The Republican compiler. (Gettysburg [Pa.]) 1818-1857, August 18, 1856, Image 2

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    o r this Republienn party, I 'know tie'r' are
intiily -Witte , who le l :1 , w. of the ;et e i e ;
Tian of M]lleel File ,re, and :ee , w.lsfer, to
- tr I st-b intengei Pr-- 1 4 ; 47,11.1 4 -y—Vot-41-----9j 1, tii ee_ee ie .
Fillmore inerea- , es t lie'daeger of t neee.is
of Mr. Frenumt. Every vete e,iven h' Mr.
Buchanan pew:16:111y seals the fate of
' Fremeni. But-Milli:eel Fillmore in JB•4e.
end '52, is not the Millard Fillmore of
When he was elected Vire President ir, ie:4-8,
—when he became the acting Pi-ye:dent in
1850—anti when he was a eanilidete e e - re
nomination he the II ig Cinventive of Balti
more, in 1832, he professed to be a 'Whig
nothing more, nothing Ite•s. The Native
American party at that time was in existence
and preelanned principles in terms far hies ex
ceptionable than those now avowed by the
Know Nothing party. But Mr. Fillmore, then
had neither Part nor lot with them, he stood
upon the ground occupied by °Clay, - Webster
and Sergeant. is he now ? lis has
been initiated into the, Order Of Know Nothite r l,
taken upon himself its secret oaths and obliga
tions, and thiS- at a time when his friends
were presenting his claims to be elected Pres
ident of theinited States. rhelms since be
come the candidate and accepted the nomina
tion of the American or Know Nothing, Na
tional Convention. In a correspondence be
tween the Order of United Americans - of the
State of New York and him, under the date
of July 25th, 1856, they shy L---
"Bah from your past oflicial acts, and from
the assurances and views expresssed by you
on ninny occasions, as having similar senti
ments in reference to these subjects, to theta
of so 'much seemin g importance, the success-1
ful establishment d* these principles, as the
fundamental Rules of our (fovernment, they
believe essential fir its tranquility, and a con
tinued progress in the development of all its
greatness."-
Mr. Fillmoi.e in his answer, dated 20th of
Only, 1856, acquiesces in this statemeut and i
replies—
"My position before the country is well
I;nown, admitting neither of &guise nor rept iv
letation. lam the candidate of the American
jiarty."
Mr. Fillmore here proclaims himself the ;
American candidate, and adopts- the creed,
oaths Anil obligations of that party without
"disguise or equivocation."--.lii the Secretl
Lodge of the Order of Knew Nothings he leefl
sworn that he will neither vote for our appoint
a Roinaa Catholic to opine. Iftileeted and in
augurated President of the United States, he
would be compelled to swear that he would re
itaire fegieions test its <t qua , ificat ion to any
()glee or Public Toixt, under Ibc United State. , t,"
I ask under such circumstances, which oath
would he keep, and which oath ,would he tie
late ? Are the Old Line Whigs prepared to ;
eaderse.Mr. Filhnore, thus presented fur their
suffrages by . Li:ascii'? 1 know no difference
between an individual joining the Order amid
giving - his vote to sustain its candidate, ex
cept that the latter course is more effective in
carrying out the tenets of
-this party.
The friends of•\lr. Filhuore •have assailed
Mr, Baehanan for his Osteufl Communicatiiin,
without admitting Or denying the soundness,
of the-doctrines therein contained. I would
remark that the correspond:ewe of Mr. Ever
let, as Secretary of State under Mr. Fillmore,
after the death of Mr. 'Webster, relative to .
Cuba, is "nitre offensive, and ought to be more
obnoxious to the criticism of ewistir vati ve men
than the Ostend Letter ; and it should be re
membered that • thteel i :meth: manifesto of
„Mr. Everett was issued tattler the immediate
supervision of Mr. Fill more and his. Cabinet.
Mr. Everett is prohably„the; best edueuttel
StatesmanThow living, he is an erudite sehol
itr and a sound Patriot. 'lYlien in Congress,
he took higher ground in 'laver of the Smith
on the subject of slavery, then any ; Northern
Stateeman had ever them beibre, ur has ever
done since. One thing is certain, any opin
ion, upon International Law preumbetted by
:hitn, is entitled to respect. Mr. Buchanan
_`htl'
1111.4 i -been in public life upwards of forty years,
he has_Alled the highest offices which his own
State could eonfer upon him. - lie has °emu
_nied the highest seat in-tha-Cahinet during a
meet eventful epoch : awl he has twice repre
s,..ated his country itt the Courts of the-two
first Nations - in Europe. 11 is iwicate chortle
f.r stands without blot or bleintsli and bcyond
rolatke or reproach ; and it is a high eulogium
noon his public lifo, that the "04triti/ Lefler"
i. the only act which is designated by his op
p olents as the
,ground of attach.
There are many old Line "Whigs who are
a:tached to thinr eoguoinen, and dislike eh Rug
'lT; it--this is an over scrupulous nicety,
T:ley must ehauge their -mane—they must
1 , -.!egnize tit© title of an .American, Know
nhing, Mack Republican, or a Democrat.
if . they rofnse to select oither-of the name.:,
:;ley must retire front all participation in pub
tl,' affairs. Ctor. Seward is reported to have
-aid—durino the pre.amt
in caucus, that- ho cared nothing for names,
but that he looked to p:iaciples ;dme. The
.:tart;-shored lie him - a r.ear heal and a
judgment, and was worthy of a better
cause.
Time will nut permit nto to discoss at large.
ti,e question of the Territories. I hold
t:iat.the territory ceded us by Mexico was
Farchased by eouunon treasure. The fifteen'
S!ave States contribute 1 their portion of the
fund as well as the MP), fifteen Free States.
Territories should stand on the same footing. as
a boated States, and the right of the people
hold Slaves or nut, as they please, in the
Territories; ought to be comment:a rate 3 with the
rl.4iits of the people as they exist in the thirty
'in..) States. There can ;10 110 just ground for
any discrimination. between the two rases.
N'ew Territory is surely not more sacred than
the old thirteen States, or the present thirty
oue States. The of a-majority prevails
in the cases last enumerated, and the same
orthodox principle should prevail in the new
v. acquired territory.
What is the doctrine of the Wilmot provi
-1:)? It is`the six!eeu free States declaring to
he fifteen Slave States—you are part owners
of this territory : you have shed your blood
and expe,aded. y,e.ir treasure in aciptiring it,
but you shall have no slut re in its ehjoy ment
or profits, Strip it of its trappings, a nd it
ann,unts to this,: there are thirty -olio stovh
holders in a corporation, and sixteen say to
liiteen, it is true you are part owners and
have contributed to the purchase our ewo
mon property, lint you shall Intro no sharp' ii
the enjoyment of its privileges or the reeeHis
of its profits. Such a doctrine is sok er.i%
of every inineiple of jUStk4' and 4.1.1
eanuot be sustained,
I am not the advocate of opin:or.', 11::1t are
n..\\• to the 'Whig !Arty of Penas,vl%
v. Whig meeting, held in :.eptent . her,
the Chine-,0 I. l ,llthettro, itt I.)ltiladf•lph;:t,
a resolution efugratulating the up
the restorativa uf po.ace and Ilui,qtale to
:itri country by the passage of the Comiwomiso
.t....;ts of that year. it v..as
and I then laid down the :-Inne pri,;-
.• ;des which I am now endeavoring :0
•,1; e
-. _ _
In November, 1850, the great IThion
was held at the same place, and u, which
A ~in Sergeant presided, Among vtli , rs. l
enforced the saute principlo , . At
, r period, durit , the ses:-ion the
of this State i» lrss), a pure ‘V.i,i;7 :new
; .4 wits called to reque 4 the rei , ...11 of Ow.
-t of the Le,gi , lature of 1:i47, v. hick
, - •—•• , • • ..-'t 1 i ..::-._::`,. I - 1 ,I - V - T t •_.,•, i trv , iiirrFr
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-- - , i 11 . -117 ed , inilil," , ' W. 1 ., his; WIWI) it Vt. , 11 0, . ii!P;l' l .. , !tal•k ZP.::I I , i' - ,.nit • :•-•,iiti
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I' . . • e t istadv of I'tigitiie 51:iv,..,-, A t , ; l at . ii :ei.i. t •".`.1.-111;1.1i, t 11.1.• i l a:) , •inal ( = Of hl , ` nil:II/Vv. the gol it , : :11•1.1%;:i:•!1, ;(/11illier f;tii. , v,, ,I, ) -, , ,-,•: I Il i,-
:i ,r :!;:urtuel Breck, ser‘, - 4 , 3 t 4, vo 114-ul 111 tit r. t:'l t•f It,. 1) 4 )3 - hood, ICI:, frif•:lit iillii ill- - li.'r it. El. (4'l" (•lii, ;;111:,.!.•.;, L,L. 1 ,, c,JuLit.,:r
-t. 't!,: 1• i.t.) i11if.:11ip3; , ... ,:ij 1 ,itriitLr-iii, 'Fe- t 1011 . 1 (' 4t ail 1--)it , U,. 'Bit.-: I 11 od 10.,1 - - !,::-.• ,'lii/••- ill:.;,.
..,
i , j , !l. 1 11Q"ain promulgate:l the doc
tritte, and they were agein ittelt,rsed hy the
1\ !big party sts.--nthle,l en that I
---' l4: o Z(` — ir 1 . '1.40" Chit rV7t . •;lll`' Vo'h - y I invoke
ev.ery Ul,i Line Whig in Pennsylvania to sup
itert,:dr. Buchan:au. The triumph ot",the
ocratie party, in Pouit , vlvania, in Oetober
next,,-Ir, place his election beyond doubt.
It would remove the. last glimntring, hope „1•
the opposition, mum%) peave and quietude to
th" country, and for rote generatien at let,st,
pat at res,t the prc , ,ent a•fitation (at the que.t
-t-ei_of bhu e r, M L , Lia_e__Whigs
Ponnsvlvaniavt:otee's tile power to
this great result ; the rc.•pottsibility re•-ts up
on theta, at,:l I have no doubt but that the
draft whitth is made alum their patriotism will
he promptly ttecepte , l, tool that the great Key
stone State will once more come to the res;ctio,
and de as sink hRM Incio heretofort.•. pet dfiwn. I
all sectional feeling, ionl at the ballot-hex gj v
a votitwliieli the
of thot Cow-4;0160n an;l our glorious
which have so long . been the pride and ad.
miration of every friend of cilil and
rulig
iuus liberty throughout the world.
-*WON-
JP ! ES .
1) CLAY,
)
The Son ilalpy My, taking Ike, Stamp At
"Back awl &ea."
There was a general Union ThLrbecue near
Ky., on the 25th ult., at videlt
among many distinguished old lire , Whig
speakers appeareJ James B. Clay, the son of
Henry Clay. There Nvere many thousands
present. The editor or the Cincinnati Eit
qui rer, Who was present, says:
Staunton came forward and Legged to
1 :
Ithreouoe to the, meeting- the Son of Ono who,
in his day, had been idolized by his friends
land nebd lwre—by even' Kentuckian—a 3
the; great champion of the 'Union ; he pres+ent
icel
JAMES E. CLAY, THE SON OF Tim Immoiam. "ilAu
y 01' THE -WEST."
At thissannoulic.ment tiwne arotze a wild
shout of enthusiaFin and joyful wel eo r n e from
the vast midi:it-Ude. The ladies arose lmin
their seat,•4 and NVILVed their handkorehielS, the,
men shouted to the very top of their lun , s,
young and old united iu one of the most ear
nest and tuinult nous exhibitioils of real feel
ing we have ever witnerstsl.—.Mr. Clay seem
ed to be inUeh ali te oil by -theqe deinunctra
them. la a. vein clear, modest, and manly
tone he proceeded to addr:‘:..s them.
Mr. Clay HUM that be was a quiet farmer,
who had taken but, little, ',girt in public affairs.
He was It comps:ratlvo stranger in his own
State.—Thore wore not a half dozen familiar
faces in the great cro , ,rd bcf(To him. Hut -he
had been calumniated by the pre—he hod
boon deuied the right, miles , ' at the hazard of
the most hitter and mali;:,nant per“mal de
traction., of taking thatyour:.o in politiCal af
fairs which his itl;„, : nunt and liensolen( 0 ap
proved. lie haul Leon pointed at as ait i nsist r
or political tergiversation and intideiit,y—l&
Own and the heart-strings of his tinnily Lad
been torn
. by tho—% ile abuse to ‘vhicit had
Leon , tialuected., Ile now appeared befoto
them to show 1111011101.' elf 11001 iv) Wa
to justify to his feilo‘v e.ountrynaan the coiei,s
teney and honer of his conduct.
Mr. Clay proeeedeil to say that he find no
blood in his reins whieh (lid not flow in, an
honoralile channel awl trim( an Ini no euhle
source.--lt ‘V;18 Wit iu tlu nature Of his race
to he . , faithless awl trearl.leron. -There wits
now) of th a t ra ,, e hut, had loirwi it true and
patrhitio heart in his b0,, , 0in. a allele' had
;gallantly' Rtrug,Hing on the Myer Ita
sin.--o,lany now present remendiereil that
gallant tnan wholwdeweil the dark and bloody
ground with his heart's blood.. A loonier
had taller at Buena Vista, fighting for the
honor and flag of . his..country, and, eii h IVLen
diS:lidell and prOArilUt f ' Vnifl Ills many wourok,
when last seiui he still eoin.iatted theeinunies
of his country. Last 1(111 greatest oI leis IMMO
—greato-t that (-Nor' hull been or would he—
his father flail iivol for his country awl for
the exhitusted his (lays in the -,er
sic-o-of tho-Itopuldie,-antl-had—ianpo?=('4--441i-n-l-l
-1010 are ..,oitievtett 11'1111 hill), Its their highest
t sacred ilut v, to give their best efforts
to the maintenttneo (ir th . at cause on which his
great heart and talonts were so long concon
trot ed.
to tlw porfornuini!‘‘ of till.; objev.t
sltid 1:43 cdnikk tintvo to Ntrike one blow ti,e
rilion. i.iu tiien
,proo, :0 41 w 1 to :11ovi. , that the
'annoy of 1110 Whip; party stud In.un forli.tl
ruld ;aid upon iliF father's grave. It 4 ap
ptomthing lh>Blllllllllll AVilB It11110111ej)lt 111 the
van ass. and i,ttecot , ,,; lleneral Taylor, who
refuscd to acknowlod;x himself a. Whig. in
(loud, its death began \\ - lion
,that party declar
ed success to be its oll . leot, iu oppni::11ioll to
the sontimnitt Ilonry
it was Let
ter to he right than to be Ifrosidont. Ito had
clung to the ,hl pany in its I.l_iug. ”sho fool
in its prosperous moments. and when ih, fund
dissolution Wits prochtimol lie lookoil around
to see where he should- go. Ili - r - felt himself
in the embarrassment in whicli the :7 4 :1;re Of
.11arshfleld one found himself. Ito had en
tertained opinions in favor of Native Amerts
and had phblished tho first art:hies
at had ever aimeitred in Kentucky on that
thject.-----So, hearing that there NV:LS a party
organized on that, itica, and ‘vhich at the Gino
proclaimed very high-toned awl indriotie
nii
tional objects and spirit, Bouts he entcrtaiu
ud repugnance to secret societies, he
was persuaded, to present himself' for interro
gation at the portals of one Id' the lodges of
the so-cordial uoriemi order. s the Obli
gation or ,orreev had been removed from all
persons in reference to that order, he felt jus
-tified iu 81ittillg what there oceurred. Ile
was asked what was his mono, Avhere he was
born, what religion lie professed, what was
the rrligiou hi.v and, finally, would
he not hind lihn'self never to - tot() tor a IZonian
Catholic 2---When this Was 'Mt ti )
him he withdrew in dispns-t-- Thar wit" 1)
pluro—a-'> party for him. What, then, was he
i° do? Ile looked ari - mha again to see if there
was not a ehaneo for the resurrection of tilt'
li iii party. Not a. glealit of hope enlivened
the gloom of the horizon. Under these cir
cumstances his no \ t thought and
were, in what ranks rould he in his humble
-.nrlhute ni st fo the maintenance of
the arid' a national part-'.' IIn•-•nw
ni' , ;!o•r lisr hint to stand upon, but in the
party which :11t):10 nu:int:lined an,
2 1 in all the Stmos—whinli stdod
and l'nion ground —which alone
was able t , ;,resetit a powerful resistance Co
the secfio:: .1 panty, N% host) sllOce.!—i I,c4ioV
wollia i:...'11 - t) the disruption of this Con ,
ledoraoy.
II
Chi , ' then proi-oodel to , !ion' - what he
uitt , r h the unacr
1:!:,11,-; ;,. :lit. Fillmore. and Ow
t: 1 erNiistence 111 1.41(.11 an effort ti t u,t_
ti • - ,..11:cri the Union party.
1;10 deenii...l it wise toil
vot‘ , for Mr. it -.\ - ouhl
imril task o take him with they:in-
91 1 '
dol ,
r tilt; Vic(' A!nlrew Jock
-.on licNl(lQ.s Inc ink a rcneua(l‘.,
own n0 ,•,- . 11:1 , 1 Iwon
ti,t• rc‘ll , ‘,. and delatuer ot ad
"• that ild•:1•1•1•11%til•fil ":111. nil'
' 1.• 1.i,:11 c‘in-idcratiun tliza
l'rde'l to Min. 'll. \Hitt. i r Altdrelv
P:oie:• , ,), it) pruler t .tice t,) •I• , lttt (..
a- cort.tinly t't hartl ::It, mar: ve
I/pOll WWI. 11 - 11:11 114 IV9B
v i e pt e d o ver Ceneral Cond, , ; to repro-
Pent • the Ashland Diotriet in C., rig r e ,s,
- Bre , :lCinridge---liad ,kAil-a friend of-his-farter
!low 3fr. c lay n• 011141 ri•N:IVe him if h' should
take the liberty to call (01 him, "As a gen
tleman and a Kelititokiall," Wag the, reply.
'1:1r. Breefd orid L r,e :teeordingly came, and he
(the speaker, ) was present at the interview.
Mr. 11 , reelcioridge st:t.teit-to Clav that he
Inc! called 4,0 T pay - his re:4pect4 "foTiink,: that,
tlioc.ffli of the oppo:die politieal party, he 100 l
Le en elo,,en to represent the district whieh h e;
(Ih% 'lay) had himself represented with so
much renown amHidelity, and lie should con-
Alder It iniqdr---young and inexperienced ag he
was—quite incompetent to do justice to the
high ditty he had :I.4 , ituned,'without the coun
sel "and aid or Mr. Clay, and ho desired per
mis,,lon to
_consult with him freely, when he
should enter Upon his duties, and to rece,ive
the aid of his great experience Inn! knowledge
of political affairs. Mr. Clay was much pleas
ed with this interyiew. It• produced a deep
impre , ision on his mind, and his regard fbr
Ilreckinridge was over afterward warm
and earnest. Anil now 1 :on expected to throw
aside :Mel' a man and vote - for Andrew Jack
t.,en lione,lson ! "Why, fellow Kentuckians,"
exclaimed Mr, Clay, "I would not-give John
C. Breckinridge for a wood's full of Andrew
Ja:tkson Donelsons,"
In this conneetion Mr. Clay referred to the
eloquent, juqt and noble enlogi um pronounced
by llreckinridge in the House of Represen
tative;,, on the announcenient of his father's
dent
11 r; Clay then proceeded to urge upon ]►is
old Whig friends, the .companions and con
stituents Of his father, to rally around that
harmer - which 10) had spent his life iu tqfhold
ing—t he harmer of the. Cnion—LteAvas ready
to foil. 'w the Whig standard as the Douglas
followed the heart, of Bruce—so long as it
watt i. But that flog was no longer to he
seen ot t the Dottie-tiohl. it might yet he unfurl
ed. .;‘St or death there was the resurrection,
I;ut at present there was no Whig; lfi ganiza
thin. and the only party of the Union wos that
of which Mal alum and Breckinridge were the
candidotes.
Mr. Clay referred to the titten!pt
trrirnhli
eate Mr. Ilueb,l)latt in theeharge hargßin and
corruption. (hr that yulijeet he prorio , ed to
take t(ie to=dintony of ( l is so m. ) , caber, and he
road Irian Mr. Clay's letter to show that Mi.
Buchauan had conclude,( eif• in that Id
fair :LS a twin of truth and hiltior hr, should
- what his father said. holore others.
Besides the evidence he had road, there was
other testis:non!" bearing s On the saute pout.
In feeling a. 16.1 elotinent tern's. lie referred to
the hea‘y weight of tic charge agailet his
fat h;;r, and how gallantly and I,ra y lie had
horns ii. Thank Cod it. died I,etoii Liu Cath
er: ate.l now, he y.'as proud to that there
(hid not. the niaos c)ho willst,er it.
Ilia Mr. mas flee I . llal ail connee
witit the matter.
oinrltldod 1111 PI( o L tiont
:11-
pont to hi:, foilo‘v eitiz;qu-, lino
to their r(ir(11111 F.. 1111 0 10 t to the
Ulli(iil-11(4:01-1-1)
lie sat down amid the most. Loit ter.ms ap
plause. We ha\ e neler heard a lilf )1P
nc speeeh. Thoegh the thind speechot di
livcrcti hy Mr. Clay, and the lust t<< r tleliV
erctl in the ()vim air, it Arli 4 VITy
..1211il• of the
tones -ttelietn- of his (her, s 1 r, t. hlc
c;):1(•1, dirliC;l; , , much- 10:4i,•01
force l onl a manly' stele`.—lle.,leelared
was not an orator, ;slid appe.t..cd t.oniewhat
oppressed and re;trai:.ed hy the a I,prollen
sion that too .
much niioit exfotled - from
the sun of Henry elay. 11js speech. however,
carried conviction to every mind of hisdiones
ts, maniitiess and patriotism.
CM.
re;-pectithh , ineetint , of nil par
ties 1110 thlt 11(01Se Of Frtillek ) 1 ,11 , (111, ill
1,11)litkti)W11, 011 v, 111, , 11th nii4l
liaTried lir:.ce furthe_puri_knewf_Li.s.sist
in the !Pleat Pot '&t. for the (%111stitlitinit
and the Union, against tin , tl'7ekt , 4l ationipts
oronpr;nri ! ,ho 19( , 11 to 11ring, about tlinuiliun.
Presittein—t-i1.111•E1,1: \ NEU.
Sv c ,ri,C•,ll t) : 47,.; V;
N'tlSlirol7^;‘, Hl;tri"r RNS.
'l'lio uppoilited ti)o gentle
:llPl a 001111.0 : J[1A! to drill' Vi , ,,lutiow, exprt , ...-
.IVe •ti:o tito 1lr.1): t t,•1 ( 1
S. hhtit INTaver. Sam
-11(.1 11, - ( 11 - ,', ; old Francis .1, e
purtea the
:ttloptod tllO. :
IVi;trotis tllo "times tile try luott's souls''
have. 11, , iiitt ntriviql, it i , t.lnlitvt , s I , l"k‘r\ - iunit, ill
Nylloso ho.tipt bents On A Int.i.icati heart, to fly
to rho ros:•,;( , , ; 111,1 ..lorend the
vhieli halt , : 40 1,111; , fl(111t1"1 or
ng'ililiSt Iho
. unhoiv omsoirario., ) vicKi.d.
mill
etFeet the ot'ertill'OW lif IWillrOd l it ir)ii.—
.I.otiei tiiig such an • evf‘nt ill c:c-e a our de
fent. err aro not unconscious of tlio vv - urk we
1111V1' to do. Thoro:'ore. 4
Tli:lt 1.111 . 1t0 (I '('l ITS into a
Club, to I.e (alled the wirl;
and titat pledgo o u rse h es tai use
all Itiktiorat ) le- moans f)r the success of the
I) , , , ineeratie . part V 111111 its priiieiples, helieving
that it is the only national party now in the
country, and the safest party in whose harals
to place the destinies of th . u.groat Republic.
iee.witred, 'fliat we hail the (*Mei tina ti nomi
nations with tile liveliest s:ttisfaction,helieving
that no conyentikin of any iiartv ever display
ea more wisdom ill presenting. men for the
suffrages of the American people than that
assenthled at Cincinnati did in us .
liccitANAN ntni .lien whose
known t i tialilientions rei.der them eminently
tit for the (-N.:Ow(' trusts tier which they have
))Yen 111111 whil,o past fern
kilo,. a sure guarantee that they "know no
North, no South, no East, no IN est," tit) 1:1‘v
higher than the t'onstitution, 110 banner but
the stars 'll ml stripes.
That we - hol that the sentiments
utterod foy the Know Nc•thing
cans, thoir flags with si%teen stars, L und at•
temrts to re,ist the laws of their country by
innr.hilinS a 'spar into Nansas, in de
fiance of tilts , nprenielaw.is uoil l in g mo re o r
less than IC-2:1l treason• a, , tainst our go‘orn
mow, and ju , tlv merits the punishment pre
serihed tll( Constitution for such high
bande(l olfonces, and that We Will leave no
stome unturned to expose this dan:rerous eon
spiritry ag,ainst our glorious union, so far as
in us lie,.
I"eat we go into the eonte , t With
at) earnest and dotertnined spirit, and woubl
...ay to otir friend , : throu;thout the innilty, that
tl:ev 2.ved an aceount nt , thetni - elve ,,
at tho lye intond to give, old _Vdaing
.
etune in right ride uh. •?'
,••••;', pf, hp ))/.....—we ji,inourselve-: to no
• party- tliat lot not envy's, tlio flag aril kuup
siM) -\'itlx tho unl i of th nion.—RVits
( ; 0 ler
I have 1. , k. , n10rn a \\II ! , htlt if the IVI
pa: ty IWO a 0 . 111010 , 1 , 1 i),l e
itarz: ; , i Will 110 104
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THE COMPILER.
"ErEERTY, THE I 7 NION, IND THE CONSTITUTION."
Gfi 7'7 1 1;S` If UR L'N Ar' A.:
Monday. Morning, Aug. 18, 1856.
Democratic National Nominations.
For Pre.vVent,
JAMES BUCIIANAN, of Pennsylvania
• Dire! Prexident,
01IN C . BRP,CKINRIDO;E, of Kentucky.
Demorealir fi,'lrrtotal
ELECTOIM AT LARGE..
Charles 11. Columbia, connty,
Wilson McCandless, of Allegheny coun ty.
sTap"r 'ELECTORS.
G eo ,W; NCbinger, 13. Abraham 'Edinger,
2. Pierce Buller, 14. Benben
:3. Edward Wartnian, 15. (leo. A. Crawford,
4. William 11. Witte, Ifi..James Black ,
5. .John McNair, 17, I len ry .J.
6„101in 11. Brinton, I S.-John D. Roddy,
7. David (Autry, 19, Jacob Turney,
54, Cbqrlos Kessler, '20..3. A ..J. Buchanan,
9•10 , e0h 1 1 •Lttersol 21. William Wilkins,
22. Jos._(;. CnlnPhell,
11. Frs. W. 1 . 1/, , ..thcs, 23. Thos.Cunningham,
1.2. Thos. Ostia-hoot, 24. John Kealfy,
25. Vincont Phelps,
Ci/ nitl Cow f iri.or ;wit
GEOIt“E CltirnLia, county
.1 , / , /ilt,/, (1, , , , , t i td,
J.,1 COII I' I'S , .1 R., of Yi oo tgomery Co.
• ,k,',/ro lf i o • Oyu Pad,
Jolly ROWE, of Fnutidin count:4,
t
'WILSONICI iLLV, of Cimiabersburg
A sscinbly,
ISAAC REVINSON, of I fumilton ban twii.
yr-m,
DAVID ME( LER, of Cittylmrg,.. -
HENRI: RE! LI, 0,1 Mountploasant.
JOSIAIJ 11 EN Nl' R. nl•Straf;an
Am - W(lr,
CIIJUSTIAN CA.:-.;IIMA.N, of Menallen.
bircrlf.q. UI thr Poor,
REDELICK IV , c,f Berwick.
Disiriet ,11/ornoy,
W 201 McCI,EA N. of Gettysburg.
Ce Plod y Sot rrellor,
EDWARD M:NTLIIE, of Liberty
bon'( /iii! to rowl the lottcr from Cam - -
I)ridt , , Mass., on our first plige. it brings
rolhildo and enc - ouraging intelligence from
that f l oarter of the confodoracs
1):40 . 1i1/1 6.i rv:al the
Hon. \Via. B. Reed, el: l'hiladelf
Charnhershur, , .., , Conlmittee—and
to real the great Slug
Josiah Randall, al3o l'hiladel
the Stale Cinlventioh—both on th
./Ort7 to road the telling si
B. Clay, the of o4on (if"fiz . iarry of the West,"
also gi‘ en in thi3 morning's Compiler. It
plavos ,Nlr. I;tielinnalt in his true position in
relarenee to) the elntrorP of "enagion"-F,Trwoev
Washingt(in, and we feel comfortable under
%1 r. :\lor. dams, and must go home
the impression that the desired change will he
{to the helv:t of (cvery true old line Whig. Mr.
I made. Under die cleception and lying of
Randall's should hare a similar effect.
Now for tUo Documents!
Priwo?ors• Ike) ,pecrilatioox to h Exposed son to Congre4 , :; hat, now, since the public
—A re';olution sulanitted in the ITnited States have "got the hang of the • mi ,, erable thing,"
Senate, by„Senator Bigler, of this State, and the road to he travelled by all K. N. trickster::
l ia , ,sed on Mondav last, will draw out all the i will not be found so easy. We advise them to
tams lil relrence to Fremont's peculations "get out of the way" for the ehok-e of the
California, and the people may then judge of ;'people
his conduct for themsekes, from eji,,,iat in - Th e Denmorativ Senatorial Conferees
nhout which therd can be no dis- of this district (Franklin ..„ 1 ,1 Ad ams) w il l
The rest hi calls on the President
• meet at Caledonia Sigh - 1 , -r, this afternoon, to
for copies of the (Maas 011 W hicu Col. Fre
mont's ;Iceounts, as a public officer, from his
first taking po•;; , CS:ii011 of California, were
4,04-tleil-an4l-4alkv-wv(k—a-ktinquiri-e-g---whether
there W . ll:i any' public money hi his hands un
accounted for, and_ hether there are any pa
pers on tile in the pepartments, from official
sources, chating Lim with malfeasance in
office
ME
The Black Republican . Senators, Hale,
Seward a NV ilson, w(n.e exceedingly anxious
to choke of the remAution, and endeavored to
throw every iniag,inable" obstacle in the way
of its passage, but it passed nevertheless.
Senator Junes of Tennessee.
The Washington I'ition brings us the grat
ifying intelligence that the lion. J, C. Jones,
United States Senator from Tennessee, deliv
ered a magnificent speech un Saturday weelc,in
which he declared that, without surrendering
any of his Whig principles, he should vote for
the Democratic nominees for President and
Vice President. The riiim/ adds:
Ile takes this position as the only sure
moans of averting, the danger which now'
threatens the Uninn than sectionalism. Ho
examined at length the several platforms and
the candidates of the three parties, and show
ed e , 111:111:4Vely that the position of an Old
Line Whig in the prosont contest is with the
l)emocratie party. Jones made a trium
phant NintliCiltitnl of Mr. Iluehanan from the
eh a re.e of diavin!.; done injustice to Mr. Clay
in regard to the chary of liar . e.ain and corrup
tion, His sneerh was listened to liv the Sen
ate and a erowded gallery with marked inter
est, and is destined to exert a powerful iufiu
envy on the puldie mind.
.'The Know Nothing Conferees of this
Cone.re•sional district met at ChambersLurg
on Tuesday last, and placed dosErn. Poitaor,
of Juniata county, hi nomination, as their
candidate for Cong,ress. We are advised
of the merits and qualifications of Mr. P.. if
he has any, hut infer them to he quite ordi
nary. Anbled to this, he is the candidate of
the dark lanternites, which is aro-thin.* hue a
recHrumendati
Our neilibor Buehler. (4 . the .for. was
Prominently In in connection with the
nomipaton, I , ut day lefore withdrew—
I,,lai't•ll :f:,'filt ri‘ntly, 1 . . 0 t h ih ai., ppo i atau , a . t ....,: - -- - - ~.. ,
name fanunar throughout the country, M rs . it witli a strong 'Wart' fence nine feet high, arid
o f many (.f our Potnoeratie fr',enik, aq to that B w•ti a lady of groat aeoomplichment.s. and aro now engaged in making arran;.,r . ements for
~f hi:. iwlitioal 'hrothren. There are thoso 18. ' -
oeoupiel, a lea p.:sitaon in fastuonaLle -so- ,
eth-h:trital , le enough to t•uppuze that he t•aw L • • • 1 ;an extensive and permanent building for tho
comfort and comLuieueo of e....Lhibitionzi and
brcake.:rs ahead._
) ciety year 6 ago.
ErrIZZA
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The Democratic Ticket.
Tn gOing into a political contest, there is
nothing more desinUetha e n an tmi-ficeirtion
able ticket—one made up of candidates against
whose uoxEsTr, FAITHFULNESS AND ABILITY
not a word can ju€tly be said. - Such a char
acter,,we sincerely claim for that nominated
by the Democratic County Conventiew, and
have no hesitation in asking a comparison of
it with that put forth by the Know Nothings.
No Convention ever had better material to
chose from than, that of MondaYlast, for it
'was excellent throughout.
Let the reader east his eye over the names
to be found at the head of onr columns. lie
will observe there those of ISAAC ROBIN
SON, DAVID ZIEGLER, HENRY REMY,
JOSIAH BENNER, CHRISTIAN CASH.;
MAN, FR ED E RICK WOLF, WILLIAM
MeCLEAN & EDWARD MelNTlßE—every
one of these gentlemen, without an exception,
admirably fitted for the post fOr which he has
been placed in tiomination, and furnishing an
.indisputable guarantee, that if elected a strict
and efficient_discharge of duty will character-
Ice their official course.. More unbending in
tegrity, sound judgment and business ability,
is not often found combined in the saule nuns
her of Muninees.
With such a -ticket presented for the suf
frages of the people of the county, , we may
well feel confident of success=--and with efforts
_anything like commensurate-with-the merits
of ”the nominees, -they cannot fail of being
elected by handsome majorities. WORK,
then, all who are opposed to the designs of the
Know Nothing managers, and reblike them
and their infamous proscription in a manner
too emphatic to be mistaken, They cilia/late
upon elevating their candidates to office by
keeping their dark lanternism as much in the
back ground as possible but it is only neces
sary to bear in mind that these wire-workers
are the same men who have spent much of
their time during; the last two years in prowl
ing along the high-ways and by-ways of the
town and county, their faces hid by up-turn- ,
ed coat collars, decoying voters into their .
duns, and there swearing them to proscribe
all who may hold to a particular church, and
such as may have boon born on other soil.--
Let this fact be kept vividly in mind. It de
serves to be so kept. And when the day of
election come , , let every honest votor o his
seal of cOndeumation upon the doings and
II (trim ”ies of ti e dark la n terni tes, by Sustain
ing the Democratic, ticket.
11 . 11,M1N IIEILLY, Esti,
This gentleman has been placel in nomina
tion for Congress hy the unaithp,,w; voice of
the counties composing this district, which is
a high complhaent to his sound ability and
Stern .leinorracy, but nut more so than is de
served. As a ready and strong debater there
are few to equal him and of this our roa , NTs
will 'be convinced when they once hear him,
which most of them will doubtle's's have an
opportunity to (hi during the campaign: The
true.i nterests of the peopii—the signs of the
times—demnd just such a man as Mr. Reilly
in-the'place - oftlic iresent is-Ile rresentative
sworn Know NothingizAn, it was no hap(
ten to elect ruck a man as Pavid F.
make a nomination for State Senat( r.
able - ad eloquent Chambersburg,
will doubtle , 46 he the nominee.
Organization.
.C.:&-The friends of Buchanan and Breckin
ridge at Abhuttstown have funned a large
Club, which will no doubt do good service
during the ctunpaign. Let the example be
imitated in every district of the county—and
let them all strive to excell each other in ar
dor and efficiency in the good work. "We
must strike a bull bloW at the October election;
and Adamssurely will not be slow to do her
full part towards crushing out the party of in
tolerance and proscription.
Thu Know Nothing leaders here, in this
ll:woug,h, have issued orders to the several filo
leaders in the townships to have, instead of
the regular Know Nothing Councils, clubs to
be called "Union Clubs," thus to operate in
such a manner as to gull into the support of
their ticket men who would not swallow the
serrecy and sweariny of the order. I "We warn
the public in time against this new dodge, and
exhort the friends of the Democratic nominees
to be on the alert.
Still They Blackwell, Esq.,
of Ciiicag,o, has written a long and able letter,
in which he dt , clares himself for our glorious
nominees, Buchanan and Breekinrid;:e. Mr.
Blackwell is well known as a talented and in
fluential lawyer, an able speaker and a popu
lar man. lle was one of the Scott electors of
Illinois in 1852, and was the Whig candidate
for Congress.
r....-IP'Coloncl White, the Know Nothing Pre
itlential elector in the Fourth Congressional-
Di , triet of Indiana, while grateful to his
friend:, for the mark of preference they would
ho,tow upon him, is still constrained to de
cline it, for the simple reason that he intends
to work and vote for the Union candidates,
Buchanan and Breckinridge.
V-; Mrs. Jane M. Biddle died in Bucks
et , nty on the Ist inst. She bras the widow•
of the eidebrated Nicholas Biddle. whose eon
nectiotcwith the United States Bank made his
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1 Democratic Meeting at Abbottstown,
THE PEOPLE AROUSED. AND -- TRUE - :TO
THE U:,CION!
An unexpectedly large and enthusiastic
meeting of the friends of BUCHANAN and
BRECKINRIDGE, took place at Abbottstown,
this county, on Saturday last. Previous
to its organization, a splendid Thexoar POLE,
upwurds of one hundred feet long, was raised,
bearing aloft the honored names•of the Dem
ocratic National Nominees. The vast figsetn
blage was called to order by Dr. David S.
Peffer, on whose motion the following gen
tlemen were chosen officers of the meeting;
rfe3ident, DAIVD NEWCOMER, Berlin. •
Vice Presidents, Frederick Wolf, Abbotts-'
town ; Michael Ihiflinan Ahbottstown John
E. Rupp, York; V. C. S. Eckert, 'Hanover ;
Henry Thomas, Gettysburg ; George Law
rence, Mountpleasant ; Peter Noel, Paradise;
Frederick Dellone, Paradise ; D. C. Brinker
huff, Straban ; A. K. Stoner, Berlin ; Col. J.
J. Kuhn, Reading ; Henry Mayer, Abbotts
town ; Samuel _Hauer, Abbottstown ; Nicholas
Karns, Hamilton.
See,retaries, D. P. Lange,. Hanover; James
Abbottstown ; W. S. Hildebrand, Read•-•
ing ; Win. A. Stahle, York ; Cliarles White,
Gettysburg; Michael Strnbinger. Abbottstown;
Ceo. B. Clark, Baltimore county. •
The meeting was successively addressed by
C. M._Smyser, of York, E. B. - Buehler,
Esq., of Gettysburg, Geo. B. Clark, Esq., of
Baltimore county, Henry Stable, of Get=
tysburg, and Wm. A. Stable, of York, the lat.=
ter in English and German.
Mr. Clark has been all his life a decided
Whig, but now that his old party has teased
to be, he ranges himself the side:of the
Democracy, the only . party that is true to the.
-Union and the Constitution. Ile pledges
Maryland for 5,000 maji)rity for Buchanan
and Breckinridge, and will back his word, if
called on at the Washington House, in York.
Ills speech was .a pleasant, as well as tell
ing feature-of the occasion.
Ail honor to the Democracy of Berwick
Let them "KEEP UP THE I'l 11E," and the
happy results will he seen iu October and
Nove . Tuber
fi(e'The SlialingS a this Borough
held a incetin:-.: at Seitively' , ..: }mad, one nil It
last week, to prgatliiC a club for the ClLlnpai4n.
Whether, i n aihni tting pers; .tis to mem! rershi p,
they
. exacted an oath, (the. - 13ilde or Croz-s
present,') to the el:es.t that•the persons ,
joining_ will nut sui,port a Catholkt or a For
eigner for : any office of honor, trust or profit,
we are not advised : but sl1.11;1, 'antler the cir
cumstances, supp,ose not, that pi-rritege being
donlitless allowed only to those who are ad
mitted into the "Superior Counci/d" of the
order.
:
The battle cry ortbe Fremont
ers is soon to be settled in "Masi ber) .
dollars a day." Colonel Jahn Charkg Fre
moot has charged the United States, in one
mantling, in Callibrnia. with fim rti'e ponmis
of beef per day for each twin in his ztrthy r
T-111 , 14: rge,-ii t he-matter-of -be ef, -- we - tm de-r
-stand will soon be f , rtheonting-from thel - voks
of the Tretvury Department. Only think of
it—ONE man to eat FOURTEEN ponnfis of
I mat
itobi-
beef in ONE day ! If John Charles gets vibe
President, won't the soldiers- . of his _liariposcr
army have a glorious time. The old Whig
war cry of "twu dollars a day and roast lied"
will be thrown in the shade. But, then, it i 3
said that John Charles- claerged the
.gcA-ern
men t with H e beef atui drew the. money, with-
out giving his men more than a ration or
ihrty : fintrths (.o`'(/ pound per day keeping the
lrY'Jt m i d n quarter pGundx . lbr ()wit +me
6„++a each man What a gormandizer he
1111
must be, remarls the Washington Sntinel
If he had two hundred inen under his corn
nnord, he must have had fir his own use hrn
thotoona si/ n dred d /777 y pe,yrcp.6, of h et i"
per cbig ."Eiat's a good business transaction,
and is proof that John Charles is fit to be
President.
linty Clay on FaKiel'.
The following is an extract from speech
ft:livered by HENRI - CL.tr, in the Ilouse of
Representatives, in 1850, now both applicable
anti of interest
"Bat if it ( the Whig party,) is to be merged:
into a contemptible Abolition party, and if Ab
olitionism is to be engrafted upon the Whig
creed, from that moment renounce the par
ty and cease, to be a Whig. Igo yet a step
further : If I am alive, I will give my humbler
support to that man for the Presidency who, to ,
whateret party he may belong, is not contami
nate-a by fanaticism, rather than to one who,
crying out all the time that he is a Whig,
maintains doctrines utterly subversiye of the
Constitution and the Union." -
A Rich Political Joke.
We have private authentic advice:3 of an
amusing but indicative mistake, of which Fre
mont was the victim. In New York city, last
week, the Free-Soil candidate went on board
the steamship '.orisaba" to say adieu to some
California bound friends. A gentleman who
was with Fremont, said to Padre Vijil, the
Nicaraguan minister, who was on board, "Al
low me to introduce your excellency to the
next I' resident of the United States," (making
a motion towards Fremont, but not calling
him by name.)—The Padre stepped forward,
raised his hat, bowed and said, "I any very
happy to see you, Mr. BUCHANAN 1"
The St. Luis Detnoorat, the Benton.or
gnu. indignanth• denies that Mr. Blair, just
elected to Congress, is a Republican.
Thrk Corm/ it A gr i cu lt u ral Soriety.—The
third annual exhibition of this society «ill be
held in the borough of York, Pa.. commencing
October Lg. and continuing three days. The
society have purchased the ground on which
the exhibition will beheld, and. have enclosed
i 11t-1a11•c
"Rust Beef and I'm Dollars a
Day."