THE COMPILER.
°±I,IBEXTY, TOE UNION, AND VIE CONSTITUTION,"
GETTYSBURG, PESX'A
Monday iforning,Juliii, 1856,
Detiocratiri liational_Nominatiou 8.
Fur Per.s.ident,
JAMBS BUOILANAN, of Ponmylvania,,
Persident,
JOILIT C. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky,
Democratic Electoral Ticket,
ELECTO4S AT JAIME.
eharies R. Buckaiew, of Colinnhis county,
Wilson McCandless, of Allogliony county,
- DISTRIP,T EI.BVTttt;S.•
-1; Geo. W. Nebingor, 13. Abraham. Edinger,
2. Pierce Butler, 14. Wuhan Wilber,
:;. Edward Wartman, 15, Geo. A. Crawford,
4. William H. Witte, 10. James Black,
.5„ John neNnir, 17. Henry J. Statile,
6: John 11. Brinton, IS, John D. Bodily,
Finvid Lnury, 19. Jaeoh Turney,
S. Charles K.emsler, 20, J. A. J.- Buchanan,
9. J • r, , . r"
- 10.1eni0$letikor, 22: Jae, - .0, Cam phell, --
11. Fre. W. Ilughes, 23. Thos.,Ctinninglown,
12. Thos.. Osterhout, 24. John lieoltY,
25.. Vincent Phelps.
•-, Canal Commissioner,
GEORGE SCOTT, of ColunllAß county,
Atmfilar General,
.JACOB FRY, JR., of Ali,ntgoniery co.
DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONVENTION.
At ti. mein , * of the Democratic Standing
Committee of Adams county, heldou the 26th
4,f July,'lBsG, -- the following resolutions wore
u -
niintmously adopted:
-:.,-Ilcsolred, That . the Demoi3rats, the friends
of -Buchanan and Breekinridgo, the (I nion and
the Constitution, and the opponents of prw
rcriptiou on account orbirth-place or relig
ion, in A3lams connty, he requested to meet at
their usual places of toahi g Township and
Borough laectitigx,_on Saturday, the tith day
iJ Avast next, and elect two Delegates from
each Township awl Borough,- to meet in
('aunty Cfnivention, iii Gettysburg, un Mon
day following, the Llth, fen.. the purpose mt
nominating—a—Ticket to be tomported ut the
fall election,,, appointing bmgressional and
Senatorial (Jonforces, andLelegatqs to the next
State Contention,
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"Resolved, -That a request also be, awl it ix
hereby , made ' that at the Delegate Meetings
called out tho,..above resolution, preliminary
steps he Aulten towards The organization of
Buchanan and Breckiuridge Clubs, iu order
iv secure amore thorough organization iu
every district of the county,
,The Delegate Elections will be hold be
tweou the,linurs (42 awl 5 o'clock, I'. M., ex
cept it:Oho Borough of (lottysburg, whore it
wifl_ba held between, and P. M.
. IL J. STA lIhE, Chairman.
Jens IlusuEY, Si:, Se' crelary.
July 28, 1856;
The Demeeraticittate 110 mini on -- ful — Maw
Meeting,
The, Pemocratio State Convention is to be
het& at Chatabersburg on the ith of August,
,and a Mans .Meeting:on' the day following, at
which souse of the ablest Speakers in the coon.;
bo ;present. -We , trust that the Con
vention .be attended by the Delegates of
parts of the , State, and that the Mass Meet
ingwill; be a glprintis rally
.of the friends of
the Constitution and the Union.
Demooratie Muss hiceting.and Barbe
cue will collie of ut Frederick, Md., on the
7th of AngusL Tha demonstration; is expoot
rd to be an imposing one:
..4ajouritmentof CoiryresB.—Tho ntemborg
mgress are beginning to think somewint
F.criously of u tinul adj-ourrnnurr
weeks, 'd•fact that will,•no doubt, ho hailed
with satisfaction .throughout tho eon ntry.—
Tim house on Tuesday amended and passed
the Senate's resolution, , for the purpose,
upon 'the lath of August. Subsequently
the' &Mate concurred with the action of the
House, and The adjournment will accordingly
take place on that day.
Portrait of hfr. ituchaman.---Tho National
Democratie Association. of Cincinnati 'have
engaged Mr. Johnson, an artist of distine
tion,.to visit Wheatland mid paint a manta
of the lion. Jams Buchanan, the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency of the United
States. Mr. Johnsori. was engaged by the
same association tt) Visit New Ilaunprthire anti
execute a portrait of Ucu. Pierce on his nomi
nation, which was a fine life likeness, and-a
superior specimen of art. The portrait of
Mr. Buchanan is, we learn, nearly finished;
when completed it is to occupy a place among
the portraits and pictures which adorn the
walls of the rooms of the A ssocjation,
Reward Offered.
The Bedford Democratic County Committee
offer a reward of $lOOO to any person or per
eons. who will show that James Buchanan
ever advocated the' reduction of the wages of
American laborers 'to ten cents per, day.
Air Such of the English journals as aro '
most violently opposed to this country, praise
he nomination of Fremont. Orcottrse ! —they
see in it the seeds of disunion, a consumma
tion the 'British -governtneut has long been
praying for, But the fact shottl , i make a !
fleep impression on all Uuit i ol,,ri lig
can citizens, and teach them to k6.p pure atyr!
strong the bond which holds to.,; , .ther the
most free and prosperous States uniler heaven.
The times point unerringly to the titatestnan
of _Wheatland as the steersman to guide the
ail of public safety into a quiet port. .
- I,4•The 13iidlanan and Bruikinrii-ri - - 01,11
112 - 4 ITTA
f old yrijj, )201 , 1 anotiv:r ri 31 , 11* - 1,4,
.4;64t, Wattit 1 • ,- , 11
3:C; 4-4 ::.t :.; -t: ;
tluthq Prominent±Old Line Whig" fur Bil.
than and Brerkinridge.
",The,, , cru ie still Jhey colac !"--At a meeting
tl te-oWb eatland Clu h," recently held In thit
members
of Lancaster, ever ,ose stuxuar.o new
members enrolled , their natuck f
Many O
them have hitherto either taken no part In
ilitics stt Al, or hay e' openly—espoused-Ate
cause of the oprosition. Among those who,
on the above owasion, openly avowed them
selves in favor of the election of BuchAs.AN -
and Blum:Dumont, was Mr. KIEr•
FER, for many years a highly prominent and in
fluential eiroten of Lancaster. Mr. K Write
was elected -several years in euccession,
mein'icr of , the State Legislature, on the regu
lar Wliig ticket of Lancaster county, and gen.
erally ran ahead of his ticket. In the Legis
lature, he wielded a powerful influence, and
was highly esteemed fur talent and integrity,
Subsequently he was elected for several suc
cessive years as the - Peopic,'s candidate, to the
Mayoralty of Lancaster City, and always by
commanding majorities, No man in the city or
county -of Lancaster' wields a more powerful
influence than CURISTWV K IF, rFER, Ilu is
Mr. BUCIIANAtes ileighlw, and knowii him.
Ilene° - his support of one, whom, to know
well, is- to- know favorably, and to love. We 'I
learn that hundred's" ofthe "Old Line Whigs"
of Lancaster refuse to be marshalled under
_the black_batuterf farnovr and Disunion.
They love titki - COluti tit t iowand - the -Union-toct
well, to be identified with any such sectional .
and heretical fading', If SEWARD; UIDDrxoO,
ILA t,E. and Company, - would—make-capital for
their Disunion Schemes, they must not go to
the patriotic regions of Lancaster county,
The Boston Times states that Col. Merch
am, Thomas 13. 11110 singer, O. N..Annable,
Esq„ Dr, iYrn. O.
_Johnson, Oliver J. Iland„
and A: H. Stevens, ail prominent Old line
Whigs in Caiiihritlgo, Massachusetts, are out
for Buchanan and Brockinridgo, and 'remarks,
that there are but a few of the active Old Line
Whigs in that loCality who have nut espoused
the Democratie . eause. It further says:
But it is not to Cambridge alone that these
refreshing ev . idenees - uf a healthful public sen
timent are confined - Jim among other similar
indications in cities adjacent to ours, old pa
triotic Charleston has spoken with power'and
effect. -
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The ball is rolling on beautifully nil about
as, and it nee& bat a united effort among! all
the opponents of Black Republicanism to give
-ille-Stuta-of hi Its sad ats e itsito-th e-Deulocratie
nominees, Shall it he thw?
'Samuel B. McCormick, Esq., a member
of tlw R►tr of Cambria county, recently a lead:
ing Whig, and once tho editor of the Whig
paper at Johnstown, made a speech at a re
cent meeting in Johnst&n, and declared him
self beneeforth - an adherent and supj►nrtor of
the Demo retie party, lie argued that in the
present position of -partie4 tho only_ proper
place fur the old friends of Clay and Webster
was iu the Democratic ranks,
Tho Philadelphia► Denzokrat, a German dai»
ly - pitper - ollurge - eireulat ion, which su pporta
Buchanan and 13reekinridge, denounces . the
reports of the Black Republican journals, its
to a majority.of the German .population being
Abolitionists and iu favor of Fremont, as libels,
and says:
"The fruitless attemptß of the opposition
to manufacture public opinion is reacting up.
on themselves; as the frauds become IMO by
one exposed, The (lermans are )ernocrats,
both in education and habits, and will never
leave their party to follow some sentimental
.►slemurdity, which cannot stand the test of
reason."
roifirA new German paper, called the Straight
Out, liar appeaxed at Milwaukie, making three
German . papers in that city which support
Duchanan and Breckinridgo. Those Germans
in Wisconsin wilt; hare sympathized with the
-141opublicaus—are flat rang; e 7 themset -
under the Detnoeratic flag. There ire FIF
• TY-TWO German newspapers in the United
States that — tiplield the genuine Democratic
cause. and Miamian and lireckinridge.
far'The Know Nothing:4 advertise a call
for a County Convention, on Monday next, 'to
hatch out a ticket ; and 'the President and
Secretary • of the Oxford ,llepublicau 4 %ssoeia►-
tion issue anotl►er, for a Convention of the
friends of the ''Rocky Mountain. path -finder,"
on the 25th of August.—lt is intimated that
the Star clique are advising in both move
ments, and. will succeed in •getting all
the reins into their own-lingers. Time will sham
the hued of the dark lantern managers yet,
sharp as they count themselves to he.
13 - The "editor of the Compiler" has no
knowlodgu of tl►e existence ot a "Bigler fund"
in MI, nor at ani; other time, and cannot,
therefore, answer the query of - "Junius,"
in the Our, ►43 tA) what "became of it."
Financial transactions-of //nil character are
known only to Know .Nothings—or, in other
words, persons who stetur upon the holy eross
that they will lie. The question is "referred
back to the committee."
IttirThe fight between the I'll!writes and
that Frenion tors about the "religion" of -the
w . -horse and woolly-head candidate for the
Prosideocy, still goes on with unabated ardor.
woolies, who had rather the worst, or the
battle at first, are gaining on their adversaries.
As an offset to Fremont's marriage by it eat
oiie Priest, they have produced a copy of the
baptism of his children by an Episcopal Cler
gyman. "Let the ball- roll on."—
Spit O.
Fillmore men of l'hiladelphia, in
City c ,, uventinn, on Thursday last, resolved
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I , ; amalgamate with any other party in
the torraatiou of :tn Etcetera! ttehet•
P-IPThe re , ent terrtle ;:eillent en the
..\.(trth Perer-yhittlia 1:31h-owl hap 7aY r re
ult(..l to thu death of 62 perf‘rin., including
PCila
The: e , Jr6ri.4' • juty ihp
r t duo, of tll4 thr
1•10111 11')' V4ll. t5“:1 , t11, rli)
tt 1 —Li:i is
ttigem of the Campaign.
' - Thrfininns - All Right,
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Henry Clay and James Buchanan,
'fleorgo ll,d'rentii!e, the editor of the „Louis
ville Journal, is the. priacipx7 ,niov9; in thi; re
cont tittornpt to ilx urn, Mr. Buchanan the
charge of having treatrol Mr, Clay unjustly
in rofereneeto the charge of bargain ht eon
noetion with the Prodidential elgetion 0f1824.
A-couiplote-answer-tkr-h is-c: - httnni es, I roweve ,
is furnished by his own" record ; for in
l'routice wrote a biography of Clay, in which
the following extracts appear:
"For some time it seemed as if partizan ven
geance would soon desist from the pursuit of
Mr, Clay, but a distinguished accuser at
len g th appeared against him. It was Oeneral
Jackson, This gentleman began to assert in
private circles, that he himself might probably
lava buss Pr'es'ident had: he but offered Mr.
Clay the Secretaryship, *
Not satisfied with private hints and declara
tions, Mr. Clay's distinguished accuser finally
stated in a public letter, that overtures of bar
gain had been made to him during the penden
cy of the Presidential election in the house of
'Representatives, by the friends of Mr. Clay.
With his usual promptness of character, he
demanded through whom these overtures were
made. In reply General Jackson gave the
name of James 11uchanati, one of' his own per
sonal and political friends, Mr. Buchanan,
however, was an honorable man. and hesitat
ed not to say publicly, that he bad never
made to General Jackson the overtures in
question, or any other that bore resemblance
to thorn, The principal accuser was now si
lent; but his partizans stopped their ears and
shut their eyes to the proof of Mr. - Clay's in
► eat we and cried—"away - leith mm . away
with him I"—Prentlee's Biography
. 111 , Henry
Clay, p, p. 277 7 8.
The Maysvillo Express says ; Here then
the editor of ,tho Journal, who was Mr. Clay's
biographer, declares Mr. Buchanan to he "an
honorable man," and acquits him of the very
charge which he now brings up in judgment
against him. Now which is to be I;lieved,
the author of the biography, or the editor of
the journal I If the author of the biography
told the truth in 1831, the the editor of the
Journal, in 18.56, has basely slandered Mr.
Iluchanan.
The Old Line Whip.
The recent Conventions held in Virginia.
Maryland, and. other States, and called "Old
Line Whig Conventions," which have recom
mended Mr, Fillmore for the Presidency, have
in reality been composed almost exclusively
of Know- Nothings, who have attempted to
play in those quarters precisely the same trick
resorted to by them. in (,ur municipal polities
for the last few years, to deceive and mislead
those who - were - sincercly attached to the old
Whig party. IWe see many proofs of the fact
to which we ll'ave referred in our . Southern
exchanges, and had we space would furnish
our readers with whole columns of extracts
sustaining this position. It is impossible to
disguise the fact that a large portion of the
Old Line Whigs whip kept themselves rcolly
aloof from the Know Nothing Tmrty, in all
sections of the Union, are now earnestly sus
taining the Demoaratic nominees.—rennsy/-
vaitian.
Frcmont's Political Experience,
In one of our exchange papers we find the
following record. of. Col. Premone_s_qualifica,
tions for a states►uan, es they were viewed by
those who ought to know him best; also, a re
cord
of his brief political life—consisting of
au experience of little over a fortnight :
"Fremont was in the Senate just seventeen
working days, when lie left for home to work
fur his re-eleeth In. This was in 1850-'510;01mi
there were 1-12 votes in the California•begisla
ture. Of this number, "Mr.„Fremont gut hitt
.vreen for his re-election. This, we take it,
was a tolerably emphatie expression of the
Californian sentiment in' reourd to his ser
,_-
vices."
Mrom tbo CI autiborsharg Valley Srlrlt
The Mass Meeting.
AN the time for our Ordeal Muss 'Meeting
gradually draws near, and one distinguished
statesman...after • another notifies our commit
tee of his intention to be present if possible,
our confidence strengthens t hat the demonstra
tum of TI IWI4 - August will be one of
nn
patraa.llnitul, magnitude and brilliancy. The
man who stays away from'our-town on that
day, will miss the only opportunity he may
ever have of seeing and hearing Henry A.
'Wise, of Virginia. Steplien 1111-
114)64. ii swell C01)1), of kkorgin, James L. Orr,
of South Carolina, Charles J. Faulkner, of
Virginia. Samuel Carothers. of Missouri, and
John 1,. Dawson, Charles R. Buekalew, Joseph
R. Chandler, John W. Forney, Sunmel
Blaek,Wm. 1‘). Reed, Josiah Randall, 1 lendrick
O. Wright, James NI. Porter. Win. F. Packer
and Daniel Dougherty, of Pennsylvania, most
of whim! NN ill speak in the course of the after
nom awl evening..
The display 4 . FIRE WORK s, which will take
place in the evening, will far exeeed anything
of the kind ever witnessed in this section of
the country. These Fire Works will be man
ufactured in Now York, at the most celebrated
Pyrotechnic establishment in the United
States, and a skillful Pyrotuclinist will accom
pany them to (Jhambursburg and superintend
the display.
The committee are resolved that -the -ar
raugemonts !Or this great meeting shall be
such as will reflect credit upon the Democracy
of the native county of J:41110:4 Buchanan.
Everything will ho done to please the people
and promote their comfort while here. Seats
will be prepared in the cool and shady grove
in which it is proposed to hold the meeting,
NO that the spectators may listen to the speak
ers without becoming fatigued. Clay banners
will float at the crossings, and tasteful arches
Sp:ill the principal streets, whilst scores of
houses will be handsomely decorated outside.
Music front the bust of Bands will enliven the
occasion.
Our hotel keepers will make all possible
preparation f er the entertainment of visitors,
and should the pllblie hoty.es overflow, the
(aits of titivate dwellings will open to receive
strangers. "Conte out', come all." Room
CAC IW made for twenty . thousanil. No one
shall lack enough to eat or a place to sleep, if
he sees tit to remain in to • wn all night.
The Camden Ansocrat says :
gerism is a 'lad egg'in New .Jersey. It can't
be crammed dawn the throats orpatrietieJer
seymen.--We predict that Fillmore will heat
Fremont in every - county in the State: and
that old Buck vilt beat the emulated vote of
the two."
•Jarktinn, Patriot e aV • c that
lii fusion a , Younf 7: of r.4athorings of Re
publioan-; in thv pen i Ft.ttf, ,tro ,zro.s:, fah
viral ton , . The tatitwation in Ja.....k.0n vs. "
!adult ,
Fur the Cumptiet r.
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STAIME:--T am nOf ahoutie eil,..”:1;_;(! in
at controversy with -the editor of the Star. .1
have not answered, and do not design an
swering, any, of the attacks made upon me in
that.paper. A proper regard to anti own re
putation, and the preservation of that self
respect which evory man ewes to himself,
prevents ale from entering Upon a controversy'
kir suctraw-opponent.
would avoid a newspaper light with that
editor upon the same principle that I would a
contest with the animal called the Mephitis
Anterieuaa, If I succeeded in killing the ani
mal, I would only be suffocated by its stench.
I am used to these attacks from the Star,
and I have for the most part let them pass
unheeded, For a quarter of a century have I
been reviled in the columns of that paper.—
Much of it has been _done since the present
editor has had charge of it. ' I suppose it will
continuo so. But there ir, a point &goad
which endurance may cea.ee to he a virtue..
Neither holding not_se,eking office, I -have
lately been selected out, reviled and abused
so far as such an individual as the editor is
capable of abuse. The vocabulary of - the
Star has been exhausted in heaping invective's
upon are, The files of the paper have .been
ransacked for twenty-five years for materials
upon which to base his calumnies. Unscrup-.
ulous in the assertion of falsehood and unman
ly as he is reckless, his malice scorns to be
insatiable.
Not content with bringing up the stale
calumnies uttered against, me for twenty-tire
years of my political life, ho ends in dastardly
threats of what is to follow.
I defy his malice—l despise his cowardly
'threats. Not contented with a perverted re
view of 77ey mem history_ and _character, not
satisfied with a thrust at the tieing, he threat
ens to ransack the grave, and hyena-like dis
turb itk sacred contents. ,Cowardly assassin !
insatiate monster! 'beware how you trespass
there.- Your vile slang against me, doled oat
from week to wick, may pass unheeded by
me, but I will defend the cherished memory of
the dead while I have an arm to strike a Mow.
Mr. Editor, I cannot enter the_ field of con
troversy with a man capable of such mean
ness. I deeply regret that I have been com
pelled to trespass npon,your time and occupy
the space in your columns which might more
profitably to your readers be filled with other
matter. Th 4) public now know the . true posi
tion that I occupy with regard to the editor of
the Star. That is the only motive I had in
these communications. and unlesss compelled
by a sense of duty (of whi,!li I cannot at pres
ent conceive.) will not trouble you on this
subject again. M. Me.
Mrt. Forma. :—I - have for some time past
been endeavoring, to explore the present po
sition of our corrn►on friend of the Star and
Banner, on the "goose question," but to save
my life, I cannot arrive at anything like a
fixed point of certainty. ne-for all the world
Is like the Irishman's flea, in regard', to his
political whereahouts—"when you think you
are putting your finger on hiu► he's not there."
however, while some things are quite uncer
tain in regard to this jewel of consistency,
some things uga hi are more curtain—and those
are three of them:
Ist. Ile undoubtedly opposed to the con
servative and constitutional principles of
James Buchanan, and the Donmeratie party.
;2d. Ile is yet somewhat hostile tO the doc:-
trines and actions of tho CatholiCs, over since
the fall of when both they and ttt ills
:416'0141101r allegiance to the Whig party ; and
while they would not obey his fatherly admo
uitions.to stick to Col. Neely, when HE was
working for W. B. Wilson, Esq., in the dark.
3d. lie is still an anti-foreigner in a cor
, tido measure; but since -the Know Nothings
_have adopted the dodge—(not plank)—to dis
avow the "test questions," in curtain
to suit the occasion, the
,"rich Irish brogue,"
and other little heretofore national objections,
are gradually becoming more tolerant and less
odious to his sensitive American-ears; and it
is said lie can now even look upon "Roman
citizens," with less hatred on that tteconnt.
But while hi IT - soineWlititiliieliled on these
points,. ho-is - to be pitied because he cannot
determine the more available and popular
branch of the dilemma which the two forks of
the Ameriean queStion present him, in regard
to Know Nothingistu and Black_ Republican
ism. He lures them both, but as both can
not siteceod, he, like Peleg Ponder, does not
know 'which side to take.. In 1854 he became
enamored of Know Nothingism, although lie
was espoused to Whiggery. He eloped with
the former, it is said, in the night, and ever
since that time Whig,gery in good old Adams
county is a "grass widOw." It would seem
now that although he cherished and supported
-111-rs-AiLhil., , g,cry-so-longTamEhr - term
that so lusty and loud, he still never truly
loved lier conservative and national character.
He taus, it seems, what he is, a decided, in
local, sectional and sectarian man—ruled
and regulated by degrees of latitude, and cir
cumstances of longitude, such' as "alter (Wes,"
Its the lawyers say.
When the time conies when he ln-it.st strike
the blow, dear knows what pretext ho can
conjure up to support his dernier resort, since
he cannot blome,either wing with the unpar
donable sin that its adherents are governed
by "priests ?nosily of foreign extraction," or
that they owe temporal allegiance to a foreign
Prince and potentate. - lie is more to be pitied
than laughed at, for, poor fellow, indecision
and pervetnal anxiety, must be the source of
more pain to himself, - than diversion or amuse
ment to anybody else. -TYRONE.
111 r, Madison on Sectional Parties,
The following extract from a 'letter of Mr.
3ladison, which has lately been published in
the National Intolligencer, shows how dang'er
ons that enlightened statesman considered
geographical parties to the stability of the
Union :
"Parties," said he., "under - some denomina
tion or other, ►tiu.t always be expected in a
government as free as ours. When the indi
viduals belonging to them are intermingled in
every part of thew•holecuuntry they strengthen
the union of the whole while they divide every
part. Should a state of parties arise founded
on geographical boundaries and other physi
cal and permanent distinctions which happen
to coincide with them, what is to control those
great repulsive masses frum awful shucks
against each other?"
Engiish-ladignaiiiin.—A meeting to "sym
pathise" with" Senator Sumner has been held
at Brith.vwater, England. Resolution's were
adopted expressing deep indignation to the
assault upon the Senator, and sympathy
"with all the noble men who are combating
against slavery in the United States." Cer
taainly, England has any quantity for such
abolitionists as Sumner.
"Ni ,, •,,-
h e jury in the ease of 'Herbert, for_
the killing of Keating, at Washington, brought
in a verdict id' acquittal on Friday.
- W. - roug
New England.
faiitY-read the ‘Lttiele entitli - .l"Mr. Buchan' 1
lan at kErne, - cr.' our fiat page.
For the Compiler
it prevails in many parts of j A _Vcrt , Throry.- 7 A Dr. Fi.inahan, who lia,l
revontiv returned from Peru, attempts to ,
prove that guano produced from fetid seal I,
which die on the i;,lanth., and MA from the ,
dr - ppings of birth_
Abase of Mr. 'Ruthann.
I was bgought up in the Whig school, ILIA
'voted the Whig ticket ss long as that pahy
presented candidates, When it ceased to
lead, I came to halt, and since that period,
(some two years ego,) have been looking
quietly on, for the purpose of paying unpre
judiced attentionto_the eotisse of events di.-
termined to take up my political bed in 'the
future with that party which should seem
most likely to preserye the equal rights of
citizens and of States. I have been paid for
my trouble. I now see daylight clearly, and
can have nit hesitation in expressing my de
termination to vote forour own distiugnished
and well-deserving ,Statesman, lion. JAM F,S
liccuANAN . : Ifs .is a man the country may
w(11 he proud of, and it is proud of him.—
Why then should not his own'State be proud
of him too, and attest the feeling at the polls
its November ? - •
Some may ask how T have arrived at this
conclusion. I will explain. I have for years
been *taught tc hulk upon Mr. Buchanan, al
though opposed to me in politics, as one of
the eminent men of the country, as ranking
with Clay, Webster, Calhoun, and others of
the great ; Afore his nomination high quali
ties were accorded him by all the presses, and
none doubted his statesmanship or patriotism.
All this directed ray mind to him as the man
for the times:" but when I found; after his
nomination, ninny abuse who previously
praised him, it was made up in his favor.—
And the article which appeared in the last
Star, entitled "Buchanan's Omissions and
Commissions," has had no little influence in
making my decision the stronger. Low as
that journal has been in the habit of going, I
was not*prepared to witness so deep a degree
of degradation in public journalism. Let me
ask the publication of a single extract. The
article winds up as follows
"Thus in diplomacy he has never been suc
cessful—having done nothing but blunder con
stantly. In statesmanship he has no record,
for he never originated anything. In private
honor, he is sadly deficient, as his history
shows more mean behavior than any other
man of the same prominence in the country.
All he has succeeded in doing, has been fol
lowing his party through all its devious ways,
changing his principles as often as necessary,
and jumping Jim Crow to all its tiddlings.
lle is an irresolute, time-serving, pliable, rad
ical Locofece—an of - flee-seeker upon any terms,
and not at all the man to place in the position
of President of the Republic." .
There is a cold-blooded malignity—a reck
less untruthfulness—about this, to be seen on
ly in the most "wanton sheets of the country.
I never in my life felt so deeidedly like stand
ing by an abused man as I did after the peru
sal of that article. Vor the sake of time char
acter of the press of the country, I hope never
to see such an other outrage; but as fimr Mr.
Buchanan, it. cannot injure, but may rather
indirectly benefit him.
I ►nay as well here advert to another matter.
Until quite recently the Star was merciless
upon what the editor styled the "limo/cut
foreigners and Catholics," but now I notice
something of a change. This is for policy's
sake, I suppose. Probably somebody, or a
dozen of somehodys have gflice in view, and
hence the check which is exercised over tl►e
Star. Thipi may by the age of humbug—but
we cannot swallow.that. • VINDICATOR.
Great Gathering of the Democracy.
The 17th of July, 1856, says the-Indianapo
lisPaily Sentinel, will long be remembered by
the Democracy of Indiana as a day which
plainly marked the determination of the real
people to sustain Democratic. principles, the
Coustitution of the country and the Union of
the States. The people turned out from all
quarters in great multitudes, after the l'ash
ion of the days of (ien. die:son. The coun
ties of Morgan, Johnson, Hendricks. Hamil
ton, Shelby, Decatur, Wayne, Henry, Han
cock, and Marion, sent large delegations, as did
the towns on the whole line of the-Lawrence
burg Railroad. On the Central Railroad
largo trains came filled with National Demo
erats, us was also the ease with the Western,
Lafayette- tmd Peru lines, The delegations
were all much larger tletn those of tho Abell
tinnists,•who assembled in that place a day
'or two previous to the great Democratic meet
ing.
The Sentinel states that the immense Mass
of people crowded around the Speakers' stands
by acres. The procession was then formed,
and although not coin prising morethan one-half
of those who were present, was so much larger
than had been anticipated, that the number of
Marshals which hail been appointed was fienni
wholly inadequate to the perforMance of the
duties assigned them.
' e-s peakers-prestin ted-th 000 ing-i n teres t -
of the country, and the duties of the people in
a bold and striking light. The preservation
of the Union, the necessity of obedience to
law, the peace and harmony of the various
States, the security and value of life and prop
erty, and a unite,' and zealous support of the
Constitution of our .conimon country, were the
themes upon which the speakers dwelt with
great power and effect. The deafening cheers
with which these patriotic sentiments were re
ceived, showed that the groat heart of the
Amerieul people beats time with the music of
the Union. The Sentinel says:
It was a great uprising of an intelligent and
honest people—a glorious day for the cause
of Bne.hanan and Breckinridge, and the ratifi
cation of the nominees of the great National
Democratic party. The working men, 'the
bone and sinew of the State, are with the
Denmeracy, and this day has furnished an un
mistakable evidence of the fact. The Donnie
racy. are more, than satisfied with the demon
stration of the day, and feel but little care
how much their opponents attempt to lessen
its effect, by disputing about comparative or
positive numbers.
We hesitate not at all in saying that this
meeting was the largest political gathering
which ever convened in Indiana, at any time
or on any occasion.
As Sound as a Roach.
The great patriot, llenry Clay, in 1850,
thus expressed the same idea that Jefferson
expressed when he characterized slavery agi
tation as a political body :
"Of all the bitterest enemies of the unfortu
nate ne,gro, there arc none to compare with
the abolitionists, their pretended friend 4, who,
like the centaur of old, mount not the back of
the horse, but the back of the negro, to rido
themselves into power."
Sixteen Guns.—The sectionalists, yesterday
morning at sunrise, fired sixteen rounds, in
honor of one half the states of the Republic.
Where was the mutilated flag?—Easton.Arywi,
July SM.
Mini.vter ifiviro.—On Friday week the
President sent to the Senate the nomination of
John Forsythe as Minister, and Walker
Fearne as Secretary of Legation to Mexico,
in the. place of Messrs. Gadsden and Cripps,
resigned. Both the appointees are Alabam
ians.
For the Couwilor
EARN BrIINT.—W‘e learn that the %il
lof J. DOUGLAS TAYLOR, .in Butler township,
I this county, was destroyed by firemen Friday
evening last, -about .8 o'clock, with an its eon-
Ltenta„ennsisting a. grain and hay, the latter
I
belongingni to JACOB :11;:-.;k 1 4iiiNV.V., — the tenant_
It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner were
in or near the town with. a lighted candle,
getting a. lot of marketing ready to bring ta:
town on Saturday, and by sonic accident fire
was communie-atecl to the hay,,,vliicli caused
the destruction of the building. It was not
insured. .
COURT.-7---The causes in Common Pleas,
for trial at the August term, have been post-'
poned by consent of parties, in conscilnen ce of
the large ainountef Quarter Sessions business
and the uncertainty of reaching the eases in'
Common Pleas. An adjourned Court, to dis
pose ofthe cases thus postponed, will probably.
be held the last week in September.
A. B.—The annual commencement of Fran k-•
lin and Marshall College, located at' L:
took place last week. Among:the gradu
ates, upon whom the degree of A. B. was
conferred, we notice the names of GlAi.vl:l
MARSO DtNCAN, of C I AMMOWII, and WALTER"
EMANUEL KREBS, of Winchester, Va., former
ly of this place.
A 'BIG CALF.---We should suppose a Calf
weighing eighliftro pounds a few hours after
its birth, to be considerably ahead of ordi nary.
Such a one can .be seen at Solomon Powers's,
in this place. TIM mother is of the Devon
stock. ller last three calves averaged eighty
two pounds each.
DISTRESSING.—A distressing. accident
occurred at the pond bank, about 4 miles from
Caledonia Furnace;. on Wednesday last.—
Three men lost their lives by means the
s foul air in the shaft,. and a fourth (James
Dougherty) Made a narrow escape. One of
them-suffocated in going down. .The second,
on nearing the bottom, called to the windlass
men to draw him up. When near the top ho
fell.out of the bucket. -Dougherty and•anoth
er then went down to rescue their comrades.
Dougherty picked up one of the bodies, got
in the bucket, and was drawn up, but almost
exhausted 'when he reached the top. The
other man who went down with him endea
vored to ascend by climbing the timbers, and
had got about twenty-feet from:the top, when
ho fell to the bottom. We have net learned
the names of the dead.—Star.
TILE WEATHER is exceo,lingly warm an , l
dry. The early-planted corn is sutforinr, cow. ;
sidorably from the want of rain.
Illinois Central Railroad Lands.
The lands uffered for sale by the Illinois
Central Railroad , Company Were granted by
the United States to the State of Illinois by
the Act of 20th September, 1850, All the
eonditions stipulated in that act have been
and - the title to - these - lauds can no longer--
be affected by legislation.
By the Act of 10th February, 1851, the State
of Illinois 'incorporated this Company. and
directed. the (:overnor to convey to said Uom
pany, by anevl in fee simple, all of said hinds,
&c.. which 'was done. ,
Tbe said Act further required said Cempany
to execute a Deed of Trust Of adi of Staid- hinds,-
&e., to certain persons named therein by the
State, to secure the perfbrmance of the condi-:
tions and stipulations required thereby., The
Bonds issued under this trust are being paid
as fast as the money is received from the sale
of the lands set apart fin' that purpose. All
Bonds received for lands, or 'purchased with
the proceeds of such lands, are officially can
celled' by the Trustees.
Where payment is made in tuff, the pureha
ser at once ohtains . his title from the Trustees
appointed by the State. • if the sale is on ered
it, however, the title is not given till final pay
ment is made, but the purchaser receives a
Contract, stipulating
,that such title' will be
given on full payment, and compliance vrith
the conditions specified therein. Each pay-
Meta for lands sold on credit, can be made in
Construction Bonds, or cash ; and if in the
latter, it is applied to the purchase of such
Bonds : and the particular trttet is at once ex
empted from liability, and• a perfect title given
by the Trustees—being, in fact, the first con
veyance under the authority of the Ueneral
Government.
The sales are made under the direction of the
Trustees, and are authorized by an Act of the
State Legislature. The lands thus mold are
exempted - from taxation by said law of the
State till finally paid for.
The Trustees exeente Deeds for all lands
sold ; and the conveyance by said Trustees,
in the terms of the law, is "an absolute title
in foe simple," and operates "as a release
an acquittance of the particular tract or trailtas=
sooold from all liability or inen,nihranee
acbtiunt of said Deed of Trust, and the issue
of said Bonds—so as to vest in the purchasers
a complete and indefeasible title."
Thus it is seen, that the Act of Congress
making the grant, secures the title in pureha
sers, whatever may he the action of the State;
and the law of the State incorporating this
Company, while amply securing the Bond
holders, et alike careful to protect purchasers
of the lands, and to secure to them perfect and
complete titles in any and every contingency.
Man and Team. Attacked hy Bees.—Mr. S.
Hooper, residing netif -- 71L leKissack's Grove,
lowa, while driving his team recently, was
attacked by bees. They made the attack ap
parently in three distinct strings about the
size of a man's arm, first attacking the horses.
One horse, in endeavoring to extricate him
self, broke a blood-vessel, and died shortly-af
ter ; the other is severely injured. They next
attacked Mr. Hooper and those who came to
his assistance. Everything was done that
could be to extricate the unfortunate man,
but not until Mr. Hooper and Mr. Slusher
wore so severely injured that but little bop()
of their recovery is entertained. The symp
toms and sufferings of the unfortunate men
resemble those of hydrophobia.
A Wi'ek of Horrors.—Wook before last was
emphatically full of accumulated horrors, and
fire was the most active agent in each case of
destruction. The village of Corning, N. Y.,
'almost destroyed by a conflagration. The
town of Newark, N. J., severely visited in the
tier. 4 - 7 --
burned to - the water's edge, and a propeller on
Lake Ontario, with a .seriotis loss of life in
each ease, while th© railroad accident near
Philadelphia caps the climax of this budget of
calamities.
G~r~Y~I •1 ~(~~ I L'~ , (~7•
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