jntelligencer St Journal.
Lancaster, October 26, 1652•
,
GEO. SANDhRSON,. EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT:
EN. FRANKLIN PIERCES
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
OL. WILLIAM R. KING,
OF ALABAMA
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL.
NATHARIEL B. ELDRED, Wayne.
W/LiiOn hI. , CANDLEss, of Allegheny
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT
ROBERT PATTER ON, of Philadelphia
DIOTILICT%
Peter Logan, la. Henry C. Eyer,
Geo. H. Martin, 14. John Clayton,
John Miller, 15. Isaae. Robinson,
French] W. Bockius, 18. Henry Fetter,
Robert McCoy, Jr., I?. James Burnside,
Andrew Apple, 18. Maxwell McCaslin,
Nimrod Atria and, 19. Joseph McDonald,
Abraham Peters, 20. William 8. Calohan,
David Pieter, 21. Andrew Burke,
Robert E. James, 22. William Dunn,
John Mcßeynolds, 23. John B..3l , Calmont,
Pardon Damon, 24. George R. Barrett.
to- The Presidential Election will take place on
TUESDAY NEXT, the 2d day of November.
Death of Mr. Webster.
The Philadelphia papers of yesterday brought
be melancholy intelligence of the death of DAls
it WEBSTER, the great American Statesman, and
one - of the most eminent men of the age. His
disease was Chronic Diarrhea, and he expired at
laic late residence at Marshfield, near Boston, ou Sat
tiirday morning, in the 70th year of his age.
Thus has another great man fallen—and, howev
er much many of his fellowcitizens have differed
with him in relation to public measures, all will
unite in according to him purity of purpose and pre
eminent abilities as a statesman. He was one of
Americas brightest jewels; and his place can
scarcely be supplied during the present century.
Get Tour 'rickets
The Democratic Electoral Ticket, for this county,
is now printed and ready for distribution to town
ship and borough committees. Apply to Wk.-
LlVet : , -I.t.riiror, Esq., who hai the tickets in charge.
Democrats of the City !
Recollect that the Polls close ou Tuesday next
at 7 O'CLOCK in the evening. At the last election
you lost a number of votes in consequence of the
early hour at which the Polls closed. See to it that
none are too late next time. By all means have
every voter at the Court llourre before 7 o',106:. nr
you will again be too late.
Vigilance Committees.
To act as auxiliary to the regular Ward Commit
tees of the city of Lancaster, appointed by Dr. Jno.
Miller, Chairman of the Democratic City Meeting,
held on Saturday the I , lth instant:
N W Ward—Henry A. Hambrigh t, Henry E.
Wentz, William Lowry, John W. Jackson, Edwaid
Kautz.
N. E. Ward—James L. Rsynolds . ,Zuriel Swope,
Joseph Sampson, William Hansberry, Charles M.
Howell.
S. W. Ward—Wm. S. Atnweg, Dr. Henry Car
penter, Philip Wallace, Jacob Fry, Jr., Jan Kuhns.
S. E. Ward—John A. Alessenkop, W. G. Dram,
Alexander Shertz, Dr. P. Cassidy, H. Hrgener.
LT: By the official returns of the late election,
published in another column, it will be seen that
the majority for Woonerean and Ikea's' is nearly
20,0001 All hail Pennsylvania.
A little more effort, with a thorough organi
sation of the party in every ward, borough, town
ship and county of the State, and Pluses and KING
will carry the electoral vote by at least 23,000.
Agricultural State Fait,.
This great Exhibition came off, according to ap•
pointment, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
last, and auch a vast assemblage of people we have
never witnessed any where or upon any occasion.
We have no means of estimating the number of
strangers present; but, s think that thirty thous
and, would be rather under than above the mark .
The town was literally a perfect jam, and hotels:
boarding house; and many private families were
crowded to excess. It was emphatically a great
deMonstration and a great time for Lancaster, and
will long be remembered by. our citizens as one of
the most exciting and interesting occasions they
have ever witnessed. Amongst the distinguished
invited guests present was Governor Bursae, who
elicited much attention from the vast multitude.
It would be folly in us to attempt a descrip
tion of all that was to be seen at the Fair—nor
ave we now either room or time upon the eve of
the Tresidential elehtion. It will be sufficient for
the present to otserve that the display of Horses,
Cattle, cheep and Hoge, was remarkably fine and
imrffising ; and the immense number of Fowls, of
various kinds, was the wonder of all the spectators .
Carriages, a,.11 Farming Implements of various
kinds were in great abundance, and the various
specimens of mechanical genius were truly sum
pricing. Fancy end Needle Work, Paintings, &c.
&e. also attracted great attention. Every body ap
peared delighted, and everything passed off in the
most satisfactory manner. We shall give, some
farther deseriplion of the Exhibition next week.
Stott Raked Fore and Alt—Terri
ble Dilapidation in the Rear
of his Unmentionables;
The effect of the recent overwhelming Demo.
eratic victories in Penneylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
ether States, is mournfully visible in the elongated
countenances of our Whig friends. We have not
seen a single Score man smile since the returns
Anst began to pour in from the gallem Keystone ;
and the old hero himself, alarmed by the new and
unexpected " tire in the rear " with which he was
assailed, suddenly dropped all thought of that "site,'
for which he has been so industriously looking for
the last few weeks, and made straight tracks fo
Head Quarters without coming this way to see the
great Agricultural Fair, as he had promised to do.
A more precipitate retreat was never beaten, nor
was a retreat ever made with such a bad grace.—
The General's tactics evidently fail him in his po.
litical campaigning; and we have no doubt that,
now, since he has surrendered himself to his body.
guard; that they will take extraordinary care that
he does not get louse again..
117 Hon. Jastr.s BUCHAIS - Atil is to addre/13 the De
mocracy of New York, at Tarnman) Hall, this
evening. He has been doing yeoman's
.7 , rfiCe in
this campaign.
B7A Democratic meeting will be held at Stras-
burg, at the public house of Wm. Echrernaeht, on
Saturday evening next—another one the same eve-
ning, at Safe Harbor—and in the afternoon of the
same day at the public house of Adam Black, Cen
tre Square.
Er A meeting will he held at Rohrerstmvn, on
Priddy evening—and another at Dillerville, on Sat•
nrday evening. It is expected that the latter meet
- idg will be addressed by the Hon. James Buchanan.,
Pennsylvania Election.
We publish below the full official vote at the re.
cent election in all the counties in the State, which
foots up the handsome majority of 19,121! for
Wm. }foram, (or Canal Commissioner, and
7411.! for Gco. W. WOODWAIID, for Judge of the
Supreme Court. The Democracy of our State may
well be proud of this result, achieved as it was
over the combined and untiring efforts of the un•
scrupulous Federal 'press and orators of this and
neighboring States. This is hut the beginning of
the end—the precursor of a still more glorious
triumph on Tuesday next.
OFFICIAL VOTE.-1652 .
CANAL COIL
W hig. Dem
R- .3
2197 1672 2191
7146 6559 7667
1447 1704 1714
1555 1693 1608
2026 2032 2022
3748 7585 3538
2251 1690 1693
2458 3056 2422
4810 5418 4772
2431 2130 2463
1190 1814 1213
674 1241 684
1717 2737 1698
5548 4962 5562
990 2116 1042
758 1400 763
1002 1249 924
998 1968 962
2175 2662 2197
2746 2927 2782
3165 2610 3071
2020 1520 2001
112 242 161
3257 2165 3247
2692 3590 2668
3423 3109 3405
649 779 646
1227' 2250 1217
2095 1710 2076
1942 1460 1999
785 1031 836
1047 1254 1037
9986 5526 9741
1686 1026 1719
2344 1737 2373
2482 3161 2476
3141 4998 2982
1912 2499 1793
370 516 381
2079 2558 1954
1253 1487 1231
220 1653 203
4163 5263 4125
787 1337 755
2174 3331 2098
1392 2OlB 1336
: 1172 1952 1112
8641 4552 8782
13592 14625 73313
S 3 692 50
175 390 166
3747 3960 3755
2339 940 2391
1349 2147 1331
163 373 163
1292 2222 1222
2555 1635 24-5
859 1562 651
932 1248 7025
3740 3796 3615
813 1999 749
2349 4640 2566
744 1136 711
3445 4536 3417
Adams, 1659
Allegheny, • 6580
Armstrong, 1891
Beaver, 1692
Bedford, .- 3045
Barks, 7372
Blair, 1772
Bradford, 3027
Bucks, 5408
Butler, 2176
Cambia, - 1923
Carbon, 1288
Centre, 2753
Cheater, 4959
Clarion, 2149
Clearfield, 1353
Clinton, 1188
Columbia, 1974
Crawford, 1 , 668
Cumberland, 2974
Dauphin, 25.21
Delaware, ' 1544
Elk, , 267
Erie, • 2180
Fayette, 31594
Franklin, 3107
Fulton, '774
Greene, 2244
Huntingdon, 1681
Indiana, 1464
Jefferson, 1057
Juniata, 1243
Lancaster, 5688
Lawrence, 1048
Lebanon. 1762
Lehigh, 3193
Luzerne, 4894
Lycoming, 2363
McKean, 498
Mercer, 2556
Mfflin, 1448
Monroe, 1647
Montgomery, 5276
Montour, 1319
Northampton, 3 18
Northumberland, 2215
Perry, 1901
Philada. City, 4235
County, 17660
Pike, 652
Pot.er, • 391
Schuylkill, 4223
Somerset, 947
usquehanna, 2470
Sullivan, 354
Tioga, 2247
Union, 1807
Venangu, 1559
Warren, 1229
Washington, 3675
, I Wayne, 1947
. ' Weetmoreland, 4470
Wyoming, 1093
- York, 4599
Total, 171154 151433 172473 153692
151-134 153652
Ilaiontlea
Next Tuesday
DEMOCRATS OF LANCASTER COUNTY !
Recollect that next Tuesdy the Presidential elec
tion is to be decided, and upon that decisioa may
depend the destiny of our great country to: many
years to come. The issues involved in the contest
are of transcendent importance, and every - Democrat
should.consider well the duty he owes to his party,
his country, and the cause of liberty throughout
the world.
DEMOCRATS OF LANCASTER COUNTY
Are you all ready far the battle on Tuesday next?
Have your' townships, wards and boroughs been
carefully canvased and efficiently organized?—,
Have arrangements been made to bring out to the
polls your entire strength f And will you see to it
that conveyances are provided so that the aped and
infirm may be conveyed to the election, whether it
rains or hails, snows or shines? Eveiy vote in the
coanty should be polled, and it must be done i. we
wottid prevent the Whig majority from swelling
beyond what it was two weeks ago. There are at
feast sixty-five hundred good and true Democrats
in the County who should cast their suffrages for
Planta and Kt:so, besides many others who have
heretofore acted with the opposition, but are sick
and tired of voting for men whose sole claim to
the Chief Magistracy of the Republic rests upon
their military achievements alone, and nothing else.
DEMOCRATS OF LANCASTER COUNTY!
Once more to the breach. You have one week left
to thoroughly organize and concentrate all your en
ergies. Do your duty like men. Show that you
are worthy of your ancient renown. After Tuesday
nest, when the !Rattle is fought and won, as it will
be woo if the. Democracy do their duty, you can
repose upon your lourele, with the proud conscious
ness of having discharged your whole duty gallant.
ly, nobly, fearlessly.
DEMOCRATS! Remember TUESDAY NEXT,
the 2d day of November.
A few Words to our Friends.
This will be the last opportunity that we will
have of addressing our brethren in the remote dis
tricts of the county prior to the Presidential election.
We congratulate one and all upon the grand result
in Pennsylvania. Our majority upon the State
ticket• is nearly 20,000. What Democrat,
what friend and lover or our Institutions is there
who will not fee!proud of such a brilliant victory?
It has been carried with all the speed of lightning
to the very remotest corners of our continent, re
sponse after response has gone up; bon.ftres, salutes,
torch-light processions in every State in our almost
boundless Confederacy have been gotten up in hon
or oi the gallant and patriotic exertions of the eons
of the old Keystone State. Simultaneously with
our victory, the hardy sons of Ohio, Indiana, A to
barna, Florida, fall into line with handsome Demo
cratic majorities for their State tickets.
We enter upon the National contest in our State
under the most flattering auspices, and cannot fail,
if we maintain our organization, to carry our stan
dard-bearers, Pierce and King, successfully through-
Our opponents, although paralized for the mo :
Iment, are now strenuously engaged in rallying their
scattered forces with a view of making anoth
er desperate struggle. - The Galphins at Wash
ington are alarmed in consequence of the late die
' estrous results in the State elections, and are en
deavoring to stimulate their friends to renewed ex.
ertions. By way of doing this, they
. are sending
large sums of money and documents, to every prom
inent point in the Union. Documents both in the Eng
Hell and German languages, are now being circula
ted throughout the length and breadth of our State,
containing the most infamous slanders and calum
nies against Pierce end king. l'o work, Men, fellow
Democrats of Lancaster county—ONE AND ALL!!
Arouse the inactive and hike-warm—he all 'tatty
and prepared for the great battle On Tuesday
next--and then CHARGE THE ENEMY,
FRONT, FLANK AND REAH-- show up
their frauds and peculationa upon the Treasury
of the country, by the Corwins, Gardiners,
and Crawfords—and above all ; never forget
that on the day of ,election there is no place Mr
you but AT THE POLLS.
GOOD PAY DOS Eeacriossrmixo.—The Whigs,
who approve of the system, must be greatly grati
fied by the success of Gen. Scott. During his recent
electioneering tour, in which he made 'blarney'
speeches, and used fulsome flattery, he was draw'
iug from the Government the snug little sum of
(41S per day, or $136 per week. Is not this in.
structive and edifying, asks the Utica ObBerre, 30
see the Commander-in•Chiet of the army of the
United States trying to pick up vote; and calling
on the Government to pay DIORTIZIN DOLLADB per
day for hie devotion to self—and duly! These are
paying times for stump speakers I
A Preiidential Estimate
The New York National Democrat states, that
during the visit of Secretary Corwin to that city,
he was eol:cited to give his opinion as to the ap
proaching Presidential result. That distinguished
functionary, of Galphin notoriety, was compelled
to concede that Pierce and King would certainly
carry the following States :
Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, South Carolina,
souri. Illinois, Michigan, lowa. California, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. These States have
123 electoral votes.
After the Galphin Secretary had got safer in his
estimate, continues the Democrat, he saw that Peen
sylvania or New Yorh would elect Pierce, so he
found it would not do to include them among the ;
Pieice and King States. Ohio and New Jersey
would also have been sufficient to elect the Demo•
cretin nominees—so these States must be assumed
for Scott. North Carolina, Indiana and Maine
would have defeated Scott, had the Secretary inclu•
ded them among the States he conceded to Pierce.
New Jersey, Maryland and Maine would have had
the same effect, had the Secretary given them to
Pierce and King. Tennessee, Connecticut and
Maine would have accomplished thy same result
under the same circumstances. 0
Now, not•one of the States named, but is certain
for Pierce and King. The impudence of the Sec
retary, in not conceding such States as Maine, N.
Jersey, Pennsylvania and some others, to Pierce
and Ring, fully equals the rascality' of the Galphin
business.
rcuus.
Dem. \Vhig
A friend sends the editor of the National Demo
crat the following . estimate of the result, which he
mays will prove correct and is a much better one
t han that of the Galphin Secretary
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee 12 I Arkansas
North Carol; rid 10 1 South Carotin.
Maryland S I Missouri
New Jersey 7 I Illinois
Maine S I Michigan
Indiana 111
lowa
Connnectiew S Wisconsin
Virginia 15 I California
Georgia 10 I New Hamphile
Alabama 9I
Total for Pierce and Kin
ig
This leaves the following States for Scott, or
places them among the doubtful:
Massachusetts 13 Rhode Island 4
Delaware
Vermont,
Massachusetts, Delaware and }node Island, are
ae I:kPly to go for Pierce and King as foi. Scott and
This we regard as a fair calculation, and he per
son WllO furnished us with it is a much more reli
able estimator than the Secretary of the Treasury
Joel L. Sevetr.
ot the paid :Flih; Orators Flayed Aloe by the
ft , v. Mr. Surer, of the illeihodist Church.
We have read, with great satisfaction, the ad.
dress of the Rev. Henry Slicer, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, long and favorably known as the
eloquent chaplain of the United States Senate, eta
tionr d for some years at Carlisle, in this State, and
subsequently in the State of Maryland.
It appears that the Whigs held a mass meeting
in Frederick, Maryland, the residence of Mr. Slicer,
and by way of offering him a gross insult, the
speakers' stand was erected in front of Rev. Mr.
Slicer's house, where all that the Whig speakers
said could be heard by him in his study, and by
his family in the parlor. At this meeting, J. G.
Sever, who has been passing himself otT as U. S
Senator from Louisiana, but who, in reality, is one
of the Whig paid orators, hired for the campaign,
attacked Mr. Slicer in a moat indecent and ungen
tlenmnly manner. .h day or two afterwards Mr.
Slicer called a meeting of the citizens of Frederick,
and addressed them for two hours, vindicating him
self from the assaults of this hired libeller, and
proving by documentary evidence, that this Whig
slanderer had formerly been a professed Methodist
preacher, but that he had been turned out of the
church for lying, deserting his wife antfthi/drrnin the
State of Neu" York, and far feigning to be deaf and
dumb, to excite the public sympathy, and eaiie money.
This is one of the beauties that the Whigs bring
all the way from Louisiana, and keep in their pay
during the whole campaign, to convert the people
of Pennsylvania to support Gen. Scott, and we pre
sume, if the General should happen to be elected
that this Mr. Sever would have a prominent place
under Tom Corwin, the Gardincrite„ as he would
be acapital ',manger of Mexican, Galphin and Indian
Irr The Whig papers 210 W think that a military
man makes the beet chief magi3trete,because, they
"He who can successfully command is likely to
succeaefully govern; he who can well and wisely
rule an army, will probably also ably and judicious
ly fill the Executive office of the State; and he who
has combined and victoriously employed the varied
eementr of a militaryhost, is not unlikely to blend
the varied sections at the state into a harmonious
whole of prosperity and happiness."
This doctrine would do very well if our govern
ment were a millitary despotism, and its agents
governcd,by but one principle—the "principle of
military conduct," which Gen. Scott says he would
carry into the civil administration—viz, obedience.
As the people are not quite ready yet to have the
I affairs of the government administered according
to the rules and regulations of the regular army,
as promulgated by Major General Winfield Scott,
Commander-in-Cihef, there is but little prospect fot
1 the success of the Whigs in their effort to roarer ,
I a ll ou r ;fudges, Marshals, Collectors, Postmasters
&e., into one huge battalion,
The following table gives the result of the elec
tion in this State, for Congressmen. It ill be seen
that we have gained two members, making a Dem.
ocratie gain over the 1.15 , delegation:
32d CONGIIIM. 33d cos:onsets.
. Old dial New Die.
1. Thomas B. Florence. 1. Thomas B. Florence,
2. Joseph R. Chandler, 2. Joseph R. Chandler,
3. Beau D. Moore, 3. John Robbins, Jr..
4. John Robbins, d r.. 4. Wm. H. Witte,
5. John McNair, 5. John McNair,
6. Thomas Ross, 5, Win. Everhart,
7. John A. Morrison. 7. Samuel.A. Bridges,
8. Thaddeus Stevens. S. H. A. Muhlenberg,
9. Glancy Jones, 9. Isaac E. Heister,
10. Milo M. Dimmiclt, 10. Ner Middleswarth,
11. Henry lid. Fuller, 11. Christian M. Straub,
12. G. A. Grow, 12. H. B. Wright,
13. James Gamble, 13. Asa Packer,
14. T. OS. Biblighaus, 14. Galusha A. Grow.
15. Wm. H. Kurtz, 15. James Gamble,
16. J. X. McLanahan, 16, Wm. H. Kurtz,
17. Andrew Parker, 17. Samuel L. Russell,
18. John L. Dawson, 18. John. McCulloch,
15. Joseph H. Kahn, 15. Augustus Drum,
20. John Allison, 20. John L. Dawson,
21. Thomas M. Howe, 21. DavidAitchie,
22. John TV Howe, 22. Thomas M. Howe,
23. Carleton B. Curtis, 23. Michael C. Trout,
124. Alfred Gillmore, 24. Carlton B. Curtis.
25. John Dick.
'fa, BCCHANA.II . B SPEECR AT GREE3SBVII.O.—In
allusion to this great speech, the Boston Post says
lion. James Buchanan's speech, delivered a t
Greensburg, Pa. , is an effort worthy of the high
reputation of this great statesman. It is a masterlY
presentation of the politics of the country; calm and
yet strong; admirable in its arrangement, charac
terized by maturity of thought such as large expe
rience only can give, and marked by the purest pa.
trio.ism. It is one of the hest speeches which the
contest has elicited; and were not our columns so
pressed with matter requiring attention, we should
republish it in full. Throughout the whole of the
struggle this distinguished Democrat has borne him.
self with admirable ability and propriety.
A very largo and enthusiastic meeting' of the
Democracy was held at Coatesville, Chester co.
on Saturday evening last, which was addressed by
Messrs. Frazer and Sanderson, of Lancaster.
Chester County will give a good account of her
self.
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
13 Total lot :-.cott
The Congressional Result.
Meeting at Coatesville.
City and County items
tDThc exhibition of hue hairiess and saddle
horses, for which our State is becorning famous, pro
duced much excitement it the F i ajj last week.—
Itlaguiticent equipages were seed in all directions,
Carriages, Barouches and Buggiei swept along the
course in beautiful, styte, 'eliciti ng great admiration,
The splendid coal Black horses of our friend Col.
Surat. C. STAMBAUGH. so closely matched as to
render it almoet impossible to distinguish one from
the other, attracted much attention as he drove
them in gallant style around the circle to groat
advantage, showing their matchei beauty speed and
training. 'rhe Col. did not enter , them for the pre.
mium, they would have taken it.
Er Two magnificent Beets here placEd in our
office this morning, by Mr. Prran A. Sarnam, of
this city. We understand . they l have exhibited at
the Fair last week, and, although co premium was
awarded to Mr. S., he deserved one—for they can
not be beat.
V' The new Board of County Commia.ionets
organized on the tat h inst., atid.s re-elected all the
old officers.
PICSCPOOLISTS were about during the Fair,
and several persons lost their poCket books with fill
their contents. One Lady, it is said, lost fir. gold
117 A boy was run over by au omnibus, in
Prince street . , on ThurAay, anci . liad his thigh frac-
Amusearksis.—There were no lack 01 amuse
ments in the city during the last week. In addition to
the Concerts noticed above, there were the INFANT
DURNAISR, a PANORAMA OF AIETICO, ORGAN GRIN
BIRO, a BOL CONSTRICTOR, and animals of various
kinds, a Clams and 11IESAGF'RIE combined, and
various other things and scenes unnecessary to men
tion.
ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS
This admirable company, under the direction of
WALKER, held forth at the Mechanics' Institute, du
ring the last week, to crowded houses. Their de
lineation of negro character is certainly most ad
mirable, and their concerts elicited unbounded ad
miration. They are undoubtedly the most accom
plished performers of the kind who have ever visit
ed Lancaster. The immense Audiences they at
tracted show how well their concerts were appre
ciated.
The Concerts
The Concerts last week, at Fulton Hall, were
well attended by the citizens and strangers. That
given by celebrated Violinist, OLE . Buzz, on
Thursday evening, was a perfert jam—not less than
twelve hundred tickets having:been sold. He was
assisted by Maurice Strakosch, on the Piano, and
Adelina Patti—the latter a little girl of some eight
or nine years of age, whose singing was the deligh t
and admiration of all. But the great attraction
was Ozn Buzz himself, whose performance on the
Violin cannot be surpassed. tie gave another con- .
cert on Saturday evening, which was also well at
traded, and in which it is said, he even exceeded
his former playing.
On Friday evening the Pntinsamuiric Soon . /
gave a concert. at the same place, to a full house,
which also elicited great admiration. They were
likewise assisted by little Porn, Strakosch, and
falisKx Hersh•.. a celebrated
. composer and Violin
ist of Philadelphia. Although not professing to be
I a critic in such matters, we think Mr. HicsitaCts
performance en the V iolin not a whit inferior to
I that of Ole Bull. Both are undoubtedly accom„
plished musicant,perfect in the science, and per
t haps superior to any performers now in this coun
try. The pieces performed by the Philharmonic
Society, too, were in excellent taste and admirably
executed, reflecting great credit on the Association.
By the tray, this Society were at great trouble and
expense in getting up the concert, for which they
are entitled to the thanks of the community, and
we were pleased to find that they were so well ap
preciated and sustained by our citizens. We hope
they will favor us frequent! y with similar rich
treats, and that the people of, Lane aster will give
them ample encouragement.
A Catechism for Adopted Citizens.
Who passed a law in 1797 extending the period
of Naturalization from fire lo fourteen rears
Answer—The Federal Whigs.
What party abandoned their own 'ticket in tha
city of New York, and went and elected the Na
tive American candidate for 'mayor, James Harper,
who Was in favor of requiring a residence of twenty
one years, beciire naturalizatinn, in the Spring at
1844
Ana—The Federal Whig+.
What party abandoned their own Congressional
ticket in the fall of 1844, and went in and elected
three Native American members of Congress in the
city c.f . New York?
Ans—The Federal Whigs.
What party did th ; e came thing in the city of
Philadelphia
Ani—The Federal Whigs.
ho was the Native American eandidate for
President in 1548
Ails—Winfield Scott .
Who is in favor Of a total repeat of the naturali•
zation laws-50 that no foreigner can be permitted
to vote ?
Ans—Winfield Scott.
Who got •'fired with indignation' tie conduct
of foreigners in New York
Ans—Winfield Scott.
Who drew up an appeal. dcsignid to rally a Na•
tire American party
Ans—Wimield Scott
Who thinks that we are liberal enough if We al
low the children of foreigners who are born here to
vote, without allowing their lathers to come and
help to govern us
Ana—Winfield Scott.
Who approved 01 the Philadelphia movement,
as he termed it, by the Naive Americans, a part of
which movement consisted, in burning churches of
naturalized citizens?
Ann—Winfield Scott.
Who got out a campaign caricature represent
ing some Irishmen kneeing; to Gen. Scott in the
city of New York ?
Ana—The Federal Whigs.
Who were in favor of allowing negroes to vote
in Rhode Island, but were against giving the same
privileges to foreigners
An —TheFederal Whigs.
Great Advance In Iron.
Luck runs strongly against the Whigs this year.
In t!.e midst of their desperate efforts to get up an
other tariff panic, Iron advances in price, and keeps
advancing with most provolcing steadiness. It is
even hinted that aort: some of the big Whig con
camera are plotting a reductio4 of the present rate
of duty! We should not be surprised at it, for they
have committed many an inconsistency as great as
that. The following advertisement, which appears
in the Ledger and other Philadelphia papers, is a
better answer to the Whig clamors of iireirt" than
volumes Of argument
NOTICE.—The subscribers, IRON FOUNDERS,
of the city and county of Philadelphia, beg
leave respectfully to inform their customers, that
in consequence of the great advance In the price of
Iron, they nre obliged toimake a pioportional ad
vance in the price of Stoves and Caatinge.
WARNICK & LEIBRANDT,
ABBOT & LAWRENCE,
WILLIAM P. CRESSON & CO.
WILLIAMS, KOHLER. MATHIEU & CO.
NORTH, CHASE & NORTH.
B. VANLEER & C O.
jThe N. Y. Herald, in; speaking of Gen. Scott's
tour and speeches, says-L
'•ln making this extraordinary recmvoissaace, he
has already delivered about thirty sreeches—some.
times at the rate of three or four a day. In these
orations he has surpassed all tnat Barnum ever at
tempted, in blarney. The venerable hero, in these
peregrinations in search of an asylum, either mili
tary or political, has puffed the men and the horses
—puffed the whigs and the democrats—puffed the
free sailers and the no soilers—flattered the old wo
men and the young women, and praised the little
boys and the little girls, besides kissing as many of
them as he could reach, according to all the most
authentic accounts. But Mot satisfied with all this.
be has seen puffed the cattle, including hogs, sheep
and goats," &c., &c.
Mc. Buchanan's Speech
We make the following extract from the great
speech delivered by Hon. JA_US BETILLNAS, at
Greensburg, on the 7th inst., and invite for it the
careful perusal of every Democrat and every Whig
in the county. The whole argument is a perfect
extinguisher uron Gen. Scorfs pretensions to
statesmanship, and is a "fire in the tear" horn which
it will be impossible for him to escape:—
"Mr. Clay left the Senate the acknowledged
leader and the favorite Presidential candidate of the
great Whig party. Lnder these circumstances, it
became necessary for General Scott to do some
thing to head Ills great rival and prevent him from
remaining master of the field. He must prove
himselt to ha as good a whip as Henry Clay, and
in addition a much better anti mason. It was the
common remark of the day when this letter of
October IE4I appeared, that he had out-whigged
even Henry Clay. This: is the "gratuitous letter,
making himself a candidate, in which all sorts of
unwise things were said to 'return and plague his
friends, if be should be a candidate.'
This letter is not addressed to any individual, but
. . -
is an Epistle general to all the faithful: and I must
do him the justice to say that in it he has conceal
ed nothing trom the public eye. After some intro
ductory remarks, it is divided off into seven heads.
which, with these vubdivisions, embrace all the ar
ticles of Whig faith as understood at that day; and
in addition, the author presents his views on Se
cret or Oath Bound Societies."
I shall briefly review these pr;icles of General
Scott's political faith:
1. "The Judiciary," Gen. Scott expresses his
conviction that the decisions of the Supreme Court
of the United States, on all constitutional questions,
should be considered final and conclusive by the
purple and especially by their functionaries, " ex
cept, indeed, in the case of a Judical decision en
larging power and against liberty." And how is
such a decision to be corrected Why forsooth ;
.. .
"any dangerous error Of this sort, be says, can al
ways be corrected by an amendment of the Consti
tution, in one of the modes prescribed by that in
strument itself." Easily corrected! It mieht be
so if a military order could accomplish the object;
but an amendment of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, whether fortunately or unfortunately for
the country, is almost a political impossibility. In
order to accomplish it, in by far the least imprac
ticable of the two modes prescribed, the affirmative
action of two-thirds 'of both Houses of Congress,
and of the Legislatures of three-fourths of the sev
eral States, is required. With these obstacles in the
way, whentiill an amendment of the Constitut
ion ever be made.
But, why did such a reverence for the decisions
of the Supreme Court become an article of Gen.
Scott's whig faith? Simply, because Gen. Jackson
had vetoed the Bank ()title United States. believing
in his conscience, such an Institution to he uncoil
' stitutional. He had sworn before his God and his
country to support the Constitution; and he could
not, without committing more perjury, approve a
I bill, which in his soul he believed to he a violation
of this great charter 01 our liberties. He could not
I Yield his honest convictions, simply because the
1 Supreme Court had expressed the opinion that
1 Congress possess the power to charter such seßank.
! But, according to the logic of Gen. Scot', Gen
-1 Jackson and Mr. Tyler, when bills to charter a
I Bank of the United States were presented to them,
! had no right to form or express any opinion on the
1 subject of their constitutionality. The Supreme
Court had done this for them in advance. This
Court is to be the constitutional conscience keeper
of the President. " Practically, therefm.s, (says
1 Gen. Scott,) for the people and especially their
functionaries (of whom the President is the high
est.) to deny, to disturb, or i:npugn.principles thus
, constitutionally established, strikes me as of evil ex
t ample, if fiot of a direct revolutionary tendency."
1 A Bank of the United States toast be held cowl
! tutional by the people and their functionaries, as an
article of faith, until two thirds of both Houses of
!'Congress and three-fourths of the State Legislatures
shall reverse the decision of the Supreme Court by
lan amendment of the Constitution. The President
must then wait before he can exercise the right of
judgiws ' for himself until doomsday. Oil the same
principle, we •must ad now hold as an article of
taith, that the odious and infamous sedition law of
the reign of terror is constitutiaaal, because the Ju
diciary' have so affirmed, and this decision never
has been and never will be reversed by a constitu•
tional amendment. This is double-distilled whig
gery of the most sublimated character. Truly,
"there is weaknesss in all that Gen. Scctt says and
does about the Presidency." -
Let 113 never forget that a Bank of the United
States is a fixed idea with the whig party, which
not,iing can ever remove. On this subject. like the
old Bourbons, they forget nothing and they learn
nothing. They are inseparably joined to this idol.
They believe that a concentration of the money
power of the country, in the form of such a Bank.
is neceaeary to secure the ascendency of the whiz
party in the Government; and there is nothing
more certain in futurity than that they will estab
lish a Bank, should they ever obtain ti.e power.—
Experience has taught us a lesson on this subject,
which we ought never to forget. Throughout the
political campaign of 1.840, which resulted in the
election of Gen. Harrison, it was no where avowed
by the wings, that they intended to charter a Bank
of the United States. This was carefully concealed
from the public eye. On the contrary, many of
their distinguished leaders declared themselves hos
tile to such an institution, and one of them, Air.
Badger, afterwards a member of the Cabinet, in
dignantly pronounced the assertion, that Gen. Har
rison was in favor of such a Bank to be a false
hood. But mark the sequel. No soon was Harri
son elected and a majority secured in both Houses
of Congress, than the Whigs immediately proceeded,
in hot haste ' at the Extra session, to pass a bill
establishing a Bank of the United States, which
would have become a law, but for the veto of John
I Tyler. What we have witnessed in 1841, we shall
again witness in 1853, the veto, only excepted, should
i Gan. Scott he elected Presiders' and be sustained by
a whig majority in both Houses of Congress.
'2 ".The Executive veto." To abolish this veto'.
power is another article of General Scott's political
faith, and annourced in his letter of October 1841.
To be more precise, the General woul f have the
Constitution amended for the second time, in the
, same epistle, so as to overcome the Executive veto,
"by a bare majority in each House of Congress ni
all the men - hiers elected to it,—say ler the benefit
of reflection, at the end et ten days from the return
of the Bill." What a farce! An Executive Veto .
to be overcome and nullified by a bare majority of
the very Congress, Which had but ten days before
sent the same Bill to the President for his approval
Better. far better, adopt the manly course of abol
iebing the veto altogether, than to resort to this
subterfuge.
But why has the abolishment of the Executive
Veto become an article of. Whig faith? Simply
because Gen. Jackson and Mr'. Tyler, each vetoed
Bills to establish a Bank 9f the 'United States!—
"Still harping on my daughter The Whigs have
determined '
to destroy the veto power, which has
twice prevented them from creating an Institution
which they love above all other political objects.—
The veto power has saved the country from the
corrupt and corrupting influence of a Bank , and it.
is this alone width ha! rendered it so odious to the
Whig party.
This power is the least dangerous of all the
great powers conferred by the Constitution upon
the President; because nothing but a strong sense
of public duty and a deep conviction that he will
be contained by the people can ever induce him to.
array himself against a majority of both Houses
of Congress. It has been exercised but in compar
atively few instances since the origin of the Fed
eral Government ; and I am not aware that it has
ever been exercised in any case, which has not ,al
- forth the approving voice of a large majority
of the American people. , Confident I atm. it is high
ly popular in Pennsylvania.
"Rotation in office" is the next head of General
Scott's letter. Throughout the Presidential contest
which resulted in the election of General . Harrison.
it was the fashion of the Whigs to proscribe pro-,
1 acription, and to denounce Democratic Presidents
for removing their political enemies and appoint.
ing their political friends to office. General Scott,
in his letter, comes up to the Whig standard in this
as in all other respects. In his profession of faith.
he could not even avoid a fling against the hero
and the sage then in retirement at the Hermitage.
He says, " I speak on this head from what I wit
nessed in 1829 0 '30, (the commencement of Gen
, oral Jackson's Administration,) of the cruel exper•
iments one large scale, then made upon the sensi•
bilities of the country, and the mischiefs to the pub
lic interests which early emitted.
But what was the Whig practice upon this sub
ject after they had obtained power. General Jack
son iVaS magnanimous, kindhearted anti merciful;
to my men knowledge he retained a very large
proportion of Whig clerkr:in public offices at
Washington. I ask how many Democrats now
remain in those offices. Nay, the present admin-
istration has even proscribed old widows whose
husbands had been Democrats. In the city of Lan
caster they removed from the Post Office an old
lady Of this character, who had performed her du
ties to the entire satisfaction of the public. of all
parties, to make way for a political (I admit a re
spectable political) friend. To the credit of Gen.
Taylor's memory be it spoken, he refused to make
a war upon this old lady.
Bat in this respect a change has coma over the
spirit of General Scott's dream. Of this the
Whigs are satisfied. If they were not, small would,
be his °Frowner—much smaller even than it new is
of reaching the Presidential chair. In.,hi s letter
accepting the nomination, he says:--In regard to
The general policy of the administration,*if elected,
l should, of course, look among those who ma y
op; rove that policy, for the agems to carry it into
execution; andl would seek to cultivate harmony,
and traternal sentiment thioughotit the Whig party.
without attempting to reduce its members by pro
scription to exact conformity to my own views."
-Harmony and sentiment throughout the Whig
party!" His cLirity, though large for whigs does
not extend to thrnocrals. He knows; however
that his own party are divided into supporters of
himself for his own sake, whilst spitting upon the
platform on which he stands,—and those who love
ihe platform so well !Mit for its sake they have
even cotpented, though reluctantly, to acquieste in
hie nomination;-into those Free Soil Whigs who
denounce the Fugitive Slave Law, and those who
are devo:et: heart andsoul to is maintenance
this dilemma he will attempt to reduce the dis
cordant brethren by proscription to exact confor•
mity to his own views. Southern Whigs and North
ern Free Soilers ale therefore both embraced within
the brotd s‘veep of his charity. He seek° to col
tlywe harmony and fraternal sentiment among the
Seward Whigs and the National Whigs by seating
them all at the same table to enjoy the loaves and
the fishes. But wo to the vanquished,—wo to the
Democrats! They shall not even receive a single
crumb which may fall from the table of the Pros.
Wei - trial banquet.
"One Pres.dential Tenn," id the subject which
he next &copses. Here he boggles at one Presi•
dential term.• He seems reluctant to surrender the
most eleva'ed and the most lucrative office, next to
that of President, and this, too, an office for lite, for
the sake of, only four years in:the White House.—
lie again, therefore, for the third time, in the same
'ester; proposed to amend the Constitution. just as
it this were as easy to wheel a division of his ar
my on a parade day, CO as to extend the Presiden•.
tie! term to six years. Four years are too short a
term for General Scott. It must be Prolonged.—
The people Must be deprived of the - poiverof choo
sing their President at the end of so brief a period
as four years. But such an amendment of the Con
stition he ought to have kiiown was all moonshine.
The General, •hen, declines to pledge himself to
serve but for one term, and this tor the most extra
ordinary reason. I shall quote his , own words; he
says t—'•Ruf Ido rot consider it respectful to the
people, nor otherwise proper in a candidate to soli
cit lacor on a pledge that, it elected, he will not
accept a second nomination, It looks too much
like a bargain tendered to other aspirants—yield to
me no.s; I shall soon be out of your way; too much
like the interest that something governs the cardi-
nals in thp choice of a Pope, many voting for
themselves first, and, if without success, finally for
the most superannuated in order that the election
may sooner come round again."
He was, then. you tray be sure, still a Native
American.
To say the very least, this imputation of selfish
ness and corruption against the cardinals in tile
election of a Pope, is in bad taste in a political let
ter written by a candidate fur the Presidency. It
was in exceedingly bad taste, in such an epistle,
than to stigrhatise the highest dignitaries of the an
cient Catholic church, in the performance of their
most solemn and responsible public duty to God
on this side' of eternity. From my soul, I abhor
die practice of mingling with polities. The doc
trine of all our. Corstitutiona, both Federal and
State, is that every man has an indefeasible right
to worship his God, according to the dictates of his
own conscience. He is bath a bigot and a tyrant
who would inlet fete with his sacred right. When
a candidate is before the people for office, the en
odry ought. never ought never even to be made,
what form of religious faith he professes; but only
in the language of Mr. Jefferson, "Ls he honest; is
he capable." Far be it from me to charge or even
insinuate that General Scott would desire to intro
, duce religion into party politics; and yet I consider
it exceedingly improper for him, in a political
I letter, when a candidate for the Presidency, to have
Imade this charge against the venerable cardinals
of the Catholic church. Such a charge, emanating
from so high a source, could not fail to wound the
feelings of a large and highly respectable christian
community. This has necessarily, to Borne extent
brought religious discussions into the present Presi
dential contest. ..
"Leading, measures of the late Extra Session of '
Congress." This is the next head of General Scott's
epistle, to which I shill advert. Ile swallows all
those leading measures at a single gutph. "It,"
says he, "I had had the honor of a vote on the oc
casion, it would have been given in favor of. the
Land Distribution Bill, the Bankrupt'llill, and the
second Bill for creating a Fiscal Corporation, hav
ing long been under a conviction that in peace as
in war, something efficient in the nature of a Bank
of the polled States, is not only 'necessary and—
proper," but indispensable to the auccesstul opera
tions of the Treasury, as well as to many of the
' wants of our commerce and currency."
The Land Distribution Bill. This is emphati
j cally a high toned Whig measure, which had been
! once crushed by Gen. Jackson's message of Decem
everyls33. Mr. Clay, its illustrious author, was the
essence, the life and soul of whiggery. It pro
, poses to distribute the proceeds of the public lands
among the several States. It proposes to surrender
to the several States that immense and bountiful
fund provided by our ancestors, which is always
lour surest resource in times of war and danger.
, when our 'revenue from imports fails. In the days
'-if Jackson, Van Burch and Polk, the Democratic
1 doctrine was, (I fear it is not so at present,) to pre
; serve this fund in the common. Treasury, as a sa
ereil trust, to enable Congress to execute the innu-
I merable powers conferred upon them by the Con
i :taution, for the equal benefit of all the States and
the peoplel Should Congress give away the pub.
tic lands to the States, they will deprive themselves
of the power of bestowing land bounties upon the
soldiers and the sailors who fight the battles of
, your country, and of granting liberal terms of pur
-1 chase to those hardy pioneers who make the wit
lerness blossom as the rose. What will become of
this policy it you distribute the proceeds of these
lands among the States 1 Then every . State will ,
. I have a deep interest, in preventing any donations I
lof the pnblic lands either to old soldiers or actual I
se tiers; because every acre thus given will so much ,
lessen the dividend to each of the States interested.!
Should this distribution Bill ever prevail, it will
make the States mere dependencies upon the cen
tral Government for a large portion of their reve
nue, and thus reduce these proud Democratic Soy
' ereignties to the degrading position of looking
to the Treasury of the United States for their means
of support. In the language of Gen. Jackson, "a
moredireet road to consolidation cannot be devised."
Such a state of dependence, though exactly in ac
cordance with the centralizing. Whig policy, has
ever been abhorred by the Democrats. But the
Distribution Bill is one of the principles, one of "the
convictions" of General Scott; and en let it pass.
tVe nois• come to the Bankrupt Bill, a purely
Whig measure, to which Gen. Scott gives his ad:
neslon. And such a Bill! In no legitimate sense I
of the word was this a Bankrupt law. It was
merely a new mode of paying old debts; and the I
easiest mode that was ever devised for this purpose I
in any civilized country. The expansions and con:
tractions of the Bank of the United States,—the
inundation: of Bank paper ar.d of alain•plasters
which spread over the country, had given birth to
a wild and reckless sririt of speculation that ruined ;
a great number of peoples The speculators want
ed
to pay their debts in the easiest manner, and the
whigs wanted their votes. This was the origin of
' the Bankrupt law. It ruined a great isriany, honest
creditors; it paid c.ii a great many honest debts
1 with moonshine. If my memory serves ate, debts to
1 the amount of 400,000,000 dollars were discharged
in this mariner. The law, however, from its prat
j ticable operation soon became so odious to the peo
-1 ple. that they demanded its repeal. It was strick•
I en from the Statute Book, arrlidet the execration of
I the people, by the very same Congress whieh had
I enacted it, in one year and one month from the
i day on which it went into effect. And this is the
1 Bill foe whieh General Scott declares ha would
have voted, had he been a mernher of Congress.
Next in order, we come to the Bank of the Uni
ted States. II General Scott ' had had the honor
of a. vote, it would have been given for the second
bill cleating a Tisza' Corporat'on."
Surely tha General could never' have carefully
read the bill. In derision, it was termed at the
the time, the " Kite Flying Fiecality.'.' It was a
mere speculators Bank, and no person believed it
could ever become a Law. In truth it was got up
merely for the purpose of heading John Tyler; and
when reported to the House, it was received accord
ing to the National Intelligences, with shouts of
laughter.
It crigillated in this manner. A bill had at first
passed Congress to create a regular, old fashioned
Bank of the Puited States. This hill was vetoed
by John Tyler. Afierwards ibe wend Bill, or Kite
Flying Fiscality, was prepared by the whigs to
meet some portions of Mr. Tyler's veto message,
and if Possible render it ridiculous. The bill was
passed and was vetoed by President Tyler, es ev
ery body foresaw it would' be. But how
General Scott got his head so befogged as to peer
Ibis thing, to the first bill, is a matter of wonder.
I venture to say be was the only wkig in the Uni
ted States who held the same opiniod. -
This closes General Scott's confession of whig
faith; and surely it Is sufficiently ample and spec--
tic to gratify the most rabid whig in the land. But
the Generel bad another string to his bow. It was
necessary not only that he should be as good a
Whig as Henry Clay; but that he should be some.
thing betides, aomething over and above a mere
whig, in order to render himself more available
than his great rival. Bence the concluding head
of his famous epistle which, like the postscript of
a lady's letter, contains much of the pith and mar
row of the whole. It is entitled 'Secret or Oath
bound Socities." In it he declares, although a ma.
son that he had .-not been a member of a _Masonic
Lodge for thirty odd years, nor a visitor of any
lodge since except one, now more than sixteen ye.rs
ago." And such is his abhorrence for serer Societies
that for twenty•eight years, be had not even visited
one of those literary Societies in our Colleges,
whose practice it is to adopt a few secret signs by
which their members in after life can recognise
each other.
In order then, to readrr himself a more available
candidate than Henry Clay, it was necessary that
his net should have n broader sweep than that of
the great Kentuckian. It was necessary that he
should ba us good a Whig and a far better Anti-ma.
son. The Anti-masonic party was then powerful
in Pennsylvania as well as other Northern States.
This party numbered in its ranks many old Demo•
cram, and to these Mr. Clay was not very accept.
able. The Anti-masons were more active and morn
energetic than the whigs. A distinguished Anti
mason of our State, is reported mme to have said,
that they were the locomotive and the whigs the
burden train. How were they to be enlisted iA the
ranks of Scott The great Kentuckian with that
independent spirit which characterized him, novel
yielded to the advances of Anti Masora. He was
a mason himself as well as General Scott; but the
General lent far a. more kindly ear to this new patty
Hence his remarks on Secret or oath-bound Socie
ties.•" This confession of his faith proved to be en•
tirely satisfactory; and the Anti•masons have Since
proved to be his devoted friends. lle thus captur
ed a large diwion of the forces which were unfriend
ly to Mr. Clay. But for the purpose of embracing '
the iiew recruits it became necessary to coins corn. t
prehensive name than simply that of Whigs.
He doubtless thought that a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet. Hence in his intatnous
letter, he announced himself to be a Democratic
Whig. A white blackbird,—a chi istian unbeliever.
This name was sufficiently comprehensive 'o enr
brace all men of all parties. He became all things
to all men, that he might gain proselytes. I say
what I do know, when I declare that this letter and
attempt to supplant the veteran statesman of Ker.•
tacky, was a subject at severe criticism, at the
time, in Washington city, among men of all parties-
Ssurely in the language of Thin low Weed, “there
is weakness in all he says or does abo,it the Presi•
.dency."
But a good General is always fertile in evict!,
eats. His coup d'oueil embraces the who'e field
of battle, and he is ever ready to tube advantage of
any occurrence which may enable. hint to seiz,
the victory. A new political party styling itch
he Native American party, began to loom up in
an imposing manner and to present a formidable
aspect. This party must be concilated. The Na•
give Americans must be prevailed upon to :mite
their forces with the NVhigs, and kai mason and
thus to form a grand combined army. It therefor.•,
becomes necessary for General Scott to write a
Second F.M,stle, which he seems to have done whir
all the ardor and enthusiasm of heartfelt sincerity.
This is dated from Washington city, on the loth oh
November, 1544, and is in answer to a lever ad
dressed to him, in behalf of severe! litmki.(l Na
twe American Republicans," by Geo. W. Reed, 1.79,j
of that city. . This second Epistle provrEl to be en
successful in enlisting the Native Americans under
his banner, as the fast Epistle had been in enlis:•
ine the Antimasons. And why should it not?—
The General pledged himself, in the strongest terms,
to every dogma which this now party had most at
heart.
He dates his Native Americanism bark more
than eight years to "tho stormy election in the
spring of 1836;" and his views "were confirmed in
the week [Nov. 18401 when Ilarrison electors were
chosen in New York." It was on this occasion in
1840 that 'fired with indignation," he sat down
with two friends in his parlor at the Astor House
to draw up an address, designed to rally en Ameri
can party." What has become of this address 1—
How precious would it be ? I fear, it is forever lost
to the world. It would be one of the greatest cu•
riosities of modern literature. How withering must
have been its attack upon the poor foreigners! We
can judge somewhat of its spirit, by its epistle to
.Mr. Reed. Other Native ALT ericans were satisfied
to restore the naturalization law of "the ieig of ter
ror" and to prohibit foreigner: from becoming citi
zens until atter a residence of 14 yearn. Not so
with Gen. Scott. 11, went a bow shot beyond:—
His mind.inclined to "a total repeal of all Acts of
Congress on the subject,"—to a total denial toreier
of all political rights to every human being, young
middle aged, and old, who had happened to be born
in a foreign country.
Having thus placed himself rectue in curia, as
the lawyers would say, with the Native American
party, he then proceeds, as their god father, to give
them a proper name. In this Ido not think his
choice was fortunate. It was a difficult task. It
must embrace within its ample outline both whige
and anti-masons, and yet so much of the odor of
Native Americanism, as to make its savor sweet in
the nostrils of the new party. He says, "I should
prefer assuming the designation of American Re.
publicans, as in New York, or Democratic Ameri
cans es I would respectfully snegest" This
would include all good native citizens devoted
to out country and ite institutions; and would not
I drive from us naturalized citizens, who, by long
residence, have become indentilied with us in feel
ings and interest."
'Democratic Americans!" 'What a name for
the native American party I When all the records
of our past history prove that American Democrats
have ever opened wide their arms to receive
for
eignersr flying from oppression in their native land,
and have always bestowed upon the them rights of
America's citizens. after a brief period or residence
in this country. The Democratic party have al
ways gloried in this policy; and its truits have been
to increase our population and our pow r, with an.
exampled rapidity and to furnish our country with
vast numbers of industrious, patriotic and useful
citizens. Surely the name of "Democratic Ameri
cans" was an unfortunate designation fur the Na.
tive American Party.
But General Scott was not content to be consid
ered merely as a proselyte to Native Americanism .
He claimed the glory of being the founder of the
party. He asserts his claim to this distinguished
honor, which no individual will now dispute with
him, in the Postscript to his letter of November
1844, Which was read on the 4th of February, 1847,
before the National Convention of Native Amer.
can Delegates at Pittsburg. In this lie says. eivri
ling, however, afew days ago, to my friend Mayer
, Harper of New York, I hall jocosely said, that
should claim over him and others the. foundership
I of the new party, but that Thad discovered this glo.
ry, like every other American excellence belonged
Ito the Father of his coiintry."
The Native American party an "American en
cellence," and the glory of itsfo undership belonss
to George Washington ! No, fellow citizens, the
American people will rise up with one accord to
vindicate the memory of that illustrious man from
such an imputation. Gen. Scott can never be dc•
prived of the honor of founding this party by the,
claim which he advances for the Father of his Coals
try. As long as the recent memory of our Revo•
lutionary struggle remained vividly impressed on
the hearts of our countrymen, no such party could
have ever existed. The recollection of Montgomery,
La Fayette, De Kalb, Kosciusco, and a long list of
foreigners, both officers and soldiers, who freely shed
their blood to secure our liberties, would have ten.
dered such ingratitude impossible. Our revoltition•
my army was filled with the breve and patriotic
natives of other lands; and George Washington was
their commander•in.chief. Would to have ever
closed the door against the admission of foreigner.
to the rights of American citizentl Let his acts
speak 1w themselves. So early as the 20th of
March, 1790, General Washington, as President of
the United States, approved the first law which ever
passed Congress oe the subject ofnaturalization; and
this only required a residence of two years previous
to the adoption of a foreigner as an American cm-
I Len. On the 29th January, 1795, the term of res. ,
'dente was extended by Congress to five years, and
thus it remained throughout General Washington's
administration, and until alter the accession of John
Adams to the Presidency. In his administration,
which will ever be known in history as the reign
of terror, as the era of alien and sedition laws, an
act was passed on the.lBtb June. 1798, which Noy
I hibited any foreigner from becoming a citizen until
after a residence of fourteen years, and this in the
law, or else perpetual exclusion which Gen. Scott
preferred, which the Native American party now
desire to restore.
The Presidential election of 1800 secured the as.
cendancy of the Democratic party, and under the
administration of Thomas Jefferson. its grearApos•
tie, on the 14th April, 1809, the term of residence,
previous to naturalization, was restored to five years,
—what it had been under General Washington—
and where it has ever since remained. No, tallow
citizens, the Father of his Country was never a Ne•
tiesAm
to him. erican. This" American excellence never
belonged
Gen. Scott appears to have been literally idea.
aced with the beauties of Native Americanism.—
On the 11th November, 1844, he addressed a letter
in newer to one from a certain "Mr. Herter Orr
Printer," who appears to have been the Faltor of e
Native American Journal in Philadelphia. This.
letter is a perfect rhapsody from beginning to end..
Among other things equally extravagant, the Gen.
eral says; "A letter from him (13erfunin Franklin)
were he alive, could not have refreshed me more
than that before my eyes. It gives a new value to
any little good I have done or attempted, and will
stimulate Me to do all that may tall in the scope
at my power in the remainder el my life." Who