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Towanda, Wednesday, Nardi M t ISIS
TOR PR.ESIpLN a V 1( E PAESIDTNT
Nominees of the Nattonal Convention
114LEETIIKIAL TICKET.
it'n.t.ust Btot.4of Clearselo t sena ' joria
+Davit' D.Watistpk, orNorthamAmn,
1. Henry 13. John C. King.
2. Horn R. Knees*. 14. John Weidman.
3. Isaac Shnnk. . 4 15. Robert J. Fisher.
4. A. L. RoumfA 16. Frederick - Smith.
5. Jacob 8. Yost 17. John Criswell.
6. Ithhert K. Wright. 16. Charles A. Black.
7. Wm. W-DOwning. 19. Geo. W. Bowman.
R. Henry Haldeman. 20. John R. Shannon.
P. Peter Mine. 21. George P. Hamilton.
'10; B. 8. Schoonover. 22. W. S. Davis.
11, W. Swetland: 23. Timothy Ices. -
12. Jonah Brewster. • 24. Joseph G. Campbell
TOIL CAIiAL COMMIS:SION
JSRAEL PAINTER,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY
The Revolution tl Prance.
The news from France, which we publish 'this
week, is of the most intenscr and thrilling interest;
The Revolution, of which - we noticed the rumor
fast week, is ftiiiy confirmed: and the information
received by the Cambria represents Paris it: a• state
of tumult and revolution. The result up to the time
of the sailing of the Cambria was—
The abdication of Louis Phillippe, of the throne gf
France, in firor of his grandam, the Cr*lnt of Paris.
The Tipp,' of the people to recognise the Count, the
regrnry of Ilse Puke of Nonotic:s e or. of the Dttchcar of
Orleans,
The probable flight of the royn/prni/J.
The organization if a Provisional Gormonent,
and' the iesae of a proclamation to thatiert M
Deviant de T Eure, Ara go, Lamartine and others.
• kid the determination of the p-ople to e. , 441,1i.5h
Republican Covernmeat on the model of drift of the
United States. •
•The'causes" which - have produced this sniped
' dons and magnificent result hare been fur some
• time past, gradually workiiie out the regeneration
and disenthrallment of the French people. This
smile cause is now silently but eff , smally prePar
ing all Europe for a cbane,e ;..aiehange which shall
make Kingoms and dynasties totter and fall, until
the rights of man are restored and hi , personal, and
'political-freedom fully guarantied. That this may
be done, without bloodshot and anarchy, we pr,iy
Goer; but that it be speedily and thorough dy effected
in some manner, is our hope.. '.
The immediate cause of the uprising of the
people" of France was the arbitrary and eon : cal
conduct of its rulers. That it would have occurred
at the death of lanes Philliope, we have every rea
son to believe, had the " Citizen Kiwi' not now
Jai :ought it upset himself. For eighteen yearksinee
be has occupied the throne of France, be Vas di
reeled alt his energies as a 'statesman,' a soldier and 1
diplomatist, toward building up securely his King
dom, and firmlly -establishing himself and family
upon the throne. His measures were, apparently
effected and'his safety realized. Ile had environ
oil Paris viith fortifications; while in the city and
vicinity , were stationed out, bmiilred thensand
troops. But, be has found that a hold upon the
hearts of his people would have been much safer
'than bulwarks and troops—his regular soldiers at
- 'the first attack 'joining the National Guards, and
'when the cris;s Caine, the whole fraternizing with
the people. Thus stripped in an lour,_of his sup
pint; his throne is an useless bauble, rind his tide
an empty sot nl. Safety in flight was his only al
ternative, and with scarcely a strw,tgle Louis Phil•
lippe has resi;ned the Kingdom of France, and
left the country over which lie has ruled since IS3O.
Popular feeling, is said to tend toward a Repub.
• Ile, modelled aßcr the United ltztalt7s. We trust
;hat the news by the neat. steamer—(soon to ar
fullyeoutirm this statement, and bring
Its accounts of the establishment of such a go
vernmeut open a firm and substantial foundation.
Hitherto., their independence has been but a mock
ery, and the Citizel King, hasgradually and steadi
iy her liberties by reviving theoloox
ions enactments of less pretending days, and cir
zurruscribed into narrower and narrow er limits" the
rights and privileges of the people.
The flame which burns upon the altar of Freedom
in , this Republic, has lighted up the Old World ; its
brightness has,- penetrated the darke s t recesses of
tyranny and oppressicin, and imbued the spirit of
the-down-trodden with an invigorating influence
1 7 :ompe is ready to put off' her shackles : this revo-
Ibtion may be the si6nal which shall arouse the
oppressed against the oppressor, and nasikC Europe
one vast scene of bloodshed and coultision,•Ont of
_ which shall irise more than one system of sell-go
refitment.
Fiar..—The new cottage house on Hawley-street, -
13ingharnton, N. 1., owned and occupied by Mr.
Solomon Aldrich, was destroyed by tire about R.
o'clock on Saturday anonting. The fire caught .
come shavings in the front room, which Mr. A. was
finishing off, and the flames spread so rapidly the
the whole building was wrapped in • flames before
the engines arrived at the spot. 'Very little thfi
furniture was saved. Loss about
IItIMUCC
N. Y. & ERIE RAIL. Roxo.,Wc understand,
the Daily Owego Gazette, that the- N. Y. b Erie
Rail Road has been pat raider esotract.from Rini.
hamton ..te Elmira, to three individuals ; and that
the work is to be completed the entire distance to
Elmira, in about one year. It is also said that we
contactors will sub-let the work.'
The'proceediwp of the democratic Meeting
in are unavoidably .peAponed. We shall
publish them twat week.
• PAcifr Boars.—The P.:m.lot , Boats have com
menced their regular trips between Harrisburg and
Pittsburg, and also on the Susquehanna Division
and West Branch. •
Rcintsc. F.uncsion.—At the election in reading
en Friday,Gen.. Wm. B. keitil was elected Mayor
t 3 majority oret the nest highest of two compe:
Mom The Democrats have elected their Council
men, Sec., in all the wards, al4 the T:easurers and
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'Au.ditoni by about the 'usual majority.
Pia
miasma& Exemplion--Prinotploa or tits
Nationial Reform**.
We give Place this week to a communication
from the " Mountain Lake Association" crawlers,
in this county, " defining their position" on the sub
ject of remuneration for improvements made by
the settlers upon lands, held in large quantities, by
non-residents, and upon which, in many instances,
the settlers have toiled for years, with the consent of
the owner, making large and valuable improve
ments Sze., Also, upon the propriety of exempting
the homestead of every individual from a forced sale
upon executim—the limitation of the quantity of
land. to ho hell b) any individual—the reduction
in price and disposition of lands owned by govern
mont--cotporate privileges—the " Wilmot Provi
so--Direct taxation in time of war—redection'of
salaries of Congressmen, &c.
We have neither time no? disposition, at present,
to enter fully into a discussion of the various posi
tions assumed in
, the communication retered to.—
We may say, however, that most of the points pre
sent to us favorable coolderations. We decidedly
approve of the doctrine of exempting from forced
sale the Homestead of every individual who is for
tunate enough to have earned and paid for one.—
Our attention has recently been called to this sub- .
:pet by a report made in the New York Legislature,
in which the position is ably, and, to Our mind, ful
ly sustained. The report is accompanied by a
Bill,. which hail may powerful advocates, and u ill
_probably pass into a law.
The Bill rreiides that any member of a family
of two or more persons. in the relation of husband
and wife, parent and child, brother, and sister, or
sisters, owning and occupying a homestead, it will
be exempt from sale by execution, judgment, or
decree, founded upon any contract, debt, obligation,
or upoiX any offence or violation commuted or suf.
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fared, after the passage of this act, except upon cer-
tain conditions, expressly provided for in the bill --
One thousand dollars is the extent of the value of
the exemption. Homesteads exceeding in value
One thousand dollars are subject to appraisement by
assessors, and all over one thousand dollars can be
apprOpriated, to the discharge of the liabilities of the
owner or owners. The bill provides) method of
resetving tc the family the dwelling luse, where
it is practicable, and where it does not exceed the
one thousand dollars in value. If the estate cannot
be di'. hied' so as to'seettre the family the dwelling
lious - e, then it may be sold, and one thousand do:-
lars of the purchase money is to be used in purchas
ing a new .homestend for the family.
The details of the bill seerryto be carefully drawn.
The'great object is to secure, beyond all contingen
cies. a home for the family.- The husband cannot
ni(!ri;sage, or otherwise encumber the family estate
to the amount of the value of the exemption, un
less by the content of his wife. The bill may have
defects in its details, but the grand object of secur
ing a home for tin" family, the value of which shall
not exceeh one thousand dollars, is a measure that
we heartily approve.
The committee who reported the Bill, after the
most mature reflection. and careful investigation of
the subject, off erthe following among many other
reasons in favor of exempting the homestead from
alienation' . • .
The exemption of the homestead from alienation
is desiiable, and will be but one step further in the
path of philanthropy and liberality.
The rice or imprudence of a father should not be
visited on the innocent members of a family. How
many men, contrary to the advice and desire of
their families, hare imprudently and recklessly
contracted debts and obligations, and what scenes
of misery, want, and crime have we not seen pro
ceed from thus very cause. What right has any
uch creditor to collect his debt by rendering home
less and destitine the wives and families of his vic
tims? The honest and liberal creditor requires no
such power. The avaricious and illiberal should not
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possess it.
We are not aware that any great • evil would re
sult from the passage of such a law as the petition
ers desire : on the contrary, its effects will he to
awaken more caution in the seller, and check the
spirit of wild speculatian, always the result of great
facilities fur obtaining eredit.
That such a. law would make men any more dis
honest than they arc now, we do notbelieve ; all ex
perience goes to prove " that.a rogue will only pay
what,and when he pleases, and the honest man
will pay as soon as he can and all he can."
The passe of such a law will go some little
way to protect the rights of married women, and
minor 2, and will always prevent their being rentle•-
e 3 entirely destitute; under its operation, men will
undoubtedly become better and more valuable citi
zens : it will save them from the withering effects
of despondency and despair, by leaving them, un
der all circumstances, a homestead of moderate
amount, which is always necessary to render life
of value,, and enable us to discharge our duty to
ourselves and society.
The following measured of Reform have been
adopted by the " Mountain Lake Aassociation ;"
and that the people of Bradford county may folly
understand them, we request their publication in the
Bradford Re - porter and Bradford Argus.
rtairt.y—We advocate remuneration for improve
ments made upon lands, under the enconragment
of land owners before the settler cantbe ejected
from the lands. •
Bsirosnt.v—That there should be an exemption of
the " Home•frad" from a forced sale, with a cer
tain number of acers of land, buildings, dec., from
future debt
Tatar/sr—The limitation of the number of acres of
land any person shall heredfter acquire; and
we would not complain if it did not exceed the
first limit prescribed by the laws of this Common
wealth.
ForavnLy—That the public Domain should here
after be kept, in trust, for the actual settler in lim
ited quantities, at a limited prier.
Firrnia—We disapprove chartering companies
with special aad exclusive privileges.
•
Six —We approve of the "Wilmot Proviso" in
all free territory hereaßer acquired—and we-also
approve of the "second proviso" providing for
direct taxation in time of invasion.
8 . —We advocate a reduction of salaries of
Congressmen, in ease of invasion, to aid in rais
ing revenue.
The foregoing measures eoniidered and adopted
by the committee of the Mountain Lake Association,
and presented fur publication. •
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EMIL NICOOLS. - Wx. NICIIOU. -
Kan ano % Don.,' Tncommi Svt-na,
Roswir.u. ROSISSON, W. A. Surma,
Asnitcw F. ROIBISOOIt, .C. R. Scorros.
No Rienec-rioir or rut hum or Lama hat. ta
ken !lace at the Conessog,a Steam Milky-the Lan
caster Union says. The mills are doing a good bu
siness, ands large derriand for the sheeting manu
factured has sprung up in the neighboring counties.
"Tux- Pcrtrea Courcry JOURNAL " published at
Coudersport, hes our beat 'wishes for its success.—
It is a very neatly prin•ed, spirited sheet, and de.
serve% patronage.
Tk. Tlegs
We cannot consent to bandy words with this po
litical prostitute. Wis do not recognise it. es bet ,
longing to the Demaieratic corps. It has been too
oftedcanght la the act of 'opposing reiptibat-pemo-,.
erotic nominations. It has been too long in the
market, ready to be sold to the highest biddtk and
to serve any master who would pay the highest
price. It has served the whigs and John Tyler fur
pay. It as now fulfilling the condition of its fast
transfer by denouncing and falsifying every demo
cratic Editor, and every democrat in the district,
who will not fall down and worship the Eagle's
master The last thirty pieces of silver it received
has made it mad. The gold received for its aberra
tions, and the dignified position of its new master
has filled the poor thing with intaxic.atiots. We de
dine all controversy until We shall hear that the
Editor is sober.
Irregularity of the Kalls.
The patience of our citizens is fast becoming ex•
haunted by the irregularity with which the mails
from I tarrisburg are received. It has required near
ly a week : during the past *inter, to get a commu
nication of any description from Harrisburg to To
wanda. The evil has been borne silently, long
enotiA ; and we call upon the "powers that be,"
to see justice done to . this section by the regular
transmission of the mails. The fault, as nearly as
we can learn, lays somewhere between Canton and
Williatnsport.
(1:j- A new paper is soon to be establihed at
Owego, S. V. It will be strong for Free Labor and
Free Soil.
Rio Grmide Items.
The Matamoras Flag of the 4th instant. mentions
the death, at Camar'4o on the 25th of February of
Capt. M. 13. Gray. (" Mustang Gray.r) in the 29th
year of his age. Capt. G. was a-native of South
Carolina, but has lived is Texas for the last thir
teen 3 ears.
The Monterey Gazette. 16th ult., states that Gen.
AVool has ordered a detachment of the 2d Dragoons.
udder Capt. Hunter to 111onclova, to take post there
for the purpose of collecting revenue. The detach
ment was to leave Monterey for its destination ott
the 21st ultimo.
The collector has been instmcted by Gen. Wool
to proceed in the collection of internal Meximan
customs according to instructions from the, War De
partment of Noventbet 16, 1847.
The Flag says that the 3d Dragoons stationed at
Mier, are making repay lion for a march to Vic
toria. the capital of the State, with the intention of
occupying it as a military post. There are no
Mexican troops at Victoria, and the people were
openly expressing, themselves solicitous that the
department of Tamanlipas should come permanent
ly under American rule.
Oa the 2,l inst., at Santa Rita, a village on the
Texas side of the Rio Grande, a Mr. Wayman was
shot at, and dar , erously wounded, by a party of
men, who, on behalf of a Mr. Gilmore, had taken
possession of a house in dispute between them,
and ejected Wevman's family. Weyman's friend, ,
surfounded the house, and Due of the party inside.
who looked out, was instantly shot dead. The
others escaped.
The Flag of the Ist inst., has gm following
EsS F. LS SUPPOSED' TO Dr. Los-.---On or about the
15th of December last, the sloop Dolphin,. Captain
Diamond, sailed from the mouth of the RioGrande
for Vera Cruz. She did not arrive at her destina
tion, and as she has now 'been absent several
months, we need hardly conjecture as to her late,
and the fate of the passeng,ers - on board, most of
whom were formerly residents Of this place, and
well known to this community. The following is a
list of the passengers' names, as accurate as can be
remembered :
Daniel Peters, of Texas ; D. McNabb, formerly
of Mobile, Ala • Eli Dodridge, formerly (A-Galves
ton, Texas; Thomas Davidsou ; . Wrp. McCleary,
wife and child; Mosier and 'amity : Mary Jane
Ruth and sister, formerly of GalreAon : t« o tier
1111111F, names unknown. lu all there were 17 per
sons on board.
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Mn. JEFFERSON ON BORROWING,--la 1813. when
the Government of the Under.' Sale . ; was under the
necessity of borrowing large sums of money, and
when its credit was seriously impaired. Mr. Jeffer
son, in a letter to Mr. Eppes. chairman of the cam.
mittee of ways and means of the House of Repre•
swath-es, recommended the follbwing, rule as a
guide for all governments which were disposed to
cherish their credit:
" It is a wise rule and should be fundamental. in
a government disposed to cherish its credit. and at
the same time to restrain the nse of it within the
limits of its faculties, never to borrow a dollar with.
out laying a tax in the same instant for paying the
interest annually, - and the principal within a given
time; and to consider that tax as pledged to the
creditors on the public faith. On such a pledge as
this, sacredly observed, a government may always
command, on a reasonable interest, all the lendable
money of their citizens, whi'e the necessity of en
equivalent tax is a salutary warning to them and
their constituents against oppressions, bankruptcy,
and its inevitable consequence, revolution."
SINGFLAR AND HORRIBLE AFFAIR-KILLING OE A
lATTLE Gum By A Ltx.vric.—We gayer from the
3laysville Eagle, the particulars of one of the most
siug,ular mid horrible murders committed in the
West—the deliberate butchery of an infant by a la
uatic.
On the to inst., Mrs. Evans, the wife of Mr. Vol
ney Evans. of Aberdeen, Ohio, left her house to
visit a neighbor for a few minutes—leaving a beau.
titul daughter, about three years old, asleep in
her cradle, mid_ a boarder in the family, Strother B.
Reed, sitting by d e tire 'reading the Bible. She
had gone but a few minutes when Reed went into
the yard and procured a board; which he laid on
the flow, and stepping to the cradle, jerked the lit
tle innocent with such violence as to force the - arm
from its socket, and laying her head on the board,
deliberately chopped it with a broad axe in five dif
ferent places. Four of the gashes were in the top
of the head--one about five inches long, from
which the brains oozed out—and the fifth across
the back of the head above the neck.•
Irtox.—The Whigs will recollect the doleful err
set up by their presses, at the time of the passage
of the wholesome Tariff of 1846, relative to Iron
business. They declared that the Iron interest of
Pennsylvania would inevitably be ruined, and the
proprietor of one establishment stuck a cider barrel
that was ernpted in 1640 upon his roof, after slim.
flog his doors nod turning his back upon his credi
tors, and wrote upon the eider barrel=-" Polk and
Dallas or the tariff of '46." This was looked upon
by the Whigs as a clencher. They bad declared
that the Act of '46 would "ruin" interest, and an
empty cider•htarrel upon the roof.of the shop of a
broken down icaltack, proved the thing be.
gond aqu ton. . . after all, Pacts are most val.
nable than W 1 • ietions of ruin, even when
• • • barrels. Pennsylvania produced
SEVENTY NIALIONS FIVE WINDS= AND argtrTT•SiX
THOUSAND rrvc iirioasico AXD Tatars NINE pounds
more of Iron in 1847 than in 1846. The plain fact
fells the story of the prosperity of her Iron) interest
under the Tatiff of 1846.-11/m/ford Times.
a
TuE Naiv Coresnrtrrtox oc Icusims, just adopt.
ed by the people, cuts down the salary of the Go
vernor from $2OOO. to slsoo—Secretary and treas
urer of State from. $lOOO each to $5OO, and the pay
of members of Legidature from $3 per day $2 per
day for the first forty days and $1 per day lir the
remainder of the remainder of the session. Instead
of annual session of the Lnislature, the Legislature
will meet, under the now ccerglution, but once in
two years.
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THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE .
On 'our outside Will be Emma a fuU ieeount-Of the
Reyoluticin in France. N'e ptiblish below shakier
account- of serile the causeii'whicir.ied tc this out
break—iiiiid the lipeculatiOns Of the :English-papers
upon it • .1
rFroon-tho Liverpool Journal, 10 Lig
The CAUSE or TEE RCFOLCTION FRANGE...-••
The people of France have virtually no voice,ie the
election of parlinientary representatives. nested:
tout are few : and.the mode of election is the re
verse of popular.. This system ought to be chang
ed: and the public desire a change. Government
refused to make any alteration. All men oppressed
look to England for succor or example. The French
people saw that we met' and. talked—dined and
talked. They wished to meet and talk ; but the
police forbade the gratification. An article in the
penal code was brought to bear upon the privilege;
and although I%l.oGuiitt had fo-merly denounce d
this interpetration, he flow adepted it Denied the
right to assemble, they dined together, and after
dinner made speeches. The King's health was ne
ver drunk• and the Sovereign may have been
piqued. ' Certainly means were taken to prevent
these banquets; but in the provinces they were,
nevertheless, numerous.
On the assembling of what we call Parliament
the Reformers resolved on a monster banquet. Go
vernment interfered; . the question occupied the
Chamber of Deputies / ministers declaring such pro
ceedings illegal, ( - Milian Barret and others contend
ing for their strict legality. One said that it should
not take place; the others that it should.
.Discuss
ion only helped to inflame the public mind. The
Reformers in Paris received sympathy from the
provinces. The banquet was announced for Tues
day last ; and deputations from all the great towns
north and south, had intimated their intention to be
present.
Government was beaten : relying on the law.
they would appeal in due form to the tribunals, and
permit the banquet to take place, holding as re
sponsible deputies present. So far all was well;
the interest in the allair was decaying, but the Min
isters smarting under taunts and a sense of discom
'•fiture, took umbrage at the call made to the Nation
al Guards to line the streets, through which a pro
cession was to pass, dressed in uniform. but unarm
and forbade the banquet, late on ,Nfonday eve
ning. Th e o pp os iti on protested against what they
considered a violation of the constitution. abandon
ed the idea of dining together and exhorted the
people to order. The deputies did more, they re
solved to impeach the mini-try.
The vacilliat ion renewed the interest in the affair;
the agitation increased. .Midtary poured into the
city, and the people crowded the streets. The se
quel is told, in other place. The soldiers refused
to fire on the malcontents, the National Guard join
er) the masses, and as a necessary consequence,
the obnoxious mini'ziter resigned. The King sought
to pacify Paris by the appointment of, a new cab.
tact this not sufficing, he has ceased to be King',
PROVISIONAL GoveaNstesr.—Anoong Inc mern•
hers of the Provisional Government. M. Octillion
Barrot is the only one who beelines to the DenaAtic
party ; we doubt whether he will have sufficient
pow er to a ct the part played by Lafayette in IS3O I
and persuade the Iwo!) e to accept a constitutional
King. as 1, Mrillmre tic Repubberres. M. de La:
marline is a sentinel republican. wh3 has been a
rarlist, but he Is not a man of business of action.—
Arago, is a republican from conviction, and his
kiwi- will earn• a great weight with it. he.a Ro
hn and Gamier Pages. however ‘eitt be the souls
of the new movement, both popular, both Repoh
hears. both having that avilace which according- to
Damon, is the great secret of success in revolution.'
These are the men who e ill really sway the desti
nies of France and with the assistance of Louis
Mane (an able coadjutor) become the founders of
the new Republique Francais.
[From tin- London Nro,:, Feb 23
THE RESTMF. OF TUE WHOLE.—The. popular
cause has triumphed once more in Paris, and
against an army of 100.000 men. It has triumph
ed this time, fortunately after three days carnage
and of struggle, but by the moral attitude of the
population. fir Na lewd Guard. the middle class
e(rhe' c i;ize ns . joined with the lower orders iii of
fering resistance, and this sufficed. French soldiers
are citizens too, and however ready to sweep away
a few idle rioters. they wem not prepared to treat
or. foes, and to decimate with gi ape shot, the unit
ed and tbrongine popu!airon of the metropolis. The
example is a pregnant one, and the lesson such as
every monarch and every ministers most ponder.
over. Neither must provoke. for neither can over
come, the hostility of a milhou voices, pot to speak
of a million arms. Voices alone have, in the pre
sent case, sufficed to overthrow one of the oldest
and strongest governments headed by the sbrewtr.:4
king. and having at its command a most powerful
army, led by an experienced and determined gen
eral and possessing every means of influencing
an nsuring that army's fidelity, which character.
d,.,
talents, long success, and unbounded resottires
could bestow. After all the fortifications, and the
forts, all the cunning manipulations and manage
ments of soldieriand civilian, and of every class
in which a shadow of infinence might he supposed
to remain with an undoubted majority in parliament
—that majority - , to be sure, composed of thnctiona
, ries, but still a majority alt this cunning edifice,
with its complicated scaffolding, has been swept
away ; and Louis Phillippe appears, at the decline'
I
of lite, in the hnmiliating position of aubmittine• to
the liberals, whom'he insulted. and of actually ea
[ pitulatjng to the mob. M. Guizot, too, has dierap
-11 peered in this whirlwind of his own raising, and he
departs with the poignant reflectire.. that he has liv
ed to deny or undo every principle end every aim,
to strengthen and attain warelt was the object of his
political career. To found the new monarchy, and
surround it with conservative buttresses; such as
might defy the popular cry, was as anxiously and
assiduously his study, as it was that of his roval
master to erect forts and eireemvallatiOns for the
same purpose M. Guizot has lived to see lti
scheme broken thronzh, showing it to be as fragile
as a - spider's web. The prohibition of a dinner has
been the mighty event on which ministerial con•
servalism has been shiprecked. And the result
utterly disapproves N. Guizot's favorite maxim,
that unpopularity was the true element of greatness,
and the necessary concomitant of ministerial power.
(From (tar halation relrgraph. Feb. 26.)
The greatest, revolution of out time, the over.
throw of the whole system of government, founded
on coercion, has more completely and suddenly
accom; lished than we Ventured yesterday to hope.
The reign of Louis Phillippe has, come to a deserv.
ed and shameful end. Democracy, which is the
true character of the French nation, the whole SC it
being divided into small properies, prevails in the
State. The attempt to establish a bureaucracy,
headed by a monarch. has failed in the hands of
the most renowned politician of the age, attended by
every advantage. The triumph is not over a mah
but over a great untruth. The fog of republicanism
foals once more over licence—thehig of equal rights
awl honorable freedom. A, provisional government
has been established.—let us hope and pray that rt
ma y act moderately, wisely, forbearingly. The
system abolished, is one which this gmieration has
at least permitted ; and there cannot be now any
vengeance to take on individuals or classes. The
fight has been for a truth and a reality, not for place
and for personal dominiou. We say, emphatically,
that the false and the unreal have been put down.
We wait with hope for the installation of their pro
per successor.
Tnt Revoxtruos IN FILINCE....—In New York, the
Tribune says, there was an iutense excitement
among the French population on. the reception of
important news from Paris. Frenchmen might be
seen in various parts of the city, igterchangingeort
gratulations with each other on account of the news
which they seemed to regard as the harbinger of
better days for their native land. Every, couote
uance seemed lit up with gladness and hope, and
no news could probably give them greater joy un
less it should lie that la belle France had perma.
nently established a Republic.
Th e hi colored. flag :flowed grAcefally licrat all
the. French shipping in port, .from coffee houses,
and many prime dwellings.
The Demecratiii tonveskiom,l
(From u,a Cidtunbia DensoetAl4
Wutclar IkrnsOottvolvtorr.-k-Ttie riltenbeitt i sf
Congreee from theAllrikifonl district, *ant:intoti
lite hunt orilkieb•Convention, unclothed"
ci!inmatericesti Hiib4 been elected 1 declegatV
that bodi b3i'the triunO 01 ant vote of 59 in
Bradford convention, : after the oppieitiom hitn
there' - had done its 'ittmdSt. He appeared in the
State Convention the known opponent of the Presi
dewed candid:no who received in Abet- bodratde.
cider, majority, and be was undoubtedly obnoxious
to the leading spirits in favor of that candidate. He
had been maligned by them. lie bad been de
nounced in advance by presses of his party (the
recipients of official, patronage and tie echoes of
the Washington erwiti„) in Philadelphia, Harrisburg
and Pittsburg. He had been tauntingly told, by a
Lancaster editor, to go cuts the convention and he
would learn his unpopularity with the Democracy,
and vroold receive a rebuke at once signal and
overwhelmircr.
It is always a spectacle of interest when a man
of gallant spirit, strong in the consciousness of a
pure purpose, stands 'at bay amid his revilers and
attempts the vidication of his integrity. A pension.
ed press had done its utmost to smite him, but
%Vilinot appealed; from the race of the hatters and.
M'Kinleys the stipendaries of a presidential aspi
rant, to the true hearted representatives of the
Pennsylvania Democracy for a just judgment upon
his motives and his conduct. We speak bat the
common sentiment of those present, when we as.
sort, that his vindication of himself was at once,
eltrent, solid and manly. D.enerating into no
low abuse, it was an earnest and truching exposi
tion of indisputable IRAs, that told with effect
both upon the sympathies and the judgment. Not
boisterous—not declamatory—touched neither with
insolence nor subserviency, it was the appeal of a
true" and powerful man, to a just tribunal, against
unmerited abuse.
Was it Wonderful that the effort was successful!
In a convention with a majority of 35 in the.oppo
site direction Mr. Wilmot's- motion carried, 70 to
58, and that too when a similar motion had previ
ously been unsuccessful! From the banks of the
Delaware, from the acclivities of the Alleghenies,
from the beechen counties of the north, there rallied
a band of firm, fearless and just men, who pronoun
ced his vindication unhesitatingly. because they
doubted not his Merit or his integrity.
Mr. Wilmot is unquestionably, at th s moment
one of the ablest men of feunsVlvania.' He is, to
use the language of the Pennsylvanian, " a power
ful debater ) ' His command over an audience it
not magical is at least unusual and uniform. His
eloquence js as rertaifi as the effort, and possesses
the rare merit of being sustained throughout. There
is no atienTht " to tear a pasFion to tatters and rags?
—no crap traps "to catch the ears of the ground
lings---the assurance is always felt that a pure and
powerful mind is pouring out its treasures steadily,.
without ostentation and without an effort.
The political career of Mr. Wilmot has been un
usually consistent, radical and sincere. At the
session of 18.16, in the memorable straggle be
tween Labor and Monopoly, his devotion to princi
ple was tested and sealed. In that hour of extreme
peril and of rampant passion, e the.lone member"
' , rave a vote that placed him for his lifetime. among
the trusted and true men of his age. He looked to
' the future that would vindicate him, and despised
the clamor of the time. Such oceasions make or
utitnirke public men. Mr IViltuot had the saga-
I city and firmness fined for the crisis in his lame.
and his Tariff rote will. ever be to him a 3hielci
against the arts of misrepresentation and the arrows
of enmity. .
'Coon the French Spoliation question—dial scan
dalous project to plunder-the national treasury : up-.
on the River and Harbor, bill and the stilijeet of III•
tenial Improvements ,generally by the United
States; pima the IN - or- r eport the Independent
Treasury—upon. the Oregon piestion ; the votes,
speeches and position of Mr. Wilmot have keen
sound. q consistent and radical. He has, upon all
these eubjeets'been a thorough and inflexible De
mocrat. There is not a single political accusation
that can justly be urged to his di-credit, either as a
li:totem or a man of integrity. His position upon
the subject of free soil in conquered or purchased
territory, affords neither matter for accusation nor
abase. We believe that Mr. Buchanan and Mr.
Wilmot are both in error with reference to the ter
ritorial question. This paper. in its hunible sphere,
has op,iosed from the outset both theCompertniee.
of Mr. Buchanan and the Proviso.of Mr. Wilmot,
and our opinion and position upon those subjects
remain unchanged. On the 23d November 1819
Mr. Buchanan with two ether gentleman constitu
ting a eomtnittee. reported to a large meeting held
at the Court Howeo in the city of Lancaster the fol
lowing, anion; other resolterops:
li'esolrcd, - That the ft ep resentati ves in Congress
from this district be. and they hereby are most ear
nestly requested, to use their utmost endeavors as
members of the national Legislature, to prevent the
existence of slavery in any of the territories or
states which may be erected by Congress."
Now. we believe s that Mr. Buchanan was wrong
in 18 19 in supporting the IVilrnot Proviso--(tor
the above resolution and others reported at the
same time were plainly and directly in favor of the
very principle of the Proviso,) and that he was
also wrong in 1847 in supporting the Missouri Com ,
promise- in the Berks, county letter. But is he to
be denounced for errors upon this 4111 - it-VC! On the
contrary if he is nominated by the Baltimore Con,
vention we-shall support him for the Presidency
with the whole of our humble ability, and will anx
iously desire his election. We believe that Con
gress had bettert let Provisos and
,Compromises
elope ' bet we do not believe that it is.our business
to abuse those who-candidly differ front us in Tin
. ion. on this subject, or that they ace liable 'therefore
to expulion from the Democratic " platform."
Abstr4elly all will agree that the Pmytso is right
eous, nor is there any condemnation of it in the
Idler of the constitution. But we conceive, without
disparaging the Democracy, patriotism, or integrity.
either Of the Bradford Congressman or the Secreta
ry of State, that their views upon this single Abject.
are antagonist to the spirit of our government and
of its fundamental law, and are therefore inexpedi
ent. Their convictions however arc certainly as
much to be respected as our own, and they have
jest as good a 'girt to maintain them, without peril
of being unchurched for heresy! •
We have written more than welVirreended,- and
will only add, that the revilers of that noble- man
David Wilmot may well conclude that attacks up
on him before the Democracy of Pennsylvania will
be exceedingly unprofitable. There is a spirit
among the.people that will prevent injustice from
being done to any of their tried and faithful servants
and especially incase of one, who, fmen the
posittOn of a poor d unfriended boyhood, has, by
i
the ti,e of great a ilities lifted himself to a proud
tle
pOsition among the statesman of his time, and pre.
served through trial nod temptation, an unopened
purity ofeharacterja sincerity of life, and an ever
fittarlesstrid nnehariging devotion tolhe rights and
happiness of his rase. A.
[nixie the Albany Attne.l •
Ms. Whiner A - WIZ DEMOCRACY OF PETSSTL
YANI4since, the Washington Union
and the Albany A - issued a .proclarnation of out
mius
lawiy against the ort. DAvTo IVlL.mar. The ser
vile ebeets artist have been 'hired to aid the
schettnes of these organs, both in this State and in
Pennsylvania, made Mr. - Wilmot the target for bit
ter aeenaation l calitnanv and obloquy,! A few de
cent prints joined 'in this shabby conspiracy, and
the 'very papers , which had attempted to defeat the
Tariff of '4B, which had tried to-drive Mr: Witaurr
against it, awl which had justified the whole Penn
sylvania delegatiort for voting against it, eexept Mr-.
Mime; stooped to copy from the Washington Un e
ton a miserable and pettifogging charge that Mr.
Wilmot had not consistently supponed it- a charge
false in itself, and doubly disgraceful considering
whence it emanated, and what instruments gave it
publicity.
" Plablie opinion" was got up. or purchased ili
Pennsylvania, affecting to regard Mr..lVihnot as a
deserter from the party. .Selfish Joinmis in other
States, tithe Aron pattern, centrihuted Assaults.—
Sipritii that lied openly attempted to defied Mr.
wihnnt, in two successive elections, was rewarded
with government patronage. Ina word, A coNsei.
ascot was en foot to crush Mr. Wilmot, be calm
hipotdod *be
.way of the intrigues of the'clique,
4Wsishi.ket,.. and the views and hopes of their
plifligate*pendents.
INHAT 1111 S DEAN Mt MICE OT THIS CONSPIRACY.
4. Ir. W 660 41e3 ['Ceti from his teat in Con
esa by:l;s i_democrats of his county to represent
ern in the Harrisburg Stite Convention. and the
other del s *AM hib Congression a l district,
fiefoin, iku ofibittaftlng-firgarranri the er ,
ample of its reward b s. the admielitratiOn, were'
his friends.
We gave the other tiny' 6s - pliiaticiri of What
the papers called " the triumple' of Mr. Wit.3tcrr in
this body; but we failed to do justice either to its
character, extent, or influence. * * *
The cohort of stipendiary prints, with the Wash-
Artwork Unicin.,et„the,ir,head r which . have for thre e
years exhibited an unexampled degree of imbeCil.-
ty and.inefficiency for gocld,- and whose selfish and
unprincipled intrigues have prostrated the demo
cracy in every state in the Union wherelin have
bad influtirze r and havethroriit the poinddr 3raneh
of Congreis into the hands Of the u pigs this as „
sociation and their rasters, we rejoice to say . , have
become impotent for, mischief. They have never
hurl any power or Influence except for mi,, c id t 4
and they have lot( that—even iu Pennsylvania! ,
May we not begin to look for the return of rid
day, which ere these malign counsels prevailed at
Head quarters, shone over the demoeraTic party . a
day of open action, of purely avowed principles, c.
public purity,--the day when the heads of the par.
ty were men of high intellezt and noble ambition!
—the day of free thoughts, of free speech and of
free men.
The New Pilgrim's Progress,
The tom of Mr. Clay frPrn Ashland to Washitig
ton, and thence to New fork, (' esflusi%cly on
l a w business ; " was attended by a number of amu
sing incidents, whicn hate been duly chroniCled
by an admiring press. The Kentncky pilgrim has
had a much easter trial, than he whose sail"- is told
by Bunyan.
In Philadelphia, Mr. b. was kissed by the mo.
del artistes and a few anieteurs, but the ladies of
the Quaker city did not enter into the enjoyment
with the unanimity and fervor of the dames and
damsels of New York:
In the Commercial Metropolis nothing, seemed
so much to please the crowd of husbands anti bro.;
titers-as this billing and cooing. The folltorme was
ono of many incidents that occurred at the toll at
the Broadway Theatre :
"Mrs. B—n attempted to pilfer a kiss from his
manly check, having been, as we learned, previous.
ly tempted by the promise of a daguerreotype of the
noble guest. Unintentionally Mr.-Clay drew back.
(Loud clapping)—Recovering himself, he endeav
ored to commit the larceny upon the cheek of the
lady, when she in turn dodged. (More clapping.)
" Let us compromise," said •Mr. Clay: . " Agreed,
said the lady, and the annexation of l i p s was soon
consummated, amillAt prolunged dapping of hand's.'
On Satur&ly it was arrasseil that :11r Clay should
meet the ladies of the city Oil marge, and exchange
salutations. It was first proposed that they shonld
arrange themselves in a circle around the park;
and that the Sage (may we pot say the Solomon!).
of Ashland. should greet them. one,t y-one. and i n '
order. This plan. lion-byes was overruled. and
the'llovernor's room in the City Hall was made
place of rev eption : N
On Saturday, at l 1 o'clock precisely. Mr. Cl 4
was esbered into :he Governor's room, which wa
crowded iii every part with old and young ladies waii4
ing ni kiss him and shake his hand. All was there
restlessness and confusion, some on tip-toe while
others stood upon the sofas and chairs. to get a first
took at him. Alderman Franklin annonneed to the
ladies that Mr. Clay was ready and they might
come on as fast aw tivey could. A general rush was
then made, some of It hom caught hold of his hand
a.nd easting l up in h:s face an arch smile, passed
on, while ihk ic , , , lis if others seemed to say," won't
son kiss ale !" oie Lady ht . ( ke he ground. and
pouting out her pretty lips, received the FIRST uses.
There was a general rush to sec who would have :he
next. One lady prr+seil her way through the crowd,
held up before Mr. Clay a little boy, and said Mr.
Clay, here is little Henry Clay, hiss him." Mr. Clay
kissed the boy. bowed and thanked her fir the com
pliment, after which he bowed and kissed the mo
ther. The crowd elontinued to press thus for two
hours, and Mr. Clay was kept bowing and kissing
for two hours ; dining all of which time, their con
gratulations were showered upon him. Mother,
brought up their little Henry Clays to the number of
twelve, all of whom Mr. Clay blessed, and thanked
the mothers. One lady mere zealous than the rest
got behind Mr. Clay and commenced clippinz a
piece 'from his greyllocks ; and in five min -
fifes mote than thirty pairs - of scissors were mo..
yam towards his thin and flowing locks, which
was immediately stopped by Alderman Lawrence,
who said, Mr. Clay had no hair to frpm-e. They rer
severed, however, and several succeeded in 'obtain
ing a small portion Which they carefully laid in their
card eases declanug they wouldhave u in a breast
pin. Several ladies stood for some time in the same
corner of tbe room. Occupied by Mr. Clay, who were
deterrnincd'they would not. be satisfied with one
kiss, and after the crowd had somewhat dispersed,
rushed upon him .cu masse, and took from two to
six each.
The N. Y. Express says that most of thorn treve
the wives and daughters of " our most. respectable
and richest citizens.' The precipitancy and ea
gerness of some of the novices I,•d to ix:caz.ional
mistakes :
"One of them seeing Mr. C. and Aid. Lawrence
enter hand-in-hand, raised her pretty lips to the face
of the Alderman, and gave ban a kiss, mis t a king
him for Mr. Clay. Aid. Lawrence has white hair,
and a face somewhat resembling Mr. Clay, hence
the lady's mistake. She soon found out her er
ror from the smiles of her friends, and corrected it
by kissing Harry of, the West."
Sotne of the ladies hrow , ht with them scissqrs , to
obtain a piece of Mr. Oar's hair, aml on one occa
sion as a laity kissed hi. lips another tut• a lock of
hair from the hark of his head. He exclaimed,
parodying the lannage of Gen. Scott. -
"That is not fair, to attack rue both in front and
rear at the same time."
At one o'clock Ahl. Franklin announced that the
intei view must terminate,
"Mr. Clay then started for the stairway. when a
general elapping, of hands and waving o . f eAtnk'r
took place; which being ended the crowd of love
liness and beauty rushed upon him, and eiinginz
him around the neck, kissed and blessed him.
wards ofseven thousand ladies presented themse)Tes
to him, out of which number more than fiinr hn nth-NI
took a kiss. tathieh really seemed to be wellyelishea
by the veteran sage."
At i o'clock the doors were shut, anl as ladle ,
to the number of about 1500 were left lit
who had not yet spoken to him. Mr. C. briefly .1,!-
Ilymetl them in substance as follows :
"After a day like this. I ecmnot sleep be kji ! pm
all, bat I. call down on your heads the bless:at:o
- and I, hope I shall meet you all in that h:e.. , -
ed bourne wytiter the righteous pass w hen they de
part hence."''' •
• Mr. C. Was then conducted i?owo into the tea
room where a collation hail - been prepared, ft is
calculated, says the Express, that full 9000 koeeel
nr shook hands with Mr. C. in the w hour.,e ni two
hours..
As this is within 1000 of the whole , yrr le"."' i
does not include the masculine part, twileiztocr , o •
ladies, it is evident that there was -.tine vf
common earth in the otherwise •-
tnass, We do not of Norse :neap tn i n ettnie
among the alloy the heroine of the little
commented on by the Globe:
Oa DIT.—We learn from several good J ude , , 1
colors, that during the kis;inf affair ar I;,e
way Theatre, on the evening of Thur‘da% ire_ Th•
Clay's countenance assumed a decided:y reed's toe
The phet u is among the ate .'t eel rt - ' l3l e m '
and a committee of the Arnertrat»n•rilth: a ; e nor
busily engaceil in the investn-ation of the tu roq - y.
There arelnow two theories upon the solve:: one•
that it was but a,naturallalush.ineident to the extra
ordinary liberties taken with tins ni:•lin&"• -lIc '' 6"1..