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a[Nrttwe, Thuisday,Sept.lo, ,11611.
,ttiocratic Con,ntaliomhmtignis
TOR REPRESENTATIVES,
OLIVER LATIIIROP,Of Springville
J.-'V. SMITII, of Tifnkinuanock.
FOR TREASURER,
It F. iiIII4I.ELL, Ot Montrose.
ron COMMISSIONER,
N0114.111N FOOT, Of New Rillford.
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FOIVIALTDITOR, •
Bridge‘Faser.
se We !ire obliged to- defer the continu
ation of tfr. Groom's lettert. until next week.
Agit To day we publish tbe, - letters from
the rest of the candidates on the ticket.—
They ttre pointed and to the purpose. Espec
ially do we commend - to the perusal of the
public the letter'of Mr. Foot. It is 'a model
of cotOnreitensive elequence in letter writing.
There is a volume in one sentence, " A, slave
indeed must that man be who dare not speak
the truth." That sums up the whole matter
of the Know Nothing Creel. Citizens of Sus
quehaana ! there is the true metal iu Mr. FOot,
just the man you want in tbeCommissionells
office. He dares to speak out. He dares to
be a man.. And so we, may say of the whole
ticket. Those who love light, and -1; irness
and honesty, and, manhood, in politics,
vote it.
SO" Got•. Reeder is the nominee of the Free
State party fOr Congre.ss in Kansas.
Vir,' A large portion of the business part
of Carbondale, was burned last Saturday
night. '
Book Notices.
Godey's Lady's
_book for September 'has.
been fah our table some time, and we ought
to have noticed it sooner. As usual -it. is a
gem inits line,--for nobody can equal Go
dey in getting up a book for the ladies:' In
it they have the latest fashions in full, the
most approved styles of pattern work, aIA
choice reading, besides all kinds of other
matters of particular interest , to, them. e 3
per_ year,.
L. A...GODEY,
The 'Ladle's Pearl.
- For September is on our table. TMs is one
,of the purest literature and religions Maga
zines of the day, and we advise ladies who
wish a Magazine containing the very choicest
moral and literary matter to subscribe for
the Pecir/. Single copy *l,OO seven "cop
pies $6',90, twelve coppies 610,00. We hope
some of bur reaOrs will send a club.
Addre,ss Langdon 4, - . Provine;
Tenneagee. .
Nrill the pabli'sbers.see that we have
it regularly. We cannot do without it.
*big Stale Convention.
Tbe , Whig Convention of , this . state met
at Ha r risburg last week and nominated Jo
urn HENDr11801; , for Canal Conimis:sioner.
So we now have the following gentlemen
nominated for that office. Arnold Plummer
Democrat, Kiinber Cleaver, Native American,
Passmore Williamson Republican, and Jo
sepli liendemon, Whig. Whether the Know
Nothings will go in for Clearer, or nominate
still another, remains ,perhaps for the elec
tion, tai show. It seems that a respectable
portion of tie old Whig party is determined
.to stick to . tbeir organization ; refusing like
tnen of principle to go with the Know Noth-
ing pariy. Whatever course the canvass
may now take, Mr. Plummer's election is be
yond question, the opposition being decided
on three other candidates.
• A 'Strong effort was made in the. Whig
- Convention to nominate ^ PaFsmor'e William
son, but lie received but :is votes. They
-then passed strong resblurion , against slavery
'and Know Nothingism, and adjourned..' .
Withdrawal of C. J. ILathrop.
In the4i'epublican last appeared a
Card- of 7 . lth irawal
. signed by C. J. Lathrop,
wbo hadtbeeri announced in that paper as a
candidate for re'-election to the, Legislature.
In the same paper appeared an article; pur
porting to Se FAitorial, regretting • that Mr.
Lathrop, ahould withdraw-his name,. saying
that be Proved himself a true and. able Rep
reseritatirle,--that the people of this county
endorsed 'his course last winter by. an 'lu
mens° majerity, and were readtf'and anxious
to - vindicate-liiin . bt re-electing him* for a
second term; &e. &c. For further particulars,
we . , the article.
11 - ow rye desire the people of this cow nty, 1
who lovejustice and fair dealing in politics,
to mark what we say, and then tell vs if they
can become parties to the fraud and dishon
esty which has been resorted to by the Re
publiCans to bring their present ticket before
the people. The article to, which we 'have
alluded above, regrtting the withdrawal of
Mr: Lathrop &c., as we can prove, and they
will -ndt dare deny, was written by G. Z.
bimock, third degree member of the lioow- •
Nothings,' 7 the great. I Am of the Know-
Sometbings, and Fusion master General of
the Republican party. Ile wrote the article
and took if to Mr. Lathrop, telling him that
if he would decline running and- let, Mr.
Hempstead be nmainsoetl, that article should
be4mblisbed in the setting him
right wit h that party, while they, the leaden_
would do (every thing foi him they could for .
Prothonotary two years from, now ; but if he
would not , do it, then they-would defeat him
for the notnination thisfall, in. which case he
would be # _used up politician. Mr. Lathrop
asked „the prisilege of showing the article to
his friends and col:editing them in reference
thereto, and on doing so, concluded to with-,
dra* his uatue, being pretty disgusted
with Republican tree ehe.ry and, fraud. He
accordingly seat inhis.withdrawal, and they
pub lltblleddhs3sillettlitig that ha ahoi:ld
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do so, and thus deprive, them the opportunity
of vindicating him at
-the ballot-box !! I -
.Now why do our readers suppoie Mr. La
throp, was thus butcheivd i Ni'e, ivill explain
it, foi, until recently these Muriel' Plefliteite_
leaders .who thui force ;• hitn eo . decline for
Hempstead, Were loud', is his .Pesise, and
bwisti V alit they *4 4 _ l "te4 lA* -,kY
2060 majority in-this connty... , The reaso n is
iltis.Mr. Lathrop bonnet - 414u* with the
frauds and'cluplicity petwithted by these lead
ing Know Nothings, in attempting to deceive
honest men lino the semi* of the Lodges
by. the cry of 64 free-soil,"',ii free-boil," and ac !
cordieedy withdrew from the Order, declar
ing that if he was re-elected to the Legista, t
ture he would not be bound ..by the oaths of
Enow-XothingisM. As s*on as these men
ascertained that he bad withdrawn from their
Order, ot course,they were , ready to defeat
him, hut how should it be done I It would
not do.to let the public understand that they
Were opposed 'to hir: Lathrop bbcause he had
withdrawn from tue. Know Nothings, so they
hit upon the expedient of forcing him to de
cline, and in order to blind the, eyes of the
people they pretended to be very sorry for if!
' ./ The above facts we can prove, and we do !
not believe, as lost as they are to manhood.
and truth ,that they dare deny;;,for they must
know that should they do so, tiiey will find
tbernselvesin a position not the most desire
s ble. Although Mr. Lathrop is not our inform
ant, yet we are willing anybody should
appeal to hint ; for the truth of our declarations.
But. further, than this, it was admitted- by
one of the lelegitte4 - from Auburn to ' the
Republican dor:mention last Monday, in front
of Ilatche's Hotel in this borOughe and in the
presence of a _dozen or , more .men, that the
reason 'that they did not nominate Mr. La
throp, was,that he had withdrawn' from tho
Know Nothines,l and they could not therefore
&net him II i. - -• . I
Now, we appeal to the Citizens .of SUsque
,
henna-comity, who - have fl, . a hundred con
tests shewn to the world that they hive po
litical honesty land integrity,—whe have nev
er heal slow t 4 ribuke such i corrupt cOmbi-,
nations for the (purpose of defrauding thf.m of
their rights as - fretitnen,—we'say we appeal to
this people and ask if. -by 'their 4otes; they
- will sanction.sti l ch dishonesty,-- 7 -such hypocra
cy—or will they not rather say to these' cor
rupt, bad pen, 'in the language.- of..gcripture,
" the grave is ttlinellonse, for you leive.made
your bed in corruption I"
We believe there are hosti -of Men who
have heen - indliced in one catty: ; and- another,
to go into the Lodges, who yet love virtue,--,
who yet worship at the shrine of honesty and
truth, and whowill go to the polls ready to
throw off their nyegiance, and like bold and
independent' freemen,
,rehnke in thunder
tones such •disreputablo prow °dings ss have
been carried on here in the name of Republi
canism. • Shall'it'be'writtere of the people of
this connty, whose intelligence -and- love of
principle have passed. into a proverb, that
they finally bound themselves, hand and foot,
acd g6 6 ve.themselves up submissively ; Ito the
hands of half-dozen' , men in sfontro4, who
Philadelcobia
to get contrcl'of
their rotes ,
pos tr atei truth,
dethrone virtueand aisgace; the - anhals
of
infamy : by the most
not,
', fidsehoOtl and t
fraud t*, .We trust not,--vie believe, not, - we
pray not.. :Let not such - a binning blasting
:page ever be writtenip our history il And •
there _is but one *ay to avert it, and 'that is
to come out like • fneeinen who know 'their,
rights, and. knowing daie defend thet4 r . • •
How completely does this treatment , of Mr.'
Lathrop unmask the , ltypocradv of th6e Re
publicans on the questton of free soil. They
admit that Mr. 1-athr.in is right in . their ar
ticle—that he served than - well,—voted for
1 Wilmot for Utiited States Senator A 74., and
yet when he wlthdraws from the .Order and
says be will stand or fall oti the;'-question of
freedom solely; at, once they deiominate him
A traitor, and force him 'from the field 1 This
shows.their love 'for ;free soil, about which
they are constantly brawling: Now will the
people endorse such prOceeidingi at the polls ?,
No, it never will he' said of the peoPle of Sus
quehanna. .They will repudiate them—and_
send their, authors hack into meritedi'.ob3cu
- rity and disgrace. I'. '. -
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"The Know Nothing Convention.
The Know Nothings of this county, hay
ing first prepared everything i& the Lodges ;
for the sake of cheating the,public ;into their
support, Caine forth to the light tinder the
name
. of Republicans, last ,Monday, in this
Borough, and nominated a ticket for the coun
ty offices.
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For the Legislature they nominated O. G.
Hempstead, of Hrooklyn, firmeriy a Demo.
cmt,—for Commissioner, Wm. P. Case of 1
Gibson, fOrtnerly a Whig,—for Treasurer, S.
A.' Woodruff, of.Montrose, formerly a Demo- i
crat, and for Auditor, _D. I). Brown- of Cho- 1
.conut. Their candidates nre all members-of 1
the Order, and yet we are told that only sla- i
very has anything to dd. with the present
cOntest: Our readers, toik,'will recollect that
the first Monday of last Court; a grand coun
cil of the Know Nothings, met-at Montrose
in Bloomer Hall, resolved to keep up the Or
der and adjourned - to the Court House and
held - a Republican 'meeting , in the evening.
In. that Know Nothing council in Bloomer
Hall, that afternoon, as . we can prove by per
sons echo were present, if lit shall -be denied,
the township • Committee's ito superintend the
election' of delegates to the Republican Conven
tion. to:nontinate the ticket last Monday, were
made I Thus we trace the whole machinery
of the so called Republican pu.rty b etraight
into the Lodge. And yet this sante so-eilkai
(.Republican party, resolves in public that it
1 luta 2Klconnectkut with the Know 'Nothings,
Ashen even itarCorninittees are appointed in
1 the Lodge Room I : What think you, honest
men of this countyofeuebelideavors to Cheat
/ yon of your votes l 91 yo sustain the nn
-1 principled villians„ who seel4 to • delude you
by such dishonesty arid ctirrci t ption 1 i
,To the Convention. The Standifig: Cora
-1 mittee here directed:that in the primary elec
tious in the townsliio,. the voters shoal," isote
for the candidates dir e ct, and that those d o tes
alumiti beinoUght to tie Convention land
i notuancit 214 camussiiegaisinir tb•Arbeet
1 tipbe 4 tyla is the' 'Nat to Mak lo al
the, nominee. This -tnetbod, the Committee
said, would 4 away with the bargain end
sale business among delegates here. But
when the Courentionawrimbled, a resolution
mit:paned that thtl would set aside the eke
tioni, and *mimic the caididake thenuelves
Thus tkt voiestAsf the people was set aside ;
beeigageopre they bad not - voted in
the townships to suit the purposes of the wire
pullers at Montrose. That they never • inten
ded to abide by the vote of the people, is ev
ident by' the declarrttiou'of some of the lead
era in Montrose, two or three days before the
'Convention assembled, that the elections
would ba set aside by the Convention. Thus
we see that they intended trom the first to
practice . this fraud, and take up the method
which they called " bargain and sale".
After the nominations, the . Convention to
carry out the fraud, of course, passed Resolu
tions for what they call "freedom," which
means freedom for the nigger and slavery
'and degredatiun for white men, and adjourn
ed. It was throughout i spiritless affair, not
one half as.mstny present as at the democrat
ic Convention, and all the proceedings seem:
ell s to shOw that they felt themselves in a dis
honest business and doomed to defeat.. The
guise has beetl torn aside, and the day is
ed that they 'can deceive the people by al&
pretenses. Thus ended the moit fraudulent
and corrupt proceeding . that ever called itself
a political Convention in Susquehanna Coun
ty.-- A large 1 number of those who were
J among the lenders in funding -the Know.
I Nothing ordeti and Republican party in the
county, are nw out in open opposition to,
i
the ticket, an the Demcleraoy, if they will
pursue a firth and just course, may defeat
them next month and thus rid the coduty of
the most dangerons political party that ever
j disgraced its•annals.
, Democrats, Awake!
To You, fellow-Democrats,. are committed
high trusts. In the arrangements ,Provi
denee, the same form and circumstances of
duty is never presented to us but once. That
oppOrtunity for good neglected, will never
return, though we should seek it carefully,
with tears. Let us heed that call.now.'
I Foe this county, the battle is. soon to
he fought. The forces of darkness are being
marshalled, and we already hear their under-
ground tranvia the distance. It is fusion,
pm alliance of our ancient enetnies,the Whigs
with a very few once mis-Muned Democrats,
all organized, bound together and leek hy - the
mysterious force of ". Know Nothingisin."— !
The one purpose now, as ever,- is to beat
down the liemobratie party, and its princi- '
ples. The ivhigs say they .are , dead. This
only means that they have changed their
name to "Republican ;"- for overy man of
• them standi:as openly hostile to the -,Deme
cratic party, as ever. Beaten op a thousand
fields, and in every guise, their ancestral. ha
tied waxes hotter ;anct.to defeat us even once,
they will turn themselves all over, like beasts,
in the mire oft.he Lodges, or do anything
else which even their always misgoverned
.souls abhor. Their loose morality is, " the
end. justifies the . means:" , A few have left
• our ranks, and turned their liands•against ii's.
-
They-are meti, who long nursed, fed, and hon
ored by us, turn to our enemies. when they
see the first prospect of making something by
I.
fthe change. We say there is no principle in
it. Last fall - they said our Coniention pass
ed no Free-Soil &solutions, and therefore
I they must vote with the " Know-Nothines."
'ln vain we told them the convention was
, right, and the candidates were right . "Why
did'nt-'you.' pass &Solutions?" •Well this f h ll
1 we do pass . them; and still they bolt. • Now
what is the motive 1 • . . •
Well this defection Increases our srre,ngtF,
while yet it diminishes . .our numbers. We
needed sifting. Long victory had drawn to
,
our ranks men who can't be trusted; and
who vanish before the first shadows of -den
o'er. -
Loon AT TUE. DAVE! It only is, shall- 'le,
ejret oath-united politicians rule the County? .
They must meet it. It is vain to shuffle off
the-question on to Slavery. They knou; kis
false; and this - attempt to cheat the voter', is
but one link in the chain of lies that hinds
together this nameless mass of corruPtien.—
Our convention uttered, in its platfonn;lree
soit,"loud as they could speak it ;_ and every
candidate' is clean upon'that subject. Look
at the letters of these .men I lie is as idiot
who thinks he helps Slavery, by voting for
1 Wells, Turrell, Foote, and. Lathrop. They
do'nt believe it,—not a man of them. The
difference is, they are Know .IVothings, or in
alliance with them, and tee are against them!
Tbere!is the issue. The great effort of these
, men is to dodge it... Hold them to IL If
they ii , ereAinciire, they would abandon the
Lodm, and put no member on the ticket.—
It is easy to dodge this issue in this way. It
is not necessary to turn Know Nothing in or- /
der toi.opjiose Shivery. No, this is the issue. I
Elect their ticket, and the offices of the cou,n- I
l'ty are in the hUnds of men, who carry there l i
the secret oblightions of wick —j
I oaths, /
tice is I broken dOwn,—the popular sense is de
binehed,—the 1 principle is sanctioned, that
- secret, ryirg, and wicked means are right. in
Olitics,—and all trust 'in man, all 'confidence- 1
lin truth, give way before this moral pesti
leitce. : ,
SomC Courts have excluded these men from
thil .jurjr-box. All' Courts ought to. • We
thOd no,.inan fit to take the Jurors oath,
1 whose'moral sense is undermined, whose con-
I seXence is blunted, and whose judgement ii
1 peiverted by the oaths, and the awful orgies
that would make even those wicked men pale
and shudder, but for the friendly darkness
that hides each countenance from his fellow's
olititerm don: We see in all the rUlationa of
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every ay ife, what a mysterious sympathy
binds these then together; and how they
hate every out-spoken DemocraL How would
they regard the .rights of. a Democrat, or
Catholic suitor; especially in times of heated
' contest. Carry that unseen influence,.—mighty
because unseen,—into the_ Halls of justice,
'and whatibecomes of the impartiality, the
sacredness, and the stern, ROM= grandeur
that made our Courts iit once our boast • and
our security. And hoar carefully as the
...Asaeriesa psoOlowery-whene, gastde4 the
purity 'of the erminet He' that holds the
balance, has ever been set apart to that 410 7
ty ; and that no bias, no partiality should ev
er bring distrust even over. the purity of his
intentions, the piipular sense bade him never
to mingle with ixditieal, or other strifes,
where men get heated. i, ' -
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Homage has everywhere been done to ' this
principle, and as a result, we have: seen jus
tice honored in her hulk Break down this
principle, and we shall see'the public confi
dent* in thi judiciary gone; and then we've
taken one g4,ent step towards anaroby.
Again, w 4 dread the influence of these
men as witnesses. Fellow Deniocrats,"do not
every one of you - know men who have lied to
you on this subject, from time to time, just
as felons lie! Besides, the system is a lie in
all iti workings; for it is meant to deceive.—
Has not this Lodge taught the habit of lc-
lag, 'so perverted their Moral sense, that you
would hesitate t to take tbeiS words on any
subject! Suppose you instruct your. child
that in ono departineneOf life, he may lie ;
how soon he will be a noted likr everpokere!
'Humanity is fallen. The citadel of truth
must always be guarded. The least apper
ture allowed for the ingress of falsehood, and
in, a moment-a resistless flood rushes to the
; defenceless poin,t„and every barrier of virtue
',is swept away. The man becomes a moral
ruin; and, before God,we regard him a dan
gerous object in social, judicial, or political
life. Yet th es e men must, daily stand and
witness in our courts'. . i'
Yet again, before this pervading falsehood,
religion lar(ei its hold on the public consci
ence. Every right minded . man :loathes the
religious professions of these men, as-he does,
hypocri4. - The churches, infected with such
mentbershipp,must be sunken and debauched;
and in the contaminations of such communi
on, every 'cliristiail emotion Must languish
and die.
All motives combine then, to urge you to
the polls, - in October. Know Nothingism has
but one life. Like every other lie,—once
killed, it never revives. Beat it now, and
the work is done /brevet. Our cOuntry,..hu
nianity, and truth summon us to the high du-.
ty of adding this to the lo . tig roll of. achieve
ments that have mae, and will make your
party illustrious throUgh all. ages.
Is the spirit of 78 . 41eparted / Is there no
energy in the right II Shall we wait until
another Washingtonlor Jackson . arises,.to in
fuse into us their griiateoutidence in theOni-,
nipottnce of truth?! Will you that never
%layered ; quail before) this enemy, because' it
is more like devils ; is hotter from hell, than
any ever loosed. upon .us before 1
No, Protestant and Catholic Democrats'.
go to the polls, and vindicate liberty of eon
scieuee, and equality of. eitizenahip, now ve
ing violated.
Free Democrats, : vlio love their, principles
because they are free, and open; go to the
polls and crush that alarming emigre of cor
rupt men,—that enormous contradiction to
.
" self-governinent," l —serret political combi
nations. 1. • .•.
Dernocrats, , who regard the ,ballot-box, as a
sacred thing; ordained to be the only means
by which the people shape their institutions
o aml• rescue it from the hands of a profane
conspiracy, that would make it utter only the
decree , : of midnight councils.
Democrats, who lori justice; go there,
and sweep her courts every corrupting
influence.
Democrats who hate treason and fraud ;
gO to the t)olla, and, rebuke the men, once
cherished; and fed, and honored by you, in
their base desertion to.your enemies, - for the
sale of powe'r,
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Maine Election.
The election for Governor and members of
the Legislature in Maine has resulted in a
complete overthrow of the Republican Know
Nothing parts.. The ljantwrits have eleet
ed.,a large majority iaboth legislative branch
es, thus securing the election of the Gover
nor if he has not a majority vote over all oth
er 'candidates. Our -last intelligence,-, prior
to this writing leaves him but 3000 lacking a
Minority over all, wlth about 13000 votes
yet to be beard from.
Last year - Maine - went Republican "all,
one way." ThE(result this year is a pot enf I
warning to the pretended leaders of the free'
soil movement in the 'North, and tot-shadows
what may be expected from the course being
pursued.---In Maine as in our county, the Re
publican party was formed, embracing in its
organization the heresies of Know Nothingsm.
They were Know Nothings in secret; and Re-'
Publicans in public. John P. Hale has been
stumping the state and endeavoring to .ce
ment the unholy alliance. But the people
could Jtot be decieved, and the resultjtas re
corded the complete overthrow of the
named Republican party in the state where
it was supposed they were strongest,. land
I 'here they were first organized. , And thus
lit will go through the whole North in I re
1 year's time. The honest masses of the eo
-1 ple are turning, with very disgust from that
party whose rallying cry is r freedem,", and
yet whose secret principles would degrilde
oppress, and take away the right to be a man,
from their own race and 'color.
DinisocrotUe Conference.
The COnferees of the Representative Dis
trict composed of the counties of SuNquehan
na, Wyoming and Sullivan, met at Lacey
villa, Friday the 14th lust, to nominate can
didates for the State Legislature.
The Conference was calk..4 to order by L.
Conklin, and B. Glidden Esq., was chol3en
Chairman. A. J. Gerritsou and R. Bedford
Secretaries. .
The following persons appeard as Confer
ees. Susquehanna, B. Gliddin, Wm. B. flan
thick, Jas. McMillan and 14..4, Gerritson.
Wyoming, C. J. Gearhart j. L. Conklin, R.
Mowry, jr. Sullivan, ILBedford,T. S. Bum
gardner. On motion, proceeded to nominate
candidates. Oliver Lathrop, James Deegan,
and John V. Smith were named. On motion
the nominations 'were closed. The first bal
lot resulted as follows: Messrs- Gl 3 rrit6m!.
Hendrick, McMillan, Gliddeu t 13.edford and
Bunsgatiiner voted for Lethrpp. •Meeers.
Odds*, Ibiodiri
Gearhart, Conklin.and hfowrey Toted for
James Deegan.. Mews. Gearhart, - Conklin
and Alowrey voted for John V. Smith ' . Mesita,
Lathrop and Deegan were declared nonsina-
A. J. Dietrich, Esq., appeared before he
_conkTence and stated that Mr. Deegan was
now confined to hii'beir with fever in Clinton
county, and he was directed ^by Col. Deegan
to Nay•that he did not, under the circumstan
ces, deem it consistent to accept the nomina
tion. On motion his declination was accep
ted, and on she next ballot J. V. Smith re
ceived six votes and was therefore declared
nominated. Conference adj9urned.
(Signed by the officers.) -
Letter to Dr. J. V. Smith.
veriraosu, Sept. 15, 1855,
Dear Sir:—As Chairman of the Commit
tee appointed by our late Democratic,Coun
ty Convention, to - ask of our candidates
pledges against present or future alliance
with any form of "Know Nothingism," I
respectfully ask of you that Pledge. We re
gard that to be a conspiracy against religious
liberty; and the civil rights of naturalized
citizens,—a systematic effort, conceived and
led on by wicked Men - , to so pervert the BAL
LOT-BOX, that instead of being the unbiassed
exponent of a people's will, it srtall be butthe
stolen engine of a sworn minority, taking
'possession of it by, means of false names and
false issues,—a great lie,- organized ; making
men lie to their fellows, by rule; and thus
losing the foundlitions of popular virtue,—
and an unseen p o wer , that creeps into 'our
Courts, and perv erts there, the public Justice.
theseFl VE
Nothingism as a
popular suffrage.
l barges, we arraign Know-
Igr l ent criminal, at the bnr of
I Compared with this, other
nint. 'and their hormra.--
some pnllixtiona,Which this,
cannot plead: = .
crimes lo.e their
Slavery itself has
its Northern ally
This party is win the-field, in this Coun
ty, with its catafidates., led on by cc:irrupt
men, under the (Ake name of" Republican??
Th. Democratic )arty, its banners already
streaming in light; and its great heart in
stinct with the purpose 3 of former days,' is
steadily gathering its energies for an cb
victory as all good men. des?re. .
Permit me, sir, to . ask. yon farthef—;•Are
you opposed to the extension of Human Sla
very ; and if.elected, will you legititnatelY
act otit that principle?
Respectfully &c.'
R. B. LITTLE, Ch'n Com
Letter Prow J. V. Smith
TUNKIIANSOCK, Sept. 17 ; .1855
Dear, Sir :—Your favorof the 15th inst: is
just reed.. I. fully subscribe . •to the views
therein expressed, and acknowledge the pro
priety ef the course pursued by your County
Convention. Governed by. the same motives
our Convention - required of its candidates the
same pledges; to which I, in connection .with
the other nominees of that.conventiop, cheer
fully subscribe—to which p'edge as subscribed
by me and published in the "North Branch
.110nocrat," I would respectfully.refer.,
In 'answer to your second . interrogatory I
‘vonld say that I have ever regarded glavery
as w, tong, and a great natronal evil-l-that
am opposed to its eitension into_ free tel7ito
ry, and that if elected," I will " legitimately
act out that principle„" . • .
' Respectfully &c., 3. V. SMITH. •
To R. B. Unix Es 44. Ch'n Dem. Coni.! •
NEW MILFORD Sept. 11, 1555.
Gentlemen
lour communication is before me, Worm;
ingme of my nomination by the Democrat
ic Convention for the office of County Corn
mi sioner. You ask of me a pledge . that I ncith,
er have had, nor. will have . any connection
with the secree-Order . called Know N,othings: .
I am convinced; of the propriety of the re 7:
quirement, anti g
, :.'take pleasure in informing;
you that I never have nor never intend to.
associate myself with any, secret Organiza- .
tion for any purpose whatever, for .I am satis
fied that it: requires
.no secrecy to' carry out
the Declaration of Independance, and I am at
a loss to how xruan-can take upon him
self the oath of office and hold to the• doc
trine of proscription.- I hold to freedom in
its broadest sense, and a Slave indeed must
1 that man be.. Who dare not speak the truth.—
I - think the resol/ions.adoited by the Con
vention on the leading topics of thedaY *ere,.
such as might'be concurred in. by every free
than of the North. I think Gentlemen the
above defines my position sufficiently clear.
I shall rely upon a . generous public to elect
me to the office for which .1 have been norni
nated# and if elected will endeavor to perform
• the duties of the office to the best of my
ability.
Respectfully Yours,
' NORMAN FOOT.
•
R. B. LITTLE, Chniarman of Gcsini':ee
lionuosE, Sept. 176, 1855.
Gentlemen:—
In answer to your inquiry whether' I ever
have,,or do now belOng to the Order, comon
ly ealFud Know Nothings, a secret . . order for
political purposes, it affords me' pleasure to
say, to you and the Public : that. I, have no
connection with any society or .order of the
kind... I think Lou highly of freedom of con
science, freedom of suffrage, and . freedom for
all men, to ever take the, oaths of such tin
•
ormantzation. o, gentleman, lam not there.
My judgement in exercising the rights of a
toter, in this republic; will never sulitnit itself
tA; the keeping of such institutions. .
The Resolutions of the Convention that
placed me in nomination,. Speilk my senti
ments oo the leading topics of the day,and I
shall stand or fall by them. Should -the pea
pie confide in me their trust, I will endeavor
to discharge every duty in such a manner as
to protect their interests and defend* their
rights. ,
TtiE'FrasilCrrow-Novurxen.—An oldlfeth
°dist professor, who holds Buninn'ti "Pilgrim's
Progress" next in his heart to the Bible; while
he lqolos on 4nnw-3,gothingigun as a Orfrgi
of the devil to chest Agleroote xnauliital ant
of all tlie'ekunfints of vital sod - truly 'craw
*Mod Obtlatiaaity it aow imaitium, has AOO4
in 13unyan the real founder ofthe family be
so reprobates, and accordingly sends us the
following :
Much speculation has been indulged in
with 'reference to,l.he original stock; and froin ,
which the present - delectable know-Nothing
family sprung. Its origin is not very honor
able, if we are to judge the family by the
company in which it is found. Bunyan makes
mention ofold grandmother "Know-Nothing"
in his Pilgrim's Progress, thus; "But when
Timerous was got home to her house, she
sends for some of her neighbors,.to wit; 'Mrs.
Batseyes, Mrs. Inconsiderate, Mrs. Lightmind,
and Mrs. Know-Nothing," This was a" coun
cur convened for the purpose of condemning
the course of ChVistiana,l, the wife of Christian,
who, with her children, had that. Morning
started on a pilgrimag to the Celestial City 4
To the Mincing oit , Susq 9 a County.
-The undersigned , offitiers, of the Sing's Co.
Agricultural' Society dire. to draw the at
tention of the agriculttir l rl and mechanic in
terest to the approaching fair on the 10th
and 11th of Oct. _ Fron the great encourage
tnent that is held out tol the farmer and me-
chanie, it is obvious that a corresponding im
provement should take place in their several
branches of business. And in order to effect
this desirable end, the society was establish-
cd, that it might be the means of bringing
exhibitors together in honorable competition;
spreading info rutatiou,.of a valuable dha rac--
the, and introducing Improvements •of great
lln portsin cc to us all. It is well'known: that
'already, much good has been done, for eVery
one may perceive the great improveinent that
has taken place within k few years. And
the fact is undeniable that iv stimulus - has
-been given to agricultural improvement by
the agency of the • For instance, if
hot - a single individual in a neighborhood
' has had his attention turned to. the improve
!meet of his farm and stock by. an'attendance
at the annual Fairs, an object hint once gain
ed, forhe not only sets himself to the work
!of reformation,' but his example acts upon his_
neightrs and so the work goes on till in the.
eourieef a short time the•whole!country will
present a scene of successful cultivation.
It is in this way that the society, effectaits
object, an in order to do so an 'exhibition
must be held, premiums. distributed, 'and ad
dre,kses' delivereda fostering band is there
, fore retinired to sustain it,, both by annual
subscriptions and an exhibition of the prod
ucts - of ilie farm and the work shop, for the:
united effort of all is required to 'give life and
spirit to the fair. The premium list has been
enlarged beyond any that has preceded it, in
the hdpe that a good attendance will justify:
the extension—and althoUgh 411 eannot get
Premiums, yet it la believed that everyone is
benefltted by whet he sees exhibited and re
turns with a greater stock of inforination.,;-
An hottest pride is i ttlso felt in the . . progress
our county is makinkin agriculture and ev
erY 'reflecting man resolves to do better-This
addrees had been written thus far 'when the
chairman of the Executive committee re
'ceived - a letter from Sauiuel C. Morton Esq.
Phil'a enclosing *lOO for the use of the agri-
Cultural society Mr. 'Morton - has been in the
habit oFspendieg a' few weeks here 'every,'
summer, and, observing the cnpabilitie% of the
county in arlagricnltural point of view, and
hoe much it was imProving, conceived that
in no better way Could its resources be more
especialy developed, than by aiding the.soci
ety, and nothing could be More important
than this donation. How • many'• there are
who could lend rt helping hand yet withhold
it, and . 'how forcibly does the liberality Orthis
gentleman appeal to every citizen of the coun
ty to do ~something inwards promoting its
true interests, other lands may be more fertile
and susceptible of cultivation, but the farm
ers of Susquehanna county who -follow a judi- „
. citms systenr,! will ,be renumerated with no .
niggardly. hand. He lives-in a moral atinos
phete and breathes - the air of health.
The undersigned would therefore appeal to
their fellow citizens to ponder these • things.
and render such support as is befitting an in
telligent community.
HENRY DRlNKFR;President.
,THOS' NICHOLSON,
ALFRED BALDWIN, Ex. Corn.
',THOMAS JOHNSON,
REUBEN WELLS.
At a meeting of the Susquehanna Co. agri
cUltural society in Montrose. on Saturday.
Sept. 15th 1856. The President in the chair
The following preamble andyesolutions a - ere
unanimously adopted. •
Whereas, the)ntroduCtion of valuable', and
neat stock and Other domestic animals 'into
this-county thrtingh the. agency of .members
of the agricultural society, has .contribnted
greatly to prompt° the interest .of the farmer
and hits. manife4ted that tour lands are adtni
rably.tidai)ted to grazing and dairy purpi)s(kg,
-and in order more fully to develepe• our', fe-
!sources healthful competition must be! stillifur-
ther encouraged, by the enlargement of. Idle
premium list and otherinducernents in Order .
that the Farmers .may better
. appleeiatco.lle
natural advantages 'of/the soil—Therefore. -
Respired, That the chairman of the ex(!itu-.
' tive committee be directed to correpond with
nonresident : land ()miners inliew York and
PION, and their rerwSentatives;soliciting con:
tributions in aid 'of the. objects of. this Society
- with-assurance that it*.wi:l be
.a pp roprited
~„. .
so as to create among our farmers 'a desire
.
for improvementand thus eventually lead to
the promotion - and . advancetnent of the gene-.
.rat agricultUral interest of the county. •
Resoleed, That the grateful thlt4s of this
society are.liereby tendered -.to SaMuel C.:Mor
ten Esq,i, Phil's, for his liberal lontitiOn'of nne
hundred . d 01l a ri, which the, societyl appreciate
more hi'ghly as evincing a- desire . 46 truly dig=
interested to furtber Its object.—By. order: 1 of
the - meeting..
, .. ~
. - THOMAS NICIIOI.SON, } 1,.',-- '1
ALFREI) BALDWIN, . - !Ex.. Cam.
THOMAS JOHNSON, ..• 1 ,
. liteligous Notice. i
Rev.N. Doolittle will preach at! the trui
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Tensible Cktareh t Montrose the 'fifth Stita44
V i ll 894 ( 0 0 . )
S. .
O . 14ne l ' is ,deibled tla belt Cimpottion
fp? Mtn stains old oircilar4teit
/Murder at. Mew York.
The gt. wasi-on - gaterday
evening the scene of anther frightful encoun
ter, similar, to that enacted, about a year ago
when Col. Loring of Mississippi lost his life.
It appears that shortly before 9 o'clock on
the evening named two of the boarders, Capt.
J. J. Wright and Mr. - 11,. $. Dean, were seen
talking together in an exc i ted manner in the
bar-room. Suddenly Capt. Wright drew
from bra pocket a cowhide, with which-he
struck Mr. Dean id . the face.; Instantly the
latter drew from a sheath which
.be carried
under.his vest a large bowie knife, the-blade
, of which be plunged almost to the hilt in the
side of his antagonist. - - •
Tlienviounded man immediately dropped
the cowhide, and attempted to get away, but
was followed by his antagonist, Who spirt
wounded him in the abdomen. ;,
Lieut. Stage of the . Eight Ward police bap.
pened to be•present, and a* Air. Dean was. in
,the act of making another thrust frith the
knife at his adversary, eangh bira by the.
collar and prevented the further itrfrietiou of
violence.
Capt. Wright 'soon fell, e.shwasted from
lass of blold, to the floor, and was conveyed
to his room where he Was'attended by- sevei
al physicans, ail of whom pronounced his
wounds to be mortal.
Mr. Dean', in making
.the third thrust,
with the Itnife Cut .himself;•severely in the '
.•
thigh,. and :was also conveyed to. a room in :
the hotel, where the wounds'were dressed by
a surgeon. He, as well .as la friend -of: his
named Montgomery, who witnessed the affray,
are under. arrest and will .beirept. in
.custody,'''' .
•
until an examination shall take place.
The whole affray occupied btit a few' mo
ments and _ . was. conducted tltiietly' that
many who were in the - bar-room :it the: time
were unaware - of its occurrence until it was
Over, The news, hbwever, spread rapidly,
and soon the , fialls and the . rum-iooni. were"
'crowded' by 'excited inmates.' .
The quarrel . ; •it is said, grew -out. of 'mime
thing .Dean had 'said
. and circulated retlee
ling upon the honor and character of Capt.
Wright. They had. frequent and bitter alter- k.
cations in . regril -to, the. objectionable la
n-page, and .Ori - Saturday night, met by pre
vious appointaient in the . ruin-room of the St. -
Nicholas, 'Dean, fearing 'violence on the pia!, •
of Capt. W., NO armed himself, :and when
the Captain struck. him with the cowhide . '
•
fuse , ' his. weepen.,- •
The knife with whiCh Capt. NV . ..we...stabbed
was seven inches in length, and 'entered the.
abdomen almost up to the ' hilt. The phys
icians in attendance. were yesterday of the,
opinion that-the blade had glanced, and; not
divided the intestines, anal(' such be thecase,
the wound, though fightrul, may not prove
mortal.- - Yesterday. afternoon he appearttd to-'
suffer less pain, and_ informed oar ;report:es • .
that the reason of his hostility to Mr.,Pean
was that the latterhad made a-Statementthat
he -(Capt... W.) had inisappropriated some
plate which was etv i board the—Steamer Jew
ess, which-was lost. at Sandy Oook.-in %to
her last. V Ile. had several . interviews with
Mr. Dean, -who put`hirp off from time to time,
and on th eir meeting at St:' Nicholas, he- - -be- ;
Ing again refused, drew a cowhide, but' .
immediately .held- by Mr. - Montgomery, 'a
friend 6f Mr. D.—Tribune. , .
Native American Religion.
. . i
"Brothers, let us have American .liberty `
and American religion." , - I
[Speech of Hon. K. Rayner, in knownoth
iki7 coniTatton] . '
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Taking,Oie abOve for !t text i the Lautsville
Times says: ' - -
"The Christto religion is of foreign origin,
and if know-nothingism goes Onto wax much
warmer in its zeal for things ;indigenous to
this country, we may expect ithat a native
American religion will bo proposed befottt
long—the Mormon, perhaps, as this )s purely
American.. Orator Rayner, we suppose, would
have - the name. American isapersede that of
Christian as a p . refix to 01:4: i.efig!oti. Whit
s pity that Clout was not born 'America
instead of Bethlehem ,of Judea!' If he had •
been, no doubt Sams.s peuple . would have
thought much better Of his religion than they
do: Itiwas a great oversight in Providence
not to let this country be discovered by. Ruro
peens, until the times of their CathOlic
esties, Ferdinarid - and Isabella; and a still
greater one, that CbristopUr Colutnbus,'a
Catholic, should have been allowetithe honor.
of first placing a foot upon is a wender,
too t that the Know:'Nothings are so well sat
isfied' with such an important name." -
•
- I '° • stasatati.i
On Sunday the 13th ink by' the Rev. J. 8.,
McCreary;lllr.-GRANN-ILLE S. ME l ssicx„ 'and
Miss Sts Ax J. HALL, both of Great Bepd.
VAt Harfoid on the sth I lust, by 'Rev.
11Ii1ldr, Mr. Noyss,E. NE*Torr t 4 Miss SARAH
B. CAnrstcrEtt, daughter of Mr.lra Carpenter
all of Harford.
By the mime, at Gibson on the 12th inst,
Mr. .51gfilt J. Thrtwoo'n of Green, Pike Co.
to Miss LOYINA M. PICHRRING, daughter of
Mr. Sorbet Pickering of Gibson.
- Wiltll# 0 -
In Ltox. Sept. 16th CLARENCE Ca4ror;
Son. ofDanieland ..Zelia J. Brundage,.. aged
3 years and 6 months. .
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PROCLAMATION.
• GENERAL ELECTION. . 1 1
.
IN pursuance of an act . of the General Assem
bly cithoCommonwealth of . PeeinsManie,
entitled 4in " act relating to the elections .of the
ComMonwealth," apprOed the3ocend day of Jti
ly, A., D. ime thousand eight tmdred'and thirty.
nine i ll; F. P. HOLLISTER, High Sherifftif.the
county of •Suaquehanna, in said •Conamonwealth,
'do hereby give notice to the e lectors of the tioun,
ty aforesaid that a General Election will beheld;
in said county on the second Tuesday of October
next, (it being .the 9th day of said month) at
which time State and County officers are to be
elocted as follows. to wit:"
One,persott to fill the- °Wipe of Canal Colnali3-
aioner
. of the Board of Pennsylvania.
Two portions to fill the office. of Members •of
the Hedge of .Reproseatativea of. the Common %
wealth of Penn4ylvania, for, thi . Distriot. vt.naPos
e.d- the counties cf Susquehanna, Wyoming
and .
Ono person to fill tho office ..of 'County Com
missioner of the
_county of Su r squehanna.
One person to fill the office of Tieitturcr of
the 'county or Susquehanna -
One persmi to fill the - dtfice of Auditor of the.
county of Suisquebauna. ' -
I also hereby Make' known and gitio notice
that the places of holding the General Election in
the seyerat 'Wards, Boroughs and .Towashipt
within the.county of Sdsituchanna, ern as fel—
Wars, to ' t;
The' Election for the District compOsed of tbo
township of Apolacon,`will be held ati'the bouAe
of Joseph Beebe, in said township.
The Election for the District composed of thn
township of,Ararst, will bet held at the School
House near the' Presbyteepan Churckin mad
township. • '
The Eloeti M for the Distrieteomposed
township of Auburn will be held at the hogs* et
George Haverty, in said township,
The Election for the District Proposed of tbe
township of Bridgewater, will be held at the
Gantt Hoto t !, in the Borough of Montrose.
The Aleution for the District composed of the
tovinship of Brooiloe. will beheld ut the house
wulaeoef 4 e4 11 - 0. A. Eldridge in aid
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Tie *Om hi the Distrleteowreed. of *1
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