The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, May 28, 1857, Image 2

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-A .J. GERRITSON
140132R0DE, P,L.,
Thnilidny, 2`Bth. 1847.
..,,DBMO ORA lid STIVIW TICKET.
roR GOVERNOR.
WIEVIGTAItt IP.' IPACKIEM;
XOl j: County:
Ma CABAL CO)1w 8
ROD STIikiii.LAND2
Of Chester, Couitfy.
Iltabassetabling et-the State - Demo
_eratie Convention of 1557. '
:pursuance f a resolution adopted by
',Le Democratic State Committee of Pennsyl
die e:egates to the State Conyen ti on.of
March 2d, - 1857, are requested: to as:sembte
at the Capitol, at 'flarriaturg,on Tuesday, the
• Ath day of June,
1857, at 10 o'clok. A.
• to! the purpose of nominating Candidates to
complete the State Ticket,and transacting all
other. Business pertaining ; to_ : the orig inal
,authority of, the Convention.
It. BUCKALEW..
3 . 0 . N T ' n ttulcu "" 54 } Secretaries.
New Arrangement.
Subseribery to this ` paper reiiding ail
e
taut centies and stats, will o take . notie that
. z
their
subsCiiptions- nafist be paid strict/yin
'Advance; we i tt b all therefore, hereafter, • dirk;
continue rending the paper ; to them when
'their term of advance payment expires,
unless they' send us notice, ( accompanied by
the Cash,) of their wish to continue.
• Those now in arrears need not wait for us
to send them bills. Those receiving bids and
I !ailing to send on the money, will be consid
•!,:ered "dead" subscribers, and be stricken off
;our liston.or before the 'first of July.
(Positively no paper sent to 'a distance after
this date unless paid for in advance. Money
or Postage. Stamps may be sent by mail at
oar risk if properly enclosed and directed.
May, 20 1857.
tgir The well-known Continental Vocal
.
ist,,Avill give a Concert 'at the Academy
Bali, on Friday' Evening, ?day 20th. Their
programme prcrents.a" great variety of new
and popular music. Dos open at Seven—
.com tne nee at S Tickets' 2 5-cents.
'4o And hear them—they .can't be beat.
I: INT The advertisement of IL 'Dania which
6111 l be found in to days parer, should have
- appeared two weeks ago. It was mislaid
and unintentionally . oinitted.
la Poorfrgeasea for Opposing .the
Democracy.
'',, An esteemed . correspondent who has al
• 'ways opposed Dcmcciraic men and measures,'
‘ilisiks the • decision of Ile Supreme , Court
3,
list the Died Scott case is ei•erwheltning - tes-
Airrtorty against the Temocracy, and ought
itO bo considered a jest and conclusive reason
fpi opposing that organization Which has
wilt up the Republic to its present . height
4-of prosperity and power. To our Mind that
.
;decision is:proof of the correctness of our
?p` Arty's poSition, iiromounci ng as it does, in
:terrerence by Congress with slavery in States
i•or Territories, emeonstitutional ; uphohlittg
`the beneficent principle of popular sovereign
ty which underlies our. whole governmental
structure ; and recognizing the right of the ,
`Territorial occupant to make the laws which'
are to control and regulate his conduct as a
citizen. For the sake of argument, grant
that the Supreme Court has erred, that its
meant and 'witch-complained-of decision con
flicts witl s rblic sentiment; still it is plain
ly the duty of the citizen to respect and
abide by that decision. So long as the con
tstitztipti is maintained and revered, so long
;fling the interpretation placed upon that in
strument by the appointed and proper an
\
_thiarity, be obeyed. - It is useless and tree- 1
,sonable for.combin. tions of selfish aspirants
1 to resist the people's authorities—the will of
the people's Judicial agents ; and the party
that supports that will, and lal4trt to main-
Min the government as it is, deserves public
confidence and approbation: It is a strange
doctrintrlo advance, that the Democratic par
ty should be opposed, because of its devotion
to theconstitution, and its determination to
maintain the authorities ! And, yet this is
the position• of our friend'who fights the Dem
ocratic army because it defends the decision
of our highest Court. But we do not admit
that the 'decision of that Court is wrong and
hostile ts, the feelings and' judgment of the
community. On the contrary, we claim that
4 the principle of non-interiention by Congress
1 with slavery accords with public opinion-and
is popular; we assort also that the declare
lima the Court that negrons . are not' citi
zens of the United States is in conformity
with past Judicial opinions, past legislation
• and the feeling of nine-tenths of our citizens
- We have heretofore published the opinions
on: this Subject, of chief Justice . Daggett, of
:Copt?. William Wirt, Attorney General of the
liuited States, and others, eminent in-author
, ite,•and 'they all bold to the doctrine which
the Supreme Court have lately recognized in
the Dred Scott case. If the negro is a "citi
zen of the Republic . he• man
and
'its
chief—command its army and navy, and
dispense its patronage.. Who supposes for a
moment that such a possibility was contem
plated 'by the framers of the government I
Desidas with what propriety can the freedom
shriekers clairn .that the negro is a citizen in
i f iew 'of their past policy toward" his race f--;
The free soil fanatics of Isl'ansit's proposed to,
prohibit:the:black , man whether bond or free,
faWii crossing the borders of that Territory;
through the ballot-box they declared that the
tiegioshOulsi never have s home :here. Sew
aid ind.Wilsan and those sympathizing with
thee) tn . Obligw:sil, advocated - the admission of
Katteas>to theihion, with its 'constitution
proscribing the *hole r .,African race. Grow
iii 4 d almost avery,finboot district in
ret,y and, shrieked in commendatimi-.ofthe
Topeka Constitution; and- tsWitonbt notrhe
lip during th — e coining State canvass assail
ihe public war with 'slaw of the SuMitue
court faits declaration thifihe isirm 'kilo
a citizen of tliellepublic. It would be well
to.enquire,of him, if be considers the negro a
chi= by what authority be excludes him
from : Kansas.
_Rao the , people of ratite de•" '
ny to a United States citizen the right to.lo
cate within its limits? We know of no pow
er in Kansas to, prevent Mr, Grow from ivak•
ing his home there. ••Arid why i Not be
cause be is a Congressman is he entitled to
;mate where it. suits his _convenience, so long
as he behaves himself and violates no law ;
but bream he is an American citizen. So
the black Man; if ariAnierican citizen, is pos
sessed of the same rights as Mr. Grow and
entitled to locate where he pleases; yet Ur.
Grow would deny him that privilege.
Ear
Question A itswered.
In response to our remarks ia tondenina
tion of the hawking and peddling prohibition,
recently extended to this County the Repub
lican of last week propounds the following
question. ",Will the ifor.troie Democrat
please inform ns what it thinks of the act -of
April 20th, I.B.s.l,p.obibitin,glaiiking and
.peddling in •the'Counties of Wyoming and
- Sullivan? 'Certainly. The provisions of
the act to Which- the inquiry relates are the
same as those of the law lately applied to
. this County, therefore what we said of the
latter may be taken as indicative of our
views of the former. We condemn unhesi
tatingly the principle of 'restriction involved
iri both measures. • If however the inhabitants
of the counties of Wyoming and Sulivata de •
-
sired the prohibitory enactment it wasidoubt
haStheir privilege to have it; and if the pro
hibition bad been demanded by the people
of Susquelemna we would not utter so wog
R protest against it. We respect the popular
will .constitutionally proclaimed. We be
lieve that a legislative act affecting the 'whole
community should , be approved by the-com
munity. We dislike those enactments, the
passage - Of which is purchased, for the benefit
of the few to the detriment
.of the many.
I Now every man in this section well knows
that this hawking and - peddling prohibition
was applied to this county to accommodate
a few merchants who dislike comi ei lion, It is
not intended to benefit the majority; it in
jures are —, sonsurner by compelling him to
purchase. of a certain class.e measure
possessed one element of just e, or propriety,
its originators would: not hay ccrelly obtain
ed its passage : - They would h e proclaimed
ifi ti a ,
their, intention., confideat of public approba
tion. The very secresy which acoompanied
the selfish movement is proof of its injustice.
flow many of our citizens knew that the law
was contemplated?. The Republlears under
ss i ands very well that its mercantile friends
in this borough procured the passage of th e
.
net without : acquaint ing the public of their
design to dew. Now will the ARcpuldkan
inform us what it thinks of the law, and
whether it approves of the siy and secret
manner of its passage. Come, neighbor if
you have an opinion in this matter, have the
courage to express it.
•Sereral clout brethren of the press, have
like ourselves, been " taken in" by one ". A.
L. Baldwin No. 335, Broailway N. Y."
He has never been knOwn to pay one of his
advertising .bills. An awful fate airaits him.
We -concur *int the Butler 'Herald in the
opinion that advertisements from a distance
ought to come through a ,well established
advertising agency to insure -.insertion. S.
M. rettingill & Co., V. B. Palmer,and E. W.
Carr are reliable aceatt.
Last week's Republican contained the fol
lowing paragraph :—"Gov. Pollock has ve
toed several bills to incorporate new 13ankei
Now that little item of itself seems a mat
ter of trilling importance, yet we are led to
suspect :be motive of the Editor in inserting
it. It was 4oubtlemiutended to convey an ,
impression - to the readers of that paper that
Gov. P. had been exercising "a wise and
honest disiTimination," try vetoing Bank bills.
It will be remembered that three ycara ago,
Pollock and his friends claimed to bare no
different views in regard to 'question's of State
polity, Banks, &e., than- liaise carried out
by our most excellent Governor, Wm. Bigler;
and his justly restrictive Banking policy is
too well understood to need comment here,
" Nebraska," " Slavery," &c., was made the
warecry, and Bigler "was sacrificed in a whirl
wind of folly aud, madness, and Pollock was
placed in the Gubernatorial chair. But no
sooner there than be - falsified the pledges
made before the people, repudiates the,policy
be pretended to enoorse and aids in shatter
ing—especially durini his last session—
broadcast through the State an enormous
quantity of needless, ray, comparatively
worthless currency. Why don't the li'epub
limn acknowledge that Pollockis election
was obtained by fraud: falsehood. Will
tarl
they also
,inform the p fraud:
what, Wilmbt's
policy would be on this question if elected',
—Or do they not consider his chances worth
that trouble ! Below we give some •of the
new Rag Mills chartered during the past
session of the Kansas-Cameron Legislature:
Union Bank, Beading„ 3.500,000
Coatesville, . 100,000
Fayette County, • 150,000
Corn Exchange, , 500,000
Leivisburg, (increase,) 100,000
Kittaning, 300,000
Allegheny, 500,000
Jersey Shore, - 100,000
Octorara, 200,000
Beaver County, 150,000
P/Icenixville„ , 800,000
Schuylkill Haven, . 100,000
Commenwealth, - 500,000
Tioga County, 200,000
Doylestown, 130,000
Shamokin, :, a : 150,000
Iron City, . , _ . 500,000
Waynesburg, (increase,) :. - 100,000
Catasaque, • . : . 400,000
Citizens'•lleposit, Pittsburg, (inn,,) 809,000
Easton,. . . . , /50,000
Union Bank . , , - _ 500,000
York County, {increase,) ' _ 200,000
Ilanufacturers WO itiobanics'.(ine.,) 700,900
cnntral Bank, liollidayaburg, ,- '.300,000
' Pottstown . _ . -. .: .. '200,000
Ceuiri.Co4ty Bank,, -., ,:, , . , - 30,000
Ciltw.kro CouutYt -• • •.- i .-... ~.•._ : : * - :/ 50 " 0
4 1 4*Courith ': -.-• -:.7, 25 % 000
r441 180 4- - Yl l . leis , ...-.2± ;20 0 9000
• • tur Cou nty;. -.- - , ,
, . ~_loo,*
Pass ,Ilfm Around.
The Kew ilLi.nhe.
The Inclepc:i(leili keitillica4 finally con-
feces a Democratic f!lumph in lowa,and con-
Soles itself with the announcement " that
by two-thirds of the Republicans went to
t4foll"." 'lbis reminds us of the Tribune
proclamation immediately niter our State
election last Fall, that thirty thousand Qua
kers were in reserve and anxious to defeat
"9141 Buck." Shame on those wicked lowa
RepUblicans and the thirty thousand Quaker's
who neglected. to give Niggerdorn a' lift in
its hour of need. law great is the guilt of
those_who remain. idle when the "Oligarchy"
walks.orerlbe course ! can't parsons Landon
3!ndKalloch arouse the' sluggish admirers of
Simbo--tlie Republican sloths of lowa—the
stupid Qtakers of the 'Keystone to "deeds
of noble daring!" Surely something ought
to be done.
'Letter From Mr. Lathrop.
The editors of the Republican refused to
give the following letter, addressed to them
by Oliver Lathrop E-11.,0f Springville, a place •
in the columns of their -paper. It is proper
to ;tate the ollesrcd reasons- for the refusal,
prefacing the same with a brief account 'of
The circumstances 'which induced• Mr. -La
throp to write the rejected article.
Some time since Mr. li. solicited and re
ceived the name of_ene J. Fuller .as 3„stib- .
scriber:for the " American -Statesman" a po
'litical history heretofore noticed in our 'col
-
urns. Subsequently, - Fuller addressed I%
very abusive and tingentlemardy letter to
Latitrop f stating in substance that he did
not choose to patronize-a" border ruffian"— •
a " tory"-•--41. " 'knavish itypeeritt," and
would not therefore. receive the hook 'for
Which.he had subscribed. Thereupon • Mr.
Lathrop presented the letter to us and we
published it (omitting the anther's Dame .and
.place of business) as ft specimen -of the bitte I
and unreasonable spirit-cherished by a vie- 1
tire of Greeley'S falsehoorls: The wc-elfifol
lowing; Fuller, throng!' the Republican ac-:
knowleilrzed the authorship.of the letter, and
assaulted Lathrop in vulgar terms and with
the violence of a madman. The article an
nexed is the re-ponce of Lathrop, which the
editors of the Republican refused to publish''
unless we would consent to place Fuller's il
liberal
and senseless production • before - our
reader's. This we declined to do:,..consc
quently Mr. Lathrop was denied t 1? - privi
lege of placing his defence in the columns of
1, the paper which lvd permitted, if no: eneour
-1 net.: the assaelt upon him. Whether this is
1
A fair and hotorable .core, ire - leave the im :
1 partial reader to judge. We would not pub
lish Ftiller's letter, that appuared in the Rc
publican, lecatx,e we had not attacked him;
because of its lack of some 'and sortlus of
yelp:4y. Will our Democratic friers 'puss
1 the paper to their RepuLlican neighb,rs, -so
that they may contrast the ravings olan ab-
I olition fanatic with the calm and manlv
I views of a national Democrat ?
licslrs. Editors
As you - have opened your columns to . Mr.
.1. Fuller, to make an . unprovoked personal
assault upon me ; •Will you permit rae to oc
cupy a brief space therein, to . tryrke the pub
lic acquainted kith a :few . facts in relation
thereto. 1 wish -the public to understand
that Mr. F. wad actuated, 120 -doubt, by a irigh
sonar of duty to enslaved humanity, because
there was no twysonsl between ns pri
or to April 101,—on -that day -I met with a
very cordial reception-front him, at the Foun
dry of Sayre & Brothers. /i.e very willingly
gave me his uanre for the " Statestnan,"witir
a requeit, that I would furnish him the book
a s early as convenient. Three days thereaf- •
ter, I received the 'iettcr published- in the t Tire-only ?rue equality in soviet} is that
" Montrose Democrat". of April nth : . 1 ask produced I,y etithation.. The best way - to
as intellierent community to read that letter ;
and say whether a man - could well'
write counteract the encroachnieuts ef capital and more grossly insulting; and abusive lettr.e.= i aristocracy upon labor is to educate Me
SUPpt+te I was in favor of free' Kansas rind t laborer. Tire - subject of Common School
Buchanan, or enslaved Kansas and Buchan-- Education will-soon assume a position, in the
an; does he question my right to torn' and'public, estimation second to no other.
entertain - suth opinions 2s . seem right to me
Does it afford him The r nortion of the pres,ent goner
any ground •of provoca. , an.,e . •
tion because me opinions do not harmonize I atiou will live to see the time when
_the
with Ids! By what right, civil, social .or I ner..ar SICS of our Country Will be teachers—
moral, does he denounce me as a " tort' 11 0 . Free-school teachers- -witha world-wide
knavish hypocrite," without a syllable of
reputation—and dire public regard strind
conyersatioin- or any other means of knoving . • ,
tug tar in nitv:sticey of the lair makersend
my sentimanti, but the bare fact that I voted
for James Buchanan for President I NVlrat statesmen: or the illation. They will hold
is there so veculiar in. rny.views, that I should f itional conventions to consider the Lest
be singled out, for vindictive "abu,e, of the , means cf advancing the Ctlucatiourihintereits
hundreds of tbousands,who voted for Buchan.-
most glorious Republic
t of the youth of the
any--or does he expect to treat the - whole .1
Democratic host, Seriatim to a "pd..'-the series ;sun ever shone Upon.
•
wary and profound Problems 1". Can it he The great cause of Common School educe.
possible that any considerable number of i
Lon cannot - Le. impeded. It seizes upon op-
American citizens.propose to reduce to Vac- ,position and converts it into momentum, and
lice, the illiberal, despotic, and anti-american M dashes
on and upward to the fulfillment ()fits
- sentiments, that weir. of opposite political
• • glorious destiny— that of making
opinions, should refuse to cuter into business great and
and social relations ! Would:Such a course i a nation happy. •
bring abOut sea harmony among the / mass-- Adjourned to Meet in the morning at
es, as would result in keeping Slavery out of 'clock. •
the Territories 1 Are intelligent American. -
citizens to be dragooned into the ranks- of
any party, in such a manner But I broueht
than letter before a " scru:*nizing public"
and -taus beeame "guilty of a breals.of con
fidence.'‘ Was that letter designed , for my
especial benefitt did it contain the 'Tait words
and. soft speeches that were to reclaim" me
from error! Or did Ire - think haring- been a
tory two years, it was time La forego gentle
wears, sad " deal with me more severely."---
But I ask what kind of a•breach' was. made
when that letter was written t Were the
came and the terms, of such a character, as
to !ay me-under obligation to reply, return,
or keep it a secret 1. ' Not in my judgment.
Suposinfr Mr. Fs. cheeks would have been
mantled with a blush of shame, a hundred
times, under the operation of" sober 'second
thought," before his letter reached the public.
withheld his name and place of ,business,
'so that there was no means of knowing, the
author, -unless it *understood that no other
man in Montrose would stoop to such tueait-
MSS. Mr. F. fearing 4134 he was " borti 'to.
Wye and die unknown" acknowledges the uu—
thorship in a se,,,ond. letter, in which -he as-.
sires the Public that when . he . has impor
tant matters on hand, he :wane what he MPS
Now. whatAnnFiortant, matter" had
lir. Ken Rand I *The. first is probably' .to
avoidltaking the the book, for which he sub
scribed...- 2nd to show his chaste and beauti
ful style :of
Writing, and 3rd to prove Me a
tory, and : knavish. hypocrite, : The first he
imegirtes he has effected by advertising-' me
that he tenet-take it heesuse ',can't 'patron
*;torieb"4„- The :2nd he exhibits .in .such
expressions as "'yo 'who is - capable. , of teach,
vrho-is now , selling -4m,,"
.<-two putt. ; old ;of
•' the',-Delgliss-. breed, the
rahy Ex-Presi
deies:-Svietiie Voutf,glistingnished Be s uite*
4 1,E . bit.!?et 14: A L: ireath:from me, An - ens,
matter to convi tt. n man of anything in such
"a manner. Mr. F's 'primary probhiim' I shall
Lot attempt to • solve, neither his intricate
one. in: store.. They weie answered a thou--
said : tiirtei in tie late campaign, and the nn
. swens ratified 1.11 the peoplo'Nov;fth. I shall
enter intoino di cession with a man who ent
ploysabule.,..l have- dove avoided such
mpn, and I shill not kvpart froiti a used nriii 7
ciple of my life . noiv; . Ite seems to. fumy
that. I stand be. j ore him Fault)! boy.- fashion,
houn to try tolanswer his questions. I re
pndin\e.him, and the position in which; be
ylacese. Thrptigh . the whole of Mr. .F's
wriLini.the sentiment .is prominent, " I am
holier than thou"--luy opinions are right, I
am honest Se., you are an ignorant."knavish
)iyiocrite."„.l( truth is to be propagated_ in
'tliis mannor, I fear its spread will ho slow.—
Mr. F. subscribes him s elf in " liberty" ite..--•--
A man svho writes liPthe very spirit of Bor
der Ruffian despotism, -knows nothing or lib
erty-for chile' whites or blacks,—with des
potism ho is most . familiar, and its spirit is
most in barniony with his own.
0. LATHROP.
We print to tiny two:reports of Teacireris
Associations recently held in this . COttfity,
and desire . ro say: to the officers - of those
or
ganizations that they mtist hereaftorcompress
Within as small rt's_pace as isossible the that
ter which they wish mafle public ;,else we
:cannot give then') the use Of our columns.—
Usually these reports are uninteresting to the
general render and • impart but little instruc
tion to any one. We would suggest that in
stes,3 -of taxing the public
.patience with ste
reotyped accounts of these frequent gatherings,
:that the entertaining and useful essays on
the various subjects connected with the cause .
of popular education, of Is bieh the repolls so
frequently.make favorable mention, lie fur
nished for publication: Articles caieulated
to . awaken -an interest itr, and prothote the
caus e•af cducatiou•tvcshalt always be-happy
to t ot.:,c.):e CUT rtrOriS.
For the Repub:ican
AttentiOn'Teac hers.
. I
For the Donner:O.
Enstett. Co. Teachers' Association.
The leaetersl Cr Susquehanna Gounty,
agree:llos to prevo'us notice, convenel aNlic
ool,:v CSchool Ifonse in Rush town Air on
Friday the .22.ud Of May, 1337."
MMEIDAys es,sroN
The President call( d 'the meeting to order
at one o'clock, P. M. The Secretary I,ting
:1 1-.ent Miss J. \V 11:3 - elegyt e Sec'iy
ro teal.
I
The teachers 10 ; meal trem=e I I.e.:S 111 i 0 a class.
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for A re:ioln ! .* exeriz:sa., .which was conducted
I,TCMiss M. 1. 11:trk. -
• .
.After the alone exprelse the County S.ll
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=ZIT=
SI:=AoN.
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11. It. Gray tipened with prayer. Ti:e
County Saperintml....tit was then called e a
And r.ddresz - •ed a large and "re, ~t , a l h lt•
_
(awe..
He said: Tlij princiPle ot•thu "School
ILaw is right- and just. It is not_ that the tiell
man it. compelled-to educate the poor man'.
but that lie pays a certain portion of I
his ronert • to the State to secute the" ro
te.etion of tlic remainder ; and the State has
i a tiglit to choose 'the manner is which she
r:ill afford that protection. If the. State, hr.=
experience; learn.. (:t- she has Feat u(d) that
to dollars) expended is editeating the
'vouth :affords the Sam:: amount of protection
to Foreity that ile".y (:,.,1::1r does in
tun criminals for k:titnes committed thron7ll
i,Tuorauce, then it, is for her p:eutliary ihtc:
rests to- prosecute the po;icy of popular edu- .
Ication as she is now doing by a- system of
Free Sche..ls. •
SECOND DAY-A. U. SESSSION:
Met agreeably to the previous adjournment.
President in the chair. The house called - to
other. The County Superintendent 'thee
gave theta a practicable exercise in Mental'
Arithmetic and Orthography. - -
. After the above exercise, Dr. Dunhan took
charge of the claseand exercised - them In the
art of . reading, in a very skillful and in-sttue
tive manner', doing' much credit to himself,
and,benefitting Ate class.
. The subject of organizing a- Teachers
County Library Assaciation was discussed by
B. P.- Te*kshury and A. B Kent.
On motion, W. Fauret, Miss Ilart, and
E. B. Beardslee were appointed Committee
to report on the expediency of the same;at
the next meeting. The subject—should a
teacher have a steady boarding place, was
brought before the Association, and M. A.
Comstock was appointed to..report on the
same at the next meeting.
On motion, E. B. Be.ardstee was appointed to
report on the hest method of communicating
education to a child when first introdciced
into school. ,
E Stuart, and A.
Lang were appointed to write and present es
says at the next meeting. ,
The thanks of the Associmion were tender. :
ed the people of RUAIt for. the kindness and
hospitality shown the members -doing, the
session. : -
Adiommed to meet at Little Mead'o'ws tit
the tall of Executive Committee.
New Itlifforil township Teachers Associa
tion met on SafOrchrt the 23i1.1 . of llbiy . rit
1C o'clock, lagrees►WFy ^o previous adjourn-
order.. • , .
The minutes of the prec ding Meeting,.were
then read and , approved. _The constitOon
and bplaws were also re od signed by
the following named persons": .W. Walker,
W. Fartrot,i Misses S. A. Bertholf, 0. ,Mc-
Ketby..M. l3ertbolf, S. Dean, C. A. Tiffany,
S. B.Phinney, L. L Keep, Ellen keep, L. E:
Baker, Jami Mackey; and J. M. Baker.
The teachers then arranged themselves into
a class, and W. :Fan rot gave them a practical
lesson, in 'Mental Arithmetic.
'Quite -an interesting disenssion was then
held, on the subject - of Grammar.
A report on the beg method of ..Sehool
Government, -was then read by Miss S. A
diertholf. '
Cetnatks - nn the same were made - by W.
Tauiot, if. W. Walker, and A.Trtlanv.
Report adopted. Mks M. 13i:ili:tit to . llowt.d
with Hi -esstty-on the suhieet..(4lTeaching, and
S:l3. I'hitai67 with one on the advan-rage of
the New.Scliool -Syste.m.
The .es:iayti -were very good and deserving
of •eotisiiteralite praise.
Mi:s t.. Ai Tiffany was appointed ,to give a
tcp4.4 on the best method of Teaching Grain
mar.
.... By the advice Of acting 'Governor
Stanton, MI.. 'Wiei Prosecuting Aterin Kan
sas has-nterel a not pros. in all the charges
treason: The prnsventions for usurpation
of office, will - be tlispra 'of in 4.lic . same Etl n •
Per.
.1.1 BISSEL, Sec'y,
For the Vemeetat.
Teachers' Association.
The presiding ef&er caned 'tbe. meetini to
MISSCR '..11 . (.4.i.'eet;r, S. Dean and 1.. E.
Baker were i aptointed to 'write and present
e , says at did, next meeting.,
Miss C. A. Tiffany was appointed to cm
dutit tbe:er.+ises in Mental Arillnnetic, and
\V; Fan rot in lien/sr:101y.
re,iultt4n Wai then pasped flint tho, pro
-eeedings et,tiakh meeting be pulAished in the
coutity latpeis
Adjourned to meet on*Satnrclity the 30th
of May at 4.1 o'clock, P. M.
JANE M. 13YKER, sec It.
News Items.
The Conference' of the Unit trial,
Church in session at Alton 111. passed 're-0u
Lions declaring" the Constitution of the Unit.
ed Sates was a failure, and *ths decision of
the ttF:rrprerne Court in ttlr'e s Drel Scott ease
Lad nu Itiruli - r, power." -
The Senate of Nfassachrise4 engrirfz - -
e , l seztion upop the Hou,e bill appropriat
ing. i. 100,000 for KanSaS purposes, providing
that ,he opinion of the Sup? erne Court in ref- -1
er:s.nee to the C_ms.titu'iunality of the act, be
obtained befrre the money coal . be drawn
from the treasury, but the House refused to
adopt the amendment.
.A negro bas been elected Warden in
the Third Ward of Providence R. I. He has
'Top the duties of his office.
... By the new Apportionment bill
Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming. and. Sulli
van counties are entirled 'to one Sitator;
Susquehanna ahme, to one Representative.
The Philadelphia Ereniitg Bullt4in
publishes a list of acts pas'sed by our Legisla;
Lure and signed:by the Governor. Tiler are
as follows :—General Laws, 25 ;—ills ella
aeons Laws; I 1%! ;—Charters of incorpora
tion, 174 ;—Supp!ements to Gharter.s,ll9
Bank bills, 32.- The reports on . Friday the
day of final, adjournment slate that a total of
527 acts and 22 resolutions have received the
sanction of the executive. D. A. Finney Was
elected. speaker of the Senate .to bold over to
next session.—He beloirgi to. the Arnalgarna
tion stripe.
.. WASUINGTOY, May 23.—Kinman the
tialiforuia IMlitor, presented" his buck-horn
chair to the President this. afternoon, iu the
east loom, in the presence of a lame number
of s . peetators, amoog whom waR Goy. Thek-
Mr. Kinman was introduced by Geu;Den
vers, and made a neat speeeh,
_informing the
President that it was the first piece of Cabi
net work ho had ever attempted.
The-President's response, as well as-
Manes address, was loudly * applauded. Hav
ing tried the . chair, the President pronounced
it comfortable, and promised to preserve h a.;
a cherished memento. -
A -" one hundred and - . sixty acre land war-!
rant" has been issued from the Pension Alec
to the'llon. Lou McLane, of Maryland—
who was Secretary of War under Jaclison,and
subseqUently Minister to England—for his
servick in the war of 1,812..
- r
4 • Sr. Loris, M*y 23.—Tbe. St. Louie
Republican publishes a letter fronil t • B:oivn
the editor of the Herald. of . - Freedom,' to
Brewerten the correqlontlent'ofthe-N. Yolk
Herald, which shows that aserjous difikultv
has occurred between Goy. RAinsoniond Mr.
Mown. •
The former liaa charge.d the latter with an
attem[t to sell the nee State party to. Gov
-ernor Shannon,on condition of being released
from prison, which charge Brown denie:, and
calls Robinson an unmitigated liar, and , re-.
quests Brewerton_to represent him. • .
....The Dour Mills of. Messrs. Weed; b•
Co. of Binghamton, tOgetber witli.six 4 tve!-
iings . and' four barns, were destroyed by,fire
on Monday of this week.. Los., Ssc#,ooo. •
What Shall be Done with the Mai
This problem . is now ititcregting the public
miud of the country more 'than any 'other
question. It is one whOse solution is. o ne o f
great delicacy and . difficult,: In whatever
aspect it may be viewed, this new seet,whiek
i s so ra pidly increasing, is ininiical Jo our
pOlitics, social , and Christian institutions.—
The two cannot
. exist
,together or . live upon
terms of equality or Peace. 'flier are di
rect antagonism, and one Or the other roust
conquer, The deeper Toot, and more extend
ed influence this moral and social apes is :al
- to take and the more difficult
will be its eradication in - the
Twenty-seven Years ago this tiel sect took
ifs rise. Its founder' end - first '&016; wits an
ignoraut man s butlxstieseed'a 40 natural
mons.
endooinents. Its revelations of forth, . rites,
and ceremorties;- he claimed, were received
from heaven upon plates ofgold,-in sin un
known language. Through pretended in
spiredgifu‘ it as tranAated, and 4be
.of Mormon : became the Bible, the. DtrineOr•
aisles for the Later Day Saints.. In Kirklink
Ohio, ilk fitat•heetutie an organized commu
nity. From tlieriet they .migrated to;Nitu=.
roe, Illinois: llere - they became: •- so
to the people, after founding a city, and buil
ding ittltuge - letnp!e that their first prophet;
Joseph Smith, was killed, and 'they driven
from the State. They then . commenced att
exodus westward, bur were driven from MI
their' loagments, until they -located _in_ their
present isolated ptAtion around 'great , Salt
. ke. •
Neither persecutton or oppression .has di-.
minished their number:4, their zeal, or fanati
cism, but in all they have inmeasel and.
strengthened: No new• religious faith has
ever made such giant stride e 'progres,4, not
even Mahotnedanistri; which \ i'n all of its Et
wents, it so•strangely resembles.' From our
Government
_they have received a 'Territaiial
organization; prophet is their commis
sioned Governor, and Utah has no*: more
than a rerOisite population to entitle thern . to
A'Stategovertnent:a conatirution for . which
they have•_:idol4tecl, term they ,note demand ad
mission upon termsof eqaality with t.lie•oth
er'States of the 'Union. .
. .
MOtttionistn is a theocracy, 'and must be
such in its temporal and epiritual ..govetri
men% or else its power over its followers eta
ses. Dihrhatn-Yointg, is a despot, and con
trols the fai;hfi.l as. al,s6lutely, in all their.
political, soeial and religions relations, as ev
er did Mahout:A. If
. Mormonistn lives, so
must the same all:Autism' in Imis - sue . cessairs..:-
11:s will gives all law in religious and pont—
ical faith, atm all the efileiar,. under himn;nre
but lis recording and executive , instruments.
Uneulticatid an7l heaAly, yet -this Mormon
leader has fine physical developments, and is
of giant proportions in
. intellect and purpose.
Mormonism is not alone conEnedto 17tah.--..
It has its apostles and proselyte's wit ever its
.seed will yield fruit. Noeonly in on coun
lt v t but in Earopei wlererer fanatic. ,:rrl can
find a's:geet ; teem is its riict. spread. - It is
aggmessive. ' it has arc:;lonly imr Cmilifornia.—
It is making :files - of time Indian tribes, and
its prophet even now - 7 1maS the audacity to
threaten the suljugamion 9f—the -government
'Cr wh'elm it professes allegiance. -
This sect is fiuely ke;mted for . a. rapid de
vel,
opmen'. Wide deserts and mountain
barriers isolate them from all surrounding
imitluences. While it etre:thirdly excludes
I those who are without, it equally hems in
1 those who are within. This makes the pronh
et's lower anal governnient still 'more abso
lute. ' . e- . .
. . .
Poivtzamy, itt its worst features, has. be
come a pate of their religious ssystem.rids
srrnsualism is designed not on
y - to, gratify
the pa-sinus, but to propgate follokers. (:an.
our people even tolerate An evil, which the
laas CA' even State fot‘bids I>y 'secure . penal. :
I ii!S i .I t •bas a Clebasinf it:thence, morttllv, -
physically:awl inteleetuallv ; it is not only
against the laws of nature, 1,14 would turn a.
Chtistian sGeiety into wo:se tjiftn a. Tand . e- .
monlarn. Tlie moral sense. of the eountcy
Omands the extermination of a social_ insti
to:ion fiatight with so much evil. -What is
to be done to eradicate the moral and . - polit 7
lent leprosy, which has settled down like a
&twee spot in that pact of our great:Western
Territories ? Shall this cloud of devouring
locusts, be permittekto extend and still in
crease ? . .
The treasonable desien‘of Young rtj_bis,
followers, have not only been developed, but
inhuman outrages and murders upon unof
fending citizens, and. even government °fit- .
are justly attributabie to his influence,
if not. instigation: Shall he ire permitteti:thus
to do, and hold the co - Muller-ion of tire I:trie
ral Government, as , the executive head of,
-o ri
neof its Territories I • It been Aprges
ted4fiat this Territorial organization. shall be
dissolved, disintegrated, and in 'portions an
nexed to surrounding Territories. This
would be only a nominal remedy, for the iso
tation of thelfornron settlement monad still
leave Young with the.sarne Absolute control'
tiiitite now has.. . • 't
There seems to be no other remedy lint
strong military government, sufficient to en
force the laws, punish - erfin e,and compel obe
dience to the political ripti social economy,
.and respect for the moral . sentirnentiwbich
governs the country. . rapid develop
[dent of Mormonism is alarming; if its con
verts from Christianity be permitted _to in
crease in the same ratio they . have kinee its
rise, Polygamy, with all its of ite abomination,
will vet be a powerful 'element. in; the . des :
true:ion of our National government. By
some it is• . eontended, that it container the
seeds of its own dissolution but its -power-
lid organization—its extended intlaence, the
devotion of its followers; its rapid spread and
present prosperity. its daring.. plans for the
future, and full.fattlt in their Are,o6pfislitnent
- t ieny that position, and give Mnrinonistna
political and religious prominence' deserving
a consideration Which it has not . heretofore
received from our government and her . peo
ple. We are glad to. see that the.adminis
tration at Washington is giving. its atten
tion to the terrible conditiOn of . afrisirs. ;in
Utah, and that it is about to adopt meastires\
to bring about a Christian and RepubliOan
reformation among the deleded votaries of
Mormonism. The futine peace And•prospOi
ts of the country demand that something be
(lore to eratlicrite this growing . eVII-=thirt
monstrotii - fanaticisrn,, based. upon • nothing.
but ignorance and beastiality.--:Lut. ;Mich,
Governorg of Pezzosy/s7ania.
The time is rapldlyapproachiner t When it
will be necessary tor the people of Pet;msy!ya
b in to select a Goretnor to - succeed .the i pr s
.
hive ent incumbent. The following list - t; d
roe ?
pants who he filled that pOst, we End inan
exchange.` - It May be interesting to our read
els
In li9o, the Fecund State Coaqirtttion %vas .
adopted, and Thomas. Nfifflin elected eivver
nor under 14
In 199, Thonias . Nltitertn . stiz:cneded Gov'.
Mifflin.
• In 1808, Simon Snider
.suceeedt4 Goy.-
McKean.'
In 1817; William. Findlay sueecedAid Gov,
Snyder..
In 1820, Joseph ITeiSter suneeeded Goy
Findlay.
in 1823,J. A. - Shultz sticce . elt.ll Gt);.
In 1829, George wor succeeded. 9,9 y
Shultz.
In 2835, Joseph Ritnnt - ,sueceetled Go
Wolf: - •
- 1838 the present State'Constitution WWI
adopted, and David R. Pi.?rter sticeeedittl
Ilitner. . - ';'
In 1844, Francis R. Shenk succeeded - Gov
Pprter.. - •• -
In 1848 Francis IL, Sfinnk,esigneti tis
fieerof Governer. According to' thO ante
Constitutkon, William F. Johnson `bee nili
Govern6r,:nntil ihe - next; general Tel4etion,-
whin he was elected by the peoPle.lei
threh yeens ne - h6-overnor,- .-
In 1851, Witi: - Itygleistieled Giiv oh
sten, : -
`ln 1884, /*init. Pollii - Cl, Ittknin4Wat - ii.
-
Neve Appoxtiolianeut na
The bill; sot- agreed upon by 'tile Co inittto
of . Conference, acdpassett both Ho ,is as
14410ws t .
4
1•
I
t'ISENATORLAL.,
of
Chester aud Weware,...
Moutgotnery; -
• - -
Lehigh and Nordnuntuoti,'
- •
•
emb-ou'• Monroe, Pike and Wayne,
I.lradfo;d, Susquebanna,Sullivan aad
cnn?
Lozeine,.- - (
"T:ogn; Potter, '''alcKean and, Warren,
Clinton, Lycoming, Centre - and Unioi
Mon our, gortbutuberlan'd ,And Snydei
Cuiriterland, an mit
.D4uphiii and . Lampert, - •
Lancaster, -
Yotk,
Adams,•Ftanklin-and Fulton,
Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon,
Canibria. and-Cleatfield,:
Indiana and Airnstrong,
11estrn'1 and Fayette, .
Washington--and, Greene,
Allegheny,-
Beaver and Bt(te'r, -
I.lwrenee, Atereer and Venang.i,
I,Erie and 'Crtwford.
„..
Jgfier....nn, \F3rest, and 1114.:'.-
.DEI'IItSESTATIVS DISTRICT/L.
Philadelphia City, Distiluted v.
Delo:ware County,..
Chest-er,- •
Mon:gruner.7... -
. - '
.tiorthamptuN , -
Lehigh had Carbon, .
Slonroe and -Pike, -,
Wayne' - • ' •
LuzeroO,
Susipahanna, .
Bradford,
IV3-oruing; St Hivan, to-F.01161a & rout
..Lyeutnitig mad
Centre,
Union, Stryde'r.firt 1 J
Northumberland, '•
Sehuylkilti .1,
Dauphin, -
Lebanon.,
Bey ks,
T.:aneaiter, •
n rrn
Mains. ' -
Franklin anti • Fultpn,
1 3edforri amt. Soniersety
'nun tingcloi), • ,
. : : •
Ca:nrbii; -
Indiana,
Westmotelati and Artnstrcitz
Fayet:t.,
Green; •
Beaver and itiwrence, •
~ . •
Mercer and Venango,
bktion:riud Forest, -
Jefferson, C!ehrtietd, Elk and ild'eliean,
Crawford and Warren, .
. -
Erie,
Potter anti Tioga,
ONCE CoLOILED ALWAYS C9L9R4D.—
.
gro ivOtnnn was rAtting her,t!xperlen •
gaping congregation of._ anck - ai
otirer titit.gs strf, said silo bad-been
Orro of tire ladies of colcir said to her:
." Sister, did you..seo . , black?' fol
Foren .
•• Oh, get-ont I yon'spose ¢ go % - tisfi
en when I wns dar r
, . ,
This reminds me - of the.aneetiote
ored man, who was so c onvinced of= Mike)
lines,. otliis poition; a nd that lahet,wi.
natural lot, that he was oven itailliiitient
a Aiture state, believing :thst: • "de rl l. I
- nigger .work elien of 4 gotOliebbeiSY' .
A eergyman tried ' . tO argue Itiiti itl Ot
hie.OpitiOn I.y represitititig,tOli . iervtiii 't)tia
II
..ould not bathe ease, Inasuit:clOu'e'tlie - was
no work: to Au in heaven,l--;k Itiiii:±atisieto:.
• 44 Ph, Oran 1351a501. Or -, b ore .. :If
dere's-rio work ibr . ctilluti folks updare ey'll.
nioke pm fur 'em, and if dere% nutlin, tier
to lio,.(ley'll Make'em shy& de . - ilt."o4e: as.
Yon can't fool dis chile,- - masia.7 -:7, .
SPECIAL NOTICE:S.
- Ifollowa js !_?iilit.,--Billintis headatin
racotiens of the system which Mink frct
insutinient ot itinteierateliow of liileil!
.
once relieved by the eperation of. 110144
Pills, Dyspepsia and liver diseasotireit
arable; for tiro stomach and the liFer 'al ,
sympathize, MA as this "great , medicine
powerfully upon both these importanf:cl
it performs the work acme with,a,preoiiion t
rapidity l and thonhgbneiti - ,whitli lave(Do
parallel in the records of medic* timelier'
ti t
T ePills may be _reliel upon 'With At
st conadence in :cases ofd!artheta,tme
ryicholere morbus i spasms of the item
chetent infantnrri, nad nll °that .diaardent
feeling the diisstiLye organs and 'the be
Town - Catileik, ''= ':•
Will meet, a . t:tlieir':'room.over istdt
Store, on lionday evening Anne 1.4 at
o'cleek. AU. persons
.intemsted
•
hemiel eas 'according:ly. •
C. W tilqrt,tlei
MOutiose, Mny 26 1657:
Nance.'
'rno Eclectic lifedical,Soloiety will ho
Annual Meetiog.at Union-Ball; Iltirkt
Thursday -the tlt of June -nett. A. gen
tench:lnce is solicited.
CrfAMBERLIIC
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At the TeOciertbfs of 'the' tirides father, -
itth, by the - Rev.- A. -It: Beaoh; 'recto!
rist Chu reit - Peinitutroton;J. '1); • VAIL,
D. en 4- J i AOn ttOTA
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ter 3..:W..l.3:atAtnq R.I. -of Bratne
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