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itiOpetNipt - --itep4biieqif..
mums r , READ AND'[[. B. FRAZIER,' EDITORS
r MONTROSE, PA.
tarilay, October 6, 1856.
Ell
ICAN NOMINATIONS.
victory or a clesn defeat."
, Judge Mork.
ea of the Administration 'must he struck
ry State, County, and District."
Midge Wilmot,
MEE
"The
down in
O
•
Commissioner, • - .• •
THOMAS NICHOLSON,
, .0 [Beave r County.
I=l
Per Reps e
eritative.
RLANDO 0. HEMPSTEAD.
Of Susinitehentlut County
THOMAS 1. INGHAM,.
Of paint= County
honer,
el
WILLIAM T. 'CASE,
o i
mum.
Ea=
.SELDN .
••. Of •Moittrose,
or.
• DAVID - D. BROWN,
Of ,Frienclarille
• •
:leation--October'eth, 1855..
For dub
TO THE t
PEOP E OF PENNSYLVANIt.
•• , i . -- = , .
The , i ig party, the Republican party, And the
Arnericat f t;i t party having each nominated a candidate
for the lo l ee of Canal Commissioner, it became ap
parent that such a division of elements of opposition
to the Nronal Administration - and the Nebraska
Fraud wo d inevitably lead to the election 'of Arnold
, Muller, tike Pro-Slavery, Nebraska candidate. In
view of these facts, a meeting of the Central Coin
mittees of]said parties was held at . Harrisburg on'
Thursday the :17th of September, 1855, and the nom
inees 4 havl' g declined and been withdrawn, THOMAS
- NICHO /IS . Of BEAVER COL . STT, was , unanimously
nominated as the candidate of the safd parties, for the
purpose ot concentrating the votes of the anti-Nebms-
Ica partron one man; and be is hereby earnestly
recommended to all thelovers Of Freedom in Penn
, sylvania a•capable, honest, and true-hearted man,
ip th
'vho is tr o support ' yof the confidence and of the
.
people. JOHN A. FISHER,
. .1 - Chairman of Whig State Committee.
LEMUEL TODD, •
• Chairman American State Committee of 13.
DAVID WILMOT, ,
• ~ i Chairman Etinublicart State Committee.
I it
. 1 + A CARD. .• . •
- 'The Untlensigned, Membeis of the State Republi
'. Scan Committee, deem it proper to say, that they went
into the COmmittee on the :17th, at Harrisburg, to
support tbe nomination of PASSMOBE WILLIAMiON,
--for CdfArli;Cominisaioner. They continued uniformly
~. to supporthim during all the discussion that took place
in that Cohurittee, and in the ComMittees of Confer
ence; and it was their purpose to stand by hints° leas
as in their belief he should continue to be candidate.
.` They therefore did not acquiesce in the nomination of
Tnomas:N)cnotsos ; but, having since learned, that
PASSMOIit i WILLIANII: had not actually accepted the
nominatio and has since declined it, and being sat
isfied that' +11010,9 NICIIOLSON is in favor of the Re-
publican atform adopted nt the Convention at Fitts
• 'burgh, , that he does not belong to any secret poli
tical d '
rg i
ration, they now concur in t'se nomination
•-of the latt r gentleman, and cominen'd him to the nor
' dial suppOrt of our friends throughout the State.
GEORGE DARSIE, of Allegheny.
WM. M. THOMAS, of Philadelphia.
'' - .
1. SAML. F. CARMALT, of Susquehanna,
— Calm a d Dispassionate 'Reasoning upon
.ii
e Question now at Issue-
The P l i rinciple contained in Jefferson's ordi
nance Of J 787, which prohibited Slavery
North•of the Ohio, and the principle contain
-ed in Wilmot's Proviso, which propOsed to .
• exCludelSlavery from the Territory acquired
• of is deeply rooted in the hearts of
•• the freeinen of Susquehanna 'county... It is
the ear rying out of a settled principle in Com
' mon Law, a principle old as 'history, that
Ic•Slavery is a creature of law, and cannot ex
.,
iist with ut positive ennetmenta. • Under this
principlp, so long•and well established, Slave
-Ty cannot, and ought not, to exist in any
' couittryluntil the.- Legislature 'thereof, peace
fully alVd quietly, assembled, - shall - deeide
• that the soil or the climate, or the best inter
ests or ithe people, require the institution of
humaullslavery. By such an act Slavery
would be legalized; without •it, Slavery is a
fraud find legal crime in any country or in
..
any terrnory. .
The Declaration of Independence declares
that all'men are created free and equal. In
a govarn i ment formed in accordance with the
- principles of that-Declaration,,Slavery could ,
not a 4 ought not to exist. • If,. therefore,
Slavery does anywhere czist under the jurisd
iction l',of the Federal 'Government, it is , in
• violati)ln of the principles of the Declaration
of Indei - endenee, contrary to - the genius of a
- 'free g o' ernment, and ought to be_abolished.
But b , virtue of certain compromises, enter
ed mtt between the States, at, the time the
- C , onstii.ution was drafted, Slavery . was per
' trlittedrto exist in the several States, by vir
tue and by reason of their State laws. Slave
lry' may' , therefore, be permitted within the
, Unital States, wherever the, jurisdiction of
the Feideral• Government is contravened and
.cut Ail by the jurisdiction of the Stale go.v
-11 v
-ernmTts. Certain powers,. were. given up
ty the States, and vested in the General Gov
-,
•ernmen ll t, but the power , to create and-regu
late Slavery was not' vested in the General
,
Government, but remains With the'States.--- 1
Proml these facts is deducel l the principle,
that Slavery cannot exist in :any Territory
'While t remains under the jurisdiction of the
Fyd ' Government. This" is the great 1
prinei e adopted and ad vocated;,by the Re-1
pubtitputyparty of Pennsylvania, and the one
upon which the freemen of Susquehanna court-
ty ar( nbw asked to make a full, and free,
and El i ir expression of opinion. .
The adverse or opixising principle;is term
ed Popular Sovereignty. By the practial
operation of this principle, Slavery is • now I
planted in Kansas and Nebraska, and may t
'.e. pltnted in all the Territories of the Na
tion. i lt denies and abrogates the principle
n4et
of itx) mon law, that Slavery is a creature of
legal menu ,, and affirms and esia`Misbes
the pl i ineiple that Slavery may exist,, any
whet. , until prohibited by positive law. By
'virtu Of this inhuman principle Slatierigoes
•
into ]the Territories. far beyond the regulat..
Alf and ameliorating laws of the States, and
:,aubje,ts its poor victim to the wild , caprice .
:ma brutal passions of . the , master, until the
veopl i p shut l enact. some law to -protect him
in hi:i most miserable condition. Before the
- labaltthante become sufficiently numerous to
i llt
take e government into their own bands,
years,suid:yeara may have rolled away, and'
.wher the ,Legislature dil,es . assemble, the
':
..,
.
':;guest on is not of prohibitton,.or. Of restria
-1 tion, i tll it ii the more difficult and tropble - -
.
. .
some one of emancipation.
'into emancipate - slav be, whet
tution haS; a foothold,' is shown
ry of DelawaN, Maryland,
more- reeen' ity of Kentucky. -
just - it is tO reitrietAavery i
Ordinance or 1787.9 Cont
westerk witrfr: the' SOuthwestei
who will Say, that" the ordinar
not just ai l id properaind for -_
'ef the co untry. The injustice and the iniqui.
ty of the principle of Popular &isereignty is
shown in !the brief but inglorigus history of
' Kaniss. ;Slavery Is there inyiolation of ev
ery just•PrinciPle of human governmeat. It
is there i'lli accordance with the principles of 1
popular Sovereignty, but contrary to. the 1
princif les; of : common 'law, contrary to. the
i -
principles:of the Deelaratioa of lndependeti,
contrary to, the genius of .a free governnW
contrary il) the compromises of the Cvti
tution, and contrary to that Higher Zaw 1
which regulates the ditties of. man to his
neighbor.: This principle of . Popular Sever=
eignty, which overrides „all the iprinciples re
lating to the natural freedom and equality , of
man, is row endorsed by the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania; and tinder it she mar
.shals her i forces to a battle with Freedoin.
- So st ` - d the two parties, the Republican
ar p
and the 1 emocratic. The one maintaining'
that freedom : Is the natural condition
,ef all
meni and that slavery is a creature of law,
-
and,' therefore, that when- a man is carried,
i .
by his masts, beyond the juridiction of the
law whit makes him a slave, :that moment
he . is free. The other maintaining that slave
ry• is the 'natural condition of the black man;
lhat'he is a slave; as well beyond' as within 1
the juris d iction : of slave law—and. therefore
mast remain a laive, although carried be
yond the jurisdiction of the laws which make
him a - altive, as; in r liansas and Nebraska, un
til made free by legal enactments. This is
the true iquestion at' issue" between the par
ties,
andla (petition. of greater moment was
never before
: the
.country. , The • patriot
w
should ponder ell. be'bre he casts his vote,
for that .ingle !vote may decide the destiny
of his country for many long years to come.
The. Democratic party of 'this county,
knowing 'that the hearts of our citizens are
deeply ittibued.: with free, principles; is try
ing, by every possible means; to avoid the
true is.stle. It ' attempts to avoid the ques
'Aim in two ways—first by putting itself and
r its candidates in a false position, 'second, by
getting tip a false issue. . - _
The 'Positioaof (lie party and its candi
dates is false xind:deceptive. They profess
to be "..or posed , to the extension of slavery."
They may be ! Opposed to the extension of 1
slavery, land still be. opposed to the enact-1
nient by Condress - of a law prohibiting the
extension of slavery. They would oppose
, the extension ;, - of -slavery, by popular iover
-1 eignli—ibi le4ing the inhabitants Vote; it out
of the territories, after it is introduced—if
they, cant' We believe the . party and its can
didates are oppoied . to the restriction of slave,
ry by an act of Congres, similar to the or
, dinanee i of 'B7 , or the Wilmot Treviso, fur
these tWo reds'oas: 1
•
Firstl izeith4r the party - norany of its can-
Ididates Aas denounced
.the principle of Pop
ular Soi,ereignty. Why is this!? The whole,
North, from Maine to Kanzas is bOiling with ,
iridigliai i ion, because of the outrageS commit- .
ted 'under the .pleai of popular sovereignty,
and yeti here are lOng stringsef resolutions
passed by three county convention, and here
we are flooded; with letters friim cammittees '
and front cariclidates, but not one word against
popularsorerignti. What does . it Mean 1
Does n it -the' part; and every one of its
1 ,
candidates, retnember their conneetioni ; with
the Staje party, whiph endorses that prinei ,
• ,
ple, an sustains.the administratibn in the
outrage` comtnitted under it 1 . .
Second : Neither the partypor anjr one of its
candidates, has breathed a wish ;that Con
' gress - Might prohibit.,. the introdection of
Slavet into ::the Territories. The entire
Maine to Kan is
1 North, rom zas, arou sed and
'clamor us for a law prohibiting the extension
.'
of Slavery, and yet in all these i.esolutions
and in ill these letters, there is not it wish
4esire 'exprissed that Congress might
ch'e law. - Why is there 4,uch a con
pd tedious repetition in the resolutions
; the letters of ,the words, "Opposed to
1
;enson of slavery." ~ Why did . not
,
ne of the candidates vary the express
_ say, lam opposed to popular soy
,. ~
ereign y, or, I tualn favor of a law prohibit
ing th : extension ofSlavery, or, :I am in fa
vor of no more Slave States and no Slave
Territory 1 Ah ! there is deception, in these
words, ~". opposed to the extension of slavery."
Thename , ,
The same 'words were used, last ;Fall, when
' •
an; attempt, was made to endorse the Nebras
ka ilili' by the re-election of Gov. Bigler.—
The
l i t i ~ Mere used tne words were used by 'the :Democrat
.1... . . i _
in a strong article against the restoration ot,
the 4issouri Compromise. Be allured, Free
,
SoiL Democrats, be assured,'" there is some
thing rotten in Denmark. " '1 *
Arnold Plumer's name was net placed at
the lie t 4d of the party organ, but fs placed at
the he ad of the Democratic ticket Why at
the fiad of the ticket and 'not at!, the head of
the 4'mberat i .Who will tell as? .. • ,
The Democratic Party attempts to dodge
; ;
the issue upon the Slavery question, and save
itself lfrem another ignominious defeat, by
r
• jetting up a cry against the KnO*-Nothings.
It is true there is such au organir.ationin the
county' which aided, materially, ip gaining an '
Anti-f%7ehmka victory. Had it :not been tor
that o t rganization the Deinocratic party would
have endorsed the Nebraska Bill. Ihe de
feat of the Nebraska bemocrata is the cause
of the hue and cry against the Order. '
Th t Council , decided, by a unanimous vote, ;
'that he principles of the Repthlican party
were of more iciimedhite and pressing inipor-
. , .
tar* than their, -own distinctiie principles,
and therefore resolved to join the Republi
eialin a, determined resistance to the aggres
siono Of Slavery.''. The Republican party did
not 4dopt, nor ; ha any way sanction, the
American prineiplee. Its candidates have
declared, in the most emphatic Manner, that
they will carry out the Republican principleil,
L a i ntiatmtbelled -by any o th er Organization,
o! enuneetion, er 'principles. The cry of
nor a
pass .s
start a;
and in
the ex ,
some i
ion an
=I
Know"-Nothinglatn does not iiold against - the
i
Republican ;.
ii party.' ; It is a distinct organiza
tion
for a distinct object • - . .
The sincirity of. the orde , in . the county,
in kilning .ibe . Republican pa ‘t", i s proved by
the' adopfkiii of Passmore Wi ll iamson,- the
iepublicacarldidate for Ca al Commission
er, while t.l - 4 Oidernhad a E'ripe-Sol) candidate
of its own in the field, and s further shown
by the fusioff of the Order thrOughouttherstate.;
upon acandidatewhii is not A Know-Nothing.
That the Order is in-favor of prohibiting the
e tension of Slavery is no longer a question.
It i olds it tobe a question of the first meg
nitu. e, ancfa p remount to all other questions..
' v 'Th. cry is "redeem the county from the
dornini.n 4. the-Ledges." If the Lodges use
their igh. hi, power to resist 1 the extension of
i"
flytiery, n, God bless they Lodges ! , .
- The Detis\ ratic4arty - mnkes the question
i o
1 ,
a ' home qi? z\ z , ion s ''a !merei local contest,' a
death scrabble .r ;the offices. The paltry
offices of the coif ty are worthless compared
to the great prine ' les at st ake . Last fall
we heard - the sama' y, `Save the State from
the hands. Of the MTh' the Governor' has
nothing to .ilo with,:the Nebraska bill.' The
whole gime is baSe and ercenary. A pro-
Slavery
Slavery paity sustained the sake of the
offices!! !The peOPle aret remember that
. this is an atteropt .. fo build up s great nation
al party to resist the sggressin s of Slavery.
Its defeat Will be a N.ebraska tri mph. ,
We want you, 'Free Scfil De Octets, to
east. - your 4 .-, votes in favor of antic to pro
hibit the exte n s i on 'of Slavery. • Tha ques
tion...
will be before Congresa l again this s'nter,
, .
and a large territory now lies open to. th in
troduction'of Slav'ery. 1 V
We wait you, T y ree Soil) men, to cast you
vote againit the admission of any more Slave .
States, and e t specially of a Slave State made. -1
out of territory from which Slavery was ex
cluded liiihe Missouri CoMpromise. Kan
sas will, this winter, send ! two delegates to
Congress, one , &skin fur admission as a Slave
State' and the otter as a Free State. ' Do
not he deceived With the 4:117 - that this is a
' home question,' a local leontest.' It is a
question that will: tell on_the future history of
our country, and if it tells ' - or good, we must
have an expression' from the entire North a
gainst the admission of Kan;as as a slave State.
Wo wait you, I.'ree-Soil l ers, to cast your
vote in faior of the principle, that Slavery
cannot extend beyond the jurisdiction of Slave
Laws. Passmore W illiason Ines . now in
prison for ;telling,a woman that'-She was free
by the laws of ;Pennsylv nits, anii is now
, n
awaiting 4 suit brought ag inst him, for the
recovery or the full value lof Slaves made
free by a Voluntary act of their master. WA
want - a strbhg; expression its favor of the prin
ciple: Pennsylvania has adopted—that Slafery -
cannot exist beyond the juilisdietion of Slave
Laws----lest a contrary delksion be' rendered
by- our Democratic pro Slavery - 3 edges of
_ i ,
the aupretne Lourt. i -
V Go, Friends of . ;Freelont, go, every one of
you, to tiekpolls and vote the Republican
ticket, no!, as ca home qitestion,' not as a
' local contest,' not to secure the o ffi ces', but
.
to make an.expression on i l
the greatest and
Imost important question that his been before •
I the .country since the adoption of the Con
-Istitution.! Go to yOur hesitating neighbor
1 and take iiin with you to. the polls—telling
,
Ihim that Ills country req+es a vote. front
him, and he must come out. Let us poll a
Heavier ii:fejority on this uestion than was
ever giveti for: ally, question yet submitted to
the people. . 1
Independent.Tree-Soil Nomination.
We the undersigned citiiens ofSu ...suehan
na county, desire to present to the Electors
Of this Representative District the name of
Ethanan !Smith, of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
county, as a suitable and highly proper can
didate for Representative at the ensuing Gen
eral
Col. Sjnith is known for his long cherished
Free-Soil principles, and ,his former connec
tion wittj a party whose masses" have always
favored that doctrine. His ability, integrity
and capcity for business; we can fully en
dorse, as, well as his freedom from all the il
liberal prejudices and inniF of the day. We
therefore ask, on his behalf, a liberal support.
Henr. Drinker, E. Patrick, jr.
Henr)i W. Allen, Hiram C. Conklin,
• Thomiis Nicholson, George Walker,
Eph. Hollenback, Roger S. Searle,
S. Hii,•kox, • N. P. Cornell,
E. Ga3abcock, Billings Stroud,
A. G. l , Hollister, Win. Vaughn,
Almon P. Stephens, Trvadway Kellogg,
E. S. Kent, E. T. Ashley,
• Edwin Taylor.-
The above we clip froni the last Montrose
Democrat. It would be curious to learn just
how each signature was obtiiined. Henry
Drinkee is absent from the county, and has
been absent since the— bf September, when
be. left here to attend the State Fair- at Har
risburg.l: We are sure that he never E . , , aw the
card to ;which his name
.is attached, for he
left some time before Mr. Smith bad cot:IL
t.
eluded run ; and bestdes, we know that
when wprd was sent into this county from
Wyoming that Smith deSired the Republican,
nomination this Fall, Mr. Drinker was Op
•posed to him, and said he had informant . '
that satisfied him that Smith was in Came
ron's interest when Clerk in the Legislature
last Winter, and he believed he used his in
fiuenceto get Sturdevant to vote for him:—
We therefore cannot believe that Mr. Drink
er, ever consented to have his name pa to
such p aper as a paper as the aoove."
'Henry W. Allen is not a Whig, and nev
_
er was." ! He says since his name was put to
the card, that he don't know whether he shall
support Smith or not: - -
George Walker's" name was got on in this .
way: Col. Smith went Ito him and told him
that alt his (Walker's) vf hig friends in Mout:.
rose wire going for hitr4 and that if elected
he was going to support Judge Jessup for
United:Staten Senator; This was getting on
Georgif's weak- side, as he is a particular
friend of the Judge's, and on that statement
he consented to have his name used. As
soon as he learned the filets .of the case, he
i•
was sorry he had cone ted ; and he will un
doubfOly feel bound to pposelhe man,who
tried to obtain his sup rt by deceit and
falsefoiod. . ,
Billings Stroud is Mr t Smith's cousin. ; He
says file tried all he could not have himrun,
but ale, he would run he could not refuse his
name ; beaus* be is his . Dusan.. Billings was
formerl' y's 4 Whrg, and flow (Mkt probably
. t
-be a litepulilican if he cousina.,,
Ecliffin Taylor says he 'does noiiniend :to
vote Col. Smith, never _ promi s ed to aisil
nevervintend s ed to 1 . 1
•
1;
Tredway Kellogg gals he nevei` saw the
cardt whicbhis name was attached tilll iaf•
,
terit lipeared iti_the Democrat, itrid 'never
gave any one permission to use his l name,
'Weiave not reamed particulskly ab,'sut
the other.names, but Mr. Walker'sOase gives
a,keyi to the plan fur getting them by
right;'fidsehood.. (s . the man that can 'O
lken& to such meanness,.worthy any horiest
supportl I
'We hear that the names are used in 7Y
ondn# as those of leading Whigs in Susque
hanna county, but the truth is that aboUto
thirdipf them are, or till a very recent period
were ;Democrats, ` viz : H. W. Alien, Eli G.
Babei.ck, H. C. Conklin, A. G. Hollister N.
P).Ccirnell and Edwin Taylor. i.
01. Patrick, who appears to be One of:the ,
prima movers, left : the Whig patty; lOng!ago
aad lies since fought . sg• aiirst it with all Ibis
might till its decease. Thinking, with some
othei, politicians, that 'the -nse of the Whig
part was to be beaten" he is now striving
to galvanize-it into rife agaih,but he will / find
the ease bet and his 5'1(41. The Dr. has helped
Cbase out of several tight spots in his OAR
4areer, and if this Smith game succeeds
,
In: defeating t he Rernibliean candidate's; he
,will 'deserve his everlasting gratitude.
card endorses Cu!.
, Smith's s 'freedom
fr'oni all the illiberal principles and isms
,of
,the day,' but whether this' means-Know-i4oth
ingilm or we are: not quite
sire, We have the authority of the .'North
.Ergitch .Democrat, Lueerne Union, Montrose
.I \ )entocrat, and' himself, (however of ;little
'orth) that he is a" Know-Nothing; and the
of the card indorse his Free-Soil
pies' which, however, we never heard
Te y and which 'we suppose werci first
ed last Winter, in his drafts to s'e
\leetion Of Caineron, who although
-y man, secretly, gave Fre•Soil
4ges given to be broken the fi rst
We should think Chase 'Ought
erect the statement: that
Chase has bawled till he
ot '
V.
t
p:tli.
or to 6
discov
chroi the
a' p4lSlak
• I
opportunity.
tko tatike baste it.
lib is Free-Soil, (6\
was.. ntiarse to eon
now-Nothings are
final -,,r00f of the stroll
•
I is principles, he now In
p i le :of Susquehanna.courity \
noniination was received
Nothings of Wyoming county,
4rd
ate. 0 Cameron, great
thOU I woik, by the magic of thy,
), • ,
El
To the rree'Soil Voters of Sus,. ehonn a ,
County. •
Tour County Committee have learn i that
"rrsiPgernetts have been made by whie, 1-
hanin Smith, of Wyoming county,
oottneed as an independent candidate for;Rei.
resOtative from this Distriet, le not hhving
been able, atter strenuous endeavors, ob.
j , • • •
l ain the assent of any respectable man tO'stand
as a esindidate with -him on a Whig, party
'ticket.AEl. Oblects of this. moVciMent
.Vve.:respeetfully - request your attention.' lie
is urged by some,. (then who have fo l r the
last five years been engaged in schemes to
i
break up . the • Whig party) as a Willi can-
These men now say the Wliid par;
ty must not be ditroyed.. We sincerely,con
`dole- with them in their affliction, but stiggest
to them that the way to resuscitate the 'Wh'ig
paqy is not" to adopt as their candidate a
i may who openly vows himself as th candi
date of the Amei4can party. of WYoming
connty,'and seeks 'support as such. ! •
; •
It was with some surprise, we confusa, that
we found such men as . Di. , ,pattick •SUstain.
ing and Aiding hini, when he 'was at t he;
same
tinier pledged to vote Or Hon. Om. j'essup,
who, however, we have learned; has neither
solicited nor de:Ores bis friendly ! Offices,
and, even were he:a candidate; would not seek
the no mi na tion o u tside of the.Republlean par
.
Y'tb , rehend - ,. fat' !which
je true reason ; we-app: "
this course has been taken, is if pos'si p ble to
,
sedure the election of John V. Smith 'of Wy-
I
oiling, he being the only cue of the candi
dates who fully represents the
the Harrisburg convention. It is extremely.' l emely
deSirable to the friends of the Nebrska Ad-
ministrationto secure, the election or: some
man from this District who will truly rep
resent them.'
.very vote cast here for Elhanan iSmith
will tend to increase the chances of Jobn V.
Sthitb's election.• Are you prepared fdr such
I
a resultl A combination has been attempt
'ed; and we fear may succeed, to secure the
vote of Wyoming county to the twolmiths.
There are true men in Wyoming, vrho
nit enter into such an arrangement, but it is
much to be feared that it will be efrected,
and if Susquehanna does not stand firm, they
will succeed in defeating one of your Icandi.,
(ites, and thus gain a vote in the next ; Legis,
laiure for a Slavery extensionist foi, United
States Senator.
1,13 y 'order of the Republican County Com
I
t Falsehoods by Wholesale. I
Of course nobody that knows Chia. and
his present siesperate circumstances,! Will fir
a inoment think of believing anytbing that
appears in his paper, unless substantiated
from other quarters. Even the mem b ers of
hib own party no longer think of placing any
ednfidence in his word—itt least those who
know him best.
Ins last issue was full of whol4e
hOods, • bit we only wish to call attention to
the attempt to injure our candidate for
Treasurer.' In addition to. meanly' circulat
hags-Ls* report as to his habits, Ed's! despe
!ite opponents stated in the last I?elitott !
that the Posts' were going to establish a
new 13ank iu Montrose, and Wc•Odruff, it
elected,; would deposit the County iunds in
it This is a complete fabrication fool be
!
ginnhieto end, and we doubt cot the . people
d' Susquelumna County, will respimd to
this attempt to injure a worthy multi and
dustriout mechanic, as it deserves, I
is We know not how many such stories about
our candidates they may be circulating thro'
,
to county, but when it is known - that they
Mahe a business 9f fitbrieatin# thvm, solely
co the people that le
yo-Slavery. Ba as a
'h and consistency of
Inns befor th 4 peo
- iwhoei sole
1
1 I._ ...4 I /
* r defor,
N \ a man,A
\ f„.„
it the Know -
1 : is a Fed-Soil
on ders twist
urse 1 . :
- - 1
e*
1 Ik
-1
if .. .,
\
' • -
to injiitelie Republican ticket, of &mile no
one will notice i them. 11. •
• 'Our ticket it Composed of , good men, and
16 is very important to. : ,•those .who - do not
wish the count4ietapaii?lnto liurikerisrn,
„ .
to have it.elieted:l-
it - • 5 A
Vining VotntY•
The Comitylpf Wyoming.contains about,
one third the phpulation of Susquehanna, and
.
cnnseqUently that proi:tortion should be
represented in:lthe councils of the . iStete.—
Yet since thellaet apportionment t he `repre
sentation
..
of Wyoming; has _been greater than
•
that of g i usquehatina, having either *Senator
or Represent4i . ve every year but one and
-last year..bit ; while Sullivan standing in .
ahout the same relative proportion to Vtryo
,mingas that County does .to Sit:iquebanna,
has been repritented but two .years,sin t ee, the
- organization - ,!if the County, and 'although
1.:.1 • •
Wyoming Connty 'bad both- the Senator, and
a member oft the other house' last year, 'she
claims both, - `this year, While SUsquebanna
with three titites the pepulition,lll4 Int. one,
and Sullivan none, if our friends in Wyoining
are to haVe'ibeir own. way. Last year the
candidate. froni Sullivan. was withdraWe, in
favor of WyOuting, with an' understanding
all round, th:it this, year the Ca-ididitte should
belong.to Sullivan ; and with that underitand-.
ing in view, 11tr, Hempstead. from this Coen-
.ty, and 11ir. higham from Sullivan Weri..! Pla
ced in nomination by the conferees of this dis
trict. In viOlation of all honor 'and I good.
faith, in the concerned, a ei:netlate 1 . front
Wyoming ie brought forward, with the s e t.
tied and 'avsed determination of defeating
the ticket. iWe trust that the people of
Wy
oming Counq are not a party to this move,
SO dis-tionorable and naafi-in all its aspects.
Elhanan.Sinith who.thus thrusts himstilf be
fore the.,peopie of this district,as'anlifichlpend- .
ent • whig:eandidate, came here at the Repub
lican COnventiOn, and demanded a neminatiou
at their hands, and in a swaggeringafiei brag
..adicio manner declared, that. he vroold- run
whether he Wits nominated or not.: He did
not present !himself as a Whig eandida(e, but
claimed to have recieved a nomination: from
the Know
. lifothings of Wyoming County.—
After his borithast and threats, there Was but
• 1
One feeling amongst Repnblicana, end that
was a settled determination not to' wer.ve
from the stil' forward path of i d tY, re
,•
gardless of heats or intimidations i u roni what
ever quarter theymightcome. After.the nom
ination, Smith mine here, with the intention,
as he aviiwed,i. R ofgiving the .peor;le 4f Sus
quehanna Cohnty, 'one more chance - tel throw
off Ingham place him on thee.fliblieati
ticket °i Wethink However the maginininir
oRr was t o Made, as his 'company
heri., was cOmposed, almost -
Hunker Dernocracy and two or three
1..
County,
whippers'-in, and his chief fugleinan
6'onntY, is atool of Chase, as bitter opponent
as the:Whigparty . of -this .Countyj oer haul.
Last-eer ;the tickets for Wyoiniri g were
Yeel here-with the name of C. J. Lathrop
John BtUrdevant for Representatlive,,-btit
the vkites'were counted- Mr. Lathrop!s
was . *lt upon one of them, thte voters
''.eitihiy,supporting their own man, and
Mr. Lathrop altogetheiNwhile in Sas
innty, the whole ticket wes voted,
\turdeVant a large majo r ity over
'tion opponent, and the only.
A.: Lathrop from dilfeat was
'it tickets..
„. .A.similar gone
gain thisyear, tiith what
• • ,
Ust determine. ' If Wyo ,
\ve two third of the
. •the district,ibut vote
'is County when it
her vote When
tg wee knoWn,
\t grime May
N
' lO IpObitIOLIS
ri
an
wh •
name „
ofthat :
droppin_ , N ,
gliehanna c.
giving Air.i"„t
his administ'ki
thing that faire
that he vra4
is being attempte
success titnealone .
ming is nationly to
whole representatives
for. the candidate from- t t;s
suits her whim, and withli ••
•
she chooses,i it is time the ill
ithd a corrective • applied. ••.
answer verb; well to carryout
views of one 'or two ambitious a \
pled politiCians, Ina we sic satisfies
peopfs Willi not sustain If the
from this 4iunty, is dropped from
et, thisyeatl, in the same manner t
last, the pe'Ople of that - County will
the game- has been played once too of,
is do pretete- but Stisquehanna Cot
'titled, to atleast one half of the 13
tion of W4Oming; or that she ha
right to naininate her own candid
quehanna 4Unty has one man on
just one half that she is entitled to
If the-peop Wyoming County
withhold 'their votes from the nomi
this County, suffer him, to be defeat
Might Of the 'whole Hunker Vote oI
ty,—we can assure them. most eo
that any Mint in that County, whopl
ed in the slightest degree in the
in - the ,future,' stand .
same chanac.of receving the voteo
-ty, should `he come' before the pet i
does of being struck with lightnt,
quite., BOt Elhanan says that 'he
go-to ilarlisburg, except this -11
course, Cameron would-not ther
field. Seriith.,was there last wrote
and got a 'snuff of the flesh pots
he but go ibis, winter, no doubt a
he would scatter the "Mfaktow
as thick as they have , been in thi4
Pierce o n Pennsylvania. -
. - I
In his sOeech at theS Fai r air in I Harris
burg,
President Pierce said:—
"I can :never touch the soil o Pennsylva- .
tie withent involuntarily recurring to the
stirring inCidents of her history, which instead
of being shaded or obscured by ' , dine, are in
evitably, as years roll on, to bef brought out
in stronger, clearer, and more glorious light.
Within her borders the Declaration , of Inde
pendence !Was drafted, signed, - andproelaimed
to,the world. , To the memorable convention
iif the United - Colonies, on the 25th of June,
1776,5 he d eclared ; through her delegates met
in- provin cial conference, in favor or absolute
separation; from the mother country. Within
her borders the Constitution under which we
I live was framed, adopted, and signed by the
' Father 4 his country. and those 'associates,
whoa pat otie labors, like his own,. will never
be forgotten, though signatures may fade and
parchments decay. . '
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He s old have added, "From within her
borders !selected a man to be sacrificed -to
the Molt h of Slavery on the plains of Kan
,
sas ;oral() rithin her borders a num. of pure
lii
life and I eible character now lies, in prison,
' .
without aw and without a crime," ! :
-
. .. . ,
einenll :
the last Montrose Democrat, E: B.`thaile
trite bY, various expedients to evade theterce
of'public Ophtien that lia`settling doWn:epon
inm as the:paid agent of Simon Caineron —
It' will not do. The .e.videneenaretoo Man y
and convincing. '
T. begin with last winter. -- It will: beje
membered-that .Canieron was nominated in
a Xnete Nothing - Canals at Harrisburg, for
UN,.S,enatOr, but on! his nomination a large
body of members " bolted." Al great strug.,
'glefollOwed; and Caineion was barely de
feated-in the Convention, by an adjournment
till Oetober. inst.. Old, line DemoeratS, a
mong them Piatt,from this district, kept grad
ually
gOing over to Cameron, who was well
known theniploy the most corrupt means to
pin an election.. Whilelthe atrugglewits : gd
ifig on ; Chase was in: Harrisburg. We . had
information at the time. directly, from va rious
sources, that be 'Was working hard for. Came
ron the Know Nothing. Candidate, among the
members. - That tact was .
,notorious;at
Har
risburg, as was Stated by the Harrisburg
C.Crresporide* of the 'Bradford county - pa
pers, and , by -gentlemen who were there from
this and neighboring! counties. We ;are told
that he sat'bv.John Sturdevant's side when
he voted for Cameron, auld also tried to, in
duce C. J. Lathrop' to aid in his electiOn. To
injure the prospects of one.of Cameron's oppo
nents, he mOtilated; l And falsified a letter, and
'published to the world in.that condition:
. If Elhanan Smith, '! the man. whoth Chase
endorsed in! the last Demoirat as ." a very
clever .fellow,'.' is-any :authority; he not
•
many - weekSego, in' the presence of D. D.
Warner, Isaac P. Baker, arid" &meet F. Car
malt, that " Chase Was in all of Cameron's
private cancuses,"—and we would ask, who
ought to know thefact betterthan COI. Smith
who undoubtedly w as there too _
But Cameron &lied last winter, and the
battle has all to befought over again: There
is no 'doubt that Cameron, one of the most
adroit, unscrupulous and corrupt politicians in
the 'Union, • has. been- laboring assiduously
throughoue the State to secure, the nomina
tion of melt in his interest. It i feared that
he h 4 in a great degree succeeded, and . that
the peopleof Pennylvania . are again to be
_cursed with a doughface representative in ,the
U. S. Senate.
question.arises.—:-Has he secured any,
candidates; in this district ? - Knowing Chase's
position with regard to Itinv„and judging from
the 'filet that he controls the Little Democra
cy oftSustin . eharina, and . appears. to have had
influenced enough to get Deegan, who was
pledged to the Detrioeratie Caucus nominee._
for U. S. Senator, off the ticket, and John - V.
Smith Of Tunkhannock r in his place,we should
"naturally infer that he had ;got , two Cameron
men on his ticket, especially When;in . addi
tion to this inferential evidence,
.Mr. Lewis;
of Dimock. a political friend pf Mr. 0. Lath
' rop (4 , .clares that: the latter says he
. will :vote
for Cameron for Senator ; if he will
gire 'Strong Free. Soil pledges, and not with
out. This is Mr. Lewis' statement; whether
corr Oct or not we cannot say. Mr. Lathrop
nays in the last Deinocrat, ' - thst he will not
vote 'for Cameron. If he has concluded not to
that . may account for Chase's zeal .in getting
out a new Candidate, who can be. depehded
On Mr SOnon, • The. brace of Tunithannock
Smiths would be sure for Chase's, favorite,
and Vve have heard it rumored 'that kr. Lath.
rep is to be . deserted, and the two Smiths
run tog ether as much as possible. We hope
not, for pro consider him altogether the• best
mah of the three..
• Chasedenie4 having- any hand in - 'gefting .
out coLiSmith, bin his denial - will gain no
credence among the . people. Here it is
kno*n to be false.
I ninious
while
of the
of
Cha
in this
When
W Col. Smith came heir' the„;etimid.
tine, tneonsu t his friends and - make, up his
mind whether to run or not, he was immedi
ately surrounded by the satellites of Chase,
WhOkept close guard over him, and seemed
afraid to trust hirn out of their sight .a tno.
unpnner•
that the
ididate
tick-
hell
cat he
meat; If any one else' Aried,'lls several did,
to get an opportunity to tell him the real
sentiment of those who • had- torn.erlY been
'is Political friend's in this county:, the . Chase
-ti would,inimediately call him away, as if
the' . Considered the truth, particularly .dart
gern s•to him; And so, he was guarded till
he left. when 'he immediately; on his ho
me
ward route, reported that the
.leading Whigs.
of Montrose were out in his fhvor—said lead
ing Whigs being, as nearly as we can jiff/go
front the men'he ; consulted here, Dr: Pat r ,'
rick, E. B. Chase, H. J. Webb, John Cox,,
C. MlSimmOns, 4c. '• Chase's press was im
mediately set, to work, and large :quantities
of flaming handbills struck off for Col. Smith,
and scattered breadeast over the County by
chain Democrats and sham Whigs, and also
shipped off South by the Tunkhannock stage;
Then his card came out in the Democrat,
compailled by a flattering puff editorial, : and
the false'assertion that the men Who sighed
the card wor'e the men who got him out as a
candidate. •
find t
lIMM
4iity is
en
epresenta=
&it, the
IMTE
'be ticket,
this year.
choose to
nee from
ted, by the
that cowl-
M=2l
is connect-,
famouslu
. about th©
this Cohn-
plo, us he,
ng, but not.
• would not
inter. Clf
be in th©
i►s a Clerk,
and could
Chase says he recently visited several town
ships in the lastern section of the county.
This was after bis new man had conel to
rub. He to ld i Billings Stroud that- his busi
ness there Was to pay over money-he had col
lected for a client. We leave our readers to
form their own i conclusions.- Lawyers are not
in the habit Of :riding over the county to pay
over money 'collected in the regular course
of bustuess.
All these circumstances, and some others
that we bave not time nor room to mention,
pOintiirresi4ibly to the conclusion that Cam
eron's funds are afloat - in this community,
shaping the acti4m of some, and inducing
them to act against their party ties, and their
prOfessed principles. ,We have given the
peOple ' warning, and they must act as
thy think ilest. • -
his return,
n Plan "
place.
Jahn v. Smith, lu the .alontivee
Pentocrae, denies.being a Nebraska_man. If
we had time and space we could quote whole
pages from his paper, to prove that he is the
basest sort'q dOughface—an out and out
,Xebraska-ste. We intend to show him up
-hereafter. ! • -
tar Don't fail to read the , Address of th©
County Conintittee, on the first paue.
... _ For the Aulepesient Reps/dice*.
.-' - Thomas Kieholson,
pis. . REPUBLICAN 1..-4 have freque.p4
bin inquired of as to-my personal kneel , .
edge (of Timmas Ntcpotamt, the -'new canai.
date 'for Canal Commissionei, since his name
has ;been announced upon the Republican .
Ticket in place of Passmore I Williamson,
I will therefore say through your columns,
with your permission, that I knew Thorns,
Nicholson as an able and influential MeMber
of the Legislature frOm Beaver Cotinty,du•
ring the Session of 1847, •when I was acting
as a4'ranscribing Clerk for the Seliitis'i ind
from his reputation then and the're,lwhere
he - had - serried .'dtirink serVoal seisiiins) I can
Most cheerfully "recorinisehalliels to 'the
.:cos.
dial and hearty support of all *ho 'want g
man of the right kind of §tuff On 'hie Cantit
Board. , Such were his indusfri?ps and gel.
severing habits, and etich' hie reputation to
financial skill and ability that he was selxt.
ed by Judge Banks then, elected State Trea s .
urer to take the first: and , most responsibl e
1 •
post in that department, - to ..which 'I beli eve
he bas since been called even by State Din s .
urersof the oppositi3 . party. And..besi(its
his unquestioned ability, I believe him t 0 .1 30
a man of that etern integrity and 'searching
scrutiny as. will 'makefhim a perfect terror to
the numerous . birds - Of prey that 'have b een
fatiening: upon the .carcass of ttke Cana'
system for years past, while controlled b
men all on one side' in politics. He . is r
of the last men that class of patriots Wo d
ike . to see poking his nose into the affairs of
be Canal Board.' •
In common with.the thousands in'this part
of the State whosn hearts were burning with
the-ardent desire for an - opportunity of ex
pressing in thunder tones a deservnd rebuke
upon the persecutoss of Pamtimore William.
son and all the pliant minions of the &Teri' -
power, - I deeply regret his withdrawal from
the field. But considering that in may co i n ,.
ties Of the State no efficient 9rganizaticku had
been effected to make a general expression in
his behalf by uniting all the opposere of
Slavery extension in. Ids support for that of
fice, and especially since it is in accordance
with his own wishei that a united move 3
made for Thoma . s. Nicholson, who is , lairnwy
an ardent and active friend of a Republien
organization and one of the State.Cominittee
I would- exhort all friends of the cause to give
him their - united support, and swell his ma.
jOrity to such a figure as shall leaveno.deubt
•about. Where Pennsylvania will stand in the
great contest which must be had - between
Freedom and Slavery in the - Presidential
Election . ' of 1856. J. W. CHAPMAN,
For the RepirUieau
• ' MESSRS. EDITORS i---Pitrmit me to say
a word 'of admanition to eFery hoeeit Fre*
Soil Whig Who - may he inclined to throe \ i•,
way a vote .on Col. Smith .of Wyoming:
am not going to Say ally thing against the Ma,
nor will I impugn- the Motives of those 'alio
have lent - their names to the 'call for him la
run. Some of them hare personal groolith.
on-Which they are opposed to Air.4l'empstead;'
andaotne . l hear from:goOd sources ileiretreal•
ly gave authority for such a tfse of their names.
Only thinlc how wofully disappointed sta
mortified we allwere , last Year at;the course
of Ma). SturdeVant of Wyoming in p
in the suppuort of Cainefon for U.S. Sea
in spite of onr most. earnest. 'remonstrances
& entreaties !: Is it any wonder then, that
- the mass of the Free-Soilers in. this county
Whigs as well a," Democrats; should be \ jest:
V
ous of any - Wyoming Whig,.espeeialli , one
ptit forth merely. by the Know Nethitigs!
This our 'conferee's dared not. do, while oe
friends from Sullivan claiMed -the candiclo,
-and protested against beitig-put Tand Chest•
ed as' they" felt: they were fast year.
But look at it again id a still More stut•
ling view.. -That same Simon Cameron '.I
again be in the field for' U. S. Senator tint
winter, with all the power and influenced
his Ididdletown Bank, over'men of , beth pit;
ties in the Legislature who'are Made of plin•
ble stuff. He is now 'exerting his mysterioni
influences through his secret agents all ore
the State, ready to take advantage of even
split and division i whiCh can be got up in tb
ranks Of those opposed to' him, to slip in thith
men; or else to defeat•the real FreeSoili
by electing- the old Hunkers. Now -Stipp
he should "get enough of his Kidney to o- 4-
Once the Legislatere so nearly between tin
self—or even between some . out,i4 out
limita Hunker on one side and DAVID W
troy or some other prominent Free Soil '
publican, as that out vote -should turn
stale. Would ' "you Alit torgive yourself
`by your note one or 'both :the . Republ
candidates for_asseinbly should be defeat
and for the want of Mei?' votes Wilmot shoo
'be -defeated at• Harrisburg, and the 'State s'
tti Sitnon - Cameron •or some. Slavery pro?
gandist thereby? Was there ever a tune
More Vital itnportanes for the voice of fr
dom to . go up from this Keystone Ststeini
national cOuncils,•than' tioii when the Atc ,
suns. and Stringfellows are -forting Slit
into.. Kansas and intend to force .7
the Union as another Slave State, and.
innocent citizens areihrunt-into prison
denied the benefit of habeas corpus - Tor
claiming our own State to he Free Sod'
'Then remember that your vote may
the election of one or two ltepresentativ
that .their votes may determine the elet
of Judge Wilmot or a pro..slavery lium
for U. S. Senator„ whose vote on co ,
Kanias as-a Slave State may fix the deal
or this nation far generations to - come.
member, toe ~that iletupstied and . It
dud-they only are reliable for Wilmot or
trne - Republican. !
Qom' Our candidates are c itepublicans
we support Them 'as such. :Their torrid
litical connections were as follows I
Nicholson. for Canal COMMISSIOIItf,
Hempstead Os Ingham, for. Representat
Democrats ;. Case,- for;Commissioner,
Woodruff for Treasttrer;Democrat. A
fairAivislon, as fiiiran old paitY
concernqd. But sve trust.t6ppar%
(men laid 'aside for prineiple,and thst
Soil mar., will iota Free Soil, prineiflp
nothing elle.
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