REPORTER:
WpjfnesAay, logilst 28, 1844.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
• . For .Pcsident in 1844, .
JAMES K. FOLKS
OF TENNESSEE.
For Vice President,
GEO4Gr. M. , DALLIA .)
OF, PENN3YLVA,NLI.
'l3lietois for Presiden
•.,r,"
Wrzoos
j - Asa Dixoex,
L George F.lehma4.l
2. Christian Kneass.
William H. Smith.
!FA: John. Hill, (Phila.)
' - `5 . ; Samuel E. Leech.
- 8. Samuel Camp. • ,
7. Jesse Sharpe.
8. N. W. Siunple.
9. Wm. Heidenrich.
10. Conrml Shimer:
IL Stephen Baltiy.
12. Jonah Brewster. •
" ss ' Senatorial.
13. George Schnabel.
14. Mail B. Eldred.
15. M.N. Irvine.
16. Jatries.Woodburn.
17.: Hugh Montgomery
18. Isaac Ankney.
19. John Matthews.
20. Williapa Patterson:
21. Andrew Burke.
1 22. dolma WGill.
'23..Christian Meyers'.
24. Robert Orr.
For Governor,
FRANCIS. R. MUNK,
OF ALLEGIRLNY.
Par Canal COMlilBBlolier,
JOSHUA HARTSHORNE,
pIiESTV.R.
Gen. Patton's Communication.
A Communication over the signature
of 4 , W. Patton" will be found in Our
paper of to-day, in which he complains
of great mortification at seeing his name
paraded in a whig paper" in connex
ion with others. as a candidate for Con
gress. We , Certainly, did not put it
there, nor do we hold ourselves respon
sible for its being' found in that kind of
company. Gen. Patton -refers to a
communication in the . whig paper of
this—Borough from Col. Bull, and de
duces from that article the inference
that he was irrevocably excluded kern
the columns of our paper. Not so, if
he comes in at the front door. We
have yet to learn 'that the Gen, is, or
meat4lo be, a candidate for Congress,
on the contrary he assures us personal-
ly that he has no such intention. Then
what injustice has been done him. if
Gen. Patton 'had , desired• to become . a
candidate, we would most , cheerfully
have admitted any article written with
a view to advance his cause—but we
do not like to' be hood-winked., We
must understand the object of any arti
cle before it finds a place in our cot
e
umns, and whenever we think we have
sufficient reason to believe a communi-
cation is not designed to favor any one
but to injure some other,. it will most
surely be rejected.
'lt is certainly the right of every
member of the Democratio party, to
have a fair and full hearing throngti,,the
organ of that party, and while- we as
the Editors of a a Democratic Journal,
cheerfully accord this privilege to- our
Democratic brethren; we' must, be per
mitted to jUdge of the character and
gehiral bearing-of all communications
offered for publication.
In explanation of our course in re
jecting t he c ommunication of Col. Bull
•
'it may be. proper to say. That when
the Communication was handed to us,
we-thought we saw in it the seeds of
dissension_and disorganization, and we
distinctly told the CoI. that the publi. ,
cation of the article would belookedmp.
- on at home and abroad as an . attack up
on Mr: Wilmot, .upon whom public
opinion seemed to be settling with nu-
Paraded unanimity as the . candidate of
the Democratic partrfor the next Con
gress. The Col. secred'surprised that
it should be so underetood,thought Mr.
W. himself could not arrive at such a
contusion and suggested that• it should
be shown to him ; accordingly a copy
was given Mr. W. and soon after he
returned it concurring in the, opinion
we had expressed. to. Col. B. and assur
ing us that he had consulted several
members of the Democratic party; and
that no one dissented from that opion
ion.;
Belieiing that. Our conclusion was
the legitimate .one, that its publication
itvouldbe.untlerstood as an attack upon
Wilmot, that the. introduction
of such an, array of names, - was not for
the purpose of adVancing.tbe claims of
"either of them but a covert method of
wounding and weake.ning; him who was
most prominent before .the,people, and
being,Unwilling to open hostilities of
that kind or:aidin - W'yifirfare against
what we _believe to be'-the? wishes' of
our Democratic. friends, generally:•:—
we rejected the article at the hazard of
giiing offence to one of our most iod
inate personal •friends—a consequence
we should ever regret, as a misfortune,
while a firm conviction , that we were
discharging our dirty to the party, as
its acknoWledgetl oreid, would afford
us our consolation.
Since then -we have either seen or
heard from Messrs. If ilber, Baird,
Webb,..aapenzvall, Fisher, Smith, Rus
sell, Piallet, .11.1ason and Crandall,*
whose 'names : were introduced in Col.
Bull's, article as candidates for Congress,
and they most unequivocally atiapprove
of the uee attempted to be made of their •
names. The other gentlemen, Messrs.
Bull, Paton, Pratt anil-,Tozer can an
swer for themselves. , The two first
have promulgated their views through
the Rothe prints. It is understood that;
they_are dissatisfied. - - -
From the .other , two gentlemen we
have no information. We , had never ,
heard that they, or either of themovere
to be candidates for the nernination, by
the Democratic conventicia, nor• could
we be satisfied that their . names were
used with their own Consent—indeed it
was not pretended that any of those
whose names were used had any knowl
edge of the transaction. As we had not,
at that time, been informed that Col. B.
himself intended to be a candidate for the
nomination; and, as we had never heard
the names of more than two of the gen
tlemen enumerated, in connexion with
the nomination, knowing that most of
them bad taken decided ground in favor
of Mr. Wilmot as the nominee of the
Democratic convention, we could , not
believe they- \ would sanction or approve
such a use of their names, nor could we
see any other end: to be accomplished but
to. , weaken the regular nominee of the
Democratic party, whoever he might be.
Such were our own opinions, and 'we
found they weretencurred in by almost
every democrat who spoke to us on the
subject. Entertaining these views, we
could not permit our paper to be the me
diuni of conveying erroneous impreSsions
abrod or creating dissensions at home.
and The President.
/'Since the above was in type ye have
received
, nfortnation . from . Co/. Pratt,
who also dissents from the use of his
name, as a candidate.
In pursuance of previops public no
tice, the Polk Club of.Towanda tp.,
met atthe . house of Samuel Stratton at
Sugar Creek, in the afternoon of Au
gusti I7th, and erected a hickory pole
in honor of - the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency. After the raising
of the pole, the assembled people pro
ceeded to thescbool house not far dis
tant, where able and eloquent eddies
es were deliiered by Messrs A. C.. Al
len: J. F. Means and O. D. Bartlett.—
After these gentlemen had closed their
remarks, the Club adjourned to meet at
the School house near Mrs. Scotts,
Saturday August 31st, at 1 o'clock PM.
More people were present, at , this
meeting than were able to gain .admis
sion within the School house, and the
utmost attention was paid by all pres
ent.
THE BRITISH PArerv.—i-The whigs
of the last Congress" made an effort to
pass a bill for the relief of, the'heirs of
Earl Hull who surrendered to the Sri
tish: The bill was crushed in the Ben
ate. Thus it goes; 'the whigs go for
refunding to Earl Hull, but against re
funding to Gen. Jackson. It ie remem
bered of some whigs, then feds, of this
borough - , who had a jolification over
Hull's surrender.
CORRECTION.A mortifying error oc
curs in theprectedings of the Smith
field meeting, on the outside of our pa
per to-day. - In the resolution relative
to Mr. Dallas, line, instead df
unjustly read is justly. •
PO the'iEditore of the ;Reporter
GErinatrarr:—l noticed in the last
Bradford Argtis, that myitaine is there
made use of as one of the committee of
vigilance for Rome township ; a thing
which is altogether agatnat rity wishes—
and I ask leay.e' through "your . paper, to
inform those who took the
,liberty to
make such use of my name, to with,:
draw it and
_pitch oblige me ! I have
never aupported the . nominees Of the
federal party for high and important
(Aces, but hest firmly supported*.
monde men and measures ; therefore,
I wish the wlliguto Understand . I am a
democrat auto do not - wish to be identi.
fied with the, federal
Towanda Townshiti.
MAYNARIi.
Rome, A 46022,1811 - •
V. N. Banksuid Muir CLat,
The Federal do not :deny that
if Henry Clay is elected; he will if he
aaa:eidatilitatt a Ditithiiiak Sink: .` That
he is • under obligatirin to do -- so; can
. •
'not be, ilenied.:,
The inyest*ation headed by Mr.
,Clayton of dinigia, 'in-41832 - showed
two items . offees which the U.S. Bank
had paid as follows '
•To Henry blay.
Daniel Webaterc
A. subsequent investintion snowed
the following heti :
In 1830, 52 members of Congreis
were indebted '0192,662
1831, 59 do. do. :322,199 ,
1832, •44 do. do. , —178,069
1833, 58 d 0... do. 374.766
1834, 52 • do. do., 586,586
The'editors of the Courier &t Enquirer
i in New York, W'ho had supported Gen.
Jackson, received $52,000, and, imme
diately espoused the cause of the Bank.
It was, the editor of this paper.whogave
the Ntr hi g s to the federal party !.
soon after he espoused Omit cause.
The Pennsylvania Enquirer 4iPhila
delphia, once a-Jackson paper, received
$30,000. of the Bank, and then deserted
the Old General and carne out for the
Bank and federals, and is a Federal pa
per now. Tho National Intelligencer,
now the Federal organ of the. Nation,
received $BO,OOO from the Bank, and
then turned'traitor. All this influence
is now bearing in favor of the election
of Henry Clay._ The history of the
country shows the above facts—and by
it, 'we see the company Henry Clay
keeps; the position in which he is
placed by taking from the Bank $17,000.
Whatever may be the views of individu
als of the tariff, are they prepared to
vote for Henry Clay and entail upon
,the country a money power to diffuse
abroad its influence, and corrupt the
press and legislation, if it should see
fit to attack the government.
Is a monarchy more terrible, or more
detestable.? Will the people with these
facts before them, be gulled and diceiv
ed by the false issue of a tariff, a mea
sure which the federalists as a party,from
the foundation of the government have
ever sustained.
To B. S..Goodrieh Esq . ., Senior Bdi:
• tor of the Bradford Reporter :
DEAR Star—The undersigned has
seen in the whig paper published in this
place; a communication calling . the at
rntion of the Democratic party to the
consideration of my name as a candidate
for nomination to Congress, accompani
ed by a communication from Col. Bull
stating that the publication of it was re
jected on the ground that it was objected
to
,by a certain individual who is a pro
minent. candidate for that distinguished
station.
I have ever been averse to creating
any schism or unkind feelings „towards
any member or portion of the-democra
tic party and' when saw the field so
well occupied by others, embracing in
the campaign an invincible accession of
valiant young warriors, I intended taking
no other part in the elections this fall
than to vote the entire democratic ticket
as I have uniformly done for twenty-four
years ; but, aside from the mortification
to which : I have been subjected by Bei
ing my name paraded in a Whig - pa
per as if it were not worthy of a place
in the paper which professes to be
the organ of the Democratic party, in
which I have done some service during
that period.; and in the entire absence of
any ambitious views I may have been
supposed to• entertain by others, I look
upon'the rejection of a communication
of that 'character 'emanating from any
member of the party,- whether applica
hie to the humbtest individual of the par
ty or to myself, as involving a principle
Which if sactioned even by . acquiescence
strikes a death blow at the `freedom of
the presk and thretigh it at the liberties
of our common country in defence of
which some of my ancestral kinsmen
in common with other , ievoliitionnry pa
triots shed their dearest bhind.
•
I have examined that cemronnicatiOn
with as: much ealtanesa, and deliberation
as am capable of, and can discover no,
thing in it that any sound dernoarat could
reasonably object to, thereto substan4,
tinily but ' one-point in it, besides the
names of. 'persons suggested : ;' all of
whom" are
. known to be' democrats of re
speetable standing; and thatone poini is
simplir cautioning onr democratiefriends
gout those who h'ave been promnigating
the doetrine of flee trade ," opitol4..
t i on th e - - interests ,t which I
oiderstand to mean those who are oppo
sed to a tariff which every democratic
member of Congress from Pennsyliania
supported atilt° last samien..lf the ob.,
jection was-,inektoit on that ground, it
then become's important that the'people
should knoir it, and is ihe best evidence
olthe necerAty of the caution. If the
objection was to the publication of the
rtemes - as Competitors. for 'nomination, I.
contend, With dim deference.to the opin
ions'Of others, that no democrat has a
right to. rectise to enter into honorable
competition with the .humblest individu
al of the party. If the association of
our 'names with that of tbe individual
in qqestion' iris :Objected to either po
litically or morally I for orie will cheer
fully submit to any scrutiny or compari
son which the public may choose to in
stitute, and I presume the other gentle
men named could with equal confidence
submit to the same ordeal. ,
$17,000
8,000
As a matter, growing out of the sup
pression of the article in,question my , at
tention has been directed icriresnlution
adopted by the democratic convention of
Susquehanna co., designating 'by'name
and commendatory of one of , the candi
dates itt this county, „While I cherish
the highest respect for our democratic
brethren in ,Susquehanna county feel
constrained as a democratic citizen of
Bradford county to which 'the candidate
is conceded, though in a Spirit of friend
ly courtesy and with respectful deference
most solemnly to protest against the
right of another county to interfere with
the nominations of this county in advance
of the legitimate expression of our own
preferences through our own convention.
,
It. will then be for the' conferees of the
other counties in the district to concur,
or, if our candidate should be, specially
objectionable, to require our ,conferees
to present a less objectionable name to
the conferee. Otherwise the system of
our congressional' conferences 'would be
a mere mockery. Such hasty commit
tals in other counties than the one which
has-the- right to the nominee are usually
founded on partial information and are
calculated to weaken' if not to destroy
the salutary influence and binding obli- .
gations of county conventions and con
ferences. It sometimes happens that
over-zealous Candidates hurry their spe
cial friends into acts - which on mature re
flection they themselves would deem
unwise. Hence I know of no rule for
candidates to adopt, which leads to fairer
results than the one laid down by the il
lustrious .fackson—.. neither to seek nor
decline office." 1 '.
I 'have thus respectfully given my
views of this transaction with convictions
of duty paramonnt to all personal con
siderations and with no other object than
to rescue from the danger of violence to
which they baveibeen unguardedly expo;
sed, those long Cherished principles of
democracy. on which are based the secu
rity and 'permanency of our noble repub
lic—a departurC from which would en
danger both ; and respectfully as a pat
ron and democrat, ask their publication
in your paper/as a matter of justice to
myself but more especially to the party
whose organit ;professes to be.
Resp'y your obedient servant,
W. PA.TTaN.
Towanda, 4 , Aug., 1844.
STICK TO rr:--We proved by the
're
cord that the Argus Was stating a false
hood in 'saying that . Ezekiel Polk, the
grandfather Of. Col. Polk, , was a 'tory;
but-without the least evidence they per
sist in it. • AVe now ' refer them to in
other proof, nd will see if that sheet is
entirely given over-to lies.
IWe refer 'to the " Documentary His
tory of the 4Merican Revolution," now
printing under the auttinrity -of Can
gress; 3d volume of the 4th sums,. pages
40, 44, 48, 4nd 70. Where it will be
foundthat zekiel Polk., r and Thonkas
Poll his , brothers were both officers in
the Arnericn Revolution in the year
1178. •
,
We hav e ` received a communication
:from. u . 0.1 N. Warden" in answer to *
the article in our last headed " Seasona
ble•cautionfr.r The communication. of
Mr. W. is Oouched in 'such terma, that
we, cannotodtnit it ‘to our columns.--
Yet we deemit proper to say that Mr.
:Worden denies. having 'had_ an inter
,
View .With anyperson desiring to be a
candidate for Congress is relation to
the issuing-'the,extra % frem , his office,
and asserts pisitivEly :that 4. .4 ihe Ipaper
was made to before, the .passage of a
would be .111.- C. to. EastS'intithfi.e/d ort
the - -15th, aiwrilot altered a ishit,on - his
accitunt." • .- •
The ( Glorious loth ;of . Septtlllter.
imulgemests for the Zan *dog.
The Committee . of Arrangements-for
`the Masa Meeting oil the 10th Septem
ber-next, met at . the Exchange on Mon
°day evening, Aug: 26, Geo. Sanderson
in the Chair, and P. C. Ward - Secikia:
ry.—The follOWing appointments were
•
Committee On offlieri—P. C. Ward,
D. M. Bull and 'l'. B. Overton. 'S
On Reception—Wm Elwell, D F
Barstow, Col V E Piollet. Gen. Win
Patton, E W Baird, and Addison
M'Kean.
On Resolutions---E S GoOdrich, F.
Fisher, Col G F Mason; Geo. San
derson, F Smith.l H Stephens, P C
Ward D M
-Bull, C H_Herrick, E W
Crandall, Seth Salisbury, E W Mor
gan, L S Maynard, Ulysses Mercur,
L E DeWolf,. ' ,
On Mizaic 7 —W Perkins, T. B.
OVerton, Jere Culp. .
On linanci—N F Means,
and A. S. , Chtanherlin.
On Printing--E 0 Goodrich. _
chief Marahcz/1---Col John F Means.
- Assistant Marshalls-4 E Piollet,
Livi . _Weatbrook, W: F: Kellogg,
Capt Geo Itßull, Maj B Laporte, F
Ransom, F Corwin, Findley M'Kean,
Cot -Asa Pratt. M R Wilco*, John
Baldwin, Daniel BrinkJr, G.
S YVhitman, David MlVattlea:.
By order, P. C. Wean Sec.
The committee of arrangements for
the mass meeting toile held in,Tovran
da on the -anniversary of the 13attle of
Lake Erie, on the 10th of September :
next, respectfully request the following
regulations to be - observed on that day.
All the delegatiOns from \ the town
ships east of the river, will assemble at
Cot. V. E. Piollet's inVysox, by 10
o'clock A. M., which point they will
leave in a body under the direction of
J. E. PIOLLET, assistant marshall,at 101
o'clock for Towanda. The delegation
from Sheshequin will fall into the line.
atM. S. Warners'.
The delegations from Athcns,Ulster,
Smithfield and Ridgbury - will assemble
at Ulster, at 9 o'clock A. M.; which
place they will leave in a body under
the direction of one of the, oasis
taut Mantas at 91 'o'clock A. M. for
Towanda. '
The delegations from Troy, ,polum
bia, Wells and Burlington,. will assem
ble at Burlington corners: at .8 o'clock
A. M., which place Ithey will leave in
a e'
, body -under the , direction of th
assistant ,marshall, at half past , eight
o'clock for Towanda by way of .Mon
roe ton, if convenient to . adOpt that`route.
The delegations from Canton, Le-
Roy. Franklin, and-Albany, Granville,
Monroe and Towanda townships, will
assemble at J. F. Smith's in Monroe
ton, at 9t o'clock, which place they
will leave in a body under the direction
of Capt. GEORGE IL 1%4., assistant
marshal!, at 10 o'clock A.M. for To
wanda. y•
The delegation from Litchfield will
unite with the delegations on the east
or west side of the river, as may be
most convenient for them.
The delegation from Springfield will
unite with the other delegations at Ul
ster; Or accompany thp -other western
delegations, as will suit -their conven
ience.
The delegations from Asylum, Dunll
and part of Monroe, will assemble at a
convenient, time and place to fall into
the line of delegations'on its way, from
Monroeton to,- TOwanda. Delegations
from all townships not named above,'
will please meet and join any of, the
several processions named, that may be
most convenient to:them, aud appOint
their own .marshalls, to act until they
fall into the lines named.
Each township is requested to have
some appropriate banner or banners
designating their delegation.—The
whole
_line will, be forme d ; imme
diately on arrival of all the delegations,
under-the direction of the maTslialls
the right, resting on the. .east! side of
Main street, opposite the feet of ; Paine
street.
It is earnestly requested, that all de
mocrats, whether from this] or other
counties, in or out of , the state,! who ex-
pect to attend the Mass , Meeting, should
join the delegationti at some,o'ne of the
pohits of rendezvous above mentioned
that shell be most convenieutto them.
The-vast- concourse of, peoplei expected
on the airve occasion, renders-it:abso
lutely necessary, that the , utmost order
should be obserVed::, '
By order of. the CoWinz : itte,i.
. B. ‘Tlie Bridge will kafree fol. all
p erdons, gotgandretlirctini s ?, l olhe,l6tll
Septemher.
Thefffeet of the innuation of li t %
- - Slavery.:
• pen. Waddy Thompson, hast
tt
ly ;addressed a letter to the N a .
Intelligencer, the National orgy
Whig party, in which after staj
opposition to the. Annexation, be,
Holding these opinions, my 0 ,
is not to postpone this resultforei
time; but to prevent it forever.
ariv Ortedeny any of ihese'propositi,
'l, That the -most eflicacious
in favor of abolition Would be to it ee
the value of slave labor? 2, Th u
reduction of the price of cotton to
or four cents would destroy the •
of slave labor in' the old slave S te
3, That any large increase in the . 1
tity of cotton produced would have
effect to reduce its price to that p,
or even lower, say, for example;a
dan increase' of five hundred- thous
bales? and, 4, That the annexatio.
Texas would cause an increase p r ,
Lion ? Much the larger portio n o f
produce of slave labor is cotton,
the price of cotton which re,ghlate,
elusively the price of slaves, as o f
most every other , article. L et 0
borne in - mind, too, that Texas's
mirably adapted• to the productio,
Sugar, long *staple cotton, and tobae.
the only 'article with the excep t i o
rice, which are produced byslavela
But if the price of cotton is not
ruinously reduced by over pe o d ue
it, will not be. denied that slue t
call he employed in Texas witbatl
twice the profit which it yielda m
average in the , slave States of tbaU s
Our slaves will then be carried%
as by the force of a law as fast
certain as that by. which I
finds its level. The slave s
very soon disappear from Mary„
Virginia, North Carolina, Teo.
and Kentucky, and in a period
short for such an operation, those
will become non-slaveholding
and whenever that is the case,
will not only longer have aconite.
terest with the remaining slavehe
states to defend the institution, bat
soon partake of that fanaticalspitit
false philahthropy which is now ,
vading the whole world."
On the 17th of April last, Mr.
alsoaddressed a letter - 6 the Nan
Intelligencer, stating his objecno.
the Annexation of Texas. ...
other things he said :
But would Texas, ultimately
ally add strength to that which is
considered the weakest part of Me
federacy ? (The South.) If of
formatioa be, correct, it would not.
cording to that, the territory of T.
is' stisceptiblaof division into five
of convenient size and form. Of
two only, would be adapted to thos.
culiar (slave) institutions to whi
have referred, and the otltdr thrte,
ing west and north of San Antonia,
ing only adapted to farming and
ing purposes, from the nature of
soil, climate and productions, tr ,
not admit of these matitutions. la
end, therefore,there would be two
and three free states probably ad
to the Union."
Mi. Barrow, Whig U.S. Se
from Lousiana, takes similar gnu
Here then are three promiseac So
ern Whigs, and exteneire Slareh
ers—vtz : Waddy Thompson. SeD
Barrow, and Henry, Clay, sips
the annexatnon of Texas because it
weaken the slave interest nod do
tendency to emancipation.
ilminzir.—Thisdreadfulcal l
is generally preceded by P'- 0
head, giddiness, (especially in tar'
suddenlysround,) dimness nista,
por, loss•.of Memory, and °theta?!
ant symptoms, which indicate all
and corrupt state of the blood.
;Wright's Indian Vegetable P
a Airect purifier of the blood, and
itherefor,e, a certain preientive of
plexy, because they expel from th ,
dy those stagnant and corrupt hu;
which ate the - cause of every
incident to man. Said Indian V
ble Pills also aid and improve digs
as well as .purify the blood, and
fore, not only drive disease of
name from the body, but are Pne'
best, if not the
"very best medicia
the world, fgr te cure of choir. t 1
tary, cholera morbus, and otter dis
of the intestines.
CautiOn.—As conterf
are abroad. aVoid all stores of
da
character, and be particular, iti'd
es: to ask for Wrrght's Indian
table Pills.
For sale at the store of J. D.
D. Montanye, in Towanda, e,
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