Voutrost ginuntnt.
ray. LARGEST CIRCVLATIOJ I PCiIiTREEIN
E. B. CHASE J. 13. McCOLLUM, Eurrons
Noutrese,Tintrsday; 114/6
Tkc News.
Two ladies Were murdered at South Gard
net, Mass. last Week, and the house in which
they lived ransacked for valuables.
There is a regular stampede of Know No
.things in New Hampshite; and as the. Con
cord. Patriot has it, . I ‘Satan's kingdom is
tumbling .!own." =Over 100 have'whhdrawn
from the order in Concord, and ;1500in the .
State. Wu: have been informed that about
recently withdrew. in a body from the
at Great Bend, this county.
'Our latest teiws from Harrisburg states
tat.the Llonset passed four Bank Bilis last
Situnlay, and that. some ten or twelve. more
ate •in prepatataot. Don't this look like
\Vliiggery 1
• Advice:a front the city of Mexico, dated
February l9th, reprent . Santa Anna as dai
ly 'wing, and • Alvarez as g,aining ground. It
is said that - Santa Anna has several steamers
in readiness to twelve him on the apptoach
of Alvarez, and•has sent alt that he could of
the,seven millions received from the United
States, and other viluables, out of the court-
. .
try. - lie is also! mid. to have sold the three
millions yet to be paid to Mexico by tbe.Uni
ted States. • ,
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The notorious , Bill Poole.; whose death we
chronicle today: was one of the foundersof
the Know Nothings. He an i Ned Buntline
were active Whig ward Bullies of N4w York.
Our readers Will recollect that the know
1- Nothings burned Mr. Littlejohn, Speaker - of
the New York 'Assembly, in etrmy, because
like an honest Irian be renounced their Order
and. voted for Seward. - List Week the,anti
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4now Nothint,prof Oswego nominated him
for Mayor, and he was elected by - 500 major
ity over Culver, the K. N. candidate, who was
most officious in denouncing him for. what
'the K. es.icalleo , .Treason ! ',Honesty brings
its-reivard: .•
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Not Tame. : ' •
. The Ripubtin denies our 'atifithent in
e
reference to the] o I nt'woe edinms 'of the
Know Nothings in Franklin, on the' day of
the Ejection;and aars that Mi. •Warsoii
ides its truth nisei.. Now we know..that kr.
Watson has . taken. council of ati2Attorney,.
and that he doesj not deny the truth at our
statement substantially.
We believe thuse sane -know Nothings;
too, are - endeavoring to treat that election as
though It never had been held, true to_. their
Joe Ritner, Thad; Stephens, :Whig instincts.
At the proper tine we shall expose the
wicked plot to the public, that those engitesd
in it may meet the reward of their condact--
public odium and everlasting infamy.
P. S. • Since writing the above, one of the
editors of the Pentocrat, has been informed
by Mr. 'Watson that he never gave anybody
any authority to contradict Our:stato'nent.
Mwwlaciletisetts.
, Yn the late township elections, in the Old.
Bay State," the K. N's. were defeated in 28
towns: But a few-months ago they carried
all but font' or fivee towns in the State: This
indtcates a change. in the political atmos
phereja the hilt-bed of the secret order.
Horneltsvl Ile.
- A.correspondent of the Tribune in referr
ing to the .4efeat.of t.he Know Nothings. in
that place `elores biti letter with this signifi
canipaf , nge: " Hindooistn is dead in Thrn-,
ellsville :" ' Auspleions - omeas cheer' us!
"The Work Goes Bravely og."
In Detroit the Know-INT - ogling candidate
for Mayor is defited by . a majority of 600.
In Oswego, the' anti's triumphed 'with a
rnkj. of 500. In yracuse, a Deatiocratic,May-
Or•hasibeen elected over a K. 'N., with .400
mnj. In Utica the K. N. were beaten by
about 400. In tockport the anti's carried
4he entire ticket.
The "Hindoos" are destined to an early
political grave. Thus saith the people.
-Mr. Setward's Speech.
A short -extract from Mr. Seward's great
speech in the Se.nate will be found in our pa
per to day. *epad intended to publish the
whole rpeech, but have lost the paper con.
taming, it. If any of our readers have IL
they will greatly. 'oblige us by forivarding it,
'as we are extremely anxiout to publish it en
tire.
It will be seen by this short extract that
Mr.earard isnot afraid or ashamed to define
his .'-position on know .- ICothirigs. In what
bold contrast does his manly and statesman
like position stand out by the side of David
Wilmot's. Mr. Seward does not truckle--
does not ploy the ''etuagozue—at the foot
stool of this erne], unchristian and intolerant
power.. Ile winks not at this horrid wrong
to obtain votes. He was.not found
,sneaking
about their caucus to obtain a nomination
for the U. S. Senate. Not he'; but he threw:,
defiance in the face of this great wrong,
'showing to the world that be prerred to re
tire to tbe deepest`obspurity of private lire, ra-
ther than degrade his manhood by courting
the favor of 'Oa' , . intolerant Order. But nal
so did David :*l - itnot. Ambitious for a seat
in the Senate; he scrupled not to turn his
:back npon the well-tried friends of his. ' h o w
life ( ---6?eiking a death blow at the deaus
principles of ht+ity and right, and lend
influence and active exertions to the
propagaticin of religioulstrife and intolerance.
s9r is this alllaying aside those great
ideal of univenal freedom which he so long
• hail advocated, C. he strikes lianas with the
alareocracy of the South in their merciless
,attempts, through this order, to disfranchise
hundreds of thousands of Northern Freemen,
—to place the shachles of a most degrading
servitude upon the manly limbs, as wtil as
consciences; of the:white men of our North
ern clime. • Magnet heart overflows with
philapthrivy for, the - Idea *hie of the south,
bat it has no word Of sympathy when thoie
of his arre color et- the North, are threatened
with infamous enactments spinet theirOoti
-4iven rights of .Conscience and freedom 2--
Will the people sustain such hr ritical pro
fmsions as these,—al! made to obtain a seat
in tho U. S. Senate I G ls the man who aets
thus worthy of they ou6derice from Ole
hands of a people wlici lovU right and justice !
sir °lir:readers, will le.arn with lis issue
of the Penwerat, that henceforth +Mother pen
besides- ours will be weekly emplqyed for
their benefit and interest: We lum'e made an
. ....;
arrangement wl l th atr. uocoui-pt to &mist us ,
in its editorial dbpartnienti. -We have taken
1
this step for several reastoni,proininent - among
which may be enumerated the following.—
There bakprobably never ;been* time in this
county, when the rights and inlerest of the
people were in such jeopady as 9ow'r Dem
agogues' have - become bold •anrilacting, and
the great hope ;tor the triumph of 'collect.
Principles now ri:ate !tr. the, fea . rlesi boldness.
of the preas-L'a if.,oldness= that shallunn' , i task;
the designs of the venal and lay them open!
to the light of i dity. Unleaa this shall :be' one,
time Only can i develop the consequences.—
Our civil and religious tights are' nsrailed
with all the madn e ss that ambition lends the
vile;--our political 1 iii titutions, and those
great. fundamental .principlea oni which the .
gvernment-was based, and. has 'n ad min
ile
ist o ered, are thre4ned with' subv ykion and
destruction.
,An i ,able, bold; and incortupti-
I press, only, can turn' back the tide - and bring
repose to the districted st a te of our internal
political relationsi i ' I
'ln the past welhive done - our bi6t to poini.
out the dangers, 4nd the remedy. But there
la enough
.to employ the tir4eland, tibility of
• more than 'one, especially ;when tha p one, as
is the case Ivith; UN is' obliged to { att end much
to-other duties, requiring attention ihroad.as
'well as at honie. The Democrat niinif speak.
Tie people here must and; shall have' at least
afradesif organ. *R. 1 1 l fePOLLVAI is a young
w
man of fine parts as.a riter,..of unblemished
character / . and will, undoubtedly l ' add
.largely
to the inferes t muilability.:pf the 'paper. IVe
Mean to make the /;ocrnociat cnte'of thelablest
I • i ; .
papers in Pennplvania •; and, it it shall not
prove to be, it livillinot Wirer want of earnest
and untiring effort ;on the Olt Of its- present
Editors. - 'I 1 1. '; -
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Ileadeia co* the itemitperniti '
In appearing ibefore you; in ai editorial ca
pacity I shall yield to an approved . and np- i
propriate 'custom by giving a brief statement
of the principles I\ shall laber to uaintinn . ,
It,is the duty of tl4 political journalist \to
state facts and sustr.in• principles; to , shrink'
from no responsibility that he intiy liaifir• in
the support of a just .f aiise. : ,It isliis busi-,
ness to vindicate and irstain7eternal truths ;•
to combat corruption and lerror in high pla
ces and low ; to festiosly discuss Measures
, 1 1 , ,-, •
of.governmefit rwd the qua i dificationti and the
claims of the asifirant i for L publie honora, re
cording correctly and„ faithfully his virtues
and his vices. An uttsh4kled Press :is the
the guardianof-a RepUblidtibold and decisive
in Its defence of right,,,itiiii, to perceive and
condemn every infrinlpirieht ofthe peoPle's
liberties, its inflhence it fetrj and respected.—
'lt moulds public .opini 3 On; M a measure, and
prepares the m. es to r ; act understandingly.
Such being its office ; its independeice and
purity are dear to' th 6 pOpular heart, and
should be maintained. N4.ver `since this gov
ernment was instituted hai the piibiiC stood
in greater - need of afearlest ' , end untramme)-
ed Press, than at the preient l , time. The avb7
nuei to distinction are'crnided with corrupt
and unprincipled !aspirants; who resort to ar
tifice and treacheiy, in he hope' iof . gaining
positions of trust 'and profit, who, disrg,ard
pledges and principles liii!,l the struggle for
poWer. The designs of neh must be thwart
ed; their doubleidealini !exposed 'land the
1.1 • • I
rights of the maises,ctentlel. , T i o do this, is
the appropriate ' k of ;the; ,Preits, which
should ever be o , in unCompromising hos
tility to every s pec
'es of deceptionn, and trawl.
It should be ready , to' txl virtue and de
iituncesice, tosu,stain, principles, in prefer
ence to men, when the latter come in contact,
with the father. ', 1
.
' di ..
Within the past lyear RD , element has bcn,
introduced into; political world, that is
hostile to the mostprecious rightssecUred to:
1
i it. •
ais by the constitutlon, and d • to`tb e',
peade and
_permane ` ncc.of the overnment.--- 1
It is the principle 13r fitoser ng a man for'
his reli'gious - belief, which itv,it, itself wrong,
i
while the cleans employed to ustain and-ex
ecute itore,suclu as lionest:m
, ti',' inust repu
. diate and condem n . It is the n n
rural and in
herent right of every Man to crihip his 34-
ker in the manner his conscie ce dictates; it
is a"right that 'hum* laws annul destrciy,
and any etak to abridge it, ii: tyrannical and
'unjust. 11 affairs of thi t ;government
are to bC controlled in the; lo.dgi of a secret
order, "if the ambitiOus, designingland:Forrupt
ones in our midst, are to creep iiqo high pla
ces by virtue of midnight plotting and in de
fiance of the popular will Constitittionall,ex
pressed, the future career of this eountry ,will_
be a libel upon itsglorionS past -- ilOur prog
ress as a people depends inl al great rnersiire,
upon the open and fearlessi discussion of any
principle proposed .to i‘be 4c , rporated 1 into
governmental meastwett. '4.it I khis' Democra tic i
t.
government everyt Mall htui a', vel' em in thelen
tieing of laws that are tO g' oiernihim. Itti l 'o'-
licity.is an indei to viluntisjaCtion, the prop ;
er symbol ofintegrity i>p the'pOliticu pf- l i ' l6 "
public ; .secrecy inithe tninage4ent of :putt
lic affairs is ominotis ofi cerruptton, tyranny
and wrong. .1(. tie ret riolitimllerganizatiouil
instituted for ambitiens ,and unholy purposes
exists in our coutitiY today; its'scbetnes,coti- :
coded at midni6t ere' , fraught with ruin,
prejudicial to the rigts l of the adoPted 'citi r
zen and colutequ en.t'i tly hostile to 66 1 1 progress
li
of the nation.
, T combat an d defeat the
plans of this consOrs4y tO unfold and expose
its corruption rex!langernus tenderieies ii
clearly the dui t:lfi an ind , ependent Presit.--
Snow-Nothingiseu ;,isid at present the'''para
mount iviitical - q4s4on before. thepeople;
it has obliterated other i issues, in itii, *tides
towards mtionalityi tilreci ' , its ents and
power with the party : tltf A very p iingod
inn and'must be Min iithlbold and deter
mined opposition, More it shall have crushed
, the free-soil sentim4t of the North and im-
Prx 4l " ned the spirit of reform. In making it
i.. 1. , • . . ,
war , upon this secret party we are!fighting
the f" battle of !freedom ;" Know-Noiliingit.m
is the !right arm of the " slave'powdri" and
until it is overthrown slavery has a ixtwetful
ally 'Fully,persuaded that the power, of sla-
Vecaw be mosteffectually crippled, )1 , the
1,3
defeat of this secret Party, no, effort pf 'mile
wili be wanting-to Make the pensOwt its
fea4ess, yet tempemt4 opponent. 4OA la; 1
bor an honest purpose, to sfmngdien and 1
support Northern free-soil sentime n t -shall
,f
-not hesitate to criticise calmly attedispas
.
sio ateV the conduct of men in highli places
wh the public good demands it., and, shall
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not ndulge in personalities and partinan bit
terness. I shall spare no pains to mako the
.Detikocrat what it haS been, a paper of inde
pendent and fearless. tone, the advo4te of
sound morality, the organ of the people.
1 - C• J. B. McCotivst.
•
1 Goodrich on the' Cnnni
.OUr attention has recentlYibeen oille.d to
an a r ticle in , the Bradford Reporter, britaiii
in it vile personal assault urn rye , which tip:.
peitred' - that paper_ while we werqahsent
from home a few weeks ' The article in
- 1-
question seems to be a lahored effort of the.
editor, E. 0. Goixlrieh,ito ,cast personal odi
uni i t uid' spleen upon u! We are not sensi
ble Of ever, by Word or deed, in our paper or
out of it, having given Mr. Goodrich the
slightest cause for a personal attack upon us.
We have never aUtled., to our - recollection,.
•
either to himself or his paper, in any other
ttaanE the most ,courteous and decent tOanner.
rlo, l . tbis friendly bearing on.. our Out has
been! reciprocated by him let the tileaof the
ea . r.,. procated by mm 3..... ._
neporter for the past few weeks alum*.
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i Atriong other mean thrusts which the :mil
elein question contains, is one in reference
1 •
to tit l e canvass which resulted in our e,ection l '
as Speaker of the ,House of Represetita t tives at
Harrisburg. The insinuation is. thrown our
,' ,
that we i obtained th e favor of the .pre4 of t h e !
State through begging lett&s, addre4ed tO
saur brother editors, while they, amused. at oiu
•
`'t greenness, „,
would give a puff editOrial,nev
er • ,
o
for a mment stispeking tilat thei wer v l
thus ititaking.a great -- man out of a veri• stivilh
patter]. At least he relates this as his own
experience.. Looking over our file of !letters'
we Itit've come across the following: I
Tow.ANDA,'May 4, 1/343.
Friend-Chase: -Ohase : .„ 1 .
I -iitent.l to bid for A section, at the)etting
at thi s place, on Saturday next, and'oCeourse
don't, svant to bid in vain. Now whatl want
o f yciti is, a letter to the C. C's., asking them
tofirrar tue if _ possible, (and it is - poSi.ible.)
If you can conscientiously -write • tok , la few
line4-yoti will do Inc a 'great
. faror, and the
strotiger:.the more intense the obligalin. •
Should you cone 1 ude to do so, send it 'to nie
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as scio as possible.
• r- 0 • . • . .* .1. •
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ruly yours 7 . E: 0. GOODE:ik. IL
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Tie plain Entlish'of the above letter, as
our readers will. see, is that Goodrich `Vanted '
a se<tion of work on the North l3rancicCanal,
and to insure "favor" from *the Canal:dlloard
he anted 4 letter from us to theta: We
wrote -the iletter, but we were not mean
-
enow l D 7h,. as Mean its Mr. Wilmot and i ' i i is pro-
I I
tegeithink-", to drag the Matter befiire the
Publte in an unptrokthlmanner, for - the par
fioS.Cl9f bolsterit '' im a personal attack tiPbr t one
`tyi • , i .
po had thus shown himself our. friend. 1 •
After having thus resilonded go Mri! flood
richs.appea for aid, for thiS Ittter Was IFrit 7
ten, l as thelreader will see by the date,,lttlleast
obi Month 1
. s I 'before w e were a candidate for
. .
Speaker, we may have presumed far en0m.7,11
upon Goodrich's Manliness to solicit his aid
i ... 1 1
in o ur behil, and we leave thepti lir' t
lc o
place its.own estimate upon the hot* and
char'xicter4the man who would aft4wards
drag the matter before the public for the pup
postl of 'n4lign ing one who had in the firs:t
instanee prt4optly and -generously resbonded
to Ina call k i r aid to secure his pecuniary ad
vantage.
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. P j
/.. 5..-I( th e words"" old line Deinkrats",
are imiitted in the above letter froMGooi'
rie.l4 1%4 wiplpromptly.iwrt them on'potice.
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" Thq. - . Legisiature. •
Vre )tave l 'f . reciuently been_ asked wiv our
paper does not.y.,n - tain some items of interest
rpm 4airisburt,t. ~We answer, beekinse as
nothing, of interest to anybody his been
e by our Know Nothing Legisla i jure.—
e from uniutere4ing local mattrs, no
lotion has been- had save the passng,e of
bills,ne to prohibit the sale of Liquor
on the Sa ash, which Ts a.. already prollibi
led,. and-4 Act to punish bribery in the Lcg
),
itdatare. t is significant, too, that th 4 latter
Billwent through hard! It pasxed ; with a
sg ,--it passed much as though the mern--
1r felt that. they were signing -their-death
it i iik
warrant ! • . ' - I ,
Nwcly three months of the session has
1 .
pawed aivay, and our model, our ,reform
Legislature, about whiC,ll we heard ad ; much
`last (fall, has pasted tiSo Bills! The 'golden
protises have tuened to ashes cirs - the
lips4"f those who made them ; audi l to all
'pre nt appearances, the ordinary bb.ine,s
tranlaeted in one hundred days by thv::Legis- 1
latnTe in past yearn, will not be got throng!'
n-ith beforeriest September, or perhrips the
firstiTuesday in October, to. Which tithe the
-11orilses adjourned the•tlection of U. Si Sena-,
ior.7‘,---The Appropriation Bill'', yet sleep ' un
tonc led, and those great measures of i l teforrn
T;
abO t whit h Gov. Pollock talkedso !loudly
•lasi fall,--such as the labolition of theiCanal ;
,
Boad sale of the Public Works,- &One Li
,-
.qttoit Law. Zoc. dec..--all these great ptojects,
so- tent in obtaining votes, are sleep in
the mb of the Citpulets. The louse of Rep.
Ito
risertatiyes is composed almost entirely of
new men,. brought to the surface by the Know
Nothing earthquake.' They ma i mein well
enou h, but they i ‘ iave no expen'enee, - . i ts' re in,-
effi eat for any good. Add to, this the weak
;
Wadi yisb Administration of Pollock, and our
tpoo old Commonwealth is badly off (Weed.
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One fact we Wish to direct the-attention of'
Free Sail , bemocrats" to, who were de- -
a into the support of% Pollock sqld this
ir Nothing, Legislature. The -reify firs
of the mission, Resolutions were intro
d instructing our Senators and fly:rear
our Members in Cougress, to suport a
prohibiting the- eitension of slavely.int)
lee territories of the, Union. Tho l Know ;
yet
don
Asi
our
tee
gm!
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lug
BM
ihe
Nothing organ in this piece noticed the !fact
and said, ,this. Legislature would show i the.
Country that there was a party . which, -in
power, dare speak the voice of Pennsylvania
on that question I Behold the result'! Con
gress has adjourned, with Mr. Chase's Bill to
that import on its fll&q, and where is the voice
of Pennsylvania, which was to' be so poten
tial in regulating the affairs of the nation 'On
that question t - Where is all the bombaSt . of
Mr. I'ollOck, and the declatuation of Wilmot
against Bigler because the tegislature-
not speak a' year ago ? " Echo ansivers
where f"; Vanished like a mist,--gone like a
day-dream! The Resolutions have slumber
ed quietly upon the files oT , the Houle, with
out even an attempt to act upon them, till
Congress has adjourned, arid thus ended the
whole affair. 0 Free
. Soilers, were you; not
nicely r sold, and for what? T.4,•-seeure ?dr.
Wiltnot five 4tes for . the U. S. Senate, and
the nomination of Cameo(' by the Know !No
thing party ! Here. are_ yog;tr triumplts,-- 7 -look
upon theta, glorious, magMficent as they are!
The, mertfice of What, all admit to have been
second to no Governor We have ever had;
one of the safest and best Admittistration.s', the
State Was ever blest with, and in return se
cured all these! Are you n3t proud of such
fruitful-achievements.? Such glorious reSults
ais theelection of a Knoii Nothing Governor,
weak, timid, -imbecile as he is,, and the
ing ofan.)therissue thereby which has raked
out the free soil sentiinent of . the State, and
deptroyed the confidenc4 of the people it the.,,
.sincerity of thixze, who were leaders in the
principle! And -at whPse - door lies theires
ponsfbility of thus mur4ring, your principles
and organization ? At the door of. David
IWiltnot, when he made a - corrupt ttlargain
I with• Pollock at Towanda, as he .thought to
secure his election .to the Senate. There is
where it lies, and•it cannot be removed. Let
those Democrats who, innocently no doubt,
aided to carry-out ihathargain, ponder ;well
upon 'these things,-;,upon these truths, titid
take wanting for the future.
That Judicial. Gem.
We intimated last. week{ that we should
continue our review'-of Mr. Wilniot's letter in
the Republican - two weeks ago, n biclr we
now proceed to do-in a more getfaitl manner.
than we did then. It was evidently written
in the-beat of - passion and is full iof dentinci
:llion and abuse. The public w4juld ba•rdly.
recognize it as the product of judicial calm
ness, wisdoth, and learning, and yet it is putt]
the peu of the man Who sit upoltt the Bench
in this District, to ditpense jtistice. ILi i d it
emanated from a lessdistinguished source we
should' pass it by with the contempt it merits,
leaving its author to regret the infamy, into
which his unrestrained passions plunged
him; but Corning :as it does roan( a inal i t in
high official position it is entitled to w hore
conilderation than weitsually bestow_ upon
articles of like character, and shall recekl:. it.
The, letter is a perfect gem—al. cut iositY in .
mane rt.-Teets and furnishes the reader with
: 1 c lear id ea of the nature and- strength of the
.author's pa liens, .the vindieti ye and dbmi
neering spirit that, controls him. h . -cannot
be disputed that when Wilinot penneth s the
lettei in question, his: temper was master of
judgment ; hence his vain attempts t 9 be
severe, his lug Nrsonalities and violent abase.
Ilaving yielded to his . angry impulses he be
mays his own weakness - and unmans, himself
before the pUblic.for the obvious i,purpo!is of
obtaining what' his pas.;`ions-have taught ;him'
to reverence, to: wit, ref fugc.
,IVe can aO'ortl'
to let his personalities p4ss without cointn i nt ;.
we can pity the man std unhappily constttut
as to submit to the dictation of a vititli6-
tive and selfish tOper,lbut we have a rWit
to protest againsti condact, which in a Judge,
Aisgraees him and his position. It is imp Os - -.
slide for the manlWho yields to-the base ; im
pulses of hisnaturewhile battling in the:
141c:11: arena, to clothe himself ittl re spotless
garments of impartialityy', wh e n he ascend 4 the
. Bench. It is no part of the Jurist's duty, to
fight thebittles'of party, but rather hiS ap
prepriafe work to keep a vigilant eye' tipon
the beautiful temPle.ofJustiee, whose eVery
aisle is lir tqk with the effulgence of an.eter
nal. truth, and polished by the accurate learn
ing and profound wisdom ofthe -sages Who
poured the fullness of their acquisitions 'into
'the treasury of legal knowledge; to adnunis
ter with keen discernment and impartial hand
the pure principles of right, and to guard the
great structure. of human . govetninent- from
the insidious attacks of corrupt -poli4ians
and the unthinking rashness of blind bigots.
He cannot prOperly perform these dutiO tf
his office; in connection With the more naeni
.
al acts of the demag,oguel i - 11.
Men cannot be political partizans anti. ith
partial Judges at the'same time. The con
duct of Wilmot shows tlal impropriety o f one
appointed io dispense justice, mingling- in .the
angry conflicts of political life. In-those'etn
bittered conteSts,-theworst passions arc arous
ed andiprejudics imbibed, that cling: 'to a
man, and control him, in any position he Mar
I' •
be:called upon to assume: This fact, so hell
understnod and appreciated is what proriipt;
ed the party that put Wilmot in nomination
to exact from 'Mtn a Written pledge, tot ab
stain frOm 'political controversies. - To require
such pletfge was an act of wisdom, and had
it been kept in good faith by him, we should
not have witnessed the humiliating spec tack.
Of a Judge catering to party prejudices; and
exhibiting passions, unbecoming a mat in
pay situation. .There ate i few men govefned
More by their prejudices and pariions than
Judge Wilmot, and no man, should afroid
more- than' he, mingling in the bitter eo4tro
versies of political life. The party by whore
he was nominated understOod this element of
this nature and felt the importance of obtain
.
mg. w pledge from him, to the 'effect that he
would attend faithfully td. the. duties ofd iris
office and refrain from engaging in thebat
-tles of political parties.
,: •
On the strength of this pledge be :was
clothed in judicial robes:, and appointed to
live for a period in a kiad ormoral atmos
phere; uncontaminated with loiv partisan bit
terness and heated controversies. HOW well
he has "kept the faith" let a betrayed and
outraged constituency judge, This - last arti 7
ere. from the pen of 'Wilmot is a disgrace to
.
the position ' e ikceepi es,-and ice I pronouncmi
the opinion of every honest and candid : ImM
in this District When 'We - declare his late pone '
duct in the po itleal field, to be that of. the
demagogue, histerwl• of a high minded and
impartial ocenteint of the Bench. :Political .
friend and foe alike look upon him. as the uni
grateful recipieni' of. public boners, a mad
wholly unworth}t of the o ffi cial garments in
which he is clothed. We take no pleitsure
in presenting thi s '
picture; het an 'imperative':
duty - impels us t gii.e.toilie public a plain
recital of facts, /rod the inferences which nut.
urolly flow from !'them. •We have - said thuS
much of the:gen . ral tone and spirit of the letf
set t
ter because it . med to us the public had t i
right to expect tore cander, and less vitu 4
Aeration, from onb. in whom its confidence ha,S
Ceti reposed, iinii . upon whom disiinguished
honors have been 'lavished.• It is a sad spee
t,,iele for thespe,of le of this district, to behold',
th6ir judgetlivend•from,tbe - high
, L • psition
be fails to adorii,l;lragging;irito contempt the
office with WhichAe is intrusted, bit. spreadL
ib .4. •
inaJ., a nauseous letter before the piddle, in eve
cry sentence of which, the angel' of its author
is depicted, piivaie character -attacked,. and
flow, passionate abuse indlibred in. Its con
' Itents are sieleniit. , to the nestdepraved stp,
l i petite, and the reflection that-it emanates
1 from. the pew of i Judge heightens the t hi s
(gust with which it will .be read.. •Suel a tor t '
I rent of-passion atil abuse suggests the inqui•t.
ry:•What inducement had be to manifest, hi,'
weakness in such lan angry - manner: Wliati,
{has stirred up the vindictive spirit of our poi
I liti,qll judge? The answer is readily sug
.1 1
gested. Thu pubhr laie ,
twen made :leen:dui
i . ted with his diiplicity ; letters written Li
dm, in which hel % cOurts and flatters "-pro
slavery hacks" ha l .e been . dragged from their
, , ,
ilnelNieu secrecy And spread before the. plit.
lie; his . of Co defraud and betray .a con
stitueney that' ha. liever been false to hini
have been brought to light ; in short his entil
ning and deceit sit 2 r had their day and the , ,
integrity ;Ind pat i riotism' of his motives are
beifig impe . aehed by his - own . eonduk. The
Man is enraged l i eeause: hts treachery. 80
lhase *cunning, his plaits and intrigues are.un;
folded to the puhlje. lie dkeover's now, that
it is too l: e, the handers he - -has - cominitted 1
through ram mess; the effect of which is t.(
reveal his true. eh; raster and point him to ati i
. . .-
.: , • •
I: ! triorriiiiious polim / ai grave as- the: ieward ►of
I I -
hii I kuble-deniih'g, 1 It is the
-man's Own fault i
that be ceases to oininand respect—he is ini•
'lidded - to his own rashness for the-odium that
."! 1 ;
is settling upon hurt. A eonti•litig coir-itif 64
eney. ha; been sloW to acknowledge his errors', f
I, ,
—ready to overdook hiS-faults and •
-1 magair,i !
his virtues, but 114 6verr , ' roWri confidence in I
I ,
corrupt bargaining and fraud hasrbred a rasbr ; I
Ines in him, fatallO his plans arid Withering
10-his types. If his late eolith:et had :be.;t : i
•
marked by the caution that he has usuall,Y
exhibited. in the Curse of his po iti l eal eareeic
I
lie might have, wot n
the Mantletuf l id,iceptioQ
. 1
for :i longerperiol. But his wrirth has mas t (
toed him and therproduet is Aril exposure of
his trenehery and: Lthe ba , -ele.ss diameter* o i t
his pretZons. ,
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B
. .
But the letter in question has an occasion'
al - 0-em, and -we mean to -give its antliOr the
~ 1 • ,
benefit of ere leenung trait i i tt possesses.
The Scripturalqu i dations evinceian irripr;ve'r
/
went in the author's taste.
P assages or
Scripture are decidedly More palatable to tried
public, than &As! Those pas4ges, honer-•
er, that are vindicive, and threaten - Punisirk
harmony - I
went are notitt very good r with tire'
spirit of parechrisitiatiity and. brotherly loch..
The quotation, however is one of the gems tO
which we havA referred, and were it not true',
'That the Devil elm quote Scripture to hi. 4
• purpose," 1. • _ I
i
we should beitullined to- think - -, that the
I
Judge had set about the work of dinproving
his morals, in gold earnest. - . It is encouragt
to see Scriptural passages appear i'n an artif
cle, when an acqoaintance witlP 6 its authot
Would have_ led u..to expect oathslas fi sub
stitute. I
. i
- -
• 'lt is a little bin s. ular that Judge Wilino
(.
should indirectli. 7 halloige a comparison of
moral Character, o : denounce the 84s of any
maw on the crtounil of immorality'. If we
i
mistake not, there are a few chapters in hif
life yet. unwritten, ( that -would.soil our page}
0 1
if Suffered, to appedr in them. - :•
The :►turd
The New York apers for a few days past i
haVe teemed with i;eounts of the - bloody af ,
. 1
fray which eccurr d o'n the 24th of Fehruary
at Stnnwix Hall, :. o. 570 Broadway.• It api•
pears that Win. Iloole, somewhat famous as'
a. sporting cliaracfr e was prestnt, in compat
ny with a number. of_ friend, aat -drinking
saloon, called. Statiwix Hall, on . the evening
in question, when )- that notorious pugilist
John Morrisiey eluered with others of the,
szituOtripe, and irtulted Poole with such ep!•-
ithets As - "You itreln pretty
: fighting son of a
b,-=--11," I can lief you," and the like
Poole replied, "Yon said thal once .before ni.
the City hotel, and honey ,yOu tasted rue and
didn't like rn . e.", 'lle controversy continued,
MorriSstiy dcoottne'ng Poole as . 4 a coward,"
a onii Poole callimr I rrisSev ",a d--liar"
_liar."
r., ,
-
Censiderable excitement' p r revailed, MorrisseY
drawinkmpistel and his friends: interfering,.
wheii-scveral.pelicinen having been sent rut
by the . proprietors pf the esmldishment enter / 6
ed and arrested Morrissey, Poole, and other*._
TI4 occurred abotit 10 o'clock. In about ten,
minutes after it cv . •is, Currently reported that.
Morrissey had beet' released, and nt about 11
o'clock Poole - et4red, - expressed his regref
that the atTray.int occurred, called for some
wine 'and treated . ', number of his - friends who
were present. 11- remained at the saloor
sometime, and ab
,ut twelve the proprietor;
who bad fallen asl p on a setteeln Ne room
was aroused by a 1 . ud voice, and saw a nutn
ber of persons in the Boom, who appeared ex;
cited and angry r and manifested a dkposition
to quarrel with I'Oele. One Jim Turner, a
bully, drew his pis(ol and presented, as if in!
L or
tending to fire it Poole. Poo e. exclaimed.
" Do you wish toiMurder me r urner fired
his pistol, which tqok effect in his own arm,
breaking it. Turn i fall i , to the floor , and in
the act of falling red another shot which
bit Poole in' the ILl; liring,ingrim down also.
Lewis Baker fired , t Poole while he was on
r %Ft Win., Poole.
the 'finer, the ball entering near
Turner writ' still on the flour,r , nnd ; kept firing
indiserituinatelv among the crowd. The fir-
kg attracted the attention of-the Police; and
a number gathered at the spot,- Baket and hiS
confederates escaping. PoOle has. .siinee died
from the effects of the wound reeeied at the
affray. llis funeral took • place, on S unday,
and was attended 'by a large cotitotim of
reipzens. It is said that the sporting fraterti-i
its Was well represented in 'the 'proms:42U
that folloWed 'his remains to Greenwood:oa
key has not been 'arrested yet, but the police
Amon the alert, and it is thourlat that he is
skulking about 'Jersey. City. This is one Vf
the frost brutal affrays on record. It is 'sup
posed that_Baker and Taper were confeder
ates of Morrissey, and came to , the'saloon at
that hour of the night: with the determina
lion to quarrel with Poole and seizatTOMthe•
slightest •preteit to 'Order him. They were
arMed, and the conSequenee is they .Lave
branded themselves as murderers.
---f.~:.r~.--
t i tr- Kite Aylesford; a Story of the Ref
ttgee,-by CifARLES nuth?r of
Cruising in :the la-4 war, Publisheti of
" Pete'rson's Ladie.l Nu tonal .21faijaziste:r—
Complete in,one largo volutno, neatly hound
in (-loth for $1,25; ()On two volumes, paper
eover,4i 51 , 00. Address S. It Peterson, No
102 CliesnUt - St. Philad. : -
This; is th e title of a new work about to bd
issued. of which an exchange that'll:ls seen it,
'f.e:lks as follows:-
Yrhm what is known of the authors -abil
ity, and espeeialy his ::talents for presenting
Revolutionary reminenees in the most inter;
esting forum, we evecred a rich treat ,in thim;
fiction, as, well as a faithful - embodiment of
the history . of the refugivsof New Jerse,i. , ..--
Nor have we been . disap'pointed. 'The, 'he
ine is sketched most artistically, and fair --
stands before the reader a thing of life. On e
of the great", beauties of time story is, the char-.
:meters are never unat oral, nor the incident:,
itnkimbable ; . and yet; from the: minute'ldes
criptions thrown around themohe most thril=
ling interest is awakened. • The !narrative,
grows more ammi More absorbing also aA,,it
proceed:. It all-lianas pronounced time
ablest original novel pit blished -
and jti , tly plaCes its a.i . tMor at
of tht4 . popalgz ronithacci writers'
this country. Nlis 1,41 saying
but .w .think . the public, on tk :
stOry, will agree With. that
tion i 6 not extig , ;eratetl" -
Ttiwn M I
I -
The restilt of the New York ,
has sadly disappointed the K
or Thotfoos,, ax G),Teley calls
as heard front they arc' beaten in heady eye
ry county. It, is evident that they are scan-
hag fast,—are sinking into an ignoble grave,
—there as well as herd. We suggest, with
greati respect, that Mr.l Wilmot shoubl, hold:
six or eight -e4urts titen cojning year in this
county, in order that he may have more time
to make speeches and attend to the affairs of
the Order in geni•ral.. your Courts will not.
give him,as much tittl'e and ,opportunity us
he Outrlit, to have to rgulate our pelitical.
matters - , tn.vien prospects next. winter
fOr the Senate: Bess des this, if , lie should
hold Court from now till next 'October, .he
would no more than bring the busittess'of.the .
county up to where he found it when he took
ti; Bench , so badly Ita'sit rani behind in coa
s:equence of na to. the affairs or his I
ofu e e. Let, us have the extra - Conits,—Biat 1
the extra amount of i•tump speeches and
intrigues. ,'• •
'New-York Town Itleetiogou
ROchester Dem ocrat of
'the 6th says, of the res - Alt on .Bititi.rvisors:
Whigs 15, - Iwo; 1.1 %, Anti-Kuow Nothings
20. Elected on Know Nothing ticket
This result Andly disapridints the Ilindoos of,
the city, ,whoi,hoasted and they Would• sweep
the county. ;• ••
Smi.vrooA Co.—A Tc - m . ra ft e -Board of
Supervisors has been elected.
COATLAND' Co.—The :"result of , the Town
Meetings shows that the. Stipervis' ors stand 6
Whigs and 6 Democrats, with two towns to
hear from. The Know Nothings claim si!ven
of these as their choire. , Homer, that strong
temperance town! through. the vote of the
hies elected a ruin Supervisor. Curt
land' has gone temperance. Ilindooism is one
of the finest humbugs of the day; and has, for
the time being, pulledllie eVotil'over the eyes
of More honest men thin anything else could . .
-But this must all pass away. The sophistry
is so thin 'that covers
. the real design, that it
wi:l soon develop its freal:character.
The Sutiervisora sit,ani. as fir -ns heard
fro m , as follows : Little FM rfield, -Man
beim, Danube, iltirkimer ; Ohio, A..Ahei;l;
German Flatts, B. Carver. All
Nothing except the last town, Where a Hun
ker. ninth.° has been chosen.
• MAutiox Nothing .ehos
en in Cazenovia, Fenner and Nelson. 411 an
ti-IlimiOos-as.far as heard from.
IN'foxiso Co.—According to old party di;
vihions the'Boarti of Stipervisorst consist 44 of
eight Whip; and eiglit . l)eintx:rats s icii 10 day
light Americans anti midnight limdoos.
I)l:t.a.wittE Co.—Whig4 7, .11a rds and. Softs:
•
OotuitatA. Co.----The Whigs have 12, and
the Donee' rats 8 SuperViSors. In :Input, a
strong Locofoeo town, the'Levolovo was bad-
Iv I,eaten because- he Was' a Klulw-Nothing.
- flillsdule elects a WWI; for the. first tittle
since .182.8, The Know Nothings carried
twO towns by uniting with tile Demoarats,
null one by the aid of the Whigs. . ...- • ,
ScurvAN Co.—The liiridoos are reported
to Hulce carried the counts.. ' • .'-
• OT. LAWRENCE CO.—Tfie Republican gives
a list of the SuPervisors . elected at the late
to •n meetings in that county. - It foots 111‘
precisely as it did last year-15 DiamNatti
anil 13 Whigs—all anti-Anti Knott Sollt
itigA. • , . ,
I:ArrAusuovs Co.—ln this county. which
i•
went strongly Wilde° at the last election; 13
out of the 31 a
SUpervisot44.tireanti.Know No
thing. -"It is noticeabie fa ct . ; that all the
Himloos are eltteted by tte skin of their teeth
while theanties :tire all •Itoftn by large and
r‘ivetable majOrities. tight is breaking, in
; -
old Cattaraugus; . . .
. . .
ONEIDA Co.-4-ReturnS from all-the towns .
show the Board of Supervisors to stand Whigs
10; Demotratslo. •
ALnAsy Co: .The Hintioris were routed in
the West Troy village" election. The kr‘oe•
was made . ‘distinct.- Martin Vitbeek, anti ,
ilii:doo, was eleeted by . 150 'majority. The
Trustees are of the same stripe:. Ar jubilee
followed' in . the evening. ' • • i
ERIE Co.--Tlia chewing up" of the tlin
doos was more effectual than at fintt announ
ced. So far as heard from. 19 atiti-Know Nr4
thing Supervisors to 3 Hindoos. Tha towns
carried by ihe latter are Collins, Cheektowa
ga and Hainbarg—lone monuments of
.I.lar
kerisro in a -county wboee entire delegation
enst,tl.44:ir rotes against GOY., Seward's melee;
tion.tothe United State Senate.
. .
• ItisaimAitt Co;--=In 14 towns the_De
erats hive 5 ;n. Whigs ;1; K.N. Democrat 2 ;
K. IC::lWhigs, -2. Stellhentown. -Ar D.
Platt . ill elected ttitervisor by 63 .majetity, in
opposition Oil:. A. I..irOwn t I.temo u rsa r :and K.
year itiown• Was eiect,.4l 4.40 ilia-
The petiplc of 'Rensselaer, Co. have
•tieetmiie utterly disgusted with the inquisiito
rial prix:cedings ofilindociisn). .
' - • ' '.l.l.tairtsnetto, `Mare h 5. 1555.
Dear. Demoaat--You will no doubt ere
this have discovered that Cameron is getting
hititself into. trouble by his late avcitval of
•6 Free Soil princiir*" It has !wig been
known in theft regioris that he entertained
l it
these senements,,but he did not like to let
his "light pine" lest he might scare some of
the "old liners 4 from biirsupport. He "is. an
" old fox," and has a isle way of "
,covering
9 his track's':' As thC Legislature will irroli- -- '
ably adjourn to meet Co the Ist Tuesday Of
Ip. - -
ctorrer next, to carruut the views of those
.voting for it in Convention on the 27th dila
-vote iticludor. the . "bolters" who ought cer..
Nainly to
, be gratified, for they •hav'e done
their country a lasting benefit. by, breaking - ,
up an organized conspiracy ageinst the rightir .
of conscience. The strife wilt be . between
Cameron and Buckalev!, for the "Judge" may
be considered - as:laid on the shelf. Ilia anti-
Pe insvlvania' principles upo n the tariif while
to liingress;•condelunS , him lid.* all the mart- ;
trfai7turiug districts, which are generally- rep
resented by protectionists.. . .
. .
There new seen:mph:a a dispositiOrt . Oa tie ,
part of
. the.KMorwiNoOlings Co shake off. the
bolters, coosid irlug ti ta as dm politica4
froth of, the-pa ty. To hom .will they go i
4 i
Pi0:114 to the old tilt . e Whigs—let - them
ilave'..ttieni:', Where i •Latitrop t m Poor fel
howl. - ':lc - .- . • . I . '•• ' ' .. . -
.
Senator Seward oat *eerie . t Societies. ...
l i , his gre4t spee c h in the Senate-a few
-days since, on the bill to protect U.S. officers ".
in the performance ortheir duty. Mr. SeW
ard thiisinci&ntallv give his oath ion of se- .
I
cret societies: ' 1 - 1
I understand the Know Nothings to be 'a
: secret Noe iei j , or order, ~ c onsiSting of two - or
three gravies; colleagiied and mutually" sworn :
to ele c t individuals of their own 'Order,. or at
least person S i»ai il taipiiig the principles whit*
that Order entertains, {to all offices of -trust
and profit in thenited States:: Those . prin- -
cii,les I understan d to be, in general, the same.
.which; below the organization Of,the Know
Nothings, passed under the name of NatiVe
Americanism. I. Sir, , have - no _connection
with that Order. lam under no resporisib
andil
itv for its doings, I have..-not the least •
sympathy with its principles pr sentiments.' .
Ilbelong to one voluntary Association of-,
men, which has.to do with spiritual affairs. ,
It is the Christian Church-, , -that branch of it
all imperfeet, though I think itlfi, Which; ac
cording- to my, notions, most nearly retains, "
in theirpurity," the instructions of the Gospel.
.That ASsoCiation- is an Open one, . which per
forins " all its4ites, and gives nll Its inStrucfions .
-with publicity, and- iiivites..e!ve an, in the,
language of its Divine . Founder, to' -come in
and partake of the privikg4.With which - Ile
invested it and of the : blessings whiCh Ile ,
pr'otnises. - - ` • •
I '.lgAlong to ; one temporal" seeiety of men,
and that is the political party', Which fully ,
and most trury, although,-I confeas,.asin the
other Case, very inadequately, maintains the . -
principles of . the Declaration of Indeperidnace
and of the Constitution Of the United States.
This Association also of which I have fast:
spOken, is att r open one. All .its trimiactions.
• are conductM in the broad day=light, and. it.:
incites all citizens, and all men who become
subjects of the power of this Government; of'
whatever clime or race they may be, to enter
into its ranks, to participate , in its labors,and
to cooperate in maintaining good government
and.advancing the clause of !nman Nature.
.These two Associations; the one spiritual and
the other temporal, are the ° only voluntary
Associations to which I now belong or - ever
have belonged • since I become a man ; and,
unlessj am bereft of reason, they are -the on
lv associations of.men to which I shall ever
suffer myself to belOng. , .
..-
Seciet.societi6- , , sir! Before I would place- -
mv. right hand between the hands of other.
men, tit a secret Lodge. Order , ci .4, or Coun
cil, and bending - my Knee befor e hem, - en
ter into-combination with them fo r - ny object,
personal or political, good: Or •ba , - 1 would
a
pray to God that. that hand and hat_ knee.,
might he paralyied, and. that I mig, it, become •
an objeia of the pity and ern ot.4e mocke
ry of my fellow-men. • • -• '
' Swear, Sir'.--I as man, an'Ameritiafieitiien,"
a Christian—swear to -submit niy4lf to the
guidance and . diiection of othei men, iurren
derinii tnv Own judgentetit to their juidgetned ts,, '
zt )
and my o wn conscience to.their *ping i
No, neiSir.. I know quite well the; fallibility.
of mylewn judgement, and 'my liability to felt
into erior and temptation : But ,tnilife has
been stin t in breakiii! , the _ bonds of the: sla
very of 'pther. men. ftherefOre. Imo* tOciwell ,
the da*er, of confiding power to ii-rolionsi
blci hall } ds to make myself a willing s lave
. - . • ...._ _ ___ ,
or tria iiy years,
the. i.ety head
zi the day ! in
deal,
perusal ottlle
ar coin rue uda-
• etings.
own meetings
►ow Nothings,
hem. As far
7Sir • (mt. - that - Mr: Senator Wilson - will' be
able t ifurnish some satisfactory explanation
irr,
of hiscourse in preventing the passage of the.
preli 'nary act for •the admisston•of Oregon
inio t ie Union, As the-faCts Staled; he ap
peiits. to be leagued With the extreme slave
driven to Lpospone the adinisSion: of a Free
State,; until, •a Slave State Can begot Up to bal.
aneelt. Such is Mr. Wilson'a position- ' in the
•
estimation of; Mr: Douglas, -as he - declara , , i in
,
moving to lay the bill on the table; add , On
tit.'i;ly as such a policy May, agree with the
. pdrpose of tho4e who are laboring:to build up
• the Know-Niithings into tt.Nutional Pre-Sla
very party, ice 'apprehend it cannot-satitife the
pe•p l ite of Massachusetts or confer on.Mi.V.ll
son a very enviable reputation.. It is nottoo
much to say that the very weakest . dough
fae., or \ theitnast Unprincipled . renegade 'who
eve!' yet represented that State in Congress,
wiipld not have ksen guilty of such an act:-;-•
SO much the more astonishing and, grieiOus
is it when performed by this Free Soil, Know-
Nothing Senator.=--Tribene. ..--- . :
-.
- .- No one will pretend to deny; that .Massa
..t•
'cilusette. is Free-Soil all
. o:ier—that thi'orp , -
- -
sitiolii - to ;slavery ,there is-general; ant.that no
Man, stafids.theleasepossible
. chance for po
litical
'pliteferment whois - not out and out .
hos
tile to siaVery. liotoriou - -as these facts are;
it, is indeed strangato' fin her reprissented•in
the United StatO. Senate y one who is; to
say the least,fistcy on thi qiieStion. , When
Know-Nothingisip was rst organized, the
-belief-that it waslintended mainly a ts
sstreke
at the . Catholic religion, t e exclusion Jrcan
1
civil office of all these who profesied that re
' ligion, - and the repeal of the present'- natural
iFation laws—the people of 'Massachusetts by
hundreds and 'thousands - *acne - initiated
into - the mysteries - of the acretlproler,leaving
K He that fights and runs away,•
Dlaylii'e to fight muother. day."
Yours, • AN 4DLD Ltsr.n.
t ' Senates Wilson.