THE COMPILER.
""LIBERTY, THE UN lON, AND THE CONSTITCTioV,"
GETTYSBURG, PENN'A,
Monday Morning, Sept. 22, 1856.
Democratic National Nominations.
For President,
JAMES BUCITANT, I , of Pqrlns,ylvaniit,
Vire President,
JOHN C. BRECKWRIDGE. of Koßtutky.
Demoerati c. 'Pectoral Ticket,
EIoECTORS AT 1.214 GE• •
Charles R. Buckhlevr, of Columbia county,
Wilson :McCandless, of Allegheny county.
DISTRICT 'ELECTORS,.
1. Geo, W. Nebinger, 13. 2lJbrabam Edinger
Pierce Butler, 14. Hen ben Wilber,
3. Edward Wartman, 15. Gee. A. Crawror(,
4. William IL Witte, • 16. James Black,
5. John McNair, 17, Henry J. Stable,
6. John IL Brinton, lg. .John D. Roddy,
7. David Laury, 19. Jaaoh Taney,
n. Char lcg Kessler, 20, J. A. J. Buchanan,
9. Jams Patterson, 21: - William Wil
10. Isaac Slenker, 22, Jas. G. Campboll,
Frs. W. Hughes, 23, Thos.Cunningham,
'1 2. Thus. Osterhout, 24, John' Kealty,
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Canal. Comm r.rYioncr,
GEORGE SUOII I , of Columbia county.
AufNor GenPral,
JACOB FRY, Jc.-, of Montgomery co. -
Surveyor General,
JON ROWE, of Fratiklin - county.
For Coligre.ie, -
IVILSOIS REILLY, of Chankbersburg.,
GEO, W. BREWER; of Franklin county.
:Loon /4y,
ISAAC ROBINSON, of flamilionban tap.
Associate Judges,
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REI.4Y, of Dlvubtpicasitint.
Commissioner,
JOSIAH' BENNER, of Straban.
Alalitor, • • -
CHRISTIAN- CASHMAN, of 31enttilen.
Director •of the Poor;
FREDERICK WOLF,
• IA. Di.drict Atto-ney,
WILLIA.SI 3icCLEAN, of Uottysburg,
County Surveyor, -
ED - WAitn 1' 1I t of Liberty
BE ASSESSED
Our friends in each election District in the
county should see that every 'Democrat is us•
13essed" in due season. No one is entitled to
vote who has not been ASSESSED at /oust UN
oars before the day of election—or who has
not paid•a State or Colony tax Within two
years previous to the day of election. Every
friend of the Constitution and the Union should
give this matter the attention its importance
demands.
BEAR IT IN MIND,
Thatllrmsus ltmtas, ESq., of Cittunnershurg,
the Democratic candidate fur Congress, and
GEORGE W. BREWER, Esq., of the same place,
the Democratic candidate for- the State Sen
ate, will address the people of Adams county
during• the present Week at eleven different
points, commencing this evening at Fairfield.
These gentlemen are among the ablest of the
political speakers in this quarter of-tho State,
and it is hoped that the true friends of the
Country L--the Union and the Constitution-L--
will rally in mass to hear them. See adver
tisement in another column.
Democratic Polo 'Raising in Mount
pleasant.
The Democrats -of ,31ountpleasant and ad
joining townships will raise a Buchanan and
Breckinridge Pole, ut Samuel Spangler's, on
tuo Ifinia . o. - road, in; Thursday; e
October, at t o'clock in the afternoon. Speech
es will- be made, and a strong turn-out-is ex
pected. KEEP THE BALL ROLLINO!
Mass Nesting at Hanover.
A Democratic Mass Meeting will take place
at Hanover on Saturday, the 11th of October.
Eminent speakers will be secured for theoc-
eabion
The Straban Buchanan and Brockin
ridge Club will meet at Iluutorstown on Fri-
day evening next.
gerWe regret very much to be compelled
to defer the publication of the euMmunication
of "P." until next week. It is a timely
a:•ticle, (embodying what we had thought of
throwing together in one •of our own,) but
will not spoil by a week's delay.
York County Fair.
The annual exhibition of the York County
Agricultural Society-will be held iii York,
Pcnn'a., on Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day, theist, 2nd and 3d days of Octobor. The
,`-_to6ety have made every preparation fur a
editable exhibition. The preniiturt.; ofre:•ed
are quite liberal, and induceatont- are - hell
,ut to competitors without re:4,trd to locality.
Ail articles intended for the Eahibition will
he transported by the sevei•ai Railroad Compa
niel free of charge, and_ it is expected that
vi,itors to the Fair wit! he furnished with
tickets at reduced rates.
The Know ISTotbi lig 131 auk Repnbth.an
managers have resolved, for the time 1)01, 14 ,
drop "Americanism''---as they hope l: t• so
and keeping up it.n awful noise ztbout
I.lausas and Slavery, to divert attention
f.-.):n the Know Nothingi4m of their County
ticket, and thus humbug unti4le votes into its
sn pp in—even votes from the ve .y Dien whom
they and their organs (the Star ; ways among
tueinj so persistently and out ,•;I , :e.ously de
n )unced as "foreign paupers 1 k cLe.
gaa,e, however, is thori,ugl,;y
plf)ti4A Qf all 1y their lieendy/ yiaimt„,
Senalur,
, -
THE CONSTITUTION ! Black Republicanism and Dis-
Immenge .Assemblage of the Democ—
union.
racy in Inflopondence Square.. 1 ~W e (We the Buelianeerm to dellignate 4,
• I mingle 'leader of the Fremont partyf itho ad
' voratem 'it dimoolu Lion of the AmerieurrUnioo.' ''.
—Star. ), •
The anniversary of the adoption of the Con
stitution of the United States was übwved by
the Democracy' in Philadelphia, on tireo,nes
day, in a. most imposing mautier. The ocV
end wards twined. out .in immense' num
bers, whilst the neighboring counties, as w ell
as New Jersey and Neik York, were repre
sented by large delegations, with banners, &c.
It is estimated that there were twenty thou
sand people in Independence Square, whore
the_speakine• d„at,several stands. The
procession was one of the Most grand ever
r.een in that city. Among the , nutnerouo speak
ers were the Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
j ud Gov, Johnson, of Tennessee, whose of
frios on the occasion were among the best of
their lives,
The Democratic watch fires are burning
brightly all over the Union, and are daily in
creasing in intensity. T,he election in No
vember will declare the country still safe,
in the election of BUCILINAN and BUCK
!MUDGE!
A Great Democratic Gathering in'ur'es
. tern Ponnsylvania---Twenty Thous
and Democrats in Council---Enthus-
iastic Reception of John C. Breckin.
ridge. ,
We have before - own full report of the pro
ceedings of the great Democratic mass meet
ing which was held at Pittsburg on the 10th
is tent, in t n very Faun which the Pre
mentors at one time were quite sure they had
secured by ten thousand majority. The Pitts
burg Union of the 11th says
"Qur great mass convention in this city
came off yesterday, and we cannot attempt to
des'eribe, - amid the din, dust, and confusion
still around us, the numbers and enthusiastic
feelings of the thensands that were in atten
dance. At a very moderate estimate, we set
it down that there were not less than twenty
thousand people on the convention ground.
The heat of the day and the clouds of dust
flying haVing rendered it uncomfortable to
march in procession, the groat proportion
the people proceeded to the ground by the ears,
carriages, omnibuses, and private convoyan
- this, rut. -
cos, l,ut, notwithstanding an
shin was grand and imposing,
"After the various delegations and specta
tors, had assembled around • the stand, the
officers were announced, when that veneralYle
and distinguished Democrat, Judge Sttter,
the president of the convention, opened the
meeting with a patriotic and eloquent speech."
After briefly noticing the distinguished
speakers who addressed the Meeting, the
Union proceeds : •
'"Our distinguished and gallant candidate
for the Vice Presidency—Hon. John C. Brock
inridge—arrived in our city yesterday at
nom.. Ho proceeded - at Once to the grounds
where our mass convention WON in session.
The intelligence fleiv from tongue to tongue;
the itisscitillitedtlinounds — r s h d-,—eng-er—te
catch a. glimpse of our eminent and eloquent
standard bearer. When be ascended the
speakers' stand he was greeted with, such in
tense and unbounded enthusiasm as we have
never before witnessedon any occasion. The
air was filled with waving banners. - hats,
handkerchiefs, and branches of, trees ; and
for several minutes the hills echoed with the
most vociferous and hearty applause. It was
a spontaneous tribute front warm hearts to
one of the most gifted and chividrie men of
his ago. in
_America 'or elsewhere. His re
ception was alike worthy of the ;;onerous and
appreciating masses, and of the noble son of
kentiiky.
"We sincerely wish that every citizen -of
,our glorious country could have heard the
speech of Mr. Breekinridge. It was digni
fied, eloquent, patriotic, and thrilling. Every
breath-seemed hushed ; the thronging thous
ands bent their ears, anxious to catch every
word that fell from his lips, He poke wish
impressive earnestness, with lofty and iligni-.
tied eloquence,. Ile spoke et the sacred ties
that bad bound together our fathers ef. the
revolutiOn, and still bind us, their sons ; of
the glorious achievements, the.proud position,
and the-splendors of the opening future of our
Country ; ho exhorted his hearers by all the
hallowed mentories of the past awl the bright
_hories_ef the future to maintain the Union as
it 18---`one and inseparablo, now and forever e
he pointed out the dangerous, theJearful ten•
done) , of • the opponents of the - lbanoeratie
',arty, and plead - with those'who listened to
n►n to s I
country, read transmit to their posterity all
the blessings which it guaranties. Ills earn
est, fervent patriotism, his lofty sentiments,
his deep, ricli voice, -his full. distinct, and
correct intonation, his easy, gri►ceful action,
made a wonderful, a thrilling, a lusting im-
Pression upon .the audience. No one saw or
listened to him without being impressed with
his wonderful powers of oratory. Ills tall,
commanding, noble, intellectual appearance
added much to the effect :
"'A kind. true heart, n spirit bright.
That cannot fear, that 'Fill Nut 410,
Is %%it 'ten ou his tuauly.bruw,
Aud in his manly eye.'
It was the universal remark of all who saw
him, that ho is the very imboiliment, the very
soul of chivalry ; and of all who hoard him,
that he is the very typo and model of an ora
tor.
"In the evening, after the convention of the
day had adjourned, scores and hundreds of
Our citizens of all parties waited upon Mr.
itreekinridge at the St. Charles, anxious to
pay their respects to one of the most gifted,
gallant, and eminent men in our land. All
met with a cordial and courteous greeting,
and left feeling that they had been in the
presence of a statesman and a patriot. lVe
are proud of-our young standard-bearer, and
\yell we may Iv."
WHAT NEXT ?
azirA few weeks ago the Know Nothing
Black Republican orators charged
Bu
chanan and his friends with being "slavery
extensionists !"—now they denounce the saint'
:11r. Buchanan and friends as "abolitionists!"
Aro they not fastening too many "strings to
their bow," to do their rotten cause any good
among sensible people ! The-Star van hard
ly.play upon both! It would be an outrage
to h the Democratic thunder so bare
faeedly.
I.VARNTER Tows'si:No declines the Know
Nothing nomination ,for County Auditor.—
Th.. other candidates on that ticket had better
fieliow suit, if they wish to be spared defeat.
'file K. N. managers are beginning to shake
in their boots.
Grasshoppers.
"I;raigshoppers are making sad havoc on the
uppitr' Mississippi * "
Svrves the upper Mississippitins right.
Why don't they turn Fre.moi ter, and use them
illy ;11 pies.
- 'This thing of "daring" may sqund very
bold, but it is often used as a '"scire-erow"
only. Such it is in this ease. '!'ho Star
xsows that the leaders of the Fremont party
are Dimunionists at heart, and that many of
them avow it—but the "dare" is thrown out
with the hope that its very audacity will pre
yent a reply. '"Facts are stubborn things,"
however, and we intend to take our stand
with them.
Horace Greely, of the N; Y. Tribune, is the
head Ordfront of the Fremont church, and is
entitled to its highest honors. What does he
say? This:
"I HAVE NO DOUBT BUT THAT ,THE TREE A. 741
SLAVE STATES OUGHT TO BE SEPARATED. THE
UNION IS NOT WORTH SUPPORTING IN CONNEXIOR
WITH TIM SOUTH."
Who is Joshua R. Giddings? One'of the
leadink and most active Fremont men in the
Union, and one who probably had more to do
with his nomination than any other. Surely
his "leadership" will not be disputed, He
has been• a Disunionist for years, and has gone
so far as to declare that he "looks forward to
the day when there ghat be a servile insurree 7
lion in the South, when the black man armed
with British Bayonets, and led on by British
Vicers, shall assert his freedom and wage a
war of extermination against his 'master ;
w men the torch of the incendiary shalllight — up
the towns and, cities of the Solidi and blot out
the last ventage of slavery. And though (said
he) I may not mock at their calamity, nor
laugh When their'fear cometh, yet I will hail
it as the dawn e) . f a political millenium."
Fits Henry Warren is also among the front
seat members of the Know Nothing Black
Republican party. At aßepublican meeting
at Springfield, Mass., he declared that "the
present difficulties between the North and the
South would be settled by the cartridge-box,-if
not.by the ballot-box ; that in certain, contin
gencies, THE CONSTIT I VTION OF TUE UNITED
STATES WAS NOT WORTH A itusti."
We might multiply columns of sinillar
testi
mony, that of Banks, Burlinghnmo, and hosts
of others, but presume no intelligent reader
would require more. It may nut he out of
place, though, to add a little:foreign authority,
that of the London Chronicle, one of Queen
Victoria's mouth-pieces, ie Irsayg :
"We sheuhrbe sorry to see Mr. Buchanan
elected, because he is In. favor of preserving
the ohnoxbias institutions as thev exist, AND
THE UNITY OF THE srATE . S. There :is
no safety fur European monarchial govern
ments, if the progressive spirit of the Delius.-
, racy of the .United States is tOlowed to succeed.
LE FR )NT T ELY Ilt ST It LOW
TO THE SEPARA'T'ION OF THE' UNITED .
STATES IS EFFECTED!"
Think of this, Men of Pennsylvania!—think
of the consequences ,that would follow the
election of Fremont. Are you willing to plaeo
the whole power and patronage of our Gov
ernment 'into the hands of men who are
avowed Disunionists and who preaeh all sorts
of rebellion and disorder ?
"Ulla ! HENRY CLAY endorse the pnsition
of the Lovotoeo party upon the Slavery ques
tion !"—Star,
AEV-Exactly—"and nothing shorter !"—as
we rttoviin last week by the (locumentB, and
intend to continue to prove in the sanie wit)k
itst so long as the Star has this kind of mock
indignation to preach.- .
Intelligent men of all parties, examine the
proof! Here it is.
The Cincinnati Democrittie Platform con
tains this broad and not to be mistuadorgtoCid
resolution :
, ReBolred, That we recognize the right of the
people of all the Territories, i neluding Kansas
and Nebraska, acting through the
fairly expressed will of a majority of actual
reshients, and whenever the number of their.
inhabitants justifies it, to form a Constitution,
with or without -domestic slavery, and ho ad
into thi Cr . 0 s upoia ttiruis of perfect
equality with the other States.
That's the position of the Democracy of the
whole lTnion—not sixteen States of it. Now
for lll:xttY CLAY'S - "endorsement." In his
celebrated report introducing the Compromise
bills of
. 1850—a record so plaiß that all who
run may read—he said :
The true. principle whickought to regulate
the action of Congress in forming territorial
governments for each newly acquired domain,
is to refrain from all legislation on the sub
ject (of Slavery) in the territory acquired, so
long as it retains the territorial form of gov
ernment—leaving it to - the people V . such Ter
ritory, when they hare attained to a condition
which entitle:: them to admission as a .state, to
decide
. /or themsdres the question (!t . the allow
ance or prohihition of domestic slarcrll."—•(See
Congressional Globe, May 10, 1850, page 045.)
Surely that is about as clear and emphatic
an "endorsement" of the position of the Dem
ocratic party, as words could well be fashion
ed into. Who can honestly say aught else?
We %yin not, comment on the Sta.'s want
of truth in this connection.
Qky~ if tht;' - Know Nothing Black Ilepubli=
cans are "more alarmed at one thing than
another, it is at the fact that they cannot
make half the' capital out of the. "Kansas
code" question they expected. The Star has
been'driving at it for weeks, always upon the
assumption, of course, that the Democratic
party endorsed those laws. But the people
are beginning to see and believe that the De
mocracy do no.sueh thing, and hence. the un
easiness of the dark lanternites at the prospect
of losing one of their best lying and electioneer
ing hubbies. Their entire capital in trade
appears to lke huwbuggery and falsehood, (see
their journals,) and the certainty begins to
stare them in the face that it will all be ex
hausted before it can possibly accomplish half
as much as the election-of John C. Fremont.
,8 5.-A so-called "old line Whig" Conven
tion, but composed almost exclusively of Know
Nothings, in Baltimore last week, endorsed
the nomination of Mr. Fillmore. The triek
well understood, and will deceive uu une.
"The friends of Fremont seek to restore
the National
. policy which Washington and
his compeers inaugurated,"—Star.
,"They take a queer way to bring it
about, then. Something like burning down
the barn to get rid of the rats !
'What! Fremont and WASHINGTON in
the same breath It is an outrage upon the
great man who sleeps at Mount Vernon to
connect them thus. All his teachings, his
whole life, are against the base assumption.
Washington was no sectionalist—and the
most fervent prayer of his heart was that sec
tionalistn.might never spring up, to the dis
_solutien-and down-fall of this b. ' u s( ••
ly cherished Union. :Probably the most pow
erful part of his Farewell Address is that, in
which he warns us to beware of "sectional or
geographical parties"—just such a party as
IS now following, or leading or driving. John
C. Fremont. Let any honest 'man take up
that Address; read and ponder over it, and if
he does not become convinced of the utter reck
lessness of the Star and its equally reckless
"Superior Counsellors," we are greatly mis
taken in out notions of human perception. ,
The boldness of the assertion quote Vat the
head of this article, is only equalled by some
of the Black Republicans out West, who
illustrate their banners with portraits of
Frennynt, labelled "The Second Washing
ton." The points of resemblance between the
first Washington and the "second" are that;
set forth by the Rochester Union:
"Washington never dogged a man from
place tuplace-and_ eadeavored_tu, badger - .him
into a duel.
'"Washington never challenged a man to
mortal combat.,
"Washington never speculated 'in beef to
the prejudice of hie country.
"Washington never certified 'on honor' to
the correctness of a charge a nd then had it cut
down by the auditing officer from ten thousand
dollars to fifty dollars.
"Washingtrn► never accepted a - nomination
front a -party which proscribed tbreigners
and Catholics as unworthy the name of Amer
ican.
"Washington never encouraged the forma
tion of sectional parties,"
terDriven . to the lA-all—cornered, and al-
most caged—Know Nothing Black Republi
cans are beginning to repent the- sectional
out-start they made in nominating Tremont as
the candidate of the North, and in their ex
tremity arc slashing about in every conceiva
ble manner to get out of the disagreeble and
dishonorable dilemma. A few, (the Star
among them,) are even mendacious enough
to intithate that Mr. 111.7CH.4.NAN is a sectional
candidate, pledged to "a sectional policy." As
well might they'say that the great WASHING
TON; NILS pledged to such a ruinous course.
WASHINGTON said:
"It is of infinite moment that you should
properly estimate the- immense value of your
national union to your collective and individ
ual happiness ; that you shOuld ever cherish
a cordial, habitat and immoveable' attachment
to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak
of it as the.palladium of your political safe
ty and prosperity ; watching for its preserva
tionAvith a jealous anxiety; discountenancing
whatever may suggest even a suspicion that
it can in any event be abandoned ; and indig
nantly frowning upOn the - first dawning 'qt . eve
ry attempt to alienate (1701 - p portion of our coun
try from the rest, or to enfeeble the' sacred tics
which link together the various parts." •
Mr. BucunNAN says:
"Disunion is a word which ought not to be
breathed amongst us even in a whisper. The
word ought to be considered one of dreadful
omen, and our children should be taught that
it is sacrilege to pronounce it."
These are patriotic declaratiOns, and should
be cherished in the "heart of hearts" of every
American citizen. . Always treasure them in
memory, and When some dastardly lying
Know Nothing Black Republican would have
you believe otherwise, tell him he is a design
ing demagogue, and unworthy the _counten
ance of a decent man.
D anie I—W ebst er -on —A bolitionism.
Daniel Webster, in the United States Sen
ate, spoke as follows:
"Now, sir, this prejudice has been produced
)yt le incessant attrition of abolition doctrines
by abolition presses and abolition lectuiers
upon the common mind. IVO drum head in
the lonyest day's march was ever more inces
santly beaten than the feelin. , b of the public in
certain parts of the North. They have been
beaten every month, and every reek, and every
day BY THE DIN AND ROLL AND RUB-A-DUB OF
THE ABOLITION PRESSES AND ADOLITION LEC
TURERS, and that his which has created these
prejudices."
And, again, he declared :
"T am against agitators North . and South.
I am against all narrow and local ideas North
and South, and against all narrow and local
contests. lam an American, and I know no
locality in America. My heart, my senti
ments, my judgment, demand of me that I
should pursue such a course as shall promote
the good ; and the harmony, and the union of
the whole country. This I shall do, God will
ing, to the end of the chapter."
After a perusal of these utterances of the
Sage of Marshfield, can any one doubt where
he would now stand if living? C an anv one
doubt that he would be found tin the side of
the Democracy, battling for - the constitution
and the Union lVa:dt. Union.
The Republican Party.
Here is a rich thing from Wendell Phil
lips, a leading Abolition disunionist. We
commend it to the attention of all those who
are anxious to know the real tendency of
Black Republicanism. When that party is
endorsed by Garrison and Phillips, all true pa
triots should pause long and reflect seriously
before they_ cast their votes for Fremont.
Phillips says:
"There is merit in the Republican party.
It is this : It is the first sectional party ever
organized in tins country. * * It is not
national, it is seetional. It is the North ar
rayed against the South. * * The first
crirek in the iceberg is visible; you will yet
hear it go with a crack through the centre."
Where Was Colonel Fremont Born ?
The Boston Daily Bee, a journal that ilow
supports Col. Fremont for the Presidency, on
the 2.2 d of April last, published the following
statement in its columns
"FitEmoNr.—coi. .r. C. Fremont was born
in FRANCE, January, I`+l3. Ills father was
an emigrant from FRANCE, anti his mother a
native of Virginia."
The Constitution of the United States re
quireslhat the office of President shall be tilled
by 4 native-born citizen.
Fremont's Galphinism—The Official
Record.
Keep it before the people, that by official
document No. 13 of the thirty-third Congress,
second session, sent in on the 12th of Sep
tember, 1854, it appears that Fremont has
been guilty of the greatest depredations upon
the public Treasury. • that report there
are claims on the Treasury, now on file, for
the subsistence of Col. Fretnont's regiment,
composed of about three hundred men, during
six months service in California, amounting
to over $BOO,OOO. According to these
each one of his men cost $2O a day during that
—months- —The—beef account- alone shows
that each man consumed every day fourteen,
pounds of that article. These claims were so
enormous on their faCe that only about one
sixth, or $156,000, have been allowed. A
board of army officers examined and reported
upon them, and determined that the residue,
or nearly ::;650,000, was so fraudulent or so
suspicious as to require explanation. And
this is only one of the numerous similar
transactions that go to show the skill of the
immaculate John'Charles Fremont as a "path
finder" into the National TreasUry.
How Goes the Battle ?
Since the opening of the presidential cam
paign State elections have been held. in Ken
tucky, North Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas,
Texas, Alabama, lowa, Vermont, and Maine.
The Cincinnati Enquirer foots up'the column
thus:
"The State elections finis •far point con
clusively to the fact that the people have re
solved to elect James Buchanan President of
the United States. In a presidential canvass
the results in the States preceding the vest
battle in November are excellent thermome
ters of the state. of public opinion. Since the
three parties nominated their candidates—
Buchanan, Fillmore, and Fremont—elections
have-been held in the, fidlowing States. We
give Oa result, with the number of electors
to which they are entitled:
Buchanan. Fillmore,
Kentucky,
North Carolina,
Missouri,
Arkansas, .
Alabama,
lowa,
Vermont,
Maine,
"We give lowa to Mr. Fillmore because
three of the . five State officers elected--at the
August eleetion are his friends, and were
nominated by the same convention which
nominated 'Fillmore -electors. Thus, of the
nine States which have held elections, the
Democrats have carried six, 'having forty
eight electors, - to the Black RepublicanS
thtrteen electors and the Fillmore men four.
"Fellow-Demoerats, are not l these results
cheering, and have we not everything to en
courage' us for the November contest? So
far as compared with-1852, _when_ the-Demo.
erats had two hundred and fifty-four electors
to forty-two opposition, we have gained twelve
in Kentucky and lost _four in lowa to Fill
more and eight in Maine to Fremont,. being
- k ual gain and loss. The contest, there
h- he same
an e
core, ilaS about the same appearance as in
last presidential campaign, when we had near
ly all the electoral, votes'."
serA - silly story, got up for those wbo
have got soft spots.in their heads, and for the
unfortunate doughy people who have not been
"baked. hard,"
. has been put into circulation,
to the effect that Mr: Buchanan is to be with
'drawn, and Mftutore and Breckinridge run by
-the Democrats. Some of eur enlightened bo
rough authorities were gravely circulating the
story'yesterday.—Now, to all such fellows we
are authorized, by a responsible correspon-.
dent, whose proposition we endorse. to kdfer any
sum, from $l.OO to 415,000, THAT JAMES
BUCHAN - AN, IF IIE LIVES, WILL, BE
THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.:-L—Thoi: Gazette.
What is Certain.
"It is certain " says the Utica Herald, "that
the pm-slavery ruffians are again aillieting
Kansas with sword and flame." To which
the Utica Observer replies : -
"It is certain that Colonel—Lane-Ims ; -
into the Territory with a band of ruffians far
no other purpose than to shed blood and in
cite reprisal.
"It is certain that Gerrit Smith, who new
says this question must be settled in blood,
is the chief contributor to Lane's support.
"It is certain that'Kansas was peaceful for
nearly two months before Lane made his vio
lent inroad, and commenced attacking the
settlers in Kansas."
lerMaine has gone for the ltnow Nothings
and Black Republicans by upwards of twenty
thousand. - Happily, however, New England
is not the Union. In every other part Nation
al men will behold the peril that now threatens
the Republic, and will become more and more
vigilant to protect it. Maryland is now safe
for Buchanan and Breckinridge.
The Maine Election---Not Decisive.
The Boston Daily Advertiser, (a Fremont
paper,) says: "It will be scarcely safe to
draw any inferences as to the probable result
of the Presidential election in Maine or else
where, from the issue of the election in that
State on Monday, because it is well known
that the local politics of Maine are complica
ted and embarrassed by issues and by jeal
ousies which will not enter into the Presiden
tial Canvass."
ve'The Rev. Mr. Nate, of Lawrence, Kan
sas, says in a letter to the Spring Geld Repub.
lican, dated Aug. 22 :7--
We are now having war in earnest—four
fights within the last five days, in all of which
the oee state men were the assailants, and the
viet4)rs.
Mark this admission—in all these fights,
the free state men were the assailants, says this
Rer. warhawk and abetter of treason and
bloodshed.
sa'Gov. Geary has arrived in Kansas, and
has issued a proclamation ordering all unlaw
fully armed bodies to disperse or leave the
territory. no is likely to, deprive Black Re
publicanism of its thunder, by taking strin
gent measures for the restoration of peace
there, a con,•ummatiuu which the Disuui-n
-i wvuld of all thlug., depiure.
GRAND DEMOCRATIC RALLY!
POWERFUL SPEECH OP COL.
The Democratic meeting in the Diamond
in Thursday evening, was one of the most
gratifying of the campaign. In numbers it
far surpassed our expectations, whilst a deep
and earnest feeling seemed to pervade every
breast. Take it all in all. it was sin occasion
long to be rememberid, with the most agmea
ble emotions, by every true friend of the U.
nion Present.
The meeting was called to order, upon is
large stand erected at the east front of the
Court-house, by Hon. Jost. B. DANNER, who
proposed the following gentlemen as officers,
and they were unanimously chosen :
President, Capt. ISAAC LIGHTNER.
Vice Presidents, E. W. Stahle, Sam'l Spang
ler, John Wertz, Fleming Hoke,Jacob Brown,
D. C. Brinkerhoff. John R. Harrigan, Isaac
Deardorff, Henry J.-Myers, Peter Baker, Sam
uel McCreary, John Cashman, H. G. Carl,
Dr. WM. Patterson, Christian Benner, John
Butt, Jr., Peter Hoffman, Win. H. Culp, A.
W. Flemming.
Secretaries, Dr. C.- E. Goldshorough, H enr y •
S. Fink, C. A. Shorb, Peter Macklev, Edward
Moritz, Jacob Gilbert, Charles White, John
Z. Hellebaugh.
Cot. SAMUEL W. BLACK, of Pittsburg,
who present by invitation, was then in
troduced and received with hearty and repeated
cheers. The eloquent gentleman entertained
the crowd for about an hour and a half, in it
course of argument so clear, so well put and so
thoroughly backed . up by FAcrs, as to render
his stand-points entirely imptegnable;and
the position of the Democratic party if possi
ble more commanding for its patriotism and
nationality. He went over the whole ground,
taking a full and fair view of the Slavery
question in its historical aspects—the prapea
way to look at it—and introduced the testi-,
mon) , of our wisest and best men since. the
foundation of the government, ail proviirg that
• the platform of the Democracy is the only true
and safe ground for Union loving citizens. His
allusions to the disunion' tendencies and de
signs of Black Republicanism, we. e eloquent
. in the highest deg/ee, and called forth - i ouuds
4 of applause.
Fremont
The speech fell like a wet blanket upon the -
opposition. The falsehoods re!ailed by their
orators and p: eases we. e laud bare to the bone,
and their capital exploded. They sue tbe,e
fme putting themselves to all manner of trou 7
ble. and resorting to any conceivable number
of additional lies, to beak its fOrce ; but they .
might as well try to tilt the "Round Top" into
the Court-house Diamond.
At the conclusion of Col. Black's speech. - ti;
procession was formed, which ma, ehed tb- u?
the streets, headed by :he besthind of martial
music. The procession was at one time sev
eral-squares-in-length---a-good-intlieation_tbat.L__
the I)emocrats will be about when voting time
COUICS.
P. S.—The alarm of the arg
. Know Nothing
Black Republican manager is in creasing.
11Oltifiel — BLACK'S speech frightened them so
much that they positively got up a meeting on.
Saturday evening, at which they p omised in
their handbills• to -'review" it. And such a
..review" as it was ! If it proved anything' it
plowed how weak and indefensiblels the c eed
of the Black Republicans. It was as far below
the speech of Col. 8.. as the mole-hill is below
the mountain ; reminding the hearer of lioth,
as some one remarked in the crowd, of the
snapping of the insignificant penny-dog at the
heels - of the knowing mastiff: The opposition
would deserve the thanks of the Demottrary„
by getting up just such a "review" of every'
Democratic speech "made in thecotinty—and
we do not know thak they could engage a
more effective ehampioh than the editor of the , .-
Star. Didn't he astonish his audience when_
he talked about the disgust winch he enter—
tained for the Abolitionists ! -
A friend at Abbottstown writes us that the
Buchanan and Breckinridge Club Meeting in
that place, on Saturday evening - week, was
one of the best meetings held -there this en-ni
p:lips_ Although called as a Club gathering,.
with. only a few written hand-bills out, it prey
• . _ n--outpeuring of_the h rd-fisted yeo
manry eif Berwick and Surroundinglownshipm
that ghild.ened the hearts of the friends of the.
Union and the Oanstitution in that quarter..
The TOTEM were there—reliable men, who in
.a-contest as moniontorts as this do not hesitate:
in taking their- stweil on the Ale: of their
Country. It must have been gratifying: to
behold men claimed. by the opposition, and
'not heretofore with me. acme forward and sign
the constitution of theterrab. Mr. SAM EL .T.
VANDERSLOOT, of this plan*. who was present.
to address the meeting.. was. rived with
rnan.y cheers, and our in end. saira made a most.
stirring, effective,, argumentairiv-vand eloquent
speech. lie spoke two and a hair:beers, dur
ing the whole of which time the 9iveliamCe paid
listening attention. lie took_ up tilia,several
platforms, and disposed of the issues= involved.
in the campaign with telling effect.
In reference to an attempt to th'strerlbthe
meeting, our correspondent says :
"I must not forget to notice, that on tlrop
posite side of the street was a small crowd of
small men and boys who evidently assembled.
there to disturb the meeting, amongst whom
our worthy high (low)constable and another
long haired gentleman,-rather awkward in ap
pearance, f as hioned somewhat after the Fre
mont and goatee species, who figured mere con
spicuously than the rest, and seemed com
manders in the honorable conduct.
"Shooting crackers were procured, as the
most effectual means to annoy us. One round
after another went off, with such precision
and-regularity, under the orders of this con
etable of ours,_that we at onee saw that na
ture had intended him as a military man; in
other words, shooting cracker (general arguing
boys, instead of high constable of a quiet
Borough.
"All praise is due to these honorable gentle
men, and we thank them for thus acting.
Had they acted otherwise we might have
mistaken their crowd fur Democrats, but
their conduct furnished characteristies which
always have distinguished Know Nothings
from Democrats. *This honorable constable,
who fired the big gun, ought to recollect that,
although sport to his party. danger attends ,
such Amusements, especially if guns are load
ed to bursting point;
tar Keep it before the people, that Black
Republicanism and rank 014 Abolitionism aro
on the s,aine platform. anal go hand in hantt
.41 fattir the. bur,e e.tudidAte fur
President,
BLACK.
ub Meeting at Abbotowu.