Isliturn disclosing by an unvarnished state
ment, under oath, all the facts of which he
bad any knoWledge, and that, on failing to
do so, be eon:nited a grevious mistake, and
exhibited'a spirit of defiance to the, judicial
tribunal before which he had been summon
ed to answer, that no law and order-loving.eit
izen should ever exhibit, or- consistently jus
ify. So far then,'We regard Williamson in
ihawrong, wholly in the wrong to meddle in a .
business' which it did not concern, and again
equally in the wrong in not disclosing . unre
servedly all the knowledge, as he was legally
bound to do, he had in relation to . the tran
saction. But, that all his conduct, wrong as
we deem it,justifiied the arbiter) , exercise of
at least a doubtful poWer which was exercis
ed by Judge Kane, we do not wish to under
stand to assert.. On the contrary, we look
upon hiS conduct in no other light than' our
cerrespondent does.. It was alike fool-hardy.
and tyrannical, placing Maisel in' the . wrong
. and making a martyr of one who we deem
in no way worthy of such an honor. To say
the least of it that i can be'said, it, much mere
reserabled,the acts of a demagogue upon the
bench, Who seemed bent - to pander to an im
becile Administration of the Gen al Govern
ment, for favors-received or yet to be confer
ed, than that of a fearless, "jodependent and
conscientious Magistrate - whose only 'aim was
to do. justice. The whole proceedings, as
disclosed in the reports published;, had an air
of demagoguism and political vindictiveness
and instead of having the effect of 'vindica
ting the ,dignity of the Courtin the public es
teem. It has brought upon it universal de
risioF and cOntempt. It has,Lione even more.
It Was not only' brought the Court into con
tempt, and its Judge into scorn, but has
brought about a wide-Spread sympathy for
• the victim of its tyranny, which no act of his
ever could have secured forhine making more
Abolitionists in the-free States than all their
lectures united could have converted to their
cause in a century. Judge Kane's sycephan
cy to southern ,feeling has done the slave in
terest more injury in the North, than all the
•
Williamson's combined could have . done in a
life time.—Dolly Yews.-
Rlfintrose penietrat.
T:IE LAI:GEST CITICULATION IN NOIITHERN PENN'A.
E. B. qIIASE & J. B. McCOLjUM, Eorroßs
ALV IN DAT t Publisher.
31e stirose, Th tit rsda y, Oct. 11, 1853.
pentatratic Couittn Bominations
TOR REPRESENTATIVES,
OLIVER LATHROP,Of Springville
J. V. SMITH - , of Wyoming County.
• • FOR TREASFRER,
F. TUIP.F.ELL, Of 3lontioo.
,FOR COMMISSIONER,
NOICVAN FOOT, Of New :Wilford.
VOA AVDITOU.,
BELIES WELLS, Of Bridgewaterio
ELECTION-r-I A rESDAY, OCTOBER 9t13::
Wood : Wood ! !
Those Who wish to pay, us in wood we de
'Are should bring us some now. We are. out
As you articoming into town bring us along
some. DO;
We Want Money
Next week is the Fair, and evetybody,near
in the county, we suppose will come.—
Now we say to our, friends that we are great-,
ly in want of MONEY. Can you not eall
and help us I It is but little for you, but it
will help us wonderfully. Just .remember ui
now, and We will-he your • bumble servants
all our lives, or till next January..
jar lion. G. A. Grow was a passenger in
the Pacific that arrived at New . York yester
day.
Sebastopol Has Fallen !
Byithe lasfSteamer from Europe we learn
that the Allies Lave taken Sebastopol.-- 7
Fmceand England" are represented as fairly
drunk with enthusiasm, but the details of the
affair at sailing, had only been received in
tneager d telegrapb ,dispatches. Probably: by
our next issuL , , we shall bare them in full.—
The loss is represented at 30,000.
LOOK OUT FOR FRNUDS! !
Next. Saturday there is to he another issue
of the Republican. It, will be the last card
designed to be issued when there is no time'
to contradict its FALSEHOODS. Judging
from the last issue, you can relrupotrits ex
ceedir(g anything human for recklessness and
Baud. Look out for them.
jam' On our first page may be found an
article on the . Passmore Williamson case.
which expresses our notion of the matter very
fully. The article we cut from; the Daily
News, Philadelphia; a Whig,, anti Nebraf-ka
paper. It undoubtedly reflects about' the true
state of the ease ; the sentiment, of all, think
is honest men frene ra 11 v R ea d th e ar ti c l e .
-tt
More Candidates.
By reference to our aaverti.ing columns it
will be seen that Elhanan Smith Ezq, of Wy
oming county has been brought out as a
candidate for the Legislature.
Mr. Stnith,is a 'Whig, or always was *bile
the Whig party was in existance. lie is a
man of fair talent, a very cleFer fellow, and
no doubt will, rnaliea large run in Wyoming
county. How it will be in this county we
cannot:tell, for we don't know- how many
Whigs there are in this county who have
dependence enough to resist the bargaining
of the Montrose leaders. One thing, bowev -
er, is very certain, this. move will result in
the - total defeat of Mr. Hempstead. From
all we can learn ; the Whigs and indepen-
dents pf Wyoming will support Smith to a
man almost, and thini
_Mt. Hempstead will
hareto get 1500 ior two thousand majority
in this county to be elected.. This every sane
man knows he cannot do. ,_lle has left the
party and true friends :that made him what
he is; and thrown himself into the hands of
his enemies. They love the treason, but can
not reward the traitor. Let his Lite be •
warming to ttioso who tjaity tor liko Woodall.
Witledhrawal4Wlll.llaailow
The New ! P ork 7 of Saturday brings
the intelligetiee - that ;Reioubßoan Conven
thin convened sit.Karrisburglaitt`riday, with 7
drew the nomination of Passmore Williamson
and: nominatedlir. Nicholson, chief clerk in
theTressu fey', Departznen t„ - for canal ' commies
.
ion in his
13y what authority this. convention assem
bled and removed Williamson - from the field
we know ncit, having seen no call for a con
vention of the kind, and no notice of the act
of.removal.i What then can be the object of
those who, lwere 'so anxious to rebuke the
slave power in the person of
Ilas their sympathy: for him all , oozed out 1"-
Have they seen some uptoortunity of selling
poor Passmore over to some other party I
As before mentioned, we know not 'who
has taken the responsibility of declaring Pas
attires- nomination void. Certainly nobody
could do it with political legality save the
convention that put him in ,nomination,
and that body ha; nor clone it,.for it has- not
been re-assembled t We are therefore forced
to the conclusion that it is a mere bargain
and sale arrangement of some trading pond.
clans, for with'the news of Passmore'a removal
comes 'the news that' Martin, the Know-
Nothing nominee, has declined in favor of
Nicholson. Here then is the arrangment.—
Nicholson is now Nothing, an office hold
er in Pollock' e Know Nothing Administra
tion, and the Pure and much - abused Pass-
more is at lastitl4t to rot in prison; and j the
Republican party, sold boily and soul to the
Know Noqiing oraanizatien. So ;the Pius
burg Convention was a farce. The Know-
Nothings bare swallowed the . Republican
party after all. . -
Now, what i i vill•the mass of the people who
really felt that Passmore bad been abused
and that it was their duty to vindicate him— .
we nsk,- What will these people any to this
immolation 'of Passmore t The politicians are
treating him still worse than' the Jndges,, for
they are 'endeavoring to prevent the sitialle'st
degree of " material," sympathy at the ballot : .
box from being r
ina l lifested for him They
shut out the last ;as: of hope from his prison
huse.and leave hirti to grope on in thlrkness
and despair, uncheered the suffrivies of
I • .
thousands of his fellew C4tizetis assuring him
that they will be with hiin in the seventh trib
ulation. So itseems theyi'do not care so much
for Passmore after all,. -It was supposed that
a great public sympathy could be received
in his behalf, that -night secure votes for a
few ambitious demagogues, and so they nom
inated him. • A little while and the clime men
found they-could make more votes bi t , selling
him out to the . Know Nothings, and forth
with, their sympathy for Patismore is turned
into admiration for Nieholio n's rum-blossom
ed nose;—poor Passrnore is iinolated and the
whole pick startiin Lot pursuit of. the whis
key-barrel covered with an " owl" skin
Nicholson a .RePublian ! We venture to
say that he never dreamed of such•a thing.—
fie had always been an old . hunker Whig, till
last fall. Ve then, like thousandi. of others,
joined the Know Nothings,: and became - a
prominent . member of that Cremization, with
which he has ever since actelle ;was re
warded by Gov. PolloclesAdininistmtion with
the post of chief clerk tin the Treasury, ,—tho
desk formerly occupied by Col. Asa . Dimock
of this county.' . •
'Will free soilers stand this bargain and pale
or will they go on and rote for Passmore t
If their sympathy is.real they will do the Jat
ter,—if they Are dishonem, and really, -sehem
ins after cote, regardleks of rii9eiple or man
hood, they will vote for Nieliolson--the whis
key' barrel] corered with " ow/ skin."
't A Word More. . .
Our Election regards the voter as a free
man,‘having reason 'and - thought. They se
cure him, by the heavieSt penalties, from
force, bias, - intrigue, and every influence at
all calculated to change , that elevated cha-,
meter, on the day of elecpon. Woulil you
believe thasuch a man would so sully his,
ti
honor, so d grade his manhood, as voluntari
ly to . come down from his `moral and ;politi
cal elevation, and surrendei. - his judgement,
and conscience, and vote to the will of a
" Council i" and that too, by a ; wicked oath
taken before that kill is definedi Yet such
is the system': And the Lodgti liere, can't
now vote as they ,ian't to do 4!1. Canal. Com
missioner without :first obtaiirmg a formal
leave from the heafl-council so
,far to !deFert
the Lodge ticket. There's 41E-gover‘ went
and freedom-of suffra g es for yo ti ! The whole
that a plan works.so that afeiv aretspott over the
many sworn slaves ! Judge 1 ) der charged
1 the jury in the elevated language of Ameri
can law, when.he said such alconspiracy was
indictable as a crime,
lie§ideq, it is a war'itipon the commrt-rios,
Which /arge/y.securesfrad,om of co n science,
—and it is niston4t in ull !its ramified woik-
The sentiment of. upright and!, impartial
men, everywhere eipress4 is that the Lodyc
discipline so demoralizes the victim, that he
soon:becomes utiafe to be trusted as a Judge
a juror, awituess, an officer, or any relation
where confidence is reposed. A. man ; habit-.
t • •
wally lying and decieving upon one subject,
by an easy transaction, land under lesser
temptation, comes to 'lie on 4/ subjects.—
Again'''fellow/Demoe'!itn, we 4k you to 'fix
your eyes on these men 'and see if this is not
The same_ opular judgement is that these
men degrade,'and dishonor the same of Chris
tianity, whenever they profess it. And that
church has become a mere by-lewd, and scan,
41, that has not left in it energy enoughl of
disipline to cut off such memberships. 13ut
there, as in the other relations oflife t they dr P
in unseen,— *tea/ in unroticed,—iind poison
all the air before you know from whence ..he
moral stench proceeds.
Will.you riot sustain a ticket that embl4-
ies hatred' to all this; rather than one that is
hatched in the Lodges ! Mane than all will
you not strike down the man a , hom you once
fed, brought up, and sustained ; now that he
betrays your con&lenoe;—smiponis out his
409 ingratitude, for therile7rie now of
fered him 1 Nobody need
.011 us that any
priasipl• of slavery &sada tkiap-wo bars
M!=nl
n, and every man knows that Abe Lodge
sown,
alono are in issue. •
Trcluagreiro Almodier Bank.
We Again feel called. upon to remind the
peoPle of the county . of the importance of
electing Mr. Terrell to the office of. Treasur
er. It will not, we presume, be pretended
that in point of capability Mr.Turrell is not by
far the best qui .. ilified of the two. lie has
been a resident of the county all his life,—
all his interests are identified - with., those of
this people, while -his character for sobriety
and manliness is justly the pride of the whole
community where heis known. -In his hatds
the people's money will be safe.
Mr. Woodruff is in wrong company. He
is the pet-candidate Of the'Posts. They are
using every power at their disposal to elect
him, and here their object is welt understood.
They have put up_a building adjoining their
store which is to be used as a Bankbf Deposit
and .Exchange, under their control. Connec
ted with them is a gentleman from New
York, another St. John for what. we know.
It is well understood here that should Mr.
Woodruff be 'elected, the county 'funds are
.to be 'deposited in this shaving shop, tone&
their anxiety for his . - election. This is un
doubtedly the plan on foot in the election ,
of Woodruff. They are 4t . work forhim . with
the energy of desperdtion, for it is a question
with them of dollars and Cents.
Citizens of Susiitiehanna! have you. not
had abOnt enough of Banking . on the credit
of the county_? Have'you not been plundered.
about enough by. these - political' Bankers!
Go then to the polls and vote for I.l}ixav V.
TURRELL, and rebuke this attempt - to make
gain by-your votes. The great struggle now
with these" Moitrose Whigs is to get control
of the count, offices, that they may specu
late froth ur hard
earnings—coin gold
from the swat-drops of year toil! • Shall
they succeed The question'is left for your
decision next:Tuesday: Stand firm and you
will be victorious. Vote, too, for
Iltormau Foot.
For Cottimis;siober. lie is capable, faithful
and honest. •Qpposed to -him is-Nlr. Case, an
old Whig linOw Nothing. Can any man
who ever professed to be a Democrat vote
for Case againit Foot.' The Past year, I. L
Post has been theCeininissioner'sotliee, hav
ing a majority of the Board. One of his toad
ies now goes out, and in. Case he has another
ready tool. With the Commissioner's office
and the Treasurer, the new Bank will have
plenty of capital I. Will you have' honest
and capable men, to transact the business of
your county,' or will you. have I. L. Post 4k -
Co., to do it for you, and to speculate on the
county funds/ This is the question, and: to
accomplish-
_it they are doing everything in
their power. Meet them with your .votes. - -
Sho* them that the . time has passed when
they can make the oirtces of the county the
objects of bargain and sale, for a fewLmonied
arristoerats to fatten upon.
Turn out like freemen. OppOsed to you
are the influences and power of wealth—show
them "the bone and sinew I" • •-;
Keep It Before the People,
That all the acting,nanaging, men of the oth
party; belonitp tke lodges r and their success
will be the triuniph of 'Ai4tii-.2Vrothinyisriz on
ly! - Fellow Democrats ! look'aiound you,in
your respective districts, arid see it' this is not-
So! Look at their delegaiiis—their conVent
ions—l-their . speakers 7 —theitiQrgan- - -also their
secret; as wcll as their more open movements,
- 7 -and
. “iin •will . believe us When 'we say the
whole organization lies in the.lotlges ! . Their
emissaries, are quietly ranging the county,--
tightening the lodge stritig,s,—mining their
false, deceptive way,—and-enlisting every man,
and, ineanS, their oath-fornied system so well
enables theta darkly touse. Their pride is
;
to spring a surprise on" the people,—to take .
I the offices by (*tinning and stratagem. The
•centre of the machinery is in Montrose. Here,
about Six men hold the . strings, which run
out into every township, and neighborhood,
—they keep up a perfect system of intercourse,
and the arrangement is . so cunning, that a
touch at the remotest end, thrills the entire
body.. Not a word is spoken outside ; no ar
gument; no discussion ; no inanliness; it is
all machinery This conspiracy is alarming,
from ,the very perfectness of its . organization.
No pains; time, or money are spared:
To meet this, we have no band- - of emissa
ries going and coming, day and night,—no
secret drill,—nor
, systetn of means. We come
openly to the popular sense of right - ; and
trust alone in the justice of onr cause. We
have confidence in the sober, second thotight
of the.people ;"andgenerously put our trust
• . -
there..
The question is, •ohalli the Lodges rule in
Susgu.'a County ? Of course, they dodge it ;
and Strive to divert the public mind to ques
tions of slavery.. But even they hav'tit the
face 'to say that the election of our Anti-Sla
very ticket to the 'offices of the county, is in
anyway to extend.'slavery. It is a mere local,
coun'ty contest wholly one side of slavery ; in
which both tickets ateddedged against that
evil,—ours from principle r =thtirs from poi
icy. The only issue is here, Our Ticket'
walks boldl, out into • the field, trumpet
tohgued against all the wickedness of Knew
now,and forever. Their 'Ticket
is,otit of the heart of the Lodges ! They
Can't force us into any foreign issues. No, it
is a home question,—touching our very 'fit e
nVol% ing liberty of conscience ? free-
I •
4:lotn of suffrage, purity of the courts' ? and
the public morals ! • SHALL TUE LODGRE RULE
vs I Answer ; Democrats, answer at the
Polls 1 Compared with this, all former issues
sink into nothing. Then let your voice be
beard, and with a great purpose, break
thrOugh LbiK string-syskm,—this net-work of
the lodges...tear it into ten thousand at
-7—s)
We hace'c l iedstem of means by which to
'each you. We can only 'warn from the
Press, this last time, Before another issue,
this battle will be dose,--this batik! What
a spectacle ! Lodges, and the people,
---darkness and light,—an organized lie, and
truth; met in mortal combat, here, in the
high anon of the nineteenth century. ! It is
bumiliuting, that as engine which would
kw* larkaast area Ike Dark Aga, &cold
have sa , a vitality and power of wicked
ness in a land, and among a people, boasting
of freedom and, law. ;
Another Falsehood Nailed
Two weeks ago we charged thatthe whole
machinery of the Republican party, for this
canvass was got up in the Know Nothing
Council in Bloomer liall,thetirst Monday of
last Court,—thatilhe township - Committees
were made there, and that Doct. Dimmock
wrote the article relative .to C. J. Lathrstp's
withdrawal. All of this was denied by Dim
cxk iu the Pepublican last week. We now
lay before the people a letter from A gentleman
who was a delegate itittbat Convention,whose
statement carries truth on its 'face. We re
serve the name and place, because [the geri=
tleman dislikes to appear in a personal con
troversy before the public. But if Doct. Dim
ock persists in his denials we are authorized
to say that he will have enough of it.
* * * Oct. 2, 1855.
FRIKND CHASE: Dear Sir notice in
the _Republican au article over the signature
of G. Z. Dimoek, which, among other miss
tatements contains one, of which I happen to.
have some knoWledge. have not the paper
by me, but if I recollect right, he -denies in
the most positive manner the truth of ,your
allegation, that the Committees of theßePub-
Mean party were made in ".Bloomer
Now, Sir ; happen to know that Dr:Dimock
lied out-right- The facts', are- these : before
the resolution to adjourn was voted; upon, he
arose and_ requested - that
. oue or both of the
Delegates-from each township, should remain
after the Convention should adjourn, and give
him the 'names of three suitable Men to act
as township Committees, and went on to say
that as far as possible he thought, it would
be a good idea to•put on one Dem. K. .N.,.
one Whig K. N., and one ou tsider, who was
known to be opposed to Know Nothingism.
One of the Delegates from Auburn, I think,
here remarked that he did not know who the
outsider would .be in his town, for they were
all inside.
The Convention then adjourned, and I
'know that quite a .number remained and gave
a list of nataiis,aati if any townships were not.
then supplied it mupt have been because the
members got tired of staying and left before
he could• take down the name 4. At any rate
1). was busy writing down the Co`tutnittees
for t . of an hour. As the different men
wont:. forward add : mentioned over names,
they would take tccasitin to inform him that
such a one was a Whig K. N., and such a
Dem. K. N., and the other a Democrat or
Whig Republican, When lie would. remark,
" that is first rate . --that teas the right tray to
shout it not aK. move; but Ile sure,
says he, to have a majority - on each who be
long to the Order.
The Doctor tuust have a fund cheek, in
deed, to deny this, when he knows that every
man IA ho was prezent must consider him a
deliberate falsifier. But I suppose he intends
to crawl out of it by sayin:r that the rnstter
was net.acted upon by die Convention, but I
wouldlike any Man to tell me the difference.
The was there concocted, and the com
mittees made in Bloomer' Hall by these, men,
and that is the substance of the charge as.
made by .you. -
As_ for lhe'rest of his article - it amounts to
nothing, fur ho does not attempt to deny
what was Charged' by you, but strives to evade
it by subleifuge. lie don't deny writing the
article for the Itepabliean,as alleged'relative
to. the withdrawal of C. d., Lathrop, but says .
it was not written until after Mr. Lathrop had
Consented. to have his name withdrawn. He
had better not refer people. to Mr. Lathrop,
for I know that he will not be sustained by
Mr. L., except so far as Prot. is concerned.
Demperats, to the Polls! T.
Democrats of Susquehanna! next Tuesday
you are called upon to again - defend your
principles 4 the ballot-box,—again to, dis
charge the (l i nty. imposed upon' you by the
government/0 your country. .
ITo the Polls
The officers to be elected you; may think of
little importance, but you should rethct that
on their success depends the supreniacy of
principles the Most vital in the government.
Never since - the government was organized
has there been an election So big with mo
mentous consequeticas to the country, for nev
er before have the enemies of our .institutions
giown so bold.and desperate in their attacks.
Your Fathers
fought for Liberty,—they were willing to die
in the cause. Will you . not make • a little
sacrifice to perpetuate thi3 - great Charter
which by their sufferings and bird they have
banded down to us? Would you e .
.perpetult
to your children, as well as preserve for your
selves, the great right of Conscience 1--then
rally to the snpport . Of the democratic ticket.
Would you. present the right to worship
God -" under your iown vim 3
_and 'fig tree
with no one to moleSt or Make you afraid?"
vote the Democratic' ticket ;.for. it is pledged
to carry out the great democratic doctrines
of equal rights and equal laws, while its op
ponents, bound . together by horrid oaths, are
seeking to carry out doctrines repugant to
reason,- repugnant to the'gres . t principles
- which" our fathers fought to maintain, and
which, if carried out; would subvert the whole
policy of the government and place out con
sciences and rights iu the keeping •of sworn
enemies to the Constitution of our: happy
I •
country.
Freemen, Rally f
Let us make at least one effort to rescue
from the polluting touch •of the Vandal the
precious treasure of otr rights. Do you be
lieve men should be free or slaves I Are you
prepared to surrender tamely the inestimable
princi les secured us by the patriotism, which
liframe and promulgated the Declaration of
Independence, by the sufferings of Valley
Forge, the carnage of Monmonth,-and the
bloody victory of Yorktown I _ No, let us
strike one blow for liberty and equality—for
those rights with which the God of Heaven
has invested us. Let us fight over again, if
necessary, the battles of the Revolution; Let
us at all hazards put forever under; our feet
the midnight traitor; who are now seeking
to despoil the fair tempts of Freedom at the
polls 2 Hearten vill . finally give victory to
the Bight. , Be not dialiestivred. - Do your
duty like men-ribe Jove' their country, like
patriiits who ire willing to be sacrificed-on
her altar. Once more then, to the Polls I to
the Polls I
To The Public.
13y all means read the last Know Nothing
paper, and see such an amount cf malice and
falsehood as never before was printed in the
same iwpace. Wechallenge a parallel for
recklessness.
They conceal entirely the' true issue before
the people; which is this. Shall the:Lodges,
and their secret oaths, rule this county
.P This
is the issue,' and the only . issue. But they
first dodge it and try to get up a slavery iss'-
ue. This has already been fully explained.
Second, nearly the whole paper is devoted
to the basest of all dodges,—a luckless effort'
to get up ai" Chase issue." This is the opt
breaking of 1 the private malice of the Mont
rose cliqtie, ik malice that was born in "Bank
times." Instead of treating the people as _ra
tional beingli,- voting for the public good,they
serve up to the depraved appetites of their K.
N..readers:snelfan awful amount of persenal
libel as could never be • invented outside of
those hells,—the Lodges. .Every'line is 'alba
Chase has said, and what. Chase has, dope !
What ig that to the public '1- I has© no more
interest this canvass than any other private
individual. - I .'am a candidate for no office
and- never expect to be. I should like to
know .if the- people are ,to turn aside from
great:public questions and dUties; to enter
into a low personal quarrel a few here have
against me, or any other man.
.I trust the
people haire higher and no . t,,ler aims.
44 The i►louey Argument."
They assert in
,their paper that money is
being used as free as water to carry this elec
tion; and that Chase. has disbursed -a pretty.
heavy fund in 4e eastern part of the county.
Of this base tidsification,—this outrageous
lie, I cannot find i language 'strong, enough to
expreSs_my denio. In this canvass I have
not spent one shilling of money, nor have I
been in the eastern part -of the county but
once this fall, and that was to Meet Mr. F.. P.
Grow of Carbondale, at hii brothers in Lenox,
And transact with-him some purely private
business. At the reque:st of -Mr. Turrell, I
took the votes- of some three -or four towns
,on the way andleft them. . I transacted my
business, came back- by the way of ll:irford
to procure a hired girl, Which I did, and ev
ery cent of money 1 spent on the route was
for my dinner on the way down, and the toll
on the plank road as I came borne't What
.c.fo the public think- of such reckless false
hoods I - • , .
: This morning (Wednesday) on seeing the
article in the Republican, I met Mr. Read,the
senior editor of that paper, in presence of eel
eral gentlemen. I showed it to him and ask
ed if he saw it •before it was published, or if.
he approved, believed, or had any evidence
of its truth. He stated before all . present,
THAT HE NEVER BEFORE SAW IT,—
THAT HE DID NOT APPROVE OR I3E-.
LIEVE IT, AND THAT HE KNEW OF
NO EVIDENCE :to SUSTAIN IT! I asked
him to put this statement in writing. He at.
first declined to do so, but afterwards said he
would. • Thus is this wicked and Malicious
falsehood nailed to the counter by the senior
Editor of the paper that published it ! Can
community see these infamous means resorted
to by the Republicans, to carry this election,
without alarm Where is the safety either
'to life, property, character or anything else
from such men_! i EZRA B. CHASE.
Oct: 3, 113;55.
It is Falag:
We understand that the leading liars in
Moutrosd have set afloat the story that the
Senior Editor of this paper.and other demo-,
crats haVe got Elhanan Smith : to run as an
independent, candidate. This, come from
whom it may is an unmitigated falsehood ,and
those who circulated it know it to be false.
The public can see wbose.names are 'signed• to
the card of Mr. Smith, and they. alone, so far
as_we know, ire the only ones who have
brotight his name before the• people. The
card was brought to our office bYThos.'Nich
.olson. We publish it as we always publish
the cards of independent candidates—for the
pa —also holding that all classes\ have .
rill to be heard through .the press. Any
reports to the effect that we , or prominent
detnecrnts here or anybody else outside • the
card, - have had anything to do with 'getting
Mr. Smith into the field, are flagrant and in
excusable lies:-
CARD OF NR. LATHROP.
READ, READ! READ!!
VO Li ZI PIMIEt.
• In this week's _Republican I find an address
to the people of the county, beaded by Judge
Jessup, and signed freely by other prominent
men iu Montrose, in whicli'my name is used
in the following manner. "They" (that is
the - Republican nominees) " stand opposed
by Messrs. 0. Latlirp
. and John V. Smith,
WHO CARRY TII* PRO SLAVERY BAN-•
NER BROADLY UNFURLED. . • - •
Itia well known to the people °tills coun
ty that the Convention that put me in nom -
nation, among others, passed a resolution
pledging the ticket in. tho -strongest
against the extension of slavery. In
. my pub
lished letter, accepting the nomination, the
public'also know that - I committed myself
fully a nd unreservedly to use all l i l my influence
should Ibe elected against its xtension. I
also appeal to the people (tiny whole coin
inunity who have known me ever since the ,
agitation of this question, and challenge the
produetkin of the first man who ever heard
me utter the first syllable in contradiction to
this position. And yet Judge Jessup asserts
to the public over his own Signature, putting
the weightio( his personal character at stake
with all this evidence' before hits, that I
`'carry the pro slavery banner." It, is an in
famous falsehood, come from - whom it may,
and those who signed it, who know anything
about it, aud they mpg have known from
published letter,Ainct my whole lifer, knew
it was i falsabOc4, I anppoae if I had' pro.
,
tossed free soil d made a speech In the Bal
timore ConveitiOn; in !avoid the
_Fugitive
SlAire Lato;.cits Judge Jesisup did Artily three
years ago, I should now be tbe.kind of fret
seller that be could support I But, 'think'
God, no such record can be sliowikof nte,atal
whether elected or defeated, I ithalfliave the
Consolation of knowing that pay conscience
hat 'not been prostituted to. such` slanders as
this address, headed by JUdge Jessup, con
tains. I now challenge Judge . Jessup to
make good his assertions by ,pme kind- or
evidence,befcire the pu.blie,, Or else-to let bis
silence stand as an admission of this false
hood which has gone out to the world over
his signature.
It is also insinuated in the same paper that
I shalt vote for Simon Cameron for United
States Senator, if eiCcted. This is another
base and malignant falsehood. I shall not
vote for him, fol . I shall' vote for no Know
Nothing. am not - yet in fellovfship with -
Judge Jessup's party, I know ' oil no party
that has sent Cameron men to , thei House of
Reprtmntatives from this District,' save this
same Republican party, headed Iby Judge
Jessup, who sent Sturdevant last fall. 'Judge
Jessup voted for him and advocatid his elec
tion, as did all the rest of his party here, and
lIE VOTED FOIL CAMERON' EVERY
TIME!
For whom I shall vote for Senator, if elect
ed, I cannot tell, for I know not v‘iho will be
candidates. The public ;know infprineipleS,
and they may s be assured that I , shall not
compromit them by vcite.or,aet.
I now appeal to a fene‘roils and truthful
a
public, tnat have know me from my youth.
up, and ask if they wil permit, even an buin
ble individual, like me. ! to be lied down,tratia
pled under foot,' and disgraced, by the influ
ence .of Mee, who . seem to imagine that their
assumed greatness shields them . from the
suspicion of wrong 1 1 If so : . L bow- to your
verdict, but I have a, eha'racter to sustain,
and I, demand of Judge Jessupito make good
his fal;e accusations before this community.
• '-. OLIVER LATHROP . .
4-
• MOntrose,-Oct., 3 1855.
L , - CARD OF 1)R. SMMI.
VcD VGA Y.IMILITS.
I have seen in the last week's ' Republican
two false charges against me. First that- I
am a Cameron man, and seconds that I have
in my paper for months been .publishinged
itoriag inJdefense of the Nebraska Bill.
:The paper which I edit was started for the
express purpose of ofopposing the Wyoming
Dernbcrat which . was a Cameron paper. I
have always opposed Cameron -and shall if
elected to the Legislature. I can'assure these
Know Nothings that I shall not join their .
party yet, and therefore shall have nothing.to
. do with Cameron. They elected a man last
- year who voted for him, anal for what I know
their men this year will do the same, for the
obligations of Know Nothing oaths are .very .
strong.. .
That I have by any editorials defended the
Nebraska Bill is also and equally false. I
have edited that paper_ so lely only about a
year, and I chalenge the production of any
such editorial. I am, as I have already said,-
once, strongly opposed to the extension . , of
slavery and shall resist i t to the best of. my
abilties elected or not.
JOIIN SMITH.
Montrose, Oct.- , 3 1855. . ,
(f.,ette - ow Europp:)
• 1 ARIS, Aug, 23,''1855
My Dear Friends :
•! . ,
I wrote you by the last steamer, from this
point.- Yesterday I rec'd a letter from Fred
erick dated . Glen Wood the sth inst., from
which I learn that you are all well, and the
haying and harvesting nearly finished. From
SWitzbrland here every body. was gathering
their Whe,at, so it seems that harvesting is just
as early with you, as here.- Think 1 . -: wrota'
you 4.tt little about our route from Zurich,
except, the places westopped . at. At 'Baden
—Baden a watering place onthe Rhine, we
saw something of the peculiaritieS of the coun
try. ' And that was well dressed ''la dies at the
gambling table betting largely from morning
to night and asilate at night as we stayed:=
The gambling house 's otie of the finest. buil
dings in the plac l e, fit ed up in_ good. style
With a large*all-roo saloon, and is open at
all hours. The prop ,etors - pay the , govern-
Went a large sum yearly for the privilege of
keeping the house or rather for the monopo
ly of punfiling in the place. 1 It is open Sim
days the same as any, iday: Xn fact there are
no Sundays or rattler Sabbaths on the conti•
neat and scarcely in England. :It is a , day
devoted to pleasure and animsement. There
are but few if any more pe4ple to be seen hi
the churches on Sunday than any other' day.
There are religiOns,Services in the churches
every day . especially the Catholic. • State re
ligions haven class set apart to attend to re
ligious affairs, as thereis a class to govern,
and the people seem to think as it is their bus
_iness, let. them attend to it, for. they arc paid
for it. The men seem to leave religion to the
women and • children. In travelling any
Where on the continent the first thing that
attracts the attention of an American is the
worst of courtesy and r4ect . towards ladies.
No one Minks of offering his seat to a -lady
or of moving in the least to give her room to
pass, any more than so she was a Man. The
condition of woman in America is far supe
rior to her condition in any- other part, of the
world, and she is treated there. with far great
er defferenco and ; respect. You will see
,
every where here, but especially in Italy,ladia
carrying their. carpetbags with shawls, 'per
haps umbrella and one or two children to see
to, elbowing-their way through the crowd,
while their husband or - tbe gentlemen ac
companying them, leisurely Ticks his way
along where it' is most conv.eniont'; fur him,
without offering to.relieve the woman of her.
baggage or the care of 'the Children. And
among the laboring • classes . the women are
the merest drudges.: While there is much in
the.conditiots of the'sromen of America that
should be improved, herposition is infinite
ly superior to that of hef sisters on this side
of the Atlantic. 7 In intelligence our people.
are far superior to , those of like condition 'on,
this ride or tbsocesa, aid Ott enterprise.- thei
1
is no comparison. TheAnorn an America n if i
sees of Europe unless wedded to antiquity or ;' i
dazzled with theiglitter and map of royalty
the more , strongly does 1,!0' Vie- attached i:
"too the institution of his co u ntry. 'There is no
spot that I have seen since leaving New York, ,
that .any consideration would induce sue to
make rah permanent borne. - Theinstitutiobs •
and character of the American people are,
peginnig to be- understood: in :Europe. Our
steamers make thequickest trips - across the.
.
ocean, our yachts leave- the
.fastest of the En- -' --
~..,. •.
' glis clubs out of sight in a lew- hours tail, our • ..,
..
l agrieulture and labor sai l ing Machinevi take
the first premiums in the worlds . 414ition,
and, one commerce - is little less than•tiust of ',.
England, and rapidly. increasing. :tilt tlicay `,:-.
things lead reflecting men tolinqUire bit aft
•
lof this has been aceomplished - in half ii 'centui , -
ity, and what we shall be at the - rate e' 4
are'
going in the next fifty; years.) It woimded - ,
• the national pride of these - olddynastil that
we should accomplish, iiit,h. Japan. wha they -
had failed in centuries in aecomplishink. No .
Matter how little foreigners - may inistr - of
our eetiiiiiry,there.isnot a spot upon iie face
of the Earth now thiit the name of Wending.
ton is unknown. 'llse 3epanees officials. in- --
formed, Consodorif - ilarry after the - Conchision .
of the negotiations, that it bad been' their tie-
sire that their first tr t naty oftornmercial inter- -,
course with any nation should be with the .
people of Washington. They knew his whole
.. ',.
history and were well infonned - iiboiit'aftnost - ;'
every thing relating to /America. ':' And , thay . ':.
was ' ' the secret of our success where other,nal . ,
dorm bad always failed. .This' has 'been a
loitiweekfor Paris, and one' of not a ' little
im 4rtance in thefuture history of Engla - nd 'f, '..
'-'
an yranc,e. It is the firat time for almost ..'
50 'years that a reigning Sovereign of Eng-•
land has visited France as ~st guest. ; The
4neen arrived here about .7 o'clock SatUrday, - •
accompinied by Prince-Albert, the:Princess . _
Reyal her oldest daughter and the Prinee of
Wales, heir apparent to the throne. Great
preparations were made for their reception .
and it 4 was a grand display. . The street from --
the R. - R. station to St. Clouds a distance of . 1
7 miles) was lined on each side with soldiers i
in fulr ttiliforrn both boric and.on foot num- - 1
.boring about 80 or 100,000.- The wholedis„ -.' l ,
. _ •
tance flags and other decorations - were tuspen- •
ped along the streets, 'while the side l walks ;
windows, doors,-and in some places the roofs. -
of the houses were filled with--people, Pirjs .
poured out its- inhabitants into the streets
~
b
furnishino. to an Americas,Americas, a navel sight, for
N. 0
, rt - was literally a sea ,of faces. I had a win.
1 dow fronting the depot so as to-see the cor- . '
tege start: There were six carriages four hor, -
ses'each with two postillions andtwofootmen. •
and two out riders. The cfueta,Prince Al
' bert, Princess Royal and ,the EMpe . ror rode.
in one,,fullowed by the imperial guards, a
~
fine company of horse, and, after the d the
rest of the carriages with the'guests. From.
'the carraige up the-strips of the, Deixit - and -
through the Depot to the cars Was spread, a
~
flue, carpet for their t iloyal:' lir ighnemes fo
walk on. It was one Of the grandest of the
grand displays Of Paris, and we were just lin
time to see it. - Next Saturday the F.rispeor ,
gists a grand ball to the Queen, to which we
have an invitation. There are but 10 Amiir
jeans invited. here to go in Court dress, iis
a military coat with gold lace around collar
and slefves, with guilt buttons, . black '.'or
white pants with yellow lace down the sides' ; _
white vest . and cravat, sword and chapaul---' '
Have engaged my suit, and-I reckon if some
of my bark peelers should see me with it on,
they would wonder who it could be, tor I '
Hardly lculaw myself when I have it all on,-- '
But there is no admittance without " wed
ding garment" and I am bound to go - for it,
is the only royal ball'that I ever expect to'
attend. . •
A bachelor , must have . 4 , cold heart in
deed,to
decline an invitation to attend a ball
graced , hy th/ present Queen of - England arid
Empress cf France. If the Empress appears
as well inthel ball roona-as, in private con
versation, she will be the center ,of attraction.
There can, be no more - facinating person 41
conversation, than Eugenia. I Lao bought'
a lithoraph portrait of ter to take home, and ,
1 only wish t bad her daugareotype, solyou
see that I have fallen in love with French
royalty.' There arc only 300 invitations to
the ball. lam indebted to the voters of the
14th Cong'l district for mine, and it is a fa-
Vor that I highly appreciate for it is one .of
these things that occur but .once in a lite _
time. °We have beeri remarkably fortunate
every where in our travels in those kind . of
sights. - ' ' L
Ihaveitaken'passage Gil. N. Y. in the ra
cific from Liverpool the 22d of September
and expect to reach home about the middle
of October, spending a few days in - Connee!tiL
cut on tny way. Ree'd to day the: Repub
lican" directed by Cordova. I sins glad to
get it for I know nothing of what is geing 00 .
in the county except. what I get in- - letters'
from home. - I' read the account of the Phil'a
,
Convention of Knout Nothinms..,- , and . was re
joiced that there was at least one national.
Convention, in which the North was
''‘lrepre
sented. Have read the .1. .Y. - Opers ptetty
regularly, vltenever I con 1 find them. Aus-•
tria don't permit them to circulate 'Much in
her dOminions, but every where else we loyal
them at our Pankers. Expect to-remain here ,
till about the 10th of Sept. and then ,go to
England to visit Scotland, Ireland, Whhis,so
as to reach Liverpool the 22d. - 11arring,fm
stays here with me,and Idr.Pringle Indlil ot-'
gan will sail the lith of Sept. I find no tiMe
to write letters except to keep you informed
of my health and where abouts. .For,. :.
sight
seeing ' , alike work and the\ intervals . ate ,
needed for rest and with monot a little, for
sleep. lam in good spirits and _my Health
never was 'Setter. - Travelling ryas alway i s my
great desire, and nothing is more' congenial
to my nature, Some' s:' or - 0 of our ships
pamengers over, art to return the 22d of Sept,
My tour has been a very pleasant and benefi
cial one, and 7 only wish I had about two o*
three months more, that I could devate to it,
But I tun pret y well satisfied for this. time. :
1 - . YOurs,G. A. pRoI
sir
Demoirets tali; care of the votes, aze4
*at they ge.noi4e,ole4;