• . , • ..• " '• • • • , etjt talv Alornhtg ,Post. a. HARPER, EDITOR ANDPiORRIETOR. vim TsBURGlii FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 0847 DEMOCRATIC NOMIMATIDES. FOR GOVERNOR, FRANCIS H. SHUNK, or - ALLEGHENY COUNTY. FOR CANAL COALMISSIONER, MORRIS LONGSTILETII, OF XONTGIOMLItY COUNTY SINATE-A LEX. BLACK. Amman LT--JA MES 13. SAWYER, J. H. WELHENNY, JOSEPH COOPER, JAMES S. LONG. JOHN C. DAV - ITT. CUMNISSIORER—R. DONALDSON. Av DITOII.-.-EDWA RD AI*CORK LE. Demuretic County committee of Correspondence. The following persons compose the Committee. Charles Shaler, George R. Riddle, .Andrew Wylie, j James S. Craft, _Benj. Wilson, (of Eliza• I J. 11., Philips, (ol Rob ,beth.) i inson.) Jerks A. Irwin, R. H. Kerr, James Cunningham, Dr. Wm. Bachup, John .1. Mitchell, i Col. Jesse Sill, Jacob. Tonier, . Col. Jos. E. M Cabe, Thornes Farley, I Josiah Ankrim, A. Millain, 1 R. Patterson, Edward Encell, , Gen. John Neel; Dr Jonas R.-M'Clintock; James Watson. oj'At a meeting of the Democratic Committee of Correspondence, held on the ith inst., the hal lowing resolution was adopted : " Resolved, That this Committee recommend to the several wards and districts to appoint their diva eommittees of Vigilance, and that such ap rointments be made at once, and either by the Delegates to the late County Convention, or by a meeting held by the people for that purpose. Al so, that so soon as such Committees are appointed, the names of the members thereof respectively be forwarded to the editor of the Morning Post." (El` E. W. Cann, United States Newspaper Agency, Sun Buildings. N. E. corner of Third and Dock, and 440 N. Fourth street—is our only mi litarised agent in Philadelphia. The Gazette aad Federalism. " Men often change.—Principles are eternal." And if wo cannot alter thing By -- we'll change their names sir!" In "A brief chapter on Old Federalism," the editor of the Gazette, on Tuesday morning., gave his readers a medley, in which was included n 'classic quotation from the Latin. We will not trouble our readers with a similar one, as we fear they are, in general, no better acquainted with that language than ourselves. We tried to hunt up a German quotation, for the benefit of our neighbor; (knowing his horror of any thing Dutch, and Vsvhich a large number of our readers would have ; understood;) but we could not find one to suit.- - Howevet, the meaning of his Latin was, that the Democrats are constantly calling up a horrid blind Anonster, which they call old Federalism, in order to try and fnghten the " Whigs;" and he says that they "seem to be blind to the past." As it re opects calling up thl_ghost , of old Federalism, we plead ;guilty' to the charge. We know very well. tint - tibia is one of the ghosts they - are in greatest dread of; and we know that they always manifest a very peculiar sensation whenever allusion is made to it. The reason of this is, that all the in. contrition! of their High Priests cannot " lay" this :ghost It stalks abroad through the country, (as the disturbed spirit of an offended parent might be stippos4 to do,) pointing significantly at Whig. gery; as if to reproach it with the enormity of its abatis, in denying its paternity, and seeking to claim a relationship with Democracy. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at, that all the leaders in particular, should have their nerves very sensibly ' , affected, whenever old Federalism is in any Nay referred to. 'The great effort of the Gazette is, to prove that tbs. Democratic party, as now constituted, is the old Federal party. His argument to sustain this positionOtve must say is a novel one. for a man • making any pretensions to fairness and candor in argument, or laying any claim to reasoning capa city. He asserts that Messrs. Woodbury, Buchan an, and many others of the prominent Democrat .ic statesmen of the present day, were once blue light old Federalists; and then at once jumps to the conclusion, that they are Federalists still ; that the Democratic party must therefore be the Old Federal party; and of course, that the t' Whigs " are the true Democrats. But the gentleman must place a much lower estimate upon the intelligence of his readers, than we can do upon any portion of the reading community in' this country. if he thinks endow argument as this will have any weight with them. At any rate, we know that such an'attempt at argument would not avail any thing among Democrats. We reCogruse the doctrine, (and every well in formed and intelligent man will admit its truth,) that-our.cauntrymen are now divided in opinion, as they 'alter have been, and most probably ever will be, - in-relation to the beat plan upon which to ad minister onr govetnrnent ; the powers of the gov eminent itself; and the rights and duties of the people. Connected with these points, either re motely or directly, is almost every question which arises, claiming the attention of our national legis lature; and to the establishment of them, accord ing to the ideas of the two leading parties, are di- 1 rented, all their efforts, and all their arguments. Thus hava our leading men—from Alexander Ham. ilton, the father of Old Federalism, down to Henry ClaY, the . father of modern Whiggery,—contended for Sui extended and liberal construction of the Constitution; while, on the other hand, from Thom sq.effeison down to James K. Polk, the Demo • eiatic party have contended that our constitution was an instrument conferring specified powers only; iiid.f.hatthe action of the government should be • strictly in accordance with its provisions. The onirPtirt3r,' by their actions, have sought to make that kiln:merit a thing as elastic as their own pa per money system ; while -the other have been al Ways ' striving to preserve that glorious bequest of our forefathers as it came to us from their bands Inllte_discussion of the 'questions which arise ' undet,our constitution, the minds of men are of cotirse, variously affected . Some whose natural . - sympathies and reasonings lead them to a full and fair...examination of the questions arising uncler our constitution, join themselves to one party; While, others, examining the same questions with eqiial calni nese and fairness, adopt entirely opposite vies s. Each is governed by the dictates of his own, -judgment, or prompted_ by considerations of feeling his own wishes. Assuming this to be the toltN.cand we defy a successful contradiction of ilkere at once afforded a means, by which to account forthe changes in opinion, which we find ere taking • place from;year to year. One man. fiom hearing the arguments of'a Democrat, today will 'at once embrace the creed of this party ; even tbougli he has acted for year;& in opposition to it;— another, oir to triorrow,,who may have favored, MEE _ i 2. y ~ '4 .y -, :.y ~ .. _. t< s.w'n r~ ~.sz'i ^ ~3~~~~ , n ~~'uv~" a3.:.,.:-, ...i ~=.xa'. +•wr.:'~..:.x:~.'..+~?,~.'~`. Y ~' ''~`' ~ ~...-_.-.,......__a ~,.. .. ..... _.. f .err ~h. ~"'~r h~~ ?.