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TERMS OF THE COMPILER.
`The flepublicau Compiler is published
every Nlonaitymorning„by I.lt xa,Y J. STATILE,
at sl,,i 5. per annum if _paid in- advance,—s2,oo
per annum if not paid in advance. - No sub-,
scriplion discontinued, unless at. the'option of
V1)11 hilishT . 1 - tit - all — a- - _iii
irrearages are pat
*AtivEtatsr.stEN-Ts inserted at the usual rates.
JOB WORK. dolle, - neatly, cheaply, and with
dispatch. '
'cc on out /altimore street, direct
ly' opposite Wampler's Tinning Establishment,
one and a half squares froin the Court House..
AifdrA Rare, Chance for Capitalists Leg'
, VdI.I.U.9:BLE:
MILLS AND FARMS
AT PUBLIC SALE•
HE subrribers, Executors of WILLIAM
1 LOUDON, deceased, will offer ai Public
Sale, on the premises' first named, on Friday,
the 29(4 day if Sep/ember next, the following
Real Bstate of said deceased, viz :
. - -
situate in Liberty, township,. Adams county,
Pa., dr - Wiling lands of Gregory P. Topper,
Samuel alllcNay, the Company - *Mills, 'and
others, containing about 76 ACHES of Land,
having thereoni erected an entirely - •
Gin rifilr3V
with "two pair of Burrs and
one pail of Choli
-ptng—Stones, --with-room—for—another - pair of
'Burrs.: The machinery is all
,of the most ap
proved kind, and the Mitt is' cilculated to' do
a large business,.which. the' neitrtihorhood af
fords: A - good SAWMILL is attached. The
Improvements are,a:larg,e Two-Story
licit: HOUSE, . f r .,
Frame Baek; Building, Cooper Shop, kt;'Z'; g 1
LOG BARN, Wagon Shed, Corn Crib., Stone':
Spring House, an excellent Well of Water, !'
a good Orchard, &e.
•---, A 11. 8 0 --•••
Containion - 165 Acres, more or
•
above, about, one half being cleared, and the
balance covered with excellent Timber. The
improvements are a Two-Story
tAIIP Irtinllgr I
Stone Bank Barn, (nearly new,) Wagon Shed;
Corn Crib, and other out buildings. There
are tour never failing Springs on the -premi
ses,, one of them being .on the edge , of the
barnyard—and an excellent orchard.
A Tract of Woodland;
situate in Liberty township aforesaid, adjoin
inulands of Gregory P. Topper, James Moore,
and others,
.coniaining about ,25 Acres, about
6.Acres 'of which have been cleared.
t
IW—Persons wishing :to view tlie 4 above
Properties are requested to call
,op either - 1W the.
Executors, the first named resisding in (-Attys.
burg; and the last named in Liberty townvhip.
dale to commence at 10 o'clock, A 4 M.,
on said day, when attendance will be gil'en
and terms unure-k-'-
:Own by
JOEL B. DANN ER,
\IV 11. L. MeKEE,
'lterif the. above Farms and Mills are : not
sold on said day, they will be RENTED at
public outcry, .16r one year.
August 21,1854. is .
A LOT OF GROUND,
ALPublic Sane.
1 N pursuance of an Order of the Orphan's
Court of A.dains county, the subscriber,
Administrator of J WIN ROTH,. deceased,
will offer at public sale, on the premises, on
S4urday,lhe - 30th day of September nee;, the '
following Real Estate of said deceased, viz :
A LOT OF GROUND,
containing 8 A CR fil - S;irrore—s2lless, situate in
Butler township, Adams coo ntf;irt-tbe
imnie
dtate vicinity of Middletown, adjuinintl ands
of Francis Knouse, Bream. Henry
Hartzell and others. A portion i, in Timber.
The improvements are a one arid a half story
Frame DioveMng,
Frame Stable, With Threshing Floor Wqr:
attached, Log Shop, and other out. .7
buildings; an excellent Well of water near
the duor, and a first rate young bearing Or
chard. (*-- Persons wishing .to view the
property are requested to call .upon the sob
resttling'in the same townahip, or on
Mrs. Roth, residing on.the lot.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock, P. M., on
said day, when ate:l:twee Will he given and
terms made known by
.1 A C () C 1-10 urz,
By the Court—Eden Nurris, Clerk.
Aug-ust,2B, 1851. is •
Etecatoes Nolice.
MARY Mee,ONNELL"SI ESTATE.—
..INi Letters testarnentary on the estate or Ma
ry Meednnell, late pf Gettyshnrg, Adams c 0...
deed., having been g ranted !tithe endersiv,neti,
residing- lroVntpleacant tw p,he hereby wives
notice to all persons' indebted to s.tid estate
to make ittimediate rayment,and those havtng
claims against the same to present_ them
properly authenticated for settlement. -
W . 11. Loyr, Ex' r.
Avaist 21, 1851. .6t
AtimirkistragriVs Notice.
ITENIIV el-IA NII3 MRS'S 1-', ‘ STAT
— I
Letters of administration on the estate f.l.
'Herry Chambers; late oVlonntpleasant
ship, Ada its county, deceased, having
granted to the under-dErned, residing- in the
same township, she her'eby gives notice to all
persons indebted to s yid estate to make imme
diate payment, and those having claims against
the same to present them properly authenticated
for settlement. _ _ _
August - '2l, 1851-.
CODA, Stnr . aranrl Water CRACKERS,
I 3 Ginger Nuts, 'cilch awl Jenny Lind
Cakes, (4 new article, and not to be beat,) fur
clie.tp, by .the pound or les , ;, at
Aprtl2-1. •
J)R E ••4 S_ GOOD', of every 5 ty!r. B i L re
13 - are , re deLlinec,
Trimulitrgs to suit, for sale elie,ip At
Apra 3. - ,GitAMNIER'S New Store.
Iftwqmprr----Iffunttif to Valitirs, grirnitnrr, litrrattirr, .3ris un kririirro, 311arkrts, (Primal , Ilviurstir t f !align 3utrlligrurt, Ilmastuirtit,
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Executors.
ADDtESS
OF THE
STATE CENTRAL COM4EIT.TEE.--No. 4.
Tu the Peopip-of Pennsylvania :
FELLOW7CITRENS --There have been antag
antagonisticat—parties
in governments, litai their first institu lion to
the : preFent time. The one, taking from the
people all .power of self-government, and in ef
-telt Tr 1
test — ti. i:flying tneir rig t as. we as t leircapact
ty to govern themselves. The other. claiming
in the language of our Declaration of Indepen
dence., "that all med,are created equal : that
they are endowed by their creator with certain
inftlienable rights : that amongst these arc life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That
to these rights.governments are institu-.
ted among men, deriving theirjust powers from
the consent , ol the governed; that 'whenever any
form; of government o becoMes' destructive of
these, ends; it is the right of the people to alter
or to abolish it, and to institute a new govern
ment, laying its foundation on such principles.
and organizing its powers in such form as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their safe
.ty and happiness."
It was these e antagonistical principles that
MIA() our war of Itidependencl. The_ great
mass of'the AMerican people then' asserted.
distinctly and unequivocally, that all poomr
was inherent in the people— That they not only
possessed the right of self-goiernment, but the
capacity also to exercise-the right. The Brit
ish of that day, iind their adherents in this
country, denied this right as well as this ea
-pacity,--01r,•-fathers--heroically - maintained
their .po9itions. and estabMied their govern
ments—upon the • principles for which — they
• fought : and the right of man to govern }dul
-1 self, and his capacity to do it, in this
_Country
:ft least, are truisms which no.than dare deny.
' But although we conquered from reluctant
England. and obtained from all the overn
merits of Europe, the recognition of our goy
'eminent, thus established, yet the despots of
the old world have ever looked' with a jealous
eye upon our republican institutions, and we
had a party among us during the war of the
revolution, and we have never been without
such a party since, that practically have denied
man's right and ability to govern himself.
ions o tle sev era s a
of the Union were under com-ideration, this
party, without au exceptiOn. were strenuous
in their endeavors to .clothe the
,government
'with strong, if-nq with arbitrary power.: to
keep, as they said, the people in check. They
took all the po\'er they could fi om the people
and vested it in the government, thus reversing
the declaration, that. governments derived their
just powers from the consent of the' governed :
and
,it.,hae, -taken the friends of:the 'pc old e from .
that time to the present to correct these arbi
trary provisions in their organic law. In some
of the states, the aristocracy has so entrenched
itself behind the harriers of wealth and exclu
sive privileges, that, even in this age of pro
gress, the people have not yet been able to
dislodge them : and. if not in their Organic lain,
in their ordinary legislation the people of those
states have been s.ukjected to a -restriction -of
their rights, and-a tyranny in their government
scarcely exceeded in those countries where
despotism l revails.
In framing the constitution of trw • United
Siaires-,--theSe-opTi-on-etits-orthe-pw
MIK=
Mill
endeivoted to establish a consolidated govern
pent, which should tend to centralize in the
general government all the powers and rights
of the several states as well as of the people.
„They claimed to establish a strong and mag
nificent .government, with numerous officers,
high salaries, a standing army. and a large
nary, and whenever they were in power, arid
had the opportunity, they .carried these views
into effect.
The other party, in the days of the revolu
tion, was composed of those who_asserted and
maintained the tights of the people, Who put
forth the Declaration of Independence, and
based their government upon the principles
contained in it. Ours was the first go%ern
ment even established upon.• those principles,
and it has been a model for all subsequent
governments. In the stormy days of the revo
lution, the Union of the states was held to
gether more by a sense of mutual danger. and
a sense of mutual dependence, than any coer
cive authority existing in the government of
the Union.' In the organization of the several
state governments - , the friends of the people
endeaVored to make them sus democratic, as
they could.' Still, the influence of habit, an
attachment to the ordinary forms to which
they had been accustomed, a partial ignorance
of the forms in which their principles could be
best carried out, and a disinclination to enter
upon new and untried theories, prevented as
' full and complete a reform in their governments
'as experience has since shown to be necessary,
and enabled those of the other party to succeed
-in their views to a greiter extent than they
ought to have done. When the throes and the
troubles of the revolution were passed, and it
was found necessary to establish a better form
of government for the Union than the old ar
_tides of confederation afforded, the convention
of 1787-8 assembled to .accomplish this pur-
pose. Here the sathe antagonistic elements
were found at work: The friends of the peo
ple, believin. P that the - country was - hest gov
erned in which the
were
was least felt.
by-the people, were in favor of retaining to the
people and to the.state governments, all power
_not necessarily requisite lo the transaction of
the busStr,..ss of the general government. They
wished to confer upon the...--Oneral gov
nment only certain specific and enumerated
powers, that , . were absolutely necessary for
such a. limited government or coufedurStion.
Their opponents, as has been stated, were for
clothing the general government with almost
unlimit6d powers. which, if granted, must have
lade_ it•conaolidated, and in -the-ena- swallow.
up the state governments entirely:_ _The result
of: that convention was to establish a govern-
inent, for the Onion, of unrivalled- excellence.
which combines the federative anti the demo
cratic pr•inciltle, a d • makes it a government of
compromise, in which the powers of govern
ment are limited, restricted and confined, to
those ex - iressl antes. 0 •
direct and necessary (riot merely convenient)
itnplieacion fruit tho,e granted, This govern
ment, when 'properly administered, has all the
powers rieces:::dry ti,r its purposes, and yet
Itay_cs-to-the_pimple and to the states all their
lights (infringed.
The immortal NVashington was, by unani
mous consent, placed at the head of the gov
ernment. lie calliql at cund him the statesmen
and soldiers of the revol talon = yet in his cabi
net were find very discordant materials.
Both the anta,gonistical principles - to.whieli
GETTfITSBITRG, PA. : .AIONDAY, S.EPTRAIBER 25, 1.854.
we have before alluded were there represettted.
and it required - the whole - weight - of that emi
nent man's character to prevent their operation
to the prejudice of the country: ~
Handl ton, - a nian — Undoubtedly of talents,
who had been conspicuous for his services in
the revolutionary army. during which he had
enjoyed - lunch of the confidence of Celt. Wash
ington, had been selected for the situatfon of
the treasury. In the convention of 1787-8 he
has, however, shown his redilections for , a
strong government, which, if adopted, .would
have made us little better than an elective
monarchy, with a president and senate for life.
Ile of course headed the party who coincided
with his views, and distrusted; or affected to
distrust the power of. the people 'to govern
them Selves. They assumed to themselves the
name of federalists, falsely :Alleging that they
were the exclusive- friends of the form of the
general goVernment then organized and in
practice.
„
The immortal Jefferson, the great apostle of
republicanism, the author of the Declaration of
Independence; was selected for secretary of
• -He espoused the cause- of the people,
and of the States, and favored a strict con
struction of the Constitution. Ile was able,
to a very great extent, to counteract the'-in
thience of Alexander Hamilton, He was not,
however, able to succeed in all things ; and
Hamilton, to the great regret of the repuldi
cans of that daY, succeeded in establishing' the
old ' 'Banit of the United States,. which. very.
soon prostituted itself to. political pdrposes.
Before the close of lien. Washington's admin
istration, Mr.. Rfferson Withdrew from it, as
h e--wasunable - to -- affiliate I ton
atid those who held his political views.
In 18;.)4, Gen. Washington having declined a
second, re-election, ..John Adams,. then , vice:
president, and -Mr. Jefferson became cotnpeti
tors for the twesidential chair. As the law
then stood, the candidate who received the,
highest vote became president — and he-who re
ceived the next highest vote the vice-president.
On counting the electoral vote3Cirivas decid
ed that Mr. Adams was elected president. and
Mr. Jefferson vice-president.. Many persons,
however, were even then strongly impressed
with.the belief that - this result was unfairly
produced. Mr. Adams entered upon the pres
idential duties on the 4th of March, 1897, and
eVT-
altilfating to a great extent with the views of
Colonel Ilamil ton, selected his cabinet from
those entertaining like vieu;s, and disposed of
the patronage cif the general government among
those of like character. With the powers of
the government' and the monied influence of
the bank coinbined, this . adininistration soon
began t.? , show their disposition for arbitrary
power. By the sedition ,law they sought to
prevent the freemen of their -country from
speaking,their,thoughts, and made it a crimi .7
nal offence punishable,by,fine and imprison
ment, to, either verbally or in writing comment
upon or investigate the improper acts of the
government.: thus effectually crushing: the
I I bet ty of the''press, the great palladiuni of the
people's rights. By the alien law they gave
the president the power to order any foreigner
out of the country at` his own discretion, and
in case of
_refusal, to suffer imprisonment se
long as the president might think the public
safety requires." They raised a large standing
army, unnecessarily expended millions in the 1 ,
increase of the navy; imposed direct and indi-
reel taxes upon everything W nc m t re citizens
owned, and Allied the, country with hosts of
revenue officers : that, like the locusts of Egypt.
ate up their substance. and became the pliant
tools of government in heing spies'npon the
people and prosecuting them for alleoed sedi
tion and trtason, under the laws to which we
have already referred.
The reign of this - party, emphatically and
truly styled "the reign of terror,'' happily was
of short duration, and expired with the term
for which Mr. Adams had Bien declared to he
elected. Federal vituperation andabuse had
been resorted to without stint, to raluminate
the great republican portion of our citizens.
The horrors of the k'r eh revolution were held
up as bugbears to agh the timid, and de:
Clared to be the necessary reSolt, of the demo
cratic tendencies of the republican party. The
terms democrat and Jacobin were heaped upon
than as names of reproach. The republican
party believing that the ter In democrat, which
n its signitit ation meant an advocate of the
government of the people, was correct. assum
ed the name, and gloriously carried out its
_meaning. • Pennsylvania, the' keystone of the
political arch, in the election of 1.799,-;.,,hirious
ly trit/in plied in her deumeratie principles and
gave an earnest of what. was to follow in the
succeedmg year. In the fallaif ISO°. the peo
ple of the Union elected Thomas Jefferson and
Aaron Burr, 'the two higlie4t, candidates for
president and vice-presider of the U. States.
each receiving an equal number of votes, al
though it was perfectly well understood that
the former was• to be president and the latter
the vice president. The election had to pass
into the house of representatives to select the
president andv ice president from the two. awl
if we before had specimens of a federal at ro-
Ptncc and tyrauny, we then had exhibited the
fullest evidence of their utter profligacy as a
Marty. They whispered info' time car of Aaron
Burr. who was a bold_ bad man, as the sequel
showed, that if he Would accede to their views.
they would defeat the v‘ice of•the people—thee
would make him president. They were en
abled for a long time (the members voting by
states) to prevent the majority of the states
going for Mr. Jefferson. They never were able
to obtain a majority for Burr. The deumocratic
members
_proved true to their trust, and the
federal inembpi's of one state at length yielded.
and :%Ir. Jefferson received the majority. lie
was inaugurated on the 4th day of MaTeh,
lie surrounded hiciself with the ablest awl
hest-men of party, and having obtained the
majority in each house of congress. he repealed
the obtioxious-la-kt-s---passetialusin;2,. the-adminis
tration of his predecessor, simplified our
~7ove
rnment, refOrmed the abuses in its adminis
tration, lessened its expenses, and abolished
all parade and ostentation-Lin fact, made it
the model republican government it was intend
ed to be, and generally has been since. After
administering diC government for eight years,
w tlid-rei,c,--and—was—sttee -
(=t - s-fig
by Mr. "Madison. During the whole of the
administration of these two statesmen,the fiNi
eral party were rancorous and malignant in
their opposition to the govermnent of the U
nion, (verging well nigh on to treason.) in the
doings of the Essex . Junto—the Hartford Con
vention—the refusal to furnish men and means
to carry on the war in which we were involved
with Great Britain, from Itil2 to 1816, ein
phatically_called_the_second_ war of _indepen—
dence:and their constant n )olo , rieS for the acts
of lircat tat :I =lag tat war, mourn,inz citazeut typo.ittiou to each other, and to e
"TRETE. IS AND -WILL PREVAIL."
many. names as there have been political con
flicts intim country.. Ai/out the conclusion of
the war, one of its leading editors, in writing
to another about equally prominent in its ranks,
advised 'a change of taeties,• urging that it
would' be better to- waive the pion:a - pretensions
they had assumed, of possessing. all the talents,
all the decency and all the learning of the
,country. and' seek success by 'fitnt!ing• -The
embers of discontent in the deinecratie.ranks.'*
,The hint was taken, the partyname was drop
ped, and since then they have been found, upon
every occasion, fomenting divisions in the'dethr
oeratic rankS, by inflaming the passions and
prejudices of any portion of our citizens af
fected either from the influence of circumstances
anti trade upon their pecuniary affairs,' from
political or personal disappointments, from
lo
cal prejudices, or habits, from sectarianism or
any other cause. -But l lel.have never chliaved
I/tcir principles. Whiggery_of the, pr esen t day
is the federalism - of 1799, grown mote cunning.
It has. stooped from its high perCli: and is now
a mere truckler for ofliee. in which. if once
tirtrily reinstated, it 'would show. all • its oh.
noxious traits .of character over again. The'
attempt to - elect - Burr - n 1801, and - the attempt
to defeat, the'eleetion in Pennsyl aft niain 1838,
by the acts connected with the Buckshot war,
are but different elliirts pf the same party "to,
treat elections by the - ikople as though they
had not taken place.".
The democratic party have ever been tine
to their professions. . Recognizing to their fut..,
lest extent the right and ability of the people
to govern themselves, they have de tried. it' the
best policy to have the people goverffeifits lit
tle as• pessi Ile —to abstain from the, passage of
all arbitrary laws affecting their persons, prop
erty or rights —to require the citizen to give up
the fewest of his natural .rights.. that will 'he
consistent with the safet of societ and clothe
the public servants with only those powers
that are absolutely necessary for these 1.! n
to require that all 'power delegated to publie
servants, should return at stated and short
-periods to the people, to "whom all power he
climgs, that the same may he conferred either
on the former i nett mben ts, when fon rid worthy,
or upon others more meritoriens". For although
power does not always corrupt, of which we
have had many admirable examples, yet ,its
tendency is to corrupt, of which we regret to
say we have had not a few.
The principl6s of these two' antagonistical
parties are involved in the coming contest in
Pennsylvania. The democratic party, ever
honest and candid, avow their principles in
open day ; they -hear the same honest' name
they' have borne for more than half a .century.
That name conferred upon 'them as a term of
reproach has won its way to public confidence
and esteem, and so much is the power of that
name felt, that ancient federalism. now modern
whiggery, has often sought to steal it,to deceive
the people. Democracy .advocates• the equal
rights of all our citizens, it. abhors all excht
sive privileges to the few. it knows no distinc
tion between our native born and naturalized
citizens, other than those which the constitu
tion has created. One of its 'first acts when
Mr. Jefferson came into power was to amend
the-laws and faeilitate'the mean ,for the natu
ralization of foreigners. It"remembered intim%
the causes assigned for declaring our conntry
independent, an important one, that the king of
Englatid . had obstructed the laws for the natu
ralization of foreigners; and in this as' in all
other acts they' have carried out the principles
of 1776—n0t th,prineiples of the ntienlied
"gong of the i;ires - of '76."
Our adversaries are endeavoring 0) crawl in
to power at this time by a concentration of all
their own partizans proper„and an attempt to
excite among others'pr?judices foreign and in
imical -to the constitution of the United States,
in relation to two subjects calculated to excite
the sympathies and -prejudices of portions of
our citizens. The constitution of the United
States left the institu tion.of slavery, which had
tacti imposed upon us by the mercenary cu
pidity of tireat Britain, just where it hum! it
-----a mere municipal regulation of the states in
which it existed. Pennsylvania,.immetliately
upon the close of the revolution, abolished this
institution within her borders, and almost all
the northern states have since followed her ex
ample. 'Before the revolution, it existed in all
the states. If the true motives,of its abolition
could he reached, 'we fear that the northern
'states would not be entitled to as much credit
as many claim for its abolition. It was found
that slave labor was unprofitable for mere farm
g _putiroses.,and_these,_ the_motivest of pecn--
niary-interest,superadded to what were deemed
the inciples of humanity, procured its aboli
tion in all the origitilil states northoL Maryland
and Di laware. The compromises of the con
stitution upon this_subject, whi c h prevented
any action by the general government on the
subject of slavery-, have been faithfully carried
out by the democratic party, in every portion
of the Union.. They hold that no one state
has a right to interfere with what appropriate-
Iv belongs to another.
The cosigrisS of the United States has the
' power to admit new states into the Union, and
they base wisely'detertnined that, in creating
territories and admitting new states. the two--
ple of such new states or territories. shall have
a right to make their own laws upd-so ti, • sub.
s iect of slavery, or any other subject that be
longs rightfully to . a municipal -. g oei ! -rn-rovra,
our adversaries taking advantage of the ta
tion-produced on - this s ubject-of slavery by the
erection of the new. territories of Kan,,a.g a n d
Nebraska, are charging the democratic party
pith favoring the .cause of human slavery,
They have done no such thing. They have
merely determined that congress., according to
the constitution, has no rignt to interfere with
the s u bject, and that to the - people of the terri
',-s--anfl-sta-tes,respecti ve y-Ahis-wbole---sult--
je , t belongs, and they have unquestionably de :
tided rightly. Pennsylvania. or any other
state of the I, nion. might to-morrow revive the
institution, if it were thought right. Yet our
' adversaries are endeavoring to excite your sym
pathies in the cause of humanity-, so as to in
duce you, practically. to violate the cunstitu
tufo' of GMT country.
They- are also endeavoring to foment diffi•
culties_betwceu ddlerent-classes of-our-citizens
and to array our native burn and naturalized
ovcr'our victories•ani rejoicing at those of our
enemies. Jackson, however, ended 'that war
in a blaze of glory at New Orleans on the Bth
of January, 1415. - Jackson Illught 111 way - tiat- ,
ties, niartial and civil. for his &country.
Up to the time of this war, federalism, al
though foiled and defeated, had . held _its crest
erect,- and displayed it portion of its Cirmer
pride and arrogance. Dui in- this war, how
ever, it assumed the name of the "peace party,"
and . since then
- „ •
this they 'would
,bring to their aid sectarian
feelings in religion: Our forefathers wisely in
hibited tins, when, in every state constitution
we find a proViSion stimo ally declaring
that every man has a right to enjoy his liberty
of eonseience and toworship'Almighty God in
the manner he shall think- to be mostacceliti
hie, and the constitution of the.United.States
,prohibits the general government from giving
preference to any 'one religion's denomination
•
•,I• - • •
, ,
upon naturalized citizens e rights - con
furred
,upon those who are native borft,. with
one exception. We, therefore. protest, in the
most distinct and solemn manner, - against any
indirect' attempts to accomplish' that Which We
constitution and laws of the United ,States and
of the several States so.pointedly and,,properly
prohibits. It would be sapping the founds,-.
[ions ef,our free institutions. It would" be
loosening the bonds which ho!d ns together.
It.would ,be, a practical , wrong upon a portion.
of our chi Awls, who have equal „right:,4 wit h. on r
sel ves, and mckiag distinction' which the
constitution of the United States dues not Make
or permit.
We should guard against all attempts to
violate the principles of that constitution. It
is the ark of our political safety, It should
never be touched with, unhallowed - hands.
Open and bold attempts to violate, it are sd?rt
through, and at once excite our resistance. It
is from secret, inSidiouS and undetected at
tempts to undermine it,.that. we. shall be ex
imsed .to the, greatest danger,
Opposition to those of foreign birth consti
tqtes - much Of • the politicid capital-of our la
versnries of-the-presentday. - --ln - this - theraTe
close imitators ofthe •feAleralists or '9BE
By the ad seetionof the alien law, every . masi
ter or - coininaitiler'bf any ship or vessel, vadat
shall enter any. port of the LTiiited Stades,'Shall
immediately - make report.' in ,writing to. the
collector or other chief .ollieer of die customs;
of all aliens..on board his vessel. specifying-
their names, age,' - the place of nativity, 'the
cot - in - try 'frolvi -- e•l - deh they shall haVo-come,"the
nation to Which they • belong and_ owe alle
giance, their occupation, and a desero:pflun rf
their persrno ; and on failure to do SO, to forfeit
the sum of three hundred dollars : and de
faidt of payment the vessel was to be:detained
'by such collector, or. other offieer. .The
eetor, was a so required forthwith to transmit
to the &pertinent of state' true "copies or all
'such returns. This was' virtually closing our
harbors to foreign emigration, at the most im4,
portant crisis of : the:lrish rebellion, when niany
of the heroes - and patriots of that gallant peo
ple which rendered so 'much service to the'
cause of-liberty iri.our own revolutionary art** ,
.gle, were engaged in imitating . our example,
and being unsuccessful, were driven from home
and contary, to seek an asylum elsewhere. •
,Many of that noble and generous, but en;
fortunate people.. after-they had. failed in their
exertions to etnancipate.their bleeding country,.
relying upon . the assurances given by the
scon
gress of 1775 to the Irish nation, -that r.fife fer
tile regions of America would :afford theta' a
,gafe asylum front oppression," -- re Solved upon'
making this country ! their- residence.. Eufus,
King, a high-toned federalist, one of the party
of the -.•well-born," and a faithful representa
tive of their intolerance and bigotry, was,'at
that time, the American minister.' in London,
at the court of St. Jaines,lind resisted the etn 7
igration of - tlrse - Irish.patriots. number of
them who were.Contined in dungeons,
and who had an offer of their release on condl.
don of their going to America, applied to Mr.
King to withdraw his opposition to their so
doing. In answer to it - letter written him by
one of the ,lrish state prisoners, Mr. Jienry
Jackson, an avowed republican and an enthu•-
siastie friend of liberty, Mr. King said : . •
migist to inform you that I really It ,IrE No A rrtioluvr
to g ive or refuse permssmion,to you or any other foreigner to
g o ki the,U nova sulteo; the admission and residenee
laran g ers in (11.1 t countq being g matter that by a bite
-law.
(the alien law) mr , n.rdivr.t.v ino 0505 To TOM PRRSIDRN'T..
It is true that the government of thin eenotry (Englancl) iq
the C3itrse'ef the last year, in cuSsEtimonui MY MY ISYKKVM
-11 EN rue assurance that A P.taTICPLATI DRS':R/CTMN
UY PERsoNS IN boe.%ND, with l'C WAS ILINDKRSTDOD, w SIM Oh-
IN; 14, TICK I . it SO ST ITES, should Hot t$ :dinned to proceed
without (roc consent. This restratut would doubt less ho with
drail in favor of persons against whose . endgration I FORK/LD
:Orr Dub: , T. lam sorry to make the remark, WI shall
at tad in lived of your can lor in doin g ro, that a LABOR poet
-210 N ot, T . llO EMIDIW , ITS '510)1 IRELAND, AN,D stLY
THE MI aI , LE have arrayed thembelve4 on the side of
th e malcontents. e , 1.1114 defoocr.tt.44 1410 anTherePt4 of Mr.
Jefferson ) tho opiakul of the emi g rants are likely to
ui,io,• the ii into the el.tos , malconNeit., (democrats in plain
M:nrlirh.) thou slep t become a disadvantage itaitaaa.of
10 our country."
Of course they would. in the opinion of Mr.
King. Here watt 'a denial of hospitality as
ertiel as it was anti-republican. The s u ff e rings
which were caused to many of the patriot Irish.
men, by this conduct of the federalists, are in
calculable. "As to me'," said Dlr. Emmet in
a letter Gi 31r. King, ••I should have brought
along with inn my father and his family, in
cluding -a brother, (the lamented Robert Ern
metywhose name perhaps even you will not
lewd without emotions of sympathy and res.;
pent—and others nearly connected with me
would have become partners in my emigration.
But all of theta_ have been torn _from me.
have been prevented from saving a brother,.'
from receiving the dying blessing of a father,
mother and sister, and frota,soothing their last
agonies by my cares—and this, sir, by your
unwarrantable and npfeeling-interfereree.!?_ _
This is the leaven that - haft leavened the
whole lump. The democrats and their politi
cal opponent:: have ever been at issue upon
this suhjeet of foreign emigration and the laws
of naturaliiation. The one constituting as a
fundamental principle of their political -faith
the free and full exterision of the rights and
bleNsirig,s they enjoy to all -the human family
that desired to partake them, and who sought
our shores as a refuge from oPpreSsion
n a tive land. The other party_ dreading the
expansion of that - irpirit of liberty, and that
hatred to titled dignitaries awl various fOrins
of oppression in monarchial governments, that
urge continually the tide of emigration from
Europe,- have-always- advocated- such—restric
tions upon citizenship, and pursued such a
hostile policy to foreigners, that 'had they con
tinued in power, and been enabled to carry
their views into effect, the now fiourishing - and
populous western states of this Union would
still have been-. territories, and our national
character degraded and disgraced, instead of
- 144 * -41- g --1 ,t---,-rvirre---and--power. and glory
.amona the nations of the earth.
The first naturalization law, passed in 1700,
only required a residence.of two years to be
come a citizen. The act of 1795 extended the
time to live years. ' But the federalists dis-
covering that when foreigners were naturalized
they generally voted the repOlican ticket, con- ,
ceived the idea of'punishing them for their eon
calif:icy, and accordingly the time of probation
was still further extended by the act of June
18, 17: - .18, to fourteen years, and a declaration
of,inttotiop fivc feu before the of
-TIV6:DOLLArig: 74 F,AR.
_the applicant_ni the- right.S-Of-citiietiOirii%-lit—
is somewhat remark :title
,this,
passed on the -k7th June: 1795._ the
,allen- law
on the 25th'Jiine; and - the•Sedilien luiv on the
14th July, of the same, year. It - WOuld 'seem
as if the whole., energies of federOstiv were -;;
roused to one tremendous exertion tOcritkh the
spirit of the people., and destroy,*sr.liherties
of the country. All these . acts wereirepealed
on Mr: Jelferson's:acression to: the piesidenc,
• -. • ' CceSSary or a or
'eigner to become a'citizen hicitigbt,back to five.
.
years, at which it has eidtsince'rOmaineti.' "
Nearly every' civilized 'nation his adopted _
liberal naturalizationlaws,',particularlk - where'N
.they have been situated as. - . we are with a
sparse
,p9polAtior . t l •extensive intents:,
- lions of acres of unealtivytted:lands, It is our
, ,
policy to draw tha wpoer and prs,iductive
try, of other nations tii iitirselVeS"." France:
'Holland, Russia, and,even -England, have
,all
in turn pursued this'policytagreat adi i antagit,' " •
at different periods. in then' :history. - in the
time of the' Edwards; - the- Henrys, ;and jicthe
reign of Elizabeth., alien citizens end,manufac
tiirerS w ere to PnAlEintl and nattarlizeti r
without , - any previous residence, ,or even an
oath of allegiance:
lint the miserable k noir' nothings etthe present tare'
refined upnertheerteritralsl tyrarmesettitseledevalivans*Aillk: ::
—Car they would repeat 141 nataralizatiou liews, and prevent
foreigners trout becomingeltisernitatialli-- They would also
add list.iniutic- to political. Intolerance. They *maxi, not'
truly enact leloll by which these .not born on American ault,
would he nhern-or-all-the alitribiden,:of freedomiibtit.;theY..f
would deprive- dative as well as foreign born of. the, blessed
privilege of worshiping God according tei lila dieted:esti( thilea
own consciences. The comparison In manifestly in favor,_-oc t ,
herblack - cockaile rederalitini of "the reign of terroic!*Trithe
time of the.elder Adams. ,
on • ie -spoilt o r --
our i nstite thins tolerate a 11.,, -This was; the spirit: ormar,rerg.
Plutiopary , fathers. They persecuted neither' Protenteuit
nor catholic., neither: puritan iterqueker. bugsxtended - . the
broad mein" of the fundamental law of the lanileVer,therep -
toe their protectien.. r'ln 'December, )017.;
ton wrote to the Rideau eatlaillei of the Vnited Statert
„follows: '' • • • -
rthecome . merwliberal.,tbey be,ntora i sipt ,• T
to allow that alt those who condtict theinselrea as worthy
f1101111i01,4 of the eomaninity..are equally iiititiod 4* the pr0.i.1..f.:
tection or civil government. . 1 hope everts sea, America
among the Foremost nations in eaninpleit of,justiee and liber
ty. And I procaine that your:felleve citlienx will not forgot
the patilotiapert-yets took in
„the accomplishment. arid:heist
revolution,'"andthe tictithlishiOntit or their governi»erii. or
the linportant denistaneefreenivtattremdsnationdulwhicis.theli;
railiolic religion hi professed."
When. therefore, fellow-citizens, we findlhai - sieritiingthigl , !7.•
toil wove. notent,"a love for, exclusive privileges and- incipied,
rpori ti ling, a le draw Implied 'prayers Vent the Cott.'
stittition, owl -exercise them fur . their orto , stilibdi_purpoe
'OM tichTstablish it restriction' to citizenship, constitute late
favorite singeing, of our pulitiaal advetearielli in reastursble.i;:t
to believe that a change in oar very venom of gegernment•
would follow their Ultlinetsienceeme.'• !iii '4 t 1;
This historical view of the parties, their, princlpiait . pad,
their acts. has occepiedinore'spaCe thin 'Wan Ofcpected. arid"'
we ItILUI4t hasten to the conehision of.thisiperinnbaildralSit-r
"Remember; fallow -citliong; that the motto' (Wont! party' is,
iipri et:ivies and notnien.", vet in popular! electionei Olen t
must be nelented us 'the standard bearers of parties and or '
their principles.. They, h hewever, inre but thvit,rePresatitni.
t i VOA of thel r party; and are bounittriekiryf bob lb principles. •
'Test tote coming coutett _by princlpiegtokno tats lames : be-
Iran" need into it. Confine the issue' thaffar 1611 our
fathers fought end bled--the ,rights of-JO° ptotiore.. , ,dEterr l y:
other-element etteam,e4.l tube introduced into it" fit a device' ,
of the tin e niv--n atepping stone to gut theineel vende r f
which, ,whenever.pinuiesseil, they have Oilfield. Remember
the mush of the old democracy.; its tiprlght, iitkiglitfontAriVi-j"
course., Rear its- banner, pn high, mareh tepidly, in ste,X4l4ol l .
oinn'tri the fle,ht.:-elotety,4tlll crownlyclar eMmtiler-W-the'-`f
cause' of popular rights %Arlie
J. ELIAS IiONII ~chair
George O. 'Welker; Elecretark.,
f
Jedgeßill's ock en. the Sttgapi
The ; Pittsburg Jeurne/,pulilisties , a synopsis ; ,- ; -,
'orJudge Pollock . ',4 speech to that city, on e Tuel, 7 „
day last, and from m - that and other "Setti4eS we .`
learn the positions taken'by judge:' V.id_ . ifie '
present campaign—llia speeches Miil•Overwith •••-••'
red hot Alo)litionis ei. and.it is."..F,aid , thaio-gi-i-, ;
hear him one would think, he is the pensic - : uted, .
einiasory Of the raiiting4rMlitiihtists. tfi is
' "
eagerness to secure the' voi& of thia'factiOniitit. : '
are told that the Judge era tvls•to a lower deptbi 1, )
and indulges in more extravagant - abuse,lban,...
is acceptable to the 'ears of many :Whigs;' ' '
Judge PolloOk annettnced •to his intelligent-:'is.
hearers that the division. of the.schnotimad.is n ,
a question nowll,Cissup.--7Will the learnedamr, ,
profetind'gentleinan be good enough to tell 'Vs - ' .
who •advocates 'the 'tliviSionl ' It 'hi Scarcely'';.
fair. for his l-lotior.to raise thiOngbetir iii•order.- - '•
to frighten, inen out of ; their votes, :Whim k1_1 , ,-.-:
must know that wherever our,
,legislativ,e, ,
records show the'slighteat iiiftlinting at - a,,dis. `'.,`
trihution 'of the School fuinL' it.Witis' When th&- ••
lVhigs Were in power; ':Ne:DeinoCrat;.-tnuch--.. , .
less tiov • Bigler.contends, for any each,ineirm,.„
But Judge Pollacic, says -the - sale of the l pubp„ '
A.t
ei t ''
lie works rii on issue: ''' DI obar he nOt knew tt j ..
- .
a Democratic Legislattireva44ell;il4.' • . ii-. 1
crat ie executive approved oft bill- for eir sale ?.
fit his Pittsburg' speech - he tiSserted' that the
annual expenses for keeping: up- thei-brkk•eki•-, ',
&weds the. reveime..• In - this, he -has, shown. lit?i ...,
inevitable ignorance or utter, recklessness. If., ,_
he will turn to the' st atistics of last 'y'e,r he._
will find that the• net 'revenue of . the - pubTior i '
works amounted °to- 8833,896: 90. , :Nearly-.ii -:7L
million of dollars.., Aid in the, face of, : all• this,, '
,
ho has the hardihood to tell the people what is ~
glaringly false, and to appeal totax payers for' -
their votes, 'alleging, that. every year they: are
burdened with A tax in order to maintaineur ::.
public improvemenis. , .
We are told- the Judge talked 'a
- great, deal''
civil and religious liberty: and 'tench*. •••.
ded by throwing out a bait. for ' the -Knott-, .;
Nothings. lie did not come out boldly
_and
manfully and declare 'his Nen tin' eft ts; lint hinted
that _the_Catholic church has entered the.polit---: . -
-ical-arena ; he 'silk' when a church does.,this,
then: down with it. From yr hat. wohave renal 1 ...
and heard. we do Most sincerely- Wish 'that • '
Judge Pollock, would, consent - to, , meet Gov.
Bigler on the stump. ,We .should, like, to see . ~,
them together, discussing questions - of . public`
policy, and we feel confident , that Gov'. ,B,,;•:-.-.
would take the wind out of Pollock's sails to -,
the full Satisfaction of all his friends. And
we are assured that all would admit Gov: 'Bit ,
lees vast superiority for the position to which
both aspire. • Cannot our State Central Conk. %
untlee make arrangements for a meeting? - . ,
Kickink Oat! ,
---We—learn—from_thaLFulton—Demoerat—thatj------
WmiAAM Lros, Esq., late the Whig.candidats
for'President Judge of that Judicial District.
wade a speech at the 'WhiOleeting held in.
Bedford on Tuesday. evening.. thp - sth inst.. in
which he declared that he would not oppjx)rt
DAv up F. ROBISON, Esq., forOongreSs.'
Freemen of Pennsylvania,
Bear in mind. that ev,ery:vote.cast for James
Pollock is a blow against the constitution,
which guarantees to all men the right to .wor,.
ship Almighty God. -according to the dictates
of conscience !
Voters of Pennsylvania
Remember, that James- Pollock stands
pledged to sanction any prohibitory liquor bill
which the next Tegislature may see proper to
pass; regardless -af ifs ermililaliattaiil.y.
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