THE REPUBLICAN. CLEARFIELD, MARCH 8, 1854. Foil Governor,. WILLIAM BIGLEJR. A WORD TO 01JR FRiBNDS. TJio road era of tho Republican will bear witness that the editors of this paper sel dom trouble them with personal allusions to themselves or personal appeal? ip,their own behalf. But the transactions of tho Inst few months have demonstrated to tho most unobserving, that we arc not without enemies, and that kind of enemies, too, who do not hesitate to stab in the dark. It would be magnifying our own impor tance, to think that this is done merely for the purpose of effecting injury to us alone. Their aim is much higher. They seek to destroy the organization of the Democratic party of Clearfield county, and to decrease Gov. Bigler's vole among his neighbors— knowing that neither of these objects can be obtained by fair and honorable means. wo assert is their object—and to ac complish it, they meanly tnke advantage uf the : absence of ono of the editors, and the limited acquaintance with the people the county of tho other, to circulate the giost infamous lies, and the basest insinua* tionsand misrepresentations, wherever they pan find a willing ear. If sqdh misrepre sentations had reference to political, or ev en to business transactions, \vc m'gbt fore go lapguagp of bitterness in alluding to them) but Satan like, they do it under the garb of religion, and wherever they finda person, male or female, whoso religious prejudices can be approached, and who do SQt thetpselve? know to tho contrary, they sjealthily convey the impression that wc are both Catholics; or at least that one is, and the other, holding an appointment up jjey Post Master General Campbell, is un- der Catholic influence, and therefore, that )he press is entirely controlled by Catholic influences. Now, we hold that po man has a right fp question religious principles. Qood behAvior ns an American citizen is all that is required ; and whilst wo are free jo declare that wo have just as much res pect for a Christian Catholic, as we have Tor a Ch.ristiap Protestant, and believe there pte just as good Christians in the one Church os in the other ; yet, for the satis faction of those of our friends who have pot had an opportunity to know to the con trary, and whq are thus liable to bo mis jed-r-we tore pronounce oach and every pne of the above assertions or insinuations ta be false from beginning to end, and known to be so by those whq utter them— pnd furthermore, daro any nian or set of mep. tq ipako them 1° nur face. We have never said one word in favor of Catholics, either as a Church, or as in dividuals, that we were not willing to say in fqvor of any other Church, or its mem bers, and the only net of ours that could give the least shadow of plausibility to jhese misrepresentations, has been our re fusal to join in the present crusade against Jhe Catholics, and assuming the privilege ns we have done, to denounce and] speak in opposition to the movomeni. If jve could believe that the Pope of Rome, through his Bishops and Prelates, hud evil designs upon the liberties of th : e country, pis is professed to be feared by some 'cif our JNativists ; or if we were sure that the Catholic religion was inconsistent with truo republicanism; or if we could belive the declaration made at the Native meet ing in Goshen township, that the Catholics | were “collecting upd depositing large! quantities of fire arms and ammunitions in their various Churches,” we might then think it our duty as the conductors of q po litical newspaper—an American journal— to warn our fellow citizens of the threat ened danger. But in the absence of every Jhing in the shape of evidence of the truth of either of these charges—yea, with the evidence of imparted history, and the light pf every day’s experience to tho contrary, wo must be excused for expressing our un belief in the bugaboos ; and, until thisun* Relief is removed, we must be allowed (o pursue the course our consciences approve, and which is in accordance with the Con stitution of our country, and make no dis tinction between Protestant, Catholic and Greek. Judge Campbell may be a Catholic, for pught we know. But whether he is, or is not, we do know that he is one of the most intelligent, industrious and efficient officers ever employed by Government, an honor plike to his State and country; ami we al so- kpow that any whjyvould approach him; predicating his claims fojr preferment upon sectarian grounds, vyould be spurned as a-disgrace to his country. Wb' have felt called upon to gay tjiis jpach fpf the purpose of putting our friends ppon their guard against the mean and powAxdly assaults of these designing dem agogues,. The Republican has no secta rian prejudices, and is under no sectarian jjjKuefice. Itonlyuims to inculcate pound moral and; political principles among Its readers, and desires to continue to deserve and receive, as it has heretofore, and dqes at present, the support of all seqts and de nominations of Christians, assuming them that they shall ajlbe treated upon fair apd equal terms. More than this, -neither our consciences, nor our understanding,of pur obligations as citizens of tho U, piled States, will permit us to do. . Notwithstanding these despicable oftorts mndo to injuro us, our subscription list is regularly increasipg—and po.w numbers somo fifty moro than when the warfare against us was commenced. We arc thus doubly assured of tho correctness of our position, and our determination to pursuo an unwavoring course increased. four Bradford friends arc great ly mistaken in their long-winded, irrevn lent reply to our remarks in referopco to their Native meoting. Wo did not stig, matizo them as "liars," “hypocrites \ pr "knaves." Wo simply convicted them of| tho crime of publishing to tho world a bare-, faced lie. Wo did not think tho lio was intentional on their the time. But Wp are sorry to seo them pleading guilty tp the indictment. This they do clearly, as any man at all acquainted with the English language will decide, aflpr taking up tho proceedings of tho meeting, our article apd their reply. They had better have replied themselves, without employing an advocate. They are tliuSj mndo the authors of moic falsehoods then wo over met with in the same space. It is false to say that Washington had ref erence to Nntivism when ho cautioned his country against “foreign influences. It is equally so of Jefferson and Jackson — “Jackson, the god of ogr idolatry." Who but their whig advocate could thus attempt to blucken the momory of that great and good patriot, or thus slander tho democrat lie party? It is false that the Hew York Herald is a Democratic organ. It is also false that we used either "obsceneox vulgar language.” It is false that Gov. Bigler was "privy" to the appointment of l’ost Master at this place. But it wns.vQot our intentiop to say half; so much in answer to this reply, as we: have already done. They have either per- 1 verted or misrepresented our remarks in! every instance in which they have been! alluded to. But wo care not for that. — | “Truth is mighty, and will prevail,” and| wo rely upon the intelligence and justice j of tho community to investigate tho truth, and "give the devil his due." j And ns lor "retracting" any thing wo, we havo said, why that is simply ridicu-j lous, although wo will ever esteem it a pleasure to makeamenda fo.cnny wrong we ppjy commit, whether intentional or agei dental—and feel honored In the act. But in this case wo have done no wrong —-mis- represented no ope, and have nothing to retract. • In conclusion, wo will again repeat that we have long known most of these gentle- : men, and have ever esteemed them highly as honest, conscientious, truth-loving, hon orable citizens. But they havo fallen into had company- And ns their very best friends, we advise them, that when they again wish to appear before the public, to trust to their own abilities, ns the truth needs no advocate. Especially should they shun those so regardless of tho charapter for truth and veracity of theirolionts ns tho ono employed in this caso. OirSome would-be-sinarl-chap of our borough, attempts through the columns of j the last Philadelphia American Banner,\ ([Native,) to give a history of our late Bor ough election, and evinces a disposition to crow somewhat over the result as a Native victory. It is true that by the Whigs and Natives uniting, apd a considerable num ber of Democrats not being disposed to carry politics to so great a length,' voting with them, almost an entire ticket compos ed of peradps claiming to bo Natives, lias been elected. But that Governor Bigler interfered in the affair ope way or the oth er we do not believe. Nor can the result be considered as a fair test of party strength. We would advise the boisterous correspondent of the Banner to keep cool until the second Tuesday of October next, Wm. Bigler will then again be the stand ard bearer of the Democratic party, and it can then be more cp.rrectly decided as to who are Democrats nnd who are Natives. When this correspondent sfatos thatcer tain productions were demanded of U 3 and wo refused to ; giye them up, and that they were purposely excluded from our paper, he ufters that which is false. And when Ip asserts that' wo taxed them three prices ibr the publication of the same, he also ut ters which is equally untrip—and the cowardly scribblerdare notcorpe forth and say so to our face, or publish these' asser tions ovep hja proper signature in the col umns ofqny paper. But lmd three prices beep chaygpcl by US ns asserted, it would even then have beep more reasonable than the price lately charged and collected for a certain Native speech delivered not long since in this place, about which very' little complaint is heard. .: ~ . The bill to organize these, two territo ries, now under,consideration in Congress, affords occasion for the abolition and free soil sentiment to jttterppt to get up ahother excitoment oh tllp question of slavery. In this offort they Pro'bqund to foil, if demo crats are but true to their pledge at Balti more in 1852, to acquiesce in the compro- mise of 1850, as u final “settlement of the slnvoryquestion in and out of Congress. Tho whigs also subscribed to' tho same pledge, nnd as a party, aro equally bound to adhero to it in good faith. But their conduct is no guido for democrats, and whether they uro faithful or faithless, the democrats have only to bo faithful to their obligation. If that obligation hound them to tho support of a ipeasuro of doubtful constitutional authority, or of doubtful propriety touching our national prosperity, there might he somo reason in not adhe ring to it. But such js pot the case. Tho question had been long agitated, fully dis? cussed, and well understood, nnd received their solemn sanction in tho election qf President Pierce. What, then, wero the priciplca settled by j the compromise of 1850, and thus sanc tioned by tho American people? It was sjmply giving to the pooplo of tho territo ries of New Mexico nnd Utah tho right to' come into the Union with or without sla very as they saw proper. This is all that is proposed to bo done in the organization oT Nebraska nnd Kunzas. Now, is itj wrong to givo the people this right T Ifj they cannot ho trusted—if they nro the best judges of their own wants, then it| is wroqg, anc * Congress had bettor not confine their legislation to tho territories, but to save much expepso and trouble Ur tho different states, extend their acts of lo cal legislation to them also. Or, if, by removing to these totritories nnd undergo- ing every privation and hardship, tho yeomanry of tho old slates nro disfranchi sed, and loose tho right and ability, of self government, then, likewise, it is right for Congress to interfere and dictate for them. It ia lhoroforo.ua tlloar 09 tile IIOSO Oil a man's face, that the only proper plan is to leave this question to to ho decided by the people who go there to settle, and make it their homes. If the climate and produc lions will not render slave labor profitable, all the acts that Congress can pass will | not compel them to have slaves. If the! soil and climate aro favorable to such la bor, the people, under the constitution of the United Stales, have a right to have slaves, and there isnnepd to the question. But apart from these considerations, wo should bear in mind that these territo ries are Iho common property of th.o con federacy. Neither the south nor the north can say tp tho other, “this is our portion, a rut »hat is yours-=-go and occupy”—but every foot of territory belongtng to the U niled States is ns freely open to the occu pancy of the slaveholder as it is to the citi zen of the free slates—and any act of Congress throwing restrictions in the way of such common occupancy is in plain vi olation of the constitution- The South says to the North, “our money helped- to pay for this property, and our blood hasj been freely shed in its defence and protec tion—rour national constitution—tho sacred compact that binds these states together — the article of co-partnership—declares it to be common property, and guarantees our rights in it, and avers it to be equal with yours, will you, then, having the numerical strength in. Congress, deny us equal privileges, and thus violate our char ter. If you do, there is an end to that charter, and we must cease to regard its observance beyond our convenience, as obligatory.” This is what it must como to if the aboli tion sentiment has its way. Bqt better things are to bo hoped for at the hfinds of the present Cqpgress. Al most every democrat, in that body stands pledged beforo the people, not to agitate the question of slayery, but to abide by and carry out the principles of the com promise of 1850. Let them but act, and If abolitionism should succeed in raising a storrn of opposition, go home after they have discharged their official duties, and like men bwiscious of the rectitude of their conduct, nppfSal to the people, and our word for it the people will sustain them. Slavery is regarded at least as a politi cal evil by almost every northern citizen, 'and is admitted as such by many ip the: j south, and while northern constituency | would spurn the'representative who would] I cast his vote for the extension of slavery | by copstitufional enactment, into territoryl now free, they, saving tho abolitionists, at the same time, ask not that any constitu tional restriction shall be evaded, or any fraternal obligation tq our southern breth ren violated, in order to prevent [slavery being established wherever and whenever the/rec will of American citizens, say it shall be. Let the question be submitted to and decided by the peoplo of these ter j ritories, is the sentiment of nine tenths of the northern people—ahd this is all tha} the south asks, and just what this bill . proposes to do. Then, why should Con gross hesitate to act at once, and finally and forever pul a qtop to this distracting nigger question ? If tjips left to the peo- , pie, the influx of emigrants from the free states, bearing with thorn their anti-slave ry principles, would bo as four to one from tho southern stqte?, and there would thertfore not bo a particle of danger of those territories legalizing tho institution of slavery, or of applying for admission into tho Union as slave states. Then, why, it is asked, does tho south oppose tho restriction imposed by the Missouri Com promise, if she does not expect to bo bep efitlcd by declaring its provisions ipoperar tive? The answer is obvious. Under thnt restriction the foreigner from thefurthest ends of the world can como there and make it his home, and in duo time oxer ciso all tho rights of an American citizen ; but the southern man ia denied this right. If he is a slaveholder, our act of Congress says to him—“We know this is common property —wo know your blood and trea : spro were freely contributed towards its i purchase and defence —but before you can come and occupy on equal terms with us, you must dispose of that species of property which we admit is legalized by our constitution.” Such a submission is held to bo degrading by tho south, and they say every American citizen should ibo ns loth to exact os to submit to. And •{this is the reason why the south w{H cast |an unanimous vote in lavor of tho bill to j or ' Boston, March, |v—The Andos nrri- nOW g ot U p party, I havo concluded to pen ved at this port this tporning from £»ver-- a --few thoughts that present themselves to pool, whence she sailed on tho J4tn uit., m y m j ru j_ , bringing news throe days later Itynji wore j j, avo bcon cnrefully watching their ' received by the Europa. , ' mnnceuvreings for some time, and am not The British government has taken the , a jj U | 0 gurpr j se d | 0 see with what success' Cunard steamers Niagara and Cambna to ( | ieir e^forts have been crowned—to think convoy troops to the Mediterranean. 1 hoy j (hnt men> nm | intelligent men too, will were to sail on the 18th of February > or | rU gj, wildly and madly into an institution Malta. r got up for the solo purpose of weakening The mammoth iron screw steamer Gr. t j )Q Democratic party. I would warn all Britain, had arrived at Liverpool front i| rational and intelligent democrats to‘look Melbourne, Australia, after a passage ot j before they loop’—to be careful, lest when sixty days. , thev step on what thoy suppose to be a The news from tho sent of war on 1110 1 platform, that it bo not a dead-fall prepar-' Danubei'is becoming very interesting. tho whigs, to decoy and deludo all Tho latest accounts are that Prince Gort- SU(} | l and water Democrats—for such * schakoffhnd surrounded Kallnfat, with an, j must CQ || them—believing as 1 do, that army of sixty thousand Russians, and hadj no sound De mocrat will stoop so low astd positive orders ta capture it from ,hc | not i cc such a piece of humbuggery. Tbcy Turks. . . , ! (the Natives 1 mean) aro at work in all Preparations for war ore going on n 'B™i parts 0 f our county, holding meetings, and and day, in Franco and England. A hO . adopting resolutions which are not only military forco for the assistance ol; 1 urkey, unconst itutionul T hut would if carried into' it is now confidently assorted, will be 4U >*' e fTcct, deprive men of tho glorious privi -000 French and 10,000 English troops, j j 0 f ‘worshiping God according to tho England will send 10,000 more U J? 01 ?*! 3 ' J dictates of their own conscience." sary. Tho squadron will consist of thir-J jj qw g| or ; oug ly does our country stand ty sail vessels —to include twenty Bcre before tho view of intelligent men in con steamers, three paddle wheel steamers and w ith other nations of the world.— seven sailing vessels —making a total ol jj ow p ro udly floats our starry flag among > 2,000 guns. This fleet, without reckon- t ; mo worn ani ] m oth eaten banners of' ing the squadron of admiral Corry, will be [)|o o |j mitering despotisms, which have ‘ tho most powecAil ever fitted out by Great 8o | on „ mn( ] o ( he earth groan under their ; Britain. In the Royal Dock Yards, the O pp ress j ons . 1 /eel my heart swelling with- ' ; formation and equipment of Rio fleets pro- me QS j j 00 j ; nbroad over the wide ex ceed with great rapidity r i tended domain, and see the millions who ; Tho London Globe says that Lord R a -j inhabit our smiling valleys and lofty moun- ■ glan, would probably havp the chiereom- ta j ns> a ji re joicing in the sunlight of free- tpand of tho land forces. 'dorn and sharing in the privileges and ? from all accounts it appears lhatit was b | ess ; n g S of our Republican government. ,J determined by the Russians to ronke a dc- |p ,j 10 | arncnfat j o „ s Qn( ] assertions of the cisivo blow- Prince Gortschakoff, had ro- NalivC3 b e taken /or facts by tho histori ccivcd positive orders from tho Emperor, r - / w hich I trust will not) what n dif to use every effort to drive the Turks out picture will bo drawn in after times, of Lesser Wallachia, without further loss | j won( j cr jf tbeso pnrtizans evor think of of time. I t }, e past if they ever look back upon the columns of other years and read tho dole ful stories of ruin and destruction with which they alarmed the timid and distress-. cd the ignornnt, yet amid it all our coun.- try ha 9 gone on under Democratic rule with giant strides to her present enviable position. Tho natives arc forced to speak of our country as prosperous in all her interests; at peaco with all the world—honored and respected wherever the foot of mnn lias trod and borne her name and achieve* ments. To write tho facts of the last four years would overwhelm Nalivism moroir retrieveably than Pompeii or Herculane urn wore buried by the lava of the burning volcano. Thoro wero false prophets in former years, and verily some oy had been re-opeped. At the same lime England and France continued to make extraordinary prepara tions for war. The new ship Mary T. Stcrrett, from New York for Havre, was abandoned at cca on the lstof February. The crow were taken off by the ship Westmoreland. The Mary. T. Sterrelt was then scuttled. Letters from Australia in regard to com mercial and mining matter?, arc generally favorable. The Vc.y Latest- By Telegraph from London to Liverpool. The second edition of the Morning Her ald publishes a private despatch from Pa ris. The Russian squadron, on receiving intelligence that tho combined fleets had left tho Black Sea, five Russian frigates were put to sea andprocecded toi Chefkatil where they attacked the fort, but without much success. The Russiun fleet were obliged to steer in consequence of a warm repulse from the Turks. There are some doubts of the authenti cation of this report, but it had been re ceived from two different sources. The Globe announces the currency of the news at Paris of the possible re-open-! ing of negotiations between the Great Pow- : ers. ( A despatch from Paris slates that the| Emperor or Austria had asserted that if. the RussianscrossedtheDanube, ho would make common cuusowith the western pow ers. This intelligence had caused a rise j in French funds, but adds that there is no-: thing to show that the rumors are deserv ing of credit. The Paris correspondent of the Times, says certain French negotiations are ma king for the settlement of the Eastern ques tion. Fine Times foe tiie Ibon Men. —The : Irop Men are doing a fine business, so good, that they say not a word about a tariff, There are thirteen thousand miles of railroad in operation, three thousand miles additional, it is estimated, will be built this year. For doublo tracks, one hundred thousand tons will be required this year. The quantity of railroad iron therefore in use by the end of this year, allowing one hundred tons to the mile, will be one million seven hundred thou sand tons, which, at $65,(100 invested in railroad bars now in use. Eight per ct. is estimated hy the Railway Times to bo the wear and tear of the rails in use, which would requireian outlay for this item alono of more than eight million of dollars. By January, 1860, thero will in all proba bility, he in operation in the Uniteu States 30,000 miles of railway. Between now and that period, there will havo to be fur nished, by our manufacturers, the iron for some nineteen thousand miles of new track, and as much as eight per cent, per annum of the amount now in use. This magnificent amount, with the multiplied uses for iron, cars, locomotives, steam-en gines, machinery, steamboats, iron sailing vessels, iron Jiuildings, &c., gives to.tho iron trqdp the most flattering prospects, if nothing intervenes to stop the progress, of railroad construction. Coax. Ashes.— I Tho best- purpose to which coal ashes can be applied, in town or country, , is in making garden walks.— If well laid down, no weeds or grass will grow, and by use they become more sol* id and durable brickf. ' THE PRIVATEER STORY. No well informed person here places the slighest confidence in the story of the Courier des Etat Unis say ing that Russian agents arc recruiting secretly in N. York, for American seamen, to servo on board American ships to be procured there, to. act shortly ns privateers under the Russian flag, on the commerce of France and Eng land. Such a thing could not possibly oc cur in New York without coming to the knowledge of the Government here, and we have every reason to believe that they hnvo no: received the slightest information, concerning it from any other source what ever. If existing laws are not sufficient to prevent anysuch transactions in the Amer ican port, the public may rest assured that laws strong enough will be passed, by I Congress on the day on which they may be notified by the Executive that necessity | for such legislation oxists. The Govern ment of the United States—Executive and Legislative—entertain, wo take it, not the slightest idea of permitting any Americans to run the risk of involving us, as a power, in difficulty with any Europenn nations, id order that individuals among us may make money, more or less. They will have quite enough lodo in the way of §etu ling our international difficulties, which must arise in the event of a general ESVo pean war, even though we strictly observe our duly as neutrals. Our shipping are under such circumstances to do much of the carrying trade of all the belligerents* which, in itself, though legitimate and proper, cannot fail to give our State De partment great additional labors and many more cares. We have r\ot the slightest idea that Rus sia contemplates an effort to send out American privateers} and, if she did, those thus engaging in her service would soon find therpsolvos ‘.‘brought up with a round turn,” by instructions from Washington. Washington Star. For the Republican. Uncle Jemimah, seems to have been taking a bite off his own Pickles—-orsmell ing after foxes. Perhaps you are q little rued eA that last oyster, or perhaps that last bad trip on that last bad business to gether wills bad whiskey grips a little. I presumo you could not if you had the time, make a mountain out of one hill—for it is a common saying that it takes two hills to make a mounting-*—but wo have weekly demonstrations that even one awkward Trough will hold plenty of sap , as your watery editorials illustrate. That new letter Flicker.—The name is nothin. GirSaturday night is a blessed institu tion—as somp one nas beautifully expres sed it, it,is the golden clasp that'cleseaibe volume of the week. OirMoney spent in advertising* seed sown in good ground, will return, some three, some faur, Bn sonjeapbun* flred fold. . '