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•Wh e ntreqectftAnna,.
Upon - 1133'9 9( 19 9 g ago; '
I think I can solect,--.-Anna, l
The'itreUm, whose current flow, ..
lbs run so many "years,•:—Anna;< •
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In oils continued stream ;
Aihile,;by the brook, our fears, AMM,I
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''‘-Vanished, in One golden dream ..: ,
.'That golden dream, Anna, . • '
From eartil, has pasied away, ' . •
And as we glide down life's stream, ,Arms,
May sunshine gild each day.; . •
• A6d fill each heart withAupe, Anna,
"When IiOU &oar aritt faint, H
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Why) dark glomri without,--may
Cheer its on, without ••••!,
Sunshine and gloom, Anna,
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',Compose this world of ours,
The one o'erspreads the tomb,. Ant
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The other smiles-in bowers.. • 1
And while we-dream of picai';ure, Anna,
In this, sad world of woe; _
Let us seek a richer'treasnre, Anna, '
Where sorrows ne% , er_flow. ; ' •
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711. -
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Tti the People of Peislisv.lt-ainisi.
WAvElit.l4 N. V., Sept...g 1854
Felh.rr is now nen rl thred
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veanz 'since you entrusted me with the, dis-i
charm'of the duties: of the office of Govern r:\
I have endeavored, to the extent of my feeh iil
abilities, to performthe- tr.us.t in such' a,ttiatt-1
net. as toAevelor the resources of the Stat .
promote a - ju ~t.- \ public pol icy, And :id vatiellc
the welfare 0f.,: the ik,ople. Ilow far -I havL ll ,
succeeded•in this work is. for volt to detelll
tide.,: ._ , - 2 {
A DemOcratia State Convention - , in ,Nfarehli
hist, ,pre tinted me for,. your, suffrages for ail
second term. In.:lt...Cord:mai; (with what ap-'
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peareff to be a Naogatzed cuSto , I
n,left the
-ea t .of gove.rnment, near the. close of lastli
month, for the purpose of meeting the people
. in the several counties 'of the State, and itil l
1, -Non accounting' to them for my SteWardr 4 0
ship; and' declaring to them my vib%4 ar4l
intentions on all public questionsfiStaie 1
polio-. A painful and dangerous ,illne'ss has ',
leprived me of this pleasure. For near thr e 4
weeks I have-been confined to the mini in
whiala write, during all of which tit 4, 'as I
leaTn.the canvass has been actively= pUrsued
by my opponent. It is heir impossibli.l. fOr
vie to visit more than a few if any : Of the
counties prior to the election,' and J eatt..s4:-e
115') mode ofreaching you with my vies .ex
eept tlirdugh the medium, of the press.
In mV present - enfeebled state of health,lid
'in this locality, without access to the took
and documents which I Ordinarilt. refer 11
sliall limit ' what I shall herein diseUi
those questions-which lemitiinately bear It
m
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our State policy, or which are in. som .
gre involved in the present canvass, an
v4erence tp•sillich I may, in the event :0
re-election; be called - upon to act in my ,
ial capacity..
. -
What IJiave done, and what I would
to , d - o, if reelected, it i your right to kn
I must, In the , first place, congratulate
on the ilonrishin.• condition of,
,all the , 1
f iw
interests, 41 the S7ate, 'excepting only th
ricultnral, , hich has suffered material!,
the drought of the seasoul . ,- -
The financ,eS of the State were- never I
more 'wholesome condition. Our resot
are equal to all ordinary- demands, with
a i temal sitrplus of abc;ut three-quarters
million of Which is applicable to
payment,of the public debt. - For - the . '
past years this surplus ha been absorbt
the con:intimation of schemeS of-imp,
mcnt coih r inent•ed . prior to' my indngtion
~f lice. tritest! undertakings Wig' cOsd
State; in Lail, over'four'inillions and - a 6.4
dollars, ,i,But for. these, a very large rel 4,
Lion in the State- debt would have taken il,
. ,
during the term of- my- 'service. No
satetties of expenditure have been eornit
.01 under•ttiv a.lministration, save o111fr• a,
small appropriation to enclorze • the pobliel
grouti.l.•,innA a meagre sum to. sustain al idi-I
°tie sebool. - If I should be re-e,leeted G ver+l
wiz:, 1 401 ..uiplolf the pOwer• of the" Elleeut-H
tire depdriment to arrest all'new schemes ofi
improi - ethent at the.expense.of the treasury. I I
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J have 'always regarded the propositio WI.
, ••11 the -public; works as a I,e,siness ques iont
The polieY of the Measure dept.-ndi n o lar tls;'
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upon the price to be obtained and the, e,! , not- i 3
. i i,
liOli'i On A1'1111;11 . 1 1 055e3 , 1013 of the works -ty i
-t€ e'ranted. Ir a sale be made for an a t .% gre-1,
...gate sUin,ll..!ss Allan : the, mount on Whiektbe
net profit.l would pay
~ the intstre'st, thri iit.l
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WOlll4 not' be economy to sell; - such tit eras
ure
ure would increase and not .1. son the tte
dens of the `people.. Shouldthepolicy of.
' .•elling.n4et the approbation of the repisea•
tatives of the people kereafter, the Vito,
- eare'should betaken to secure a -full loin )et
satiou, anti to snake tlii ) con ?itions Attel. •
most eertattilv to guard the rights and ine
i lt
~ ,t of time 01.die : -In the use of these 'O- ea
" hihways. lam sure all will agree' that .n,
c , 1
torporation,shouh 1 l have the improvement. im,
such tert4 as:would : enable it to i.itupose Un
just burdens on theinternal trade Of theSt tte,
o r enerotMh upon' the" rights ,of the peoph .±
_
N O suds Measure can Over r
fetteiYr- my .-- Lie
,
'nun. . h
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I have ipiken of this hranel.(or pliblie a,
fairs wittildelicatT; . 6,!catist its iiiatlageZl-.ii
and &introl have been eontided M . agents e
1 .-f'-101 by the rkople themselves, and aecia al
t,Lbld oiticjto them,. the .Exeeutiie hayinz•ii,
pow e r to y s
ireet iti wt matmer pAly
s ••
works shall tw•tlianaged.
indicated iu my last amit,tal the sa
y) a are aware Ova. I regard the !State .
t' in of triitbagitig the public
.*arks, as sus.
4 .:”j • iible..4:grent improveubmt:- I then Lk
pc..ssed thl opinion. Which LAIR sustain,tl4
nl..:management should be basol, *oil. ph,
.
Lll' 11esii lirillf.:ll)6 , . A I
The currency of-the•titate S.ovtilS to be in.
• , whol.e.'4Otti4, contlitiou. When I assuntol•t 11
(•• XQC ti tive .- 6filecl, a strong sentiinent . ih fav it
I,42lld ia t isjealled the fro . .t . banking syskin in:
i•
. ,
*s;•lgatol ntaiultr by the intitienee ~.
the preep
.... - (lap: , lNpistration,:•evi , lently . pervaded the
11111 :•b•uf tilany: , ruof.l eiti - 4.,:tis. I feit roiniir
i•- ! •
' to iiittirp* the i ,itifluenc.o of; my ; position
fl'g•ainst,- .- titis Scheme. ' Subsequent ;. i l events
must certainly satisfy all that !such IA Step
would hare heat disastrous to the true, inter•
eats of the. State-and - especially to onr triwn
elteriShedleornmerCiiil metropolis. I also felt
'required,lltiring tlie se ion of "84, to inter
pose The it'ectutive prerogative against; a dan
gerous expansion , .of our resew banking Sys
tem. I think there are few who will now
di.iiibt thecerrectnetis of this step. llad those
. - , :,.
Seheines for the, eXpatisioa of paper money
prevailed,,the.bouseouences would liaie been
more distqtrefis than the most sagacious could
have forr i, en. f Our commercial 7metrope;lis, •
instead,of istainliaglas she has stood, impreg
nable againaCtlie financial - storm which has
. been felt so seriously in other cities and States,
Might herself bave'fallen a victim
,to the Ob.
lys.' - ,
.Instead of boaSking a proud fidelifty 'arid
punctuality as.-!she now can, she might liiie
been lomibled and, f fdislionored.' Sensible:: itf
the defects of-the sii4ein we • have, ‘ I still `ti-.
gard it As safer and
~etter than ;those of ntet: t t
\of ,the .suribund ing ,-.. tates., Whilst there MO
leloealities whero growing and enlarg4;l
l'utsinc„ , ss' ivould sect,* to demand the conveii
ienee of bankingea , pital no consideration thin
induce Me to sanctitti , any Considerable . ex
tension of such capiltil in the Sta.e. I antia.
firm believer in thdliolicy' of dispensing •with
'ilie.use of paper to ttey so far 38 that escape
Moue without givini•too sudden 4 , l.sitockl A)
• the business - lelati ,i,us-of the people. Sac..h
. f . tolick, Lam contideut, is best Caltulateillfo ,
'proinote the success lof . the ‘intitufacturer, tp.i.i.
Miner,. the agricultitrist, and above all, to H
.. ..
' - 111. .. ,' •reward f ) ti ,
0 . 1111:1: to tau: ....orcr .1, just - Air ..tis ..A.
Alose . and ange l system 4 - 4f-gra!itiil'i;
corp. - nide Iprivilegesblnain c d favor under the
administration of int', prt'decesSOr. Cc,rpora
ti„,
ons. were created COI flogage in mere ordirid
r%.• • b.usiies.s enterpti l c i l 4, chAth
p edi• With ex t I.:tor
,
( i l i ttiary'poweth, and :upon the luciple oti a
limited liability of the . .)corporators; thus gtv- .
4
itigthe capitalist undue advantages. I deent
ed this..systern unwise, and . unjust.. I - could
•, . ...t.,
See no reason why the who, souglit.to cubit}
hall the prOfits of an Ordinary enterprise,cloth
-1,'.11 with the convemence of h corporate .settl,
,
I:in. competition with individuals, sitonli.l not
Loar the. entire respOnlhilities, and pay their
d , bts te the last farthing.as - indiOduals are
r 4,,
(luireil te do. ' ''lt t .i Sire of •the r .'veto noddy
s 5 Us
s , l
ticeeedediu arresting' this -stein, and
'the pritteiple of indiVidnal - liability:in corpd,r
ations.f.ff this kind is tipw the, settled poli6
i i of the Stateond sit:ill be maietaine,l so long
. ..aS rhaVe the power to do so t
. • 1
' l:A:number of w.l - lei:al - laws - have' been adop-
I tell to stiftercede
the necessity fora special 1c„
-
slation; and . imuch good has .Iteen ACCOItI
, pulshed, but there- is still, pu this point, 'a
` - ,0-reitt weir - .t perform... ' . 1 ~ 1
,;n i , . '.
, IThe dtfensie• system ofOmuibuslegislatton,
by which food and bad' measures are piled
together.under the sa' to common
,title, S and
•wltii 11
.111. ;ISI OSt . the!' m
. monwealth so maim
4 11
, - inillonslofprodigal expenditure . in times past, • .
was during the last session, for the first tinre•
1 .1 4 '' , ,
completeiv broken' down • and, the laws Of
. t
~ t ,
1',154 bare bean plweatea to i A te people, each
- pi;rate,' resting on its own, merits. If Ibe
eieleet&l, the wholepower of the, .I;:x4entiV:e',
eparfme l ut shall ... be: W tt iebfedt ,\ o in;i . ilt . ittn , this ,
~
vheilesot i le
syti,tem. . 1 : , h
, i. 1
The pOliey . Of : muincipat subscriptions to
pablic works,iSanctioatA by tily Precieces..sorS,
, •neVer did, as ?you wi remember, meet thp I
entire approvil of my judgtnent.J, I.felt, re
.. luired, at an, early,day, to admonish the peer(
pie :and their TepreSei#atives against this 71i
t4i4lOtIS mode of creatihfr, debt ; but as these ,
i measures; were igenerilly present , ell. in thel
shape of a loca . l.lquestin, affecting the inter?
1
ests of particular llociffitit,s,. - 'I did !not feel re
Oldred toiinterpOse rOljadgment againSt.t k i
ta,t ,
of the people-in-tnelhafely Interested and their ,
IrePre.sentativr.: I Tiinqatal experience' hav4l
Iconvinced me that .th: wit's/a
in uniiise,delica; I
. .
• v. If fd-i t le c to,.(;ovOncir, I . shall unhesita4l
vi• • ,
tingly employ the vetqlio - wer against all and
1 eVery.sucit schetries. .r , - 1 -, • ',i I
If
I had tiof,SupPosed, Prior to the commenceii
Iment 61 ., this,cantiass that it . would be*neer4 l ,
Sark 'for Me, to . `` declare_ toy any citizen- myH
vieivi-in..eference to our common schoolsYs- ••
I 'tent. I Inni,cherishkicl the belief that my ca,-! .
•1.. ! • I
reer as a e,itizen, as a Senator. and' its Carver
nor' had given ample evidence of 'my strong .
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of , , .
attactan/it to -this most sacreu our irtstitu 7 l
tions. , ' As 'in bOYhood'l was the - recipien't or
theibleKs.itlgket that system, Kit,. Manhoodi
shall I'maititainl . ,it to the (idlest, extent. li i
t , ,
[ nave, resisted( by, the vctia•imiier, as, the puto.;l
I'lie reeordti sitoWi. all attempts: to innovationta
',..apoint ;the System..., These engrafted on it byr i l
t, ' •
eunuch i tidal kpfilnenti.i, when ' in pi.wer—tiaq
i • 1 .1 1•
iendownieut feature atO the sectarian feature'; ~
I ,—lttve ben stricken 'front the sy-steni. , I.'ciil
;could I ever leuteticni'a division of, the fund
';,for any ptirpose.. l .Whatever tricanS.lte raised:
''r d'L • ii 1 ”. - byepee kJ
or 4! tt .a.to.tint pitrpo i ses
sholmlei • be expended ',under. the schoel.oeg,aui
-I,zatiott..._-It‘v,huld seem quite unneces.stry and
"in'
to collect Money..from 'the people, I,
in' ri linblic vil i ttY; to be expended'
,ulider pri- i
vate means:, fir the promotion of education,
without inte.rfering withlthe general, 'ystetn.
It shall 'bektuy pride and pleasure at ail
times to , leifl - • . •tvrr to perfect, •.t dand
„ i , 4L. l C). Cl 4.
il rtreilefell Cup common sehopl systetkm. In
i 'deed, antieinite with pleasure the day when
st I the 'collets Pfilthe State Will be atel:,. to Ix ar
n . the i•xiainse; o a far wore
i
s
:al l 4ystein ofelneation; one Which shall teach
_ 'the 'higher hra`uthes of and literature,
t, ids Well as' thelrudimentS of a coniinpn 'educe- .
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to ;tient”!No itio•llierl4-nobler duty : Could occu
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1 -14 y the ,energies of a,gor' er' nnient.i Edueatiotl
1. 0 alt itiphasos, is the great itelpineet of.ci;v
i(ilization and t'.',lritiartity. Its the most ,
. (tentlitiOns lofpre !tutting crirne,;\jthe great,
I,
e .. leverage.in lelevat ng society.. It i'sibe mea
• pf the largest deg et! olindividUal .inippiit
f- and -the itigite.st g tole of, nationel. dig.4tv.
it • 'Trtinse,endatttly -import4it in al_ deems.'
'. , - -
t= anti - l intotig,levely peoplei; riowhe e more ..,
Cidiarlyso I afir in Anierica. ire ptibl c
~ 4..iiilli r t•t s di e policy of the geverninen ;
c. .
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-3 itere {indeed, lite very foundation of alt go --
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ernu eht„rests' on 'the' sovereign , iliougitts f
1 . . .
:, the mats es. i, Fowl important then: it becomr
-. th a i, that will ihettld emanate froi l a' high!
11. 1 ' .1 / •
• . C .I .tayatoC4l . j4dgmictit.' This is thelvery pall- -
. d 10 of our libert;ips. his the •slicet-arch r
o Ou'r, republican iustittitious c : 1 believe tit i
e" fon, ! rir l'as the, i) , ..0P1e are made int4ligent b •
.u' taloa and 1316fttted, in the scale of merit
ity y it! influence,, sti . lintg..wilt on ,. ,ii e t
aa' i?tl religious liberitier4e safe tigainSr ante
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narstrifeAr: ex real ag,ression.l If - is'lthjel I, , i
I,reparation , ?r Lae
exercise of. the . l ee t,i,,, E
I franchise; Ltheoughwhich we • are!, a ,- if_ g a
eraing people- 7 .' hytitneans of witU), tin : voi e l
id i thki : ti l itinhl. 4 . o . 4izen. is Clan: tti tacit of th )
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FEst 1 rominent and wealthy—Athrough which
till 'enjoy equal dignity and power as',eitizetis.
What statesman can te indifferent th such a
system as this I Whoever could be, deserves
tift r it the.natue of an American. 11, could not
greet hitn.as a true Pennsylvanian., i
_, .
i On the great moral
,question of proibition,
themaking and selling of intoxicating liq
uOrk, except for particular purrios.es,4ll . have
hiitlittle to ever 'in addition to / the 'ontenti
of my letter to the Temperance'. Convention
of June last. In that Conimunication, I 'ex
preOed the opinion .that. the Legislatdre .was
'l>A , ..,ssed of constitutional power to control .
and regulate the 'subject ;but, at the same
time, remarked' that in the exercise - 14 that
pOwer, a law might be passed which, in its
details, would be obviously unconstitutional
tin & unjust., Lsaid then, as I repeat now,
that L sincerely depreCiate the rice of intern- .
f*rance, and am - prepared to sanction any 1
prof*r measure to mitigate, as far as possible, 1
td eXtripate the vice ;'hut I cannot be regar-.1
ded .as pledged to sanction. a propixsed, law,
the details of which I have not see i. The i
EieCutive department of the government is a
cu-ordinate and concurrent branch of
t helaw-
making power. Vested, as I have beeNivitli.
its' functions, for the time being, I slibuld do
vi..o iti,jug . tice and diflionor myself,. as an (Ai
.cer, ‘, , Fere I to surrender -those -. finicOns to
aiiv !other branch of the government, or asso
ciate.
- I i . I I They
power, for any reason• w ia to er.
innst be retained in the EXecutive. where-the
Censtitution has placed them,, and . fre'ely, in
telligently and independently exert*e.d. on
each proposition of lair or policy -as - they
iiiliY! arise. - ' " ii 7. .
. ;. . „
The expediency andindiey of a prehibito
' ry!hiW has been,' by an act of the lastilLegis-.
lature, submitted to- the judgment !)f the .
whole, people. ' Their sentiments . (Or and
_aga '
i .: .
-against, the measure are to be, aseertaped at
the ballot box in October nexi, - Shottid they
demand such a measure; their will - shOuld be
carried into effect in a just, - ellicient and c •
con
stitutional form. , . ' . . , i
fl
. . ' .
Cci,mplaint has been, made in certain, quar
liteis that I have not sanctioned a nerdli c ense
11 law , , ' 1 : which 1 passed the Legislature Oh the
1 n i,44 o f th e fi na l adjournment. I liaVe hot
I
1 salictioned-it, nor du I intend. to doss o. It
I. ha{ been filed iiiway in the office of tlittseere-
Il tare Of the Commonwealth, to be ret irned. to
i 1 the: next General Assembly .with n V lj ob*:
•.. il •
iitio lk sJ',! .
11 This measure is a . fair spmimen ofi ! hasty
land inconsiderate legislation.; and is s l o con-
Ifused 'and obscure in its purpose, that its ad
!ministration, when taken in - contit,etion with
the, , • . . .
other license laws - of the State„.would bal
-1
, the tiut most astute legal mind. After:!la de
i liberate examination -of its provisions', L came
C to tlie conclusion that it might de mu chiliarin
i. •
and couldo do,no good. My reaSons against
itrind;which• too
! I ant Confident, will' prove satisfactoryTtO you.
ICertain I ant that no ral friend of teinper
, , i
ance reform, with full comprehension. i, ,, f. the
i manifest tendencies of this ineasure,ltli be
willing to makeliiinself the advocate of such
a license system. . ' ::
ICertaiu strange political dogmas bae
re
.
centlyibeen ed• for public considera-
I n•on; and which would seem to dennand more
1 than ai passing notice. I mean -the dletrine
1 of the r eeentl.c• elected Mayor of. the city of
I l'hiladlphil that citizen born out of the
I 'i - ' ' ' a l. -
1 country should ,not be trusted with civil ,of
i five ' ; and the still more extraordinary.itenets
I of Political faith held by a certain secret
.or-,
1 ~• auirition, Wilieh it is said, inateriallyj aided
r. , 1 '
;
' in elevatium this functionary. to Tower) 1 -
. 15 1
P ; au) opposed. to all secret societies 'to uc
; conipllsh political ends. • I believe, in the lan
! gunge of GEORGE WAsritsutox, that all Such
associations "are likely in the course. of Wme ..
atid.:"thi ngs 'to becoite potent tkilinel .bj which,
cunning, ambitious and tlnilliitr , -24d 11K ' ' . ..14' will
'be (trebled to . subvert the power.of the people,
an& to'Usterp for themielres the reins o f 'got , -
: - .
ernment, destroying afterwards the _very! en
gineS whic h lifted Mein to unjust domition."
libeller° iu . the wisdom and justice .of the
, language of the Constitution 'of the L i nited .
' States, I iat declares "no religious\ .test shall
_ever be r quire . il as a qual ifi cation to any of
five orlp tblie trust, under the trnited States;".
\
and'in the tle.claratioa of the bill of rights, of
our own Commonwealth that "all tneni have
a natural and indefeasible right to worship
Almighty God according \ , to the dictates of
their oten conscience." . "I'llat "no human - au
tle.,,rity can, iii, any ease, tchaterer, contrbt or
,- interfere with the rightS Of conscience, citid; no
preference shall ever be 'given by' law tol any
religiouS establishment (Jr modes of worßhip ;7'
and in the further deektration.that, "no per
son irlai;;ac4iowledges;,the being of a 'God,
' and 'u futti re.lstate . 'f reward
~.and punis h -.
m clean, enti eliaon,accouni. of his re/it/ions e t cnti . -
ments„ be disqualified to hold any o ffi ce, or
placeof,trust or profit under this Cominon
•
avail/L. .; . ': t • 1, -
',
• I believe these instruments of fundamental
l'
law, as they are;should be maintained janil
justly:Administered by all men in civil author,
a
y: 1-Indeed, it is difficult, to' itnagituyhOw
1 ;any dile '.Sworti-to administer these paraniOtin
/ ,
1-law -. .s Coirld feel 1 - varratited in stepping- ore
the bounds" of their distinct terms,"iiiikLeAltb- ,
lisliiik rides of al;:tioli in direct/violao'on :of
I:the oilariinte•s ad immunities which . then'
secure to every e tizen.' clfizens -=:feCorditig ; .
01' the terins,of ill- Coustifution, are all-alike' ,
),
'.,:,-tliey are entitled to / elual prO . tectioii-to'
equ' al irb;iits--to , equal - immunities, midi: no
1 • e cho- , , / .
Ina n pretenayto -a st administration !of
the 10•141 should , attetnj t the high-handed
-; Usurpation .cif ebn sti t uti ii citizens to Su itili is
i
~ o wn Capri • / and to lay t own, us ar. rule! of
, tietion- that he - accident l i of birth should (l'e-
(~i
iprive tilt' inencan eitize lof the enjoyment '
. ,
of the:lull immunities an I privileges gunian-
1 teed / him by, the Constitit itp. A more niis
/ ~
Justifiable idea never ente et the mindlpf tiny
LiAiner*art statesman'. livOuld not 'say this
'lheeatise I . believe any c h ess of people, Wheier . --
~,, - .:
le bort), of Whatever theii religion, har Inv
; ; rig as 4- Blas s, or religic uS - denoininatioi to
r k„\i
deinan,l office or honer, or distietion ',in the
- Ovil - l'gritilent. . The I democracy of this
eountry tieve,liare, noi niNi,r , will recognize ,
tiny'suCh- dettian4. But tlaking the Censtiiti , •
-
Lion asta guide al a
. r,tibi of a - ction, the'r . Wi-il .
tuaintain. the just- ri m is 0 iii citizens) learn-,
Ing each to delletid-,tll 4 own merits hind:
iluantit,iatiOns for othee, el - quit/cuts audlitin
or. This I hold,to be:the thke doctrine on
this question qui tion ff ; •
,
1 lithe conditions upont•liellti.,, , peei , le.lof-1
.: ~
Other countries can, become Icitizens i,.(t ‘ iep. 1
i;tates, and 'enjoy - the - benelitk; ~t* our frt...t.in- 1
-. .
t. • . ; _ b . , . . - .
stitutions e wrung, that iS 6iir.4 atilt. -. it viks ;
iicit thelC - 4iiian the Welelitinin. the Eli :s o•lisit!
, . .
tune;, 'the Irishman, or the' l'ulander,.. 4 i vhOi
, . •
. t - , -----:-- -- -
made thes i
e conditions. They are theivork
Oil AmeriCan . ,..statesnien. ;The}' stand lime
tioned hi George Washington Tho Mas
m.
;'Jef
ferson'and, other illustrious fathers cmf-onr, Re
ptiblie. : We held out alluring invitation to.
the. people of other countries to come tier . ;
neeept our conditions and heeome Atnencan
citizens: I Nor were we:sloiv to impress upon
thil world thee-peculiar benefits of our instittm
tiMms... Indeed, we boasted .of our land of
•i it and 'religious liberty--of our asvlutsi for
the - oppressed, where every man. could enjoy
the high dignity of self-gciverntnent, and the
itiOtiniable privilege of
of
Pod ae-
Cerding tCthe dictates of '.conscience.'!. Thumi
invited, riany catne of fillleenntries awl: of.
:ill; sects Ofp m rofessino .. chriatians.
.gotne Ite
been with us since thedayS . of the Itevolut n ;
scene forhalf a century, sonic' for 'half hat
tit*, and, others for a shorter period. they
hate, contributed by their industry and 'skill
to the deYeloperuent of the resources of s,l.mur
common eimuntry, and have assisted in its de
fen'ce ; oth'ers have felled the forest and euhi . -
vated thesoil,'andrhave . added to the general
prOsperitv 'of the country; others have "ad
vanced the coloneled, manufacturing, Min
ing, and Mechanical interests of she nation,
and others have adorned the pulpit. and 'the
bar. Tiny! - have assisted to pay the tales,'
and to fight our battles; and shall the.saered
cotenant Ni:Illeil , was thus inade with ' tlf6e' r ,
pePle be Violated by the- Power of .a secret'',
and insidious combination; that override the
Constitution. ; 1
~4 . ;1in1l the faith-of our fathers,. as plighted . '
I t
in this great instrument, b..illisdisregardorl 1
• ltitilit.-mitided Mena all parties nnist respend
no" ' No ;;imelm itntnorality and political wrOng.,
should bel Permitted to tarnish the .. fame), of.
`America. ! :From the lung Past (leis of the.
revidution,there is a reminisci.•nse that speaks';
in clotlnenf tones- against' this proposed error.
Frontthe :shades - of"Monnt.Yernon--from the 1
grave of - hat Fayette,--froM theheightSwll6.e'
Montgomery fell—from tae once bloody - fi+ls.:
where Pulaski and• De. Kalb gave up their
iii73„.there!cotnes up a sol4mn rcmonstratce
i
against.thiS proposed: wrong. 1- would ,of
say), this, Mir the weakest sentiment of 'it, for-!
the mere Matter of oilici,‘"ts.l thisclags ofciti-i;
zees: - Thevalue of Office-4v them is of small
imPortance; but it is the deep dishonor, that 1
such a viOlent nieasure would inflict upon Our
cot ntry, that induces methu s . to speak. lit 1
1
we lid not: be the lots of civic place that. woUld
in° t affliet! our adopted citizens, but it woUld
be ' , he huntiliation of beindesi'grmated, as a
cla 7, of whom it, should a mid, they hie not
to he trusted with civil' place. This is tie . ;
idea that Weald most wound their pride a il
excite •their indignation. There are ainongst
them thoselWho,.th the want ofa .full appm;e
piaglon of •!;:muritistittitions and.custonis, so dr- .
poi themselies as to give Ireason . .for com
plaMt. But these facts afford no stiflicielit
ground for iiolatinn• the institutions- of the
. .
couhtrv. p. is simply cowardly to acknowil- .
etlg4 . danger 'from such a source, and the
avowal of it Is a•'poor 'compliment to the
strength of. ..,I t s. government
d repeat that I are .opposed to all- oath
bound societmescr associations to accomplit
political ,ends, and,to all „obligations WhiCi
embarasses; !the free exercise of the electhle.
franchise; or that may=be calculatedto pre -
udict the sanctity of the, jury box.' I dept -
,
.. , .
m:
cateos most um's:elTons those political
_ten
ets which, in their:. illiberal - and - intolerant
Spirit, would go behind the Swaddlingcloth is
.of the infant, and pry into the. consciences f
MOLL ' io\fix the test of civil 9,..fii.... . • .
lins . it eVer occurred to Tfose who has'
thoughtless; espotked this new doctrine, that
the practical application of it must be met at
tiv % . i?ri threshold :by . insurmountable shill
culties:. Is this attempt to excite-one class if
professing Christians againSt another, a incra
expedient of Wily politicians te accomplish their
,own selfish ends, or is it intended as, a great,
radical change in the institutions_of our eou /
try? If the hitter be the l real idea, it will
perceived that the first step must ea un).l/mo
Church and Mate. Bow eke can these es
dogmas he 'reduced to practice? ' Their
,ad
vocates mike, get possession 4tl m! it gov-,
- ertitnentt-nitist change the AO lawmf
of dal land, and then bring r of the.
governtnetit4to bear on my religioul
beliefiand Church, organic 1 - whet
J
one dennumniation of profeSsing Christian.
i
Shall have been punished / i ./
ntO . purity accord
ins to the notions Of this '_ new
.power, then 1
another, the' Most needing correction, would l '
'be then takCn, up,and so on until all religious
denominations would be made to accord to a
fixed Standard be the force of law. In my
opinitinby time / tinie . this Sankedrant should
have "Passeti/aII denomitlations in review, 'the
Christian / sPnit of the nation would be pros
tratedlard the:infidel spirit be preclominat- I
. . I
nig.
,z- - ,•!, . - - . . . • _ i 1
\ Who will have the boldness to undertake if
a / Work of thiS magnitude ? /c u - o n e , I ve i i .l
„fure to mw, of all' the men, who, in an evil
hour, have eMbraced this heresy`, can be found
who will assimine so great. responsibility.—.
Such :in attempt, cOuld it be made; would be
well calenlatea to awaken a' dread of * the
seenesiof the Isievents' , I fith century, as emmetedi
in Europe. ki;re sho ld not be- deaf to the 1
voice of history . upor this subject ; 'nor-Should 1
we forget that, our ancestors, front whatever'
country.they May have come, and wherever
landing on this continent; whether at Ply, 1
inouthlliock! Cr Jamnestoivn, were refugeesi
from riligiou*per.secution escaping frOm the 1
bloody st4.-imeS,Which mar the darkest pages
hi Modern history. Nor
.should we forget
;that When Win. Penn, Ito r T,er: Williams •.
and
Lord 1416619 re, a Quaker a Baptist, and a
Catholic-=agreed upon terms of perfect reli
gious tolerance;, that it was a second era of
" go.id !will tO man on earth." It was the' .
greatest, triumph of Clitianity since the.
days of Constantine. It Vs. been the source
of the greate4 good to tnaukina. Its benign
intluenec.silmis've been world-wide, and it has
strengthened: :the . cense' of civil liberty and
christianity in all countries. lias it Oucurrecl .
to those who; would eclipie thisgreat elmarac- .
teristic !of 'Ai:aerie:mit institutions, that the dire
ful inthienc,e '9f a retrogade an t that on this
sulmjectomilil not be con fi ned to the limits of
our count ri - I 'flumt as its advocates they could
not-be justified for a temporary inconvenience
or selfish ot4 in entailing-SO great nti,evil in
the ea* of Christianity and civil liberty in
other countries. This principle of Christian
ity, benevotenee and love for 'the_ rights of.
man; knows - no geographical limits.. It is as
wide-spread as' time human race. .The Chris
tians ittilleathen lands point to iArnericausin-:
stitutions as arm argument iv. favor of liberal
views. 'Tilt advocate' of the civil rights .of
vu under t‘irammtmical and. oppressive forms,
i • , •,
of godernment i salsb draws his argnments - frOm
our example. , The. AttieriCan: example , has
been the beacon-light which has guided the
politt,cal mariner !wherever Strugglingagaiiist
the %gave§ otoppreision: To the 'Christians in
Heathen lands, and the rrottstants - in -Cath
olic •ciountries,. it °has furnished the largLKt
sharq of their argttnietits and their hopes. 1
lint to stippose-Which is simply an absurd
idea -- 1 -, that there be reason to apprehend en
croac(lments tipoar,Our civil institutions. I.ty•
any Blass or sect of eitizens,:whOewould' . hll
good; citizens'-rally. for .profeetion ,against.
such ;in evil t ' They would be found 'to chits
ter . around ' the
hike the faithful .tit Idecea,.
'and \lioldit up as_an impassable ' barrier Ito
i.
stien.ticroachaient... There - 1 should be, 13n
such in event to maintain this instrument for
the bbuefit of all claksel end all denotnintiticins
of Christians. :BM how idle is. it .in those
who itretend that 'there may be danger to,' the
,
,
civil institutions . of the country, to annoniace,.
as a l'.emetfy,'!lic destruCtion. of 'tile greatest,
safegnard !winch f l iny institutions afford.- v . .1
.. S 4) ;long as the: code have - confidence . lin;
the pframount law of the laud and reverence
its prniciples; so long it will atfordamplepro
tectilija to,a11:; buc.if that instrument ,be ever:-
ridden by the pew 4 of combination—if:itibe
thus -denteralized 'and weakened and the (i(in
fitlen* of the people alienated from it, and
encroachnients .shOuld - thee be atteMpted,
:'tliere knight lc taitt ! ie for alarm, feritlaise re
sisting such invasiens would be in tie atti
tude 4f.tin artily With-the fortreas torn doWit
1 and the Ordnance dismantled. But eneugh
of tint.. I trust that I haye sueeeeded in
making my views s known to you - u bn this
, gravei - übject.
. ,
I hitve said nonei of these things from prej
tidiee,!for I ani mySelf a
by
by .
birth,iatel 'a ProteS)ant by rCligious belief,!as,
I were my parents before 'me, but 'I have site
ply declared my Principles which .1 .believe
are cOnsistent• with :the best . interests, :the
deare4 rights, and: highest hopes of the 'peo- .
[
pie of [my 'native State. Nor do I intend_ -to
speak unkindly of,iindividual citizens, who
for ank reason mai- have connected i thetti- -,
t.;-eli -- es `with the as.' sot,'•tiations to which I have
been rferring. 1 can readily. perceive how,
Rclothel with a novelty and secrecy, the att- . !
1 pre:tel es, of such an institutiono would - -be. in- 1
sidloui and seductiVe; and how a citizen Of 1
i the best intentions inicrlit be drawn Within its 1
;
'.ineslie.i.. lint all sttelt have a plain duty to
.. -e
and -, •:-
petior, that is to withdraw front the ]
ordertto renew their allegiance to the Ca-
stitution, and to assert the dignity of free and 1
independent yoters,Cand 'vote-for whoinsoeVer. i
1
they please' for political office. ~i. /
.•
I hate non., felloW-ciiizens, . said all - Ault
the linlits of a - cominanieation of this . •kitid
Ipermiti and I trust I have made myself •ttn/
, derstoed on all subjects relating-to. my • Oft
cial dtl,ties. , The issue must be with ypit,l- 1.1
1, - am-confiderit that- in pa'ssing upon mfacts, I
;.you will not test thm by - a standard, f 'per-i,
i fectidni for that is What humanity 'cannot at - -
lain. -4n conclusion} let me rissUrfb:/you, th4t
l_wha '
teirr your decision-may be,l,,ri ;hall- nOtn
weaker' my at tachaient ,to the/ principles 1 1.
"have declared, nor lessen in . ‘ zeal - for the j
1 welfarelof my native: State v nor , my admirtt
lion fort you:as a people. / -..x . ,• '! . - :.:
Veryl respectily, yeur.fellow-rltizen, . - ~.!
. :1 /-. 'WM. BIGLER.
/ ' ~
I E .7.'''-'7-- - 7-... 0 11111411111111 , -10 , %- , -- -1-- •
I . • The 04E10 / Debt Reduced..., -;
1. The
. Whigs have been endeavoring to' ere.:
ate the hnpressiOn that durine. e , Gov..Biowt's
4dmini4tratioiithe• State debt . haS -been in-.
ereasedj , and/the Ar:gro has published some
tables to pieveflte arS.rtion.. Such is not,the
,case,:alii{oligh there; has been. many heavY
and e.);tiaordinary o!Penditures, all of •whic)t
have / bon.paid, and ;the interest on the State
debt prOniptly met. I BVe last week: published'
the repOrt of the Colinnissioners'of-the ;Sink
/11%P - fund of their operations during the last
three yeprs, from which we learn that there
_has beet! paid and extinguished-of the public'
debt of the Common :wealth, five hundred
and ele‘',cti thousand,' Otte:hundred and "fifty
nine dollars and thirt;:pone cents, and - - the
certificatea,of stock !rept-muting that sun)
have I:ett cancelled; In : additiott Ito . this
the - Sum iof tivehundred and sixty-f Our ,thom
sand, unit. hundred . add forty-two dollars ot
relief notes have also;een cancelled and dei.
~-
stroyeddeaving a balance In : the hands .of
the Statd Treasurer, ippiieable to the
_same
purpose,!of one hundred and forty-eight doll
larS and. Oglity=four cents, milking in all a re
duCtion cif NINE HUNDRED ANDITHREE
TtIOUSANI?, NINEII f.7N I WED . AN f) FIE . -
,TY DOL I.A RSiA N 1.) 1 1 , 1 F.TE EN. CENTS, of',
the, public delit..
,Think of this,,ye tax • pay-. :
era, when you cone to east you'r.votes, on the;
second Tilesdny Of October. , The State debt
reduced
reduced . nearly One million of dollarS'l
What . , i . 'ill . the Whigs say now in the •f:tee'
,-
of an othitial statement, showing that it Ini.s.
been so largely' reduetttl.? . -By an ecotiotni
cal athninistratton of the Government, Gov...
Brutiat hps.been enabled to wipe out of ex : '
istance this large amount of ! 1 tntlebtedness,
' an d doe lie not desetive.• the - plaudit "well':
done llt4ll good and . faithful . l ..servant..."-- .7 -
Bradford', Reporter. `
i . -- 7 .---t.----•------- •
ilienryi . C.l4 on: Fusion. - ,
, • _ :
• There *llB a.time, and that. not very re
mote, wll4tt a' large class id - the citizens .of
this country, • seemed Ito . derive 'pleasure in
'
calli itotiiielnieli•es - and being Called ' W:h i yr.
~.....
'They' poitited With ' apietreat pride to - ('LAY
land WEniTart, 'and a'-feir lesser lights, and
' • • I 'a, -
land
~yttlt itllt WSI STU the leadership .of
hose: luny : chteftainsl, The pOlitical send-
Heats of &tacit of thOsei gentlemen, Were con
- 1
-idered aslt;trictly.ortkodox, and their behests
los willingly obeyed, asi do the members' of u
kdiurch . rklgard! :the Oachitir,:- and • comply,
4vith the suggestions of their pastor. , , • '
CLAY and . W . EDSTIt COIII4I not point to any
enduring !MontiMetits Of thij Wisdom of Meus
pres they sad advoCated--fOr th6r . schemes,
So far as pisted,! had all been proved to - 1? o de'i
cective-- , : Alt ninny of their followers were
• - ;otitettt ‘ silt - their oratorical efforts in oppo
sition Ito klotnelratio 41ulicy—added to, the,
,hope that c.lutnee mig ht 'place • them iti the
roost• li. 4 ',
eminent pkuition4--, when the loaves and
tishels woulid be 't.livided among , the faithful..
That
That thtire ,were'sonie : wliigs in each state,
T•lio Wool actuated byltii,Ther MotiVeS Jwa .
have.no de t ttht4we, kttoiv there were suoh io,
'enusylvat;tia. And ,there is another 14iet
tiat is equally creditable—i. e., that (Wring
t;
to life of ahr. CI AYnt,' . i whig and . abolition
fusion ever received - los . approval. In Cen
, titillating such a contingency he said :1 1 '
.lint if ( the Whig plrty) is to be tnerged in
t. a conteumtibb aheruitte party, and if abeli
!l !
, ,
tionitim.is to be, engrafted upon the whig, ered . ,.
trent that moment frenottnee the party and cease
to 'hole Whig.., Igo yet a step further. If lim
alive,ll 'will give my humble support to that man
for the Presidency who, - to. What ever . party,he
may
. .,elong, isnot contaminated by' fanatieisin,.
rather than to one who, crying out all the time:
that.lie is rii . Whig, maintains - doctrines „utterly.
subveysiVe.of the Constitution and the. Union:" :
11,t!re Mr. CLAY now alive—there can be
no iplestion aa,.to where hej would - be f o und..
Abolitionism has beeonaCi. completely " en-.
grafted upon the whit* Creed," and of course, -
'the Isientucky ',orator would \loin
.With. dis-
gnat from those who have diSobeyetilis teach-
ings.l Could the spirits 0f,4 the great embod-H
imeut of Whiggery" and . " the, Godlike, Dan
iel" see the alliances formed byl the party,.al
waysiforMidable under theirleaderShip,woidd
they not blush:to beheld its degradation t---
Had Know-Neithingisni reared its traitorous
head during. the life of,- either of throe . emit
ti
ent men, hoW indignantlii would they have.
viewed an. attempt t 0.," engraft it upon the
_Whig creed !" ' No, one acquainted with the
lhistory of th4*StatOmen,enn. doubt that they
wont ! ' have rebuked in terms of burning elo-
, quence, those Cowardly cciiispirators, for at
temptiog to accompits'it objects so " utterly
subversive of the Constitution and the Union."
It seems that in their death ; the Whig . craft
lost both pilot and, compass, and that it - has
beeudrifting \about upon the• politieal sea, at;
the,lmercy of emery tempest,4laving none with
suflicient eapatiity and courage to direct its
course... The More intelligent and discreet of
the crew, see that Abolitionisth and: KnoW-„,
1 Noti , bingistu are the Scylla . and,Charybdis, ot,
to 'hie!' their bark is fast dashing, and hate 1,
wisAy deserted it, leaving their reek less, breth=
rem, to meet their inevitable de.stritctiOn.L
1 there is yet time for the active to 4setipe,but
their critical situation will not adMit ,Of de
lay. Should - any Democrat be se/silly as', to.
r jinn! those who are hastening totheitiruin,lin
witnessing the Melancholy Spectacle, ice Will
have the. consolation - of kn / O - Wing that We
gave them due and timely Ttrniag.—Penn'a
Patriot. . ; - ,". '1 / i
--,----,----.4.-:.7.4-- , A--1,. •
Inconsistencies of Inkmiern Whig
. ,
1 ...PrirY7'
. ~
.• 11, is- amusing to etrac e the v i arions and.
conflicting expedients . 'which ,ouropponents
resort to, says- tit pemocratfc -.E.rpositor, - for
the purpose - of
,estroying .Democratic ItSetill
dente, and theretrospect is at the.smne time
useful to ex,mplify and expose, the holloW- -
hearted insincerity. by and,
their movements l.
are regu acted; - ap - to prove that hi their des
la - irate
.trt4gle or power as; at:ism:4.oe char
acter of the .rnetiiis used is entirely dtegard ,
ed. /
~./- .- 1 ' ; ••
I
/1n;184.0, a favorit e song of our opponents
,Was,...'
~ . . . .
" Cold .water may do foi • •
,••• Or slittlelviner„nr '&00; .
gut we'll hate hard 'cider and whiskey.
And vote fur. old Tippeeano"e,"
Solthat whiletin that year we are deluged
.beneath wales of a "hard cider" and
"whiskey" ocean, and reproached for ouriad
lierence• to " eater," in 1,854, • the
Vat
tempt is)nade to set up this late„" hard' ei
der" and " whilFey"party .as
,the embodi
ment of all the., ;virtues of Tempefance, 'and
'to:denounce us ILocos" as the' "rum"-party.
In 1835, - 'JOSEPH RITNER was ;ele‘fted Gov
ernor of Pe'nrsylVania i on ..the Anti , llasonic
platform of deadly hostility to all secret:B6o , ,
eti,.no matter What • was the character. of
their objects. In 1854, .l mss. Ptii.Loctc is put.
for and as the Know-Nothing -- candidate for .
Go ernor, and a the repriltative•-Of the.
wont feature of 4 secret society; because. it is
political . one; . •
In 1852, Gen. Pierce was - titterty denounc
ed - because the COn'stitution of •Ne-w
shire contained al - clause ,authoriiing: a relig
ious test'for office. In 1854, bar., 1. 4 0110 c kis
zealously supported by his'Know-Nothing as
sociates, because he is said to have sworn to
do all in his power to, aid in . .tablishingsuch
a test in Pennsylvania: '•. • =•-•
.. When the Missouri 'Compromise: was..es
tablished, the alien who voted for it from the,
northern . States were hung, in 'effigy and :bit
terly denounced as traitors of the vilest stamp.'
In 1854
,when the' Compromise was repealed,
Greeley asserted that it would be betb.lr to
have the NatiOnal dapitol 'with all it
blown up, than that such repeal should
be effected. ,
..: 'ln 1852, the Whig National ' Convention
warmly endorsed - the , Compromise meas ures.s
of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Law included.--
In 1854, the Whig State Central Committee
of Pennsylvania have issued an riddiesccon
training a clause intentling to convey the im
pression that the Wlii4 , party of this. State is
iu favor of a repeal oft law. ~-
In '1852, Gen. Seat; the Whig Presiden
tial Candidate was very eloquent in his praise'
of " the sweet Irish brogue" and the " rich,
Gertivin accent." lti:- 1:854, Ilr:i, Pollock is
said to - have sworn in alinow-Notbiug Lodge;
to practically proki: iribe Jar foreigi era.
Under Ritner's administration, nd la 1849
under Johnston's.adininistration, o :the only
two recent occasions when our opfidnenti pos
sessed full' coutr4kif the executive 'aiii.acgis
lati ve branches: ofibur State Govern.Ment,they
paced-laws authorizing a. sectarian 'di vision ,
of the Common, ;hool Fund, which was last
winter-repealed - it der a Democratic ' ndpin
istration. Yet in 1854 we are gravely told
‘..
by the Whig State Central Committee, that
the Common Sclieol Fund is menaced with a
danger which nOboily . but the :Whigs can
avert.' . , .
Encoup.ageatent.
. From all parts of the Coinnionwealth, we.
receive the cheering news,- that theAkinocra
:cy is up and doing. The Democratic . presees
are alive to-the importance of the
, proseut po
:miserable
Tamper, and are fully aware of. the':
:miserable shifts to which' our opponents are
resorting, 'to _procure a triumph: Know="
. Nothingisiu, with all its- horrid
.eliths 7 - 7 with
`MIAs plans andschemes concocted iii secret,
while it Indy -take 'away fro.om our party a,feir
-Democrats, who are unable to seOthe-tenden
ey of such, an 'forganization . , will bring to, our
'nut thonsands4of good men,' Whigs, who pride
theinsdvea übeing . advocateA of the prin
ciples of our gonstitimon. To this tuavle.
added, that net n measure of Governor Sig-
i'ler's-administrittion can be prouounced,aup
thing else' tlian'•,Demociattc-•-that hail
bi . t he grat interests of-the pee- .
and admilistered the public affairs as be,-
Came an holipst Mid upright man.
then :should people • forsake bito l • Nay!,
We ask, why islit .we receive such ".cliteling
ilews from all parts of the State It ~ i s‘jus;t,
hecause the people are satisfied with his aih
, .
I-ministration. mid
.believe Itim to he ri . Worthy
' hones/ inan,.who desires .tb. do no , act th at ,-
will militate .against the prespetity -irtthe .
people.. :ft is this 'feeling *bleb is no* Atli;.
mating the maisett, - and' Whilt4 . faCtien . may.
rise its hidiousr?lead,.' and tlirelifendestructiont... y ,
'to 'Democratic. imen - and , riteriser&, "tlie..hone -A.
and sinew of the countr %_the.t honest - farin-
cis, mechailies,land..working - -men; will;/not .
,•
let go of him
.W i lioin they/have 'tried .- Malnkit
.1:.
found wanting:jerk:me whO-at :best is/baean 1
uncertainty. -We 'therefore: say toillVtliat -.
the, re-election of Governor Bigier,is-now:re- ',
duced to 4 inoinl.certainq, and . thayhis tnit, i
jo . rity' will be..greater thanlit was kwer4ohn- 1'
Stoll, We-have tip' aiubt.'--.Piatforin; •. • -:. ,
• ' - . - --,--. 11 --- "*.is... . 4 .'; , - - , 4 - - .. • '
- .- • - - .Irroil Mil S. IT: Shen.
. - - l'aigilistfc." ' ' • .r•
Trouble among ;the FiAtoty, , Yen - , -- - .eliterwpf •
lo.ifiircier . Tent . .../ryer•- 7 .Ne' Jinn - ,6"Aot.
7 1
Boring thelnit eight months a. feeling •• of
enmity-has been ritsekl/agailigt theeliampton .!
pugilist of America, bf certain indtvidualit of ;
the same profesiiOn./ In eonsequeneeef some ,
misunderstanding / Concerning a 'bet...-:on:-.the . '
Prize Fight at I / Boston •FOur _Cornet; John
'Morrissey, as is/known ' . had': a: grudge •
against Toin / flier, and l;o3 , hits ,Inade iipeiited
attacks - 24)0i lihn'at the I.7nion.Race Course , .. .
and elsewhere. 1 Another one, who claims -to
he- l it/" siorter,l and more or less on the "
'shoulder," rained John LYug,..hits arse at-
Itaaed flyer orOlseveral . oceasoins,. his last
lattipk, howeveli is ; one -of a.-- most serious
character. In keeping-with this spirit, nn 1;.
terCation took place on Wednik it
lay. evening --
1/between Lyng 'land' a
. person named .. :Ezra •
[White; but - th.rOngli the immediate ..interfer
ence. of friends- (pn both sides, the . difficulty- .
1 wafsettltxtwitlient violence.- .Near 1 o'clock.
..
that. night—.or, ' more prop4V'iPea' kin - 4, '
the
next morning--tyng - mid -White avow' met.:
lat the hotel of John Philips, Nos.-69 and 71' -
Mercer-stieet, and, . renewed;
.the, diffieul4,7-= . ,
Tom flyer being in the :saliva! at the pixie,.
Long bec . aMe 'very abusive;iand threatened to
• whip, and sboot,hirn if lie Would go into, the
street, saying that he was armed "to, the !teeth
and prep:ooler any einergeocy..Fo. this
abit:se Lyng was] slapped in 4,lied face.by Ilyer,
at. whom he discharged one'-,ba lof a *Voir- . '
r, -
,but -it inissi.. xilits destinafio mid toqz- - ef-.-
feet in the arm of Charles.Lozi r,.. ar. , butchei. .
-in Clinton Market, causing n severe andldari4.---. - .
'gerous wound: iThe slug entered the fleshy -
'parl of Lozier'it arm : 'and inaggled. it . every
~inuch. -It is thOwilit, amputation - will 4 ne- .
. i 4.
eessary., .-. I . . . I. . ;
' . - Sergeant . Gletirciy : 'iind Officer Work 4 the .-
Eighth Ward Pilice,whe we'reStationed'ilear
thehouse, in -case of a difficulty oCenningin
~
it, rushed into the premises kin hearing the-re
port of the pistel;land-took Lyng into custody..
However, before ' ; theymadelthe,arrest,
.11yer .
had knocked Lptg down, antllumped .sever,
al times irpon hiS heid Audi body. - Immedi- -
ately after the prisoner was taken -to the sta
tuin-hotise, Justice Bogart Made .14 i s a ppear
a nee, and 'disc ha iged, Lyng,.l to -apkoir again
before him et the Jefferson Market. Poli. -
Court at 11 o'eloCk the next , triornhig,,for in.
..
vestigation : .I L , - .. :i . - ;
At theappointed hour ye,Sterday morning
the ',magistrate was at the POlice Court toin
vitigate the, ease, but' Mr. 'r \ Lyng . : was not
fortheoiniil, , The unfortunate matt, Lozier,
appiNnred .before the Justice, 'and- - preferri-,a;
charge of " assault With intent to kill fr agionst
John Lyng. ' - . 1 - ;1 •I - •- - '''''-*
. The reason assigned -for t i bo piip-attenc4nee.
of Lyng before the Judgeosise vere illness.-fir:
He is said to be badly hurt, and liesin a trit-i
ical condition: The further (
.hearing - the.
matter . was indefinitelY . poStpOtied, by .. the ....
magistrate; who ,refrainedfrein fixing the bail , .
for .the present. - 1 ,' - -1 1.
The Erie Wiir:
The' :Attorney. General (tr" P i enssgrania ors.
the. Erie and IVOrtheast Railroad' Conipa,
, ,
1 !.0;
i , ,DECREE OF inn SEPREHE Corny,, SePT....l,\
1854. Opinion Bcscg,'d J. 'llia cause
by
.i i
came -on to be heard before the supreme court
on the bill of complaint ott the answer of 4, \
fendants, and ' on, the. proofs and - evidencela
-
ken by both parties, and traa!argtted by both '
counsels. And. thereupon it appears to this
court, that the defendants have built, end:a .
now u and maintain ' a"Certain railroad,
known !' as the Erie 'and Northeast -rail
road,' of which said railroad itti part is within
the plesent limits Of the city-Of Erie, and.it
on certain streets thereof; and lanother part is
upon the bed of a Certain pubfie road; known'
as the ittitiala road in Harboecreek townstqp
Erie cohnty : and that the said railroad in
those parts thereof, is a pphii i c and common'
nuisance t' ' • •'' ''.. !
it is, ,Iterefore, ordered, and adjudged and
deeretxl, that the defendants shall, 'on or. be
fore the expiration of few... Months from this
date, break up so much of their said road- as;
lies upon the said, streets, afid l upon the Bur
faro road, ante remove the materials thereof,'
so as to leave the- said streets and road in'as
good condition as they were in \ !'before the •
construction of said railroad: ! • - -- '
Anti it is farther declared and adjudged,
that,the stile, defendants are -hound to make
the borough of Erie, with - such liviiits as it
bad in 1842, the western terinintas of - their
railroad. • It is therefore decreed and ordered.
that,tbe said"defendants shill, within four
months fron - this date, changO;theyoute and
eosistraetion of their railroads acCordingly ;
and'make t h eir western terminus at what was.
the 'eastern iue of said borough in 1842, or
within the same borough. And the said de
fendants sisa I re- c onstru c t- 'their railroad to
supply the rta 'hereby ordered , to be broken
np, aecordin to plans and specifications to
be by Them tiado and to be subinitted t) r o and
approved by this court, on - full notice to the
counsel of tl : conimonwealth and not Other,
Wise, , c
.. - , ~..
Anil defen ant s hah pay. aillawfulreestei
to be taxed 1.,,y the prothenotaky.
1 • LADY w to, ate a ilea peach,.
appels, the same • attathez of
toptatoea; and *hal( pint
bait' a day, saga- aha •taivte,
:belesoree • •
THV Toffy
ea, - half doe,
pears, 'three
withi
" fruit
. .
Ar TUE - , MY GO:Uk DOLLAR Cottr f e spe,.
cinted.of *yid , h was. struck at . the While el,
phia - Mint so .0 time sia* - haibeen approvek
by the Seems ' ryof the TreasurY, and . orders
for-the eoiaa of it have been PPM' t O , B ll the
IL S. Mints. The New eoia is as large in . di,
ameter as th silver flyo-o,etreeeet and ,the
dies are Simi! r. tolhose of the three - dollar
piece: •ft wilt be. substituteti for the : :gold
dollar.now in circulation, no more. of - which
are. to be coin 'ti, •.' .' - 1 . :'
~''~l~ ;
trt -4-.0.