The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, October 02, 1851, Image 2

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    The Democratic 'Princi.plo- , ?
:.It Linable in its origin, for it is born of the
Christian fteligionyi it is' milted in its pnro- 1
sea; for it 'seeks the , greatest good of all man
kind. The foundatiotfofJustice-rit is no reS
gecter of persons, but Its protecting wing, like
the dews of Ream, falls equally upon all.-4
It .distinguishes ,not between.tbo Pnnee• lu?
peasant-4ot itis no worshipper. of titles. , 1
ts as melt the friend of the poor as the rich,
and it is not less the protector of the Oppressed
than - the enemy of the oppressor. -It acknovil
edges no: tyranny over the mind or body il
man. It iis the foe Of despotism' in every
shape, Mid it is the friend of, freedom every
where---ii, is %freedom ital. It-, knows no
bounds, for, like charity, it is universal in its
motivesomd•seeks to dispense its blessingyn
every "clime: Tyrants quake atits approah,
and,quaitbefore .itairown. ~ Thrones - tremble
at its touch, as if smote by the glance of des
dny: Stiperatition flies from It likepthe early
dew from the an ruing The • rubbish of
spic—all the • refined systems of , despotism
crumble to atoms at its presence. It tinsMo
deceit. it assumes no artificial or mama Oar
uelx:c. ;It wesus'no borrowed or stolen livery.
It has noldfling - vanity,its object is not' emiay
show, :brit the freedom and'happiness of n eh.
Of Heaven it is heavenly, and tree from as
skins and warily pride.. It is the offsprin, , , of
lighb:.-the living witness of man's regeneration
and-will live forever. Such is the DEltocia.r.
to Parsons. . _ ~ , -
`:From the Pennsylvanian. -
Deicigion,--J,udge
. , ter.:
' The nierchants of Philadelphia; and the bus.
ineas men of thecountry generally, ought to be
informed of amost extraordinary and alarniing
decision! ! made by Judge Coulter, at the last
sitting. in Harrisburg. The ' American Law
Journal,'; of 'July; contains a faithful report of
the decision. It was in the case of Sumner's
Appeal; and the substance of the decision was,
• that a creditor who had obtained a judgment
-in -goody faith, by confession, for an est
debt, and entered it up against real estat4,so
that it Was perfectly, secure, might be rieprrved
of. that !necurity four or five days afterwards,
without! any act of his own and againsi his
consent; by his insolvent debtor's making an
assigunient of his property, for the benefit of
creditors, if the Mar knew at the time of
confessing - the judginentl that he was ineolv.
ent, whether the creditor knew it or not. This
decision, has ahocked the,whole legal prOes
sian, from one end :of the State to the other.
It has alarmed the whole business commtrnity
through Out the COmmonwealth. If a Phila.
delphia merchant, learning that a large debt in
_the country 'lain jeopardy, sends a clerk,- or
goes himself. and by suit or confession, after
a great (led of trouble and anxiety, succeeds
at list in obtaining a judgment and entering
it np 4.1 a lien on real estate, so as to make it
.perfectly secure, according to Judge Coulter's
ideas of Law and justice, four or five days biter
the; merchant tuts returned to Philadel'Phia,
thinking that all is safe, the insolvent debtor
may destroy the lien of the judgment, b 3 ,1 ma
' king,cm assignment of his property! le our
opinion, this is neither law, nor justice 4 nor
common sense. If this is the law no ono it
safe ii the transaction' of his businessi. A
judgmont,whieh may bedestroyed at the pleas.
ure °l i the judgment debtor, without the- con
sent of the -judgment creditor, is not worth a
straw.; The very:idea is perfectly ridiculous.
A /ridge, with such credo notions of !evi and
justice, is dangerous to the business interests
of. the 'country. This Judge is the same con
sistent gentlemann , who has the credit of !
wri
ting the address in favor of Markle, for Gov:
craor,!in 1844, and afterwards, 'in the same
fall, voting for Shit:rat-411e sameman whO was
a candidate for nomination at the Democratic
Convention, and foiling in that, was taten up
bv, the Whigs—the same man who des t Osea
alike the names of. Whigs and Democrats, and
claims to be an old Federalist—and yet Neb.
and Coulter has been placed before the Sepia
of this Commonwealth as candidate for the
'Supreme bench! ! Ail we have to say is, that
every 'consistent politician, on either side, as
well every.commerdal and business man in
the State, ought to vote against him. i - -
I ! - NO LitaIBUG.
The Milli on Loan.
The Daily American , attempts to denyithat
Governor - Johnston was the author of the.
seherrie to increase' the debt of the State one
million of doilars, , last session. Why every
:whin)) boy at Harrisburg knew that Jokeph
licmignacher was theGovernor'S mouth piece
lAst winter: The GOvernor tnade him his Icon.
fidant in every thing; appointed: him a trustee
the Lunatic Asylum • had him appointed
Chairman of . the Committee on Buildings and
(lionnds, and when 'the Legislature-appropria
ted • money to be distributed-under the direc
tion of the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
the Secretary immediately handed ove, the
:natter to Mr. Konigmacher.
This Mr. Konigmacher, thus antamatewith
theDoverilor,-moved the million loan; .every
Whig in the-Senate.-voted for it, and it; was
only through tire firmness of the Demo6atic
members of the House that this additional debt
was Prevented. - ,- • , •
, •
Will the American dare to deny that;Doy
. ornor Johnston mini him to offer this prop.
'Arlon Will Mr. Konigmacher dare to4leny
it I- If they do we May proye by a good "%nig
that the Governor did urge-this proposition and
did say he'would veto the House bill if lepass.
el, toad:Wing a limn of e 250,000.
W ` - 'North - Branch Canal 11
We cnt the following article from .the Su.-
- limp Connty bemocrat,edited by Mr. Miylert
our candidate for Representative. It w 2 ol not
• he 56.ml : tell' the Whigs should rot' aflo at.their
,
secret CirCulais on the eve of election, that he
_ , -,
is oppoSed to the completion of im portant
wrirk. : Read the article. , ... j 1 ..
u,We' see by:our osehanget that the
Cothinissieners have recently mnde a ur of
: . examination - Aldng the part of ,the :workflow
, • • being constiumed ; we hope that their visit to
this. part of the - State may serve to impress up
on them the expediency ot an early Completion
of this ialualde work. It concerns the Whole
community, and every moment of delay;,s is at
the.expeuse pf the interests of-the people.-
- Uoiting, as itdoes; the eibaustiess Coal And
iron ficlds of Engem and central Senwlva-
I _ Ali, with the rich agricultural districts off Wes
tern New - York; , and-passing thr&gb Memel
.
try, of masa:rased : fertility, it , must T u On its
_ completion e one of the ,most useful prof ! ,,
itable of ourState' improvements .:.. The its.
priitanee of iamb a Winnection must, be obvious
1. , every one ; in . fact tbe citizens4:l other
ttutt4.4l are on tbe eve of _reaping a portion of
its henOtts, by the : oistriction of a Railroad,
penetrating the coal and -icon region 'of the.
loCkairannd, and connecting it with, the great
' - tun"' ughfare- of the. Erie. Railroad, and, ulti
•-. .n. :tyl to be Citadel ~.to the •,Atiantie.Sea
. lio other Of the improvements. Of, this State,
tlnv.reached into this northern section o it,and
it -, l4,finlY since the completion-of-thw Erie
ROO that fartnestollaYettlin_YOdanY thing
like reasonable facilities for,reaching, the Mar.
let Of the seaboard: - This Canal by Obrds
. , Piz Cheaper , Metal ilt traunPortotio,D, 1 would .
~bi:exitne - the chi - noel - ihrough which 'cinch of
, •
tue produce ~now finding . a Market S' T Nei
- '
'York .by the - Erie , Railroad would.;
t 43
.' hi increasing ' he fao,l,litkess Air lOC lag niai!
,1 , • het, would deielop in a muctigreator ;deg - me,
, . . th e . r eimitcuetp ot tho O
outi,t,ry, bob*, -ric.4.
' . _rtu,'..,"in+l prundictitta:, -_ - . -., 1
"rhe - se advantages are by no means entirely
of a seetionaltharacter, for any measure which
adds to, or develops the collating resources of
the--country, must \be general tn-its benefits;
end iv,e. hope that no_ ligheidnaideratiotti'enoy,
prevent the priseentimt of this work with the
greatest possible rapidity, So
,that bike early
1 completion, the people of the State, and partic
ularly j.hose immediately within its Mach, - may
enjoy the advantages width it is'ilestined to
afford. " _ ,
DEBOVA§Vir,
Thet Lurged Circulation in Northern Peara
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11. 1 032, COPIES, WEEKLY...I
S. E.' 8i E: B. CHASE; &moss
MOICTIiOiC PA.
October 2;1551.
Democratic B_tate Nomine.tions
FOR GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM BIGT,ER,
Of Clearfield County.
. . FOB. CANAL COMMISSIONEN
Uktritl gMbna "
011 Clarion CO.
FOR MOUES OF mu sunsimr. COURT.
JEREiLIAII S lILACK, or stromstr cO.
JAMES CAMPBELL, OF rnu.ADELrou.'
ELLIS LEWIS, ON LANCASTER.
JOHN IL GIBSON, or comm.-Aro.
WALTER IL LOIATRIE, oF. auxonszty.
County krominationii,
IMESIDENT JUDGE.
DAVID IVILMOT, of Bradford, Co
14201 i. REPRESENT ATIVE.
BA,Ac..itEcKnow. Grent,Bewt . 1
MICHAEL MEYLERT, of Sullivan Co.,
ASSOCIATE ,JUD9ES,
DAVIS D. WARNER, of 13ridrowater,
AMHERST CARPENTER, of Harfoid,
LATHAM GARDNER, of Bridgiater.
rnoTnorioTAny.
FREDERICK A,'WARD ; of llatOony.
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
J. T, LANGDON, of Dundaff.
COUNT 'COMMISSIONER.
JOHN HANC9CK, ofJessup.
COUNTY TREASURER.
WILLIAM K. HATCH, of Montrime.
AUDITOR.
'TAXES E. HOWE, of Brooklyn.
CORONER. .
WILL AM EL BOYD,- - of. Montrose
Judge Jekisuppid the Operfttion
of $22,000.
Having promised last week to explain neer
tat transaction involving the nice little ,snm
of $22,000, out of which coinmunity was de
frauded through the instrumentality of lion.
Wm. Jessup, we proceed to do so for the ben
efit of the Judge and "the edification of the
People."'
In the Bank Report by *Messrs. 'Wl:l'olnd
Buckalew, pige 28, we , find the wholesale can
cellation of those Stock notes drawn up in
the lona of "Dr." anti "Cr.," yeti , ' business
like ; honest and fair as a hook accounfi. the
whole amounting to : $85334.4 63. /leavens
what a show of Bank Stock ! 4 Wm.' Jessup
Co." were real /3inkers,--" money chang
ets" they used to be called in Scripture times!
Under date of February 21,1845 (to the coil
trary of the Register's declarations that the
Judge had nothiag to do wjth it after 1838;
when he got above Banking and went on ,to
the Bench) we find thefollowin,g to the charge
of the Stock Company, alias "Wm. Jessup&
Co."—" eleven sundry notes-822,000." • •
• In the same transaction, the same date,
"Wm.. Jessup '& stand credited to the i
full amount of their Stock' indebtedness, vial;
885,244 63, by which it appeari that The :te r
count was there cloSed and the Stock Compa:
ny breathed its last,-having lived to sec the
crowning glory of its achievements,l it expired
with the breath that muttered—"the unsancti
fied deed is tione, , noW let uadepartinrace!"
Now for what were those notes given; and
to, what PurPese were,they"4terWer*trlPPre .
'prided ! That is easily answered, for by ref
item to the "little Book" we find that" elev
en sundry s notes" were green, of-82002 each,
one by each member of the Stock 'Company;
making the sum total of. $22,000, on:. which
was received from Allen & Paxoit abont'sls,
000:- The notes then were given virtually,
for Storkr-Ailen dr. Peron
_loaned th 4 Com
pany the funds to purehaseit, on:which they
started the Bank. Thee notes were indirid-.
nal transactions as hiving reference 1o" thel
Bank, and a Matter about which the Bank had
gothin . g•to do and could not noot be balm:
These notes were afterwards placed in the
Bank, regularly &emptied, for the -pupae it
would appear of paying_of( - Allen tlz.Paxtalfor
the , fonds advanced Iby them.. OnderstanT
nit; tie Amount of. $22,000, less tha discount,l
was-taken ,from the Bankin its own =Bills and
set afloat in the country, and - them this veryl
conscientious Banker, Hon - .
l'itsident Jadge,wifit to the Beni MAW 21st,
day of February, 4845, and,,ciumelled the hetes
on the Books, isithrna ever pay i onefaithiig
We eonfess our utter a i stonbituneat at the
truth of this, and under any ordinary rheum
stances we never:would have bOved it. But
there it stands on thO Books and Papers tho
Bank in black and Wbite, and Ur' Inklies
sol oue exPlaki" it:away, e..aeadiloar,eotePre•
headon. The Books oftke Bank show that
the :Idea were , regularly 'iliscounte4—that
they were delivered up to the 'PreeldeetitY
Mr. Kellum* the Cashier, OAR Other au*
when he telt ,the Mk, And the:Report
above quoted shows Their enneellation without
payment.To male theillusiration
pose,any°f * n. Pel*114.1114;&13! Burrows
for instance, - to be in- - want , *22,000 ; and
that ho puts his otites, eleien in number, in
the Binghamton 113/3 and drews , thet amount.
wilt, by vittui3 of being a leading spirit In the
Bank be has,.reeess to the Puolia and papers;
and in theibieneh of the; Collier he goes to
Ow - BAN-takes hisi- notes, writes them tan =
gelled on the - IlOOks, entlcoolly_welks off whis•
tring to himself; "how lucky It 6 tbat I am a
Banker!"
This is nOttiVerdraWn dely`theil
, „
contralict thb record as we have shown
Whi) 'Were tttte loads by this ,bohl and bare:
faced treloati l tiethil transaction lo which if the
Cashier of any Batik should bo a.party- ho
might be made to expiate for the fraud im -the
Penitentiary, .Oa.whomfelttheconsequences
of this swindle of $22,0001 Why, obviously
thesp,who Were the
,holders of the Bills: That
nmounk,fof the circulation , Wm. 'Jessup as
Presidelit of the,. Stock Company set afloat
land destroyed the assets with which to redeem
it; and St the Bar , of Public Opinion if not, at
the:Bar Of his country do we hold him account.
able. ' ; • ' •
Ili this conitectionye will notice a plea put
in by the Bank men; and that is, that the Bank
was solvent when it susiended in '43. Judge
Jessup states that in his testimony before the
Commissioners of InvestigatioN, or to that of
feet; and . we,wish know' why they let peer
and innocent bill-holders sell their money - .at
from 25 to 50 per cent? Why Aid not the
Bank take. or offer to take the notes otidepos
it or some _other way till the assets could, be
made available with which to redeem the cir
culation? If we mistake not some of the offi
cer's of the Bank were wont to purchase their
at 50 percent. Tell us ye honest Bank
er4,....answer Pqnce of the legion, why saw
you4he property of your fellow citizens sacri
ficed, when in your litinds were the assets
which should have been applied to
save it? !
. .
- One 'plain question .we wish to ask the
Judge, and as he is remarkably affabletoivards
us of late,' we denbt not we- shall receive a
very gentiemanly.reply, . l t i s this,
.What did ,
you do with ' , ,the tailance of the $22,000 after ,
paying - to Allen &Taxon the e 15,0001 The
.notes'were drauM" for 822,000 and cancelled
without paymenA now whre went the - $7OOO
after paying
. the dentand :of Allen & Paxon
against your Company fOr 815,000'1, Commu
nity has a right to understand - -this fay, for
they
- Were the innoreatland unsuspecting vic
tims of the plot.. :We l ip Make Out no : bat !
ance paid back again, Without it comes under
the head of" perngstient expenses." Is it there
Judge 'lf yes, we rather suspect somebody
will, yet see that •thoio "expenses" are paid,
provided you do not get a scat -on the
preme Bench I •!.iy • • • •
. .
That Amendinent Natter.
Our readera repollei t that we exposed,
two weeks ago, the bold game that Hon. Wm.
Jessup sought to, play off by destroying the
votes. for the Amendment to the Constitutien;
providing for the' election'of Judges, last fall.
The organ of the' Judge List week very, wisely
does, not deny it, but seeks to excuse the mat
ter by /laying that Judge Campbell, Black and
Gibson were also opposed to the Amendment
Asto the two gentlemen :first named we are
fully prepared to pronounce the Editor's as.
sertion an absolute falsification,. having, no
shadotv of truth in it. We probably are full
as well acquainted with Judge Campbell and
his political opinions as any person in-this
county. , We have had his acqimintanee per
soaaily some time, and- his' correspondence
constantly still tenger, and we are full as well
Prepared to speak
s of him and :
...his- political
clots as Editor of the Register is, who,
froth the time of Mr. 'Campbell's nomination
till recently has been engaged in a constant
tirade . of abuse upon him, because; his father
'emigrated - from Ireland shout the time of the
Revolutionary war, and belonged to the Cath
idle Church.. As for Judge Gibson, he was
nominated on accdunt of his great legal learn
ing and eXperienee, being rather no - politician
'at all. Indeed, the Whigs have altiayit
ed him and during the sitting of the Democrat
ic Convettion at Harrisburg, at which' Judge
Gibson ivas,nominated,the Harrisburg Amer.
lean, Gov,Johnsten'it organ, had his name at
its head as acitididata for the Whigs,no doubt
intending to,deter the Democrats from nomi
nating him.• ' • -
But even admitting*that every man on the
Democratic Ticket was opposed tit the Ainend.
'bent, no mania the State we'dare say resort
ed to such_dishonorable means as did Judge
Jesup to"defeat it. A : man - may honestlyhionestly op.
.
pose mensure i lmay striveto'convinee Voters,
that he hi right,in his opinions and not justly
incur censure. Any man has a:right to hold
and advocate' whateVer , opinions he Pleases;
bet Judge Jessep, did not content bid i tself With
that - When he saw that the people were not
with him In opinion, he endeavored to force
theta', to defraud them of their rights, to stifle
their voice at thette..ballobox bidestiviAi their
votes it waft certainly the boldest,outrage
on voters that' e ever heard of; and for "a
great - and-good nue to - conceive and execute,
we venture it hait no parallel: wetter Judge
Jessup may :net , " - deprecate the publicity : of
that outrage ; however much he may strive to
conceal his Connection• with it, it is still fresh
in the muds of Ins felloW citizens: and will
not be soon filgotten. We mistake much if
it does not Wing down a verdict jutit and met: ,
ited at tho polls this fall., . ;
. .
to to•day's paper :we. publish a iom.
inttniptieni from an adopted citizen residing in
I,ll;2;i%imi:jrart of the cOiikti;Prrete*ce - 16,09
. The way lie bite 'eta' . would
einit) be ,gnPrameln4gein Itiontrose
recalled • tho ease: 14
which lierefers, and we% can' assure our cone.
* . 1 , 4 4. 1 t ih4ho is not the only oils who.felt
that bia : righte: trerp - ilWreiiiided. 4 !.b,eCanai t iof! ,
Booth he . - 100 an hiAaiun:" -- 400110esep is
pretty business now, bagging for votes. of
'lnittitaliWsilooiiii4o.-bairii*;.*in this
case turned.tlwm Emil our Court with aruin.
eci:loritute,- yht* -.Pep strove. to ::rerni.er .. .their
l'fit,htb ‘ ',agitinet4 e,:Puraetpren4 and insolent Cor
-1104 not ';eo' o .to ll P
hind: thit ve r btkoiii
hmiedinients be:han - thietantlyibi.Ciitin theit
theiintire Ai! Ot)r.enthip.- - -
• •. _..• .
Lit +o
Let
which he.'mado in 1844, rendering , it doubly
expensive and diMenit for pent to obtain their
paperN because they leashed to vote thn Dem..
oprati&Ticketi- We think ;fudge
..leastip's:ar
istiriiratic;lslati!e Atierictut prineiPles ilt heart, '
well understo‘d;' our. naturalized niti ,
zenkand wd, hope they Will pay :14m off aate
deserves. let everyone of them:read
_that
communication signed." Hibernieus,' for the
author of it la one of your countrymen, who
hattfelt tint tod ad - applitid by Judgts Jessup.
CO))01/661.0110*:
1116 11Le bo t re ru d it
learned - and smart on the Subject of
etffiCairttslmofortlleiewitilclgi!). este'ra2teOlV:tippebal;
',lances; "or sUpPoie foia Moment that because
We make no reply to' hii - aeousations 'against
the'Pond Beard, therefore hls assertions are
true: Ent one idea seems to have ercpethro
him since tbe nominations, and that is the
frauds, of the," Freeport Aqueduct." • ItWould
be well for him , to 'refresh his recolldetion a
little, inasmuch ; as Mi.: Power, thd -embodi
ment of Whig parity, yas the 'roan who. had
charge of thatwork, and who is consequently
culpable for any mismanagement that might
have occurred there: -
Our readers must look now for ahl sorts Of
fabrication and falsehood from the whig Press,
as they all kdow it to be an oldgame of theirs
just before thd election., • The safest way is to
pay no attentiorilOVLat they 84, and believe
nothing that they Print- •
Our Candidate for Canal Coromissioner, Mr.
Clover, is one of the purest and most upright
men in the State: His charaddr for integrity.
- is above reproach, and Ile possesses in an emi.:
neat degree all the requisite qualifications foi
an able and efficient officer: John Strohm,thd
u* ,• notuinee against him, was in Conires
s
and!made a Speech and voted ;pint giving
supplies to our soldiers who were starving in
Mexico. -Hods a regular old Tory 'and de
serves the cOnteinpt,not the vote of•every man
in the commonwealth. We counsel our read
ers to pay no :heed to the hunibugs of the
Whigs, about " frauds" "ruin" &e. Let them
have the glory of their infamous warto them
selves. Such has been their cot for the last
twenty-five years, and such are the argdments
that they are most used to %yielding, having
no principles-or honesty of their own to com
mend, or to point to as commendable.l We
expect the. Register will publish the Ogle
gold spoon story" next week. Let us have it,
with the embellishments, to wit, a log Cabin
filled, with barrels of 'hard, cider, and a coon
skin floating at half-niast.'
The ,Bank Failarea
BY reference to another part of this paper
it will be seen that several Banks havei tailed
lately, and as a consequence community have
to suffer deeply. There' was considerable of
the . money afloat in 'this county„ though we
are fortunately removed so far from the im
mediate "disaster" this time, that the failures
are not so *heavily felt; nevertheless, we are
near enough for all practical purposes. •
We hope that the effect will be to awaken
our people, and to keep thee] awake, to_the
manifold evils of Banking as carried on gener
ally at the present day. The whole system is
one of downright fraud And high-handed out
rage. On the tuna of people, who are honest
and Innocent Of either' wrong in, purpose or
action, fill& the sweeping blow, robbing them
of their hardearned pessessions and leaving
them remediless, to bear as best they can tffe
infliction, of these great wrings. Public opin
ion too ofteikwinks at the guilty authors and
throws around them a sort of heroic valor,rath
or than place them in the category of criminals
where they properly belong. The than who
makes himself an outlaw-expecting to receive
the penaltyattached to his crime if he, be over
taken in it, is really ;deserving of more respect
than'he who impoies upon community under
the guise of a Bank Charter, by cunning ,Cira ,
sions of laiv, pockets thousands at e single
deal. The' highwaynaart boldly danands the
purse, giving his victim an Opportunity for
self defence; but the Banker, less: bold but
moved by the same unsanctifled pgriiPststa4Ps
behind his counter, plots the outrage, evades
the law to consummate it and goes unwhipt of
justice. ,After, his nefarious: and cowardly
work is acComplished, then ho retires on the
dignity of affluence, deaf to the wail of woo he
has drawn forth from the hearts of thousands,
spends his days in luxury and in in truth a
Twist iionorabk' mar: 1 "
, Such ocCurrences - are-Almost daily- coming
to pass; indeed are, so . freqUent as to excite
but little - attention;-none
_that' is ,lasting.—,
When a man would strive to-awaken attn•
tiou to the subject; when he would point out
theiglaring outrages and drag from their gold
enfiewthe- perpetrators, he is • marked and . it
is as much as his life is Worth to preSeive that
an ai his reputation.
,Thern is but lane way for
the people to remedy these things and to-_de
fend themselves'against these flag,rant wrongs.
That way is so simple that it hardly seems
necessary for us to point it, out. I In the diet
place, a complete' renovation of the whole sys
tem of Banking, so effeetuallyznarding it as
that those who engage init'•shall be held per
scantily liable when a failure occurs. No.mat
ter who the man' or, men, no . - differeade what
their professions or station, whethpr under_the
veil of Judicial ermine or in a more kumble
'position, thase'whO hzive been Made the sport
of : villainy, should place the seal ofdisgrice and
infamy on his brow as indelibly as was that on
the forehead of Cain.. If he is.not Made to,un.
dergo the corporal, punishment of kiser
criminal, if he , has a ionacienee, :pride of
soul that can feel the . Weight of disgrace that
the withering scorn of an outraged ind
nant people can:attachto him as the trzMegres.
Visor of every principto of common honesty; he
`should feel it in 'all 'its , hen,hreitSp;'-lt 'should
goad Min till he could - no' longer /obit Honest
metilntho . face;;lmia be constrained 400.4 out
my innaisbment Is-greater thanFican .
Almost first object of Thin ker s zis to
. . ,
cure" themselves against 'personal. liability for
the _rnanagemeut of.the. AAA.. • •Ilhat done
and they are readrtoivisit consequences
botiy
eser.fearfuloncomminiity;no'spectilation too
hasarildo fer s tbOrn SO indertalie;'ind if . in the
the, people .fibbed„i44lbrgeti%.ra'ecd
and ruined it matters net to them, They.
are.Bantrers, , Lor4o, 'edges, wealthy; then;:
hare thti -teiree--011-r4oralftyr; And 'll lilo-;
dered public must make law obeisance as they
paicsonver whispering the remembrance of
their Ortmgrs!- •
' baize said that Bunke first . seertre
themselves against.any liability koriesses that
may kali on thp Public,ii is go. By the report
of that confinittei whir w.Q Pnblishd last
week - one' teasers can ,thee that.the
tore of Susquehanna Bank first attended to
that, and when . that was- secure they were
ready to hazard every Interest of this commtr.
nity with the most perfect, recklessness.
• We have neither time or space to aVole
further to this subjyettlic _present wielt but
shall probably resume it at getao Muni &Y.
WH3 htb . o? PAsicratood from reliable nu
thority,.that an explanation of Judge Jessup
connection with the Bank is to be issued just
on the eve of theele,ction.when too late to re
fate. We caution YOters ag,a - inst any such
circulars, made up as theivill be of falsehood
and misiepresentation.!Th4 have had all sum
mer to explain in, so that there an exist no ne
cessity for any such exOlanation. Depend upon
it that all such.disreputable schemes will be re
sorted to, mid you can depend also upon their
falsity, else`Why are they not demi in Open
daylight when there is an opportunity to dis
cuss them? -..s •
BANK FAILURES.
Office date; Sept. 2Eth,
The following are the names of the Banks
which have failed:
The Rank of Salisbury 1111 d..,
Cominerclat Bank Perth Amboy.
Peoples' Bank Paterson, Z. d.
We leak upon the
FARMERS ,8:, MECHANICS BANS,
of New ! Brunswiek, as the only other bank
likely to fail at present-1 Thompson. •
Mr lion. John N. Cori' yngham has been
nominated for President Iddge in the Luzerne
District. , 1.
WOOD WOOD WOOD.
Who of our. subscribers Will-bring us some
WOOD IMMEDIATELY Echo answers, who I
-Facts for the . People•
Keep it before the people, that Hon. Wm.
Jessup turned his back upon General Jackson
because he vetoed the, United States Bank
Bill, and .that he has been a bankthan ever
since.
- -
Keep it before the 'people, thatte was the
first mover in the Stisquehanna hank 'opera
tione=the first to get the concern into exis
tence.
• Keep it before the people, that after he had
got the Charter he was the first man to'pro
pose a deliartuiv from the law, and admit pa
per payment for_ Stock instead of specie.
, Keep it before the people, that his object in
avoiding specie payment, was to introduce
$lO,OOO Towanda money - for the purpore of
forming the "Surplus Stock Company,' and
t'lat the Towanda money was ret.Jrned to the
Bank, the next day, thus perpectating a fraud,
upon the public and the bona fide Stockholders.
• Keep it before the people, that he managed
to bid Off over $90,000 of the Stock, giving
his Company's nOteA for it, and after the .11.nk
statted,CANCELLED those notes at the Boni;
leading the concern without capital, to petpe
trate a swindle on community of over $205,-
000., •
• ,Keep it before the tax-payers of Pennsylva
nia, that he wrote a letter in . 1845 to the
Treasury Department at Harrisburg, declarirg
that ". the . Bank - was established on a specieba
sis, able to meet all its liabilities, and that the
Cashicr,;2lfr. St. Join, was a man of in'e;rity
—that on that recommendation the money was
taken at the Treasury, a large. aim:um being
en hand now which is wholly last to the Stale.
Keep it before the tax-payers of Susquehan
na, that $3OO of VA) same money is in the
county Treasury,ritthrly worthless..
Keep it beforethe people, that his object in
getting-oil to the S..lpreme Bench, is to. ward
or suits that are about to be commenced against
the " Surplus Stock Company" jai ihe redemp
tion of the money.
Keep it before the people, that be opposed
the, Amendment to tho Consti ution• for the
election of Judges so that he rtight hold his
seat on the Bench in de f iance of:the people's
Wino—that to accomplish this he, through his
family._ sought to destroy the Amendment
votes and keep from raters their banots.
Keep thcs43 facts before the people, and let
them act at the ballot-bOx as men who know
. kno
their rights and mean tit defend them against
usurpation and outtage.i
LET ~T IEE. PEOPLE REBTEBD
3EII • -
- - That the public Treasury has been robbed
withhi the last three years of more money, by
Whig GalphanismS, thanwouid.pay liberal
compensation to one:thousand laboring men for
two years' services.
IET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER.
'pat the Whig German, State Printer, Nis
ben detected taking $2,300 from the
Treasury mu.- u false account and- compelled
to snake restitution, '
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov. - Johnston sympathises with and
. ,
sustains John Strohni, who noted to starve
our tirmips in Mexico.:
LET TEIE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
,
That.Governar .Johnstonis a Native Ameri
.
can; that he has lent his official influence to
'sustain the whole. phalanx of Native Ameri
can Custom House offieera,While, at the same
time, he is'aleating the foreigners by pretend.
ing to be friendly to somiof their societies.
• • LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Ooy. Johnstanyas in the Lpgialature
in 1841 and .voted for °law allowing BANKS
to Suspend payment on their own notes, and at
the name:tine to sue the peOpl:s and.eolle'et
debtalrom theta on execution:. - • -
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Col. Biglor,was itilhe Senate in 1842
and'voted" for the law compclifne , BANKS to
pay their:debts; aa Us individuals, or for.
feit their charter& -
LET THZ PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Col. William Bigler is a glf made mail
—that he has, risen by his ownmdustry niid
integrity of character to" stations of himor and
public jOsti and At lie now occupies a high
position as ketalsMan, patriot and Phi!ai?thr 6 -
, . LET THE PEOIIE REMEMBER;
• s • That goyaraoriSohnaton. whei keandidate
for;Ckeveraorin was denl64li opposed
to any - man being :elected-morethAtt-lONE
TERM, and this , was One - ttf - his • principal
,thenfee and strong points tie *gad in his own
ISVITHE MPLE RWEIDEIt,
. 2 hatgoi: ' l .° l / I stcli #feiida the
gendiotriner'e and-declares
that,tbe Stitii debt tias:not ineyeased underit
,1..8111810-116,1*svhllo the ofU till recbtde prove'
that the delta contmetiil dating that adminis.
tration`rend nearly. 'I'M MILLIONS OF
Iig,_PEOPLERVEMPA
agler was.a poor *bellboy,
corapelied to labOr tor 1n own livellhOod and
to sustain tv*idowed Mother, Ile comes from
the. eothmoni people, J.,is of the people, and
knoll; Mid appreelates,their taints, and will do
vote his talents in`energies to the greateit
good tbr the greatest...Mu:abet.
LET THE PEOPLE titsiinOt;
That Gov, lobaston is a Wealthy nabob, UV.
tog In splendor ai3magnificen ce , and has no
11zeling in tumult:a ItrSythietthy for the labor
ing ion and mealunds
LET THE PEOPLE REkEMBER,—
•
V l O ,
Money ilfegally drawn .froin -the
• xus, ,
State Treasury by. Get'. Johnston for travel,
_ ,
fees, and sixteen days'iservices before he was
Governor, amounts to;sl6l' 50, which would
pay the interest on > ,230 Of the State debt
for near.
• LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That Gov. Johnston when in the Legislature
in 1841, opposed the !law that_ abolishedl3l.
PRISONMENT FORT DEBT'. • ' • •
•
REPRESESTATiVE.HWO are requested to
state that S. S. WincheSter, Esq., of Wyo.
ming coupty, will, be u candidate for Ecru
seritativo at the ensuingteneral election, - and
respectfully solicits the - support of his fellow
citizens. • . • .
For the Pernoerat. •
Stt.vyat LAKE, Sept. 23,1851.
To the Ira voters of ISuiquehanna, Luzerne
and Bradford Coiinties.
Fellow-Countrymen: The Election
.
ap
proaches you fast, and, as it is not ono of the
tirdinary kind, in which nothing is involved be
yond a few County officers; but on the con
trary, ono which, while,jt embraces,-as usual,
all our State officers,! Governor &c., provides
for a yet more important • affair than all, the
Judiciary. It may not ,be amiss to, remind
you of the duty which as firm, consistent, and
.
always true . Democrats, you'now owe to your
selves and yoer adopthd Country.
As for the ticket set forth by the. Democrat-'
is party, I must presume you are already too
conversant with it: ,the gentlemen comprising
it are too well,, and : too Widely :known, both
privately and piditically,to need any further
explanation now, or IA make it, at all, necessa
ry for me to enter into any detail of their re
spective - qualifications; and their, unquestiona
ble right to your individual support. They
are all men of old standing, always firmly and
truly attached'and devoted to the Democratic
party; that party which has always guarded
and never lost sight' of your political welfare,
your civil and, religious freedom—in a Word=
your rights as .Citizens; always upholding and;
maintaining as they, have ever - seccessfully'
done, that a residenee of 21 years in tills conn.'
try was,not necessary to be imposed on us,
ere we would be admitted to the rights of Cit.
zens; and ever and anon breaking down every
Cabal -that was raised, and trampling under
foot every diabolical attempt of the kind 'made
by our federal opponents. They' are men of
our own party—mea of our own, choosing- 7
men whom wilare not afraid to, trnst, having
tried and proved them so often; and as such
let us, like men, come forward to the ballot
box and testify our full appreciation of their
just merits, by elevating them to their respec
tive stations to which we know they' are So
fitly entitled.
Just look at the JudiCiary portion of Our
•
ticket, and see who are the gentleinen that
compose IL 'Why, perhaps they are the - most
learned men,the ahlestiawyers,tho best Jur
ists, that probably any State in the Union
could produce, and with all this are, ,to• boot.
just, honest and uptight men, who you may
l eope,nd upon itwiil always do justice irrespec
, tive of party clique-or any other foul eonsid
erations ; and will not at least, be led away
from their duty, to gratify the caprice or pleas
ure, of rich, powerful'. earporationa-:no--there
'is no danger that any such thing oh their part
will take place. They are net men who will
deliberately sit on the 'Bench and deliver a de
eision composed the night before 'through the
aid of a would be Senator, from a neighboring
State, counsel for the Corporation, directly at
variance - with the.very spirit., meaning, and
words of the Statute, or Act of Assembly;
and in favor of the Corporation,- because, for
sooth, the plaintiff in-the case was an Irishman
and more too a Roman Catholic! They are
men of probity-and lriteg.ity, and persons at
whose bands every litigated and contested
matter will receive that Justice to which it
will be celled. They are men in whose be-,
soms no bigotry of any kind exists, by reason
of the original clime or creed of 'any person.
And proof of 'this is manifested on , the very
face of-the ticket itself, by Judge. Campbell's
name being thereof', who notwithstanding
literary and legal •n'equirements, and, his quali
fications to every respect being unquestiona
ble, is yet the son of in Irishman ; hat that
circumstance engenders no feeling in the
minds of the- Democratic party; against him.
lie is placed on their Vcket among them, as
one of them, because they, believe him cape.
ble of fulfilling the important which in
his official capacity, will devolve on him by, and
'by. No questions are asked as regards his
religious belief, whether 'he be Presbyterian,
Protestants, Methodist or Catholic. • He . . is
krown to be good, sound and unerring Dein.
omit, possessing all The requisites for the sta
tion he aspires to, or is placed in nomination
for; and'as such, without any forth - er ceremo=
oy, regardless of all such feelings, he is placed
in that position which they believe him .wor
thy of; 'and in common with the rest, is it:too
much for meto• say he is, entitled to our sup,-
port. I hopenot; and I expect is,unneies
miry for meta say tetra, that .If, Oyer there
was an election that commanded your AMA
tion;and your most strenuous - .Obits, .this is
one you should noN asl know -you Wili,,net;
lose sight of. • ,
Lot no man be asleep, or stay, trim the
polls : Let every man explain to ,hia nelghber
who - may hot have: an equal opportimity of
learningA.who,,the persons eV; thateotppoa4
the - ticket. -" ~ • .. =' ; S:
Let 'every person; I say,.lie ofi, the iitirt,eaelt
Working And moving in own-,iphere,; and
lam confident-we cannot. fail of successr:We
have abundant" causes, to, stimulate.us to over.
r ac oon, in fat, in this election , : and ao.the tithe
1 , 1 6 0 ,,,, so dose at hitleyet all be fitlynitidei 0g;
Let every rnint-whowishes well: to, 4 the:.
and those who compose it, lack not in his .e-+
ortions until the,eleetion. day ; When IT. our,
Combined action, hero and elsowhiirof we Will
most..gloriously edme , „; mit of .the eentliCt;
by, eleeting,our entire fieket,ind hurling ' th e
enemy into that;oldivioniwhinh their- torPIN
tOrit in the , forum, nn the, floor ana,thi Bench
ao jail)) , entitle them.tO, Yonvi &o, •
- - ~• •
„ -
:Th e Lest" Ste 400
The last mid Scrowning effort' of Gov. him.
ston,,to - cigar° : his imelection, fa to, iur c h ate
the votes of. I:remade by sOirig is• o , rti
'friends, who at candidates for other °Mee k ,.
We have it from the must reltalite datateQ4
hi s drill sergeneta ikevery ;omit)! Where
thaleaSt.disaffeetion in at
ty, aro making overtures to a partion of the
Democracy to aid them in electing vole
candidates, if 41 return theDcznocrata Witte
their votes for Johnston. The game wy
commenced in Darks; It his beeo propos e d,
in Westmoreland, and wilt be attempted is 4 1 ..
ierne; and gutinehanna,
Democrats stand to your: principles, D o ,
not inithr au ii2sidttOrts and finprinclpletebe tr
to enter They come as Va s a ,
traitors, to deceive and betray you. %h er
have but-one object inview,and that isle ek e ,
Gov. - Johnston.; They. care nothing who
be elected to the, Senate, or to the Judg tt li;
'in the counties, nor even to the 'Salim*
Bench, they will sell their own friends to My
their Governor. Dew= 6fthem. Batterint
a vote away. Stand by • your -own: menial;
your own princfplea. You hsve'a still e d
treacherous fOo to deal with, =Join) whova
cheat you after he has got your ,votes.
principles - of,DemoOracy are worthy younc,
ted and vigorous
. dupport, and whatever ray
be your local diffOrences, cease not to fight in
defence of the great principles of Democracy
and equal, rights, by giving the whole State
ticket your undivided dud vigorous support...
A most triumphant and gloriousvictory wits
you.—lnvestigator. •
Johnston a Defaulter-
Johnston very solemnly proclaims that 1 6
has paid off some six hundred thousand dol.
largo! the public debt,,, Before he came ins
power, the resources a the state were ampl e
under Democratic rule to pay the exPenses of
government,•the interest on the public deb;
and over 8500,000 of the principal. Drain;
two years of Johnston's administration theta.
es have. been increased $242,398'47. ,ll on
has been an increase of revenue from the pab.
lie works of 8397,509 31; besides this, 00.
cording to the Auditor Aenerat's official repot ;
there have been receipts from . other sonnet
=minting to 666.216 11 ; making a' Latta
$1,309,123 89,received in two years, by .14
ston's administration over and above that o N
ceived by Shrank during the 'same period of
time: Tram ibis 'sum :;tako $959,i93
said to have been paid, and it shows . Johnston
to be a defaulter to the amount of 864714091,
If Johnston had acted: honestly, and thy
as much care of the resources of the Comma.
wealth as did the lamented r. IL Shwak,avr a
would have been a rednction'of of- nee Ire
millions of thcvState' debt instead•of tht m o lt ;
sum of 8350,47.9 54 ; which is the acted oo.;
action under Johnstou.- - -Wesi q 'hater Jeff?:
semen. r
Johnston a Swindler. ; I
Johnston was installed GoVerner on lir
29th of July, 1848. In corning to Harristeg
to assume the duties'he charged the State al
received $3O travelling expeuses,,as SLUM.
From the 26th July to the.loth of October:a
two months and a half and yet Johnston
charged the Commonwealth for on gum
saLary for that time! ,SeVen Hundred
Fifty Dollars. • His le g al salary for That pedal
was Six Hundred and Nineteen pollan. Ha
therefore swindled the Shite — out of that:!.
ance as will appear 14 , the following receipt:
Timasunt OFFICE, 1111.
Received' from A. Planer, State Treace,
seven hundled - and fifty dollari, for ode car.
tens salary as Governor of Pennsylvach, die
10th, Oct, 1848. -
W3l. IOIINSTON.
ArDrror. GLKEIL&VS Onus.
Harrisburg. Sept. 10, 1851.
I ce o rtify e th o e ri ; :ta boire o t a o b . e e atr
io .!)
17.5; de p p y ar tint" the
. gi . M,
• Witness my, hand and caul
office, the day and year aforesaid.
JNO: HAMIOND,
, For E. Bans, Gam!.
Add to the balance 8131 50, ithe thiaydol ,
lars received •as travelling erpdpsea.. to boin
stalled Governor, and we have: the tam d
8161 50 which:the Governor has 'nu iota
pickets, and ;.swindled from the tax ?ayes,-
it It is not right that the good oldfts
of Pennsylvania should occupy r, false pith
before her i 3 isters of Union =by having I[ l 4
Executive. It is not right that her tulttin
should begoverned 14 a chief magistrate shes
politcal sentiments vary from those whicilts
has always, been among the foremost int?
holding. Our 'Coninonwealth inia ever he
devoted to,the Union. It, will not di) totem
a GOveinor; now when that Union is threntrA
with danger, whiz) prefers actions to rntisd
grounds, and pursues a line of -policy chid
justly, awakens .apprehensions on the Ft d
many of 'the members of the, confedersclio
which we are attached. -. .
Gov. Johnston has identified himself with
cause and a party. which was ag,ainst the ecs ,
stitntione the peace and the integrity den
Union.. - His election, if it were possible fr
such an event $4:l occur; would be Instruct- 1 g
in' producing consequences of limiest aid ,
, toua:4ind, and force a number of ours
States,into a conditton, bordering upon 415-P
ration, for it would . imply that they were to lz
deprived of the protection ,apd influence d
Pennsylvania in the t possession std Onyxes
of their inherent and constitutional rights
Be it ourS, - fellow Democrats, to aside
saving the Union, by .repudiatingthe.
tratioa of.a demagogue like F. Jet,
stop, and'placing our goodold Cotaminire o
under the' Executive - control of thato 4
Demperatie, liberal , minded statesman, 00
Bigler.' In hislands, the honor of our P. 2
Will be preserved untarnished ? and herwel o4
and the happiness of her:citizens. made
# .0 76 5 1 8 . 2 cn Registcr• ;
;8 Bill
• The,ono idea pti;ty have already foe
into the 'sack: in which they 'traveled
1844, and:hive commenced"'asking 01
question, Who is:13111.11igler? as if AO
unknown:to some or to themniversal
party.,; can tell them; ho be is. 11 °
was a piinter bey; ,like pr.
Re,is„ like Franklin, a , wo rking:o
a "comioil man."
the Susquehanna river, Who has el,:; f atM
bread toy 3weat of his b: 40 1"; l i l a In
stored his. intellect ,useftd, 40 10
knowledge.; knowe ' w awa : : and oak
"dons of his, aP. ,ive State, and offers 0
hand and his;:heart 'to sive.her; Sib
le
done more than any other-man aft lci' 4 "
lie service to extricate' her from the %l e l
Mite Of re:pndiationi into Which thi
Party had•well nigh plu n ged bent and etil
the people' remember.and• will rewe4 11 .
tbe'bigUagit honors they have tO collet
:Ryelegitheite the remarks et thiCles ,
Weld' Republican ;4' .' 44,
like, to hear Stick inestiotet
• t