INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A. SANDERSON, A.ssoolate.
LANCASTER, PA., JUNE 24, 1856
OIRCIILATION, 2000 COPIES!
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN C. BRECHINRIDGE,
CANAL COMLLSSIONER:
UEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia County.
AUDITOR GENERAL
JACOB FRY, Jr., of Montgomery County
SURVEYOR GENERAL
TIMOTHY IVES, of Potter County
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
SENATORIAL.
Charles H. Buckalew, Wilson McCandless
I=2
1. Geo. W. Nebinger, 14. Reuben Wilber,
2. Pierce Butler, 15. Geo. A. Crawford,
3. Edward Wartman, 16. James Black,
4. Wm.,H. Witte, 17. 11. J. Stable,
5. John McNair, 16. Johu D. Roddy,
6. John N. Brinton, 19. Jacob Turney,
7. David Laury, 20. J. A. J. Buchanan,
8. Charles Kessler, 21. Wm. ‘VilkinS,
;9. James Patterson, 22. Jas. G. Campbell,
10. Isaac Slenker, 23. T. Cunningham,
11. F. W. Hughes, 24. John Keauy,
12. Thos. Osterhuut, 25. Vincent Phelps.
13. Abraham Edinger,
The 66 intelligencer" for the Campaign.
We offer the iNTELLICiENCER iL LANCASTE
&IAN to those who wish to take it during the
Presidential campaign upon which we have
entered, for seventy-ice cents in advance. The
campaign proper will end with the Ist of De
cember, when the returns are all in and the
electoral colleges meet. The issues involved
in the campaign are of vital importance to the
Republic, and a proper understanding of them
is necessary fur every citizen. We shall give
all the political news of the day, and thus en
deavor to place arguments in the reach of our
friends who have to •encounter the common
enemy.
Ea„ A meeting of the Democratic State
Central Committee is requested at Omit's Ho
tel, in Harrisburg, on to-morrow (the 25th
inst.,) at 2 o'clock, P. M. By order of the
Chairman, (2,01. JOHN W. FORNEY.
Great Issue
The Constitution is at stake in the present
contest, and upon the result of the November
election depends, we verily believe, the per
petuity of the Union itself: Join C. FREMONT,
of California, and NVILLIA.m. L. DAYTON, of
New Jersey, have been nominated fur Presi
dent and Vice President of the United States,
by the Black Republicans who recently assem
bled in Philadelphia. These are purely sec
tional nominations—both the candidates hail
ing from free States. This is the first time in
the history of
. the Government, that such a
course has been pursued by any party.—
Heretofore the different Parties have always
taken their candidates from the two opposite
sections of the Union. But the fifteen South
ern States are excluded entirely by these
Abolitionists. Fremont and Dayton cannot
carry a single electoral vote south of Mason
S.; Dixon's line—and if elected at all, will be
elected entirely by Northern votes. Could the
South stand such an administration? Would
they, or should they be expected tamely to
submit to the iron rule of these Black Repub
lican despots? Self respect, to say nothing
of their recognized and undoubted rights un
der the Constitution, would inevitably lead
them to secession, and that w,ould be followed
by protracted and bloody civil war—for no
peaceful dissolution of the Union can ever
take place. It is all idle for any one to think
so. It would be violent, destructive, deadly.
This, then, is the great issue of tho campaign
—the Constitution and the Union, withßudnAN
AN and BRECRI2 , ZRIDGE at the head of the Gov
ernment—or dissolution and civil war, with all
their concomitant evils, should FREMONT and'
4)AYTON succeed. Let the sober-minded, re
flecting, conservative, Union-loving men of all
parties look well to this matter. We shall re
out to the subject again, as we consider it one
of vast moment to the American people.
JOHN C. FREMONT
The nomination of Col. Fremont, by the
- Black Republican Convention, which recently
met at Philadelphia, caps the climax of their
lolly and absurdity. Had they taken Judge
McLean, as it was thought at one time was
probable, they would at least have presented
a man of acknowledged learning and ability,
a personage well acquainted with the policy
and practice of the Government—and, const
quently, might have claimed for their candi
date the support of all the Abolitionists, Free
Soilers and Know-Nothings in the free States
of the Union. - But to set McLean, with all
his conceded ability, aside, and nominate
Fremont—a young man, without any charac
ter for statesmanship and with no experience
in governmental affairs—is one of the wonders
of this wonderful age. What claim he has
upon the people of the United States for their
suffrages, or what qualifications he has for the
exalted and responsible poet, is more Omit we
can divine. He is a capital explorer of the
Rocky Mountains, and the result of his ex
plorations is an immense fortune; but nobody
will pretend to allege that hie explorations or
his great wealth makes him fit for President.
If that were the case, there are others who
could have disputed the honor with him.—
Captains Lewis and Clark a half a century
ago explored the Rocky Mountains—and so
did Kit Carson, and others of more recent
date. But neither of them was ever consid
ered the proper person to elect to the Chief
Magistracy of the Union, and we shall be
much mistaken if the same estimate is not
placed upon Col. Fremont by the American
people.
Our columns are enriched to-day with
several important and interesting political ar
ticles. Amongst others, the correspondence
between the Committee of the National Con
vention and Mr. BUCHANAN—the Address of
the State Central Committee (on our first
page)—amr:the speeches of Messrs. FilenAna-
SON, BROWN, MANNING and PRESTON, at the
Ratification Meeting in this City, on the 14th
inst., will attract more than ordinary atten
tion. The response of Mr. BUCHANAN, accept
ing the nomination for the Presidency, is clear,
explicit and straight-forward—in Terfect char
acter with the man, and like every thing else
that emanates from his pen, strong, vigorous
and patriotic. There is no shuffling, no evas
ion whatever. He places himself broadly and
' squarely upon the platform 'of the National
Democracy—and if elected to the Presidency,
of which no sane man has any doubt, he will
know no North, no South, no East, no West,
but take the Constitution as his guide, and
his aim will be the welfare of his country and
the happiness of the American people.
B. REED, Esq.—We shall publish
• the very able and eloquent speech made by
this' gentleman, (heretofore one of the leading
Whigs of Philadelphia,) at the great Ratifica
tion Meeting, held in Independence Square,
to raypond to the, l nominations of the Cincin
nati Convethkia,
Mr. Buchanan and the War of 18
The Know-Nothing and Black Repu iean
papers are busily engaged in misrepres:.ting
Mr. BUCHANAN'S coarse during the :r of
1812. And to create :an impression the
public mind that he was not true to hi: coun
try during that stormy period of ourli:tory,
they have reproduced a speech made y him
on the 4th of July, 1815, six months per the
war had terminated, in which he differed with
Mr. Madison in reference to the war policy of
his administration. This was forty-one years
ago. But Mr. BUCHANAN'S position and course
in that war have one redeeming feature which
cannot be found in the present position and
course of his assailants. He was opposed to
the manner of conducting the war--but, at
the same time, manifested his patriotic devo
tion to his country by shouldering his musket
and marching to its defence. Like thousands
of true patriots of that day, Mr. BUCHANAN
differed with the administration as to its war
policy, but his heart and soul were Kith his
country, and he was ready to risk his life in
its defence. He never belonged to that other
class of opponents of the war who kept up
their;opposition, and gave aid and cdmfort to
the enemy after the war was declared. Can
Many of his present vilifiers and assailants say
se mnoh ?
But it is not our purpose, says the Washing
ton Union, to dignify this stale charge against
Mr. Buchanan by an elaborate defence. He
had the magnanimity, soon after the speech
was made, to acknowledge the error of the
sentiments it contained, and to retract them ;
and now, for more than thirty years, he has
devoted his talents and energies to those great
democratic principles 00 which rest the con
tinual increasing prosperity and glory of the
country. To show how ready Mr. Buchanan
has ever been to retract an erroneous opinion,
as well as his firmness and fearlesness in
maintaining his position when he believes it
to be right, we have obtained permission of
Hon. George W. Jones, of Tennessee, to pub
lish a letter written to him in 1847 by Mr.
Buchanan, which will place this anti-war
charge in its true light. Mr. Buchanan was,
at the date of the letter, a member of Mr.
Polk's cabinet, and in the canvass in Tennes
see Mr. Polk was assailed fur appointing to so
elevated a position a man who had opposed
the war of 1812. Mr. Jones addressed a letter
to Mr. Buchanan, asking film fur the facts in
connection with the charge. To this letter
Mr. Buchanan gave the following frank and
patriotic reply, which Mr. Jones has allowed
us to publish :
WASHINGTON, April 23, 1847.
MY DEAR Sia: I have this moment received
your letter of the 15th instant, and hasten to
return an answer.
In one respect I. have been fortunate as a
public man. My political enemies are obliged
to go back fur more than thirty years to find
plausible charges against me.
In 1814, when a very young man, [being
this day 56 years of age] I made my first
public speech before a meeting of my fellow
citizens of Lancaster. The object of this
speech was to urge upon them the duty of
volunteering their services in defence of their
invaded country. A volunteer company was
raised upon the spot, in which 1 was the first,
I believe, to enter my name as a private. We
forthwith proceeded to Baltimore, and served
until we were honorably discharged.
in October, 1814, I was elected a member
of the Pennsylvania legislature ; and in that
body gave my support to every measure calcu
lated, in my opinion, to aid the country against
the common enemy.
In 1815, after peace had been concluded,
I did express opinions in relation to the causes
and conduct of the war, which I very soon re
gretted and recalled. Since that period I have
been ten years a member of the House of Rep
resentatives, and an'equal tithe of the Senate,
acting a part on every great question. My
political enemies, finding nothing assailable
throughout this long public career, now resort
back to my youthful years for expressions to
injure my political character. The brave and
generous citizens of Tennessee, to whatever
political party they may belong, will agree
that this is a hard measure of justice ; and it
is still harder that, for this reason, they should
condemn the President for having voluntarily
offered me a seat in his cabinet.
I never deemed it proper, at :tn,- period of
my life, whilst the' country was actually en
gaged in war with a foreign enemy, to utter a
sentiment which could interfere with its suc
cessful prosecution.. Whilst the war with
Great Britain was raging, I should have
deemed it little better than moral treason to
paralyze the arm of the government whilst
dealing blows against the enemy. After
peace was concluded, the case was then differ
ent. My enemies cannot point to an expres
sion uttered by me, during the continuance of
the war, which was not favorable to its vigor
ous prosecution.
From your friend, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCIIANAN
HOD. GEORGE W. JONES. . 7
The Lancaster (Pa.) Express, a democratic
paper, and formerly a firm supporter of Mr.
Buchanan, has drawn itself entirely out of the
harness, and is now head and tail up for eith
er Fremont or McLean, whichever the Phila
delphia Convention shall nominate.
Zia' We clip the above short paragraph
from the New York Herald, to show our read
ers the character that paper has for veracity.
It will be news to the people of Lancaster
county, to hear that the Express of this city
is a Democratic paper. It never was a Dem
ocratic paper--and its course for several
months past shows it to be of the blackest of
the Black Republican stamp. It is by such
falsehoods that Bennett, who has evidently
been bought over to the Black Republican
party, seeks to benefit his new masters.
nucnanan and Pittsburg
'On the 10th of April, 1845, a large portion
of Pittsburg was laid in ashes by the Great
Fire. There was no telegraph to Pittsburg . in
those days, and the news of the calamity
could only reach Washington by the 14th of
April. Mr. Buchanan was then Secretary of
State. On that day the following document
left 'Washington for Pittsburg, addressed by
Mr. Buchanan to W. J. Howard, then Mayor
of that city. Comment is unnecessary, even
to those maligners who would represent Mr.
Buchanan as cold and selfish:
$3OOl WAsnixGroN, April 14, 1845.
Cashier of the Dank of the Metropolis—Pay to the order
Of W. J. Howard, Mayor of the City of Pittsburg, for the
use of the sufferers by the late fire. Pico Hundred Dollars.
DEAR SiR :—You will please to accept and
apply the above toward the relief of the suf
ferers in the late dreadful calamity. My feel
ings of sympathy and compassion have never
been so strongly excited upon any similar oc
casion. But let the people be of good cheer
and exert their accustomed energy, and under
the blessings of Providence, all will yet he
well, and Pittsburg will arise more glorious
than ev,er from its ashes.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
W. J. Howard, Esq.
lig' The American Register, the Know-
Nothing organ of this city, is down like "a
thousand of brick " on the nomination of Fre
mont. It calls him " a certain John C. Fre
mont, of Rocky mountain, grass-hopper celeb
rity "—and says, "he has been heretofore a
perfect political blank"—" a young man,
thrust upon the people of the United States
for the highest office in the gift of a free people,
without experience or any particular qualifi
cation to recommend him." Again—" Fiery
true patriot will' regret that both the New
York and Philadelphia Conventions did not
nominate Millard Fillmore, the only man who
stands a particle of a chance of defeating Bu
chanan.
Several communications from Keokuk,
Chicago, and elsewhere, are necessarily post
poned this week for want of room.
IM. The steamship Atlantic arrived at New
York on Sunday night—having Mr. FILL
MOR.E on lewd. Salutes were fired in honor
of his arrival, and other demonstrations of
rejoining -would be had.
Letter from Mr. Buchanan accepting the
Nomination.
LANCASTER, JUNE 13th, 1856.
Ste :—The National Convention of the Dem
ocratic party, which assembled at Cincinnati,
on the first Monday in June, unanimously
nominated you as a candidate for the office of
President of the United States.
We have been directed by the Convention to
convey to you this intelligence, and to request
you, in their name, to accept the nomination
for:the exalted trust which the Chief Magis
tracy of the Union imposes.
The Convention, founding their action upon
the time-honored principles of the Democratic
party, have announced their views in relation
to the chief questions Which engage the public
mind ; and while adhering to the truths of the
past, have manifested the policy of the pres
ent in a series of resolutions, to which we in
voke your attention.
The Convention feel assured, in tendering
to you this signal proof of the respect and es
teem of your countrymen, that they truly
reflect the opinion which the people of the
United-States entertain of your eminent char
acter and distinguished public services. They
cherish a profound conviction that your ele
vation to the first office in the Republic, will
give a moral guarantee to the country, that
the true principles of the Constitution will be
asserted and maintained; that the public tran
quility will be established; that the tumults of
faction will be stilled; that our domestic in
dustry will flourish; that our foreign affairs
will be conducted with such wisdom and firm
ness as to assure the prosperity of the people
at home, while the interest and honor of our
country are wisely but inflexibly maintained
in our intercourse with other nations; and,
especially, that your public experience and the
confidence of your countrymen, will enable
you to give effect to Democratic principles, so
as to render indissoluble the strong bonds of
mutual interest and National glory which
unite our confederacy and secure the prosper
ity of our people.
While we offer to the country our sincere
congratulations upon the fortunate auspices
of the future, we tender to you, personally,
the assurances of the respect and esteem of
Your fellow citizens,
JOHN E. WARD, Jso L. MANNINO,
W. A. RICHARDSON, JOHN FORSYTH,
HARRY IJIBBARD, W. PRESTON,
W. B. LAWRENCE, J. RANDOLPH TUCKER,
A. G. BROWN, HORATIO SEYMOUR.
Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN
WHEATLAND, NEAR LANCASTER,
June IG, 185 G.
Gentlemen have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your communication of the
kith instant, informing me officially of my
nomination by the Democratic National Con
vention, recently held at Cincinnati, as the
Democratic candidate for the office of Presi
dent of the United States. I shall not attempt
to express the grateful feelings which I enter
tain towards my Democratic fellow citizens
for having deemed me worthy of this—the
highest political honor on earth—an honor
such as the people of no other country have
the power to bestow. Deeply sensible of the
vast and varied responsibility attached to the
station, especially at the present crisis in our
affairs, I have carefully refrained front seeking
the nomination either by word or by deed.—
Now that it has been offered by the Democratic
party I accept it with diffidence in my own
abilities, but with an humble trust that, iu
the event of my election, I may be enabled to
discharge my duty in such a manner as to
allay domestic strife, preserve peace and
friendship with foreign nations, and promote
the best interests of the Republic.
In accepting the nomination, I need scarce
ly say that I accept in the same spirit, the
resolutions constituting the platform of prin
ciples erected by the Convention. To this
platform I intend to confine myself throughout
the canvass, believing that 1 have no right, as
the candidate of the Democratic party, by
answering interrogatories, to present new
and different issues befbre the people.
It will not be expected that in this answer
I should specially refer to the subject of each
of the resolutions ; and I shall thereibre
con
fine myself to the two topics now most prom
inently before the people.
And in the first place, I cordially concur
in the sentiments expressed by the Convention
on the subject of civil and religious liberty.—
No party founded on religious or political in
tolerance towards one class of American
citizens, whether born in our own or in a for
eign land, can long continue to exist in this
country. We are all equal before God and the
Constitution ; and the dark spirit of despot
ism and bigotry which would create odious
distinctions among our fellow-citizens, will be
speedily rebuked by a free and enlightened
public opinion.'
The agitation on the question of Domestic
Slavery has too long distraAed and divided
the people of this Union and alienated their
affections from each other. This agitation has
assumed many forms since its commencement,
but it now seems to be direeted chiefly to the
Territories; and judging from its present
character, I think we may safely anticipate
that it is rapidly approaching a "finality."
The recent legislation of Congress respecting
domestic slavery, derived as it has been from
the original and pure fountain of legitimate
political power, the will of the majority, prom
ises ere long to allay the dangerous excite.
ment. This legislation is founded upon prin
ciples as ancient as free government itself,
and in accordance With them, has simply
declared that the people of a Territory, like
those of a State, shall decide for themselves
whether slavery shall or shall nut exist within
their limits.
The Nebraska-Kansas Act does no more than
give the force of law to this elementary prin
ciple of self-government; declaring it to be
" the true intent and meaning of this act not
to legislate slavery into any Territory or State,
nor to exclude it therefrom ; but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and regu
late their domestioinstitutions in their own way,
subject only to the Constitution of the U. States.'
This principle will surely not be controverted
by any individual of any party professing
devotion to popular Government. Besides,
how vain and illusory would any other prin
ciple prove in practise in regard to the Terri
tories ! This is apparent from the fact admit
ted by all, that after a Territory shall have
entered the Union and become a Stab.. r" ,
00..tioutivuttl power ,uultl then exist which
could prevent it from either abolishing or
establishing slavery, as the case may be, ac
cording to its sovereign will and pleasure.
Most happy would it be for the country if
this long agitation were at an end. During
its whole progress it has produced no practi
cal good to any human being, whilst it has
been the source of great and dangerous evils.
It has alienated and estranged one portion of
the Union from the other, and has even seri
ously threatened its very existence. To my
own personal knowledge, it has produced the
impression among foreign nations that our
great and glorious confederacy is in constant
danger of dissolution. This does us serious
injury, because acknowledged power and sta
bility always command respect among nations,
and are among the best securities against un
just aggression and in favor of the maintenance
of honorable peace.
May we not hope that it is the mission of
the Democratic party, now the only surviving
conservative party of the country, ere long to
overthrow all sectional parties and restore the
peace, friendship and mutual confidence which
prevailed in the good old time, among the dif
ferent members of the confederacy. Its char
acter is strictly national, and it therefore
asserts no principle for the guidance of the
Federal Government which is not adopted and
sustained by its members in each and every
State. For this reason it is every where the
same determined foe of all geographical par
ties, so much and so justly dreaded by the Fa
ther of his Country. From its very nature it
must continue to exist so long as there is a
Constitution and a Union to preserve. A
conviction of these truths has induced many
of the purest, the ablest and most independent
of our former opponents, who have differed
from us in times gone by upon old and extinct
party.issues, to come into our ranks and de
vote themselves with us to the cause of the
Constitution and the Union. Undet these
circumstances, I most cheerfully pledge my
self, should the nomination of the Convention
be ratified by the 'people, that all the power
and influence possessed by the Executive, shall
be exerted, in a firm but conciliatory spirit,
during the single term I shall remain in office,
to restore the same harmony among the sister
States which prevailed before this apple of
discord, in the form of slavery agitation, had
been cast into their midst. Let the members of
the family abstain from intermeddling with
the exclusive domestic concerns of each other,
and cordially unite, on the basis of perfect
equality among themselves, in promoting the
great national objects of common interest to
all, and the good work will be instantly ac
complished.
In regard to our foreign policy, to which
you have referred in your communication,—
E=Zta
I=MNIMEMPIIPM=t.=M
it is quite impossible for any human fore-
knowledge to prescribe positive rules in ad
ance. to regulate the conduct of a future
v
ltdministration in all the exigencies which
nay arise in our various and ever changin
relations with foreign powers. T 4 e Fed
Government must ofinecessity exercises so nd
discretion in dealing with international ques
tions as they may occur; but this under the
strict responsibility which the Executive must
always feel to the people of the United States
and the judgment of posterity. You will
I therefore excuse me for not entering into par.
tieulars: whilst I heartily concur with you in
the general sentiment, that our foreign affairs
ought to be conducted with such wisdom and
firmness as to assure the prosperity of the Peo
ple at home, whilst the interests and honor of
our country are wisely but inflexibly main
tained abroad. Our foreign policy ought ever
to be based upon the principle of doing justice
to all nations, and requiring justice from them
I in return; and from this principle I shall never
depart.
Jhould I be placed in the Executive Chair,
I shall use my best exertions to cultivate peace
and friendship with all nations, believing this
to be our highest policy as well as our most
imperative duty; but at the same time, I shall
never forget that in case the necessity should
arise, which I do not now apprehend, our na
tional rights and national honor must be pre
served at all hazards and at any sacrifice.
Firmly convinced that a special Providence
governs the affairs of nations, let us humbly
implore his continued blessings upon our
country, and that lie may avert from us the
punishment we justly deserve for being dis
contented and ungrateful whilst enjoying
privileges above all nations, under suo a Con
stitution and such a Union a; has never been
vouchsafed to any other people.
Yours very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon. John E. Ward, W. A. Richardson, Har
ry Hibbard, W. B. Lawrence, Az G. Brown,
John L. Manning, John Forsyth, Wm. Pres
ton, J. Randolph Tucker and Horatio .Sey
mour, Committee,
A. Venal Drew
Not very long ago, says the Richmond En
quirer, a certain New York paper gave pub
licity to the rumor that the Herald had en
gaged to transfer its services to the Black Re
publican party, and that the earliest indica
tion of its treachery would appear in a spirit
of subdued but envenomed hostility to the
South. No surprise was excited
. by the revs-
lation; for as everybody knows that the con
'duct of the New York Herald is controlled by
the basest instincts of personal corruption,
there is no inconsistency in its support of any
party that addresses the strongest appeal to
its venal passions. Born of the brain of the
most dastardly and degraded villain that over
dishonored humanity, that paper was nursed
in its infancy by the ruined reputations of in
nocent women, and the sorrowful cries of
broken-hearted families. Exhibiting the vig
orous growth of the fungus offshoot of rotten
matter, it soon reached a pitch of pecuniary
prosperity, that satisfied the sordid appetite of
the blink-eyed ghoul who pocketed its profits.
The sphere of his ambition was enlarged, and
from battening on the honor of men and the
virtue of women, this filthy vulture of the
Press aspired to earn a subsistence by selling
his mendacity to the corrupt leaders of Party.
Burn in a brothel and reared among the in
mates of the penitentiary, the New York Her.
ail winged its way to higher regions; but in
the discussion of affairs of State, it exhibited
the same cruel contempt of human sensibility,
the same sordid impulses, and utter prostitu
tion of principle with which, in the day of its
obscure infancy, it was wont to pursue the
doomed victim of its fiendish malice or insati
able venality. Nevertheless the paper pros
pered amazingly. The same passioh which
impels the vulgar multitude to gloat over the
r ages of the Newgate calendar or a filthy story
of criminal desire and bestial gratification, se
cured subscribers without number for the New
York Herald. It grew to be a sort of power
in politics. Alen conciliated its favor and
deprecated its anger, by contributions to its
hoard of stolen and extorted wealth; and thus
its influence and its -riches went on multiply
ing until it attained its present position of
incomparable power of mischief.
Even in the vilest natures, the indestructible
vitality of conscience will assert itelf in some
feeble yearning after a better state; and so
the editor of the Herald was not content with
his stores of money, but aspired to a friendly
recognition from decent society, and a com
plimentary tribute to his wealth and his pow-,
er. Society spurned him with unspeakable
loathing ; and his impudent claim to office,
was rejected by the Government with equal
contempt. Revenge is now the consuming
passion of his breast, the one controlling prin
ciple of his paper. Upon the community
which shrunk from his association, and the
Government which repelled his advances, he
turned with the venom of a crushed viper.
The mendacious malignity with which the
New York Herald has pursued President
Pierce is among the most shameful passages of
its infamous history. To avenge itself upon
society, it has renewed its diabolical traffic in
the reputations of men, on a larger scale and
with increased energy of venal vituperation.
The violent hatred of the South, which has
become so suddenly conspicuous in the col
umns of the New York Herald, is not to
be explained on any hypothesis of a mere
wanton impulse of mischief. The wicked
sQirit of its conductor may riot in acts of
vil
lany, but he contrives always to combine profit
with pleasure. He is paid to enlist in the war
upon the South, so much from the treasury of
Kansas Aid Association, and so much in prom
ises of promotion from the Republican party.
We congratulate the South on the desertion
of its mercenary ally. What it-loses in ser
vice, it will'gain in self-respect.
It is a logical necessity that the New York
Herald should signalize its hostility to. the
South by its opposition to the Democratic par
ty. That paper wants not the sagacity to see
that the ascendency of the Democratic party
must he overthrown, before any successful
assault can be made upon the constitution and
the rights of the South. In pursuance of this
obvious policy, the Herald has begun a vigor
ous and systematic war upon the Democratic
candidates and the Democratic party. The
result of the canvass will show that it is not
so easy for a venal press to oppose the current
of popular sentiment, as . to hunt down the
character of a helpless woman; or to extort
money from the corruptatspirations.of a prof
ligate politician.
Thaddeus Stevens--A Prediction
In the Black Republican Convention, on
Wednesday last, Mr. Stevens made the fol
lowing remarks:
Mr. Stevens saw what the current of the
Convention was—he did not rise to resist it—
but he admonished delegates to take care it
does not sweep away friends as well as foes.—
(Applause.) Pennsylvania is embarrassed by
the withdrawal of the only man he thought
could save the State. He would like to have
time to consult his colleagues. He would be
sorry to see Judge McLean's name introdu
ced now, but he was assured that, without
that name, Pennsylvania would be lost by 50,-
000 majority in the Fall. In conclusion, he
moved to adjourn until 10 o'clock to-morrow
morning.
We have not the slightest doubt Mr. STE
VENS' prediction will be verified to the very
letter.
lleir The St. Louis Republican, the Memphis
Bulletin, the Georgia Flag of the Union, the
New York Commercial Advertiser, and the
Wheeling Intelligencer, all of them Whig pa
pers of great ability, have taken strong ground
in favor of Messrs. Buchanan and Break - in-'
ridge.
Bill Mil
CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS
DEMOCRATIC MRETING.—A meeting of the
Democrats, of this city, took place at Michael's Hotel. North
Queen street, on Wednesday evening the 11th Inst.
JOHN W. JACKSON, Esq., was called to the chair, and
Ram= H. REYNOLDS. Esq.. appointed Secretary.
The Chsirmari stated the object of the meeting to be for
the purpose of organizing a Democratic Club or Association.
A motion was then Made, and adopted, that a committee
of sixteen be - appointed, by the chair, fir the purpose of
framing a constitution, naming the club, and selecting a
list of officers for the same,—this committee to report at
the next meeting.
The meeting then adjourned till Thursday corning. Igth
instant.
Aruocasso DEMOCRATIC MISTING.—FORM MON or rtir.
"ThEILLII.-VmD adjourned meetiv, of the Dem.-
crate, of the city. took places at Michael's Itolel. La. Thu,_
day evening. 19th instant.
JOHN W. JAckao:r, Req., called the uwet gu. lnirr. I u
the abreoce of Mr. ReYnolds. Alf, ed SA lidera° was npl, .iut•
ed Secretary.
The Committee on- Cuurtitution :tad Oilier,: the:, t
porto through their Chairman, Mr. Johnstuu. The rep , rt
U11111i11:101lay wiuptra. IL S.,kele.i
the name for the Club, nod the the liar of the
Officers elertwl
President—hr. SAMCha. WEI,Cti ENS.
Vice Presidents—Elul:l.Es 31. Hance. N. E. Ward—H.
F. W. FEDDER,...LN. S. ii. Ward—.l.:..,“ W svEri. N W. 11 and
—J txtee: S. W. Hard.
Itevunting -..vert•tary— I.ms M.
Curr,poolling ~ , c.rdtary —HENRY
Treasurer—MlCllALL 11. 1.0,111.1 t.
=NME
The utlit•ers elected were then roviested to take their
seats. and the President. Dr. iVelchens. returned his thanks.
in a nest and pertinent speech, for the Lim, couferreil
upon him.
Aluiotion was made that the lacers tics committee K,r the
purpose of procuring a suitable room for holding the moor
ings of the Club. Adopted.
A motion watt made and adopted. authorizing. the °dicers
to subscribe for several Democratic Daily Papers, and re
questing Mr....iar.derson to furnish some o: his eych4h,;es .
After moving that these pro,vediugs be published iu the
lutelligencer, the Club adjourned to meet on Thursday
evening next, at such plate as the officers May designate.
il
4 4 i 11FatTLAND CLUB. - -The members of this Club
will moot at Michael's Hotel, Wirth Queen street,
on T ursday evening next, 2ath lust.. at s o'clock. All
Democrats and others Wighiug to unite with the Club are
respectfully invited to attend.
:.sAMI:EL WELCIIENS., President.
.1. M. JOHNSTON, It. ts..
ley- Is there to lie any political demonstra
tion in this city, ou the 4th of July We have heard of
uo movement as yet, and therefore presuMe that nothing of
the kind is in coutempintiou.•.
PRISON INSPECTORS—Atter u lung delay of
several months, the contacted election of Prison Inspe,
tors was decided by the Court on yesterday week—Judge
Long delivering the opinion in favor of 11H51 . 6. Bulthung
and Evans the Know-Nothing candidates. From this de
cision au appeal has been taken by 3lessrs. Buchman and
Eckert, the present incumbents, and the case will there
fore come before the Supreme Court fur hunt adjudication.
DIRECTORS ELECTED.—At the meeting of the
Stockholders of the Mount Joy Savings Institution, en
week, the followiug geutleuieu were elected Directors for
the ensuing year:
Heury Eberle, Jacob Uhrich, Euntu'l Cassel. Win. 31Dan
nel, Jacob Rein, Christian K. Long, Jacob Foreman, Henry
Kurtz'
'
Jos. Detwiler, sr. Henry almoner, tleo. W. Potter,
David Zook and ()buries Kelly.
Henry Eberle, sr., was re-elected President, :Mt .I:Leoi, It.
It. Long, Treasurer.
MILITARY. —The Philadelphia National
Guards, Captain Peter Lyle, will arrive in Lancaster, on
Monday next, and proceed to their encampment at We
bank. The Guards will be received by the Lancaster Fen
clbles, and win have a hearty soldiers' welcome.
THE GAP OUTLAWS.—There is some pros
pect of this infamous gang of counterfeiters, robbers, Sc.,
being broken up. Seveinl have been arrested, and One or
two of them are now lodged in our Prison.
A MAN Suot.—A black man by the name
of Peter Hall, said to be connected with Bear, sue of the
Gap desperadoes, was shot recently in Lancaster county, at
a point near the Compass tavern, iu this county. by a white
man named Abraham Dolby. Dolby keeps a kiud of a
groggery, and hall passed on him a counterfeit gold dollar
in payment for liquor. After Dolby discovered the decep
tion he went to Hall and demanded that he should redeem
the base coin, but Hall refused saYing, that he had a grudge
against Dolby. Dolby brought out his gun and told the
negro he would shalt him if he did nol give him good
money. The black fellow. still refused,' and Dolby shot
him, wounding him quite serhosly.—Columbia .Spy.
Moos AND LADDER COMPANV.—At a meeting
of the Hook and Ladder Company, which took place on
Thursday evening last, Christian Widruyer Was recalled to
the chair, and Geo. 11. Merrily re-appointed Secretory.
The committee appointed at a previous meting to frame
a Constitution and By-Laws, presented them before the
meeting. Action being taken upon them, they were noun
imously adopted.
On motion, it was resolved that the members proceed to
ballot for officers to serve for the ensuing six mouths.—
Whereupon the following gentlemen were elected
ideal, Capt. W. G. Kendrick; Tice President, J. Hoge. -
dobler ; Secretary, Geo. 11. 3larkley ; Assistant Suotetary,
W. E. Heinitsh; Treasurer, Christian Widinyer. . Electing
Committee, Messrs. John B. Kevinsky, Pinkerton,
and 0. A. Pinkerton; Board of Trustees, Messrs. E. 11.
Gast, Jacob Evans and Henry Ilutuphreyville.
It wan then, on motion, resolved that a committee of
three for each of the.N. E. Ward, and S. IV. Ward, and a
committee of two for each of the S. E. Ward, S. W. Ward,
be appointed to solicit contributions of the citizens to aid
in purchasing a Hook and Ladder truck. and for the, pui , „
pose of erecting a suitable truck house.
The Chair then appointed the following gentleuien on
the committee:—N. E. Ward, Messrs. E. J. Pinkerton, W.
G. Kendriek and Geo. H. Markley; N. W. Ward, Messrs.
E. H. Gast, W. E. Heinitsh and 0. A. Pinkerton; S. W,
Ward. John Hogendobler and Samuel Ihling; S. E. Ward,
Chrlsttau Widmyer and IL D. Parry.
On motion adjourned to meet ou Thursday 26th histant
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some and reading mutter without exception.
An immense and enthusiastic meeting
of the Democracy was held at Washington
City, on Wednesday evening last . , to ratify the
nominations of the Cinninilati Convention.—
Addresses were delivered by Gen. Quitman,
of Mississippi, Hon John B. Weller, of Cali
fornia, Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois,
Hon. A. G. Brown, of Mississippi, Hon. J. S.
Phelps, of Missouri, Hon. T. J. D. Fuller, of
Maine, Col. Richardson, of Illinois, Hon. F.
P. Stanton, of Tennessee, Col. Florence, of
Penna., Hon. James Dowdell, of Alabama,
Hon. F. McMullen, of Virginia, &c., &c.
A great ratification meeting of the Democ
racy took place at Boston, on Thursday eve
ning last, being the anniversary of the Battle
of Bunker Hill. Amongst the distinguished
speakers present was BENJAMIN RUSH, of _Phil
adelphia.
BLACK REPUBLICAN CONSISTENCY !-The
Black Republicans have thrown aside all their
old leaders, Hale, Seward, Giddings, Wilmot,
Greeley, Raymond, Sumner, Banks, etc., to
take up a romantic and untried young man,
and of all the places in the world, have gone to
South Carolina for a candidate' If their pe
culiar principles were deemed popular and
truthful, why did they not select as their cham
pion one who had been closely identified with
their advocacy ? They are constantly denounc
ing the South, in_ the most vindictive manner;
—the people of the South, the manner in which
children are reared there, are all inveighed
against in a tone calculated to create the im
pression that they think nothing good' can
come from that quarter of the Union. Yet, es
a practical commentary upon all this, they
present a Georgian by birth and a South Car—
olinian by education for the Presidency !
te... Henry Green, a free negro of respecta
bility, living in Baltimore, has recently been
tried foi larceny, and, during the trial, it came
out, that having married a slave woman many
years ago, he purchased her, but never gave
her her freedom, consequently their children
were his slaves. Last year, he sold two of
his sons, 18 and 20 years of age to a slave
holder, for $l,OOO each, and they were shipped
to Louisiana. He was himself born a slave
but was manumitted when young.
of Messrs. Riohardson, Brown, Manning and
Preston, at the Derm.cri. is R ttification Meet
ing, held in Lancaster, on the 14th inst.
The President intrAuced to , th-lrue,ting, Hon. Wm. A.
RICHABIMON, of UI., who wa.s greeted with three hearty
cheers. Ile addressed the meeting as follow.:
Itellow-Citizensi—lneddniwaing you it is not my purpose
to wound the feelings of any gentleman win may enter
tain port tea, sentiments different from may own. Wnere
there is 5 ,, groat a stake et ism, upon ,ivld•h so much is
depending aa. the one which is to be decided in the coming
contest, it becomes every man entertaining the opinions I
do to came. th.,m freely and tirmly, but at the .me time
to r• sport the opinions and prejudices of others. You all
hay . as deep a stake in our common government sr l have,
and lam bound presume that each one in tormiug his
opinion, and determining tipm his cow se at the coining
glee ti. us has so determine! in c iew the groat interests
depending. and is satisfied in his mind that his course is
right. The contest in whi• h we are stout to engage will
turn Upon the quest 1.41 ',la Very. Our adversaries are de
sir, us .of placing us in the position of pushing forward this
Lines, ion of .slivery and occupying new grounds in refer
ence to it. 1 Maintain. gentlemen, that the Democratic
party to-dav by its platf •rni recently adapted at Cincinnati
and through its candidates. occupies precisely the same pe•
ration upon the slavery quash{ .11 that s occupied by our
Mater, in the earlier tile liepublic and that has
been occupied by both the great political parties for the last
seven years, endorsed and ratified by both of them in their
Conventions as well as is Congress and their public assent-
At the foubdatinu of this Ilepublic every State iu the
Union was a slave State. save one. Our Constitution was
adopted suit went into operation iu 1759. Up to 1831). six
States by the action of their people. uniuttuenerd other
wise abolished slavery in their midst. In 101:0 Congress
assumed jurisdiction over the slavery question by dividing
the territory ' and tusking one portfm of it slave and the
other free. From 1s•-.1.1, up to this hour 110 State in this
Union has alsdished slavery. Why is this: , Before Con
gress had to , sumed any jurisdiction over the subject. the
people Lit the States. deciding the question for themselves,
and themselves alone, abolished slavery where they not
deem it edvantageou-r to continue it. In 1520, when the
question woo agitated in C0111:1'1,01. We agreed to compro
mise die matter by making the territory free, north of 00 0
10', sal opening it to slavery South of that line: to 10401
Texas was annexed and this geographical line was run
[Moil& her, all the territory -North of :it,' 30' beiug free
and South of it slave territory. To the' territory acquired
in the purchase of Issuismna front Franca and to Texas,
which Wee all slave territory, our Southern brethren agreed
to divide with us, and this line was applied; but when Cal
ifornia sad the territory which inured to us at the dose of
the 3litsicau war woo acquired, we labored iu vain to make
a similar division in nder to du justice to the &qui.. such
a division was defeated by ever) vote that was taken upon
the subject iu the lins,. itetnesentatives. We North
erners said to our SArthern b, esLrrn in so many words. we
will divide with you when slave territory is acquired but
will out do so when we acquire tree territory.
lu Ibiilla new policy was tnaugurated. What was that pol
icy? It was that the people uf the territories should decide
the elavery question ter themselves. Finding that it was
impossible to carry out the original understanding and
make an tepid' div ISIOII, see dcieled Ul,Oll a sew plan, and
standing upon the ground woks had been assumed and
occupied by Washington and Jenets.m. referred the pies
lion where it rightly belonged to the people for them to de
cide, (West Applause.) In theq-ills ..rganising Utah and
New Mexico the Louisiana territory purchased it en France,
the territory acquiredtv the admission of Texas and the
territory ceded by Melice were muted under one hem of
government, which conferred upou the people of these ter
ritories the right to decide the slavery question 10r thee,
soles 'Phis, then is the starting point of the slavery 4,10
trovcrsy, and I repeat that the Louisiana tot run, y\urt ii
of the line of SC' JO' covered by this :wham compact wee
placed in the same bills with ties territory that came trout
Mexico and the power COnterred upon people 10 decide
the question for themselves. I know our adversaries say,
you did not repeal the 3lissoun line. True we did not re
peal It iu terms. The net of 1, , A; says, that North of 3n° 30'
paveq is forever prohibited, and the art of ISZI says that
the people shall decide the question It. themselves. :Vow
you cannot hold the right and gine it away t.s.. (Cheers.,
If the people had the power to decide the, was us power
above thew.
LA VOICE, nor ought not to be.,
Mr. iticiialinsON: lint. fellow-diti,ns. 1 halo not time to
dwell upon these things. Let us pass on and enquire Lr
whom the bills organizing these terra wies were 113,011.
They were passed through Congress by the rote or Whigs
and Democrats, and it largo portion el the ' representatives
from Penu'a. voted fur them. in the Presidential election
of ls:Zrit, the Democratic party met in Convention awl re•
solved that the settlement wale of the slatery question in
the territories Was n final settlement in principle. The
Whig party passed a similar resolution in their Convention
and the Democratic and Whig parties in the contest of too::
both went before the people placing this slavery question
iu the hands of the people or the territories to deride for
themselve's; and gentlemen that voted I, either Pierce or
Scott endorsed that platiorm thus ail•mted tt hreat Applause.,
There iv another point to winch I invite your attention.
The next territorial bill passed after the,. of Utah and New
Mexico, lens the Washington fill in IsA, o r ga ni z ing u t or .
ritory upon the Pacific Ocean. That bill declared that the
laws passed by (utgress prior M the tiret day of September,
1645, should not be enforced in said territory. Now, I will
tell you why that was put there. sin August, 1548, sixteen
days before the first of September. Congress in organizing
the territory of Oregon, out of. which Wasinugtou true.
formed, applied what was known as the Wilmot prOVIS.I to
it. Ido nut care whether the title to Waniiington c;unr in
the purchase of 'Louisiana ire I think it did, or whether it
was acquired by some subsequent occupation or- lairelime;
homer r, Congress refused to extend any prohibil ion over
it, but conferred the power Open the peoptuOl [llO territory
to decide the slavery question for theisi,elves. Lvecy mem.
tier at Congress from Penn . ...21%1dg, Donis:rat, Free Soil
and Abolition, all voted for the bill. obi Joshua It. lid
dings, of Ohio, voted fur it himself, so clear was the under
standing then, that this was the way to settle the slavery
question. But tire votes were cast against the bill in the
House of Itepreboutatires, from all the :io.rtliern Len
slaveliolding States. ,ow, I ask you, whin her it is not re
markable when we take this into consideration, that on
Should hear all this clamor about buiclllllcompacts broken,
and an aggreessive policy pursued disturbing the peace of
the country, when Congress fur the last SIX genre have
'adopted and carried out the very measures embodied in the
Nebraskii-Kausas bill. The bill organizing the territmy
Wasiaiugton passed the House or Representat i Ves. by a vote
of 120 . t0 2:1, Imiug a majority of 1.19 ill its faro l . it passed the
Senate Without opposition and received the sanction of
Piiinium, then PreSident, who approved it; aud I affirm to
day, that throughout the length sad breadth of the land
no man raised his voice to coy that it was a violation of any
compact or understanding, but all felt that we had carried
mit in good faith what we agreed to du in
It is our duty then to inquire whether all this egltatiou
made by the factious of the day exciting tire public mind,
is nut for sonic other purpose than that of advancing the
great interests of the country. In the coming contest
you will be told that we are pursueing aggressve policy,
that we are desirous of breaking down everything sacred
:and solemn'in the past, and will be asked to believe that
Mr. Buchanan, a man whose life has been devoted to the
service of his country, and in defence of its honer and in
terests in now in the evening and towards the night of his
life anxious to destroy it. iii rent applaioi.) Who is
there will believe it t What ! a man whose life has been
spool in asserting and maintaining the free institutions of
this noble republic, willing now to strike down the only
beacon light upon earth where humam rights and human
liberty can repose in safety and security, and anxious to
scatter the ruins of the republic :thing the highway of na.
Boos where lie the wrecks of republics that have gone he
foae us. (Cheers.) Who Is there who can imlieve it, Mill
yet, gentlemen, it you la. 7 lieve the declamations of our op•
pouents you must believe that the party which nominated
Mr. Bitch:man and he himself are determined to do this.
1 will not now sptlak of our adversaries, for we do not
know yet who their candidate will be. I will tiot speak of
the motive, that control any man: I am b:-und to l:elieve
under this government of ours that those who make the
charges to which I have before alluded, however unfound
ed I know they are, are persuaded frouiprejudice that they
ore true. We are on the use of a great contesi and it is the
solemn duty of every man in the country to examine and
consider into whose hmids our government can most safely
repose in the next four years. I do not know how it is
with youlfellow citizens. but this government with its
blessings sync the only' heritage (tint I received from my
fathers and it is the only patrimony that 1 cam give to my
children, and for one, ewer weal or como woe, I shall en
deavor to stand by.it :tn.l faithfully discharge toy duty.—
(Cheera.) I would rather to-day leave toy children this
government with all the avenues to preferment and fortune
open to than, than leave them all the wealth the world ev
er saw in a land where these avenues were closed. (Re
newed applause.) Let us then uphold and defend our gov
ernment as it is, because one State of this Union cannot he
stricked down and the balance survive but the storm which
sinks one drives all with it, and,remember that we are all
as deeply interested in ,ecuring to a Southern Slate all its
rights under the Constitution as a Northern State. No
more, no less. I will protect the rights of a Southern State.
I do not care what one, as soon as I will the State that has
honored me from my earliest manhood to this hour, be
cause I regard her safety and her security a- linked indis
solubly with that of the rest.
The responsibility of deciding whether our government
shall go on as our fathers planned it, rewhether you will
strike down a portion of the Union and thereby destroy
our happy country, rest+, in my judgment, upon the pee
,ple in the corning contest. That is the grave question to
be decided, and in its decision you, fellow citizens, have a
great influence. In the section of country where 1 live it
has occurred within the last year or two that I have met
upon the stand advocating, the saue cause as myself. men
whom I have been battling agaidst for the last twenty
years. The Democratic party, by the noble stand it has
taken against the factions of the day, has brought to its
support, or has gone to the support—l do not care which,
for we have met upon common ground- of a large clime of
the old Whig party. ,(Applause.) We have already re
ceived and expect their cooperation and fir one with a
I heart and a hand Whenever they conic and wherever they
' come from—l care not what a mon's political antecedents
may have boon, when a contest like this is depending, in
which, I believe, is involved the perpetuity of the Union.
I welcome them into the ranks of the Democracy and glad
ly receive them to du battle with us against the enemies of
our country. (Tremendous applause, timid which three
cheers were proposed and heartily given for Richardson.)
HoN. A. G. BnowN, of Mississippi, was imxt Introduced to
the meeting. Us said:
The announcement, fellow-citizens, assures you that I
come from a remote part of the Union, and yet I feel that
standing here upon the soil of Pennsylvania I nine with
earnestness and truth address you as nay fellow-citltizens;
(A VOICE: Hail to the Keystone.)
for whether see assemble in Mississippi or In Pennsylvania,-
or any other part of this broad land of ours, white men al
ways meet as equals, as fellow-citizens of this great repub
lic. (Cheers.) I address you my friends to-day as lam
accustomed to address nay friends at home. I come from
one of the largest slave holding States of theiUnion, a Stale
which has a deep interest in that species of property, and
yet, standing here before a Pennsylvania audience, I shall
dare to speak as I would spook before nth audience in my
own loved and sunny South.
A voice —" That's the doctrine:"
Mr. Brown—lf the hour should ever come when it will
be necessary for public men to disguise their sentiments in
one part of the country, or to hold one language in Penn
sylvania and another•ln Mississippi. the republic is n o
longer worth preserving. (Great applause.) In order to
lot you know who I am I will tell you that I am consider
ed at home a regular straight out Southern fire-eater;
though in port and bearing and all my feelings I ant as
mild a man as ever cut a throat or scuttled a ship, (laugh
ter and applause) still in politics I ant regarded as an ex
tremist in my own country and if you can stand the semi -
meats which I mean to utter before you to-tiny. you can
stand the sentiments of Mississippi, South Carolina. orany
other Southern Stale.
(Cries of good, go on.)
Then. Gentlemen, I believe as the foundation of my po
litical faith that these States are equal, that Mississippi is
equal to Pennsylvania, that Pennsylvania is equal to South
Carolina, that S. Carolina is equal to Ohio, and that Ohio is
equal to Kentucky—that they are members of the same
great confederacy, having equal and exact politiral rights.
Where is the Democrat, where is the old line Whig, nay,
my friends, where is the Freesoiler, who dare dispute the
orthodoxy of that political doctrine. I concede to the
State of Pennsylvania, as an equal in the confederacy, that
great right which she has exercised of excluding slavery
from her limits. It was her privilege to do so, and when
she did it South Carolina, of which I am proud to be a na
tive, though now a son of Mississippi, made no complaint.
It suited the purpose of Sonth Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land and other members of the great family of equal States
to retain slavery within their limits, and had Pennsylvania
any right to complain
A VOlCE—none.
Ma. BROWN—If Pennsylvania had the right to go into our
State and regulate our domestic affairs, why would we not
have a right to come into her limits and regulate her do.
mestic affairs? (Cheers.) We assume no such privilege,
we treat you as equals, we ask you to treat us in the same
way, and thus treating one another ire shall Jog along the
great highway which leads to wealth and prosperity good
friends until the last trump of time shall sound in the con
fines of eternity. But if you come into my house and un
dertake to regulate my domestic affairs, or if I impertinent
ly thrust myself into your house and undertake to regulate
your affairs, we shall quarrel, fail out and fight to a cer
tainty and there will be no Peace in the neighborhood.—
There would be no peace among the States were this inter
ference allowed. Thus far, I think we must certainly
agree, if we are all fair minded men. Now as to the terri
tories; I maintain that they are the property of the States
of the. Union, that Pennsylvania hasher interest in them,
that Mississippilhas her's, that New York has her's ' and
that Virginia bus her's ; and why do 1 say so? Because
these territories were acquired by the joint blood of the
people of these states. (Cheers.) When you were acquiring
this property, Pennsylvania and New York pourrd outtheir
blood, and into the same great reservoir Mississippi, Ken
tacky and Virginia poured the blood of their abildrert—;
When you took money from the national treasury to foot
the bill It was your money end It was mine, it was the
money of my distinguished friend who just addressed you,
of my friends from South Carblhut and Kentucky and you
fellow.citizens, all, had an interest in that vast fund. If
then the property was acquired through the joint treasure
and joint blood of all of us, ah of us have an equal interest
in it, whether they come froth the North or the South, the
East or the West. (Great aplause.) ) . -What would you
think if the South should se tup the pretence that you of
the North Rh .old not go int the common territory cud
take what you recognize ad pperty under your laws, and
re
suppose I, a Mississippian, g the
rebellionand erect the standard
there
of against Penney vanians coming there and
bringing their peculiar institutions—for they are peculiar
institutions to me. They are all very right and appropri
ate to you and you like them but I live inn different coun
try and we., brought up :under different instlintiona, and
as Is very natural like my surroundings lx [ter Ido not
blame you for liking yours the best, but wr01..1 you not
regard it as a piece of great intpertinence in me r my State
if we undertook to say to yeti that we would g.. first into a
territory and keep you out.lli we had an a. .dental ma
jority at the outset and und4rtook to exclude Pennsylva.
nia, I dare say re.univanlims would think that a great
outrage, seeing that they lml an Interest there and were
mnot consulted to whether bey would give it up or not.
Now my friends. if you get there first and have an acciden
tal majority. all I have to say is that we would think the
Rune way and consider It harsh tr.stment towards us,
that being joint proprietor with us y e. attempt to take
possession of the whole estate and wi thout iwneultiog us
turned us out head and heels. We. want fair .0„,.., we as k
nothing more, wo will be content with nothin g loss,—
(Cries of good, and great pplause.) We ask tothing
for ourselves that we src not willing to await to
you. I should despise myse lf, and as much as I love toe
State which lavishes honors upon me, which protects me In
my life liberty and property. I would turn my back upon
that State it it set up any claim to exclusive privileges In
the territories. If .Mißiissippi ever pretended any right In
Kansas or Nebraska or any other territory in the Union, to
which she did not admit Pennsylvania to au equal enjoy.
111011 I say I should spurn her, much as i love her now;
and if my old mother, South Carolina, extreme as she has
Loan, or supposed to have beeu, should ever pretend that
she had peculiar rights in any of the territories, rights
which did sot belong equallx to New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and ail the other States, I would deny almost
the lard of toy birth, for 1 should be ashamed of the State
that should vet up such a pretence. (Great cheers.)
These, then. fellow citizens, are my opittibos and they
are the °OM. s of the whdle state rights portion of the
southecu people—indeed. I may say iu a word, that they
are the opinions of the Wlloltl Southern people without dis
tinction of party or party 11111.11nS. This being so, 1 dare
say many of you have been misled; or the attempt has been
made to mislead you as to what is the true position and
demands of the South are, and yon have been told of the
aggressive spirit of slavery, and how it desired to seize the
common territory and appropriate it to its own use. These
are base, unmitigated, Black. Republican and black hearted
slanders, (cheers) we have set up no such pretence and will
not do so in the future—aill we ask, all we claim, all wo
expect :it your hands. is dinghy to be recognized as equals
in the confederacy and that much we think we are entitled
t.
A Toast —You are right and 8111111 have it
Mr. Bobo 5, 1 am glad to know that the sentiments upon
the subject of slavery thus briefly announced to you are em
bodied in that noble platform upon which we Invite you all
to Immo( to-day. (Applause, ). I am glad to know that these
sentiments of political equality constitute the material out
of which our National platMrtn is 'constructed. Standing
in the emitre of that platform towering high„above the rest,
is the noble son of Pennsylvania, James Buchanan. ()vela
Applause.) l know not what: the North will do for Mr. Ito
chausan—what Lancaster or Pennsylvania. will do for hint,
but I know that Mississippi Will allow no Black Republi•
canisur, no Know•Nothingisin, no bastard Americanism to
stand in the way of a glorious triumph for Old Buck.—
( Three tremendous cheers oohs hero given for Mississippi.)
So much. fellow-citizens, Mr the negro part of the subject,
far we have something else tb look utter in this great ejuit•
try et ours besides negroes. I We have a great and glorious
....untry. but it has not yet blien quite finished off and 'salut
ed. I hope this country will continue to grow, not only in
wealth and population and all the other elements of great
ness, but continuo to grow in territory. Dud knows thes i s
is cutest eimugh in my heart her all the States in the Uni m
and all the territories. and all I heard n gallant old soldl,:r
osay the ether night. there i 4 room enough there for still
uter affections, and I' Want loftier territory to till up the
crevices and make my hettrq full of lore for my country.
(Laughter and Applause.) If, in t h is course of events, by
firm annl honorable motim4wark, I my firm and honora
ble for our past history !contains no stain Upon
and I would have no stain upon he national • Monad.-
eoll ill the future. tApploasse.) We can acquire Cuba
as we got Louisiana, Florida and Texas, and other
vast and valuable acquisitions. I am then Upon those terms
for taking Cuba. (Great ApPlause,) The warm, Impulsive
republican heart of this country of ours has mover tailed to
beat responsive to the causei of liberty in all parts of the
world. NV ItmOlex iris struggled against old Spain we sent her
our sympathy, when the Sunlit American States threw oil
oppression we sent our sons Ikk sympathise with them . xlten
sin long r bear the yoke of oppression
and throwing it off battled for . freekbmi, America sent her
sympathy ilk one bold. Ikrkzol, gUrhing au ream to clietkr
them in the hour of battle ; 'And now when young, patriot
ic, down•Dmlden, oppressed and neglected Nicaragua is en
gaged in it struggle for liberty, our sons are there. (Trenton
duus Choose.) I sympathize ith 111011 as our halters did
with States who engaged in a similar contest: (Applause,)
and though I would not blew our government take any
rash or inconsiderate steps, dr mingle itself in the blightwit
possible degree in other peutile's quarrels, there is no harm
ill a Soli Of liberty (role Perilfik. or a Sun of Mississippi, or
front any part of the country uniting and struggling wills
his brother defenders fur libbrty in Nicaragua or onyx here
else. Theplathwm says so, rind the plattorin don't lie 1 Can
tell you (Applause,) Old lick says so and you know old
Buck never lied about any ping , 1 sm.
ay so and my iple
at home know l don't lie. 'fusee cherry were given for
Brown and three more for Misstmippi )
0 are many other points upon which I a unlit he glad
to address you, but sty lunge are oppressed by a cold lout'
on by no change of weedier,; but by overheating myself at
Cincinnati liurraing for Buck and Itri.ckins idge, and though
it denies use the pleasure itaddressing you to-day as I
wouhl du-sire, yet'if the Sallie ranee Will produce the Sallie
effect, I shall not be other Wise than hoarse until the elec
tion is over. We must keep up the fire until a glorious
victory . crowns our tfurfa on the ,Ist Tuesday in November
next. lye have n standard beareranninenly worthy of confi
dence in Pennsylvania's fav ' strite SOD, -lift-lily so
possessing the enthusiasm of youth. snit a Mind
chastened by age, if electedlPresident, agile morbtlem will
be. no man, whatever may be the shade - Ins political
principles, eon doubt that Irk will give us a most excellent
and admirable arlininistratiqu of the nntiouul affairs. tot
me say to the old men, could and supp,mt this ticket. Mr.
Buell:matt is old like yourselves, he belongs to your gener
ation and lie comes down to the young Mull Irma the gem
eration that has uant.ot. rid bolonga, if you please, to the
•Mokv ..r old fogies, a very gikal slims of people utter all and
very safe. Ardent young Mien, you who are full of youth
and milli usia,in, do not trtaniLletck front the ticket. be
carts, We have an old man at the head of it, for there is a
young malt at the toil of Wand the son has no right to go
ahead of the father. The Cdnstitution was made in a spirit
of cultiprOilliSe, and as all difiloulties have been compromi
sed from the foundation of the government up to this time s
I propose as a compromise to you that fill the old men shall
vote f •rMr. Buchanan, and till the young men fur Mr. Breck•
inridge. (Applause.) I makl the pledge hero to-day, under
an almost cloudless sky, thdt every solitary Southern vote
will he cast for the nominees of the Democratic party. We
poll 129 electoral votes in the South, and I would not coin.
pumice to-day fur 119, so Belli me God, (Cheers.) Iraq of
Penn'. have fm a long Dm, been asking the honor of hav
tng a President selected from your State stud have present
ed one whom you love to ho or and most desire to see ele
vated to that 'position. You request has at last swam grant
ed, and let Pennsylvania come up and do her duty and
without aid front elsewlten), Mr. Buchanan Is President,
(Great Cheers.) I du not mein to exclude the balance of the
Northern States, for 1 trust ;they will all be found with us,
though 1 do out care Intlell whether Massachusetts le or
not. I would not object to Ler, however, just for the sake
of a clean count.
. .
A VOlCE—There is too much abolitionism about her.
meows—And too maple of other Isms. Still, If old
Massachusetts has a mind tt, turn into line I suppose we
ought not to object.
EXCITED GENTLEMAN IN TIIE eitown—lf Buchanan is elect
ed Icy the vote of Massachusetts he will resign.
31a. linowN—That is pretty safe my friend, for he is not
going to get her vote. 1 cannot, gentlemen, address you
further, my lungs are so ninth oppressed that I am not
able to make myself heard.l I have spoken for the South
West, Cot. Richardson has spoken for the North West, Gov.
Manning will address you , fur the South proper, and Mr.
Preston Mr the West. Theru3s a glorious prospect before us.
Wu heron ch ee ring news (rum New England, showing
that there is still good corning out of Nasareth; and coma
what will I tell you that 1 [feel it in my hones, working
my muscles, stirring my heart and moiing my bruit,l to ac
tion, that WO are going to give them such a licking as the
dogs have nottlind for forty years. (Loud and long contin
ued applause.)
(100. •31. , ..55v., of South Carolina, mat addressed the
Meeting as follows:
Men of Lancaster, for the first time In the history of
Democratic National Conventions, tho State of South Caro.
I inn has appeared In that bedy, and you may well ask un
der these circumstances wat has called her from her re
tirement. I tell you, gentlemen, that the dangers which
threaten this country requite a head so calm, a heart so
pureand a wisdom so ripe !that we have come forward
to sustain for the first ollicii In the gift of the people, the
venerable name of James Buchanan. (Great applause.)—
We do so with no feeling's dr regret, but with a cordial,
warm heart, because his whole course of life, from the be
ginning of his career to thd present moment, gives every
guaranty that a citizen should require for the patriotic
management of the whole country. (Cheers.) We of the
1
South remember that a lon time ago, when clouds its dark
but not darker than those . hick now threaten us, hung
over the country, wheu Sou hCarolina and Georgia were
o i i
verrun with foreign troop and the heart of the patriot
quaked for the fate of his hme and his country, that the
noble State of Pennsylvania situated north of Mason and
Dison's line, peered down r troops to rescue them from
subjection. (Applause.) A d now, wlimi dark intrigues
are menacing our political hzistence, when the altars of
religion are profaned by fanitleisni, when the minds of the
people are being alienated from their love of country, and
the heart of the patriot again trembles for the fate of his
home, South Carolina is coining up to assist you In rescu
ing the country by lifting Jannis Buchanan to the Presi
dency. I, t real applame.) And site will do It with an ear
nestness, with a zeal and w th a unanimity that shall be
surpassed by no State in thi. Confederacy. (lienoweel ap
plause.
I shall not Outer into a d scussiou of the slavery quer,
lion, fellow citizens. I tun a slaveholder and a Southern
man, and lain willing to plce all my property and all my
rights in the hands of ama whom you have come here
day to advance another atop n his career. I am not pia w
to discuss any sectional mat er. I should have been glad at
1
any other time to exchangeiberal opinions with you upon
those suljects, hut now ar unieut is unnecessary. We
want faithful public servant to administer the gov't.and I
spcuktto you us a friend fro the South who fur the first
i
time Ls in your midst, to ass re you of our sympathy and
our devotion to your interes as lam sure you will exhibit
a devotion to ours, for thiy are common to us both.—
(Applause and cries of welriome South Carolina.) And,
geutlenien, I am proud ileitis... have a leader of our politi
cal army' against whom. n man living can breathe one
word of reproach and who has an experience that enables
him above all other men se he could be named at thin time,
to carry out the sternest principles in a way so tender and
FO loving to the whole touchy and so true to its interests,
iu the honesty and simplici4 of his heart, that it.ran give
no offence to any except fanatics. (Cheers.) In the nom
inee for the second office in tour gift you have a man only
t,
differing from the candidafirst on the ticket no there is
a difference in their years. Ii Mr. Breckinridge nitheugh
young, is wise in his youth, strong in his body and strong
er still in his principles and love for the Union. (Great
applause.) lf, in the mum of Providence, any calamity
should bend our venerable and honored !mid, we shall be
at no lose to find one with *kis principles to .toad In his
stead. Gentlemen, I am exhausted by continued traveling,
by loss of rest and by a coldlw Lich I contracted at the Con
vention In Cincinnati, antilli must beg you to excuse me
from further remarks on this occasion. I leave you with
the warm conviction in my dwn mind that if you of Penn •
sylvania do your duty in the coming contest we shall be
enabled in our own lite time to banish from no all fears of
a dissolution of the Union, I c, d rest satisfied that it shall be
preserved to our remotest sterity, securing to them all
the blessings which we havii .,To enjoyed under a firm and vir
tuous administnition of the ren:intent. (Cheers.) I take
myliteive of you with the- arnest sentiment that before
thin summer has passed cacti man may be secure in his Owe
mind that the election of ou} ntminues Is certain and that
the Union is safe whether from foreiguaggression or do
mestic treason. (Great cheering.)
llon. Wm. E. Parsrox, spoke as follows :—Fellow-citizena,
I arrived in Pennsylvania with the Committee appointed
by the Cincinnati Conventio far the purpose of tendering
the chief office In the gift o the American people to your
venerable and respected fell -citizen, James Buchanan.—
It was my num°. to have t urned with my friends from
South Carolina, Mississippi d Illinois, but the invitation
i
of your committee was so kindly and urgently given, that
It arrested my purpose and lizduced me to accept the honor
thus extended. .
.. .
The assembly congregated here to-day Inaugurates the
nomination of Buchanan and Breckinridge in the home
of the candidate for the 00118 of the Chief Magistracy.—
Other parties are preparing for action, and It becomes us
to survey the field of battle before we enter upon the con
flict, and examine the principles announced, the issues in.
volved and the character of e men who are the represent
atives of these principles an opinions. Are we engaged
tti
in a mere senseless clamor or mon or in the advocacy of
worthless or unimportant deco, or are we not to decide
upon questions of the greatist moment which may affect
for weal or woe ; not only our own interests, but theproa
perity of our people and thd glory of the republic. If the
latter conjecture be right than upon you in common with
your countrymen deTolvee d mighty duty, and I trust that
tho decision of Peunsylsan a and her sister State'