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EO, SANDERSON, EDITOR
Lancaster. July 18, 1854.
FOR GOVERNOR: 4
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clotuteld County.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT:
4"-BREM & BLAME, of &owlet County.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
EffillflL - 1110Tt of Pllti County.'
Office of the InteUlgencer.
jYn Kline and M'Clure's Buildings, Duke
itreet, 8d• door north of E. King, arid di
rectly opposite the east entrance to the
new Court Bettie.
Party Organtratton—Penneylva
nla Democracy.
In our last number we, as briefly as possi
ble, directed the attention Of the people to the
origin of political parties in this country—and,
with a scrupulous adherence to facts, traced
their progress to the present time. We now
call upon the' sturdy, lion-hearted Democracy
of the old "Keystone,"- to look out for the
wiles and stratagems of their ancient enemy
in the approaching cordlict,..to be decided at
the October electien.----.Lel all the members of
.the grea-Deinocratic party' consider them
equa/—let them, individually, make the
cause for which they contend, their own. It
is a good—a noble cause. It is the cause of
the common people, the Farmers, Mechanics
and Laboring Men, which has raised our Coun
try to its present proud pre-eminence, in pros
perity and happiness. The plain name of
'DEMOCRAT is worth-more than all the coin
age of the old Federal party, under s its differ
ent guises, since the origin of party names—
and it will always remain in the ascendant.
But we deem it to be almost superfluous, in
Pennsylvania, to remind the - Democracy of
their duty, 'or to express a doubt in reference
to the bold and determined action of every
democratic soldier when the hour of trial comes:
-Their fealty to the Constitution and to the
principles held by our forefathers, have been
too often tested to doubt their patriotism at
this important crisis. On the other side, the
finger of fate points to the fact, that the days
of the Federal Whig party are numbered. It
has been "weighed in the balance [of public
opinion] and found wanting." It fell, after
many hard struggles, in 1851—again resusei
' tated in 1852, under the exhilerating music of
the "drum and fife"—the attempt to catch the
"rich Irish brogue" and the "sweet German
accent," but only to be aefeated more disastrous
ly than ever; and then fell, never to rise again.
The history of the past has shed sufficient
light'upon reflecting minds, to guard them
against being led into a new alliance with the
Federal Whig.party, under the promise of ob
taining power or respectable position. Many
honest, but unreflecting men, have been goad
ed into ill feeling against some measure or
some Official of the Democratic party, by mis
representation and calumny; then, by the
trickster leaders of the Whig party, they have
been organized as an independent party, under
a new name—and what has been the result!!
Why, in every instance, they have been enlist
ed under the banner of Federal Whiggery, and
used as mere factions, to he cast aside like
-"squeezed oranges," when no longer servicc
able. "ANTI-M/6°1 , 71w," under wilose banner
many honest and, good, but deluded citizens
of this County and throughout the State, or ,
gardzed for the pdrpose ofputting down an
institution which they believed to he a danger
ous one, can testify to the falsity of Whig as
sertions and promises. That party was pa
joled into a union with Whiggery, by the lead
ers who brought it into life : and for a brief
period, it held dominion in Pennsylvania—re
'Mining the name under which it came into
existence. But the "cloven foot" of its betray
ers could not long be concealed, and poor An
ti-Masonry was merged into Federal Whig-
fiery, as a PITIFUL FACTION, whose name and
.principles were too unsightly to be longer as
sociaqd with the name of Whig, on the polit
ical Calendar. Hundreds of Tremocratic citi
zens of this County, to whom we have alluded,
as having been governed by honest motives in
becoming Anti-Masons, have never ceased to
regret that unfortunate step—or to curse the
Traitors who led them into the grievous error-
And such has been, and ever will be; the
fate of all new parties, brought into existence
by the same means, for the pretended object
of redressing some alleged private or local
wrong, the character of which is generally in
dicated by the name they adopt. They are all
recruited by Sergeants commissioned by the
Whig party, and used for the benefit of that,
party, as mere FACTIONS ; and, when thrzwn
aside by their betrayers, find themselvefi lost
to the confidence of the Democracy, for whose
destruction they were employed.
Let these well known truths be kept in mind
by the People, especially by the young men
just launching into political life, whose un
trained minds and warm impulses, are taken
advantage of by the adroit and armomplished
recruiting and drill Sergeants of the Whig
party. The name of "KNOW NOTH'ING"
is an invention of the enemy ! It was selected
by the knowing ones as the best fitted for their
purposes. It wears a, semblance of mystery—
has a sprinkle of romance about it, and, better
than all, if its votaries are asked to expound
their principles, they can point to their ban
ner, and—"know nothing !"
The young men of the Democratic party,
however, for whom the snare was principally
spread,,will not be caught in it. Some of them
may venture to the door of the "Curiosity
Shop," and take a look at the interior ; but
they are too wise to cast a blight upon their
political character, which will attach through
life, by crossing the threshold and becoming
an occupant. The. old men of the Democratic
party—those who have stood firm and inflexi
ble in-their adherence to PRINCIPLE, in the
° darkest days of the party, look calmly and
scornfully at this new attempt of our ancient,
enemy, to triumph over the principles of De
mocracy.. When the day of trial comes, on
the 2d Tuesday 'of October, this sturdy pha
lanx will be found standing upon the demo ,
oratic platformthe platform of our glorious
CONSTITUTION—battIing against the prin
ciples contained in the "Alien" and "Sedition"
laws; enacted under the administration of the
elder Adams, and hurled from existence by
the_Dcmocratie party And, with the decla
ration of principles made by THOMAS JEFFER
sax, for our text-book and guide, they will in
dignantly frown down every attempt to excita
sectional or sectarian jealousies, and fight mi
., der that banner alone; which bears- upon its
folds the motto .
Equality ,f FIGHTS "and Freedom of RELIGION in all
The Fathers of the Republic have so advised
, inci ,
in th est solemn manner—and upon this au
thority the great DEMOCRATIC PARTY is
heso4l, - and its bulwarks made impregnable.
itErWe are indebted to Hon. IseAc E.
MISTER, M. C., for a copy of the Report of the
Conuniscioner of Patents, for the year 1853.
,--_ ,. -fifir•The President has appointed Hon.
k• Hard) District Attorney of
Mr. O'Conner, resigned.---
/ Ten confirmed by the
meOrn hate.
We observe' that - the Whigs are agi4rprtic
tising their olapune of brag,. Their presselk
invariably, a few months before the election,
foot up nice rows of calculations in which are
deMonstrated the triumphant success of their
candidates, and the - utter annihilation of the
Democrats. InlBsl ea-Governor Johnston was
elected for months before the contest, came off,'
and according to the showing of these immais- .
culate prophetti,nothiMgsliortofan'earthqUake
or a revolution wquld Bare .from
inglorious defeat. But the'second Tuesday of
October, however, spoiledallthesecakulations;
and instead of a rank abolition dis-unionist, '
the people had selected the clear-headed Sus
quehanna Raftsnum to guide the helm of State.
These same prophets had predicted Shunk
snugly defeated before the' election. Daring
_the last Presidential contest, also, Gen. Scorr,
whose military services, as they saidtouched
a tender chord in the American heart, was
surely elected from the time of his nomination
until the frosts of November. "He is a Cath
"olio," said they, "and will get all the Catholic
votes." In this,ltoo, were they sorely disap
pointed, and now, forsooth, in consequence of
their failure to get the Catholic vote, they or
ganize a secret society under the cognomen of
"Know Nothing," whose creed is said to be
opposition to Catholics ! And then, in the
pinctice of their old game of brag tell us that
Pollock will be elected, because they expect
the Know Nothings to give him their sup
port.
This whole game is too old and flimsy to
deceive any one. It is so transparent that any
man can see through it with half an eye, and
all the braggadocio and boasting of the Whig
press and leaders only reminds us of the boy
who was frightened in the woods and com
menced whistling to keep his courage up. A
prominent Whig the other day, in a conversa
tion remarked : "Ah ! but Pollock will get
many a Democratic vote in Lehigh, because
Gov. Bigler vetoed the Allentown Bank bill."
He will do no such thing. The Democrats of
Lehigh are made of sterner stuff than that
which induces men to desert their standard
bearer for an honest discharge of his duty.—
Without discussing the usefulness or necessity
of banks in the abstract, we have no question
but that with Gov. Bigler's knowledge of the
business wants of this region, had the Allen-'
town Bank bill stood upon its own merits-un
incumbered with a score of applications for
corporate privileges all over the State—we
should have had a Bank here long ago. The
Democrats all knOw this, and instead of cen
suring his course, will rally round him for bold
ly and conscientiously standing up between
the people and the too rapid accumulation of
these monied monopolies.
The fact is, the time has goneby when these
Whig predictions ofsuccess produce any effect.
Look around us and on all sides we see evi
dences of the unabated strength of the Demo
cratic party { and continued confidence in its
candidates. The country enjoys a degree of
prosperity unparalleled in its history: and this
too, under Democratic rule. In no quarter can
they point to any index of weakness in our
ranks—except the election of a Whig Mayor
in Philadelphia—and that was no test of the
relative strength of the two parties, as the fag
ends of every existing fiction had "a finger in
that pie." We say, then, to our friends abroad
all is well in this region. Our honest farmers
and workingmen point with just pride to the
Democratic ticket, as one eminently worthy
their support. They regard Gov. BIGLER as
one who has risen from their own ranks, and
in whose hands their interests can much more
safoly_be confided than in.those of a pampered
pet of Federalism.—Allentown Dembera - t. -
Whig Extravagance
" GOVERNMENT IS AN EXPENSIVE AFFAIR."--
So says the .A - orth American , and we agree
with that paper in foto in the opinion it has
advanced. But, still, all governments are not
alike in this particular—some being more ex
pensive than others. For instance, a WHIG
government is always more lavish in its ex
penses than a Democratic one, and our con
temporary need not go far to find the truth of
the declaration. The election of the good
Whig -lfayor and Councils in the City of Phil
adelphia will furnish abundant proof of the
fact. The salary of Mayor CONRAD has been
fixed by Councils at $6,000 per annum, and
the annual cost of the whole city government,
is estimated at over $700,000 a year ! If
this is'nt piling it on with a vengeance, then
we don't understand what economy means.—
The good people of Philadelphia, who have
placed themselves under Whig rule for the
next two years, will bavOo "pay very dear
for the whistle;" and iy the tax-payers of
Pennsylvania would avoid a like extravagance
in the government of the State, they will hp
careful not to elevate the Whig candidate for
Governor, Mt. TonocK, to power. The hon
est and industrial classes, of every party, in
the State, should take heed from the warning
they have just had in Philadelphia.
Atiat-At length there is a name at the head
of the "Know Nothing" organ—but only as
publisher. Of course, nobody acquainted with
that gentleman would slander him so much as
to charge the editorials to his account. We
still have a strong desire to see an editor's
name at the head of its columns—and would
suggest E. C. Darlington & Co., as at least
one-halt of all the matter contained in its col
umns appeared in the Examiner of the previ
ous Wednesday. Perhaps Messrs. Darlington
& Kline will consent to father the bantling,—
especially as the paper appears to be but an
off-shoot of the Examiner, and as it.is well
•understooB that they go in; heart and hand,
for that system of proscription and intoler
ence which `is advocated by the "American
Citizen."
/kV- The first address of the State Central
Committee, which will he found in our col
urns,-is a masterly production. It should be
read by every man, of every party, in the
Commonwealth. The address reflects great
credit on' Mr. BO.NrtAm, the Chairman of the
Committee, who, we presume, is the author
of it.
Mir Col. JOHN W. ReliEY, Clerk of the U.
S. House of Representatives, will please ac
cept our thanks for a neat little volume, con
taining the Obituary Addresses on the occa
sion of the death of the late Vice President
King, delivered in Congress- on the Bth and.
9th of December last. •
WRITING 1ia.—gt..4.1.1 is not gold that glit
ters," neither is all ink good ink ; but this
cannot be said. of the article manufactured by
RIDEOCT, GREELY & CO., Philadelphia, and
sold in this city, by Messrs. MURRAY & STORK.
We have tested it, and can - safely say it is the
best ink we have used for years. We advise
our readers to give this "United Slates hulel
ible Writing Fluid" a fair trial.
i/RirWe are indebted to Hon. RICHARD
BRODHEAD, of the IT. S. Senate, for a 'copy of
his speeh on the Indigent Insane Bill.
IS— The endorsement of the attacks in the
Harrisburg MIMI on CoI. JOHN W. FORNEY
for alleged misconduct towards his mother and
sister, by a paper in this City, sufficiently in
dicates the paternity of the articles referred to.
We have nothing farther to say, as this com
munity has already put their mark of disap
probation upon such ungentlemanly and infa
mous conduct.
Our Political Prospecm -
. _
It'leilitering to note the spirit" and cod:-
dance animathrg the Democratic press through
out this State. It is thoroughly united iria
decided and enthusiastic support of the State
Ticket, and evinces a zeal and determination
which cannot fail to produce the happiest re
sults,. W.e. can see nothing to ;discourage, but
mnchto animate us hi the signs of - the times.
..yirihave - only to thoroughly organize our par
ty, and appeal to the hearts and minds of the
people on the issues presented, to ensure a
certaiti triumpb,-despite the vain boastings of
our adversaries. The following article frog:
the West Cheater Republican shows how the
canvass is viewed even by some of those who
were not favorablY dispo4d to Gov. BIGLER'S
re-nomination :
• COUNTMG - WTMOITT TaEla lIOST.—Some of
. the opponents of the present Executive of this
State, are'summing up the elements that are
to be brought to bear against him at the next
election. , They say themselves that the large
body . of men who were dissatisfied with the
nomination of Juries Campbell, as a candidate
for the Supreme Bench, are now about to give
their votes and influence against Gov. Bigler.
We happen to be well acquainted with the
views of the men in this County, who took a
leading part in opposing Judge Campbell,and
we are unable to place our finger upon a sin
gle one of the number who will vote against
William Bigler. Many of these gentlemen
preferred a new man; but so far as our infor
mation or knowledge extends, there is not a
single individual amongst them, who will with
hold his support from the present nominee of
the Democratic party, for Governor of this
ComMonwealth. We think we speak by the
book, and if the seething and effervescing po
litical elements, which the Whigs,are striving
to combine into a single mass, can in any wise
be benefited by a knowledge of this fact, they
are welcome to the use of it. We are gener
ally badly beaten before the election; but some
how or other, "the man who brings in the re
turns," announces that somebody has a ma
jority, and that somebody pretty nearly al
ways happens to be the Democratic party.—
Who ever knew an election topass over in this
State, without a special stampede being got
up by our unfortunate adversaries. They first
take an observation of the political field, and
fincl that every point is well guarded and se
cured against their approaches, and then they
sing out at the top of their lungs, fire I fire ! !
In this respeet they always remind one of the
Chinese, who attempted to meet the English
and their bombshells, by beating their gongs
till everything shook again with the furious
din. It is quite too warm weather to do more
than keep an eye on the movements of the op
position, and throw down the triggers of their
traps as they slip around, setting them in dif
ferent localities. After September cools off
the atmosphere a little, the old legions will be
called into action, and we shall convince them
after the second Tuesday of October, that we,
with our victories, are like the razor-strop
man,—"we have a few more of the same sort
left."
Hon. Geo. W. Baker.
This gentleman, the Recorder of the City
of San Francisco, California, having been in
dicted by - the Grand -Jury for an alleged mis-'
demeanor, in "failing to pay over to the City
Treasurer the fines received in the Recorder's
Office for the months of March, April and
May, 1854"—has called forth the following
statement from the Mayor and Comptroller of
San Francisco. It will be seen that these of
ficials fully eshonerate Mr. BAKER from the
charge, and thoroughly substantiate its falsi
ty. We are gratified at this vindication,•as
Mr. B. formerly resided in our midst, and is
well known and highly esteemed by many of
our citizens: •
CITY HALL, Sall Franeiseo,
June 4th, 1854. ).
We. the undersigned, hare had our attention directed to
an indictment published in this morning's papers. wherein
(I. W. Baker, City Recorder, is charged with being a de
faulter, in the sum of $1326. In performance of our duty,
and in order to Inform the public of facts. we hare there
fore examined the books of the Recorder's Court. and care
fully computed the amount of fines collected for the
mouths of February. March, April and May. The result is:
Ire .thrsms.t.... lat,cir February last, the Recorder
made a final settlement with the tartrtrag
ore? all moneys then M his hands. Since that date, the
receipts from fines have been as follows :
From Ist to 28th February, 1854, :1292,59
From Ist to 31st March, 1854, 1114,50
From Ist to 30th April:lBs4,
From Ist to 31st May. 18,54,...
Making a totaLof receipts from the Ist of February
to the 31st of May, of $4415 50
We also find from vouchers in possession of the Recor
der, that the following sums have been paid by him into
the City Treasury:
February 4 PO2 50
February 13, 290 00
February 23, 597 50
March 24, 867 43
April 29, 2' 999 23
May 15, 633 33
May 31, 1009 00
Making a total payment of $4389 99
Which sum deducted from the whole amount received,
leaves a Valance of $25 51 due by, the Recorder to the city
on the Ist of June, 1854. Against which The city is in
debted to the Recorder for hit salary for the month of May,
amounting to $333 33.
It may be proper for us to remark that the Recorder re
ceived $5OO in the month of April, which sum is properly
withhold by him to abide the issue of an appeal.
We do not pretend to account for the disparity existing
between the finding of the Grand Jury, and the facts as
stated by us; we only assure the 'public that we have re
peatedly examined the accounts, and are satisfied that no
other result can be arrived at.
C. K. GARRISON, Mayor.
S. R. HARRIS, Comptroller
Governor Bigler's Address.
We have read with more than ordinary
pleasure the admirable address of Governor
BIGLER, before the Managers of the House of
Refuge, at Philadelphia, on the Ist ultimo, on
the occasion of the opening of the new build
ing connected withthat Institution. It is replete
with sound, practical sense and valuable sta
tistical information, as. also of eloquent
thought happily expressed. Want of room
prevents us from publishing it entire; we
shall, therefore, content ourselves with giving
our readers •three concluding paragraphs of
the address as a sample of the whole, and
creditable alike to the head and heart of its
distinguished author :
In conclusion ; let us dedicate this magnifi
cent structure, so complete in all its arrange
ments and spacious in its departments to the
great work of mercy and justice, for which it
has been reared. It is the natural result of
that enlarged generosity and comprehensive
benevolence, which has at all times so distin
guished the people of Philadelphia. In its ob
ject and intent—in its devotion to the good of
others, we have an apt illustration of the hu
mane and benevolent principles of the illustri
ous founder of your great city, whose goodness
and genius seems stamped and impressed up
on every page of your history. In its practi
cal workings, I am confident it will reflect the
real beauties of our republican and social sys
tem of government. It will be a REFUGE in
'the true sense of the term. A home, a school,
a guardian and friend for the parentless and
destitute, who may sin, from the force of their
unhappy condition. A master and rod of cor
rection for the wayivard, the vicious and re
fractory. Within its spacious apartments let
all such be gathered, not to be punished and
disgraced as criminals, and then returned to
their old.associations to repeat their offences;
but to be cured if possible of moral pollution;
to be instructed in the rudiments of education;
in lessons of virtue and truth; to he trained to
habits of industry and obedience ; to be made
"wiser and better," and thenceforth to go
Abroad into the world, shielded by the benign
iprincip . les thus imbibed, and taking their po
sitions in society as useful and honorable mem
bers, bearing willing and emphatic testimony
to the merits of this noble charity.
What a gigantic work ! It were enough to
startle the most sanguine, and yet I am free
to pred;ct for the Refuge, a brilliant triumph
in the accomplishment of the task.
It was the proud boast of the Romans that,
`whilst the Coliseum stands, Rome'shall stand.'
The thought was vain, for "Time's effacing
finger" ever points to the fallacy of human ex
pectations. The humbled pride and departed
grandeur of the once mistress of the world are
a fitting commentary upon worldly ambition.
But in the benign principles of your institu
tion you have the grounds of a rational, a far
more religious belief; that, long after the proud
structure you have erected shall have crum
bled to the dust; the results of its practical
and genuine benevolence will remain your
most fitting monument, and through all com
ing time, exercise a healthy influence upon the
peace and welfare of your beloved city and
commonwealth.
larGen. WILLII.M 0. BUTLER, of Kentucky,
has declined the Governorship of the Nebras
ka Territory, tendered him by the Preeident.
- - :AtOii
. .
• Since thstesult of the remelt election in
this city which disappointed all parties, the
friends of bankela i ndng, and all other
kinds of special privile, are inspired . with
the.hope . of electing Pollock over Bigler the
present incumbent of the Executive .chair - of.
the Commonwealth, who known. to -be
nosed to to any increase of the amount - of
mg capital. Mr . l , hicksisentlineuts ere un
known on thecurrency questien, but he is
presumed to be in favor of I More binks
_end
more paper, and.'per consequence of lesi.gold.
and silver for general c•iio' ation.-appliemts
for the privilege •of accommodating the . pea
ls with a circulating medium are alreadymp
idly multiplying!, i ltissurrOsing what a num
ber of patriotic and disinterested citizens we.
have; for these applications. are all made that
the public may be better Served. No one of
them at all intimates any selfish consideration,
nor, so far as may be infered from• anything
that is said or published, is any pecuniary id
voltage to the applicants expected: Just such
disinterestedhess has chaMeterized bank at
plications in all time past within our recollec
tion, and yet the public very - well - know , that
the banks, in time of monetary pressure, are
the greatest scourges with which our business
community is ever afflicted. When the pub
lic do not want money the banks then are free
lenders on almost any terms; but as soon as
the future shows trouble they are the very first
to discover it, and the more inconvenient
their customers find it to pay the more exora
ble in their demands. Very often the banks
are believed to be, either timorously or will
fully, the authors of many', of the troubles and
fluctuations that disturb our money market.
But for the banks there would be comparative
ly few changes - in the money market. Peo
ple should not be induced to enter into doubt
ful enterprises, nor stimulated to extravagant
habits of living-by a profusion of money at
one period, to be reduced to beggary when it
shall suit the caprice or necessity of the banks
to narrow their accommodations. Where
there are fewest banks there will the currency
always be found in most regular supply, and
business, interests most steadily prosperous.—
These are facts worth considering in connec
tion with the following notices of applications
already given for more paper money
Metropolitan, Philadelphia,
Bank of N. America, do. •
Bank.of Pennsylvania, do.
Chemical & Manufacturers', do.
Tradesmaus', do.
Southwark, do.
Western, do,
Bank of ommerce, do. •
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, York,
Allegheny Valley Bank, Pittsburg,
Farmers' Bank, do.
Pittston Bank, at Pittstobi.
Montour Bank, Danville,
Farmers' Bank, Carlisle,
Farmers' Bank of Schuylkill county,
Western Bank of Penna., Meadville,
Mechanics' Bank, Harrisburg,
Dauphin Deposit Bank, do.
Commercial Bank, do.
Anthracite Bank, Tamaqua, -
Bank of Newcastle, Lucerne county.
Bank ofHanover ' at Hanover, -
Carlisle Bank. at Cal-lisle.
Allentown Bank, at Allentown.
Lewisburg Bank, at Lewisburg,
Cumberland Valley Savings Bank. sz,
Dickinson Savings Bank,
Commonwealth Savings Bank, Harrisburg,
Reading Savings Rank, at Reading.
Nine millions five hundred and sixtylfive
thousand dollars ! Well, this will do pretty well
We think for a beginning; but, should there be
those who would have money more plenty,there
is time yet to give notice for an addition of
double and triple the amount. The following
fact from a New York paper, a city that
has more banks and more capital than any,
and probably all other cities in the Union,
shows how effectually banks make money plen
ty and cheap: "Little paper is negotiable Un
der 12 per cent., and sometimes 18 per cent. is
paid for good paper. In call loans there is
but a limited supply at 7 per cent., without
commission on brokerage, which more than
doubles the rate."
THE MAN FOR THE TlMES.—However bitterly
the defamers of Gov. BIGLER may revile him,
there is no question but he has stood up with
a boldness and self , sacrifice in defence of the
best interests of the people that entitles him' to
the warm support of the Democracy. Read the
following paragraph, by the editor of the
Montrose (Susquehanna county) Democrat,
who was Speaker of the House of Represent
atives at the last session:
"We Imply Clvrvervir.P.teroamrt vary well,
have seen him under the severest trials as well
as in the brightest days of political prosperity,
—intimately connected with him for months
in the discharge of official duty,-- - --in the varied •
relations of social, political and official life,
we have happened to have every opportunity
to observe the character of;:tlie mat. And ev
ery hour spent with him under whatever cir
cumstances, developed more strongly to our
view, the stern, unbending integrity of his
heart—the sincere and honest purpose of his
character. If we were told from above that
but'one honest man lived on this footstool, we
should as soon point to him as the man as any
we ever knew. And when wo see him vilified,
abused and scandalized, as we have seen for
the past few weeks, we shall defend him re
gardless of consequences. We will not sit
coolly by, and see falsehood and scandal tri
umph in the downfall of integrity and worth,
without rebuke. We will not see a man of
the moral worth of WILLIAM BIGLER, who has
ruined health, sacrificed ease and comfort, as
well as pecuniary profit, in the service of th'e
people of his State, we say we will not see him
slandered and disgraced by a set of unprinci
pled and malignant demagogues, without de
fending him to the last extremity of trutli
and justice."
OLD BERES-4TH OF JULY.—The :seventy
eighth Anniversary of American Independence
was celebrated by the Democratic citzens of
Old Berke, in immense numbers. Hon. J.
G LANCY JONES presided at the meeting, and Gen.
SAM. HOUSTON of Texas, delivered 4, most elo
quent and appropriate address. From the reg
ular toasts we select. the following, which go
to show the feeling prevailing with the democ
racy of old Nmocratic Berks :
Franklin Pierce—A patriot of the school of
Washington and Jefferson; bold and fearless
in the discharge ofhis duties as the chief mag
istrate of this Union, distinguished no less for
the purity of his principles than for the abili
ty with which he advocates them. He possess
es in an eminent degree the confidence, es
teem and approbation of his fellow-citizens.
Hon. James Campbell—Post Master Gene- .
ral of the United States: The arduous duties
of this reponsible position could not have been
entrusted to one more worthy or capable. As
a statesman he is celebrated for the purity of
his patriotism and his advocacy ofthe rightsof
the people and the interests of his country.
William Bigler—An honest, pure and faith
ful statesman—indefatigable in the discharge
of his official duties, with an eye single to the
true and honest interests of the state, his on
ly aim is to preserve inviolate the honor and '
character of our beloved Commonwealth.—
With
him as our standard bearer in the coming
contest, the peals of a democratic victory will
again reverberate throughout the State.
Hon. Jeremiah S. Black—A bright and dis
tinguished legal luminary, the effulgence of
whose rays have shed a lustre upon the judi
cial firmament of the Union: His past servi
ces upon the Supreme Bench are a sufficient
guaranty for the future.
Henry S. Mott—His experience in the Leg
islature of our Commonwealth—hie intimate
acquaintance with our public works and his
well known reputation as an honest man—pe
culiarly fit him for the office of Canal Commis
sioner.
POLITICAL TOLERATION.—We have read
with real pleasure, and, we trust, much profit,
the able and eloquent sermon addressed to the
congregation of St. Mathew's Lutheran
Church, Philadelphia, on the evening of June
sth, by their Pastor, Rev.- E. W. Hurrr,R,
upon the subject of ".Political Toleration." I
is indeed a masterly effort, and stamps its
author as a man of enlarged, patriotic and lib
eral views. At the present time, when intoler
ante is beginning to show itself in our very
midst, the appearance of this sermon is most
opportune, and should be carefully read and
pondered Upon by men of all parties.
gErWe have received a communciation in
.xeily to an attack made upon the Trustees oil
Franklin & Marshall College, in an article
published in the Boston Know Nothing; but
want of room compels us to omit its insertion i
this week. We shall publish it in our- next!
I'resi►y[eFianlsm In 1776.
.
:We 'mike the following attract from it ser
„ -
mon by the Rev. GEO. P lIITIZELD, entitled `.Amet:-.
...
lean' Preabyteriimisni: .:.The eloquent- pas
_
sage ilnetea from ldress of ithat aeble old
. .. an w .
patriot, Rev. Dr. Wrrstiasritio ir, will arrest . the.
atantion.ef . the read er , And.. show: what . kind
- - - .
of material our forefathers •-were made- in
, •
i 4
the `, times that tried men's.souls.” It Would'
, well e Clergy of the - present day, of
imi if th ' '
N England, ii•Ould all imitate so worthy an
• ple: { 0
Not with enemies , ior neutrals,.. were Pres
b Anna to be found, but heart and hand,
d soul, with their Congregational' brethren
; :ci
o New England for liberty, and
: against op
!Oradea! The name of the.martyred Cald
well, and many a chSplain on the rolls of the
revolutionary army, - and of those who - officia
ted in the old Conlinental Congress, through
all the times that, tried men's souls, will tell
you where! So also will the sermons' hen
pteached and still extant; the heavy rewards
offered for their heads by the
. British govern
'tient; the confidential letters of-Washington,
Who depended much-on them for information
' by which to plans;..carry: out his plan. the : well
knownff hOstility of the invading army which,
as in the caie of the old Pine Street Church of
this city, almost invariably destroyed. every
parsonage in which they lived; every edifice
14 which theyworshipped! And more : than
all, the mightier weapon than any named 'in
war, that they were enabled to wield, the
ministerial prayer meeting, which they estab
lished for the especial purpose of imploring
the blessing of the God of armies, upon their
country, in her great struggle -for mdepend
ence; these things will show the value and •
efficiency of the support which they rendered
at that eventful - period. "There," said one
of them, whose name is attaehed to the Decla
ration of Independence, and who thus addres
sed his fellow patriots: "There stands the
widow of my dear Henry, and these his or
phan children. His brother died bravely by
his side, fighting for freedom. But God knows
my heart! I had rather all my remaining sons
should fall, than see the noble cause now sur
rendered. By the graves of your fathers, who
on this ground withstood and conquered the
wild and ferocious Indians—by the love of
your mothers, divinely preserved from the
ivar-club, the scalping knife, the tomahawk
-by the purity and honor of your daughters,
your sisters, your wives, now threatened, with
rapine and pollution—by the hope of ,unborn
posterity, for whom chains and - fetters are
now clanking in your ears—by the authority,
and ih the name of the great God, who has said
the world shall he free,, I beseech, I conjure
you arouse! Rush to sustain the Eagle of
'Liberty while yet it flies!. Let the mother say
to her son, Go and God be with you. Let the
wife encourage her husband! Let the sister
cheer, animate, urge her brothers to go where
honor, religion, and'ilteir country call. These,
gray hairs must soon descend into the sepul
chre; yet I would infinitely rather they should
descead thither by the hands of the public
executioner, than desert, at this crisis, the sa
cred cause of my country!" I,t was this same
man, who in 1788, reported the original Con-
Aitution of our Church, which was not only
adopted the same year as our National Con-
Stitution; but to which the latter is largely
indebted as its model. Piety will have died
Out of the Church, and patriotism out of the
land, when the name of Witherspoon is for
gotten. t .
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The New 'York Swindle
The great New York Railroad frauds still
continue to be the theme of conversation in bu
siness circles, and the question is very gravely
asked on all sides, the to what kind of material
is the business community of the Empire City
made up, and an investigation of this-question
would, in all probability, account for the so
balled superior business qualifications of our
grandiloquent neighbors. The New York
Herald of Thursday, referring to the subject,
says:
The stock books are still being vigorously
overhauled in Wall street, and new life has
been galvanized into scores of directors and
trustees. The change from the apathy{ of the
past year or two, iz equally novel and gratify
ing. It was required. It is calculated that
Robert Schuyler fraudulently obtained; by
lover-issues of stock,
_and other contrivances,
'something like three - milliotafir
he lost, or made away with, and which cannot
now be recovered from him. Other operators
in the Parker Vein Coal Company are sup-
Posed to have obtained seven to eight millions'
of dollars in exchange for spurious certificates
,of stock, which are now known to be worth
less. A similar swindle on the Vermont
"Central Railroad Company's stock has given
the rogues a prOfit of thirteen hundred thousand
dollars ; and one, or two minor cases of a like
nature have probably produced for their au
thors a quarter of a million of dollars.
Altogether, we may • say, in round num
bers, that during the past few months,
.some twelve millions of dollars have been frail
' ulently obtained by knavish financiers, whose
present responsibility is zero.
Twelve million of dollars! And this, if we may
believe the many rumors and admissions of the
press of that city, is perhaps but the beginning of
the rad, or at least a tithe of the villany and rogue
ry which has charaCterized the operations of some
of the "first men"of that city. With twelve mor
ality, and ~such Indiarubber conscienes, it reqt:nes
but little more to find the means of constructing
great works, building magnificent palaces, or div
ing mosebeantiful horses. If this is the :exhibi
tion of the much vaunted enterprise of our netgh•
hors of the Empire City, we pray God to save us,.
as a community, from its possession. We have
often had occasion to lament a want of proper en
ergy and spirit among our business men, but we
would a thousand times rather suffer from a re
proach than believe for a moment that among the
business men of our city, such a state of degrade
lion could exist as is evinced by the examinations
of these stupendous frauds of the "first families" of
New York.—Philadelphia News. •
What miserable compounds of human nature, are occa
sionally to be met with, in the shape of newspaper editors,
whose morbid effusions are a stain on American journal
ism if not a reflection on the character.of communities, that
sustain them. And who that has an iota of manliness and
honor in his composition, can say, that this strictute does
not apply, to the creature, who to gratify his malignant
appetites, does not hesitate to insult, and-malign. incised . ;
give and respectable females, in order to wound and over
come a generous and upright foe, whotis otherwise invul_
nerable. Instances of such utter want of principle do not
often occur; be it said to the credit othuman nature, with
in the sphere of my observation; but my attention was
called a few days since to an act of the kind on the part of
a paper published at Harrisburg, which vilified JOHN W.
Tenors, because his sister chooses to trim cloth in one of
the Lancaster cotton factories, not because she has no oth
er means of living, but to gratify her commendable habits
of industry and thrift. For this - sterling virtue, which it
would be well for many more of our young ladles to pos
sess, her brother is wantonly assailed, and -an estimable
and unobtrusive female insulted by the invasion of her
sacred privacy. Shame on the man, who can allow his base
passions to urge him to such extremes; he is hi truth an
object of pity and contempt and in conclusion would in
form him, that the writer of this article, though a Whig,
is a friend of Mr. Forney's, and knew him from his youth,
and further knows, that his sister shares the comforts of
a well provided home by ,him, for hit aged and venerable
mother, who miy well feel proud of the industrious habits
she has instilled into her children. Republican virtues
and simplicity must indeed be on the wane, when industry
is tortured into a reproach, and think there could be do
more appropriate and deserved punishment inflicted on the
Harrisburg editor, than to have to pass in review of the
thonsands of meritorious young ladies, with those of far
fslntd Lowel In the front rank, employed in cotton fitcto
ries, with the article abusive of Col. Forney on this sub
ject pasted on hie hat. A WHIG.
NEW COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED.—The Leg
islature in one section of the appropriation,
bill, appointed Nimrod Strickland, John N 1
Purviance, and john Strohm, commissioners'
to audit and examine certain' claims on the
Commonwealth, for work done or materials
found on several ,portions or divisions of the
Public Works. Theie gentlemen have' for
sufficient reasons declined acting, and Gov:
Bigler, in accordance with a power conferred
upon him by the law, has appointed Wm. En
.glish, of Philadelphia, William Williamson, of
Chester, and J. Cr. McGill, of Westmoreland,
to fill the vacancies. The Governor has fol
lowed the course of Legislature, and ap
pbints two democrats and one whig.
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also Tests of Irtm, Journals of Gold, Silver,Copper and
Leld Mining operations, Coals andColleries, nand Zinc,
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OP THE STATE ORNIMAL COMMITTSK.
To - Tits PEOPLE OF Prarksinorela.l
Feltoiv-Citizens--The State Central. Commit-
-tee appoirited 1:6-; the Democratic convention
which" essembleddrPHarrisburg in March last,
have thoughtittheir duty to address you on
the present aspect Of .political affairs. • - • .
The'aliPanenta of tAa..D.Cnn =Elfin party and
of Dernwratic•policy (we scarcely-know at this
moment by. Friar mune to call them): have, for
purposes connected with theapproac.hing elec
tion, made another of those sudden changes of
attitude which have so often. heretofore tar
nished the political eharacter of their leaders,
anddissatisfied, the people. They have run
I through their whole list of public measures.—
One after the other their principles have been
condemned by the public voice and abandon
ed by themselves. A National Bank, about
which they once threatened revolution, is an
"Obsolete idea." The Independent Treasury,
which'they denounced so fiercely, is no longer
denied to be the safest and:best mode of keep
ing and disbursing the public revenues. Their
Bankrupt Law is' delivered over, with their
fall consent, to the infamy it deserves. We hear
no more from them about expunging the veto
power from the constitution. The thunders of
alartn against the annexation of Texas are si
lent. Their execrations of the Mexican war
and the barren State of California, are no
longer heard. "The tariff of 1842" is erased
from their banners and omitted in their speech
es. They seem to be ashamed (as certainly
they ought to be) of their predictions that the
country would be ruined and the treasury
made bankrupt by the tariff of 1846. Even
the Galphiiis of the last administration have
retired to the quiet shades of obscurity, con
tent to gorge their plunder in silence, without
defending the means by which it was acquired.
It might naturally be supposed, from such
untoward circumstances, that these politicians
would cease their war upon the party of the
people, 'hen their formerly avowed principles
and- measures were thus abandoned. After
keeping the country in a commotion for so
many years, by contending for measures and
views which they tacitly admit to be either
false or hopeless, it would seem that dissolu
tion was the only thing left for them. But the
natural enemies of republicanism and equality
can never be idle. The interested and ambi
tious demagogue wlll never quit his trade.—
They can at least get local offices by stirring
up strife among the people, and this they seem
ready to• do, as passing events abundantly ver
ify.
We do not . deny that themasses of the party
opposed to us are honest, sound and true
hearted citizens, who desire nothing but that
the honor, and interests of their country may
be promoted and p . erpetuated. It is their sin
cere prejudices against the Democracy, or their
long habits of obedience• to party discipline
which keeps them where they are ; but we
confidently trust that the time has now come,
when they will, break the trammels which have
heretofore bounds them, and join the Demo
cratic party in a cordial support of the laws
and the Constitution.
Previous to the last _presidential election;
the organs, orators and leaders of ' the party,
then calling itself Whig, had exhausted their
list of party doctrines. Every issue had been
settled against them. But they areseldom at
a loss for some temporary subterfuge, and on
that occasion they betook themselves to amost
disreputable expedient. They exerted all
their power and influence to excite the anger,
hatred and jealousy of the Catholics and nat
uralized voters against the Democratic party
and its candidates. Immediately upon Gen.
Pierce's nomination, they denounced him as
a bigoted Protestant, who, if elected, would
use his power to prevent atholicsfrom having
their just rights. A restriction in the Consti
tution of New Hampshire, against this sect of
people, was charged on him as a high political
offence. Certificates from Catholics in his
own neighborhood, declaring that he was hos
tile to them, flooded the country—and the
sanctity of the Post office was violated for the
purpose of circulating these documents along
with the religious papers read by persons of
that faith. On the other hand, Gen. Scott
was held up as a man for whom Catholics,
above all others, ought to vote. If he was not
la member of that church himself, it was urged
that his family were, and his daughter had,
with his consent, gone into a convent. Never
before was so bold and shameless an effort
made to rouse religious prejudices for political
purposes. Sensible men of all parties, sects,
nd classes, were deeply offended at this un
blushing sysfem or - enciva,v tato% ~aray
electioff by sectarian, appeals.
Still more humiliating than this, if possible,
was the flattery 'bestowed. upon their adopted
fellow citizens.' From the aged and distinguish
ed soldier who was'their candidate for Presi
dent, doWn to the most obscure and inefficient
of their speakers and writers, all professed a
becoming real for the rights of foreigners.—
According to their statements made then, all
persons of foreign birth had been or were about
to be greatly misused by the Democracy—and
they were urged, exhorted and warned to trust
nobody but their friends, the Whigs.. Even
the dialect spoken by forigners was referred
to as being superior to the vernacular language
which the native born citizen used. The "rich
Irish brogue" wag music to their ears, and
the "sweet German accent" was the subject
of extravagant eulogy.
These facts, fellow.citizens, are fresh in your
recollection. But, would you believe it, that
the same politicians who were preaching this
sectarian crusade against the Democracy, less
than two years ago, and who did all that in
them lay, to, excite the jealousy of adopted cit
izens against native born Americans, have re
cently espoused the doctrine of proscription
against all citizens not native born of whatever
religiou'S faith, and are said to be in close al
liance with a secret and oath bound association
which proposes to punish men for conscience
sake. In Philadelphia the newly elected May
or has boldly declared this doctrine of pro
scription. 'That this is a mere political ma
noeuvre on the part of the Whig leaders may
be confidently, affirmed. That it is a heartless
'attempt to make a political use of religious
prejudices, in which they themselves do not
participate, no one can doubt. Ascertained
facts, past and present make it perfectly appar
ent, that these same politicians, if they could
secure votes by it, would again flatter the
Catholics and be the champions of the rights
of our adopted fellow citizens.
It maybe asked, how shall the Democracy
meet the issues thus presented ? We answer,
just as they have met all the other false and
anti-republican doctrines of the enemies of pop
ular, rights, by the power of truth, by the force
of reason and argument appealing to the con
science of the Ileople. This mingling of reli
gious and political elements cannot be appro
ved or endorsed by a free and liberal people in
this age and this country. They who think
so, must be credulous and short-sighted indeed.
In 1852, the Democracy asked no. more than
equal justice for protestants, and now when
the Whigs have changed their ground, we will
demand but common and constitutional right
for adopted citizens of whatever religious be
lief they may happen to be. This has ever
been the creed of the Democratic party, as it
has ever been the policy of this government.—
They have courted no sect or class of people
.as such. They recognise no peculiar rights in
any sector class, but have only sought to main
tain the just rights of all, and to bestow dis
tinction and honor as the reward of individual
merit. The constitution and the law—the
great principles of equality which the people
of this country, native born and those of for
eign birth, fought and bled for—freedom of
conscience, which no American christian would
take from his fellow man—justice to all .and
special favors to none—this is the platform of
the Democracy. From this high elevation, let
us look down calmly upon the impotent strug
gle of those who come in conflict with these
principles. Ours is the cause of our country
—of liberty .and of true religion,, which can
only flourish in its purity where are per
mitted to worship as they think right.
We are fully persuaded that the people of
this State are true and will remain true to the
principles of civil and religious liberty, Which
were established by the 'revolution. Their
whole 'history from the first settlement of this
province down. to the 'vote at 'the last Presi
dential election, is calculated to inspire every
reflecting man with confidence in their good
sense and 'patriotism. How much and why
the principles 'of universal toleration are and
ought to be valued,* need not be enforced by
argument on this point. The history of the
world'foa two centuries is replete withinci
demolistrating the wisdom. of this.doe-
Religious toleration may bo looked upon as
the fruitful of the usfarikcolonies—and
the-rithiti of conscience and of worshiping Good
according to its dictates, may_he. confutiered .
the Corner stone of -our republicaninititutions..
The Puritans .and Catholicre r of Anghaid, and
the Hirgenots of France fled fronithe.Perseen.
tions of 'relieous intolerance at home, to the,
wilds of thif Western world, in order:that they
.._ . . I
might enjoy that, liberty here whin was-de-
med them, m the land of their birth. s land
has been the land ablve'all others ci religions
toleration—a toleration of all BMW apd creeds
so much in harmony with our ,reptfblican•in
stitutions. It , is true that here and thereat
the early settlement of the colonies contrary
contrary
spirit was sometimes manifested, b it grad
ually subsided_ and the heaven-bornrineapies
Promulgated by LOrd Baltimore in ary land,
i
Roger Williams in Rhode Island, am William
Pennin Pennsylvania, have had their health
ful sway in the policy of this noun , being
o r
engrafted in the constitutions of e several
States. The Quakers and Baptists ere once
persecuted in . New Englaud, and th Puritan
priachers and Dissenters from the established,
_English Church in Viminia—but viho would
dare now to avow pub4ly, sympathy with
such intolerance ? Who ' would have, the har
dihood now to propose an amendmt.itt to the
constitution of the Union or of any of th e States,
that a person born in a foreign i la nd, or pro
fessing any particular. religious faith, shall be
excluded from the rights, privileges and im:
munities of an American,citizen !Thanks to ,
the spirie of the age and an over-ruling and
ever wise Providence, th,e idea of ;the rights 1
of conscience has eventually prevhiled and
been permanently established, and eace has
been introduced among men underfthe sane
tion of bur government and laws, on subjects
which had long led to crUel and blobdy wars.
We are not defending the tenets of any par
ticular sect, but the Tighe) of all to epjoy their
owe peculiar views without molestation, with- -
out proscription and persecution. a this lies
the safety of all, for the powerful' of to-day
may be the weak of to-inorrow. The same
oppressions and cruelties, visited li - a domi
nant religious sect upon their weake brethren-, -
of opposite religious views, may be returned
upon themselves with a:ten fold fury in the
ebbs and flows of party and politidal feeling,
if such questions are to be tolerated at all in
political discussions. The poisono chalice
may be returned to the lips of those who would
force others to drink the hemlock. i We feel
right sure, that the adversities of the past in
the-history of mankind, will not be lost upon
the good sense of the American people, and
that all the religious persuasions may be per
mitted to carry out the pure and holy mission
of propagating the gospel and diffusing a
sound morality among men.' ' '
Let not then, fellow citizens, the sealed
fountains of religious controversy be opened to
deluge with hitter waters this happy country.
Let not then the unmitigated evils of religious
feuds be scattered broad cast over the land, to
be more loathsome than, the lice and frogs of
Egypt. Let us not he divided in political mat
ters, by reason of a diversity of sentiment on
religious subjects; where no differences an
exist in the eye of the law on such subjects,
and where all sects and' creeds are alike pro
tected. Let us live together in amity and love,
with no sectarian, bigoted or intolerant views
upon subjects about which men never could
and never will think alike; each conceding to
the other the right to consult his own con
science in matters of religion, because such
concession secures his own right to do like-
wise.
Let us also avoid the contracted L 4
ew of hu
man rights, which deniejs the privileges of cit. '
izens to those who have been borni on foreign
soil. How few of us, but can tree ancestors,
not remote, who first saw the light of day be
yond the blue waters of the Atlaidie. And
how it grates upon the American bar to hear
it announced, as has recently been done by the
new Mayor. of Philadelphia,'that al distinction.
marked and manifest is to be made among
the people of that city, not by reason of ins
equality
in intelligence or true worth, but by
reason of the accident of birth. 'llhe adopted
citizen is no longer to be considerqd an equal,
but an inferior, He can pay his taxes, enrich
by his labor his adopted country, end if need
'be defend her flag, her honor, her interests, on
the field of battle, but he must-nob enjoy" the
emoluments of offiee, , must not occupy posi
tions of public trust, or even exercise the right
of suffrage except through protCacted years
and much tribulatiori. ' He has Cast his lot
among us, made his home in our midst, is
identified withns in feeling and interest, 'and
by all the ties which love of country - can en- -
twine around the human heaxt, but yet, ac
cording to this modern doctrine, he belongs to
a proscribed, degraded Caste. j
We have for long, long years l inN,ited the op
pressed of every clime to our shores, extended
to them the hand of fellowship, offered them
the protection of the broad shield jof our con
stitution, to secure them in the rights and im
,miudties of American Icitizene ; but all this is
now to be changed, a new stdadard is to be
erected outside of and beyond the constitution,
and stronger and higher than the fundamental
law of the land. The great Charter is to be
treated as a dead letter, so fades it recognizes
the equality before the law of ddopked with na
tive born citizens, and a:power alien to thecon
stitution and laws of the land isl to be here
after the rule . of action. I r
It was assigned as among the reasons of de
claring our independence, and breaking off our
allegiance to
,the Britiih croWri, that George
111 - had endeavored to prevent the. population
of these States, that he had obitructed the
lawS for the naturalization of forbigners, and
that he had refused to Pass laws to encourage
their migration hither.
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If such were considered amengl the reasons
sufficient to risk a doubtful and bloody war, of
how much greater magnitude are those-now
presented for the consideration of all liberal
minded men. The offence of Geo'rge.Lll. was
at least an open one. He had refused to pass
laws to encourage the emigration of foreigners.
But the new policy is a species bf deception
unworthy of the American 'character. We
leave our constitution as it is,He imake no al
teration in our naturalization law's, we invite
on the faith of these guarantees, to be seen and
read of all men, that they should} leavetheir
homes, renounce allegiance to their nativeland,
and swear allegiance to our otwn government,
when we mean that the inducements thus
held out are mere cunning del'ricte intended to
deceive. For it is not proposed by those who
adhere to the strange dogma enunciated by
the new Mayor of PhilidelpliMl , change the
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settled policy of this nation, by inhering the
conditions on which the peup e of other coun
tries are to be received and. ladopted as citi
zens, but a, much more dangerouS and unjust
ground is assumed. Its prictidal .workings
are to he retrospective. It -propbstik - ta e
from eitizens,the civilaights which they have
already acquired under the l j eonStitution, by
organizing a power to s's.thvertbhat instrument
It is an attempt to settle a Policynot recogni
sed in any lawof thiscduntry,tha hereafter no
man born out of the country shall hold a civil
office under the governinent—no Matter wheth- "
er he has come hereupon the faith of the laws
of the land—no matter how good his charac
ter; hOw effective his thiilities; hew thorough
his education', or how numerouslais virtues—
no matter how devoted his attachments to the
constitution; nor hoW orthodox his religion--
no matter though he has suffered and bled for
his adopted conntry. I With suet; we are to
have no political communion—We must not
listen to their advice nor emPloyithem in the
public service. The standard oil honesty and
capacity is to be overlboked-'-and the circum
stance of birth, and birth albne I must decide
who shall fill the offices of the gevernment.
Here is a disfranchisement of the most ob
noxious character: 'l'he alien and sedition
laws were passed under the tidministration of
the elder Adams in the heit offthe insolence
of federal domMationd But hey were laws,
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while here is. a similar policy I without the'
sanction of law, secret in its I operations, and'
tyrannical, unjust "andleruel'in itslresults. It ie
in effect, an administration of the alien law of
black cockade federalibm, without the courage
to pi a& it on the stat4te book. fa spirit, es-,
sence and design are the samb.- .
The Constitution of the United tales author
ises Congress to pass ithform la s of natural
ization. It also provides that C ngress shall
make no law respecting. an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there
of; and that no religious test Shall ever be re
quired as a qualification for any 'office or pub 7
,lic trust under the United Siateq.
The constitution of Pennsylvania is even'
more emphatic. It declares that all men'haig
a natural and indefeasible right to worship -
Almighty God according to tht n dictates of
their own consciences that Mo an ',can, .of.
right, be compelled totatend4 ere t; oranppFt
anyplace of worship, rto main in any.fzun, -
istry, against his consent—that do hriman.au
thority can, in any cake whthev r, control or,
interfere with the rights of leo enee—that
no pr . eference shall eyer be give by law, to.
any religious establisinnentalor ' odes of wor-i .
ir e
ship—and that no person who knowledgeS.
the being of a God and a fiftu.r state of.re-. ,
wards and punishments, shall, of account of
his religions sentiments, be disqu • d-to - hold'
any office.or place qf *lnt orl p t under this
To e
Commonwealth. . . '•'' - -: ' :;- 1 -: fr,
, Shah was the fabrii of government' - erected
by: patriots of the revo - ktion} who:under
.stoodwlatliberty., true liberty meant, sad
who periled "their lives, their ortimiecand
their sacred honor," in its nisill 6tiQICOO. 4ro
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