-' 41 10 1 . 1 /*C9 Bl( or-drinleo
..id,idiscovery,,dbeikwe have
osiits* td , !! - ttitntl o l:494ooo4. -
.• wirCitistkei,this , case ,wtthetiKforterilitY:
• thawing the tistitlnony;: . - giyen
tinder ,o a th: •
On - the - Vt!of-lisieb; Andrat, an
taken.from her Toonteontnining $4,000 worth
df notes.' - Thifyabbery Wits - reported at the
time of 14 neeirrenee, itinOw turns ont that,
OcAleerrAildreera - AVell. - dinuwaltlitek,-
has figured in. this and other towns for a aeries
otyaks*.SsirilaliblunV.
'ollm:tbalttbiktieruicr:Wiillied or With
11,4:3"06illight,evesiogi-Sesteira
. 4 * had;treett , :gone.fiveminutes,-tho - ald lady
islitWd'itidist Wiser the . jilsrm.--.-At , this lime I
thwristoritneilmtiritt itiight4vith , bi 9 '
4.041,41 - terono,the house iniee chn'se.- 7
Ins traces waileilowe4 and the Doctor per.
wii(tdhnuToOts
followed it
down; - and %has gating them oil thiseent. He
• dshalanit - ii'circuit, And - pined the'purmers as
• vole* satiny'
_af -- them. :After IniVint given
op7thirol6l - ail_thir Want. took' his time to .visit
etri - lOsadbniWnlist eltrYte,thertio*: ' This he
transferred te - hle i bitardhiZt - nifse.an4 barged
I'l=ll4 tier antes nd biding:them under the
64 °r:of.Shi!tirrel ,, • . -
• Sdon:iftet,tbliairsimsleft flir.Connectient,
whero 4'.retiafited until he old lady, ono Of
• whosa helot he Was, 'died: iHo then returned,
iiii'Vridg - ,l4at - visited Dr. DaWalf of
Chester; to - whom hitinhoiszened himself, and
,93fiejr would4issist
a-preposed:Scheme. Among: the
,' papers
was one open which the old Indthint written
'ber'hanie;rit the feet-or planic,pge.
Skin tag° Amliu:s wished 1)r. DekValt to, fill
our
.the signature; with an, instrument eon
• denting to Andrus's!, the' antes ho 'had atolen.
fl, told . Dr:Deny:elf that he 'coald, bring on a
Witness-to' siy that he . saw.the old lady sign
• .the'deed:',. The hue and 'cry raised on ;the
discovery' of the absence of the notes warsto_
sesCauntecl for by supposing the other heirs
an at hethaving conveyed diem to him.
.Dr:DeWelf enteredlinto this charming plot
with • gesto at none can appreciate but
those who kitow him promised all nisistonce;
nod mancteittri:ineet Andrus efery" night:un
til-We'd:Cy sight.- In tbesetielintimelie
Mita:Andrus • to- bring every stolen note to
his be - 44m that ho alight specify nein in the
isstrunienC 'On sunday night the last instal.
Meet erune'iDf. DoWalf, who is n magistrate,
had pritoreetia 'warrant arid an officer to exc..
enteit..-'As soon as: ninttbra were Terteptly
-ripe, Deputy,SheriffiEnor. was called in,-and
took possession,; -On Monday, Andrus Was
&aught to Springfield, before - Justice Morton;
when the facts we have relAted came oat. The
prisoner- was; examined. and bannd over in
31,000 to appear at the ;Criminal Court,' in
Deceniber nest. He procured bail, and is now
at liberty. - • - ;
Babhaluin and the. Nomination.
The" following extract from a. letter from
/Imes .Buohanatt to a . member -45 f Congress
from Pennsylvania, appears in the Washington
Wntstr.isn, (near Lancaiter,) June 8,1E152.
My Dmr, Sir: FOP the first time;lhavihad
* fair trial. Afy own delegation was able,faith.
ful. alive and energetic ; :but they could not
lemma imams. This Was not their fault.
I'. em 1117 W: perfectly satisfied with the result,
balonging,rts I do, to the school , of optimists:
lishalitke tfie noininaeS 11 decileisupport,
Tintend to dr; as long -awl shall live, to the
nominees of the DeinocratiC party. ' The prin,
iipletiof our great partkare those which alone
. ..„-ce seenrci the prosperity and perpitnity, of the
Widen. ;-For Col. Bing 'I Oterlain the warm
est feeliro-ef - friendship. A-purer, a better,
st sounder judging man does not lire. I know
•Gen. Piertevery well. 'Throughout his con
gressional cancer he nnifoWnly maintained the
diameter 'of a sound andlidlesible democrat
rind en honest and honorable man. Wo must
onr_duty,' and leave the consequences to
ro~ti your friends rery respectfully ', 4Aliss BCCILIBAX.
•
• Nail 11,obbery.
Joseph, Watson, and Martin Campbell. three
_brothers who were charged with robbing the
U.tited States Mail- between this pixie° and
tiollidayCburg. 'had an examination before
Mayor Guthrie on Saturday.
Jacob Si in e, a coosta hie of Greensburg, was
the prat witness examined;.; He stated that he
was furnished• with a warrant for the arrest of
Joseph_Campbelt, on a charge of larceny pre
ferred against him, by John Beatty,- and airwst.
od him in Greensburg on the 10th.
On searchingWpersont he found upon him
$3,500 in bank notes, and a package of mon
ty rolled up in a handkeithief. They Were
concealed underneath his - est. Other rolls of
'money were found in his; pockets, together
wilt& paolutges hating United States post office
*tamps -ugon+thernt-- None of these latter pack.-
Kea 4 / a d; been opened. Some . packags were '
likewise _foand -in hip boots.. The prtsoner
stated-to, the witness and 'to other parties t that
heliad roma the Paicels in the cars, and that
'he hadluidthem concealed for some time *n
io
'the fence near Beatra station.
' Annuisit Ta THE Fa.e.k CoLorrED ,
oi of Stanytaxr.—Thcianithuore Anierican
%•f the - 16th ult., coital ha 4he followlrig ; The
eareatittee appointed at the meat meeting of
the five colored lioplll4ll Of this city, held in
tit:James" 'African EpiscOpil Church, for the
"Turquise. of calling a contention of delegates
Coin the; free coloredlopulation - of the State,
Aare insueden izddress to the free colored peo.
Pict of the Mate," explaining the -object -for
which . the. meeting was hebt:and earnestly hn.
pressing upon them the importandis of appoint
log delegates to represent:Om in the Ctin
"cation to Beheld in.thisOity on the 25th inat„
for the purpose of utaking into serious Consid
k-ration their preient ebullition and future pros.
pests in this' country., and to contrast them with
• rhelnaneeinenta andlirotipects °petted to - them
in, Libenia,:orAny- othericountry-r The ad.
dress , says: "As the, object for which this.eelu
iintfan is called, is one rot importance to
Vie fire , colored people of 1 1 1arylatut it is great;
y;to be - desired,ar.d EitfideritlY expected, that
'attendance of delegates will be present
on the occaisiori, still; calmly, deliberately,
and biteiligently cimsider;the object for - which.
they Info -been called together, and that each
IMegritewilt chine prepared to enntritatte his
portion gitifonnOio' a, Aid atuLfreely ex
press hia views on. the great subject of our fu
ptriilestiny.*-; _ - .
_
=MtztrSketiviut New;Yons ItArtuonni. 7 -;
vi-Vikii;Erie:stitambisat train, from New
Itirk''‘!-Baride reached Alonday att
tOlit,'4,lnaklUgthe run'of about 250 mites
and five minutia. 'rhia, tt id
654 - iithelitditreist‘ time: :ever made in . thin ,
eonntry On- Cl) inn, rrionte,-, being at the; rater
et .2 sMileiper'houriinelilidino the Oroar!irkg
thsr.riirerat Albaay, and :
PeOsylvoilei 'even the
t'Aroninf , , reeeiiieite coin fortha ,coneutop.
*XL "Ode li l turt gbh tenure 'quota
- if water.
ienilkint 'of Dec47Ello4 ode imort*heetbran¢
oce.piet -of hooey. • Pot SI thekkgredleativin*
new etourerr,tionner then over Artgow:Gre
forlotikOork'l , f_Whin tool , bottle it for, use.
Withea4 - Kne - Etats filtfont times 'AT is
gth .I eft'', the klaltfit.
;IM=IM=ffNIVIEMS.
l'itt:llNO'o4l'.7
of - Her
The Larttat Cirenisitron Nrolt to rli
IPennarblinilOVlPirlar,
S tASS,;knrrosa:`__
amettlftim =
ei _
For
Gezntxtldin , Pierce,‘,
For. Vice President
Hozi..lXtliliaia"Rafais . K4ig,
" ? William Beatighti** , ,,:: ,
'*--= cit Fayette: - ),
„„..11111110718 - 030.0:,.: 1 ..:
toVkii*:o4lo-Avitt. ,
:4:Nt*:01;11.
, .
`-1 In `view Of the inaportruicer of tho corning
Presidential Campaign; raid -the' , general into.
rest which Will be felt in ite preo.4 and re
tinitada'Ciew'ef ;desiro - on' the
part of thoPeOple to know the; truth relative
to the great questions at issue, and the men
Who - are . to'reccivolheir erdrregSs at the ballot
box; wei ofter:great inAucementS to subseribe
'for; our paper:until after election, S'
" We Will' furnish tho Democrat from'lnly
fifteenth to the'Atienth day of A'Orember, rifler
the-Presidential Election, a periodof four
as follows: , -
_Singic.Copj., cash in advzince,l - 80 50
, 6 copies, -" - • 200
12 copies, ' " ; - 400
The'Olubs must bo to'tie sddreSs..--
our friends in alt.parts of the county are invi
ted to net out tigeitti, in getting up 'dubs,
and forwarding Orders for the same.
• 'Addresss, Post paid; • -
• CHASE, I •
iontroso, "Susquehanna ra.,
The Progrose of Democracy! in
the world.
Weeare going to speak of this - subject,. not
So mach in a modern political sense, as in. its
general - and unrestrained signification. Apr
emment by tho people" purely, of which: our
own without doubt, the' Most perfect illus
tuition the world ever saw, is the only ono
that can be properly called' a Democraiy.--
Strch an one was, ancient Athens, at lead in
name; and such, at differentperiods has been
claimed for all Greece and Rome. But those
nations were never free, while the voice of
their Tribunes was heard and heeded, further
than that voice infringed.'not - upon the lif3er
,
ties of the people. Be this . is it may, it is al
tegether likely that in those' nations—through
the ageney of those govenunents-e r was plant
ed. tit() seed that has ever, since been bursting
hitalife among the different nations of thz
earth r a seed that has borne - fruit in' abun
dance, juiced with the blood of martyrs, and
1)44 consecrated' by the prayers of expiring
'Onions owthe.fields where!they hare battled
Or the conscious righti of Han.
,
To true :minutely this Principle, since it
ebtamenced its Work of influencing the destiny
of governments ? down to :tho present day,
would, require the learning of a Solomon:
• Its
bttler.s.are counted' by thousands, its defeats
by him/reds; its triumphs have gone echoing
reimd' the - World-4:mo fallen, here and there,
npen Solt earth like' den- upon green spots in al
desert,—have:wakened man from :his lethar
gy, -nerved his heart to great purposes and of
ten to frenzied resolies. As instruments it
his used the sanctity of Religion, tho ambi
tion-Of political intriguer, and: all the weak.
nissand frailties both of humane and corrupt
rulers. It has has raised sect against sect, in-
AcielitY against the Bible, morality against vice,
Ifiqr against virtue,—alt in turn successful and
411 in turn defeated. :ft has given
victorymoir&vielenie
i over law and -Order, overturned:thrones,
guillotines-AL Monarchs and Ministers,----anned
tymntS vaunt. innocent subjects, by their-re-
hellion the better to- pave's way for its final
permanent'establishnient.'' Ita ways have been
as mysterious as the'Providene4 of God; and
its revelations as startling as a convulsion of
Nature. 1 - It has held the will of political rulers
to lines of governmental policy, surely
suit in disaster and revolution, with the-fixed
ne.ss of Fate, settled itself coyly • 'in the' foun-,
dation?, at despotic: governments, finally to
overthrow their civifpolifyi and reseal itself in
retributive vengeancenpon the heads of na
tions that have eh ;lied and buried- it. deep
' down, turning, the sow; over its sepulchre-with
'the bayonets .Of Irate! mercenaries. It has I
strode,over the world in light, in darkness and
in doom, It him grappled with Ignorance and
the sword, slaked iM thirst in rivers of human
blood, flowing from s battle grounds, sent
martyrs to the stake left desolation in itspath,
drawn tears fame eyZ.3 mused, to weep; And
loaded the air down vvit.h.groans and sighs.—
Nations have felt its approaching presence and
bandied! together, in lholy covemirt;:to crash
oat its life. Baffled i once, it basflown far off
and - tose agairli in -majesty and strength where
least expected,. -0!
IniEnglzunithis prliciple of Human :Bights
sttnated for centuries. Bometimes in the sia.
cendant, often in defeat, it raisell - conVulaions l
in :rapidzueceision that Startled with their tre-.
_mendons censequmes and
scab, toe, by its agitations_ andupheavings, rtl
*fed always some., The wave sent forward]
'byi its tempests soiretimes luit4n:ed and flow-I
eft backwards, hut toyer reachid the spot Porn
[ whence statta raised in, 'the mitto and I
pon'er I `of the'people -against 'the usurpations
'the.first Cl it:lei; sent thO monarch •tia,the
Ti wer'and finally rolled;-Ida- head:from . , the
Scaffold. it Rifuseditielfinici thSlieligion of
Cromwell in/ his Ironsides, *fain them up,
amid their terlible llattlea r witha loftier senti
ment.than mero,kloty, rind. for While it rest
otaccurely. in their triumphs; gaardini,Caro:
fitily the destiny. of the Protester and hie Coth
niozwesJOL trus!ted witk that;it tOnleithe
red‘ofdeiro4frin the pottegi'of Jam - phi lea
MI 6 along di 41 9 165 P4 1132 ;4 0 -lial re: 4 hi 4 / 4 4-
inent, used religion'-toitecortqdlish- another
tttnuipic. itintopuo*fie
lh•yoliellße44affillifot
and his toites ,i
I P ii rtri l o effreii ts," , and-the: . , ,
- , bingenneell Kin Throne and sent the
, , . _
i : ' iillTsivanny frem-: -- the land of - the
Stkaitintihtxtrtdoiti.;,.; '-',,,` . •
trn; junee
.
Y
ITtu!.,l-1":01P epmt 4 Pkxkloq:LPY p r ogress-
e. 4 liftlia country...lod i'i*lrbave been its ate
amen: iiiis not ton:Ailich;te, ascribe that it
N‘ tedotattlittipsee-ftirri°Ull44l4ol4744',..;4lnot4ly,4,isocr._b!ith:n;
lt,,eiiiiilited iliat tudutppy tuition for centuries.
aliffaeollteric : Walt- - elways!,almed'.l4,*id
,
its/ I*, titelreurPat ions of tto throne or Par ` J
Mini .ThitiiiiinWr itiligiiesof ininfoi::
14 rightsi.for.tiora' frebtlom of person and
conscience; "for"more Of Democracy and less•
latt,TlriuntlY.4*-101haserstrttggleiv, it-fits:lly .
triuniphok Trite, the form ed_Monarcby isstill,
retained, but this ptinciple: wrung Meta' the
bends -of „the. goverinitent the , great Magna
Chartai sec dringlhe rights - of the people - and'
limiting the prerogatives of the :.sovereign.
Thatinstruffieni renders the cendition of .the
people .sufferable, andhas thrown around them
more liberty and , : surer.."-guttrantees - than any
other nation' of .Europe poisesies. - Its - pro-,
gress there Is still .onward--4ight a ft er right
is'being - granted-by the hand:of Royalty as ex
pedients to !appease pepider clamor. ' ' • -
IFromEngland proper the spirit of Demo°.
ray next broke out in these States, then col : .
°ides - of her care.: "Oppressien raised it to re
:
- sistance,—a resistance that sheathed the: sword
only when the victory was conipiete. Here
the spirit took substance and moulded a gov.
erntnent perfect in its system. " ,Here -it has
-Lfund a home, hero it can .point to its trophiei
the proudest monument - ever reared to the
the achievements of man—a 'government in
tbe hands of the subjects--a Democracy in
which there is no guile. : r
, .1 Franco was involved in our struggle, not
from a love of liberty reigning in the hearts of :
I
her rulers,—not from a desire to see Demo
cratiaprinciples triumphant, but from a dead.
lihatred to wards a dreaded -and:potent rival.
Her soldiers took home no* hearts, new per
po' sea and new principles,which %Vero:not slow
.1
rn showing themselves there. - The mild vir
tires of her King wore unfortunate character.
. I
Mties when great energy, daring and intrepidi
-4 were wanting to put
_down mob-rehellion,
quiet contentious factions, and suppress the
rising elementa of revolution; 'Mc:nation was
et : arced for bread, while pomp and luxurious.
tress dwelt in the courts of her Royalty. The
emergency was great and the expedient resor
ted to was the convening of a States General
that should regulate tho affairs of the'= nation
and bring relief to the French people. This
rissembly met, but, instead of bringing order
:
out of chaos; it proved to be an instrument of
greater disturbances. The House of fife axis
toeratidand and high blooded 'Clergy refused
o meet in common the representative: ef 'the
people. "The anger of the tiers de eta: gamed
high at the insult,and thus connuencedistrug
:
gip, between Royalty and Democracy, ' dud fi
nally 'emptied the Throne . of Franco ' of her
King,: and sent everi vestige of Royalty drift
, 1 ,
ling, on the surface of that bloody` current that
flowed through the streets of the capitel;--a
struggle that Made' fiends of women and de
inon.s!of men. The guillotine travelled over
the whole kingdom, groaning under the Weight
rhitslaccumulated labors, ' and dripping with
o best blood of France. Verirdatidnrid Mi
reheat thundered Democracy` from the Trib
:
we and waked - the minds of Frenclimen" to
hinlrl for themselvUs. Wild, passion'ate, en
hustastic alai uncontrolable, that unhappy
people plunged into the worst'excesses. Dan
ton, ilarat, Robespierre and others, thirsting
for blood, sped - on the work till-the Wave bal
anced., receded, and brought swift dearuction.
upenltheir own heads. The knife of the bean
tire/ Charlotte Corday found the heart, of Ma
' rat;-And, followed by the infatuated Populace
of Paris, cltannting the wild Ca ira, the next
hour .she mounted the scaffold and yielded her
neck ito the axe. On rolled the tido (of revo
lution, till in its backward surges, Robespeirro
and his - inhuman. confederates were shopped
asunder by the same axe tkat had been' raised
at their command over thousands of Ivictirns.
:The air 'anti France was tainted with the
smell of carnage, anarchy triumphei r the na.
tion heaved like a volcano, and from its fearful
ereptiona rlalgreat Napoleon was thrown out
upon the world, whose mission seemed fixed
by the fiat of Fite• to break asunder the bands
of feudalism that had held Europe fir centu
ries in galling and corroding chains. : This he
accomplished, without which; Freed4aw—De.
mocracy--eoulii never have hoped for a bane
in the old world. He made Royalty; luif Com.„
mons, Kings of plebians, and, - himself a plebl-
an,he wore the crown and wielded' the sceptre
of an Eniperor. Ho broke the preStigo - of
King-worship, and taught Monarchs ;
, to "talk
humbly of their power and humanely' of- their.
subjects. - • • I- 1 . •
Not to pursue this subject further,lwit may
draw a conclArsion. Ainid all its confileMin
lull the terrible political convulsionS of the
world, therojuss been no-itch" thinad'ai cilia.
pling the progress of DemeeMtic!Sentiment .. —
When crushed to earth,it risesiin 11C tr,,vigor ;
and from the streams "of blood in'wh it'llns
often been overwhelmed,—from :We ruins, f
. •
I,Th/roues:and the wild- tumult 'of anarchy, it
~ lots Timm Up even stronger. To prepare e
I way fot its final Bocci:S . 3s it must often be hur
t
ried, ire the ruins of governments 'pull down
by its- - power,-' and be oierwhelme ,by the
strong arm of despotism Thus wi I, it'ever
-work among the political elementsci nations,
-till the day'of its final Supremacy arri, eS,When
it will encircle the world and reign . like a Mir.
• lenivm over the hopes' and destiny Minn man.
kind. These reflections are naturally suggest'.
eii as we - approach the threshold of that Si
cutruxv, THE FOURTH OF JULY. - '''•
_ - A , Novelty:: •
Mr. At.rao SAYRE, a young gent roan of
Out Borough; Imi Manned a beautiful' sail-boat
and hunched it JonesrLaks;aliont ° mite
from Town. nip smolt noroltytii otti
erateni; and the *ray it drives up - and dotva the
Lalie, - before a grOMI-bistoteoa.*:ernPnines.
*AO elder%) a.,00= ptojector Viro dont
kutivtait hiiiiiYinsitY termed tt ( tercdrOu
Of„.l4estla*thimgh he bai net bran it the;
101•ofz'slAriat to, tta7tateits Tititera l , At all
events; *i**niti!e . 4rt!i.A l- 00 fei'VOL2l4-
pify-
Coneicspinivisem Dissoc
Prom Waiahirigton. -
•
IVasmisntottjune lo 4 ll33 .
Fsisim otiksi:' - Tlicire is litfte If any thing
tkinsPiring'iskeither lions°
of cr.orrgre44loll3 onpra4PuPPN°B°4 l ;
;bitUeniibly , teccital after th 4 irto cgrifel l 49 ll s.
hied' nbiiiiindicin their fttioriie eindidat4 ,
they.would hamediate*proceed • to; - the
Skirfle,olll/49r.4 1 14 , 01 1 1c-bo-kil i g: Bl4 4- th i /t1
they Would tOse•to r talk about the pregelen=
interest thozople, mulgo it l ,4jegiti•
Mite inainid. — TfeE - what o
sohnerlti they
sotto disappointid. dianfject
assemple lent meet': together,
than up jimPs se
ea political heXtet,:undeethe'protelfee:or- nut;
kintaapeeeifor his eduntry's• good, doles out
a vinitsthlettnuhr.itltY 'o' co f u rionse niei ;i f si e ea ve l n b t a % ld Th er i da s
c s a h l ,• is an u d p ,.
nriotlieefrieMbei,'who feels ' l OiY
'iudigniant 'to
think that an honerubtogentlemanahould have
the hardihood and Meanness - to 'drstthatques
tion again into the halls of Congress. :And
thus it Is-front day to day : time spent—money
thrown aw4—the peoPle fooled and the - re..
gitimate business% of Congress delayed—pat
off.- . -and,.perhaps, never -atteided; to. Oh!
4Shame, where is thy blush ? Oh Congress,
Where is thy Whoa will the - people
learn Wisdom? Not, I fear, till it is -evokes&
ingly , too late. 2 2
The Senate have been in executive session
most of the time during tho week. They
have ratified One or two treuties—decided to
place the pprtrait of the venerable Henry Clay
in the Congressional Library. This is a de
served tribute of respect to the dying States
man., A joint resolution was reported to in
deinnify Spanish subjects residing at New Or
leans and Key West - for losses sustained by
mobs during the Cuban revolution. ,
The House hare had undier consideration for
two days past, the contested electior in Penn
sylvania between H. B. Wright and llernylf.
Fuller. Yesterday Mr. Wright-and Mr. Fuller
tied the floor. They;made two powerful had
eloquent, speeches in favor of themselves, to
the great edification of those in the galleries;
after which-the Howie adjourned. It is very
difficult to tell' what action the House will'
take upon this question. Some knowing ones
say it will be decided between this and the
1 last of Aug gust. Nous serums.
Tho National Agricultural Convention es- -
sembled at the SMithsonian Institute on Thirs.
day 'the 24th, and temporarily organized, by the
appeintineift of Judge Watts, of Pennsylvania,
as Chairman,,together with a large number of
Vice Presidents and Seeretaries from all parts
of the Union. A resolution was offered and
adopted to form a National Agricultural Soci
ety.
A Committee of ono from each State
was then appointed to draft a resolution and
report I n inus for the Society. After a re
cess, Mr. Elwyn of Pennsylvania, chairman of
the Committee, repotted a constitution, which
' was amended, discussed, and finally adopted,
as follows : Tho first' section provides that
the Society shall be called the United States
1 Agricultural Society., The second section fix
es the annual subscription at $2, and a ticket
for life membership: The third section pro
vides for the apPointinenturent of - the ollieers
and defines their duties. The fourthsection
provides that the 'Soeitty holirannual
meetings in Washington, on the first Monday
of February, but the Executi;e Committee, by
approval of the Society; may : hold occasional
meetings elsewhere. Twenty:three States are
'represented, by one,hundredand.fifty-four del
egates. Tho Convention are still in session,
and when It write you again I - Will give you BB
the particulars. -
The Whigs assembled , in front of the City
Half on Wednesday everting, for the purpose
of ratifying the nominations of Scott and Gm
ham. Owing,N'to the rain Which prevailed,
threatening an increase to y a•storm, tho meet
ingl
adjourned until the next evening at eight
o'clock. Thu unpropitions Weather, tegether
with the scarcity of spe#kera, induced them
to adjount over tilt next week, when; it is be-
Jieve Wo will have 2: g 421, pOIVAVO%;;;. The
stand Wai•decorated with two flags and trans
pareneies: two of tho latter representing bowls
of smoking hot simp, with the spoon iii it; AI
long piece of canvass bore! the inseription,
"Scott, Graham' and the Compromise." I
shall be on hand when o meeting "comes
off," and inane a note th reef. The
,Wlrig,s.,
are trying their prettiestlto 'get up as much
enthusiasm as possible; lint the Webster and
IFillinoro Whigs give thorn tlio cold should*.
There are a great many livhci 'declare openly
that they will not support &Ott. - His nomi
nation was received here with niingledsentl
nients of gloom and disapprobation.
- With the deepest - reret I hear that the
Washington National 3lonunient is now lan
gerishing for , want Of moms to carts , it
I This mere 'announcereentl . earises a mournful
commentary. Instead of joyously noting lib.
oral ancleonstant donations, We have frequent
:cornea appeala to patriottrn, Which, however,
meet;Theerd int a P • a o ra f ti m n an iS a i g .9 ers ith " t r li o suggest 'feiv
to the
responses.
Clergymen thretughouith United States;.that
as the - anniversary - of . our Independenee will
fall on Sundays they shall each _ and alltako
up collections in their Cltreli t es for the great
aid - patriotie object.' • • 'Noirru.
• gar The Mord of 3LsnUgers of ttiClAVaslw
ington %Ilona! Monument 'Society, suggest
to Clergymen throughmit'the: country to take
I I collection in their Churches;-next Sabbath,
to•ald in completing thiwOrki Next Sabbath
is, the fuurth.of July. How mtich'esmbo raised
In this county? • Lot an effortbse made, that it
inayrto longer be said that tli6e is no Nation.
al Monument to thb greatest of Mortals; for
want of funds to completo it. O. whata with-,
ering shame to America;;:', • • • '
ga*ELzT . ON Scorr trulB4B.—"The
ilileiror, says tl#t In'a lettOr to politician i
thO interior.of NCI YOoc., p4vinua to tile up.'.
pointtnent of ifoligatoa Natiirnal : eon:,
ventio - aiip4B,' Horace Grecley , tiviptein thud
"Vend' deTegaii' itie - a - tivatfo,ii", it y - Pn
caniflit Cloicif not fortitlyi por lt gmt
for Corwin, for &ward; if not foil 3 elhutfor
Toylor, 804 loot °Vail forSiett..:,-Scott_iris
yam antrAtrdcoxoomb ofrt brains,
all aid he Us,' are in his epriu`l4l,l;ziall 'if he
shoOldloi 'fleeted' President, tie would
ivbriFwfyiableutiona l e k thaii-eit oututo
the Catholics' may lle fit, and safe,
fertdembers of Congress , senators, calsinei Of
) tleisna'-yei;" - -Presidents—and . yet ;denounce
theta as unleind Mao at hotne, to represent
one hundreCand My polls =in thaesoteur
small tifivriffilW It is in truth touch likritlei
sfirttipecesishichled to our revelutions4arre:
tstaithiaitts'evresentcraoriS 'All othe,r than
Protaitankseeftsairedeprived of,represientitiori;
." they are4B o- ..fillale to to,: tbelesharlio
The ir,'opinionit and:wishespre un heard there;
'from thensselnes.''They nro branded. "They
Lisresdristaa forth stkivith.the nottk.„_OtCainsfor
servitude and Ignominy. •- ' - - ~
Why_not as woll'explicitlr sayesand not do
it Covertly—that none but Protestants are fit ,
for a republic? ... Why , not say, that - Catholic
Maristand is unfit - II Catholic Ireland? - Caths,
olie Hungaryt Catholic FIIMISCI Why, , 111.14 1
at halt-way measures? Why not say it atitero
:cress:l,ln s religions 'faith, - und. not the mind,
- haunt nuiralss - which - iinsfeilisiiiiii: ithitalski 1'41;1
selfsteverinnent? or that 'wes-establish gars;
ernment for the former alone, 'and not to - so.l
cure liberty, character, property; and In?
„, , -.
Indeed, this teat debars man trim what We ,
allow to the degraded African; as lie is eligible
hero to hold - Office as well as to vote. It 'memo
often to' have beett,bverlooked ; likewise, that
these tests are restraints or 'chains on those
who make them, as, well as on Others. !rho
Proteshint himself cannot now vote- hero for
..-... .. •
a Cetholic - anY morer-thad:a Catholic vote' for'
Pr " ° ' the " alli-rat ` l ' t " .°fN .'" °h "
rr '" s° ' - • ono, though thacandate may Ise an all hands
COMMITTEE OF THE WIIOLE. - . .. confessedly, the ,best qualifio mall ler State
On motion of- Mr. Parker,- Of Nashua,= the representative, senator, or , governor. ,
tests
If urged that the pea to make Such
convention resolved: itself into the Committee: :.t constitutions exists, it is no nrsturnent for ,
of the Whole on the report of the Committee
the moral and political right to'det it than it is
on Property ,Qualifications • and Iteligiines
Tests, (Dlr. Sawyer, of Nashua, in this chair.) because we' have trio naked power, that we •
have also the moral and . political right to unite
- Retkriodi Tests.-- The first resolutio s ts strl-,
, Church' and State, create an inquisition, or hav-1
king out all religious tests, was taken up.,
ing stripped other Sects" of the prisileges to I
'Judge Woorditme made the following to'. hold (dice, to go further and job them of equal
marks: - ' • - • '-: - rights io .earth, air, fire, and - water, and tho
Mr. Cu...unman: Being oppoied to the test, seine hopes and means for happincai both in
that some of our principal offices shall not be time and eternity. , One profession alone in
filled except by persons of the Protestant reli s business might, on a like`ground, be admitted
glen, I ask leave te 'offer a few, reasons for it to sit in the legislature—such asnierchants or
Ido it gains as much to vindicate our fathers lawyers.. While the present test continues, it
in part for inserting it as myself for resisting it. is with an ill grace we can call othercountrice
Constitutions, it is conceded, ought to be du; bigoted, who, like England,' have; emancipated
rabic) instruments,' being the great fundament the Catholics, and ramie contributions for their
tal laws passed by the people, and lusting at education. All• the fernier fears as to their
times, as , ours has, without a shadowofchan,ge numbers or political pririciples have now be
for half a century's yet I am willing, when, a come groundless. ,In most Catholic countries
provision like this becomes hostile to the toles Jesuitism is banished, and the inquisition abet.
rant spirit of the age , and a more enlightenerl ished, and the Pope himself has become quite
public opinion, to expunge' it at Once from our a reformer and republicae, and Catholics gen
systeni of government. Ido this, too, the easily are not believed in morals or the relig
more readily at the present moment, in order ions sentiment to be behind the age or tho true
to present another, illustration totheavorld how standard for public liberty. What other seat
easily laws and eVen constitutions, where ob= shall throw at them the first- stone ? Mat
jectionable, can be changed and re-changed in ono vindicate the present exclusionsnad no rid. l
this free country without a resort to violence suit that if other than Protestant sectS had a
land to measures treasonable to public liberty majority here, . these last should not also be
and the safety as well .as best interest 'of out stripped of power? and that our ancestdrs'
blessed Union.. Nor is it , that I ,opposes relies coatplaints of penalties and distranehisemeuts
ion, but support it. I_ am neither deistic sior %vomit! founded? It is doing 'what we haie
innovating nighty. .- ' . - /- I always censured in others. Tim error, is that
On a little examination ifivill be found that this exclusion concedes, in principle, that reli
this test crept into the constitution originally gion is to-- - he regulated- by a majority . , rather
under a temporary itnpulso,and without hay- than the sincere Conviction and, conscience of
ing any-influence on tho affairs of the State each individual; or thatonly certain sects are ' ;
practically as they then stood. This is the moral and intelligent 'enough to exercise po
vindication of our fathers. ' litical power, which is' fallacious and falee un-
Tradition says=and I probably had it iii ear- der our
,systeins of free schools and universal
lv life from the venerable parent of the mere- education ;or that , reason and Providense can.
her from Epping, [Mr. Plunnerj-shat parent, dot uphold correct principles without our feeble l
I the Nestor of the politicians of that generation aid and onr • prcismptiona ; and that Deity or
Sand solo survivor of the convention of 179.1. J- his adorable Son need perseention of some
that the prevision was inserted in 1'784 to re.' sectsao sustain, and render triunipliaiit pure re
pel taunts which had been flung out - by-some ligion. : So if it.be.insisted that one demons'.
after the French alliance, that there was to he nation must be better and mote trustworthy
an alliance also with the French' religion, and, than'the rest—which -may "SS' well" be done
I the establishment of it here. The provisioni even among Protestants—why- not, trust to
fell thew still.born--so few' Catholics existed that one:alone and proscribe all the rest, the'
in the State.. But in l'7Bl the impropriety of Pretestant? Which shall be that special fa
retaining it: on principle became so manifeet s voritel So, which one profession shall under
that after one or two ineffeetuel 'efforts, the a like system rule ?
convention vined to erase it, and a majority . ' of What sect do Sidney, or Dock, or Jefferson,
the people concurred with them ; yet dot being or. Madison think fit to be trusted with legi S.
quite two' thirds, the provision remained, lative power? How is this, too, inonr neeals.
though against the will-of a decided majority, boring republics'? Do they thus ostracise a
The principle of the test was, even then, So part? On the'contrary, they had tho experi
odious, that, as Catholics increased since in the coca of the revolution to aid them—by the
State, from a mere handful
,as then, Another Catholic Carrots and Lafayettes---being moral
convention would, I think, long ere this, have nnd'brave as the most Puritanical—and many
been called for expunging this alone, Had they others of .-thet, creed have fought side by side
become numerous, or had tile test been much with us since at Chippeive and . Bridgewater,'
more a brutum falmen, or used practieally to and under the walls of Mexico, rind shown that
oppress them. 'lf any soreness against Catba- their creed is.. not deserving proscription. 'ln
lie pereeentitins of the Puritans :abroad
itningled short, without going further into the question
with this and rendered prejudices stronger with now, it seems to my mind not only, unjust to
some against erasing tho test, they ought, for other sects, but not reputable. to us as a pep.
more recent perseutions by Laud and the E. pte, or to the age in•which we live, To' retain.
piscepalians in England, to have excluded theM this test longer. ' ' •
also. But it Was right to exclude t . :dater:.. s' ' * - - *' * * - *
Now, under more auspicksus circumstances, we ~ Without fatiguing the convention with more
have, and I trust willsimprove the opportunity' on this occasion; we would only add that
-cons
to do justice to alt. Thereis now no dread of siderations like„these have led to the abolition '
French influence„ or French religion. The of such tests in Many 'oilier of our sister
rights of all ChristianS, at least to eqiza i l frees States, and, in the constitution of ' the' Veiled
doe and power in ur system of gOvernment States, and in My-view, 'require us to- imitate
have'becomO a - practical question, and should their wise example:.. •
of course be settled On- broad, enlighte ed, and
MR. PIERCE -OF coNcoßt . ), SAID:
human ptiticiples: Ffty years, with t eir 116-
. _That he Could concur heartily heal! that the
cussione, and researches, and experiments, have gentleman from -Portsmouth had uttered, exs
poured a flood .of light over the true moire Of
liberty of conscience ' and ' all its great
Bata , cept h
is last remark. It was quite.obvious
that so farfrom having taied the patience of
guards: Let. us, then, do what our fathers
themselves would, if now living, under Dieresis' - the committee, his speeches upon' both the
~ , , greatsubjects embraced' in the resolutions tin
ed light and experience.- :
um.. :der consideration had been iistned to with no.
How does the question. standsunder rep
qualified gratification: [Not because ho threw
can principles of governtrient? •Xv them con-
the weight of his character and tile power qt
istitutions and laWs are made snore to protect
his arguments into the scale'en the side of right
rights than to confer' them.: They are made I
in a case where there Ares ' hesitences-where
1 for protecting liberty, equality, conscience
the judgment ,of members was. not definitely property, and. life, rather than give most of
these, or to establish any particular set of re. rornaed-where there was a shade of doubt as ,
iligiou.s opinions. ' This nbt that `religion Isla to the result; s'; but. beenuee it whe desirable
minor concern, m il not in , , sorno views trio that the grounds ow which'we proceed in Mit
gacatest for an immortal being, but rather that tens of such grave import should be stated, as
they had been, with singular force of reason
and seldom to be i religion. is-a conduit Itetweeir God , and. '
nterferred with by gol . tro ., ing and beauty - of.illustration. It wa.Calso a
mcnts. . Such intolerant interference has Cams. service Well 'rendered, not less in' vindication
•ed oceans of blood to flow, and millions to per- of the past than' the present. - The motives of,
ish at the stake, and' was one - of the groat can.. the fathers of the present Censtitution and of
ises which expelled our forefathers - to a wilddr- the peeble m 1792, had been placed in their.,
fleas math() mercy of savage foes. The re. true light. So much - was due to them. It 1 1
publican government afterwards established was also due to the.convention and the pee- 1
here should, if true to republican 'principles, pie whom they represent, and • due to the repo., ,
shield all in their religionatenets while coil. tation of the State abroad, thaf,it he well un-
duCtingspeacefully, and protect all in their pnr. arsteed that both of the provisions—the re
suits and worship,. however' different, ,whileili,gi ous test iind tl le property qualifiation—had
ectitig,as good citizens, or it becomes Suieidzil, I been n dead letter, at least'as king as chairman
and like despotism, persecntes dial:One - es Ofl,,Plr. Sawyer] ibad participated to any extent
opinions, and introduces the grossest irreps in the council 4 of the State. -They had been
', s aw s ., - s, , .s. , -s, s ._ , : precticaltrineperative from - Mr. A's earliest
Haw'does the, question stand on the prinCi. recolleetion. The chairman would remember
plea Of our bill of rights ? ' - - , that,many years ago, at : a time of .high party .
It is forced to admit that each sect Should excitement, it Was suggested that a member of
enjiiy, and it does flow . enjoy here, the privits the House of - - Rcs(resentatives occupied his
ego to hold property. - If to hold that, why net
,sent_ without the 'requisite property .'qualitica-•
-to proteet it by laws which ea helps to make. -tions. •' But two ebjecticins 'at ' °neer occurred
r im to any action upen the Subject: this first. was
It concedes to each sect the:iight to Sue'
injurieslto charter, for injuries to Children and that investigation-and action,-instead,f rejec.
1 wife; nod to worship God Why tine one member, might Probably' vacate Wen.
net, then, let them:aid in legislating to Protect ty gents; the second was, that no mriniber could.
alSthetstil • You hold out, tho husk but with- Probably he found to ' move in'n 'lrlattar sotif
cheve.the'-'kernel.' 'You - allow fire arms, but tarty repugnant to public sentiment.
neither gtmpowderpor letui to lead thorn, - add , 'rho mligious, t• , .)6 in tire:, constitution- had
make them effective. In tho bill of rightsyou undeniably been a - ,stigma twin the State,- at
pledge also to all sects equality,but afterwards home and "abroad. It had been rePeatedly
by this test yon.make all but ProtOstantsde. named tepitie and enceat tent in a tirei,ga .
feneeleis_na to it by disfranekisinig them fro - FS hind, di unworthY.Of the inteili g fetit and liberal
filling, offices_to secure
.. it by legislation. ~. , - spirit .tif, our . euuutr3rmen. ' 4,lthough , he 'had
, It a contrary to the, Deelaration of hide- at times felt keenly. the ,reproaA,,he had' uni.'
ponderiee and o r the' very first art! I ' - for ly r .f. ' d b * had - '4 r W.' th --
, ..- , C 0 /I/ Yenr .IP t t•rre
..• us- 0 - 0 0 00 oer gen-
WI of rights, declaring' all men' equal.- - Yeti tiemetilind done, -I.o 'otbWporltiof the consti,
do not - thus .give: to a ll `nail;:equal' privilegail. lotion al. illustrating the true and free spirit of
It is nisi) in the:teetiscif the same bill of rights arit.fathers,'and'to these as; at least for many
to say sin
• e Se . ct shall-not I,e-subordinate to . a . years, a blank;.;--The great luestiontt .relll'ether, ifil'.,disfrinchia c -o e, orloto6n sous totoratlo n. vasßacis'ally - settled, m - d
set
'ltase,seesforbiddderi- to
oo ._ lthetiilt isliko. Ind fti ma
nifer Ho ver to' be re' - • d - w 1
I644 " : °0"/IY 44- 140 fitaexPeriOnce mid-inc. Wireai :.our lrosent 'form . ofsgeve tnent
, kwsY,l n‘ S'o. l o,4lte t fatholies'may vote, i more' thirty' than' years 0p.: , .
The provisions
but nothe - votedfo,rittnd, that , th - oy, may Is Laow oln.butog 11.14 Attention of , tluteommittee
*.1 4 - o : o .ol*fit Pi ono
,ditty rand - not the otti. j could hardly, besaahtto'Jniolve :ail tipea - que "
Cr : - Witi9 laiiinslitent to - saY; tis'n - 3 do, that lion:.- They'had beOtrtho subject:Of d'snusa'io t. '
thßfinarbolriters'ep;jtidgini yotri t I frista.,- i '-' ' 1 -- -. • - - a - - d' '''' " " Ili
. . - , o e a a every ,
s yccumonerynca etny, tlatteleittb,
lints i roxt agreectis We'd° An As eonstitutiott -Of efoll,totat'i-ohd-tbern:Wast - Perhups tio ant' et
Vasa thelfi!JOlngG:uttintin
General Piercii and the ßelfgious
_ Test is 1"Bar Hain_pablre.
An we p rein isakietatinsliri W.O noWgive Clio
record in'fnitai thittliabjeet.=•"4.'76,co' Py it froni
the Oftleiacrepart:TiaCthe,"pfeceedings:Orthe
1 , (OW.11,1m: pahlin eiitiatittitinnakr:enirkentlei4:•4ta
putlishodOne Of
wrially•Patrior. of Nov. 14:1850, and Obi&
VentlY .41•111 0
April
. - ':;..43i3t.it.iiiii* - Will:itibiiitir.e'theatrobi-04 den.
elusive oppoSition . both of General. Picric( and
Judge
and they, twill 'see'that General Pierce denous•
'c.c.s it as qa - !atigttio" on the, pages of the, eon- j
atitutian.':-.MierWill:alscperteiverl.thelertiw l
ziaelowi,:support - -of:the-ohm:talons :clause.*
Me: Chamberlain; he MAT loader iri the con.
ventioriand: their earididate for gOverrior. But
it is gretifyiq to-know nhat bin . Chamberlain
was voted 4Owiti andthe obnaxtouis dense'
on: the Mgt - Mont - Of_General Piezco : end . .fadge
Woodbury, by a . iffge majority, - struck out of
the- constitution • . - •
' hlfe opiiionand 1
upon whibb pu Pu re f ee -
was so uniform and i*lsive... The io nt 4
snlutimee Abel Olrer had—harin g j u ,„.
sines passed sixty, he rejoiced that tint ro;
recension bad at length arrivecttodlspeue*.i4
•
Nov. ;]sating. vindicated Gen: Pi' ese t am
fuato theltittl.calumnreharged uponhim!eee
intend wove o,:ehzugel.haek, which turfeit e .
'lately for Gen. Scott We IMO never g ee &
p i t i in e d. The Wings aro the laste eeu. t h at
ever should have optmed this matter,it seo u
to us. 'As the Generid is now ins a pro .
neat positiedliefore the public," as he •6s.
cates, we expect he " will tune to nipti
_odize his views on Rua great- question,","sur
jet"if te eeidury havii light on the. subjeek,...' k ;
Read the follosVingtetker.
S ,
eott's Zetter to 0 a
-
'Americans. -;
”istintarox,Nor. 10,184
Dear Sir have tbe honor to acknine
edge your letter , of.-the Bth inst., writtes u • w
you are pleased to add, in.; behalf of sei eu i
hundred Native American republic.= *flu
ndelphia. -
Not confidentially, hut not forpabli,ote,
I have already replied to a-letter front Anki
Stone,. Esq., of your city on the same ist.'
, ject.d wilt write to Pin in like manner 'sad
in haste. This is the month when the ,
of official buisneas is heaviest with me—lest;
isig scarcely time for sleep or exert*,
must not, however, wholly neglect your' ee ls ,
munication. . j
Should any considerble number of my] lel.
low -countrymen assign me, of desire to 'th e _
me a prominent position before the public, I
shall • take time to methodize my views on ti e
great question you have proposed. Th ax ,
views have their origin in the stormy election
-of the spring of 1835, and were confirmed ',
the week that the Harrison electors 'e'en:fil m
gen in NewSork. On both occasions I Isis
in that city,, - and hoard in the streets the ;cry,
" Down wit'.( the nat'wes," It was heara, i 4
almost every - crowd offoreigners, as thee*
for rallying and outrage.
Fired with indignatton, two friends sat,does
with me in mv parler at the Astor House,
vember, 1846.) to draw up an aciress,desiz e d
to rally an American, party. Tim clay Idl e
the election, I set out. for the South, and lure
never known precisely why our appeal l an
not published.. Probably the election of % I .'',
oral Harrison rendered its publication at *4
time unnecessary,in tho opinion of my Ino :
friends.' •
nolv hesitate botween extending the poi.
od or residence before nutumlizati9nothad
total repeal if all octs Cosgtyrr on rt r sal,
'ect---my mind inclines to the. taller. - :
Cimcarring fully in the principle of the
adelphia"moveteent I should prefer assuming,
the name of American Republimns, as in Not
Yerk, or Democratie Americans, as I would
respectfelly suggest. &aught np in the ph.
eittles of the revolution—orlefferson,
sdn; &c.—under whom in youth, I eommeacst
life. I in:weever professed myself a rePutheal •
or %Vhig, which With me waslthe same thing, -
Democratic Americans. motatnelude all •grog ?
nntire citizens, devoted to_ onr country sad '
institutions ; would not drive freel us na t ura l, ,
ized citizens who; by long residence here:l6.7
came identified with' us in feeling and safari
, •.I am happy to see by the PhiladMisNi~.
Canal Athencan, that religion is to be - tub.'
did as a party element Staunch Putte...t:
ail am, both b birth and conviction,l UIA
no ver Consent to a party or: state
Religion is too sacred to be mingled up a
either. It shotildcal%Yirs be kept brlyas'
each individUal and his God, except in their!
Of reason and gentle persuasion; as in Gni
lies, churches, and other occasions of volacti.:
ry attendance, - (after years of diseretieQu'
reeipmeul order. _
Wishing success to the great worksliei
yotrand - other patriots have happily set in
foot, I remain with high respect you t NT.
WINFIELD SE M.
- To Genrgo Washington Reod, Fag,
others, Philadelphia. , ,
LEITIM . •
•
Of the: lion. . Janus sßuthanan, to the_ Deg
cratic citizeni if Springfield tounshiAlini
- -,furdcauwy, Pa.
_ WItEATLAND, nest LlDCaSters
- June-1.4;1852.
• verruattit :—I have delnyed PO paricsi,
to answer your. kind communication of tit
20th ultimo, until the result of the Italtina
'Convention should be known. " :With ever
feeling of a gratefutheart, l thank, the Will.' •
gent and faithful Deinocracy or Sprig:fa
Township for their favorable opinion sea
the earnest and friendly hope expressef
thent,".that the Democracy
,of the Unioncoa
respond to. the wiihes:of Pennsylvania it 114,
'lath:mut-Convent:toe' - • •
In this ItoPo they hare been - disappeitili
bat vet, all of , us hare much reason-to bent
isfied with the nomination of Fnutklin Fiera
and S. R. _King. They are sound, milai
State rights!Democrats, who will employthoir
best efrorts4e expel from the hallo of Co
igre&s, and the purlieus of, the Tr e asury at
host of stock-jobbers, contractors and orals..
tors by whieh they are now infested; Oat )
restore the purity, simplicity and economy of
former times in the administration of tbeGoa
ernment. I know-them well,bavini amen
the Senate with both, too several years, a r
most critical, and important period of very.
litieal histoly; and I.rspeak 'with keowledit
when I snA they, are- the very men forth
times., -.Public economy, reform and a nit:
construction otthe Constitution, accerding li
tho Virginia-.and , 'Kentucky Resoietion of
1798 and 1199, ought to be watchwonh et
the Democrhtie party theenghont the Pak?
Contest; and'Pierce and King will prove toll
the able ; and faithful
.representatives of got
great principles. '._ •• * ' .
,General Pierce first entered the fiende of
the United States, an the 4th of Mareb, IS 3 V
and continued to be a member until the 2ti
link of Februari : 1842, when he resiped-
This pericid;em raCes the whole , of Mr. Vil
BUreres ;adininistmtioil and ttaS fadlerit d
that of Gen' Harrison and lir, Tyler. fillat'l
previously served - as to member of the Hone
of Representatives from. December 1533,1. ,d'.
the 4th Of - March„lB37,—throughout Gmor'
'Jackson's terra - of dice.
When Glt.Pieree,firist made his 411= 1 4 ',
in the Senn es ,
he was one of the rottizeot;
not the very' youngest; of its members g a t"
est anti 'uttatitutning in his deportirent g . ' , *
&wand 'determined in his princapleiardl° 2
posen,it was, not lendberare he acOsired 6. -
respect rind 'esteem of his brother &WT.' •
From deep eonviction, he was a Sl4le r••
Democrats sound ; unwavering and:lntlen !",.
and, I venture to predict that when Itir r ,.
shalt be semitinized and tested by the t oss.
stone of Deniticratic Principles, they I will Ft
' sent even as liana record :us those eteD de '
limented'Wiight hiniself Ilis innate cled*.:t
ty and einnisarativu youth prevented hiik 0 1
addressing the Senate very fre4uridlY;!.7' .
yet:l well fecol lett some. f his cife'rto7 4:.
would have:dents no ,dinialt t" ) .' t h e , 1 1f
ned-ablest members of ; the bodYs ° I R, p i.
most palmy; days . .:VOsen he eP° l "'"" ° o4 .
always. wephied ; his voice was exccilea. 4.
language. welt chosen. .and Miciteasi WI
had. an earnestness of manner 4 ) naerlinfl:
dintly`frim deep : edneictioa, - whieli
"imn°o4ed.this Httention of his aorito it k:,
md l 4niid honOrable alall9f iw i i r r r;; : edo
acquai n ted : with Pen:Moro, trill , r I I
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