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The un»cwplou» ,«>is,repregent&iiQn of Mr.
Speaker CbsM.by-Whicb be sought to place
Gov. Bigler ina .false posltior oft. the greet
principle involved in the repeal of the uncon
siitutfona|; JM>wouri compromise, has most op
portunely been exposed by U}o governor him
self, ift a speech made in Fulton county on
the 7th insj. We find the following unan
swerable refutation in a sketch of tlie speech
taken by J. M, Cooper, Esq., editor of the
Valley Spirit, who was present, and pub
lished it in his last week's issue:
“ Gov. Bigler said he whs a member of the'
democratic party, epd that party had a right
to demand whether he subscribed to the great
democratic principle of self-government em
bodied in the Nebraska bill. To the demand
he was ready to respond. The republican
principle of aelf-govarnmrtl was the leading
feature, the very essence of the adjustment of
1850, commonly called the compromise mea
sures. That adjustment Gov. Bigler en
dorsed and defended before the people in the
campaign of 1851, and the people rendered a
yerdict in its favor. The same ptinciple pre
cisely, was incorporated in the Nebraska bill.
He approved that principle in 1851, and he
approved it in 1854. He had defended the
compromise measures, and he would defend
the Nebraska bill, which was founded upon the
the same great republican principle of self
government.”
This candid and manly declaration of Gov.
Bigler shows that he is as firmly planted upon
the democratic plalfonfi in 1854 as he was in
in 1851, and brands (he contrary allegation
of Mr. Chase as a malevolent and unfounded
fabrication, disgraceful to its author and gross
ly unjust to the Governor. If Mr. Chase, re
gardless of consistency, of principle, and his
political obligations, chooses to side with (he
free-soil whigs on a vital democratic princi-
trust he will be content to do so with
such company as he finds there—with the
Sumners, the Sewards, the Greeleys, the Gar
risons, the Parkers, the Fred. Douglases,
&c., —and not'seek (o dignify his position by
falsely asserting that Gov., Bigler slaribs with
him, or that he gives the least countenance to
the treasonable tenets of the free-soilers.
Hereafter, who will believe what is written or
said by Mr. Speaker Chase? ' A candidate, in
time lor come, who is falsified an'd slandered,
instead of being RoohrbacVd will be Chased !
Here is the reckless charge made by the Spea
ker; compare it with (he above unqualified
avowal of the governor—with the whole
alraightforward conduct of the Governor—all
ye who, in future, wish to understand the
force of the expression of a candidate being
“ Chased!"
“ Wo knhw that Gov. Bigler after hia nom
ination by jpe convention, said to those per
sons who Jrere present and determined that
the convention should pass resolutions in fa
vor of tho Nebraska bill 'gentlemen, if the
convention pass such resolutions, it must nom
inate another candidate, for I will not en
dorse and run upon such a platform.' We
know that he.said this, for he said it our pres
ence, and with an emphasis that pul to flight
the efforts of those to whom it was addressed.”
Alas, that Roohrback should so soon have
Kflpn aipftrpflrtpit in tiio ignnKlo L n/-t>iipat inn t
Bigler and the Nebraska BUI.
Whatever may be said by the Montrose
Democrat to the contrary, we fee I warranted
in asserting that Gov. Bigler is in favor of
popular sovereignty, which is the great prin
ciple of the Nebraska bill. The Democrat,
tho’ perhaps inadvertantly, has not staled the
whole truth. So long as the Clayton amend
ment was retained, the governor, we'believe,
was opposed to the passage of the bill, as
well as to making it a party question in our
slate politics. But its final passage, with
that amendment stricken out, removed eyery
objection,! and now, in common with nine
tenths of I his democratic fellow-citizens, the
governor favors the measure as one eminent
ly just and democratic. Such, we believe, is
the position of our able and popular chief
magistrate ; a position honorable to himself
and gratifying to his friends, and which he
has the courage and ability to defend, on or
off the slump, whenever or wherever the
candidate of the mongrel party may choose
to make it the subject of discussion.
In order to leave no doubt on this impor
tant subject, we may as well add further,
that if the governor over made a remark
similar to that attributed to him by Mr. Chase,
it was in reference to doctrines contained in
certain resolutions, which it was said were to
be submitted to the convention. Mr. Chase
knows perfectly well, as does every other
observing man, or any one who has conver
sed With Gov. Bigler on the that be
long advocated the doctrine of noninterven
tion by congress in the local affairs of terri
tories. That he has deemed it wise to take
tho abgry and dangerous controversy about
slavery in the territories out of congress, and
confide it to the people. He advocated these
views in 1851, and we know that he enter
tains) them at this lime, and openly avows
his Belief that the application of the princi
ple df self-government to these territories
was proper. —Democratic Union.
Popbby.— Tulet, one of the great fathers
of this Roman Catholic Church, and whose
writings that Church recognizes as Orthodox,
aays:—
“ Ab a King, on whom God has bestowed
foil power over all material things, can take
his subjects’ sons, and dispose of them as he
pleases, either using them for his guards or
his menials, and their daughters as servants
and scullions; their fields, vines, and olive
plantations, to give them to whomsoever he
may please; so too, and still more forcibly,
the man on trhdm God has lavished the spir
itual power, may use men's sons and daugh
ters, their fields and, fortunes, to obtain the
object necessary to his end. When, there
fore, the church wants to use some temporal
measure for the fulfilment of her duty, she
can til ways do so, in spite of the legitimate
sorer eign. No one can object against this
doctrine, because St. Paul ordered obedience
to ths superior power. But here Paul speaks
only of superior power, not of the secular
one t and who-ean pretend .that God’s inter
est in not superior to any worldly law ?’’
"• cannot control the'evil tongues of oth
ers, liut a good Jtfe enables us to despise them.
THE AGimUQS.
. wells Bottiaai pi.’ . A
T Thursday IHarning.Awg.Sl, 1884.
’ TOR GOVERNOR ? ' '
JAKES POLLOCK* of Northumberland,
FOR CANAL COMMIBSIONEB,
GEORGE DARBIS; of Allegheny.
, FOR SUPREME COURT, .
DANIEL BL BKTBER, of Montgomery.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOB CONGRESS; .
GALUBHA A. GROW, of Susquehanna.
Aatl-TVebradka County Con
vention.
Rzsolved, Thot.in the union of freemen without
regard to former political attaehmenie, it the only
eafity for Freedom.—Peseed in Democratic Mass
meeting, July 6,1854, at Wellsborough.
The undersigned, citizens of Tioga County, in
view of the recent base., betrayal of Freedom and
the rights of the Norlh in the abrogation of the
Missouri Compromise, deem it of absolute necessity
that the aggressive spirit of the Slave power and the
base subserviency oi Northern dongnfkcet to the
the South, be emphatically rebuked; and that we be
not behind in the expression of our disapprobation
of the act of Congress by which the barrier between
Slave, and Freo soil was ruthlessly removed—wo do
hereby earnestly recommend that a Convention com
posed of six delegates from each election district in
the county, men hostile to Slavery Extension, with,
out dietinetion of party, be held at Wetlsborough, on
TUESDAY EVENING, Sept. sth, to take into con.
aideralion the present shaping of political affairs in
Ibis County, andto revise, if thought necessary,lha
ticket made up by a Convention lately held at Tioga.
O’ Those towns that have not held their delegate
elections, shonld lose no time in doing so.
J. A. Darling, N. Swope, E. W.Gririnell.J. Craw,
ford, E. Seagcrs, N, Woodard, W. W. McDongail,
E. Chandler, H. Sligb, R. Combs, Harvey Sligb, T.
W. Moughbrey, J. Willoughby, E. W. Dimmick, 0.
Green, J. T. Purvis, Wm. Wilkinson, Hor. Brongh.
ton, Moses French, J. P. Dibble, Step. Babcock, S,
6. Furman, Simeon Forman, D. Jackson, Benj. Fur.
man, C. W. Hanvill, R. Hard, A. K. Forman, Levi
Furman, W. B. Furman, D. H. Furman, H. Crow
foot, J, H. Walrons, J. L. Ogden, J. J. Smith, David
Smith, B. V. Ogden,Orlando Smith, G. W, Slarrow,
J. H. Tate, W. T. Mathews, S, B. Barnes, Wm. Lar.'
ison, Jae. La risen, Geo. Lari son, T. Eilbouro, Titos,
Barber, C. Schoonover, H. E. Tanner, Jaa. Pritch
ard, S. R. Dickinson, A. King, Rutus Scott, Lewis
Scott, A. P. Cone, E. J. Brown, J. D. W ood, H. S.
Kimble, E. L. Sears, Wm. S. Tripp, J. Worlendyko
G. W. Carman, W. W. Webb, L. A. Sears, A. Boy.
den, D. Sturrock, Chaa. 6. Ogden, Cbas. Sears, Jos.
Hoyt, S. E. Ensworlh, H. Petrie, C. Bacon, C. J.
Wilcox, Ed. George, Z. J. Thompson, P. Sheffer, W,
Harrison, H. W. Dart, Wm. Bacbe, H. W. Stewart,
Sam’l, Mills, T. I|. Wingate, G. C Kress. Wm B
Clymer, George McLeod, 1 D Richards, George W'
Sears, Angus Griffin, Wm O Thompson, E B Bene,
diet, L B Smith, L D Taylor, 0 F Taylor, 6 F Ba
ker, F Wetherbee, Henry Kilbnro, M D, 8 L Bar
her, Jos Hubbell. S S Packard, Samuel Morgan, E
C Johnson, John C Johnson, Wm Lee, Henry Drown
Celeb Newell, Joshua Newell, Lorenzo Copp, Rich
ard Videan jr, Curtis Cole.
ID* We trust that oar friends and patrons who
intend visiting this place during Court will come
prepared to pay their advance subscriptions for the
Agitator . The cash system is the more profllable
for all parties, if viewed in the proper light Those
who pay before the middle of December will save
half a dollar a year on snbscriplion, and enable os
to procure the necessaries of life, and furnish them
with a better paper besides. Just look at it for a
moment good friends: If we buy a pound of bat
ter, or a bushel of potatoes, the farmer expects ns to
Anywtn tilAtlt, trill • (™UWtI»
inform ns how we can do this unless our friend® pay
vs promptly. A credit of three months duration,
for rent, and some other heavy expenditures, is all
that we can ask without paying interest; bat we
arc expected to give a year's credit on the small sum
of two dollars. Thera is no equality or reciprocity
about tho matter, shaped in this way, as all our
friends can see at a glance.
May we hope that this little statement will set
some of our patrons a*thinking 7
O’ Our friend J. B. C., at Elbland, will gee that
our paper is not published until a day after the ait
ting of the Free Convention at Harris,
burg ; besides, wa published the call when it Brat
issued in the Philadelphia Register. The ticket we
give below ; it should have appeared before bat slip
ped our mind.
[□“The Free Democrats have nominated the fob
lowing ticket:
For Governor — David Potts, Jr, of Chester Co.
For Judge of Supreme Court— Ws. M. Stephen.
sos, of Mercer County,
For Canal Commissioner — Geo. R. Riddle, of
Allegheny County.
Sharp Practice.
Full fledged lawyers should never become editors.
They get so addicted to “ sharp practice" that they
learn to ignore- consistency and—something else;
for instance:
" He [Pollock] was so exceedingly anxious to let
the people of Sullivan County know his opinion
about the Nebraska bill, that he wrote a letter to a
committee of free-soilera in that county, which is
certainly a curiosity in Us way. Tho Whig papers
have refused to publish it, and so have even the rabid
abolition journals.”—Wayne Co. Herald.
As far the first charge, it amounts to Jost this;—
A committee of the anti-Nebraska men of Sullivan
county, wrote to Judge Pollock and all the candi
dates, both whig and democratic, to ascertain their
views upon the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
Judge Pollock, and his associates upon the ticket,
returned answers to the inquiries of that committee,
while Gov. Bigler and hia associates on the demo
cratic ticket; treated tho civil, and proper inquiries ‘
of that committee, ’ with silent contempt; and we
think for the very good reason that they had not the
manhood to (ace the people of Pennsylvania at the
ballot-box,'qprn hearted and open-handed. And we
shall see this antnmn election whether tho freemen
of this Commonwealth prefer men to administer
the government who have no fixed opinions, to those
who dare speak out upon questions seriously affect
ing the interests of the country.
As for the second charge, we blushed for the
weakness of our friend’s natnre when we read it.
We knew it to bo an eminently successful attempt
to dodge the troth, or, in other words, the most bare
faced falsehood that has dropped from that prolific
Roohrbaokian mint—tho hanker press—"for the last
three days. The truth is, Judge Pollock’s letter wu
published by tho whig press with few, if any excep
tions, throughout the State. We presume that It
appeared in every whig exchange (bat visits the
Herald offico*
Out let ns compere this conscientious editor with
himself as exhibited in another column ot the same
paper—listen:
" We have no patience with Ibis manner of eleva
ting one candidate by maliciously crying down an
other. It is mean, cowardly and wicked.”
By foia, the public will see just what an estimate
our Iriepd pate upon himself. t& 'acte r aa Kis‘ own
judge and 'jary, : and poniigna bithinlf to the. epdipa:
»7 of mean, cowardly and wloked neb, «pde|iayj
of coarse, that 6ov. Bigler will pardon hint out
We hope ha may do it.
XHE TtOG,A CPFNv3;Y AfiITATOB.
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ft iu Kmk Bf ’t'ltel|Kttt(flr./.
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ASBofonwrtow*J
expectto hear fto« hie own lip* wow of hi* view*
of-thi-great andabaorbinpqoeitlona oflb* iJiy.
Bia cpuneln the part show* hipi tobea vacillating,
pwiewed - of thoTwritlflon and
ptodjvily.hu t > not of the;eowage^reqafaite. tp lho.
anowwafal demagogue. Be baa slumped the Stale
oneoiwith very good success, however, i< an eujr,
pleasnrt apeaker, and haa the faulty of leaving hie
audienoeiuth* dark aatohlalrue opinion*, develop
ed in a rettt»kable degree. We hope there will be
a<genera) atldndjineo to bear him, as it ia to be ex
pected that be wwbndeaTor to harmonize some of
wisdom and dislniwMfpi*
hisofficialaotawith'lba .
neaathatahould characterise it of a
sovereign'Slits. But as some Will certainly low
Uiia opportunity of bearing bia views upon lbs im
portant questions of lbs day, and especially of the
Nebraska bil(,we pnbiiih this week, his “ self-vindi
cation,” taken from the Harrisburg Keyftone, and
likewise, something relating thereto Aom fhe Demo
cratic Union— both organs of the present State Ad
ministration. '
Not long since, Mr. ez-Speaker E. B. Cbase, edit
or of the Montrose Democrat , in order to catch an
ti-Nebraska votes, stated that he knew Gov, Biouea
to be decidedly oppoaed to the Nebraska bill, and
gave the Governor’s precise language in regard to
the matter, spoken at the State democratic Conven
tion. Immediately, several Bigler organs took Mr.
Chase to task, severely reprimanding him for mis
representing the Governor's position. ' The Union
says that it feels safe in asserting that Gov. Bigler
is in favor of the repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise, and that he never objected to the bill properV
bat only to the Clayton amendment; and when that
was removed, he, " in common with nine-tenths of
his fellow democrats, favor the measure as ono emi
nenlly just and democratic.” The Union is rather
mild, and thinks Mr. Cbase sinned inadvertently,
rather than wilfully. This we mnat believe, if the
Harrisburg organs are to be credited.
But the Keyttone is particularly savage upon Mr.
Chase. It publishes an extract from a speech deliv
ered by the Governor in Fulton county, on the 7th
inst, which, it says, is a complete refutation of Mr.
Chase’s assertion, and brands him as nnscrnpulous,
and a malevolent and disgraceful fabricator; and,
to crown all, avers that he eclipses the infamous
Roohrback, It then asks; “ Who will hereafter
believe what Is written or said by Mr. Chase?"
The Keyitone does not stop here; it goes on to
correct its rnmmy neighbor, the Union, in regard
to the Governor’s hostility to the Clayton amend,
moot feature of the Nebreska bill. It states that
that amendment was “ precisely same’’ as a pro
vision in tbs Compromise measures of 1850, which
measures the Governor has uniformly approved up
to the present moment Therefore, .Gov. Bigler
goes the Nebraska outrage, Clayton amendment and
all, without winking. Thus, the only peg* poo
which to bang an apology for His Excellency’s ser.
vile co-operation with the Slave Power, is ruthlessly
removed by his own free acknowledgement and
trumpeted forth by his official organ at Harrisburg.
Now, we have perfect confidence in the truth of
Mr. Chase’s assertion, that Gov. Bigler expressed
himself not int favor of the Nebraska bill, in Mr.
Cs., presence. And we likewise believe both the
Keystone and the Union when they set forth that
the Governor has always been in favor of the Mis
souri Compromise. And the reason why we believe
all these Conflicting reports is, that Mr. Bigler’s po
sition is faithfully defined by them. He bad no less
than three faces in the Erie matter, and he has no
less than two in the u individual liability” doctrine
applied to incorporated companies. Then it is not
to be wondered at, but expected, ratter, that he
should have an equal number of laces'on the Ne
braska question. He has shown himself capable of
assuming an infinite number of faces to gain votes.
The course adapted by the elected Bigler organs,
is such ss to leave no doubt of his proclivity towards
ihe Slave power. At heart, he is a Southern man,
looking for public pap from the people oi Pennsylva
nia. If they see fit to leed him three years longer,
they will learn that such easy principles as he poe-
Besses, require a vast deal of nursing before they can
go alone.
We propose that some good democrat, who is anx
ious to get at the facta before voting for Gov, Big
ler, will submit to him the following interrogatories.
Why did you express yourself hostile to the Ne
braska bill in the presence Mr. Speaker Chase and
others at the Slate Convention, and afterwards, in a
speech made on the 7th inst., in Fnlton connty, ex
press yourself decidedly in favor of that bill 7
After signing the charters that led to the Erie
troubles, why did yon side with the Erieans, and fi
nally decide for the Lake Shore Company, preferring
the interests of. a private corporation to those of the
whole Stale 7
If you are a firm believer in the Individual Lia
bilily doctrine to the fullest extent, why did you
sign the act of March 27,1854, exempting stock
holders in certain corporations from nearly all liabil
ity 7
Why did yon oppose the sale of the Public Works
in your message, and approve, s bill in favor of it 7
Why did you deplete the. increase 0 { crime, and
yet let loose upon society n horde of desperadoes by
means of the pardoning power 7
Why did you tell the committee of the Temper,
ance Convention that you could not express any def
inite opinion as to whether you would sign a Pro.
bibitory Law or not, and shortly thereafter write a
letter to the Rev. John Chambers, satisfying him
that you would sign such a bill 7
Finally, what is your opinion of tAe Lager Beer
Bill 7
StUitok, if Tsue !—lf the resolutions adopted
by the democratic convention mean anything, they
mean that the men who composed the convention,
and especially the nominees, utterly repudiated the
entire Democratic State ticket We would like to
see the man who can make them mean anything
else. Yet we have it from pretty good authority,
that Mr. Ryon’s friends are electioneering for him
as a Bigler man. We don’t like to believe such a
barefaced fraud to exist thus early in the campaign.
Those resolutions certainly bind Mr. Ryon and his
associates to bolt the Bigler ticket—there’s no dodg
ing that conclusion; and oor amiable contemporary
of the Eagle must haul down that Bigler flag at his
mast-head, if be acquiesced in those resolutions—
no kicking out of the traces at this untimely hour,
good friend, Gov. Bigler’s views of the Nebraska
iniquity, may be found in another column, and they
need no interpreter.
CnstaiNO. —The old line democrat* at the late
mao* meeting in Sullivan county, threw Bigler over
board and posted revolution* earnestly recommend
ing Pollock to the support of every freeman in the
County. A. J- Trout, editor of the Democratic pa
per at Lsporte, was Secretary of the meeting.
Tb* Drouth. —A few precioul&priukles of rain
have fallen since our last issue; but not enough to
revive the drooping and dying crops. The fires,
however, in this vicinity; 1 ire checked for' the pt£*-' :
opt.' Tbesir, and the general aspect of things artf
mote like a November, than an August d&tning at
thia preaent writing. {Wednesday.) ®
Prohibition vrorka well in Conntetient
•
Tt» proceedings oflhls con-
Tedttoad{d not rekeb ns Intime for last week’s pa.;
peK 1 Tfe opep-haisded .doing* of that body, judging'
from (be record, are of Utile general interest }Cjr
wU(&reMbn,we donotpnbliththein at all.' J. wi
Curt cue (hot will do to lay before the poUibai
present.
The friend* of Mr. Baunriif, the. expected nomi.
nee for the Legislature,' are firmly persuaded that
he wu defeated by the premeditated treachery of
Mr. Ryoo, the sucoessfui candidate. They aver that
Mr. Ryan strongly urged Mr, Baldwin to go into
convention, and voluntarily offered to aid him to the
extent of his ability. Indeed, we believe that Mr.
R., assured Mr. 8., that he would not be a candidate
In the contention-in opposition to him, but a few
minutes before the balloting commenced.
On the other hand, it is alleged that Mr. Byon
requested that his name might not be used in the
convention, stating that by previous agreement with
Mr. Baldwin, he could not honorably suffer his
name to be used. But fas did not peremptorily) de
cline, and so was nominated. We publish a letter
elsewhere, from a reliable source, touching this mat
ter, and thus we leave it for (he present.
We know nothing of what will be the result of
the anti-Nebraska Convention to be held at this bor
ong.on the sth of September; but whatever its nom
inations may be, we shall not consent to be bound
by its action unless conscience approve. We shall
support no 'candidate it may put forward, unless he
will come out over bis own name and pledge him
self— '
let. To use his utmost influence, and give his
vote for Judge Pollock as committed over his own
name against the repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise, in prefercncqto Gov. Bigler, who has shown
himself ready its repeal, or, indeed, any
thing else to please the South, and the present rotten
Administration at Washington.
2d. If a candidate for the Legislature, he must
pledge himself in black and white, to not only vole
for, but to work, and to work with all bis uiqht,
for the enactment of a Right of Search Prohibitory
Liquor Law, by that body, during the coming sees
ion, should he be elected; and further, to vote, and do
hia utmost to induce others to vote for a man to
serve as U. S. Senator, who is known to be, and by
hie acts, proved to be strong]y imbued with Free-soil
principles; and further, to advocate the sale of the
Public Works at any price when viewed
from the stand-point occupied by the tax-paying
community.
3d. That they all and individually, will oppose
with their votes and influence, the agressions of the
Slave power in whatever shape, and under whatso
ever guise they may bo presented.
4th. That they will consider these principles
and duties superior to ell party, or selfish considera
tions, or the schemes concocted by politicians to ag
grandize parlies or individuals.
Now, we most respectfully submit this, our plat
form, upon which we choose to stand in this cam
paign. If any man is too , fastidious to “ toe the
mark,” we shall be too fkstidious to sopport him.
Progressing.
The following preamble and resolutions were
adopted by the democratic convention held at Tioga.
Ow ao ttnsj it«vj m« nai'vug, COII*
siderable progress. Oar readers* wittaffipra that
the Fugitive Slave Law is ignored—
VVhekeas, Liberty is one of thegreatest
blessings, and necessary to ihe true' enjoy
ment, of all others; and we believe (hat Sla
very [in any form, or in any counlry, and
especially in the United Stales—the boasted
land of Liberty—is anti-Democratic, and a
great moral, social a.nd political evil,sod con
trary to the doctrine taught in ihe Declara
tion of American Independence: “ that all
men are endowed by their Creator with cer
tain inalienable rights, among which are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” ihe
support and defence of which principles and
doctrines, by American citizens, constitutes
Ihe only true safe-guard to their liberties.
And Whereas, We also believe that that
part of the act of Congress lately enacted,
repealing the Missouri Compromise, (so call
ed,) and all other acta of like character, are
anti-Democratic and opposed to the true prin
ciples of our National Government, and high
ly dangerous to its perpetuity.
Resolved, That we will not support any
man for office who has not been openly and
unequivocally opposed to the repeal of said
Compromise and to the extension of Slavery
into free territory, and who will not pledge
himself to use his whole influence for the re
enactment of said Compromise, and against
the further extension of Slavery and en
croachment of the Slave power. And
Resolved, That we highly approve of the
course of those Representatives from Penn
sylvania who have firmly opposed the ag
gressions of the Slave power, and we hereby
tender to them our support and thanks for
the able manner in which they defended the
interests of their constituents and the cause
of human freedom.
And Whereas, We believe.that the sale
ond use of intoxicating drinks ns a beverage
Is a great moral and social evili ahd a fruit
ful cause of ’ aridi;p,auperism
in our State.
Resolved,
adment of a i
and sale of ini
in Pennsylvat
C,
Th* Convkntjos. —We have.newa ftom' several
election districts that have elected their delegatee to
the September Convention. It ia desirable that not
one district shooed fail of being represented at tbpt
convention, tho'ogh wo can scarcely hope for such a
full representation in ao large a county. Delegatee
should get here early—by noon if possible, ao that
there may bo no delay in Organising. If any town
ships have not held delegate meetings, no farther de
lay should be made. Freemen of Tioga, do not un
derrate the importance of this Convention. -
Tbc Waa.-j-There has been another great battle
fonght and the Turkish and
FrenchHfoope, in which the latter' were victorioni
The Kasdans are evacnalipg the Principalities,
The other news is unimportant.
DTSitix thinks thTJ'roin of 'summer ” this 1
sea*on, hoe been most remarkably 'abort' and dry.
This probably acewhts for the drouth.
® M M U N 111 TI
TUeTlo ja . CinTen
Means. Baiun & Cobs:—
I wu a looker-oaat the late Conn
Convention (so-called) held at Tioga
inet The- proceeding! haveprohabl
ere thU, through year reporter, ff yot
tendance. I tend yon a. copy. of.l
Adopted—thoierelatiog tofilavery, w
seotiog rote, those in favor of ' Pro
vote of twenty- five to nineteen. This
proves that the Muse Law work wi
oughlydone np last Fall. The Mail
of the democratic party were far fhn
sented in the Convention,; for, the ,
among the friends of Temperance in
let the politicians do about as they
they did not do right, attend to th
and it is pleasant to know; as we do
hibilion hat become a fixed theory h
—the “fact” will follow in good '
Taking the anti-Slavery rcsolutioi set things ofj
permanent significance, they are ehet ring symptoms
of progress. Even, at the wtjrst,' ll ey aio a good
omen, as evidence of that Divine cor ipnlsion which
shapes even.politicians into instrnmei ,ts of good. It
is now, for the first time, an histor c fact, that the
united Democratic party of Tiogi county have
borne an authentic testimony again it Slavery and
its encroachments. Let us be tha ikful for that.
There will be an ebb in this tide, of' rhich I believe
the Present is the high-water-mark— i re-action that
will reveal much of treachery and of ill-bottomed
zeal; but never again that general ai id utter degra.
datum of servility that has charade tized the past.
The democratic party of Tioga c junly, as such,
does not intend permanently to main ain the ground
taken in those resolutions, or, if the e is any snch
intention, it will change—modify list If gradually or
suddenly, as the political instinct sba 1 find re-action
feasible. Let those who dream oth irwiae, remem
ber that it is only a part of a great n itional organi
zation, of which Pierce, Douglas & Co., or some
thing as bad, is always the bead, an i northern, off
ice hunting rascality at the stomach, vhile the black
and brutish heart of Slavery is ever beating at the
ceuier. For this reason I have no foi th in the party
as eucb, whatever it may how profe is, or even do,
while the “ present distress " contin uelh.
The anti-Slavery flurry, here, at he North, will
be winked at by the central anlhoriti is—perhaps en
couraged for awhile as expedient, to keep the party
together, or even add to its numerics! strength; but
there comes a lull in the storm of No them indigna
tion, when re-action will be the Iron p card, played
here as elsewhere, and all the more successsfully,
that the party has made itself Btronj' with recruits
under the anti-Nebraska Sag.
Perhaps the time has not coma for
organization—perhaps it has come,
lion, to assemble at Wellsboro*, in £
will decide that question for the pre
Although the Democratic Canventior
fur a position that would supersede
tion, it is nevertheless but too evide
intended for the benefit of the party
clique in the parly, and not for the
to the majority of the Convention,
doubt but that the really sincere por
gates.will corroborlae this statement
The nomination of John W. Ryo’i
was the result of treachery on his pi
nation of the whilom.pro-slavery an
ers, to “ punish" Mr. Baldwin for hi
Wilmot Proviso and the cause of tem
was, one of the professed friends c
one or me roost active in urging bit
.date, and had for a long time profi
ously engaged in favor of bis nora
few hours before the Convention a
at a still earlier period, he had con
odds and ends of old ipgyism, to b
for the sake of getting the office hir
It is true that before the Convent
not to be a candidate, for the reoso
not honorably stand as again
yet he took good care not to declii
while it was all the time self-eviden
not (o be taken at his word. Wilho
Mr. Baldwin would have heeft nomi
Mr. Ryon as an honorable oppon
would then have relied on the a
friends. As it was be was defeats
of two votes.
I hope the immaculate Democrat
drive mo out of court as an interme
ting me and all other opponents o;
swindle" to come in and vole at
their delegates, and by implication,
terms, to be delegates and Candida
happen to know, too, that the said
Esq., was the proposer of said
readers of the Eagle have seen it ir
that paper, I understand, with tl
Democratic Central Committee atta
seen it posted in at least one towns
■ After this millennial overture, is i
none but hunkers are on the ticket,
one, whose antecedents were at all i
present professions, was excluded I
malice prepense 7 SCI]
August 21,1854.
"13.
loou! —Tlio Ocean (N. J.) Eml
reason for not publishing Commodo
ter, that there was not enough capi
office to set it op. The N. J. Si
saya, that there were too many c
that office to undertake it.
Apt Illustrations, —The
Chandler, in bis speech at the
(iun, yesterday, told the follow
ries, illustrative of recent f
meets. One was of an old o
who would steal, but at the s
a man of his word. He was
; ge(j.,lo help unload a cairgo of
ijjpit that he should have nine
would not steal any. But nig
and opportunities for stealing I
he took the nine fish and ret
the employer, saying that h
could do better. The South
nine fish, and then go on to si
the cargo. The fraudulent no
sovereignty given to the Nel
was illustrated by* the story <
cried “ Hot Mince Pies.”
bought one, and found it frozi
icicle. “You infernal scotml
“ why did you pall this hot m(t
cause “that is the name of it, 1
ply. f .
tvor of' the en
te manufacture
, Cdmniittie
■ 0n
Rtkoliitiont.
Ignorance, says the Dutchman, is a great
substitute for paregoric. Show us a block*
head and wo will show yotr a man who can
sleep twelve hours out of a do?en. Before
you can make men wakeful,-you must make
them intelligent. If we owned the fee simple
of a railroad, wo would consider no person
fit for a - switch lender who didn’t take four
daily papers and a monthly.
- Je 4 -
lon.
y Democratic
on (ho 18th
' reached yon
had one in at
be rceolntiona
th bat one di*-
jibilion, by a.
a pretty thor
eLawportion
i being repre
[eneral feeling
dined them-to
choee; and if
im afterward,
low, that .Fro>
Tioga county
oe.
in independent
The Conven
eptember next,
sent campaign,
has tried hard
ndepcndent ac-
it that all was
, or rather, of a
cause. I refer
and 1 have no
ion of the dele'
i for Assembly
rtand a combi.
i-proviso hunk,
s fidelity to the
w ranee, Byon
f Baldwin, and
> to bo a candi
ssed to be zeal,
nation. Yet, a
isembled, if not
spired with the
■tray his friend
isclf.
on he professed
i that he could
it Air. Baldwin,
io peremptorily,
. that ho desired
at (his treachery
sated, even with
ant, because he
ctivily of other
1 by a majority
lie party will not
s idler, after invi-
(’ the “ Nebraska
the choosing of
if not in express
es ourselves, I
John W. Ryon,
invitation. The
: the columns of
e names of the
died, and I have
lip.
t not notable that
md that the only
n harmony with
y fonl play and
ie facias.
'em gives as its
re Stockton's let.
tal “ I's," jn the
mdard, in reply
ipilal “eyes" in
3on. Peleg W,
Whig Conven
ing capital sio
■ aliiicai move-''
:anin Bangor,
time time was
one day,enga
fish, on condi
; of them if he
;it comipg on,
I ecoming good,
irned them to
ie believed ho
have kept the
sal the rest of
me of popular
iraska system*
'f a map wbro
Some person
n hard as an
Irel,” said he,
nee pie V’ Be
* was the re*
Frovi tie Jhte Orient Delia, July
The Grandest Schese of '
'• Throes. : •• ■
: An Empire gieentaaß*amdCmp^
A few day# agh.Mr. Robert J. W»ik e ,
Secretary of the! Treasury, accompanif
believe, by MKlJaudoi), late cashier
United States ißank, and still later the t
of sundry bills held by citizens of
leans, which remain unpaid to this day,
ruin noAdespair of hundreds of peopl,
sedlhrmigh our city on his way i 0
bearing with biro W, 000,000 of Ter
NS.
mil, I think,
valuable, according to (he . Texas g ra
at This sum is to be deposit
the hands offhe Governor of Texas j,
half of tlie Grand Pacific Railroad, of
.Mr. Walker a stockholder to the amoi
ten millions, and various other citizer
eluding (he Rev. Counsellor, Joel 6.
late of ibis whose stocJi only i
to the modest sum of $500,000—o«.
mense amounts.
Now, extravagant as (he whole ache,
seemed, Mr. Walker, by his address, akii
management, and without any violaii
any law or other impropriety, has pi*
a train which promises the most magi
results. The Slate of Texas—in a
of madness and folly unparalleled in ti
nals of legislative insanity—passed a'lj
Dating twenty mile to env
pany .which shall build a road across ii
lory, near the parallel of 92, on the
condition that said company shall l
the road by the ISihof August, and shai
posit $300,000 in the State Treasury;
tbe company can draw out ds soon as u
ishea the' first fifty miles of the road:
then the said fifty miles of the completed
shall be pledged for the completion of
maioder. On these simple condition!
company will receive scrip thal lakes
enee of all others, Cot twenty sections 01
per mile, for over ten millions of acres of
the average value of which, we unders
will be nearly, if not quite, one hundred
lions of dollars. Now, the highest esi
of ,lho cost of a road from the Mississii
(he Rio Grande has never exceeded
millions, Tor the building of which (his
pany will receive land worth one hi
millions,
But this is not all. There was an old
ter in Texas, creating the company call,
El Paso and Vicksburg road, to hick
been'previously granted sixteen sections
mile; and this company having orga
not being able to sell its stock, entered
negotiations with Chat field, Walker's
cessor in the grand Pacific, alias Moou
road, to diepose of its charter. Pending
negotiations some legal gentlemen of
who happened to hear of the matter,
on the President-of the company,' and n
how much of the stock was unsubscn
were informed that there were twenty
They immediately entered their
ions.
for the balance; and when. Mr. Gh;
came to close his purchase, (hey requir
lo pay one hundred thousand dollars for
share of the slock This was the single
vantage obtained by Texas, throughout
whole negotiation. All the rest, we consi
displays the most extraordinary iafalualit
the part of the people of Texas, lo say i
ing of the responsibility incurred t>y lire
ding managers in this rep rest
the interest of the state, and - were boui
protect it.
The Moonshine Company obtained the
dilionnl sixteen sections per mile belongs
the El Paso road, and if they gel from
ernor Pease, of which there is little
the latter' grant ot twenty sections, all
will be necessary to enjoy- both rights ml
to build a double track railroad. There
this company, started upon moonshine,
become the owners largest capital
held by a corporation, and the people of
as, will have sold their birthright for less
a mess of'pottoge. Walker and his cot
ions are blameless in the matter. The’
spond to the invitation of the Stale,
though there is not a cent of their slot
ken in Texas, they come with the cast
with a brigade of contractors and wot
who have already commenced work in
tern Texas, complying fully with all the
dilions prescribed.
General Rusk, the Senator from Tei
gives his full sanction to the scheme, ana
do Governor Pease qnd the Legislature,
ns the people appear to acquiesce in it.
cannot see that anybody else has muen ca.
of complaint however- great may be their*:
tonisbment at the " madness which rules t
hour” in certain parts of our country in '
gard to railroads and reckless appropnan;
of the public domain.
Ventilation.— lf you open ihe t
sash of a (here is more draught ll
if you open the upper one. Explain the r
son of this. If the lower sash be open, (
external air will rush freely into the w
and cause a great draught inwards; bi
the upper sash be open, the heated air of
room will'rush out, and, of course, there
be less draught inward.
By which means is o room belter vent
ated—by opening the upper or lower sash 1
A room is better ventilated by opening >
upper sash, becomes the hot, vitiated «
which always ascends towards the ceiliu
can escape more easily.
By which means is a hot room more qui
ly cooled—by opening the upper or lo>
sash ? A hot room is cooled more quid
by opemig the lower sash; because the
air can .enter more freely at the lower p«>
Ihs rojSrfi than at the tipper.
i ,
Information is wanted of Patrick
Jdnn Linfeky by their brother Michael I 1
ity. Patrick left Ireland five years ago, >
was last heard from about one year f
when he was at Pittsburg, Pa. John
Ireland one year, ago, and when last h« s
from, he was in -Bucks county, Pa. TW
are from (he town of Rockwood, Parish
Clare, county of Galway, Ireland. . Any
formation respecting, them will be thankful
received by their brother, who, landed at N**
York in April last. Please address Micba**
Linsky, in care of Lewis Marlin, Esq.,
liamsport, Lycoming co,, jPa.
. Editors throughout.the country will conje [
h great favor by giyipg'the above an
in their ,cplumns, ..
i' Bbtteh to’ expose ourselves .to ingraii
lude, then fail In assisting the unfortunate.
A.