Independent Republican. (Montrose, Pa.) 1855-1926, August 21, 1856, Image 2

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READ & X IL iIiAZIBR, EDITOR&
MONTROSE PA.
Thursday; August MG!
REPTTBOCAN TIOXET r
• ,r, -ow
FOt. PRESIDEN7,
JOHN CH/VALES FREMONT.
, I 1
roil V ICE PRESIDER;
WILLIAM L. DAYTON.
STATE TICKET.
FUR CANAL COMMIESIONER,
ITHOIf.A. E. COCHRAN.
Of York County.
- . FOR AU DITOR GAL,
DARWIN PHELPS'',
Of A7nstrong County.
TOR nutty's - fon GENERAL',
BARTHOLOMEW LApoitTE,
Of Bak Word County. ,
Fhay.`Georte Laiden's Addresi:
41 The enthusiasni of the people for 'Fremont
• and Freedom Was strikingly' exhibited by
the meeting on 'Wednesday to hear Mr. Law
" don'saddress on " Tree °Kansas." It was
not advertised as a mass meeting, nor was a
long• list of distinguished names from abroad
paraded to: induce attendance, but the sim
ple announcement that a true Jman would
speak to his felloW citizens on the'great ques
tion of Freedom in the TerritoTifs, brought
together a crowd at least twice "as large as
that of the Buchaiteers on Monday. • Hon.'
• Charles 'Tingley was chairman the meet
ing_.,
The address ~‘its a powerful argument,
.calivened with flashes of wit, and cznta4rting
= - nnary splendid pawages of 'soul-siirring elo
:,quence... Although he spoke in open air,
• and rain was falling most of the, time, he,wits
- listened to for two hours with rapt attention,
and the cheers that the crowd sentup for
Fremont and Freedom made the welkin ring.
:At the clise of Mr. Landon's speech, the
Great Bend , Cornet Band—a spirited band of
young Fremonters—" discoursed most ez
•cellent music," when Alfred fine, Esq., of
,
- Tunkhannock, waS catled forward ;and briefly
___addreised the audience, after which the crowd
dipersed in enthnsiastic'spirits.
The `ladies were present in considerable.
;numbers, as they are always ready to give
§. -countenance to a good cause.
Wecannot now describe the meeting es it
deserve,9, but must say, in, brief, that it was
aglorious meeting, and .evinced• the sound
ness of the lieoplei on the great Issue.
I Repallican Meeting:
, Notivithstandink it rained most of the day
- _
Tuesday, a nd was; raining steadily 'when. the
hour for the meeting to hear Mr. Grow ai=
rived, the old Couit House was quickly filled_
witlia cronrd eager to greet our faithfulEte'p
resentitiv- Thelatage that was expected to
bring Mr. row hot - having arrived, Judge
e./ G
Wilmot 'thin milled upon to addiee. the meet
ing, and spoke for some time on the great
question of the da‘y, with. his usual force and
eloquetice When it was announced that Mr.
7G'row, bad ; wrrived. Mr. brow soon came
forward, and wasgraited with' a round of
,cheers that rnade"the building sbake. He
could not doubt from - his reception \bat that
audience appreciated his labors and approv !
ed his'course in the trying ordeal through
which be has lately passed. He proceeded
to elucidate, with great clearness and, elo
quence; the nature of the issue presented to
the freemen of this Republic in this presi
dential contest. :He "showed that the sieve-
ry propagandists have seized upon they , organi
.zatkin of the Democratic paity, and that am
bitious leaders are non , using that organiza
i tion to aidin extending slavery. He point
-- ed his hearers to the difference in the pfesent
position and past career of the two eandi
datcs, FreMont and - Buchanan, and asked the
citizens of Busquehanna county, as intelligent'
men and patriots, to choose between them;
But we shall rOt, attempt to give , eyen - a
synopsis,of 'his speech. We only wish that
every voter in the countymay bear him on
this great question of slavery aggression, and
we trust that before November they will
have an opportunity toda so.
Let those wholwerepresent at.the Buchan
;-an meeting,; Monday, and listened to the
speakers who had been' heralded with so
-much parade, compare the speeches of that
day with those pf Tuesday evening, and tell
'as whether the wonderful difference in the
power , to move the hearts of the people lei
in the speakers Or in' the causes they advO
•cated. Thank God, the hearts of the masses
still beat true 4th Freclorn, and they peed
t)nly to understand the issue to go almost
,nnanimecaly_against the 'ionainatigti of the
Black Power in this Republic.
Mr: GrOv;spoke till half past twelve, when
the meeting adjourned with three hearty
Amer& for FremPnt. The next morning Mr.
- Grow set out again for Washington, to be at
this post on Ile: re-assembling of Congress
this clay, (A.pgnSt 21st,) in pursuance of 'Abe .
- Presidential PrOclamation for an extra ses
sion.. •
T BVCRS C0171 4 12'1' INTELUGENCER says
ilk •
that Caleb N. Taylor, whose name is on the;
• Fillmore and'Donaldson electoral ticket for
. that district,-was a member Of the Philadel
phis Republican Convention; and is an ardent
supporter, of Fremont and Dayton; _ For
this distriet they were unable to find a
more roan for hector; nd therefore left it
blink, &met it is said the blank has been
since piled with the name of C. F. Welles, of
6. Bradford, who is also on the Fillmore State
einximinse. 4t may he that there on Fill
more and iThmaidson man in the Wilmot die;
trial, and s
ther'seem .inclined to make the
most of him, -
MC
The iitekuteene Keetini% ‘.`
After JJ
a aid
swks o , pat ien t rntnnung,
publishing a long list of namei.Of speakos
from abroad, the Buchantere* a d'utaY
meeting in ;Montrose en'-Minitity .Ivet. It
Was estimated briood judges_oi the:rotted
'that There were about 1000 Men; present, - of
whom at least one half werc:ti l remont men
either here in attendance oit the Court, or
attracted
_by curiosity,to hear the " big guns"
that wore advertised. We - are aware that
they telegraphed to New York that there
were 15,000 present, but, those who wore
an the ground can judge froni that &et how,
much, dependence can 'be placed on their
statements. The speakers Were ,Daniel S t
liekinson, nid Messrs. Becislew'and Snoo
ble: The - drift of Dickinson'," speech—which
excited much. surprise by. its Shallowness and
insipidity—was to ixtduce the belief that Re
publicanism is identical. with Whiligery i and
that Democrats 'who refuses - I to stand upon
the Qncinnati platform are actors, . •13noo•
blo's speech, aside-from hiab abuse
of Judge Wilniot,l.u . -as Malta ".devoted to an
attempt to convince the ,peo lo of Susque.
; bairns -county that slavery is a blessing, not
only to the Slaves'and 'their asters •but .to
the people of the North, and that without it,
jour' government could not be „supported, brit
- .'would soon go tO bankrupt and ruin !=
I.lakalew assured his heare that this ques.
. .
ration of Slavery e.xterision was 'a mere abstrae=
that;there was:nothing - 1 . tactical in it,
and that the agitation on' it as got up. by
.the:Republicans; Merely fiir effect.
.•
On the whole, we are sati 'ed that, so flit
wasaly benefit to 'Buchanan' 'cause is con.
: * cerned, the meeting was a failure ; and that
~.many who. were before wavering, Went away
leonvinced 'that the Buchanan Party and the
pro-Slavery party are identical, arid deter
riiined 'to vote for Fremont. We should
, die pleased to have those speeches, repeated
In every township in the cuu ty.•
Mr 'Since the Southern elections have
shown that Fillm.ore, with all his truckling to
ilatery, cannotexpect to carrratsingle South
:ou State, there has been a gineral stampede
. .
Onong the Southern Know.,7othingleaders,
to see who shall be. first to. gain
.titi—thel
.ter of the sham„Democratic e mp. , John M.
Clayton "- . the distinguished S. uth American,
U. S. Senator (min Delivra Percy Walk
er, of Alabama; who led the. uth American
f'r'ees in- - the „struggle . for ..t re Speakership;
'acrd :made so grcat a parade • f his Aineriinin
iiin, 'arid A. G.' Watkins, M. C... from. Ten . -
aesiee, are among the most p eminent reuent
deserters from Fillmore:to uchanan, The
elections id Kentucky; North Carolina, - &e.,
show that the..•trank wand- file Of the South
Americans have deserted-4)y. thousands. . By.
November, Fillmore will h i nrdly have the
shadow of a party 'at the South, . which will
go in a body for the venerable representative
t.
okhe Border Baum, .Fillihuster platform:
The Southern eleetiOns have also, produced a
great effect at . .the North,•opening the eyes Of
Many who' were:honestly Supporting Pill
more,
to the fact that he is or run for ' the
ptirpose of dividing the Nort ern opposition
toll:inch:Man, whilo the South will be united,
for that ancient fillibuster.' 1 many; sections
. ,
orthe North the suppOrters 1. Fillmore are
%•
goin g !
oVer by hundreds* to F emont, though
the self-constituted leaders • 'd stipendiary I
editors exerted themselves the utmost to
.prpcent it, If there are left
, a y opponents of
44.Nebraskainiiiiiity among the supporters
af!Fillmore, the fact that the . illmore 'leaders
. , •
and editors have ten words- say against - the
4:ptiblicans'for one against - the _Sham De
.,
mt:creep, and instead of atte .. ptingors' they
ira t ely professed, to restore . 'e
Misiouri re f
stricion; have just voted i the ,lionse. of
Representatives, with. the sh rn - Democracy
' *nst its reatoratf on ou ht'sconvincethem.
a g? 3 t , g
digit. South Americanism is, only the hand
:Maid of Democracy, . d that - 60'6mile
Ofifreedorn has 'as much to e pest frOM' one
as:the Other: ' ~ i
.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.-
blit shows the eleCtoral vote
Free States-(I6.) Slave
Maine - BDelaw
New Hampshire sMaryi
Vermont . sVirdn
Missachusetts - ; . 13Norlh
Rhoti c e Island . . 4SOuthl
Qmneetieut . 6Georgi
is l ua
New York '. • 35Florid
New Jersey 7Alabat
Pethisylvanta 27Miss'. ippi
Ohio 23Louisiana i
Indiana ' 13Texas 1
'MIAs 7 • I I Ttnne-
M iehigim 6lientw
Wiscwittin
„„ ' sMissoi
lowa . 4Arkau
California - : •
176
_ The whole electoral, vote
quiies .149 to elect.. If we
of Pennsylvania from the .•
vote, it leaves'. just .149,
might lose Pennsylvania,
ed,, if .he Atotild carry es
Stalw-. But we l d° not now
ing; Pennsylvania, New Je
nia l ate the most doubtful of
'and their loss would not the,
1 2
,Suchanan being the South,
diditte, we concede to bi
ern State.
Vocal - Concert.
•-. ' ' -
In our aivertising colum l
will .be found
ai?rogranne, for a Conce rto be given on
;Friday evening, at Acadey . , Hall, by the
celebrated songstress Mad e Wallace Bow
chelle, of New-York, assisted by Mr, and Mrs.
Chirke l i and a young lady amateur, of this
1 1 .
:place: , :, We ".hazard the op ion, .no Concert
of equal merit, has ever b . offered to the
piitronage of our citizens, an we . hope to See
a crowded audience in atten onc e. .
Nr
Gen. Bayless, of Br ale Co., N. y.,
who has recently returned,,ni Kansas, will
be in Montrose on Mon y next, Augnst . i
25th and address the peopl on. Kansas At
fitiri. H 43 Will probabl);• speak in the eve
lo
. •
niri • : -
Timm for State office
by the Fillmore party in I
candidates ha . ve xleclined to_
• ; *bk. tits ilepublir.att.
A good thing, which meets us b accident,
Is quite as pleasant,"and often hi *PO:vol
uted than the seine. circumstance oe, event
bacalteeto utauticipated, as-the . ult. - of a
Well arranged plan.
• 'Sutit-stanned to be the Prevallin opinion
•
-at the Salt Spring on ,Thursday 1114th,)
.
where three- Separate pleaaure parties from
Montrose, Bridgewater, and Fran lint. were
accidentally assembled. .'fhere . were-, in all
soinething over a hundred. peisone present,
and a cheerful, social, jolly time wel l had of it.
- But the social civilities' and friendly inter.
changes of the occasion , were not toe best of
it. By some fortuitous, Icircum4snee, as
equally- unexpected as the CO-incide i hea before
"mentioned, Oen. Bayless, **surely trf'Conklin,
N. Y., and but recently . froni the battle fields
• of Kansas, came on to the ground. Thinki4
it a favorable oppottunity ;to hear nomail
eye witness something of the wiongs and
outrages prpetrated in Oita regi?n, which
has been hiashome fur a year pasti, son:e l . of
' the friends of Freedom invited him to make'
a short speech, which he kindly continted to
do: About 2P. M., ' we all gathered around e
the tables in the grove, and listened to the
General's intelligent relation of ttfe manner
yi
in , hich the ruffians of Missouri, hacked by
the ruffians of Washington, had marched into
the territory. send by lawless and armed forces
deprived citizens of the rights and privileges
'of freemen. My space will , not allow me to
write the facts as the Gen. gave them; bet it
Is sulbeient to say, as 2 all who heard can at:-
test, that the.y were.quite equal toithe news
paper reports, Which the beauqul " free
soil ! !" Democracy arc so fond in d i
'as malicimis lies, got up fur 1)1)111,
tie had been a personal witness to
which - he pictured before us, and
know his' upright character, ,can hi any wise,;
question the honesty and integiity of his
statements. In conclusion, he thought that
any man with the heart of a true patriot and
those generous
,sympathies' which ought to'
characterize every Northerh freemen, having
seen what he had seen, could do Other 'than
yield his hearty support to Free doln and
Fremont. After the speech we had one more
good thing, - ,,and ,that was the vote. All in
favor of Fremont and Freedom Weile request
ed to raise - the .right hand, in retponse to
which the hands of nearly till
,present came up
with an earnestness that showed they felt the
muse of Liberty to be, one of vital importance.
When the opposite- viate was called - for, only
three orlour of the Hunkers could muster
courage enough to declare their pesition,. al
though I' am confident, there werel seven or
eight present. How poor and contemptible
must men's,principles be, that are not worth
:declaring, under any circumstances, whether
in the majority or .110 t. With such! evidence
before them, coming from such a witness, I
do mot so much wonder at their sit
with alt the, testimonyivaa that cake be reduced,
inee, but,
and notwitniling the'constant a gressiuns
Of the• South and the high-handed itlickedness
of ‘ the present administration—so: much,
stronger are the demands of party than the
elaims of Teason upon them--we ex ect noth
ing better of them than, with thei garment
of,•delusion 'and willful blindness wrapped]
snugly about them, to see them oting. for
, the man who stands on a southern platform,
and- who would, if elected; (thank
.! eaven for
the'tf) carry out the wishes and in asures,of
the South with a zeal as holy I and nyielding
to that'evinced by that prince of d ugh-faces
--Frank Pierce himself. In the la gunge, of
that pure, ;tate, magnanimous sp imen oil
Democracy who acribles senselessditoriala
fUr the lldoose.Democrat," Oh co sistency !
I le
whither are fied I" litit if they make as
poor a show in November, as on thisoieasion ; '
their' oting will be no check to that 'sweepiitg
tide , which is setting in from every quarter,
giving promise that Freed.ern, tinder the di.,
rection.of 'an Omnipotent power, is moving I
steadily on to victory. , . 4 ' ---
, Three hearty cheers for Col. Frelngint con
eroded all the important and note-worthy fee
turimt of the day.
...
A- HATER OF BOGUS DEMOORACY.
Ihe following ta=
•f each Slate.
States—(ls.)
re • 3
8
15
gtr While' the Bucharum orators were
speaking 'in Montiose, on Monday ;last, the
oceasional , breaking of a plank on which sore
of the crowd were standing, brought put from
the speakers the remark, " There . goes anoth
er Fremont plank." This facetiouS remark
•
waerepeated by Dickinson and Snooble, and
,
elicited considerable merriment a 'long the
Buehaneers ; but When E. B. Chase c for- ,
wit:a to this, speaker's stand to giv out' ap-
Pointrneats fur township rneetings i t e whole
Pliitform occupied by the orators and officers
ofWe meeting, broke down with a loiid crash,
rolling together Ifonorables and dishonor,
blest New York "lards' and PentfsyNania
'Sotto,' in promiscuous confusion, While; the
exultant .sh 4 that went up limn the.crowd
at the sudden lownfall of the - Buchanan plat:
forrn, showed the estimate at, which fdeughfa
cistn,was held even by those congregated at
a Btichatuu2 meeting. After that there Was
no moreqtllusion to FremOnt Plank, by the
speakers. -
olins 10
aioliva • 8
- AO
!sea ~ - ,12
.1" ' . 12
Iri ' - 9
Os - 4
120
, c,ing 290, it red
btract the vote
hole •Free State
that Fremont
d still be clecV
ery other Free
oubt his earryt
and-Califon,
the Free States,
ige the result.
npw Is THIS ?--The Fremont Papers gay
that all the strength Mr. Fillmore has is in the
South. Senator Pearce, of Md,, letter
highly complimentary to Mr. Filltnore, de
clares his adheranee to Mr. Buchanan, bi
eause'Mr. Fillmore's strength lies mainly in
the Worth! Mr. Pearce was always a Whig.
Now,, who is right!—Auburn American.
rn sectional cant
eerySouth;
Neither. If the Southerners know "Fill
more is weak there, and think he is strong at
the liiorth; and the Northerners know he is
weak here, and think he is strong at the South,
don't you see that he hasn't any - strength
,anywhere ? •
. , .
. •-• -- 1 -. t
or Senator Sumner is noir - at Cressen,
Cumhria Co., Pa., a place situated o .tire ta-,
IA land that ii!owns the Alleghetti The
quiet, the cool mountain air,-and th skillful
attendance of his physician, Dr. Jacifson, s ane
- gradually restoring hire to health, though he
is still flar from well. "
.. ,
Qrawr.-1( it is true, as many
sneers and Filltnoreites allege, tha
is pro-slavery, why do they thrr
solve the Union if he is elected 1
was nominated
o, bit all the
ran,
Mamas. .Enrroas ,:-L-ltost people seem to
be aware that there is great excitement in the
the political world, but many appear` to think
that it is all in the Republican party.. 'This
is a great mistake. Let me tell you, the
Himker Masses are Moving. , Their orators
are out, and - among them F. A. Ward; Esq.,
is stumping the County, enlightening the ig.
tiorint, "cncoumg,ing the timid; and stimula
ting the faithful.
.. Some time the latter part.
of last week, handbills were posted, calling
fur a Democratic rally at the School House
in this place, for the purpose of forming a
Buchanan Club, and hearing Democratic doc
trine from distinguished speakerr. When
the hour attired,' Augustus Was there, sur
rounded by. the party in solid phalanx. The'
meeting was organized by the appointtnent
of B. H. Dix, chairman. It is not fully
known whether the organization was effected
in the house or out Orbers, or Whether the
chairman was elected by onet.or two votes.
After the very eloquent address of the gen ,
tleinan was concluded, a Club Wi►s formed,
and unlike the club with which Brooks beat
Sumner, this one was large in the middle and
small at both, ends—B. 11. Dix at one end,
0. L Carpenter in the-middle, and Justin L.
Doyle at the other end—these three - and no
more.
The Buehaneers are evidently idistineing
Axle Fillmbreites in theit race for Slatebreed-
Ing favor. The .reason is that they can Mt
only promise more recklessly, but they Ip.ve,
oljVionsly more 'power wherewith to back
their pledges. They can promise more, be
cause the Northern .adherents of Fillmore
have in times past professed some sort of re
pugnance to Slatery -Extension, Which they
cannot now openly and palpably repudiatei;
While the Buchabeers. never Cared much. for
Freedom in 'the Tettitories, and, are little
troubled with scruples of any. kind. They
know they must.have.the Slave-driving .inte!
rest - on their side, and they will have it, no
'hatter at what cost. ,With that, they sweep
the entire, South, and need.but thirty Elect° ,
ral votes from . all the Free States to insure
their • triumph. And these, they . calculate,
they can pick up somewhere, even while
tying the free spirit of the North. -
'The Hon. Albert G. Brown, Unite4States
Senator froM Mississippi, was - one of the
committee chosen by "the Cincinnati Conven:
tiOn.tro wait on Mr. Buchanan and apprise
hiin of his nomination. Having done - ,Sl),:he
reports progress to his pi-edecessor in the fol
lowing letter :
enouncing
ca! effect
1,
the scene s
none,wilO
WASHINGTON CITY, June 18, 1856.-
11Y DiAn,Sm : I congratulate .vot . ! on the
nomination of your favorite eandi.;:late for the
Prtsidene.
.
If the nomination of Mr. Buchanan was ac
eeptable to the at first, it is still more so now,
since 1 have sen Win- and heard him speak.
The Committee, of which 1 was • one, Waited
on him at his residence to give him f•rmal
and- official notice of hisThomination, and in
the name of the National Democracy to re
quest his acceptance. of it. We :found him
1 open, frank, and wholly undisguised *in the,
expression of his sentiments. Mr. BUchan
an said, in. the presenw of all who had
1 assembled—and they. Were from the North
land the South,
.the East and the West=
;that he stood upon the Cincinnati. Platform
land indorsed every Part of it. He teas explic-•
I it' in 'his remarks •on its Slavery features,;
saying that the Slavery issue teas the nbrorb
•ing element in the canvass. Ile recognizn
to its fullest extent the overshadowing im
portance of that 'lane, and if elected, •he
would. make it the great aim of Adininis
tra lion to settle the question upon such terms
as should give peace and sleety to the Union,,
and, security to the South.. He spoke in•
terms of decided commendatioseof f -the Kansas
bill, and. as pointedly depreeated the un
worthy enorts of sectional agitation to get
up ii. national conflagtatiort on that question.
After the passage of the Compromise meas
ures- of 1850, the Kansas bill Was, he . said,
. necessary to hartnonlie bilr legislation in ref
erence to the TerritOries, and he expressed
his surprise that there should appear any
where an organized opposition to the Kansas
bill, after the general aequiesenee which the
*hole counjry hid expressed in the measures
of 1850: •
. . • .
• After thus speaking of Kansas and the .
Slavery issues, Mr. Buchanan passed to our
foreign policy: He approved in general terms
of the Cintinnati resolutions on this subject.
But said that while enforcing our own policy,
we must at' all times ' scrupulously regard
the just rights and proper policy of other na
Lions. He 'was not opposed ,to Territorial
, extension. ' All our acquisitions had been
fairly and honorably made. ' Our necessities
might require us to make other acquisitions;
He regarded the acquisition of CuPtt its tery
desirable now, and it fleas likely to become a
- national necessity. *Whenever we' could ob
tain the Island on fair, honorable terms, he
was for taking it. But, 'he added, it will 'be
a terrible necessary that would induce me to
'sanction any movement that . Would'bring re
, proach. Lipkin us; or tarnish the honor and glo ,
ry of our beloved country '••
• - . After the formal interview was, Over, Mr.
Buchanan said playfully, but in the-presence
of the whOle audience '
"if I can be instrw
mental in' settling the Slavery question upon
the terms I have named; and then add Cuba
to the tiniOn, i shalt, if President, be willing
to give up the ghost and let Breckenridge take
the Government." Could there 'be a more
noble ambition: . You may A-01 be proud of
your early choice of a candidate, and. con
gratulate yourself that nci'adverse • influences
ever moved you an inch frOm your stern
purpose of giving the great Pennsylvanian a
steady, earnest and cordial support. In My
jUdgment he is as Worthy of Southern confr •
dince and Southern Votes 'as • .Mr. Calhoun .
ever was; and in saying this I 'do not mean
to_ intithate that Mr. Buchanan has 'any' sec
tional prejudices in our favor.' I only mean
to say that he has none against us, and that
we may rely with absolute certainty on re
ceiving
full justice, according to the Constitu
tion, at his hands. - : 1
. .
, . .
knowing your long,, laborious and faithful
adherence to the fUrtunes of Mr. Buchanan,
I have thought it proper to address you this
letter, ,to give you . assurance that you had.
riot mistaken_ your man, nor...failed in the
perfurmanee of a sacred and filial duty to the
SOuth.. hi (Ming so I violate no confidence.
Very truly, your friend,
. .
• . , A. G. BROWN.
:•,• - ..
To the Hon. $. IL AnAms.. ,
How Tacm.---Tbe lion Josiah Quincy„Sr.
of Massachusetts, in a recent letter address
ed to the young American Fremont Club of
Boston, makes the following truthful remark
by way of aslmonition:
" If the Free States are poked. their suc
cess is certain. Be on' your guard. The
slaveholders have governed this . Union al
most uninterruptedly for fifty years, by I wo
arts—by buying in the Free States w hat
was cotrupt, by dividing' in . them what was
sound,"
Both.
moot
'o dii.
.4 , r the Z/dependent Rep oWows.
Ararat Politic.
ARARAT, August. 13, 1830.
From Me N. Y. -14ribu►u
- - :Fuse Cum&
The Buchanan papers-are raking up with
great assiduity; everything they can 'by any
means pervert so as to injure the character of
.Col.. Fremont . One finds itself extremely
happy inheading e column with a cut of a
mule; another has& story about oxen,intend
ed t o be witty, aitd a third 'wades its own
venter)
.of his trial in =Washington Air .refusal
to obey the orders of* Man whose authority
over him was attha,time by orp means clear.
Now, we ask in , all honesty, would it not
belts well to consult the records of Congress
and the Official papers of the administration
under which he served, rather than concoct
stories for.the occasion I Consult the reports
of-the - proceedings in Congress fur March
and April 1849:
On the 3d of March, 1848, Mr. l Cass
the Committee on Military Claims, reported
a bill fur ascertaining and paying the , Califor
nia Claims, which was passed' to a second.
reading: . .
Mr. t.asa brfefly touched on- 'the part
which COl'. Fremont had taken in the occupa
tion of California ; and the consummate "kill
and 'vertigo which he had evinced in an ix
pedition teeming with extraordinary, and ro
mantic interest. •
.
Mr. Dix (Cong. Globe 18 trol. p. 559,)
made an able speech in support of tho bill,
and in which he 'paid the bigheSt canplitnent
to Cpl. Fremont.. We have room ;74ily -tar
1 the following extract :
_I di) not know that any explanationfurther
1 than that - wliiet) has already been -gi,Ven by
the Honorable ;Senator from Michigan.. is
necessary to vindicate the propriety of pass=
ing the •bill. . The. pecuniary .obligations for
the .discharge of which it provides, were con.
trauted in wind faith for the pulyose of sub
duing.the.countev, and expelling frotn it the
military. forces of Mexico; In the . eXecution
of these objeCts,ilie young and accomplished
!`of
exhibited a totnbination
! of energy, promptitude, . eagatity, and pru
. denie tvhich indicates the higheiy vi7patity for
rivil or Mit:tory' eommand; and in addition to
what he has. done for the cause of science, it
has :given him a reputation at home and
abroad of which men touch older and more
experienced than liiiii,elf; ti)ight well be
proud.' That 14e country will Jo .justice to
his, valuable and distinquiihed!serviees I en.
tertain . ;not the slightest (roabt. '• ' ' '.. * * . *
There is no doubt that. hiS [Fremont's]
rapid and deeksiVe movi•inents ' 'hi - lit Califor
nia out of the -hands of British subjects,
and perhaps out of the hands H of the British
Governinent, 4 ! * * * * * *, ,*
this
It is s point of View h tliat these trans
actions,possess'the greatest interest and itn
fiottanec, and that the sagacity, promptitude
and decision of our .youthful, cotnthander in
California. at the time disturimticeAroke out
have given him the strongest claim on his
countrymen. Any fidtcring un hiA . part,
hesitancy in acting promptly,-mighttaveceSt
us nullionS of dollars and thousands of lives,
and it might alSo have cost us a contest of
which the end isAmt'readilV seen.
M. Atehison,;on . the.same daV, (see 'me
btil, Con; Globe) remarked as follows : -
He gave it as his 'Opihion, not only that
the \conquest of Califortila: was effected by
.Qd. Fremont, but 'that the 'United States had
derived the advantage of his c(fainest at com
paratively littlel-cost: Ile just; !it'd, Col. Fre
mont i:k all he I(adddli.i.. If he had done lesi
he would have deserved
,and Wo-uld have re
ceived the execration of tho s‘.holecountry.
lie made.sornereferenee to 16 course which
Col. Fremont pursued—a course in some in
stances, rendered 'indispensable for. his oWn
preservation, are always cliara.corized by 'skill
and prolnplitude.
In the Senate onthe 9.5 th aF April, 1848,
Mr. Crittenden snid:
The conduct :of Col. Fremont entitled him
to our confidence, and on him_ s've could
.More
naturally rely, than on any. other person who
haA not had the same connection with the
; -
On the same.day Mr. Allen saia
Col.
.Fremont, in his opinion, was the most
meritorious American of lus.age now in. ex •
istence, an& hurl he (Mr. ,A.) : the power
appointment, he would ere this- have given
him a military ;appointment in Meicico; for
which.nature lu so clearly formed him:
Mr. Rusk, ofTexas i paid the highest com
pliment to, Col. Fremont, and- Mr.Pagby
who opposed the, passage of the bill spoke of
Col. Fremont - as 'a man- of "extraordinary
Mr. CalhOu.n i . who opposed (be bill, said
I do not oppose this tneasure on the ground
of opposition tai Got. Fremont.l * *. *
I have a slight. acquaintance with the Colonel,
and I A, so favorably impressed as to him,
that 1 would as readily trust.hirn as any other
, .
We hive not given the opinions of Mr.
Benton. Thep i are well known. Let these
facts apeak. and Us hear no more fietion
—Pittsburg s
Joitenal.
0 POLITICAL 1:"IIICATIOZI.-:A lereinont man
who was till recently One of the prOminent
- Detnoemts of this County,. warriditi g in. the
cars on the D L, and W. Railroad, not - far
'from' Scranton, a rew days' ago; when ho got
into conversation with some loud supporters
of Fillmore. 'After 'listening to their lauda
tions of their candidate fur some time, he
.commenced lenumerating Buchanan "54,00 d.
qualities, telling them that he knew him per
sonally and had long becu his. political as well
as pereOnal friend. Sec., • " Well, dell,"-said
the Fillmoreite, "we have nothing to say
against Buchanan :The fact is, there is not
much difference b l etween'.hiin and our candi
date." "As 1 was going to say," continued
the other, ".1. was friendly to Buchanan until
he swallowed the Cincinnati. platfortn . ; then
I couldn't swallow him ; and now 1 go for
Fremont.". The Fillmore,' tea Were suddenly
. ! •
mum.
A PERTINENT QuEsriox.—Among the laws
framed by the Border Milian Legislature of
Kansas, is one which enacts that any person
enticing, conveying away; or !kidnapping a
white child from its parents or guardians in
the Territory of Kansas, shalt suffer the pen
alty of six months imprisonment in the coun
ty jail, and be further liable to such - fine as
the discretion of the Court may suggest.
Another 'law makes the penalty for enti
cing, conveying away, or kidnapping - a negro
child in said Territory --DEATH V So for steal
ing a white baby, six months 'imprisonment
is the 'huniane and just extent of the law.—
For stealing a negro. baby, DEATH!
In vie* of 'this remarkable contrast, a
Western journal pertinently asks, " Who are
the negro worshippers now r
IGNsAs.-L-Mr. Howard, of Mictngan, one
of the members of the Congressional COin
mission, delivered a speech a ,few, evenings
ago, at the Fremont -ratification meeting, in
the course of which hthsaid
"I assert that if ail the tyranny inflicted
upon our forefathers, by the kings of Great
Britain, were collected togetker and multi
plied by ten, I could bring facti to prove
that the poor settlers in Kansas, have suflered
more than the whole of them.",
This is the opinion of a man who having
been in Kansas, laboriously Attending
,a legal
itrvestigation of the troubles in Kamm, gives
thui an indication of the result,
.
, • . aiagligs
.... .--,.. -.. ...-:.-_ „ .
Congress adjonOed:nt noon yesterday, as"
it had priviousl3i resolved 'to do, after stiOtb- •
et ineffectludatteMpt to harmonise 'the . tip.
Houses ottihn4xlrhy Appropristionbill., For
oncei . the Souse. o,vineed adequate pluck - nu
this bill, and - the Country will hottor and Sus
tain the Meager, bet intrepid intooritytwhieh
:stood faston this question.- *: The c ase it situp.
ly 'thin i The Adartinistration requires Appro.*
priations for the shpport of the army through__
the year whickeottimenced on the let of July
last... The House4ippropriates 'all the money
reqpired, but app i nds the condition that none
of it shall be used in enforcing the acts of the
bogus 'Legiilsttire of Kansasi—in other words,
in " subduing" th e of Kanstf.,s
into abasotnent st the feet of the Border But.
liens. This oendYtion the Semite struck . out,
but the house reihse.rted it. The itonie had
.given way on neatly all its prnilsos to the Ap,.
propriation bills ntended to sustain and pro-
tedt the Free-State* or Kansas,. and resolved
that it would not urrendei•this., , Even . Mr: - .
Lewis D. Campboll, Chairman of. the *Conti -
.mittee of Ways ;lid Means, who had voted
agairiat neatly ev ry one of these provisos, de
clared that the HOuse ought not to give` way
on - this. The Pro-Slavery majority in'th.e
Senate is so strong, while the Free-State. ma
jority in the House is so slitider; that the Slain
interest confidently expected "to carry . its
point, but was dijappointed: The House in
.siSted on its. proviso, the Senate wald tiot
recede ; but fina4, just: before the time fixed
-for adjournment,Lvoted to extend the Session
two hours furth r. ,While . the House was
exinsidering this he hour *of - Donn struck, the
Speaker's hamm , Or fell, and the Session . was
no 'more. Su the army contractors, and pur, -
vey ors must wait till Congress *reassetnbles
in December, unless some other mode of de
pleting the Treasiry in their behalf Cobld be
devised. That desideratum, it is thought ;
may be provided] by an Extra Session, which
the. President has..bastehed- to iummon -to
.meet on thUrsdity next. This Extra'Session,
we wish the country to understand, is requir
ed only because the Senate and the Adminis
tration would not abandon 'their friends and
proteges who ffave barred' the - Missouri
River, and are now gathered like a band of
robbers along thii northern frontier of Kanies,
-to prevent the .entranee of peacefid emigrants
from the Free States. The at-i-iiy might have
`beet) provided • fur (Ai for this. - The, con
tractors and purVeyors 'teed not have suffer
ed. They might have had their money ittlin
Senate had consented to let the...Border:Mut.
flans in Kansas :'protect themplves for the
next three :rmi
ths,
.instead of holdint! the
bayonets of the Idii i tal. troops at the throats
ofthe Free-State settlers ; ,but that could
not he, and so the expense and trouble of
this Extra - Session iiiust be* cast upon the
country.--- , IY. Yt,. Tribune, Ayg. 19th. -.
•
BCCIIANAi; OM THE FREEDOM OF THE
• 1
PRESS.-TO show James
,Buchanan'S pliabil
ity in the hands! of- the South, the •National
Era•ptiblishes following. c*traet frorithe
proceedings of tile Senate:
" Wednesday; June 8,,1836.—0n Motion
of Mr. Calhoun, the bill to prevent •the eircus
lation of incendiary publications (' touching
the subject of Slavery ') iii the mail, was ta
kcil up on its third reading. •
"The bill was lost on its passage, the
following vote :
"YEAS—Mesrs. Black, Brown, Buctikti-
AN,. Calhoun; Cuthbert . , Grundy, King of Al
abama, ManguM, llepre, Nicholas, Porter, -
Preston, Rives,
,Robinson; Tallma-dge„Walk
er, Wright, White—' 18.
" NAYs—Messrs. BENros,, CLAY, Critten
den, Davis, ):wij g of Illinois, Ewing of Ohio,
Goldsborough,l.lendricks ' Hubbard, Kent,
Knight,' MeKt4, Leigh. Morris, Nandain,
Niles,. PrentiSs, Ruggles, Shepley, Southard,
Swift", Tipton, TOmlinson; Wall, Webster,--
'25."
It will be seep, says the Era, that
ehanan was truer: a Slavery audits despotic
deniands than siivetal leading Southero Sen
ators: By the proposed law all publications,
which question the morality or lawfulness•of
Slavery, could bei.burnt by the Postmaster,
without consulting the party to whom, theyy
.
were addressed.
. .
' • FREMONT IN ;WESTERN PENNSTINANIA.--
The - Erie Constitution, a calm at& unexcitA.-
:ble print, says, j that it is frequently interro
gated in regard to its views of the prospects
of Fremont in peansylvania,' and adds,, we
believe_ fi rmly that he . can carry the tate,'
but do not assume to give figures for anybut
that portion in ,Which we are intimately ac
quainted with the state of popular feeling.
In Erie county we shall certainly have'2ooo
majority; Crawfbrd not less than' 500.,. and
possibly 1800 ;• Warren over 500; in Aren.an‘
go 600; Mercer probably 700 ; Butler 700 ;
Lawrelice . l6oo; Beaver 800; Westmoreland
is confidently claimed for Fremont-4p
name no majority ;Allegheny 4500; Washl,..
ington . 800 • Fayett6 'BOO ; Armstrong 800 „•
Indiana 2000 ; if e6rson - 300;. Clarion and ;
,Greene will pro ably give ' ( 1)
majorities fur; u=-
chanan.- The c unties. named gave Pollock
over 16,09 majority, and according' to our,
eqimate,• - 'ichichlis certainly moderate, theY"
• will give'-iErernont not less than 17;600. 1 1 All
the indications are that our majorities will I
greatly exceed, in Many counties ; thefigures
we have claimed. If the campaign.. is :con
ducted with the energy and enthusiasm- which
the signs indicate, there islittle doubt that.
the counties embraced In our list will roll.up
a clean majority of 20,000. It 'must. be
borne in mind that • the counties where . the
Republican gahis .are largest, have always
been heavily Ninocratte. • In the same ter.:
ritory, Pierce had nearly 4,000
_majbrity In
1852.. ..1 • i-, -•
In many portions of Eastern and. Central
Pennsylvania wii - Shall have very large gains,
while in only about halt a dozen -counties will
we meet with apy considerable losses 'kern
fernier Whig vOtes, so that we think it hard
ly likely that - Fremont will, in any event, lose
the State. Indtied, we, feel' sanguine that he
will carry it by 4 large niajorityi - without any
affiliation with the Fillthore men.of Philadel
phia. Or the eastOrn counties.. .Of course; our
calculations are !based on. the assumption thm
the Dayton and Johnston men will have-the
same electoral ticket.
• . 1 ,
The Atchisonl(Kansas ) Squatter Sovereign,
,
of a recent date says : • -
" During thq past six_ months the Slave
population of this portio n of the Territory,
has greatly. inc ased. Many settlers from
Carolina,lVirginia, and other Southern
States, have wisely brought their Slaves with
them, as being ‘,he most effectual way of set.
ding the question of Slavery in the Territo.
ry. 'These are the kind of settlers we need,
here - now."
i; Junan KENT. The venerable Judge Kent,:
known through out , the legal World by his
commentaries On the Constitution, presided
at a Bieztaknt *fleeting at . Fishkill landing,
New York, onue.sday last. The . New York
`Times' says t tily, "Let not the. enemies of
T
Republicanism ,prate of unconstitutional sea_
tionalism when O jurist like Judge Kent lends
to Freedom his aid." . ' •
1
tgorThe eta -meat that Gov. Pollock =has
deglared for Fi Imorg i fate ' • •
.prAtivittieh Okunk - Aiiiiii i 1 1 • . has
\ ~.,.. ; : , Alll
heretofore had two &quirt, Wienti t ' s t;_, , 1)7
Ileim itudq charge of " S. 11:Tailei;-thwiedi
tor att4-firOprieior, and the ' othal l , for Fill•
more`and Donaldson, under the charge oft
ter
Menteliamoow that the Fillmore'leedera vs
_____ _ 1 k 1 i
determined to do their utmost gra the
_State. to Buchanan, says, “ Thcrs l e , will
be between, Fremont and freedom 'on one ;
side, and Budianan and Slavery on the i3i -.
This papeT'eannot be made a grehicle fo't t lere.
ating dissensions among the "uppuhenta o ;flu.
chanae." ‘
.
A u ighteowconcliulion oia true American:,
tar A meeting was'held in the old Curt
lionise...Wednesday evening; I, ad
dressed by Judge -Wilmot, Jud,a Jamul%
and itev. Messrs: - Clarke and Teeny, and by,
which the following resohition ti tined:
m'ou4y adopted':
Resolved, That -this meeting approve the
course, of -our Representative, HOn. G. A.
Grow, upon. this Anny Appropr3atimfbill,
and instruct him never to abandon his resist
ance -to the appropriation Ontillprotection
shall be Worded to the - citizenslor Kansas
against the ing - udatiOn - the tint?:
ing bogus
.•
n'•" 1 -_ 7 the Bu.
chanan men j ".. ,
AO UllllOll. 2
Elect die," says Mr.. Fill qm e,, "or the
4tith Wont submit, and Will dissoliethe Uri
, . . - .
" Whether Cot. Fremont is elen.ed or not,".
,_
say the Rpublicans, " this Union must and
hull tie preserved !" The Repu limn is the
only Party that makes no threat against the ,
Val - on. tro such p-party the tin' n may safe.
IY be intruSled. 'But is it safe t o o entrust it
to those who' are , perpetually deelaring their
readiness to ComMit treasonl 'Those who
avow their intention to become traitors, oven
if defeated, will be ten times more ready to
become traitors if they are suec4sful. - • ,
HERBERT, THE DEMOCRATIc iqURDER
A strong effort has been made to prove Her:
bert, the murderer *if Keating, a now Noth.
in The Wasiiiiigton L qinion'tets the mat
tet rest, hovfever, by claiming him as 4
democrat. ft •says "Mr Her,bert is a mem
ber of the Demoefatie party."'
•
• .
. .
jUndE MCLEAN'S POSITION.-1111e
nut' Gazette says it has - been raqueitert to say
lar the statement that 'Judge
.feLeail in-
tends
.to- support„ Villtnore4 which. has
been - eNtertsively copied; by the evrspapers,
is incorrect. ,
RepubliCan ;Meet ng at ‘
ford.
,
The Don. David Wilmot will uildros4 a Republicati,,,
Meeting at Badger's Motel in IlTelt kiliorti ; on &tut:
day evening, August 23d. ' • . . •
• - • Notice.
•
The Friends, of Freedom - in Liberty *k i k mce
in the Methodist Church on Friday evening August
22d at 1 o'clock. Rev. IL R.. Clarke; tdGreallitead,
and others witaddress the meeting._ The fneiads of.
freedoin in adjoining township's-are invited to attend.
.
Rough aud Bendy, attend.
Rongh and Ready Engine Company will 'meet at
the Engine llouse.on Monday the lit of September--
1856,, at 7.-} &clock r. it., for the purpose of electing
officers for Ithe ensuing term. By order of
I E. C. FORDHAM, Yorerean.
G. A. Jessup, Seey.
.
". , • Notice.
. . .
rip Presbytery of Montrose will
stated - meeting at Salem, Wayne coup
Sept. 2d kt 2 P. M.. - -
Ilarford, Aug. 17, 1556.
* MARRIED.
At Susq'n Depot, Aug. 186 1 by hey. E..g.1 1 044 1
Mr. Cmtra.tu 11. FnAmin of Oakland. and Miss L;
Vtxxwa:LAanaszt OfJackson. i j •
By TiotP\ -- , Adams Esq., at his reSidenee i n n Au.;
burn, Julyj BTht i kr. SAutlE. i r .tsuOttnat td, Riau
KART CARRIER all of AubAulf.
In Bridgewater, SUsq'a Co., Aug. 16th, bY - Ches4
Avery Esq., Mr. JACKSON CHANDLER,. and ]fist Rau-
Icin E. VANnonst, both of Thomson, '
"I In Dimoek on the l'ith hu3t., by the Rev. John. F.
Deans, Mr. Emma M. nano, and MiSs . M.uttpta E.
BcrEtClll,llD, all Ot - Dhin*,;Pa. - . - • •
' VOCAL CONCE T. L.
mitGitAlin 3 CONCERT, Q) T WALLACE 80
eti
funds for the EpisOpal teburch Montroie irtli take
',lade on Friday evening, .August 2Yd,llBsB,atiitcalt ,
envy Hall. •
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, and a young iady Amateur,,
have kindly consented to lend thair ialuable t aisist-
ROM. I
Tickets can be bad at the Store or . of. such, at
Searle's Hotel, and at the door on the veningof the
Concert
• i
P.ROORAMME. - : 7;
• - - PART FIRST. - , •
-
Quartette.--" , Blessed is he_ that considete. th tLe
Poor." ;- .. .. ... —Bradbury.
Duett. " Crudel - Perehe.' . .. —Mozart.
Aria. " Angels ever Bright and
.Fair."..
Scena. " Casti Diva i from Opera of N ".Bellini.
Song. "• The Afountsinter. • • .MarshalL
()mutt Aria "Oh ! nrio lertunado.": . ...Donizettl.
Oh ! had I Juba's Dyie, ll - —.Handel,
Song. `-` Home, Sweet klonte. h -. :7• • .... Payne.'
Ballad. "The Last Rose of Summer." •
Duett• "List! 'tis the WoodbiisTalong."-... ,Glovek.
- i i , ' PART SzeMkor
. -
Grand Comic' Quartette s from Flotoir's
tha.
" Katie Strang:" - Scotch Ballad, lintitinte in Abler;
' fell - ...., . ,_:.,... Wm. V' cent Wallace.,
Sacrpd Song. " With Verdtire Clal i I 4 HavdM
Dirett. A Night of Love." . Lugi ArficilL
Ballad. "The Highland Minstrel Bo
."...... 4 :
.Grand finale to Somrunntinla. - - •• L - ' Dalai.
Ballad. ."Within. a Mile of Edinbbrough Town." -
Ductf. '4:fringed in Clouds. ".. ... .. 'Shaw.
Song; " Comin.,thrOugh the By . e. 's• ~• ,
Song: , " Mil, Crolumbia.^ • ..- ... . . .... - .Hopkinson.
Concert to commerie at precisely Bo'clocL 'lick.
eta 2fi cents: . f • '. ' - :
Montrose, Aug; 18, lass. r
. , • - •
THE POLTTECIIIIIIC COLLEGE
•
OF THEf STATE OF I'ENNSTLNAiIIA, -
West- Penn Stlintitre, - Phillelphia,,
INCORPORATED by the Legislatu relBs3, and or.
ganized on the' plan of the Industrial Colleges of
Continental Europe, „affords a ,thorough profeislonal
education in CIVIL ENGINEERING, PILLOWAL CREME
TRY, MEGRANICAL . ENGINEERING, ARGRITECTERE AND
MINING ENGINEsanvo. The. Fourth Collegiate Year
gill eminence on Monday, Sept, 15th 1856. Fpr
Catalogues - and further information; . address
,
ALFRED' L. KENNEDY, Si, D.,
Pres. of Faculty; Polytechnic Octliege 'Philatfit
A Hoek ter the T),
- ctiatoran rats.
i
The Artist gate poetic and emphatic,
fIU pm! there's a time foreverything, V
A. time to cry, to whistle, or sin
A time to got worse, and a time to ge'beta;
A time tor a love or a dunning letter,
A time for flirting with heartless coqu ttes,.
1
A time to-pay - your addresses and de ts,
A time to make people - think you areismart,
Aid a time when misfortune will 'upset yourclut
But of these, or ofothers to numerous to mention,
There-are none more worthy your earnest attention.
Than the time to vote for Fremont a
iaiw Dogma%
And the time to get your Darierrept token. ,
„ l es
g L li -,lii t R 4 s i . -'
N. B. Tuoae of my customers wh have pie
' -.
- '
turea taken and forgotten pay, trtl. __ bear in
mind that, unless they - come to their legume anon, anti
send. along the promiud amount, *0 'may, it t a agh.
*tot to the cuipleaaturinen Of seeing 'asiti
a public "Bldek Lite - lam to te.accom.
modating, cobeidprate, 'patient, autt that, bet da ,
not wish to be titled with. Let .me [here any, onto
for a 11; that I do no? do a meal bukhutie; 'and 4_oot
happy to know that but few have heist° ppaseied
with so strange au idea al that of ening imonstilito:
a Daguerreotype! - -., ' • W.111,,-DIANt'.
Sik ci l Pariort in Ili tbs. lin* BlO sleek oven 141447-nall .a 's ' =
• I -1- - .- - --.: , . - •
, ,
A
old thole nett
, n, Tiresday
AfILL?It,
Stated Clerk.
Opera of Mar-
ro