intelligencer &■ Journal. Lancaster, September 9,1851- GEO. SANDER9ON, EDITOR. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS; FOR. GOVERNOR col. wnuuH bisießj OP CLEARFIELD COUNTT, FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER : OEM. SETH CIOTER, or CLARION COUNTT. FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT; JEREMIAH S. BLACK, Somerset. ' JAMES CAMPBELL, Philadelphia. ELLIS LEWIS, Lancaster. JOHN B. GIBSON, Cumberland. WALTER Hi LOWRIE, Allegheny. Democratic Union Club, Mo. 1. Tiir, members of Democratic Union Club, No. 1, ot Columbia, are requested to meet at the public hnuse ol Samuel Whitehall, on Satuiuut Evxniko next, the 13th inst., to make preparations to receive Col. Bigler, on his visit from York to this place on the 27th proximo. By order ol the Pres t. Sep. 0 . C. M. STRINE, Sec y. Democratic Meeting at Slioeneck! A Democratic Meeting will be held at the pub lic house of Samuel Shower, in the Village of Shoeneck, West Cocalico township, on SATURDAY., THE 4tU OF OCTOBER, at 1 o’clock, P. M. ‘ , _ Distinguished Speakers, will be present, and Ger man and English addresses will be delivered. fD* Turn out to the meeting. .Sept. 9, 1801 MANY DEMOCRATS. 07* A list of Premiums to be awarded at the State Agirculfural Fair, to be held at Harrisburg next month, will be found on our first page. 07" We direct attention to the card of W. San ,ord Mason, Portrait. Painter, in another column. Mr. M. comes amongst us with a fine reputation as an artist, and we hope to see him liberally en- couraged. Great Scientific Discoveries. —By Dr. J. W. Cooper. See advertisement in another column. A Meat Engraving. We have-seen a specimen of the new engraved City Bonds with Coupons, which are to be issued by the Councils in place of the old printed Bonds. The plate was designed by our townsman, J. FnANKLiN Reigart, Esq., whose skill as a pens, man and draughtsman cannot be surpassed, and the engraving is the work of Danforth, Bam & Co., the celebrated bank note engravers, Philadel phia. 1 The bond is one of the most beautiful specimens of the kind we have ever seen. The vignette, form ing an oval of about five inches in length, is a per fect representation of the Lancaster City Water Works, with the Farm and Buildings attached. An old fashioned team and wagon are seen leaving the mill loaded with flour, and the Conestoga is enli. vened with fishermen at and below the dam. At the fording a drove, of cattle are crossing, whilst above the dam, in [he deep shade of the yveeping willows, is seen the delicate and graceful swan.— A likeness of Gen. Washington is on the light of the vignette, and one of Robert Fulton on the left. Full length figures of Liberty and Justice adorn each side of the Bond—whilst a view of the Rail road Depot and a train of cars occupies one corner, and on the other a Lancaster county harvest field. Take it altogether—in its design and execution— it exhibits the finest taste combined with the high est style of art, and is highly creditable to the De signer and Engravers. ' A Decided Failure! The Delegate elections of the Disorganizes were very slimly attended in this city—much more so than their elections of last November, although they made tremendous exertions to get out ji re spectable vote. In the East Ward,one ofthemost active leaders in the work of disorganization, who is one of their delegates elect—we allude to Mr. Walter G. Evans—was also very active and effi- cient nt the U'/iig delegate election in that Ward, J on the 23d ult., and was mainly instrumental in carrying the lavor of the Woolly “Straws show which way the wind blows,” and we suppose the Whigs assisted him in-turn bn Saturday evening. A correspondent in Columbia, whose letter giv ing a graphic description of the Disorganize^ 1 Meeting, f|-c., came to hand too late for. insertion this week, but which shall appear in our next, in forms us that there were but eighteen, all told, who participated in the election of delegates, only twelve ol whom were legitimate voters 1 We also learn that in West Donegal, the Disor ganizers had but six votes, in Mount Joy Borough seven, in Marietta e/cven, and in E. Hempfteld Jive votes! In Salisbury, Conoy, Warwick, Mount Joy township and Washington Borough they had no election 1 Next week w e shall endeavor to give theVesult over the whole county—and we hope our Demo cratic friends will furnish us with the facts as they occurred in the several districts. Col. Bigler’s Appointments. Col. Bigleu is doing yeomans service in the good cause. His appointments to speak, for the present month, are as follows: Clearfield county, Brookville, Jefferson county, Clarion, “ 3t f u Franklin, Venango “ ’ l “ Meadville, Crawtord “ •?'“ Mercer, “ Butler, “ ' Kattahning, Armstrong, “ u Pittsburg, Allegheny “ u Beaver, “ “ Washington, “ . loth ‘‘ Waynesburg, Greene “ 16th u Uniontown, Fayette “ 17th u Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland co. lSth Greensburg,. a 19th *• Bedford, “ 22d “ M’Gonnellsburg, Fulton “ 23rd “ Franklin, “ 24th “ Cumberland, York, ANOTHER EDITOR IN LUCK!—We ne glected to mention in our last issue that George Sthoop, Esq., the indefatigable editor of the Perry Democrat, had received the nomination'of Associ ate Judge ■ for that county. We make our best bow to his honor, and trust that the gallant De mocracy of Perry will endorse His nomination by 1000 majority. JET" The Pittsburg Post of Friday last—the leading Democratic paper of Western Pennsylvania carries at its mast-head the names of James Bu- chawan for President, and William R. King for Vice President, accompanied with an able article in favor of their nomination. , _ ■jp- Our late townsman, Geoboe W. McElboi, Esq., is to deliver an address to the German citi zens of Meadville, in their own language, on the subject of Democracy, to-morrow evening. Mr. McE. will do full justice to the subject. DEATH OF JUDGE WOODBURY.—Hon. Levi Woodbury, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the U. States, died at his resi dence in Portsmouth, N. H., on Friday evening-last. He was, at the time of his death, sixty-one years of age. His disease was inflammation of the stom ach. 10-Hon. John N. PunviiNCE—so well known, as the able and accomplished Auditor General of the State for six years—has been nominated by the Democrats for the President Judgesbin of the But \ ler and Mercer district. We hope he maybe ejected. Organize! Organize! We would "suggest to our; Democratic friends throughout the county, to organize without delay for the campaign, where' they have'not already done so. The election is approachingrapidly. Bat live weeks yet remain to perfect thK work, and he ready for the polls. The Whigs are organizing jn every borough and township, with a view of bring ing out their entire strength on the day of election and if Ihe Democrats would poll their full vote, they most use corresponding ;exertions. We have a glorious ticket in the field for State officers, all of whom are worthy,to receeive the vote of every Democrat in the county,- and it would be a burning shame if, through supineness or indifference, any should fail in discharging their whole duty to the party and its candidates for Governor, Canai Com* missioner and Supreme Judges. See to it, fellow Democrats; that all your voters are regularly and properly askessed—ascertain our strength in every-district in the county—impress upon the lukewarm the necessity of prompt and vigorous action—and let nothing bo left undone, in a fuir and honorable way, to give Col. BtotEn and the whole ticket the six thousand Demucratic votes contained within our borders.; This is a matter of deep importance, and the work should be commen ced without delay by the Township Committees, and they should be aided and: assisted by all the active and influential Democrats in their respective neighborhoods, ; I Again, fellow Democrats, we urge you to a faith ful and energetic discharge of your whole duty from now until the polls close on the evening of theeleotion. In a close contest, for any of the nominees, the vote of Lancaster county, may be very important—but whether the' election be dose or not, it is still necessary that every Democrat should be found in the discharge ol his duty. Abolition Judicial Ticket. The Whig State Convention—not satisfied with j nominating an Abolition Governor—must also try , to force Abolitionists upon the Supreme Bench.— . As a proof of this fact, we refer our readers to the following article (a portion of which is taken from the records of the Reform Convention,) which we copy from the Pennsylvanian: That Jessup and Comly are abolitionists every body knows. That Coultek is an abolitionist is manifest lrom his decision that the owner of a fug itive slave coold not maintain an action in any Court of Pennsylvania against the abolitionists who forcibly rescued him from his master. Denying to ou,r southern fellow-citizens all remedy in our Courts for injuries done by our citizens, is as bad as denying them the benefit ol our jails.. But how is it with Mereuith and Chambers, the two remaining members of the Whig Judicial ticket? It is enough that Meredith is the espec ial friend of the abolition agitator, Gov. Johnston. But our object is to state a few facts of record to prove the Abolition propensities of Meredith and Chambers. It will be remembered that thsy were, both of them, members of the Convention to amend our Constitution in 1537-S.j ' - t On the 20th January, 1838, a motion was made to amend the Constitution, tiy providing that “th'e Legislature may at any.time after the year 1860, bv a law passed at two successive annual sessions, extend the right of suffrage to. such other] per sons. of whatever color, and upon such conditions, as to them may seem expedient." The yeas and nays being called William M. Meredith voted in favor of this extraordinary measure [to make the Negro a vo ter equal with the while man, and without the consent ■ of the people. [See Journal of Convention, vol. 2, ; P- 327 -l 1 . ■ On the same day, a motion was made that all ' persons of color “shall be entitled to -the rights of ’ suffrage, provided that every such person shall have been for three years a resident of the election dis trict in which he shall offer! to vote, and shall have been seized and possessed for one year next pre ceding said election, of a freehold of the value of two hundred dollars, clear jof incumbrances, and shall have been rated and paid a tax thereon.” -''''The yeas and nays being palled on agreeing to this amendment, WILLIAM M. MEREDITH and GEO. CHAMBERS, the Whig candidates for Su-' preme Judges, voted in favor of allowing negroes to vote at elections equally With white men. The worst part of this vote is that which requires a freehold qualification of 200 dollars. This shows the aristocratic feelings of these two men. [Journal Convention p. 322.] , ; On the next day, another motion was made to allow negroes to vote, provided they possessed a freehold qualification worth,s2oo.; On this motion both MEREDITH and CHAMBERS again voted in favor of negro amalgamation in the election fran chise, and in favor of the freehold qualification of $250. [See Jour. Con. p. 333.] 9 On the same day, a motion was made to allow negroes to vote without the freehold qualification, pro vided they could read and write and understand the contents of common books. On this motion, George; Chambers voted in'lhe negative— that is, he was willing that an ignorant negro who could neither [read nor write, should amalgamate with the white people in the elective franchise, provided he had'la freehold worth $2OO or $250. But a poor negr|o who could read and write, and was enlightened enough to understand something of the nature of our Government, was, in Judge Chambers’ opinion, unfit to vote. In his opinion, money, not intelligence, makes the man; and money is so important in his estimation, that $2OO makes a greasy negro equal at an election to the free and intelligent white man. We go against the Abolition ticket, fromf -beginning to end, and every Democrat will do the same. Important! We are gratified in being able to announce to our readers, that the President of the U. States has at length returned to Washington City, after an al most uninterrupted absence of several months, part of which time, we learn, 1 the notorious Tom Con. win was left in charge of the Government !j We believe the salary of Mi Fillmore, (at the rate of $25,000 per annum,) ihtill went on whether.he was in the White Hisusejor travelling about'elec tioneering for himself-or his political friends. There was a great outcry made by the Whigs against the lateSamentedjPresidentPoLE: for having the last year of his laborious administration, taken a few days recreation in! the northern and eastern sections of the Union ; but they have not a word to say against President Fillkobe and his Cabinet, who spend weeks and months away from Wash ington to the neglect of [the public interests which they are sworn to protect. No wonder there is so -much peculation at the seat of government.. The high officers of the Nation are rusticating for months at a stretch, iff difierent sections of the country, while the Treasury is left to take care of itself—and TOM CORWIN, (of Mexican War notoriety,) tor weeks has been the acting President of the United States! Heaven preserve the Re public from the Goths and Vandals who misgovern The Million l.oan. The Daily American attempts to deny that Gov. ernor Johnston was thf author of the scheme to increase the debt of the State me million of dollars , last session. Why every school boy at Harrisburg -knows that'Joseph Konigmacher was the Gover nor’s mouth, piece last winter. The Governor made him his confidant in every thing; appointed him a trustee of the Lunatic Asylum; had him appointed Chairman ofjthe Committee on Buildings and Grounds, and when t\e Legislature appropria: ted money to be distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Secretary immediately handed over the matter to Mr. Konig macher. I This Mr. Konigmacher, thus intimate with fhe Governor, moved the million loan; every Whig in the Senate voted for it, and' it was carried, and it was only through the firmness of the Democratic members in the House that this additional debt was prevented. Will the American dare to deny .that Governor Johnston urged-him to offer this proposition? Will Mr. Konigmacher date to deny it? If they do we may prove by a good! Whig that the. Governor did urge this proposltion| and did say that he would veto the House bill if it passed, containing a loan of $250,000. 1 Yes the Governor! would veto a quarter of a million loan, but he vyas anxious to get a loan of a million fastened upon the people.—lnvestigator. HJ-Tbe Union party in Mississippi have carried every thing before them in the recent election of delegates. j Berks County. The Berks County Democratic Convention at their meeting on Wednesday last appointed delegates to the next State Convention, and, as is their usual practice, left them without instructions as to President or Canal Commissioner. The Camera nian press thronghout the State take advantage of this, and"claim fiwr of-the delegates as the friends f Gen. Csss although a resolution of instruction in his favor was .stricken out, in Committee, by an almost unanimous vote. It rs the most ridiculous claim we have ever Been made, and shows how little reliance can be placed on any thing said by the opponents of Mr. ]Buchanan. Those acquainted with the tactics of Gen. Cameron, well know that whenever he has the power he does not fail to ex* ercise it to the fullest extent, and the attempt to pass a Cass resolution would not have so signally failed had there been sufficient numerical force in the Convention to have carried it. The idea, therefore, that four gentlemen should have been selected as delegates because they were friendly to Gen. Cabs, and yet a resolution in his favor could not be passed either in Committee or in Convention,, is, to say the least of it, an attempt to draw very largely on public credulity. As well might these same papers claim that Union County is for Gen' Cass, where, upon a test in their late County Con vention, the vote stood for Buchanan 37— Cass 3> —or that Northumberland County is in their favor, where the Democracy also recently decided with the same unanimity, in favor of Mr. Buchanan. The truth jof the matter about Berks county is, that the Democracy there did not wish in any wise to embarrass the Gubernatorial election with the Presidential question. Prior'to the meeting of the Convention, : the Gazelle, the principal organ of the party, arid whose editor is friendly to Mr. Bu chanan, advised this course in a leading editorial But this did hot seem to satisfy the friends of Gen. Cass. Hence they attempted to introduce a reso- lution in hisj favor, in the Committee. Failing in this, and knowing the effect the failure would have abroad, they! attempted to break the force of their fall by resort to a trick. At the close of the whole proceedings, When the Convention was about ad journing, a r solution by a friend of Gen. Cass, instructing the delegates for Mr. Boch. Ax an. This Was offered, well knowing that, under the previous arrangement, nothing of the kind would be entertained—and, accordingly, at the in stance of the'friends of Mr. Buchanan, it was laid on the table, ind the delegates were left without instructions. To show that such was the true state of things, we subjoin two short articles from the Reading Gazette, of Saturday, the same paper which contairs at length the proceedings of the Convention. We may remark, however, in con clusion, that (he true friends of Pennsylvania and a Pennsylvania candidate for the Presidency, must expect any nhmber of falsehoods and mis-state ments.between this and the 4th of March next l relative to the strength of the different candidates for the high office of President. The Reading Gazelle says:— “ The Convention, as we last week ventured to predict, very wisely abstained from any expression of opinion upon the Presidential question. The Delegates, after a free interchange of views and feelings, came to the understanding, with great unanimity, thijt they would not agitate, at this pre mature period, a collateral issue'which has no bearing upon the present canvass, and could only result in disturbing the union and harmony which all feel are vitally important to the success of our State Ticket. ! Influenced by these views, when the Committee —comprising one-third of the Conven tion came together, a resolution of instruction in favor of Gen. Cass; submitted as one of the series adopted, whicil was stricken out with little or no objectidn. Just as the Convention was about to adjourn, a resolution was offered by Mr. Meixel, of Exeter, to instruct the Delegates for Mr. Buch anan ; but as jthis was directly at variance with the previously settled agreement between the friends of both the distinguished gentlemen named, and contrary to thd wishes of Mr. Buchanan's friends, especially, the Vesolufion was laid upon the table by a unanimous vote.” And again:— a We observe that several of our Democratic exchanges are : injudiciously attempting to make capital out of the Berks County Delegation to the State Convention, by representing four of them as C\ss‘ men. This is, unfair, because the Delegates are unimtructcd. The whole five are gentlemen in whom the party place implicit confidence, and there is no fear but that they will faithfully representthe views of Berks! county upon the Presidential ques tion, at the proper time and in the proper place.— But as they have been left untrammeled by instruc tions, we are satisfied that they will be the last to approve of these untimely attempts to identify them with any candidate now named for the Presidency.” Tbe Presidency. The Counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Northampton, Lehigh, McKean, and several others, have passed resolutions in favor of Hon. James Bu ciiasan, as their choice (or the Presidency. It is now reduced to a certainty that Mr. Buchanan is the choice of the Keystone State for this important station, and we do think that those persons who have advocated the. of other distinguished democrats should submit to the will of the majority so unequivocally expressed. We h'ave not been, nor are we now, the peculiar champion of Mr. Buchanan, or any other man.— We have on several occasions, as a reference to our paper will demonstrate, deprecated the course pur sued towards Mr. Buchanan by the Philadelphia Statesman and its.compeers. Under date of May Ist, 1851, we wrote that the contemptible and dis honorable course pursued by such papers was an injury to the cause they purported to advocate, would drag down to degradation all persons in any manner connected with them, at the same time advising an honorable course towards those mem bers of the party with whom.they differed on slight questions. Our advice, however, was unheeded; and the result shows that their; efforts to advance the prospects of a favored candidate by villifying the fair name of a gentleman whose devotion to the party cannot be questioned, have recoiled upon their own heads. We'.can safely say that their malignant and anti democratic abuse, conceived in a spirit of ingratitude and revenge, injured materi ally the prospects of their own and our candidate, done more real good to Mr. Buchanan than his most zealous friends could have effected, aroused the kind and generous feelings of the people in favor of a slandered man, enkindled a feeling of State pride towards one “to the manor born,’’ and has resulted in his favor. We preferred Gen. Cass, knowing him to be a radical and enthusiastic democrat and. statesman, whosehonestyof purpose,brilliant qualifications, and purity of character, no man dare say aught against. We also thought Pennsylvania. could now make him reparation for the loss of the State in 1848, caused not by any want of confidence in him or the principles of the party, but owing entirely to the no party platform erected by the Philadelphia Con vention, and the military reputation of Gen. Tat iok The doctrine that we, as one of the advocates of Gen. Cass, should suffer for the folly and impru dence of his unwise friends, we hold to be incorrect he has not been the first martyr to the cause, nor is it to be presumed he will be the last. Oor feel ings are unchanged, our opinions are the same as formerly; but we submit to the wishes of an over whelming majority, so far as this State is concerned, and as it appears to be the voice of the many, let it be unanimous to render it useful and effective. Ebensburg Sentinel. Buchanan in the West! Hon. Isaac Hcous, of Somerset, has been selected by the Democracy of that Senatorial District as the Senatorial delegate to the 4th of March Convention, with unanimous instructions, from each of the four counties composing it, to support the nomination of Mr. BUCHANAN, for President. „ The three counties composing the Bepresentative district, viz: Bedford, Cambria and Fulton, have also severally directed their Conferees to send two to Harrisburg instructed for Mr. BUCH ANAN. Judok Gibsoh.— Before his nomination by the Democrats, the Whig conferees ol Fulton, Bedford, and Somerset counties, representing the whole whig party of those three counties unanimously passed the following resolution: “ Resolved, That the integrity, the distinguished ability, and the long and eminent public service of our present Chief Justice, John Bannister Gibson, justly entitles him to the confidence of our whole State, irrespective of party, and that his nomination by the Lancaster convention as a candidate for the Supreme Bench, would be highly acceptable and cordially supported by the whigs of this district.” Who Increased tbe Stale Debt? 'Hie Federal press seem determined to adhere to their assertion that the State debt was not increased under the administration of Joseph Ritner. They reiterate the stale falsehood from week to week with as much tang froid as if it was true. They seem to go upon the principle, that a lie insisted upon is as good as truth, and 'if they continue to publish it as a fact some portion of the people will ultimately believe it. This might.do it there was not two rides to the story. But'as there is, we intend to keep the truth before the people. The Governor's organ having quoted a; report made by General Purviance, late Auditor General, that no part of the permanent debt now existing was created during that period, induced us to inves tigate the whole matter, and give a truthful expos ition of the State debt during that ever-mernorable Ritner dynasty. In doing this we ask not that the public should rely on Our assertions merely. We will produce evidence, which cannot be contradicted, and which, even federal audacity dare not deny. We begin with Gov. Ritner’s first message to the Legislature in 183_6. (See Journal H. R. page 13.) - “Twelve months ago the whole State debt, which in 1825, when the internal improvement sys tem commenced, wni.one million eight hundred and forty thousand dollars, had by annual increases grown to twenty-four; millions two hundred and fifty-five thousand three hundred ‘and three dollars and thirty-two cents.” i ■ . After enumerating the various objects which would require appropriations, and after giving a full statement ol the ; estimated receipts and ex penditures for the coming year,he adds: “ It will thus be seen, that a balance of not less than TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS will re main in the Treasury on the first of November next, after discharging all just demands and incurring every expense which : the prosperity of the State requires." This was the state of affairs and of the finances when Governor. Ritner came into office; and we wish to refer our readers to the fact that the three years of his administration, as he says in a subse quent message, were characterized by “circum stances the most fortunate, and receipts the most ample and unexpected.” The ordinary revenue from December 1, 1835, to December 1, 1838, as shown by the books of the Auditor General’s de partment, amounted to $5,738,749 45. -And in addition to this sum there was received into the Treasury during the same period, the following sums of extraordinary revenue : Premiums on Bank charters and sale of stocks, Premiums on LOANS, Interest on deposits, UNITED STATES SURPLUS REVENUE, TEMPORARY LOANS, To which add the ordinary revenue, $12,970,348 99 Ami we have the enormous aggregate of nearly THIRTEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. We have said that Ritner's administration was ] one of extravagance, waste and plunder. We have given the votes of Gov. Johnston, 1 when in the Legislature, which was during this period, squan dering these millions. But here is a sum almost beyond belief. Gov. Ritner has just told us, that on the Ist ot November, 1837, there would be a balance in the Treasury, of over two millions, and here is an accumulation from extraordinary sources of MANY MILLIONS MORE. The question at once suggests itself, and presses with peculiar force upon the mind of the tax-payer, what was done with this enormous amount in so short a period i We will tell them. j Fortunately for our purpose and the public good, the records, in the Auditor General’s office, furnish a full history of the matter: and from that department, .we have collected the following statistics,authenticated officially, which, let the friends of Ritner and Johnston deny or refute if they can. The following shows the cost of the Buckshot war, Huntingdon breach, together with several lines of canal and railroad put under contract du ring Gov. Ritner's administration : BUCKSHOT WAR, Huntingdon breach, GETTYSBURG RAILROAD, Wisconisco canal, • Allegheny feeder, Sinnemahoning extension, Shenango and Conneaut lines, Erie extension, Tunkhannock and Tioga divis- ion North Branch extension, Let it be borne in mind that the sums we have given were bestowed upon extraordinary objects, and are not to be taken into account as part of the expenses of government, which of themselves ambunted to many millions of dollars. We will make the matter still plainer by giving another short extract frQm the books of the Auditor Gen eral : 1 Receipts and expenditures from Ist Dec., 1835, to 31st Dec., 1838. . , Receipts. Expend’s. 'From Ist Dec. 1835, to 31st Oct., 1836, $3,674,318 78 $3,379,744 32 From Ist Nov., 183 G, to 3lst Oct., 1837, G,0G9,27G 47 4,173,940 20 From Ist Nov. 1837, to 3,227,753 74 5,508,300 95 31st Dec., IS3B, $12,071,348 99 12,962,035 43 These receipts embrace both the ordinary ami extraordinary revenue—and of this ‘sum, only $5,738,749 45 was derived from the ordinary sour ces. Consequently the expenses Of the same pe riod exceeded the ordinary revenue of the Com monwealth by SEVEN MILLIONS TWO HUN DEED AND TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED & EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHT CENTS, which was obtained, as we have shown, partly from the United States surplus —partly by sale of State stocks, and partly by LOANS. Such was the reckless extravagance of that pe riod, and so flagrant were the abuses of the powers which the people had delegated to their agents, that even Gov. Ritner ; himself became alarmed, and in his last message which is dated 29th December, 1838, and may be found on page 33,2 d vol. Journal H. R., he says : 1 “Thus has it come to pass that, notwithstanding a succession of circumstances thW most fortunate, and of receipts the most ample and unexpected, the Commonwealth is left without means to continue her own tvorks and redeem her oum faith."' Again: “ It will be for the Legislature to decide whether the works now in progress shall receive approx priations for the present year, and if so, from what source the same'shall be derived, and also to provide funds to pay the LOANS that will fall due.” In his first message Gov. Ritner stated that there would be left in the Treasury on the Ist of No vember then next, (1537,) TWO MILLIONS of dollars after paying all demands and incurring-every expense which the prosperity - of the State;requires. Two years afterwards, and after having received into the Treasury over SEVEN MILLIONS ex traordinary revenue, he tells “the Commonwealth is left without means to continue her works and redeem her own faith.” It was during this destructive administration that Gov. Johnston was in the Legislature, and as we have shown by his votes, contributed to squan der the resources of the Commonwealth, and sink her to the humiliating condition, which forced from Gov. Ritner the foregoing acknowledgement of his own and his party’s unfaithful stewardship. In the'commencement of this article we quoted from Gov. Ritners message to show .what was the amount of the State debt when he entered upon his Executive duties, "We will now quote an extract from the first message of Gov. Porter, who immediately succeeded Ritner, to show the amount' when he came into office, and presuming both to be correct, the difference of course constitutes the increase by Gov. Ritner. Senate Journal, 1840, page 16, Gov. Porter, after giving a tabular state ment and abstract of the loans, and appropriations authorized by law previous to his induction into office, says: “It thus appears that the State debt amounts, to the vast sum of THIRTY-FOUR MILLIONS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE DOL LARS AND EIGHTY CENTS.” We have quoted from 'public.documents given by public officers, both occupying'the highest place in the commonwealth. We take a them as we find them, supposing they are .both’cprrect, and as Gov. Johnston and his organ have so frequently quoted a public report to prove that Gov. Ritner never borrowed a dollar, we hope they will be satisfied with Gov. Ritner’s confession, and consider the! matter as having been put to rest. Here then is the conclusion of the whole matter Gov. Ritner when entering upon his Executive duties found a debt of J Three years afterwards he was succeeded by Gov. Porter, who states that he found the . £> I State indebted to the am’t of *34,141,603. INCREASE UNDER’RIT- • ■ •• NER'S ADMINISTRATION, ?,788j3g0 48 ' » UnMgater. (o*ThB weather ii very dry end warmr Judge I<eWls land Imprisonment In 1832, when Judge Litwre was a member of tlie Legislature, he; was appointed On a committee to jnvestigate the raises of the excessive mortality by-cholera in the Arch Street Prieon, in the city of Philadelphia, during ] the month of July, in that year, and to inquire into the sufficiency of the legal provisions for the sustenance of untried prisoners and debtors, and to report such amendment relative to the condition of such persons as may protect them, etc. In the course of the winter the com mittee visited the Arch Street Prison, conversed .with each prisoner, and found among the prisoners a large number] who! were confined tor small debts under $5 33. The report made by that committee states that in forty cases the total amount of debts was $23 40, upon which the costs were $7O 20. Among these wfere debts'of 2-cents, 19-cents, 25 cents,land 37 cents. ! See Journal ot the House Rep resentatives, 1832, aj vol. .633. Influenced by the distress occasioned to these poor and unfortunate debtors, the committee repotted the bill to abolish imprisonment for debts under $5 33, which passed on the 9th of April, 1833, and went into effect as an act of liberty, on the 4th of July, 1833. Pam phlet Laws, 1832-33, page 480. This was the entering wedge which opened the jail ten years afterwards, when all imprisonment for debt was abolished. As Judge Lewis is now on the Demo cratic ticket for one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, it is riglit that the people should know that he aided ih procuring the passage of this benevolent law for the.-reliel of poor and unfortunate debtors; and that the law had its origin in his sympathies arising from a personal visit in his official capacity, to the unfortunate prisoners. They were 'sick and in prison, and he visited them,' and liberated them. This visit is well remembered by many in this city.— Pennsylvanian. JoUn Strblnn and tbe Mexican It is said that John Strohm is not much of a speaker, but is’.a plain, practical man. That isjust what we like;! but. he has been to Congress, has spoken, and, no doubt, thinks Webster is not much alongside of him. But be that as it may, he did at tempt to speak, and made a sad bungle of it. Old facts rise up dn judgment. It seems that’John Strohm has been somewhat worried by the com- . ments on his course on the Mexican war, and he wishes, if .possible, to wrangle out of the fix ; so, at the great Scott convention at Pittsburg, he made a brief apology for his treason. Now, he had bet ter have allowed his course to have remained in the bands of the Johnston presses; they would have denied the .charge altogether, and exhibited garbled records to prove the lie: they would have said that Strohm and Corwin-supported the war, and that it was the unpatriotic Democrats that opposed it; but Strohm, after .floundering about, says that when the bill to nise 50,000 volunteers to avenge our mur dered countrymen, and drive Mexican invaders from our soil, waß.proposed, he voted against it.— And why 1 Reader, listen to John Strohm’s justi fication tor that vote, and’ tell us whether such a simpleton is fit to be entrusted with office. He said that he voted'against that bill because the pream ble bill contained an assertion that “ war existed by the ad '■{ Mexico,” and he did not believe it, but {considered his own country to be the ag gressor. He: says he would have voted for the bill, if the preamble had been framed in other language; but “that war existed by the act Mexico,” was a stumper, and therefore, he foreswore his alle giance, deserted the government, abandoned the honor of his country, and voted as ally of Mexico, and became one of the denounced by the President, as lending “ aid and comfort to the enemy.” This is John Strohm's apology, and it will stick to him its long as he lives. The motto of every, true pa triot is our country; and he that scrutinizes her course with the eye of a critic is half'a traitor, and not to be, entrusted with important secrets. The Mexican war was just and necessary: its results : have added wealth and glory, and it has also , brought a harvest of unenviable fame to those who ’ arrayed themselves against it. Pennsylvania was foremost in raising volunteers, who covered them : selves with immortal renown. Soijie of these I heroes live; their relatives and friends live, to de ■ nonnee John Strohm for a traitor, and to condemn him by their votes.’ He had better have remained 1 in retirement, and repented of his shame; he has i dared the public odium ; and he will experience it > on the second Tuesday in October. — Deni. Union. $3,236,976 G 5 -7,776 94, ' 160.331 17 2,870,514- 78 ; 960,000 00 $7,231,599 44 5;738,749 45 $33,899 23 338,108 16 682,846 45 390,913 28 « 31,171 56 160,000 00 Uj» The Temperance Men met in County Con vention, on Saturday last, and nominated the fol lowing ticket: 3,1G0,5G6 76 President Judge —Henry G. Long. Associate Judges —Jacob Grosh, David P. Brown. Senator —Emanuel Scheaffer. Assembly —Abraham Gibbs, Barr Spangler, Sam uel Allisoh, G. W. Reichenbach; John Crawford!- The balance ot the ticket is to be formed nexl Saturday week. , 2,906,340 90 $7,703,846 34 Voice of Mebceii, Vehasoo ano Warren. At adneeting of the Delegates from the counties of Mercer, Venango and Warren, held in the Bor ough of Franklin, on the 28th 61 August, 1851, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved , That the course of the Hon. James Bu chanan, whether in the Cabinet, the Senate, or as a private citizen, proves him not only true to Penn sylvania, but the Union. His gigantic mind soar far atiove local interests and petty strifes; and the man bf a single State merges into the Statesman of a mighty Republic. The emanations of his mind shows that he knows no North, no South, no East, no West, but comprehends our whole country. On motion, this convention adjourn to meet at the Plumer House in Cornplanter twp., Venango co., on the first Wednesda'y ol January next, lor the purpose ol appointing a Senatorial and three Rep resentative delegates to the next State Convention. At the Democratic County Convention held at Clarion, oh the 25th ult., the following resolutions, together with others equally strong in favor ol Bigler, Clover and the wholepemocratic ticket' were unanimously passed: Resolved, That the slanderous epithets heaped upon Hon. James Bochanan, by Gov. Johnston, in his speech in Clarion, are evidences of the purity ol character and true republican principles of “Penn sylvania's favorite son'’—that we believe the Union will vindicate his virtues by elevating-him to the highest office in the world, the Presidency of the United States. . Resolved, That to abuse James Buchanan in Clarion county, is to insult many more than merely the members of the Democratic party —whose State pride and personal knowledge of, this revered states man and philanthropist, will cause them to re-double their energy in his defence. Thirty-seven out of the forty delegates at our late County Convention expressed themselves in favor of Hon. James Buchanan for the next Presidency. The Convention was not empowered to elect a del egate to the next State Convention, nor to express its preferences as a body, for the next Presidency, or the Democracy of Union county would most certainly have -declared its first choice to be Penn sylvania’s “favorite son,’’ Hon. James Buchanan. —Leicisburg Democrat . Keep itßeeore the People I —That the amount of taxes assessed upon the farmers and mechanics ol Pennsylvania, for tw T o years under Gov. John ston’s administration is TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO THOUSAND, FIYE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT DOLLARS AND FORTY SEVEN CENTS greater 1 than in the same period under Shunk. Woman.— lt was Judge Ellis Lewis, one of the Democratic candidates for the Supreme Bench, who, speaking of woman, eloquently said : “ God bless the sex! Ever foremost in the. work of charity—alwavs ministering to the sick—linger ing longest.at the crossr-speeding earliest to the sepulchre!—they never erred but once, and if that error had been committed at a later period ol the world—alter 4,000 years of bright and lovely deeds, the accusing spirt had carried the offence to Heav en’s Chancery in vain 1" i The Alabama Crops.— The corn crop in Ala. bamaftas well as in Georgia and South CarSlinia, has almost entirely failed, from the effects of the drought. Provisions are unusually dear at Tusca loosa. The Monitor says that bacon sides are now selling at from 14 to 16 cents a pound. Flour is worth $5 50 per hundred. Lard is hardly to.be" got at any price, and so of other articles. $24,350,303 32 Kkbpiso Coot.—The Montgomery (Ala.) Ad vertiser £ Gazette winds up a notice of the result ol the election for Congress in. that District with the following consolatory paragraph: ; But we feel like the feilow who stumped his toe —he was too big to cry, and it hurt sp d d bad he couldn't laugh. So we will just lay down our pen for the present, and take to excissormng mur ders, fires and Cuban revolutionists. for Debt. more Thunder ! Clarion for Buchanan! Voice of Union County! * LaneaJtep County Ploughing Hatch Meeting. Pursuant to public notice, a large and highly re spectable meeting of the citizens ol Lancaster city and County convenedatDanners “National House, in the -city of Lancaster, on - Saturday* August 30. Hob. A. L. Hayes was called to'-the chair, and A. M. Spangler of Lancaster* and Jacob Eshleman of Paradise* appointed Secretaries. The object of the meeting having been stated by the Chairman. On motion it was agreed that grand Ploughing Match* to be confined to Plough men of Lancaster county and Ploughs manufactured within the limits of the. county* be held in the im mediate vicinity of Lancaster city, on Monday, Sept. 29, to commence at such an hour as may be determined upon by the judges. The following gentlemen were appointed a com mittee of arangement: Henry M. Reigart, city; Jacob Rohrer, Manheim twp; Jacob Frantz, Paradise; Jacob Peters, city; Christian B. Herr. Pequa. On motion, a committee of assistant managers consisting of one person from each township, was appointed. Resolved , That the following premiums are of fered for competition. For the best Ploughman, $4O For the 2d best do. 30 For the 3d do do. 20 For the 4th do . do. 10 For the sth do do. 3 For the best Plough,. $lO For the 2d best do: 3 On motion, the managers were requested to meet immediately, and make arrangements for receiving applications of com|«titors, and that the time for closing the entries be the 20th ol September. Committee of Arrangements werejauthor ized to appoint three judges, who were to be em powered to make the rules and regulation's for the decision of the contest, and to publish the same at a suitable time, antecedent to that at which the match is to take place. . ' On motion, It was resolved that the proceedings of the meeting be published in all the newspapers of the county, and that the editors be respectfully requested to notice them under the editorial heads of their respective papers. Adjourned. A. L. HAYES, Chairman. A. M. Spangler, ) « . . Jacob Eshleman, $ ecr an 3 ‘ Hickory Nuts to Crack! NO 1. , Zoriel Swope, Esq.- — Dear Sir: —l perceive by the last Intelligencer, that you have yourself as a candidate for a seat in the next Le gislature, subject, however, to the decision of a majority of voters in Lancaster county. As you are now before the people, asking them’ for their suffra ges, I will take the liberty of addressing a few letters to you on topics of general interest, which you need not answer, unless it is very convenient. I would like very much to know (for I intend voting for you.) whether you endorse the principles of William M. Meredith, add Geo . two ol the!Whig candidates for a seat on the Supreme Bench, both of whom advocated the adoption of a clause into our State Constitution, which should grant negroes the Tight of exercising the elect ive: franchise equal to white men? whether you are, in iavor of the freehold qualification, which requires every voter to have property to the amount 0f,5200. This is another measure, which Messrs. Meredith and Chambers, the two Whig candidates forUie Supreme Bench, supported in the Reform Convention of 183 S. They supported, and voted for a section which would give to a negro who could read the right to vote, but would deny that privilege to a white man who could not read. You will please tell me, Zuriel, whether you are in favor of\those odious negro privileges which have been advocated by Meredith and Chambers, the two Whig candidates for the Supreme Bench, as there are many of our laboring men, who have not $2OO in freehold estate, but who are pre-emi nently qualified to exercise the elective franchise, as an evidence of which, they will never vote for any man who favors the election of William M. Meredith and George, Chambers, the champions of negro privileges and the foes to the poor white man’s rights. A HICKORY NUT. ZURIEL SWOPE, ESQ. NO 2. Dear Sir .-—Before casting my vote for you, as an independent candidate for a seat in the next Le gislature, you will do me the favor of stating whether you approve the vote of John Strohm, the present Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner, who voted against granting supplies to our brave army in Mexico, who were there to sustain the honor of our flag? and also, whether you would support this inhuman traitor for the office of Canal Commisioner? You. are aware, no doubt, that Tom Corwin of Ohio, hoped that the Mexicans would give hospitable graves to all those soldiers who got their throats-cut; and that John Strohm of Pennsylvania endorsed the treason of Tom Cor win, by voting to starve all those who escaped the lasso and lance. Would you vote for either of these two men, and still expect the suffrages of an intel ligent and .patriotic constituency? Please let me know, for we have some soldiers in this county, who will vote for no man like John Strohm, an enemy to hit country—and a traitor to his trusts, A HICKORY NUT. ZURIEL SWOPE, ESQ. NO 3. Dear Sir:— There is another question, in which I feel a lively interest, and of course would be much pleased if you could give satifactory. answers to.— Are you friendly to the compromise measures of the last Congress, or would you seek by agitation, like Governor Johnston, Xomodijy them, so that the niggers of the South could be brought North, and there would be no power to reclaim them ’ Thad. Stevens argued’in the Town Hall the equality of a negro with a white man; but, Mr. Swope, do you believe what Thad: Stevens says'! We have a great many men in this town of Columbia, who know as much, practically, about negroes, as Thad. Stevens does hypothetically, and they will never support any man for any office who enter - tains such fanatical ideas of negroes. To convince you of this truth, I need only cite the fact, that, a few months ago, Burleigh, an abolition lecturer visited this place for the purpose of propagating his nigger sympathy, and he was very nearly getting himself rode on a tri-cornered chestnut rail for his trouble. Now, these citfzens, are principally young men, and, who I am sure will not vote for any man friendly to Stevens, or, that prince of low flung demagogues Gov. William F. Johnston. A HICKORY NUT. ZURIEL SWOPE, ESQ. NO .4. My Dear Sir :—ln the Reform Convention held at Harrisburg, in 1837 and ’3B, for the purpose of modifying the Constitution of Pennsylvania, a clause was sustained by William M. Meredith and Geo. Chambers, both of whom are now Whig can didates for the' Supreme Bench, requiring every voter to be worth $2OO in freehold estate. You know, sir, that this law would have prevented many very worthy and intelligent mechanics—farm hands and laborers, from voting at elections! I believe,, sir, there are one hundred, voters in this town, who would have no right to vote, if the $2OO property, qualification advocated by Meredith and the Whig candidates for Supreme Judges, had been adonted. these are facts without sugar on them. A HICKORY-NUT. Mr. Sanderson -.—Having learned that I was elected a delegate from the West Ward to the County Convention on Saturday evening last, under a call issued by the Amwake Committee, I feel it my duty to state that I did not participate in the meeting and shall not. attend jhe Convention. Whatever my sentiments on the- subject of our county organization may have formerly been, after the decision of the Reading and Harrisburg Con ventions, I feel bound as a good Democrat to sub mit to the will of the majority as the only means of settling the unfortunate dfficulties in this county. I shall therefore recognize the Fordney Committee as the only legitimate authority. EDWARD KAUTZ. Sept. 8, 1851. ■ Sadsbury Township. In this township the following named persons (opposed to the formation of a County Ticket,) were elected delegates in opposition to the Disor ganizers’ ticket, viz-: J. R. Townsend, G. C. Townsend, John Hillis, Isaac Walker and Robert Johnston. Strong resolutions were also passed in favor ol the State ticket, in opposition to the formation of a county ticket, and denunciatory of the Disorganizes. We shall publish the proceedings at length in our , n ext issue. 1 Kossuth comiho to America.—New York, September 4.—The Mayor has received a letter from Mr. Brown, Secretary of Legation at Constan tinople, st&ting officially that Kossuth and his com-- 'panions would leave for this country in the U. S. frigate Mississippi, on the Ist September, and would probably arrive here about the last of October. I XT’ Twenty-three Whig papers in Virginia have run up the Fillxohe flag. Gen. Scott is no, go in the " Old Dominion." From the Pewwylnnlin. A Bold Attempt at Mischief. We have passed by the conduct of a few men pretending to be Democrats in Lancaster county, since the action. of the Heading and Harrisburg Conventions, because we did not believe, as indeed we do not now believe, that any efforts, boldly con flicting as these do, with the usages of the party, and with all decent regard for the obligations ot man to man, could be responded to by one indivi. dual out of their own narrow circle. But it is now sought to give these efforts shape and substance. It is this monstrous attempt that induces us to call the attention of the Democracy of the State to the matter as to one which deserves and demands their serious reprobation.' It will be remembered that both at.the Reading and Harrisburg Conventions, the Lancaster contestants, headed by Reah Frazer, ' after the fullest hearing, were denied their seats. It will be remembered that in the first body Mr. Frazer solemnly, unequivocally, and before'thou®- ands of witnesses, pledged himself to abide its. decisions; to receive it as definitive, and to go home and support the nominations of the Conven tion cheerfully. But for this pledge the contestants that he represented would not have got a vote in the State Convention ; for no Democrat would have cheated himself with the idea that to tolerate any other course could have resulted in anything but serious injury to the party, locally and generally. The decree of tho Reading Convention was after wards confirmed, and by a'much larger majority, by the Harrisburg Convention; and the subsequent State nominations at each were received with a joyful enthusiasm, and ratified with an auspicious acclamation, unknown to our Democracy since the days ol Snyder and of Jackson. The spirit of mischief, however, soon began to show its head in Lancaster; and those who had pledged themselves to accede to the only tribunal of the Democratic party for the settlement of such disputes as theirs, early began to get their instruments to try to des troy the work, so fairly begun by the Democratic State Conventions. First came the Lancasterian, the organ of the Frazer contestants, coldly and charily noticing the Democratic State nominations; the staple of its columns, then and now, being abuse of Democrats whom the people delight to honor; and its whole policy a marked neglect ot all the charges of the Whigs against the Democratic State candidates, and a studious indifference to the vast and weighty issues involved in the present most interesting and exciting contest between the parties. Next came the complaining address of the very Committee which the State Democratic'Conventions had in effect declared to be a defunct tribunal, to which this same Commit tee, of its own motion and accord, had confided'its own case. In this address the Frazer Committee proceed to use arguments against‘the Democratic nominees at Reading, calculated and intended— according to all the available and undeniable an tecedents of the case—to excite Democratic oppo sition to them; especially to our candidate for Canal Cordmissioner. So bold and so malicious was the fling at Gen. Clover, that the Whig prints of the State are even now using it as an evidence that he, one of the most universally acceptable candidates ever selected, is unpopular, and will be struck at, when his majority will be large beyond parallel, as his opponents, themselves, are free to admit. But the wrong did not stop here. After their defiance, alike of the decision of a body to which they had voluntarily and cheerfully entrusted their case, and alter their flagrant and unprovoked aspersions upon the action and the fairness of the Convention, they proceeded to address the regular Democratic Committee, to unite with them in calling a Convention, which would only have been a scene of new criminations, where the subject disposed of by the superior State authority of the party would aijain be opened ! Even if the previous action of the Frazer Committee had not borne upon its face the proof of premeditated wrong, the regular and recognized committee could not have accepted the proposition to unite with a defunct committee without also repudiating the decision of the two state conventions, and surrendering the pow „ ers confirmed to it by both those high authorities. Of course the proposition was pro&ptly and unani mously declined at the largest meetinzpf the Demo cratic County Committee that has h&n held in Lan- *• caster for forty years. It was hoped that this would terminate this matter; but the next movement of these desperate men is to call the dead committee together, so as to convene a convention to settle a County Ticket , and also no doubt to send delegates to the next State Convention , there tore-open the fountain of bitter waters, ivhich were sealed , it was hoped forever , at the last two meetings of the Democracy of the State! | The very idea of settling a county ticket in a contest like the present, in Lancaster, has ever been a matter of most doubtful propriety, and cannot have been honestly intended by these desperate disorganizes, because every Democrat in Lancaster knows from experience that when there is no Dem ocratic ticket in that heavy Federal county, the whigs either separated By their own divisions in making their selections, or the vote falls off amaz ingly when there are no local feelings to excite.' We have lived in Laucaster many years of our life, . and vve know that very often as many as two thousand votes have been saved to the State Dem ocratic ticket By taking care not to arouse the thousands of Whigs chief citadel of their strength. This argument is too self-evident to re quire any elaboration. But these disorganizers are too resolutely bent upon injury to see their duty in these respects. While Stevens coarsely, brutally, and obscenely assails the Democracy and the com promise measures, even to the disgust of hundreds of honest Whigs, and while Johnston is being op posed by many, very many, of his own party, the organ of these disorganizes is silent, their orators are dumb, and the great cause is defended by others, who see and feel their duty, and nobly elect to discharge it at all hazards. Such is the condition of things among those who were'so eager and so noisy in submitting their case to fhe last two conventions of the Democracy ol Pennsylvania! We have said, in so many words, that theomi- -j, nous silence of these few but reckless men in tba present contest, in reierence to the great issues at stake, and their refusal to denounce the dangerous •« machinations of Stevens and Johnston—even when Whigs do not hesitate to do it all around themes in keeping with their repeated endeavors to defy and trample under foot the decisions of the tribunals to which they have appealed, under the most solemn pledges of. submission to the result. The chief poineer ot the whole is Thomas H.Burrowes, t if not their prime mover, with his connection and companion, Reah>. Frazer. 'He will not denounce Stevens’ and Johnstons abolitionism, for bis noto rious affinities, in the same direction, have been , proved as well by his identity with Ritner, as by his almost open sympathy with Van Buren against the same General Cass whose cause he now insults by his hypocritical espousal of it. He induces a few men around him .to treat the decision of the last two Democratic State Conventions as if they had never been held; hoping by this means to help Stevens and Johnston to defeat the Democratic State ticket; and in this again showing his devotion to the shameful doctrine by which he soughFto cheat the Democracy in 1838. He manages to distil his old, anti-masonic falsehoods against Mr. Buchanan—and, oh shame where is thy blush "? to get Reah grazer to endorse them—in order to help Scott to the Presidency, and so second time to aid Stevens and Johnston. And not content with this, he would follow out the example of Stevens in 1838, when he proposed, with cold-blooded deliberation, to outrage the Constitution, by organ 'jzing two Houses of Representatives, in order to defeat the Democracy, then in the majority; for now Burrovves would organize two Democratic Connly Conventions in Lancaster, though the whole practice and success of the J party there,'the whole tenor of proceedings iq every other county for half a century and at this day, and the almost unani mous decision of the Democratic State Conventions, only recently assembled and adjourned, show, with the voice of command, that there should be but one. The idea, base and bad as it is, of this dark game ster in his last reckless scheme of wrong and of ruin, isea part of the infamous system by which he tried to unsettle the foundations of the State,- and to destroy the Democratic party, thirteen years ago. Now the hired defamer of James Buchanan, in a newspaper kept up only for slander and disorgani zation, he justifies himself by adhering to the per-- nicious practices of his Whig and anti-masonic career, by hiding behind the resentments of such men as Reah Frazer and Simon Cameron. To show that we do not overestimate the object of this movement at Lancaster, to which we frankly and fraternally call the attention of our old Demo cratic friends in-that county, it is only necessary to remember how much the country suffered, in a national point ot view, when the New York bam- burners refused to submit to the decision of th« \ last Baltimore Convention, after having been in honor, if not in words, bound to do so. It is only necessary to remember that if this example is to be allowed to go on unrebuked, your State conven tions would be powerless to settle disputed.seatß, , anarchy would be the rule and the rum of the party, and a political desperado, could break down the majority the moment that his ambitious schemes . or resentments were defeated - denying and dishon -1 oring his pledge on the plea that others had done : so; and excusing his shame behind a precedent full j o f infamy. Suppose any defeated contestant at i the two last State Conventions had done what Burrowes and Frazer now try to do'for the Lan carer contestants, our nominations might -have been still more harmonious than they were, and yet defeat would follow as an irresistible, conse- I quence. The friends of the Democratic parly in Lancaster county— the friends o( Bigler, of Clover, and ol the State ticket, should spurn this scandalous attempt for Ibt Intelligencer. For the Intelligencer.
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