bu a4v0c.t..11.0r approved, in this nineteenth
century, with apparent sincerity, and urged
as a Mea•lire of political economy and ofjus
%ice soil ecitiality to the Southern States of j
the Union, are facts that find their, only ex 1
planation and apoiog in ti wild entlinsiasin
or a wilder friniticisin that overwhelms
alik the rputon and conscience.. Tile wis
dom add hum-wally of at p ro po! t ilien so start
ling tad menstrous, mete seek their parallel
and illestralioe in the duageonii Of the Lln
quifition, or in the:ll9bl a the slave ship,
amid the horror'. (4 the " middle passage."—
Equally repulsive to the intelligent and vir-
Limns sentiment .of the South .fts well as the
Nurth,it should receive the indignant rebuke
of *very los:er of his country—of every friend
of justice-:pd humanity. The flisto - l y ' o f the'
worlii and of e.rime does not revell-a_ traffic
snore inhuman—an atrocity more horrible.— ., l
Against a proposition so - . abhorrent, and
against the principles it involves, as the reti
ver,ntativts of a free people, and in
. their
name, you should enter their unanimous and
eat:Amin protest.
The union orthe States, which' constitutes
us one people should be dear to you—to eve , '
ry Aineriean citizen. , In the heat and ex-.
cite:tient of political contests--in the whirl
of sectional and 'conflicting interests—atnid
the surging of human passions, bard and dis
cordant voices may be heard, threatening its
integrity and denouncing its -;doom ; but in
the calm . " sober second thought". of a pat
riotic and virtuous people, will be found its
security and defence. Founded in wisdom.
aird chesishad by the intense affeetion of pure
and devoted patriotism, it will istared, safe
and tindistuibed, amid the - insane rage of po
litical dainagegiten, and the fitful howling of
frantic fanaticism ; and when it falls—if fall
it must—it will be when liberty and truth,
patriotism and virtue, have perished. Penn
sylvania tolerates no sentiments of disunion
—she Innis's not the word.- Disunion 1 . "'tis
an after-thought—a monstrous wish } unborn
till virtue dies.", The Union and the Censti
nition—the safe guard and bond o Ameri-
Nationslitv--will be revered and ended
. by every American Freeman who ch risbes"
the principles and honors the memory f the
illustrious founders of the Republic:
Recognizing our respon,ibility .to 'trim
who antrols the destinies of nations and of
!dep . ; and invoking his blessing on !our, de-
• lihdratiotis, may order and harmony chaise
ierize your sessions, and with single reference
to the public good, may your legislative tic
iron, iu its character and results, promote the
" happiness. and selfare of the people, - and
the honor - and pro,pe.rity of the Coninion-,
wealth.
ExEctmrz eIIAYBEN,
Jan.-7, 1857.
Pontrost Democrat,
[lii L LAG NIT CIRCULATION IN NoSTPERN rEss`A
.9 •
mialr °3lsl3 • :
McCOLLUM,
A J. ; ERRITSON,
troqie,Thursda) , Jan. 22. 1857.
j The Democratic State . Convention
for 1537.
Tie Tbern:)aratic State Convi,ntiou, for the
purpose of placing , in nomination candidates
for, Governor,- Canal. -Cotnmisgioner,. and
Judgs of the Supreme Court, to he voted for
is October next. will be Leld ;at HARRIS-
I:lntG, on 11IONDAY, the second day of
March, 1837, it I'l o'clock, ?til". •
• -` ; J. W. roitsF.Y,
:Clair:hart of State Central Committee.
,iLe" The Executive Committee for tLe Co:
tenuposecl of the follOwin; Gentlemen : F. M.
William;; O. S. Beebe, T. Boyle, .1. 0. Bullard.
C. C. 'Mille., and 11. J. Webb. are requ4teti
to meet next Monday at the . Committe Room'
in Iloritrore at one o'clock, p. m. A full 4 - 4-
teadance is. requested. _
AZOR LATTIROP,
Chairman of Committee.
Jan. "list, 1857.
/Pr A great many: persons have been pre
vented from visiting town this week, on -ac-
count of the bad state of the roads. The eon
seqttenc;e of t his is, that the Printers have not
weived as much-of the needful" a. usual
for Court ; week. We trust •tltat our Ritrolv ,
gill endeavor to make amends
. f .)r thistlext
week. Drin,g; on yonr-$1,50, and as many
new subscribers as possible. If you can't c ome,
send the•money 14 , some of you , nel4 , l!burs,
or encluso it in a letter and send by m4il.
- 41111 ,- .••••- - - -
Treachery at Illarrisiburg: Simon
Cameros elected [lulled • States
14enatorl: Cougkisteury of Black
Reptibllcanfmall: •
WacoNszttcr., Ltno and itl£\ESa,haveJ
eariied immortal imfamy. Taai`rons to thei:
party and it Inkair,es, let them I.; called the.
An N. otns .of the -I'e nnsy Ivan ia Lrgislatu re. ;
These retten creatures were elected as the
reprecentatives. of democratic principles and
imrticipated it the'caueus which nominated
for Et Ammorolutt sitrling democrat, lons W.
Fonsr.r. They were bound by every manly
consideration, by their it:Tiled obligations to
their con;tituents,and their-party to Euppott
him in thei electing convention. But
permitted - their love of filthy lucre' to suppress
every - right, honorable impulse, and, with en
alacrity that makes more black and damning
their infamous conduct, disgraced theirna
tire S;stia electi ng to the Senate* OEN:1
S/YON ("Amenos who is universally admitted
to be one the most unscrupulous and corrupt
- politicians - in the country. The Deinocratin'
party, had all its members proVen true would
. have 'elected Cot. :Foutvar whose-admitted
_ability, energy and honesty, would,haveMade,
an ornament to the highest. legislative \
toiy. on earth. l'hiough tlk &futon of the
igratuninious - - :iliree, he is defeated. nd the
controlling Set:thug:lt-of Pennsylvania-as Os=
oeitained., tat rtmgh the boil not four
- MoutharagikdenW representation
in the Senate of the - Do.t.COL.
Forme! is ; not -injured: by this Alefeat; his
eminent nerriitain*ibilf, of the ilinioniaey
and the 'countiyliitie4.4(for tbe'airen=
tions :of, the Peopli:,.tviiojt!tve high lioness 4t.
store for Um. \ It Is Alla -Atotwil - Sventaell . of
renniyivania, who'• bate been 'lsmail:4V and
*1)0e known hni''beeel:to6ll4 , ..apori;
who 'nib /40: most '4neply the finite' of
•
JAMES POLLOCI;.
EDITORS
dpieable trerche 1 on the part of those the people of Kansas;a Internment unsuited_
they had honored with their confidence. It to their condition- and wants. .The weak
is however pleasant to know that . minded believed these very absurd charges"
'Though those that are betray'd • and voted for Fremont because. they believed
110 fevlite treason sharply, yet the traitor I them: FrcMl pulpit and stump they heard.
Stands in Worse case of woe." . Mr. Buchanan denotweed by men professedly
. Those who wish to understand the character
Of the Senator. elect, will please look at his
daguerreotype in another column—a charac
ter drawn about two years ago by Ms pres
ent political a.sociates ? Five of the twenty-•
eight who. published that likeness to the world.
over their own.signatures, on Tuesday, the
13th inst. voted for Cameron ! How^ they
could assist in placing in exalted station, a
creature they considered so - corrupt .and in
',
competent, -it is. difficult to comprehend and
au explanatiOn of their condUct could be in. ,
teresting. It must not be forgotten that the
Members from the "glorious Wilmot district"
all voted for Cameron. They all .profess to
he slavery lestrictionists and to 'regard the
Kansas Nebraska act as a slavery extension
project. Of. course then, they esteem tbcise
1 who approved - that net, as slavery propagan
dist. . Now: refer to Cameron's portrait again
and read a . resolution adOpted at aconvert
.
1 tion held in:Harrisburg in 1854, sustaining
the Nebralikw bill. That resolution, the
twenty-eight portrait painters,' assert was in
the handwriting of Cameron, and at all events
`was not opposed . by. him. Here then you
have the freedom eltriekers of the ",Wilmot
i district" 'supporting a friend of the Kansas
1 Nebraska bill, for United States Senator. We
( recollect alsir, that when Cameion Wa:s a can
didate for that office in 1835, the black repub
licans in the eastern pert of this county is.
sued a call which was published in the Re
! Publican of this place for a meeting to be
held .at Stt.piefirtnna Depot, and used.sorne
-1 thing like - the following language:. - .
"Come, No7thern freemen, together, and
I lot - us be heard, before all is sold as flesh in
shambles to she TRAITOR SIMON CAMERON
.. .
AND SLANERT." J
Is Cameron a greater enemy of "slavery"
now. than he was then ? Did the getters up of
theSu.geehanna meeting, desire their repre
sentative, Mr. Chase, to support the "traitor,
Simon Cameron and Slavery ?" If not, will
they sustvon and applaud him for his recent
I conduct iu relation to this Senatorial matter 1
Black Reptiblicanistn is guilty of gross in
-1 consistency in supporting the man its leaders
I have hitherto denounced as a "pro-slavery
lhaci"—" a fil representative of nothing good,
i and a fit ezponent of no honorable principle."
i While we are justly indignant . at the con
!-duct of the three " ARNOLDS," it is our right
.to arraigm the motives and criticise the ac
tion of. our opponent., because their profes
sions and practices do not harmonize. With
I.all their cant about morality and freedom
they have selected for an important office a
1
notoriously corrupt demagoguge—a man they
I have themselves - branded as a " pro-slavery
i hack." Will the politiCal parsons that infest
this section of the country, look at the fruits
I their labor and tell us how.mueh humanity
! and religion have gained by the election of
I CAMEnON ° . Do they believe that this "pro
slavery hack" is indebted for his promotion
Ito the power of gold, or to his exemplary po:'
1 litical lire ! . .
While the Dernoesatie party. regrets the
treason of those it had nursed into power, its
1 banner is unstained by dishonor; black -r,p
-' publicanis.m, has, on the contrary covered it
self with infamy and lost all claim to respect,
by its base desertion of the principles it pip
fessed to cherish.
Before and After Election.
Ourix)litical enemies are unusually Modest
just now, and loth to repeat the falsehoods
they circulated sojreely before election for
the purpose of defeating the candidates of the
National party. They would be extremely
happy to have the country forget the vile in
trigues and base misrepresentations by whiF s l)
they sought to elevate their darling " Path
finder." Bat this anxiety to Obliterate from
the public memory their many past offences,
is no indication that they are truly repentant
and design to act honorably hereafter. On
the contrary, they are now, as they ever have
been, ready to disregard the interests, and
trample on the rights of the many, for the
, benefit of the few—willing to stir rip conten
t 'ions and strife, and to peril the existence of
the government which protects them, for the
purpose of lifting into the seats of power,
i.orne rich demagogue, or ranting fanatic, ut
terly unworthy the confidence of honest men,
and incompetent to manage the affairs of II
free people. One of the most effectual meth
ads of Tiustrating the designs of these reek
! less, dangerous politicians is to keep the mass
es familiar with their past errors and frauds
and deceptionc. The accusations and predic
tions made by them during the recent excit
in.. Presidential canvass ought to be remem
tiered by. the people. Take their electioneer
-1 •
ing speeches, and pamphlets and editorials
and bow numberless the predictions they con
'
; lain, which though absurd and unreasonable,
were believed, and which time will necessari
ly falsify. Prominent among the absurdities
of theoppositien stands the assertion of its'
j.i eu e.e.ra that the election of Fremout was no
cessary to p7.,vent the admission of Kansas
I into' the Union as a ;71,- 1 .',..!ve State. Now every
intelligent plan who calmly eoutemplated
this declaration unhesitatingly pronoutized it
false. The organic law of the Tenitory ex
pressly proclaimed the sovereignty of the se
tual settlers,and acknowledged it to be „their
right to . e.stablish the relation of . master and
l'serrant, if they saw fit to do so. The Demo
cratic party stood pledged' to maintain that
doctrine, and bad selected for its chieftain a
man of known ability, determination and in
tegrity. ilow•ridiculous, then, to assert that
the-destiny of, theinstitutions of Kansas would
be determined by the result of the Presidential
canvass! The tealons Fremonter, -ix', that
he can look it the , mattes in a rational light,
will admit the absurdity of his party's user
than on this point.
The shriekers farther maintained that the
'election of Mr. Buchanan, would not only . be
11:4.4umph of the Soutb add Slavery over the
gorth and free labor, but tbat it. would cell
fylvardi atu.l.New York-roto Slave
6it v criviie the Slave trade and forte urnll
pure, us a wicked politician, Who to obtain
exalted station wr.s ready. to trample Upon
everl thing sacred. They were taught to ro
gatd Petuotte.is as criminals—dangerous, pi.
ntlionl fellows who were burning with a " de
te.turti the whole republic into a slave
mat4t: Many became excited and promised
to leave the country should victory crown the
labors of the Denuicraoy.. Others, of a more
warlike temperaMent, threatened to plant
themselves on the borderS of Kansas, with
their rifles, and to blow out the brains of
the first uttfortunate fellow, hailing from the
"sunny tilmth" who attempted to cross into.
the Territory. •
The . execs.siVely metal 'ones talked
of their neighbor Vemocrats . as unfit to be
trusted or corn:Muted with in churches—as
the most hideous things in existence..- We
Mention these peculiarities of the opposition,
to illustrate the manner in which they
con
ducted the canvass and as proof that niany of
them were, at least temporarily insane. They
were the victims- of selfish, unscrupulous pol
iticians and um:cc:is:oily frightened, as . the
result proves. Already the excitement has
subsided, and the men who did most to alarm
the people about Kansas, admit the probabil
ity of her coming into the Union - with. free
'institutions, Every Statein the Confederacy,
openly declares against the -revival of the.:
slave trade and slavery has not vet made its
a pp earan c e iu New Yolk, or Pennsylvania.
Peace and order reign in Kansas—the war
like tamale has net stationed. himself on her
holders with tift, ponder and bullet, as he
lac would, nor have the stroerrest
Fremont localities depopulated. Indeed all
fair minded menTseetu‘ pretty well satisfied
• with the result and predict -that Mr. llUchan
an's administration, instead of being piratical,
pro-slavery and odious, will be conservative,
just, and pPralar.
' The Disunion Contention.
The Black Republicans of :11.tssachusetts
called a Dlsuaiqn Convention, to meet at
Worcester the 15th inst. They pronounced .
the "existing Union to be a fitilitre"—"a
hopeless attempt to unite under one govcr . n
ment, Pico antavonistie- systems of society
which diverfie more widely -with every year."'
ViThc will hereafter deny that the purpose
the opposition is t.-) sever the bonds that
unite the Statts, and cun-titutes of them a
prosperous and powerful republic! This de
liberate dis,nniini proposition deserves the at
tention and condemnation of the whole court,
try. We await with anxiety a report of the
Convehtion's proceedings, end when - obtained
we shall publish them.
the country repose urekr the . beneficent in
fluence of .' Pert:nst: Sovf.r--o::Tv."
Resolimul, Tbat we eratefav reee,t ic , tier
------0-42,-.9. .- hand of •Providenee in le:l:ling' our cfialatv
------
- Cot. JoltA W. Forney; -. I safely past a danger more threatenine. than
~,
any that ever before assailed her ; and that,
The defeat of this gen t leman through the•
as individuals, we 'enjoy a Ponsciouness of
treachery of men trusted by our own party, duty done• i n t h e h um b le efforts we have con .
affords the leaders of . the opposition much trib - uted to that result.
pleasure. When- they aro asked how they
We exult iu the result for , • , :-.,'''-,„;-,tasons,--s- .
are suited with the choice of their represen - -; ameng which are : ''' :6 ' 4l- uais . -..:s 3
" have
tatives, they invariably reply,' that they- Is:. It is the triumph of : ..Vutionelity. over
rejoice-over the defeat of Forney, because he Stetionoll-rm,—of I.",rien over Disunion, --of
is more corrupt and -worthless titan Cameron. t Ordcr over Anare.tr. .. -
2d. It is the Verdict-of the - Nation again ;4
Now we defy them to exhibit to the world .
ferret . ,
.6 .ith ',runt!, political conspitireies.
act of this democratic-soldier, that, showsg f hat i t , open, flee,—a He a1 ,,,, i ., hides iivii.
- :3,1 It is a new tribute - to that
to be anything but an honest and honorsl .e.loriou•
~-, ~
man. They will •do well to imitate the i American idea,---- Fitt:EDON! or enx-sciENcE3
example of that ultra partisan sheet the N.-Y. ! -one which ha- lent to our country a 1 f eltr.t
ness that already lights the world; and shalt
Tribune, w-hich . is. sensible enermh to admit i
ss shine down the An... ,
„ zt, '',"-
the eminent ability-and snperior qualifications 1 4 1 y • .:
• I Irlil. .1! UnCelitql the awful corruptions cf
of the deniocratic candidate. After rejoicing , Black Republicanism, until it finally set the
over the election of Cameron, the Tribune ! seal -to its hypocrisy, in that expiring guilt---
s ay
-:
.- 1 the joining of hands "with Fillnre's pro-
While we rej ice in the result, we cannot sh.very ; they were after power, rict principle. ei i
join in the personal cry against his principnl 1 sth. It has vindicated the fact that the
i Democratic party is - Xatiowd; and there
competitor, Col. Forney. Forney committed
cannot be the Party of - Slavery; but
some grave errors in early life • but he is stillj fore
though defeated ; leaves it 'where our Constitution and laws
a young man, and we trust,
place it,--with the States and Territories re
new, he has an honorable career yet before
'him. Be is a most thorough-going partisan
sPee e ti s s u .eiY ed . , That. 'it was erpected that the
-of I'r-6
-Slavery Democracy, and for twenty t r i v e e e t v , 1 Black Republicans would select Simon Cam-
Years has devoted all his enemies
; eron fur United States Senator;—a man whom
vation of Mr. Buchanan to therPresidenev—
had always denounced as corrupt ; but
a result which ' he has done -more than any 1 the Y
l it was not expected-that _even three Demo--
other man to achieve. He fought uS with
/ erats would leave their party, and vote for
desperate efficiency through the late carvas,
him. And we reprove and denounce this
and we think not.always fairly • but, since
P er
- , .
we did *hat we honestly could on the oared 6d Y*
side, and he has just enjoyed a defeat, we 'will 1 The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
consider the account squared and start afresh..; The meeting was then entertained with . brief
It gives us pleasure at this time to remem- 1 sneeches by it. B Little, El., and J. B. Ne:
ber and attst that through the long and -collar/. ' . . .
trying. contest fur Speaker 'of the present 1 •
On motion adjourned.
Howe, Col. Forney presided over the disor- - !
ganized, anarchical, often tumultuous assem- 1 ' DA.N IE L - BREWSTER, Prest.
blage,_ is itk - eminent dignity, ability, and 1 A. Turntr.u.,•Sec'y. . • -
strict impartiality. His position for eirit.; , -------ssosswar 4.----....-.
-weeks was one of the most trying we - ever ! Abolition and K. N. Portrait of
observed, and he Met its.responsibilities with 1
unswerving fidelity. .
We presume Mr. Buchanan will require'
Col. F.'s servicas in some post of decided emi-'
nenee. • THE CHARACTER OF SIMON CAMERON
I . DRAWN DY 1115 '
one
him
We
- irgr The Pennsylvania Legislature met in I Present Asseeintes, ntitl. -SeiPPorter%,
Convention on TuesdaY Jan 13, at noon, and 1 INCLUDING
proceeded to ballot f0 i r.„1 7 7. S. *Senator: Si . f FIVE OF THOSE WHO VOTED FOR . HIM ON
men Caineron was chosen on fiist ballot by I TUESDAY.
the following vote : I
Simon Cameron 07_
John W. Forney-58.
Henry D. Foster 7
Wm. Wilkins 1
Total 133
The members Item all present and voted,
giting Cameron a bare majority of one.
Three members who were supposed to be
Democrats, viz: Gefgge A. Wagonseller and
Wm. D. Lebo of Schuynill, and Samuel
Menear of York, voted for Cameron..
•
Fourteen members of the Senate, and up•
wards of thirty members of the House pro
test against the legality of the proceedings,
on the ground that the_Senate refused to ,ap;
point tellers, and make nominations the day
previous as required by law.
Or The Missomi Legislature met it; joint'
Convention on Monday Jan. L2th, and pro
ceeded to elect a. 1.3. 5. Sen4or fur the short
term by the following vote t— -
James S. Green (Dem.) $9
Thos. IL Benton - 34
—Xennet, (Am.) 32
•'; The election . for tbe full term has pot yet
taken place.
jar Sunday, the 20th, was one of the
coldest.dayti we have experienced in this' re- 1
,'gion for a long time. ' The routes have been 1
so obstructed by the storm on Monday, that
as yet . no Inuits have reached us during the
week. . .
For the Detneerat
Teacher's Association.
A Teacher's Association cntaVnued at Chi . -
ford, Corners, SatUrrtry . Lvtaing January 10th
1857 v the associhtion proceeded to elect .1. T.
Rude, President, and S. A. Halstead, Seam
tray. The meeting being opened for discuss,
ion by a few able remarks from Our President
'upon the subject of education, the subject
was discussed with great interest by B. F.
Wart roux, S. R. Miller, J. S. Miller, E. J.
Wells, S. A. Halstead, 1). L. Stevens and J.
IL Johnson ; after which the following reso- .
lution was orDred and unaniruously adopted.
Resolved, That we, as the Teachers and
• friends of Education, exert our utmost efforts
to sustain a•Ttracheri Association as often' as
once in two weeks during the winter for our
mutual improvement, and the benefit of all
that attend and listen to the remarks or assist
as in discussing the suljeCts that may be
brought before the Assceiation;frOm time to
time. There being quite a number in attend
ance, our meeting was both interesting and
instructive. After the discussions and reso 7
Intion the association adjourned to meet. at
Clifford Corners Saturday Evening January
1 ith, 1857.
S. A. HALSTEAD, See'v
Democratic Meeting.
At a, meeting, of the Dent6cracy of Sus.-fa
County, convened at Montrose, Aloud:ly eve
ning, Jan: IDth, 1857, for the purpoe o f
-electing Delegates to the State Convention to
be liCid at Harrisburg, on the second day of
March; A. D. 18:57, to put in nomination ean-
Aithaes for the office of Gove . ruor,.Catial -Com
niksioner and Judge of the Stiprenie Court,
Daniel Ilrewter was chosen Presideni,' and
Abel Turrel Secretarr.
J. B. :11,:Colibrn was elected Representative
Deletzate, and N. Newton, E-q.,, • Setttorial
I)elegare with power to suLstitute in ease of
itribility to attend.
•On !notion o'' 13. Little, E. 1., the dele
gates were i.istiticted to present the name of
Col. John Ltlittviinz, asa e:tnlithtte for the of
fice of Canal Cutumissioner.
On motion, a committee was :11volt:fed to
draft resolutions for the consideration of the
meeting; which cominittec through' R. B.
Little, Esq„ its chairman, revorted the fulluw-
Ili red That we have high conlidenee'in
the ability and intogrity of .J.tAtEs BucitANAN.
the Peopies Plesident, and that we esp e cially
rejoice in an Administration that will %pier
the mad waves of sectional strife, an.l give
NEW SENATOR.
cintimiar.
Of the Twenty•eight Seceders from the Know
Nothing Caucus-to their Constituents.
High convictions of duty impel the under ,
signed to submit to their fellow citizens the
following statement : • i
At the commencement of the prevent Ses
sion
of the Legislature, the friends of the 1
American Organization, in the house of Rev I.
Iresentatives, resolved to act as au intierend
ent pnrty. As such, they met in-caucus, and .
determined to admit none to their delibera- , I i
tions but such as were known to be true to'
the great principles of that Organization. In
vindication•of those principles,' they 01 , q21 de
termined to suppott no . man for any office in ,
1 the gift of the Legislature, who was not
i equally known to be true to them, as well as
to the interests of the Commonwealth. At
the, Conventional Caucus, held to nOminath a
candidate for State Treasurer, members of the.
American Organization were- refused admit
tance, simply because they bad.refused to co
operate. with the party from the beginning,
and to vote for its caucus - nominees. But at
Ithe canons hold on the evening of the ninth
I inst., tho-,e, who hal been refused admittance
. ----- - -
to the prev ions caucus were found in atteul+ur inrafiri . -to throw fumy our self reap,' 'el,
ance; and sortie, Who were only known as tfA 1 orao.Violet 0
nr oaths.; and therefure •it is;
/
:bitter enemies of the American Organization, 1 that in ' the ;it of freemen, we .
weio with us, directing %nd - centrellieg the , strike down king' . caucus: at the biddingiOr
nomination of one of the most intligning, if our country. : .- - •
not the most corrupt iv' liticiairs in the Slate., - Above our venerated mot to, and associa ted
A resolution was uffrr'ed to exclude these ob- j with it in all the memories of the last, end .
jeetionable persees, and Ade otcit cotes -in- our hopes Oahe, future, the American eagle 1
defieitely postponed the consideration of the —our nationer emblem, and our country's '
resolution. A motion was then made to pro- i pride.. It ever adorns our starry flag; and•it
teed to nominate a candidate for the United 1 spreads its " wings of glory.over us" as a pro-,
States Senate by. a viva yore. An amend- tecting angel. When we go into the Hall of
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tneut. was offered„ substituting a vote by bal. the House of Representatives,ro execute the
lot. The amendment was.adoptA and the I most imputtaut trust confided to us, we . de::
resolution carried by a majorioy of only three is i re to meet t omething .there .having some ;
-thus showing that those W;ho had no right analogy or concordrinee With these glodous
to be present held a controlling influence, or recollections, and these sacred emblems.- - -
the balance of power.. - ; ; Giant us this, or something apprximating to
Here let us reflect fur a-moment upon oar ; this, and all will be well ; and our hearts - and
own position. There were before that eau- I our haods will be with you,.both to do and
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ens the natnes:of many of the best I I men in to date; But what we Say unto - one we- say
Pennsylvania, whose friends were urging 1 trio() all, INVITE US NOT IN THERE TO
th e m as F"Per. candidates. There were •;u 1 PARTAKE OF A BUZZARD'S FEAST.- - -,
that caucus less than twenty men who open- I Ask - t er nut to support a nomination brought
ly admitted they would vote fur Simon Cam- 1 about, as we believe; by the concentrated and - ,
Under these circumstances it seemed i "cohesive 'power of piddle plunder," and the
scarcely possible that he couhl he nominated:l SUPERADDED ELEMENT 'OF S . II2OME•
He was openly repudiated by thr . e..efourths cf i LESS 1 . AND WHOLESALE I PRIVATE
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the members, and c ert a inly w e h a d no reason I BRIBERY. All countenance acid participa
to fear. with this open - avowal - of hostility, for i tion in such things as these, we not only moat
almost any other of the names before us would i earnestlv'and
. peremptorily decline, but have
have been ace - e`ptahle. It i s t itl e they had 1 pledged ourselves unitedly and determinedly
masked themselves by the secret ballot ; but I to oPpose. •
to us this was more au evidenee of cowardice l Such is a brief - arid hasty outline of our
than of peril-Iy. We 'could noVbelie%•e that -past action and our intended future course.
that,
all who lied voted for the secret ballot, bail 1 We submit it to our constituents, confident;
done so to hide themselves from their constit- la a - tri craiphant. vindication, and We cordial
tams, or to betray us into the support of ai ly invite all our honest RepresentatiVe's
! man despised and disowned by every political 1 whether in the late caucus or not, to \ rally.
organization in Pennsylvania. It was noti with us in this contest, and to Make common
until we began to, ballot, that our betrayal cause with us fir the honor and the glory of
t 1 ecame manifest. It was then that we iliS. our native State, assuring them that though
I, covered the treachery ilea' was pretending to t it' may haVe passed into an adage that " Par
oppose Cameron, and yet hypocritically and I is is FranceT• yet Harrisburg is not Peunsvl ,
and secretly voting fur his nomination. i
The poiver - that controlled that caucus was
palpable,
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palpable, corruption was-behind . the throne, !. . From the Pittsburgh Union.
and no wonder that its vietiniS skulkeiFbe- 1 Public - Se4ll..atent.
hied a secret-vote, and covered their (feeds 1 But what shall we say of the the three
front the eyes and knowledge of the beheld- I Judas-es who have so fouly betrayed their
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.1 party for the miserable piecesof silver I Their
; Were we justified in leavine• the caucus 1 ignominious pedidity surely can find tie apola
when the evidence. to our grinds, burl become i ogist, eveti•runongst the rabidist of .our ptilito
demonstrative ? Could we, as the repre.senta: i cal enerniesl Men may be pleased at the
tives of an hottest constituency, have served I result of the treacherY, but they will invade
them with ftlelity by . remaining i Could' we lily and'instinetively scorn the traitor,: nu
have exonerated ourselves from the (Zinn of Inanity, with all its depravitV, will not look
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such-a nomitrttion if we had delayed our de- 1 with favor upon the contemptible creatures
'Future and aided to consummate such a re- I i who lend: themselves to treason. .'. .
1 suit 1 Could we have remained in that caw- 1 - These three men were eleeted.by the Dem
! cus helievino. ourselves bound by' its action, i ocratic party in a close and angry contest, at
and justified' ourselV: : s in , voting ler a man 1 the most important and trying time in the his
where le hole history - is but the history of in- 1 tory of their party; they received its confi
t rigui: ?—a man who Las despised all party (• deuce, and by its suffrages-were-elevated to
obligation, and tteated all e aleu.es with con- i the positions they now occupy. Here was a
:eatpt t . • ! moral hinditie• obligation them in simple rrra
e .,„ ,
-'1 be inquiry an-es, who is Simon Cameron 1 i thistle, to stand by tats party that so honored-
As a Statesman. fame hos nerer associated 1 diem. Nut ordy- so, but they went into the
his name with the word. As a politician, hel Demoeratie caucus on Friday lest, and thus
has ale ays professed to be a Democrat, arid I again virtually pledged theinseves to support
To. that Party only -remembers him because', the candidate of their party. And after all
of his treachery, and speaks of him as a trai. this; .they ruthlessly trample on their oblige- .
-ter. As a Whig. it is his boast that he nev- lions, boldly scoff at the dictates of cons-ci-.
er:votel a Whig ticket in his life—that par- `once, and despising gratitude - and duty, they
ty being saved from such a disgrace. As an „ plunge into moral ',okay, infamously desert
American and anti•SlaverY man, let the tee- ttheir .party to bring; eternal disgrace upon
ord speak for itself. At a County COnven 1 theniselves, and blast the hopes of their friends
tion held to the Court House, in the borough - end the interests of the Stlie, whose s-corn
o' flan isle) rg, O n the second day of lust Sei)- sentinels- they are." - •
tzmb:r, :iiou Cameron wa, a deleg a te and "Ohl for a ton g ue to curse thesbe-e.
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an active member. The fulluwin.r resolutions
were offered in - that Conventien, and are said
to Inive been in his hand ri;ing. Certainly . ,
they met with no opposition from him t
. -Resolved, That ,-,se have confidence iu the
administration of Gen-. Pierce, because he has
mardully battled for those principles, and
duos , . u its influence in. favor of sustaining the
right of man to.self-goyernment.
Rcso'lved, Vhat we are in favor of the NE
, DRASKA-KASSAS bill, because icembodies the
vital principles ofself-government, which ncr
er can conflict with-the interests of freedoin.
When has be changed his opinions, upon
these questions! .i.Vhen, or where, has he
disowned them And ieven if there • be any
recent recantation -got' up for the preSent .
emergency, there is nut character enough iti
the man to impose upon credulity itself.
But do not the people of: Pennsylvania ex
pect's.ornething more.of the present Legisla
ture than the - election of '• an old political
hack r' The great political reVolution that,
brought the American p:trty into power, has
fro parallel in the history of Pennsylvania,—
The old party organizations were dissolved
by an unseen power, and old politicians, with
all their schemes,:left floundering or wrecked
with the elements that supported them, ab
sorbed by.the mysterious power of an or; an
l i.izati . on beyond their control. This great rev
olution is not without its lesson. The old par
{ ties, with their leading politicianS, werk cur
.l-tupt ;- and it was their signal destruction the
people *sought when they put their power into
the new organization. TheY did tebnke. cur
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1 ruption, and the party. in power stands as a
. -monument of that rebuke.
Shall the Americariparty then, in the:face
Of all its professions and actions, be now made
the dishonored- instrument in elevating Simon
Cameron to the highest (awe in its gift l—
and thus hold him up to the world a; the ex
ponent,.embodiment, and .personification of
Americanism I We trt.st not. WE CON
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SIDER HIM A FIT -REPRESENTATIVE
OF NOTHING GOOD; AND A FIT, EX
irt.:.)NEM.T OF NO HONORABLE PRINCI
-1 PLE. As, Pennsylvanians, we reniembee that
1 bur State motto, as adopted by our ancestors
1 of ifeVerVy . -six, is " Virtue, Liberty, and lade
pewit:nee:7 We reverence this- glorious old
motto; Pull bear in mind that weinft recent
ly, swore as representatives, to : pst forrn ovi. 1
duties as such, with fidelifT; fidelity to. our
constituents, fidelity to our native State ; and
fidelity
- to the ennobling principle engraven
en our State escutcheon. 'Shall We then, or
can we:-consistently with the oaths we have
taken, supports nomination . so,destitute . of
' every element' t virtue, which would disgrace
the 211niricanOrganisation and. our native
IState ;' and which we feel assured, our eon-.
I stituents will repudiate with scorn and right,
tcoos indignation.: We !Neogene' no porter
to and caucus, t. fea - Prire tisrthu ' - iiii4v
.
Whose treason, like Wdeadly
Comes r the councils of the brave,
To blast them in their power of might,. •
May life't4 t inbl e :secte t ip for hi m
to rung'd with treacheries to the brim ;
'With hopes that but allure to th,
• With joys that vanish while hersips,
Like dead Sea fruits that tempt the eye,
. But tarn to ashes on the ,
His country's curse, his children's shame,
Outcast of virtue, peace and fame,— .
Oil the pa.reled desert thirsting die;
Whi.l* lakes that shone in ifiockery nigh
Are fadintr;olf, untouched, untasted,
Like the once glorious hope's. h e blasted."
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Trtere - is no language outside of s tce tgeittise
of Eruninhas that can sexiness the deep indig
nati'on, perfect contempt; and utter aversion'
with ‘i-hich honest men must lock upon the
foul and spotted things who have sold them-
selves and their souls for worse than a Mess
of pottage. • No decent 'man can associate
with them; they will be shunned as pestifer
ous objects that infect the air that surrounds
them, and snakes it nauseous and noxious;
they will go like Cain with A hrand of their
corruption upon their foreheads, and Wheoi
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ever shall see them, shall know and avoid
tht-tn.
We have se,arely'deerced it necessary to re
fer Vecially to the transactions that have made
Simon Cameron notorious. Every intelligent
reading man iu Pennsylvania is familiar with .1
his character and reputation. All know, that .1
taking, advantage of his position . as Comniis
sioter to settle the claims of the Winnebago-
Indians, he and his confederates in crime,
rObbed the poor. ignorant savages to the
amount of about . 66C . 0.000 ; that his gigantic _
frauds • were exposed, and he 41, 1 ,m:entity
kicked out of office. All remember his
abominable depravity at the Williamsport,
Convention. All knoW how every whiter
at.. Harrisburg furnishes fresh proofs that he
is -a reckless trickster, a desperate political
.gambler, a man utterly devoid' of conscience,
or . sense of honor but actuated by. the lOwer
and baierlusancts; a man who is notorious
only . for low end unscupulous cunning, rin•t : l
one who accontplishes every difficult end
bold bribery and wickedness. ThwewhoCan
"rojoiCe over the election of such u. Man; let
. them. • • .
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From Schdylkill • County.---
.What
thoir Constituents think of it.
The Buchanan and Breckintige Club ..of
Potatille : held a tmeeting on Wednesday . ev
ening Jan. pith, for the purpose of taking
action on the late atrocious• eondurii- - of i
George A. tritgonsiller Wrn; '-B. - Lebo,.
members of the Route Representative,
from Scuylkill Com 4. ...*Affer 's',onte ti ~pTir.
priate remarks frqui "161)4, F. Vir...liughes,.'in .
regard- to_the object of the- meeting - i .
mitteei . thnSistiktof Ron; F. 4P: Hiigliis and
fourteen others *usaPpol rite& tf,,..440p;,:,, f ipti.4-,
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The committee repirfied
which were utianitiinhaly adopted
WHEREA!i. The Democracy of this county
have been astounded with 'the- i.ufurmottion„
that the persons elected:to the llonse ef Rep , -
re.enia!ives of. Pennsylienia from sehuylkill
county have perpetrate(l,the crime Vf 'roosi ,
gross. and ••flagtaut betrayal. of the known
wish ea of the party who have elected them,
and their own solemn and - oft repeated pledge
es, by voting for Simon Cameron for United
Slates Senator, after his open and notorious
action a= a leader among the ; Know-Nothing
- and, Black ItepobliCan Fusionjita of this Stat e
in opposition to the I)emne.ratie party. and
the integrity of the I,lnited &aim-7
' Resofved.,That pie conduct:Of William B.
Lebo and Gee; A. 'Wagonseller, in connection
with - another . traitoe . front' York notnkt) , ,itit
voting for SiMon Cameron for . o._* - Senatar, •
in known and open defianee.of the . urishe
_of
the Entire Denweraeif of. Sch.:4lEll county ,
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is a. •
diteet violation of their rtipeated.-opar,-.•
. antes and prof ee sions before'.their . eleoicar, - ..
- Rewired, 'feat for suclitraitors we . khOW
a no, adequate punislinient' provided ;by' , laiw,
and can only , expiess th' eXecratiOn:Of i .4 7
ceived and outraged c nstituortcy, - .who,,will
c c
_treat these - Arnold's And . rgey's with - ezelu-
son fro.n all social and political iatertotityi. -
' Resol v ed, - That we have no doubtthi&cOn.,
duct is the tesult of biibery. that .the,Aottaid....
erati on . f...r .this Cetrayal was gp/4--:.and,-. that,
these guilty wretches and their confederateW
may' he exposed 'to the - world as.: a' warning'
to all others, - we ask the (louse of Repreien l !
tatives of P . estsyNattia . :•to. Oausea', full: in:Vtisi;,..
tigadon.q the means by which this unciarild.!
leled fraud atultreagon was'eommitte'd.. ''':'
Resolgid; That retie t' the Coutiip
Committee : to ilOtify the delegates ini'the late
County entivention, who:by tuisillac.4.eonft-:
deuce caused the nomination of these traitors
to assemble at the . Court House in POWille;
on Saturday,the 24th inst.., and that a 9Oun-,
ty nuleti ng' of the party be -called to. Meet
the some day,-and place, at such an
shall be fixed hereafter, to - eipresa theiropitt- -
ions and wishes, respectively, inirefereace - to
thii tte.u.on.
Rcsoftied, That for a Professing , Democrat
to'sustain or approve the conduct. of- these
t tailors, is. acknowledging their own complic=
ity in their infamous 'transactiona, and to
confess that at heart they have been hypo,
trite , and:encmies of the Democratic party
and its p - rinciple,,
Resolved, That we hereby solicit the 'Bu- .
chanatt'and-Breckinrige Clubs in the several
districts, in 'this county, to assemble and
make known their feelings of indignation at
the wrong that has been thus inflicted upiou
them.
11..WETHVRILL, Say of
On motion, resutved, that the..llOn:Berwitd
Riley and Col. 1 . . Al„Wetherill be appojated
a Cominittee to send a copy of these pioeeed-,
ings to each Dernotratie. utetnber of the !.,eg : -
islatu'rer
On motion adjourned.
EDWARD O'CONNER, President.
E. F. \Views, See. pro tem.
A IVe.Air 4 6 Infernal Itlachine" for
- War Purporres. • - '
It having: been state() that Walker Was
supplied with a new " Interpal o Machine,
for destroying. his foe4,.a - cotrespoident of the
New Yoik Journal q commerce, makes -
known some ofitS'peculiarities as follows
A writer. inAvour paper of the ; 21st
who signs himself Anti,Walk.er,7 . wiehes:irr.
be informed about the "Infernal Machine".,
.which Gen. Walker's friends have recently'
purchased for his army in Nicaragua. For his;
and the information of- othera. I will eiplaiti!
its efficieney and deadly iustrumiatality i ln
farm it resembles a small grind-stone,.tnned
by a crank, and will discharge 300 - one-denier ,
ba lis every - minute, at tended by onlytiviiiiiteil.-
EVery Machine is calculated to _destroy Alves, /
reg prllnts of soldiers in the same space.of
time. It can be directed with Oe'same ease
as a common rifle - is handled.' • 0 0 r - -
_The inventor; a Yankee,. is now in England,:
experimenting before the Admirality, atid_ . sr
great many-old Generak, of all cOnntries. who
evince much interest, and have -written him
letters expressive of their wonder and :as=,
stonishment.' One diAtitiguisled Poli4 Gen;
erat expresses himself ro the iti'ventor, ",that
as soon as
_this': deadly weap - oti becomes iq
use, wars and rumors of war' nansv,,cesse..
The gun, or machine, diScharges — WithOrit:*
port, and sends ahall three times the distances .
of the ordinary- rifle or cannon, 0 the-case
m:lt 'lie, The Ilritisli'Government
2' 0,0001 if he _can en
large - Ihis machine to • dikiharge 84 poiliiii
shot. noWdOing, and infirrumbis
agents here he shall accomplish it.".Jhe
sin Minister at London is anxious. for rbe..prt
tent, and hei offered - him his price ;
says to his friends,"l mean no - Other nitt.l6%
-shall inive it but England,and my pvrti.co4o
try:"
Previous to his going to Earnpo,,hti'?ipzi.,o
the
.. right to the American. Povernment%irt
Washington. Experiments were made: witik
one ounce and lever, pound' carionadeS,
our naval officer s. by order of the ' Secretary
of State, which, proves all I have'related-abbre ,
and to the entire satisfaction otthciseptient..
One of those" Infernal Matrhinee i phCced Otict,
the deck of a vessel, -one - of thc:Gotnatodorei
remarked," wouklsink a frigate.in three
utes." Such. a constant _slischargerd
, just as fast as they combo handled rout rolled
in, _ with the accuracy they can . be
„direct*
must inevitably - destroy illtefore 'it; besides'
the great advantage of being at tas-distancO
and out of danger of the enemy's giro.
11111. ROADS IN TU UNITKII SIITte:-- - TOl4
ttunual 'statement Of railways m kite lJtiltm lny r s
jaA,been puhlitbed by the United f?;tates
road ,4nd Mining Regiiter. : It make, I:ol‘tn
mai climber ormiles of railmiy
an increase of 3,434 over ihe . prer ttlingyeM
the larger - in Pd ittsr4isitil'`i
in tab other State, btitig
inotease in other States is: Illinois, $00;
Indiana, 808; ittni' VFieeoarin r 3531.swiles.
Ohio beide the list wiiti 2;B6o,'New Yriik AA
low ingAlt with 2,102, Illinois % ,2„sAti,
.Penti.ylrania, • '
ing