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THE LARSEET CI , CIIIATIOE IN NORTHERS PER
B. B. CHASE 'Or J. B. Me.CQI.4,,UV, EDITORB
ILVIS DAY, Piotbibllter.
Ylowitimose,
11:=
AnitaCU
w Nothing Meeting.
P in Anti-Know Nothing meet
at the Court House - next
A Dernoera
in wilt be be)
Tuesday creel
N. G. A. GROW,
address tie citizens.
PER ORDER.
and others will
WANT/SD
At this of any and all kinds of provis
ions, such as Apples, PC04061, Ham k s, Eggs,
Butter, Maple gugar, Corn, clro. L-c, for which
the higheit minrket price will be paid.
Who will au ply our wants immediately.
, •
-.. . Dwellting Home to . Beat.
A dwellingogee that will acommodate a
I ,r
small fantilf! 11 be rented on verym
own :
lle tens:. F further information inquire
at-this office.
" - • IIiiOTICEL
All personsisho may
.beentiiied Boanty
Land - under - t he late act of Congress, can get
it by application to this office. Our charge
for doing the business will be trifling.
11lipeNt Wood I
Will not some of our subscribers bring us
some more w4od before they go about their
spring's work t i Do let us haye it T
We hive received a sharp communi
cation from, Southern Dart of the county.
We do not recognize the.harid wilting, and
would 'not liked to publish it, without the au
thors name. It might make trouble.
'The ne x t Term of the Know Nothing
Inquisition, for this county, will commence at
this place next Monday,--r-gon; D. Wilmot
presiding.
tar We .have no room this week, but
nest week s h all say a few plain things in ref
erence to the result of the Borough election
lait Tuesday. I t ,
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1' We halve been informed that the New
Court, Houle is not being constructed fully
In accondance.with the contract. We hope
the county Commissioners will see to it, that
c
the job is, not epted until
. a full etamina
tion has been ` ade. The principal contract
'Ms are Post B . & Co. We dont want an
other Jail job . one for the county at this
Caul.
Bar Read t e let • from "A Methodist"
on the first pa&e of our paper.
AlgrA Bill .as been reported in the House
at Harrisbur l , annexing a part of Cliffordy
1.,
ci
township, this county, to Fell township, Lu
cerne. For- oven's sake let Susquehanna
county be sac from the touch of this Snow-
Nothing ^ Logi lature !.
Banks:
Only SEV TY-SIX Bank Bills are on
the files of th• present Legislature at Harris
burg. The wieole. increase off' Banking Capi,
tal asked for is over nineteen aiul "ci half mil
llions! Smiling like twenty have passed
'the House. even passed in one afternoon.
O Know-N' , j 'agte! We *shall am next fall.
Arnie
been signed.
moo Liquor law hits passedwud
iy the Governor in New York.
all Delivery. •
Three pri- ~ e rs escaped front our Jail Matt
Friday evening. They were confined for
robbingstores: at Susquehanna Depot. With
a steel springtaken from their stock w or cra
vat, they ma de a saw, with which they cut
off a bolt holing the iron grates together, in
the window, and then pried a bar out with
a stick from their bedstead. They have not
yet (Tuesday) been captured.
gar At t 'City election in Hartford,
day last, the Anti-Know 7 Nothings carried
their whole !ticket. This, in the hot-bed of
Fedisalitm, ia crushing defeat for "Sam."
Three cheeps 3 r Connecticut !
litemarase . y is Diferipa.
The Tribune of the gth inst., thus announ
bee the result of the recent elections in Mich
igan :
"The tienir
ocnits have named a large rtu
jority .of the own elections - in . this State."
Not long.tnce a series of resolutions wan
adopted by ~tbe Michigan legislature, in
structing Mers. Cass and Stuart to do all in
i l l
their power or the speedy restoration of the
Missouri Co promise and the repeal of the
Fugitive Sla a law? The Senators did Dot
, aeon iiiroMply, with the instructions, and
' I:eptthir stts, contrary, it is said, to the
:
wishes fth r constituents. If those resolu
tions can be taken as expressing truly, the
sentiments o the people of Michigan; no c7ne
can dispute the loyalty of that State to the
. nuti4lavery cause. We rullt then Why it is,
that the "jcsioa parte which swept the
State fast Fall, like a whirlwind, has become i
thus sodden!y unpipalar and powerless ! We
believe Nab - Igen to be as strongly tinctured
with gentrineheetwilism today, as she \ WAS 1
six months ago. 'Th e public opinion of that
State has widergone 130 Cblibge is relation to
slavery iffitiun that period: . The men who
- were nerved, with 'au idarst determinatbn
last Fall, to 171rudirtte atihe polls, the action
Of CPagresS4its passage of_ the Nebraska
bill, would nd as firm sow as duo in de.
fenoe of r tl e principles. ' Does my one sup
pose that pre slavery prole' °bathe mouth
are growi popular in the peninsular State!
Noma en .'position exists and the t i t , fa-
TiOlis . . 1 . • ' . t of slavery would be hard
to set up , , t Im:tense. How then are we
to .account ov-this political' revolution ! , If .
thii_Dernoi • tic patty is the warm friend of
the ' - pxstr ' tlnstitistion,'_ as its enemies rep
resentit to , - why hats atsv again in theas.,
. Cendsult, in , • .• I Michigan 1 V the viu
siorliiiity" Ettespeeift stittresentative'of the
interests•of 1 . e free North, why, in the Morn-,
' ing of s*cm, , are its rapks broken, and its
- s t sa i rir d..b4 rf e r reofered with 4*fe . l,t 11 With
no change in public opinion on-the question
of slavery, since the Organization a this new
perty,.and itself the boasted exPonent et anti-
slavery sentiment why is it 114 eary doom
ed to battle ill a hopeless. minority I lf it's
professions are the index of its Iprinciples, as
they seethe true index of the Jiopular - will,,
the cause of , its overthroW is in staved inlays
tery; and difficult . to explaid.l
To supPosei
that the masses of Michigan would turn and,
give battle to a party, they 'assisted in - build'
log up, and the onlyparty favoroble to their
views 'would, be to charge thein . with 'incon
sistency, and inability to look after and de
fend their trueinteretests. The truth is, that,
the masses of Michigan, like those of other
States, in their eagerimies to resist and repu
diate the policy of "Tierce Douglas & Cis,"
rushed into an organization without compre
hending its spirit sad tendency. The pas
)ion and enthusiasm of the hour' haviag sub
sided, they, are begiiinii)g - t.o realize he na
ture of their position:and sparing no ins to
break the ties that bind, them 'to 'the unholy
i li
combination, to which they' were linked in ati 1
evil moment. Theyinsr see Wit intead of
resisting the aggressions of slavety, they have
aided in placing.a party in power, , proacrip
tire and intolerant in 'spirit, And • designed to
enslave the consciences of men in their very
I, .
midst. Michigan repudiates this party be
cause it aims to blast the fair proportions of
civil and religious liberty 7 -beause it won
its way to confidence, and power by virtue of
falsehood and aeceiti 9 n. The intelligent
people of, this; country will ierush it, because
it is hostile to good moralist and reform—be, •
cause it forges 'chains ; in s tead of breaking'
them. Other States will imitate the wisdom
of Michigan by burstim the fetters itiiposed
through fraud-1)y Pullin* down and Crimp
ling upon *the Combination that disgraces the
polities of a free people. Those wholmme
' Democratic ideas that have repeatedly to
=plied over fanaticism, monopoly, and aris
tocratic dogmas in the past, Will main be
approved and sustained by the American peo
ple. We regard this triumph of the Demo
cratic party in Michigan: as the, first of 'a se
ries of brilliant victqies that are to be achiev
ed, in a future, not fat distant. ' The majori
ties, so common in th4past career of the De
mocracy, will again b4giren,for labor against
capital, for law anti oiler against fanaticism
and "strife, for ~ constitutional government
against anaitiy„,for right against wrong, and
for civil and religious liberty against pro
scription 'and ititoleranc,e. Michigan his
sounded the 4 old "stetson bugle;" its notes
are welcome, and herald the approach of a
better time, when the Democratic party, in
its ancient strength, t ,:shall maintain the 'laws,
and guard the constitution and the Union
from The auacks of ,cUrrupt , and dangerous
factfons.
Gov. Pollock. anxious to piove the sound
ness otbis views, in relation to the currency,
has vetoed one bill creating a bank with a
capital of about $lOO,OOO. I Ilittorgan, in this
place paraded his veio message before the
public, N'i-ith a great tlottrish trumpets,pro
nouncing him thoroakhly democratic on the
question of banking . ‘Vi!, have had little faith
in tbe integrity_ of Mr. - Pollock'sprofessioni
on this subject and have believed him it
heart friendly.to the crqation of a large paper
currency. Our suspiciens have not been un 7
'founded. In his inaugural be failed to define
his position with any,accuntcy and hiames
sage is equally ambiguous. In both papers
he assures us4at he will lend his support to
the creation ofauch banks, only, as are necei- .
eery, and such as will 'benefit the public. ,A -
cording to his theory, the exeentive shall de
termine- in all cases, what sections of country
will be benefitted by an increase of banking
capital, and what sections not. doi not
now, dispute the correctness of this pos t ition,
but refer .to his published opinions, to show
theenay and uncertain policy they define, if in
deed, they give a remote idea - Of the course
to be pursued. Gov. Pollock Obtained his
present position by a nnionof isms, differing
in character and spirit. Ile was elected by
fraud, by the Industrious propagation lot a
false idea, and the'supposition that fohner is
sues were extinct, and former party - differen
ces at in end, did much to place himin the
executive chair of the Comtnonwealth; l He
.
is consequently indebted to a variety ofl fac
tions, each of which demands -of him obedi:
ance to. its particular vies? of State politly.—
To please each lad, all 'no easy task,} and
however industriously be may labor to aceem
pith, what we 'nod as an impossibility, be
must certainly tail. The old Whig wing, of
the new - tarty 'retains its peculiar notions on
banking, and though its themy‘ has Weil oft
repudiated by tbe !staple, it. will demand of
the executive a partial adherence to its absurd
.Wwincline to the belief that iGov.
Pollock, lui'ving bees educate- in this-s4bool
of politics, sympathizes with, end adopts its
doginaa. In this view, is late veto luny be
regarded as a tetere'ras.lse_ sifechd
favor to the fteeoc4l,denlecratic wing Of his
army, intendediu pacify and console }hose
who were "taken in" by the popular cry of
" old issues are 'extinct—the principles #4 , •f the
Democratic paity have become the i rettled
policy of the country _ &c." Whenit isknown
that-Gov. Pollock on one day, appreved five
or six bills for the creation of tiew bankiorith
a. united capital of nearly $2,00,000, hr will
receive very little credit' for vetoing one lit,.
tle concer of sloo,oooospita_li' Such conduct
on-the put tl4 executive, Woks very much
like ".straining at a gnat and swallowing -an
elephant." One dater new hanks,.to Which
we 111111`e referred, -#
approved by, th e an ti
bank - executive, is to he located in Pittsburg
with a capitalof half a million, ',mother in
Philadelphia with a like amount, While New
Castle andlitauch Chunk come in foktheir pro;
portion Of banking facilities, and r ig curreu
cy; We cannot seethe propriety l a giving
the " cold Shoulder"' to the demand of . the
100,000 00r100114 VA iti. the saa4 ! breath
ssooot, ~ projects,Xt ' crea ti ng
ten
two t
ten Limes the 4 mourn d unstable."!curreacy
ma:dialed hi the veto, rer which we hear
sp - muah rejoicing; . .:It, very ermiept, that
nur preseet. State or . . latisst io pla3in; li 4iotat
e game, thatihe is in reality friendly to a
! • increase of paper currenCy r aliile be is
• rOfassedly Wails to an extension of our pres
-13t system of banking. We do thirrsenor
o injustice in asserting bis insinclriti and
• ollow heartedness upon thixquestictt, ; he has
• imself proved the shallownes of his inti-bank
• retentions, bY signing in one day five or six
is ills, creating , new, banks and increOeing the
• nking capital of the State about $0,000,000.
I :mocritts, tosho were foolish enough, to ex
pect of this Know Nothing Gotenoi, a close
adherent:el° the sound and wholeso me
, policy
of his immediate predecessor, in relation to
banking,. are requested to mark ihel ease and
I "llingtiess with which Mr. Pollockentera in
theo plans of blink capitalists,- for flooding
the State with a fluctuating and 'uncertain
urrency. Why will not Gov. Pollock favor
the public with his ;reasons for signing- so
•• any batik bills I If any necessity exists for
"eel' an increase in the number of banks, the
public ought to be triode acquainted with it.
. ..
. The. Cincinnati - City . election of i last week
was productive of some unpleasant and.riof-
Ono scenes. The Know-Nothings demonstra
ted their strength. and patriotism ;4.seizing
and destroying the ballot boxes of the Eler-.
enth Ward, which is inhabited Principally
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by Germans. The consequence orAheir rash
'meanness was a riot and Eight, in Which.three
or, four persons are reported,.as 'kiiied. This
scene so disgraceful to Cincinnati, and so fa
itai and - bloody in its results, is the natural
I fruit of that proscriptive policy -',Which the
'artful politician and infatuated bight unite in
.. .
enforcing by illegal and dangerou4 means.--
No liberal political sentiment animates Know- .
Nothingiim ; conscious of its' irtability to
triumph by fair means,, it resorts - to foul ;
feeling itself incompetent to sustain its odious
doctrines by persuasion - and argument, itde
stroys the ballOt-box, sheds the blhod 'of de- - -
fenceless and unoffending citizens, insults
and tramples upon law. alad order' breeds ri
ots and nurses a spirit of resistance, to whole
some authority greatly at variance + with the
spirit and wisdOm of a constitutimal dernoc- '
May. Under the domination of t his pretend
ed party of reform the people have no guaranty
that their rights will be - 'respected, 'icor Know . -
Nothingism breaks down the barriers, thrown
op-for - the- preservation 'of social 'peace, and '1
takes int o its own hands the management of
public concerns, in direct fiolation of the
plainest principles and rules knoWn to
late. It prOpmes to amend the censtitutiou
of the "old Bay State". and convert the spot
where Warren fellin - defence of the rights of
man into' a rthtre fot 'religious lerseention
and oppression. Based, upon a riarrow and
unjust prejadi , - deriving its support - and
e t
life from . the , upersitious fears of the -un
learned- and zealous opponents of Catholicism
it can never take . a . respectable riosition , be- :
fore.the world as a great political party. The
source. of its power is .the combini;tion Of-un
reasonable fears, growing out of -Wrong opin
ions r e specting the number, situation, and
character. or Catholics 'and foreigners in this
country. • It the truth was permitied. to pene
trate every mind; if facts. and Ssures could
take the place of romance, fiction and false-.
hood their would be no material, oat of which
. .
to create a party, whose being depends upon
depraiity.and superstition, and whose power
is measured by the ignoranceanddelusion of
the public mind. The high priests .of this
1 organization understand its welici points end
dare not discirss the principles it, illustrates
and . labors to enforce. Belying._ upoir the
success of inflaminatOry appeals. 4 the preju
dices of the ignoiant, they . never enter into a
Careful and. truthful . investigati o n of the
I.
:grounds of/ those prejudices, but ',nurse them
by artful : and cunning means, Ore better to
racconiplith their wicked plots.' *bey . spare
. * •
no pains to embitter the host]iiii&s naturally
existing between different sects r and to stir
np .dissensions between
.natives 't ad foreign
sa whenerer they can hope to prrfit thereby.
Is there One - :honest and justice:loving citi
zen of this, country who does 644 look with
regret and, shame upon the conduct of those
. 1 .
tuffarns at.ancinnatr, who interfered to pre
vent adopted citizens from exercising a proper
and legal: right?' And, yet, tl4r. - American
. flag' waved its . folds 'over the rioters anti as
-'Native Anterkuts they did their.; murderous
work! 4 ' ' - f' ". •
Banks.
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From what we can glean from the Ciu
cionati papers in relation to the riot we con
clude that the Germans should be exempted
from all blame. Hnow-Nothink, zeal and
recklessness produced. the troahle, and for
(what I To gratifya, spirit of hatred, arising
from baseless prejudices; to pretrate a hos
tile political power at the expense of blood.
We have looked for such exhibitii‘ms of Kooe-
Nothing violence, and shall Inot be disappoint
ed to see the rights of our citizens trampled
upon and their lives taken whenever the cap
rice of this plotting-secret party hall dictate
such a course. .We have no reason to look .
for an observance of one law, when, the best
and the wisest that adorn our statute books
are openly resisted. It is no longer the pri
vilege of the people to stand off and contem
plate the iniquities of - this conspiracy; it; Sa
impossible longer to pronoutat this secret
movement harmless. With a perseverance
and .rapidity unmatched it his crept into
high places and is now wielding immense
power. It must be met: He Plays an un
wise part, who calmly; folds his arms and as=
sures. himself that thee is no danger. To let ,
it "die a natural death" is net the policy of
this age.. They 'are unwise who submit to
wrong because perchance it mai l be tempora
ry. Leta despot unbind your chains, when
he himself sees fit! Until .it pl#ases him to
break your fettebe a willing ';idave! This
is the argument of those who advise us to let
the
. Hnow-Nothings alone! trevy. &rn/
"we cannot see its forte, or wisdom. Know-
Nothingism is obnoxious in all its)evelop
meats. If it go into theljury Iva and pre
vail there, what right can a litigant obtain,
who is not knit to the conspires:ly by an oath
that is para Mount to' ill other iohligetiould
If it ascends the Bench iad O es ides theft s ,
will justice .be impartially ishr :rieattWed I If it
desecrates the - pulpit by its preier b o s wig' it
harmonize , with the spirit of ehrisiianity, "'bid;
Eketton Riots."
I
,
his no sympathy with persecution I It will
disgrace any _position into which it crawls.
Its developments itt Cincinnati are no' more
feaiful and anti-reillican than its workings
in those other places to which we have 'refer
red. True, it trampled upon the law - of the
land—took from
, the adopted citizen his
most sacred right, and butchered him in the
moda l defending that right with the_ spirit
of in- injured but independent man. We
trust that a full investigation of this dreadful
affair Will be had, speedily, :and the guilty
originators be visited with propel.- punishment.
Sich disgraceful and murderous scenes ought
not to be ceuntenanced,but when they are
the. natural product of that system which is
encouraged and sustained by a professedly
large political part? in the country they are
worthy of more serious attention.
President Pierce and the Veto
a Power. - I •
The Constitution of this nation plaCes, in
the hands of its Executive the power, controll
ing under certain conditions the action of its
legislature. The occasional exercise of this
s!Aualified pitfrogative has induced many to
pronounce the veto-power dangerous and in
compatible with our theory of self-overn
nent. It was obviously intended to be used,
Coo as to counteract and resist hasty, incon
siderate, and corrupt . legislation. dison,
the reputed " father of the Constitution," ex
, I
ereised this power frequently-during his ad-
Ministration of eight years, producin4 little
comment and calling forth little, if any, op-
Mssitietr. Minnie; his immediate sue r,
in his veto of the Cumberland road bill, stat
ed his objections at length, going into an ar
gument to piotle the inability of the general
goiernment to appropriate its fonds for inter
nal improvements., Jackson's Bark veto, so
called, appears to have been the first to elicit
much condemnation ; in some portions of the
Union meetings were held at which resells
dons were passed, severely censuring the con
duct of the President and pronounding his veto
of the bill a national calamity. In all cases how
ever, although the - veto might prove tempo
rarily unpopular, the people have eventually
sustained the President and honoied him for
an act,, which at the time, was regarded un
favorabl-S-. We do not recollect rin instance
where the exercise of ' the veto) power has
been prejudicial to the interests of the coun
try. On
,theacoritrary it has protected - the
people from the fatal consequences that must
always attend corrupt and inconsiderate leg
islation, preserved unimpaired the indepen
dence of the executive power and kept, the
legislative within its constitutional and prop
er limits. Never, perhaps since this govern
ment was formed has the exercise of the veto
power been 'More imperiously demanded than
during the present National Administration.
With a large surplus of public funds in the
treasury, and numberls greedy corporations
and individual apeculators,pressing upon Con
gress their claims to special favor,and regard
less of the means employed to secure their ob-.
jeCts, the moral atmosphere at Washington
, has been notoriously corrupt. tndue• and
contaminating influences, have been, brought
, to :bear.npon reemliers (the National Legis
' lature o and- measures, d,i'ned to plunder the
-Treasury of the hard earnings of the people,
and bestow the money of the nation upon
private individeals, and corporate liodies,have-
I I parr/rased their passsge through the two
heuses of Congress and wanted only the sig
nature -
of the President to carry them into
effectual operation. President Pierce has
wen the gratitude of the nation by :r e sisting
with his veto this tide of robberyand- corrup
tion, and merits especial praise for his course
in relation to the'Collin's appropriation Bill.
llis message containing his objections to this
'bill is clear, forcible and instructive.; We
•
can.bardly realize how a measure so unreaion
! able and unjUst could ever receive the sanC
tien of our Representatives and Senators in
COngress, whoSe duty it is to look after the
interests of thri nationand administer the gov
ernment with economy. The act in ques
tion provided for the payment of $858,000 to:
" E. K. Collinti and his associates" for i:arry
ing the If. S. Mail between N. York, and Liv
erpool for the Year ending June 30, 1 56: 'The
mails were to be carried semi-monthly, mak
ing twenty-six" trips a year, at a cost to the
'Government of $33,000 11 trip. The Presi
dent gives in his veto message a brief account
of the , origin of the Collins' contract, , with the
subsequent legislation, relating to it. On the
6th of March, 11846, "E. K. Collins and his as
sociates" pr4posed in writing, to, contract
with the Csoveirriment -for the transportation
of the mails !between New York and Liver
pool upon thci, followipg terms. lie offered*
to carry the United States mail between the
above named places, twice each month du
ring eight snout/is of the year, and once a
month during, the other four months of the
year, for the sum of . $385;000, per annum,
payable quarierly. For which purpose he
proposed to build five new steamships, and
contract for 'the term of ten ,Years.• The
above centsilia' the substance of ' his proposi
-1 •
tion as we find it recited in the message of
the President! On the 3d of March, 1847,
an- actpassedputhorifing the Secretary
-
of the Navy to accept on the part of the
Government, the proposals of-Mr. Collins,
"and under 'this proposition and enactment
the original conttact was*madef' July 21st,
1852, the Compensation to the contractors
An increased, by an tact _4 Congress, from
$19,250 to $3,000 a - trip, and' the number
of trips from twenty to twenty-six per annum.'
This, last mentioned act reserved to Govern
ment the pow j er of terminaiing i the addition
al allowance, at any time after the ;Ist of
December, 1954, by giving "six months no
tice to the centractere One of the princi
objections urged against the riot of last
Iseseionis that it repeals the set of July. 21st,
1852,- and +sreby divests the Government
of ita-nrserved right or power. *SU& repeal
' would'be rnaifesdy injudicious, as it would
prevent the 'Government from enjoying the
'benefit of thisi, competition,- which the im
mimed facilities for Atlantis steams -rfavitga-
Lion are necessarily presiding. Mr. Vander
' bilt, a - spsatlentan of fortunei and of large, ex-
I lwriettce in the art of navigatiOni ofered to
carry the United States mail, and perfem the
Iservice required by the terms of the Collins'
contract for less than half the sum now paid.
In tbe face of
-this pnvosition, and with, full
knowledge of ,the fact that Collins is mak
ing enormous profits ont of his cdntract as
amended by the act of July 21st, 1852, by
what process of reasoning , does Congress juatfiy
its efforts to give to this man additional
means of amassing a fortune, , by bindog the
Government.more firmly, to an arrangement
that plunders it of its, .surplus money; and
prevents successful competition! We believe
President Pierce acted kwise part in vetoing
this bill. The, faults lie has committed du
his administration areievous, but in this
a l.r
instance he bask show himself to be a man
of spirit, and a friend of the people.
Consistency,.
The National Convention of Free-Soilers
in 1852, held in Pittsburg, over' which Joiu
P. I.lst.z ptesided,,passed the following reso
lution:
Resolved, That EMIGRANTS and Extt.asitiit
.the Old World should find A CORDIAL WEL
COMEIO homes of comfort and fields of enter
prise in the New; and EVERY -ATTEMPT to
abridge their priiileges of becoming citizens
and owners of the soil among us, ocont To
BR RESISTED WITH INFLExtukr: DETERMINA
TIOM.
We•commend - the consideration of the above
Resolution to the "free soil " men .of thii
county, who have become entangled, in the
meshes of Know -Nothingism. John P.' Hale
presided over - the Convention. T he present
Know Nothing Senator from Massachusetts
reported the Resolution. Farther 'than this,
a man residing -in this Borough, who is now
one of the great priests of the Know Noth
ings, was an elector on the ticket formed at
that Convention! • .
This then was the position of the free soilers
in '52;. when they entered the Presidential
canvass. Is it any wonder. that the people
are becoming disgusted with the fenders of
that party when they see them, as now,.plac
ing themselves in a position so iaconsistent .
with their past doctrines?—When they see
them fraternizingiviththe slave drivers of the
South to those obstacles in the way of-nat
urgEntion, thus aiding the South in keeping
up - a)kreponderanee of political Strength at
the ballot-box 4 If the "free soil isentiment"
of the- North, aroused by the :repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, shall be . prostrated, it
will fall by the folly, and reckies ambition
of i:s party - leaders, and our hands shall be
unstained with the guilt.
A Servant Above,His Master.
In the Rouse of Repre,sentatives, ou Mon
day, while a resolution for the final adjourn
ment of the Legislature was under discussion,
!dr. Morris, a Know-Nothing Whig member,
delivered himself as follows: We quote from
the Legistatire'Record :
"Mr. Morris' said, it was a matter of little
moment to the people when the Legislature
adjourned—:in fact, it wax none of their. busi
ness. The people did not understand the
position of affairs here as well :is the mem
bers, and if they thought it right to stay, they
should have' the firmness and
it
to do
so, whether the people desire it or not. If the
bill fixing a salary of $5OO for .each member
during the session should pass, then it mat=
tem) not how long they remained in session,"
Thus will be seen the spirit of Know-
Nothingistn. It is none of the people's busi
tiess what they do, or whenthey adjourn!
Beautiful doctriene indeed but containing
the cream of Know-Nothingism.; Of course,
though, they
\ are not responsible to the, pee
pie: They are very r es ponsible to their
Know-Nothing Lodges, and as long as they
can keep. the- secret 'machinery 'of them
straight, it is none of the people's business.
Washisspou's Opiniun.
Washington's notions used to have consid
erable-weight in this . government, but since
the reign of Know-Nothingism, his opinions
and admonitions may be of_small account.--
We however; commend ilefollowing letter .
from that immortal Father, to the considera
don of those who are now striving to raise a
religious persecution in this country. •.•
To the General Cominittee, representing the
United Baptist Churches in Virginia. .
GENTLEMEN :-If I could'; have entertained
the slightest apprehension that the Constitti
tion framed by the Convention where I had
the honor to preside might possibly endan
ger the religious riyhls of ANY ecclesiastical
society, certainly I would -never have placed
my 'signature to it; and it I could not con
ceive that , the
,general ' .government might
even be so administer as to render the lib
erty of conscience insecure, I beg you will be
persuaded that no one would be more zealots:4f
than myself to establish eflectual barriers
against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and
'every species of religious persecution. For you
doubtless` remember I have often eiprecsed
'my sentiments that any 'man conducting him
self as a pied citizen, and being accountable
to God alone for his religious opinions, ought
'to be protected in worshiping the Deity accord
ing to./141 dictates of his own conackrce.
I ant, gentlemen, your most ob't servant,
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
In. his "Fareivell Address" he allludes
again to, "organizations'intended to ovemw
the government," in language of which the
follow kg is a portion:
1: " However combinations or associations of
the above desctiption may now and then an
swet popular ends, they are ,likely, in the
irse of time and things, to, become potent
ines - by which cunning, ambitious and nn
,
Ines by
men, will be able to subvert the
power of the people,. and to usurp for them
selves the reins of government, dodroying af
terwards the very engines , which have lifted
them to unjust dominton."
The result of the Jacobins acts in France
we all know. Blood ! from one end of
France. to the other, and a prostration of
moral principles from which she has never
recovered.
Sir Christopher Wren, the architeet of St.
PAWN-London, was the last man that stood
at the head of the Freemasons *in England,
while a mechanical association. "Unprinci
pled men" got into the beautiful Order and,
corrupted it. In the United States it was a
benevolent Order and W4SHISGTON joined it.
The linew-Pleithisis in Coatadea.
LANCASTER, (Pa) Thursday Apr. 3; '55
The Grand State - Council of' the Know
Nothings, WhichOset hereon Tuesday, broke
up in great confueion this afternoon. The
came of the difficulty was said tc be the op
position which was manifested towards *Pen
organisation, and on account of public , opm
ton matting counter to secrecy and oatb
bound conspiracies. Messrs. Cameron, John
son and Gon. Irwin kft this morning in die
gust,
; I Or For the Democrat.
An Excursifion I. tkTaattem. -
It is .4 o'clolk, A. M., of April 4th, at 1
Itarfoirr University. A'solemn stillness feigns
throughout those venerable hells, that loom
upward through the slowly retiring fleeter
nal ahadoWs by which they are 'surrounded.
The weary student. care-worn and pale with
incessant toil, has forgotten his labors, and
encircled by the arms of. Morpheus, is insensi
bly reeeiv:ing strength for the comineday,
while, anon he beholds with a dreamer's - eye,
glorious and transporting visions of the future.
Thellaborieus routine of academical life is for
gotten,-alike by ' scholar and teacher. The
jubilant shout comes not forth from the play
ground; hushed is the laugh and gleeful song
of the jefiius maiden. All is ealm ari'd'atill,
as midnight on the distant hill-top. But
hark !whet sound is that, which breaks forth,
in startling I? tones, n the dreamer's earl 'List
again 1 -oh, 'tis the shrill, clarion voice of
University, bell.
, Its familiar warning arouses
the - drowsy students from their peaceful slum
bers, and, immediately, all is hurry and bustle
within thOse grey] old walls. Kind reader,
would yon know 1 the cause of this early
arousing of the sleepers? the 'reason, of this
unwonted excitement f - Be patient, and you
shall hear. The kind - Faculty of the Upiver- -
eity, had decided on giving the students, tin
ier their Oarge, a rare treat, at the close of
the winter term ; and acting in accordance
with the' well known physilogical fact, that
of all modes of recreation, that is to be pre
feted which combines instruction with amuse-.
i
went, had, made arrangementi on most liber
eral terms, with the Superintendent of, the
Delaware.' Lacawanna, & Western, railroad,
for carrying them, on board the cars,46
Scranton.l The morning train from the north,
being due at Oakley'e depot at E 3 A. M., and .
the distance from the University three miles,
it became necessary to rise early and con
,
surnrnsite i preparations for the clay's excisii
,l
*sion. Si x - o'clock found-'carriages in waiting
tci convey the students to the depot, which
Was reached in due time, where 'the joviel
cOmpany anxiotisly awaited the arrival of the
expected train. Their anxiety Was of short
duration, for soon the joyful intelligenCe was
announced of its aproximation ; and in a few
moments the brazen steed, with its ponder
ous burden, came thundering up. The splen
did . car reserved for the accommodation of
the eicuriion party was quickly filled, almost
to overfloiving; the conductor's "all aboard"
was hfard, and the blithe concourse, in high
spirits, was, rapidly whirled Scranton-ward.
To one who -delights in the study of human
nature, in; observing and analyzing character,
-the occasion afforded an excellent opportuni
ty for' gratifying such a propensity. Some,
with'a grave- and scholar-like demeanor;
were quietly observing the beautiful and vii
,
rind scenery which was constantl p,j esenting
` itself; or - perchance' reflecting upon the un
" paralleled growth and presperity of our carna
-1 try, its e.lianstless resources, rapidly develop
-
1 ing, the energy and enterprise of our capital
ists, in Creating manufactories, constructing
railroads and canals; ptbets, more vivacity,
were engaged in the exercise-of' their collo
quial poiver% ,descanting upon . various sub-
Ijests; but, all the gentlemen, with comreenda
-ble gallantry, seemed particular 'desirous of
pleasing the ladies, who were unhesitatingly.,
1 pronounded - exyeedinly fair. ' -
About 11;A. M., the train arrived at Scran
ton depot, Where we found a gentlemen in
waiting •to cohduct us through the COmpa
ny's work shops. The:fiatne of our officious
guide, if 4 mistake not, is Jenks, superinten
dent of one or more departments of the Com
pany's eXtensive business. All daces 'of in
terest' were visited; but while Much we saw.
will, perhaps soon be forgotten, the reccillec-•
thou of One object will not easily be oblitera
ted from, our Memories, viz: the mammoth
steam engine for blowing the bellows_ at the
smelting furnaces: It is said to be the largest
engine in America, and with one exception
the largest in the world. All. who 'visit
Scranton should avail themselves of the op
portunitk to see_this triumph of American
genius. ! At the rolling mill,. the iarty re
ceived-the attentions of Mr. D. Brainard, for
merly a student of the Univeasity, now over
seer of the rolling department, who_ ti I spirit
of courtesy and 'true gentlemanly obliged
nera, conducted uil.'"throu,gh the, spacious
building,- explaining- the various progress of
.nianufluituring iron: Wo had an °pular de
inonstraiion of the manner of turning out the
celebrated T. rails. The - mode is beautiful"
and interesting, but we have no room for a
description.. Perfect order seemed to pravade
• j udg ing .
every province of labor ; add from
present ',prospects, we may safely conclude
that the enterprising capitalists of Scranton
are in a fair way to realize their most son
' . ‘
guine cixpecitations. Having gratified, in a
measure, their curiosity, and partaken -of , re
' fnishmentS, the somewhat wearied, but- ;de
lighted 2 pant slowly wended its Wav toward:,
' the spaCions depot, and soon were en route foto,
the north. , The day. Was beautiful, bland,
balmy land spring -like, which circumstance
contriblited materially to the hilarity and•ex
.
bubemtice of spiritoniformilv manifested * by
the entire company. Brief, addiss were
deliver d at. the several depots' and stations,
by A. Spicer, S. W. Tewksbury, J. Eaton, L
M. Bunnell; 0. Tiffany, - T. L R. Case, E. M.
Teivksbury, W. Wilmarth,, T. a Reese and
Bolich. The ladies occasionally added
riche4ertaiument, by the. sweet outgushings
of their melodious voices. • Of the gay as
semblage, was the venerable President of
Han University, the Rev. Lyman Rich
ard n, Prof . : and P Willard•Riehardson, both
of w
14:
min seemed in excellent health' and spire'
its. They manifestettespecial delight in ex
plaining the various and complicated me
chanicSl operations witnessed. - (Without
any unfortunate occurrence.) ,
~--, In due time, vie reached the depot which
we had left in the morning, where_a song, com
posed by W.K.OakleY; and very appropriate to
the °c l oi cm, was beautifully sung, after which ,
amid congratulations, good wishes; good byes'
and some tremulouslY articulated farewells,
the company quietly diisPersed, many - of the
etude* returning: to'
. thii, Vniversity, and
those Ifriinds . who had been invited, to join
, the paity. tio their bonicis. On the whole, i!
is a day that will be , long remembared
those who partiCipated in, its festivitiei yuch
credit is due -the - Faculty for 'originating so
happy a schenntfor -the benefit - stnd'amuse
meat of their pupils; nor would we (net
Mr. Puterbaugh; the gentlemanly conductor,
of the steursion train, who . was unremitting
in Ins attentions.
The tract of country through which theD.,
L. dr W. H. R. is built, is ezceedingiy.
turesque and•. romantic, especially -that Per'
tion known Ika 1- the Martin creek 'valley; but
I will not attempt. a scenic description of
this rail road route, as abler pens than wine
have successfully delineated, in • a cluirtning
and elaborate ; manner, its, wild and varied
beautiot, whieb must, be seep before they can
be fully realized.
lathop, April 6,1855.
Judge IWilmot gust tbe 'Case,.*
I Letter.
The Judge in hiS communication to than- -
dependant Republican, of March lst., ipeak
ing of his letter to Gen. Cameron, as peblish;
ed in the Montrose Democrat, says, "The -
letter published ii , i , garbled and Wee. •In that
part blazoned in capitals there is - a most , nea- .
aerial omialient" Now , that your readers •
may uudetstand the true grounds of Mr; Wil- .
mot's complaini I will give that part of the
Cameron letter4;•-the 'blazoned'. pirt---u it
first appe-ared_ in the Deinocrat, and also as
he now asserts t should have beeig-- -
"In respect to yourself, I have exp tamed
no word of discouragement, ocunkininess—•-
on the contra., - I have- repeatedly expressed
a pref ranee fo you over ALL YOUR RI- -
VALS, (Bache nan,' Dawson, ace.) and this -
when 4 was pposed the PARTY would
r
have the undispluted power to mike , in else
tion." I -
Thi is the "garbled and false"—the Us
zoned part of the letter over which such loud
lamentations are now made--nowfor the true
edition— - • '
-" In respect to yourself I have expressed no
word of disparagement or unkindness. ;On
the contrary I have frequently expressed a
prefference for you over all your rivals of the
old line Democracy, Buchanan, Forney, Etat
Dawson, dre, and this when it was supposed
the. " party" would have the undisputed
power to makes election." . •-, - -
Thus it appears, if Mr.-Wilmot's statement:: -
is true, that the word "diseourageMent" was
substituted . for "disparagement,".and the words '
"the old lige Democracy" entirely omitted..
His Honor has seen fit to appear before ilia,
public over own proper signature--eoe in,
vindiCation of his course in'refference to Gen
eral C-ameron—but in abuse of Mr. Qum° for
garbling and falsifying his letter: With_ his
usual audacity - he hurls inieetivesi and deun
ciations at his whilom friend. And not coa
ted with that, he even threatensbim with the
vengeance of Heaven. "Forgettleg Abet b e .
above all:men—prompted by a fellow.feeling- .
- - should be lenient and kind to those who
violate "God's enactments." But we .will •
pass by Mr. Wilmot's impious 1 - impeciation
for the time, and come to the true question '
before Us. Did the omission of the wordy" -
" the old linti Democric?" change the - mean- .
ing of the 'letter, If it did not there:was no
" falsification?' Mr. Wilmot laa no cause of
complaint. and -his long winded ,appeal is but -- •
a " sham." ;.. 1
The object of the Judges letter was to.con- .
vine° Mr. Cameron that he did not stand
_to
wards him la the-"attitude of a' volunteer 14--
val." He says: "I do not wish - you to feel
that I stand towards yori in the attitude of a.
volunteer rind, ready to sacrifice
-the kind re- -
lotions of the past, reehass ofho - tior ' trat&_
and friendship," *. * * "In 'respect to
yourself I have used no word - Of disparage:
ment or unkindness. On me Cosztraar, I:,
have frequently expressed -a preference for
you s civet - all your maks of the old Tine democ
racy, Buchanan, Forney, Hirst, Dawson, &c., •
and this when it was supposed theparty had
the undisputed power to make an election." • -
Not,4-' word inhere uttered to indicitathat
he preferred any man, either Detriocrat„Whig,
or Hindoo to Simon Cameron. On the con
-1 trary, he says in substatiCe: "Gen. Cameros,
I am not your volunteer rival—l am not thus.
Ireckless of honor, truth and friendship I ex.-
tweeted a preference for you ever over yonr
rivals of the old line democracy- 7 and this too'
when it was supposed the - pasty would hai',
the piwer to make en election. Fora - much
stronger maim do I prefer your election now'
when the Whig party is in the ascendency..".
Thus paraphrased the Judea meaning is
plain—any other 'construction makes him
speak to no purpose---ae z obscurely sus th 4 or
acular sayings of a -pagon god. His Rimer
has assured us that he' would be a party to
no sham" and.yet, is torturing his wits to con
vince an outraged 'constituency that he was
'shaming' Geri. Cameral! He is striving to
makellis believe that be only permed ,Ililr.-
Cameron ;to
,his " rivals - of the old dentocsacy."
Ile is trying to Make his letter 'mad :--" True
I expressed a preference for : you over all your -
rivals of the old line demOcracy, but that was, -
at
,a time;
. when it was sup posed the Part
wou l d have the undisputab le;power to Flake;
an election. Now circunistances have. - Chlis - E .
god, and I have changed with them, IT - utrir
express noepreference for yc!ti." = - ~ _ -
I ask you, Mr. Wilmet, is there so 'shima'
here—no, duplicity—no ' pdtering kr it doe.
ble unser • If such was yeur meaning, lily
did you •entreat. Mr. Cameron not to 'feel ._
that you stood toward kin in the'attitude of
a voluateri rival; ready to sacrifice the kind
relations 'of the,past—reckless of honor, truth
and friendship?' - I really hope that either
yourself Or your cringing vassal of the Report- - -
er. will answer this query. But, sir, are lon
serious--4o you expect to , make art father-- -
tened public-believe that your present con
struction, of your famous eismeron letter is
the correct one! No, sir. I know you too -
well to think that you hold the intelligence
of this yeoplel at -so low an estiniate. Not,
find Yourself detected in your political jugle- -
ry. "It is. in proof that you have been in
close corninumon :with that 'politieal Me,'
Sinion Cameron, whom you lutve io loat
taught us to _despise. - Smarting under the
exposure, you hope by aubterfuge and-eva
sion to divert the attention' of the people.—
. .
This you cannot do.- You cannot. prove
yourself innocent by denouncing: Mr. Chide,
he may be all you say be is, and it firal stall
be tree that you have been and area traitor, -
to your party and false to your 'prefestions.
And believe me,l sir, your impious sp i rals to
'Ole high enactments' will -be equ ly tins
'--railing. It is worse than mockery fir David
Wilmot to talk' of the 'penalty God haa
affixed.to crime? . Read over that portion of
your letter att ain and 'draw all the console ,
don you can froin the fact that you are not
the first man who - in' holy phrase transacted
villanies that 04nmon sinners drust not med
dle with: Yes,lJialge, notwithstanding your -
quotations from aorrptdre, !think you cab ill .
. with no affectation of humility:l4a the lan
guage of JaCk ll'alitaft "AmEstow Ma I, ifs
man should s k tzue, lithe Uittl than OM
of the wic .' . , 1
Mr. Editor, I are not Iyetaliitiosiith , our
partisan Hind Whig--Free-Boil. fiudge.-•
i i .
His recent. political'patties ons go IWlt
tive of many Inflections: With - your nimn-
8. w:t