. . .. ink lof g;-.)graph cal 'parties ' no sane man Meltis to-say or ver has said, that the Mere fac(of the canalates for President and Viedl 3 PreSideat on a ti . het, being from one section . of the country, akes a, party sectional or ges - 4raplical. Oar political history shoWs this is not so---aiAl it may . admit of - some quei:tiou, (I[r. 'rin eont's residence •heitt . i rather au s bulator p,) whether : his •in this sense a -Sectiena party now. No. one ,yet knows exactly where the Vice.'President is to Bail fro 4. But that 'which makes al - tarty tiectionalland geographical, is the . principle Which underlays it, the influence that con trols it—ithe aggregate men that :compose it, the , flagsl that are flying over it ; and looking it them now; when was there a party more intensely and malignantly sectional,' more of fensively geogra ? Weal than ' that- which, in the i last coinage • f counterfeits, dares to call itself Republica . . I havo no time, nor lathe Work congenial s "my taste, to point to . the prebf ofHthis so ar as individual* are con , - cerned. I . There 's not - a leading , Abolition agitator Itn Perm Irania whia is not enrolled to Republica t ranks.. You know .it in .yotfr neighborboid. I see it in mine., The Cainpaign is co ducted on &rely Abolition principles, and •• 'hose principles. are avowed to 'he injopen h tility .to .southern interests. and insillt to ss uthern feelings., Nay, ,:fer thel 'i so conf .is this sectionalism,' , that 64 Republican party does not pretend to ask,atongle elec oral vote, or venture to'cir- ' Culate ott at elec oral ticket south of Pennsyl vania.. Fit is me nt to be an absolute triumph Ofthe North or r the South . Nothing less ill satisfy tho . who control it. ~- ~. • , . Now When it is said or foretold that :to this thelsouth e 'Moat . Submit, and that in it this refusal; the Upioni-breaks,assundei, I all peal to Candid' ntLeonseriative men in this .North, is/there not-reitionin it! , If the con reket of. the proiscsition could bo stated s would the North subrmt il Certainly not, and that Which is called disorganizing 'rebellion and' treason Oow,,w' old be honorable resistance theri. It is pal ful to write Or • talk about( suela.thin;gs, ,bu we cannot shut our eyes to then. 4tfitlre utire adininistration elected OI - - hp ' - i- )V id on 'the principle 4 of the Republican party,am influenced by ispirit, Could not organize i s itselfand who the hour of distraction and diSbnion comes, it will require a ; wiser and callner intellige ce than fanaticism can fur nish to. Compose the storm—a.haid stronger than that of an adventurer tO hold , the. helm. The danger is 'before ns and. around us.— Heia citizen of the' North, I have sought to Conceal 'it from myself, but it .will not down at my bidding. Ido not‘draw this inference frOm the languatre of extreme men ; but'when I bear al, Senator!" from .Kentucky—a Whig SanatorL,--, a moderate and -conservative man, within tiffs month, in his place in Senate, say itrhavenever paid much attention to the tali *about a dis-,olution or the Union; but I lia4e often thought on the subject, and my ' conVictipn is ilut the eledtion of _Fremont, or . `ttnil man qf, that party, is: rite knell of the Un ion..---(Apech of Thornson,...lcationat intelli gqicer, ,tily 17.) When Such words as these ,are' uttered, not by the heated South, but by the temPer,ate and loyal West, we have a riglit,to' say there is danger, and very great danger too. The South ;on this, subject of the Presidency, is not violent or loud, but its_ silence is very ominous and most irnpressive. l • Mr. Buchanan stands before the, nation— • and this is th.e round over which Conserva tive men should come - to )iis support—as the representative of the principles which alone \ cart avert their evils, that of repression and • extirpation of all agitation on this subject. of slaveryilet it come from what - quarter it may. ; .11cWiasl said in slinple and earnest language that this will be Vis Min: *lt must, for ,the obd of the natiO 4 : -."- . ...z 1 • • .. 1 .frelta^-ce4 I.MT 0 5.,10 0 It i__. I or MiliGh a nati nal man can etereise„liurat. a tiinelivheri tlt, relations of the Union are MI. dis the expressien of -- t urged but bent - ionized and reconciled bY, he -popular will:rebu t king decisively fanaticism of any sort ;—arid - this rehuke -the Northern.: and Middle States are bound to give. -, Without this co-opera ticirt, Mr. Buchanan -ma Y- . --strive and stnve successfully .to stay this noisy current of po litical lagitation. , Writeit, his success is ea syi and,l the peace of the nation is secured:- 10s the. Conviction of this—aside altogether. from personal regard that bas brought -me and - tianisauds like me to his support. ,Forla. • Pennsylvania man----for one whose earliest lesson WAS -rererence for . the great prineide which William Penn . enunciated, and whose habits of thoaght and educatiOn Make shim adverse to secret or intolerant po litical .tirganization, there was no other path open. That into which some. inconsiderate people are now seduced, of what is known as the "American" organization, can have no at traction`for me or any conservative man.—• B,elievi s tig, as I do, that Mr. Fillmore took niorelthannne initiatory oath in a Know -liothing Lodge, by which he bound himself itO proscribe politically his fellow citizens who , professed one form of Chnstiaii faith, and those who. happened to have been barb' abroad, and to conform his . opinions and -reg tdat4 his political action by the decision of a Secret, oath-bound, political. chit,. I cannot vote, 'or rite. My antipathy to this secret: Mid unconstitutional organization is no new leering ;:. I spoke it out lung ago • I shall new er change it.' As one of the leaders of this partY of intolerance, as one who gave to it the authority of his name and -past position,' 'hold Mr. Fillmore responsible for a deep Nautili to the cause of political - morality. If there is one thing about which the people of paisicountry are and ought to-be sensitive, it istl;ii'right to worship God as they, please. The claim to .wor l shifi God under such forms 6f ecclesiastical discipline, as they choose to eafO,ree upon themselves—with such ceremO . i nial simple er elab,orate, as they - please, on such' days and in Reel places as they choose / for themselves, i and this great privilege of re igieus -duty Ie Constitution guards and pro ;L teat's. , his quail) , the privilege of all. ',There Maya Pro taut who is not as Mach iuterinter-. ested in zuar'diug this constitutional.right as r ile Catholic ;Christians whom Mr. Filmore, nud his secret confederates has sworn to pro .Scrib`:w e. It was, I repeat, the worst wound „. ,e,ver inflicted on political• morality in this :county whe.n:these secret oatii-bOund asiocia- Lions of religious intolerance were irea . te,l. .it was a sad spectacle wheu astateinari like Mr Fillmore joined them. - • i regretting once more, :that I am unable 16 e.with you, and to 14 what 1 have thus . .. :lien. I am very,respectfully, your friend, WILLIAM B. REED. ' 'o Messrs. Brewer Belli, Nill; MeClinton, i Siesiny,.Democratio Executive Committee, ph nabersburg. , ' . - _ - , i __ Is. -so - lArinverrol Wnrrz Iter;.—Paytott, the Free; *oil Know-Nothing candidate for ViCe.Presi 'cletit, while the United States Senate voted p.,gainst atoll bin"; the use of the cat-4S-.nirie taile in the navy. lithesailors hid not been , Whitelmen, - his synipathy could- have been iasily enlisted iu these behalf. . ' . • : ! 1207...e1i SiED ELAG.--nte 'Black Reg iml4ficansi of Norway, in3his •State,have bold ly thrown ,to hi-breeze : the banner of disun lonj ' They have _raised a 'llag beariug'upon st its front butsixteen stars,:- . -to designate the iiztOn froe 8' tes, thus strikinfr out from the g l iurlous g.,14: y or Cif. emitidleAcw, the fifteen s64ittkerp Sta. -,—,Portkiditi*fise) ..:-.lr,qur. Montrose Porn trat THelalliEST C,IRCULATIO . I4 IN • PiOnTWE'RE MeCOLLUM, A. J. GERRTTSON; Misitrome, Thatesdri* Ang: - 21 1556 Democratic National Nominations FOR PRESIDENT. JAMES BIKVANAN. of Pennsylvania., , FOR VICR , PRUSIDENT, 301111 C. BRECELPER tiKe;uttirky. A Democratic State iy nalaations. FOR CANAL cfolnussiomm, GEORGE SCOTT, of Ca:m:4sk County. . 1:01. AVPITOIt GKNERAL. r; AIACOB . ERN; 3lt, of Montgomery County. -FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, JOHN ROWE, Of Franklin County. to- All. Communications, Advertisethents, and Notices or any kind, must, to receive an in sertion, bo handed in on Wednesdays by 8 o'clock A. M. EN — Blank Deeds, Leases, Contracts, Bonds, Mortgages, &e., constantly on hand at this office. We also give notice thitt we will fill any; of the above instruments at charges so moderate as' to prove a saving to those having that kind of busi. ness to be done. • • . HUMANIT AND-. F1?.?E,D0.3f. The enemies of democracy "shriek" lustily for freedtiM.. They claiin to vindicate liberty in its broadest sense, and to sympathize with the OppressedTeveryWhere.• They , talk flip pantly about the sin-.of slavery, and would make. us believe they lament ane strive to improve the-condition of the blacks.' They write on their . banners 'the inharmoniOus phrase'"Freniont and 'Freedom," and stigma tize their opponents as " tools of - the slave power,""dotigh-faces," &et soli, What is their praCtice, and how eves it correspond with their=professionsl They are , endeavor ing to make a man . Chief • Magistrate of this Republic, who, while - in :the Senate, voted habitually with "the prince of border ruffians,' David R. Atchinson, and against, it propoSi tiento abolish slavery in tbp District of Co lumbia. And for tlieSe acts he is chosen to bear the banner of an .organization, claitning lie is the candidate of men whcitre continually crying out against--outrage 'and' disorder in Kansas, but who will not consent to' an honorable and equ j itable adjustment of the difficulties there. Professing to believe the negro naturally- equal with the white man, they insist that. Kansas shall have a consti tution proscribing the former, and forbidding him to set foot on her soil. The negro, whether bond or free, is otit-lawed by. the very terms of the Topeka constitution. Is this proscription and outlawry of the Afri can, humane,benevolent and just! Certainly. not, if the black and white possess ;the same abilities and the same rights.. The Black Republicans, insisting that Kansas shall come into the Union with the' constitution 'framed by the Topeka fanatics, practically repudiate the idea tit the African and • A.nglo_Sszon 'races are equal. African slavery in the south ern the inferiority; of the ne gro no more plainly than the Topeka .Consti tution. In,the former case he is regarded as a chattel, in the latter, he is denied. the priv ileges of a man ; in both his inferiority is dis .„ tinetly recognmed. In the Southern' States be is subjected to the will of another; by the Topeka constitation he is forbidden to tread the soil, or breathe`the air of Kinsas. The men who 'aceff at "popular sovereignty" and think Congress vested with exclusive_rwer over the inhabitants of the Territories, ought 'to revise this Topeka Constitution, provided they_ believe negroes and white men equal, If they really believe, that legislation 'which assigns to the . African a- position Of inferior jty inhuman and wrong, they ought not to fasten a - constitution on Minns, denying to him the right - of settling in -that Territory. 'They profess to vindicate humanity and free dom, and they rail perpetually ; against the . Southern States, because in those States the negro is not allowed-the privileges of a white man. To be Consistent they should oppose the admission of Kansas with' a constitution outlawing and proscribing this "oppressed race." . Bnt,witri them consistency seems to he a matter of no, account." Their ,profess l / 4 - ions are is open conflict with their acts.= Claiming to be libeintors, they act like des potic, Denouncing the uslaile pOWer" for re fusing to theme already in bondage, they urge the inaturation of Is power in Kansas, which 'would partially enslave the free blacks of the North. 1 In the face of these faCts how can Black Bepublicaniem persist nifeCting devotion to principles benevolent and-just! , It not only practices what it con demns with reference to, the Negro , ; but sup ports for the Vice Presidency a Minn'. com mitted ou the record in Aver of that barbar • ous practice, of "floggitig in the navy." If a negro happens to lie whipped on a south ,ern' plantation for some act of disobedience, Black .RepaGlicanion in the fulness of its righteous indignation_ cries, " is ; there no Nora r When Congmss acknoeffedges its faith in the capaeifyof the- people for self government, Black .Republicaniim sais, Cen t giess does • wrong, becanse . the people'may Make bad laws. ~111 fact, thiS - mongrel, orga .elzation professes to bo the product of bum- -~_ -=~, EDnous. awe and ger.mOus impulses—the right anti of justice—the enemy_ of despotism with its in hinnanities and' gr ierciusfburtlens. Its, prop . - osi ti oil - to exclude the :negro. from. the fail anil lertile'fields of KansaP, together with its sup port of man, who with the • " cat o' nine) tails,".:ivtiplcl encourage the American sailtfr to maintain the honor of his' Country' flag, and to pour out his blood in its defertpe, show . i pretty plainly the hypocrasy of Black itcpub lican professions. Let no supprl;ier ofFre• mont and Dayton accuse theAfeniocratic par ty of inhumanity ; tOr. of ~Iyricig despotic . ten , lencies-,,Democracy c9ritrasted with Black: "Republicanism, is Werous, just and pure. For self-governrne and the "government de-. viSed by the Sri opt .of our fathers, the dem ocratic. party goes . forth to battle. With a pa triotic pu*se and a just cause, it . must tti-, urnph.flts hopes of Sue4ss are based on its faitlyin the intelligettrad integrity of the le. It scorns to deceive, for Confident of 'tire correctness of its position and the justice of its cause, it looks to victory as a. certainty and the legitimate result'of an . UMW, manly discussion of the issues between the parties: THE N. J r . HERALD. The N. Y. Herald, a recent convert to Black Republicanism, places a higher value on the Union, than the Tribune, Post,Times and other leading Fremont journals. In its issue of the lath lust: it says, "let the South hare Kansas, or an - equivalent in one or • two other.ncto Slave Stales; but .Kcinsas or .no 4ansas,lll4. interest of the North • and . the saf t. ety of the South are in the Union." This proposition %fatale Herald looks a little sin gular when we reflect that " Freedom :and Fremont," is its battle. cry. ThnAbolition ists support. the " Pathfinder" on the plea` that his election would cripple Slavery . and. prevent the admission :of any more - Slave ,States.' 'The N. Y. Herald supports him be lause it pays, and he :would be instrumental irtv,iving Kansas,to,Slaeery, " or an equiva lent in one or two new Slave States." \V-hat s a fine thing thing it is to have such an: ac commodating .candidate John Charles Fre: mont ! Pro slavery and anti-slavery, Prot estant-and Catholic, foreign born and- native, arc all invited to swing their hats and shont for : Kit CarsOp's pupil, and-the• pleasantest part of the play is." none of .them are 'requir-• . ed to sacrifice their principles," Solomon lived in stagnant times:, for in this prolific 4 5 3; lie could not say " thOre nothing new under the sun !" Greeter and Raymond and Bry ant for freedom; Bennett for Slayery, and an for Frerriont. Funny spectacle ; is'nt it I • TWENTY YEARS AGO: . It will be seen by reference to the proceed ings of the great Democratic Mass Meeting held iii this place On Monday last, that the Committee copied the resolutions of a large meeting held upwards of twenty years since in this borough. At this meeting JAlins C. ...111nn.us presided,hssisted by ALMON', II..READ, Charles Tingley,- Charles Chandler . jr.,' and Dr. : Leet. Henry Dritiker,and S. W. Gartley, . were the Secretaries. The resolutioni' AVerp drawn by C. L. Ward chairman of the- corn : inittee. amonn•st whom_ we • find 'Thos. _Niel otson, amITST: - C.l.yter.._ They are .11rawn with more than Mr. Ward's -usual ability and force, and it is' said were unanimously adopt- . ed .at the time. As an interting part of the kpoliticarhistory __of_ that. - , period we copy 11 presentment made-by the - Grand Jury of :the County in regard to the aholition.m&enient-, k. which were then going on in the country * , headed , by the same men now "shrieking for frecXlom in - Kansas," and leading on theire montind. abolition forces in this vieinity.- , There are one or two' honorable ;exceptions who have united with the democratic party; but the ruling spirits.are the same. The fol lloving is the presentiment : .. The Grand Inquest of the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania, slain. , and enquiring for the body of the County . of' Susquehanna, respec tively do - pre.sent—That on the Eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bundled,. .and thirty-six, at Montrose in said County, a number of ;per sons denominating themselves "Abolitionists," convened for the purpose, formed themselves int&an "Anti-Slavery and Free Discussion Soeiety"*ith the itvowd object of aiding to' i carry into effect the dangerous project' of•on aimmediate and entire abrogation of the sys tem of slavery" in the United States That the "Anti-Slavery and Free Discussion So ciety" aforesaid, does materiallydisquiet;_ino lest, and disturb the peace 'and common tran quility of the good people in this part of the Commonwealth, being . calculated to -, move and excite them to' hatred and dislike of the Conititution- of the United States which has "reserved to the States respeetively" the pow-, er . otlnulating Slavery within their own can fines, create and encourage a rtilitleiS,tpirit of civil discord and political dissention by-un necessarily interfering, with the constitution al rights of our brethren in sister, States se cured to them by the terms of a compact in violable as our National Faith and hallowed by the deliberate sanction of our patriotic sires; Entertaining these views of the ten dency and consequent effects of said "Anti- Slavery,Society" and with all due deference to the good intentions of the individua's who compose it, we are constrained to.' make this presentment." . THOMAS NICHOLSON, AMOS WILLIAMS, . JUDSON STONE, LEWIS WNAMA RA, TOLNEY AVERY, ANDREW GIDDINGS, ° DAVID KENT, +DuEr: ROSEWELL BARNES, MANLY I3LACKINGTON 9 JESSE 'COON, JOSHUA PIIINNEY, WM. HELBORNE. -If this extreme measure was justifiable 1 twenty years since, bow much more proper would it be now, when time has streu,gthen ed their, hands and political treachery and apostasy swelled their ranks, until our glori ous national compact trembles in the bal ance! The South Wearied with khe, assaults of these men, and Seeing them actually com bining a majority in many of .the Northern States, for a sectional, one-idea candidate .andsuch a candidate—hare at last becom# aare . less of a continuance of a union - that brings them more burdens than benefits.— The leaders of the abolition party, Inoel at the idea of a dissolution of the , Uuiup, and the pooF tools whom they have' infuriated oti t the subject , 4lavery by their wretched dog- .11 etas are 9.4.ttedinto a belief there is no clan ger in/this -iespect. No dangeri Why, martiof these .)cry leaders here in the :North, w themseli•es rejoice secretly at any scp of.the.States that would insure, to the:in r , O wer and plunder, and there art xtrerne men of the Sonth; who wou ld. uni i t.amf.t results i n ' :their own favor. So that between the two a dissolution of the Union was never. more imminent th an' at this motirent. These , . fa natica.and faetionista may break down the' fairest fabric of human go.vernuient the world . ever saw, in a 'Senseless brawl about. .negroei,. and yet not free a single slave 1 . • . There is another :feature of this historical reference which deserves attention. Ve.find that political, Priests wets -.dabbling in the " troubled' waters twenty years ago, the same as at , present. we must, say we do not believe there were any - -pdcrlr irk those days,' who would so ritterly:sink theirkhigh poSition and holyc.alling as to exhibit • themselves in political gatherings, and attempt to pabn otT stale anecdotesned oft-refuted political twad-. ! dle as sound 'reasoning and' statesman-like doptrinec . We find in the same paper too, from which we' cull our items of the past,ev idence:of infidel aid, like that which our po litical parsons are compelled to join hands with at prose' rii. At that time FannytWright was in all her, glory, and acted that portion of the drama now filled . by' the free-love brethren—shall we say the New . York Tri bune philOsoplters, P earl Andrews, and so cm. Fanny, like these men, used to declare that.Abra:hatir, father of the, faithful, though Ire mightibe yet having servants bought with !malty, was a great sinner, and the bi ble a palpable ltnmbugt. There is one new phase hi the pinsent extreme of priestly inter oference and agitation which we can find' no paralell for - inthe pa 4, and that. is,-- r thev never took.ulqn chnreltes solemitly dedica: ted 'to the worship orate Prince of Peace, subseriptions.o rifles to _be .used in a bloody strife between men belon , Tin , ;to a common , . government,;and bound by a common com pact. , t- C. MASS _MEETING OF THE, SUS QU Ell ANN At 1„)..k.31 - 0C 1t',..4 o.r. • The Democracy of!.S usquehatitia- County. assembled in tnass, at Montrose on Monday of this week. .At an early hour the peop)e began to potir in from all directions, and by ,noon tire streets were thronged with earnest and intelligent Democrats. A large and en- 1 thusiastic- delegation from Susquehanna De- I pot, Great Bend, New Milford, •Franklin, and.' other -north-eastern towns; carne in about half past twelve o'clock, bearing fl- g 3 and banners , with approprizife inscriptions, and . headed by . two!bands of music. At-half past out the crowa-convened , in front of the Acad emy building, where a Speaker's stand had been .erected. !The peeting was called - to order by .Azott LATUROP, Oldie:min of the -CO: Cominittee, Isaac Beck how, Is+, of Gt. Bend -chosen President, - and Wm. Ilartly.—. . ~--_, ati....1;..;..-- 'I"- --- -. Lau-Isran_ Lai all Maine, CalvitiLeet, Levi Westfall,'7ll. Wood, Beaten Wells; 1.),/ 0. Turrelf, Peter Hays, lairard Collins, -I:: G • Williarns, Leander Griffis, E. Barler,T. P. Phinney, Seth Bisbee, I). Thomas, and J. B. Stuart lice President. On motion 3 7 '.1 . 3. 111eCtillurn, I. B. Lathrop,-:•-.• and S.W. TeWksburyW ere choien Seereta: ries ; and' the following named persons al . ) , pointed a cOmmittee .On resolutions—viz. AmherSt Carpenter, E. B. Chase, George Dea -1 nison, Jam - es McMillan, ..• M. Gere, Arid Carr, J. L. Merriman, David-Thomas, - Oliver Lathrop, anti 11..111t...ecb. . . • ._ . .I.Lni. D.S. Dickinson, the 'venerable ex-. Senator from New York,w as then- introduced to the niceting and spoke about an hour in vindication of the positioc -occupied% by the Deniocracy oethe nation. ' The s , 1 ,Kee ' aof Senator D.Waslticid _and patriots and receivs ed with hearty. applause. - Hon. E. B. Selina bell of Pennsylvaitia.was next introduced,and riveted, the attention of the dsFornbled thous ands for nearly two hours. - He was followed by Hon C. R. I3uctalew of i Columbia county, in a brief, speeeh, after which the meeting ad journed.to meet at the court house in the eve ning. ; .: . At half past! seven, P. N., the'. court:house was ihronged,!'and the meeting having been called to' order. by the President, llon Al. wander C. M4rton of Georgia,was introduced: and in a calm, statesmanlike manner, - stated the issue between the parties, exposing the hypocrisy and inconsistencies_ of the self. •Styled • Republicanism,. and vindicating the doctrine' of; - 'noti•intervention• by Congress in States and territe - ries., .llon. C. E. 13uck alew being called to the stand, - reviewed the histori.of the !Slavery Agitation, sho wing that it had been the parent of bitter sectional an nfositie#, and Productive -of no good to the conntir—iliathe .policy of the democratic party is tb leave the question of slavery where the constitution left .it-i-with the people of each separate? political . conimtmity. Li ttl e,. Esq., ot , Wyoming, also add re.ssed the' median , Mr. L. spoke of the qualifications' of the respective candidates, urging the import ;ince of selecting for chief Magistrate a man or experience 4; ability and firmness... C. L. Waid„ Esq., of Bradford addressed the meet ing fat nearlylAti hour,- in a happy manner after which- Ile Committee on _Resolutions made the folle,',wing report: AClo, the `Democracy of Susquehanna•Pounty, in. Convention asSem- . bled, took opiiP issue with politiCal traitor's,. and, the mad sehernes of a - designing political , priesthooc. WENTY YEARS .5.00,111,3 t democ racy with entire unanimity and a noble firm ness, breastedl,the'storm of fanaticism, whiCh had been raise by a band of reckless and Misguided. ineii; who had oxen then began•tO putin - peril tho cOutiquance.. and harmonyof our glorious - Principles hie' immutable ; To DAY, ani mated by-.this same , spirit--cherifliing the sane principles, and coming together in the same continuing Strugg,le; we now •re-affirm 'and again resxil i ve'in the 'identical words •we here employed!ltwenty years age: - • I. ViAt we . iegard' it as. n breach of our highest polifical contract-La violation of good' fitith aral-cointnon honesty--far: the citizens o f t fi e N or th, t o inter/a,: with, or 'disturb the internal regulations and policy - of the South ernStatc!s, so Otr as conderns:their system of. doniestic slavery-, or any. ether. peculiar in, 9tittition of tli;se States, recognized by oitr. C0111M01) politic t 1 character. . .. That so far as . rt ., rarc.ls this quaAtion, ei , titer:. - moral or political point ofvic;ty, tve . are content to leave it, - wilt* our fathers left it at She time of the organization of our f 4.10- rious Union.:—in the Mods of the . Stated or. the , people where it eiisted Or exists ;----deel ing any attempt on' our pact, to evade to comproTise s.olefenly entered into at that pe riod upoO this subject, not onlydishonest in itself,-bat also as heaping reproach and shame upon the memory-of the Statesmen find Pa triots of the Revolution. 3. We believe there mar be, evecialli.tin der our:free iustitutions,treason,without overt crime ; which, though not obnoxious to any penalty of-our laws, is yet in the light of truth and justice, and. before God- and man, morally; tteason. To evade the provisions of any contract, stipUlation,or agrournent, is as morally wrong, as an open Violation of it ; arid an . attempt, no matter . under what pre text, or in what guise it may be made—by the citizens of one state of this conWeracy, to excite dissensions, difficulties or insuriect ion in a sisor state,should - be regarded as a crime of the inofit tiangeious and guilty char acter. lie who stabs at the honor, or the peace ?rhia common country, in the gar 4 of piety, or from behind a legal quilkle,. guilty asthe open traitor,. who sttilici . une quivocally, and in the face and in defiance of the law. `4. That we sincerely deprecate the inter ference of MiniStcrs of the Gospel in matters of such deep and vital importance, and of so'. exciting a character, as the question_of Sli very• iii . the southern Ames ; holding, with that enlightened statesman, Edward. Burke. that " no round should heheard in the church but the healing voice of ,christlan, ehatity ; that thov who quit their:. proper :sphere-and clniracter to assume what does not belong.to them, are fur the Most part, ignorant.of the "character they assuintl, and of the character they leave old; and wholly unacquainted. with the worhl in - which - they are so fond of med dling and inexperienced , in all its affairs, on hicl; they pronounce with . - sestpuch Confi• dence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite. • Surely, the church is a place, where one day's truce ought tote al lowed to the dissensions and animosities_ of inankind." •- • In relation to questions which have,rnore recAtly arisen, growing out .of the passage of the Kansas Nebraska net of :.congr - ess,, and the present position-of . tarties :—Reso/vcd, 5. That we. , are"not in any degree, or in any sense, (a:i charged by tote Black Repub licans,) the 'advocstea of slavery 'extension. We seek to maintain - simply; the, principle of self•government in regard to the: people of .the states and , territories ; 11, principle m old as the rightsl of man; a ' principle contended for by our fathers of the revolution, and as sacred and enduring as any other eternal truth. . . - 0_ That the riot and distutbanco "in Kam : Sas,.spring nut .from the act of Congress es tallishinf; that territory, but are a violation of that and otherla . ws; and '!re incited by cer tain political "zealots of 1411 parties—the one class acting throu : A their emigrant. aid so . ci eties ;, the other,' titiotrdi the excited fears of the rude border population of -Missouri. ' We fellowship neither ; and condemn. the inter t ierenee of &vb.. 7. That be must be - a - dull - .democrat in deed, as well as a stn statesman, who at i1.L...-Li,_—m.....ll—i_::.'L-1 ,- .4. 1—_.”.1,1,..1 I. F . , the wiles of political -turncoats and "traitors, lor by the limitless clamors of those old ..fed -1 eraltst.S who have crawled into . the Kansas 1 meal tub to clamt . nntij.:etray the dernocratic phalanx, and obtain power and place. 8. That we accept with pleasure the patri otic aid voluntarily rendered us i ? . 7 enlight- . cued . members' of . the old whig party; whose devotion to national principles, and whose desire to .nntiatain the integrity 'of the union, leads them.to oppose with us the.prof ligate amalgamation of" . items" and." isms," (but mostly abolitionism,) Which, has latey styled itself the Republican party. 0. That no efforts-of.puts shall be wanting to - swell the proud triumph which awaits us :it both the coming elections; and that we will .greet in a proper spirit and With a prop- , er degree of state-pride,the compliment whiel: our sisterltalcs have paid to Pennsylvania in the selection of her favorite son, as the stan dard-bearer in the_present struggle. 10. That we' hail the nomination of John C. Bre ckin ridge, of Kentucky, as. one e'mi nently proper, and every way worthy cor dial and united support ; and. for him, as well as for nomfnees.on the . state -ticket; ever` "Democratic Pennsylvanian . - will rally, equally-proud of our ,, candidates and the.pnn- 1 & ciples dr so worthily:represent. : . • • ..1 The Resolutions were unanimously . adopt-' ed. On Motion, Resolved. That the Pro -ceedings of this meeting be publiShed in the Montrose - Democrat. '? ..- l,{ .: -.- On motion adjourned. - .; .. (EiYped by ;the officeri.) BLACK REP ÜBLICAN LP. I The Black Itepublieitis , met at the old Court _House,' Tuesday 'evening, awl were en tertained by that model of. ty, and • integrity (?).. David Wilmot. H 4 seemed exasperated because the - Democracy . . of this District has the independence and patriotism to stand up in defence of •the con stitution . and the principles of self-govern moat and .to condemn fanaticism in all its horrid developments. The JOtigo - asserted that.tho "Fremont party is the purest kind of aJeffersonian democratic 'party," and the old'llontrose Whigs - applauded the declare tiOn. It was anausiu to look upon Wihnoes old enemies as they cheerred• him for his apos tacy: Wilmot slanderint, , , , the. men 'who:lift-, cdhith ina;.'consequence, is applauded by . the/arta' tier, who hissed 'and maligned Wil: mot, vindicating the just `ideas :of Detnoera;- cy'.' Will - tl* . Judge Overleart idle dec . -. lamation against the Knuth; andiolent abuse of that awful slave:• power"' which exists Mainly in his own. i.liStetnpered imaginatien . are not.satisfactory-to the intelligent freethen' Hof this county 1. They •want the ism.% be tween the' two' great'f-pa dies. of. the - country caltrily and fairly - discuised. ''They 'distin guish between. arguMent and 'denueciatiOn, and the sooner the Judge .arguos • more; 'and villities less, the better it will be for him. - Mr. Grow arrived from ,Washington about 8 o'clock in the evening, and after Wilmot had-finished his abOitiveattempt to justify. his tresson,-hieG,addressed . the meeting.— We did . not . • hear hitO-thiough, but ace in formed that "bleeding Kansas,"-and. "gutta percha canes" "were . the 'burden of his song. If he wanted to heal!the wounds of Kansas why did he . not.go in forToOu' A b s s.pacifiett. tioa bilk the th9st 'eft:eau - al aiuf- jiat - riatOdy. i yet proposed 1 ; We, hare nOther . : . , time, nor space. to notice further the unties of theie apOstat4s: !The calm judgment of the people . is ahteady engaged in sifting theitm . otivo,. nrid that jildgrrielit, intelligent' rind- impnitiali • will'eckademn.them. F,DI.2 4 ORIAL BREVITIES. : Jr-tr Iton: Grow will pleasc - acc cy t , our thanks for valuable public dosurninas.. JOT Mr. George Oakley informs us that be has on his farm in .lirooklyn, calf 120 days old sleighing 45G pounds. t TL‘ - i. Democracy of Rush were ad, sed last by Idessrs.-Scurzaectr: W/1 RD. lie - talk Of the cnerny about the. democratic - spirit being extinct in that ToWn ship is allhanbug. Qv The )Bth inst...Pranger.-of Neiv York; ainitnuMulion of Virginia, while in;an omnibus on their way to The capitol, got into a violent dispute, whic'h,M.lud in blows, 3te-.. Mullen, says the dispateli;striki . ngflist: No, serious injury was intlieted,on either party,tts' Esteswore the only weapons used. Our pug-, .uacious -Representatives would do themselves more credit, by. permitting Tom . liyer, pugilist, to ". Lear the paha alone" • VrWehavenot time . .to review . in this week's issue efotir paper, '.the proceedings of the Fusion nieeting held in - this place yeSter- . day. Next week We will endeavor to give-a, fair and full repoit. It is aPparent, however - that the parson's ." stump" effort lessened the value of Fremont 'stock in this county.: lle served .his country without Intending to do so. The designs of Providence are inseruta= ble. - . j lion. E. B. SCHNABEL', WllO5O CIO.: 1.11.11111' and philtrsophical • address to the De mocracy on Monday last, was soivarmly plauded and commended by the candid of all parties, willlyeak at Susq-'a Depot, Saturday. evening the 30th inst. ,Mr. Schnabell will re main in this district some tim., and speak in every precinct. DEMOCRATIC RALLY IN meetingmband enthusiastic of the be triocraey was hold in Friendsville on the eve ning of Tuesday the, inth. After some pre bruin:try remarla by Dr., Leet, a short ad- , *tsis was delivered. by A. J. Gerritson. 4 - on, E. B. Sehnabell was then intrMuned to the aodienee, and proceeded to diPpuss the ques tions at issue in the canv.ass, in an eloquent and masterly manner: The meeting adjourn ed with three' heatty, cheer - for Buchanan, and three for thetonstitution and the Union., Democracy still lives. , TEE KANSAS FUNIY--.A CONFESS A..corr6pondentof the N.. Y.• Wri ti lig from Philadelphia_ oV'er. the - signatune of "W. 11. F." after l i ainenting the': inauspi cious prospects of Fremont in..that city says; : " what is•the use of a IK!insas, Fund in Penn sylvania if her 27 electoral votes are lest We can assure 4 W. II: F."- that it will be difficult to. raise a ."Kansas fund" large to compel Tennsiltihnia - freenten to embraee Black lle.publicaaism and iti here ." • • • VOCAL . CON:CERT. We ask atieutionjo the . Concert:lo Ixtev7 en on Friday evenisg next, at the Acadelny Hall, by. the celebrated Madame Wallace ilonchelle, of NeW York, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarkeiand a Young Lady . amateur., .of this place. • The programme embraces some of the gen ius of the Oiera,—and .numerous popular Songs, and Would in any of the large cities, draw a crowded audience,. and. we shall anti= Cipate a similes reshlt here._ VALUABLE PROPERTY. When the Fusion exercisei were ended yesterday afternoon an over-confident fanat ic asserted in our hearing that " this district telonge to Wilmot and Grow.* We hare no . doubt this victim of a baseless :and "unholy" prejudice meant and believed what he said. He had no idea that the people aie sovereign and competent to think and act for them selves. Russia is the property of a Ciro, but this district is not thelireperty of any one man, or clique, and our fusion friend will be convinced of error when the ballot boxes are opened in November next. This, district belongs to th,e people and the people though _sometimes deceived, will eventually do right therefore no mischievous agitators, Lave a substantial title to.it. GO V I'OLLOCK. The Lackawanna Hsra/c1 of the 15th:inst. says " Gov. .Folloek has: declared his prefer: ence for Fillmore. The Afiffoniaa published at his home, announces.that he will speak at a mass meeting next Wednesday at 'Shamokin.- 'The Herald flaunts at its mast head the El WM QS of Fillmore and Donelscm, and is presumed to have good ,reasons -for ° making their state ments in reference to our K. N. Governor.-- The earnest anti-slaVery men in.this - seaien, who Velped elect -Mr. Pollock,. so that he could restore the Missouri Comprotnise ruth lessly 'violated by the " . doughfaCti Bigler"! ought to take the natter in -hand. If _itbe true, as announced by the Herald, that " lock has declared his preference for Fillmore" his anti-slavery passion !bust httve subsided somewhat, how are our Black Republican friends, pleased with the Governor's !`; prey EXTRA SESSION OP Ca2V6IESS. ~ ~ Congress adjourned on the 18th inst. , with out having passed ithearmy. appropriao tins, bill. The President iminediateh jailed his proe.lamatiou convening both Houses on the 21st. Wa- append, the 'Proclamation which recites the;reason ftir Calling an extra session. Whereas, hostilities exist with yarious."ln- .. Zan tribes ou the 'retitote . frontiers of:the.tni ted States,ami whilstin other resp3ets the publie peace • is ' seriously threatened; Con gress has adjourned; without - ,graotilig '.. the necessary supplies Of the army, depriving the. Ereautive of the poWer to 'perform his: - duty jer in relation to the •common der ae-'sod se curity, and as an eitraoCdinar occasion has thus artisan for assembling ill two houses of .Cmletr.e.i B r 1.4 i th'lMbroll the ProlaAa-. cont:ense .houselt to.tpeet at the Capitol, in the' city v.irtßhingtotialitiisthly, the ;21st of . -4.l.tglist, 7tr,ttnt , hercbt,regnir. i'ng the. repeetiye . .B.6naters AttcHteptettenta ,, Oyes - then, B,ntlll~cre. to a_sSetnblc..to :do. nsult and determine on .4th-A ...ntahurcs..Aslite siato of the Union way st:em to require:: !' - -111 testimony tylit - 2Teor :1 -httvc.;c-q.u§thl the of the . . U trite - A . States to he.. her'ettit to of fi*ett, the sllme with jione at- tile city - et Wa-,:liil) , :rton,..thc IStit 44v.0f Atwuat,.r.in the - year-f.,f and of thelndependence of the tlitit : e4U.Stato the 81st.. • FRANKLIN " W. L. MAncr, Secretaiy *State.-.. Comintitctitibits POLITICS IN. TIIE PULPIT:. A. lawyer can be a politician,. mid' yet make as powerfu: a ,speech in favor of Ili client, and one too, that will iveigh-Anally, as great,- Kith ago alyi_ jury: :A - phy sician can Lea politician; . aild make, as judicious preewiption, and ortc,tco, 144 will bave'an equal beaqng upon dimaae; °tiler. wore s,_the medicinal • properties of his preseriptiop pre not - effected by his polities) views, in their rdlatious and bearing ,"4'n the morbid pathology of bis patient, The Om. ,is true in respect to the merchant, tradesmen, mechanic, &n:,-.the, only risk -is, ;they:may lose the custom of a few,, which is theirlook- out. The above reasonings' are 'froth - deduc tions, and. on the_ principle that likeeitlisea r under like circutatice, _produce like effect- But the' rn cleginian's ivork - is - altogether a moral one; a d.to itecompli§bits . en4 Must be adapted to Le cruise for which - he 'labors, or; in othdr no ds, /he must bare deuce of his cha 'efe, and , ' by elericisl:4ampie, show the sincerit ,of his calif - no. ere 'lie; cam be of spiritual serif ce and as-it *Sine of the rand features . in the „censtitution„ of out cherished repnblic, that ehurCh and .-State snail be entirely separate,'ir can bat...be re regarded by every candid mind as'a breach of good faith,and consistancy b ;tyhen,a ec descends from the, sacred desk, and-pol lutes his sacred rubes, by putting.himself on • a level with the political - tabble,attd..spending .his time in i cause that only .rewards him with enemies on one side, and in of instances, secret contempt,- andlidietrle on 4 the other. Does it not remind•• one-!• ; ol*.tim . Quake-r, who laid 'off his4.,oaty and told' reli gion gionto Jay there with it, until -te_httl whip ped'hiseneiny. Like tt - Benediet, - 11 . 4 ,- is „dis trusted by one' pares raid despi4 - ed.i . tiy . the other. - And'as in every chnielit.hereate two parties, who, in- proportion, to, number and means, contribute to his support, when he , takes up in political zneclin9B, _or in,-(4iiut pit publittl, for 'either party, of, course ,. . his, moral influence will 'lie lost mi the upposite party ; and we verily believe that, all Ithe good there can be done in a protraetedMeet ing of sixtysticeessie evenings,may - bakiek ed-over in five minutes by giviog - . .out 7 from the sacred desk, atid "on *StindaYlliii,-iiiitfce's of pclitieal meetings and - political speakers on the following evening. Ana it ledds , one to ask - the difference in-this and giving , appoint clients for theatrical performances, horseraces .„ and -gymnastic performances in - - south ern pulpits. - And besiaes,= if a part,- wish for . 'men of influence - to carry on their, canse,..are there not minis etiou , rh outside the:orde'ined pfue of the church, as r::ligion and polities are as widely sep‘hrate.d as chtireli_andState -shouldhe;; . Wenelievethat a , min 401 - be, independent regarding politicil_ii:nd u 7, lar questions,, that he should vote opeOy v end . with" the frankness of an` American citrun,— that he should talk with candor,coneerning his to individiials,when the „occasion reqUi ies ; but when he carries" politiesf with hitu into. the pulpit; when, he runs later ipc. litieal gathelings, with the zeal - , Of "a ealdi date, in short, when he leaies' religion t; . )r polities, and takes the stump, tis then, that a'deith cleill't'reezes the balmy aimmlsPhere of piety ; and the devil utters a loud,hal lia:l as he stamps his cloven-foot in fiendilab glee. E. F..%Vii.uni, meat 13epdi. COL. FREI !ONT-1S 1t.g.:110,116it517 . - . RE CAPABLE •••'- • The Jeffersonian standards don for office-honesty and cUpacity: 7 Ationld • never be, overlooked by. the Ainerican - peUple' . in selecting an ocdupant fur the exalted, po sition 'of the Presidency. 86far..as capacity is concerned we defy. Col. Fremonee.friends to point to a single proof of his possession - of it. lie has won no lagrels in the - field` of plitics. He has made no speeches, written no letters, advocated no measures= -- 'of impar-• tance. Lie was never looked to-ftir idificeor • counsel by any- considerable ,_ of.-_ the - American people hi' any political 'question.— He as shown no talent as a statesman—no . courage -as a soldier—no administrative aM ity as a governor-r-given no ,prootof .skill ua a legislator. li p to-the period.., of his,-.nomi nation he was- .of no possible _account American politics.. .No .No man should be intruste:l With l portant public duty without haviiig•first-gii. en in subordinate spheres proof ft!hie rang: fixations_ The idea of placipg . a man : at ; the head of our, army. who- had given rio . , more proof of capacity for , that' post than Fremont had given of his capacity to - properly' zdis- charge the duties of the Presidency,would be regarded is absurd by every one. -Whe would trust his health, or' life m the hands of a pretended physician. who had never ularly, studied medicine and received the di ploma of some Medical College I Who would, trust an important suit to a• lawyer- :who was not learned in the law I Who.Would,hire .mechanic that had not 16Arneilhis No ‘ one. And stall we adopt . the "idea Ithat loug training, experience - eta study, - ;hall he de deemed necessary to qualify inair'for the 46.eliarge of all I,lle:ordinary.duties- of life— but that for the highest station-on the earth no previous traiAiOg or eiperience and no le- . gitimate qualification shalt be .ucuessa. - . - But.there is another question 'connected with Col, .Fremont 41iiit should be implicit into. IS be honest ? Fur the credit of the conntry we wish this question. may ant' niverett aflircua % tively. The idea 'of any con: .sider - able bedy ofihe American people bt!ing. se lOst to all sense .of, propriety- anti decency -as to - nominate for the Presideney a man of . 'doubtful pecuniary" integrity, .is indeed hu-.' • - miliating. tam to _tilt+ gthjeot, with feti - - - • lugs of sadness,And Mortilicatit,m,,Pnt when 1 it is considere.l.l that the Chief Arekstraia this coutrel4 . 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