em side of this'continent, for the production of the espies of cotton, sugar, ukacco, rice iket; altho' oese staples can no lotige produced, [or only o. a limited extent, in the Atlantic States . still dre Slave of those States is made valuableeas air article of stock to be there raised, for the marget nethe dis tant West. • Slavery is a question of iuterest. It will exist so long, and no longer, as. kis a source of profit to the master. Keep it within given lim its' and in time. there will be such an .. abutul i atie n e ; of slave labor, front the increase of e6i.e ixbmi ion; and the field of its profitable labor will. at the same time. become.so narrowed and citeumscrib edohat the Slave ceases to be of value to his ma.-. ter, and he is glad to get rid 'of him upon any terms,_ It was to such results, that the •• great men of the South, in the. great day of the Sited'. ' looked with anxiety and hope.. That Slave's' should not escape its early,doom. by art.. extent:inn of its len ders. they seale up against it. by the Ordinance of 1787, the entire Territories of the Nation. We have made a wide departure, from the direction m • which our-fathers-set out. Sinee we started in our Nationaleareer, we have/added to the denrittieti of Slavery, three fold, and pl'estpimed fin a century the dav'Of our deliverance. 1 take JlO exception to the . acquisitions that Slavery has heretofore made. Ter ritories.were . purchased, and annexed ! . in which it existed, at the time of such purchase and annexa tion. To have 'abolished it itu.surk. Territories, might seem like a departure from that 'strict nett. wilily, which the General government was hound to maintain upon the subject : though the censtim tional tight so to do, 1 7.annot doubt. The South. ebtivithstanding its vast accession Of Slave Territcc- Jetts-not coritept to leave the question where the Constitution has left it, to 'the '•States in which it' xists,” seeks its further extension over new and rtile regions, where as yet, there are no States. an where Slavery- as yet has no existence. It is . to 'd in this great work—this glorious enterprve, that e summons is made to the Democracy of Penns ivania to " buckle ou their armor.' andhe • prepare in time for tho approaching conflict do not lieve they wilt do battle in such a cause. The victory promises neither honor or renown:-a• The Geheral 'who offers to lead us, will fail to gather laurels from such afield and to the cotn mon soldier, small indeed wil l be the reward.— Why this - call was made upon the Democracy of Pennsylvania, lamat a loss to c ceire. It can not be, that the Secretary of State. esired to in' corporate the doctrine, of the '• extensio of Slavery over free Territory?' into the Detuocratie reed If so, I for one will submit to no. interpelatio upon the creed. Who made him a "Judge it, load ?" 'The practice has been too muchencouraged here . tofore, of permitting a certaiutiaesof politiciaus, to Make every question that• arose, aesunic a party character. --The South, having within her borders a majority of the democratic party, has from time to time, forced upon its, as party tssues. questions having not the slightest reference to parro• principle. This was done on the'T'exas question. tSie'l was in favor of that measure. I earnestly 'advocated it before the•people, and voted for it in Cimgress. 1 haie no 'regrets for aught I done. If it !were to be - • done over again, I should do the same:' but it TIC, ver should have ken made a party . question. Th e principles that divide, as by a broad botindary, De mocracy from Federalism, existed lonb before the question of ,Texas Annexation ; neither are they subject to constant mutation. Yet the . annexation of Texas was made a test of party _ fidelity. Because Mr. Van Buren would not square . himself by this rule „of parte discipline, he was -struck down at the Baltimore Oonrenticrie under the operation of a te - b-thirds rule. Ido not complain. , of the choice that Convention made. Indeed, the apprehensions I entertained of Mr. tan Buren's de feat, at that time, reconciled me to,Mr. Polk's nom- Mation i But sir, I never could reflect upon the fact, without shame and mortikatiou, that a, great Dem ocratic Statesman of the North, whom welted made the Standard-bearer and Representative of our prin ciples. should be Struck down by the South. because he halted upon a question, in no way affecting the established and fixed principles of our creed. If Northern men—Northern Democrats, will longer stand by in sileni'e and see their best and ablest men immolated by the South. for not marching up to any and every issue they choose to make, then in deed. is the Northern Deinocracy, but the ailituict 'and tool of the South. 'Sir, I entertain no hostility to the South. • I have been taught in her School: I have learned tny political faith from the lessons of her great States men. Upon most of the great questions that have divided panieS--particularly those affecting the powers of the General g overnment, and the rights of the States,l believe the South has been right.— I claim to b a democrat of the Jefferson school— a States Right' Republican—a Strict Constructionist, " after the most straitest sect." , I. revere the' Veto message of General Jackson. as a text book of thir ty principle, while I repudiate the doctrines-Jal the Proclamation. But sir, because the South hasbeen eminently correct on most great questions, that • givelf to her no right to force net. Issues upon the' party.. If, the South can Succeed, in ni k ing the " *tension of Slavery over free Terre •." 2 flatly qUestion : as , she did the re-annex on et Texas, *will make something of a change in . the partyirelatiorts of men.* all who oppose this new test and touch -atone of , party fidelity, are fo be converted into Whip., certainly those who •r support if, will be transformed into Democrats. Itlie 'lortunate for Silas Wright, the noblest democrat of his age, that he died. before this transformation had 4ken place with hint. Henry (lay, atter straying lit search of strangegods, for a quarter of.a century. Will return to the told.of the party. Under such a. test he might become the eanditlatextf the Democra tic patty for President in 1848, and thus sonic men be cduii, it in a trap they had set for others. I trust ..ever to be found standing tine upon my principles as a Democrat. I value them, and have thus far maintained them through life; but I. will adopt no such issue. as that now attempted to he Unposed , upon the Democracy I< this • State. I will mlunit to no such test. Let those receive the yoke who choose to wear, it. It shall never gall my neck. \LATER FROM MEXICO I REST RTION OF HOSTILITIES ! FAILURE OF NEGOTIATIONS 1 ,Anothci Battle Fought—Part e the edy Copturiq— Gen. Worth Badly Wounded. A slip from the Mobile Tribune anourices the ar rival of the brig Oceola from Vera Cruz, at Pensa cola. Mr. Thst had been unable to corm- to terms with the Mexicans. They ?eremptorly refused to yield any territory. Hostilities were consequently renewed on the 13th of September, when a,- battle took place between three regiments of Mexicans and a few. hundred Americans, in which:Abe Mex icans were routed. Gen. Scott had posessirm of part of the city; but our troops had autteredigreatly from shots from the windows of housest Gen. Worth-was severely but not dangerously woinded. The Mexicantwere willing to cede California for twenty millions of dollars, but refused to *ice op the boundary beyond the tineces. 311. Wflatois SPEcicit.—We inc thr•especial attention of onr readers to the speech of Hon. 1). Wilmot, on our tina page. Lot no one be deleted from rea.ling it ott:tecount of its lete,th. It will well repay an attentive perusal. (j,}-11, ad the address of the State 'Central Com mittee on our fourth page. It is a capital article, and the fast which will appear from that Commit lets—Re aby all means. toi6;o A • - - 4 • • • - . • • • 9 - ' , i,rabfovb ao,ovtgr. Towanda, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1847. jr' D -iEI,IOC ion GOlrtl3oll. FRANCIS R. SHUNK. POW CANAIL COMMISSIONER, MORRIS LONGSTRETIII OF KONTOOMIIIIT COC37t Democratic County Ticket. • FOR IRIPPIRSKRTATITIR, FRAME - 1h WTS ITV.' of Troy Borough, ARUN iH WATTLES, .f Baum. von Tittigmatn, JAPIES M. PECK. of Windham. t or Soh rnMlilsuonx A. • . HIRAM SPEAR, of if inglield. volt AriltlTOß, , SAMVEL W . SHEPARD,' ovine. Biteadris Tervedlay, d/c4eticr 11, 1047. Conspiracy, Fraud and' Falsehood Exposed. The very quiet -manner in which the Federal party had, thus far, conducted the election cam paign. has been, with us. ominous of some sudden and villainous onset, such as has usually character ized the action of that party, on the very eve of the election. Nor : have we been mistaken. A long cliticOcted conspiracy, as .nefarts as it is : false, is 4p/inig upon as at last moment; a conspiracy exhibiting the machinations of mind more tnischie +mit and depraved,. than' any thing which has pre elded it, not even excepting the notorious Roor back" itself—the prominent actor in which is none other than the veritable Dr. Seth' Salisbury late of this county. It seems be has lent, or sold himself. to the Federal party=, body and breeches ; and we are greatly mistaken if they do not find the unmen tionables much the most valuable portion of he bargain. The North American of the 23d ult. contains the precious nursling of the conspirators, in the for Aid a letter from ttio Doctor, giving, at length, his rea sons for his - sudden somerset from the ranks of De mocracy to the eminent position he now Occupies In front of the Federal party; and we repeat, that the whole transaction is without a precedent for im pudent knavery and infamouktreachery. We gave our readers, last Wvii, an outline of the attempt of some reckless leaders of. .the Federal party. backed by the sanction o pf Dr. Salisbury:, to, attach to the Hon. Jesse Miller, Henry Petriken' Esqr., and others connected with Gov. Shunk's ad= ministration., the infamous character of; writing the false add abusive articles which appeared in will thy sheet, published at Harrisburg in 1844. called the " Champion" reviling the character of the late Mr. Muhlenberg, while he was the candidate of the Democratic party for Go or of this Common 'wealth and we expressed lan opinion ; at the same time, that the whole matter, from begining to eria, was a most shameless imposture—a conspiracy, for gery and fraud of the deepest dye. We also gave die letters of Messrs. Miller and Petriken, giving the most positive and unqualified coMiadietirm to the charges_ Contained against thentii,Since that time, wer.have received further,ll44lopments, which fully piove our position, arid tlf damning infamy of the calumniators: The North American, the organ 'of the Federal party_ of rhifadelphia, and as bitter and vile a federal paper as ever saw the light. publisher the Doctors letter, - arid the scandal ous articles ; . imputed! to Messrs. Miller, .P i etriken &c.,—ftiiiiisited to ttrat i paper . , by the Doctor wilt' great gusiti: .mingly as much tickled with having caught - up. ie tail end of the Demo cratic party, as it would' 'unit the election of Ir vin himself. The flimsy reason assigned by Dr. Salisbury, for making common cause with the Federal patty, is his long-standing'and 'fervent attachment to Mr. Muhlenberg. Who that knows Seth Salisbury in this quarter will give credence to such sheer cant and hypocrisy 1 Wh6 will believe that he was ever en gaged in a politica.kUnterprise, with any higher or pu rer motive, than to 'make the most out of it himself 'l4ond, or above, this, he never had an aspiration ; and this last great drama of his life, in amalgama ting with the Federalisls to destroy honest men, 'consigns him to the niented contempt of an insul ttrd.public. So overpowering is Dr. Salisbury's abhorence of those men, whom lie alleges have-calumniated Mr. Muhlenberg, that he - cannot refrain from making the exposure, even though it causes the defeat of Gov. Shunk. nonce it is, that he lends himself to the North AmeriCan, a paper that-never spoke of a Democrat, but to revile him—a paper ever filled with abuse towards die State and general adminis trat' the design - orwriting the friends of Mr. Muhlenberg into opposition to Gov. Shunt ; against whom, it is not -:pretended, or intimated, that he ever knew or heard of the articles alluded to, until they appeared before the public. The Bradford Reporter was among the first, if not the very first paper in {he State that named Henry A. Muhlenberg for Governor. We placed his name at the head of our paper, at a very early day, and all that, this Press could fairly do, was done to secure his success. Nor were we lacking in personal exertion otherwise in his cause. If for, as this pretended expose is made, we repel it as an indignant insult to ourselves, and still More gross to the memory of Mr. Muhlenberg: No true friend of Mr. M. can be affected by it. The purity of his life—his just abhorence of all political kna. very and dirplicity, ought to have saved his memo ry from,the stigma of ever tusving had a friend who, professedly fbr his sake. could be guilty of so foul a plot against the Democracy of his beloved Com monwealth., The famous Doctor has retired trout the Harris. burg Awns, and whether he is to be associated with the Editors of the North American, as the price of his treason time will develope. It-is un derstood he has sent vast numbers of that paper, containing his expose, into the country, especially into this county, calculating, with the Federalists, for liberal recitatit to their ranks from this quarter ; a calculation as futile, as that their conspiracy will defeat the election of Gov. Shank. • However willing we may feel that the Doctor should sell himself to whom he pleases, we tell the Federalists, and tell them plainly too, that if the Democracy of-kradford are included ail - trans fer, and are . eMd, to follow in the tvake of Dr. Sal44sq, thowil-6eitioet egregiously The utter,. and sletire falsity of this scheme' of conspiracy to defraud Ger. Shuck out of his elec tion is nailed to the counter as base coin, by the following.wbich we publish in , addition of the let ters of Messrs. Miller and Petuken, giver; last week: (From the Detweratie ['xiom) Wherever the publishers of the Champion, and those immediately connected with them are known it would be unnecessary to contradict theassertion, that Mess's. MILLER and PETinICZN were contribu tors to that vile sheet; for the poor miserable crea tures who published that paper have been engaged Mt two years paiSt in the degrading traffic of huck stering round these " Champion manuscripts," first to the enemies of Messrs. Mimeo. and Paraiima, and then to their frieuds endeavoring to raise mo: ney upon them from both, and-failing in this, it ap pears they have found ready . purchasers in the Fed eral leaders,' who would ,buy anti sell the bones of theiancestors, it political capital could be made by the operation. As td the editors of the North American ' who profess fa be honorable men, they have deeraded themselifes in this transac ion to a level with these contemptible "inanufadurers of meratiscripts,". one of whom has been convicted in the Criminal Court of Dauphincounty for imitutrug the signature of one of our most respectable citizens. The new ally of the North American and-the ' Federalists—the unfortunate Sidarirry---idoes not even pretend to assert anythinp in his statement, of his own personal knowledge, and the witness refer red to by him—Mr. Cantme—disavows all persce . - al knowledge of the authorship of the celebrated " Cleunpion Manuscripts!' The whole charge, therefore, rests on the statements of the poor miser able creatures who have been hawking these quad ruplicated papers, which seem to increase ' after every sale of them, about the streets of Harrisburg for the last two years, endeavoring to raise money upon them out of every person of aufficientgullibil ity to boy. In regard to the " indignant'' exposition of. Dr. Salisbury, which is seized upon with such avidity by the Federalists, it i's perfectly in character with that most unfortunate, erratic and eccentric genius, who, like the ;diet boy . in James' new novel of Margaret Graham, is mixed up in every body's bu siness,.and who it seems, can be influenced as ea by a pot of orange marmalade, as the idiot 'Tommy Hicks, was in the novel referred to. Arunah Wattles. A comnaut ication appears in the last Bradford Argus, over the signature of H. Ephraim Leach in which the following passaie occurs : " Arrunah Wattles, in his answer to our third general measure, casts ungenerous reflections on the unfortunate settler." . Mr. Leach, carefully withholds the letter of Mr. _Wattles, and evidently designs to injure him, with the settlers, by forcing them to swallow hin _ own perverted construction of Mr. Wattle's letter, with out giving them an opportunity to judge for them selves. We have been favored with a copy of Mr. Wattles reply to Mr. Leach's interrogatories, and publish below that portion of which Mr. Leach complains ; and, if the honest settler can find in it any thing of which to complain, we eerifess that his facilities are more astute than our own. " In answer to the 3d interrogatorY, you will find on examination, that it has been the continual study of our Members in Congress and in our own State Legislature, to guard against fraudulent speculators by limiting a certain number of acres. Congress has caused oar public lands to be divided into par cels or sections, and these subdivided, down to 'BO acres ; and so in our own State. I think there has lo been ample provision made r honest men and ac tual settlers. It is not o ft en he case, that you see the actual settler disturbed, r driven o ff from his farm: but it is the dishones man. who wishes to retain his farm, and not pay the first cent for it. I have kept an eye single to this matter for 40 years."' suppose there is not a mania Northern Pennsylva nia, who 'has been so often idipased upon as I have been by Land Speculators. I have been obliged to pay fror# $2 to $l7 per acre. I have labored thirty or fortySyears in this wilderness country to obtain a home for myself and family. I have not time to state all the facts in relation to the difficultps I have, had With the Landholders. I have fought them by day and by night ; but the law being against me, I was obliged to submit to their terms, as follows : The first tract that I purchased. teas a possession right ; I paid $330 for it.. The owner of the soil re. (limed me to pay $5 an acre for it. I paid it. ' The possession, soil & interest, amounted to $l7 an acre. In .1833,.the most of the land in this section, was sold by a special act of Legislature, in the city of New York, in such large parcels that the poor man food no chance with the Land Speculator. A part of the farm that I now reside upon, was sold for Twenty-one cents an acre. 1 paid $l4 11 an acre for the same lane Liars should have Good Memories. The North American, in its hurried zeal to redress the injuries inflicted upon the Democratic party, by the publication of the forged manuscripts, seems to have forgotten the ordinary prudence and cautious ness practiced by all rogues, in cottsumating such a stupendous scheme of fraud and deception, to take care to make it appear, at least, like truth.— That paper prefaces the publication of the alleged " Champion manuscript.," with the following re marks : " That our readera and the people of Pennsylvania may fully comprehend the character of the editorials of the Demo cratic Champion we publish the following extract for the col ,•tnns of that paper. Prefatory to each extract we give en dorsements made upon the written papers at the time thi y were handed:in for publication-1 The following are the exact words which the North American says. were endorsed on the - writ-_ ten papers " at the tune they were -handed in for yob hcatim.." " Written by Jesse Miller (Mr Shank's Secretary of state) banded in by Mr. !Railer." •• LYryttea by Miller, handed in by H. Petiiken, deputy Sec retary Commonwealth.” The reader will recollect that, it is alleged that these articles were published in the " Champion" while'Mr. Muhlenberg was a Candidate for Gover nor. flow, then. could Mr. Miller be "Mr. Shunk's Secretary of state ?" or Mr. Petriken " Deputy Sec retary," before Shunk was elemed Governor or even a candidate for that office? Mr. Muhlenberg was the candidate of the Democratic party with every prospect of success, until he was persecuted, even to his ieath.by the tones who are now moan ing their hypocritical sorrow over the wrongs their own bands inflicted. Mr. Miller could not hav been Gov. S hunk's secretary of State. nor Mr. Petaern Deputy secre tary, at that time, for the simple reason that Shank was not Governor ; neither could they have had any expectation of bolding those offices, tinder him, for the very plain reason that he was not a candidate until after the death of Mr. MuMenberg. Strange, indeetiolun a palpable contradiction, like this, should,escapethe observation of the concocteni of this deepisid s cheme of frarid and Forgery ! But the rascals have betrayed themselves--so ea. ger were they to make it appear very plain that the friends of Gov. Shank were guilty of treachery add turpitude as deep and black as their own, that they have overreached- eke cautimisness of common rogues, and by their own language prove ecinclu sively that the whole transaction is steeped in false hood arid forgery The old adage, that "liars should have good membriog," re in this instance fully verified ?.sr lau.Mllt ,This etude and =test* mte individual, • *ed it:t this-Boringh an !itt'ittm;tay eliUning lasf. /-* came is chimp, artAGE lie diarge,;U r f Henry Ddnk- ex Esq., n preminearvehig alSusqtiebannaty. Upon his arrival ; he' addressed litotes toile of oar acute whigs, requesting their immedia te res. emce. The-summons in every instance was. - ed with silent contempt. Repeated verbal m - gee were discharged, announcing to thew , dolt considerations ofthe first impedance, conn ted with Gen. Irvin's election, demanded their eittem - tion. Still ao one came. Mr. Drinker, finding the estimation in _which the Doctor was held y of Bradford, settled the Doctors bill u to the the . 4 . whir; time of leaving, and took his departure for Nue banna. The Doctor remained, still persevariog in his efforts to obtain an audience with settle of our leading whigs, but to no purpose, most of theta positively refusing to see him, or be seen in his company - . He finally succeeded in seizing one by t he button, as he was passing in front of* Hotel, and draging him to his room. The codkvence I was shod. The Doctor, having lost all sense of shame, approached his subiect direct ; and mined his unwilling auditor, that considerable arms or MONEY, could be used with great advantage in the western pad of this County, in Promoting Mr. Ir vin's election. He was answered, that the whigs hem were poor, and not able to carry out the plan of {operations' contemplated by him, which consis tsolely, in giving ,him soars . This discoura g him so effectually, that he left immediately, e 4 grUmbling however, that his bill was not paid by tb - e he was laboring to serve. Whether he re tu oid to Smithfield ,or proceeded to Athens to make o e more trial to raise MONEY, we,,,knoW not rily the scripture Proverb, was veri fi ed in the V i of the Doctor; " that a Prophet is not without !Muer, except in his own country." The Do :(or should not have returned to Bradford. Those who controllqd his movements, should have had more desenlyn. From our heart we pity him"; and pity the necessity, that has brought him to his pre sent unfortunate situation. The last barriers of vir tue are broken down; and like the street walker, he offers himself to the embraces'of any party for stosey—again, we repeat, more in sorrow than in anger—poor Salisbury. !! poor Salisbury !! ! A netUer's Answer to. Mr. Leach. To the Editors of the Bradford Reporter GENTLEMEN:—In as article in the last Argus," headed "To the National Reformers of ,Bradford County. and their friends," and over the signature of " H. Ephriarn Leach," I see a low, vulgar, and wanton attack upon the regularly nominated candi dates for Representatives; intended, unquestiona bly to operate againsyhem, and iti a sly,,and skulk ing ntaimer:to gain votes for E. R. Myer, the fede ral candidate, knowing that he cannot be elected by any fair means. Mr. Leach, in his article, took occasion to refer to what he is pleased to term answers to four dif ferent individuals. Ido not propose to say any thing in relation to his remarks concerning Mr. Smith. as I 'do not know what Mr. Smith's views are. in regard to the measures of the so-called "Na tional Reformers," or what his answers were; but, in reference to Mr. Wattles, !lave a word to say. Mr. Leach says, " Arunah Wattles, in answer to our 3d general measure, casts ungenerous reflections on the unfortunate settler." What ! Arunah Wattles cast reflections on the unfortunate settler? How base ! how inconsistent with the whole course of his life from boyhood up; a man, who settled in a dense wilderness country, without a penny tocom mence life with, and whose associations have ever been identifie4 with that of the settler. Mr. WattlesNiame to this County, upwards of 43 years ago ; at fiattime not more than to years old, and Ms Fella, .1 in it ever since, encountering all the privations incident to this, then wilderness coun try. When quite young, he commenced in the world for himself, by going into the wood r s, taking up a piece of land, and clearing it with his own hands; and his business through life has been sole ly that of Farming. And now, for Mr. 'Leach to pretend to say, that he is not as well prepared as Mr. Myer, to look to the interest of flu . ; settler, is what none but a fool, or a knave, could do. The reader, will notice that Mr. Leach has been very careful to conceal the truth, and merely hints that Mr. Wattles has said something, which if carried into effect, would operate very Materially against the Settler, without giving what Thgtruth he never, in whole life, uttered or wrote one word whereby any such inference could be drawn; and Mr. Leach knows it full well, if he has an intellect bright enough to discern anything at all, I would not say one word derogatory of Mr. 34- er, but " those who live in glass houses, should not throw stones," and it does appear to me that a man like him, raised,ia affluence, and whose every as sociation in life has been with the Rich and Aristo cratic, cannot care much for the "unfortunate set tler." 'any more than to get his votes—and I think that the:people in some of . the Eastern townships, will tell a story, that will convince Mr. Leach of the same the same thing idler election. And now, I appeal to the people of the Eastern part of the County, in whose midst Mr. Wattles has always lived, to say how far he is capable of casting " un generous reflections " on them, or how far this "de mon of hypocrisy from the State of New York, and who is not even a voter here, can villify himi Have they not always tound him to Ida just and upright citizen? Haihe not had as many difficulties to en counter as any of you ? Has he not suffered -as much from oppression on account of the landholder as any other man? Before Mr. Leicti can enlist the people of -*ad kwd county very far against such a man as Aninah Wattles, it does appear to me, that he s hould have more disinterested,advocates, than E. R. Myer, the very man among,all the candidates named, whose edrication, habits, and associations, better fit him as a candidate for the Landholders than the Settlers. October 4, 1847. A Scrnaa. THE TIN Box,.—Mr. Leach, of the State of New York, who is travelling over Bradford county, with a tin Box to instruct the people in the way they should vote, and who claims to speak by mho ' for tote National Reformers, professes to be oppos ed to all legally privileged corporations and mono pedies. If he is honest in his'probwions, and seri ously desires to restrict and curtail such corp o r a . tions and monopolists, why is he ncit in favor of the re-election of Gov. Munk t whose sentiments,,• are well known, and have been often publicly.expres sett on kis subject. Francis R. Shun&• has done more, bi- the firm and decided stand he has taken in his veto messages, to keep down monopoly, and secure equal privileges to all classes of out ;citizens than any other man in the State. " 4 • Blemositital ' Tj u l following message of Gover4criStateik ittme i ittt of themokelog . bi t ever motet ti lai r ' atibug commentarythe present, effortsiffffilifedinil istatoilienater stoteufbur adopted lell4eitiesais freratheffein candidateat theiuminielec*n. No one 'who oce ir can fug to pinceive Ala' it proceeds from the heart of the wtffer, Who feels, with alt the warmth of affectionate gratitude t that • he is perfOrniing apleasing duty. Fed4alism Willeharge that the appeal to, the legislature from rich , . Shut*, in behalf of suffering Ireland . , was intended for her sonal and party purposes; but when we recollect he?, boldly and fearlessly .Francis.R. Skunk has on all other occasions avowed himself to be in favor ofpreserving the rights of ouradropted voters uni4t patireti, and how unreserved he is in his opjunsitica, to the designs of the nativists, it occurs to ifethafthn i message we subjoin wits peculiarly appusite, com ing from his pen. It r•annot be read without elicit ' ing the warmest admiration. , (Prom the itemoeratie uni on . ] . ANOTIIIESS. REIFITVCnois. Gin. Jmussei tivhi he tie IDeNoryps . . , • _.__ nify S Mr. Gisler, the Editor of the late Harriahtirr . man published by Mr. Mossier, formerly - 1 1. Champion: who 3Weire so taillitigly in yesterday's North Anseriean, makes the foltawigstatemenni the alleged charges ■against Mews, IL IA sot t "' Preartray. Mosiaaa Is thotoneily exposed, :id t h„ --- -s-- reader will see that the Federak To the Senate and Apse of iteprestottatneo I cand i date for -- , Go vernor, J.ASILS Lavin, has alse hid a band this ti,, GESYLILMSN 1 , —.-Z*Ory arrival frqm abroad , adds worthy Einsiness. The whole affair ' hin that -- horror to the story of suffering of the People of Ire- already reached disgracefully to th is e ° has and we predict twill end in the effeet l and 44515 ' land. Pate famine, with "the destruction that wast eth at noonday," in its train, is upon them. The Dhint vin dication of the 1 la ln gent eman hssaded—if ma t ha.S notalr — eady been satisfaitorly done,- - railings of the diluted are heard from afar, and every generous and humane feeling i.e awakened— - NILS ' imp every heart throbs with sympathy, and every hand ' ~,, E. , . I ,___ ___,_, 2 1 , 11", Sept. 21,1841. is ready to extend relief.' In addition to theordina-, .- ' : essrB ;. llarn " L '''' lma """ 71 elf :- --- BY 'the P . Men, Esq., has brought my name before the public. ry claims of misery, wherever may tb itt itication, , -" 7 "" t" this morning , I observe that Henry r e i n _ there are considerations which give an appeal from ° Ireland to us irresistible force. Her sons have been in connection with those who were engaged all tbal Mr; P. has the champions of liberty; apd their bones are bleach - r spring and summer in endeavoring to find a mac. mg upon every battle - field of the first and second i ket for certain .manuscript editorials of a paw called the Champion. I shit sorry utuidtessarill referred to my late rnisfontmes—io war for American Independence. so deed, I confess that my feelings were deeply wound- The Highlanders of Scotland, too,'-are represent ed as suffemir , for the want of bread. Who can withstabd the Claims of these countless! The. geu- ed ; but as he has certainly been, led into error Mt regard to the extent of my participation in this mat ter I will, iii justice to myself, as well as others, give ins-of whose sons has shed light anti science, and the charms of poetry—of eloquence a nd stor- , ,0 non .whose a brief history of the whole tratisaction. , About a year ago, Mr. 04.- il. Morgan tailed every country. liation so distingiished, j upon me and informed me that he was about to sons and whose :daughters - lave Mingled their blood with oars, and, transferred to eir ''adopt commence the - ratification of a- Democratic papet, ed-country the genius of their nativ e l an trover ,these nations; the cold and withering hand of fam- to be called the Yeoman, and that it -was the desire ine has stretched its desolations. of the projectors of the enterprise, that I should be Me editor. He mentioned the names of several 1 - Realizing the ties of common kindred,. impelled by the charities of our nature and the holy spirit of prominent men who he said had obliged theta. selves to furnish the means, both for type and press, Religion, the people of these States are pouring out of their abundance for the relief of the sufferers :- and to sustain the paper. I told hint that if be brought me some tangible evidence that the gentle. they are expressing the fulness •of their gratitude to Men he named would be willing to sustain Aim in We great Giver of GOod, who has bountifully blest their basket and their store, by sending bread to fa- the enterprise, I would have no objections to writ. mishing women and etceldren. ing - for him. ' In a few days he produced a nole 'foe I Profoundly thankft4that we have the means, and $l,OOO, payable to L. Johnson and Co., at Oil are moved to enter under this work of piety and , be- months, and signed by four prominent. Dtmociano accedence, I recommend to the General Assembly whose names he had mentioned to me before. Thri the immediate passage of a law for the immediate note was afterwardl shown to other persons, and l th- transit upon our public works to the sea board, free ' never doubted its genuineness until after I bad e of toll, of all breadstuffs and other provisions which ted the third number of the Yeoman, I called um gh the. kind hearts and open hearts of our citizens are one of the supposed endorses, when I was astooi providing for the relief of those upon whom the hand ed to fi nd that such a note had never been sigied of affliction is so heavily laid. or endorsed by him! lam loathe to refer to this deception, but I /tripe it will be a useful lesson to him in future, as well as to myself, A reference to it is also necessary in order that the-whole transac tion he properly understood. - It sims during my connection, as editor with the Yeoman, that Morgan proposed to defeat the re nomination of Mr. &mar.. by publishing the 'Mine pion editorials,: Previous to this, I knew nottitng of the existence of such manuscripts. Morgan, however, stated that certain articles against Mr. Muhlenbers, had been written b y . Messrs, Miller, Petriken, &c.. and that the - mfiginal manusermo were still,in the possession of AugustuPSprigman. I was astonished at such a charge, and I atonee de; * term/nerd,. If it could be sustaireest, to lay the whole matter before the public prior to the 4th of Mardi -, Convention. I called oil Sprignian who informed me that he had such manuscripts. and upon g nine him a Certain sum of money, he placed there in so posses ion la the presence of Morgan. I refused to mac use of the manuscripts until the handwrit ing could be identified :but Mor g an Unlisted upon going ahead, alleging that wheth er true'or not, the friend of Muhlenhers would believe the charge, and, thus t efeat the nomination, of Ms. Shunk. I must admit, that from the statements of °Mire, I wastled to believe that 'two or three of the mann. scrip were genuine, and accordingly referred to ' theist in an editorial article. As soon, hisivecer, as , Spri man saw the article I had written, he called , upon me and said he was sorry he had deceived I in ti t he solemnly declared that the articles he I had old me were not genuine -or, in other ,words. that lessrs. Miller and Peinkin had not wntten the' but that most of them were in the ban writing of a certain gentleman of Ilarns bur in no manner connected with the administri non. When I remonstrated with him for dectivin; me, e urged in extenuaticusshat he was ;menus ed pen he furnished me with the marinscnos. 1 On the morning of the sth of March: a return Wh g of Harrisburg called me to o ne side, and told me at he was authorized to give mesMl ill nonkf agr e to furnish them (the Whigs) with a COlllll atti le, supposed to be in my possession. headed "Th Blooded Parson." -I promptly declined Ha offer- He hen raised tb $lOO. I told him he vas aw ken in his man—that I would sell myself to no man nor to any -party. On the same day. I placed the arts le alluded to iq the hands' of . Judge Laporte, tell ng him at the same timei that the Whigs win ed obtain it from me, but that I was support the regular nomjnees of the Democratic party, and that other articles were in the possession of organ and myself , which I would place at his li!,0 who ira , d is 'hen in as H so a o r n ris a b s u l rg co c u a l 4 d see Morgan , August. ioan disposed ai ) I . ° in loomfield. Sometime after that. I handed ten or welve of the' articles over to Petri/refl. recut_ l' in him to hand thein to Mr. Laporte. Itesewere all that I had - in my possession-at thit time or wee , ed upon me-and stated that he had received several let ers froth Gen. James Irvin, in answer to prer sit ons that he bad made tonehlng the publication ofi i t i ilese manuscripts—that several ]radio. Vauf s of arrisbug had conferred with him 4n Cl' . Silt ' "jent—and that he wa's to publtstr the manuscripts prfaced by his own affidavit, addressed to the or tom Democrats, &c. He also asked-=me for the m nuscripts in To y possession, (as he 11Pr''n , a tnsisted upon me joining him in pntdisturr. th m; as an inducement,' he stated that in case to succeeeded in defeating Mr, Shook. we wonldreceiv e . clerkships under the new Whig administration. l told Win I could not listen• to such- prolxr_,"; and advised him in a friendly manner , to la"" se disgraceful a prnect, as he would be unablie.lo sustainlatte charges he intended perl'erring 1 t Ilis affidavit,;s . • Thi foregoing, gentlemen, is a correct bist', rl°r tiese manuscripts, po far as my personal kn 116141 e tends. Verg respectfully, yours. atc..._,,. I J. M. WILLS GEC` , In supped; of the,above statement of •Mr • Ge'' may say that on yesterday we had a utr lI`"_ t on with a-gentlemen of our borough, of a donc 1, - d respectability, Who itgliprmed us that the 11 . 01 e. It. : f rred to in Geist's statement, -,was exhiforedto. im by Morgan,' with a View of obtaining erreuw pod it. - . ' FRS. R. SHUNK Executhe Chamber, Feb. 22, 1847 • A Secret Movement of the Federal Party Below we publish a Secret Circular, which has been generally circuluteditinong the leading %Odes of the county, from which our readers will see that the enemy has chosen quiet and comi-like operations instead of a bold and open discussion 'of their prin ciples,.or rather schemes. The Democracy will take warning, and meet them at every• point, so that this last desperate move of a party bankrupt in argu ment, willibe of no avail. It seems to us that the County Continittee were exceedingly unfortunate in the very little itraumefit they hark. mixed in to fill out their plait. The allusions td the elections of 1844, and the mireralAe, defunct Tariff of 1842, wifl. excite a smile, reminding one of the prediction of ruin and desolation that constituted the tunmuni tion'of the Whig party, during that eventful canvass. But they still seem in hopes that the new tariff will sink-the business of the county and thus raised the prospects of their party. • (clam-Lis.] Organiie in each township, as follows, and carry it out antliwe will succeed : 1. Block out each election district, in two, three or four divisions, and appoint a committee of three, five or ,seven, of the• mdst active, and intelligent Whigs for each division. 2. Make it the duty of such committee. to pro ceed forthwith to make out a list of the names of the Whig voters, and of those who are dotibtful, but are likely to vote with the Whir, at the ensuing election, who reside wHhtn the boundaries of.their divisions; and after having completed such list, to call personally on each of those voters before the election-day await arrive, and impress upon them the importance of the issue involved in next elec tion, and the necessity of their attendance at the polls, pn the day of election. 3. Union and harmony in regard to your county, ticket, is of the highest importance to, enable you to i4oll a full Whig vote for Governor aqd Canal Commissioner. Let it therefore, be the aim of eve ry Whig, and especially of the Division committees, to impress our friends -with the importance of lay iug aside all local and personal differences, and to induce every whig to unite in cordial support of the whole county ticket. ' 4. Appoint a committee composed of one member of 'each division coOmittee to attend the polls on the day of election. t Let each member of this com mittee have bis division list of voters in his. pocket, and keep The other tiembers of the division commit. tee informed of those who have not yet voted. Let this committee be conaposed of quiet and peaceable, but resolute men ;. and :take it their duty to chal lenge every fraudulent Voter, and see that the elec tion is fairly conducted, and that no legal voter's right of suffrage is wrongfully denied by the Officers of the election. 5. - Make it the duty of the remaining members of the committee of each division, to procure from the friends of 4be.eguse, a sufficient number of horses and conveyancet* and have them in readiness to bring to the polls every sick and infirm voter, who resides within their division. Alter 2 o'clock, let one of the committee of each division, at an interval of every half hour, obtain from the committee at the polls, the names of those Whigs in his division. who have not then deposited their votes, and let the committee of each division thereupon immedidtely despatch messengers with conveyances to bring to the polls all such as are remaining back—always taking care to send first fur those whose places of residence are at the greatest distance, and so on till all the whig votes in their division have been depo-• sited. 6. The division committees should make it a par ticular point to callpessonally on every Whig vo te' in their division and enlist his hearty co-opera tion. They should pay especial attention to every Whig who is known to be generally indifferent abotit attending elections. and impress upon him the' im portance of the issues involved in the next election and the absolute necessity for attentliwr p the election and depositing his vote. They should also call on those whose votes are doubtful, and on such of our opponents as ate moderate in their political views, and endeavor-tit -Convince them of • the rectitole of Orly cause. This is st,propitit;usrthrfieio obtain a lirorable hearing. aritong those who have hitherto been opposed to the Whig cause. There are hun dreds and thousands..of the opposite party in Penn .sylvania, whom sad experience has taught they were imposed upon in 1814, by the demagogue lea ders. They are now satisfied that the Whigs told them the truth, when they 'represented James K. Polk as an opponent of the Tariff of 1842.. and are no longer disposed to continue the dupes of those leaders. Hence, it is important that the division committees should make if their business to call on every one upon whose Mind they hare reason to believe a favorable impression can be made. 7. The division committees should take care also that no spurious. miss-spelled, tickets arc milted among' the Whig tickets .on the ilay Of the election, fall supply of tithee; at th e poll -6.1 that-4"v ,Where it ean be dose taw d ;kmsdriiable . for the totantittee to to eotirr•ynth MI Belot die' 64 h e r o , lige . 1 don and not leave hin *kW diet hav e hi, pro_ to attend tbe polls and rote IL J. ADAMS, ALONZO LONG, HENRY BOOTH, W. W. NINNEY, , Gouty 11.• M. HYBR, "^vrvlllee, E. A. PARSONS, , A. NEWELL,. EINA ._..~ ,'~. ; THE GREAT FEDERAL FORGERY FULLLY EXPOSED • . .. 1 - Another Federal Lie Mend ed ' ITheNorth American of the 27th last.. Catite . ; s charged to the =mile with colunins•nt 160- tatements, and . fokged affidavits. The whole r hen of their proof - 'seetns to rest on what yarr lt ' o be an affidavit oft G. H. Morgan, and Auru ts : OPrigulan. What.will the hottest voters et ' tit " . .y,tvania aay of these infamous, Feiteral sta . ,," hen we prove to Ahem that Ibis celebtated S a base fargeryi Affirms-rue SPAIGNAI f, In ; ' , Ante is ippendedlto this affidavit, aPPear etl ; git Toll aril y befort,WutsjKline, Es ,Justice of the pa 'four borough, and made the statement here!' pended, proving . conclusively that the statro ut of the North American i 4 a forgery We 44( ' 1r pend the statement oil DAviis Bows, the /usurer, of the - Peace before whom. the a ffi davit of the Ne- 5 . American, is said' to have been taken, pronoel ing the said affidavit a forgery. Wha t ilwre b t o the people of Pennsylvania,. want to sansfy t wo of the infamy of the Federal leaders._ m- r • 74,-1.4t Editors of Mt Dewar:Mit Uniun: ' .. 4 GL:CTLIMTN:--1 hare seen, to the N:.rth,.. t at 6 l .. can of this morning, a ciateliv , ht :01 it the 'le
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