VitielaVoutt
vid-f they are, eirtta ty so in
rasped-to otypotitical friends and opponents
in the eanvassallndecl
I remain, gentlemen, with groat - __
your ob't serv,l. I WINFIELD
ilitir4st A tiltilcrat
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3. B. MoOOLLIIII, EDnoßs.
E. B. CHASE
ALVINI D A Y Publblier. ,
Moatrose,TOßlreday, - Mar. 98,1853.
U'On our , first pagi will be -found the
New Postage l g . The Post . Master desires
As to state thatj t hereafter no unpaid letter
will be sent from the office. 4
' or sr
rho News.
The anti-KnOrnotbing Ticket was elected,
in Carbondale on the 16th inst., by .a msjort
ty'of about 204:4
Afire occurred-at Waverly, N. Y., on tbe
18th inst., whiCh consumed fourteen build
ings; Loss $l7 l OOO. Insured, 47,000.
It is runfored !that' Louis Napileon intends
visiting the CriMes, to be PresAd at the tak-
ing of SevastopOL Are the "allies" warrant
ed in counting ipon speedy success, in this
hitherto, fniitlesis campaign_! •
The Emperor NiCholas is deal. We give
in another_column some incidents of his life,
with comments upon his career. .
The Judiciary' Committee Of the N. Y.Leg
isLetive Assembly' have reported a . for
changing the teary Laws. The present rate
of interest-is no proposed to be altered ; but
if in •any case unlawful interest shall be ex
acted, the person „claiming shall recover prin
cipal and interest; and the defendant be enti
tled :to costs: •
Princeton CCllegt3 was dcatroyed by fire
on the•night of khe 10th inst.
Extensive fin* are prevailing . in the woods,
in some po rt ions - of South Caroline, and Geor
gia. Mach damage has been done; the fire
in many instances baying swept over large
plantations, destroying fences, houses and
barns in its progress.
A Bill has been tutroduced in the Legisla
ture, extending the time of the Chatter of the
"Wyalusing Plank Road Company," this
county, for the period of five years.
Also, ong e2qendirig the time given by a
previous Act & E. R. R. Co., to
dispose of their ands in this county.
The K. N's.. Were completely routed at the
election in -Salem, N. J., last week. " Sam's"
backs now turned to his foes everywhere.
It is estimated at Washington that there
will be 300,000 applications for bounty land
under the late act,requiring 32,000,000 acres.
A call has been issued by the State Super
intendent, of Schools, for the county Superin
#endente to Meek at:Harrisburg the 11th of
April next, for general consultation. •
tar We are ;requested to call the Wen-
tion of our readers to the advertisement, in
our columns to-dit, of Ainzsanan H. EVANS
orWashingtonrD. C., who proenies; Lind
Warrants on the most reasonable tOms. Those
Who are entitled to Land Warrants will find
it to their advantage, to entrust their busiuess
with one at the' Capitol, who can attend to
their business there personally.
Fogyism.
BirWutiiaiisracssroiaZ the great Eng
lish Commen...Law Commeßbitor, made for
himself a fay which,till recer.tly,bid fair to be
as enduring as time. His commentaries have
been accepted las the •perfecuion of human
learning in all civilized nations, for more than
one hundred years. But it is now evident
that he was "an old fogy." He could not
write for this age of progress. . For instance,
—Blackstone defines a Court to be "a place
where Justice is Judicial nistered."—
Now we have anew de ition, , hotild have
-to meet the nee! ord of things. Out courts
lusie become places where Justice is simply
politically administered A great improve
meist -has this; age of Know Nothingism
brought about. .
'New Sampshire Election.
The election in New Hampshire last week
resulted in the :election of Metcalf, Whig and
Know-Nothing for Governor, by a small ma
jetty_ over all other candiates.
The free soil' men generally voted with the
Know Nothings, and some little, rejoicing
has been manifested by them over the, result.
It should be noted however that Kittridge
and Morrison, both true Anti-NAraska men,
who voted and,worked against that Bill iii
Conimas, are defeated for re-election. This
shows that the result is nothing more than
a mere Know-Nothing, - proalavery triumph,
—or at least that Know Npthingism carried
the election independent of freedom, and then
only by the aid. of free soil men who surren
dered up their - manliness and principles 'at
the bidding ofjthis secret power. Another
such a frealtil'iictory will-hang free soilism
higher than Haman ever hung.
Important Disclosures
Jug before going to press we had placed
in our possession4ocaments which establish
beyoad cavil the connection of Mr. Wilmot
with the Order. of Know-Nothings. We have
the time, place.and names of some or all the
persons present at the initiation4ind the per-
son irho administered the oath, -and to eon
vince_Mr: Wilmot of the truth of what we
say, we willtineellion the time and Om, not
being it liheity to give the names of the pel-
- arms at present.
The time ,SrustAast Fall when attending
Court at this.Olace, and the place a certain
opper pnoria at Searle's Hotel in this Village.
Thi evidence has come in our , possession
through the Most respectable, .and what we
regard the most reliable source. \ Indeed, we
can see no chance for mistake about It
is important only because denied by his
Mends. for whether •an a c tual ru6mber or not,
he has acted With and encouraged them when.
the leading,fret soil promo and men of the
Union have Won engaged in deadiy opposi
tion to ilrisfai fir theit irtrand further
than this lae4r44)nandiaste, Iii;" the caucus
4 - 114iiii,iitlifirAiatig
-150 fen,bsie now the elifigice ihar
gal membership, and inv4e;hlr.'Wilmot over;
his - ownsignature deny it. If he shill do
may
so, wo thengite / the evidence tc3 the
PO OO . thatePn, Wit!"
t*coluams*osy'poperi p w - tlii -kind
!slings on C O P P I T; "P il l# :11241
diet this iisiir*s cage, !
/ Very liossesit.'
" Whig or "Whiggery"lia but a . nanie and
is of no consequence, when compared' with
the principles which it has heretofore repre
sented ; Names are nothing—Prineipke ev
erything. We' id net :karticularly like the
'name when it was finst'aflopted, and have no,
anch affection for it now as to retain if
the greatyrinciples with which it has bieu_so
gloriously identified, ems: / be better'promoted
'sander sans other." ti '
We clip the above fronllthat
__'vncon3lro
rnising Whig papet, Otooni,e -rigniNuffm•
The paragraph occurs in' an article, in Which
the Editor comments upon' the PrOPolition to
fuse the Whig party into an organization to
be called the RepialiOn party: The hones
ty of the Editor isrefreshing. jße , unlike the
Whigs of this - county, Who' hare already
changed their name to Bepublicans,: ; under
the lesid of the.Know-Nothing Orenifation,
speaks the real,objects of the party 'in' doing
so, with no attempt at dissimulation arid
fraud. The name nu)! be changed in, order
~ to carry out mottcertainlY lthe great )princi
ples of the old Whig partyi says the extract,
and we wish Democrats who have notflini
ty with those principles as few indeed have
in this county, to reflect well upon thiaY state
meat. This ißepeiblican party, is no more
nor less than an attempt to place the old
Whig party in pesirr. It has becomitidiOns
under the name of IWhig,iti principles in
that guise have become well landerstOod by
the people, and been relucliated in !All its
open contests . Now, d Pairing of success,
they must adopt a new nn thereby hoping
to deceive the people into a support of their
principles. This is thetrik, fully exposed
in the above extract, but which everybody
who recollects the history i r Of the Whig party
since the days of old JobW;Adams, was Pre
pared to anticipate. Thit is not the first
time such tricks have been iiesotted to by the
leaders of the Whig part ; and -IDemocrats
should not now be deceivep by their Preten
se& They shOuld nOver 4 - trusted, no mat
ter what they pretera. Llke,Ogle's fox, dip
. them nine times and tlity will come out
Whigs at last.
.We'do not believe that ma
ny can be found WhO wall place 'any' confi
dence in men who are constantly changing
toobtaii no princi
ple. They
*III ~1• 1 „111y sp. ;a.
On the outside ef eur'paper may be found
an article headed ' Itolitical Clergymen," ta
ken from the Cumberland Presbyterian,. with
the comments of the Waynesburg Messenger,
to which - we earnestly invite the attention of
our readers, and eiPecialli; those whd are in
Membership :with the Cllqistia'a hurch.—
Coming as the artscle does froM a religious
paper of characterredited by able and pions
men, it should commana rest;e ct and influ
ence.
; ;
. ,
We hare often thoug ht that Protestant de
nominations had much to lo;ae by this politi
cal war that is being waged against al relig
ious sect; and we have aPpealed to - them to
rise - laud condemn the course which is' i being
pursued by artful politicians, which . must
eventuate in bringing the' spored , character
of religion into . c;ftite,rnpt, ;by 'associating it
14 all the vile chiCetner3.!ofix?litical abases.
We are glad to see that is, portion of the re-
ligious press hae 'taken tho subject ip, and
that they take the rightvi l 4w of the queitien.
Nothing can plainer, titan that this
whole. Know-not 'ing pare, is led on by men
who care not one fig for CUtholicism or any
other religion. lit is an attenipt. by
,unprinci-'
pled and un-Godly men, , toe' make political
capital by appealing to the religious prefer
ences and prejullices.of one claas,of the Chris
tiaiivrorld. They care I not 'for the' conse
quences-Which their mad Career may entail
upon the Christian Church. They only de-,
sire to use the church, and the convictions of
1 - i
its members, to, raise themselves on the polit-,
ical ladder. That this is:i / rue we ihave abun
dant evidence in i on e own couaty. il Our read
ers will well remenber, how these same po
litical !mien inHontrose, and Ithersaine piess,
whickmow stands at the head ff the K. Noth
ing organization; and who are
/i now endeavor
ing to inflame the popular / mindugairist the
Catholics, only three yeas" ago actopta Hon.
John Boylefor their candidate foi Judge, for
no other reason plader T t ieien but, to secure
the Catholic v,, , i.el to their ticket. ,: - ,4 Then they
I were crying out , lustily again.et otiose .of the
Catholics, and against proscribing men on ac
count of - their: religion. Thai; they were
rearly, almostto lay down their !fres for the
great cause of religions fro:tedclin! i' rut a day
has come when they think they can make
political capital , by beoming fbelpe zseputota
of these same Catboli for whom they pro
i
fessed such disinterest afrection three years
ago; and, in the tWi . ing of an eye / they
have changed and pow appear on the 'stage
as the leaders of a reel and unrelenting per
, secntion against them. i This exactly alas
-1 traces the charaFter of the men. ' Political
honesty is not fduld in their dicti l oary.—
They' would' just as soon, and Will, 'torn
against any other denomination of Christiana
when an opportunity may occur to #id their
political fortunes thereby., 6 I ,
We have strong eridenC4 tha t Protes iin t
Churches are waking to'the importance Of
this subject, so vitally oorierning their well
being and' prosperity:, Tliey begin to see,
tbat'when they
. termik, thOir : religion to be
drawn into poli tics, ii. will be a sad day for
the Church itself, an& for tha prosperity of
true piety in the world. I, They, begin t o see
. 1 I
dog they =ma ponVert l meni from error by
Pow ution, and by retire. civil penalties
upon them on amount; of their religions be
lief. They begin to see diet and is not the 1
doctrine. of the '§eriptures, :nor , the .spirit
of the. Gospel of Peace.. They begli, to-see
that they hive- the deepest i interest in this
preservation of those Oat prinelples cif relig
ions toleration which
*s r. 011aT
_ 4 4 : to 'fir . -
0 7 man, and ettlyeset in - th e fogs - Won of
this Republic; foil wirm Arose M
' - prinorpki Are
1' I '
on e violated, no one sect his any guarantee
lest the overpowering itdhlerlde!f one .
sti I stronger, Of of all others cocaina:ff. They
b in toffee that it will. pot do' for grotost
grati, rah° hate always declaimed most , , loud
agaisit the pousecn4ons of itome,!' to set
first ozatopla`of pariecution-in ttqa coun
t:7 thelinadves. And as the novelty of the
upocrusade wears away, and. they4eflect
n these things more soberly, we ark con
vinced that they will ad as well as siealc,—
thnt they will say to these unprincipl4d men
their Master said to one of old, " Get thee
Ps.ind me Satan." Thou shah not come
r to despMl the fair vestments of ottr holy
• 1 gion, in your, unscrupulous pursuit after
lice! power! When the Chinch shall say
his, she will give the. highest evidenei of her
verity, as well as of her divine origin.
Geo. Law and the Presidenpy.
1 • moug the ma ny' curious and 'aiuusing
. up transacted by the mysterious Oder of
1 ,
' . ow-Nothings, is a letter addressed to Geo.
w by' the IC. N. members of our Stile Leg-
tare, asking him to accept the nomination
of their party, for the Presidency in '5O. The
le ter is signed by Mr. STRONO, Speaker of
th- Pennsylvania House - Of Representatives,
inicompany whit a number of Senatara, and
the. leading,infit4ential K. N. thembentof the
1)(14 _oier which Mr Strong presides.! It is
.
not so easy t, fathom the motives; or these
itt'ev, in addressinglif!. Law, as it ik I,lc. see
;
the absurdity oftheir conduct, theiii;entire
disregard of priicipfes and the fatal iconse
t
qttences, that would attend, the triuMpli of
this party in the next Presidential eanipaign.
, .
The letter to which we refer is impertitnt;as
it triumphantly illuitmtes the truth lof the
charge made against,Know-NothingisM, that
its aim is power, and that it would willingly
p rchase, thedesired object at the expense of,
i'nciples, anil the ruin of the country!.
It has been _a :corm:non - notion with the
erican peOple, and one not entirel# desti
t to of good sense, that the min who' aspires
;
to; the highest place, within the gift of rree
raen, should be partially familiar, a,t least,
with the nature and theory of our dor4cratic
gdvernment, and' possessed of some legislative
.
eXpe i rience. • The doors, to the highest of fi ce
inl this country, cannot be opened to i
. men,
who are holly incapacitated by nature and
eZperienee to creditably. discharge thee l iduties
. tr.. .
o a more menial station,. without b rin gi ng
government into disrepute, and defiling a
fa I blow to its character and standing, in
,
tlie eyes of surrounding nations. It 4 is not
every man who is successful in his *slams
transactions, that can make a respects
l fig-
Tist in th councils of a great nation. t f ; Quai
cations of a high order are necessary to
/ se
form the rfect statesman—such qualities as
do not ezist in s tlte mere speculator. t3eorge
Law, mall quite recently, has . been referred
I to, only as a shrewd and succes4ul tipsiness
otan r7 one who has acquired a large proper
ti by'virtue of his superior tact and inown
i
pre-eminence as a speculator. • Ills energies
h'ave been principally enlisted in seeuring
large and profitable gove r meat jdhs--in
managing and 'directing exTravtigant+Tettles
of speculation, and we presume that !Intl' a
lite period, he had never dreamed of i.erving
Ins country . in-the capacity of chief ;inagis
tate; The min has been hitherto; happily
unconscious of his ability to . become I.states
an=purely ignorant of his merits, Ind ca
city to direct the affairs of his country in
al / Si4„.atatesmanlike, and successfolirt anner.
ut this progressive age with its sect* NM , '
iorganization, has recognized in Mr. Law
. 1 3,1
qualifica.tions requisite, for the high posi
bon, and henceforth be is ta be jostled in-the
t ' .
qrowd of presidential aspirants, wh? like him
Mare become suddenly conscious of their
aims upon this, too, long ungrateful illation.
; . ,
.e only move of political importance, which
e hive ever known i!Jr. Law to Make, is
, uite recent, and is well calculatedto": attach
him, to The Know-Nothings. We refer tohis
gratuitous offer, to send the Grapeshotinput
iinie of the Isabella Jewett with a view: to cap
urri,Lewis Baker the murderer of Bill ( Poole.
Ponih was a member, and one of the
,:," early
fathers" of themysterious,midnight %gather
.,:
i;gs, so that due respect, must be paid / to his
i
emory and active efforts made to capture
his murderer. ' fl
Mr. Law understands how to mar•rage, -to
sec u re increased favor from the order, i and',
order, and',
hind its members to him and his newly awak
aed ambition more firmly. 5,
1 We - suppose Pennsyliania is comnikted to
lidr.law, by the edict of Know-Notfiingiem,
l nd we would be obliged to our IL MI; neigh
:, over the way, if it will define Mr. Law's
rsilion upon the free 'soil questiO, in its
next issue. If he is' to be the candid te of
'our party, neighbor, you, had fiettert define
pis position at once, as the outsiderron Nor
hem Pennsylvania, feel an interes t Vr in the
inestion of freedrim. - • '-('-
Death of the Emp eror IfieltOlait.
-The steamship ',Uric*
. arrired at *ifs:
n the 'l3th inst.; with dates from Liyerpool
March 3d. The news, says the .Tribane,
s important, the chief item of inter** being
ie death of tbo Einperor of 4uasiiti which
ook place on the 20z1 inst., and h i pq been of
cially announced is tit l e English*aliament,
iirevious to, the sailing of the Africsi.l.Nicho
las ascended the throne, on the decease of his
rother Alexander, Tice. lit, 1825, 4d from
t time to Hsieh 2d, 1855, a periOd of 29
eart`and three months, controlled tbo desti
nies of the Empire in a despotic and irnaster
ly manner. He was born the 7th of July,
1796 and was consequently in his4oth year ,
at the time , of his decease,. He waS pnarried
in July, 1817, to Charlotte, eldegit l ':diughter
of Bing F re derick William of Fin Has, who
1 ./as then in the 19th year of her ills. His
lion Alesaider encore& to, the threne f and
s in bin; 87th year. •He is said Ito bare
i
[been admitted to the confidence of!th , de-
ceased Czar at an an early age, and lb bite
trained la kn o wledge of the duties vi d re
sponsibilities belonging to the poiltion;in
whic. .11 his ifather's death bas Aced itina. -He
coins to the threne „fully ecmasiowil of. the
nititar and character 4%4 aitaatior and ft
rePremen* _ i-af 90 1 4.10.4 1 .4 . lari!itYllo "oi7o:
al* theliffthi'of - thettnerg Ida( !gin,'
and firm: 0c - • I
In view 'of the peen - t European difflcuties;
the i death of Nichc4as may beLregardedi as
an event of i nterest an importance. Called
into eternity, 4st tim when
.:the ttittiona t of
the civilised world.* anxiously watching
his army movement, and naleitinting its poh
able Ant, open thestruggle in which Ith 1
energies of his Empire ; ere enplisted ; olcul
eying in that struggle la position of donli t tfu
propriety and wisdom land known to El o
imperious and unyielding characte the ef,
feet of his death upo the policy, he had;
marked out for his E mpire, is a matter of
anxious inquiry. Had be passed from 'the
stage in a time of peace, his sudden decease,
wont& have produced' very little comment,
and his successor might have ascended 1 the
threne without subjecting his character' for
ability, tact and energy to ptibli t ? oriticisfni
The world would have paid no tribute of tot
spect to the memory of the man, who ten
hisparbarous hordes to crush a people, • gal
lantly battling for their rights amid the his
and valleys of oppressed Plungary—hum l iinil
ty and liberty would have rejoiced in Else; fall
of their Mightiest enemy and the " toilin
mi:lions” of Monarchial Europe breathed free
with the knowledge that the gteat 4mbodi
meat of despotism was no more. ,
13ut the position of Russia and tier presen
relations to, Western' Europe cemmandlth
attention of nations, and the
,sudden dep t art
ure of the leading spirit o(that vast EmPir
to another - world, is an event, which may be
productive of important results—results prov i ,
ing beneficial to the great cause of humanitY l ,
, and tending toward the speedy -establishnient
1
of peace and quiet, npon the c ont inent. 1
In democratic ' governments, where ; the
1 chief magistrate is' supposed to represent tli
opinion of the nation correctly, and to faith
fully execute its will, 114, sudden death is not
*likely to produce any - 14aterial change in its
policy; but in -despotis i ms, where the Will of
the monarch is the law tof the Empire a like
eve , i s I
event, often productive of a complete revo
lution in the management of national affai.
Nicholas is known to have labored hard,ivit i
pcia view to concentrate as much power as ' 1
sible in his own bands, to make , the Czar; de
facto, the nation, his will, the supremo ;law ,
of the land. Reversing the policy of his im
mediate predecessor, whose aim it was to, ee
-1 lighten the people as a means of .making
1 them prosperous and happy, he 'applied him
! self to the despotic task of re-establishing
that sysfetn of military' discipii4 and implie
' it obedience, requited by the early Czars; as
the, safest foundation of a throne, and the',sur
, est method of preparing the nation to wear
its chains in quiet,, submission. If the "war
in 'whieb Russia is at present engaged, ; hits
the sympathy of the higher classes, and its
flames fed by the zeal of the lower or4rs,
we need apprehend no change in the policy
I ,
pursued by Nicholas. Such we believe to be
the true state of the case, and it is even said
thet the nobles by whom Nicholas waslsur
ronnded were less inclined to the adoptiOn of
a pacific policy than be:, Alexander If; the
successor of Nieholis, was at the head oc the
Imperial forces l'it Poland,lat the time of his
father's decease,''and is believed to have been
favorable to the views allil plans of the (zar,
in relation to the war. It bas been reported,
it;ls true, that the present 'Emperor was ilicy
tile to his father's war policy, but the rePorts
have never been confirmed, and are in all
probability unfOunded. Whit' will he the
i
effect of the Emperor's death,lupon, the Sear,
and the course of Prussia in rislaticin to it,' is
of course, matter of speculation.- -- The proba
bilities are, however,. that the' Prussian king
.
will not desert his nephew, the new rosperor.
England and France need not argue the ii,Pee
dv establishment of peace, from the death! of
Nicholas, for there is no reasonable gr.fkiind
to expect and! an event. The war will !con
tinue to be prosecuted with vigor on thel part
of the Emperor, and the allies must exhibit
more 4111 and - activity, before indulging,
even a faint prospect of success. 1
A Plain Talk.
From: every part of the county; we' are con
stantly hearing cheering news, in rep+ to
the prospect o( the Democratic party in ;the
future, and words of approval and encourage
ment with respect to the course of our Paper;
especially in unfolding and denouncing the
new dogmas and new system of political tae=
tics or engineering, which is now so indistri
ously promulgated throUghout. the con t rary,
with all the zeal of its recent converts) and
all the eagerness of its axe-grinding leaders;
under the'beatitiful and appropriate ratline of
Know-Nothingism. There are a few Demo
crais, however, who, under the inlluence of a
'strange infatuation, seem to think that there
is no way to' manifest, their devotion to i t'ree-
Soil principles, but by following, with be
coming humility, and obeying implicitly the
dictates of a man who but seeks - to Make
them his etepping stones to power—a :otti
rnodity_, to be bartered in the market kir his
own preferment and self intereit. Such
are tremblinglrsensitive, at the freCdom
with which' we dismal the conduit , of bfr.
Wilmot.'. : _ We hive been once or twice ad
monished by,_theso whe wereDemocnsts 't that
we had' better let Mr. - Wilmotilone ; 1 that
opposition to him will do a great deal toa-ards
t anking a- permanent; breach in the -party,
ito." ,
Now we claim to advocate Demoerotic
principles, and men for high and influential
stations who are the representatives of those
principles. Measures not Men, has beenla fa- .
vorite maxim withl men in this Country; but
we adopt that of Measures and Men. keess
uses which we believe for the good Of the
nation, and stera, for official position; who are
qualified and worthy,- and who by theit acts
as well- as their professions, prove their at
tachment to those measures. - No settled •
'course of policy can be carried out rn the
`government of • this country, without in or-
Igaxdsation of the metrfavoralge to sn4 poli
10y, into a pentument party, aufficieltily litzong
Ito carry the. elections. By such merit, the
;administration of the q•ene:ral Government
has been heretofore - maid,' controlled and
'directed - into those ciumnels which the De
mocracy of,the cc6ntsy desired.. ThAtLtheae
.
measerelifor which w* edbtettded, and
_hick
we succeeded in engrifting into the-
tion of the country were wise and judicious;
is ilently conceeded by our opponents even;
in ceasing to oppose them; - , until the want of
disOnctive hones,:eas the very thing which ,
was fast destroying the strength of our party.'
When there was to longer any thing to aon
teed over, but part/ names and„tie spoils of
office,it became a matter,of small consequence,
to, the mass of the . ple, which succeeded
rliatraetions, jenlo sies, opposing . schemes,
r
and Conflicting int rests of a selfish and per
isonal nature, add to the just indignation in- 1
cursed at the N i i rtb, this ndministra;
Lion in the passage of the Nebraska bill, wore t)
undermining its oundation, and scattering
in confusion its com ponent elements.
Without some great principle on which tiii
unite, discord and lissension were inevitable.
After gathering 4 mighty energies _ in the
late national clay and routing the enemy
iii, almost every S to of the Union, the Demo
cratic party was fast sinking by its own
weight into the sa e grave where it had bur;
ried its antagonis
We confess tha for a time, our own Conj.'
fidence in a recovery ' from an overwhelthing
defeat in Pennsylliania last fall, looked only
to a somewhat disi.ant future.
The slavery ciestion is one upon which
.men in the same arty hare always differed,
ti ,
and in regard to h ick the platforms of both
the old parties hale been essentially the same,
A majority of N hern men are opposed to
the further entensi e of slavery over territory
now free from its lighting, _withering curse,
or to its being suitionalized by the action of
Congress; but th - e is a
,great diversity of
opinion as to the m eans to be employed, and
the extent to. wh 01 that opposition should
be carried. Sum would have the,Missouri
red; others would apply it,
and adroit uo more slave
Compromise rest,
to all the territor
would lear it to the'
when they fo4n State can!:
States; others, a
people themselvt.
e. That, slayers' is a great
political evil, all good meg
stitutions to deci,
moral wrong and,
many at the South agree
such by those of the fratn!
at the North and
It was deplored
ment who Were themseivei
ors of our gover
participators in
Lxisted then, under the sov6.
States;—it exists now, un r
ority. It was essential to
that a Union should, be
ent of, and without inter
domestic institution then,
tial to the happiness and
holethat that Union be
in,
so long as it can be done
asacrifice and without die.
But it already
reign power of th
der the same au
the welfare of a
fortnetl, indepen
fering with, this I
and Ms now esse
prosperity of the
preserved unbrok
without too gre:4
honor.
n common with the grettt
; of-the county, we'were op,
For Ourselves,
mass of Democra
posed to the Neal
opposed to the f
We shall do
great party to .
platform. But
raska bill, and we are no*
rther extension of. 'slaveri i .
l 'bat wo can to bring the
bich w•e belong upon tblis
• has arisen to oppose 'our
e, whichii our estimation,
portance every other which
public mind; an organiza-
Uger, even if its principle
!its secret character.. On
on us, a, new fo
progresi—an iss
overshadows in i
now agitates the
tion, big with d.
were right, fro
e, the Democratic. part;,
been in-favor of religion's
1
, • ..- • to restricting the oleo
e to its instinct's, its profes s :
history can be, and is unit
ats reflect upon the conse
&ass of Know-Nothingsm
I, efore they desert their old
plow Mr. Wilmot into the
t , blie,an or American party.
this new doctri I
which has alway l
freedom, and opt,
tive franchise; tr
signs, and its - pas
ed. Lot Democ
quences of the
in this country,
standard and- f
rants of the Rev
The Democratic .arty is now, more than ever
before, the hope of, the country, for she has
taken that side this question, which Jus
tice, Humanity, Christianity, and .Republi
canism dictates. To her alonecan we look
for a successful ppposition to the, monstrous
wrong sought toi be inflicted. upon a nuttier
pus portion of mir fellow citizens.
Let no one, tl
tion. Whoere
Aien, misunderstand our posi
may think 'the Free-Soil
question every tilting and - the Kilow-pothing
issue of no co 1 quene.e, we think the latter,
at tlii time, yrh n such desperate efforts are
IL i
being lnvade to asten so damnable a policy
upon the count y, more imolient than any
other; and whil we - shall do all we can for
the, promotion o Free-Soil principles, we shall
f
oppote . Bnow-l)othingistn with all our pow
ers. ' T hese are pur principles, and stand or
fall, wjhoever mpyr_helge up the way, David
Wilmot and Sipson Cameron, not excepted, l / 4 r
we dare and shall maintain them. There is
no sympathy and can be no compromises be
tween Democracy and this new-fangld
"Ansericanism.'t The two principles are as
antagonistic as, fire and water; and on this
question, as wehave said, the party is united.
With regaidl to making a war upon David
Wilmot, then, e simply deny:thoiallegation.
He ,is making war upon . the Democratic
party: and .Detpocratic principles, and if in
defending there, from his attacks, we have
spoken freely of . him, we have done no more
than his apostay deserves. We are nopgo
lug to deny title, Mr. Wilmot is a Free-SOil
man. We rad willing to adinit, what it
'would seem f'om some of his speeches he
claims, that he ' is the original.patantee, sole
inventor, and e elusive proprietor of that doc
trine.
,
But w at position- does he occupy
towards the omocratic party, and where
does he standon the Know-Nothing
ques
tiont . why, i • any faith is to be Pit in his
k
professions and acts, he has already quit ill
connection vrith the party, whirl made him
what he is, - incl leaguing with tie Whigs,
has organized z 'Beiralleass party in opposi
tion to it,--luis turned his back upon those
lithoelevated him from the position of au hum
ble and obscure lawyer in Towanda, to that
of power an , influence, which be now fills;
and as if suddenly seized with most fearful
apprehewienal from Catholics and fp:signers,
be identifies 'muff, with the Know-Noth
ings. or "Ama can party." 4- is not 'roes
saryito prove.that be is u: member of a Know-
I Nothing ' 14 %1
~l)k, is - enough that - he is
working wi them, of which there is an
abundance - proof. :: The Republican piety
sa t
itself, of thin , unty, is nothing more nor less
than the Knciw-Nothing mganirAtksn, in die-
new issue is thrust up'
guise. 01# Representative,". C. .1. Lstirop,
stated while here a, few days since, that they
were onething in Harrisburg. While Demo. ,
cratio statesmen and the Deatocratic pre*
in all, parts of the country are loudly de.
Pouncing it; he is silent. His organ
' in. his
own town is silent or covertly lending its in
Gene°. to its support. His organ here, the
Bepublican;is openly 11Know-Nothing. His
friends in the Legislature from this and the
Bradford district are known members olthe
order. He sought :a nomination for United
States Senator from the caucus of that party.
; Had we time and space we might pint to
many reasons, showing his complicity at least,
if not his complete identity withillem.'
Now what are the Democratic party of
this county and distric!, to do! - Yield .pas
sive obedience to the factions,and dictatorial
course of this man ! •Consent to remain a
-mere plaything in his hands, to be set up or
trampled upon at his , pleasure? Like some
peevish., whining shchool-boy, has been
ever pleading for some new fator, oresacting
new sicrificei, to keep him ontet. The Lion's
share, must be 'ever thrown Ito him, rand a
sweet morsel must be kept constantly in his
throat to , keep him from bawling; until,
grown'tonfident with success and indulgence,
his o v erbearing. conduct, and insolent lan
gone to the party for years; has been, give
me this—do that—or I will crush you! and
has been a matter, of chagrin and mortifica
tion to many prominent:men of the party 7--
particularly in his own 'county—where they
have
_known more of him. When threats
would 'not answer he would resort to his'
power of flattery and cajoling and beseeeh
ing. Thus be has gone on, the patty -bend
ing to his will until it could no lodger do so
without. breaking into pieces and following
him into the camp of the enemy andisthe
lodges of the Know Nothings, and now we'
part company, Who will loose most by the
separation, the party or himself, the future
will tell. 4
We have not desired, nor do -we now, to
make any personal attacks on tilis gentle
man. If in any of the late issues of oiii pa-,
per, we have said some hard things, we have
done so in Self vindication; and if in reply
to his gross, vindictive and unjustifiable 'per
sonal assaults upon us, in •his Whig Know-
Nothing organ of this place, wehave
ated somewhat, iu our own columns, we did
no more &fin was natural and human how
ever 'Christianmeekness and forbearance
inight.diatate a different course.
As a, public man we have the right arid"
shall freely use it, to criticise his public acts.
When he descends, from the dignity of, the
.Bench, to mingle in partizan intrigues i and
strifes, we shall continue to use the iiiame
freedom, incommenting upon such conduct,
as we have done heretofore, and we would,
were be .less - than he is, an ex-Congressman,
a Judge, and an aspirant for the United
States 'Senate. We regret the course Mr.
Wilmot has taken on 'his. own account, as
well, as that of the Judicial District over
which he presides. :net - scales of justice
should be held by impartial and dispassionate°
hands. Her fountains, like,Cmsar's wife, not,
only pure but above suspicion. This can
hardly be expected, -in one who is actively
engaged in -ambitious projects and rancor
' ous contests for political preferment.
We have bad it said fo.us, by a man who
professes to be a warm friend of Mr. Wilmot,
that -it was very imprudent-or foolish in a
member of the Bar, to incur his displeasUre—
that his position was such as to give him
great power to benefit or injure usl • Wfiat . a
commentary on the impropriety of a Judge
becoming a politician! - • !
The Judiciary tan- only exercise its proper
influtn6e over community, when it commands
its confidence and resptet,—when her minis
ters are not only unimpeached but unsuspect
ed. Sensible and well-meaning men, no mat
ter what their political opinionsi dislike to
see their Judges involved in heat6d . political
conflicts.. They may think and il,otnas they
please, • but they - should be excused, from be
ing leaders of a party. Sad, indeed, is that
state of things, when a feeling of distrust and
jealousy provades community in relation 'to
its Courts of Justice. Most sincerly,do'. - we
hope, that Mr. Wilmot, will feel it his duty
to abandon 'one of the • characters sei incom
patible—a politician land nJudge. .
Iniportant Declaration.
In a recent speech Gov. Smith of Virginia
uttered the following sentiment; which shows
conclusively why the South embrac43 Snow-
Nothingisin
"I will never interfere with foreigners now
in the country—but I knoiv . kreigners who
apProve the poliey of arresting.-the imPorta.-
tion of foreigners. The origin of the Knpw-
Nothings is a struggle for bread—cs fright
ful and l angry question at the North: At the
Southit is a political question of high im
portance. The North' has 55 pore Ppresin
tativetthan the South already. The natural
increas of the South is 1-3 greater than that
of the Worth, because there arc greater checks
on poputatibn - there ;. but the artificial element
of foreignism brings 500,000 who vide an
nually in the free - States, with_ instincts
against. Slavery, making 50 Representatives
,in 10 years to swell the opposition to the
South. To stop this enormous disproportion
wiint is our , policy ? What is the frightful
prospect before us? The effect of Snow-
Nothingisin is to turn back , the , tide of immi
gration, and our highest duty to the South is
to discourage immigration. I deprehate it at
a great calamity." : .
In other words, the'Know-Nothing move
ment is the, best defense which the Black
Power.can 'desire, (for it wig arrest the growth
of the North, and make Friedom as weak as
Slavery: Can a slave-driver desire any bet
ter reason for regarding the' new party with
approbation? It turns back the industrious
thousands, with instinct* against Slavery,"
who, would otherwise come to infirease- the
pOpulation bf the free States and render the
contrast between - their prosperity and the
decay of the slwie States still more glaring.
Such, according to Gov. Smith, is the neces
sary tendency of the Order, whilelhe
lion of its , magnates . for . the patriaretusl in
stitution, with its bloodhounds,.harems, and
women whippings,.•!thould enlist under their
banner every slave-driver and every dema
gogue of die South.—Trifrane.,
f. From-Harrisburg.
We: eve Teceived Mr. Bucam.aw's speech - i,_
on the proposed Amendments - 1 . 0 the Consti
tution which, we shall try to find room for
next week. L
An
attempt bns been in. the Senate
to - pais Reioltition to make another efiCit
to elect U. S. Senator. After some discus-
sion,it j was postponed.
.. •
a'recent debate in the House, we -notice
that Speaker Strong left the Chair and gave .
utterance to some very plain truths.. He cot-
roborates what we said of a Legistature
last week. Wo eitract the followittg pare_
graph from his remarks.
"He recollected this Was promised tobe a
- reform! 1,1;151*U:re; but be feared it would
not
_be. He had heard,in his legislatiTeetpe
rience,. of other Legislature „haSing spent
their time in Creating such ' . excitements: but .
.when the election came round :none were lett
to tell the tale. And it will be
less attention was paid to the public business.
Two months of - the lessiOn bad plumed, and •
but one public bill had become a: law. -The
public business had beetkonegleapprhilo:the
Legillature were getting up investigations of
bribery and speculation, and alliriug the•law
of evidence. -The people wilt 411 the ciao- -
hers to an accoUnt, if time' was . leiter
spent, and less squandered on uselessobjebts.* -
We ask the people who were deceived' itt-•
to the suppprt.of this Kpow liothingldatit
tstration, to read she above deslarationii-of
Speaker Strong., Certainly, he, the embod
iment of the Order, an& presiding \ officer of
the House twould not aJeuse •his own vartY
Wrongfully. I - •
The electiomef which Mr. Strong ape*
will conic off next. October. believe With
him, that there will be 'few left i to tell the
tale then. The people have it theif
hands, and We do not believe they rill be
I
twice deceived. 1 If
Gov. Pollock and the; K. Wal,
The Know Nothings of 'Fraiikl . in aotiaty
have iasued•a bull of excommuniOttpnitgaina
Gov. Pollock. The anathema mammal's
has been hurled at him: The organ ;of the
la tscii
order there—the Chambgrsburg 'Tr pt
—deals largelyin denunciation, fro, r which
we extract a brief sample :
"Gov.. Pollock has entirely lost our respect
to say nothing of confidence. It was irregu
lar an it anti-American'to Matte appointments
nonce._ ing which he afterwards was maid ,
tated to enter the plea that he had , Supposed
certain individuals to be in connection with
tie Ainerican Order. It was superbly silly
and ridiculous to make anotherappeintnseitt,
and ague in its favor the competency of but
a single individual, to 'fill such a plaCe.....k,
an' instance in which a self-confident afsd . sew
ish disposition ha.; hung , millstones around
the neck .of its stultified - *kiln, sinking hiss
at once into the sea of nothingness end con.sl
tempt. Honest and true Americans who ere '
beginning to understand the duplieitg of Goy.
Po llock,are repudiatiizg him by "hundreds,
thus hurling back the accusation 1 that casts
reflection upon the consistency of their party,"
We commend the above extracts, from one
of the presses of Gov. Pollock's own party, to'
the consideration of the public. How conso
ling it must be to those . who 'aimed a death,
blow at grov. Bigler, to reflect that they aid
ed to elect a man in his stead who has even
" sunk into the sea of nothingness and, eon
.
tempt" with his own party. GOvetior! -Poi
i locksAdrninistrationtidsfair to benotne more
odious than old Joe Ritners. The Lancaster
'Examiner, a Whig paper, says : . 1
"It is a situation Without preeedent,intbe
history of this S te, for the administration to
be without an or an that dares to advocate
its policy and i llend its course, but,suih
seems to be the ease at present." !
Who would have thought two maths no.
When Govenor Pollock took the oath of office
and proceed?d to address the Ghosts of intol
erance and "the bloody snows of Valley Forge"-
in a thing called the inaugural of &statesman,
that at this time be Would be sunk it* low,
that not a respectable paper could.be found,
to advocate,the polidy of his Administration -
and defend its tourse,t 33tit so it
Mr. iWlLnat ' s Letter.
According f,o a statement made by Mr.
Wilmot in the Whig -paper of-Susquehanna
county of theist inst., it appears that the
letter which we -published in the Eagle two
weeks ago,there was, an omission of a few
words, which the-Judge thinks was-done in-•
tentionally by the editor- of the °Woe
Derizocrat. We therefore hasten to ake the
correction in the columns the gle, -list
'wishing, on our part, to have e J ge mis
represented in the slightest The
e i
"letter" is therefore Subjoined corrected end
revised by Mr. Wilmot himself. -The maims
as first published made the Judge Say that
he prefered Mr. Cameron over all his- tivak
naming them, - Buctraiian, Dawionohic..,land
those rivals named, every man knows:tidos'',
to " the old line. Democracy," ashe teruatit.
We therefore cannbr see that the darkttta
words made- any 1 inateyial, importance; or
make any other sense or meaning . to the • lat.:
teras originally published.- 7 nosier: galle.
11Indcsoissu Disowned.
dirrespondence of the N. V. Tribune
MituEssuni, Tioga Co , Pa 4" Mitch 8,1855.
We bad a council of Hindoos in our town
and, on 'Saturday eveniig, "we met 'for the .=
purpose of returning our choker', but, instead
of so doing, - it was carried that the chsrte
roll, minutes, books,' papeis, and every thin
connected with the Order; should be burn
Accordingly everything was burned, but the
funds, which were
,plated in the hands of
trusty persons, for_the benefi4 of the
The Order s in this , town was nnmero
consequently, there were'a good many gam
biers in politics, Those interests it was to keep
the thing moving; hut' the smiles fell from
the eyes-kof the people, and they said;it must
go down, and down , it didl go. Freemen will
not long be controlled' midnight cabals
and conspiracies. - Let every council in Pena;
sylvania carry on the work ;here , cemmenotidt
and we will soon hare a State of freemen aid
not bondsmen—for, there can be - ; xio more
bonds for '
fceemen than those of the!,Order.- -
I bait° tried to fin d something wottliy-of free
men in the organization; but, - instead, found
it was a seleme for the • benefit of
.the 110 4
degraded politicians and office seekers. '
FOR Tfl .DESIOCIAT ,
PRISNDSIOLLX,'MAIieII 20, 18.45.
the
MESSRS. CIIABB ,k MCCOLLUM :744:11!
especial - benefit of our KnOsr-liotbing Mends,
I wish you to publish the followinglorrid
transaction which 'took place on the night of
the 15th inst. -
It was rumored atuongstAe knowing ones
of the Know-Nothings, that, ort the ;Lighted
the 16th inst., (being the ' night before Bt.
Patrick's Day,)
_ll#l Catholics,were Ong, VI
rise in miss, and 1 raussore Oie Protestants ,
Many: of our &editions people pawed .
• -