..ti!i-(alpliiii orators to it. Mr. Garesehe
-ays to tin* Secretary of the Treasury :
" TG man seems really penitent, and I am
in.'lii.ed to -think, ill common with his friends,
,'iat he is lioiit-t, and has been led away
las duty by the example of his predecessor, Hirti
a certain looseness in the code ot rnoralit_v,
which here does not move in so limited a circle
,= does with ns at home. Another receiver
w fluid probablv follow in the loot=teps ot the
two You will riot, therefore, be surprised il
ae- ommend his being retained to preterenee to
another appointment : for he has his hands lull
r,j\v and will not he disposed to speculate any
tn ire."—Page ISO of Keport 31 J-
And was Colonel Gordon 1). Boyd, the
warm personal triend ot General Har
ris,*" the •• ardent supporter of the admin
istration." the '• unyielding advocate ot
the principles of Democracy," Lite " really
-uenitent" Colonel Boyd—was he removed
\o. sir; on the Tilt of October, 1897,
Mr. Woodbury acknowledged the receipt
of his resignation ! t)n page 18'.) is this
short statement:
•*G. I>. lbvil is indebted fifty thousand nine
hundred and "thirty-even dollars and twenty
.idne cents. ($50,937 2D.) a- per la*t seltleracut
at the Trcasuiy."
Is this " Galphinizing," or only sustain
ing the principles of Democracy ?
Xext is the case of I.ittlebury Hawkins,
receiver at Helena. (J i page 192 of the
report is this statement:
•- Balance due from Mr. Hawkins, one hun
dred thousand d liar-. *iiK).OUO 00 per last
♦ eitiement "
Mr. A. G. Mitchell, receiver at Cahaba :
on page i9O is this remark :
• Mr. Mitchell, a late receiver at Cuhaba, is
tadcbU-4 fifty-fu ir tho.i-.ind six hundred and
twentv-six : liars a J fiftv-five c- a!-. $54.-
026 55.")
The next ease of Democratic ** G.rl
phimzing'" is that of Mr. Chitdre-*, receiver
-•*. Heb-aa. I.out-ana. >a page 199 of
i!ie report it i a *aid :
•• Balance due from Paris t hiidris-. twelve
rhc-a-ar.d four hundred and forty-nir • liars and
-< ventv-six cc-ts. *12.149 70
The next case is that of Mr. J. Alien,
receiver at Tallahassee. <hi page '2lB of
the report it i- stated that—
'■ Mr. \licn i- indebted t-> the Government,
twenty-six thousand-ix hundred ai d ninety-one
dollars and fifty-seven cents, ,20.691 57."
Then there i- a com -pondence bciw en
Mr. Woodbury ..ml Mr. Spencer receive,
~i Fort V/.ivnc. I v. i-"i to read om or
two interesting ex.r,. •
Mr. H ARLAN stated f;<: die inform '.. >n
of th* gentleman from V>rth < irolina and
i the House, that Col. John Spencer was
not now, nor at the time to which th**
gentleman refer-, a defaulter to the Gov
ernment ; i.'ui on the eontrarv, was both
then and now a creditor of the Govern
ment; and a previous Congress and the
Kxecutive olln-irs of the Gov eminent h.-.\ e
so decided.
Mr. STANLY -.id he w i- glad to.h'ar
that one man had paid what he owed.
Mr. DTSHAM explained that Col. Spen
cer was improperly -et down a* ;i default
er. the Government being in fact m his
debt.
Mr. STANLY. \\ ;.- not judgement ob
tained against him bv the I nited States
Mr. I>. MUM. It was improperly ob
tained, and was afterwards released when
the facts were made known.
Mr. STANLY said he should he glad to
know how the n lca-c was obtained. Was
it because lie was •• a pillar of Democra
cy ' ' But i? was not the amount of the
defalcation in this case ih t I was com
menting on. It was to the reasons given
by Mr. Hendrick-. and Woodbury's an
swer, to which 1 ask attention—esjieciallv
vlie reasons why Mr. \\ oudburv ought nut
■o remove him.
After various complaints from Mr. Wood
bury, Mr. \\ liiiatn Hendricks writes to
him in behalf of Mr. Spencer. In that
letter Mr. Hendricks .savs:
••It would to some c xter.t produce excitement,
it he were removed, for fie has many warm and
influential friends, both a! Fort Wavne and in
Dearoorn county, Horn which he removed to his
present residence, lit TIER rr.r IT BE."
In aswer to this •• Better let it be," Mr.
Woodbury wrote as short a letter to Mr.
Hendricks :• General Cns- did to the
' 'hieago convention. Hear it .
"TRBAVRT I>EPVRI4I.-;T, Sept. 7. 1-36.
•- SIR .—Your fet i r of the 31t ultimo is re
i eired, ami 1 am happy to inform you that Mr.
Spencer'- explanations have been such that he
wilt probably continue in office.
' I am. tr, very respectfully your obedient
•'i vant, LEVI WOODBURY,
" .S< eretary of the Tr asurv
•• Ifon. WHI.MM HESPRICKS. 1 '
/'he reason of Mr. Spencer continuing
in office will be known, when we hear the
following from his letter to M-. Wood
bury, dated October Ul. 1 83ti :
'• My Democratic friend- think that I ought
;ot to leave ui til after we fold an election for
President, on the 7th of .November, which I
have concluded to waif"'
'• The Democratic party —the election—
the main pillars of the Democratic cause
—the unyielding advocates of the princi
ples of Democracy"—these were the rea
sons assigned for keeping men in office
w ho had neglected their trie's, and kept
the public money for tie u* own purposes.
Let me sav, Mr. Speaker, in parenthe
ses, what I think of G. aural t 'ass's letter.
That he wu? inore tin fortunate in his
Nicholson than in his ( 'hi'-;,go letter.
We never could agree in tlte. South in
••'••istriiing the Nichoison letter. General
( ass was as clear and definite in his letter
as Launeelot in the Merchant of \ mice
was, when he gave old Gobbo direction.-
for finding the way to the Jew's house.
DOB BO. —Master young gentleman, f pray
sou which is the way to Master Jew's
lai'vctLOT —'l urn up on your bind,
•at the next turning, but, at the next turning of
-.1, on your left; marry, at the very next turn
•''g, turn of no baad, but turn indirertlv to the
_ew's house."
' l'was a hard way to bit—as hard as to
..i (general Lass:'s meaning.
i wnl not detain the ilousc further by u
reference to other eases mentioned in the
-une report
But. ir, it tnay fv said, we heard all
rh; in IP X) ; ihe judgement of the coun
try h:i< bepn pns-ed on ?hr-e trair- .ciions.
That exense will not answer. 1 have for
some weeks past been making inquiries
relative to the otlice-holders tinder Mr.
Polk. I suppose that when the office
holders in this city were eneouraged to
leave their offices and make speeches
against General Taylor—when funds were
collected out of clerks by your public offi
cers—when some of them were engaged
■ in writing party essays, that some of the
government money was probably used lor
the election by the " pillars of the Demo
cratic party." 1 have judged correctly,
and I invite the special attention of all
those who have been thundering against
the Galphin claim to hear my facts.
I find that various public officers, such
as Indian agents, collectors of customs,
contractors, navy agents, marshals, pen
sion agents, Arc., holding office under the
last administration, have retained in their
hand**, or misapplied—to use no harsher
words—the public money entrusted to
their custody to an amount of nearly oxi:
MILLION OK DOLLARS 1 1 have a table be
fore me and some of the names 1 will
give; main of the names 1 do not wish
to bring to public notice, because all of
them have not been mentioned in the
newspapers of the day.
Here Mr. STASIA read the names of
Denby, Beard, Collins, Beach, and some
others referred to in this Ibt.
.Vunr* ft IcA-lf r tpnitu .4eii>u*! r.'.t'Ht,'
InJi.nn Ajj-'t.r, #10,191.69
Njlhanicl !><Mtb), Vn- i.t it M.ir lilM. Krai.re, 155 s"* 48
Lieutenant I . S A , 4.923 61
< >1 Ol'l'lUMmS,*!. .\U§U>tllH?, 1,0-2 11
C L Hr-a.a, t.'onir-Klor, Ac , 56 563 45
Patri is, Si:r & li,, l'u.> .mia'.i,
Receiver! ( PnMlt Money, 4.a1l 5t
We .a". R ft, >!t. Navy Agent, 17,697 37
liulian Atf.nt, 4,5-18 St
J U . 8.Vi1., All fur Itii: Sat. v 1 it:, r*, 53,-31 09
Navy As nt, 5,551,0S
Sub-In Inn Agent, s 176,57
I'iirser I' S. Na vv, 3,326 31
i-att Marshal, 1.518.05
Xiry A(> lit. 4.011,11
Pension Agent, 5,101 SO
R: \ar.l H.wift, Hub-Indian Ag'ii!. 1-.112 28
Owlrirtur, , 1,3*21.45
Navy Agent. 5.894 59
Contractor, *r , 345 62
H I! Krtinerl), Afoistant Quartermaster. 26,397 46
Contractor, Ac , 5.124 60
l'urser L". rj. Nav v, A.679 16
Navy Agent, 5,767.59
P M Wi [more,' Navy As-nt, 1-1,.5*079
Navy Ag nt, 9,616 93
NivyA.Vivc Peneion Aj-nt, 8.157 27
I'uner t si Navy, 13,189 7s
N' tvy IVliaion A f< ..t, 1,119 50
N-lVj AgfUt, 1.311 31
Aj.-nt fur ;>s> mj P-ne -nerr, 6,-64.44
#8*26,401.16
*Mr W. tmore, navy -fit, ha* j,a:d since he was
s it 1. #32,600
e, sir, nearly one million of dollars is
th*" amount of defalcation specified in this
list.
Patrick Collins, of Cincinnati, " Gal
phimzes" #181,390 19 in the district re
presented by the gentleman (Mr. DISNEY
whose lucid arguments on interest will
cuntound the Supreme Court. He only
gate a bond for ten thousand dollars, but
us lie was '* a pillar of Democracy," the
gentleman is mute as to this defalcation.
Why has his denunciation been sup
pressed .' The truth is that modern De
mocracy seems to think that its pillar*"
have a right to take on; of the public crib
what they please.
Mr. DISNKY rose U> explain in reference
to the case oi Collins. The defalcation
alleged against Collins was on account of
fees and uncollected hoods, whicli were
explained, and were handed over by Col
lins to lus suecp-<or, hv whom thev are
still held.
Mr. STANLY. In other words, Mr.
Collins, set up an offset; and does not
every defaulter, with more or less success,
do the same ! There is another statement
of this ease, however, which does not ex
actly tally with that of the gentleman from
Ohio. I'hev all, when they have misap
plied the public money, make out new ac
counts. Hut why has not the gentleman
from Ohio called down indignation on
Collins .' \\ hv has he not investigated
this ease ?
Mr. I)j snkv was understood to sav he j
had been endeavoring to have the Collins
account settled.
Mr. STANLY congratulated the gentle
man on his labor ot love. From his ar
gument in the Oalphin case he was no
doubt an admirable defender, a friend of
Collins. \\ . Scott, navy agent in this
city, one oi the most active officeholders
in collecting money out of public officers
here in 1818, only owes the moderate sum
of §17.897 37. ilowmuchof this money
was spent against the election of General
Taylor no Whig can tell.
.\ow, sir, this information 1 get from
reliable sources. And this is not all. If
gentlemen will call for information, 1 will
show other defalcations. What will the
Democracy of the country say to all this !
\V ill they not say that those who are cry
ing out '• Calphiu ! Galphin !" are s rain
ing at a gnat and swallowing a camel ?
One odier item of Galphini/.ing in this
city I must mention. The editor of the
f rtion newspaper in this city has been
among the foremost in denouncing the
< abiriet as the Galphin Cabinet," and j
abusing the \\ higsasthe"(lalphin party."
Dot u- examine his conduct a moment. I
hold in inv hand Senat< report No. 119,
math by Mr. Borland on the Bth June,
18 SO ; Ironi which it appears tit at the
Si uric, at the 1 ist s ssjuij, ordered to lie
printed t< ti thousand copies of the opin
ions of the Supreme Court in the cases of,
Smith t'.v. Burner, and Norris car. the citv
of Boston, making a pamphlet of one
hundred and righty-one pages.
Mr. Borland is a Locofoco, a Senator
Iroru \ikansas, and a gentleman of char
acter and intelligence.
I: se< ins that Mr. Belt, whoi- " printer
to t;,!- Senate," has received more than
twelve ' ttousand doll ir- for printing this
pamphlet. According to his construction
"f the contract, he charged the moderate
e..i thirty seven thousand two hundred
dollars, fur the to n thou-amd copies ! Mr.
,n 'i < ke* various estimates of the j
'•n*t of tins priij-ing. If charged fairly.
'' *' '• 1 ilfio 'Hid Streppei's con- i
tract, thirtieth Congress, the total cost for
this printing would amount to only five
hundred and twenty two-dollars and fifty
cents. (£5*22 50 !)
Hear Mr. Borland :
" The committee lo not suppose that it could
be deemed reasonable t-o exact a higher rate of
compensation than the rates established by the
joint resolution of 1819; for the printers are
willing now, and hare ever proposed to relin
quish their contracts, and undertake to execute
all the public printing at rates less than those of
1819. reduced to the extent of twenty percent."
Now hear the following, ye thundcrers
of '• Galphin"—pay especial attention to
this :
' Yet the committee have ascertained by cal
culation. that this document, at the FCLI. rates
of 1819, would not amount to more than two
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars
and fifty cents, ($2.8(34 50.")
Yes, sir, twelve thousand five hundred
dollars were paid for this pamphlet Mr.
Ritchie, i am informed, was the surety of
Mr. Belt for the performance of this con
tract ; he was the arbitrator, who settled
the price for Belt, and, as 1 learn from a
member of this House, Mr. Ritchie is also
the assignee of Belt, and holds the contract
for his own advantage ! Now. sir, is this
Galphinizing, or what is it called ? Mr.
Ritchie, too, is treating the Government
as some of the early settlers of our coun
try were said to have treated the Indians.
They claimed the right to take land from
the Indians, for they argued; 1. The
earth is the Lord's and the fullness there
of ; 2. The Lord hath given the earth to
his saints ; and J. We arc the saints.
The Locofocos have had the spoils so
long, they claim the right to have them,
and think Whigs ought not even to pay
debts, although Congress directs it. \Y h v
cannot Mr. Ritchie pour out some of his
denunciation against Denby ?
Mr. HAYMONP. He is one of the
" elite." of the Richmond Democracy.
Mr. STANLY. YOS, sir, as iny friend
from Virginia says, because he is otic of
the •' elite"—one of the aristocratic De
mocracy of Virginia. Besides the large
sums unjustly withheld by these public of
ficers—by the Denbvs. the Wetmores.and
the Patrick Collins of the last administra
tion—there are others still.
I hold in rny hand a list—" Balances
due from collectors and surveyors of cus
toms, who were appointed between the
liii of M. Ih, 1815, and the 4thof March,
1849, and are note oat of office-" and
that balance is one hundred and thirtv
nine thousand three hundred and seventv
eight dollars and sixteen cents. (£139,378-
16.) And these, sir. are some of those
poor calumniated victims of proscription,
removed from office by General Taylor 1
And still more : Here is a list of " bal
ances due bv receivers of public monevs
from sales of lands, who were appointed
during the four years ending the 4th of
March, 1849. and were out of office on
the Ist of July, 1859." This balance is
twenty-five thousand four hundred and
forty-two dollars sixty-one cents, (£25,4 12-
61.) How cruel that such men should be
removed from office !
There are some instances of abuse too
to which I wish now to refer. The last
administration had its favorites, besides
the defaulters, and the\ were well taken
care of. Take the case of Mr. A. J.
Donelson. In 1846, in April, fie was
minister to Berlin. He had an outfit of
£9,000 and his salarv. In 1818 he was
sent by Mr. Polk minister to Germany,
or the German Confederation. Fortius
he received another outfit and salarv. He
was well paid for travelling a few hundred
miles, and had nothing to do when he got
there : for the German ('onfedration soon
ceased to exist. Mr. Donelson was re
called, and the administration denounced
for recalling him. What public service
Mr. Donelson ever rendered is yet to be
known. Here i a statement of the a
mouiils paid fiiin :
Amount of Salarits Htcrirtd by .F J. ffthiehcn,
from 10</i .lpril, 1846, to the Ist J S'octmber , l4 l J :
1846, April 10th. Outfit for Berlin, {>9,000
1848, September Ist. To amount of sal
ary as minister to Berlin, from April 10,
1816, at {9,000 per annum, 21,500
1-48, September Ist. Expenditures made
as Minister to Frankfort, prior to the
separation of the Prussian and German
mission, 2,250
I-> 49, November Ist Outfit to Frankfort, 9.000
1849, November Ist. Jnlit from Frankfort, 2,250
1849, November Ist. Salary from Ist Sep
tember to date, 10,500
Total, $54,500
And now let us sec how well Mr. At
torney General Clifford w as taken care of.
lie was sent to Mt xieo, to aid in exchang
ing the ratification of the treaty. For this
he received an outfit of £'.1,000 and a sal
ary. After Ins blundering with what he
called a protocol ; and by his conduct
threatening at one lime the most serious
dangers to the country, he was returned as
.Minister to Mexico. And thus the ac
count stands with this " pillar of the
Democratic party."
The following arc the payments which
which made to Mr. Nathan Clifford, late
I . States Minister to Mexico, viz :
h 'if warrant N • '7 6(M, dated IS Marrh, 1:1 ft, |jr #9,000 00
111 B.ISSi, do a.Nov, do, 6,000 00
do 6 22.1, fo 4 11rr.., do, 375 31
do r.351, do 2 Ke&'y, lo!9, JI0 00
do " do 9 March, do, 116 CO
<i*> 609. do 1 .'opt On, 3.3 00
#16,391 31
An 1 -or tiatai ci die t > h :n on settlement, 17,HH 91
VVti'iic amount received t) Mr Clifford from
("tf. Mar-b. I-'.S to !lb So.it,•utlrei, IftlO, #31,2 OV2
Is this •' Galphinizing," or what is it !
And now those who have tolerated all
these abuses are denouncing the Whig
party as the '• Galphin party." Truly,
sir, do these noisy deelaimcrs resemble a
Democratic overseer I once heard of iu
the southern country. He had been in
formed that the squirrels were eating the
corn, and he took six good men from their
work to kill the squirrels, while he kept a
pet bear who was allowed to devour corn
entirely uncontrolled. I am not aware
w hat public service Mr. Clifford has done
to entitle him to uch reward. lie is a
gentleman of respectable abilities, has
been Attorney General; but I think the
only monument to his memory, as Attor
ney General, vv ill be, that after a few of
his speeches the Supreme Court were
compelled to adopt a two hour rule. Now
compare his services with those of Rever
dv Johnson. We have seen published
the opinion of the Supreme Court, in the
case of Fleming vs. Page, involving the
right to levy duties on goods imported into
certain ports in Mexico during the war.
This case had been decided in the court
below against the United States. By Mr.
Johnson's efforts the ease was brought to
the Supreme Court and after his masterly
argument even the Judge who had been of
different opinion, was convinced, the judg
ment was reversed, and the United Stales
saved nearly seven millions of dollars by
this decision. For his services he received
no compensation, and would receive none,
though some of his predecessors for ser
vices of a like character had been com
pensated. In the case of the Louisiana
land claims he saved to the Government
two millions of dollars.
And now. sir, this is the gentleman of
unsullied private character—of spotless
in'egrity—upon whom, as his colleague in
the Senate remarked, before lie was Attor
ney General, the mantle of Wirt had fallen
—this colleague, too, one of the first tnen
in our country —this is the distinguished
lawyer whose conduct and opinions cer
tain persons are disposed to make them
selves ridiculous by censuring.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Meredith, having
passed through life with unstained reputa
tions, (of which their country will be
proud.) will smile at the impotent malice
that attempts to wound thern, knowing that
all good nten " will not mistake the venom
of the shaft for the vigor of tile bow."
There is no patriotic gentleman of any
party, whose heart will not cordially ap
prove the sentiment of Cicero, who, in one
of hi 9 orations, w hen speaking of the duty
of good men to defend the fame of the
illustrious dead, said, he thought himself
" bound to light for their fame, glory, and
memory, with as much zeal as for the al
tars arid temples of my country ; and if it
were necessary to take arms in defence of
their praise, 1 should take them as strenu
ously as they themselves did for the de
fence of our common safety." Surely,
then, it is right to guard tfie reputation of
eminent public men, though still living.
I regretted very much, Mr. Speaker, to
hear the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CAK
TLRJ depart from the propriety which
ought to mark our language here, and in
dulge in harsh epithets toward the members
of the Cabinet. The gentleman, lam sat
isfied, spoke under excitement, and in his
calm moments will regret the v iolence of
his language, because it was unbecoming
in him, and unjust toward those whom he
denounced. But when 1 saw sa.iles of
approbation in tiie countenance of a few
on the other side, while the gentleman from
Ohio vi as speaking, I was forcible reminded
of a scene drawn by Catlin, during his
travels among the Indian tribes. It was. 1
think, among the Sioux Indians, a custom,
when thev were preparing for war, to kill
a dog, place his liver on a stake four or five
feet high, and the barbarous ar.d beastiv
vv arriors then formed a ring, and while they
danced around, each man would bile a
piece from the liver. I thought those who
enjoyed so violent a speech were men of
taste congenial to that of those uncivilized
barbarians.
Mr. Speaker, I will conclude. I repeat,
1 do not justit'y the conduct of the Secre
tary of \\ ar, iu acting as a claim-agent
while he was a member of the Cabinet.
It was in bad taste, to sav the least. It is
a bad example, and apart from other con
siderations, a sense of public duty forbids
me to approve this conduct. It this act is
justified, auditors, comptrollers, and other
officers will act as claim-agents, and the
most enormous abuses be practiced ; and
in sax ing this. I feci, as I think Mr. Craw
ford felt, when he was nnxiou that Mr.
Walker should act on ibis claim, before
Mr. ('. cainc into the Cabinet.
1 desire that the truth should he known
by the country, that it may see there are
as many Democrats as Whigs responsible
for the payment of the Galphin claim ; that
some of those now trying to use the pay
ment of this claim for party purposes, have
justified enormous abuses on the part of
piliarsof the Democratic party ; that some
of them hnxe been guilty of taking public
money for unjust claims. When the truth
can be known, the small orators of party
may cry •• Galphin !" until " Galphin !"
the hills •• Galphin !" the woods, " Gal
phiu !" the rocks resound. Thev may buy
starlings, and teach them to cry Galphin,
nothing hut Galphin ! It will be a lesson
the birds will soon learn, for the starling
orators have learnt it in a few weeks. Hut
when the people of this country know the
whole truth ; when they see that the Dem
ocratic u pillars" have plundered the Treas
ury, and passed along unrebuked by their
party friends*; when they hear the facts 1
have mentioned just now. they will tell
each noisy drummer of party, " Thou
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of
thine own eye ; and then shall thou see
(dearly to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye."
FIRE. —Our citizens were startled from
their beds on Tuesday morning last, about
1 o'clock, by the alarm of fire, proceed
ing from the lumber shed of ROBERT H.
MCCLJNTIC, Esq. The morning was calm,
and the fire was arrested before it had
made much progress. Both Hose com
panies were on the ground, the Juniata
arriving first, attached their hose and ex
tinguished it. — Democrat.
The population of the borough of Bedford, as
ascertained by the census of 1850, is 1201. The
population of Kittaning is 1574, or an increase
t 76\? over 1840. The dwellings in Kittaning
number : IGB and the families >778.
THE GAZETTE.
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NEW subscriptions must be paid in
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paid in six months, $1.75; and if not paid in
nine months, $2.00.
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
For (anal Commissioner,
JOSH I A DIWGIA, of Bucks Counts.
For Auditor General,
HEYRY W. SYYDKR, of Anion fount*.
For Surveyor General,
JOSEPH HEYDERSOY, of Washington (o.
Notices of Adtfrlisenifntj.
The attention of business men is invited to
the advertisement of George W. Ridgway.
Persons indented to Sheriff Vl'.Manigil for costs
will find an interesting notice from Esquire
Stoner in another column.
Money may be saved by paying your School
Tax immediately, as per notice of the Treasurer.
James Robinson offers for sale a valuable real
estate in Oliver tow nship.
The heirs of Joseph Bartholomew also offer
for sale a valuable property.
The Yomlnatlon for Congress.
Mr. Calvin still adheres to his determi
nation to decline a re-nomination for Con
gress, and it now becomes our duty to
look around for some one qualified to rep
resent the Iron District in that body.
Centre county has able men— HALE, CUR
TIN, and probably others, who would fill
the station with much eclat—but having
furnished members for several terms, the
whigs there make no claim to the nomi
nation at this time. Neither Blair nor
Juniata, so far as we are are informed, of
fer a candidate, the latter hating appointed
conferees favorable to the nomination of
Dr. McCullcch, but without instructions.
In this county the friends of Adjutant
General Irwin arc urging his nomination,
while Huntingdon has probably named
Dr. McCuHoch.
The Bellefonte Whig, in an article on
Mr. Calvin's declination, pays a just trib
ute to his worth. It savs :
" We sincerely regret the determination of
Mr. Calvin. He had given entire satisfaction
to the people of this county by the manner in
which he has represented their interests in Con
gress, and the Whig party looked to his re-nom
ination with a unanimity we have rarely seen
settled on a public servant. No other Candi
date was spoken of, and until this Card appear
ed we heard of no aspirant for the place he
filled. We still have hopes that he may be in
duced to sutfer his name to be used, arid have
no doubt that this county w ill be represented in
the Conference by gentlemen ready to express
the sentiment of the Whig party", by again
placing him before the people. Should he ad
here to his determination, and refuse a nomina
tion which would be made unanimously, it is
full time the Whig party of the District should
canvass the claims of gentlemen who wish to be
his successor. We have heard of a number of
candidates in Huntingdon, Mifflin, and Juniata
counties, all good and true men, either of whom
would be acceptable to the Whigs of Centre."
"Centre county sets up no claim to the can
didate. and we understand what we say when we
declare that no Whig in this countv claims or
a-ks the nomination on personal considerations
Centre county has received too manv distin
guished mar ks of favor and confidence from the
other counties of the District, she understands
too well the necessity for harmony and unanim
ity at this crisis, to disturb the energetic and
successful action of the party by proposing a
candidate out of time. We are prepared to
support to the utmost of our ability the nominee
of the Conference, and the action of the Whig
party of this county in the contest will be unit
ed and energetic. We speak our own senti
ments on this subject, and so far as we are in
formed, (and we have taken pains to inquire,)
the sentiments of the party to which we have the
honor to be attached, it is true we could pre
sent a candidate, ami with as much unanimity
as in the sentiment we expressed in this article,
but for the present we throw the selection on
the other counties of the District."
rr The locofoco nominations have pro
duced a deep dissatisfaction in the ranks of
that party throughout this county, particu
larly against the nominee for Assembly.
The insulting rejection of Mr. Gibbonev,
without even assigning a cause for the act
—tt not having been done under the pre
text of " one term," as the published pro
ceedings show—has aroused main who
have heretofore submitted quietly to the in
consistencies exhibited bv their county con
ventions within the last four or five years,
to a proper view of the dictatorial course
pursued by tiio.se who have taken the reins
into their hands, under a belief, perhaps,
that the " Democracy" would, like well
trained oxen, bear any yoke that might be
imposed. They cannot understand why a
taithful public servant—faithful certainly to
that party —of good character, and perhaps
belter qualified than the nominee, should
be thrown aside without a word of expla
nation, and in a manner that implies a cen
sure on his conduct! Can the Democrat
enlighten them ?
137' Our absence from town and a press
of business on returning, prevents us from
paying attention to the locofoco county
meeting this week as promised.
1 C GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK for Septem
ber is receiving high enconiums from its
subscribers for the beauty of its embellish
ments and excellent reading matter. It
deserves all the praise bestowed upon it,
! _ ~~ "
hi lcgutC LitUiali.
We would again call the attention
our whig friends to the importance of ...
lecting delegates to the county convention
Unpledged to any person or any particular
object, as in that way alone can the dele
gates form a proper ticket. Send good
men, who will meet together in the old
fashioned way, and after consultation, sr.
tie upon those who are most hkelv to re
ceive a general support, and we can enter
the field with a fair prospect of success.
1 The Democrat is copy ing some far
i fetched specimens of want of harmony
among the whig* in Berks and Union,
i for the purpose of withdrawing
public attention from the dissatisfaction
existing in this county among the demo
cracy." Had our neighbor felt disposed
to chronicle the scenes enacted here on
j Saturday a week, his readers would have
been served with a dish they could appre
! ciate. As it is, they can substitute the
names of Cameron and Jesse Miller for
| Johnston and Cooper, and " harmonious
| Ovenshines" for Galphinites, and the ar
ticle from the Reading Press will convey
a fuint idea of what occurred here. In
Union county it has entirely overlooked
the divisions in the locofoco ranks, a large
portion of the county convention having
seceded and denounced their locofoco
brethren as anything but gentlemen. The
difficulty among the whigs is confined to
a few persons, while among the iocofocos
| it extends to the party.
JCMAT A, COVNTV. — The whigs of JA
niata county have nominated Col. Eh
Slifer, of Union county, for Assembly;
Noah Ilertzler, of Turbett, Commissioner;
Win, Dunn, of Fayette, County Survey
or ; Joseph Wallace, of Lack, Auditor.
Col. McClure was chosen representa
tive delegate to the next State Convention,
and John M. Pumroy, J. D. Sharon 3rd
Dr. G. I. Cuddy appointed congressional
conferees. They are uninstructed, but
understood to be in favor of Dr. McCul
loch. Among the resolutions are the fal
lowing :
Resolved , That in the Hon. SAMUEL CALAIS
we recognise a true and able Whig, and a faith
■ ful Representative; and had he consented
again to be a candidate, the Whigs of Junia'.i
would have followed hirn through another con
test with a zeal and firmness worthy of their
noble cause.
Resolved, That our Senator and late Repre
sentatives in our State legislature, merit the
j high regard of their constituents for their marly
support of our Whig administration and Whig
measures.
Resolved, That we recommend that the Con
gressional Conference to nominate a Whig can
didate for Congress.be held at McVeytowr.
on Tuesday, the 27th of August.
The loeofocos of Juniata have named
the following ticket :
Prosecuting Attorney—Samuel E Ileneh.
Commissioner—David Alexander.
County Surveyor—Conrad Markle.
Auditor—James W. Hamilton.
The Cabinet.
The vacancies in the War Department
and the Interior, have been filled bv the
President, by the appointment of .Mr.
Cox HAD of Louisiana to the first, and Hon.
THOS. M. T. M'KENXAN of Pennsylvania
to the latter. The Cabinet, therefore, is
complete as follows:
Secretary of State, Mr. WEBSTER.
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. CORWIK.
Secretary of the Navy, Mr. GRAHAM.
Postmaster General, Mr. HALL.
Secretary of the Interior, Mr. M'KEV.VAK.
Secretary <>f War, Mr. CONRAD.
Attorney General, Mr. CRITTENDEN.
Amongst the many distinguished sons
ol Pennsylvania, Mr. M'Kennan stands
pre-eminent for ability, integrity and moral
worth, and his appointment is hailed with
the liveliest satisfaction.
J. Porter Brawler.
The Crawford Gazette says of the loco
foco candidate for Surveyor General:
" We stated, as soon as the nomination of
llrawley was known, that he would be distanced
badly in this his native county. We were tudy
aware of his unpopularity, and spoke then from
the book ' Our assertions have been backed up
by hundreds of Democrats, over their own sig
natures, and hundreds of others, who do not
wish publicly to make known their sentiments,
will veto his aspirations at the polls.
" Neither he nor ins friends have any hope
whatever that he can, it) any event, receive even
a respectable vote. This is truly an unusual,
an astonishing circumstance in the annals o:
political history A candidate abandoned by his
party at home' WVII may the Democracy it
other portiors of the State fail back and repu
diate a candidate who is repudiated by those
who know him best!
" Such is the state of our political atmosphere
in Crawford county—and such, to a greater or
less extent is lit? state of feeling in the whole
North-western portion rf the State, ll all who
desire that " honesty, capacity, and moril
worth" shall constitute the passports to office
will do their duty, Joseph Henderson of Wash
ington county will be elected by an overwhelm
ing majority."
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