El Die bglepeOeqf iteloMieqq. Y.'''. .RI.7.AD 4: H. IL FRAZIER EDITORS E. LOO MIS, CORRESPONDING EDITOR 11qNTROSE. PA. tkursdayi . Ociober;il, 1847. Puiedom National7-Slavery Sectional. REPUBLICAN STATE T/CIPT. FOR GOVERNOR, DAVID WIL)10T, Of Bradford County. FOR CANAL COUHISEWHER, WILLIAM. .MILLWARD, OfPhiladelphia. TOR JUDGER OF THE EirIiREHE COURT, JAMES ITEM, of - Fayette County, - JOSEPH J. LEWIS, of Chester County. Stg REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. • FOR. lIEPRESENTAT/VE, , SIMEQSI G. CHASE, of Great Bend. •• FAR SIIERTIPF, JOHN YOUNG, of Ditnock. roil 1 . ..an- ran :co-ran; . GEORGE B. R WADE, of New Milford. rGrc TZSGISTER AND RZCoRDEA,. CHARLES NEALE, of ChOconut. • c Fort comitp.storEn, • •- ccRANGE.II.IOIT, jr., of Forest Lake. ron rasaetTairt, CgIAUNCEY W. MOTT, of Montrose. • ron At:InToR, . CrE'ORGE T. FRAZIER, of Oakland. For gfin(*ort, • T. S A ISC.K MAN, .of. Montrose. REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. HON. G. A. GROW Will address his tellow•eitizens, without distinction if pary, on the political- issues of the day, at. 1 - 10 P BOTTOM DEPOT, Saturday, October 10th, at 2 o'clock, g. Turn out.felloweitizens, and hear this eloquent Tealcor on the momentous issues of the present COLT, 0.1 - E, COME ,ALLI Republican Meeting it New Milford. A Republic= meeting Trill be held at Barnum's is New Milford, Satuklay evening, Oetobvr 10th. R. S. Bend, y, WM. J. Turrell, 4.-Chamberlin 'And Wm. if. Jessup Esq'rB, will be present as speakers. .;Republicans of ..uttraehanna County! _ 1, 2 „ : bp, one wcel: remains before yon will he -ttneti upun.te ril: - ch^^geOno of the most important itak•iz t.- eilizens of a free .conntry„— " Eierord .1.7 the price of librriy." No one car 1,0 inrC.:,..rre our free institutions in their ithout firmly residing the . rst and aligbest ttteti,plT re4w,re tht. laird-marks erected by the "Itt'ierE• of the For the first time in the 'aista-7 •onr gtll , vomeut, we find 'a party, calling C7l: c, op , mly .Proclaiming itself the elum. ?inn of .1 7 1, ~sihn, and promulgating the at ••arrei:i tipe:riue tL•tt the Constitution Of ths Ttopuh ;ic giawery throughout the whole extent of its t - astdomain r ---a do'ettine looked upon with abhorrence and loathing - hr :hr. whole civilized world, iri conflict ;rith the teachings ei the roundels of the gorernment, nt-rtuntA,g, the ;lc cisinr.s of our Courts since the I;eclaration inticpendence. It is against such a party -.ad its prit,ciples that all true men are now called up -.n to rally, and by tittir votes sustaini,the prh4ciples atu: policy upon which our glorious Republic was founded. '• • . , Our ticket from first to , last is one around which , :vety true-hearted man who loves his country more than party should clelighr to rally. Tile name cd il'ibne.t, has for the last ten yetrs stood in the front rank of the friends of freedom and equal rights: To IL-47, 1 e raised the standard of freedom in Con 7ress.'and since that time he-bas remained tmflinch ,ingly at his post, encouraging his friends and carry ing dismay into the ranks of, the "enemy. For the last six weeks he has been feib-Aesaly showing to the people of Pennsylvania the position" be- occupies, chile his opponent. General Backer'," has dodged 13ehind his Committee, refused to acceptthe challenge which his friends for months dared Judge Wilmot to make, and now like a poltroon is sneaking, scround the State two or three days behind Wilmot, attempt ing to tie dor n the man that his craven 'spiriedared Nt meet face tciface. Let the freemen of old Sus qttcha.T.na rally in their might and by the majority theY shall roll up for Wilmot and freedom, tell the . c nun:7 that. amongst the hills and valles of the f-ee North the breed of cloughfaces is dying Out. Yesfirp. Lewis,and Veech, the other Can , , litiates.on our State ticket, are all true Men, capable /wriest, and are entitled to the vigorous support every Republican voter. or colnty ticket his unnecessary to particular- rzc, a- it is compo•red of men who are well known tot . the citlzczia of tile County. Messrs. Chase, Young; an.) Wirlevere formerly Meurbers of the Democratic ty and acted with that party until it was wholly swallowed up and controlled by the , slave oligarchy ins' the booth i•ince that time they have done yeoman se: Tic ein the Republican ranks. The other gentle turn on our county ticket formerly acted with the Whig party, tin that party, like the Democratic, be came subsidized by niggers and cotton, when they united with the Free Democracy of the North upon the Ilrepul,licurr platform. The ticket was placed in nomination by one of the Most intelligent Conventions ever asembled iu the County. No one has dared to breathe a.syllabie against a man upon the ticket,,re " tlectip,g upon his honesty or capacity. Most if not all of them have at 'different times :served the people of their re...Teeth-T.2 townships in a public capacity, and rtaarc,known to be men of strictest integrity. Our enemies have endeavored to sow discord in our ranks by inducing sonic who were dhisippointed in a nomination, to offer themselves as independent candidates. A regular epistolary correspondence has been kept up by the old Slavedriving leaders,.prom hing R.trpubliems who would take the field the lull Bunker vote, and that in due time some of their can didates should be withdrawn, leaving them a clear - field: But when the time came for them - to redeem their promises, they very coolly turned their teas ripen the independent candidates; told_ them they .never had any idea Of electing them, but were in hopes that. through their aid ea old Hanker *tight: dip in. Ls our independent - friends have been so 'r uneeremoniouely.d4erted-by the _Hunkers, we do not sea a better Way for them to square temente, than to get up a book, a 'kind of new -tilition.of she liaif Carreepondente,*apriaing the letters written by-the Thinkers during `the ostopaign 0f.1857.• From 'what wo know.of the letters ,received, we think the book would be both awful and entrrtainiap, and would *ell ".with a rush"' sencelyeiceeded by the Pirates' Oren Boob:. • litia last roxoo.our frieze* Ore 'mad say, Be active, be sigilafit, Bee that ereirlepablicp vote fa at the potti. Ogradviceisfrom ll parts of the Stoat are daily becoming better and Oi l? '" eneoimieing..., We hare the zooetjeheariog asturstwee that if ,erealt •oetay Ohba preeaut proareamathigisiatnitioa his duty, Dana Wuator will be the next Governor of Pennsylvania. Friends! to the polls, one end all! Vote the dekei. the IsAok Bryn/dims - ticket, and vie*, is sure. . .Beware of Tri j ckery! It is perhaps unnecessary to ward Republicans to beware of the "but cards" alb electioneering tricks] of the enemy. Frosts party rit desperate and sm scrupulous at.the Sham Democracy of this County, all sorts of desperate measures nay be looked for.— The only safe course for us is ti) pay no attention to eleventh-hour rumors, but gu 'Straight forward and vote the Republican ticket, the whole ticket, arid nothing but the ticket. t r One of the tricks very commonly resorted to by the Sham Democracy of oar County, is this: In Townships where the Republicans hale a majority the Hunkers, about the time nominations for Town ship officers are beginning to he talked of, will pre tend to be opposed to bringing!party into these Jo cal elections, and will offer to drake up- a ticket com posed partly of Republicans and partly of Hunkers.— To many this looks very fair and liberal, and accord ingly Repnblicana'are sometimes found to till in with the plan, so that on elettion daY there are two tickets in the field, one composed wholly of Republiams, and the other.. partly .of Republican,' • and partly of the Sham Democracy. In some Townships enough Re publicans have been drawn in to the support of such mixed tracts to elect them ; end we believe in every such ewe the result has been claimed by the: party and announced in the Dessoerai u a Democratic vic tory! and u foreshadowing the speedy downfall of Republicanism ! In consequence, Republicani have pretty generally come to the Inclusion that hereaf ter they will make regular Republican nominations for every office, from President to Constable,' and will bare nothing to do with those mixed tickets, which arc only got up to cheat Itcpublicins, and are never heard of in those Townships where the Hunk ers have a majority. Quite a contest has been for some time .going on among the Hunker leaders on the question of .intro ducing the same system of tactics with respect to the County ticket. Boyne are in favor of dropping Tuttle and adopting Chapman as - the i Hunker Candidate, hoping thereby to divide the Republicans, and 'elect Chapman, in which case of counie his election would he elaitned as a Democratic victory, and the defeat of the Republicans in their stronghold would be pro claimed by the pro-Slavery press throughout the land, with great rejoicing*. But others are afraid that, even if they should adopt Chapttum, they could not elect him-iu it might be hard to bring up their forces to support 'a man they have so lately denounced as. an old Whig, a Know Nothing, a Black Republican. traitor, be.; or'the Republicans tuighi r perceive the game and all adhere to their own! ticket—and in that ease all their labor would be lost, ; 1 and the Sham De mocracy would be more disorga nized: than ever.— . What the decisicn will be we are not at present a . ware, but one thing is certain, if the Republicans un derstand what they are about, and go straight for ward in support of their own candidates, all this fig uring, and maneuvering of the Shr Democracy can not injure our cause, but will very likely to in jure themselves. • 4 - 1 P. S. The Shamoeracy refuse to take Tuttle out of the field; they have printed Their tickets with his name for Register and Recorder ; land the Democrat of this week says, 4, Our ticket way nonknatsd in good faith, and will be supported astir ." iThey hope to elect Tuttle , if they can split np the Republicans. Mir Election, Tuesday, October 13th. -- t ar The Southern masters of the Democratic par ty having decreed that the doctrine that Slavery ex ists under the Constitution In all the ! Territories shall be 1, the Democratic cloettine,the donitiface leaders in the North are busy,instructing their Oloweis in the new belief. It will he swallowed as true Democracy by all blind partisans, of course. We hti7e already showed by abundance of proof, that the uniform poficy of the government from the beginning ill within a few years, and the opinions of statesmen and jurists (with st..- cepnon of Calhoun, the nullifier) have been in favor of the Republican _doctrine that Congress has control over the question of Slavery . in the Territo ries. We have shown that this Republican doctrine has been repeatedly endorsed by the Democratic par ty of this State, and of this Congrenional; Dis trict: We have also quoted .lames Buchanan's opinions, given not ten years ago, to the same effect. We now propose to shim that, no long er ago than 1850, Senator Douglas, r*w the great champion and exponent of Sham Democracy, altho' be had adopted the 'then newly prOmulged but now repudiated doctrine of Squatter iSovereignty, held opinions entirely inconsistent withlthe Calhoun doc trine that the United States Constitution is a in:it- Slavery. Constitution, as now promalged by President Buchanan and the Supreine Court. /n a speech in the, Seriate, Feb istuy 12, 1850, on the question of the reception of a Petition concerning Slavery in - California, Mr. Douglas 'said : i "The principle of self-govertimen is, that each ecmi munity shall settle this question fo itself; and I hold that the people of California have the right either to prohibit or establish Slavery, and we have no right to complain, either in the'North or the South. whichev er they do. I hold Litat,.tql thew do establish it, the prohibition of Slavery is the territories Schick we acquired by treaty, attached to thei soil and remains in force. I hold it as a legal proposition. I' am ready to maintain it, either on the fundamental prin ciples of Imo or the authority of the Supreme Court of the United Stotts; as a priseilole of law and a principle, sir; that while it nu* Leic t ontroisrted., can never be overturned. • Dente I sk , that whilst this petition only asks Congress that E very shall not be extended to New Mexico 'and Calornia; the fair in terpretation of the petition is , that Congress shall peas no law to, extend it there, : or recognize its existence there. This is a petition for non-tenon, As much as the petition which came from North Carolina the otb er day, which prayed that the Writnot Proviso should ;not be extended there. If one Is received, the other should be." f 1 • 1 - Again; on the following day, he osid: ~.. ... , . , ." What share had the South MI the , Territories? Or the North ? Or any ether geographical . division unknown to the Constitution? I answer, none— none at ail. The Territories belong to the United States as one people, one nation, and are to be die posed of for the common benefit of all, according to the principles of the Constitution. Each State, as a member of the'Confederacv, has a right to a voice in forming the rules and regulations for the government of the Territories ; but the different sections—North, South. East, and West—lure no such right. It is no violation of Southern rights to 'prohibit Slavery, nor of Northern rights to liravo the people to decide the question for thenreelvii.—Apprurt,r to Congres-, 'lona] Globe, Vol. 42, Part I. r ' Mr. Douglas, in replying, in the'istne speech, to Mr. Webster, who had charged that the Democracy had pledged itself and the country,! In the act an nexing Texas, to Slavery extension,. quotes the reso lution relative to the admission of" new States of convenient size." In that resolution it is - provided that Slavery shall be excluded from that portion •of Texas lying North of 26' SO% Be says: . . ." In the face of this fundementar r law, we are told that 'from here to she Western booed:try of Texas, was fixed, pledged, fastened, decided, to beehive ter ritory forever , by the solemn guanunies *flaw.' Was .there ever s u ch a torturing of langttage, such aper *maim ofmeanitig ? There in no guarantee,no pledge, no infiltration even, of the kind I The very reverse is the - fact., While Texas remained, an independent Power; it was ,all slave territory,frern the Gulf of Mexico to the forty-second parallel !of latitude. By the resolution of annezadon, five and 'stair delver' of this'elave territo r wit.: all hetween thirty-six and a half and the forty. second Pandlek,...were to be. Come ' fixekpledged, fastened, - decided; to ben"; and not slave 'territory; forever, by the solemn guar antees of liw. - . r "Here is a Tertitory 'atigthingeeais five degrees of latitude, withdrasirfrom Slavery,' and devotedlo Freedom, by the worries 'Melt the Senator has chosen to.denounce and deride as tbe work of the Northern Deaveracy. Nor is this all. The part of Taw lYing South 'ale 110!y not ',pledged to Mo wery,' es - stated by . the lenatot /roe( Ilasenchnsetts.. ' " And ertenthe.Noreheni 'kennings are anaiped and condemned fertilising eantributad.so the eaten pion of fineetir, Abe five and ahalfdrivena enfilade, North of 36 0 SO', hr witich" ' was made to be converted from slave into ' territory absolutely, and probably doable that Matiani Sloth of that line by the action of dm . dwissehms, whew Qom cow to tams lime to bays ban tutbc Do* . , public,. sad piu te cut =Vs SO 4141,411 1a,411, *awls* . ._. tarns 'solid men' of Philadelphia them truckH ling to the Ware Power ; elected James Buchman 1 President, are by the preient financial revulsion resp"- 1 , ing the consequences tif their devotion 'to the South Instead of the true , intoresM of die country. The election of Bitehinan, however much it may hare promoted the Interests & schemes of the Slave-breed ensis followed by disastrous (moquettes to the labor ing and business dames of the Free States. Thou sands of laborers have been thrown out ofernploymcnt ' in alt parts of the North, and manufacturing, mining, and many other industrial pursuits are almost entire ly suspended. This result might have been *raid- 1 pated: A government that devotes its .whole wen- I don to propagating Slavery and raising the price of , ' niggers,' must of course neglect and often oppose 1 the interests of !flee laborers, a class held by the men Who now control the government of the country as only fi( to be slaves themselves,' and therefore hurl rights or interests . north attending to.— con try can never be permanently prosperous till the government is in the hands 'of men having the interests of free labor instead of the breeding of ' Diggers` at heart. They who are stigmatized by the lords of the plantations as "the white slaves of the North," " small-fisted farmers and greasy mechan ics," &e., Belong as they will vote to keep itypowcr those who despise them and trample on their inter ests and their rights, ought not , :to complain when they have to suffer the consequences of their own acts. But they ought to learn wisdom by suffering, i if they wHI in no other way. • t After the British had repealed all the duties they had impitsell on ankles imported into the cola nits, except that on tea, our forefathers resisted that as a tyrannous measure to which freemen could not submit,and a Revolution was the consequence. A code of laws far more odious and oppressive have been in flicted on the people of Kansas, icy a much more tyr annous usurpation of poa'er,•and now because the usurpers have repealed two or three out of the long list of barbarous enactments which constitute the bloody code of Kansas, our northern doughfaces blame the people for not submitting quietly to those that remain on the. Border Ruffian statute book. If a robber will spare your life, you ought to surrender yottr purse to him cheerfully,, on the principle advo cated by the Sham Democracy. Tyranny which as sumes the forms of law, no matter how irrepjlarly, they teach us must be submitted to. The race of tories is evidently not yet extinct. Wyrunnswat..—Dr. Thayer requests us to publish the following Card, withdrawing his nano as a can didate for Treasurer: : Entrotts Rsrunucas - :--Tou will please withdraw my Card for the office of Treasurer. In offering my self ai► a candidate, I did not do so with the intention of ranning as a third - candidate, but as a candidate a:ainsidlott. As Brcwster.does not see fit to With drew, tdeem it my duty to withdraw' and allow m ! . friends to go where they please. R. TEIAYER, Montrose, Oct. 7, l 547. t ar Governor Pollock issued his Proclamation, dated September 28th, 18117, convening the Legiela tore in Extra Sessioo, on Tueliday, October' Gth. to take into consideration the present state of financial affairs, and adopt snch measures of relief in the prem ises as the present exigency may seem to them in their wisdom to demand. The extra session can bold but one week, as its existence must terminate with the election on the 13th. fAr The "Reply to the President" on'our Drat page is an able document, And we plc for it the careful perusal of all honest men and well wishers of our free institutions. The Connecticut men effectnaliy refute the sophistries and expose the false position of Mr. Buchanan. • tgr We learn that the- Republicans of Wyoming are wide awake nod confident of victory. Raving no Count! organ to speak for them, they intend to P peak for themselves at the ballot-box in favor of Wilmot and Free Soil. ' st he Delaware, Laeicawanna, and Western_ Railrimd Company'hare made an assignment. For the lndrpeneknt Replitheat, Letter from Teitneisee• • SLAVERY Aso nu noon wurrys.- Ifessns. Enrrons: In my - former letters setting forth the habits of the hireling whites of this country, the value of their services as compared with those of the slaves, Le.,.1 endeavored to point out a class.who are by the rich here denominated " gray-backs," and by the sippers called "real poor white - folks." There is another Class of poor in this country who are as noble and enterprising people as are to'be found in any country. This class of laboring *bites tlgl them selves too near akin to royalty to hire themselves out as common laborers. It may be of interest to your readers to know some thing of the laboring white women of this part of the country, and the value of their services as affected by the peculiar institution: As the softer sex are more sensitive and retiring than ours, in like ratio they shaink from a cOnapetiton with_negro labor. It is almost impossible to get a white girl here to do hOusehold " drudgery" on any conditions whatever. An application for their services, %inlei•s in an im plot ing attitude on a plea of sickness, distress, or something of the kind, is almost certain to meet with such a response as this- 7 ." I'm -no nigger," or, " oar darters are not niggers." .Idany here deplore this unhappy relation , of poor white girls to labor. Say they, " Were it not that all those who arc able to hire, own niggers,' our daugh ters might find regular employment and at the same time be respected._ By their earnings they might clothe themselves more beccinaingly and; with less.la hot titan they now do by working in the cotton fields. Besides .byworking nights and mornings and Satur days, they might be able to go to school a part Of the tithe; but, as it is, with our scattered neighbors, as poor as ourselves, we but seldom - have schools, and those we have are not , fitted for girls arrived at the axe of Womanhood." Such are soma of the glorious limits of that institu tion which the present amassing ex-Gorennor and ex-Senator Brown, of Mississippi, calla - "the poor man'a friend." Rather than the white females of this country will sell themselves to Slavery—to labor together with nogro slaves—they will work out in the open fields under a tropical sun, (which is " too hot for thewhite meri t ") go in filth and rags, deal themselves of ed ucation and social refinement, nay, in mans instances, 'sacrifice their virtue and their sours salvation! Pat these Lieu in the opposite pocket to that in which you cram the epithets "fanatic, abolitionist," fie.— They may keep you from growing lopsided. From the foregoing you may i-eadDy perceive that the housekeeping qualities of the class of females designated must necessarily be very rude, even Ink rim to those of the negro wench whohas been reared and disciplined in families of wealth and household refinement—laying aside the convenient* of making! the Riggers do all the work, and more than all the honor of hiving troolin the kitchen. - Sept. 22;1867. • Tatormasza. tar lit, as OVoiumn k Co. allege, Pennsylvania i egislatke so Banking. and other subjects has been had, it should be 'remembered , that the Democratic party have generally had control of the Pennsylvania - Legislature, and that our new &publican party has. ing never yet. had a majority in both branches,catthat be held responsible for the alleged bad logidadea; ~~9999 _ REISEILBERI . T.3at William F. Packer . fi 'the recreant Pennsylvanian who.tnoved, is the Cincinnati Convention, to adopt the notorious Buchanan Platform, "without dotting an i or -v.e.ossing a t, —a platform, infiunotts alike in the sight of God and man ! Keep it before the people,. that he who votes for WWtam P. Packer votes to austain'the coilmia principle, embodi ad 'in that -Platform, Visitors to the Urinal School, *antra°, Pa. Hon. G. A. Grow, M. C., Rev. II H. Jessup, Mr. Iligett oc oth , am, . Wesley B. S. Bentley, ' L F. Fitch, ' F. B. Channler, C. F. Read, I. L. Poet, Dr. Blacktnan, Henry Drinker, -Rev. B. B. Emery, E. Guyer, John Day, -. Martha Leet, Ellen Leet, .. • Rev. 0. Notion, Willis B. Deans, Julia A. DuLmore, • L. B. Isbell,• - ' • Wm. Bissell, M. D., - Mrs. Wm. Bissell, Jane A. Greene, Montrose, Melissa A. Smith, • Liberty, S. A. Terre'', Co.' Supt. Wayne Co., Honesdale , Ruth Terrell, Mount Pleasant, M, C. Tyler, Montrose, Casper W. Tyler, ' • , Homer, N. Y. B. H. Mulford, Montrose, Pa., Mrs. Wm. IL Jeunp, 46 Fanny IL Jessup, ' . • 14 MM. S. Bard, " lint. Chu. Hedenburgh, Philadelphia, J. Silliman, Co. Supt., Orange Co.; N. Y. Belli. Overfield, , Yeehoppen, . Betsey Park, Montrose, Prof. A. 13: Claike, Brooklyn, N. I', Mrs. 44 Lydia Chamberliu, Mary C. Chamberlin, Carrie BuSh,- - ' Mrs. A. H. Smith, " Theo. Smith, " Sarah J. Stone, • Miss L. Avery, " S. Emery, Henry J. Crane, . New York City, Julia Blakeslee, Montrose, Pa., Mrs. D. L. Hendrick, .. Isaac L Camp, Jessup, B.C. Gilbert. - • Clinton, lowa, Dr. S. S. Mulford, jr., New Ybrk City, T. L. Case, Gibson, Pa., Mrs. P. J. Case, - %'.. Scranton,' rd' J. V. Tenant, Daniel.Searle, N , ew lilo M nfrose, , Edwin ROM, - . Tunkhannock, Azor Lathrop, - Montrose, f . E. R. Warner, U. S. Army, Mrs. F. B. Chandler, • Monticee. Pa. Augusta Carpenter, , 44 . Wm. J. Mulford, ' " James Deans, Mrs. James Deans, llomee Broirster, 44 Mrs. Dewey; . . Rev. A. 0. Wa rren,. • 46 - Abel Turrell. .. Rev. 11. A. Riley, 44 Niss P. Webster, ' ' • Conn. Hon. li. C.' Hickok, State Supt. Cern. Schools, Pa, T. J. Tenant, Wiconisco, Pa. Miss E. McCollum. - Montrose ' ra. 'btu 11.31. Harrington, . 44 Miss V. Dimock, . ' . 44 Mary S. Simpson, .. . - laScoranntroseton: F. Williams, • • Tunkhannock, John Groves, I. J. Post, : - New Haien, CL B. S. ,Watrous, Carbondale, Pa. S. P. Foot, • * - ' , Honesdale, J. C. Foot,. ' . Montrose, C. M. Lyons, -,:- ' - Scranton, J. C. Lacey, jr., • _ Laceyville 0. Tenant; D. C. Aney, - . Dimock, Ella Kingsley, Barron:l, J. B. Lyon, - , Renick, Levis E. Chamberlin. Bridgewater, Mary C. • .• " William Street, Montrose, • Henry Smith, . Franklin, •.; G. 11. Lyon. *- • Carbondale,- _Miss P. C. Bentley, , Montrose, ilarriet A. Stephens, . Bridgewater, Mrs. A. L Webster, • Montrose, Bettie Warner, MLes F. Park, Miss L Paton, Victoria Chatfield, Theresa I.: Dewers, Judson Mott, Mrs. J. S. Hennas, %m a " Wood, - W. canton, Ann M. Strickland, Miss C 4 3, E. Lepuard; 31... E. Giffin, L e ►l a '. Gif fi n, rs M. II Giffin, Mrs. Ralph B. Little, Amendments of the State Constitution.. The•voters of Pennsylvania should bear in mind when they go to the polls at the elec tion on the 13th inst., that the proposed amendments to the State Constitution are to he then voted ' . upon, and that they stand or fall by that vote. Each voter 'should exam ine them ,before he pes to the polls, and vote understandingly. They are published in full in one or more papers in every county within the State, by the Seeretary of the Common wealth, and also by the Sheriffs of the sev eral counties, in their county proclamations. - They have been agreed to by two successive Legislatures, and only require to be ratified by a vote of the peoPleito be engrafted upon the State - Constitution. The amendments are four in number, and . the vote will be cast or or against each one separately.- The Arai Amendment relates to the pub lic debt, and proposes the following salutary provisions : , L That the State debt 14 hall never exceed $750,000, except in the casc'of war, invasion or insurrection, 'or for the purpose of redeem ing the present debt. 2. A sinking fund shall be pr.►yided suffi cient to pay the interest on the existing State debt, and to reduce the principal $250,000i.a year. 3.. The credit of the Commonwealth shall not in 'any manner be pledged or loaned, or the Commonwealth become Stockholder -in any corporatiOn. 4. The Commonwealth shall not assume the debt of any county, city, borough or township, or any -corporation, unless • the Same was contracted by the State in time of war. • 5. No county, city, or muncipal corpora. tion, shall become a stockholder in, or loan its credit to, any company 'or corporation whatever. The Second Amendment provides against the needless diiision of counties by prohibit ing the erection of any new county contain ing less than 400 square miles , and requiring the express consent of the voters of the coun ty, to authorize any division of such county which shall cut off one tenth of its population. The Third Amendment relates principally to Philadelphia, and -proposes to amend' the first article of the Constitution by striking from its several sections the words of which recognize the rnuncipal existence of - the old of Philadelphia. This amendment also pmpifts some cluing- I es in the mode Ofapportioning the State Rep resentatives, the most impkotant of which. is that it will allow the city of Philadelphia (and any city with taxable population suffi cient for two reprasentsitives) to be divided into single representative districti. The Fourth Amendmerit _proposes a new isition to the Constitution , which the pow. er of the Legislatiire to alter, revoke or re peal any charter 'Of incorporation is express ly declared. This is tr mere outline of the proposed amendments, - but in:Aden; we trust, to show their importance, sod to induce our readers to examine them carefully, so that they be prepared to vote' Ulm them with an intelli gent understanding of their nature and hear ing upon our present ilindamental law. ggr Wien Forney, recently editoref the Bellefonte Demoerutle paper, and who went to Bradford county to "fight Wilmot," **v. oral years ago, tomes out in the *are Ott7l. OCifli of and the 24th ult., in opposition to richer preeent Demootaer. . • ' • .. • ney. I - The Presiden lneaosiste t, v in his letter to the New Haven gentlemen said : Glenwood, Pa. Syria, Montrose, Pa., New Maford, Martme, Pa. " Slavery existed at that period, and still - exists, in Kansas, under the Constitution of the Untied States. This point - has at last been finally decided by the highest tribunal known to our laws. how it could Acme errr bens seriously doubted is a mystery. If a confederation of sovereign States acquire a new Territory at the exposure of their corn mon blood and treasure, surely one set cf the partners can have no right to exclude the other from its enjoyment, by prohibiting them from taking into it whatsoever is rec ognized to be property by the common Con ptitution." Towanda, Tunkhannock, Friendsville, 64 Ararat, Montrooe, - In his letter accepting the nomination of the Cincinnati Convention, Mr, Buchanan said : Jessup, "This legislation is founded upon princi ples as ancient as free government itself, anti, in accordance with them, has simply declared that the people of a - Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether Slavery shall or shall not exist within. their "The Nebraska-Kansas act does no more than give the force of law to this.clementary principle of self-government, declaring it to the true intent and meaning of this att not to legislate Slarery into 'any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom,. hut to leave the people theri , pf perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subj,et. only to the Con stitution of.the United States." Choconut, Pa. Montrose, BranchporcN. Y. Montrose, Pa., Scranton, Monteoae, "This principle will surel y itot - be contro verted by any individual of any party pro fessing devotion to popular governmet.— Besidess, how rain' and illusory toouldy other principle prore in practice, in - regard to the Territories . This is apparent from the fact, admitted by all, that, after a Territory shall have entered this Union, and become.a State, no constitutional power would then ex ist which could prevent it from either abol ishingor establishing Slavery, as this case may be, according' to its sovereign will alnd pleasure." Here is an inconsistency which we t ecom mend to the attention of Administration jour nals.—National Era. STICKING TO PRINCIII.E.—The Benton Dem ocrats of Missouri, have boldly endoned the Free Soil party of Kansas. In'the very face of the Institution of Slavery,they have assert ed the cause of freedom. They have taken ground in favor-of Emancipation in their own State—and an a logitimritu consequence, they are openly averseth the extension of Slavery in the Territorie Tliey adhere to and tarty ,out their principles. . The example . of Missouri Democrats is worthy the imitation of Pennsylvania Demo crats. While they are fighting against the extension of Slavery, the leaders of „the de mocracy of this State are afraid to compro mise- themselves. They kno*.that. from the foundation of:the enverninent, Pennsylvania Democrats have been opposed to the propa gation of - Slavery. Respect for the•riehts of the States--tion,interference with Slavery where it, exists—but stern and :uncompromis ing opposition to its extension has marked the career of the State from its infancy. Ev ery page of our history shows this to be true. Every law upon our statute book has been based upon restricting the institutiqn ~to its present limits. .61 .How' is it now Does the defilocracy dare to avow its hostility to Slavery exten sion ? Dare they stick to the principles of their fathers ?" No—no ; far from it.— The principles of the people have not changed; ", ammak ult• ••••••ca t4e..•-• Of 1eing;<17, , ;.,- herited from their, fathers, has not been erad-' icated ; but their mouths are closed—their lips are sealed—their opposition has ..been made to yield to 3 tacit acquiescence to the will of the owners of slaves, who have stead ily pursued their object until they have se cured possession of the Government and blotted Freedom •out of the Territories.— There is now no Free Soil outside of the. Free States = -Slavery possesses., every foot. 1 of ground belonging to the Goiernment This is modern democracy But—Demo. crate of Pennsylvania, this is not the Democ- - ! racy of your fathers ! - New Yark Montrose, I. New Milford, Springville, • Iliddletown, II: 1 at Mentrome; Pa. "THE EtEc-rms•.— the back towns' hare come in, and we give - up beat.- .We shall *ive our enemies •Jessie' next time, however. The Bangor Union claims three DeniOcratic Senators, and, in. addition, the 41i.Ont at one time claimed one from York, but it turns out that we have elected but one in •all—in Washington. Something like the boy's snakes. Ile killed filly; if not fifty, twenty; -if not 'twenty, ten ; If not ten, one darned great one! if we hare not elected three Senators, we have at least secured one good one."—Bath Organ. This is what we call giving it up hand somely, and when a party is well whipped it is far the better course to pursue. As to your "one good Senator," we quite agree with-you; personally, D. K.• Hobart it as clever a fellow as you can meet in a day's travel; and if he were' oillva good Republi can, we should ‘ rejoice in . rapid political .promotion. We *ant' one opposition mem ber in the Senate to conduct the -President to the Chair, offer complimentary I esolutiona at the close of 'the session, and generally do the " polite;" and for all this graceful and agreeable service no man is better adapted than friend Hobart. We wish Lima pleas. ant winter at Augusta.—Portland (Me.) Ad. rertiser. • PACTER ^ AND NVILSIOT.:When . Mr. Wit. mot, the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, -challenged his Democratic competitor to traverse the State with hi , n and discuss before the -people at joint meet. legs the issues of the campaign, many. per sons Were inclined to think Gen. Packer acted properly in refusing the test. But however opinion might differ on that-point then, Pack. er a course since then proves his declination to have been unwort!iy, of apprond. Mr. Wilmot has publithed a list of his-Appoint ments to address the people all over the State, and- is. now fulfilling them. General Packer is busily engaged in following in ex actly the 'same track, taking care to reach every point jest a few days after Wilmot has delivered his speech. This -looks like a practical acknowledgment that General Packer is afraid to, meet Mr. 'Wilmot in 'a free and frank discussion. If he bad acted upon his own programme, the. case would have been otherwise. .If he spoke the truth when, in his letter, he .said that he and bis party ikoota not continue the agitation of the slavery Isaacs, what advantage could it be to him to fiilinw: in Mi. W - wake 1 The in ference from hits conduct is that he does want to-diseussi these issues ; but without an oppo nent, to 'Confute his reasoning - and false as sumptions: lie stands confessed-by his own course in the. present amass to be unequal to a fair 'contest with -Mr.'. Wihnot.—Pial. North* Amer. ' • . - Erma ,Jtrotc* l tt.. Optisnoxs..:—Attorner General Weir • has follOwe4 .in the' wahe of Judge Cato, and delivered hiMselfof a lengthy " ovnion", "on the requisite tralibeations of those entitled to exercise the rights ot suffrage at the forthcoming ,election. Be thinks' we ought to pay * taxi and that those who are unwilling so to dO should be_ditiftwincitisat (Kanaga), 2Tutitr, game is played out, and the Lk* are closed. =The gold of iti_l( ... _lantenough to keep a moment at vaults of tlitru,„ California was not, them open. It only stop _ New-York on its passage to Eum . kir silks, liquors, manufactured goods, railro.. iron and every other fashionable eXtravaganee and everything useful which we ought to have made at home. , Every thing went on inflating and expanding under. this "Democratic" ix& iey, until speculation was stimu!ated into lunacy—private fatuity kept pace with public robbery, until at last the balloon burst, cob lapsed, and we fell flat and heavy on the hard ground, without even the buoying-up allevia tion of a parachute. GRaELEY and some other old-fashioned fellows rounded the note of alarm months ago, and kept it up °; but what was he, forsooth ! but a " wooly.hend7 and " block-reublican," and who cared for him Didn't "" the Democracy" know what they were about, and haven't they done it up A New York paper which never shrieked for free Kong's," tells the whole story in a few linet : " We are becoming a 'nation of vain, ex travagant fools. From January Ist to this date we have imported foreign merchandise to the value of one hundred and seventy-five millions of dollars—about fourteen millions more than our imports amounted to for the sarne'tinie last year. The value of our ex ports since January Ist is about fifty millions of dollars less than our exports for the same time last year. We'havo run into debt this year alone• about one hundred and twenty-five millions of dollars, and ..by the end of the year our foreign debt 'Or imported goods will be much larger." The correspondent of the Si. Louis Democrat writes concerning the late lansas Convention as follows:—The adjournment was a cut-and-dried ,ttfrar from the first. It was well understood by the leadere of the party, and was, only objected to by a few delegates who came from distant parts.of the country and were not posted. The ostensible object of the adjournment was.to " allow the business committee time to make reports." The real objects of the adjournment-may be briefly stated as follows :—lt is the intention of the Convention to form an exceedingly violent Pro-Slavery Constitution. . They well know that, if such a Constitution as they pro pose to adopt he made public at present, the cause of National DetnocraCy in some of the Northern States, where .elections are soon to be held, wtll be very much damaged. They also wish to do nothing which could deter .the Free-State party from attempting a par ticipation in the coming elections ; though they will take very good care to prevent the party from gaining anything therebY. 7 - They also wish to be at home making prepa rations for the coming Territorial election the said preparations to consist of the forma-. tion- of fraudulent returns, Stuffed ballot boxes and Blue Lodges. Mr" W s Buchatan's position in his recent letter to Prof;Sillimah and others, that Sla very exists in all the-territories .of the United States under and by virtue df the American constitution, has gh;en great delight to the Ultra pro•slavery deinocrats of the,South.— The Charleston Mercury is in ecstacies with the avowal. it says that "Mr. Buchanan has crossed the Rubicon, and proclaimed his. po sition upon the radieril point of difference be tween the North and the South." In other worth, he occupies tsii:same ground that John C. Calhoun.did : he nationalizes Slavery, and ,the South can do no more. This is true. If the' ortly.rn 111 1 aocracy shall stand up to this declaration of Mr. Bu-' eh:man - it will be the most - importaa comes e‘er• tins& to the South. • :Henceforth, wherever the flag of the United 'States may be parried, Slavery goes with it,find the whole power of our. Army and Navy is to be held in readiness to maintain and defend it. • • ourit not monstrous that the energies of our Government should be perverted to such base uses 1 LIBEL, Surr.—Messrs. Ft:AMGEN and Sex= Densonwere arrested yesterday, on a capias, .by Sheriff STEWART , of Clinton ?county, nnd taken before Alderman FREEMAN and held-to bail in the sum of $5OO to appear be fore the Court of Quarter Sessions'of Clinton county, to answer a charge of pablishing,arkd circulating a libel. in said county, iti-their pa per, the Daily News, of the 31st alt., against Ii S. DUNHAM, editor and publisher of the American Watchman. : , The writ "is returna ble to the sceond Isli - )nday of Peeember. Messrs. FLANIG EN and SANDERSON will have a good travelling time during the com ing three nionths. They have now a visit to three counties on their list of eLgagements, to-wit, Adams, Blair. and Clinton. How muell . farther , down theelphabet they have to go we cannot say.--Philadelphia . Acitos.!—lf those whiff profess an 'earliest interest .in the cause of Freedom wish 'to prove their fidelity to-principles, now is the time: The filets are to be got bef.)re the people now Every Republican vote.in Tio= ka must be out next October. Begin'nore— let the organization. be perfected now, not the day before The election. Work to-day—this weekerery day—all the time. One holies preparation to day is worth a month of "go ing to do it next Week." Friends, let us up and be doing ! Let us rally fur-Wilmot and Freedom. Every man hag a work to.do.— Every man is responsible for the result in October. We have to compete with glorious old Bradford for the banner. Forward to ,win ! The Ticket—froth Governor to Audi tor! That is the way . "to strike down the Allies e— Tioga _Agitator. al'''. The Secretary:of the Interior has re. (*tidy invested nearly one million dollars in the State Stocks of Missouri, Pennsylvania, Illinois, North Carolina, Tennessee and _Vir. gmia, in trust for the various Indian tribes.— All but $50,000 of that amount has been drawn from the Treasury. The present time was chosen for the investment in order to contribute something toward the relief of the money - marketovhile $lBO,OOO has thits"been realized in the transaction for the Indians. Th e .Atneriam Sunday School Unicn, of- Philadelphia, have published a card , an. nouncing the defalcation of the Corresponding Secretary, Mr...F. W. Ponvetr, for an amount believed not to exceed $4 3 8,883. lie has sued, notes and • acceptances at various times to that amount without entering them upon the books of the Society. j On Monday evening , of last week, Judge Wmacrr Addmsed a large and effective meeting at Harrisburg; Getp Cameron presid ing. The Ditity Telegrapti describes it as a most powerful and pertinent speeeh, well calculated to persuade, convinm, ,and unite. 11440 . wag also present, Spoke a few *aids 'of eneouragement,.epologtzed for Peisonal inability to , make a formal speech,' 'and was (with. Judge, Wilmot enthusiast'. 'rally ihecred.: lien. John' C. Kunkle was called upon,,Unt stated ;that in consequence of an injuu received that day , by being , *l: - dentally out of 'A Carriage, he decline to speak then, - but would addreiwihe adjourned meeting:on-Monday evening' next.. . In Meigs enun.ty, )hio the Leer;reees have a Preacher GP their ticket. , The, re/eyraph says:" it is extremely wleheil' :fur Fest!hers to take girtin politics, un(sis trey are Dein -------- - CLOG A? HA2CI7.-111 less than two weeks from to-day the Pennsylvania general election takes place. A Governor ot- our great State, Canal Coinmissioner, two .Judges of the S. preme Court, with members of the Legislatur e an ty-nficern, A are- to be a • • • some inapottant - amendment) of-the- I s na tion are also to be voted on. Hitherto no excitement has existed—all parties seem..to lie listless and apparentli. indifferent—and this most important election, nthich 'should call out every vote in thee'State, maybe de cided as is too often the case, by two-thirds 'of_ the voting people. It is in fact, one of the,highest moral duties to vote,at every i m .. portant election ; yet many neglect this duty and afterwards grumble, above all Others, at the result of thr own indifference. We have made it 7 a r ule to vote at every election_ If bad men have been elected, or bad princi3 - ples have triumphed the fault was not ours, but that of those srho staid -at home.--Dan ville Democrat.' NEGRO SFIFRAGE IN LOIIISI-ANA...-It is charged, and proved by the, aflidavitti of number of the Most respectable citizens, that the Democratic party has encouraged the free . negroes in Rapids Parish, La., in voting, imd that at the election last November, Col. R. A. Hunter, the Democratic candidate for Stag' treasurer, led to the polls a hand of free negroes with arms In their hands to en force if necessary, theirflight to vote.: They are in the habit of voting in the above -named Parish. As 'they invariably vote the Demo cratic ticket, we suppose the Enquirer will' regard this amalgamation with the same win.- placeney as it looked upon the " abolitioh i:stri" of Gov. Chase, so long as he acted with. the Democratic party, and Was its special fa, vorite. RFPUBLICAI4I3, .HERE!—Maine, New llampahire,_Yermont, Rhode . Island, rowa, and Minnesota. have, all held their elections since the. Presidential contest' Every one of them has" sustained its position - as a Republi can State by-decided majorities. • The next trial comes on in . Pennsylvania; and &this State 'ran-- be wen to the side' freedom;- the battle of 1860 will be- alresidy fought -and won. Rouse up, then, for aF united . effort in" behalf of the State and county ticket. - tro, falter now is peril to everything. Those who take one step backwards in an hour when ev erything depends on our constancy =and firm. Hess will sow .the seeds of repentance and earn for themselves a harvest of reproach - es. —Pithburgh Gazette. • - - -• A Timm Ill7.—The Fretriont (Ohio). Jour nal tells a good story of Mr: . Finefroekrthe Payne nominee for Irepreseniatiye in that county, who Was addressing some twenty-five or thirty persons in the usualinfluted style of the Dred Scott Democracy, and making the most outrageous charges against 'Governor Chase and the " Black Republicans," when he paused suddenly and exclaimed i " Now gen tlemen what do you think?" . Instantly a man rose in the assembly, and with one eye partly closed., modestly, with Scotch brogue, said: "Air. Finefrock,lthink, sir; 1 - dp in deed,' Sir, think that if you and../ ihould stump the county together, we could tellinore lies nor any other two men in the rounty,Sir, and I'd HOT SAY A WORD MYSELF' - , all the time; Sir !" COUNTT SEATS AN D YOTING IkIiECISCTS.-- 'A gp City" was established by the last bogus • Leff b islature as the county seat -9r, Breekinridlze• and - Wise Counties. It is situ-1 ated near the head .of Boa creek,. on the. Santa Fe road, near the northwest corner or- Breekinridge County. It coiltains . a black smith shop and dwelling-house—loth unoc cupied.-- this is, the only votin , * e' precinct •es tublibed• in these two counties by "law."' coluniliia, two miles southeast of Ibis place • is the County seat of Madison and But ler place, counties. It , has been supposed by. many that it.was in Breckinridge 'County, but it Is not. It is about.one mile south of tlie north_ line of Madison County. This is also the only voting precinct established by " for Madison and 'Butler counties.--licuitat • Free Sate. Affairs at Harrisburg. Haaaisatmo; Oct. s.—The town begins to% assume a lively appearance, from the number of legislators that have assembled - in anticipa- . tion of the special session to commence to.. morrow. Mr. Finney, :the Speaker of the Senate, has arrived, and ilir..Getz, the Speak. er of the House ' will reach .here this evening. The HOnse will not be. full;as there are sev eral members detained at home from 'sieknesi and other causes. ,All, the membersiof the Senate will probably be in attendance. - There is no excitement among the mem- bers prevent, and the citizens are calni, though r ' there is a 'great variety of speciilationa to What is to be, or- ought to be done to re; lieve the general distress. • 'The Governor's message is awaited - with great anxiety, but it is thought that 'it will merely state the condition-Of the Banks and the financial embarasSments of the busyness. community, -but make .no. recommendations,. leaving the Legislatore to devise the remedies for evils themselves. . Both Houses -will meet at 11 o'clock, when the Governor's message will 'be presented. It is thought doubtful whether anything can be effected for the relief of the Banks,ai a sand! minority may embarrass the majority to, such an extent as to . defeat- any _measures . , calculated to legalize the suspension. Under these circumstances no predictions can. be made with. certainty as to theresult of the - - • session.. • . • From Wailtingtort. - • IVAszimcrros, Oct. 4, 1857. During the wed; ending Saturday inclusive, the Postmaster• General has signed drafts fur the pay..of mail. contractors to the amount of at least a million of dollars, which has already • be'un dawn from : the Trerisury.• In the Treasury transactions, the aggregate drafts fur the same period two . about three millions of dollars, of . -Ivhich - nearly WA tutu a third millions are irrNew York. Large .amounts of ,Li; S. Stock 'continue to' come in for redemption. Fifty thousand 41441ar5. weie 'received this morning.. • Prola Kansas.. ST. Louis, Oct. s.—The Quindaro Cigna°. wan' or: the Ist instant, says that nearly a thousand Missourians have crossed into Kansas, between. Qnindaro and - Weston, for 'the But purpoie of entering lands.— But well informe4 parties in Missouri declare their irnmigration'is tor politicat purposes.-- Evidence of concerted - action along the whole border is becoming- more apparent, but vo-, F lence is not apprehended. • EN$ l 5l3l/ANIA.--A. letter (September 23) &OM Westmoreland county, says: - ‘t The Ptospects of Hon. D. Wilmot in Western. - Pennsylvania :are bright and en mnraging. - Representing as he does the great, principle of. Human.--Freedom, the hearts of the mass of the people stir with warm emotion, wherever he is seen and heard.r:. - • - The,Demoerat o party are b favor - of gi,stiog the best part of our eountry4where fret White men may buy the; Most splendid .fartit 'lap4 for a song- 7 'o - n'egraes ' or their masti.rs, Whose monopoly of negro labor will furever,exelmle all free, *hits men from mak, ing' settlements for themselve s aunt thelf . chll4m.. " " WM
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