,(nent's delay may coat what a king's ransom
could not buy back.° y r
At each a pace as I never navelleVieforClanit
hope never to travel again, we spei4n triatartts
, It was already morning when Foreirrfe ip
eight of the ((Alm, and just as we mood itsl.l4l
hill to enter it, the oatiteral cluck`-41rtkir 'We
- •
hour ofes.4`ou•ion.
Whipping and [miming like madmen . the •pamil
in' Fe :tone rulthed orb while my rtomantrin slat ding_ up
"Weep p risie itte• tap
o f hi: t iomor n in voice, till the 'very hills eeemed ur
Sfi.tPettkitf..4o3.lfili.While 1. coward like. ear, my
face burled in my hands t unable to cneounter the
sight I expected e,-ery moment to see—a ,gibbot
with ttatearfit tituden.
But the illness of flit; obei ff.
ho was seized wi h faintness in the f.val pieso'
roniti i , delayed rhe twii'euedhl!, , ,Ora feiv Vieciotis
Pleats; and the' shunts of, the /no, ts, lin noirittv
ranglit the onnild : of i',teprieve,eauoeit 'he nfficieh.
hiVatioe,a 1i Ile time upon the very on Ilia•
turinui.ly tip 'lie lereet. far.
Warden waving the raper in hi- hand, - Nix Shirley
was literally beneath the it-rop„.whetiee in
less than ancettor rninu - e, he 1.0%11.4 have taken his
tiot Ounce of earth. •
Hour }•}fully the execution waitietiyed, nw, 'bp
confession forwarded to the proper quarter, 1 leave
you lo Imagine. The murderer flarl suddenly he
come a hero, and all joined in 1 teiltiatiliff as far ar•
hip release from thraldom ; while , not to
he behind-hand'in the rod work. Mr! Warilen
I—railways being then uhltriown—travelled night
and day to lonndiln, and succeeded. in bringing
duwu,4 tree pardon.
Prohibitory Law.
The terms prohibitory or umptuary, when at
tutted to Istiya, havu.been urged :se constitumig
valid objection to their , enactment. This nbjection
is iniendecl by a certain class of citizerii, to apply
" —especiatiy to laws restraining the truth,: in intact
eating leptons as a violent-truer - 4w to civil liberty.
, No matter what names you give mueb
while they. are reqUired i for the public good they
afford no reasonable ground to complaint as a res
traint 'oar civil liberty. Has the distiller in years
gone by, been forbidden under a penally of $.300
to use leaden (ripest. toes the S ate of Maine, un
der the penal y of .S1;000 and onprisourneni,pirthit,a.
both the sale in the shambh-s of !he ox !bat died of
disease? May net our 83ar.1 of Heal It prohibit
both the safe and purchase of or flue end vege•
tables, as long as public health may rer,uire it!—
And who withhold obedience to much .ordniances,
because they are summary, dietetic or prohibito.
ry ? Should an article be sold in our shops , or ad
ministered, like that Eugene Sue has described as
used in France for securing death by a slow poi•
son, would it not be an cognizable by law ?
Arid how else could it - be kept rite of society arid
shops, than by prohibiting enactments ! Evert after
buried sway from the sight of friends such laws
keep watch by our tomb Nor Will any one dare,
but under severe lorletture, to distiob the 1112111
mate body, or mar with ru bless finer, our mar•
ble slab. Such an office du prohibitory laws dos
charge. If we examine the digest of our own
State, we shall there find line upon line , arid pre.
cept upon precept, as a prohibitory character.
It %tould be a libel on society, to suppose it too
imbecile, to thus have the means of self preserva•
iron. The constpution,of society is based on foun•
. dations deep and bro.ii! enough to resist the storms
of human passions. Prohibitory restraints are our
protection; whoever would avoid them, must leave
society at least, if riot the world.
Lite, character And morale ; commercial credit,
peculiar interests and bodily health are ender their
protection; any discredit passed upon laws tweets
racy for;public good—any disparaging of their In
fluence, are wounds on the body politic; for these
are the staff of society-1f we weaken this prop, we
break the only support whereon we lean, and must,
in turn, he pierced through with many sorrows.
Prohibitory laws regulate the style, height and
material of our tenements. They even eerier out
stores and kitchens and prescribe what cannot be
allowed in the one and the other; they decend to
all the minutia) of lite, the details of trade; they
show us where power shall be kept, and how pork
must be packed ; where bay can be sold, and the
manner scythes are to be carried : how sha I and
salmon may be caught, and when only moose
and deer may be killed ; nor can a sparrow fall to
the ground without iheir notice. Su omniscient are
the prohibitory laws . th.'y
Love through all life. exfrial through nll extent,
Fpread undivided, and operate unepent"
The 114 h of the ECa, fowl of the air, and beast oldie
field, fall within the empire of law—and if these
smal.er matters are IWeiled by it, how much more
weighty slitjeets for its exercise, are the rational
members of society.
Our very senses are protected by prohibitory
laws—noxious exhalations, indecent print, obscene
and blasphemous language are all Frollibiterg does
riot intemperance produce at the corner of our
streets, in the concourse of the people much cog.
nigable offences in its tableaux vivarvs!
If prohibitory laws protect - the very atone at our
grave from ruthless fingers, how much more ought
they to defend from that which destroys the image
of GaJ in the soul, blots out our conscience and
throws down the monument of our immortality.
If the stupid ox, which indeed knoweth its own
er is protected from inhuman treatment under a
penalty of 5200, how much more need of the pro
tection of the prohibitory law has the fool, whom
tg though thou shouldst bray in a mortar, among
wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness de
part from him."
AN AFFAIR or Hoson—ALMOST • Duct...—Far
the last day or two rumors have been rile in oar
city of a contemplated hostile meeting between die
Hon. James Cooper and Morton McMichael, Esq.,
oirhe North American. We were at filet inclined
to Attribute these ,to mere idle gossip, but they
'finally came to us in such an unquestionable shape
that we could have no further doubt upon the sub.
jectl and forthwith set about to gether the facts.—
The following history of the affair we believe to be
entirely reliable. In the North American if Mon
day last there was a leading article on the sub.
jectof the defalcation of Robert G. Simpson, late
County Treasurer, in which his conduct was se
verely commented upon, and the District Attorney
commprided for taking measures to bring him to
jutice. The article closed with the following
paragraph:—
"There is something inexpressibly painful tons
in these developements, and the necessity of speak
ing of them. With,such plunder in high places,
robbery and impurity at the mint, felonious em
bezzlement at the Treasury, and false pretences
and malversatian, as in the city subscription to Me
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, we shall bow
our heeds with', shame, unless die sharp and.secure
processes of the penal law can be thoroughly and
success'tolly applied. IVieenainly need the actual
cautery. Thanks are doe to the' District Attorney
tor what he has begun in one case, and wer trust
he may preserve, if may be, to the bitter end in all
The italics above are our own, and we have dis
tinguished that portion of the paragraph, because it
was considered personal to the lion. James Chop.
er, and led to what 'followed. IL-had no sooner
reached the
to
of that gentlemtm than he address
ed a note to Mr. McMichael, demanding to knoW
if it was intended- for him. M McMichael re-
plied, denying the right of Mr. Cooper to question
v". but said that be was legally, morally andper
sonoily responsible far that, as for everything else
that, appeared in the paper. Mr. Cooper, upon
this, sent - for the lion IV. Cost - Johnson, of Mary
land, to act as his friend, who came on, and Welt
ed upon Mr. McMichael in relation to -Ate matter.
Mr. McMichael requested two days for_ coasidera•
lion, which were of coarse_granted. In die mean
time Mt. Cooper proceeded to prepare himself for
the meeting, suppciingthat inumacb i aa Mr.: Mc-
Michael. held himself persOru4 tesPclisitlEfr.
would of cotuse be reidli - Acr . render him the:satis
faction which life code ofholuMprescribed Mltuch
iiises. A: the termin'stion etre allotted time" Mr.
:A chael declined to meet M. Cooper,
'r^.'XSS ~+~+'.~—+YL-b?i, asr~~~i=~uT'~w/.i'S.wvi..'S~.iefid/+7"~'i:S. aa"lYC~%~%.~+~.~7~'
Pillo:shul by Requcsi
r:
SNbforb g.ohsttex.
E. 0: Gelb ' D 4°' ' ' iCH; airroFt.'i
TinvaiulaoSaturdayf Sepeber 30, 1854.
• !rernia Ite.p,rter. •
•
5!, 39 per annum—if paid ‘vollio pie sear 513 cents vet)!
ditteeteitl=fen'eash aeovii I ) tlitetiee sr br
taunted. No rii,er sent Treetwo.resns.-uutrne po u t ter. ,
rni , r stlutifrof (cults...L. SO cents for the
eir.t and •15 cutos tor ?seta sulnteßnenttnrefiltrna
trr (Mice- to the Union Mar g." north nide nl , the 1`.1.11,
Fl4e.tre. nest anerto the Itrileftirti :Eutrikneeliteoggreb
exerx. A.ia tn• ' and V.l wen , law °trees.
~ f.
Democratic State ,Noittinationg.
v,na05.510,1 , n,
WILLIAM BIGLI4II, OF CLzanrILLD Co
►un irncr. or TRZ FP►7ILDIC rove?.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, or Solt Ent , . ra Co
Yon r ANAT. rrovusxiwctla.
HENRY S. MOTT, of PIKE CCOnsITY
Democratic County Ticket.
cowattass,
GALUSHA A. GF.OW,or tirsAtt.nts..ta C01:1?(TT
UrrntSVCIATIrtS,
IRTHOLOMEW LAPORTE. or Dorivu. Twr
RAIN V. DAMELS„or BunLizcato3 TOW3SUIP
sinuirrir,
.NATHAN EDMINSTER, ur Aruccs Tow:rant/.
rwritostrrivv.
J. MASON WATTLES. or WTSOI Tow:ism
• nEats'nta •Icn tacoasin.
JAMES H. WEB!!, Or Rapciltunr TOWNSIIIP•
commissoxEs,
GEORGE H. BULL, oi ?do',Box TowNstite
Avurron,
JONATHAN BUTTLES, ur WiLmor TOA'NSIIIP
CORON F.lt,
. W. EASTERBROOKS, or Nop - rn Tow►vn♦
Son. G. A. Grow.
We are in ;teat fear that 113.1 Gitow %till not
have a competitor. We are very much afraid that
the Nebraska 6tieng hof the District will not be
shown. If we kneW of any melon] by which to
help the Douglasites. to a candidate, we 511001 aid
them. Isn't there anybody wilting to go in "
here is the very beat opportunity in the woild for
a who is Alibi ions of "getting his name
belore the people," Wilhout the risk of being elee
vtd. Come on, some of Sou, amhitiousgentlemen,
whether mongrel Dentocra*, or Nebraska.
An excellent opening now occurs, if we can be
licve sorne of ot4r simon purc Democratic It iends
llre Lear from some of them, curses bosh loud and
deep, because GROW is not supporting BlGtea as
actively as they desiie—while others are endeav
oring to convince the Whigs_ that they are fools for
supporting Gcow, because he is doing all tie can
fur litoLea!
Gentlemen Nebraiitrites! it all won't Jo! You
must swallow the dose, and there is no use in
making wry faces. TIIE PEOPLE, in their sov
erei.gli capacity, are determined to return GA LC
SH.A'A. GROW, as a mark al their confidence in
lilm—ol their approval of his course—and at their
detestation ol the.scheines of your leader, STErtiest
A. Ducutas. 'The Repeal ol the Missouri Com
promise sends Mr. Chow bi;ck to Congress. This
result is inevCable, and there is no (fudging The
question.
Sheriff.
We would caution our friends to beware of the
desperate Aorta being made to defeat the Demo
cratic nominee for She'd, NATHAN EDWIN—
STER. We understand that the most unscrupulous
charges are mole against him, which are false in
every particular, and where he is knowii are so
palpably dolrue, that they will do hiin good.
ED:11110Tlill has been un actingtonstable for
many years, doing more business than any other
officer in the County, and has given universal sat
isfaction to all those interested, both debtor and
creditor. l4is habits are unexceptionable, and
whoever autopis to insinuate to the, contrary,
should at once be bianded as an infamous defam
er. He has always been a straightforward, con
sistent Democrat, and against him as a partisan,
not a word of fault can be justly said. As a Sheriff,
be would give universal satisfaction, ath) would re
flect credit upon the party which placed him in
nomination.
We again caution our friends not to he influenc,
ed by any electioneering story they may hear alp°
him. They may be assured, that when itivestigat
ed, they will be found 'to be without . foundation it
truth.
Prothonotary.
JOHN M. WATTLES, the nominee of the Dem
ocratic party for Prothonotary, is a gentleman we
take great pleasure in recommending to the sup
port of the party which has placed him in nomina
tion. The expetience which he has had in the of;
lice is evidence that its duties will be well dis
charged by Mr. W. We cannot allow ourselves
for o 'noir - rent to Joubt the success of a candidate
so, worthy of the support of any party, in a County
which \ has several hundreds of a Democratic ma
jority. It would be a stigma upon that party' to
permit the defeat of Mr. WATTLES for a post far
which he is acitholcledied by sato "be eminently
qualified.' Rendered bold by-former success, the
Wilig party has ag ain put forward file present gen
tlemanly incumerit of the office for to election
for a' thirty term. It needs but the united action of
the party to frustrate their plan. Our candidate
has a right to expect the support of WHOLE
PARTY. The word has but to be passed from one
end of the -. Democratic tanks to the other, that our
candidate shall be elected, and it will be icihint
plished.
flux. Jsmr.s POLLOCK, the Whig candidate for
Governor,-addressed a meeting at the Conn House
in ttlikplace, on. Friday,.22d inst. We did ;not
hear his-speech, but understand that it was mainly
devoted to review -of the Slavery question, and
in opposition to sluellepeakof the Missouri Com.
promise. • . • • .
lion. til'AViD WILUOT being-loudly called for
ipoke a few words in 'reference to the bearing .ol
the qu:bematoti2l dem= open the quev;on of'
%wpm and he meeting ao,ontnrii. .
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.71111,1501 i i hi . ' I . of this Counts, for4tri 1,,:,
1 ii 4, . , 4 lai ef'
•
te epM a nitle i eZar . l e f les , l il l n he if 7h:raise E l aine lei
. ehrsittall Wally I erate from thAlii ° orlf4fthoitO
i i
wasn't:Wen - ant of, if not iota:loE4l6
exciting and important occurrences of that period.
_ouch tyil I remember that .. , , ys44,, , ,cistrlD VltA.sto . r,
M u ff a young man, by the spontaneous saint; Of the
Democracy of this CougressionalDis.trict r washro't
forward as a candidate for Repr4Lentative. "The
nnaminity with which this honor was accorded to
illittsr w i til.;unplailelril in ; Mop:political . , tratruy
,of
the State, and was the result - of his 'eloquent defense
- In the mirlet of the general unenienity,.howeveli
there were those
. who looked with jeolonsy sod
envy upon the-rising fortune of Mr. marcrL Ac
tnuted by a feeling of personal enmity, or by that
perverse and titatevolent dispeeition which,in /tome
breasts, exciteb haired of what la generally approv.
ad, an auerno l waa. made An item the cu 4
popular feeling, io diyidathe Democratic pariyianJ
I=l
in CDbjUtlcUOn with its-antagonist organivation to
defeat the result which public opinion hail already
Fetiled—+the teection of Mr. Wtasurr to Congress.
At that time, the qnestion of protection hatt many
sincere and_ zealous advocates in the Democratic
pariy—in• tact, the party in the. Common.
wealth was committed to the &whine. Mr.
Wiourr's views were well understood to be in
favor-of such a reduction of the Thrift as would be
sotto:tient for revenue This was-the weapon seir
ed by his enemies to secure his defeat.
Riding this hubby, Col. D:111. BULL became a
self nominated cantlidace,'opon the broad platform
" Folk, Dallas, the Tariff," 4.c. The tenth was,
the triumph of Mr. ‘Vinsirrr by a majority of about
3000. During his first term in Ccmgress, the moth
fication of the Tariff took place, and Mr. WILMOT
alone of the Pennsylvania Delegation, voted - for the
Tarifi of 18.16. At the election of that year, being
again a candidate, the elements of opposition, took
a more-concentrated and decisive shape. Misled
by what, we have no doubt, they conceived to be
the true interests of the country, many Democrats
antlered themselves to be arrayed against him, on
amount of that vote, under the leadership of the
men who opposed his first election, now having
the sympathy and Secret encouragement of all those
in this County, who looked upon the rising fortunes
of Mr. Muter with jealous and envious eyes.
Mr. Rosenv G. Witcre, an estimable and well
known Democrat of Tioga, became the candidate
~~ . ,_
in opposition to Mr Wilmot., upon this question.
and the result, amidst the war of parties and of the
elements, was that bid majority was reduced to
about 800; enough however, to demonstrate that
the vote fait a modification oldie Tariff met the ap•
provel of his constituents.
The next Congressional election took place in
1848. , In ibe meantime, war had been declared
against Mexico—a war, in the opinion of many
honest and sag,aciaus men, instigated and carried
on torth! express purpose of acquiring new tern
tory (ntiewhich to ex:end the institution of domes
tic slivery--to strengthen that institution and to
enhance the value of that species of property. Mr.
Witst in, after .consultation with many NOrtherri
members, proposed that whatever territory might
be acquired should be consecrated to Freedom,
and offered as an amendment to a bill voting mo
ney, what has since become so widely known as
the " Wit.ssor Peoviso," being neither more nor
less than a copy of the Jeflersonian ordinance,
which secured to Freemen and their posterity the
great Northwestern Territory. The history of this
Proviso it is not our purpose to follow. Suffice it
to say, that it brought down upon its author the ire
of the South and the opposition of Polk's Adminis-
tratiun.
At the election 011848, the question had assum
ed such a magnitude, that the Freemen of this
District deJermined that their duty to themselves,
to their country, and to that }
IVII,3IJT demanded his
return to Congress. That contest, we need not
say, was an exciting and bitter one. Mr. IfVu.stoz
had arrayed against him the influence of the Na•
tional Administration, and had to labor under the
disadvantage ot opposing the nominee of the 8.11-
more Convention. The dormant elements of op
position were now in full lorce, eager for his down.
fall. All that malice and envy, all that ambition
and hope cl reward from the power that dispenses
such an enormous amount of patronage could do,
was brought to bear, to crush arid defeat the man,
who had dared to attempt to stay the progress of
Slavery.
Two candidates were in the field against him—
Hotta W. TRACY as the Whig nominee, and Jo.
eats Baswsvaa, the Slavery bolters' candidate.—
The result was an overwhelming defeat Eddie tools
of the Administration. In Bradford BREWSTER re
calved but 215 votes, and in the District. Mr.
burr had a majority of 2934 over both. A more
triumphant vindication of : a public matt was never
made.
We have called your attention to these straggles,
fellow-citizens, not so much to recite their history,
as by directing your attention, to bring to yOur re•
membrance the men opposed to Mr. Moro; and
the unscrupulous and dishonest manner in which
he was oppoSed. Your recollection will tell you
that cram the day Mr. Wicstor was first proposed
as a candidate, to this hour, he has tat with bitter,
unrelenting, persevering opposition from the same
men. An opposition personal in its nature, vin
dictive in its character, and the emanation of the
worst passions of the human breast. Why else is
it, thou you have been called so often to rally to
,vindicate him from the aspersions of his enemies.
We appeal to you, if the warfare which has been
so persistently,wagedngainst him, has not shocked
your ideas of morality, gr right, of justice! Have
not the moat disreputable means been employed
to ile,tame his private character; to destroy kis po
litical influence, and overwhelm him with defeat .
Pretexts the. most . ingenious, misrepresentations,
falsifications of facts and history -7
David Wilmot.
" SeeTet roh,sperl, Jurk SCITTII;SC
Or open and intdieioust lien,"'—
have met him in every conflict, in such numbers
and urged with such perseverence and vehemence
as would have destroyed or overwhelmed any man
lasessed of less moral courage and less secure in
therproud consciousness of Right. We ask you; if
you cannot bear witness to the truth of all we have
said
It might be expected that with Mr. Wrotcres
elevation to the bench, that the unrelenting oppo.
simian would have been .stopped-that he - would
have been permitted to enjoy and exercise those
privilegesof thought and speech' sacred to every
cilium • BuLauchltas not beet► the case. Baffled
their efforts to hunt him down, his pursuers
were content for a time wish proehrtrgying his rail•
' ,. .V! . .Y47e
fore to discharge creditably the . duties devolving
p 4 n
614
IsiMli PrilitiVPtidga(iiipitth antcipa.
lici# of e m iitcripOndLibiniiiwbichs to
,oiiiiw le fends2l4l44gnotatice - ROO) r-
Jrlo o
eltliiii j‘iciarcareet, tiff umiir'erv:ip'g impartiality
atilfiLdoubtell integritiliave iiikteltim-c:Onfessed;
y the tnost popular Judge ever presiding over the
Cgliwiarskihia-DiaisicurAii* . ±snemita, _watching for-
• ~ _
an occas.inti find fault wi th him, have been dip
confined; • The pent-op issior.s of their hearts
rave burned with an increased internal violence,
hreatening danger to themselves, unless an oppor i
, ,t 1 i #Jeff
on ay presealeti 1441 lot then etpleston ppgrt,Mt.
WiLmoT'a head
r'''flitiTpliVfi7i"ilWin;ilietit:ni ;rice Nlii;etrii
Cemrtriimi4e• has kiien them a pretext for au out.
pouring. of the needier:dated 'malice nt two or three
years. 'The passions engendered by the succesi:
tut career of Mr: Mister upon the bench, have at
length retrial - an 'Miller, and rage Or the tete& for
their brieficiaion of rest. Againtrlhat gross viola.
lion of the holieit; highest principles of naionut
.nor, Mr. Witstot felt it his duty and hie privi
lege, • a Freeman, to speak oat. He has spoken,
as he a % ays . speaks, boldly, eloquently', and in
terms nal to be misunderstood. Fur this, the bar
pies who have followed him for years with their
persecutions and malevolence, are again assailing
him. The men who have, on every occasion, op.
posed, misrepresented and maligned him ori!tt the
brackeit and most infamous lies, di.regarding the
fact that he is but exercising a Freeman's
are either privately cirrulating falsehoods, or foul
mouthed with their calumnies,
At home, these tales are but evanescent. They
vanish before his honest bearing, and bold and con
vincing eloquence ) as murky mists before the ra.
diance of the sun. If a friend is tempted to listen
for a moment to the "cunningly devised fables" of
his enemies, if tie permits a doubt to shadow his
mind—the Truth, when its light has access, reveals
the hideousness of the falsehood, making him still
stronger in his former belief, and convincing him
of the dishonesty and unscrupulousness of the indi
viduars who employ such means to gratify their
personal and t private animosities.
The Pennsylvanian and the Pennsylvania Patriot
are now the sewers employed by the men of whom
we speak, to disiltarge their falsehoods and denun
ciations upon Mr. Wthstcrr. They are publishing
letters from this County, dated from diflerent vil
!ages, but all written by the same mars, full of the
grossest lalsehoods,,the most impudent assumptions
and the wildest predictions. It is enough of their
author to say, that if he is entitled to be called a
Democrat, then there is, hope of mercy for the vilest
traitor that ever betrayed his party. His ambition
is well understood—and while his foible makes him
contemptible, we are content to allow him to in
ditige it to hie heart's content.
It is the objet of these letters, and of the private
efforts of his enemies, to shake the confidence of
the people of this District in Mr. WILMOT'E integrity
by several accusations. Ist. That he owes his pre
sent position upon the bench to a positive pledge
to abstain from all participation in politics 2d.
That i t addressing public meetings, tie is derogat
ing horn the dignity of his position. 3.1. That by
withholding his support from Bichea,
,he is elides
voringlO transfer his friends to the Whig ranks. 4th.
That an. arrangement has been made with Poht.occ
to secure his election to the U. S Senate. Sueh is.
the substance of their allegations, by urging which
they seek to alienate from Mr. Mum all his
friends.
We have no room, this week, to take up and
answer these charges. We must be content, and
our friends should be satisfied, with a getwral, un
qualified denial of the whole. We say they are
without foundation in truth, unjust and unreasona
ble ; and the very fact that they, with other stories,
originate with the men who have busied themselves
for years in promulgating falsehoods for his detri
ment, should cause any friend of his to turn a deaf
ear to their slanders, be they vociferated ever so
loudly.
That DAVID WILMOT will not give Mr. Biot.sa
his support, is a fact which is well known. Therein
our course diflers, and we are conscious that our
State ticket would not be benefitted should we en
ter into any explanation. But that makes no dif
ferenee in our estimate of the honesty, sincerity and
integrity of the man. Vse believe that he sees the
path of duty clearly before him. Dues any friend
of his doubt that be will always walk therein, un
influenced by rnercenary or selfish motives, and
undaunted by denunciation! We also bare every
confidence, that it he ha g s now a doubting friend,
that the lapse of a single year will satisfy , him of
the purity of Mr. Wit.sicres motives, and probably
'of the sagacity and soundness of his judgment. ,
The persecutions of the present are but a con
tinuation of the shameful opposition of the past,
instigated by the same relentless enemies. In the
history of our politics wherever has a public man
been followed by the same blood-hound ferocity as
has been Dann Wixster I But if vindictively per,
sued, helms been triumphantly sustained. An in=
telligent, upright constituency, have espoused his
cause as their own ;--they have interposed between
him and his pursuers, on many a memorable occa
sion. They have thwarted the designs of his ene
mies, - have rebuked their calumnies, have over
whelmed them in confusion and defeat,
" While on their face, thrown bock by injured men,
In characters of ever-blushing shame,
Appeared tea thousand slanders, all their own.'
Davin Witator's,reliance has always been in his
own honesty, his confidence in the intelligence
and integrity of the masses—in'their determination
to sustain the bold, upright defender of their rights.
It has never failed him, in any emergency, and so
long as he retains their respect and confidence he
is beyond the reach of his opposers. To deserve
their affections, next to his duty to his Goo and his
COUNTRY, will always be hie highest aim, Sur
rounded by a phalanx of faithful. honest heart, be
is more secure than it defended, by wooden wall or
fortress. Depending upon the people, conscious of
the purity dims =tires and, the justice of his
principles,he Jaughs to scorn the desperate but im•
potent assaults of his enemies.
Freemen Remember !
That the defeat of BARTHOLOMEW LA—
PORTE will be tiaileA as allebraska Triumph !
That his election Will secure t'llepresentative in
the Legislature who has the ability and coinage
orrall'occasioneto stand up In defence of his prin.
ciples ! "
O Gov. firoute jeft Waverly on Monday las
for. Potter comity, intstmliog also to visit some a
the Neetern counties. 1;e rot eltrieien•iii se
revered lo hP able to Rpeak
Parti/O/OnieW 141Pafter
t PI I
t
sfotfine of the Dentotgaetrof aus
Wility:lhatAlhosAasoging. on to it‘ ortiotigatioffi
Ortestilrat Ot, m 4 who have, fiif : tote stet fe~l
litc.tikatihion to sometinictitik
candidates. Cammencieuie 044, with opposi.
- .
upon - Ifte"Tarin,dhere has teen Scarcely an elec•
lion since hnt whit some portion of the County
Ticket has been marked by them for defeat.
Whenever the Democracy of - Bradford have
ptacodl . in nhtninalmma . nial for office, distinguish
toi his consl-tent and unwavering support of
thEr rinvipleavor Freeilewhe lfarteen - usigiled
and . opposed by, tbeoe.men, whp.claim , to be Na
tional.Denwetatst and who in. their anxiety to di Elm
wilh-thea).emomilis of Ake Connty,
.aredbe,zealous
advocates of a!rthe.schemes oldie Slavery-Eaten
. - '•.-
The, nomination ,of ~BARTSOI.O M EW LA'
PORTE ae a candidate for Representative, has
aroused the ire of These gentlemen, They know
himrille an early and tried friend of Mem Wit.-
Nov,. and a supporter of the cause of Freedom:
They know that he has the ability anti courage to
stand up in the Legislature,and advocate tbe,views
he, in common with the Freemen of this County
hold. They know that he is incorruptible and un.
compsomising. They know that he has denoun
ced the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise as a
gross violation of National faith, and will not court.
ienance . its originators or abettors. They know
that they need expect nothing , horn him but the
straightforward, open, consistent course he has al
ways pursued, and no is marked for defeat by the
few who have always arrayed themselves against
the cause of Freedom in Bradford Coun'y.
Ihe Democratic County Convention spoke out
against tlik . :fiebra.ka outrage ; as Freemen should
speak. ;Vir. Gaow is beyond / reach, and LAPORTE
next to him, is the object of tlfeit 'machinations.—
That Convention ate° instructid its candidates for
Representatives not to vole lot any man for U. S.
Senator who is not the known friend of ' Freedom,
and opposed
.to the admission of any more Slave
States. LAPORTE stands most prommentlj as the
representative of that resolution. The Douglaaites
have determined upon his defeat. It is the object
they have most at heart, and their rejoicings would
be unmeasured conk' they accomplish tins result.
FREEMEN OF BRADFORD ! Shall this be
done I Shall BAUTHOLOM KAY ;APOWLG, because he
is known as the bold and zealous advocate
i r l of
principles, dear to yuu, be stricken down! o
you desire his deleat to be heralded over the Stale.
as.produced by an expression agan.st the Nebraska
bill in our County Convention—and the triumph of
the DOUGLAS infamy ? %VIII you see the men you
have so often rebuked, triumph now, at a time
when above all others tried and bold friends of
Freedom Should be sustained!
This is part of a plot, developed before the Con
vention, to prevent the expression of opinions or
to dulcet the. candidates who might be selected.-- ;
It IS part of that unrelenting, persistent' war which
has always been waged against DAviv
and is now to be directed against every man who
dare oppose the extension of Slavery. It will meet
with the same signal discomfiture which has here ; _ ,
tolore overwhelmed all the designs and plans of
the adjuncts and tools of Slavery in this District,
and we shall hail the election of LAPORTE not as
the triumph of patty, but as the vindication of an . ,
honest and able friend of Freedom, and another
and a withering-rebuke of the uneasy spirits who
are constantly endeavoring to persuade the Free
men of Bradlard to sanction and approve the de
signs of Slavery.
Register and Reeorder.
The popular young Democrat who has been
nominated for this office, is admirably fitte,i to di--
charge its duties, and will be elected uy an over
whelming majority. He belongs to that class
which are the chief source of our Nation's great
ness—the Farmers of the land—has been from
boyhood identified' with the Democratic party, and
has rendered the cause signal service on many im-
portant occasions. -At the same time he is abun
dantly and peculiarly qualified hot only for this,
but for any office of: the gift of the Democracy of
Bradford. His abilities, gentlemanly deportment,
and obliging manner, will make him an efficient
and popular officer. His election is beyond all
question, and looked upon as a " fixed fact" by all
parties.
Gor. Biglee's Address.
Gov BIGLER having been prevented by his ill
ness from meeting the people of the State, as was
his intention, has published an address to the Peo
ple of Pennsylvania, dated at Waverly,. N. Y., re
viewing the questions of State policy, which have
come under his official action, anidetining the
principles which should govern re elected.
He also reviews the Know Nothing movement, and
deprecates it very. strongly and earnestly.
The address is very ably written, and cannot fail
to satisfy the readers of the soundness of his posi
lion upon all matters of State policy. We shall
publish it next week
Down IN THE Durr.—The following comments
upot) Gen C*ss and his late speech at Detroit, are
from the Richmond Enquirer. The General, it
seems, Is not disposed to lick the dust from the teat
of the Slavocracy—amongst his-constituents, at
least, he 14 obliged to pay some respect to their
opinions, and as he shows some slight syinp•oms
of rabellion, the South says gt off with his lead."
The rank in which he is placed, is one which any
honest man may be proud of. The Enquirer thus
anathematizes him:—
"Gen. Cass.might have moderated his language
to suit the temper of his constituents, but it was
scarcely allowable in hint to sacrifice bis principles
even to the necessities of his position. At any rate
he cannot expect the South to recollect only the
brave words which he uttered in Washington, and
to take for nought the treacherous recantation at De
troit. If his language be correctly given in the-re—
port of Ins speech, he has severed the last cord
which bound him to the Democracy of the South.—
Henceforth he must rank with Benton and Van du.
ren—as one who has insulted our feelings and be—
trayed our confidenee. The week attempt to serve
two masters, to reconcile devotion to the constitu—
tion with submissiodlo abolitionism—an attempt
to which he was perafiadaby the suggegtion of an
undying amliition—hge placed him with these Blue
trod. ap'ostates, in the limbo of lost and dishonored
politicians." : •
IMPORTANT TO POSTMASTERS.-II should be' repot. :
lected that the quarierly returns of all Poetmasterts,
(or the quarter ending pa , the 30th of .thin month,
are to be made oat ander the pror;aion of :he
rrtnrahl of Ant .
lamas of Frauds !
T .lSTricaMion dor friends to be on their guard
aigiOnst all*anner of fraud and deceit. As the day
orilectiorOraws nigh, be more and more cautious.
Eapect to:bear all sorts of lies, misrepresentation s
and insinuations against our candidates and parriE.
ularly agaigttAAPOIII:E. Fasten down all , those
against the !at ter arid you will ilea that they prO.
need from the same men who have treen•acooluom:
ed for years to belie and Mame the Denimratio
candidates. If any man professing to be a Demo.
crat approaches you with any slanders against any
of the Democratic _ Candidates, mistrust him at
once: liaie unworthy of ycler confidence; and is
endeavoring insi t tinusly its produce the same re.
soli against which you have battled for years—the
defeat of the tried friends of Freedom. Mark such
3 Democrat, that his treachery to the cause may
meet with its Merited reward.
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A Dongbface ApotOgy,
iVe - hare some respect for a man whocomes op
boldly and advocitifes the Repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, on the ground that ttiptiohibited Sla
very from entering Kansas anJ Nebraska, and who
acknowledges that he is willing Sllivery should go
there, it the settles to decide. 1 - 1 is,honest in his
support of Dutstaxs' bill, because he itas no objet•
Lions to the extension of Slavery. But your sneak-,
Iti g , hypocritical dou:;h•face we JespiSe. Such are
always ihe rno,teupple loots of Slavery, and the
_readiest to do iis bidding. They may be known
by iheir votes apinsi Freedom, arid by their Vt.
sumrtorta that their came is dictated by a desire to
extend its area. There is not one of the class but
will swear itley are the most uncompromising op
ponents of theeirtension oflavery, not one whose
vote is not invariably in favOr of every project ad•
vanced to fasten slavery more strongly upon tLe
country.
In the Congressional I:osttlet below us, H. B.
Walcirr has been nominated', for re-election. His
opponant is H. M. Ford.l:a. If distinguished tar
anything, Mr. W is notorious for the graft and fa
(Any with which he has obeyed the demands of
Slavery. He supported the Nebraska bill, in all Its
stager, and being now a candidate before the peo
ple, finds that the atmosphere of his District is
somewhat different from that of Washington., To
let our readers see what sort of excuse a Nebraska
ir3 is obliged to make to justify his conduct, we cut
from his organ, the " Luzcrne Union," edited by
Our old driend IVINCIIESTiR, the paragraph which
follows. Ii is the voles' piece of presumption we
have seen for along time. Is it possible there is
a voter in Luzaine who is ignorant enough to swat
low the dose? And yet, if re-elected, the return of
Mr. Witnarr will be heralded as an endorsement of
his course upon this very question. Would he
nave dared, in Congress, toliave put forth such a
reason fur the support of the bill, as he now en•
deavurs to palm off upon intelligent Northern Free
men? This is alai's . sire igar languaLle to that lately
' used by Doent.ss at Chicago, and for which tie W.
so si..;nally and justly reinrked by Ihe'audience ire
lwulte,l.
The are Mr. WittGLlT*3 reasons for 1O:.
in 4 1 0 Repeal the Mitt-von Corrapiomibe
(Prow the Luzern, Union, St -pt )
Ail aCCUIIIIIS concur' in represeriur. , :;\lttal f•Ileli a
:ide of people is floa iu r hoo f Nebraska and K Art.
SUS as %111 make them I.ee S:ates beyond petad
ven we About this there is no mistake. It was
adnatileti belore nand both by the hien& and I,ies
of ilie Douglas bill, hut such wculil be the result,
and experience is verily log !li r predietiogr. Nebtas
ka art I Kansas :heti are to come into he Union as
free States, witch vi ill give the free S a es a dect,t
ed prepotalerai,ce in Coirgre-s The Sli-s t
Compromise !mull! now repealed, Flits majority of •
free Sates will be at litreity to oppose and prevent
the admission of arty future slave Sates into the
Vision. Several States may be lot inert south of 34.
30 ; and according to the ComprOlfil,tl they would
be entitleJ to come in, ritique.i.ioned—but that line
being now abolished, rte mai iii y will be Tree to
insist that there slavery- shalt be aboledied before
they come M. :such thee. is the le.godation so much
territories opened up to liee•
men ' new accessions gained to he poll teal pow-
I er , of ' lie n e e Sit Lea—and ilte line which pro'eciett
slavery and resttairied the free S a , es from resisting
,
its runner ir e r od, l on or , into the Union, harken down
and repealed. Freedom, and not slavery achieved
the vic,ory ut the pa:sage of the Nebraska and
Kansas blrA. And yet Cut. IV, 1:210 is abused as if
I he had done a great wrong in supporting these bills!
If he never does anything worse titan this he will
deserve to be re-elected to Congtess as often es he
will consent to go. Be not deceived, fellow cul
-1 zens. In ten years Iron. 1111+1 dine tl.e authors and
supporters of this measure will be regarded as pub
lic benefactors. The clamor against them now Is
Ifor present, personal, selfish purposes. The north•
ern mind is sensitive upon the subject of slavery,
and advantage is taken of it to represent this legis
'wino as an extension of the area of slavery. Is it
not so. It is exactly the reverse. Every day's
nervation proves that the clamor is false. What
then, shall a faithful public servant who legislated
wch an intelligent regard to honor, growth, anti
proTerity of the cour try, be o•e uh, Im, d w:th
base calumnies, and baseless clamors ? God forbid.
Fur the Bradford Reporter
ON F. nF TIIE APPLES —Ed. Reporter, Sir—Forthe
purpose of eliciting an inquiry into the growth of
fruit, I would mention that I raised in my garden
this year en apple measuring I 1 f inches in cireurn
ference Uro her Farmers, come on with your
samples—the Fair IS close at hand.
Towanda, Sept. 25 ; 1851
BREADS - ITM DCCLINING -1118 fortunate for poor
people that something is likely to be cheap, and
that the main article 01 consumption as load. Near
ly all grades of flour, says the New York Advertis
er, are declining, notwithstanding the severe
drought and the prediction that prices would reach
$l5 a s2o'per barrel during the fall and winter.—
The receipts from the South and West are rapidly
incieasing: producers having become pretty well
satisfied that present high prices cannot be sustain
ed for any great length of time, ere pushing for
ward their stocks with considerable vigor. There
is no demand for export and each succeeding
steamer from Europe confirm% the impression,
which has now become pretty general, that not
s.rigle barrel of flour will b•t wanted from this:coun
try, either in England or on the continent. The
best grades have declined in New York, $l5O pet
barrel, within a week ; and holders can only make
sales by continually submitting to lower prices.
CO.- The longer we Ijve in this world of roses
and thorns the more we learn to revere those phi.
anthropic/axtome, 0 Bear and Forbear ;" Live
and let Live;' and to rei °fence a tank whose
Christian founder has made it a condition of ha7l
ing our trespasses forgiven That we should forgive
the trespasses agaidet us.
CLET4ITMEN "ELECTED TO CONORESP.—Mr. Mea•
chain; of Vermont, just elected, is a clergyman,
and so is Mr. Sabin, his colleague. Mr. Knowhim,
of Ma;ne, is a Dapas:, a id Alt.
sales: clergyman.
an
1:
D. M. Bett.