) at
Pennfield, in Huston township, Clearfield
county,nnd VALE TINE FlEvENEn,aPpoint
ed Post Master.
Two mare Pierce and King Polts.
The Demecrivs or our down river town
shin-I, aro up end at work in good earnest.
A Pierce and King Pole is to be raised at
Salt Lick, in Karthaus township, on Mon
day the Gih, and another at Frenchville, on
Tuesday the 7th 01 - September next. Ex
cellent speakers will be present on both
occasions.
We have scan the time when, to get up
a political meeting in our out townships
required no lible,ellbrt, and thci
once manifested by the people seemed to
say that none but interested politicians
should attend them—snd even in such
contests the Demecracy came oat with fly
ing colours. But such is not the case
now. Meetings are called, poles raised,
clubs formed and songs sung in every di
rue tiun. isc who are dubbed politicians
arc rather Jul loccis than kuders. Tfuly
the signs of the times arc auspicious.
0, WHAT A FAILURE!
The great IV hi mass Meeting at Har
risburg, on Friday last, was, considering
that it was the first id the State—that it
was nt the sent or Government—immedi-.
atelv after the labors of the harvest field—
and considering the high sounding names
of the speakers that were to be there, and
the extraordinary pains taken to get up a
monster demonstration—was, we repeat,
the most perthet failure that ever took place
in this State or nation. What a cooler it
must be. After the absolute loss of North
Carolina, they knew that something must
be clone to keep up appearances, hence
this meeting was projected. Great speak
ers and good speeches were abundant—
but aid's, there were no hearers. After
counting every man and his shadow, they
couldn't raise a clever sized court hodse
full, and one letter before us says, that
there was not ‘three hundred whigs Ares-
Now, wo are aware that tho Whig pa
pers publish accounts of this meeting that
would lead the careless reader to belivo
that it was quite a different . afrair—quite a
formidable demonstration. But the facts
above stated are from eye witnesses and
vilely be fully credited.
Great Democratic Gathering in N. Ilampshirc.
Whilst the Whigs Of Pennsylvania were
mourning over
,the!r i lamentable failure at
Harrisburg, every 'flash of the Telegraph
was buithened With' descriptions of ono of
the greateSi' political derrionstrations thdt
ever took , place in now England'. The
'meeting' took. plate , at Hillsborough, the
Maly° town of Mr. PIE ICE I in New Hamp
shird, and taking the account as we read
it in the Whig papOtS, the'numbefpregent
was not less than timity'diousanct , ' ; "
• OUR CANDIDATE FOR tONORUSS.
The Congressional Conference of this;"
the 24th,' Congressional district, met at
Breekville on Tuesday evening last, and
,on the 439th ballot, on Wednesday morn.•
ling, nominated the lion. Cnamoig B. C u i t .'
iTis, of Warren county, our present prie;a:,
her, as -the • Democratic Candidate for
23. J. S.ll.lcCalmont
24. G. R. Barrett.
()REM .
B. CURTIS.
Congress
Mr. Curtis was elected in the Erie dia..
trict two years ago,:nnd then made a Niery
good fight, and . was reported in th e
list of the slnin; but after tho returns were
all out of the woodS and counted up, kap.
peared that ho had about 300 majority,.
Ho will now probably run,without oppoSi.
tion. The proceedings will appear next
week. •
THE POLE RAISING IN NORRIS.
The Democrats of ,our Bannerlownship
raised a beautiful' , hickory polo on ; yester.
day week. It was raised at Lohman's
within a few 'feet of the Brom?. pole oflast
fall, which yet stands erect in all its heatti'
ty. After the pole was raised, and decor
ated with a beautiful banner, bearing the.
stars and stripcs,and inscribed with PIERCE
and KING, the meeting was called to order,
by appointing Mr. ALLPORT; President,and
the election of other officers, whoa short,
but appropriate addresses were delivered
respectively by J. S. France, Col. Barrett,
W. A. Wallace, J. F. Weaver, J. B. Me.
Enally, and Joseph Allport Esqs. The
attendance was very respectable, but not
so large as have been seen, for the day
was just such a one as farmers could least
spare from their oats harvest. The Dem
ocrats of Morris, however, arc in a grand
humor for the great days of October and
November, and she will still be the banner
township.
WEBSTER STOII RISING,
The Union Whigs of Georgia have for
mally nominated Mr. WEBSTER for Presi
dent, with the Hon. Mr. JENKINS, of that
State, for Vice President, and formed an
electoral ticket,
In North Carolina, Alabama, &e,', the
Webster demonstrations arc also formid.
able.
In Boston—that ?nod whig city in the
Union—a call for an adjourned wing meet
ing was in circulation, and had already
received over four thousand signatures.
(r:rThe late free soil State and Nation-
al Conventions at Pittsburg, nominated
John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, and G.
W. Julien, of Indiana, as their candidates
for President and Vico President. The
whips are not at all pleased at the abolition.
ists for thus throwing away their votes.
They no doubt think they have the best
right to them.
Dar-tort:l. Loss of Lira.--We give
place to all the particulars that have yet
reached us concerning the late awful de.
struction of life by the Sten mboat Collision
on Lake Ere. We have vet seen no list
of names of the persons lost.
(1.:./"Two funerals took place in our vil
lage on last Monday. Physicians tell us
that considerable Dysentary, and Scarlet
Fever prevails throughout the county,
though not ora very malignant type,
EXCITEMENT AT fIAvANA.—The steam•
er Cresent City arrived at New York on
Wednesday night, in six days and eight
hours from New Orleans, via Havana,
with about i2O passengers. She 'reports "
that great excitement existed at Havana,
end great numbers of the Creoles were dal
ly thrown into prisons that have remained
untenanted for twenty years. The most
loathsome dungeons were put into requisi-
tion to accommodate those persons who
were deemed the most refractory.
Proclamations continued to be issued
from a quarter that baffles all the ingenui
ti?Of the police. A secret press continued
to supply these exciting articles, and the
government is entirely at fault. Theca
sequence is, that most rigorous measures
are instituted on the part of the govern•
meat, and many innocent people are made
to suffer. Almost every Creole family,is
under the surveillance of the police. Fe
male privacy is disregarded, and altogeth
er a very unhappy st ,affairs exists,
it is said, in Havana.
The Havana papers• nothing about
the arrests, and they endeavor to keep a
secret.
. .
The city is shrouded in gloom: YellOw
fever, cholera and small pox prevail, to a
great extent ; and almost every ship in the
harbor had some cases of the fever. Out
of one Company of 120 soldiers,llo, had
died, and in a chain gangof 10.9,109 had
been carried off. The government were
sending the troops to the country. The
sickness was chiefly outside the walls of
the City.
Cheering News—Capt. Morey and Troops Sa j fe.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug: 17.--The .gca•
yune has received &telegraphic despatch
dated Memphis, Tenn:, Aug. 16, contain•
in advices from Fort Smith to the , Bd
inst.
We have received the cheering news
from that port of the postive safety of Capt.
Marcy and his command. '
The whelo party had arrived safe at
rort ,Arbuckle. •
• Mrs. Taylor, the widow of the late Geo.
Zachary Taylor, WllB buried at New Or•
lertne; , on the 16th, from 'the residence , QC
her-son•iu-laW Col. Blisa.