Jntciligcncer f ournal.
[Lancaster, September 2,1851.
GEO. SANDERSONi EDITOR.
DEMOCRATIC nominations.
for governor
COL. WILLIAM BIGLER,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY,
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.:
GEJS. SETH CLOVER,
OF 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.
Glorious Demonstration!
The-Democratic County Meeting, on Wednesday
last, was, a perfect avalanche of freemen. We have
witnessed many County Meetings in this abd other
counties of the Commonwealth during the last
twenty years—but never one that came up to this
in numbers, unity of sentiment, and enthusiasm. —
Long before Col. Bioler arrived on the ground, the
Orchard, where the rpeeting was held.,, was one
dense mass of human beings, and when he reached
the stand his presence was hailed with three tre
mendous cheers by the vast multitude-who had as
sembled to see and hear the “Susquehanna Rafts
man.” His speech which lasted about two hours,
was listened to with the most marked attention,
and received with the greatest demonstrations of
applause—and at the' conclusion the welkin was
made to ring with three times three for Col. Wil
eiam Bioier the next Governor of Pennsylvania.
The meeting was next addressed by Col John
W. Forney, of Philadelphia, in an eloquent and
appropriate manner, —and by the Hon. James Bu
charah, with his usual ability, both of whom were
repeatedly cheered by the multitude —the sentiments
they advanced meeting with the warmest response
in the breast of every Democrat present.
Take it all in all, the meeting was the largest
and most edthusiastic Democratic County Meeting
ever held in Lancaster, as were informed by the old.
est Democrats present, and is an earnest of what,
may be expected from the “Old Guard ,, on the second
Tuesday of October. Since the meeting of Wed
nesday, we hear nothing more of the six thousand
Whig majority in Lancaster county. That “Dem
ocratic Thunder” knocked the noise out of our op
ponents effectually, and they would how be very
willing to compromise for a third less. We say to
our Democratic friends abroad, be of good cheer.—
The sterling Democracy of Lancaster county will
give a good account oi themselves at the ballot
boxes, and Bigler, Clover and the whole Demo
cratic Ticket will receive a warm and enthusiastic
support.
The proceedings of this great Democratic meet
ing will be found at length in another column.—
The resolutions are strong, decided and* patriotic,
and we bespeak for them a careful perusal. There
was entire unanimity of sentiment and feeling, and
every thing passed oil with the greatest harmony.
In the evening another immense meeting of the
Democracy convened in front of Hopple’s Hotel,
and was again addressed by Col. Bigler, who was
only interrupted at intervals by loud and enthusi
astic cheering. This meeting was also addressed
in a truly able and eloquent manner by W. Y. Mc-
Kean, Esq., of Philadelphia, who also elicited the
warmest commendations and applause from the
multitude present.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.—A series of
lectures on Anatomy and Physiology are now being
delivered in the Mechanics 5 Institute, in this city, by
Dr. Gleason, of Philadelphia—so favorably known
in this country and Europe, as a gentleman of
science every way qualified to do full justice to the
interesting subjects. He commenced the course
on Friday evening last, and will lecture every eve
ning during the present week. He has a complete
Anatomical Musetim, consisting of French Mani
kins, Models, Natural Preparations, Drawmgs, En
gravings, Paintings, &c, &c., a sight of which is
alone worth the price of admission, cents.—
His lecture this evening will be on Respiration,
and to-morrow evening on the Skin.
We hope to see the lectures well attended, as every
perstm is interested in those subjects, and should,
if possible obtain a knowledge of the human sys
tem and the. laws which govern it.
07* Mr. Joseph B. Baker, of Salisbury township,
has our thanks for several lists of new paying sub
scribers to the Intelligencer, recently furnished.—
If some more of our active friends throughout the
county would follow his example, we should soon
have no reason to complain.
07* The West Chester Jeffersonian states that
Coi. J. S. Clendenin, one of the fifty victims of
the late Spanish butchery in Cuba, was a young
lawyer of New Orleans, and a native of Lancaster
county. He had served in the Mexican war, (aHa
Lieutenant in Col. Jefferson Davis’ regiment,) and
was in the battles of Monterey and Buena Vista.
ID* We are authorised to state that the names of
Dr. H. H Agnew andJLEONAiiD RoqKF.r, are pub
lished in the Lancasterian, as Committee men for
Sadsbury township, without their authority or
consent.
£D“There is nothing yet definite from Cuba.—
One day the report is that Lopez is successful—the
next day has him defeated. We think it useless to
give the details of these conflicting rumors, inasmuch
as a few days more must bring reliable news.
EXECUTION OF PHAROAH—On Friday
last, Geouge Pharoah, convicted of the murder of
Miss Sharpless, was executed in the prison yard,
at West Chester. He was about 19 years of age,
and was attended to the gallows by the the Rev.
Messrs. Moore and Patten. The criminal did not
deny his guilt, but blamed his parents for having
neglected to educate him propejly. He- could
neither read nor write.
ID* Col. James R. Snowden has written a
lengthy and able letter, exposing the efforts of Gov.
Johnston and his sattelites, to make political capi
tal out of the Sinking Fund and other reform meas
ures of the democratic party. Col. Snowden, it
will be remembered, was the efficient State Treas
urer, under the administration of the lamented
'Shunk.
Death of Ex-Gotebnor McDowell.— TheHon #
James McDowell, member of Congress, and for
merly Governor of Vriginia, died on the 24th ult.,
at his residence near Lexington, Va. Gov. McD.
was one of the ablest and most eloquent men of the
age—and his loss will be severely felt by the Dem
ocratic party, of which he was a brilliant ornament.
He had been in declining health for some time,
and domestic affliction probably hastened his death.
Hobbiblb Death. —The Pottsville Emporium
says that on the arrival of a train of Coal Cars at
Mount Carbon, during .Saturday night, fragments
of a human body were found attached to a brake
of one of the, Cars, and on examination other-por-
of the same body were found strewed along
the road from below Schuylkill Haven to the point
above njiihed, a distance of some six or eight miles.
Nothing was known respecting the individual who
had thqs been horribly mutilated, but it was con
jectured that in an attempt to get into one of the
Cars somewhere below Landingviile, the poor fel
low had been caught in the brake and thus held as
in a vice, until he was literally ground to atoms!
ID* The Democracy of Centre county have in
structed their delegate to the State Convention for
Gen. Cass. The delegates from Schuylkill county
have also been'instructed for Gen. Cass.
CtomtyXommKteeMeetlngv
Agreeably to the call of the Cbairmanythe Dem.
ocratic County Committee of Lancaster; County,
met at the public boose of William J. r Steele,.in;
the City of Lancaster f on Wednesday, the 27th of
August, 1851,at10 o’clock,-A. M. The following
mp mbers were present and answered to their namea
vfo:
/. NEWTON LIGHTNER, Chairman, and .Messrs:
Thomas Edwards, Peter A. Kimburg, Adam Ken
dig, Wendel Holl, John Fomey, John Elser, Henry
Jmhoff, Peter Gerber, James L. Reynolds, James H*
Barnes, John L. Keffer, William S. Amweg, George
M. Steinman, Henry E. Wentz, Isaac F. Lightner,
Henry E. Leman, Abraham Peters, Aildrew Leader,
David Laird, Jacob Neff, James Laird, Peter Felies,
John A. Brush, Thomas S. . Henderson, John R.
Miller, George Raub, sen., Dr. J C. Weidier, W*
Miller, George D. M’llvaine, James Hanna, Jacob
Gamber.
A resolution was offered hy^Andrew Leader, that
a County Convention should, be called for the pur
pose of settling a County Ticket—to which an
amendment was offered by I.’F. Lightner as fol
lows, viz: Resolved, That, it Is inexpedient to set
tle a County Ticket the present campaign, and
that the State Ticket, embracing the names of
Messrs. Bigler, Clover, Black, Campbell, Lewis,
Gibson and Lowrie, is sufficient to induce every
Democrat in the County to attend the polls and
assist their brethren throughout the State in elect
ing it by an overwhelming* majority. The
amendment was carried, and the original resolution
voted down.
The following Address to the Democracy of
Lancaster County, was then read and unanimously
adopted, after which the County Committee-ad
journed:
TO THE DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS OF LAN-
CASTER COUNTY
We deem it our duty, as faithful sentinels, to
warn you against the disorganization which still
exists in the ranks of out party in this county*—
This disorganization is of such a character as can
not fail to give aid and comfort to the enemy, rihd
is now, since the decision of the Reading and Har
risburg Conventions, purely factious and without
apology or excuse. The decision of these highest
political tribunals of our party* have been disre
garded and set at naught by the Amwake commit
tee, who are now proceeding as though such deci
sions had never been made. Although no longer a
Committee underlie least pretext of right, they
have undertaken to'call a Democratic County Con
vention to meet on the 10. th of September next,
with a view to the settlement of a county ticket,
which shall appoint six delegates to the 4th of
March State Convention. >
The solemn pledge given by Col. Frazer at the
Reading Convention stands unredeemed. This gen
tleman declared before the assembled Democracy
of the 3tate, that whether his delegates should be
admitted or rejected by the Convention, he would
cheerfully submit to its decision and exert all bis
influence to elect the ticket which might be settled.
The conduct of his defunct Committee is. a lament
able commentary upon this solemn pledge.
It may well be asked what, conceivable motive
can exist for the conduct of the Amwake Commit
tee? Had they'desired alone to try the relative
strength of the two dtvisions of the party in the
county, the way was open and plain. The regular
Committee, of which Mr. Lightner is the chairman,
was appointed at the County Convention on the ,sth
March last, for the 'ensuing political year. This
Convention, the delegates elected and the County
Committee appointed by it, have been solemnly
decided by the Reading and Harrisburg Conventions
to be the true and legitimate Representatives of the 5
Democracy of Lancaster county. A few months
will necessarily produce a call by the regular
County Committe of a county convention to elect
delegates to the 4th of March Convention; and if
the only object of tha_ disorganizes had been* to
measure their strength with the regular Democracy,
they would have waited until this appropriate oc
casion. But no, this is not their object. They de
sire to continue their disorganization. Their purpose
is oh the 10th of September “to appoint six delegates
to the 4th of March Convention, 55 with a full and per
fect knowledge that they t trill not—cannot be received.
Their object is to misrepresent the Democracy on
the Presidential question, and to exhibit, in a seem
ingly regular form, their own views on this ques
tions those of the Democratic party qf Lancaster
county. The path that duty requires your Com
mittee tb take is clear, and no persons see it more
plainly than the gentlemen composing the disor
ganizing Committee. They know that at the
proper time we will issue a call to the Democracy
of the County, giving due and ample notice, for
the election oi delegates to a County Convention to
select delegates to represent the County in the 5 4tb
of March Convention oil the questions of the Pres
idency and the Canal Commissionership. The
Committee of the disorganizers well knowing that
they could not accomplish their peculiar views in
a fair and open contest, under a call issued by the
regular County Committee, and desirous to avoid
a> trial which would inevitably result in their igno
minious defeat, resorted to an offer which it was
evident could not be accepted, to try the relative
trength of .the two-divisions, in September.
V This offer could not be accepted without stulti
fying ourselves, and insulting the two Democratic
State Conventions, by recognizing the existence of
the Amwake Committe in the very face of the de
cisions against them. It never was imagined for a
moment that-it could be accepted ; and it was only
made that its rejection might serve as a pretext for
continuing their disorganization. If the decisions
of the Conventions had been in their favor, they
would have laughed to scorn the impudence of any
such proposition coming from this Committee. The
very points, and the only points decided were that
the Amwake Committee had no rightful existence,
and that the Fordney Committee and their succes
sors legally represented the Democracy of the
County. The refusal to admit the Frazer-; dele
gates was but the inevitable consequence of this
decision. The whole argument in both, State Con
ventions turned upon this single question. How
there could be a doubt about the decision—and how
the Frazer delegates received a vote even of 47 out
of the 133 at the Reading Convention, and of 29
out of the 133 at the Harrisburg Convention, is
passing strange. The sole question involved in the
discussion was: Had the County Convention which
was called together by.the County Committee and
elected by the.people for the sole, exclusive and
expressed purpose of deciding upon the settlement
of a County ticket, the power of transcending their
authority and forcibly ejecting from office the Ford
ney Committee, and appointing the Amwake Com
mittee in its place at the end of five months, when
they had been appointed for one political; year at
the regular County Convention in the preceding
April. And yet this defunct Amwake Committee
were reckless enough to ask the regular Democratic
County Committee to annul and disregard the de
cision of the two State Conventions.
But if this imperative reason had not existed
against accepting the proposition of the Amwake
Committee, there would have been another equally
conclusive.
If a warm and angry contest is inevitable, why
not'postpone it until after the October electioh ?
Why should the Democracy of Lancaster County
voluntarily engage in an intestine war, and thus
weaken their forces, in the face of a.powerful en
emy? Why not postpone their domestic differ
ences until after the. common enemy had been van
quished, especially when this.postponement could
not injure the cause of either division of the party.
The importance of the approaching struggle in
Pennsylvania cannot be over estimated. In its result
are involved not only the beSt-interests of the State,
hut probably the integrity and permanence of our
blessed-Union. The patriotic of the land every
where, North, South, East and West are looking to
Pennsylvania with intense, with breathless anxiety.
No State the origin of our Govern
ment has ever excited so deep an interest among
the Democrats of our sister States. And is this a
moment for men who call themselves Democrats,
to jeopard the great interests of the party by exci
ting a contest again to decide the comparatively
unimportant issue which has been already author
itatively decided by the two State Conventions,
whether the Fordney-or the Amwake Committee
regularly represented the party.? We would ihvite
our erring brethren at least to postpone this ques
tion until after the election. Do they not perceive
that the Whigs are.openly sympathizing with them
and expecting aid and comfort from them ? Have
they not learned that at a recent Whig in
Chambersburg, a leading Whig politician of Lan
caster, boasted that heretofore the Whigs of Lan
caster County had counted their majority at five
thousand ; but since the defection of Col. Frazer
and His partizans and their hostility to Mr. Buchan
an, they expected to count their majority at ten
thousand ? • j
The settlement of a County ticket which the
Amwake Committee propose, can do no possible
good, and may effect much mischief. Should we
follow their example, we should then have a strug
gle the more fierce because among former political
friends, which could not fail,to do injury to our
State ticket. We are willing to avoid this for the
benefit of the great cause at any sacrifice of per
sonal feeling. Under such circumstances surely no
good democrat wouldfrovet the po&iph, of a can :
didate fbr'a conntjr office. T’~ ” “ ‘ 4 ' " "•
The settlement of a. ticket is not necessary to
bring the whole Democratic vote of the County, to
the pqlls. The vast importance ofl the flection
will accomplish this. v a Gover-;
nor and Canal Commissioner, we have_tb elect five
Judges of't he Supreme Court ,eh whose
in the last resort, the property, therlives and. the
liberty’of evefy citizen >in the Commonwealth may
depend. Our candidates are equal fosterling abil
ity for their respective positions; in stem integrity
and pure Democracy, to any who could have been
selected in the Commonwealth.
The settlement of a ticket would consolidate and
strengthen the Whig party of this County, by for
cing together for common defence the discordant
elements of which* it is composed.
Should the. disorganizing . portion of our party
settle a County Ticket, whether so intended or not,
it will play into the hands of our political oppo
nents. Let us not further distract the party by
following their example; but let all the consequen
ces be upon theirown head. It requires no dis
cernment to predict the result. They will naturally
desire to obtain for their County Ticket as many
votes as possible, and this will enable the Whigs
all over the County to trade off votes for County
offices-to disorganizing Democrats ,for votes in
favor of Johnston, Strohm and their State Judicial
candidates. That this arrangement will be made
to a considerable extent, we may infer from what
we hear of the dissatisfaction of individuals in,the
Frazer ranks, with different candidates on their
State ticket. Indeed the Amwake Committee not
considering themselves bound by the decision of the
Reading and Harrisburg Conventions in regard to
themselves, may with the same reason repudiate
the ticket settled by those Conventions. .
The regular Democracy of Lancaster County
occupy a proud position. They are sustained by
the Democracy of the State; and have only to con
tinue in the straight path of duty, without turning
to the right hand or the left.
On the 14th August, 1849, the County Commit
tee, of which William Mathiot was the chairman,
with the approbation of the entire Democracy of
the county, resolved that it was inexpedient and
premature to call a County Convention to elect dele
gates to represent the Democratic party of Lancaster
County in the State Convention, until withiira brief
period of its meeting. Accordingly the County Con
vention to elect delegates to the Williamsport Con
vention assembled in April, 1850, and appointed the
Committee of which Col. Fordney was chairman.
Under the call of this Committee a Convention was
held in March last t 6 £lect delegates to the Reading
and Harrisburg Conventions. These proceedings
stood the test at the two Conventions, and the del
egates elected in March last were received as the
regular and legitimate representatives of the De
mocracy of the County.. i
We shall follow the wise, politic and salutary
precedent of the Mathiot and Fordney Committees,
and issue a call for a County Convention to be held
a brief time prior to the meeting of the next State
Convention, under which the whole party in the
County will be invited to act, and through, which
alone they can rightfully be represented : Thus dis
charging our duty as the agents of the Democracy
in securing to every member of the party the right,
and affording the opportunity freely and indepen
dently to express his individual preferences in re
gard to the candidates for theoffice of President, and
Canal Commissioner and unawed by dictation or
threats, uninfluenced, by persuasions, unimpeded by
intrigues, and without disturbing the peace and har
mony of the party or prejudicing the election of
the State ticket.
We, therefore call upon the Democracy of the
County to discountenance the disorganizing and
factious plans chalked out for the Amwake Com
mittee by a few individuals in utter disregard of
their own plighted faith and the decisions of the
State Conventions, to gratify personal vengeance
and ? to sooth disappointed ambition. We warn
you not to permit yourselves to be placed by de
signing and intriguing men, by selfish and dissat
isfied politicians, in an antagonistical position to
the party throughout the State, by sanctioning at
tempts to impeach the • motives and reverse the
judgment of the two State Conventions; but uni-
I ting together in'support of the whole ticket, show
to-your brethren throughout the State and the
Union that, although oppressed by an overwhelming
majority which prevents you from participating in
the administration of the County affairs, or ob
taining a representation in the Legislature, you can
poll when the State or Nation desire your assist
ance and- support upwards of six thousand vole
for the good old cause of Democracy.
The Whig Convention
Met in the Court House on Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week. Contrary tp -expectation the
Silver Greys had it pretty much all their own way
and the following ticket was settled-without any
great difficulty:
President Judge —Henry G. Dong, Lancaster.
Jjssociate Judges —D. B. Vondersmith, Lancaster:
Jeremiah Brown, Fulton.
Stale Senate —Edward C. Darlington, Lancaster;
Dr. E. Kinzer, Leacock.
. Assembly —C. L. Hunsecker, Manheim ; B. F.
Martin, Ephrata; Moses PownaliySadsbury; Bar
tram A. Shaefler, Lancaster; John C. Walton, Ful-‘
to'n.
Sheriff —Elias Eby, Elizabeth.
Prothonotary —John K. Reed, ! West Earl.
Register —Luther Richards, Lancaster.
Recorder —John Brady, jr., Manor.
Treasurer —David-Shultz. Earl.
Clerk of the Orphans' Court —David May, Man
heim Borough.
Clerk of the Quartir Sessions —George R. Hen
drickson, Mount Joy.
Commissioner —Christian Hess, Paradisp.
Coroner —Frederick Dern, Lancaster.
Auditor —John Meeartney, Conestoga.
Directors of the. Poor —C. M. Greider, West Hemp
field ; William Gorrecht, Lancaster.
Inspectors of the . County Prison —Slater Brown,
Fulton; Daniel Brandt, Rapho.’
From the above ticket it will be perceived that
Lancaster county has given little Lebanon the
“cold shoulder, M and taken both Senators. How
this will be relished by the Whigs of that county
remains to be seen. Their favorite candidate, Mr.
Killinger—by the way a pretty clever fellow—who
was in town at the time, went home with “a flea
in his ear,” swearing vengeance against his brother
Whigs of the Old Gi/ard.
The Convention forgot to pass any resolutions
defining the position of the Whig party of Lancas
ter county on the Slavery question! If they had
done so, they might have placed their candidate for
Governor in an awkward position.
Since the above was in type we learn that, on
Saturday last, the Whig Conferees from Lebanon
county refused to endorse the nomination of Messrs.
Darlington and Kinzer—consequently, Mr. Killinger
remains in the field as the Whig nominee of Leba
non, and will no doubt poll the entire Whig vote of
that county.
Cambria for Buchanan.
At a meeting of the Democracy of Cambria
county, held at Ebensburg on the 25th ult. f the
following resolutions, amongst others, were unani
mously adopted:
Resolved. That this meeting cheerfully concur in
the resolution adopted by a late County Convention,
expressing their approbation of the patriotic course
pursued by Gen. Lewis Cass in restoring harmony
to our country by the passage in the last Congress
of the bills, and whilst we would
again cheerfully support him in the event of his
nomination for the Presidency, yet the first choice
of Cambria county is now as it has heretofore been
for Pennsylvania’s lavojrite son, James Bdchakait.
That in James Buchanait we possess
a candidate every way worthy of that exalted sta
tion,—whose purity of private character, eminent
abilities, and patriotisid, evjnced in a -long public
career in the service oj his country, has even forced
from our political opponents an acknowledgement
of his trancendant abilities,' and whose elevation
would pot only reflect jeredit upon the station, but
upon our State, the democracy of which have al
ways been ready to doj battle in defence ofrepubli
and measures
The same number
(heretofore a Cass paj
ceedings of the meeti
of the Mountain Sentinel,
; er,) which contains the pro
ing, has also'an able article
ajtas’s nomination.
in favor of Mr. Bo.chj
'or Buchanan.
Venango f<
unity Convention of Venango
in, on Wednesday last, and,
appointed Hon. Arnold Plu-
The Democratic Coj
county met at Frankli
after settling a ticket,;
mer and Col. William
the next State Conve
unanimously for Mr. Bi
the resolution: «
H. Laraberton delegates to
ation, and- instructed them
rcHANah. The following is
Resolved, That belie
.the unanimous choice <
county, for the next Pi
our delegates to the }
Harrisburg, on the 4th|
no person as delegate t
who is not favorable tq
'ing Ja!mes Bucha.hah to be
: f the Democracy of Venango
residency, we hereby instruct
Convention, to assemble in
-I of March next, to vote for
Ijo the National Convention;
1 his nonaination.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
T -. nmne. , ■ ■ .
j Agreeably to previons notice, an immense meet
ing of the Democracy t>t Lancaster county, and
the adjoining townships, of Chester copnty, was
held in the city of Lancaster, on -Wednesday the
27th inst The meeting was held in Longenecker’s
Orchard, a delightful spot in the north-eastern sec
tion of the city, and was organized by the appoint
raent of the following named officers, viz: I
President—JAMES PATTERSON, Eaq.iof Lit
tle Britain; . : I
Vice Presidents—Hon. Jacob Großh, Marietta;
John Elser, Esq., Elizabeth ; John Forney, Earl;
Dr. Ni B. Wolfe, Columbia; Lot. Rogers, Esq.,
Carnarvon; Adam Kendig, Conestogo; George G.
Brash, Manor C. Wiley, City; John
McSparren, Drufoore; Jno. F. Remiley, City; Rob’t
Moderwell, City; Henry'Eckert, Paradise; Henry
Reemsnyder, West Earl; Peter Felies, Warwick;
Henry Wertz,Manor; John L.Lightner, Leacock;
Thomas S. Mcllvgine, Salisbury; John Martin,
Conestoga; William White, Colerain; John Creiley,
Chester county; John R. Miller, East Lampeter;
Jacob Neff, Strasburg twp.; William Ecbternacht,
.Strasbnrg Bor.; [John Robinson, Martic; Isaac
Walker, Sadsbury; Robert Lafferty, Chester co.;
Dri Martin, Bart; Samuel Redsecker, Elizabeth
town ; Jtfcob Wineour, City; James Laird, Mount
Joy; Jacob B. Hamilton, Conoy; Frederick Sehner,
City-
Secretaries —James L. Reynolds, City; Colonel
Wm. S. Amweg, City; Andrew Leader, Marietta;
Lewis Fite, Washington Bor.; Molton R. Sample,
Leacock ; Jacob L. Gross, Ephrata.
The following Committee was then appointed, to
wgit upon Col. William Bigler, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, and invite his attendance
at the meeting, viz:
Capt Geo. Sanderson, Michael Withers, .J. J.
Cook, Dr. Samuel Humes, Sanders McCulloch.
It was then on motion resolved .that a commit
tee of thirteen be appointed by the Chair, for the
purpose of preparing resolutions expressive of the
sense of the meeting. The following gentlemen
were accordingly appointed, viz:
Wm. Mathiot, John D. Miller, Samuel Brooks,
P. W. Housekeeper, J. J. Libhart, Dr. Levi Holl,
Wm. Patton, A. L. Henderson, Anthony Carpen
ter, James Hanna, Henry E. Leman, Dr. Abraham
Bitner, Mark Connell.
;The Committee, after having retired for a short
time, returned and through their. Chairman repor
ted the following, which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved , That we cordially approve of the nom
inations made by the State Conventions at Reading'
and Harrisburg, and we hereby pledge ourselves to
sustain them heartily and zealously throughout the
campaign and at the ballot-box; knowing as we
do that the candidates on the State ticket are true
arid tried Democrats, ot just and acknowledged
ability, and in all respects worthy the suffrages
of their fellow citizens.
• Resolved , That in presenting Col-. Wm. Bigler of
Clearfield, as their candidate,, for Governor, the-
Democratic party have given unequivocal testimony
of their regard for the interests, prosperity .and
honor of the Commonwealth. The acknowledged
abilities of the nominee, his experience in public
affairs, his moral worth and purity of character,
eminently recommend him to the suffrages of the
people.
Resolved , That in Seth Clover, our candidate for
Canal Commissioner, we recognise an honest man,
worthy of the office for which he has been named,
and capable of performing all its important duties.
Resolved, That our Judicial Ticket comprising
the names of Jeremiah S. Black, James Campbell,
Ellis Lewis, John B. Gibson, and Walter H. Lowrie,
in the language of the Hon. G. M. Dallas “contains
as much learning, as much legal erudition, and as
much character as could be found in any five citi
zens of the Commonwealth, and that the whole
ticket is worthy of the confidence and support of*
the people.”
Resolved , Thatthe bold slanders of certain Whig
papers against our esteemed fellow citizen, Hon.
Ellis Lewis, have but endeared him the more to
his numerous friends in this county, as will be
abundantly shown by the vote he will receive at
the ballot boxes.
Resolved , That a revenue tariff, based upon the
ad valorem principle, is required to maintain the
true interests of the people ; that such a tariff will
afford equal privileges to the farmer, mechanic,
and manufacturer, and will furnish the greatest
good to the greatest number.
Resolved, That adherence to regular nominations
is the life blood of the party. That a firm, active
and honest support of the regularly nominated, can
didates, can alone give force and efficiency to -our
political organization, and is indispensible to the
success and maintenance of our cherished princi
ples. That those who, while professing to be
Democrats, oppose or disregard a regular nomina
tion, are foes infinitely more dangerous than the
open enemy.
Resolved, That of Lancaster co.
heartily approve ofthe Compromise Measures adop
ted by the last Congress. That they were concei
ved in a spirit of patriotism, to preserve our glorious
Union from impending danger, and that a faithful
and honest support of their several provisions,
without change or amendment, is the duty of every
American citizen.
Resolved , That.the repeal of the obnoxious sec
tion of the Obstruction Law of 1847 which refuses
the use of our jails for the safe keeping of fugitive
slaves, is .alike demanded by the mutual rights of
master and slave, and is in accordance with public
sentiment throughout the whole extent of our
Commonwealth. The refusal of Governor Johnston
to sign the repeal bill is a wanton disregard of the
wishes of the people, and an open >attempt to set
aside the plain constitutional-provision which re
quires the rendition of fugitive slaves.
Resolved , That we deeply sympathize with the
oppressed inhabitants of the island of Cuba in their
struggle to throw off the galling yoke of Spanish
tyranny, and the efforts of General Lopez and-his
gallant compatriots in arms, are such as must meet
a hearty response in the -breast of every true
hearted American.
Resolved, That the cold blooded butchery of fifty
unarmed and wounded American citizens, after
they had surrendered, because they were suspected
of aiding the patriots, is an act of diabolical wick
edness and cruelty on the partiOf the Cuban gov-*
eminent, which has no parallel in modern times—
and the honor of our country and the interests of
humanity require prompt and decided action on the
part of our government, so that the blood thirsty
tyrants may be brought to condign punishment.
Immediately after which, the first mentioned
Committee returned with Col. Bigler, whose ar
rival was greeted with loud applause and by ap
propriate-music from the’Lancaster Brass Band,
which was engaged lor the occasion.
After the cheering, consequent upon his arrival
at the ground, had subsided, Col. Bigler commen
ced addressing the vast assemblage.
He said he was glad to meet his fellow citizens
of Lancaster county. It was not the first time he
enjoyed that pleasure.; Often, in delegate meetings,
he had met the noble Democracy of Lancaster, and
he felt proud in acknowledging that nowhere'could
he remember of meeting sterner or more honest
to the cause of Democracy. The people
of Lancaster are celebrated for their industry and
their enterprise. - As Pennsylvania -was the first
State of the Union, so was Lancaster the most
prominent among the counties of the old JCeystonc
State. Rich in her mineral and agricultural pro
ductions —sound and safe in her devotion to the
principles of the Constitution and the Union.—
He was pleased, he said, to meet such a people
—a people beaming with intelligence—a democ
racy renowned in the annals of party warfare
for their strict adhesion to that'good old party
which has distributed its blessings as well through
out this State.as the Union. He came to meet the
people of Lancaster—he came to talk to the people,
and to define his position in relation to the great
questions now agitating the country. .
He alluded to the exercise of the franchise. It
was a sacred obligation; and no,man should exer
cise the J privilege without first understanding the
principles his vote must influence. His relation
to day, was peculiar; he stood before the meeting
the candidate of a great party, for thehigheat office
in the gift of the people. He wished, therefore,' to
declare his feelings and his principles,, so that all
could judge, and all could act underatandingly.
He wanted no man’s vote without first' convincing
him of the justice of his cause. He fought.beneath
a banner that had blazoned on its folds the .great
principles of Democracy—principles* by which he
determined to die fighting, or live triumphing.
He then entered into a lucid examination of the
financial affairs of the Commonwealth, and tho
roughly refuted the assumption made:by Governor
Johnston that by the establishment of ) a Sinking
Fund, (a fund, by the way, to of
which he is not entitled to the slightest credit,) he
had paid the State debt—examined in his usual
masterly manner the Tariff question, and took the
boldest and broadest ground in favor of the course
pursued by the National Democracy: in sustaining
all the compromise measures of the last Congress,
and avowed his determination in the event of his
election, to pursue such a course as would tend to
promote the just and the equal rights of all portions
of the Union without regard to sectional: prejudices.
The speech of Col. Bigler was received with an
enthusiasm never before witnessed in Lancaster,
and when he had concluded, the audience broke
forth into loud and apparently irrepressible cheers.
At the conclusion of Col. Bigler’s speech, which
lasted fully? two hours, loud calls were made for
Col. Johh W. Fornbt, who was present at the
meeting. His reception was most cordial. He
commenced by an allusion to his old friends and
the home of his childhood—the services and labors
they had undergone in the good cause in days gone
by. He then endorsed the Democratic State nom
inations, and spoke in the highest terms of ail the
candidates—of their ability, integrity and sound
Democracy—and urged his fellow citizens to sup.
port them with hearty good will. t He did not de
sire, to discuss the questions before - the people^
'se&at hedj’ ahd by
noble . CoL B.He closed his
eloquent retoaries amid the bod and repeated cheers
of the people present. [y.
After Col. F.bafl concluded, a load and unani
mous call 'Was made for the; Hon. XoasßucHAfu*.
He made bis appearance on the platform, and was
greeted with the utmost enthusiasm. .His remarks
which were eloquent anil pointed, occupied about
three quarters of an hoar.
-;! : *l
In commencing; he alluded to the, grandeur of
the spectacle presented by the meeting, which he
said could be seen in no other country on earth.—
Here the Humblest and the pcpudest meet on a foot
ing of equality, to. make, to unmake, or support the
laws, but elsewhere the laws are shore the reach
of the people, and are supported by the bayonet.—
They had met to-day to interchange feeling and
sentiment .raj reference to the nominations made by
the State. Conventions. With regard to the Gover
nor, all the omens were favorable, and looked to a
triumph. Pennsylvania had never elected two Whig.
Governors consecutively; one term of Whig gov
ernment was as much as she could' stand at one
trial. He felt certain the result would be same at
the coming election. He had never been mistaken
in a presentiment of this kind but once, and that
was when! Van Buren was defeated. He would
therefore predict a brilliant victory for the Demo
cratic army of Pennsylvania in October next. Mr.
B. next diluted to Gov. Johnston’s professions in
favor of a Wound currency, and referred to the relief
notes and other shinplasters. He said that every
one mußt feel the evil of such a currency as Gov.
Johnston by his acts seemed to favor. Who suffers
by this monstrous system of Whig Banking ? Is it
the speculator who snuffs danger from afar and
knows how to escape it?. No, it is the poor who
have these false tokens in their pockets, unconscious
of the ruin that is coming upon them. He next ex
amined Governor Johnston’s claims built upon the
Sinking and completely exposed his unfound
ed pretensions. Mr. B. then spoke of the Tariff,
saying that the word tariff is a French word, sub
mitted for the English word fox, end that the latter
.word should be adhered to—as people who talk of
Tariffs woiildj then have a better" idea of what is
meant. Taking this for a text, he proceded to show
that prohibitory tariffs, or tariffs for protection, were
in nothing but heavy taxes. Mr. B. said
he could not call the tariff of ’46 a perfect law, as
nothing human is, but it was very nearly so. At all
events, he said, if it is ever to be changed, it can
only be done Enough' the agency of the Democratic
party, as the Whigs had failed in every promise
they had made in regard to it.
Ifexperience showrfthe wisdom of some alteration
in the law, it can only be done by the power of the
Democratic party, and that should teach the Whigs
the folly offighting the Democratic party on this is
sue. ; 1
Mr. Buchanan next referred to the dangers threat
ening the Union. He spoke of the Government and
the union of these States as an edifice over the for
mation of which a favoring Providence must have
presided. Men must eventually be everywhere free.
Heaven had made him free—and this Union to be
the instrument of universal enfranchisement. But
it is threatened by dangers at home, and in what
way ? Simply this. A number of officious fanatics
in the North refuse to let the people of the South
manage their own affairs in their own way. What
would you think, said Mr. 8., addressing those near
him, if some tif your neighbors at a small distance
would persist in meddling with your family affairs
and thereby bringing you perpetual trouble. Would
you not be justly indignant? And just so it is with
your brethren of the South. All the South asks is
to be let alone in the peaceable enjoyment of its
rights —rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and
without which guarantee the Constitution could
now have no existence. All the South got by the
Compromise was the enactment of the Fugitive Law,
and that she wants honestly and faithfully executed;
“I read,” said Mr. 8., “the Southern papers at
tentively. They all give their support to the Union
and the Compromise conditionally on the faithful
performance of the Fugitive Slave Law,” andT be
lieve sincerely if you cancel or nullify that you de
stroy this Union. Now what will you do—repeal
it and hazard the safety of the Union, or enforce it
honestly and save the Union ? (To this question
there was a loud response of determination to sup
port the ; law.) “ The whole matter is in a nut
shell,” said Mr. 8., “ and there you have it.” —
There is a great and numerous party in this State
that favors the adverse policy, but will you vote
with that party ? (No! No! 1)
Mr. Buchanan then passed to the Pennsylvania
State law of 1847. He said, to say the least that
act was very uncivil and discourteous to the Gen
eral government. It had no jails in the several
States and ;had to depend on State courtesy. In
this case Pennsylvania stands in the unbecoming
attitude of allowing her jails to England and France
and, other Foreign States, whilst she refuses them
to her nearest sister, Maryland. Mr. Buchanan then
applied his remarks to the approaching election,
and said the election of Col. Bigler would be a
triumph for the national Constitution. All his cor
respondents unite in regarding it in that light. We
should remember this, for invoting for him we vote
for a great principle as well as for the man. Stick
to the ticket is a good text and it is good only ror
the reason I have stated. That is the philosophy
of it. We vote for principles, the men are mere
instruments.
Mr. B. then passed a high eulogium on Gen. Seth
Clover, and exhorted the meeting to stand closely
by him as a man every way deserving of their thor
ough and cordial support.
With regard to the Judges, he repeated his for
mer endorsement of the whole ticket; remarking
that there had been some feeling against Judge
Lewis and Judge Campbell, but that it was rapidly
dyiqg away. They abused Judge Lewiß as a runa
way apprentice, but so was The people
of Lancaster know Judge Lewis, and I think neith
er Whigs nor Democrats , complain of him here.—
The opponents of Judge Campbell have got tired
of the cant that he is not fit. I make the prediction,
that he will have been on the Supreme Bench but a
few years, when he will be admitted to be one of
the most fortunate selections ever made. Mr. B.
then alluded to the religious opposition, and tho’t
that in a country like this it could not amount to
much.' He then exhorted the Democrats present to
pursue the plain path of duty in support of the
ticket settled by the recognized authorities of the
party. In exhorting them to exertion, he said that
although the Democratic party is in a minority in
Lancaster, their 6000 votes in a State election, were
of as much consequence and value as any 6000 in
“ Glorious Old Berks,” or any other county in the
State. Alter reciting a beautiful and apt piece ol
poetry, he retired amidst the enthusiastic plaudits
of the meeting.
Mr. B. sat down amid loud demonstrations of ap
plause, when the meejing adjourned at about 5
o’clock/
THE MEETING IN THE EVENING.
At about 8 o'clock, the Democracy of the city
assembled. at Hopples, and a more numerous and
enthusiastic outpouring of the lion-hearted Democ
racy of Lancaster was never assembled in this city.
The workingmen who could not attend the meeting
in the afternoon, the clerks in stores, the business
men generally of the city, whose engagements'"
would not permit their presence in the afternoon,
were all assembled, and enthusiastic cheers for
Bigler, and calls for his appearance to address them,
were unanimous and spirit-stirring. When Col.
Bigler appeared in front of the hotel, a shout of
welcome went up, which seemed to rend the air.
His address was of the most eloquent and impres
sive character; but we have not room to give even
an outline of it. It is sufficient to observe that it
was a truly eloquent speech, and fully sustained
the high character he had established for himself
in his very: able address in the afternoon, and excited
the utmost enthusiasm in the thousands who heard it.
He was followed By W. V. McKean, Esq., of Phila
delphia, who reviewed Gov. Johnston's pretensions in
connection with the financial prosperity of the State,
and his course on the Obstruction Law f the posi
tion of the Whigs in presenting such a candidate
in Pennsylvania as John Strohm, and concluded
with a sketch of the character of Judge Campbell,
and the causes, character and narrow limits of the
opposition to him. At the conclusion of Mr.
McKean’s address, which occupied about an hour,
the meeting adjourned with three vociferous cheers
for Bigleb, Cloyeb, and the whole Democratic
ticket. ; :
Letter from Wm. Searlglit.
William Seabight, Esq., of Fayette county,
was a candidate for Canal Commissioner before.the
last Democratic State Convention, and received, for
the office a large vote. Since the adjournment of
that body, a few desperate and unscrupulous men
have attempted to use his name as an excuse for
disorganization. The following manly and oppor
tune'letter; however, in the last Mifflin True Denfo
crat , addressed to Gen. Reuben C. Hale, of Mifflin
county, is an extinguisher. We copy it with great
pleasure: j
“ Harvest being now over, I have gone to work
and will continue working, until the election, for
the ticket, the whole ticket, and nothing but the
ticket. Our friends in the south-westhave entered
upon the campaign in good earnest, and you may
expect a good report from our lion-hearted Democ
racy. I regard the usages of the Democracy as
sound, and regular nominations as inviolable. ' I
have given thirty; years of service to the cause of
Democracy, and I will devote as many more years
to that same justi cause as Providence will mete
out to me of health and strength.
Yours, very truly, William Seabight.*
IP* Among the inventions of modern science,
few confer a greater benefit on the community than
that contribution of Chemistry to the healing art,
known as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral In our advertising
columns may be found the evidence of distinguished
gentlemen, that shows their confidence in its pecul
iar efficacy to cure distempers of the Throats and
Lungs.
(GHCAH'SIiAN]
SomeoftSe morereckless and
presses qre re-pnbliahing slanders which
Samuel D/’lagham, Judge Lewis
nine years ago, :and which were triumphantly
fated the instant they;made.their, appearance;} by
the vefy witnesses' wfcich Mr. Ingham 'referred to
.in order, to sustain hia lt is notorious that
Samuel D. Ingh&m'‘ahd Lewis S. Coryell are hand
and glove, and. are regarded as one and identical—'
the substance and the shadow. So much is this
the case, that it is humorously remarked of them,
that “when one takes snuff the other sneezes.”—
•Their statements are therefore taken together.
They pretend that in 1840, Mr, Thomas Chambers,
of Danville, in the presence of Judge William
Donaldson,.of tbe same place, exhibited a letter
purporting to be written/by Judge Lewis relative
to the purchase of an interest in the establishment
of the Pennsylvania Reporter, and that a consulta
tion and certain proceedings thereupon took place,
in which Mr. Chambers and Judge Donaldson were
principal actors. It is not very material to the
reputation of Judge Lewis whether be wrote such
a letter or not, as nothing but the wildest reasoning
of an evil-minded man could torture the transac
tion into any thing improper. Judge Lewis how
ever, in his testimony under oath before a commit
tee of the Legislature, Btated that he “had not the
slightest recollection of writing any such letter,”
and that he who made the statement was “drawing
upon his imagination for his facts.” Mr. Ingham
stated in his testimony that he “had never seen
Judge Lewis write, and was not acquainted with
his band writing.” Under such circumstances he
ought not to-have been permitted to give evidence
relative, to the‘ ; alleged letter. And every lawyer
knows, and Mr. Ingham knows, that he ought not
to have given in evidence the contents of an alleg
ed letter, until Mr. Chambers was called upon to
produce the letter itself. It was the violation of
these wholesome and safe rules of evidence which
has enabled Mr. Ingham to make a mountain out
of a mole hill. But mark how the testimony re
futes his whole statement.
Mr. Ingham refers to Mr. Thomas Chambers as
haying produced the letter purporting to have been
written .by Judge Lewis. The following statement
rpade by Mr. Chambers under oath, before the
Mayor of Philadelphia, and published in the Penn
sylvanian of 1842, the moment he saw Mr. Ingham’s
pamphlet, flatly contradicts the statement of Mr.
Ingham in every material fact. Mr. Chambers is
a Whig, a gentleman of character, is now and was
then President of the Montour Iron Company, is
the son-in-law of the late distinguished Judge Dun
can, and is the brother of the Hon. George Cham
bers, now on the bench of the Supreme Court, and
one of the Whig nominees on the Judicial ticket,
for that Bench. His high standing will secure the
most implicit confidence in his statement. It cer
tainly cannot be said that either his politiccl or
personal partialities would be likely to influence
to make a false statement to favor Judge L<
His statement follows
Philadelphia , ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber, M
of-the City of Philadelphia, Thomas Cham
who upon oath duly and solemnly adminisl
doth depose, as follows:
Ist. That he visited Harrisburg on the 18th of
February 1840, at the special instance and request
of Thomas Dunlap, Esq., President of the Bank of
United States, to procure by fair and honest
sentation the passage of a law that would authorize
the Banks to prolong tbe suspension of specie pay
ments and relieve them from all penalities beyond
the ordinary six per cent interest and Common
Law remedies—and that he remained there until
the close ol the Session. I
2d. That whilst there, he held no conversation or
correspondence, with any individual, of a corrupt
character, and that he knew of no corrupt means
used either directly or indirectly, for the purpose
of influencing the action of the Legislature orjany
department ol the Government for the benefit of
the Banks. - j
3d. That he was associated at no time with any
individual or individuals, “who had any money to
expend for legislation,” and that he had no control
either directly or indirectly over any fundi; or
money of the Bank of the United States, nor was
he aware that one dollar was expended by that
bank or by any individual or individuals for it to
influence the Legislative action. ~ ' j
4th. That he had no acquaintance whatever With
either Daniel M. Brodhead or Joseph Solms and
.was never to his knowledge in the company of
either, and neither directly or indirectly correspon
ded or had any transactions of money or business
with either—nor was he made acquainted With
any of their arrangements—nor had reason to be
lieve or suspect that they had money to disburse
lor any object at Harrisburg—or that they vere
the agents for any ol the Banks.
sth. That he never received from the. Bar
the United States one dollar as remuneratioi
his services or as a gift or fee—the only money
to him being a bill of expenses of $5OO, the
ticulars of which were given, in an account
dered to the: bank, and produced before the
mittee at Harrisburg.
6th. That he left the State, on the 14th of
1841, on a visit of business to New Yor'
Boston,-end did not entertain the most remote
that his testimony would be required at Harris
—knowing that no testimony, if the truth was
hered to, could reflect or leave a stain upon
character, and that such has been the result islevi
dent from that testimony—that it has been tolhim
a source of regret that he was not apprised by
either Judge Lewis, S. D. Ingham, or Lewis S.
Coryell, at the time of the. facts at issue between
them, as he cheerfully would have attended at
Harrisburg—and is now and at all times reacjy to
attend at such times as may be agreed upon, before
the Mayor of the city of Philadelphia, and in (heir
presence be examined by the chairman’ofjthat
Committee (Mr. Sharswood,) touching all matters
referred to the Committee of Investigation. I
7th. That he remained in New York and Boston
in entire ignorance of the testimony elicited before
•the committee, and heard nothing in relation to the
same until July 26th, when on his way to Wash
ington city, he met in the ; hurry and bustle 'of a
Ferry Steam Boat from New York to Jersey city,
Lewis S. Coryell, who detailed to him the test!
mony of Samuel D. Ingham and himself, and he
then told Coryell, that he and '"Mr. Ingham were
under a mistake, and that no letter or proposition
in writing was ever addressed by Judge Lewis to
said Chambers in relation to the pujchase of the Re
porter, or any paper having his signature or in his
hand writing exhibited to S. D. Ingham or himself,
and remarked, “why should Judge Lewis address a
letter or a note to me when he was at Harrisburg
lodging within two hundred yards of me, and in
daily intercourse with me, and particularly if it was
as you think, of a corrupt character—would not
such a mode of approaching me be ridiculous and
absurd in the extreme.”
Bth. That no letter or proposition in writing was
ever addressed by Judge Lewis to him, in relation
to the purchase of the Reporter or securing its
columns for any object, or any paper having his
signature or in bis hand writing, or dictated (so far
as he knows) by him exhibited either to Samuel
D. Ingham or Lewis S. Coryell, and that no note
was ever written by him to said Lewis in relation
to this purchase. That his recollection is disjinct
and positive, and that, anything to the contrary is
absolutely and unqualifiedly false. I
9th. That he returned to Danville Irom Wash
ington city, August Bth, and on August lGth or
17th, was called upon by Judge Lewis, (in <jom
pany with Senator Headly,) when he propoupded
the questions as contained in his letter of the 18th,
and they were immediately replied to in the | lan
guage ot his of the 19th of same-month, before he
had seen the testimony as given by either of the
from the time he left the State until
that day he had neither conversed with or corres
ponded with Judge Lewis on any subject, and that
all his conversation in relation to the testimony of
S. D. Ingham and Lewis Cor yell took’place in the
presence of Senator Headly. . I
1 Oth. That he left Danville on the 24th of August
for New* York city, and from that time to this has
neither corresponded or conversed with Judge Lewis
upon this or any other subject, and from that time
to this has only been at Danville about one week,
having had the “same powerful inducements” for
being absent so long, that he had during the months
of June and July.
11th. That up to this time he has had no con
versation or correspondence in relation to this sub
ject, with Judge Donaldson, although “he sits upon
the same bench with Judge Lewis.”
12th. That whilst at Harrisburg or during his
agency there for the Bank of the United States, he
never conversed or corresponded with Geo.'Handy,
or Handy with him, upon the subject of the desired
legislation, nor had he any intercourse with him
either there or in Philadelphia during the pendency
of this question.
In conclusion, he takes this occasion to declare
in the most solemn manner that every word as con.
thelcuth, the whole truth aud
Robing boi thiUs&r ahdthat having been trained
'firom'eariy lifc,^ c es t sense of honor, nothing
'could him,4ohave visited Harrisburg
with the the desired legislation,
but thebelfef&hat it was demanded by the business
of thecouutryjand would promote the bestinterests
of the Stati ~ - THOS. CHAMBERS.
< . ‘ October 28th, 1842.
* - Sworn and. subscribed [copy] before
Johit M. Scott, Mayor.
Mr.'logbam next refers to Judge William Don
aldson and participating in the delibera
tions and measures which took place upon reading
the alledged letter from Judge Lewis. But Judge
Donaldson, the.ippment he saw the pamphlet of
Mr. Ingham, promptly nailed the slander to the
counter, by publishing in the Whig paper of Dan
ville, edited by Mr. Cook, the following statement
under oath. Let it be remembered-that Judge
Donaldson is the brother-in-law of Mr. Cowden,
the late President of the West Branch Bank, with
whom Judge Lewis was then at variance, and that
Judge Donaldson and Judge Lewis had, at the very
time the statement of the former was made, a law
suit pending, growing out of Mr. Cowden’s failure.
Judge D. therefore cannot be supposed to be biased
in favor of Judge Lewis :
From the Danville Democrat of 1542,
Mr. Cook : —I have seen tbe pamphlet of Samuel
D. Ingham, on the subject of the resumption res
olutions, passed by the. Legislature in the spring of
1840, in which he states, that when examined before
the Committee, I pleaded “non mi mortfo” as to a
letter which he states was written by Judge Lewis
N to Mr. Chambers. Knowing that his statements,
.so far as he connects my name vjjjth the trabsac
tions referred to, are untrue, I
to makffiie following statement:
1. That Thomas Chambers'never exhibited to
S. D. Ingham, or to any other person in my presence,
any letter from Judge Lewis relating in any manner
to the purchase of the Reporter.
2. That no answer to any such letter was written
by Mr. Chambers, or dictated by Mr. Ingham, or
written or dictated by any one else, in my presencb.
3. That I had no conversation with Judge Lewis
or any one else at any time on the subject of any
improper means to procure legislation, and that I
had no knowledge whatsoever of Brodhead's.money
transactions.
4.1 was not more the sub-agent of Thos. Cham
bers than the Hon. S. D. Ingham was. I came to
Harrisburg, partly on account of my own busi
ness interests, and partly at the solicitation of Mr.
Chambers, and among others of Mr. Coryell, as
stated in my testimony before the Committee.
5. That, although I sit on the same bench with
Judge Lewis, I do not live in the same county, and
that I only see him occasionally, and have at this
time a pecuniary controversy with him, arising out
of his claims against the estate of my brother-in
law ; that there are no relations between me an
the Judge that would prevent me from disclosing
the truth ; and I make this statement without any
previous consultation or correspondence with Judge
WM. DONALDSON.
Lewis.
Columbia County, ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber, one of
the Justices of the Peace in and for the aaid county,
William Donaldson, who being duly sworn accord
ing to law, saith that the foregoing statetnentis true.
Witness, my hand, this l*7th day of Nov. 1842.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 17th day
of November, 1842. William Kitchkx, J. P.
ID-We trust that those papers which havo copied
Mr. Ingham's statement, will do Judge Lewis the
justice of inserting the above communications.—
Danville Democrat.
Mr. Ingham endeavors .to extract an infer
ence from an expression contained in a letter from
Mr. John C. Boyd, formerly one of the Directors in
the Tide Water Canal Company, then residing on
'his farm near Danville. The better to accomplish
his object, Mr.Tngham falsely alleges that Mr. B.
was a director of the U. S. Bank. But, as soon as
Mr. Boyd saw the Ingham pamphlet, he cleared up
the matter and swept Mr. Ingham's ground from
under him, so that nothing wds left to justify his
irrational inferepces. Mr. Boyd’s statement is copied
from the Whig paper called the “Danville Dem :
ocrat,” of 1842; and follows:
From the Danville Democrat.
To the Editor of the Democrat: Sin:—Having
noticed in a pamphlet, recently published. (I pre
sume by S. D. Ingham, Esq.,) on the subject of the
resumption resolutions, ot the spring of 1840,
that my name is there introduced as a Director and
Agent of the Bank of the United States, for the
purpose, I would suppose, of inculpating the Hon.
Ellis Lewis, endeavoring to show by inference from
my testimony before the Committee, that the test!
mony of the Judge was untrue, I deem it due to
that gentleman, as well as to my own reputation,
to state, that at the time of the passage of said
Resolutions I was not a Director in said Bank , nor
did I own a single share of stock; neither was I em
ployed by an officer or Agent of that or any other
Banking Institution. I did not receive, directly or
indirectly, any compensation whatever, having
merely stopped a lew days on my way home from
the city, and feeling great anxiety on my own and
brother’s account, having made extensive purchases
of property, and ’believing the passage of the Bill
would have a beneficial effect on our future interests,
and the interests of the community generally, was
willing to devote any leisure time I had, to aid in
its passage.
for
paid
par
ren-
As regards what I said in my letters to Mr.
Handy, in relation to the Hon. Ellis Lewis, I did
not mean to insinuate, that he was influenced,, in
his leaving Harrisburg, by any improper motive.
I knew him to be the warm and zealous friend of
the State Administration and the Improvement
system—neither of which, in my opinion, could
prosper without the passage o( tho Bill to which I
referred. For these reasons I inferred, without anyo
intercourse with him, that he was friendly to tho
measure; but when I found on arriving at Harris
burg, that he was unfavorable, or so indifferent as
to have gone home, I spoke of his absence as
“mysterious” without the slightest intention of con
veying the idea.that there was any thing improper
in his proceedings. **
It may be proper to add that I believe be had no
knowledge whatever of. the Brodhead transactions,
as will appear by my testimony before the Com- ,
mittee. Yours, &c.,
idea
ad
his
Nov. IC, 1842. JOHN C. BOYD.
Mr. Ingham further endeavors to sustain himself
by perverting the meaning of an expression in a
letter of Joseph Solms, relative to some '‘Judge,”
not named, who had “ left the place.” But he
forgets to state that Mr. Solms, when put under
oath, named another and a different Judge as the
-person to whom he might have referred; but pos
itively and distinctly declared on oath, that the letter
tl did not refer to Judge Lewis ” —because ,he “ knew
him only by being introduced to Him in the Senate
Chamber, and never spSke to him but once in his life.”
Mr. Ingham thinks it strange that Judge Lewis
should visit Harrisburg for recreation during the
session of the Legislature, in the spring of the
year, after a long winters close application to his
Judicial duties in the North. But he forgets that
Harrisburg was at once the scene of his humble
apprenticeship and of his distinction in the Legis
lative Hall and in the Cabinet—of his early hard
ships and of his final triumphs over adversity—that
it was at this spot, (but a few miles from his birth
place,) he met and mingled with the friends of his
youth and the associates of his riper years. Mr.
Ingham's inability to appreciate the motives which
could induce an occasional visit to a place frahght
with so many hallowed associations, only ptoves
him to be a stranger to the most natural feelings of
all the rest ot mankind.
The motives of this attack upon Judge Lewis
will appear by the following extract from an able
article taken from the Bradford Reporter of Dec.
7,1842, edited by E. S. Goodrich and Geo. Sander
son, Esquires. The latter gentleman is now the
Democratic Senator from that district:
“ We think w*e can furnish the reader a clue ta
this whole matter, and unravel the cause of the
mysterious perversion of language byJVIr. Ingham.
We have said, that be intimated that be bad no
motive for wishing to injure Judge Lewis, allhough
in his testimony before the committee, Mr- Ingham
admits that he was at Harrisburg Tor the purpose
of influencing the Legislature to give relief to the
banks* he had much interest at stake, and for aught
we can see, was in a position as descreditable to
bimself, as he wants to make out Judge Lewis to
have been. But notice wbat Mr. Ingham says of’
himself: — ,
“ With Judge Lewis, who seems to complain of
injury, I bad been acquainted for some years; we
never had the slightest difference; there was no
possible rivalship or collision oT interest between
ns; he was withal a near relation by marriage to a
deceased friend lor whom and whose surviving
family I must ever entertain a sincere and abiding
regard. How malevolent, as well as reckless of
moral and religious obligation, must be that breast,
which under such circumstances, could deliberately.*