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likbutobari BlorninV, 3mutarg le, me.
In onierio keep puce with die times, we
hare been obliged to use the space panely devoted
to Miscellany, for other matter ibis week.
Speaker or the S4atate.
Pennsylvania politics have become a by-word
an d a reproach ; a term significant of bargaining
and sale, of a corrupt and temporizing policy,
.therein the greatest rascal is the most admired
pnd successful. It is hardly necessary to be per•
and name the leader of the corrupt faction
a ho hold the principles of the Democratic no dear-.
er than is consistent with their personal aggran
dizement ; who look upon its organization as only
me means to further their interests, whose regard
brit is selfishness, and who are ready to trade it
Mt for any equivalent which enures to their profit.
Pesperate diseases require strong prescriptions,—
and we trust- the time is not far distant when the
mass of the party will administer a dose to the
1,4)1 excresences 'which now disfigure the
, party
-nupt its action, which shall cleanse it of the
•
We Were not surprised to hear of the recreaney
( A Speaker BEsT-.iliough the effrontery and liaidi
hood which charaereriVed Lis course, were not to
be calculated upon in any one having the sem
blance of manhood. Let no one Call tare traitor—
Ansca.n! He at least, had some redeeming 'traits,
and fled. overwhelmed with con,fusion and dismay
when his treachery was rintriasked. But Mr
Speaker IlEsT—brazen in his iniquity— coni-um
mates the deed in the Speaker's chair, which has
.is,e; , .l"Ore been filled by so many honest and able
rr•a7py pulling from his pocket a prrimired
7.1.3 lea:3'lllg it to the Senate'.
Will the Democratic press permit this treason to
unpuntslie.l. IV it smooth it over. and wh ite
:11; it. and strive to make it all right! Valentine
net so much to blame. A greater,than he, has
hnn the example. But a short lime since the
orpnaation of the party was broken down by pito
corrupt and Pal a coalition with ‘Vhi.2.4 and Na-
tires to elect a United States Senator. .Was
1, , e-dred treason then , denounerd. No! even now.
hall the press are ready to sing peans of praise to
the eery min who was then as much of a disor
;.4nizer as Valentine is now. And if he was as
ruening - a man—was the Cashier of a Bank—and
!:1 , 1 the patromge of the General Administration
whin tile State at bits disposal for afew years.—
be might not only have.his politieat 6ins forgeten,
out would become almost immaculate.
How long shall we be called upon to chronicle
r.d mourn over the recreancy of professed Dew-.
who hare been honored with stations and
. ratil the part• Owes itFelf upoi high and
tr.rt!y ploutul ; until the voice 'of the people is
Ica- !, instead of the wishes of a few corrupt, in
:tquirig and dishonest politicians; until consist•
r„cy . b.rcoines a merit, an& truckling a reproach.
e enpect such direlections. Let such men a.
c - slker Rest be lopped off; let the party be put I-
C..' of ail who do not hold their principle's de o'er
ff i.l Ilea private advancement, awl we can be.:
cte once more a party without reproach. We
.!1.,;:,11, - Ir a time be in a Minority—and that would
(I,oe the vermin from us—but in the end, the ad
xtcemcnt of pure Democratic principles, and the
L'e"cslS of out 'country would be greatiy the
tamer
Tn.! flarriFburg Keystone speaks out boldly upon
stieet. It is refreshing, after the policy which
hi lei t the press of that place silent in the wide;
qich . trallFaCtialt, heretofore, to find that, the
Dertiocr.itic part}' has at last an organ there which
cites rebuke apoetacy and treason, 'lke augur
much good to the party from it. Let it speak out,
and it will be sustained he the people of the State.
The hi . llowing is the article:—
The election of )tr. Best is the natural resalt of
'he doctrine of harmony and conciliation at the ex
if principle. in the recognition of men, as deco-.
oho, hang loosely upon the skirts of all par
use them merely for their own advantage, as
c'r'uaa , tances and opportunity may occur, and are
r.atc to bargain with any and every patty, to pro
m oe their own ambitious and interested purposes.
UP.I VllO encourage such politicians, and recognize
'h•'ll as leaders, have nn right In complain of the
c ziact of Mr. Best. Mr. Best has but returned "the
pease
eras
ll=
1 ,,, 0ned chaisce to their own lips." and as, in the
Inazt of a distngoished man " the deed has been
they "plight to submit with the bed grope pos
"!°1-"' It is unkind to condemn Mr. Best for what
Ass been rrpFroved in others, by men professing to
I democrats. If others may be' flowed to
brr conspiracies. to defeat regular ndirnina-
'•"ie viinlinpunity, and then bargain, in writing.
4 ;lie whigs and native Americans,and afterwards
znit.ed as good democrats—why,has not Mr.
4. , aright to . make his bargains, even if he has to
ratr them with hi. own rotes, and afterwards claim
`ft' a Simon Piste deinocrat Where is the differ
." between Mr. Best's act, and that of defeating a
'nulu nomination by the covropt instrumentality
odwrir Bat are not all such bargains disrepute
-1%1 derogatory to all concerned in them.
111 . Iwo treat parties of the country are. profess
`'i'. , wganiged on principle, and a difference of
e `r.'"n upon the measures and policy of govern
new, and we are to presume. that the body of each
f:ually honest and sincere in their opinions and
rtirPose%. But if, when one party finds itself in a
it will coalesce and bargain with the un
i' r.pled of the other, merely for a temporary tri-
T:yrorer its opponents, honorable and high-min
-1171,'n willfind themselves excluded 'ay both par
"from all places of distinction and honor, and
'arr. In tead of being made the means of carrying
the great measures of public police upon which
' 3 Professedly organized, will degenerate into
"rabic factions to scramble for power, plaee and
gander, and in this scramble the greatest adepts at
"• 'fur and management—the mere political [him
;“:e“. will he .ore to b the most successful.
I Tahl" and hieh-minded men will driven fn.ni
3 he'd of rr,fripplition. arid tint.riliciPled dem "
"nil have all the game to them-elves. ft
that men of all partiesohould reflect serious:
these ihings.
Tar L'"E.ON DEM )E'R AT .. is thr rrnme of it mr.w JS. DU Sot. Lr., late of the Phitiulelphia'spirit of
piluted in Bedford., Pa.. by , the Times_ has become the editor of the New
C.t.peatei aml Sallsom. Ite typography is i York Daily Globe. Mr. D. is a spirited and grace
'. 4, 1 editorials are written with visor. fu) writer.
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Pennsylvania never had a purer or worthier Go
vernor than 'Fiume R. anomie-rose who studied
her interests more diligently, or more failliflolY &
-firmly. maintained them. As a Democrat, .his
memory will. long remain to guile the party in the
path' of correct principle. The stein and uhbetad
ing manner in which he guarded . the interests of
the public against the usurpations and encroach
ments of the Money Tower, endeared him in pub
lic estimation. When he died, the' publie expres
sion seemed th demand some testimonial to record
his virtues. A movement was made, but we are
forty to say, has ea yet, been ineffectual. .
The Editor of the Norristown Watihnunr; reckrtti•
ly visited his burial place ; in the old grave yiritut
the Trappe, in 'Montgomery county ; and ~there,
he says, beneath an humble mound unadorned,
without obelisk, tomb, or slab—with nothing to
math the spot, save a lonely flower that fliend
ship's faithful hand had planted, sleeps in death the
remains of Pennsylvania's late Executive.
In the same article, he urges the completion of
the iproposed monument to the late Governor, mak
ing use of the following forcible appeal:
Sorely it cannot be. that. with the Democracy of
Pennsylvania. all regard 'or the set vicexcil its late
chief. has been butted waif' his ashes-rhat the
thousands who were the admirers 'ot his political
consistency, his unsullied integrity, and exalted
patriotism, and who ever hailed his presence with
sincere delight, or else deceit that counterfeited
joy—surely i. cannot be - with these. now when the
day has art ived to testify their rezirrd, not with the
but the pure °tiering of the hs.art, that they
hide their heads in absence, or else with bold et
froli:ery, irreverently answer—it i.. t00 late !
the deceased deserves a better fate.
Aim)* the glittering throng (11 names that spark
le on the page of Penu.ylvrinia's ' history. none
shines Xi ith a purer radiance than that of Francis
It Shank ; Ili.; lile was the type of his country's
history—nurtured at the cold breast of poverty—
at the education of an inferior order—with no
bright hope tr, Itire•i:im on—he was et gilled with
those weapons that battle down all ipposition, and
w.n their way to victory - -indomitable energy and
indefatigable dtdpstry—
-Qualities that surest lift the elimbet to the lop,
And help to keep him there
He arose steadily and surely, not like some of the
this day : Mtn ri+e to power and patronage over
heads of loftier intellect than their own ; but by th
force of an unassuming and substantial merit, wid
ening his influence, and increasieg his friends,
the voice of the people lifted him in the execu
tive Chair of the State.. And, seated in the Guber
natorial Chair, he wielded . the power delegated to
him in such a manner as had shed a halo of bright
ness around his administration.
Such neglect Should not reproach the Democra
cy of Pensylvtutia. The lamented deceased lives
in their memory, grateful for his services, and we
are certain they need only a proper opportunity to
mainfelo it, by rearing above his remains the plain
hut appropriate monument contemplated.
A a part of the history of the tirnes we publish
the folkoxing evidences of the South in the pres
ent eri-us of affairs. The Legislature of Georgia
has adopted an extensive report from its commit
tee on the Fiale of the Repnblic, ?lid adjourned-for •
one month, to see vrbat Congress intends to du as ith
tha ‘Vilmot Proviso. Appended to this report is a
preamble and resolution, declaring the rights of
the South with regard to slave property, under the
Constitution, and concluding with the following:
Resolved, That in the event of the passage of
the Wilmot Proviso by Congress. the abolition of
.slavery in the District of Columbia, the culrnission
of California as a State : in its- present pretended
nr4anization, or the continued refusal of the non
! slavetiolding Stalest() deliver up fugitive slaves, as
provid e d in the Cotillitution, it will become the
I immediate and imperative duty of tip people of
this State to meet iii Convention to take in consid
eration the mode and measure of redress.
Ileso!ved. That the people of Georgia en - email)
an ardent feeling of devotion to the Union of these
States, and that nothing short of a persistence in
the tystem of encroachment upon our rights by the
non-slaceholding States can induce us to contem
plate the possibility of a dissolution.
The Legislature of Alabama, on Saturday-, De
cember 22J, 1849, passed the following, among
off ei resolutions ; on the same subject by a unani
mous vole:
Resolved, By the Senate and House of, Repre
sentatives of the State of Alabama, in General As
sembly convened, That we respond to the com
munication of his Excellency the,Govemor of the
State of Alabama, made by our Senator and Rep
resentatives in the Congress of the United States,
under date the 14th December, 1849—that 'we are
well acquainted with the spirit of the people of.
Alabama—and we assert that it isabeit fixed put.
pose never to submit to the threatened encrusch
ments on their riehts—that they will never submit
to any act of the Government of the United States
which excludes the South from a fair and jest en
joyment of the territory acquired from Mexico, and
which is the property of the States of this Union;
that they will never submit to any act of the Go
vernment abolishing slaver• in the District of Co
lumbia, cud that they will demand that provisions
of the constitution m regard to their property shall
be faithfully observed.
Resolved, That iu the event of the passage of
! any law by Congress debarring the Southern States
from a juit participatiou in the possession an.l en
joyment of the territories of the Uninted States,
we call * upon the people of the slaveholding States
to meet us in convention for the purpose of takirg
such action as our rights may demand.
Resolved, That in the event of the passaglS by
Congress of any act contemplated by the foregoing
resolutions, the members of Congress from this
State no longer participate in the action of a body
so regardless of our constitutional rights.
PUBIJORED EVERY WRDNEgDAY, , 4T TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E O'MARA GOODRICH?
The ILate Geterner Shunll6
The Temper of the South.
(1:r- The &bier M. the ifruoming County Whig,
week before last issued tin extra--embellished eon
spienowly with SMALL cAPs. It was such an jai
porl.titi era in his life that he deferred the publica
tom of hi- reuular paper. Ah neighbor, are not
the'rilleS nod vexattor s of a printer's life sufficient
without adding, such a responsibility. And if it
should prose an annual—why', look for squalls/
"ItIMPOLDLEVI Or DartriftlATlON TO= Milt tirARTIOI."
coneduees el the reameihrufa Jegisiefire'
Hp OF itnua . 49merivz 1 .
_
The Speaker has appointed the as to
Committee to reportA bill districting Ow Statorin.
to Settakirlal nod it4itelOptative,
• Metowatle s tenosnont,Bent. Cessna, Cornyn,
Hastings, Leonard, Miller, O'Neil, Packer, itimyser,
and Sonder.
Also, the following Standing Committees:
Ways and Means.-3lessrs. Conyneham Me.
Clintoek, Borden,Baker, Stockwell , Allison, Mal
ioyAtart, Nichol son, •
Judiciary —Messrs Porter, Cornyn, Conynghon,
ParkeriSasyserißiddle. 'they, Laird, Schofield.
, Chips,- , sdileasns. Nicholson, Rinherfore, -Beau.
morn. Ried, of Ele, Hoee.
Alfrieullursu-Slewos. lialdemsarreridbuirl, fl vr.
era; Gibborusy,.libirepof Erie, Steward, Nialey.
Penstons.—Mesars. Klotz Brower, bleep y,
Fehouller, Kinkead,
Dinnestie Mancifactnring.—Messrs. Meant k,
Baldwin, rack. David Huplet, Jones, 'Prone.
Accounts.—Messrs. Marx. Flowers, Zerby,
prey. Ewing. Jackson, Dobbins.
Edocatinn.—Slessrs. Finletter, Bowen, He ry,
Cessna. Hart. (city) Killinger, McCurdy.
Vire and immorality.—blessrs. Meek, Evans,
(Berke) Fortney, Miller , Gaffey, Steel, Feathert
tltliva System.—Messrs. Brindle, Evans. (Indi
ana.)Shaftrior. McLean, Walker. Downes. Weirs.
Election Dist ricnt—Messrs. Morrison, Hastings,
Lewis, Duncan. Grier. Hart,
.(city) Steward.
Banks—Messrs Laird, Steele, Matson, Lewis,
Porter, Simpson, Morrison. Mowry, Allison.
Estates and Escheats-- Messrs Conlyn, Baker,
Monis, Reid. Roberts, Finletter, Lem.
Bridaes ' Roads. &o—Messrs. Shaffner, Mier.
Sett field, Leonard, Smith, of Cambria, Little, GibL
barley.
Local' Appropriatiorw--Messrg. Stockwell, Zer.
by. Smalk 7 (Beaver.) Heriertl, Black, Brown, Grid
lam!.
Retrenchment S reform—Messrs. Evans. (Ntivii)
MeLituirhliu, Leach, Aleyers; Acker, Griffin, Rob-
Cnri - inrations _\lr•sra. llr•Culloch, Riddle, Evans
( Smith, (Beaver,) Souder, hull, Grier,
Haldeman.
Laud. —Nies4rf. henry , Evans, (Ind..) Marx,
Stn.th, (Carntria.) Rtibert... Burden.
Comparing . Bilk.--Me:•4rs. Steele, Pierse:t ;
11e nptull, Ktotz, tlrism.
Pt sound —Messrs. Dew, Pearson, Evans,(Beskss.)
Library.—Messrs ilastitujs, !they, Church.
Inland Na [ion and -lide.ual Improvements.
Beatundns. Biddle. Sirfer, Brindle.
Ssnyser, Cessna, Wade, Lees, %Volker. Synder,
Jones. Packer.
Public Builklings.--Nleas. Meek, Duncan, Dow.
npr.
Divorce —Mes.rs Zerbey, Baker, Simp
son, Corn} n, Itemphill , Harris.
corm
Finatice— ging, Packer, Crab!), Altaslin, Air
sic.
Judieiary—Slreeter, Tra/ker, Drum, King and
Muhienburg.
Acenunts--I‘l'Caslin, Mani: as, Ives, Sadler, and
Fernon.
and Escheats—Drum, Matthias, Guem-
Fey, Frick and Frailey.
Pet,-inns and Otatunies.--SanLey, Jones, Sadler,
Stjmer. and Packer.
COrporation—Malthias, Frailey, Histett, Streeter,
and Savery
Ranks—Cribb, Brawley, Sadler, Konigmarker.
and !its.
Intern;,) Imp? orements---Packer, Sankey, Haslet:,
Goern%cy, Crabb
Eection Distracts—Matanos, Ives, Stint, Iftr : us,
alnil GuernP•ey,
Retrenchment and Reform—Sterrett, Stine. For
-Ith, Da . ste. and Streeter.
Education—Lntrrence, Ilugus, M'Caslin, Brooke,
ar.d • :5 .
A2rictilitire and Domestic "arm itfacturee--Cun•
ningliam, Fulton, Brooke, Shtmon. and Surety.
itltittia—Muhlenburg, Mine, Brawley, Can/nag
:tam, and Shriner.
R“atis and Bridges—lves, Sadler, Sterrett, Kea
igno:ther, and Malone.
Compare Bills—Forsyth, lidsfett, Ives, Jones and
Frick.
Vice and lm moral ity—Savery, Sterrett, Cunning
hens, Hasten, and Fulton.
Private Claims and Damaces--Hugus, Sanky,
Fenton, Dersie, and Cunningham.
Library—Jones, Lawrence, and Fernon.
Public Buildings--Konigmacher, Frailey, and
Frick.
Executive Nominatiota-- Welker, Lawrence, lin.
gus, Stine, and Filial:a.
Committee on A pportionment--Pack er. Matthias,'
Brooke, Brewley, Dante, Forsyth. And Walker. ;
[We have placed the names of the Whig mem,
bets in Bohai
In forming the Senate Cornmineer, Mr. Speaker
Best has consummated the infamous treason which
placed him a station be disgraces. It will bo seen
that the most important Committees am given to
the W digs.
Murder et terming.
The Elmira Gazette gives the following pinion
lam of a murder recently committed near Coming,
on Sunday week :—A man had been out riding
with two girls in the afternoon, and after returning'
with them, left for the purpose of gettingscunething
to eat. In a short time he returned and demanded
admittance, and was refused for some time; treat
length a little girl about JO years old saidshe knew
who it was and opened the door, when the fellow
outside shot her, of which wound she died int few
hours. The murderer then left-=came to this vit.
lege (Elmira) in the hope of being able to take the
cars, and get beyond the reach of his pavanes; in
this he was mistaken—he was taken here and con
veyed to the jail of Steuben cenn:y. The little girl
was a daughter of John Davis, shoemaker, former
ly a resident of this village, whose family did not
Ileac a good character while bete.
V ESUOIST CORSI ITCTIOJAL. CONTENTION "...MM.
Bartlett, Jr., Free Soil, bag been Chosen President
of the Convention of Vermont on the 11th haiku,
by 20 voles over all others Gov. Coolidge was
voted [or by the Whigs, and Luther B. Hunt by the
Denis., but the Whigs scattered their votes among
the other candidates, and at the last balloting an
election was etlecsed.
o*. The Democratic Union, Jan 4th, says: We
learn that on or about the 15th instant, a reduction
01 tare is to take place on the railroad between
this p ace and Pothulelphia, to three dollars,_ or
thereabouts. This, we'believe, is toheallected by
the Canal Commissioners requiring passengers to
be carried on The Stare mad at three cent per mile
for all distances. At the rate of three per mite, the
tare from Philadelphia to Liocoottr to Hattisbutg
one dollar and eight cent,.
Diplomat legither Irk&
Beloviwill be fount the remarks el Gen. Vaa l
ilelivered in the Senate, June 4, upon bie.tesolation
tosisplenitdipliratie releticelalkith Austria. _
/ 01 ,54 Casa said, Ido not know that thin renifiti on
%Arne oppcitied. 'ft iirinte o? inquiry Only, not of
victim ; but se I ahmild Hot hitveintroduced it, had
J i ro
l'nciti lendeinnitik th e opinion of the Senate upon
thiftim ' ;‘: whateVer. may be the • repoit of the
Com wee on Foreign Relations i and asthe Meas
ure- is not a usual one, I dem it proper bleflY to
state the'rettsonalrhieh have induced me to pro
pose it. The intercourse subsintiugbetweenthein
dependent naticAis ef the world were not regulated
by,special conventional armngements, but is rev•
heed by each Tor itself, subject to the established
principles ofthe laws of nations. The great itn
prevenient in the 'Mechanical arts, me the gene
ral-progrens of the age, 'inherit° that 'Twit of enter
prise, commercial mil scientific, which was never
more nsefulyernployetf than iiovr, have . given' in
creased4enertty to t h is intercourse; and finviii,g, in
I fact; broken down the barriers of space which sep
arated nations—have opened each to the know!-
' edge and business of all thierintercothmunication,
especially among the nations of christendom, cre
ate a community of interest, and in some measure,
a feeling which becomes a bond, however slight,
uniting them together into one great political fami
ly. The international agitations, or external dan
gers which threaten one, cannot be indifferent to
the other members of this wide spread communi
ty. The ag e is an itiqiiirinil and an observing one,
and the t acilty and rapidity of communication,
among the proudest triumphs of human knowledge,
come powerfully in aid of this disposition to jnrittc•
and approve nr censure passing event+, as their
character and cireumstanres may justify. Thus
public opinion, embodied by the press, in the daily
journals it pours forth. is borne through the civiliz
ed world, pronouncing the juilginerit of the pres
ent day, unit anticipating that of posterity. 1 here
is none so high as to he be) oral its eens;re—tione
so low as not to be eneouratzed by it approbation.—
The frontiers of a vonntry may be armeo. at IT. tip
prom+, but it will pass them. It may be checked,
but it cannot be slopped. It is stromzer than the bay
onet, more vigilant than the suspicion of despu
ti.m.
The diplomatic relations existing between two
countries are maintained only by poli.atal agents,
such as ambassadors, minisu rs or charges. recipro.
rally rent for that purpose. At the commencement
of this Loiemment we had but few of these func
tionaries. and those we hail were confined to the
prim ipal Europe:Ai courts. They have. been grail•
ually increased in number till twenty-veren are
now authorized. t , 4111 there are important countries
in Europe where no American representative has
been sent. ammg whtrh is Austria, where they
have been sent but recently. In some cases this
diplorriatic interchange is rather a matter of courte
sy, of there positive utility, commercial or politi
cal.
,After a commerco is formed, and it is found
that a satisfactory on.. cannot be formed, the rela
tions us and some of these countries would go mn,
as indeed they. have gime on, W loth nothing to inter
rupt they harmony and good nialeestantling, be
cause the points of contact ale few, and exposed to
w ddliculties.
Such is onr condition with respect to Austria,
which hair but one port, that of Trieste, where we
have any commerce worthy of the name, the annu
al rdlue ol which is about a million and a half.
The ancient Queen of the Adriatic still looks out
upon the waters, but she is herself a melancholy
spectacle. her prosperity having drpaited eh her
independence. The non willow of Austria hasiett
to Venice hale bat the t etnembrance ot her
magnificence. and the oppressive seti=e of her de
genennum. But in these ports. and. where% cr else,
anya here they may be necessary, con-rib would
pertorm their commercial lunctiom , , their positi s ms
not being at all affected by any changed diplomatic
intercourse short of a declaration of war.
1 don't pretend to say, by this glance at our in
tercourse a oh Austria, that 1 propose this mcasme
on the ground that an Austrian minister is unnec
essary at the Court of Vienna. I if we carry
it to practical snuff, that we shall be influenced
by higher considerations. I allude to this torte
merely to show that a g.reat act of national duty
may be performed without the sacrifice of any na
tional Interest whatever. Nor does its interruption
at diplomatic interroorse got% e anyinq cause of of
fence there, if tin obligation in establish or to con
tinue is a mere question, either of course-y or non
venieuce----and a considerable pont& of the miss
ions to Eur Ope are mairVained from feelings of
courtesy, erring out of the affini.y of governments.
and of an indisposition to Exhibit what is there con
sidered a mark of ihsrespeet for a court, however
limited the There of its authority, by excluding it
from the family of sovereigns associated by diplo
matic representatives.
The eighteenth century was prolific in the per
sonal memories of active diplomatists, and no
American can peruse them without being - .misled
at the utter insignificance of the various topics" which
engaged their attention, and which were swelled
into consequence by the 'passions and interests of
the retainers of corrupt eetuts'. They are Subjects
beneath contempt. and their influence upon the (ate
of nations is buried with the men who gave them
a motions importance. He who rises from a peru
sal of one of these records, can no longer ponder on
the yernarks of a Sweedish statesman, , :that.it took
very little wisdom to govern the world as the world
was goventeir n
But while I maintain the cecession of diplo
matic intercourse with Austria, would give the gov.
emment of that country no just cause of offence, I
do not-seek to deny or conceal, that the motives for
the adoption of this resolution will be unacceptable
and-peculiarly obnoxious to the feelings of a power
proverbially haughty, in the days of its posterity,
and rendenng more sttseeptible by recent 'nettle
which have destroyed much of its ancient prestige,
and compelled it to call for Russia's aid in the per
ilous circumstances where the noble efforts of Han
, gary - to assert tier just rights, bad placed the op
' presSer on the country.
The course 1 propose would lose half its value
were any doubts to rest upon the motives that dia
-1 tate it. arid certainly were they not open to the day,
1 should not look for that cordial approbation which
I now anticipate from the Anlerican people. for th--
first efion to rebuke, by an expression of public
opinion, through an established government, in the
name of a great republic, atrocious acts of despo
tism by which human liberty and life has been sac
rificed, under circumstances of audacious Contempt
for the rights of mankind, and the sentiments of the
eivilizttd world, without a parallel, even in this age
'of warfare, between the oppressor and the oppress
ed.
say this first effort, for though the principle of
public disapprobation in situations not very dissimi
' far, may be traced in the proceedings of at least
tine nt the representative bodies' of Europe, I do not
recollect that any formal act has been adopted, ren
dering the cemiure more signal and enduring. If
we take the first step in this noble cause, where
physical lump, with its flagitious abuse, if not con
quered] may be ultimately destroyed by moral can
sulerations, we shall add to the value of the tenor
of '76, already so important lathe world, and des
tined to become fir more sit, by famishing . one
guaranty more lochepreservation of human tips,
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where they exist, and for their teeorery w here they
are lost.
Mr. ltresideett. tdo not mi.tske the position of
my eonntry, nor do I seek to exagerate,her impor
lance by theceksugzestiona—Lam-perfecily aware,
that witatevet• we may do or say, the immediate
mareb'ef Atatrfirteilllis'onseilil Of the Conrite of
Despolism,with a iter, or firmer, as resiA
tance-trisy ?pea, near iwurate. •ill s h e is stay
ett•by one . ° thotiolpheirings Of the people, whit-h
isms sure to comer, arrthsit anew Ines (or fadam,
and 1011118 to-ridke lite_blow which shall make it ;
his pride is blind,and power tenacious ; and Aus
triea pride and po wer, though they shay quail be
fore the signs of the times, 'before barricade and
fraternization, by whiclaffitmui are made tOrtreeees
and armies revolutionized, new, bat inigi ty en
gines in popular warfare, will hold out in weir cit
ratel till the last extremity,---bnt many old things
are passing . awn, and Amitrian despotism will pass
away in its nun. ha bole - arta will bot shaken by
the rushing of mighty winds, hy. the voice of the
world i. whenerer its indignant expression is not
res rained by the kindred sympathies of arbitrary
power.
I desire not to be misunderstood. I (linnet mean
that in all the revolutionary stnr,geles which polifi-,
cal contests bring in it would be expedient for otter
governments to express their feelings of inheres . or
sirrnpathy. I think they should not: for there are
obvious considerations . which h rbid such erten,
and the value of this kind of moral interposition
weiuld he diminished by its too hey - lent recurrence.
It should he reserved for great eveids, maikeil by
zreaterime and oppre-sious on the one side, and
great misfnnunes and exertions on the other, and.
under circumstances which carry with them the
_sympathies of the world,—like the partition of Po
land and the Sllbjt1W.:111011 of Hungary. We can of
fer public congratulation, as we have done to pen
pie crowned by For:revs in their st:uggle for liberty,
'We can offer our recognition at !heir indepen
dence to others as we have dine while yet
_the ef
fort was pending. !lave we s) rep:1111y only for
the unfortunate ! Or is n cause less dear r r sacred
because it is prostrated in the duct at the foot of
power ? Let the noble sentiments of %Vashington,
in his stirring ieply to the }leach :Nlinister, answer
those
Soothers Arrogance
I lie lul:ouing excellent article is ficim tile
Spuit ff div.Toires. This paper has pass.
ed into the hands of -Messrs. 1' 4 3.11111 &
and is now an able advocate of Northern princi
ples. We have on file several sound articles Irom
its columns, %illicit we shall give our readers. A
better answer to the insolence and arrogance of the
demands put With by the Slavery propagandists,
we have not seen than is contained in this arti
cle . •
The arrogance of the South. rn always demand
ing the '• thine "of everything- appertaining
to our governmeut, is becoming so apparent, that
the people of the nor'., are, at this late hour, actu
ally awakening as from a long sleep. and, begin
inag to feel lean and sickly from feeding, upon the
crumbs that hill it-mu the table : they now demand
an equal shine of meat and drink. The South has
always backed up their presumptuous demands by
the cry of disunion—the North has at last taken a
decided stand and declared, " thus far thou shalt
and no farther. Yet, though the body of the
Northern members have taken this decided stand,
there are st- me. we regret to say, who are still pan
dering to the South. To - snli we would say, it is
litgh time to awake—it is high time that the voice
oh tree millions of the NOrth should not only be
heard, but respected. It is a duty that these "North
ern men with Southern principles" owe not only
to themselves. but to the framers:of our constita
lion: for that instrument claims equal privilege:a
arid equal honors fur the North and the 'South. We
know full the disposition of many of the Southern
members i they would have all if they could get
it. They are like the horse leech—they cry give!
rive! , gave! They would have all the Presidents
all the Foreign Ministers, all the Speakers, anti-all
the Commitees. In fact, fur some time past, they
have had them. Rut we rejoice to see that the
North are at last arousing. from their lethargy and
demandir.o, a hearing. The South cries out against
northern interference, and this interference amounts
to the fact, that they desire to have an equal share
with the South. In fact, the 'North has so long
cherished and nourished the South. that they have
*become bull, and their demands are accompanied
with an arrogance of style, that if passion did not
render their actions ridiculous, would give their
necks to the gallows for treason.
South Carolina, hacked by disgraceful nullifiers,
thinks herself the Union, and the Governor in his
mewage, in a Bombastes :style, advises military
trainings, in order that they, the people whom An
drew Jackson whipped with a pronunciamento,
should resist tho encroachments of the North.—
Georgia, too, commences her croakings, and by
Falstaffian bravery thinks to annihilate the north at
a blow: Headed - by the Gallant Toombs, they rush
to a contest, and come out, tbank God, not covered
with the blood of a civil war, fought over the sep
ulchres of the departed sages of our country, but
their banners trailing in the dust of disgrace, and
their retreat followed by an overwhelming flood of
popular contempt. The hilt and and most foolish
attempt, was by the Legislature of Georpa, pass
ing an act, imposing a tax upon all goods from free
States, and prohibiting any lawyer iu the State horn
prosecuting in that State any claim of any citizen
of a free State. If the Itotspors of that _Legislature
could feel the universal pity that is entertained for
their blind and mad, actions, we think they•
would discard petty passion, and let reason
resume her throne. Such acts, are like an ar
my shooting paper wade,inasmuch as they are in
direct opposition to the onstitution of the United
States. All such actions are Mit the offspring of the
brains of some poor *distempered demagugues, who
would surround themselves with an effulgence
created by the larld glare, from the fines of disu
nion. •
And if such bare-faced impudence and reckless
extravagance, is indulged in b) the'ttoutb, is it any
surprise that the North should resist? Already
they bave had nine out of twelve of the Presidents
—a veil majority of ministers to foreign countries
—they now have all the Chairmen and Commit
tees of any importance in both Houses of Congress,
and in the name of Heaven, what more would they
have.
Would They ride rough-shod over the north—
would they seek under the mask of northern -ag
gression, to trample under loot the rights which the
Constitution guaranteesto the North! Or do they
seek, by a blind fanatkistn, to light the torch tif dis
union, and destroy tbe hopes of the world, upon a
lunersj pyre, made of the bones of those who died
for the Union. We hope not. We pray God that
the time is far distant—and yet, we would say to
our Southern brethren, drive us not to the wall, fer
we will net inmp.over it; we will die fighting on
this side of it.
Mr. H. C. Hintocx is associated sit3,o. Isl. 'War
den in - the editorial department of the Lewisburg
Chronicle.
BM
r*of the Bra Gard Reporferi
'crayonle Academy.-
Tbisanstitatiow, located in the pleasant;and quiet
vjliage of Letayssille, Bradford county, Penn. , was
openettfor the reception of students irilatinary
.1849. Situated nearly cqui-distant,froin *cheek
of asimillwcharacter in Montrose, Towanda and
Owego, in the midst of as intelligent community;
its friends had every reason to expect it would be
well sasmined. And in this they have not been.
disappointed. The number of pupils and the inter
est in acquiring an education have been steadily in
creasing shire the opening ofthe school. The first
quarter the common branches only -were called for
—now classes are formed in creek, Latin, French,
Chemistry. Astronemy and Algebra..
• The Female Department is under the anparvi
elan ni Miss Maria C. Shepani, of the Bingham
ton Female Seminary. In this . Department; in •
struttion is given in the ornamental branches to ell
who desire it.
Particular attention is given to those who wish to
qualify fur teaching. There is a Teach
ers Asisettation Onnected with the Institution, - de
signed" to raise the standard - of education among
teachers, and to-discuss subjects of interest pertain
ing to school government and the best means Of
of impartia g instruction. There , is a committee
whose duty is to examine all who propose to teach
and give certificate's of qualifications. The system
of instruction adopted in this school is the combin
ed method of lectures and recitations. It is the ob ,
Jeri of the teachers to 'make the etrereise interesting'
and the acquisition of knowledge a pleasure. The
government is mild but decisive; and good order,
correct deportment turd application to study are
*tinily maintained.
There is a well ar t -Tail:zed jeleuing, society which
meets once a week ; also regular exercises in de
' elm:a:tort and corals: sition. The Lad les publishes
semi monthly piper, called " The Rose Itud;"
I and ilie gentleman one, called " The Gerna."—
These papers are made up of.oeiginal compositions
by the students. Our scholars learn well. They
are kind, obedient, i:itirlious and moral. It has
never been my privilege to :each a more interest- -
ing and pleasant school.
Appfiratinn for admittance into the school ; or for
teachers may be nhele to the prineipahi the Acad
emy, or by letter. Board may be obtained for $1;00
t 01,50 per week.
I.r.r.Avevtu.r, Nov. Cl. 1849
EPITOKIA L Co:sr r.Nvioti.—The Convention of
Editors, held at liariisburg on the Ist inst. was at
tended by some twenty-four Odle fraternity. -
various pads of the Fume. lion. Nimrod .; „,. land;
of the Irg - t — Cticsicr Rcpublican, - pres:ws't , and 3. G 4
Alekinley, of the Demur.ram , and ff. A. Alish,
of the Prankli4 - acted as . Secretaries.
The Convention adopted a series of resolutions, Yet.-
ommending that papers should be allowed to circa
late free of Etysiage within the Congressional Die.
tricts in which they may be published, and. trying
upon tire Legislature the benefits hie would ac
crue to the people, were the laws annually pass
ed published in all the papers of the State The
resohition of the Editorial Convention of Vermont,
discountenancing personalities in editorial inter
course was adopted, and measures taken to carry
out the recommendations in regard to pos'age,.and
the publication of the laws. • ,
jj7-1 f any of our friends wish a Harrisburg pa
per they will find the "Keystone? an able and fear
less exponent of democratic principles. It is to be
issued twice a week• during the session of the Leg-
0:" -The Clinton Democrat has passed into the
hands of Mr. Gnoace A. Cris wroae, the former , edi
tor, Mr. DiErri.%seell, retiring. We wishhinisnc
cess in some more pleasant occupation.
Nrw Pons LccisLaTrav:.—The message of Goy.
mar Finn. to the New Legislature, .was handed in
on WetineAday last and is a very voluminous docu.
ment, occupying seven columns of the Albany At
las.
Tho message presents a copious exhibit of the
financial affairs of the State. The whole debt of
the State. on the 30th September last, amounted to
822,895,038. The aggregate revenue during the
year ending the same date, $4,235,358. s.:lf the
revenue of the General Fund, there was on hand,
30th September, 3113 279 of the Canal revenue,
$907,103, for the completion of the Erie Canal en
largement. the Genesee Valley, and tilaek River
Canal.•• .The receipts from tolls, on the canals, da
ring the past year, exceeded those of the preeed
in the sum di $225,000 ; while the expenses
were nearly 5170.000 less. The avails of the
ca
nal debt Sinking Fiend, will suffice. to Meet that
portion of the debt:ol4o,Bl9, which becomes due
before January, iB5O.
Of the enlarged Erfe Canal. 122 6.10 miles and
415 enlarged attutrpres, will be in use in the
Spring of 1850.
Gee. FISH is of opinion, that the resolutions of
the New York Legislature, in opposition to the ex
tension. of slavery into the newly acquired territo
ries, are supported by the nearly unanimous senti.
mcnt of the people of that State.
Faints. To DrArm—The Maysville (N. Y.) Sen
tinel publishes the death of three persons vrho
were frozen to death While laboring under the ef
fects of drink. One was Mr. Geo. Walkup, of
Jamestown. aged 47, who. leaves a worthy family
to lenient his melancholy death ; another was Mr.
P. Parkhurst, of Westfield; be was about 32 years
of age, a shoemaker by trade, and leaves a wife
and four small children to mourn his untimely fate ;
and the third was a-men named Evans, of Clymer,-
who also leaves a wife and family.
Timms° Tun Twat its.—The Phcenixville Ledg
er states, upon unquestionable authority, that Christ
man & Brother, of Coventry B2rge, Chester coun
ty are pisparing a sampleref Anthracite Iron to be
sent to England. It is the opinion of this firm that
the best qualities of itch will eventually be made
with Anthracite. ,
Otr; The Spat4er of-the Pennsylvania Senat
is said to bet Ventoorat elected by whig v. -
together with hie own. lie must be it
sums for distinction, wad we should imagine he
was in a fair way of receiving r Globe.
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