Intelligencer & journal.
E. W. HU.TTER, EDITOR
Lancaster} October 10 5 1848.
FOR PRESIDENT,
(Sen. Cetois ttass,
OF MICHIGAN;
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
®tn. tDilliam (D. Butler,
OF KENTUCKY
FOR GOVERNOR,
Morris Congstretlp
THE HONEST FARMER OF MONTGOMERY
FOB CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Israel fainter,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
EMANUEL SHEAFFER, City.
Senate.
JAMES McPHAIL, Lancaster county
SAMUEL HEILMAN. Lebanon co.
Assembly.
ANDREW REAM. East Cocalico,
ISAAC HULL, Earl,
J. L. KIRK, Little Britain,
F. A. THOMAS, Columbia,
CHRISTIAN SHERTZ, City.
Sheriff.
BENJAMIN MISHLER, City
Prothqjiotary.
JOHN MARTIN; Conestoga.
H. BLICKENSDERFER, Warwick
Recorder.
JACOB MYERS, Ma«6r.
Clerk 'Orphans' Court.
JOHN R. ALBRIGHT, W. HemplWld
l Clerk of Quarter Sessions.
JACOB R. LONG, Mountjoy.
Commissioner
HENRY HIBSHMAN, West Cocalico.
Directors.
ABRAHAM PETERS, Manor,
PETER FELIKS, Warwick.
JOHN C. ROTE, City.
Auditor.
JOHN ELSER : Elizabeth.
DEMOCRATIC CITY NOMINATION.
Clerk of the Mayra 's Court
JAMES WIEEV.
Ip* We shall send to our distant subscribers
Extras —containing the result of the election
G. C. Collins, Esq., of Philadelphia, addressed
the Democracy of this city, with great power and
effect, on Saturday evening—after which a Torch
light Procession was formed, the ' most "brilliant
and imposing "ever seen in the old city.
Tlie Election To-Day.
TO THE POLLS! TO THE POLLS!!
The present No. of our paper is issued on the
day of the General Election —too late to address
our distant subscribers. To the Democrats of the
City we may say, however, that never have they
been invoked to discharge a more sacred duty,
than that which devolves on them TO DAY. No
man who values our republican institutions, and
desires to transmit them unimpaired to posterity;
will hesitate to go the polls, and deposite his vole
for MORRIS LONGSTRE,TH for Governor, the
honest Fanner of Montgomery, who is pledged to
walk in the footsteps of Honest FRANK SHUNK,
•and to perpetuate the policy ? of that eminent and
lamented Statesman.
Although we deem our victory in the State
morally certain, w£ trust that no Democrat will
on that account slacken nis energies. Our ancient
lbfi£_axe—in _ the. field, artive and uoiirinir. mul.th/u-'
dividual and united energies should be employed, to
give a majority for Longstreth in this city,
worthy her ancient renown.
The History of the Democratic Party
is the record of the glories and prosperity of the
American States. It is identified with the honor
and renown of the country. It has maintained its
right 6 and interests, in all the dark as in the bright
periods, of our history, and has carried it through
all the storms and agitations which have beset its
pathway,—against foes without and foes within—
against the perils of Revolution, the trials of war,
and the more subtle and not less formidable engines
of a gigantic moneyed and aristocratic internal
p.ower—until, elevated to the highest rank of na
tional greatness, it challenges the admiration of the
world. More even than all this, that great Party
of the Country has ever sought the greatest good
of the people—has - sought to secure their rightful
power and pre-eminence—and to contribute to their
security, equality and happiness. Adhere to this
Party, as you value the Honor and Perpetuity of
the Republic.
All Hail l Georgia!
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY ON THE POPU
LAR VOTE-15001
The following are the members of Congress
elected in Georgia. The report that Calhoun,
Whig, was elected in the id District, was a mis
take of the telegraph operators:
Ist Dist.—T. B. King, Whig, re-elected.
2d “ Welborn, Dem., no change.
3d “ Allen F. Owen. Whig, no change.
Harralsoo, Dem., no change.
T. C. Hackett, Dem., no change.
Howell Cobb. Dem., re-elected.
A.H % Stevens, Whig, re-elected.
Robert Toombs, Whig, re-elected.
4th “
sth "
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7th “
Bth “
The popular vote shows a majority of about
1,500 for the Democrats.
Tbe German Democrats!
A large and highly enthusiastic meeting of the
German Democracy of our city, was held at Whit
linger’s hotel, on Thursday evening. Speeches in
the German language were delivered on the occa
sion by J. B. Amwake, Esq., and the Editor of the
Intelligencer. Those, who have fled from Tyrnny
in the Fatherland, are not the men to rush into its
embraces here. Our liberty-loving Germans will
vote to-day, ca masse, for the Democratic ticket.
Thanksgiving Day.
Gov. Johnstob has issued a Proclamation, ap
pointing Thursday, November s3d, to be set
apart by all denominations of Christians in Penn
sylvania as a day of Thanksgiving, Prayer' and
Praise.
JtST The American Law Journal for October
ie full of interesting matter to. the Lawyer, the Doc
tor, and the man of intelligence generally. The
articles under the head of Medical Jurisprudence
are highly interesting, to both professions ; while
the decisions, particularly those of our own Su
preme Court, are indispensable to the legal practi
tioner. It is published by Hakersly & Co., Lan
caster, Pa., and Thomas, Coperthwaite & Co., Phil
adelphia.
The Guillotine; —lsaac Van Btiren, Postmas
ter at Kingston, has been removed. Also Wm. C.
Dryer, Postmaster at Victor Monroe county. Cause
—they were opposed to the extension of slaver}'. —
N. Y. Post.
Were caught searching the mails to stop incen
diary publications, perhaps.
John G. Snavelt, Esq., has been appointed
Post Master for the borough of Lebanon, in the
room of Joseph Hartman, Esq., resigned.
Florida!— the Whigs pretend to have favorable
news-from Florida—but it unreliable.
The Daily News (whig) admits that it " needs con
firmation
Gov. Seward’s Speech.
Heralded by any amount of, parade and pomp,
our city, was, on Tuesday last, honored by a visit
from William H. Seward of New York, who
on the evening of that day addressed a crowded
audience in the court-house. Lest the Ex-Governor,
however, may have been flattered into the vain
conclusion, that his hearers afforded a fair exhibi
tion ot Whig strength in this city, we deem it just
and proper to undeceive him. Perhaps fully one
half in attendance were Democrats, attracted thither
by the homage paid to supposed greatness, but we
have yet the first one to meet whose resolution to
vote for Cass and Butler was in the remost de
gree shaken, either by the logic or the eloquence
of Mr. Seward. We intend no disrespect, certainly;
to the Ex-Governor—nor to under-estimate his abil
ities, which are doubtless very respectable—but
candor constrains us to state, that seldom has the
public expectation been so egregriously disappoin
ted. His speech was, from first to last, one of the
very dullest of the season, and but for the timely
rescue of a very proficient Brass-Band, who enlivened
.the audience by their performances of l 'Hail Col
umbia" and li Yankee Doodle" the occasion would
have been excessively dry and common-place.
It is not our design to write an elaborate review
of his speech—but a few of its leading points, we !
dart not omit to notice. At the very out-set, in
deed, the Ex-Governor opened the door for the most
withering sarcasm. He adverted to that memorable }
law of the Athenians, which declared the neglect of
the exercise of the Right ot Suffrage a public
ofience, punishable by death, and strongly commen
ded the spirit of that statute. To how many mus*
it have occurred, that it such a law were in force
in the U. States, one of its guiltiest victims would
be Gen. Zachary Taylor, who has been entitled
to the Right ot Suffrage the last forty years, and
has 'never once seen (it In exercise it ! Gov. Seward
bitterly denounces inaction on questions of national
policy, as unworthy an American citizen, and in
the same breath urges a man for the highest office
in the republic, who publicly confesses that he has
never voted, and has never investigated any political
question whatsoever! In Athens death was the
penalty of such criminal remissness—in the United
States it is gravely proposed to reward it with the
Presidency.'
On the subject of the Mexican War, the Ex-
Governor was especially unwise and unpatriotic,
and exerted himself to the utmost, to prove, that
Thomas Corwin does not standalone in aspersing
the Government and people of his own country.
He not only unqualifiedly denounced the War as
unnecessary and unjust, but took a still bolder stride
into the domain of fiction, by asserting that it was
■'provoked by the United Stales, by the annexation
of Texas '! A cataract of ice-water could not have
produced a more chilling influence cn the audience
than did this declaration, so uncomplimentary to
the United States and so flattering to Mexico!—
Provoked by the United States, indeed! Did Gov.
Sf.ward suppose his auditors so profoundly ignorant
of the past as not to know, that for more than
twenty years prior to the annexation of Texas our
relations with .Mexico were of the most offensive
and threatening character—so us in the opinion of
President Jackson to have justified War on our
part many years ago. Again and again was the
attention of Congress directed by successive Presi
dents to the wanton aggressions of Mexico on our
commerce, and our public archives abound with the
petitions of citizens, asking for redress and indent*
nity. Mr. Seward must know in his heart, that,
abhorrent as War is iij itself, no nation on earth,
except the United States, would have refrained so
long, under such aggravated provocations, from
exacting justice by an appeal to the sword. Our
forbearance towards that misguided republic has
passed into a proverb, and yet Mr. Sewaiid comes
all the way from New York to inform aucnlightened
Lancaster audience that the United States—and not.
Mexico—were the aggressors!
i; Provoked by the annexation of Texas”! We
deny the allegation in toto. Texas had gained a
place in the list of free and independent republics,
ffip must pbwemVr 6i L Knropean governmenYs, be
tween whom and Texas diplomatic intercourse was
established. Thus sovereign and independent, Texas
was at liberty to seek the alliance of France, or of
England, or, if she more wisely preferred, to ujiite
her destiny with a republic that held up the
of liberty for her protection, and with wKttfti she
coul.d affiliate in a reciprocity of and
interest. Mexico herself had admitted this inde
pendent position, by a proposition and an effort to
negotiate. Texas did become an intregral portion
of the United States, and was hence entitled to the
protection afforded to the other members of the
confederacy. That this protection was needed is
matter of history. A Mexican force threatened
her with attack, and Texas, worn out by her long
and bloody struggle for Freedom, required, as she had
a right to do, onr prompt assistance in her defence.
The annexation of Texas was not, therefore, any
cause of war against us by Mexico. The Ameri
can government was at all times willing to treat,
but Mexico refused/he Olive Branch, and it is she
that must be charged with a prermeditated design
to make War upon the United States—whatever
Gov. Seward may affirm to the contrary.
• Me pity Gov. Seward, if his extreme partisan
ship and his open sympathy with our recent foe
have so blinded his vision, as that he has failed to
discern the tnw immediate cause and origin of the
\\ ar. U e pity:him, if he has so feeble a memory
tor ihe Past, as to .have already torgotten, that it
was the Mexicans, with their usual craftiness and
love of blood, who assumed the igjtiative-6-who
collected in large forces at Matamoras—who cross
ed the Rio Grande—who flourished the Mexican
flag on territory admitted to belong to Texas who
massacred in cold blood Col. Cross and Lieut. Por
ter —who committed the unprovoked attack upon
the commands of Captains Thornton and Hardie
—demonstrations of hostility worthy only of Bar
barians and Murderers. We pity Gov. Sewarik
also, if he has no memory for the rejection of the
American Minister, under circumstances, and in a
manner, that would have disgraced a community
of Hottentots. How can any man. then, who is an
American in feeling, and who cafes a button or a
strrfw for the glory and reputation of his native
land, boldly stand up in the face of an American
audience, and declare that it was ire—yea we our*
selves—the people of the United States—who "pro
voked tbe War!“ Shame upon such ti want of pa
triotism! Shame upon such a palpable perversion
of the truth! That Mr. .Seward can do so with
impunity is a proud testimonial to the Freedom ol
Speech tolerated by our Constitution, and he is
himself, as Mr. Jeyfebson so happily expresses it,
a "monument of the safety with which Error of
Opinion may be tolerated, where Reason is left free
to combat it.’’
Another assertion of Gov. Seward is worthy of
comment, vi 2: that Gen. Taylor was from the be
ginning opposed to the War, and that, although he
commanded the American forces, he was himself
convinced of its injustice! We know not what
private opinions Gen. Taylor may entertain, to
which Gov. Seward may have access, but this we
do know, that he has never publicly stated the con
victions imputed to him. On- the contrary, in a
despatch to the War Department, dated October 4
1845. Gen. Taylor himself advises the removal of
his " Army of Occupation 7 ’ from Corpus, Christ:
in the undisputed territory, to a point near tbe Rio
Grande, and it is to this very step that mjiny are ;
disposed to impute the first actual collision. Speak- '■
ing of the boundary dispute, Gen. Taylor, in the 1
despatch referred to, says: 11 1 cannot doubt that the
settlement wilt be greatly facilitated and hastened by
our taking possession at once of one or ' two suitable
points on or quite near that river. However salutary
may be the effect produced upon the border people
by our presence here, ive are too far from the fron
tier to impress the government of Mexito with our read
iness to vindicate by force of arms, if necessary,
our title to the country, as far as the Rio Grande
Furthermore, after Gen. Taylor’s arrival on the
Mexican side of the Rio Grande, he issued a Proc
lamation to the People of Mexico, in which he held
the following language:
After many years of patient endurance, the Uni
ted States are at length constrained to acknowledge,
that a war now exists between our govemmentand
the government of Mexico. For many years our
citizens have been-subjected to repeated insults'and in
juries, our vessels and cargoes have been seised and con
fiscated, our merchants have been plundered , maimed,
imprisoned, without cause andxcithout reparation.
At length your government acknowledged the
justice of our claims/and agreed by treaty to make
satisfaction, by payment of several millions of dol
lars ; but this treaty has been violated by your rulers,
and the stipulated payments have been withheld. Our
late effort to terminate all difficulties by peaceful
negotiation, has been rejected by the Dictator Para
des, and our Minister of Peace, whom your rulers
had agreed to receive, has been refused a hearing.
He has been treated with indignity and insult,
and Parades has announced that war exists between
us. This war, THUS PROCLAIMED BY HIM,
has been acknowledged as an existing fact by our
President and Congress, with perfect unanimity,
and will be prosecuted with vigor and energy
against your army and rulers; but those of the
Mexican people wht> remain neutral will not be
/nolested.
Here, then, we have from Gen. Taylor himself
an authentic declaration, that the War was pro
claimed by Pahades, the Mexican Dictator, and
that the United Stales, “after many years of patient
endurance, *’ were at length “ constrained to acknowl
edge” its existence.
With what justice or propriety then could Gov.
Seward venture the assertion, that the War was
provoked by the United States, and that Gen. Tay
lor was from the beginning opposed to it. Both
these statements, we have clearly shown, are con
tradicted by the facts.
Gov. Seward's remarks on the Tariff were like,
wise in the highest degree anti-democratic and
puerile. As it is here admitted, there is no hope that
the tariff of 1840 can be repealed, or the tariff of
1842 re-enacted, the object of agitating the subject
is a sheer party object. It is important, says the
Ex-Governor, that the people should understand
that protection is not with'the whigs an exploded
doctrine. It is, then, not yet obsolete, but living,
ready to be applied when they gain power. It is
rich to read the arguments of thewhigs in favor of
taking the back track to high tariffs—in favor of
restoring the 1842 law. It is a hard job for ora
tors, in or .out of congress, to convince people in
the face of their profits under it, that the 1846 tariff
has ruined them ! It will not do to tell this to the
hardy agriculturists of Lancaster county. There
is before them the prosperous state of our manu
factures. These are great facts. So long a 9 they
see an overflowing treasury, and an expanding
brood ot factories—see all around them enterprise
unchecked—see labor reaping a fair reward for its
toil—see bank, railroad and factory stocks turning
out fat dividends—see the credit of the nation un*
shaker.—the whig prophets may mourn, but the
people will not lament. They wilt ask these pro
phets, with emphasis, what business gains when it
becomes mingled with politics ?
The Democratic opinions on this subject are those
of Common Sense and Common Honesty. The
Democratic party believes that the"proper object of
a tariff is revenue. It believes, moreover, that the
best protection is that afforded by a moderate tariff,
which, being generally acceptable, is not liable to
be repealed at every succeeding session of Congress,
and will thus give confidence and stability to the
pursuits of merchants and manufactures. It be
lieves, further, that the chief interest of this wide
country, of such diversified soil and climate, is that
of agricultural production, for which a vent and a
market are to be sought in every region of the hab
itable globe. With an unlimited territory, and a
comparatively thin population, the main pursuit of
our country must, for a long time at least, be that
of Agriculture. If we want, to sell, we must
buy in turn. Commerce'is'but the interchange of
surplus products. There is not one greatfeature in
the High Protective Tariff policy that is not stam
ped indelibly .with. tllG
poor I'or the advantage of the rich, oppression of
the weak to give power to the strong, are its most
striking characteristics. It looks to the powerful,
the rich, the artful associations composed of the
non-producing classes, to overwhelm, by concerted
efforts, the great masses of the country. Seduction,
delusion, persuasion, mixed with overbearing au
thority, will all be employed to make those of our
countrymen who look only to government for pro
tection, consign it to the hands of those who will
make it what government has always been else
where—the means of subjugation of the honest
multitude to the yoke of the artful and interested
few
We do not believe that the independent and
intelligent spirit of this country is yet prepared for
such a retrograde movement. And so believing,
we look to the result of the November election as
another great triumph of the cause of Democracy
in this country.
Tlie United States Senate,
From the results of the State elections which
have already taken place, and from the known
political character of the States in which elections
for members of the Legislature are yet to be held,
it is probable that the U. S. Senate will stand thus,
after the -Ith of March next:—
States.
Bern. Fed. Doubtful,
o
Maine
New Hampshire,
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut '
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina •
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
1
Missouri
Michigan
Wisconsin
lowa
This will give u democratic majority o( from
ten to twelve.
We have placed Johft P. Hale, abolitionist, of
New Hampshire, in the doubtful column, as he
cannot be. claimed by either democrats or whigs,
but votes more frequently, perhaps, with the latter
party. The Pennsylvania asd Ohio senators are
to be determined by the election to-day.
ID”A Convention for the purpose of influencing
the public opinion of the Christian and civilized
world in favor of substituting some other and more
rational mode of settling international differences
than an appeal to brutal force, was held at Brussels
on the 20th 21st and 2Qd ult. The three particular
points brought forward for consideration were in-,
traduction of an Arbitration Clause iu all interna
tional treaties—the establishment of a High Court
of Nations for the settlement of international dis
putes, and the General Disarmament of Nations.
The invitation was confined to those who held that
all war is inconsistentwith the spirit of Christianity.
JET Harris Bell was hanged at Honesdale, Pa.,
on the 29th ult., pursuant to sentence, for murder
ing Mrs, Williams, wife of Rev. G. Williams. He
seized her in the woods on the Sabbath, as she was
going to Sabbath School, and murdered her under
the most horrible circumstances. Having made a
profession of religion, he confessed his crime on the
gallows, and acknowledged the justice of the sen
tence. .
democratic meetings.
At Leesburg.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting of Demo'
cratic citizens, held on Saturday, October 7, at the
Sorrel Horse,; in Strasburg township, Lancaster
county, the following officers were appointed:
President.—Dr. N. W. SAMPLE.
Vice Presidents.— Col. Isaac Girvin, Martin Barr,
Jacob Neff jr., Harrison Graham, John Raub, Al
bert Smith, William McCaskey, Joel Lightner, Sam
uel Haggans,. William Ralston, Joseph -Winters,
Samuel Brua, Joseph Potts, Samuel Taggart.
Secretaries.— ‘Franklin Clark, John Tweed, Amos
Row, Robert Montgomery, Martin Herr, John Hil
debrand.
The meeting was addressed by E. W. Hutter and
Washington Baker of Lancaster city»—by C. M.
Johnson of Drumore, and John K. Raub of Stras
burg, and adjourned with hearty cheers forthe suc
cess of the Democratic cause and its candidates.
At Barcville.
One'of the largest and most enthusiastic meet
ings ever held in Upper Leacock township, was
held on Saturday. October 7, at Barevtlle. It was
organized f>y appointing the following officers :
President. —Dr. A. S, BAER.
Vice Presidents.— Reuben Weidler, Jonas Eaby.
Samuel Weidler, Daniel Harting, John Vogan, C,
Miller, Isaac Vogan, Emanuel Weidler, A. Batton.
Jonathan Simmons, Cyrus M'Quaid, Geo. Dietrich,
Secretaries. —B. F. Holl, J. B. John B.
Rajight, Adam Black, George Bryan, B 7 F. Ray,
John Bender.
A splendid Hickory Pole, 116 feet above ground;
was raised, in place of one previously cut down by
the whigs, when the meeting was eloquently ad
dressed by J. D. Bachman and William Mathiot,
Esqr’s.
At Rohrerstowu,
An enthusiastic meeting of Democratic citizens
was held on Friday evening last, October, C, at the
house of John Davis, in East Hempfield township.
On motion, the following officers were appointed:
President. —Dr. JOHN REAM.’
Vice Presidents. —John Dunkle, John Mann, Jacob
Sehner, John Seachrist.
Secretaires. —William Martin, Henry Myers
The meeting was ably and eloquently addressed
by James Jenkins, E. Champneys, Wm. Miller,
Junius B. Kauffman, Jonas D. Bachman, Dr. Geo.
Kline, and W. Mathiot, Esqr’s., and adjourned with
hearty and enthusiastic cheers for Cass, Butler and
Longstreth.
At Manbelm,
A large meeting was held at the house of Mr.
Fetter, in Manheim borough, on Saturday evening,
October 7. It was organised hy the appointment
of the following officers:
President. —GEOßGE W. MILLER, Esq.
I7ee Presidents. —Col. J. Bartruff; Jos. McCorkle,
Jonas White, Philip Arndt, Frederick Koch, Thos.
Masterson, Moses Ober, Jacob Healdt, Frederiok
Cox, Jesse M’Mulleh, Samuel Plasterer, Aaron M.
Longenecker, Dr, Levi Holl, Samuel Keller, Henry
Blickensderfer, Frederick Keller, Wm, Kelley.
Secretaries— John A. Bartruff Henry D. Miller.
I)r. John M. Dunlap and Henry Schaffner were
appointed a committee to introduce the Speakers.
Able addresses were delivered by John Kulp
Esq., in the German, and Col. Reuh Frazer in the
English language.
In Druinore.
Washington Bak.br, Esq., of this city addressed
the “ Democratic Hickory Club ” of Drumore town
ship with much ability, on Saturday evening. The
Democracy of Drumore were never so active and
enthusiastic.
At Sbeafterstown.
An immense Democratic meeting was held at
Sheafferstown, Lebanon county, on Saturday last,
which was eloquently addressed by George W.
M Elroy. Esq., of this city—and John Weidman,
Esq., of Lebanon.
A Venerable Barnburner.
—..—. mg ai aiereaen, (Ut„) W.
W. Eaton, Esq., alluded to the convention that
framed the Constitution, and spoke of the prospect
of trouble at one time likely to result from a want
of concession on the part of the members of that
body. Dr. Fsisms fully realising the crisis, rose
and moved an adjournment, that the delegates
might go home and reflect over night upon the
great responsibility that rested upon them, and
especially to pray to the God of the Universe that
a conciliatory spirit might be infused into the hearts
of the assembled delegates of the American people.
(Here Mr. Eaton was interrupted.)
Voice in the crowd—“ That's untrue, sir; no
such thing occurred. Dm* there myself r
Mr. Eaton—“ Then you must be a venerable man,
and I should like to see your venerablelocksin Ji-ont
of the audience." (Loud applause.)
_ \oice l -1 meant the .Buffalo convention: I at
tended that."
Mr. Eaton—" That was quite another afl'air, and
I don t believe any such thing did occur there. It
embraced no Dr. Franklins. I don't believe any of
the delegates at Buffalo had it in their hearts to
pray to their Maker for a spirit of compromise and
concession to save the Union."
The applause that followed was very loud and
long continued. Mr. Eaton went on and concluded
an able and effective speech, to the highest gratifi
cation .of the large audience present.
Admis§ion of Neutral Journals.
Scarcely an exception is to be found among the
large number of papers holding neutral positions
in politics, that does not freely admit the strength
and popularity of Gen. Cass. Unbiassed in their
feelings, they can look at the prospects of parties
as they really stand; and seeing, most clearly, the
numerous evidences around them of the powerful
hold our candidate has upon the opinions and af
fections of the people, they are usually frank in
stating,what they think of coming results.
Major Noah, an editorial veteran of New York,
now editor of the Sunday Times, has made frequent
incidental allusions to party prospects in the pres
ent canvass. Some little time since, the following
candid admission appeared in his paper:
“ The consequence of this is, that the prospects"
of Gen. Case begin to brighten in every direction •
and, in fact, were it not for the rude and unsettled’
character of the times, he would have no serious
opposition, the country being entireiv safe with a
citizen of hiß admitted ability; and while the Old
World is full of trouble, and the New World by no
meanß settled or tranquil, we ought to be thankful
in being able and wise enough to place the desti
nies of the country in safe hands.'*
Van Buren In Ohio.
The Sandusky Mirror of 27th ultimo, says: “Hon.
Joshua R. Giddixos passed through this city on
his way to the southern portion of the State this
morning. He informs us that we may. be put down
Ashtabula county for Van Burnt by a majority equal
to that given to Gen. Harrison in '4O, which was the
largest majority ever given to a presidential candi
date by the same amount ot population.
ID" A "nice young man,” who was looking after
the animals in Van Amburgh’s Menagerie, in
Cleaveland, undertook to feed a Polar bear with
sugar candy, who liked it so well, that he bit his
feeder's finger offj and munched it with right good
will. ' .
Shasiefuz. —The Boston Chronotype says the fe
male compositors in the offices ot several religious
papers of that city are paid but twelve cents per
thousand ems, about half the amount that the male
compositors receive.
Rotaz Diositt.— The King of the Belgians has
refused to receive the French Minister, because he
was once a shoemaker in Brussels. This is not so
much the fault of the Minister as it is of the King,
for if the latter had not needed shoes, it is likely
the forme; never would have made them.
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
A meeting of the Democratic State Central Cora"
mittee was held at the house of Henry Buehler, in,
Harrisburg, on Tuesday, September 26th: E. W.
HUTTER in the Chair; IsYac G. M’Kinley Sec
retary. The Chairman laid before the Committee
a communication from Timothy with
drawing his name frdm the Electorar Ticket, in
consequence of his having received a nomination
for State Senator. .On motion of H. BUEHTjF.fi,
it was unanimously
Resolved, That the declination of Timott Ives,
Esq., as the candidate for Electoij of the 24 th dis
trict, having been evidently tendered under a mis
apprehension of the law, the same is not accepted
by the State Central Committee.
The name of Mr. Ives accordingly remains on
the Democratic Electoral ticket.
Resolved, That in printing the Electoral tickets
lor distribution, editors be requested to compare
them with the following list, which has been cor
rected with care:
Senatorial Elec tors.
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield.
DAVID D. WAGENER, 0/ Northampton.
District Electors. 5 -
HENRY L. BENNER.
HORN R. KNEASS.
ISAAC SHUNK.
AUGUSTUS L. ROUMFORT.
JACOB S. YOST.
ROBERT E. WRIGHT.
WILLIAM W. DOWNING.
HENRY HALDEMAN.
PETER KiINE.
BERNARITS. SCHOONOVER.
WILLIAM SWEETLAND.
JONAH BREWSTER.
JOHN C. KING.
JOHN WEIDMAN.
ROBERT J. FISHER.
FREDERICK SMITH.
JOHN CRESSWELL.
CHARLES A. BLACK.
GEORGE W. BOWMAN.
JOHN R. SHANNON. 1
GEORGE P. HAMILTON.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS.
TIMOTHY IVES.
JAMES G. CAMPBELL.
* Resolved, That these proceedings be signed and
published in all the Democratic' newspapers of the
State,
E. W. HUTTER. Chairman'.
Isaac G. MKinley, Secretary'.
Tlie Hartford Convention out for
Taylor.
To so desperate a shift-is whiggery driven in Mas
sachusetts that even the venerable Harrison Gray
Otis —the great embodiment of John Adam’s alien
and sedition FEDERALISM, the bitter opponent of
JEFFERSON and MADISON, the prime mover
and constant defender of the notorious HARTFORD
CONVENTION, which body so far matured its
plan lor a dissolution of the Union, John Quincy
Arams said, as to agree upon a military leader—
is pressed into the service of whiggery. and comes
hobbling into its ranks upon the crutches of Tay
lorism !
Democrats of the United States! is not this fact
enough to convince you of the nature and tendency
of Taylorism ? Does it not prove that the election
of Taylor is the forlorn hope of HartfordaConvention
Federalism / —that federalism from which sprung
those factious, traitorous, local efforts, principles and
prejudices, which brought this glorious republic to
the verge of ruin, through the action of the members
of the Hartford Convention? That Convention
where originated the very mischief that is now
threatening the integrity of our national compact,
and'Svhere the torch of civil discord Was first lighted.
Look to it, democrats —no matter where the muta
tions of party may have placed you for a moment;
in whig ranks, Van Buren ranks, or abolition ranks:
look to it that your old, sleepless vigilant enemies
do not coax your heads into their laps to deprive
you of your strength. . Come out from among the
Philistines—rally in support of the usages and prin
ciples of the old Jeffersonian, Madisonian democ
racy; sustain the nominees of the Democratic Na
j tional Convention—LEWlS CASS, whom Jeffkr
i son honored with his confidence, and WILLIAM
as one of the most worthy sons of the republic.
This is the only 6afe course for you to pursue at
this crisis. The noble hearted democracy of the
United Strtes were too firm to be overthrown en
masse —their principles, which have secured the
permanency of the most liberal government on the
face of the earth for nearly three quarters of a cen
tury, were too dear to the people to be annihilated
by open attack—and so the democracy are to be
despatched in detail; their principles overthrown
covertly, and the old monarchical federal hydra is
to rear its head amid the confusion which hypocrisy
and .treachery are intended to produce. Fisher
Ames —that violent federalist—predicted that our
present form of government would not last fifty
years—Knox, another federalist, advised Washing
ton to accept of a crown—Hamilton and Adams
desired the adoption of the English constitution, &e.,
&c. But Jefferson, and his democratic associates,
believed the people capable of self-government, and
of maintaining their own liberties. Here was the
original difference between the federal and demo
cratic parties—it was this difference which led to
the great contest between Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams — which secured the triumph of Jeffer
son, but which induced his enemies—Harrison Gray
Otis :and his associates, the Essex Junto, Silver
Greys, &c.—to assail and oppose his administration
in the most vindictive manner—which led, also, to
the opposition to James Madison *i» election and to
the last war with Great Britain; a war which the
Massachusetts legislature, of which Harrison Gray
Otis was a member, proclaimed was “ founded in
falsehood and declared udlhoutneccssity a war which
Mr. Otis avowed in his seat “ was waged with the
ivorst possible motives'' —which Governor Strong pro
nounced '* unnecessary and unjustifiable," and the fed
eral press of Boston as “ vile and sneaking."'
The snake, though scotched, is not killed—it
hissed at Jackson, but its fangs could not reach
him ; the sun df Taylorism has again warmed into
life—it is coiling itself for a new spring at the
government of the nation, but if the democracy be
true to their duty, the reptile can never regain that
Eden its iniquity has forfeited.— Boston Post.
From the Bedford Gazette .
THE TWO TARIFFS!
The difference between the journals of the Fed
eral and Democratic party, at the present day, is
this, that the former rest satisfied with making
mere abstract arguments, unsound in point of po
litical philosophy, and unsupported by existing
facts—while the latter look to things as they are,
and judge of them from their practical results.
This*is the test which we desire the community to
put to'the tariffs of 1842 and 1846. We ask our
readers to look at the following table:
Statement of Domeatic Exports during the year
• 1846, under the tariff of 1842, and of 1847, under
the tariff of 1846;* and also of importaiion of spe
cie under the4wo: systems:
Domestic Exports Importation
1846 under law in value. of specie
of >42, $122,317,939 00 $3,468,438 OQ
1847 under law
of >46
$166,496,120 00 $24,153,242 00
Showing an increase of Domestic Exports
favor of the Tariff of 184Gof upwards of FORTY
FOUR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, and an impor
tation of specie in favor of that law of npwards of
TWENTY ONE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
This is the law which the Federalists charged the
administration with passing for the purpose olf
crippling the energies of the country, by depriving
us ol a market for the productions of our soil and
labor, and at the same time draining us of the bul
lion which forms the basis ol our circulation. Let
the facts speak!
Whiooebt is a bad Wat is Berks. —A Tay.
lor pole, erected by the Whigs in Reading, a few
weeks ago, was seized by the constable and sold
It was bought bya Democrat for $5,10.
Voice from Andrew Jackson*
How animating to the bosom of every freeman,
while such a* contest as the one now enacting before
us is raging through thecontinent, to call up the
sentiments and opinions of the venerable old hero
who sleeps in peace beneath the shade of the Her
mitage! Were he now living among us, lie could
scarcely have more directly or pointedly rebuked
the singular conduct of the whig candidate for the
presidency, than in the warning voice he uttered to
his countrymen years ago. Let his admonition find
its way to every American heart. These are his
words, worthy of the. generous impulses, the frank
and noble nature, of Andrew Jackson:
“I say again, fellow-citizens, remember the fate
of ancient Rome, and vote for no candidate who
will not tell you, with the frankness of an indepen
dent freeman, the principles upon which, if elected,
he will administer your government.
“That man deserves to be a slave who Would
vote for am candidate, where his liberty is at
stake. Can a freeman who values his rights vote
for such a man, who, when his opinions are asked
for, insults you with the reply, ‘I will answer no
questions, coming either from friend or foe?’ I
answer for you, that none worthy to be free can
do so.”
With what peculiar force does this strong lan
guage apply to the dark silence that now hangs
around General Zachary Taylor , who “laid it down as
a principle,” to use his own expressive icords , “not
to give his opinions upon the various questions of policy
now at issue between the political parties of the country.''
Veiled in deep andimpenetrable mystery, lie dodges
all public investigation and inquiry, and throws
himself behind the scenes, the better to smuggle
himself into a station for which heis so unfitted, and
which is necessarily filled with many vital public
questions demanding his immediate and positive
avowals, us well as his prompt and decisive action-
Was it ever thus in tunes gone by t Has it evpr
been so with Henry Clay? with Daniel Webster?
with any of those shining lights on whom the op
position have often showered down their enthusias
tic praise and plaudits ? We ask the Taylor party?
(for ultra whigery, it seems, is no longer a party
designation under the Taylor flag,) we demand of
them to shotv their- colon. Let us have their princi
ples, if any belong to them. Ours stand out With
out disguise. None among us are ashamed or afraid
to avow them; and we make our emphatic appeal
to the masked and secluded friends of “Old Buena
Vista” to open up to their countrymen the mea
sures and policy, in the problematic event of his
success, that are to guide and govern the Taylor
administration. Come, gentlemen, out with it.
Washington Union.
Interesting Dialogue!
Between a Whig Barnburner and a Taylorite, in
Chester county.—A real Incident.
H hig Taylorite' —Well, John, is it possible that
you are going to vote for Martin Van Buren ? You
who have been so long a Whig!
Whig Barnburner. —l have had a strong notion
that way!
Taylorite. —But surely you ought to know that
you are helping Cass by doing so.
Barnburner. —Speak low ! I am not going to
vote for Matty, any more than I will vote lor my
self. I say so to all the locos I meet, and I- think I
know several that will go for him, because they
think I will do so too. I will go my death for old
Zach.
Taylorite. —Give me your hand, my hearty. Your
conduct is the best proofthatyou are a sound whig!
Democrat, (stepping out’ from the other room,
where he unintentionally overheard the talk,) ask
ing:
“Gentlemen, do you think the locos are such
asses as to be caUght by such a shabby trick as
The whigs looked confused and mizzled ! The
Democrat performs a significant gyration with his
thumb upon his nose!
Where is the democrat who is ready to go into a
movement which will either ' aid Tdylor or make
dupes of all democrats taking part in it ? — Penn-
sylvanian.
From t&e Pittsburg Post.
A Sign in Washington (County.
On a recent visit into Washington county, we
were informed of a veteran patriot and his,seven
sons, who are all warmly enlisted in favor of the
election ot Cass and Butler. But the most grati
fying part of the story was, that the whole family
have heretofore voted the Federal“ Whig” Ticket.
Notwithstanding this they were patriots. The
old gentleman had shouldered a musket to defend
the country in 1812, and had always inculcated
upon his sons the doctrine of a patriotic defence
of their country under all circumstances. He
could recognize an honest difference of opinion
among our citizens in relation to political affairs;
but when war was declared to exist, he said he
never stopped to ask who was in the right, his
country or her enemies. He always went for and
with his country, and he would never sustain her
enemies. The old gentleman had heard of Tom
Corwin s speech——he obtained a copy and read it -
and the consequence was that he at once came out
from among those who sustain traitors, and his
example is followed by his sons.
Vltli Congressional District.
Thomas Ross-, Esq., has been nominated for Con
gress in this district, by the Democratic Conference
representing Bucks and Lehigh. Mr. Ross is an
active and indefatigable Democrat, and an able
speaker. He has canvassed the district with indus
try, and from the prevailing enthusiasm among
our friends, we feel assured he will carry it'trium
phantly.
Day of Election.
The following act of Congress directs the day on
which the Presidential election is to be held. Of
course, it takes place on the 7th of November
throughout the whole Union.
AN ACT to establish a uniform time for holding
elections for electors of President and Vice Pres-
ident in all the States of the Union.
That the electors of President and Vice President
shall be appointed in each State on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in the month of Novem
ber of the year in which they are to be appointed.
Provided, That each State may by law provide for
the filling of any vacancy or vacancies which may
occur in its college of electors when such college
meets to give its electoral vote. And provided also,
When any State shall have held an election for the
purpose of choosing electors, and shall fail to make
a choice on the day aforesaid, then the electors
may be appointed on a subsequent day, in such
manner as the State shall by law provide.
Hear a Whig Opponent!
The Richmond Whig is one of. the presses par
ticularly ferocious against Gen. Cass. No longer
ago than 1842 it spoke of him as follows:
“General Cass, than whom no purer mar
breathes, (we hope this praise from us may not
be very injurious to him) is universally beloved for
the purity of his private and public character. His
conduct as representative of our government at
Paris has been almost universally approved; and
as he is well known to be very little imbued with
the party spirit of the day, moderate men of all
politics have looked forward to the possibility of his
becoming the successful candidate of a new organ
ization of parties.”
The only fault of Gen. Cass now in the eyes of
the whigs is that he is too good a candidate of the
Democracy for President.
[p*“Mr. Clat writes to his friends who nomina
ted him for President in the Slashes of Hanover, Va.
that he cannot accept the nomination. Having
consented to let his name go into the Philadelphia
convention, and having been beaten there, he thinks
it his duty to acquiesce, and that he ought not to
pass any judgment upon its.proceedings. He makes
not the slightest allusion to Taylor.
Hoir. Samces A. Bridges.— We are gratified to
learn that the health of this gentleman is rapidly
improving and that he has been enabled to leave
Washington on his return home.
Township Committees.
GF* The following are the Township Commit"
tecs appointed far the ensuing year:
Manor —Abraham Peters, George G. Brush*
Bernard Maim, John Killheffer, John Shipler, Esq.
Joseph Shoch, C. Habecker.
Mariettar—J ohn J. Libhart, Andrew Leader,
John Carroll, Bayard Grosh and J. B. Maloney.
Martick —John Hildebrand, David Snavelv,
William McMuliin, David Laird, J. Robinson.:
Mount joy —Jacob R.. Long, John S. Shenk,
Henry. Bishop, James Laird.
■Petin-z- Joseph Bomberger, John Long, Henry
Hambriglit, Jesse McMuliin, Geo. Plasterer.
Paradise —John F. Lefever, Andrew .White,
Geo. Slaymakcr, Thos. McSorley, Dan’l Girvin.
Rapho —Thos. Masterson, Jr., Lewis R. Deeg,
Joseph Masterson, Frederick Gantz, H. Ebersole,
Salisbury —William F. Baker, A. L. Hender
son, Esq., James H* Houston, John Bitzer, Jas.
Grier.
Sudsbury —Wm. Boon, Isaac Walker, James
H. Noble, Hugh Reed, F. P. Ryland, Andrew
Armstrong, John. Rea.
Strasburg twp. —Col. Isaac Girvin, Jacob Neff,
Jr. v Geo. Withers, John S. Morton, Miller Raub.
Strasburg Bor. —Samuel Taggert, Wm. Ech
ternacht, Jr., Joseph Potti, William S. Spencer,
Wm. S. Warren, Jr.
Warwick —Samuel Keller, Henry Buch, A.
Myers, Daniel Kreider, Jac?b Newling.
Washington Bor . —Dr. Abraham Bitner, John
A. Brush, John Shertzer, Park Mason, William
Dunlap.
Ephraia—3. J. Keller, Jeremiah Mohler, And.
Urich, Alexander Martin, Daniel Epler.
Fulton —John Bicknell, Robert Cruikshank,
Philip Maxwell Joseph Swift, Samuel Heas,
Henry Brown.
East Hempjield —Dr. John Ream, John Mann,
Alexander Klefecker, Dr. J. Parker, H. M. Reigart,
Esq.
West Hempjield —Dr: A.K. Rohrer, Dr. Halder
man, George Neighton, Jacob Gamber, Lewis
Wisler.
East Lampeter —Mathias Shirk, Jacob Auwer
ter.John McNabb, Issachar Re'esc, John L. Martin.
West Lampeter —Abraham Sides, James Irvin,
Martin Reese, George Raub. Jr., Samuel Erb.
Lancaster City East Ward —Walter G. Ev
ans, James Boon, Zuriel Swope, Philip Baker,.
Dr. P. Cassidy.
Lancaster City Ward —J.B. Kauffman,
James Wiley, Adam Dellett, John W. Jackson,
Georg? A. Miller.
Lancastertwp. —Andrew Dunlap, I. B. Burrows
Augustus Myers, David Weidler, Wm, Dietrich.
Ltacock —John Eckert, Joel L. Lightner,
John M’Killips, Wm. M. Sample, Wm. McCaskey.
Upper Leacock —Dr. A. S. Bare, Michael Roland,
Dr. J. C. Weidler, John Sellers, John Bard, Jr.,
Manheim twp. —Joseph. Wiener, George Ham
bright, Henry E. Leman, John K. Grube, Samuel
Coldren.
Little Britain —John Hays, David H. Keech,
Jesse Jenkins, Joseph Phillips, William Carter,
Samuel Pennell.
Manheim Borough —Dr. J. M. Dunlap, George
Mengle, William McQueney, Henry D. Miller,
Jonas White.
Cbnoy->-Lewi9 Houseal, John H. Smith, Jacob
Reidebach, John Robb, Henry Haldeman, Jr.
East Donegal —Christian Beschler, Samuel
Pence, Frederick Kleigh, Jacob Gomer, John
Ream, William Parkeston and Captain Samuel
Yetter.
West Donegal —Henry C. Ober, Jonathan Dif
fenderfer, Jacob D. Keller, John Gross, Philip
Fisher.
Drumore —Wm. Ralston, John McSparren,
Thomas Moderwell John Hastings, James M.
Steel, Dr. C. M. Johnson.
Earl —Anthony Carpenter, Abraham’* G. Smo
ker, Davis Duchman, Isaac. Hull, James Darrah.
IVesf Earl —J. L. Garber, Jacob Busser, Jr.,
Elias Reamsnyder, Jacob Smith.
Elizabeth —Peter Elser, George NY I is, Samuel
Reynolds, John Eberly, John Enck.
Elizabethtown —Dr. Abraham Redsecker, Dr. J.
Shaeffer, Henry Breneman, Charles Ebecca and
Jacob Redsecker, Esq.
Vote of New Jersey*
It is estimated that the Free Soil party in New
Jersey will poll about 3,000 votes. The large
Quaker influence in this State will contribute to this
result, and as they usually vote the Whig ticket, it
is supposed that the Whig party will suffer the most
by this secession. We mention this fact as one
which should enter into the calculations of politi
cians. New Jersey is a doubtful state at best.—
'Many of her best informed citizens declare their
oenei uiat uer Electoral Vote-will be given to Cass
and Buller.
Benj. Martin, Esq., of Southwark. Philadel
phia county, has also joined the “ Free Soil” party.
Mr. Martin was elected to the Legislature for a
long series of years by the Democrats, who also
elected him to our late State Convention to reform
the Constitution.— N. Y. Post.
Time works strange changes in men’s opinions.
Mr. Martin here alluded to is the individual who,
in the State Convention to revise the Constitution,
made the motion, sustained by the Convention, to
introduce the word “white” into the qualifications
ol a voter, whereby colored persons were entirely
excluded from the privileges of citizenship.
From the Washington Union,
Confidence of our Friends,
We have been told by good authority, that a
gentleman from Baltimore yesterday made the fol
lowing bets: $l,OOO that Cass and Butler will he
elected our next President and Vice President, $5OO
on Georgia and $5OO on Louisiana. He afterwards
said that he had $lO,OOO more which he would be
pleased to bet on the general.result.
Another gentleman, it is also stated, bet $l,OOO
on the general result, that Cass and Butler will be
elected our next President and Vice President.
These facts indicate the confidence of oui friendsin
the triumphant success of Cass and Butler in No
vember next.
Intrepidity of a Lady.
A remarkable instance of intrepidity and cool
ness was exhibited at the Blue Lick Springs, a few
days ago, by Miss L., a belle of Bourbon county,
Kentucky.
Miss L., and Mr. F. a gentleman from the South,
on their return from an excursion on horseback,
were riding down the long hill about a quarter of
a mile fr#m the hotel at full speed, the lady being a
little ahead. At a sudden turn of the road, the
gentleman's saddle turned, and he fell from his
horse, but his foot remained in the stirrup, and his
horse, although his pace was somewhat slackened,
kept op his way, dragging the fallen man upon the
ground. The young lady seeing this, reined in her
own horse by a sudden effort, leaped from him
whilst he was still in rapid motion, ran back, seized
the other horse by the bridle, and released her gal
lant from his perilous situation.
This feat was witnessed by hundreds at the
Springs who could find no words strong enough to -
express their admiration of the daring courage of
the beautiful young heroine.
ID* The Hingman Patriot says the following
most beautiful and touching inscription may be seen
on a grave in “that town. The only words are
OUR MOTHER,
TELL asleep
November 12,1840.
JE 51.
When will the morning corne l
Simple yet beautiful language!—language tha
shall find a response in every heart made sad by the
loss of the best and dearest of earthly friends—a
mother. Many a faltering' tongue "has asked that
most significant question, “When will the morning
come?' 7
Soldier's Bounty Lands. —The Commissioner
of Pensions, says the Washington Union , notwith
standing his untiring devotion to the duties of the
office, cannot issue more than two hundred and fifty
land warrants each day. It appears, from a state
ment in the Union, that the number -of applications
for bounty laud warrants'on the part of soldiers
who have served in the late war with Mexico, will
exceed 100,000. Up to the 27th of September,
IS4B, inclusive, the whole unraber of appplications
filed was 55,784; (from the Ist to the 27th of
September alone, 7,793 were filed.) To the same
date the warrants issued were 33,833. Remaining
to be disposed .of, 21,961. The estimated number
yet to be filed is about 50,000 more.
Changed his Name.— ln. the old army orders
Gen. Taylor’s name appears as “Zachariah" —he
has written it u Zachary ” of late years.
UT’Tatloil is not sure of a single State, but has
a good chance for Kentucky.