. .
..
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 . 'in great ineaserea,
treasury which receives many of the
money-: - --•thAt lie;appoints: the-- agmle
who receive an d - di'Oulse tha:pilblio_funah — t
LeUretYthirocag tt• t 4ri!lteT gal