the Republican (Compiler.
GETTYSBURO, PA.
MONDAY. MORNING, OCT: 2, 1854
FOR GOVERNOR, • '
, WILLTIO - V'BIGLER,. of - Clearfield Co.
t* dF 'SUPREME COURT,
JERE3I 4 - & BLACK, of Somerset Co.
. '
• , FOR CANAL COMMISSION EL
BE MOTT, of Pike Co.
• •••"-- Contrrras.
NVILSO.:4I REILLY, of Franklin county.
Democratic County Ticket.
)LOSES McCIBAN, of Gettysburg.
rommiseioner,
JOUN.DUTTERA, of Union.
Diteelor of the Poor,
JOHN PROU'a, of Franklin. •
:.4utlitor,
THOS. A. MARSHALL. of Harniltooban.
oniner.
Dr. d. W.-.130..4 1 DR1X., of Oxford.
HENRY THOMAS, of Siriban.
l'rtithonuffiry,
ROBERT • MotTRDY, of Cumberland: •
• "Regisler. and Rrcorder,
'WILLIAM F.' WALTER. of Butler.
- rierk if the (:Furls,
JACOB BUSEIEY, of Hamilton:
Wood Wanted.
Those "of our patrons who intend paying
their Subscription in Wood, are requested to
a•bring it, along" as soon as they can. We
are out. = ,
Goveinor
Hai issued an address to the. peoplerOrYenn-
Sylvania, in which he sets forth what he has'
done since his - first election, as well as whit
.
he will do if re-elected. It is well written and
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straight-forward. and will be read with deep
interest by the people.
How To Vona.—The Prohibitory Liquor Law
mill be voted?or or against on a separate ticket
—also Judge of the Supreme Court. All the
rest of the candidates, from Governor down to
CC7The Third Exhibition of the Ilunters
town Classical Institute will' take place on
Thursday evening next, at 6 o'clock. D. Me-
CogArGinr. 'Esq., Will-, deliver an address on
the.ocai ion.
(171Ve are indebted to Mr. Johs Not. for
a piurof mammoth Peaches,-about tbesize of
goollo,eggs. - They were the finest that have
fallen-under oar TIOtiCO -this season.
13:7•The York Pennsylvanian, of Saturday
last, Says theteholera liaS not appeared there
..false,,re'port."
('The Pennsylvania State Fair, at Phila . -
delPhilt, last week, attracted an immense
crowd of persons. The display is said to have
been very fine. •
ri"The Angel Gabriel blew his horn in
Philadelphia, the other night, and was jugged
as a nuisance.'
t:7,'The Lancaster Herald says the an'iniependent, and Will most probably "cut"
Thaddeus Stevens, the great leader of the Anti- }
1 111r. — Crawford - at ford - at the polls, if anything can be
Masonic party,' has . jollied a KuOw-No - thing I made for the, Whig Know Nothing leaders by
Lodge were. '",So we go !"
Caution.
We would advise our Democratic friends
throughout the county to beware of the slanders
and falsehoods of the opposition, which will,
doubtless,' be freely cif3Alated between this
time and the election.. The Federal party al
ways resort to these weapons for the purpose
of misleading honest and unsuspecting Demo
crats. ' Look out, therefore, for slanders and
defamation to be heaped . upon the Democratic
siominees, as thick as blackberries in June,
from now until to-morrow week. The enemy
are desperate, and theywill resort to desperate
Measures, to defeat the Democracy.
Democrats of Adams County,
Be up and doing ! Your ticket is a-good one
—you have seldom, if ever, had a better—and
it becomes you to give it a hearty and active
support.. Let there be a full turn-out at the
polls. and let no Democrat sutler himself to be
cheated into the support of anything but the
Demociatic ticket, us it will be. found at the
head orour columns. This-is the only safe
course fora-Movers of the Constitution and the
Country.
The Documents.
,''The Star cautions the public against ly
ing dOeurnents, which, it says, are being spread
over the county. We did not expect to see
That paper take the stand it does in this mat
ter, when it is well known that one of the
Whig leaders, the other day, took a carriage box
full to Littlestown, and it is not doubted that
other OACes bare been equally well, supplied.
.But, most likely, the Slar is trying to play the
thief" game. It won't do—in this.in
stautv at least.
"There is now a fair chance for n Whig ma
.jority on joint ballot. Lin the Ltgi:;atured as
l'hAlatielpbia. it is thought. will send a full
Whig aad :Native delegation."-..idgm s Sotiene/.
„.P - ::/- --- tivre we have the open declaration that
Whiggery and Nativism are to out-strip the
Democracy on joint ballot in the Legislature-!
and yet the War pretends to say that the Whig
party has had nothing to do with - developing
the Native American pariY!" In their over
anxious desire to humbug their readers, the l 1/ - The only iinportant item in the. latest
ePPosition editors *ill sometimes EuroPean news is' that the ,Crimea • expedition
selvis in a snap." had sailed 74,000. strong, with seven hundred.
~•"- i - T ite election day is close at. hand, and sliips, and would be before Sebastopol on the
weithervlbre devote the greater portion of our 10th. The result is looked for with 'great
)caper to the discussion of political subjects. interest.
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wie,...44. :1;44.1 Aut.Nre interesting than ever.:
. .
. • Mr. Robison. .
• . For the Compiler.
. Politic's] Bargaining.. . :. . Henry S. Mott.
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KNOW NOTIIINGEfiX EXPOSED! . To . the Editor of the "Star."
tr 7.4. chaie observer of the mOvements - Olthe • "While the Locofoco press is.dinouncing the 1
; Know Nothings;and circulating the report that ; The Whig candidate for Congress stumped a! DEATI,SuI :- . -With, your permission, I have
Whig Know Nothing leaders of this county •
Judge Pollock. is a fellow-member, with a ' concluded to address yell :view , lines regarding
itirt of this county last week>, but from all we '
143110t-resist-Awing a statc-of-things - in - the v i e Tw to injure him. the Philadelphia your 'few words four. Catholic P . riends.' as
can . learn, h i s eloquence was not calculated to .
tighist degree humiliating and disgusting. In ' torts that Henry S. Mott, the Loco candidate .- contained in your pagerof lastAveek-r-7 In those
,urea gone by, the Whigs of the "Young Guard.".. for Canal Cotntn6sioner, is not only a tneniher stir up the old Whig fire to the boiling point— l few words. yoncharge the Locoloco party, with
1,.0f the order, bat has been actually adopted by . too much rant for that. As an evidence of the ' bidding largely and desperately for our votes,
boasted that they &gilt for principle. NoW, it as th e i r for that ofilee."—..Star. and you seem to have last your temper. either
' r c andidate ' windy character of his speeches, he is said to
their leaders teach.thetn (not by words, - but) ' rO - Henry S. Mott has written such a letterin. view of the implied insult in thus attempt-:
have• declared at .Millerstown that 'not one '
by acts, that•their organization is kept up only in denial of t h e that he is a Know -mg to bairns, or through the fear that we are
. te in .
Democratic' Congressinan will be elec ' d • • purchasable commodities , and that a portioitof
for the purpose ofgiving figl&• to a few, who in Nothing, as Jaknes Pollock dare not write. The Pennsylvania thislilV--no, not one ! That's ' y - :our pprsonais ma vbe consigned to other hands:
,
their souls have no more love for principle t han nannent he does, his memt!rship in that order- ~
another way to boast of a man's.wn chances. Whether the charge be true or false. I will mot
they have for the Constitution which they seek
will be p raven beyond all doubt or cavil. -If I n hi s s p eechtheCourt-h o u s e , fF r iday I stop to inquire—neither do I care. Or whether
at
to trample under foot. Look at the picture , 1 you have just grounds for fear, the sequel must
it could be establi,be.d that Col. Mott had any evening, he denied that he was a Know No- ; 'tell. If that party approximates nearer to my
now presented. . - ~. eonneetiOn With it. Democrats. would not vote-I thing, but would not say a Word against that 1 notions of what is .right and Constitutional
•
We saw the assembling of a Whig County
, fur him.. This the Whig editors knot', and hence -4
1 oruer. The Democratic candidate, Mr. Reilly, than any other, I shall be bound by my duties
Ctinvention,nnd the hardest struggle in it was as a citizen and christian to give it my Sup
we assert _that they do not pr • 'nip' b ' d d d I • t t bt 1 '
y e - . 1 lin enounce t tem In s rong erms„ u le
and-without-sus
the contest 'for the Legislative nomination. ' portiregardlesg of- its Warne,
cause Tmtv caNa:crr. He is. ier-e. . Robison wou ld would let them pass without' bin- , pecting the purity of its motives. .
The Know 'Nothing influence °roweled off Mr.
The Chatnbershurg Spirit has an article on 1 drance. Ile is evidently very anxious to get .t With rne my country is nexrto my Creator:
Ellis, although his right to a re-nomination r - - -
this-subject, from which wecopy the following. their votes. and I care, no more for men or names, than I
was not doubted; and Col. Neely received 'a It " hit
the nail right on the head "
, do for threats or insinuations, I - have, as a
s :
majority of votes. • This arrangement, it was - citizen and christian, certain duties to perform,
The g rand aim of the .Whigs is to elect and if I do not, discharge them according to the
thought, was final. ••But it is now commonly their cat - alidate for Governor. To elect him, light that is given me, I shall have to account
reportedindeed, too generally not to have- they will sacrifice all the rest of their ticket. for the satne - before a higher tribunal than you
- -.--, nal, Neely. in turn, is to be: But he cannot be elected by Whig votes alone, and the Whig party.
. . . ..
frightened or folk! rff (f Me Whig ticket, and
M e n ominee if the Snow Nothing Convention to
be supported. there in his stead ! There are,
doubtless, many' honest Whigs who-will ex
claim "can such a thing bc.dreamed of!"-but
when we tell them that Know Nothing and
Whig leaders are one and the same set of in
"clividuals, they need not be astonished at any
thing. Know Nothingign is intolerance itself.
sad its lash is to be applied not only to the
members of a particular church onto foreignerr.,
but to all who do not accede to its demands,
"even the honest of the Whig-party themselves.
Whether this latter class will submit to the
yoke intended for them, it is not for us to say.
We cannot. however,- think that they will al
low
_Know Nothirigisin to crush out of them all
feelings of Personal and political independence.
But whilst it seems certain that Whig Know
Nothing leaders are playing this game with .
Neely,._the'±KnowNOthing_candidate -for
Prothonotary has
,been -hauled off, and the can- .
rdid - ate --- upour - the . Whig - ticket - for that ottlee — i
tcr rebeive the vote of that qath-hound,. pro
-1
setiptive order-and it is also currently ru
mored that the,sarne arrangement_is being o-ef
fectedwith the office of Register and Recorder,
the Whig candidate, after all, to receive the
KnoW Nothing vote. Thus it will !Jeseen that
the Assemblyman._ haring no patronage,. is
to be bargained off, whilst the "county offices" I
are all to be filled by candidates on the Whig
ticket. It is evident that is bound
to be cheated by thiscombiriatiOn of'Whiggery
and Know Nothingistn, and we advise every vo
ter to be on his guard against the dark plots
that are being hatched to elect the Whig Know
Nothing ticket.
In .Franklin
. county, - the same system of
"bargain and -sale" is being practiced.. - The
attempt has been made to force Mr. Crawford,
one of the Whig notnit,es for the. Legislature,
to decline, so as to make room for Mr. Stain
bach, who tried -hut couldn't get the Democra
tic nomination, and "who would yield a ready
compliance to all the requiretnenip of the coa
,, .
lition and do its dirty work with .a hearty good
will." Mr. 'Crawford was quietly told to -get
out of the ‘cly," and in a moment of alarm,
_he wrote a letter of declination: But a promi
nent "old line". Whig got hold of it before it
reached the public, and convinced Mr. Craw
ford that he had committed an error-in penning
it. And thus this lirit attempt failed.
But they have brought out Mr. Stambach as
-such a course. David P. Robison, the Whig
candidate for Congress -in this district, ha's
taken a leading hand in bringing about the co-
Ltion, of course expecting to aid his own elec
tion thereby: -
"And yet it is a common street rumor, be
lieved by everybody, that one of the Committee
which trained this pledge is President of a
'Know .Nothing Coun , :il, that one of the midi-,
dates who signed it is President of another
know Nothing. Council—anti
,that another 'of
the candid.ttes is a member of .the order in
good standing."—War.
47 Know Nothing Wliigs are, just now,
particularly and desperately anxious to get up
"street rumors," to prejudice the Democratic
candidates,.but_why don't they give the names
of the persons of whom "street . rumor" says
such things ? The public might thus be en
abled to investigate, the matter, and act un
derstandingly. But, assuredly, they know their
assertions -cannot be sustained by facts : yet
hope to make, voters believe, that, if the
Whig ticket LS Know Nothing, that of the
Democrats is not entirely free from it. A sort
of: -you spite me and I'll spite you" game.
But such dodges will hardly "take" when
it is remembered that the Democratic party
has planted itself openly and firnily in opposi
tion to Know Nothingism, and has taken every
possible step to secure the nomination of can-
Aidates not connected with it in any shape or
form. The Whigs, on the other hand, (and
let this fti.t . never be forgotten,) have "noini
nated their candidates without stopping to in
„quire whether they be Know Nothings,” "the
only qualification . being their orthodoxy as
Whig,'" Contrast this course of action with
that of the Democratic Convention, and you
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cannot err.
As to William-F. Walter, it was rumored
th a t th e Know Nothings placed him upliiitheir
ticket. Ile repeats the declaration. however:
that be ha:: no connection with them, or he
Would not have signed the pledge adopted, by
the Democratic County Convention ; and that
if he has beCqi nominated by any other than
the Democratic Convention, it. has been done
withopt his having had any hand in it or being
consul Lei.
uge or s are ina e unite t e
Den:ea:Ade - pat-I,y it New York.
0 enmeratie Ye es mus • • a , an t rs orings
up the question, how are they to be got ?
Know Nothingism furnishes 9 a hope.. •and to
that the Whig leaders address.themselves..)A
portion of that organization—not a very large
..portion, tO'lie sure, but still enough to answer
their purpose, they .think,—has been drawn
out of -the Democratic ranks, and if its vote
can be secured for Pollock, all is safe. Fortu
nately, as the_ Whig leaders conceive, for the
success of the scheme, their nominee for Canal
'Commissioner is of foreign birth. lle is, of
course, obnoxious to the Know Nothings. . The
.leading Whig Know Nothings perceive the
posture of affairs. They know what is expect
ed of them, and they meet the expectations - of
their outside Whig. brethren. When the Order
meets to decide . lbr whom it shall vote, the
Whig, tricksters who arc at theme head of it pro
pose to vote fbr Pollock for Governor. Ibis is
carried by a heavy majority, the Whigs hav
ing an' immense ascendeuey. The minority
show symptoms of discontent, this not being
exactly the independent no-party entertain
ment to which they were invited.: . S•qnething
must he . done to allay their fears' and quiet
tbeir_discontent— The—remedy is at hand,
The Whig leaders are willing: to have Dar:sie
kacrilided. and the Know Nothim: ‘Vhi js are
nt-liberty to blind their Democratic associates
if they can, by giving the vote of the Order to l
Mutt. The Whigs have much to gain and
nothing -to lose by this dishonest manceuver.
They could gain nothing by electing a. Whig
Canal Commissioner. The Canal Board would
still be, Democratic, and this would keep the
"loaves and fishes" (which they are aiming at)
of that branch of the public service beyond
their reach. Darsie could not make a single
appointment, nor award a solitary contract.
His election, therefore, would not pay. But
a Governor has patronage, and one can eon
-of-Mtn in its - dispetrsationr — 'The - eleetton- of-
Polloclo would he worth soniething to the
office-hunting Whigs ; and as they fight for
plunder and not for principle, they would will
ingly secure it by sacrificing all the refit of
their State Ticket. This being so, we can
readily believe that they have adi.ked -and
consented to the casting of the Know Nothing
vote for Lott, on the express condition that
that vote be cast also fur fetlock. •
Froth an article in Thursday's Pennslil•
vanian we extract the following :
And to clinch the matter at once. we desire
to say that when we first made the charge of
Know-NoChingisin against .lud“.e Polio, , k, we
distinctly invited a prosecution for li 'al ]ircase
he denied its truth, hut he leaf ed a legal - inves•
ligation of the matter, knowing, as he did full
well, the truth of our allegation: while on the
other hand we have 111 r. .lott's authority for
declaring that whenever any paper in the State
makes a direct, specific, and- eh eunistantial
charge against him; he will at once institute
against it a prosecution for libel, so that the
whole matter may lie thoroughly investigated.-
lle meets the issue ilia manly spirit: and we
here now challenge any-paper in this Site to
make>the charge in the milliner we have done
against Judge Pollock, and assure them and
our readers, that it will ht once result in a strict
legal investigation of the whole subj e ct, and
prove with• all the satisfactory clearness of a
judicial examination the utter and ei fFe falsi
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ty or this base and unfounded - acens on against
Col. Mott. So far as the action of the Know-
Nothings is concerned, Mr. Mutt has never
been officially informed-of their determination
to make him their c:mdidate, nor has he in any
way made any „exertions or pledges m.secure '
such action on their part, nor in any manner
whatever compromked his character as a Demo
crat by fiwining entangling alliances With any
organization outside of our own. • •
Our Party all Safe.
The Whig presses arc .endeavoring to prove
that the Democratic party is about being anni
hilated. This, however, has been the case al..
most. from time immemorial. immediately
preceding an important election: we hear the
old cry that the Democratic party will be dead
after the election, but it has-still survived, and,
says the Pittsburg Past, is "alive and kicking,"
and is•going to live a thousand years yet, if
the world continues so
. long. Those who
,in
dulge the silly belief that the Democratic party
is to be broken up, because a few loud mouthed
sulterers, failed to get office, or because a com
paratively_ small portion of the party disagree
with the majority on a single qucs4ion, will
live to see the utter absurdity of their hopes.
The destkiction of our party has been predia ,-
ed doting every election campaign for half a
century. Yet two hundred thousand Demo
cratic voters in Pennsylvania attest that it is
soil Ave and safe. Other parties, that have
no principles, way dissolve ; but the principles
of the Democracy will preserve the party, and
insure its permanent triumph.
Break up.
'A Know Nothing Lodge in York county
broke up and burned the hooks and papers.
This is the beginning. A secret order based up
on such intelerant principles, canno t last. It is
proscriptive beyond all precedent, and it is so
out of all American character, that the com
mon honesty of mett will not long uphold it.
We have heard of numbers of other •break
ups' in various parts of the State. The Whig
cloven foot is beginning to stick out a -leetle"
too far for Democrats. and many are leaving
it in disgust. It was,a nice scheme for Whig
politicians to play. —They made one mistake,
however, they played it a little too strong.—
"' lulfur
The Laitcastr Independent Itilng. Thad
deus SieVens's paper, takes the part of linoW'
Nothingism very warm*. Think of it !—The
organ of the great leader of Anti-Masonry
de
fending swornly-secret Know , Nothingism.
Funny—or disgusting !
t Kati.% No - thiqs for Mayor of Baltimore
Linn
111E1
But let us examine Mr. Robison's, denial of
being a Know Nothing. The last McConnels
burg Democrat contains a full exposure of
Know Nothi ngistn in Fulton county,by Mr. IV il
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lILI . , •• • , • eheudiftg—its
character and designs, hasfelt it tus DUTY to
expose it from beginning to end, and promises
a list for publication of Ilse who belong ,to it
in that town. In this exposure Mr. 'Connor
says that David F. Robison is the Know No
thing as well as the Whig candidate for Con
' gress, and that when it was feared an expose
would be made by hiM, (Mr. C.) he was offered
an honorable dismission if he would keep si
lent, and acommittee from the Know Nothings
waited upon him to find out what they could.
"This august body consisted of D. F. ROBE
, SON.. the NI; big and Know Nothing candidate
• for Congress, and J. B. BoggS." This Boggs,
we believe, edits the Whig- paper at McColl
' nelsburg. How can Mr. Robison say that he
I is not. a Know Nothing.in the face of Mr. Con
_
nor's revelation-?
Old Berks.
All the De in era tic nominees - of Rerks coun
ty sign a pledge •'solemnly declaring that they
afe-notr,4ireetl3Lor,--iudirectly,
any Society, Order, or Lodge, -known ns, or
commonly;, called !Ksow-NoTitiNGs,' or 'SONS
OF T 11 1 4; SIRE:S . OF '76, 7 or having any .other
name or organization, one .of the objects of I
"which is to prevent any citizen or class of citi
zens of this country, from obtaining office or
public trust under the United States Govern
ment, or that of this Commonwealth, because
they were not born in this country, or because
ortheir religious belief ; and have not assumed
any obligation to aidin effecting these elij - ect --
or any of them ; and to the truth of this decla-
' ration • therdo severally pledge' their sacred
,
Questions far Whigs to Answer.
Souse of the whip: pretend to say that whig
gery is not identified with Know Nothingism
—that the Know Nothings are composed of
titctid of bog, of the old parties, and there
fOre whiggery• cannot be charged with assimi
lating with, or tieing the peculiar guardian of
that order. Now. if N% higgery - is not identified
with Know Nothingimn, why is it.that through
out this whole Soic, not a single resolution
has been passed by a whip convention, disop-
PrHeimz'oqthe proscriptive principles of
. '!iinotv
Nothi ngisin :4101011g - 1i the Democratic Conven-
;ions of nearly every county !tine done so ?
again,
lwhy is it that not a single whim paper
in the State has openly' avowed hjstility to
LKnow Nothingism, while nearly , every one
evinces ; by its editorials and selections, a very
decided leaning towards Know Nothing doc
rims ? Again, why is it, that neatly all the
.wig leaders, including the editors, through
out the State, are members ifilhe order : 2 And,
finally, why is it, that when the subject of
Know' Noth ingisrn is discussed in social circles,
the whip iniatrietbly SUSTAIN the doctrines of
the order ?—Clinton Democrat.
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WHIG' CwcstsTENcv.--The haptirer of this
city. says that ••the -sale of the Public Works
.on the most favorable terms.'2_is.„ft.Whig.prin
ciple in the present crisis: -:1Iocv does our con
temporary make this a 'Whi'g principle. when
the ‘‘ big Convention of this city passed a res
olution amusing the sale (?f the Public Works
bn any terns? But this is modern Whiggery.
One thing in the city, another in the country,
and willing to stand, on any platform if they
can catch a few votes by the subterfuge—such
is Whiggery in 1854.
flow true is this extract from the Philadel
phia .drg,-us . 1 . The Whigs of this State have
been making the sale of the'public works a po
litical hobby for years, and now since they have
rode it almost to death, they are ungrateful
enough to push the animal off its legs.. But
what will not the anxiety of Whig leaders com
pel then: to do? Reckless beyond all measure,
they bargain, promise. swear, fret and, foam,
and hardly two of their conventions pass reso
lutions similar in character. But so it is, and
so it will be with every other party that sacri
fices principle to expediency. —P/atform.
(a - The Know Nothing Council of this State
ha's' a meeting in Philadelphia to nominate
Judge Pollock about this time. It is run►ored
that three Know Nothings left this place a few
days since to attend the gathering.
T --- The Democracy of Baltimore city have
nominated Wm. G. Thomas, Esq. for the
mayoralty.
0:7B. Rush Bradford, the Native Ameri
can nominee for Governor, is determined to re
main in the field. - so says in a letter ad
dressed to the •electors of Pennsylvania."
MR. EDITOR :--About dusk one evening — of
last week, three of your town folks were seen
in our neighborhood, and the suspicion at Once
arose that Know Nothingism had something to
do with their isit. It had too, for they waited
upon Mr. 11—, a Whig, and requested the
use for a few hours of "an empty tenant house
of his, n hich was granted. After a while, 10
or 12 persons came slippinc , along, and your
townsmen of course thought. that they would
'make them all Know Nothings—but when they
found that they were required to take a terrible
cath to keep the secrets of the order, &T., all
but four refused to be sworn, and these were
Whigs, among them Capt. and the ex-
Constable. Such was the first Know Nothing
meeting in our neighborhood.
C.NDER THE Qt - INCE Br `zll
Freedom tp., Sept. 25, 1t.,;_"14.
ere ore, e me _ie, • . • . . '—
even -tenor of your way; without stopping to
warn me, and those that may be similarly
situated, - to beware of the terrible alternative
that we may force the great conservative Whig
party to adopt, of "openly, firmly and freely'
retaliating on those that may consider it their
duty to abandon it.
have always voted with - and adhered to the
Whig party, because I had always considered
it above all others best caleulajed‘ as it was
loudest in its pofcssions, to uphold the Consti
tution'ln letter and in spirit, and while it open
ly, fearlessly atici firmly-arrayed itself against
every faction that sought either publicly or
secretly, to disseminate doctrines calculated or
intended to infringe on-therig-1W: -
of any class or portion of citizens.
These, I presume, are not noW its doctrines,
and as this is the tithe in - particular. when •I
consider such doctrines indispensable and prac
lieu/k necessary, I can not but think and see
and feel that the conserv,alive- IV/1 4r party is no
longer true to its promises and its boasted an
tecedents.
It is true, you maintain that. "the par-
Fty_albaver_t he_country— conservativ_e_and_true
tu.its principles- moves on in its lictmstomed
takei L ding the new organization, and
nominating. its candidates as usual, without
stopping to inquire whether they be Know
Nothings. Catholics .or arty thing else,the only
qualifralion,being their orthodoxy as Whig-S."
A portion of this, alas,: we but too well know,
and it is no. less bitter to us on that account.
That portion is what we so loudly complain
of. because it conflicts with our rights in the
-worshipping of our God, according to . the dic
tates of our conscience. Can you not perceive
and appreciate the absurdity and inconsistency
of the idea of calling on Know Nothings and
Catholics to worship at the same political
- rarl — eathol ics - and - Know-Nod, iugs-w ou d
display about as much harmony when huddled
together, as sheep and wolves would on a simi
lar occasion. The one would feast on the blood
of the other, else it is not the .4 - tr Dr a object of
• tile Know Nothings to wage.war to the hilt on
Romanism. And yet you say this trifle makes
no difference to you and to the Whig party.--
Oh no ! like the boys in the fable.-it may be
fun for you, but it is death to the hilt to us.
hence if a Know Nothing can be au orthodox
"Whig, and if the Know Nothings be what they
profess, he is Wind that cannot see. and cow
ardly that cannot admit that the Whig party
is not the party for the Catholic that is true to
his creed and to his Maker.
But you say "the. Whig party—conservative
and true to its principles—moves on in its ac
customed policy, unheeding the new organiza-'
tion," &c., cannot stop to make any inquiries
concerning the-order of the day." Since when,
I would ask you. has this become the accus
tomed policy of the Whig party 3 Let me as
sure.your recollection that• this was .not the
policy "of the Whig party; nor these the sayings
ur the sentiments . of the Star as its official
organ, a few years ago. when Anti-Masonry
was the 'all absorbing topic of the day. It
heeded then the new organization in nomina
ting its candidates, and while it stopped to in
quire who was Mason or Anti-Mason, the Star
was nbt backward in proclaiming to "the
whole world and the rest of mankind," that a
member of the . "snret order of Masons could
not be an orthodox Whig. But now the lune
is changed, and you want to yankee doodle us
into the belief that the Whig party is conserva
tive and true to its accustomed policy in "un
heeding the new organization." But it don't
and won't stick, and you call% coax or cajole us
into your Know Nothing cage, unless you re
concile these contradictions; and procure and
secure the services of ik Van Ainburg for every
camp, to keep the Know Nothings from devour
ing us, and your conservative party from per
forming the work of the Kilkenny Oats.
But again you - command us to "vote as our
judgment and conscience approve." This is
both a regaling and consoling sentence, and
worthy of being engraved in letters of gold, and
while we shall endeavor to obey it to the let
ter, we must do with the rest as -they say Pad
dy did with his soul—"risk However, in
obeying' this glorious and magnanimous pre
rogative of yours, you wish us to -bear in
mind in so doing that the Whig -party cannot
be expected to bear up forever in the unequal
contest with Locofocoisni," and that, i f notw i th
standing the Whig party has done to ward
off this religious antagonism, it finds itself be
trayed and deserted" by us, "for whom it en
dured so much, the day may goine when it
will 'be necessary to change Us ground, and
array itself openly, fearlessly am] firmly against
those who array themselves against it." This,
my dear sir, is what I consider capping your
climax, and I am very happy to hear that it
did not burst your boiler. The effort was
certainly a desperate one—but desuerate dis
eases require desperate remedies, and [ shall
be extremely glad to learn that your symptoms
are more favorable, - after the reaction shall
shall have taken place. Since for the present,
I cannot render you more mu erial aid and
comfort, than the proffer of my condolence and
comMisSeration, in this your extremity, per
mit me to congratulate myself and the country
with the belief that the tithe may come, when
it will be your interest and you 'policy to
change your ground, and array yourself open•
iy, fearlessly. and firmly against the Know
Nothing and tyrannical doctrines with which
your last issue teemed—when the more re
spectable and wade-loving portions of the
Whig party will pass their condemnation on
all such attempts to intimidate, any class of
citizens in the opeii and free exercise of the
elective franchise—when they _will not sub-
For the Compiler
scribe to doctrines so vindictive—and Oppressive
' —to -.secret oi•tlers . 'so proscriptive and anti-re
qublican—so opposite to the —accustomed poli
cy" of the Whig party —to the letter a.tid spirit
of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and to
the maxims and precepts of tb 43iospel.
Conn News.—The Meredith 'CN. Demo
crat states that the price of potatoes has fallen
from - s'l to two shillings a bushel. These veg
etables are still growing in that region, with
green vines. The lla.rtford (Conn.) Courant
says. in that'section potato rot. has not been
h4ard from, and that the crop is plentiful — and
prices falling. The Maine yield is also undcr-_,
btood to have been ex.644lent.
To the Editor of
. 1 be Compiler: Sts —ln the
last . Star I find an appeal to the Whig Catholics
_of Adams county, and_ to that appeal. I, as one
of that class • • I e_
ply. I hare watched the movements or the po
litical parties for the last few months with an
anxious eve. and with - sorrow. I have seen
the Whig party, which I once loved to serve
and honor; which once was governed by prin
ciple and guided by our Constitution. and which
once recognized Catlioric Whigs in no other
-light than fellow citizen:S. &parting fl oar its
exalted pOsition, and creating a party which
hay for its object the proscription of citizens
who have been so unfortuirate as to be born orb
the other side of the Atlantic, as well as Amer
idans who cannot conscientiously worship. Goa
as/hat party dictates. This with-bound asso
ciation -is chiefly composed of Whigs, and t
is
__reason to believe -Oka -the- -editors- of
the Star themselves belong Co the order., They
know all about the origin of the council' inyour
Borough, its. government, &c. It - won't do for
them to say that they "Kno w nothing about
It will be remembered- that . Mr. Chandler,.
°
the efficient Whig Conc , ressman from Philadel
phia, was betrayed by his party in convention,
and his place was filled by the nomination of
a Know Nothing. Two of
_the candidates for
. • . • _ -
•." '-• " -" ' • - ton,
were true whi c _,•*_Catholics, yet they on account
of the Know Nothing strength - in the party,
were constrained to Withdraw - a few months
previous, to save themselves from defeat, and
our gallant Ellis, who represented us in- our
last Legislature, was sacrificed because be was
not born in America; and because his father
was born in a - country which was the native
land of our- Pilgrim Fathers. Several Know
Nothings were placed in nomination, and now..
to give that party more spoils, it is proposed
to "strike" Col. - Neely,. and substitute Wilson:
for the Assembly. It is - confidently stated tt
he will be deserted by his party, even the same
that nominated him. This is the state of
afliiirs in the Whig party, andoyet the Star is
so base as to appeal for support to those whom
they and-their fellow conspirators are sworn to
persecute. But an appeal is not Sufficient
they close with a Laser THREAT. "If after an
that the--whig party has done to ward off this
religious antagonism, it finds itself de.terled and'
+lett:Ned t) .. 4` Must for whom it has endured so
'much,—the day may comewhen it will be ne
cessary to.change - its ground and array itself,
openly, fearlessly and firmly,' against those
who array themselves against it!" Th" ; : •
the language of-the - Slur, and will freetnelo
tiampled down by Know -Nothing big•titrY
Will they pander to those who, when they fear
that American citizens will sustain the Consti
tution of their country, notwithstanding their
treasonable, disgraceful and deceitful appeals,
threaten them with opposition and persecution?
Our enemies are now endeavoring to grossly de
ceive and abuse us. The Wh4T, early is no ,
"more. It is now ruled by anti-republican
Know Nothings, and persecution is its watch
word. But on the other hand. the Dt.,mocratie
party stands boldly out in oppoSition to this
Robesperianparty. Every where through the
-Com m o nw-eal th-rof—Permsylvani a, its o n •
and conventions denounce it. It is the defen
der of the _Constitution, and that is the palladi
um of oar civil and religious liberty- There is
no party now. hut Democracy and its opponents.
Our duty is plain. Let us be up and doing.
Such, Mr. Editor, is - my lagguage to my fel
low- citizens, and even if intolerant Know'
Nothingistn is triuMphant, we will have the
proud consciousness of knowing that we have
not fallen on our own daggers, but -that we
have done our duty. But we have little to fear..
The spirit that animated the signers 'of the
Declaration of Independence and the framers
of our Constitution, still apilnates the bosoms of
their descendants. TWDenit,cracy is•arousedr
what have we to fear? Our Constitution must
be preserved. Raul. RFGHTS,.
:s an privileges
We have good authority for saying - that
Judge . Pollock, whey he mounts the stand to
address-the, people, invariably gives the sigir.
of the know-nothings.' - Is not this lion:tilihting!
Is it not., contemptible ? Look at it, fellow—
citiiens ! a candidate for the chief magistracy
of Pennsylvania, stooping so low as to court
the support of a secret, political' organizatiOn,
whose ouctrines are treason to the constitutiory!
Look well to your principles and year rights,
fellow-citizens, nativ9 and naturalized, and by
long pull—a strong 'pull, and a pull all to
gether," put down the traitor.—Derv. Union.
That persons may be decoyed - into a secret
political, oath-bound association, by false re
presentation, but there can be no obligation to
remain When they discover the real character
of the same and see; as every man must, that
they are ntro led entirely by wliig leaders;
and corn sed mainly of whig forces, for they
ultimate benefit of the whig party Its igno
minious end is as sure as fate.
Personal Controversy—Almost a Duel, &c.
Pritr.AmmrmA, September .24th. —A sharp
personal correspondeuee has occurred between
Senator COoper, President of the S• n rbury and
Erie Railroad, and Morton McMichael. Esq.,
editor of the Philadelphia North American, in
consequence of articles published in that paper
reflecting on the city subscription to the Erie
and Sunbury Railroad as obtained by false
pretences and malversation. _Mr. Cooper ad
dressed a note asking Mr. McMichael if the
language applied to him. In reply, Mr. MeM.
denied his right to question him, but said that
be was legally, morally, and personally re
sponsible ior that, as for everything that ap
pears-in the columns of the North American.
Mr. Cooper then sent for the lion. Wm. Cost
Johnson, of Maryland, to act as a friend, who
was the bearer of the challenge to Mr. MeMi-,
chael, who asked two days for consideration.
At the termination of that time Mr. McMichael
declined the meeting on the ground that it was
his imperafive duty as a public journalist to
animadvert upon such transactions, and that
he therefore could not be held personally re.
sponsi ble.
It is intimated that the correspendence will
be published in case of any repetition of the
charges in the North American.
By a provision of the Constitution of this
Stale, the sending of a challenge is made a
misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprison
ment, and makes the challenger incompetent
to hold any office of trust, hofior or profit. _
FATAL AccinE.N.r.—We regret to learn that
Dr. JOID: W. Sim:Los:Of Frederick, Md.. while i
on a gunning excursion near Etninitsburr , c' . on
Tuesday last, met with his death. llisdead
body was discovered in a fence corner, on the
road between Emmitsburg and Westminster,
in the eyeing. by the stage-driver: — The gun
wag lying close by, the dicharge• having 'en
tered his side. It is supposed that in attempt
ing to cross the fence the' gun was by some
means discharged, producing instant death.
HEALTH OF PITTSI3III.G• —The Pittsburg. pa
pers of Tuesday all concur in saying that the
cholera is rapidly disappearing from that city.
There were 431 deatl.u:• there last week, of
which number 345 were from cholera. Since
the 14th inst.. when the epidemic first broke
out, there have been 700 deaths, including 586
cholera victims. This is truly a terrible mor
tality.—San if Thursday.
r_Biliousilycentery very
fatal in many
'
rifts of a t:cas .•
casc.s have o c.►rredat Wrlght,ville.
Pollock Gives the Sign.
Voters Remember,
PrlpDatulica ted
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