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fluirtst Itmotnt.
J .B. McCOLLUM,
A.J. GERRITSON,
1:011TP.01312,
Thursday, July 30, 11.857.
DEMOCRATIC - STATE TICKET.
FOR. GOVERNOR.
wiLLiAN F. PACKER.
':FOIt CANAL COMMISSIONER,
"NIMROD STRICKLAND.
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPRESIE : COURT,
- WILLIAM - STRONG,
JAMES THOMPSON.
Still Anothei Chance.
- We will furnish THE DEMOCRAT, from now
Until election, at folloning tates,payable
in advance.
• Single copy, e 0,30
Five copies, 1,23
• Ten copies, 2,00
,„
-t - Zr - Springville was accidentally omitted
from the putlisbed list of Township Commit..
teen, lest week.
_INT Read,
.on our first page, Gov. Wati
ker's " Proclamati , on to the -people of -Law
rence,'lC, T. It indicates that the agitators
arid insurrectionists; have a decided man to
deal with. Na hope, and doubt not, that
Gereinor Walker will succeed in quelling
the threatened revolution, without the shed
ding of blood.
_
it ttentioti goys:
'G. F. Bailey ,Sr Co.'s Circus and Mcnaz
erie will exbibi4 at Montrose on Friday,
'ltb. 'Ground and lofty tumbling, pea-nuts
, and ginger-bread will be the order of the
•
day. A,great crowd is anticipate&
Tice 66 Primll."
Col. John W. Forney—probably the ablest
and niost brilliant political writer in4ie
country—is about to enter on the publication
pi"' a Democratic - journal, in Philadelphia,
entitled" The Press." The Colonel's inti
mate acquainta ce with journalism gill ena
ble him to get up an entertaining and useful
sheet—second, in 'fact, toilette in the conn-
ttl".
Tztus—Daily (per annum).. ..$O,OO
Weekly_" " •• • • 2,00
-Witmat's Letter to the K. 'N. State
•
Mr. Wilmot has addressed a letter to the
K. N. State council in•explanation of his po.
anion on the "American question." It is a
very carefully and rather ingeniously prepar
ed paper, designed to secure to its author the
support of the Catholic listing minions of the
.lodges without otrolding tle anti Know-Noth
ing wing dile Flack Republican' party.
The letter containing the it - lipid( s of the
council,and Mr. Wilmot's reply will be found
in an othertolumn ; the hondst men - of -all
=parties are invited to read them attentively.
The response of fir. W.to the council's fourth
interrogatory we propose to consider briefly ;
we intend to show - the fallavy of his'arg,rumer,..
in support of his assertion that the Catholic
church' is -a political power, and to contrast
his Tie %vs on that subject now, with those he
.f&rtnerly entertaned and proruulged. It; the
first place he fai!s to establish the truth of his
remark that the Catholic voters cf our count
, 77 all act with and support the measures o
the Democratic patty. But grant if you
please that his assertion on this point is well
founded ; still the conclusions at which be ar
-rives are erroneous and illegitimate. If this:
eilleged unify exists, there are nnmerous and
powerful reasons for it. If the Catholic
Church is a political power the enemies of
Democracy have made it such. They have
•constantly indulged in coarse vituperation of
its, members e ridiculed its ceremonies with
ant stint ; and assiduously labored to place
-political disabilities on chose who hohl to its
doctrines. The intelligent Catholic votes
With the Democratic party to repel
. unprovo
led assaults upon his relizious faith—not to
maintain that faith, but to vindicate his Con
etitutionat right to embrace it. Ever since
the dissolution of the old-Whig Party, all the
factions hostile to the Democracy have par
ticipated in these mejust aseaults upon Cath
olicism; have openly courted the prejudices
which exist in many localities against those
• who adopt the Catholic form of worship,
These frictions cannot consistently expect the
support of the citizep. they are laboring to de
grade, and whose conscience they propose to
enslave. • It is perfectly clear that our Cath
olic citizens are compelled to vote against
- that hypocritical and bigoted organization
which Mr. Wilmot represents, if they would
maintain their. natural and constitutional
privilege of worshiping God agreably to the
dictates of their own consciences. What
right has Mr. Wilmot to complain of this al
leged unity in the Catholic tote, when the
very principles to which he is pledged corn
- pet the condition of things which he so pite
ously laments ? The Aictim of an unjust and
unprovoked, assault, Would be considered - a
fool if he labored for the elevation and bene
fit of his assailant, So the Catholic cannot
be expected to aid in the propagation of those
doCtrines which deny his right to korship in
such a manner as be pleases.' In the light of
commonsense, then, that part of Mr. Wil
mot'a 1 N. letter, which complains that the
Catholic \Citizen generally votes for Democrat
ic men and measures, is absurd,and the shab
biest of sophistry. But we repeat that There
is no foundation for the charge* which Mr.
W. prefers against Catholicism ; be produces
no proper evidence in support of the assertion
that it is a political power; and no honest, con
* acientions man would make so serious an ac
cusation without urging good reasons in-sub
stantiation of it. At no time during the tern
-hie camp% which preceded the election of
Mr. BuclOnan wore the Catholic clergy so
unmindful o e proprieties of their position
as to advocate from the pulpit or the stump
the claims of either political party. If Wil
mot or his friends know any instance proving
our declaration untrue, we invite them to
name it. If they cannot show_ that one Cath
olio minister , engaged actis-ely is the strug
gle, let them cease abusing the Catholic
Church for the political preferences of the
tanjofity of its atlherents.
Now we can show that Wilmot's letter
!moves him grossly inconsistent ; that his de
nunciation of clerical interference in politics
Enrrous.
harmonizes poo.ly with his own conduct du
ring the late Presidential canras3. Many of
our fellow•citizens remember well„the disgust
ing scene enacted in the (Ad. Court House at
this place last : August. Wilmot and "two
bigoted priests wore the chief actors. !They
tvied with other in . denounciv, the Democra-
is party and its brightest lights. They play-.
ed the part of demagogues to perfection. it
was ouch •a spectacle as we hope for the honor
oflumanity, nerer to:witness again'. 'A man
appointed to administer justice,aad two poor
deluded beings claiming toile the agents of
the Almighty, pandering to the prejudices
and appealing to the passions of an excited and
misguided crowd ! With ridiculous and im
pious vaulty assuming to brand with eternal
condemnation their superiors in all that con
stitutes the man, there pharasaical three, irs
saulted measures they could not comprehend,
protested against the elevati on of a patriot
and statesman and-racked their puny intel-
lects in the vain endeavor to turn sensible
men into devotees of a reckless speculator and
adventurer whcse claims to preferment rested
on the expertuess be hen displayed inteecing
the Government out of its just dues. And
now Mr. Wilmot, who vas then ";cheek by
jowl" with political parsons, urging them on
to an abandonment of their proper duties,bas
the-cool impudence to protest against_the in
terference of the clergy in politics and. as
saults a body of men whom be fails to eon
of that impropriety l Such conduct de
serves the execration of all good citizens ;and
when we consider the motive which is the
parent of it,.we cannot doubt that this detna
agog,ne will be speedily and overwhelmingly
condemned by those he has so long and so
!successfully deceived.
It will be observed that 'Wilmot's reply to
the inquiries of the Council, is dated more
than two months subsequent to the time they
were addressed to him. Whence this delay !
Why, not till be bad spent several weeks in
and around Philadelphia, did be form a prop
er idea of tie - extent of the Native Ameri
can and anti catholic sentiment in that vi
cinity ; so soon however, as beisareea ghat
hostility to the " stupid Detcb," the "
bond Irish" and the ignorant Catholics" was
more powerful as a political element, than
love for "niggers," he hastened home and in
dited the remarkable letter to Which we have
alluded. Its appearance is the -signal fcr
much rejoicing among the Natiie Americsn
Church burners, and they henceforth refer to
David in terms of great admiration. The
letter was written to secure the support of
the Know-Nothings who are still quite nu
' merous in the lower and middle Counties; its
author expects to whip in his- obedient dupes
in this section, for since they swallowed, the
fusion electoral ticket he has good reason to
believe-that they will gulp down without a
murmur, any dose that be prepares for.theru.
igr The dominant patty in the conetry—
the party rrho have the government of the
Republic in their hands—maintain principles
utterly hostile to throe nirich led our talhers
to fight the battles of the Revolution.—ln-
Vependcnt Republican of Ird y .9th.
A greater untruth was never asserted by
practiced falsifier. Our Res olutiotary fath
ers pledged their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honor'for the maintainanee of
the self-goveenment principle ; the Demo
cratic, or " dominant party" is the represen
tative of that principle at this time, and the
only organized political body in the Repub
lic that battles in its vindication. Our fath
ers denied the right of Parliament to bind
the Colonies in all cases whatsoever, and as
serted the sovereignty of the tax-payer ; the
Democratic party denies the right of Con
gress to le late in all cases for the people of
the Territories and holds that they possess
the same inalienable right_ to self-government
that the inhabitants of the respective States
are endowed with. The tories asserted and
fought for Parliamentary; sovereignty ; the
opposition to Democracy contend that Con
gress has sovereign power over the people of
the Territcries. In this respect the oppoV
lion of to-day and the Tory or Brittigh fac
tion of Revolutionary times, harmonize per
fectly. Centralization and the destruction of
popular liberty is the' end sought by Black
" Republicanism," and was the object fur
which the enemies of our Revolutiouary fath
ers battled.
Again : the Democratic Party is the only
political organization in the country that
defends the doctrine of religions toleration ;
and manifests a willingness to concede to the
naturalized citizen his rights under the con
stitution. To enjoy: freedom of conscience
our fathers fled from the despotisms of the old
world ; to maintain inviolate a principle
which they braved the dangers of a trnckless
ocean and the fearful perils of a wilderness
infested with savages, to establish and enjoy,
is the firm purpose of the Democracy. r 'And
we confidently affirm that the principles of
our party harmonize in all respects with
those for which Washington and his compa
triots successfully fought. If the hired falsi
fier who penned the infamous paragraph up
on which we have briefly commented, knew
anything of the-history of his country and
possessed one spark of catimon sense, be
would not make birnself ridiculous by such
assertions.
tr The Philadelphia Daily Sun, •of
the 24th inst., announced that Wilmot had
resigned his Judgeship and challenged Gen.
Packer to join him in a thorough canvass of
the State. We have as yet no confirmation
of thisannouncement, though we in common
with the mass of the citizens of this Judicial
District, earnestly hope that the report is well
founded. I
==!2==
itir That self-conceited pen-pugilist and
bear tlesshireling of political hermaphrodites,
familiarly known as doggerel homer of the
Fraziers, in his last issue offilth, reiterates
the charges which he was mean tend unprin
cipled and foolish enough to prefer against us
on a former occasion. To the unprovoked
slanders of a cowardly sneak, we reply but
once; and having once rekponded to the
low slang of this assassinator of reputations,
we scorn to notice hitn further until he coins
new falsehoods to gratify his hatred of those
whose arguments he cannot answer. Ile as
serts a 'truth (an offence of Which be - is sel
dom guilty) whenhe states that we have
poriginutcd nothing egainst him. It is not
our business toinverit or repeat vile and ma
4icious lies even against our bitterest. enemy.
'Nor is E. B.Clmse responsible for our pen
and iek daguerreotype of thee Lass libeller ;•
thi Creak:4 , lu: Zits wisdom has 'stamped the
wretch with the veculiarities of the assassin
and the hen , roctst robber, only restrained by
cowardice from being puhiii:y known as!
such. To copy faithfully the likeness draosi:
by Him when . Ile ushered the loathsome
creature into existence, was oar highest ambi
tion ; and we flitter ourselves that sva sue
ceeced pretty wen in our undertaking, much
to the annoyance and mortification of our
subject. Our friends reprove us for having
noticed the low and irresponsible slanderer
at all, claiining 'slat 'when 'puppies bark at
'us we should not demean ourselves by having
rsksitthed battle with them. We think the
advice good and until this would'-be antago:
nist of ours coins new slanders,-we shall per
mit him to spit his venom at us uemolest,M ;
lie can amuse himself as much as he pleases
by reiterating the silly fabrications with
which his slanderous sheet has •teesndd fur
some time?past. Let him exhaust his impo.
tent wrath, to the disgust of runny of his own
pu:kical tiends, and the atnusetuent of him
he fondly hopes to exasperate:
The Philadelphia Sun (a
Wilmot in commenting on the "stump
Judge's," recent letter to the K. N. State
Cojneil Pays ; " Davin WILMOT has done.
what no maii before -him has . 4trea:; he has
maw out boldly against the Ra mish Hierarchy
wad yet there are in iserable pukes, who- hare
pretended-to-be Protestants, who yet op Pose
him." Mr.-Wilmot and his associates, prior
to the Presidential election,circulated a pam
phlet containing a picture of a Pope striking
the shackles from the limbs of a negro ; in
tending thereby to show that this - much talk
ed of " Pesni,s,), 'Hierarchy" was a natural
ally of the Beef-speculating " Pathfinder ;"
and that the Catholics must shriek -and vote
for the hero•ofat -elopement. ThiS' misera
ble- and' insensible species of - fawning having
failed of its object, Mr. ,Wihnot comes out
boldly against the said " Hierarchy," acd in
the-opiniou of the Sun goes farther than the
straight out Americans " ever dared to go."
Wonder if this valiant, libeller of- his old
friends reMembers the iirne he 'begged the
Catholic citizens of this - county to help make
him judge to keep him Cri)m starving!
rif We have contradictory reports froth
the Minnesota' Constitutional Convention. It
seerrer that the Slaek - Republicans with,sev
era] bogus delegates among thorn tock pos
session of the 101 l Sunday night before the
Ifeeting, and are sitting up all night Educe
to exclude all who have any idea of legis•
luting for white wen. Five Democrats
,wert
refused certifeates of election, On account of
informality in the printing of the tickets, let
twenty-eight Wiwi-. RepUblicatis received cer
tificates who were elected in the same man
net. liach party Still claims a majority of
tte legally elected delegates..
AV" An affray occurred in the streets of
Louissjlle on the 21st inst., between Darrett,
a - con tribia tor to the ,ourier and Prentice,
editor-ir.-chief of the dOurnil.- The occasion
of . the difficulty was the appearance of an
article in the Courier reflecting on Prentice's
private character. Shots wen; exchanged,
ar.d an innocent Fmr.3cn wounded neither of
the parties were ittjured. An angry correspon
dence follows', but we suppose that both par
ties will come A' with unsullied honor and
without the letting of the blood of
.either
News Items.
anCINNATI, July 23.—T weniy child :
ren, Hying on Buckeye street a densely pop :
elated German neighborhood, were poisoned,
lasi evening by eating lczenges which had_
been scattered along the street by a ``man and
two boys; whose names are unknoWn. Two
of the children are dead,and
The
others are
not expected to recover. The man was seen
to'offet small packages of the lczenges to
persons in the street, but they PuFpecting
something wrong, did not take .them. The
.lozenges, have'been analyzed, and found to
contain equal parts of arsenic, sugar, and
flour. The catae for the perpetration of this
horrible attempt on life has not yet been dis
covered, nor Lave any arrests been made.
.... The Salt Lake Mail with dates to Ju
t 2d, arrived at Leavenworth on the 10th
nst, making the trip in fifteen days. Af
fairs in the:Territory were in a peaceful con
_dition. and generally prosperity prevailed.—
Rumors of the Utah expedition had reached
1 there but then attracted but little attention._
.... The Editor offhe New Bedford Mer
cury has been shown a chicken with four
legs, four wings, and two heads. The Penn
sylvanian in noticing this says that the Fu
sionista here have caught some such an ani
mal in Wilmot, who has two heads, one
wooly, the other I.lindoo. His feet, wings,
and other propulsise members have not
sprouted yet.
Bosroa, July 26—A tornado passed
through Tewksbury and other towns in Mid
dlesex county,o: Friday last, demolishing ev
erything in its range, including orchards,coni
fields, two barns, and other property. • Large
tress were uprooted, and carried in some ca
ses to.a distance of eighty feet. The path
made was from ten to twenty feet wide.
....The woman who undertook to scour the
woods ham abandoned the job, owing to the
high price of soapsuds. The last we heard
of her, she war skimming the seas.
MON. DAVID' WILMOT'S
Letter to the
AMERICAN STATE COUNCIL.
Ilollidaysburg, Pa.; May 5, 1857;
Iron. David Wilmot, Towanda, Bradford
c 9., rean'a. -
Sin :—At a regular meeting of the Ameri
can StattlCouneil held in . Altootia;. on the
15th of April last, it was Resolved, That a
committee of five persons be appointed to so
licit from the candidates put io nomination
by the Convention held at Ilnrrisburg on
the 25th of March, their views in regard to
the principles - of the American party.
• In pursuance of the foregoing resolution,
the undersigned were appointed said Commit
tee.- . -
_•You will please give us categorical an
swers to the following intertoaturiet, which
etuhraco the principles of the . American par.
-tf i to .which your atteuti,on Is desired
1: Do you bold that *the election or ap
.l)4:ointment 4. , f.all Ulcers, nathe born- - *Ameri-
cant *bliciuld be preferred 1 .
2. Are you in favor of the protection.°
American labor, American rights and Amer
icon interests I
'3. Are you in favor of the purification of
the ballot box, a reform in thd - Natiratizalion
laws, the ennetuient of a, registry law, and
the prohibition of foreign paupers and con
vitas la Zing upon our shores?
4. Are you opposed to any interftirence of
church hierarchies politicsin
5 Are you iti favor of . Free :Schools for
the education of all classes, with the Bible a.
a test book used therein
With great tespet, we remain,
Your humble servants,
: . .jobn Brother:llle, Chairman.
REPLY.
Towanda :July 10th, 1857..
Gentlemen:—Your Towanda,
of the Bth- of
May came to hand during the sitting of
Courts, immediately on the close of which
left home, and returned
: only a few drys
since.' This must be my apology for ,not
:earlier Laving reeponaed to ..your eonancni
cation-. •
1 am requested to :tower certain interrog:
atones propounded to tne in pur,mani!e of
. a
resolution of thelata Convention held 'at Al-.
The history of our State establishes "a wise
and safe policy in respect to the point con
cliued in tour. first interrogatory.' It will be
liquid rare indeed, that . Any except natie
born citizens, hare held high official Station
either in the Executive 'or 'Judicial. depart
meats of our State - tovernment.; and the
'same elms) With ctirriparair . ily
.11w excep
tions, have tilled the.seats of our - . Legislative
"Aalls.The naturalittedcitizi.n cannot reasonably
complain that this traditional polity - . - ,lltrlsi
be preserved. Thera is'nothing in it intoler
ant or fr:?striptive'l nor will the enlightened
and patriOtic citiEen of foreign birth so re
g. *rd it. It imposes -no legal disqualification.
It takes from-bins no right, allcial station
. ot
tr . gltt beldngs to - no man. 'While I would
[ -adhere to this policy asone o'f sisdorn and pa.
triotism, to American who'properly appreci
ates Iris responsibilities, - would neglect an in
quiry i z:t6 . the character and 'fitness of yAndi
_datesyresented for Iris `suffrage; nor could
lie, w i &bout. betrayal of the. best interests of
his country, disreprd the claims of principle
invoked in iricehoice-. Thus oft:is:ens may
`arise, when an enlighienod and faithful dis
charge of duty, would demand our suffrages.
for the naturalized citizen. in preference to
oat:born oil our soil. Understanding the
spirit of l our first proposition as not incon
sistept with the clews here. expressed, I yield
it niy cordial assent.
Are you in favor c.f the . Trotpetion of
American labor, American rights, and Amer
ican interests
To this, your second interrogatory, I shall
content myself with a simple affirmative an-
S Vrer.
The matters cm:b.:lced in yoar third inter
rogatory are.of the first importance, and de
mand the most serious cot:raider:l6on' of the
patriot and statesman. The boldness and
success with which frauds ..are perpetrated
upon the Ballot Rt have become ah•+rrning,
and unless pvoinptly and effectually checked,
ust end in. the subversion of our system of
pc-. government. The forms of Liberty may
remain, but ouly.:as a el:oat and mockery,
glossing over as cruel a despotism as ever
cured a people. I would sustain with my
whole strength, any and every measure wise
ly devised, to_preserve the purity Of popular
elections. 'Wilful fraud upon the Ballot Box .
is moral treason against tepublican Govern
ment ; and all duly convicted of being con
cerned therein, in addition to other penalties,
should be forever disqualified from holding
office or exercising the elective franchis'e.
Doubtless our uatur dit ttion laws cot.ld
be so amended as to aid in securing purity
and fairness in our elections ; but we should
not weaken our Slate sovereignty by looking
to the general Government as the p,reat
source of reform in this matter. It belongs
exclusively to the States to regulate this
wboie'question of suffrage—to prescribe the
qualifications of electors—to provide safe-
guards against frauds, and inflict punishment
for as-cults upon the integrity of the ballot;
box. Our own State cannot too early :
vigorously exert its constitutional power is
respect to these inciters, vital as they are to
liberty and the existence of free government.
It has ever been a source ot just pride to
the true American that his country opened
an asylum for the oppressed of ereryland.—
:God forbid that we should be so ungrateful
for His blessing., as to refuse to share them
with the honest and industrious of whatever
clime or country; but his an outrage -upon
our hospitality, and a violation of interns
alone' law, for the Government of the Old
World to ship cargoes of criminals and pau- .
pers to our shores. Our Government cannot
be too vigilant in guarding our rights in this
respect.
To yctir fourth interrogatory I answer :
that I am opposed to the interference of Hie
rarchies in polities. The office of a Christian
Minister is secund to no other in dignity and
responsibility. I would not detract from his
functions, or impair the respect due his char
acter. I acknowledge his right, and as a
teacher of the people, I believe it to be his
duty, to speak openly and fearlessly sgsibst
social and political evils, destructito of pub
lic morals and at war with the interests and
happiness of mankind, In thus publicly
speaking, if be transcends the proprieties - of
his place and office, a safe corrective is found
in the censure of an enlightened public. But
that a Priestly Order, invested- by the Laity
with a mysterious sacredotal character—With
pretensions to extraordinary spiritual, power
—bound, together by strong ties, and ad
knowled ging as their head a foreign Poten
tate—that such an Order should enter the
field ofpolities, control-our elections and in
fluence the policy of our government, is sure
ly cause for alarm, and should awaken the
jealous vigilance of the American people.—
It will probably be denied that any such hi
erarchialinfluence is brought to bear in our .
elections. We should judge with candor,and
not condemn without proof.
JOUS BROTHERLINE,
Jullti CODOVE,
1). 111111. - RTIIIE,
J. N. Poe ER,
GEO. W. PATTON.
• We sea the-American people divided on a
momentous issue. The principles of human
freedom or bondage are brought 'in direct
conflict. !din's - inalienable right to life and
liberty-is denied. The doctrine is openly as
serted by those who hold the governinent in
their bands, that. God created the 'mass of
mankind to be slaves. lii the beat adds.
great struggle we see the strongest ties sev
eied—the' ancient political parties of .the
:country broken, and men, of every nation and
faith divided, sate one. The votaries of one
church alone.are united in political action.—
This unity in the midst of- otherwise univer
sal division, is truly most remarkable. From
Maine to Texas—front the Atlantic to the
Pacific Ocean--in every city,town and ham
let—under whatever circumstances placed,
or by whatever influences surrounded,we find
the votaries of this church arrayed in politic
al action on the side of slavery. . This can
not arise from an intelligent assent to the
principles of slavery; because those prinai*-
pies would-reduce ninetyLnine out of every
hundred of these men to the condition of
slaves. Whence are we to look for the cause
of this unity among so • many hundreds of
thousaildS seatt4&l .over so wide a sur
face I '
We find the votaries -of the Catholic
Church, as a vtags, anfong the least' enlight
ened Of . ,mr. population, and ilrzs
_. in a cieidi
thin to yield a ready obedience, 7n all things,
to au authority which they have been 'taught
to respect as -of God's appointment. The
eliureli of their faith tolvithoes 'high i and ex
traordinary clisinr ~. It ii the only true Apos
tolic and Catliolie church.. It is infallible
in dm:tribe—miracles contie lie to be W i rotight
within its communion—its head is the Vice
gerent. of God ou earth, mid zeiccessor of thr
Apostle to vrhoin-was entrusted the keys of
heaven. It is a pule hierarchy. The laity
lime little or no pOwe!, alt notliVrity being
1 concentrated in the Priesthood. Again I
a-k, whenca this '!l7ii tg in pqitiral action
ano , ng the rotaries of this' church, when ev•
ery other denomination of t:hristians is divi
ded .1 In . t.:Etking for,au ans ver to . this in
tdry, Ali 'Men will liNdc to the source where
the vc , we r resides. When the votaries of the
Church uf - J?um© shall exhibit, in our politic
I al contests, the like diversity of views and ac
lion that-is seen among all other classes of
our people., then, and'not till then, will the
public mind be relieved from the snspieioir
that
_hierarchal influences are Mischievously,
at work:in our politics, -
It is idle to evade the point, 4 'abored
elLtts in xlefence of relgiotts freedom and
the rights of conseienc : :No aSsault is made
f i ..
upon either. The. largest liberly - -the broad
est toleration, is concede I in matters of - 'Oil
glues faith and worship. The ground
. of
complaint lies . here--- - -that a hierarchy, inys . -
,
tell with peculiar sanctity anil .poweix in the
eves of the Laity, should exert a spiritual in
tittenee to control our elections, and'. give to
the policy of (Air Government 'a direction ad
verse to the wishes of a majority .of the peo
ple, not within the sphere of such influence.
No intelligent Man Will luestiort the fact,
that thelate 'Presidential election,. was con
trolled by the united Catholic vote. If the
adherents of that church had been divided in
their votes, as were all the protestant sects of
eou country, the 'f)resen t ad rni niStr;ation would
neVer babe had an existence. The -slave
power, to day, would not be master of our
governMent—promulgating its abhorent doc
trines througli,our-judieial trifianals=under•
minin- , the suvereitzniv of the States, anti.
triimPlire?•; down-the cleareat constitu
tioutiill.4l:2o of the eitl.s-e - n. ; ‘•
It is also appareut-to every intelligent ob
seiver, that the .stime'anitt' in the Catholic
vote ;''s relied upne as the main support•of our 4
opponents to the coming State election.-- I
With the-e ureleniable facts before as. can it
be raid that there is no ground for the.StrUng
'conviction in - the minds of the Ametictin - peo
plc, that hierarchal influences not only inter
fere in our politics, tent tiOtually control' our
elections? If the Protestant st:cts of our
country presented the sante: unanimity in op
position to the •itto slavery DeinooraCi. that
the catholic, church does in its surport. our
opponents would not be slow or measured' in
their denunciation. Indeed, the chiefs anti
press of that party assail with gross vitupera
tion such Protestant Christiana ministers as
openly in the face of day, denounce from the
-acted desk the crimes of slavery, and insist .
upon the sanctity of the martialand parent
alrelations. In them, it is a grivous of f ence,
to proclaim, in connection with slavery, the'
, rreat essential truths of Christianity—that
God is the Creator and Father of all men—
that be made of. one flesh all the nations of
the earth—that Ile is no respector of persons,
but holds in equal love all his children; and
that He Will require of every one - the observ.
once of his righteous law. "_All things what-
Soi:ver ye would that then should dci to you,
do ye even so to thern. This alliance be
tween an aneiAnt arid powerful church and
the slave interests of America is the more tet
- markable, when we consider that the early
and atithorati've teachings of that Oltureh are
iu contlettination of slavery.. how. long this
. strange allianeels to continue I know not.--
how long it is to be - successful is fur the
American people to decide.
Tu your fifth ihterrog,atory,l answer—=that
. lAM in favor off' free schools for the •educa
tion of all classes •and 'am opposed tb
.any
exclusion of the bible therefrom.
Respectfully yours b. WILMOT.
ToJohn ' Chairm an, &c. -
or -
bedioctatic County Conceution.
• e) •
• • •
•
.'►ll' is
The Drmocratic.citirens of the i:AAinty of
Susquehanna are requested to meet in their re
spective Election Dit-tricts, at the place of
holding the General Elections, on Saturday
the 15th dal of August 1857,and elect two
Delegates in each District to the County
Convention to be holden at the Court House
in Montrose, on Monday the 17th day of Au
gust at One O'clock I'. M., for the - purpose
of nominating candidates to be supported by
the Democracy. of the Codnty for the various
offices to be filled at the ensuing Election.
In aeoordance with the usages of the Dem
oetatic Party, the Standing CoMmittee, hav
ing met at Montrbse , on the lath inst ; pursu•
ant to the call of their Chairman, appointed
the following Township Committees; whir are
requested to give noticb in theit resperetPre
Districts, of the Delegate meetings; and at
tend the same, and serve as the Board for
the Election of Delegates. •
Ararat.—Nathatiel West, 0. L. Caipenter,
B. H. I)ix.
Auburn—}l. Rill, Jackson liowrey, John
Bridget.
Apolacon—Datid Barnum, John brim
minslarnes Lynch.
Bridgewater—Simeon Lewis,UsubenWells,
M. Patch.
Brooklya—Elisha O. Miles,
Amon Tiffany.
Clifford—John Stephens, Martin Decker,
Hetiry Bennet.
Ctiocoatit—M. 3. Datkneley, Dial Reath,
E. A. Kenny.
':.p ock--80bt.„.F05ter,::•79 . ..M. D e unison,
William . Tyler. , , .--,
Dundalf-,—ttitti . T. Phinney, Botj.
.Ayres.
C. C. Cliiir6l.
Franklin—ri : SM. L. North, J. L. Mef;imno",
0. Y . e-aentr.v.. • -..,
-. P
M . '
' Fount Lake-11. N. Brew„ ter, tlislut•Gril.
ti-„, Tits. Melian. ... _ . .
Frielitlville—M; C. Sutton, N.' Y. 'Le:et; E •
Iltuli. .
.. -. ,
Great Bend—Chas. S. Gilbert, juine's
'Brooks. I-otac Iteckhw. .
• Gibson—lt. Tuttlo, A. Clinton, Juba Stui
ley-. .. .
. llarmony—L...NOrton, Wm. Potter, ItiCb- •
and Martin.
-llarford—S. E. Carpenter, L. F. Furter.
Ovid Fullest. '
.Ilerrick— Manson Tilden, Ziby Barnes, S.
Dimock. .
`Jackson—J. J. Turner, Gurdon Williams.
Leander Griffis. ,' -
.. .
,Jitgsup—Jatnes Faurot, John Smith, &mks
Smith. ..- .' . • ,
- Lathrop—S. W. Tewkbbury; Daniel Wood.
E. S. Brown. . .
Lenox—Amos Carpeneer, - William Hartley,
Benj. Young. .
'Liberty-- D. 0. Tamil, Willard Truesdell,
Jacob Chalker..
Middletown—N. Cainp, 'C. D. Cobb, Jo.
seph Tierney.
Montrose--.C. o.!Lathrop, J. B. McCul•
lum, Oliver Crane. • .
New Milford—D. McMillan, W. Hayden,i
Walter Watson.
Oaklar.d.-- 1 3. Phelps, . M.
.Sliutt.S, Levi
West fall. . •
.
. hush—josiali Ellis, s Lod an, , mor
''
• ' • jsine - " - 'Nf' • -
Picket. ~. .
Silver Fake—Michael Mehati,reriy•Gui.g.e.
Timothy Sullivan. . ._, .
Springvillez—M. S. Mitarick, Snail QUick,
Dana Soa -. ... i -
Susquehanna bepof—Jolin . B. 'bailing, S.
rSmith, Wm. Neugent. . ..
Thoin%on—Cliestei 6tOrlili-a4., •t. Wiight
er, 'rtios. - Siodaard. . ~. .. .. .• . •
A. LATURoP,'Chair i m. • .
11.1.
,WM:B,'Sec'y.
si;lE - CIAL NOTICES.
• - Fireil Fire
r -
The Montrose Fre Co.. will ,mast on Satur
day, Aug.'lst, 1857, at 7 o'clock,
J. P. W. 14L.ET, ;Foreman.
S. Si: Miaow, S,4ts'y.
Town pousacii.
Will meet over littirroir's Store,on Monday
August 34, at 71
A. LaTuaoe,Tresilent.,
C. W. Mom Clerk.
llatotiays'Pills produce °St sbrprising
change in cases of general the bro
ken down invalid, whose flaccid museles and
reiflX ed nervois,iysteib have set rely auffici
eut vitality to sustain bis . ernaciated Turin in
an erect`Positic;l3,.is soon renovated and brac
ed .bv the invigorating effectof this priceless
'remedy, and his whole frame re-animated :and
filled with'energy. Itis spirits resume their
bribyancy,nnd be . feas liked new man. Such
is the experience of thvusnnd , . Jongevity'
.
depends in a.great measure upon %lie,. teivilar
:And healthy*ction of the organs of4i L restion
and excretion; and upon these
way's Pills operate iir4isiibly.
GRAVEL AND STONE:
By this we understand a collection'of sand like
substance having
. Ileen lodged in the passage of
the urine. When the systetn.in i.i a healthy state
this substance is carried off by the natural passa.
any
ts:dy; but when there is.a t.veakues.s of
any organ, especially the - klcineys; they beeerne
incapable ofexpelling such -sandy euncretiOns,—
:‘nd c,.tnserltietitly they are lodged in the kidneys,
ttrt , thr,:,• or bladler, clusing great inflammation
to Ihtiie,,rivlns",pairs and swelling. anti tiitratult
yoitti ,
g.nrine. it has been admitttd by many
ph?sivisits. that M NV'S Indian Root Villa - 4 are
made of sane Part icu tar, plants that haVa a won.
aerial influence in issttiving tht, snhstance• that
has clOg,Lfed the passage, and by , their cooling
- properties, they expelinfismrnation,and leave the
waterr)ass age active and heafttly: From 3to .4
of these Pills ntght t ., arid tnornitqr. trout one to 2
weekS. widl decide how this dread en! disease is
to bur (stated, and as they remove the cause of ev.
ery kind of disease, it is utterly ttnpossible for
them to fail in 'curing Abe . :ravel, as th"ey Unclog
the passage, leaving the parts in a healthy and
lively condition.
Sayre & Btu's.; Agents, Montrose, Pa.noi..
UiY,V4I ;
1)1401
Blanks.
A FRESH SUPPLY of DEEDS and BLANK
Li NOTES for sale at this office.
, - ,
sr- 4,-.cI I43 SIAL 4 '
on. 1 HAKE this week received
a - large addition to my
..11$ stock of WATCHE ,which,
j together with my)o 7 a • r sup
ply, makes, a full or.ment
4 , 17 C- t -e, of 'GOLD :t L " ft
Lam'- wvir
b 1 every description, from $8 t , in op n
face and hunting, cases, a lar e portion f
which are of my own impottal on. and can of
be excelled, in atcuracy of time, durabilit • or
cheapness, ALFRED J EVANS, '
No. 2 Odd Fellow? gall.
Binghamton, Jul.)? 17th, 11351.
Plated Ware.
TABLb and Dessert Knives. rorlcs.poniag,
Czstors, Cake Baskets, Cups, Tea sets,
e.. a good assortment
July 17th. 18574
Jewelry:
AVERY toll and desirable stock of Ear:ribas,
Breastpiwv, •Lockets. Chains. Crosses.
Studs. Sleeve Button., Gold and Silver Specta
cles, Gold and Silver Thimbles, Pens and Pen
cils, tie., dte., to which I Would invite the at
tention of my friends and all person• wishing
to purchase.ALFßEP J. EVANS.
Binghamton. July fith, 1857.
Fans. • -
• . .
i t • GOOD variety of Sandal and Satin Wood
...!"1.. FANS :tilso, Paper Mache and Ivory do.
Jt4 Pith, 1851.) A: J.- EVANS.
•
Silver Wait.
OILVER Spoons, Forks, Napkin Rings;Cupn,
Butter and Fruit Knives, &c., warranted an
good as coin, and -handsuMely engraved giatis,
by„ ALFRED J. EVANS.
Binghamton July 11th, 18b1.
One Cent Reward.
IDIOAft AWAY frorii the Silbscriber on
- -day the 18th insti Patrick White an inden.
tuned apprentice aged,abobt Isyear3. Whoever
returns the sal* Patrick to the ithehriber in Cbo
conut, shall receive the above reward. but no
charges paid. I also forbid all tarsons etutilo
ing or barbdring said Patrick White under thb
penalty of the Lair. JAMES TRODDEN.
Choconut, July 20th; 18r. 29w3
S3taiztotypes!
AVlNGipurchased the. right for making
1.1 the beautiful and durable style of picf3res
known as the Mehtinotype, or Iron Pictures, I
stand ready to furnish them to such as may pre.
ter them to the Ambrotype or Daguerreotype.
If anybody preen' *cheep likenassi.to one of
superior qnslitya ran, and will make them , as
chPap
. sod as good ,f as those.old by Wow', at
the earl on the gown.
FlEta CLASS PICTURES AP lISIYAL PRICES.
W. B. BEANS, Phratz
Kontrove, July 23d, 1851 - . -
G. F. EMMET' itr.GO:. IGIICCEIMIRX
JU:NE:Ei:.TURNFM,S
girtits Ntnagtrirl
SHAY. Will exhibit at Piongrose, on Err.
doy, August Ith . , 11357. Doors open at 2,
P. 4., and at 7 in the evening,. • Adinission, 25
cents. No ha f prise. To see both Exhibition*.
The great Equestrian Troupe and splendid Col
lection. •
of
WILD ANIMALS'
Will be exhibited under the sane cantos► for.
only one price of Admission.
The Compkny . will enter town,on the day of
of exhibition at about ten in the forenoon,
Grand Procession, accompanied by he superb
American Brass Band, of twelve Wind instru
inents, in their elegant Mask Carriage drawn by
twelve horses; And after proceeding through the
principal streets, will halt at the griiit'bd ot
hibitlon. . . .
-The tierfortutinee will commence with a new
and bowatifut eavaleade, entitled the .
PERSIAN CAVALRY 1
lotted tieing in a series of - rapid 'told skijcut ,
lotions, the world renowned (..xereit.es of that
warlike people, illostrating With great truthful.
ness, the* . liwietr, the ch.irge,. the retreat and ly. This 'brilliant Steel-at:le will be represented
with new and cobtlYtripping4,costninem,apprn
priate usic,•.&e •Nevel Gyeariesties nod Acro
batic Fiats - , •
.- • - .
Amorig The verformanes of Mr. Nieholis. 'will be
,een, the newly invented Rope Feats, Called the'
Fireman's Ladder, elegant 'display of Athletic
&IL .
.• 1.. • . •
. Elegant gene 1 4 .. et .of chances, by Mr. Arm.
strong, in whfeli .thei ride r will give illustrations
'of v:alous wel I nOn n ha rae'ters
secompanied by rapid ehariges of - costume, at.4l
expressive pantomimic action, appropriate music,
. .
tipleridid Act of Horsemanship,. Mr. Luke
Rivers, in tile course o which this accompiishid
and intrepid riii . cr - wil! di.v;ay his
. graceful
rapid, feats of -e'quitatimn. .
Culions and interesting feats of ,Balanting (in
hprseback, by . 'MaSter Shay. Brilliant display of
llurseinatiship, .
• 1.(./N.S. RENO[Ti.• •
Urnin two and font highly trained horses, exhit,
iting t most perfect comtunnd -of the reigns, and.
the askiunding instinct and obedience of the
Wt. horses.. • • ••
,
Thrilling feats_ - upon the
.Trapaz, ,
Gymtiasittii,by Messrs. W,ard and.lslichotls4 p'ek:
rurinatice requiring - the greatest physical anti
moral nerve of the artist to achieve.
IDFTV AND ENERGETIC LEAPS!
Acroby . .feats and elegant Gymnastics, by
Mops - 'etcher. A .graphic r, presentatipn
,be given i , filtirdte .Itnn ping, Fence Les Ping,
by S 1 r.. Lyon, on his tleet tind leautifatch4u-ger,
withont.taiddle, or . bridle. • , - - •
Elegant and',vigorous.exercise by the 'troupe,
in Tumbling. Vint ting And Surnatersettiert, in tnp
coarse of which tne following celebrated artists
will a istinonish themsel res. viz Messrs. Ilaslett,
Jim Ward. the Clown. W. Ward, Kine.ade, Luke
Rivers, Duster Shay, Mr. Solomon and Master
Dick. .
Will perform a Comic Seene on.Horselek. in
w hi e h h e . v oit po.rito'ratte with admirable dexteri.
tv of ehrnffest 'the followincr charac•ers:- The
Gi psey. Female 31A - 1(11 . .. 5t V. BaCi'h no. Gnd of Wine.
Teats of Post ori-to• and Musealtir Stren(rth. by .
Nfr Solomon. .Elezint- Art of ,Lady Fqtrestrian
i.m, by Adele
.11almis. fr4the Parisian
Cirvas . and Lendon Amphithealq,. in all thoili
beantifol - Teets de Grace . . and agile feats of
Egoes!rinnism,for which her 'f A 4.01 N en justly
and widely N•lebrated. .The ireattiv•distinznisif
ed French Rider. :81 .,, n5..13en0tt. will give an ex.;
hitition: of his sorprisine art as
LA JONGLEVIR—A CHEVAL!
In the course of which he will nerform
~ e y arinnit
felts of wornierfni dexterity in Flalanetn Balls,
3pionine Plates:Throwine Knives. rav,inr with
Sticks. Rivas. &c.. during, -the. motteir -, of his
horse- aronnd the circle. - The Entertainment
he,enliven&l and alternated with the per
fortrianee of a /. f f .
. -
BAND OF S:NBLE TINtiTRELS!'_ - •
1p which Mr. 7tlaligan, the..Origincl MA 'Valor;
and 1 .4 r. Snowden. the flet.9m 0414 Banln Play.,
er. will sing, a variety of Popular Negro
.. ...ktelmF,
es
Chen:loges, Gleesoke., Pances, Jigq,Rreakdowpa,
&c. The Entertainments will conchnle•with.
COMIC AFTERPIECE. -
• NOtieti• • n.
QTY husband, James Brown, published sitke,,
.0-1. Martha M. Brown in the papers June 1324
as having left his bed and boardwithout just causq,
or provocation: His statement , is unfree in every
barticular. 1 left - his house the 4th day of last
February, .because he iprented and abused me.
• MARTHA M. BROWN.
Franklin,'July 13th, 1857. 28w3 *
.Ragister's Notice, • -
-npßuc NOTICE is hereby given to all per-1
seas cencerued in the folfowirig Estates, to
wit:
-
Estate ofJoas Melitristy. late of Great 'Bend
township, deceased, George W. Gray, 'Executor.
Estate of SAMUEL . Sen , late of Spring;:.
'olle township, deceased, Samuel Quick Adel...
Estate of JAMES W. AI OEi.wEE, late of New,
Milford toWnship,deceased li Elliot Aldrich 'Ad
ministrator, .2
Estate of Gsnsuom. IeirXICELL, late of Anbunt
township, deceased. Johnathan Bunnell Adm'r...
Final at eLlint of JAMES FA1:P..91%. Guardian of
Simon L. at,‘ Martha Shay and 'Harrietl. Ball.
That iVe accountants have settled their ne: :
counts in , the Registers Off ice,. in' and for the
county of,Susquehanna, / and that - the same -- will
be presented to 'the Judges of the Orphan's Court
iif said Colnityi-on Wednesday thel9 day'gf
gust twit, for the:confirtnation aria allowance :
J. W. CHAPMAN, ktegister
Registers office, Montrose; July :22i1, 1857.1
A. J. EVANS
Sheriff's Sale,
UY virtue of sundry writs &sled by tlbeCourt
LP of Cowmen Pleas of, to and fortile County
of. Susquehanna, and to ixte directed, will ex.
poSe tu_sta le by public vendtle at the Court
House in 31'cintrnse. on Saturday, the 15th day 01
August neat, at one o'cloek, P. M., the following
Real Estate. to wit:
All that certain piece or parcel of land.situate,
lying and being ih the township of Forest Lake.
county of Busquehillitalontided and daeribed
&Doter, to wit: Beginning, at a - post and stones
on the north side of the Milford , mid Owego
Turnpike road, thenee stibng 'th e — line of C.
Wright'sf lead; north thirtY.eig.ht -degrees, east
twenty perches to post nod atones in r i line of
B. T. Case's land,theneksoutit Oft , el*o degrees,
east tWokerches to &post find atoliei,thenee along
the line of B. 'P. Cade north thirty.eight degrees,
east eighty.fotir and three.fenths percher to a
hemlock tree, thence along the line of B. -T.
Qum:south flf(Y.twes degrees, east forty-five an
beven-tenthi 'perches to Ji bench, thence south
thity.eight degrees,_west one hundred and,
four-tenths perches to a post and stood
standing on the north side of the aforementioned
turnpike road, thence along said road north fifty .
• two degrees, west forty-seven and lieven.tenth
perches to the• place of beginning, containin .
thirty !INV.& and - six pen:these( land, More or ie
excepting and reserving therefrom al ways 12 fee
sgusre, where the children of .13; §. Doty pan
others are 'buried. • t
Also—All that other certain piece or pared it
land situate as.abose and bounded •Its fallow,
to wit: Beginning at s fwd. this southeast!, cor
ner thereat thence north sixty-two degrees, west
perettes, along the line.of Israel Brailifenl
40 , a- rat, thence posit thittparren degrOt4
SUPEILBLy AtpouvriA)
NM WARD, Tilt-CLOWN!