"Address of Ihe Stale Central ConwiiilU'c.
To ’run I’kom.i: or I’ukns-yt.vani*
Ftliinv-Ciljznis —The Slate (Yntrnl
■>'ommitlce appointed liy the Ilcmorrntic
i 'invention wbiclij assembled in Harris
'uirj' in March 1 a-■= I, hnvn l it their
Inly lo address you on t ho present aspect
of political nfliiirs.
The opponents of lliu Democratic Party
:uui of i Irmucraiic policy (we .scarcely
Ipnow at this moment liy what name lo
chit them) have, for purposes connected
with the approaching election made anoth
er’ll those sadden of altitude
which liuvfl .so often herololoru tarnished
tJ 10 political character-ol their leaders, and
dissatisfied live people. They have ran
through their whole list of public, mcas
urcs. — One after the other their principle's
have been condcmnod hy tlie-public voice
and abandoned bv \hrmsolycs. A Nalion-
iil Dan It, about which they once threaten
cd revolution, is on ‘obsolete idea.’ 'lhe
Independent Treasury, winch thoy de
nounced so fiercely, is no longer denied to
be the safest and best mode of keeping and
disbursing the public revenues. Their
Bankrupt Luw is delivered over with their
lull consent, to the infamy it deserves.—
IWo hear no more from them about ex
pungiug the veto pnwcf from the constitu
tion. The lliundei* of alarm agaiust the
annexation of Texas are silent. Ibeir
execrations of tho Mexican war and tlie
barren Slate of California, arc no longer
heard. The tariff of 1842 is crasod Irom
iheir banners and omitted in their speech-
TJiev seem to ho ashamed (as cer
taifljy they ought lo be) of thoirprcdiclions
lhot the country would bo ruined end tltc
<rea*ury made bankrupt by thetarifl of’4o.
Even the Gulpliins of the lust administra
te;) have retired to tlic quiet shades of ob
scurity, content to gorge their plunder in
silence, without defending the means by
which it was acquired.
Jt might nuturully be supposed, from
6uch untoward circumstances, that these
jioliticians would ccaso their war upon the
party of tho people, when their formerly
avowed principles and measures wero thus
abandoned. After keeping the country in
a commotion for so muny years, by con
tending boldly for measutes and views
which they tacjtly admit to ho cither lalse
or hopeless, it would seem that dissolution
was the only thing left for them. Hut the
natural enemies of republicanism and
equality enu never be idle. The interest
ed and ambitious demagogue will never
quit his trade. They can at least get local
offices by stirring up strife among the peo
pie, nnd this they seem ready to do, us
passing events abundantly verify.
We do not deny that the masses of the
party opposed to us arc honest, sound nnd
irtjc hearted citizens, who desire nothing
but that the honor and interests of their
country may he promoted and perpetuatod.
It is their sincere prejudices against the
Democracy, or their long habits of obedi
ence lo party discipline which keeps them
where they are ; but we confidently trust
that the time Ims now come, when they
will break the trammels which have here
tofore bound them, and join the Democrat
ic parly in a cordial support of the laws
pud the (Jonstihijipn.
Previous to the last presidential clec
lion, the organs, orators and leaders ol the
parly, then calling itself Whig, had ex
hausted ihejr lists of party doctrines. Ev
ery issue had been settled against them.
Hut they are seldom at a for some
temporary sujjlerfugo, nnd on that occa
sion they betook themselves to a most dis
reputable expedient. They excited alltheir
power nnd influence to excite the anger,
jintrcd and jealousy of the Catholics and
naturalized voters against the Democratic
party and its candidates. Immediately up
on Gen. Pierce’s nomination they denounc
ed him ns a bigoted Protestant, who, il
fleeted would use bis power to prevent
Catholics from having their just rights.—
A restriction ill the Constitution of New
Ilumpshiie aguinst (his sect of people, was
charged on him as a high political offence.
Certificates from Catholics in his own
neighborhood, declaring that he wus hos
tile to them, flooded the country —and the
sanctity of the Post office was violated for
the purposo of circulating these documents
along with the religious papers read by
persons of that fuitli. On the other hand,
Gen. Scott was held up as a man for whom
Catholics, above all others, pjght to vote.
Jffie >Y»® I* ol a member of that church him
self, it was urged that his family were,and
his daughter had, with his consent gone
to a convent. Never before was so bold
pjpd shameless nil eflbrt made to rouse ro
. Jigious prejudices for political purposes. —
{Sensible men of all parties, sects, nnd
idasses, were deeply offended at ibis un
blushing system of endeavoring to carry
pq election by sectarian appeals.
Still more humiliating than this, if pos
sible, wus the flattery bestowed upon their
adopted fellow-citizens. From the aged
pnd distinguished soldier who wus their
caodidatefor President, down to the most
nbscure and inefficient of their speakers
nnd writers, al| professed a becoming zeal
for tho rights of foreigners. —According to
their slatemenls mude then, all persons of
. foreign birth had been or were about to be
greatly misused by the Democracy—and
lhay were urged, exhorted nnd warned to
ir-ust nobody but their friends, tho Whigs.
•;Eveii the'dinlect spoken by foreigners was
referred to ns being superior to tho vernac
alnr language .which the native born ciii
.'aen used. The “rich Irish brogue” was
music .to their ears, npd the “sweet Gcr:
.'nrarvncconi'” .was tho subject of extrava
gant eulogy. -
Those facts, fellow citizens, nre fresh in
your rccoHPrTtonr'BmptrWOtd'you believe
Hi that tho- same politicians who wero
' ffrefttsfiing this sectarian crusade against
the Democracy, less than two years ago,
-and Who did ntt tliut in them Jay* to excite
of hdoplbd' citiyenEl- a-gnihst
• tfatiVO'txWiri Jtniericftttßy hiwo recently es
vipoused the\dOetrinc of pi'OscriptibfiogairisLj
hOtinhlivb 'bdrmbf-Whatqvbr
be incibSe al-,
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: " ~ „ , >lllld nB „ w 'evils of religious feuds be scattered broad‘have n natural and indefeasible right to portrays ,heir evils in the following para
banco wnli a secret nml omli bound t<,n tuu Cmd nccordin" to the tirnnh : . .
elation wind, proposes to punish men lor cast over the land, to he more bat .some vo shtp consciencc _° lhat no ..However combinations or-nssoc,aliens
conscience saUe. In Philadelphia the new- than tho lice ant lO E s 0 ' . man enn of rich*, bo compelled to attend of tho above description may now un
ly elected .Mayor has boldly declared this not ho d.vtdod In poht.cnl «•>“«>*•, bj rea- man g-, of nnswer popu | ar ends,they are likely,
(loctiine of pro.sr.ripiian. Thai this is ;i son ofa ( ivcisi y o soili in cm o t . m aintain ihiv ministry, ogninst his con- in the course of lime and things, to become
mere political mnnanivre on tho part oftl.o suhjee s, w .ere n tee u (, a . ihat no huirnr-nuthority can in nny potent engines by' which-cunning, nmbt-
Whig leaders may be confidently affirm-, the eye of the law on such subjoc s, and or ifere with iious and unprincipled men will be enabled
cd That it is a heartless attempt to make where all sects and creeds ate a e pro-.case uJ n, “ vor ; ~?" c ‘ _ t , mt no fer . (0 aubver , the power of the people, and to'
a political use of religious projmhccs, in tec ted. Lc, ns live together ... . Uy by law, to any usurp for themselves the reigns of gov
winch they thcuiselvcK-dn not pnriieipalo, ove > ' v Ino scc * u 1 |» ‘ which Iroliiiious establishments or modes of wor- ernment, destroying afterwards the very ;
£srtr , ,o.ch c.n„di„ B ,« ,1,0 o,hor ,l» r«h, » "ITI.Z- “"S ,oe re , pMi.ic.l o.cio.ic, of W.,h
secure votes by it, would again (latter the'consult Ins own consc.cnce .„ mat oore .a ; to „. a dav> Lrc formed to promote lib-
Catholics and be Campions of the rights re gmn, “ 10 " or pL of trust not to abridge and destroy it; and yet
of our adopted citizens. ft “El , ont mc.ed view of or profit under this Commonwealth. even these he reprobated and condemned^
It may be ashed, how shall the IVnu.c- I-“ denies , ho privileges' Such was the fabric of this government Plow much more would he dread those of
racy meet..he tssucs thus preset, cd e , bum n ft ° l ,; ‘ ,f crn by the patriots of the revolution, recent organize,ton, winch seem intended
sza £&-»• a.,. 0. r w cn . ,„um,ood t&srjsxg,
ft;,;:* ■ssusTs=..'S:n , 3
boxredulous and short-sighted indeed.- people Zu !‘° » r .zy
ft -«he Democracy ashed no more r'lljaccident ol birtl. 'of policy, without regard to constitutional Forgetting all the great issues involved no-
Ihen'hcVlSg/havcChangedtheir E^Ohi"
EfS-xtrS sw
he This Ins ever been the creed of tho her flag, her honor, her interests, on the resources nnd strengthening tho arm oftlio and war, external or foreign re ato s
fcrnocreJ™as Js cEb m c field of battle, b.,l ho must not enjoy theinotion! Why should this liberal policy bo interna pol.co, they arc endeavoring to
idev of tls^E nS TIS t r emoluments of office, must no, occupy po-' now rudely and harsldy broken up and br.ng the exalted Sc. cncc ofpol.t, cal econo
eirted no cc. tr clasl of people stud, m,ions of public trust, or even exercise ! abandoned !-or why should we bo less my down to ~ unnecessary and unprofd
-pi . recocnisc no neculrir ri-hls in any the right of suilruge except through pro- generous now when liberal and progres- able scramble about creeds in re tgie ,
*i Z , 2 traced years atuf much tribulation, lie E ideas in all other respects are warm- with winch ,hts government has and can
u! E . ' ad o les v has cast his lot among us, made his home lv cherished as peculiarly A.ner.can? have,, nothing whatever to do except to
I "inefion anil h!!nor us tin" of in in ->ur midst, is tJenUlicd with us in feel- ' W e arc aware we may be pointed to let them alone and protect each one mUs
dividual men,. The constitution and th,, mg and interest, and by all tho ues winch vic( . s and excesses of nn ignorentand des- hav C the frecEd
law—the ureat principles olemmlitv which 'me ol countiy can entwine around the tl i,ite population, who come into our coun- ties ns well ns mnjoi.tics nine tnc ire
the people of this countrv native born and human heart, but \cl, according to tins' (rv unprepared in son»e respects for the 1 lull exercise of ihctr rc tgious optm ..
those of foreign birth, fought and bled lor; modem doctrine, he belongs to a proscri- I)r '„ pcr enjoyment of its institutions. We 'as
freedom of conscience, which no American bed, degraded caste. . are tree to admit that individuals abuse ca * , ,| st ,nsib'e anden
Christian would lake from his fellow man ; " e have tfer long, long . ears invited the lho blessings of our government but tins jt » unsatisfactory to II . ,
justice to all and special favors to none— oppressed ol every clime to our shores, ; s , n)e 0 f all—native as web as foreign— lightened men, no matter o h cho -
this is tlu/platform of the Democracy.- extended to them the hand ol lellowship nnd sur ,| y is „ 0 reason for changing the two great pohl.cal *’" r,, ® s ,l t > ' >
From this high elevation, let us look down olfi-Ted .hem the protection ol the broad policy of the government, for _ imposing be ong It .s rin « to s l J>
ealml v ution l lie imt'olenl st rinodes of those , b bield ol our constitution to secure them m , n(SW con dmons upon adopted citizens, or cmmtr>, and malm it lor o ct Uie ni
with these principles, the rights and immumties of American c.t- ■ r „ r punishing the jus. equally with the un-, o. the past, nnd render : it unmtndlul ol „s
Ours is the cause of our country—of lil>- y-ens; but all this is now to bo changed, a ; usL glorious des iny m the luture.
orly and of,rue religion, which cat, only new standard ,s to he erected outside ol I(l(icc d it is difficult, when examining ' v H h « Icl > rnSny"'‘of
llourish in its purity where all arc permit- and beyond tbu constitution, and stronger ,| lis subject to say who are the most ben- ations a Hurd our \ln I t-i , y
ted to worship^ ns they think rich,. and higher than the fundamental law ol nflUci ] by nn influx of foreign population, that parly w ill be unwilling to co- p . ,
Wo arc fully persuaded that The people the land. The great charter is to he treat- our own | )lMory would show that much and they- will turn their.faces low at Js t e
of this slate are true and will remain true cd as a dead letter, so lar ns it recognizes : of our prosperity nnd rapid advance to na- just equitable and untlorm pimeipn . >
to the principles of civil and religious lib- die equality before theluwoi adopted with , m na! greatness, has been accelerated by the Democratic creed as laid du " r ' ’>
ertv, which were established bv the revo-, unlive born citizens, and a power alien to ,| )c talonls, energy nnd productive nidus- wise and philosophic . elk-rson. I c p
lution. Their w holo history from the first ’ the constitution and laws ol the land is to |ry u p ,i losc G f foreign birth. The debt eq.lcs of tho Democratic party ate icnig
settlcment or this province down to Iho'bc hereafter the rule of action. of gratitude is at least all on their side, tint, and meet the wants ol man in a I ie
vote of the last Presidential election, is cnl- It was assigned as among the reasons ; [,. IVC wc forgotten the distinguished aid diversified interests ot hie. I licy tenen
ciliated to inspire every reflecting man 'of declaring our independence, and breuk- 0 f adopted citizens and foreigners, in our man s equality w ith his Icllow man, an a
with confidence in their good sense and ing ofT our allegience to the liritish crown, revo |utionnry struggle 1 Have we forgot- the same time that they give him humbler
patriotism. I low much and why the pi in- tliat Ccorgo 111. had endeavored to pro- | OM the cl.ivulrous services of La Fayette, views ol li'nise'lf, theyNtfrgmty, ennoble,
ciples of universal toleration are nnd ought\vent the population of these States, that Montgomery, DcKulb, Kosciusco and oil.- exalt him. J hey apply Inly to him ns
to be valued need not he enforced bv argil- 'he had obstructed the laws for the natu.nl- er3 |i| iu t |, em but of less renown, who per- rational, intelligent creature who shot . J
merit on this point. TlTfr'-fjistory 'of The Mznlion of foreigners, and that he had re- ,|| C J ljf u and property in our behalf, and he the object nnd care of all government,
WO rlil for luo ccnlurics'ia rcfteUj with in- fused to puss laws to encourage their ini- ; n behulf of the cause of liberty and sound arid not made to be governed or created
eidents demonstrating the wisdom of this i hither. republican ideas? Did tl.cv no. risk tl.eir for the governmet. All just government
doctrine. ich were considered among the rea- lives nnd shed their blood for tliat cause is intended for Ins good, not to oppress
Uelioious toleration may be lookejl up- jfficient to risk a doubtful and bloody . ul) j f or ,|,i s pcop lc ! Have not the labors him, hut to treat him equally; with the
on as the fruitful parent of the infant coin-, War, of how much greater magnitude arc ant i mils of tbu adopted citizens, who have subjects or. people ol the same govern
dies—and tho rights of conscience nnd ol thoso now presented lur the consideration poured into tins country in a steady and meat. It sled its blessings a ike upon
worshipping (loti, neeording to the dictates, of all liberal minded men. Ihe olle.nee cons t lin i streuin, made much of our previ- all classes ol the community, the high aim
mav be considered the corner stone ol'our of (icorge 111. was at least an lle - ous uncultivated lands bloom and blossom the low, the ri< h and the p,>oi. It knows
republican institutions. The Puritans and lle had refused to pass laws to i KC‘as the rose ! I lave thev not felled the for- no distinctions and will tolerate none.—
the C'a.lioliqs of Fnglnud and the 1 1 uge- the emigration of foreigners. lie W-'yv L . s[) and subdued the "rude and unbroken ! aku the sun m the heavens, or the dews
nets of France fled from the persecution of policy is u species of deception unworthy so ||, constructed our railroads nnd canals, ol night, or the atmosphere which ue
religious intolerance at home, to the wilds of the American character. Wo leave U nd largely extended our internal com- breathe, nnd which constantly surrounds
ol this Western World, in order that they our constitution as it is, we make no alter- n )cr c e and the bounds ol cullure nnd civ- and-sustains us, it is alike bemguunl and
might enjoy tliat liberty here which was at on in our naturalization laws, wo in- i|jy,ation'! Are there not to bo found bauntiful to all.
dented them in ilm land of their birth.— vite on the Inilh of these guarantee#, to he among them as well as among native horn kuieh fellow citizens are some of the
This land bus bee., the land above all oth- seen and read of all men, that they should citizens, men of exalted worth, brilliant allies of the W big pa rty. W e may have
ers of religious toleration—a toleration of leave their homes, renounce allegiance to talents, towering genius, who have given occasion to refer to otheis during the pro
all seels and creeds so much in hnrmonv their native land, and swear allegiance to U 8 11 1 cir services, in all the uselul and on- gross of the present political campaign,
with our republican institutions, It is true'our own government, when we mean that uohling pursuitsand professions ol lilc, and little less proscriptive und intolereut in
that hero and there at the earlv settlement the inducements thus held out are mere |' r Q m among whom the ranks ol our ar- their views; or we may perhaps leave the
of the colonies, a contrary spirit was some, cunning devices intended to deceive. I'or statesmen and orators have been various fanatical isms ol the day to he
times manifested, but it gradually subsided it D ,)0 t proposed by thusc who adhere to adorned. 'ls it wise, that all these and met and refilled by our Democratic Iriends,
and the heaven-born principles promulgn- the strange dogma, enunciated by tin; new )SL , C |, n s these, should be disfranchised, in their own way, in their variuus loculi
ted by Lord Baltimore in Maryland, Bog. Mayor oi I’hilndi Iphia, to change the set- pro scribed on account of their foreign ties. But we may venture the general
er Williams in Rhode Bland, and W illiam tied policy ol this nation, by altering the , | J j r |j, i Q nd persecuted lor their religious remark, that all collateral organization
Penn in Pennsylvania, have had their conditions on which the people ol other o P iniuns ! IJitvo we nothing to lose by outsido ol tho Democratic party, got up
healthful sway in the policy of this coun- 1 countries are to he received and adopted gUL q, n po |, C y t 'us either moral or political movements,
try, being engrafted m<the constitutions of as citizens, hut a much more dangerous f But how is this policy to bo administer- are soon thrown by the lorco ol circum
the several States. The Duakeis and and unjust ground is assumed. Its prac- e( j;—i )ow j 3 this new tost iq bo applied? stances, by the luwsahd political affinities
Baptists were once, persecuted in New ticnl workings nre to he retrospective. by whom I Secretly and without ol minorities, in opposition to that parly ,
Knglund, und the Puritan preachers nnd 1 proposes to laku Iroin citizens the civil j warning, by secret, midnight political as- and have for their main object in tho end
Dissenters from the Kstablished Knglish l righ's which they hav e already acquired ; yoeiulions, bound together by extra judt- the prostration ol its power and its princi
(Jhurch in Virginia—but who would dure | under the constitution, by organizing n c j u | oal | )S| to do that which can bo nothing pies. Let no Democrat bo led away
now to avow publicly, sympathy with such 1 power to subvert that instrument. It is nn e | so j n eflbct, morally, than constructive from his politicnl associations, with the
intolercnce ? Who would have the hnrdi- ! attempt to settle n policy not recognized in , treason to tl.o government. They thus vuin hope of accomplishing groater good
hbod now to propose nn amendment to the' any law ol this country, that hereafter no ( n tt c m[,t to do, under tho clouds of the by other organizations. Let no Demo
conslilution 61'tho Union or of any of the 1 man horn out ol the country shall hold 11 1 nligfit, und by secret political combinations crat desert lho standard of tho Demo-
States, that a person born in a foreign! civ-d office under tlie government no tymt- w q m t they would bo ushumed to propose! crutic party —that parly which hns Idng
land, or professing nny particular religious ter that he has come here upon the laith (i lO light ol duv nnd before the world, guided the destinies of Pennsylvania nnd
faith, shall be excluded from the rights, jo( the laws ol tho land—no matter how, s ecrc t political societies, fellow oiiizens, ! °* l * le nal ‘ on —that pa.ty whose principles
privileges, nnd immunities of nn American good his character ; how eflbctive l.is übil-. | >owover commendublo in design at the have been tried in tl.o fit;o of persecution
citizen. Thanks to tl.o spirit of the oge 1 tics; how thorough his education ; or how - |gtnrl musl soon degenerate inko engines' •„ lho nowand o'd world until they have
and an over.rulinjj and ever vise Provi- j numerous nia virtues—no mattci liovv ( rarin y nnt ] outruae. Thtr J'ncobin ecome comparatively purified from all
dcnce, the idea of the rights of conscience voted his attachment to the constitution 0 f ( j lO ],' renc i t r e Vo lutifon headed by 1 ross imperfections—that parly on
has eventually prevailed nnd been nor how ortl.odox his religion —no matter 1 ... Mnrutnnd Rnlinsrtii*rp made tht: i w hioh lho government of this country
nently established, nnd peace has been in-j though ho Ims suffered nnd bled for his j nut j oll 't rem |j| o f or j( a existence, while must ever lean, nnd in which it must ever
troduced among men untler tho sanction of j adopted country. With such wc have no ( p> ranco beenmo drunken with 'horrid confide lo meet the just expectations of
our government anil laws, on subjects'politico! communion—-wo must not fisten j crimes assassination and mU rdor. VVlial' lhc people.
winch had long led lo cruel nnd bloody, to thetr advice nor employ them in the proteclion can the mass or peaceable citi-| Tll ° miserable mushroom associations
wars. ' Puhhc service. Ihe standard of honesty havo - st their secrot counci u 0 „d wl >' cll s Pr>ng up to a night nnd perish m
We are not defending the tenets of any! and capacity is to ho overlooked—und the insUl j OUS attacks 1 Conspiracies and socret u da y> cannot withstand tho puulto sen
particular sect, but the rights ol all to en-j circumstance ol birth, and birth alone must combina[ions agaills t the body politic, O r! limcntol lho P e °P lo of Pennsy.lv.inia, or
joy tlreir own peculiar views without mo-j decide who shall fill the offices ol tho gov* political rights of large classes of citi-j wo muc h mistake their character, nnd
lestation, without proscription and perse-! ernrrtent. . zfens, are as odious in the eye ol'n moral-! havo l? oked into theirhistory in vain.,ThC
cutipn. In this lies the safety of all, fori Hero is n disfranchisement of the most . g Qg conspiracic3 againgj t | le private, P eo P lu ' of Pennsylvania are loyal to the
the powerful of to-day may bo the weak obnoxious character, lho alien and se- r i„hts oftho citizen are odious in lho C yo.principles of the contitution and to the
of to-morrow. The some oppressions nnd-dition.laws were passed undgr tho admin- 0 f || lo | aw . One offence is political an d 'Constitution itself, and they. will show, their
cruelties, visited by a dominant religious istration of the elder Adams in tho heigth tho ot hor penal, but thore is little if any I lo y all y at lllQ approachingdecllon, as they
sect upon their weaker brethren of opposite-ol the insolence of federal domination. difference in the grade of criminality.— d ‘ d * n 1851 nnd 185 a, by sustaining the
religious views, may be returned upon Put they werei laws, while hero is a stm- j Bo(h ure founded sel f lshnesB and disro-1 Democratic nominees presented dor their
themselves with a ten fold fury in the ebbs |d«r policy without the sanction oflaw.se- 1 d of the riahts of others. j conisdewtion apji; approval. Uis idle to
and flows of parly and political feeling, if.cr et in its operations; nnd tyrnnical, un- , . . * , . disguise the fact, tltnt the parly of
such questions are to bo tolerated nt all in just and cruel in its results. It is in eflect . W® have heard much m days gone b y t H O North has become swallowed kip and
politieul discussions. Tho poisoned chal-l un administration ol the alien law of block ln ennsy vanta, rom argo oqes o oUl f absorbed by its amalgamationiwilh discor
ice may bo returned to tho lips of thoso, cockade federalism, without tho courhgo people, in opposition ta secret sdciettcs of dunt Qnd and.republican elements.. It is
who would fofco others to drink the hem-'* o place it on tho statute book. Ils spirit, a l* uru y c . ar * alO aa enevoion car p or people in their sovereign capacity,
lock. Wo feel right sure, that the ud-1 essence qnd design are the same. actor, having no political policy or pur-. l 0 decide between such materials and the
versifies hf Hie past in iholnstorv of man- ' Ihe Constit-ition of the United States H OSO /i ln VI ! ! . V ' ow muc . moro s tou | ever constant and truly liberal Democrat
br C"'"~ f V tluiKoppostlton extend to secret assocta-
kind,, will not bo lost in tho good senso of
the American people, and that all the re
ligious pc rgnaaious -jnay—ho-pe rin i 11ed to |
carry out the pure""nncr'holy mission of
propagating the. gospel and diffusing a
sound mo/a|ity. among men.
Let nftt-then, -fellow CTtfzons, t)i.o sea led
ibtiht'u.ihs ofrcligious controversy be open
ed to deluge with bitter waters this happy
.country. ; Let not tjtflp tho unmiligstecj
authorizes Congress to pass Uniform laws
of naturalization. It also provides that
Congress ahull mako no law respecting an
establishment-rd'-relrgioTif-crr prohibiting
the free exerciso thereof; and that no re
ligious test shall ever‘be required ns a
qualification for any office or public trust
under the United States.
The constitution of Pennsylvania is even
more emphatic. It declares that all men
"Jr :
tions formed for political purposes alone,!
and for political purposes having for their!
object the disfranchisement on account ofi
their religious views of a portion of our !
citizens. ‘ • j
Secret societies formed for political pur
pose, the great and jjood Washington.;
warned us against it in his furewell ad
dress to countrymen, t|ow wejl he!
ic party and policy, of the country. It
cannot bo doubtful how that decision will
bo mado by intelligent freemen.
ELLIS BONHAM, Chairman,
George C. Welker, Secretary.
City was visited Ipst week
by the Cholera. In,two days, twelve of
fourteen deaths occurred. inhere were,np
new cases on the 29ih ult, -
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About two years ago, I took up my res
idence for a few weeks in a country vil
lage, in the eastern part of New England.
Soon uftcr my arrival, 1 becomeacfpiain- /
ted with n young Indy, apparently, abmrf
seventeen years of ago. She hud lostftlie
idol of her heart’s purest love, and the
shadows of deep and holy memories were
restin''like the wingofdcath upon her brow.
1 first met her in the presence of tho
mirthful. She was, indeed a creature to
Ibe admired ; her brow was garlanded by
itho young year’s sweetest flowers, and"
hep sunny tresses were hanging beautiful
ly and low upon her bosom; and she mo
ved through the crowd with such floating,
'unearthly grace, that the bewildered ga
zer looked almost to see her fade away
into the air, like the creation of a pleas
ant dream. Sho seemed cheerful, and
even gay-; yet I saw that her gaiety was
but the mockery of her feelings. She
smiled, but there Was something in her
smile which told me that its mournful
'beauty was but the bright reflection of a
| icar; and her eyelids at times passed hea
vily down, as if struggling to suppress tho
tide of agony that was bursting up from
her heart’s secret urn. She looked as if
i she could have left the sceno of festivity,
and gone out beneath the qmel stars, and
J [aid her forehead down upon the fresh
'green earth, and poured out her stricken
' soul, gush after gush, till it mingled with
the eternal founluin of purity and life.
I I have lately heurd that the young lady
of whom I have spoken, is dead. The
■close of her lile was as calm as the falling
lof a quiet stream; gentle as the sinking
I I of the breeze, that lingers for a time round
i u bed of withered roses, and then dies for
very sweetness.
It cannot be that eurth is man’s only
abiding place. It cannot be that our life
is n bubble, cast up by the ocean of eter
nity to float'a moment upon its surface,
and (lien sink into nothingness and dark
ness forever, Else, why is it that the high
and glorious aspirations that leap like nn
oels from the temples of our hcnrls, are
forever wandering abroad, unsatisfied !
Why is it that the raipbow and the cloud
i come over us with ;<y beauty that is not of
.earth, and then pass rdf and leave us to
muse on their laded loveliness ? Wby is
it that the stars which bold their lestivel
; around the midnight throne, are set above
the "rasp of our limited laculties, and lor*
'ever o mocking us will) their unapproaeba
; |,|e glory ? And, finally, why is it that the
1 bright forms of human beauty are presen
ted to the view, and then taken I rum us,
he living the thousand streams of ourallec
] lions, to flow back in an Alpine torrent
i upon our hearts !
j We are born fora higher destiny than
j that of earth. There is a realm where
iho rainbow never fades; where the stars
j will be spread out before us likc the islands
that slumber on the ocenn ; and where
I iho beautiful beings, that there pass belorc
! us like visions, will stay in our presence
lurevor. Geojiuu 1). I’ukntici:.
Cm’NTr Sc l'Eiujt tkniiknts. —[lon. C.
A. lil .ick has decided that County School
Superintendents mu-<l examine nil teachers
will, present themselves for that purpose,
and award a certificate ifproperly cjualiliril.
The examination .should in ull cases be a
llierutigh one. Pi nlhi.-ney in the brunch
es iequired to he taught in common schools
is ol course necessary, as well as some
evidence of the good character ol the ap
plicant, and particular regard should bo
paid to the general knowledge of teaching
i and modes of instruc'ion of the applicant.
Tut: CRues oj-' Illinois. —Accounts
from Northern Illinois state that all the
various crops hi that section promise ail
almost unprecedented \ ic.ld. The num
ber of acres of wheat sowed is one-third
larger than last year, and the yield lads
fair to surpass the usual \ adds by an av
erage of from three to live bushels per
acre. Outs are luxuriant, and corn is
thrifty.
son,” said the elder Spiggles
to Spiggles junior, thinking to enlighten
the hoy on the propagation of the lion spe
cies, “my son, do you know that chickens
come out of eggs !”
“Du they!” suid ihe Spiggles junior,
as lie licked his plato, “1 thought eggs
come out of chickens.”
Thus ended the first lesson
oi7~lt is said that a subject of the King
of Pru ssia, a ntlctged mechanic, being
about to emigrate, was arrested and hrol’
before his majesty. “Well my good
friend,” said the king, “how can we per
suade you to remain in Prussia?” “Most
gracious sire, only by making Prussia
what America is.” He was allowed to
depart.
oC?“Thero is said to he an old lady down
on Long Island so very fat, that the neigh*
hors use her shadow, for griddle greasing.'
To keep her from slipping out of bed, her
husband rolls her in the ashes. Long Is
land is a great place.
A Piscatorial Simile. —A German
almanac remarks that a young girl is a
fishing rod,. tho eyes are the hook, th<j
sweet snjjle is lli.o bait, tho lover is tH?
guflgeon, r marriage is the butter fa
which hp Is fripd. t .
is u man in Trjpy.- sp jnoan
that he wishes the Inndlordt to. reduce Iffa
hoard bill'because he hud-two teeth ex
tracted. ,r. - , , ' ;
i ftjr A country girl'writingto her friends
says of the polka, that-the dancing does
not amount to much, but that tho hugging
is heavenly. , • . *
03”Keop but of bad company for the
ojhance is that when the devil fires into a
flock he will hif somebody. 11
and sword are but slow engines
of destruction in comparison with tho bab
bler. ’ .:'h
O$~A ,rm»n named Frank Smith wolf
hung in,New Orleans on Friday week, fpf
thq murder of his wife.
cholera is decreasing ut ChMjflfiib
THE BROKEN-HEARTED.