• ' BTAI-ILE: • is: ,-71.73:71.7-77:70Ca „ sp4pe bebole3 fo -apietpitii-e, jig Jr..oeql 4Q6 evii-41 bifellige* Roihie,s t tkobeivii*n &e. t, s •~ ~~ ~~~. Terms ottlozs,.l.f.o)mpiler.", ' Arne, Republican Compiler is published every Mondayporning, by HENRY J. STAHL/E., at $1,75 per annum if paid in advance—s2,oo per. annum if not paid in advance. No sub scription discontinued, unless at the option of the publisher, until all, arrearag,es are paid. —Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. ~,Tob Printing done, neatly, cheaply, and` with dispatch. _.. Office in South Baltimore street direct ly oppcositeWampler'sTinning Bsta.blishment, one and a half squares from the Court-house, "COMPILER." on the sign. €y~osee 'oefilrj~ SITE LOVED MM. BY OKOROE P. meatus She loved him ; ,but she knew it not— Her he irt had only room for'pride, All other feelings were forgot, When'she became another's bride. As from a dream she then awoke, To realize her lonely state, And own it was the vow she broke That made her drear and desolate. She loved him; but the slanderer came With words of hate that all believed; A. stain thus rested on his name, But he was wrong'd and she deceived. Ah, rash the act that gave her hand, That drove her lover from her side, Who hied bim to a distant land, Where, battling fur a. name, he died. She loved him, and his memory now Was treasured as a thing apart•; The shades of thought were on her brow, The-seeds 4.)f death were in her heart. For all the world, that thing forlocu I could not, would not be and live, The casket, with its jewel gone— ' A bride whiThas no hart to give. eject A Pathetic Seem. The llAilwankie American publishes the following incident; The wife of one of our sailors, on the recent `wreck, wasupon the deck with an infant, only threeweeks old in'her arms, to learn if her lips baud was alive or 'drowned; Shewas in a state borderiug'on frenzy. On being told that he was dead, she gave "one long sob - of agony ; while the blue eyes of the babe were turned smilingly to her face, she cried in accents of most heart-thrilling despair, "Ohl is he gone,•ain I alone, is he dead— drowned ? Is - my man gone, and will he never 'come' to pine ?" In this state she returned to her desolate borne, no one venturing to offer words of sym pathy. The light and warmth of this poor -worian-s = life had .one out. _ forever. AII - through the long hours she sat weeping, ani rocking to and fro, and .pressing her child to her heart, for it was ill till midnight. Then shaheard a feeble step and a knock at the .88-; ' c if , , the familiar voice replied. She gap) a scream of ;icy, and admitted her husband. Nothing could exceed the woman's frantic delight. ' She threw hers.lf upon and clung 'to her husband's neck, and laughed till the tears came again. Such a happy rd-union was a foretaste of heaven. Love like this can but be repaid with a life tibia of devotion: The sailor, it secins,`ltad left the wreck and at the imminent peril of his life, reached the shore, and had walked twenty miles ere he reached hi 3 home. Matrimonial romance, When Recorder Smith was presiding in' the Court of •Sessions on Thursday last, a very beautifUl girl, aged about seventeen years, was brought from the prison and placed befOre him on a charge of vagrancy, preferred by her own parents. When his honor inquired into the matter he found that the young lady bad been ti , mmitt oil by her father and mother in order, if possible, to prevent her from mar rying,a man they did not approve of. The Recorder, thinking- that the course of true love, if it did not, should, at all hazards, "run smooth," was about to discharge her, when he was informed that even at that moment a gentlenian from Wisconsin was in waiting, hi nu anteroom, in order to run off with her and marry her in that State, when liberated. Iris honor did not wish to send her adrift in the world under such circumstances, but called up the man,. and said if he was sincere in his professions he might marry her here, and then take her West. The lover joyfully con sented, and Recorder Smith thereupon de scended from the bench and performed the ceremony.-4-.N. What a Woman Can't Have. ''' In these days, when women distribute rifles, snake speeches, in public meetings, get up mobs, and wear high boots, it is some conso- lation to man to know there are still a few leasures left to his exclusive enjoyment.— One of those is described by a highly poetical Young man in the following rhapsody: ",`She may surpass man in the accomplish ments, and be called "angel," but one attain ment is beyond her efforts—unattainable, vet her Nemesis —she can't shave! Never can she know the felieiiy of that operation nor. the satisfas!toey sensation o f bei ng shaved. Lot 'her have her amorous haberdasher. and kids • and perfumed cur's.and sigh by intervals ; she can never lincpw the supreme happiness, the delitiiousness or hamming hack in the soft ,nt-11- _ioned_chair, the_convenipnt rest for the feet, the snowy napkin about the throat, a fine white lather being gently taken off, time touch of the razor, mho de - lie:ley of the bar ber's hand, the gi•ntle tiltilation of the zygo matical muscles ; these are ;ill feeling.; she is necessarily a stranger tn. Women's conventions rann ,, t r , .ach the subject : thry may wear the breeches, but can't came the whiskers." Prolific.—WhilP the a Tent wag payinz' off ndnins at . vraeu , e. 2 the old "native" pre , onted himzeif and Qpiaw, and ser,nl--n. children. 11 Is share at ~•i a head was 595, and as he receive :I hig portion he - rPmarked, "Me get hundred dollars next. , .. . . . ~ . . . ..- . . , . . • - _ , . ..t. . . . . . _ • . .. . . , . ... . ~ I hitittit,' . , t . . .. . ~ ~ ~.., .0 .. .. ____, _ _,______ __ _,__. ~_._ , ..,....,.._..,. , . .. • , . .. • , . , _ a- t NV, -P Moving a Sullen Ox. When a boy, I frequently had the manage ment of oxen, one of which was at times par tieulary sullen and baulky, as we then term ed it, and my ingenuity -and wit were put to _the test ,to devise some means 'to induce the siubborn animal to drive. -At last I hit upon a plan, as the sequel will show, which effec tually accomplished my purpose, and eared 110 in a measure of his hanging-back pro pensity. On a certain day in winter I was sent haul ing wood with the oxen and sled. My road led over a bridge and up a short but steep hill. Having arrived at the foot of the hill on the bridge with a load, my team came to a dead stand still, and as coaxing and whipping proved of no benefit, I bethought me of pro curing the services of the "old torn cat," and applying him. I found tabby quietly sleep ing on the hearth, and taking it in my armq, quickly retraced my steps to the oxen. My purpose was to apply the cat to the back of the ox, and draw him back by the tail. I did so; but no sooner had the ox felt the claws of the feline monster enter his hide, than I found myself .turning a back somerset through the air, off the bridge, with a propelling force I was powerless to withstand, accompanied by a tremendous squall from, poor puss, brought up, or more properly down, sonic twelve feet below, in the bed of the stream, amid snow and water. Without waiting.to conteirplate my situation, I extricated myself and repaired to the scene of my exploit on the bridge. Butt , ' neither oxen, wood or cart, were to be seen'; all had mysteriously disap peared—but, as I subsequently found, the oxen brought up all safe in the wood-house, with the load of wood. Ever after, when the old ox took it upon himself to sulk, I had only to show him the cat,"and a pinch of the tail would make him straighten himself for very life. But I was extremely careful to keep out of the reach of his heels. •ilemedy far Flea Bites. John Phoenix. has the following "never fail ing" remedies for flea bites : - "Boil a quart of tar until it becomes right thin. _Remove the clothing, and before the tar becomes perfectly cool; with a broad flat brush _apply a'thin smooth Coating to the entire sur face iifthe - body anal - limb While the tir remains soft, the flea becomes entangled in its tenacious folds, and becomes perfectly harm less but it will soon form a hard, smooth coating, entirely impervious to his bite. Should thecoating crack on the knee or elbow joints, it is merely necessary to retouch it slightly at those places. The coating should be renewed every three or four weeks. This • remedy is sure, and hating the advantage of simplicity and economy, should be. generally known. "A still simpler method of preventing the attacks of those little pests, is: On feeling the bite of a flea, -thrust the bitten part immedi ately into boiling water. The heat of - the water - estrus - -the - insect --and-L - -i-ustatAky - - - -remuve - s tue pain of the bite." IlErLady Ellen‘horough, wife of the English ord of that name who was formerly GoTern- or-General of India, has been separated - from her husband for. the past twenty years, and is leading a.wild life amongg, the Araks. She has married an Arab _Shi4h, who, it seems, protected her from'robbers during a visit she paid to Palmyra. Full of romantic gratitude for this service she determined to marry him, but the Shiekh ran away on learning it. She employed Arabs to bring him back, and, being worth £1,51111 a year, she at last succeeded in getting him to marry her in the desert in tlie Oriental fashion. They live in elegant style near Damascus. After her separation from -Lord-Elleu borough_sheAnarriela_Greekflonat., whom she left. Sir that she has now three husbands, all living. In her early days she was a great beauty. laer'Nothing like sticking, to the mother tongue. Speaking of which the Comic Gram mar gives the fidlowing lesson: But remember, though box In the plural makes boxes, _ The plural of ox Should be oxen, not ores. To which an exchange paper modestly adds : And remember, though fleece In the plural is fleeces, That the plural of geese • Aren't gooses nor gYeses. And another exchange paper begs leave modestly to add further : And remember, that house • In the, plural is houses, The - plural of mouse Should be 'in rr:' and not menses. We also desire to add our quota in the way of popular instruction, as follows : And remember, though beet In the plural makes beets, The plural of foot Should be feet and not feets. Push on the column: And remember; though pan In the plural is pans, ' The plural of man Should he men and not mans. An "Orful Draught."—An old acquaint ance of ours in the country indulges in a very exaggerated style of-deription:and illustra; tiara, in his ordinary conversation. For in stance, when describing the effect of an altera tion cf his kitchen chimney, which he had or dered his mason to make, he said that "before the chimney way altered it drew the wrong way so powerful that every flock of wild gt"e'''e that flew over the town for ten years was sucked down into the fire-plaee. hies since th alteration has been made, the draught was co strong that if should hook one end of a log chain- in the middle of the kitchen floor, the other end would stand quivering up the dim n,y" :, 1 I":reirWe nut the followin , ,.'; adverii.ernent from a paper pul,lisheil in the far East : "To rent, a house in Melville arPnue, located immediately - alongside of a fine plum garden, from which an abundant supply may he tole during the sea , ;on. Rent low, and the greater portion taken in plums," _ 1V(!. Lane in, , Margaret':'' said a y,,ung I,rnd',n gent; whn was showing his country cnusin the wonders of the metropolis. "Qh, dear, not" said the _frightened gal, "I would not do that in the btfeet." GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : MONDAY, JUNE 30,.1856. Triumphant .Refutation of the "Ten Cent" 'Chai.ge Prow the Washington Union. THE WADES OF LABOR-MR. BEICILINAN'S VIEWS-4N OLD CALUMNY EXPOSED. In the memorable presidential canvass of 1840, one of the charges against the Demo cratic party by Which the people were.deeeiv ed into the support of the Whig nominations was the false allegation, that in advocating the independent-treasury system the Demo crate favored the reduction of the wages of the laboring man to "ten cents a day." This, together with other misrepresentations equal ly unfounded, succeeded for the time being in effecting the overthrow of the Democracy.— , Within less than a year after that result, the people discovered the impositions which had been practised on them, and there is now not to be found on the statute-books one measure of general interest which was enacted by the eongress which was defied during the, - same temporary delusion in the popular mind which caused the defeat of the Democratic candidate for the presidency. ' Exiwrience has so fully vindicated the wisdom of the independent treasury system, that it has become the_settled policy of the government, -and no man of any party is insane enough to propose to disturb it. But whilst all men of all parties freely ac: quiesce in the independent-treasury policy. there are some who indulge the illusory ide . a, that because the people were cheated in 1840 by the false clamor about low wages they can be cheated again in in the same way.— As it was on a palpable misrepresentation of a speech of Mr. Buchanan in support of the independent-treasury law that the•eharge as to the reduction of wages, was made, it.is sup posed that now, when he is , the Democratic candidate for the presidency, the same charge may be revived and pressed - with equal suc cess., So far from objecting tc the renewal of this calumny, we are disposed to thank the State Gazette, of New Jersey, and other kiii ,dred journals, for the opportunity which they afford us of vindicating Mr. Buchanan's claims to wise statesmanship•in the , support ofLthat measure which has become part of the settled policy of the government. The "ten cent" charge had its origin in this wise: On' the 22d of January, 184 t), Mr. Bu chanan delivered a speech in the Senate in favor of - the independen t=treasury -- hi one by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, against it.- In 'that speech Mr. Buchanan discussed:the mea sure in its practical bearing upon the manu facturing interest and upon the eurrency.- HA summed up the leading objects of the in dependent-treasury as follows: "Our chief objects iu adopting the indepen dent treasury are to disconnect the government from all banks, to secure the people's money from the-wreck of the banking system, and to have it always ready to promote the prosperi ty of the country in peace and defend it in war. Incidentally, however, it will do some good in checking the extravagant spirit of speculation, which is the baneof the country. "1 nth° all receipts_and expenditures of the f7,-Overn ment you will create an additional demand_ for gold and silver to the amount of five of dollars ,er annum, according to theestimate of the resi cut. 1 arge por sum will be drawn from the banks, and this will eorupel them t 6 keep more specie in their vaults in proportion to their circulation and deposites,:and to bank less. This, so far as it may go, will strike at the root of the existing evil. I fear, however, that it will prove to be . but a-very inadequate restraint upon exces sive bluiing. "In the second pare, this bill will, in some degree, diminish our imports, especially after -June, 1842, I most heartily concur with the Senator in desiring this result. _What is the dition_of theL importing__ business at the present moment? It 1R almost exelnsivel - 21W the hands of British -agents, who sell all the manufactures they can dispose of in other por tions of the world, and then bring the residuum here to glut. our markets. According to our existing laws, they receive a credit from the government to the amount of its duties.- They sell the gwds for cash ; and this credit be comes so much capital in their hands to en able them tO make fresh importations. The, independent-treasury - re/it - tires that all duties shall be paid in gold and silver; and after June, 18;12, the compromise law will take away the credits altogether. We shall then have a svqem of cash duties in opera tion, which will c ontribute much to reduce the amount of our importations and to encourage domestic: manufactures. "In the third place, this bill will make the banking interest the greatest economists in the country, so far as the government is con cerned. Their nerves of self-interest will be ton ehed in favor of economy, and this will in duce.. them to unite with the people in reducing the revenue and . expenditures of the govern ment to the lowest standard consistently with the public good." Mr. Buchanan regarded the united States Ba , k as the antagonist proposition, and on that subject he s poke as flows "The Senator ridiculed_ the_ idea that the establishment of a new bank of the United States could prove dangerous to civil liberty. Such a bank, with a capital of from fifty to a hundred millions of dollars, with branches in every State of the Union, directing, by it , expansions and -- eontractions when prices should rise . and when they sh,clhl fall, would be a most tremendous instromei:t of irrespon sible power. It would he a mac.hine much more formidable than this government, even if the administration were as corrupt as the fancy of some gentlemen has painted it. There is a natural alliance between wealth and pow er. Mr. Randolph once said, 'Male and male created he them.' Combine the inoney ed aristocracy of t he conntry, thron-Fs the agen ry of a national hank, with the administration, and their united power would create an influ enee which it would be almost impossible for, the people to withstand. We should never again see these powers in hostile array against each other. In the days of General Jackson we witnessed the excl - Ttion, nut the rule. Give any Pre;joht such a bunk as I have describ ed, and we shall hereafter has e a m ,st peace ful sue , -ession. With all the prrSer of the Executive. combined with all the wealth of the the most arrant block- }wail in tli , ! w(.r1.1 if ho were . not atilo to re fam.ftif and to nominate hi' All the forms- of the constitution might still remain. The people might still be ieluded with the idea that they elected their Presi- "TROT/I IS NIGIITY, &ND WILL PREVAIL." 15313E11 dent; but the animating spirit of our free in stitutions would be gone forever. A secret, but. all-pervading, moneyed influence would sap the foundations of liberty and render it an empty name. "The immense power .of such ,an institution was manifeated in:the tremendous egorts which it made against.Gcneral Jackson. Had he not enjoyed more 'personal popularity in this country than any man who ever lived, these efforts would have proved irresistible. As ,it was, the conflict was of the most por tentous character, and shook the Union to its centre. Indeed, the hank, at one time, would, in all human _probability, have gained the victory, bad the election of President chanced to occur at that period ; and we should _thee have witnessed the appalling ripeetaele--of-the triumh of the bank over the rights - and liber ties of the people. The constitution of the country and the Democratic party would then have been prostrated together." In regard to the influence of prices as result ing from an inflated paper currency on the manufacturing interest, Mr. Buchanan made these remarks; "Sir. I solemnly believe that if we could but reduce this inflated paper bubble to any thing like reasonable dimensions, New Eng land would become the most prosperous man ufacturing Country that the sun ever shone upon. Why cannot we manufacture goods, which will go into successful competition with Airitish inanufaetures in foreign markets ? Have we not the necessary capital? Have we not the industry,? Have We not the ma chinery? And, above all, are not our skill, energy, and enterprise proverbial throughout the world? Land. is also cheaper here, thee in any other country on the face of the earth. We possess every advantage whielt Provi--, deuce can bestow upon us fer the manufacture of cotton ; but they are all ,counteracted by the folly of man. The raw material costs us less than it does the .English, because this is en article the price of which depends upon foreign - markets, and is not regulated by our ' own inflated currency. We, therefore, save the freight of the cotton across the Atlantic, and that of the manufactured article on its ye turn here. What is the reason that, with all these advantages, and With the protective du, ties which our laws allbrd to the domestic' manuftieturer of cotton,, we Rennet obtain ex elusive possession of the home market,- and suceessfatireontend f world ? It is simply because we manufactUre at the nominal prices of our own inflated cur rency, and are compelled to sell at the .real prices Of other nations. Reduce our nominal to the real standard of prices throughout the world, and you cover our country with bless ings and benefits. Lwish to Heaven I could speak in a voice loud enough to he heard throughout New England ; because if the at tention of the manufacturers could once be directed to the subject, their own intelligence and native sagacity would teach them how itn= furiously they are affected by our bloated banking and credit syetem, and would enable them to apply the proper corrective." -- 1 - n - -WinTw et. Clay t h firth e object of the friends of the independentArea _sury_wasAo_est abli E.; h_are_exclu si ve metallic_ currency, Mr. Buchanan stated the following to be-his position: s 1 ,tr TuAty [Mr. CI T .3ut the Senator from itentuci,, r. XV - ) leaves no stone unturned. Ile says that the friends of the independent-treasury desire to establish an exclusive metallic Currency' as the medium of all dealings throughout the Union, and, also, to reduce the wages of the poor man's labor so that the employer may be able to sell his manufactures at a lower price. Now, sir, I deny the correctness Of both these propositions ; and, in the first place, I, for one, am not in favor of establish ing an exclusive metallic currency for the people of this country. I desire to see the _bank s greatly reitmAin number and would, if I could, confine their accommodations to such loans or discounts, for limited periods, to the commercial, manufacturing, and trad ing classes of the'community, as the ordinary course - of their business might render neces sary: I never wish to see farmers and me chanics and professional men tempted, by the facility of obtaining bank loans for long pe riods, to abandon their own proper and useful and respectable spheres, and rush into wild and extravagant speculation. I wuttld, if I could, radically re-form the present banking system, • Ho as to COOfirne it within such limits as to prevent future suspensions of specie payments ; and, without exception, I w o uld instantly deprive each and every bank of its charter which should again suspend. Es tablish these or similar reforms and give us a real specie basis for our paper circulation, by increasing the denomination Of lank notes, first to ten, and afterwards to twenty dollars, and I shall then be the friend, not the enemy. of banks. 'I know that the existence of banks and the circulation of bank paper are so iden tified with the habitsOf our people that they cannot be abolished, even if this were desira ble. To reform, and not to destrhy, is my motto. To confine them to their appropriate businecs, and prevent them from ministering to the spirit of wild and reckless speculation by extravagant loans and issues, is all which ought to he desired. But this I shall say : If experience should prove it to be impossible to enjoy the facilities which well-regulated banks would afford, without, at the same time, continuing to suffer the evils which the wild exce.ses of the present banks have hither to entailed upon the country, then I should 1. , ,n , 4i(14.;r it the le:i , er evil to abolish tbem-alto-- 'ether. If the State legislatures shall now do their duty. I do not believe that it will ever her4irile necessary to decide' on such an alter native." Mr. Clay had charged that the friends of the independent-treanury desired' to reduce the wage.: of laboring men. As this is the eharge which it i, o tiow sought ti revive, we speeia -aft rution-to—Mr-,-BuchanaW-s-re -31v. It was as follows: "We are also charged by the senator from K Pot tv:k v with a desire to reduce the wages of the poor man's labor. We have been often termed agrarians on our side of the house. It is something new under the sun to hear the senatt,r and his friends attribute to us a desire to elevate the wealthy merchant at the expense of the laboring man and the mechanic. From my soul I respect the laboring man. Labor is the fbuplatton of the wealth - of ever • coun- try ; an( e ree a,orers o t ort it eserve re.:pect both for their probity and their, intel ligence. Heaven forbid that I should do them wrong ! Ofall the countries on the earth, we ought to have the most consideration for the IMI laboring man. From the very - nature of our institutions, the wheel of fortune , is constant; ly revolving and producing such Mutations in property that the wealthy span og to-day may become the poor laborer of to-morrew. -Truly wealth often takes to itself wings and flies away. A large fortune rarely lasts beyond the.:third generation, even if it endures so long. We must all know instances of individ uals obliged to' hiller' for their daily- bread whose grandfathers were men afortune.. The regular process of societ y would almost 'seem to consist of the efforts o fone class to dissipate the fortunes which they have inherited, whilit another class, by their industry mid economy, are regularly rising to wealth. We have all; therefore, a common interetit, silt is our corn (l duty T tolwotect-the-rightsi-of-thohibo - man ::and - if I - ben eyed for a - Moment that this bill would prove injurious to him, it Should meet my unqualified opposition. ' "Although this bill will not have as great an influence as I could desire, yet, as•far as it goes, it - will benefitthe laboring man as Much, and probably more, than any other class of society. What is it he ought most to desire? Constant employment, regular wages, 'arid uni form, reasonable prices for the necessaries and eomforts of life which he requires. Now, sir, what haS been his condition - under our system of expansions and contractions? Mime suf fered more by them than any other class of society. The rate'of his wages is fixed - and known ; and they are the last to rise with the increasing expansion, s and the first, to- fall When the corresponding :revulsion occurs: Re still continues to --receive, his dollar per day, whilst thoprice o every article -which he consumes is rapidly - rising; lie is at length made to feel that; altheeglii.henominally earns as much, or even more than 'ho did formerly; vet, from the increased price of the steeessart les of life, he - cannot' support his family: !fence the strikes for higher wages, and the uneasy and excited' feelings which have at dif ferent periods 'existed among th_e laboring daises. But the expansienrat length reaches the exploding point; and what does the labor ing -man now sineil - --Ho' - fer a ' ' , season thrOwn net of employment altogether.. Our man fiftieth res are suspended; eurnisblie•Works are stopped; our:private enterprises of differ etit-kinds are abandoned f' and, whilst others are able to weather the-storm, lie can•seireely procure the means of bare subsistence." . ' autprised-wht. i that whatever of foundation there ftfor the "ten cent" charge is embraced, in the Oictracts which we hive made from Mr. 'Bitehatin'it speech: Throughout the whole of it there.itt :no sell; tence or word.whieh - gives Oen plausibilit to the charge: From beg inning -to end the speech abounds in sound, sateSmarilike sonti-. melts, which have beau fully - illustrated by the experience of the last sixteen years. Our chief purpose in. making such liberal coots• tinils is Vindiente the wisdom and 'firmness and patriotism of Mr. Buchanan. -We-desired to show how nobly, he' su stained General Jack -son •in his struggle with the - United _States Bank—how faithfully' and übl v he maintained _tre - _ - Ireinorratia_p_othionDir die independent 'treasury system--how elearly hu'esompreliend ed and le,W forcibly • are presented the merits of that ityittern-=--and how clearly and earnest ; ty - he advocated- he infertiSts'ef , the- labo6ng man. mice', of a nigh to redUce the .. vrages•of laboring men should be based on anything in this 'speech. But it must be recollected that it was during t he remarkable eanvass4lB4o that this charge obtained currency.' In- the, then condition of the popular mind, nothing was .so absurd ox preposterous' as not to be ticeeptable,t6the de praved ~t asle of the' times: 'This remark' is fully illustrated by theinanner, in which' Mr'. Buchanan's Apeeell was perverted, and a elitti•ge, deduced froM it which was in direct contradiction of the speech itself; - • '( Amon rst others who undertook to answer Mr. Buchanan's speech was t John Davis, of Massachusetts—he that was usually known as "honest ;John Davis." lie assumed in his argument, directly in the teeth of the fact, that Mr, Buchanan-had advocated the independent treasury on the ground that' it would establish an exclusive metallic curren cy.. Starting with this erroneous assumption, he argued to show that it would bring . down the waives of labor tu.the standard of prices in countries - where the ,currency is exclusiv~ely s metallic. To this speech, when . published, there was an appendix, in which he introduced a table showing that in some of the exclusive ly metallic countries of Europe laborers only, received ten cents a day. Putting the speech and the appendix together, the hint was taken and a clamor raised that the Democrats were in favor of reducing the wages of labor to ton cents a day. In, a subsequent speech, Made on the 3d of March, 1840, Mr. Buchanan denounced the :barge against him in the strongest language, eying: "Self-respect, as well as the respect which I owe to the Senate, restrains'me from giving uch a contradiction to thii allegation to it deserves. It would surely' not be deemed im )roper, however,..in me, rf I were to turn to he senator and apply the epithet which he imself has applied to the proposition he im utes to me, and were to declare that such an mputation was a 'flagitious' misrepresentation if my remarks." Mr. Buchanan repeated his real position as aid down in his original speec,h, as follows: "In my remarks I stated what legislation would, I thought, be required to accomplish hi-s-purpose.--In-the-firfit place i --1--obser . hat the banks ought to be compelled to keep n their vaults a certain fair proportion of peeie - compared with their eirculationiind de aisites ; or, in other words, a certain propor ion of immediate specie means, to meet their rnmediate responsibilities. 2d. That the i.?undation of a specie basis for our paper urrency should be laid by prohibiting the .irculat ion of banknotes, at the first under the lenornination of ten, and afterwards under hat of twenty dollars. 3d. That the amount if bank dividends should be limited. 4th. And, above all, that, upon the occurrence of another suspension, the doors of the banks hould be, closed at once, and their affairs laced in the hands of commissioners. A •ertainty that such must be the inevitable ef ect of another suspension would do more to revcnt it than any other cause. I know that he existence of banks and the circulation of arilr - paperTi're'Swil Aified with the our people that they cannot be abolished, eien if this were desirable. . "Such a reform in the banking system as I bavo indicated would benefit every class of TWO DO - RS- A.YRAR. society -', but,• above all othere,tie inini'lrlat` makes his living by the sweat 'of , lhie 'burl; The Object at which I aimed - by theeeieftlims was not a . pure Metallic curremiy, but 'a 'Cilia reney of' a mixed character '..,' the paperliera tion of it sbritys convertible into gold - And girl.' ver, and subject to as little fluituation in amount as the regular business of-thewarntry would admit. Of all refortne, this iewherelel mechanic and laboring man -ought melt ••tci desire. 'lt *Ould•produce • steady prieeariind steady , employment,' end 'under its initiemeitc, the country would march steadily on lz. its career •of prosperity without suffering4roui the ruinous expansions and contractionsind explosions which we have endured during the last twenty leant. What is most essential , UT .he-proverity of the ma.lianio and laboring IMO `--eonstantremploymentosteadyithdAls -1 wages, 'with uniforin prides for the necessaiieit and comforts` of life which weinust purchase, and payment for his labor in sound currency.'' After restating further hie arguments'-as presented in his speech of January 22, Mr. Buchanan said, in reference to the reduction of the wages of laboring men : - - ; - , • "I contend that it would not injure, but greatly benefit, the laboring man to prevent the violent and ruinous expansione alid•.. 4011- tractions to which our currency *u ineklent h , and by judicious bank reform to placeit'on a I settled !basis. If this were done, what 'would be the consequence? That, if the laboring man could Pot receive es great amount for his labor as he did 'irii of extravagant expansion,' whic h . teUinifitlptyli under our present system be of shnadttfitticii; ho would' •be indemnified, and fir mtirtiAltAtui in demnified i •by, th e constant employment, the regular wages, anti the uniform and more mod erate prises of the necessities and comforts of life, which a metastable currency would pro duce. Can this - ,proposition be controverted I' • I think net. -• It is totilplain for argument. Mark me, -Sir; I desire, produce this happy result, pot by eetabliehing a pure metallic cur reney; :but "liy reduning.the amount of your bank 1138118Wwithinrertsofiable.and safe limits, and establishing a metallicialerfaityourniti per,ciroulatieni 'lle idea plainly, expressed •cl is, uititis better; raucletietiiiitAst the labor ing' man, as , welt' as. for oyory other alas of society ex Copt the epoeiditterVthei thififfkli li l of the cOnntrt should liiiiilaced!iohl M',lo" t cd'andpertianent footfall*, _ _ .'ioliti:bilfdild'bil • a .". ~. : : ishitikithel et Woold render:it certain thati;atiltzikdbillilintdd be alwaYs convertible into geld' iligilivier.'T' • 4 Aiyil•yot this :plain and simple eiteSsitili i' ir of my 'views has - lienn *lied up oil 'by thiisa _who. desire, to make polithieleapitaloixtertlitir perversion : 'aid it inia been 'relitiliented'ltt! and nide that'. it :fiat! My• dem** -mites - Wages down 'to the pileeli received bytheOttlaer; able serfp,and laborers of guropun det4ltlet4i.i I Shall `most' Cheerfully lanrithiffiiirWleae• -Me betWcan tie / 11M thy iiitdticialiVitlirl • si3nator' froth •_illtissachitsette;:'#ftetqfieffrit at' tributod to !me' the intention of: ieduOig Alta wages oflandr, to the . hardltioney=. through the egeney aftheindopenfitot -141-14-10tidded 'ilean- a . exidit - teitiii'a , :, : "li •,* •tatement, madell,tha sopttit ' fLart±tlit'jklticki '011,12.11:0 - 4te 14711.160 hey lotOtitAhr;' - a#43`it oft to bo inferred that I wain fa v or " or O'fretroo • gloricus and, freo. country_ to the lime rye grivied Condition.' Theitonatot'etighttelitoiy; thht tbOre is toe nitwit intollitinco laboring cusses in this highly bo ied otrijrl:l4 , cfich itiresctitattionislo , , • iO,l-61/ Thr ' A Saha The opposition • factions to ;the; tiait9g4l4l7?, are a queer set of , mortals.. :' Reit eharke, has suddenly "come o'er the , ;wit bf-their dream." But a few daxsage,,,onil the prenii4 nent men of the Know NOWA . % andAlackrAge blienn-party:were merits and churns of the mat eitUdoloter.of the Cincinnati ,Conventim i Undeetthe mista ken belief that Mr. Btronitnalt,:would. be dr boated for .the nomination—an im4111111013. ere- - ated on the principle of the 'deb * father t'i the thought, they loudly proelakned!.eir ad't miration for this distinginehe,d etateeMan, - and declared that ho was the only MGM, the D,341w, racy could certainly elect..: Now A liewev,Vc thei.r Anne-is-suddenly-Fliangetla-geetit difference is manifested in the tonvereatiorkot the gentlemen at. the street •corners, have discovered that, they, were elightly,lproN vioue in their zeal for Mr. Becuoran, idea that the. South; could not, do justlei ,t 9 a man of his independence has been expleded,snd i they now find themselves in the very awkward predicament of being compelled onitteeigt4 traduce a gentleman whom two week' , they Were lauding to the skies as able,‘ honest and accomplished statesman.. , But there were others, and, their ,naine legion, who formerly opposed the ,Democratio party, who were looking with far different* feelings to the result • of the National Converm, tion. They are men who always bad at heart. the true interests of the country, and they- anxiously awaited the decision of the Oenven. tion, - resolved if James Buchanan should botho nominee, to give him their eordiel, support, They have known him long and well, •aa o t „ neighbor, and friend, and they know hiwtek„, be in all respects worthy their euffrages.l Diegusted.with the corruptions of the Knoyr. Nothing party—unwilling to join in the hue' and cry against the South, with sectional . fop patios, they have come to the manly resolve to, cast their votes for the Democratic ticket. St least uritifv:u:a uniform policy consistent with. self respect,,. and the perpetuity of tour republicsAltoveru- ment.-&-Lanc. Intelligence?. .„ , Freedom of Speech.—:..A few days ago ``an outrage" was committed in the god& city of Cincinnati, and no public meeting, so. fax as we know, has yet been called to MA - elite nit ter into serious consideration. A. Dezioirstig:--i orator was cruelly stabbed by a bloody iCnow Nothing, while exercising the right of i."fresr speech." This enormity, has, as yeV gone unrehuked. Not a terrible 'paragraph has` been peaned, not a resolution 'has been-oftei." 4 ed, not an effort has been made to medresslha wrong. Is "freedom of speech" take fettered and gagged ?—Erie Observer. • _ . - We Polked the isms in 1844, 1%64-them illi ger-Knovrles, the author of ."The Raso t. back," "Love Chase," &c.; ia' now tiztinister of the gospel. II ~r; ...~ f NO,' 40.
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