CEVP ----
. 4 . ate
• .anittee on '. Qoticges
• Common :Schole, on
of Win. G. .GriOn and
[CONCLUDED.]
* attar education is a thing very close
aioneitted with the healthy existence, of
, civil society, especieLly in the forin ,which
r sucliutielety has assuiried'with.u.ti. Hair •
iitio bemailibe rty-triChoose . a goVernment
lkfintnailiesime tiave resorted to the re
-441)1 itittaiiindeithe first principle of which
'''•*4litit Ihis::peoptel. are thiliatiieti ant:
:ff i iilfrial, :kid, We have• , linitie . eked to
4hisferny of government, eiti tiglividittil
ollinititnstilf, end each is therefire under
' ciititiiiie. with alt - for lei presinvatton. The
'lddiiitioni whict the adotHitiott of any
Aim rif,govecninent imposes (*the citi
--Lens, do. Mit-rust alone in constketion tend
tiiws-Sineke of the most meat* are ini
'Piiiii in 'the very
~ nature of the govern
ment adopted: Such are thoite which
dtavit, regard to personal character and
conduct, ;and their; iufluerice 'for good or
evil, on the, and permanence of
' .the
. pulttien forms in use. It is nniversal
ly conceded that poptilni intelligence & vir
' titesireicidiapentiable to thetiistehce &con
,tinuaeciiof such a government ascnt; & if
.- so, then as the character of the public will
• bb what the mass of individual character
; ': 4 4i t it•is:, -- the'dtity of every individual to be
virtuous, and to possess a competent de
gree of intelligence. Every 'Man who
has any voice or influeure in public affairs,
is boatel...lCl inform himself and act honest
, ly; for ic any one is not, no et:leis—all are
I lit liberty to be both ignorant and dishon
est.-and whenever that happeus, the gov
ernment, being in the hands otthe people
and swayed 'by a mejority . of voices, must
become the most oppressive and odious
'of all tyrannies, and hasten to a violent
, ' eirectusion. The whole power •df the eqm
inanity tests with the - majority; and, no
:matter how well defined and strictly' gnat.-
ded the limits of that power may be; by
written terms of the compact, there are
constant and strong tempations to exceed
Abase limits; and the grand security rests,
and must always rest, after all, in the in
telligence of the -majority to discover the
• proper boandaries of their power, and their
sense of moral obligation to keep within
them. In other words; the question of the
existence and continuance of ia, popular
, ..
government is always a question of -the
existence and continuance of popular in
_ • •telligence and fiopular virtue, end hence
the necessity and obligation of every mem
ber of such a community to be educated
and to be virtuous.
But popular education cannot be left to
take care of itself*. It is found• absolutely
necessary to place it under thb care and
patronage iif governinent. Such is the
settled policy of our own State. And with
what purpose is it that the government
undertakes to exert its political and pa
rental authority over this subject 1 . Not
Certainly for the personal ben fit merely
of the individuals wile partake sif its bone
ty; it is for thelsake of self preservation;
it is because these. individuals together
constitute the people, and because the
people tule, and because without education
they are unfit to be rulers. *he ()Elie'
then simply is, to make these persons in
* t and virtuous men, that they may
be into ' t and virtuous citizens ;to fit
them,-in nth e -aide, for the 4iithful and
competent- discharge of theit political,
social, and ptiblic duties.
ii
It is not, therefore, e f oough that-the go
vernment shall provide, in . ;tart, or its
• whole, for the - support of education ;• it is
bound, as far as it can, to see taut its boun
ty is so applied as to producer ; the result
at whieh it aims. It is quite a# important
to take care that their propet cower, of
studiesbe prescribed for the public schools,
that they should be subjected itn - the pro
, per discipline and the proper police, As it
'is that they should be cherishtid and sus
tained at all. And mho is to ttias . care of
this important matter, if the !State 'does
boil The limit °fits authority , • over the
.-subject is very clear. It is fleind in the
obje'ct to be accomplished. Keeping' that
object steadily in view, and being careful
to prescribe nothing inecuisisMut with it,
its power is indisputable. '',
.-- At present this important '
;vet of pre
_ scribing the course of studies i i
our com
mon schools is lodged in-handi very near
. .
the. people. The inhabitants o ;eat.. town
elect six officer's who are by law the in
t h
specters' of the schools, Aeteittninin g the e,
qualifications of teachers, and ' directing.'
. the Conroe of instruction. These officere
'of course represent the majority of quali
fied voters; that' is to say, the majority,
• through their elected officers, do, or may
,preseribe the courseof studi l •
• No* your committee do nundertake
•
td il
l what :subjects of stu d,should be
prescribed. That would hi, forisign to,nut
present duty. But when lit. i ;asked that
..., . particular. book should be e u telu ded from
tito course by law;..it- is deem proper to
show, et_ least, why that partiielar• book
. should -be retaine4, Unread)! in use, or
brought into use if it is not.
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•
The great reason may be thus stated.
Ittoral instruction is quite 'as important to
.. the object had in view in' popular educe:
. . Lion, as intellectual instruntionk it is indis
, leneableto that object. Btit to_
- Make such
„... jos/ruction effective, it riumbili be given
~,.: sicording to the best code of motels known
• - /Gibe Country and the age; antL•that Code
it is universally conceded, is ciiiiiained in
the Bible. Hence the Bible, ails contain
• • iej that code, so far front being arbitra
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my excluded from our achoole, ought :1!01
be in commeit use in them.
Keeping all the while tit view the object
of popular education;. the necessity of fit
ting the people, by Morass well as intel
lectual discipline, for seir f lovernment, no
one can doubt that any system otiostruc
tion which overlooks the training and in.
.rortning of the moral faculties must be
w,ratebediy and 'fatally defective. Crime
and intellectual Eultivation merely, so far
from being dissociated in history and sta.
tistics, are unhappily °id acquaintances
'and tried friends. To itegleat the moral!
powers in education; is tco.ducateuot quite
half the man. To cultivate the intellect
only, is to unhinge thelnind and destroy
the essential balance of tbe mental powers;
it is to light up a recess ',only the better to
ahoW how dark it is. this is all
that is done in popular education, then no
thing, literally nothing,: is done towards
creating and establishing public virtue and
forming a moral people. l
The moral powers then must infor
med and cultivated in our schools. hil
dren must be instructed in nitwitl tr th,
and be taught-to feel habitually the force
of moral obligation; and: to do this accord
ing to the best statidatid, the use of the
Bible for , that purpose can not be dispens
ed with. So it is belieyed that the great
majority of our people tbink, and wherever
they think so in •the towns they will, of
course, by theirroper•officers, order - and
direct the cburs b of instruction :accord
ingly.
Nor is it discovered what good right the
petitioners, or any minority of persons,
have to object to the use of this book, for
the purpose indicated, as an approved and
standard word for. instruction in morals,
because their opinion 4f its merits in this
respect may differ froM that of the majo
rity. If the minority may rule in regard
to the use of this book, and forbid the
teaching of its code, they may do the same
thing in regard to any other book or any
other subject. They may insist that the
Christian code of morals shall be exchan
ged for that of .the Brahmins, or turn the
schools over tol'lato or Aristotle, or Ma
hornet. They may prescribe the entire
course of studies, instead of leaving it to
be done by those to whom the law and the
voice of the rnajwity have confided the
power.
Nor again, is it discovered that in.the
practice of teaching morals according to
the Christian code, and using the Bible for
that purpose, the majority adopting it, is
acy infringement "whatever on the religi
ous rights and liberty of any individual.
To teach Christian Morals, te&fring to
the-Bible both fort the principles and for
their Mos:reticent, is' a widely different
thing from teaching what is understood, to
be a Christian religion. Relig ion is a
matter between a:rnap and his God. It
has reference to theiworship of the Su
preme Being, and the mode of such wor
ship, and has relatioO to a future state of
existence, and the retributions of that fu
ture state; and it is. concerned with creeds
and articles of faith. Now, religious free
dotit consists in a manZ professing and en
klieg what religious faith he pleases, or
in the right of rejecting all religions; and
this freedom ie in no degree invaded when
the morals of the Bible are taught in pub
lie schools. , •
And if the Christian religion, as a BY-s
-tem of faith, whether according to one
creed or another creed, according to the
notions or one sect or of another sect, is
not taught in-these schools, then of course
there can be no pretence that this religion
is, in this . way, supperted by the State.
Your committee, in common, they believe,'
wiih nearly the whole; body of their fellow,
citizens, woull regard it as the deepest of
calamities, if religioe—the Christian re
ligion—should fall under the.protection
and patronage of political power. That
religion is,. in its natere, free, it can not
take support from laW without losing its
lustre and its purity; it is in its very es
sence and spirit to demand none but a . vo
luntary wor hip, and allow none but a
voluntary su port. But wetilinnot disCern
that it is in th least danger of injury from
c q,
any public support ie the schools on ac
count of the use which may be made there.
of the Bible as'a text:or class book.
Your commitee have now given the
reason why they think the Christian code
of morals should be taught in our schools
as an indispensable part i of our system of
popular instruction ; ;and why the Bible
should be employed For that purpose.—
There are other reasons why it is exceed
iii desirable.and imprtant thaithis book
should ' enerally ised in bur schools
and seminaries, , iesteatl of being arbitrarily
excluded as these titioners require.—,
But we du not deem ii n essary to detail
those reasons. If ti Bib , ould hr
studied for its moral p rinciples, it e anki be
studied also as . a classic. As an authefilim
narrative of events, the most extraordinary
and the most interestirig any Where record
ed of our race, it is invaluable,; and there
is nothing, and can bait nothing, to Supply
its place. ' •t
And such is the satire and antiqtely, of
its story ; that , no education in this depart
ment „of knowledge, net the 'most elemen
tary, can be had Withhut some acquaint=
ance with its conten*. And then as I
clanks, if generally: em ployed as such, it
would certainly ramp! i a want which ine 1
other book can. The aithful and critical
study of the English la i page, is its putity,
by the youth of out country, is immensely
important ; and it is c o nfidently believed,
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,tha(ncr'eribpre carr theme be so
compass Airti many st
beautifuLand pure Anglo Saxon
u in the Bible. And we think
safely said, that since the publ
the present English Bible, as
under the orders of King James,
or Speaker in that language, can
who hasiacquired any just celebr
simplicity; strength and beauty
Lion, who has not been mainly ii
that book for his excellence ii
ticular. Mr. Fox declared, t
was ever eloquent, it was bear
faithfully•studied the book of Jul
conclUion, your commil
only 'SY' that, whilefflter the ma
examination, they have not
find, in the memorial before th
ground of .complaint, they ha
are deeply imprinted with many
considerations which urge on a
the interests of education, the
morals, and: the interests of
and of mankind, the indispensa
of rserving to the, people t
employ the Bible as i means
secular instruction, m all the p
— and seminaries, to which they
occasion to resort.
. Cou.plaints of whatever is
civil society will always be m
who make them are• honest, bt
mold act under the merest del
are speculative and reckless.
alter class are apt to be ingeni
restless and dissati,fied. The
destroy, but never build. 1
straints of society sit gailingly
They take the name of liberty
but they mean li - Eense and
With them nothing is slier/
1
venerable and nothing is s 1
late their boldness and sire
have increased. Their spirit
where. It is busy with pol
tions, with religious obligat .
cal forms and domestic t
wcaken, to invalidate, and t
They are not supposed to
even yet; but they have folio
followers because they do
lead them, or wither they li
state of things d :mend and
firmness un the part of the
sustain and preserve what is
social and political forms.
as much moderation as
I would always hear; we woo
,alder; and we would alway
argument and by appeals I
truth. it is this way that
have intended to meet the
these memorialists; and wit
they may have done so, m
to the judgment of the ho
country.
The committee recommen a to the house
the adoption of the followin resolution.
Resolved, That the pra er of the me
morialists be not granted.
The question was take by ayes and
nays, and the resolution eta adopted, ayes
21, nays 1.
The following Beautiful
Law," is extracted fro
the Southren Litekiry .1
tii
" The spirit of the law i all equity and
justice. In a government sed upon true
principles,. the law is the so e sovereign of
a nation. it watches ove it s subjects in
their business, in their creation, and
their sleep. It guards thei fortunes, their
lives, and their honors. In e brOad noon
day and the dark midnight it ministers to
tlvir security. It accom. nies them to
'the altar and the festal ..ard ; watches
over the ship . of the mer. ant, though a
thousand leagues interve. ;
over the seed 1
of the husbandman abando.ed for a season ',
to the earth; over the stu ies of the stu
dent, the labors of the in- ham, the opi
nions of every man.- one are high
enough to offend it with i . purity ; none
so low that it scorns to pr , tect them. It
is throned with the King and sits in the
seat of the republican m• : istmte; but it
also hovers over the couc, of the lowly.,
and stands sentinel it th. prison scrupu
lously preserving to the elon whatever
rights , he.has not forfeite. The light of
the law illuminates the .:lace and .the
hovel, and surrounds the cradle and the
bier.. The strength of he law laughs
wickeinites.to scorn, and spurn 9 the en.
trenchments of iniquity. The power of
the law crushes the po• er of man, and
strips wealth of unrighteo• s immunity. It
is-the thread of &lains I. guid e
, us thro'
the lahyrinthsof cunning. It is the spear
of Ithunel to detect falsehood and deceit.
It it the faith of the mai tyr to shield ns
from the fires of persect.tion—it is the
good man's reliance—the wicked one's
dread—the bulwark of pie y—the uphold.
er af morality—the guaidian of right—
the distiibutor of justice; its power is ir.
resistible; its dominion indisputable. it
•- wove us; 'around us; . we cannot avert
its v: • • Lice.
'? "Sue , • the law in its
should be in a - enacimett
•would be, if none asßfired t.
Linn but those with. ptits,l
views, andynltivated mind
. .
Wei 'ran from the Frede iek6borg:Akiina.
t
lint - The &
ursine ting Con i the case of I
PAredartan, fin' killing W . H. Puteoairro.
eonnneneed .its session on , . .eeday last and
t s
did not. adjourn until Satunda'. The prisoner
-"rairWbly defended.-by C. J ', and hie*
Connie!, but the Cotiit 7 refosi gan application
for ball. remanded'iden to Jai there to await
his trial tithe next Superior urt for the city
4 pf Richmond.
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THE POETRY OF MUSIOIC.
0, :wawa l'ffiy luxuriant swelling flow, I
With softly.quivering;softly-thunderingroll,
conscious blood to livelier glow;
And plumes.with angel-wings th' etherlel '
sold, '
As fired. by love, from heaven's high altar stole!
From this , dull earth my soul would bear a
way.
Touched-on 1010 lips by Inspiration'. cad:
I seem to rise to more titan solar day,
And hear Mellifluous, songs of boundless ecstacy!
Hark! Musick pours in thousand varied rills!
By Heaven-taught skill and Melody refined.
My soul with beatific 'visions thrills:
Bread& ne,lthrough golden pipes ITh' an
; tumnal wind
;I've heard, , at eve, when care was left behind,
Sigh sollly through the dark, high-tower
ing pine. •
What dmeibright Sol on, the smooth stream
-1 let shined,
A. Day has seen him to his bed decline -
-Bo oh! what soundure these, of harmony di.
vine?
- named,
ty fur the
of hip dic
iebted to
that par-
at if he
e be had
tee would
t attentive
n able to
n, one fair
. been, and
*eighty
who value
nteresta of
e country
le necessity
e right: to
invaluable
lic schools
may have
, Autumn ! I own thy deep, mysterious power,
As, whispering softly in the twilight breeze,
n meditation • eilm and sombre hbut,
i I've heard thy diens:in 'mid the.trees!
Tito well II know thy moving sympathies! ,
When breath lEolian shakes the trembling
wood,
In morniuring sighs, what tones more soil
than these ? •
Musick, how sweet in sylvan solitude;
Heaven's gift to man below, in years before the
flood: •
valutible 'in
do. Some
t mistakes.;
'mon; a few
Men of this
us, beestuse
r work is to
Ye rushing winds and roaring waterfalls,
Sweep on, like Ocean on the 'omitting shore!
Unlike the :.chant In gothick temple walls;
In strain' melodious, but with thunder-roar:
With you Pll join. tie Almighty to adore!
Amid the trees, the voice of the Lord God
Has oft,-atinightfalraclarkness gatheringihour,
Awaked some heaven-strung, though ne
glected ;chord,
And -Iliturick's latent fount would shed its stream
abroad.
e moral re
upon them
on their lips
Iconfusion
, nothing is
le. And of
gtb seem to
s seen every
ties!, inane
.ns, ,with so
les; busy to
iinderinine.
'As birds, careering on aerial wind.
Rise tunefully toward the cerulean sky,
And float, soltAluuering upward as they sing,
'ln joyous, chastened, melody,
Fain would; my blissful spirit mount on high,
Far, far beyhnd the grov'lling scenes of earth
0, say! who would not on such pinions fly,
And mingle with the seraphim's rapt mirth,
Amid high heaven's loud choir of anthems burst
ing forth!
;'l3 numerous
era, who are
t know who
e led. This
btedly great
who would
aluable in our
nd it demands
mness. We
d always eon
reply only by
reason and to
The present condition of Egypt is, perhaps
among the melt remarkable of any existing ter
I!ii
story of t world. The Jewish prophecies
marked it; . from the eat hest periods of• history,
as lying un ex anathema, second only in stern
ness and ex ent to that of Judea itself. Its re
ligious corruptions, which have been 'suffered, as
it torlhe purpose of 'showing to what depths
the human mind, in its natural suite can de
scend, brought down upon it thel eitraordinary
malediction, that the Egyptaos should never be
an independent people. No prophetick declaration
hil been ever-more distinctly, fulfilled. Fur near
ly three thousand years, the -Eygptians 'have been.
the prey of adventurers, socixersfilly ravaged by
the Persians, tyrarized over by the Greek sue,
mason of Alexandria; turned into i province
by the Romans, ravaged by its F. aracen govern:.
ment, enslaved by its Mameloke robbers, con- ,
Tiered by the French, again—iii the hand. of
the Turks, and at thin hour maste'red by a Turk
ish slave. Whether itslong depiession is now
about to cease, or whether, as is much more
-probable, it i* destined, on the death of •Mahom
ed Ali and his son; to fall again into the hands of
the Turks. and feel the pillage of,a Turkish gov
ernment, to only for the future to decide. But
theriot less extraordinary circumstance • chat ac
terLies Eygypt, that it, of ail the region, of the
earth, is perhaps the most sicgular instance of a
continuance of fertility,, and of a perpetual prid
Titian for that fertility. In the midst of a desert
the narrow land of Lower Eygypt presents to the
eye • territory, whose .exuberance scarcely re
quires the aid of human labor, and has scarcely
ever failed, during a course of centuries. This
is the well knowo work of the well-known Nile.
But it is not to be overlooked, that the moral.
and physical conditions of Eygypt, exhibiting
the most direct contrast to each other since the
days off haroah, give decisive proofof the fact,
that the power and prosperity of a nation are
dependant on higher sources than soil and sit
uation. The.rulition of Eygypt is made for. pow.
er. Inaccessible by land, with the desert for its
rampart; inaccessible by sea, from the 'hallo*
of the Nile, lithe people had the spirit to defend
either frontier or their shore standing on the
central point between the east and west, ,and
thus commanding the opulent commerce of both
with the unexampled productiveness of a soil
utterly inexhaustible—why heti Eygypt been a
prey, or a province, for nearly: three thousand
years? All probability is against it; nature is
against it; but fact is for it, and prophecy .had
prepared us to expect it. Great design, of Prov.
idence may he in activity at this moment, for
the restoration of the east to its. mora: under
standing, nod for the extinction - Of those horrid,
fierce, ignorant and godless governments, Which
tear it to pieces. The thoughts of men. totally
free fromextravagence; are turning upon Palestine
the ails of the Crusader will never come again
but it is impossible to doubt that a new influence
is tornei toward regions, on which neither . Jew
nor Christian can l , sok, without a mingling it once
of joy and pain, of the loftiest hope and deepest
humiliation.
e committee
Complaints of
what success
,t now be left
se and of the
ulogy on "the
an article in
essengcr.
THE RICO AND THE nsoa.
Few, saris the poor, feel for the, poor:
The rich know not how hard
It is, to be of needful food
And needful rest debarred.
Their paths are paths of plentiornuess,
They sleep on silk and down;
And never think how heavily
The weary head lie, down.
They know not of the scanty meal.
With 'mall, pale faces round,
No fire upon the cold, damp eaitb,
When snow is on the ground.
-nee; such it
such, too, it
.
itsadministra.:
,earts, enlarged
Teey caner by the window lean.
Vind lee the gal pace by;
Theo take their weary task again,
But with *sadder eye.
Death falls heavy on' that gun who is too
moot' known to others, and too little to himself:
Timqo is an fame/ 1n the heeded kayo, in a
upliftee-benri and hinatteched„hand;, in
~ it" ie..
coma of prnYek arising trans the lips of
wont supplies nerGwd to Wee he r chiß, which
F a i t h ma OterpretAW its sacoorwolent; and
lb* fourre - Porill ooe Islesir—s? brdaisA Ri c k
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SATURDAY MORNING FER. 24,1838.
Passiailets.C*l4, Gads, Bills ofLoctinff.ant
atthisCi
licalbills of e 'veSiassarptiolisisadyinisasdf
fae at the/owesacasli*r, .
e We will attend to the favours of
correspondents 'acegt week.
o:7' It is inset; ss . r inconaietent,inus to
assert that we here any thing to skim.
bend from incorpotated -Coal Companies`
in this region, *bile we, admit the' fact
that individual operate have faroutstrip
ped them in the :raceat'Ciiiapetition. it
ip further alleged; that.. the utter; fact
proves thatanccirpotatad,doal companies.
are and- must liewarmlesslkWe deny these
conclusions: 'Because kitidivjdaid itOratore
hive thus faisit*eded ittpitianting them'
from obtaining Ihe incendenAl t it 4_,.oealtat
follow that the have—doniv. ao .tiarm or
mischief; nor daei becaues,jndi
vidual operatar(liniii :keen lible . ta:cate;
pets with two incorporated • compapies, ,
that they are, therefore. strong enough to,
compete with two dozen, or as many more
as the legislature may-see fit to incorpo.
rate. We. allied that incorporated coal''
companies -are. not only capable of doing
harm, but that they have done muck 'posi
tive hares in this, region;
and that if the
number should, be increasech, individual
operatois must at length surrender the re-,
gion to them It is preposterous to sup
pose that the); can both flourish together;
and it is unjust to compel individuals to
attempt to compete - with the advantages
of corporate rights and privileges. The
principle is anti-republican, because at
war with equal, rights; it is also otherwise
contrary to the best interests of the .r.oin.
monwealth.
We owe allegiance to the common
wealth, we are therefore entitled to her
protection. We are virtually deprived
of that protection of our rights of property
to which'we are entitled, when moDopolies
are established by legislative 'enitctment.
This appears tn us a self-evident fact.
WASHIN9TOMS BIRTH DAY.
MiLyraux PARADES. - The National
Light Thfantry paraded in oar borough;
and presented their usual soldier-like ap.
pearance, and subsequently proceeded to
Miuersville, where they partook of a sump. ,
tuous dinner. 'The Troop also paraded
and visited Mount Carbon.
Burru-sioux. BALLS.—The evening of
the anniversary.of the birth of him who
was First in 'War, First in Peace, and
First in the Hearts of his Countrymen,
was celebrated in our borough by a num
'of brilliant fetes. There were balls at the
Pennsylvania Hall, the Pottsville House,
hnd several other hotels in the . borough.
Welearn that they were numerously at.
tended. The- Assembly at the Pennsyl
vania Hall was of the largest and gayest
character; the arrangements and decora
tions were all in excellent taste; the supper
and refreshments reflected great credit on
the host and 'hostess; and the whole gave
perfect satisfaction and passed off in the
midst of high enjoyment.
. .
The Sub• Treasury qystens. —A large
meetipg of the ConserrOvre has recently
been• held in the city of Philadelphia, at
which Gen. Robert. Paterson presided, in
opposition to the Sob.treasury - System.
We learn that the meeting was principally
composed of the friends,of the adminis..
tration; and that their opposition to this
System is no less decided than that of the
Whigs. We.have not 'seen the proceed
ings.
A similar meeting has also been beld - at
Pittsburg. The number of Conservatities
present was unusually large, and their .
•hostility to the system is expressed in
st rong.terms of reprobation.
The New York Journal of Commerce
says that several of As most respectable
and influential gent lemena mong the friends
of Mr. Van Buren, in this city, are bow
= a visit "to . Washington, for the purpcise
of recommending that Mr. Wright's Sub.
Treasury Bill should be dropped by the
administration, and- their support given
to the Bill introduced tiy.Mr. Rives. We
also think thift this mission is sanctioned
by the leading men of the-patty generally
in this state.
Mr.'‘ Buchanan as will be seen ip
another colunin, has reluctaitly resolved
to obey the instructions of the legislatine
of Pennsylvania, and vote !. against; that
The , unpopulanty of !bit fiiveriter
scheme of tlitO, riffice.holdenk is now, apps}. rent. ‘l'liii-yetoPit . 3 Orel, rci!getting, party
'distinctions. itheir indiscntionate,opposi=, I
min to iteCilui t y are now aware tiiitt
is tob' Math ;at stikein' the ' g ame
plii ) ying by the administratinoi . end 'that
the general wel#ire,tind, prerity, a the
country depends upon• breekiiig it up.'
' '
111 R. 80 8 , 8T8likiii.,; 1 8;41141L, TO
CHARt/§8 Ffitii!LEY EXPQ:
SAiilltD/en It 1838,
Mr. FltiLty, 4 !Schuylkill, read .11 UMW :
from to,S. certain remain
dons pli c saed•syt puhlic meeting in Schuylkill
county, at irlitchlhe presided, &pouncing 'the
course of iluir.lienitor froin that district with
regardttritiorrumetisinsonad slating pat
..tie,dis.
nente4froul the- oGage of ti* Fesolationa
ClUelaano and 11 0V a tatittibe 8131 4 1 9 , Z :
/the forego;g4s copied from pritz
'eedingsa
t 'Senate. We should like
to know whittipt Beibrheliapoligiied
for hippelf,Alike
_teeelpit
l and if, Tor the. up,...w*-01/40,1.0
'We think at= he geatlsiliWk 441i:compost.
ed this' meeting-and. ; ee p ecialty the offi cers ,
are interested' to- this'Vetter f We thitik
r
=EI
1111
liken* that! this is one of th -
ciidihary steps ever taken by
' e ifneer,‘ of 4 public meetin
'things' ollan. ncaur in political
kit this is amongst
_the, atrar
i
'add the most unwarrantable.'
stand that the object of the
tion was not 'merely to apoi
meeting_ bul 10 tnnternet the'
resolutions, and it seems that
been usedfOr this very purpo,
undertake, to say that the m e ,
tiintwastscomposed of gentl e
'not-under any necessity wl
litifstitig: for their condUct.
lives crimposied - of men ths
be dOit'„iitt4toi , ittikd into t,
Coal Fmnipinimi• ; of men '
ii0:441,0.019Illiell to be Made I
When ,in the performance
,itint*i_peially where they 1
the parttiqured, to whom,
ligtoin;: - liii apology is due.
Idearthlit";they will permit',
iibiteviri • to • take such. I
ostemente Contaieed in the
tion we ate l ignorant- of, bu
ought to lie investigated.
biiefly calkirr th&attentioa o
this novel proceeding. It
to be of high public concern
At It meeting of the
thesday, the 20th idst. J
ESquire, 'miss unanimous! •
Burgess orPottsville, to su
cy occasioned by the retie
uel Morris, 1
_Port egrban . locetos.--
ato state for the informati
bers of the [ Port Carbon L '
meetings thereof will in fu:
Tue;sdays l instea'd of Mond:l
.pov.lf has been ap
of the Por{•of Philadelphia
The. United States Gazette
7 —lt is understood that there
of one in the Senate of the ~ U ni
the Sub-Treasury Bill.
We commend to our tet
ing able article on the s
Companies, which we co
Haerisburg Intelligencer. '
paper out Of the Coalße
county, that has dared - t
right's of individuals again
monopolies.
COAL COMP tiSIIES.
The Stafford Coal Co aby bill
the lkuse of Representat ilea on
The Offerman milroad'an mining ct
ny bill has not yet been coed on.
Stafford bill, we underita d, is one of
most meritorious of the gr at l itter oft
bills which have
,been bro ght forth by
Senate committee on car rations, and
passage through the' Hou is tlierfore
itarbingei of the success_ 'll4ii Offer
bill, What the Goveviiii •' — neiiiii we k
hot say, but reillyattei' ts fas t aunt
_
Message we see not. liow e. cat sign at
of them unless the reason - are very streri
in their favor. If any - s ould be vetoer.
We feet pretty confident‘two thirds will
be found id support 'of thein.
' Thereis no necessity • , the exercise
Corporate; powers, privele as and immune
.
ties, to drive on the gr t. coal trade
Pennsylvania; and it is i portant that di
- trade he protected against the blighting i
&mice which such nor . rations' will nu
tail to exercise, if they $ mtiltiplietl i n
the extent which Seeit , a , 1114•til, they*o
?f tbe Senate. The first object: general!!
in eating for an act .01 . iii`:oeporattion is it
enhance the• price of lain . mountain hac
irflctri-:-the next, (Oleg 'order one cod
I trolling influence sll too mini , g, operations of i
••al.distrietthe sext,io,reg late, theprice o' .
--
igbor by means of than co , , I 'at & influence
and the last, though not' , .AO , - gulate th
iparko. These things catty , . : 1 p e so We
ruler the limited park ershe five, bough lb
w would resell all ilie I gitleta el put
Which could out be attained• iiiilivkloal eine
prize.
i. Do . the Senators white note ~ , the . We , coal bill
reflect on these -things? eti a they hied coo
.orporations with the odeful n y sometimes
Itai; onespf the banks -riiii , , and c a nal co
hies' We fear,the; lido. Now they are wide
„v Otffereol , ,, , The benefit ariaiag to i• comm
hit° -fi" l 4he •Peadtotia.. of' i Bank cannot b
lemifere4 We by an in4ieridneel; nor can an i
diaulustbui a rod vendor a si casol, unless he
an Astor, a idgway Or a petard. Bpt an To
idiirichuit ceximiaeomet. Theusounds . of do
i
,it , ,topsithwraill,, be driven from the beechen
enthavo their rights olutragetet by the' general
• eancorPontiketi of compa les. tto that opposition
to coal companiei es n otebsuid kastiilly to an
iri
cerfaiylkatte. , -it is o y ar tional detente of
indieninel riehts. , i
s
There is ooe faci worthy o particalar notice.
torne_wee know will sneer 4 10 for *miming
it, but weestre hells for. th
tees LABOalla.-Litut ma
~ , 'pick end the shoe
e p l4eLzk w an . wheel -
.0
last . ti i ii r i l Z era en ti t m er
whose D/1. TBIZ D a ' ine ' I% of their
fitinihete-gli it Wiese nd . - Iraqi.: - p e sde on ,
their toll tip disrlo ay. tei dila mitame l- i
Thin fleet wi be Wan d 'Di) an ifttir caner- ''''
rzi e•
sant withith *object. 'lt, :tip - Pte:" aye some ~fi'
leonsidirati —but w WilE entilf the POOR ,3
' c °WER ! Mit' , gi !Mil ' prat . lns rights t'.,
'.'-,
livhan-:thela ed aro " tit , lei to - clothed ,i'',
Witlypower enslave tile : Mite ,LABOR
ri
ER,and Anal et Moll Hy, Who will:: ire brook
ie
the high b on - mptl of
• at a tocrel. • d raises
voice Sar her wane f.- ; :When an so.
gust Sen tor is eleOlai , lir 1 farce oftes, I coo'
i h
Pi nt " i ii tbanian 1110 n ce;;Ork member of
,thichause-r cies'the rtpiese die Nab: forum.
deles'the thought that et* he such.. !beings as
iebtir c.olliers vele or dear minds', I Dot 60-
ernoi MTN a rim hap' to in a Ewe.
b_tive.'ilriii n He vers : r zeniths man
Deewesswe - e peat el. - ;- il l _ th* rigor sue
ferges hint Ant dui' thi " 'MT ,
' ,EThe'iOe 4* '''' itta ii; AS •taeorlowat °
etimpanlee i she Mon r e 'frfirstiltuads 1111 d ,
ends tat e IRIVO !Tel 1 4 aiia , tbesi leave , lb
thfh th at
*Wow of article to indleidual eaterptme• F ,
most
be pr,
=II
I gest, ii
We
etter in
the eff' letter
forectf i
"•
ehog in
EU
teve T , of
e kna
t can
he support
• ho will .•
4heir
f their d,
hemselrer
nd not
We hel
l efty indi._
I berate
1 11 f ew : ethepeeprthehpaaii:nrbesi think
at
lir
I lliu( ll °c e i c a4 ted hßeEl C dE b . i
.ply the now
',...Lion of Sam.
We ere request !
I •
1
"pn orthe on..
'cello), Om t •
ure be held ac.
•
I ' 9.
inted
.collect
•f Thoreder sty!
ill be a msjorit
ed Staies,,Agem
dors .the folk
bje4 • kkf Ct
y -- fromi the it
It the oil
iktitf.Schuyll ,
:advocate
„chiriOred