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GEO. SANDERSON, HOITOR.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOE GOVERNOR S
WIMJAM BIGiEB,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY,
FOB CANAL COMMISSIONER:
GEN. SETH CLOVER,
. OP CLARION COUNTY.
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Somerset.
JAMES CAMPBELL, Philadelphia.
ELLIS LEWIS, Lancaster.
JOHN B. GIBSON, Cumberland.
WALTER H. LOWRIE, Allegheny.
A. Proposition.
Any person forwarding the names of five good
new subsr.ribers to the Intelligencer, shall have a copy
of the paper, for one year, gratis ; or, if he be al
ready on our list, receive credit for one year's sub
scription.
By the hew postage law, it will be seen that from
and after the Ist of July, papers circulate through
the mails, free of postage, to subscribers within
the county in which they are published.
Money* Wanted.
Those of our subscribers and advertising friends
who know themselves in arrears, would confer a
great favor by settling their respective accounts at
as early a day as practicable. We need .money
very much at the present writing, or we would
not ask it. The city subscribers will be waited
upon personally, and our friends at a distance will
be kind enough to remit by mail at our risk.
County Committee Meeting.
The Democratic County Committee of Lancas
ter county, are requested to meet at the public
house of William J. Steele, in the City of Lancas
ter, on Saturday the 2d day of August, at 1 o’clock,
P. M., on business connected with the approaching
geneial election. ‘
A general attendance of the members is requested.
NEWTON* LIGHTNER, Chairman.
The following gentlemen constitute the Com
mittee :
Chairman —NEWTON LIGHTNER, Esq., City.
Bart —William Miller.
Brecknock —Ephraim Shober.
Caernarvon —Thomas Edwards.
E. Cocalico —Col. Andrew Ream.
W. Cocalico —Col. Jesse Reinhold. s,*
Colerain —Dr.'George T. Dare.
Columbia —Peter A. Kimburg, S. F. Lockard
Conestoga —Adam Kendig.
Conoy —Jacob B; Hamilton.
E. Donegal —Henry Houseal.
W. Donegal —Jacob D. Keller, Jr.
Drumore —John Hastings.
Earl —Wendel Holl.
W. Earl —John Forney.
Elizabeth —JohnElbcr. _ .
Elizabethtown —A. Redßecker.
Ephrata —Jacob L. Gross.
Fulton —James Hanna.
E. Hempfield —Henry Imhoff, Sr,
W. Hempfield —Jacob Gamber.
E. Lampeter —John K. Miller.
Lancaster City , E. Ward —Peter Garber, James
L. Reynolds, James Barnes, John L. KefFer.
Lancaster City, W. Ward —Dr. Geo. B. Kerfoot,
Geo. M. Steinman, Henry C. Wentz, Col. Wm. S.
Amweg.
Lancaster Twp —Charles Nauman.
Little Britain— Dr. James; P. Andrews.
Leacock —lsaac F. Lightner.
Upper. Leacock —Dr. J. C. Weidler.
Manheim Twp. —Henry E. Leman.
Manor —Abraham Peters.
Marietta —Andrew Leader.
Martic —David Laird.
Mountjoy —James Laird.
Penn —Henry Hambright. ,
Paradise —George D. Mcllvaine.
Rapho —Joseph .Vlasteraon.
Sadsbury —Robert Steel.
Salisbury —Thomas W. Henderson.
Strasburg Bor. —James McPhail.
Strasbung 7Vp.—Jacob NefF.
Warwick —Peter Fielies.
Washington Bor. —John A. Brush.
IC7“The Chambersburg Valley Spirit will look ;
in vain, we think, for a satisfactory disclaimer of
Mr. Hiester's remarks, by the Lancasterian. The
whole reply is nothing more or less than a silly
•attempt to charge the friends of Col. Bigler, in this
county, with having- originated the story. Such !
ridiculous stuff is unworthy of notice. If the al- (
legation of Mr. H. is false, why did not that paper I
contradict it, in a plain and unmistakeable manner ? !
But, instead of doing so, it virtually admits, by its 4
silence in reference to the strong point in the case—
the charge made against certain gentlemen of a
determination to oppose the election of Col. Bigler
—the truth of the remarks made by Mr. H. at the
Chambersburg meeting. At least this is the way
it strikes our mind-—and the course of that paper,
taken in connexion wrthjthe fact that certain gen
tlemen in this city, who are considered active lead
ers of the anti-Bigler faction, are loud mouthed in
their denunciation of the Democratic ticket, has
satisfied us that, so far from supporting the tick
et, they will do every thing they can to defeat c
it. That they can lead off the honest portion of
the Democrats, who have heretofore acted with
them, we do not believe—still less are we appre
hensive that they can do any serious injury to the
ticket, but that they will brake the .attempt is re
duced to a certainty.
fE7"*Mr. Amwakes Committee met at Steele’s
Hotel, on Saturday last. They sat with closed
doors. What the nature of the business they trans
acted was we cannot tell, as nothing has leaked out
by which.we can judge. We suppose theLancas
terian of to-morrow will let the public 'into the
secret!
[pf- We should like to know where the Philadel.
phia Statesman got its information about the poli
tics of Newton Lightneb, Esq. Is it a inere
coinage of the editor’s brain, or is it a fabrication
of some guerrilla in this county ? Whenever that
sheet clears its own skirts of naiivism and disorgan
isation, it will be time enough for it to take in
hand the Chairman of the Democratic Committee
of Lancaster county. 3
MR. WISE’S ASCENSION.—The ascension of
Mr. Wise in his Matqmoth Balloon, from Philadel
phia, on yesterday a week, is represented as having
been a very beautiful and successful one. He rose
to a great heightb, passed over the Delaware, and
landed some six miles north-east oT-the city. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Wise and two or-three
other passengers.
It was his intention to have made another aerial
excursion on Friday last, from the same-place,but
during the process of inflation the Balloon bur6ted
at the top and bottom, from the chafing produced
by the high wind- Mr. Wise made an explanation,
the money was returned, and the crowd slowly
‘dispersed.
“HARRISBURG DEMOKRAT This is the
title of a German Democratic newspaper just
started at Harrisburg, by J. S. Royal & Co. The
publishers are strongly recommended to public favor
by a number of the leading Democrats of that
Borough, and we have no doubt the paper will be
a useful auxiliary in furthering the Democratic
cause. The paper is of the:lmperial size, published
weekly, and furnished at the rate of $1 per annum,
payable in advance.
THE INVESTIGATOR.—The first number of
a new English Democratic campaign paper, with
the above title, has been issued at Harrisburg, by
R. H. Adams. We have no doubt the paper will
do good service during the contest. It is to be
published semi-weekly during the campaign, at the
following rates
1 copy,
5 copies,
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517* The Hagerstown Republican has raised Mr.
Bucßi*ia : s name to its mast head.
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Col.BlglerandyriiJgrPpposlUQn.
When CdL Bigler vras Dominated, he was nomi
inated by acclamation, an evidence that he had the
united /support of *the Democratic party. The
choice oi the Convention was every were approved.;,
The Whig and Neatral press have joined in. a trilK
ate to his worth and virtues. It was a just and.-
spontaneous acknowledgment of his meritß. Had 1
the election taken place fhxn, he would have
been returned by an overwhelming majority. Since
that time an edict btfs gone foith from Dictator
Johnston, Tebnkin'g the faithful Whigs for this inr
judicious praise, and requiring them to exhaust
their commendations upon the Whig candidate for
Governor, and to abuse Col. Bigler to the utmost-
Has Col. Bigler changed since the nomination?—
Has h f e done any private or public act to forfeit the
esteem and _good-will of the people? Not at all.
He has conducted himself as an honorable, oppo
nent, whilehis adversary has been hunting .among
State papers that are under his control, and pub
lishing or causing to be published as genuine, gar
bled or imperfect records of Col. Bigler’s public
acts. Is this an honorable opposition? Is this
the opposition hoped for by the Whig press, when it
was announced that a reputable man like Col.
Bigler, free from taint or reproach, had been nomi
nated by the Democratic Convention? Is this the
fair and'candid discussion of the respective claims
of the rival candidates, predicated solely upon their
qualifications and competency? No. Such a
course of opposition will not answer. Party feeling
and rancor must be aroused. ‘ Slander and detrac
tion must be employed. Falsehood and subterfuge
must be resorted to; for the motto is, that in “poli
tics as in war, all is fair.” Here then, is an end to
to the candid and honorable oppositions hoped for
(but hoped for in vain) by some of the Whig press.
Iu this position of affairs, we appeal to the people.
We place before them an honest, industrious and
intelligent candidate—a self made man—the archi
tect of his own fortune and fame—an instance of
what virtue and enterprise can accomplish under
the benign Influence of our free institutions. He
has risen by dint of his own exertions—the bardy
growth of our own State, with no hot bed influence
to bring him forward before his time.
You, that are republicans, and talk of that equal
ity which elevates, support him, urge his -claims*
present him to your friends and urge them to sup
port him, and see that he is elected.
In this republican country, we all eommenoe life
upon the same footing. Power is no more heredi
tary than virtue. We spring from a common na
ture. The path to noble fame is open to all. .See
what an example you place before your children
in the election of Col. Bigler! What an incentive
you offer to youthful virtue and honorable ambition!
The raftsman of the Susquehanna—the printer’s
boy—serving the State in the Legislature, and fi
nally called upon to preside over the destinies of a
great commonwealth.—Harrisburg Union.
Got. Johnston’s Sinking Fund.
Gov. Johnston and his friends are endeavoring to
make a little political capital, says the Democratic
Union, by their efforts to mislead the people in re
gard to his sinking fund. It is to be regretted, that
whilst his Excellency is holding forth on the merits
of “my measure,” his proverbial does not
permit him to enlighten his hearers as to the share
he took in creating the necessity lor such a fund.
We shall take’frequent opportunities of supplying
the hiatus caused by his extreme diffidence when
speaking of his own merits. One or two facts will
suffice fbr the present.
It is a conceded truth that, if no appropriations
had been made to works, which if completed, would
have been of no public .utility, the State debt would
have been restricted within such limits as to have
presented the necessity of a burthensome tax upon
the people. What was Gov. Johnston’s course
upon work of that character ?
The Gettysburg railroad, “commencing in the
woods, and ending no where,” has cost the State
near SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAJ{P. DOL
LARS. This work was so totally useless for any
State purpose that it has been entirely abandoned, j
and. the money spent upon it by Whig profligacy* j
lost to the Treasury. Yet Gov. Johnston’s modesty |
will not permit him to proclaim that he was one of
the most steadfast supporters of the-appropriations
to this scheme of plunder. •
Again, Gov. Johnston was the father of the cele
brated Kittaning Jeeder, another Whig scheme of
folly and* plunder. The pretence for undertaking
this work was to afford a second feeder to the last
thirty-five miles of canal above Pittsburg!! It
commenced at Kittaning, (the place ol Gov. John
ston's residence) and w<is to have, beet- extended
fourteen miles down the river, and to intersect the
canal within sir or seven miles of the highest and
best feeder dam on the public works—a dam, too,
where THE SURPLUS WATER WAS THEN SO
ABUNDANT, that it was subsequently found ex
pedient to lease it to a gentleman who has erected
a large manufacturing establishment at that point!!!
The estimated cost of this plundering Whig scheme,
concocted and voted for by Gov. Johnston, was be
tween $650,000 and $700,000. The deception was
however, too glaring, and the work was abandoned
alter an expenditure of about FORTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
These works were voted for, and advocated by
Gov. Johnston. He thus aided in increasing the
State debt, and sinking THE FUNDS OF THE
PEOPLE to the turie of near SEVEN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! !!
We cite these two instances for the purpose of
explaining (as his Excellency’s modesty will not
permit him to do so) what Gov. Johnston means
when he speaks so glowingly of “MY SINKING
FUND ” As the razor strop man says, we have a
few more oj the same sort left.
Col. Bigler taking tbe Stump.
We learn from the Pennsylvanian, that a great
Democratic meeting was held at Lock Haven >
Clinton, co., last week, at which Col. BisLEitmade
a powerful speech.
The same paper is also authorized to announce
that Col. Bigler will be at the Spread Eagle }
Delaware county, on Saturday next, the 2d of Au
gust; at New Bloomfield, Perry county, on the sth .
and at Mifflinburg, Union county, on the 7th ot the
same month —at each of which- places he will
address his fellovy citizens.
ID" Some of the more reckless of the Whig
journals—amongst-others the Union Tribune of
this city—are charging the Canal Commissioners
with having furnished free tickets to the delegates
to and from the State Conventions at Reading and
Harrisburg. We do not believe a word of it—on
the contray, it may be set down as another Roor
back from the prolific brain of our mendacious
opponents. If any thing of the kind had been
done, we presume the twelve delegates from Lan
caster county, at Reading and Harrisburg, would
not have been overlooked—but as they received
nothing of the kind, but were compelled to pay
their own fare, gojng and returning, we look upon
the charge as false and unfounded in every partic
ular. We challenge our opponents to the proof.—
Let them at once “ face the music,” or make the
amtnde honorable by admitting the falsehood.
The American Mechanics of Safe Harbor, will
hold their 2nd anniversary in that place on Satur
day next, August 2d. Councils from Lancaster,
Marietta, Columbia, Paradise, and other places, are
expected to be present on the occasion. John
Wise, Esq., of this city, and Mr. John C. Gill, of
Philadelphia, will address them.
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[LrThe Washington Examiner, the organ of the
Dhmocracy of Washington county, has run up the
Buchanan Flag to its mast-head.
UX’A fine horse belonging to Col. Armstrong
Noble, of Carlisle, was stung to death by honey
bees on Saturday tyeek..
From One Who Knows Him!
iSI deservedly great popularity of Judge
itf not;confined to Lancaster county, less;i» it
confined exclusively Democraticparty.-Last
weetwe gave "in extructdromThe Hiqover Spcc-
how he stands
belcrseiwe giveAn article frono- the Union county
Denp&rat, the Germafi. Whig PYgan of that region.
Here it is: ‘
Jttdbxs of the Supreme Com.—There are
ten candidates before the people for the office of
Judge of the Supreme Court. | We are personally
acquainted with Jadge Lrwis, and will take this
opportunity to do justice to our old friend. He was
J udge ,in our couhty when we were Sheriff in 1840.
In 1841 we met with.an accident, having our leg
fractured at three places. J We were confined for
nearly a year. _ The times were hard then. There
was a great deal of business for the Sheriff. Our
Deputy had neglected and mismanaged our business
so that we were in danger of losing, large sums of
money; our bail would have had to suffer with ns.
But through the goodness of Judge Lewis, we were
saved, for he plead with the Plaintiffs in execution,
aud their Counsels, for lime and space, and assisted
us that we could get our business arranged. We
rejoice that we have an opportunity of expressing
our gratitude towards the Honi Ellis Lewis, who
was our friend at that time. We needed a friend
to save us and our bail. Judge Lewis was a poor
boy; he worked his way to the high station he oc
cupies in the affections of the people, by his honesty
,and industry. He had no money or wealthy friends
to raise him in the estimation of the rich and aris
tocratic. ,He is emphatically a self-made man, and
is the true genuine friend of the poor. We have
given the sentiments of our heart long treasured up
in our bosom, in favor of our old friend Judge El
lis Lewis. “ ,
The Issue presented by the Whigs.
ID" The New York Tribune, a leading Whig
paper, presents the issue between the parties in
Pennsylvania as follows. We are proud that such
is the position of the Democratic party. Democ.
racy is for the Union in every emergency:
“ The predominant issue relates to the Fugitive
Slave Law. The opposition candidate, Col. Wm.
Bigler, of Clearfield, stands on the ground of zealous
adherence to the entire compromise policy, and the
convention which nominated him passed resolutions
of the most decided stamp in its favor. They also
explicitly condemned the Slate law passed March
3, 1547, forbidding the use of the jails of the com
monwealth to-the slave catchers of the Federal
Government.
The whig convention and its candidate. Gover
nor Johnston, stand upon ground perfectly antago
nistic to this. They are out and out for freesoil,
and against the present mode of slave catching.—l
The governor himself at the last session, refused
his approval to a bill repealing the law above
mentioned with reference to the jails. Pennsylva
nia, they say, having long since abolished slavery
herself, is hostile to its extension or to any interfe
rence with it by her state .officers-
This is the question now to be discussed before
the people ol the Keystone State. It will be dis
cussed with more spirit, earnestness and ability,
than often enter into a canvass.”
Judge Black’s Letter of Accept-
Somerset, July 1, 1851.
My Dear Sir: —l have received \our letter, in
which, as President of the Harrisburg Convention,
you notify me of my nomination, by that body, as
a candidate lor Judge of the Supreme Court.
This is an event for 1 which 1 was wholly unpre
pared. except by one letter from the East, and an
other from the Northern part of the State, received
only a few days before the Convention. No vote
was cast for me in consequence of any wish ex
, pressed by myself., But 1 did answer- the pressing
solicitations of several friends, by saying that I
would serve if elected. In more than one county,
I prevented the delegates from being instructed in
my favor, by the declaration, that I was not a can
didate. If, therefore, you should be convinced here
after, that it was a mistake to place me on your
ticket, I hope it will be remembered, that lam not
to blame for it. “ Thou canst not say, I did it.”
I need not remind you* who have adorned a high
judicial office, as well as other distinguished places
of public trust, that the functions of a judge are not
only the most important of all others, but by far
the most difficult to perform well. No mere roan
can hope to hold in his hands a scale, whose wav
ering balance will never be shaken, or a sword,
which will always tail witb a force precisely ad
justed to the occasion. And, even if both were
possible, misapprehension and misconstruction are
among the commonest things we meet with in the
world. W.hile this is true of the subordinate ju
diciary, it is pre-eminently true of those who sit in
that high tribunal, where all the causes that are
most intricate, most important, arid most doubtful,
tare brought for final decision. I cannot be mistak
en, when I say, that a judge of the Supreme Couat
is obliged to encounter more labor, anxiety, and
peril to his reputation, than any other servant of
the public.
Impressed as I have been with these opinions,
and influenced by other reasons relating to my pri
vate affairs, the place for which I have been nomi
nated is the last one to which the.vanity of my
ambition would have prompted me to lift ray
thoughts. But the post of danger is ever the post
of honor. In proportion to the resposibilities of the
office, is my pride in being thought worthy to fill
it, by a portion of my fellow citizens, so well
known for talents and patriotism, as those compos
ed Convention. I appreciate this
compliment still more highly, when I reflect upon
the distinguished characters of the able and up
right men, with whom you have seen proper to
associate me on the ticket.
If your nomination be ratified by the people of
tbe State, I shall devote myself “with all good fi
delity ” to the discharge of my duties; and if pa
tient assiduity and an earnest love -of justice can
make up for my large deficiency in learning and
ability, no man shall have just cause to regret my
election.
I am, with great respect, yours, &c.,
J. S. BLACK.
Hoe. William' Wilkins. *
A- Prominent Whig tor Bigler.
It is common talk over the country that not
only the unanimous masses of the party
are going for Col. .Bigler but .that he will receive
the votes of many of tbe whigs. In proof of .this
the opposition papers demand the “documents.” It
would be too tedious to enumerate all from among
that party that are giving the Colonel their support,
and besides, it is not necessary here where the fact
is known. But we will mention one name that is
known all over the State, and, we might say, all
over the Union, wherever the iron business is con
ducted, we to our townsman, Mr. Benjamin
Perry, known in Pennsylvania as the “ Iron King.”
He has always been an active and decided whig,
has fought their battle at the polls among furnace
men, and was a warm supporter of Gov. Johnston,
at the last election. But now.he is just as strongly
in favor of Col. Bigler. He'knfiws him well and
he likes the man. He is also an ardent supporter
of Clover for Canal Commissioner, being personally
acquainted with his character and qualifications.
He thinks them both too good to be opposed merely
for their democracy.— Clinton Democrat. ,
Brutal Outbade. —The Wilkesbarre Farmer ,
of last Wednesday, contains one of the most wanton
and outrageous attacks upon the Hon. James Buch
anan, that hasi ever disgraced the public Press.
We deem it proper to state, for the information of
democrats elsewhere, that the article in question,
is an emanation from the pen of Samuel P. Col
linos, the great Guerrilla Chief, and the greatest
political incubus ever entailed upon the democratic
party, who—coward-like—skulks behind the cur
tain, but uses the columns of the said Farmer, to
assail prominent democrats for the gratification of
his own personal malignity and vindictive ven
geance. The thing will doubtless find a hearty
response in all the federal presses ot the country,
and obtain a place in the other three guerrilla sheets
of Pennsylvania, but in this community, where its
author is known, it will fall still born and despised
by honest men of all parties.— Columbia.Democrat.
ID* The Newark Advocate, one of the oldest and
most influential Democratic papers in Ohio, being
30 years in existence, carries the name of the Hon.
James Buchanan at the head of its columns as a
candidate for the Presidency, subject to the decision
ofthe Democratic National Convention. The State
of Ohio, so far as we could judge from conversation
with many of her leading Democratic citizens, du
ring a recent visit, will be divided between Mr. Bu
chanan, Gen. Cass, and Gen. ; Butler. — Pittsburg
Post . !
(D"Meun. Conrad and Stuart are said to be the
only Cabinet officers now at their posts. We be
lieve the whole body has not been together for
some months. They seem to feel that a Whig
administration is like a fifth wheel to a eoach—a
superfluity. The country can afford to give them
ill» perpetual holiday.
Hon* James .Campbell*
' This gentleman is charged with incompetency
.by the Whig pressL, .To show that this is bt^^V
‘been fabricated against 'tlfoother candi
dates of the Democratic pacify, we sahjomdhePfol-;
lowing notices, by. Whig jamais, o£the
ability he displayed as a lawyer andean advocate
’in the’.celebrated Dyott. case, which occurred in
Philadelphia more than .twelve years ago, when
Mr. Campbell was yet a very young man. Many
of our readers; will. recollect this important suU
which attracted the attention of the whole country
at the time, and-which occupied the tlaents of
some of the ablest lawyers at the Philadelphia
Bar. But to the notices:
From the Pennsylvania Enquirer , Saturday, May
25th, 1839—4 leading Editorial.
rat dyott case. .
The addresses of the Counsel in this case of all
absorbing public interest, commenced yesterday.—
James Campbell, Esq:, being the Junior counsel,
opened iu a speech which lasted upwards of three
hours, and without the usual indulgence for prepa
ration being extended to him. We but express the
universal sense of the nnmerons auditory in pro
nouncing this forensic effort of Mr.. Campbell one
of the happiest and ablest that has ever been list
ened to in our criminal sessions.
The young orator commenced with the beginning
of Dr. Dyott’s career as a banker, and traced the
lineaments of his portrait with a master’ hagid, fol- •
lowing him.tHrough his dark and tortuous course up
to the hour of his arraignment at the bar. for fraud—
ulent insolvency. The method, the earnest and:
impressive manner, the analytical ability and fa
miliarity with the laws and facts of the :c£se evin
ced by Mr. Campbell, bespoke talents which must
elevate their possessor to an enviable rank in his
profession, and surprised all whose attention had
not previously been attracted to the
career of this youthful advocate. j
- Too much credit, we think, cannot be awarded
to this gentleman and his colleague for their patient’
and indefatigable industry,the tact and talent which
they have displayed in the conduct of the prosecu
tion. So. sensible were the able counsel for the
accused, of the impression made uponithe Court
and jury, by the powerful appeal ofMr.jCampbeil,
that Joseph R. Ingersol), Esq., asked permission to
occupy the intermediate time until Monday next
preparing his reply. Tfiis was granted by the
Court* * .. }
From the United States Gazette , May 25, 1839.
Comhonwealh vs. Dyott. —Mr. Campbell com
menced at 10 A. M. in summing up the; evidence,
and occupied the Court till half past one in 4n in
telligent and compact view of the cause 6f the.
prosecution.
From the Pennsylvania Inquirer of June 25, 1839.
Mr. James Campbell then proceeded! in a lucid
and able speech, during which he Btated the charges
against the defendants, and went over .the whole
ground of the evidence to show cause why the de
fendants should be bound over to take their trials
for the offences for which they had been examined,
and Mr. C. argued that the testimony .jyAs suffi
ciently strong and quite conclusive for the purpose.
Cut from u The World ”of July ] st, 1839 — Editor ,
Russell Jarvis , Esq.
James Campbell, Esq.—Great credit, is due to
this gentleman for the seal, activity, perseverance.
and professional talent exhibited by him as Junior
counsel in the late examinations ot Dyott, Ridgway
and Mann. It is gratifying to behold early indica
tions of professional talent, and we always feel
pleasure in recording them. Judge Parsons, for
merly Chief Justice of Massachusetts,, and one of
the greatest lawyers that New England, fertile in
good lawyers, ever produced, was particularly so
licitous to encourage the younger members of the
bar. He remembered how, in the commencement
of his own career, he had been flapped by the
wings of the * c Reverend owls who brood aloft, and
cuff down new fledged merit;” and he was resol
ved, on reaching the bench, to set a better example.
A Glance at the Past.
The history of Pennsylvania, tells powerfully
against Whig rule. The editor of the Reading Ga
zette, in an earnest inquiry &3 to what claim his
Excellency Gov.'Johnston has on the gratitude of
the people, has, with pencil in hand, 1 gone into fig
ures: here are some of them: When Gov. Wolf
retired from office, the State debt was a little over j
24 millions of dollars; and when Gov. Porter came
into power, it amounted to more than 34 millions
of dollars—being an increase often millions during
the three years of Ritner’s misrule. ; It is true, that
Ritner, in his last message, attempted to show that
the State debt was just as he found it; but subse.
quent investigation disclosed a large number of
unaudited claims due to domestic creditors on ac
count of extravagant and useless improvements
commenced by virtue of the Act of February 18,
1836, chartering the monster bank, of the United
States, and for other purposes, amounting in the
aggregate to ten millions of dollars. The existence
of these claims was purposely concealed, and their
adjustment shoved offj in order to blind the people
to the true state of affairs, and impose the burden
of making provision for them, upon the shoulders
of Ritner’s successor. To this enormous expendi
ture we must add nearly $3,000,000 received from,
the General Government, out of the surplus reve
nue fund, and about $1,500,000 from the Bank of
the United Stales, on account of the bonus it con
ditioned Xo pay for its charter: all of which was
squandered by the Ritner “Directory” in improve*
ments which afterwards passed into private hands
at a ruinous sacrifice to the State, or were totally
abandoned. This is a faithful exhibition of the
sqrt of “economy” which characterized Whig rule
from 1836 to 1839; and to prove that the same
disposition still prevails in the party, we have only
to recall the attempt made last winter by a Whig
Senate, at the instigation, or with the'concurrence
of (j!ov. Johnston, to increase the State debt by a per
manent loan of $1,000,000 issuable- in irredeemable
“ shinplasters Fortunately for the people, this dan
gerous measure was crushed by the resolute oppo
sition of a Democratic House of Representatives,
and to that body belongs credit of having shaped
an Appropriation bill whose estimates were con
fined within the ordinary available means oi the
.Treasury.—Pottstown Register.
Secretary Corwin. -
The Cincinnati Enquirer hitsoffthe financeering
abilities of the Whig Secrei ary of the Treasury in
the following manner:
■ “In his annual report of [December last, Corwin
most gravely and most wisely informed Congress
and the country that the receipts into the treasury
would be comparatively small for the present year,
and that, by the first ol Jul p, there would be in the
treasury ar balance of only $458,996,99, and that
by the first of July; 1852, t 1 iere would be a deficien
cy ot $865, 996,19. How exactl He wouldn’t
even have it the; round dollar for the first o)
the coming month, but it must [be just ninety
nine cents !—nor would he have the two round dimes
for next July, but it must be just nineteen cents/
Marvellously astute / There was then to be precise
ly, but only, $458,996, and ] 99 cents in the treasury
on the first of July. Will this be so * Not exactly,
unless some live Galphin should get his arm into
the chest before that day ci>mes round. -The treas
ury books show a very different result—that the
surplus on that day will be six million two hundred
and ninety thousand one Hundred and thirty four dol
lars. certain, with a probability of reaching seven
millions. Mr. Corwin, therefore, was out ol it just
$5,831, 437. This is not {problematical, but true,
beyond cavil. The probability, too, is thatinstead
of there being a deficiency of $865,996 on the first
of July of next year, there will a surplus of thirteen
millions /”
* Drowned.— On Thursday evening last, a young
German named Philip Hank, was drowned in the
mill dam of Cyrus S. Haldeman, near * Bainbridge-
The accident occurred by his playfully pushing
about a float of plank in the dam. It appears that
his pole" stuck fast jn the mud at the bottom; and
in attempting to regain it he lost his balance and
fell into the deep water. Being no swimmer he
sunk immediately—and although every effort was
made to save him by those present, yet before they
could get hold of bjqajife was extinct. He \jras in
the employ of Mr. Haldeman-r-was about 22'or 23
years of age—and is believed to have no relations
living in this country. An inquest was held on the
body by Jacob Foreman, Esq., who rendered a
verdict of accidental drowning—and he was buried
in a proper and respectable manner by Mr. Halde
man.
ID* CoL Bigler, in a letter published in yester
day’s Pennsylvanian, empbattcally_deniegthat be
voted for the obstruction law of 1847; whiclTEar
been so recklessly charged upon him by the Whig
press. lYJiat falsehood will they next fabricate
against the Democratic candidate (or Governor ?
* | i' » nia u m nnniw v«m»
.*- Mr.. Bncjhapatf g Speech.
It iS with no of patriotic pride
and pleasure seize the earliett possible no*
htJypft. Iftigth;
‘tjie {pTOwin|&ost 'noble and mftS&ly'igfeeeh
-it th£great iXemociratic Meetujfjat
ratijijf the doings of
Copyeotion, thejilrustnotis national
states manaflhe Sp7stone--s&te, Hoo.* Jamearßu-7
chanan. * 1 ; = j
. v We will not detain i our readers a moment in
eulogizing either its eloquence, its statesmanship
its enlarged and liberal patriotism, or the spirit of
bold and: manful jusjieertoyaH sections of the coun
try which, breathing through every line of it deals
out a crushing and withering rebuke to that fell
abolition fanaticism !to which tbe whig party and
the whig candidate of Pennsylvania * have now
openly .sold.themselveaJ This speech is a.. Great
Word spoken at a Great Crisis in the' politics of
Pennsylvania and the Union. In it is the occasion
which produced it, in the position of its enthusias
tic reception, tbe democracy of Pennsylvania at an
hour of extremes! peril, has solemnly, deliberately,
over again and once (or. all nailed to (he masthead
the,glorious motto of the MAINTENANCE OF
THE UNION, by tbe maintenance of GOOD
FAITH TO THE SOUTH as a pledge in the
COMPROMISE, including THE FUGITIVE LAW!
To show how completely Mr.' Buchanan's
speech responds to the doings of the Democratic
State Convention, in explanation and ratification of
which was it delivered, we subjoin the two follow
ingresolutions adopted with enthusiastic unanimity
bythe body. j ;i
Resolved, That the democratic party of Pennsyl
vania. are true to the j Union, the Constitution and
the laws, AND WILL OBSERVE AND EXE
CUTE SO FAR AS IN THEM LIES, ALL THE
MEASURES OF COMPROMISE adopted by the
late Congress, for the PURPOSE OF SETTLING
THE QUESTION ARISING OUT OF DOMES
TIC SLAVERY, and this not only from a sense of
duty as good citizens of the republic but also the
KIND AND FRATERNAL FEELINGS which
they cherish towards their BRETHREN OF THE
SLAVEHOLDING STATES.
Resolved , That the sixth Section of the Act of
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the 3d
of March, 1847, denying under severepenalty, the
use of our State jails for the detention of FUGI
TIVE SLAVES, while awditing their trial, ought
to be expunged from our Statute books,' both be
cause it interposes obstacles, by means of State
legislation, to the execution of the provisions o!
the Constitution of the United States, and because
it is a VIRTUAL DISREGARD OF THE PRINCI
PLES OF THE COMPROMISE, and is calculated
seriously to endanger the EXISTENCE OF THE
UNION.
Se how every point is covered here. The com-
ALL its measures is t<£be faithfully
maintained and carried out for the purpose of SET- 1
!TIfING the slavery question. The whole subject
of the rendition of Fugitive ’Slaves, including ol
course, and necessarily tbe.Law tor that purpose,
is placed expressly under the protection at once ol
the Covenanted. Faith of the Compromise and the
Supreme Mandate of the Constitution, and directly
identified with the existence of the Union itself.—
And all this is done in in the name and spirit of
brotherhood to the Slaveholding States.
And mark now how Col. Bigler, when nbmina.
ted by the Convention which had passed these no
ble resolutions as nobly responded to them. At
the close of a highly wrought and eloquent para*
graph, presenting the Union funder the figure ot the
ship of State tempest tossed and almost foundering
arnid the roaring billows ol anti-slavery lanaticism
he said:
‘•TO MAINTAIN IN GOOD FAITH, my fellow
citizens, THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE
SEVERAL MEASURES OF COMPROMISE, as
adopted by the late Congress as. a FINAL AD
JUSTMENT of the vexatious SLAVE CONTRO
VERSY, AS I AM DETERMINED TO DO, and
the Democracy of the WHOLE; UNION are con
strained to do* may be to reach for this cable, and
to tie the old vessel up in a safe harbor/’
What more could he be pledged to. He is de
termined to maintain all the Compromises—to
maintain their letter and their spirit; and having
thus chosen his own part and expressed his own
determination, he even goes farther and avows that
in his judgment the Democracy of the whole
Union, is solemnly bound and obliged to do the
same. Language has no more binding form of
pledge! If this Good Faith and Fnternal Feeling
of the Democracy of the Keystone State is met as
it deserves to be by the Soufb, all will yet be well
for our country.
But we detain our readers too long from the
speech of Mr. Buchanan.; Read it men of the
South! Read it both Whigs and Democrats, who
have seen with an angry apprehension and shudder
of alarm for your country the mad and desperate
course of rthe" Whig party of Pennsylvania. Read
it and rejoice that there is in that noble State a
great and powerful and triumphant Democratic
party which now speaks to you through the cham
pion and.representative^the National Democracy
ol Pennsylvania.
Not but Reality.
Many of our citizens whose memory can recall
events that transpired twenty-eight years since, will
recollect a youth, not yet arrived at the years of
manhood,'but whose indomitable spirit and vigor
ous constitution enabled him to perform the labor
of a man,’and whose industry, honesty and intelli
gence secured him the esteem of all who knew him.
Our acquaintance with.him commenced while he
worked in the brick yard of our townsman, James
Thompson, Esq., with whom he worked during the
summer, and in the winter chopped wood, or fol
lowed any other employment that offered, and
attended school whenever opportunity permitted.
A few years later his younger brother, at that
time apparently a youth of. delicate constitution,
and but poorly fitted for any laborious employment,
might be seen engaged in all kinds of severe labor,
such as clearing land, chopping cord wood, hewing
timber, and toiling beyond his strength to support
a widowed mother and! several young brothers and
sisters, left in destitute circumstances by the death
of a husband and father.
Thus far the history of these two brothers is no
more than that of thousands of young men in our
country at the present time; bqt let our young
friends mark the sequel and from the example and
present prospects pi these brothers, draw hope and
inspiration in the hour of gloom and despair. The
elder brother was John, and the younger, William
Bigler —the latter the Democratic candidate for
Governor of the Keystone State, and idol of his
party —the lormer, by a singular coincidence, nom
inated by' the Democracy of California for the
same office in that young State.
Mrs. Bigler with a portion of her family, still
resides in our county, about six miles north o! this
borough, and enjoys the esteem oi all who know
her. —Mercer Democrat.
Glorious Old Virginia.
Our; talented friend Col. Hutter, of the Easton
Argus, who has been spending some time in the
vicinity of Lynchburg, Va., writes as follows in
reference to the feelings of the people of the noble
Old Dominions
“It certainly'gratifies the pride of a Pennsylva
nian to hear his native State.so well spoken of, as
it is, in-all circles, by>the ‘people of this region
Our glorious old Commonwealth has so nobly stood
by the rights of the South and so boldly sustained
and upheld the principles ol the National Constitu
tion, that Her reputation is as sacred to the true,
warm-hearted Southerner, is the fame of his own
Commonwealth. It is especially gratifying to
know and feel, that this is the work of the Demo
cratic Party ol Pennsylvania, For years and
years, 'under the most difficult circumstances, and
in the most trying times, Has that party presented
a manly and united front in opposition to abolition-*
ism arid fanaticism. We have shown it <no quar
ters, extended it not the least particle of sympathy,
and next Vo bury the carcass itself, with
out even the “benefit of clergy.” The election
of Governor Johnston would be regarded all over
the South; as an abolition triumph. Since my
stay here, I have had frequent opportunities to
converse with many of the prominent democrats
of this State and find that'there is quite a warn
feeling in favor of Pennsylvania States
man, as fhe next democratic candidate for the
Presidency. The same feeling prevails with the
rank and file ol the 1 party. There is no doubt
whatever that Mr. Buciianan will receive the vote
of Virginia in the Rational Convention. How
foolish, is it not, when 1 Other States extend the hand
of fellowship, and offer us the candidate, for a few
men in our State to set themselves up as Dictators
and undertake to control and mis-rep’resent, public
opinion? The only remedy will be for the people
to take the matter into their own hands and man
age it their own way,”:
07* Edwin Fohbebt is about to re-appear upon
the stage. He will make his first appearance in
one of the New York Theatres on the 14th of Sep
tember, after which he; is to enter upon an engage
ment at the Walnut Street Theatre, in Philadelphia.
He is the greatest tragedian now
living, and will no doqbt prodded houses.
115* The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, is in
favor of Gen. Houston as the Democratic] candi
date for the next Presidency.
Another galphin.
The GAifliHxi^AiT^—-Itappears as though there
was tobe no eind- to-the robbery, thieving and
plunder ot the fyer»lG«lpbin Whigs. It warbut
ifrewshort moiiths agjfrthat a head of one of the
.departments, inkier Gen.' Taylor, received from
is now a Whig candi* :
date on«\pf the, judges of the Supreme Court*
the enormous'sum of NINETY THOUSAND
DOLLARS, as interest on the celebrated Galphin
claim. Fortius extraordinary act the Whigs in
Congress would not permit him to remain in the
cabinet; but the Federalists of Pennsylvania ap*
proved so much of this glaring fraud, that they
nominated him for one of the most responsible
offices under .the government of our State..
Another case of as great villainy has just come
to light at Washington city. It appears that a
certain Dr. Gardner,a dentist, lost some false teeth
or something else, that made hirrra claimant undei
the Mexican' treaty. His porcelain claim, if there
ever was any justice in it, would probably have
amounted to a few pilayunes, but by false and frau
dulent affidavits, and promising to divide the spoil*
with the witnesses and counsel, and we presume
the Mexican Commissioner also ; the claim was
magnified to half a million. It is also said by the
letter writers that Thomas Corwin, the present
Secretary of the Treasury, waa engaged as counsel
in the case, and as counsel .always understand the
cases of their clients, we presume he understood
all about the fraud. This monstrous claim was
brought before the board of Commissioners and
sworn through;, but as-Dr. Gardner did not divide
the spoils fairly with some of the witnesses, they
have blown the transaction.; it has been brought
before the grand jury of Washington city and true
bills found against Dr. Gardner, (who has decamped
for Europe,) his brother, who was not quite so
smart, and who has been bound over to stand his
trial, and some others.
This last Galphin. What will be the
next ?—Democratic Union.
Dauphin County.
The Democratic Convention of this county,
(managed, as usual, by the Middletown Bank.) has
appointed two delegates to the next Fourth ol
March Convention, and instructed them in favor ol
Gen. Cass for the Presidency.
. R7* The following article from the Harrisburg
Democratic Union of Wednesday last, will explain
how the thing was managed, in reference to the
Presidential question. A similar game precisely
was played last year in that county, and will no
doubt be attempted in every ,other county where
the same influence is predominant:
THE DAUPHIN COUNTY RESOLUTIONS.
On the 17th of June last, the Standing Commit
tee of Dauphin county, issued the following notice:
Resolved , That the Democratic citizens of the
different townships wards and districts, in Dauphin
county, be requested to meet on Saturday the 19th
day of July next, at the usual hour and places ol
meeting, to select delegates to represent them in a
County Convention, to be held on the Monday fol
lowing, at 10 o'clock, A. M„ at the Court House in
Harrisburg, for the purpose of nominating a county
ticket and transacting such o.her business as the
interests of the party in the county of Dauphin
may require lor the ensuing year.
It will be, perceived that not one word is said in
this notice in reference to the presidential question
or the appointment of delegates to the next State
Convention; and when the time arrives for giving
an expression on this subject, the people wil]
Attend to it. The only question agitated at the
delegate elections was a 9 to who should be the
candidate for Senator in this district, and no man
could have supposed for a moment that the first
thing to be introduced into the Convention would
be resolutions in favor of Gen. Cass, for the Presi
dency. As usual,however, this matter was mana
ged exclusively by Gen. Cameron, by way of car
rying out his personal hostility to Mr. Buchanan.
It may be a gratification to the General to carry
resolutions by a trick of this kind, but it will avail
nothing in the end, for the people are coming up
in mas 9 for Mr. Buchanan, and every effort of. this
kind to injure him will only tend to give him new
strengttrlivith the Democracy of the old Keystone.
He has served them too long, too faithfully, and
too ably to be injured by the factious opposition
of designing men.
* New Rbmedt for Diarrhea,&c. —Prof. Reid,
of the New York Hospital, in a letter to the Tri
bune, says:
“I would wish, through the medium of your
paper, to give publicity to the fact, that I have seen
instant relief given in cases of.diarrhea, by the use
of Hydro Sulphuric Acid, a teaspoonful of a satu
rated solution being mixed with four times its
bulk of water. Also in a case of cholera infantum,
in which the child was very much reduced, and
The stomach in an extreme state of irritability., was
administered with ease, and the child immediately
improved, and has since recovered. Believing that
this is a new remedy, apd that there js no reason
to apprehend any effects where it does not produpe
a cure, and believing that it has some specific effect
in counteracting the cause, and immediately ar
resting the disease, 1 am, yours respectfully,
Laurerce Reid.”
A correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot says the
following simple remedy for dysentery and bowel
complaints, was furnished by an old French phy
sician. Its beneficial effects have been tested:
, Receipt. One pint of clean oats, to be browned
the.same as coffee, but not to be ground ; put in a
clean vessel, with two quarts of water; then sim
mered over the fire until reduced to one quart;
when cool, decant it off. Dose for a grown person,
a common sized tumbler, sweetened with loaf
sugar, but; no milk or cream. Three tumblers in
almost all cases will afford relief.
Metamora Tribe, No. 2, L. O. of R.
M. of Lancaster.
At a meeting of the Tribe on the 16th inst., the
following Preamble and Resolutions were adopted
as reported by the Committee;
Whereas, It has pleased the Great Spirit of
the Universe to call'from us, our worthy and much
esteemed Brother Andrew Stortz, (of Logan
Tribe, No. t. of Baltimore City) who but a few
days ago was in perfect health. He had come from
his home to participate in celebrating the 7f?tfi An
niversary of American Independence, with the
Brethren of Metamora Tribe in this city. Having
accomplished the purpose of his visit, and getting
ready to take the cars for his home, he met with an
awful railroad accident, which prevented him from
following the hunt, and detained him in this city,
in the care of this Tribe. He breathed his last on
the 16th sun of the Buck Moon, at the 9th run of
the sleep.
He died having the full belief of his meeting the
Great Spirit above, who is prepared to receive
him. Be it therefore,
Resoltoed) That the Brethren of this Tribe deeply
sympathise with the friends and relations of the
deceased Brother.
Resolved further, That the Wigwam of Metamora
Tribe be closed in mourning for the space of 30 days,
and that the Brethren and members of this Tribe,
wear the usual badge of mourning lor the same
space of time.
Resolved further, Thu the Brethren of this Tribe,
offer their grateful thanks to Brother H. Kindig, at
whose house the late deceased Brother had been
laying (during his illness) for his unabating kind
ness and attention to the brother during his afflic
tion.
Resolved further, That the Preamble and Resolu
tions be spread upon the minutes of this Tribe, and
a copy of them bo forwarded to the family of the
deceased brother, with the assurance that this
Tribe deeply sympathise with them in their be
reavement, and a copy of them be sent to Logan
Tribe, Baltimore. •
Resolved further, copy of the Preamble
and Resolutions to the papers of our city
for publication, as also to the Baltimore Sun and
patriot. A. B. Kauthak,
Versailles, £*-. July- M.—Our-village
to day .has been the scene of an awful tragedy, iSt
Clair J. Buford, of this county, in a rencontre with
Qg 0 . W. Carter, former Sheriff was killed, and Car
ter was so injured that he is not expected to sur
vive. Carter was in the ip ol> mng, horribly rauti
lated and beaten with a stick, and so disabled that
be was taken to his room; and botbbeirig summon
ed in the afternoon at the, Court House, for trial
Buford'appeared before the Court. In the afternooi
the parties met, when Carter drew a pistol and
•Hot Buford dead oa the spot.
Letter from Colonel Bigler.
Amongjth l l etWnSo*the Union Celebration at
Easton, Pai, on theTourth, we find the following
fronv Colonel we commend to the
atM»tion : 'of all’ who ‘wish to know what is his
opinion on the great question of fidelity to the Union
and 7 the support of the.compromise measures passed
by. the Congress- »
Gentlemen:—l have been honored by the receipt
of jour highly flattering favor inviting me to join
you at Easton, on the 4th proximo, in commemo
rating in a suitable manner, the approaching anni*
versary of our National Independence. I regret
sincerely to be obliged to say in reply, gentlemen,
that a previous engagement will deprive me of the
great:pleasure I should take in being with you on
that interesting occasion.
The friendly terms in which you have been
pleased to extend this invitation—the patriotic sen
timents in which it abounds, ia reference to our
glorious Union and the significant “ United
we stand, divided we fall,” under which it is writ
ten, have greatly heightened the regret which I
should have felt under any circumstances at being
unable to avail myself of this proper opportunity,
which you have so kindly made known to me, of
meeting and taking by the hand the intelligent and
patriotic citizens of old Northampton.
The usual propriety and interest of a proper
commemoration ol our nation’s birth day, is greatly
augmented by the,.threatening circumstances which
have surrounded our national movements, for the
last lew years. The lively sensations of patriotism
—of love of country—of love for our whole coun
try—which each returning anniversary of this
greatest of all modern events, very naturally excites
in the minds of the American people, will be great
ly heightened on the approaching occasion, by the
evidences to be seen in all paits of the country, of
a growing disposition to abide the adjustment, made
by the late Congress, of the only controversy be
tween the members of our national confederacy
from which the least danger to the perpetuity of
the Union, could be • reasonably apprehended.—
The flattering hope they excited in all sections
of the nation, that a strict observance of the
obligations of the Constitution and a faithful main}
tenance of these measures of compromise, will
have the effect in a short time, to relieve the coun
try from the angry sectional conflict In which it
has already been too long engaged, will give a iresh
zest and a renewed zeal, to-.the ceremonies of the
approaching anniversary. ‘
Whatever diversity of opinion may have been
heretofore entertained by individual citizens and
statesmen, in reference to the various elements em
braced in these measures of compromise, no patriot,
jt seems to me, will seek to disturb this adjustment,
and again launch the nation on a sea of excitement
and danger, unless he can first demonstrate that bis
policy, whatever it may be, will result in some
greater practical good to the whole nation.' I say
the whole nation, for it is the wellare of the entire,
and not of a mere section of the country, which
the true patriot will seek to promote. Nor will he
refuse to do all the good he can, merely because he
cannot accomplish all that he deems wise and prop
er. If then a greater good is likely to result to the
country from the maintenance of these measures,
than can be secured by disturbing them, it is clearly
wise, even on the part of those who cannot approve
all their features, to acquiesce in their adoption.—
It is certainly no inconsistency or humiliation, in an
individual or a state, who may have contended
against snme particular features of this adjustment,
to acquiesce in the whole, as a compromise. It is.
clearly right to do so, unless it be entirely apparent
that a greater national good can be accomplished
by substituting some other mode of settlement.—
This, in my humble opinion, wouldbe a most diffi
cult and dangerous undertaking, and one which I
tear would cost the country dearly.
Those who are dissatisfied with theconsti!utional
provision lor the rendition of fugitives from labor,
should not forget that the compromise measures
also make provision for the suppression of the slave
mart in the District of Columbia, and that the
question of extending slavery' into the Territories
has been in the same way referred to the sovereign
will of the people who occupy the soil, a tribunal
which, it is not doubted, will in every instance, in
terdict its extension. This feature of the adjust
ment stands on high and glorious principles, the will
of the majority—the principle on which our revo
lutionary lathers determined to found all our re
publican institutions.
And what other disposition of this dangerous
controversy, let me ask, would have been more in
unison with the principles ot our government and
the compromises ol the Constitution, or have bet
ter answered the exigencies of the times? We'
cannot hope lor a peaceable continuance ot the
Union, il we disregard the great conservative prin
ciples on which it rests. The fundamental law of
our land cannot be sustained in part and abandoned .
in part; the Constitution must be maintained as a
whole, and that it is the clear intention of this in
strument, that every, fugitive from Übor shall be
returned to his master, will not be seriously denied.
It is then the clear duty of the people of the free
States, however, repugnant it may be to their incli
nations, to maintain and carry out this as fully as
any other clear requisition of the Constitution.—
The present law may answer the constitutional
purpose, and with this view its, execution should
be facilitated rather than embarrased by those who
are charged with the administration ot the laws.
How forcibly, in the present crisis of secional
conflict, do the admonitions of the father of his
country fall upon our ears, and bow we are con
strained to wonder at the almost superhuman saga
city which enabled that great and good man to
foresee and forewarn his people of approaching
dangers to their government from sectional con
flict. We cannot resist the conclusion that an All
wise Power gave direction to his judgment and
thoughts, nor should we think lightly of the lessons
ol wisdom which he has left,for our use. Let us
hope, then, that the admonitiqns of VYashington—
the glorious examples of the laws of 1776—the
remembrance of the brilliant past, and the cheering
hope of the future, may awaken, on the approaching
anniversary of our Independence, a spirit of patri-.
otism, of love for our entire country, of reverence
for the constitution, as shall constrain the American
people without distinction of party or sectional
locality, to embrace and adhere to our National
conlederacy as the sheet anchor of their political'
faith. The humblest service in. maintaining this
great fabric should be esteemed more honorable
than the accomplishment of the most brilliant de
signs of monarchy.
In conslusion, gentlemen. I must tender you my
most profound acknowledgements for the honor
which your invitation has confeired upon me, and
beg you to remember me to the good people ol old
Northampton, in whose bebalt this kind request has
been extended to me.
With sentiments ol high* regard,
I remain, gentlemen,
Your fellow citizen,
W. Bigler.
Abuse and detraction, appear to be the congeni
al themes of the editors and correspondents of the
Lancasterian. To'the low and. grovelling spirit,
such employment may find a willing echo; but to
the mind that is sustained by pure, honorable and
patriotic convictions ol right, alj such coqdqct be?
comes opprobrious, particularly when it has private
pique or personal animosity to gratify. I have ob
served with regret, sir, the well intended and un
disguised efforts ol a small class of politicians of
this»county, to tarnish the fame and personal char
acter of our fellow citizen Hon. JAMES BUCH \N
AN. My regret arises, not so much from any ap
prehension of their success in affecting this gentle
man’s personal popularity, but in witnessing the
violations of honor—the entire disregard of correct
principle—an indifference about veracity, and a
disposition to tear the laurels from his care worn
brow at the expense of the grossest violation of
justice. Under-such circumstances, his cit
izens have a right to speak without regard to party
predilections: they ha:ve a right to dplcnd hi? per
sonal character, *1 much as they have a right to .
protect his personal property. He 19 our fellow
citizen— he is of our community, and the poor never
turns from his habitation unrelieved, nor the tax
payer, unpaid.'
But this is bis sin! His integrity as a public
servant —his patriotism as a public officer—his be
. nevolence as a private citizen, have never been
questioned; but have elicited the warmest praises
from those, who now are most bitterly denouncing
him. Has it come to this 1 that because Brutus or
Anthony speak, we must all echo rebellion against
our honest convictions. We have an instructive
lesson, of such gross folly, in the decline, of the
Roman Empire. James Buchanan’s name will
stand prominently upon the records of time, as a
great benefactor ol the human family, when the
mantle of oblivion alone will jhide the disgrace of
his personal detractors. His fame, and the fame of
his good actions will re ich the remotest period of
our civil history: they will go down to the latest
posterity honoted and admired ; and as they roll on.
through the vista of years, like the pebble started
from the mountain summit—they will increase in
magnitude un-il the earth is full of both.
July 19th, 1851
John Axer,
Geo S. Ball, '
M. J. Weavtr.
Committee.
THE METHODIST CHURCH CASE.—Wo
learn from the New York papers, that the negoti
ations consequent upon the earnest recommendation
of the Court, for an amicable settlement of the
unfortunate dispute between thp two branches of
■he Methodist Episcopal Church, nave tailed—the
South making it a prerequisite; that the justice of 1
oer claim shall beadmitted.'and the Norm refusing
4® auk* any such acknowledgement,
Cleabtixid, June 25^,1851,
For (be laKUlfeoevr.
Our Fellow Citizen!
A Nxiohsob,