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JAM33B POLL dtfK r qf»prtlpn|l»eriai4<
FOR CANAL <X)MMISS!ONERv mcnl!
; GEORGE DARBIBf Of Alleghany. >
*'. T, ; ;, . FOR SUPREME COtfRT,- ’ ' i
PANTF-T, M. SBTirSERrof Montgomery.
?EOPLE*S .CHOICE FOR CONGRESS f
OAIUSHA A. GROW, of ,oas4neßßimEL
AntWMhraska County Ticket
jtoß REPRESENTATIVE, ,
Tbomai X.. Baldwin, Of ftoga.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER.
William D. Bailey, Of WtlUbero.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
O, B, Welle, Of Joc'fon.
Errata.— ln Scire Facias’ letter of last week
there occurred several errors, corrected below. They
were overlooked in our burry and we regret it.eat*
ceedingly:
In 2d paragraph, Ist lino, for official. read, special,
la lines 18 and 19, for resolution, read re-election.
Jn 4th paragraph 33d line, read “If the North is
preparcd'lo act” 1 dec.
Judge Pollock's Speech*
F/onj Ihe general satisfaction manifested by those
who listened to Judge Pollock's speech* wo arc con.
fidcni that hU recent visit here will rcsoltin much
benefit to the anti-Nebraska cause, by materially
diminishing Bigler's majority. His frank oulspokno
neas on the great questions of the day, his affable
demeanor and candor, prepossessed all in his favor.
Even those -radically opposed to him on political
grounds, speak of Ins eprech in terms of commend,
alion. Wc look forward cheerfully to the result of
the 2d Tuesday In October, confident that U will
exhibit a grand depreciation of Bigler stock herea
bouts.
Wiilppin£-lu«
We shall he among the last to jbelieve that the
rank and file of Tioga will submit to be led away
from principle by the emissaries of parly. We are
aw,ire that certain men who aspire to control the
action of the masses at the polU, ond who thereby
deny the ability of the people to think, and decide
tor themselves, arc employing not only soft words
and smooth speeches to win them back to the wor
ship of party , but likewise threads of proscription in
the future distribution of petty offices. If there arc
any base enough to sell their votes for such a paltry
considerations, they are to be pitied. They are not
freemen, but slaves—more degraded than the Afri
can, because free to accept the alternative of chains
or reject it. Go up to the polls and give the lie to
the saying which has been rung in our ears conlina.
ally for the past three months-* 4 * The rank and file
of the democratic party are governed by & clique of
Wellaborough political wirepullers i” Freemen, un
less you glory in such degradation, arise and vindh
Cato your ol.iim to a more exalted character as men
••as free men.
let m Reason Together-
There is a saying among Ihc ignorant, that a
man has a right to do as he please* with hi* own
properly. A little reflection will convince the roost
skeptical Dial this is not true.
There is a like doctrine held by some men, that
it is nobody's business how, or to what end they ex*
ercise their privileges as freemen. A Utile reflect,
ion will show the falsity of this application ol the
doctrine.
Now, the greater the privilege, the greater the'
ewe that should be obicrved in Us exercise ; for the
tame reason that men guard thousands of dollars
with bolls and locks, while the poor man's purse is
deemed safe without the guardianship of either.
ll is every man’s privilege to wear his coat cut,to
suit himself Whether he choose a “frock,” a
“ dress," or a “ monkey jacket"—it 'affects neither
his neighbor's welfare, nor that of his family, gen
ctally speaking. It is also his privilege to vote lor
a good or u bad measure, for a good or a bad man,
or not at all; Die law confers this privilege, or is
supposed to. It provides no penalty for cither care
lessness or indifference as regards the exercise of the
eight of suffrage.
But the * higher law” is not so imperfect as the
civil law ; fut the l.itUr, while it is said to bo {bund
ed upon the'farmer,. i* ollener proved but a base im
itation. “U i- usually highly alloyed with the base
purposes of ij* designing framers. The higher law
teaches that every privilege bestowed upon man,
mast bo cxer ?iscd with due regard to the rights of
others. Wring cannot be legalized —Pierce, Doug
las, Bigler ai d Forney to the contrary, nolwilbstand
log. If the (monalcr, party, chooses to present a
bad man, or |t.bud measure for the support of tree
men, it by no means follows that freemen are nnder
bny obligations to perjure themselves in (he eye of
,(ho moral Ujv by yielding cither their suffrages
No! it is tho!duly of each man to pause and reflect
upon the oonfeqocncea of his action, lest ha involve
whole communities in general ruin.
Men should be the true representatives and advo.
; lose sterling principle* upon (he tiiamph
depends the. happiness of every man, wo.
:hild in this land. Look at the Guberna
did.les now before the people—each the
live, not hmely of a party, but really of 1
a principl!, on the triumph of either of which de*
oates nf tJ
of which
man and
(orial caj
represent;
(icctivcly, the wider diffusion of freedom
'Do party leaders say that this question
nltf* Into the present contest? They libel
impeach your power to
' pends rci
Or slavery
’ 'does not i
your ini
' jddge an I determine for yourselves. You hare the
• 'right to hink and decide tor yourselves I and if you
suffer at bilious men to think and act fhr you, don’t
grumble whan you find yoiirkelves bound hand and
and foot and dependent upon the doubtful charity of
the bate men wiip bound yon.
It i> said by those who know belter, that that this
campaign is merely a strife- between the Whig and
Democratic parlies. Look at New Hampshire, Ver
ijiont, Rhode- Island, Connecticut, Maine and lowa !
- What di the glorious results of their elections leach?
Decide Bor yourselves—-the facta are before you.
-pno by one, thoir mighty rebuke* have - -fallen upon
- 1 utto atarlled ear of the Administration-lit Washing.
—ton, warning if of the. certain relribntion yet to'
' tome, - ha» looked fodhe ballot-box forjan endorse
-inent oft.iU.base subserviency to the monster MB uf
the Soap. It haa, thank God, looked in wain thus''
fi,r. The ftenmen of those States could neither be
“ hinghtnor Unified into the proialavery traces. - 'They
'' had Consented to be whipped jnby party leader* no.
lil they Were freemen only in name. They want up
- tothe billut-boa and redeemedthenuelves Rons bon*
It i* bkt» few ’days sinee we were told by a strict
' •<-partyma j that the manea would not-endorse
their sentiments spokou in the resolutions adopted
by lbs 6U> of July Maas meeting, at the polls! ]t
U:
"■i'lp. .-.r-.t; - :;fMi
eras* bold libel; whether
virtually brakded R*
hy pdcrll** ijtd ‘llakfe
each »libeller to walk
shall, ' h Jod
at the Cowl $
another paftof this paper. Frwff ifcan be gainer.
ViTlii*#l«iiir(s&£M
ahdSxpUidtd eqnivoca
tion.-.
oxteosioiiof.ilavcry into the of l^p ;
niii4d4lUea,and a hater QrSßpptesatpb iplafelfri
lprm...9aAh?«mtr«7.
milled in favdrdf tbS rejnitf'of IBS Miiftfuri Com.
promiMj'ty witiqh' the ; - batridf interj?oifea between
free iiid slave soil,’ •tfaerebidfe'sFiy torn dowii,' Yet
be la rioi bkequiYoca!ly,inj/l^i|>g'.‘ 1 jttt Pulton cohrity
he was thoroughly Nebraska, lit MonlrosiVtinder
the careof cx-Spcilier Chase, he would hitve otgani
ited tllosa territories “ withddt dislntbing the Mis,
sonri Compromise.” Still, in the samo speech, he !
declared himself a believerin the’ doctrine of “ pop.
nlar sovereignly ” as carried out in the Nebraska
bill,' This is consistency with a vengeance; He
holds (n the monstrosity that slavery extension is re.
publican! For be calls the obnoxious feature of
that infamous measure a “republican principle.”
Are the freemen of Tioga ready to endorse such a
lie at the ballot-box l We cannot believe it.
Wo are no convert to the doctrine held by some,
that in making Temperance the subject of legists
tion it should be kept out of the arena of politics.
As well mar a shipper propose to send a vessel to
Liverpool or Havre without making use of the
broad Atlantic os a medium of transit. The'sship
Prohibition is yet on the stocks, far as this State
is concerned, and tho agitated,eea of politics must
bear her, if at. all, into her destined haven.
Some knaves will ship in her, and leave her at the
first qfflee* ial landing place, no doubt; but that is no
good reason why her other passengers—a sorrowful
host of weeping wives and wailing orphans—
be kept watting on the hither side of the sea which
must be crossed before their tears can be dried and
their wails hue bed.
Few reformatory measures can bo preserved in
their original purity, whether using legislation as a
mean*, or relying on (heir own intrinsic merits.
Why is not oil legislation for tho suppression of
Vice and Immorality mado subject to this objection ?
As well might men say that a strict observance of
the right of every individual to what his or her in"
duslry has purchased, could be had without legisla
tion, as that Prohibition should not make a stride to.
wards success by being engrafted upon the policy of
political parties.
Suppose that the vice of gambling wos as alarm
ingly prevalent as that of Intemperance : How ma
ny, aside from those addicted to that vice would ob
ject to legislating for its suppression 7 And who
would be so silly as to advocate the election of men
to make laws, and a man to approve them, all, base
ly subservient to that vice, or non-committal in re.
gird to it? No true frjend of morality, certainly.
11 would be a suicidal course.
Yet, very many professed friends of Prohibition
advocate tho voting for that measure without refer*,
ence to the sentiments of the men into whose hands
tho fate of tho measure is to bo given. It is said
that no man, or parti/ is at stake. Granted: there la
Something superior to either—there is a principle
at stake •- and it is tho duty of every good temperance
man to look to it that good men mo put forword to
bailie for it There must be an issue made between
men, or farewell to Prohibition.
All who have read both Judge Pollock's and Gov.
Bigler's letters to the Stale Temperance Convention,
will have no difficulty io choosing between them.
Poilock’qis clear,aLruUlbr.ward and manly; Bigler's
U thc rjughly non-comtnillnl, though ho haa since
talisficd John Chambers that he is friendly In Prohi
lion. Such is the position of the gubernatorial can*
didales presented lor the suffrages of temperance
men. There is no room for dodging here. Those
with whom temperance is more than pro/etfion t will
prefer Pollock to Bigler. But those who “ have
made long in the market places to
be seen of men," will vole for Bigler.
It has been asserted by the Bigler press that there
is no difference in the sentiment of the letters in
queMion. As well might they say that there is no
difference between li{»hl and darkness.
We trust that every lover of honor and slraitfor*
waidncea in politics us well as in business, will not
(ail lo contrast Mr. Baldwin's public pledge, and the
Idler of his opponent, Mr. Ryon, published in (he
early part of the campaign, in regard lo (be use of
their voles and influence, respectively, in the elec
tion of a Chief Magistrate of lids Stale, and also
in regard to Prohibition. Jn the first, will bo (bund
on open avowal of determined hostility to Slavery
and Intemperance, and nn honest repudiation of any i
man fur office who is not openly and unequivocally
opposed to the repeal of the M imouri Compromise.
Tn the Utter, wo find a repudiation of the repeal of
(hat restriction, but a repudiation without even an
apology for a backbone in it. He does not back up
the Ist resolution adopted in the Convention that
nominated him, by repudiating the avowed Jricoda
of that measure, of whom Gov. Bigler is one of the
first He leaves ibis all-important point untouched.
Why did fie dodge this point? Simply, because
he desired to pursue a course which should not ren
der him obnoxious (o the Nebraska wing of the par
ty, whose support he would stoop to ask while he re
pudiated their governing principle. It is vouched
for.by prominent Nebraska men, that fie is privately
pledged to go for Bigler.' On'the .other hand. It is
boldly assorted by anti-Ncbraska men that he is
pledged to go for Pollock.
Candor compels us to acknowledge thsf both par
ties undoubtedly speak the truth.- That he has two
fates—a Bigler face and a Pollock fucb—is beyond
a question. And this is the man ‘that asks to rep
resent the freemen of Tioga in the LcgbdslOre!
Temperance men, where is your security that
ho will be (rue to the cause of Prohibition 7 ~ You
have none. Remember that the eau*e must h&ve
sleepless friends in Harrisburg, even though the peo
ple sanction th* measure by an overwhelming vote.
Mr. Baldwin t& such a friend i hn is out boldly in
favor of a Prohibitory Liquor Law, is .capable, bon
est and faithful. We give to the public two letters,
showing how much his ppponenTa pledges are worth.
We publish them because thefreomeq of this county
.(isve a right to know who they aro vqting for.
The original letter* are in ourliands and open for
examination.
M. H. CQ9p„^3q.—Z?ear Sir .-—Enclosed
-please find jailors, which you arent liberty
to use as you,think proper. Mr. Ryon has
since dcnied having madeany. pledges.,
.Respectfully Yours, ,
/■’ w. ,w. ballard.
MANBFi)Bi,D,Seph £2,1854. ,
P. Damojs, Esq.— ltear Sir .’—Youre of
iF
to* toe;
pth.
Prohibition.
Uyoii, uud Dodging,
Au. Artful Hedger,
Li WREN SEVILLE, Sepi. 25, 1854,
S' it
jlhwaa yesieriwr, tdo la(^> r
ail. : Mr. J-p^*
, was in jwfctance
eoid h»-imder»reod ywMwd toldlnat
he (Ryon) .wait .'pledged to Pollock. I told
Hr
your authority; «n<T ho never told any such
l ilfiftg^ffS^enl^onTtf' ;
j pledged lo Polltfck.;-:!; theB-.aiJted. hints if bp'
mowepi r and .ihen-said, a gpoA. many of.fiLa,
ftleJidaCWorß, l am)'he .did;
deal qhouLtl. ~-d jold him! jo Know
whprfjeriha jvas 4Bigf er ' m! ld or ;not; ; for if,
he-wnn no), I would noieupport him. . He
sniff if he ieehf to the polls this fnll\ and w
teftjtejie jntended to do,fre,should vote fpr
Jffglerri helieye thtfiis.aboul.the pohsfnncp,
- ,-rrC. SHERWOOD. ;
(he
ih«;
R yj
Lawsekceviixe, Sept. 35,1854.
Mr. Cobb, —Dqar Sir ;—Aa Mr. Ji W.
RybH is'charged with pledging himself to
vole, for both candidates for Governor—-Big
ler & Pollock, I will siale'what I know jin re
lation lo Ijie mailer: I told I suapeeldd
that he was going to vote for Bigler. He
saidfye should nol, but would vote'for Pol
lock. This elnirmeni waa made in ihe pres
ence of. Ro)al Wheeler. • Respeelfullyi
SAMUEL CHAPMAN.
Dr. Beaumont, in his excellent treatise upon the
Digestive function*, demonstrates the superior
heuUhfulnesa of cold, or moderately worm food, bycr
that which is pip'mghot In view of this, our
bor should endeavor to keep cool while we are setw
Sng him up br the grand barbecue to come odron
the second Tuesday in October; and especially, l as
he above all things desires the freemen of this ebon,
ty to swallow him whole—inconsistencies and all.
Our remarks two weeks ago seem to have reached
the u tender spot 11 in his gentle nature; and we now
behold Ihc strange metamorphosis of an eagle: into
a porcupine, in (he moulting season. After Die [nun*
her of a certain ghost we read of, ho shakes, not a
gory head, but the mangled stump of tho “ pluribus
and imam quill” at us with a malicious emphasis.
Our amiable conleraporury docs not see the point
of the expression 11 pluribus end unum quill.'*
Neither do we; bates great men usual!; employ
words appropriate to the illustration of the idea
they wish to convey, wo are left to conclude that it
fit? the quill in question remarkably well. Wo .are
not the author of the term, and take this occasion to
solemnly protest against our .neighbor’s merciless
fling at the author of “ Flash Poetry.” lie should
be thankful fyr the glimpse of immortality friend
Churchill awards him in his immortal work. Bear
fame’s honors meekly. Colonel, though thoy come
habited in bad latin syntax. All great men are sub
ject to such annoyances.
After embalming us in bad humor, rolled os up
and labelled as in terrific latin, perhaps oaf neigh
bor will listen to a short story, strikingly illustrative
of tlie manner in which he disposes of our charges
against him s
Joe Jones was rather cute,'as well as lazy. Was
there a jab to be done, Joe was always on hand for
—dodging. One warnj Juno morning bis father
equipped him with a hoe and a half peck of beans
anrl hndn him go plnnt thorn hr tW w.m.fwij. Jot<
departed with unwilling ha*tc, and having reached
the field, sat down, with the dish of henna at his
feet. It’ll take an nlifircd while to hide oil this
*erc pile o’ beans, six in a hill,” mused he, and then
fell a.thinking. Suddenly a bright idea struck him.
i Lifting up a broad, fiat stone, ho deposited the beans
in (he cavity, •• There 111I 11 cried ho, triumphantly,
“I’ve done for that pile o’ beans, anyhow !**
Has onr neighbor a word of explanation in regard
I to hie tivo-vidednew on (lie Nebraska question ? not
| one. Has he attempted to justify his support of Gov.
Bigler in the fecc of the first resolution adopted by
Hie Tioga Convention, which utterly repudiated him?
No. He is silent upon every charge made against
jiicn. Docs he think to deceive the intelligent raters
of (his county.by such pitiable sluiU 7 They will
answer at the polls, ‘
Docs he think to divert public attention from the
rtdtculuus inconsistencies of his past course by Irv
ing to drag Mr. Baldwin down to hia own level ?
He will find that the people cannot bo blinded by
such puerility as breathes through hU late effort.
We had hoped lo spare him the merited exposure
contained ifi the following questions, but his course
leaves us no other alternative:
1. Did you not, nut many weeks since, tell ayoung
man whom you thought to be opposed to Prohibition,
that public sentiment made it necessary for you In
assent tacitly to the justice of that measure, and
then add, (substantially) “ Bui you know my princu
pita.”
2. Why did you propose (but a few weeks ago) to
take down Digger's name, provided such a course
would secure your bread an extra layer of butler ?
Now, sir, will you deny saying these things, and
ask fur our authority?
Mass Meeting itt Lawrence Co. A mnss
meeting of the people of Lawrence, county
was held at New Castle, on ihe Bth insl.
'l'here were about three thousand voters in at
tendance, and addresses wore delivered by
Hon. James-Pollock, Col. Curtin, Judge Alli
son, Snm’l A. Purvinnoe, Geo. C. Morgan
and R B. M’Cumbs, Ei-q’rs. The editor of
the New Cuslle Gazette says that Mr. Pol--
lock reviewed every (subject of interest now
before the people, in a most masterly and el
oquent manner,satisfying every honest, intel
ligent,person, who heard, that his , were ilia
true doctrines of pure morality and genuine
republicanism, and that bu is theverv man to
be relied upon to administer them to the best
advantage of the-goveromem and the people.
Men of all parties were present, and till the
opponents of the Nebraska]^indie, whether
Whigs or Democrats, endorsed Mr. Pollock’s
position on this question... His remarks in
opposition to the division of the School Fund
and the prostitution of. our public school to
sectarian purposes, were.ojoquent and impres
sive, and made an impression that will be felt
at-the ballot boxes in October.
Perpetual Motion.—Mr. James G Hen
drickson of Freehold,, MohmouiVCoumy,
New Jersey, “ has gone at)d done it.” Af
ter fortv. ,f hc
has made a* machine that \y!1! not only “ go
of itself,’* but will compel diverse other bod*
ies to iflfh’jub •> is. attached to go likewise ;
in short it has power! The-Success is in the
direction in which so. many have long labored
it) vain, viz,, by the, use of arms and balls‘ai
iadied jo a cyTindpr a constant .inclination, to
turn around, . ‘The'machine requires liosiar*
ting ; take away' Ihe.blocks and it goes Off
“ like a thing of life.*’
Onr Neighbor'
Harrisburg Telegraph.
5X
’oiloj
Judge
IfirsJlL loJ|otic? t Judge id-)
drlssS'd a largl g&ihming of Ihe freerrtfetror
I day lolKeWtf
would haye jeey. yet the Court Housfe
RTi'enlJveHsferitrrs.' ' ~' v
'■ HdWmmtent^d v by''rfefdfHn£ l bVidfly to the
tiecessary^divimon'of'the-people’inio)-parties,-
?gree* different- tinea ofrpolicyir.uAs rothim*.
«6lf, he,had nevpr worshippedjparly. bul ihad,
and: ever ,should-hold. principles superior, ,tq
-men.' ■ He cnultLnql respect; that blind yenet-’
a,iion accorded to-meie names by sopie, and
bad’never been an,advocate of the “ atick-10,
, party” docirinje. . He held Iho tyranny,, of
party.lenders ‘j
ihprify,” as>un
which boosted
laved to repre
weed that has'
for wont of sus
.go up to ihe bji
e.teise their dee
as slaves, i
He did not |come here for the purpose of
reviving old parly issues and building this
campaign upbjn them. .The bank ond larifl
questions were not to be suffered to pul aside
the great issues which had come up to ,be de
cided by people. It was lime for men
to organize for the purpose of thinking nnd
acting as became men to whose judgments
great and all important questions were sub
mitted. Thorn,was a great cunlest between
Prcedoin and Despotism in the world, liu
rnpe was shaken to her center with the vio
lence of the strife, and despots were trembling
for the stability of their thrones. In Nicho
las we behuld the embodiment of all that is
dpicstubie in despotism, all that is abhorcnl
in 4he sight of men trained in the home of
Freedom.. In obedience to this feeling in
some degree, wo behold France and England
joining hands and interests to hurl back upon
ibe Autocrat the ruin he meditated for the
Turkish Empire. Already Poland lay pros
trate beneath his iron heel, and Hungary wpa
cheated of the price of her blood
by the spmo merciless po-ver. When he is
crushed, wo shall hear the jqbiUnt shout of
liberty cortjntg up from Ihj* down-trodden
millions pit Europe. When Nicholas is bea
ten dowp, Europe is redeemed.
In America,'likewise, ihere is a power, not
clad in the velstmcnls pf Aulpcratic splendor,
but as i(on-iirmed, ns despotic and as grasp--
jng in js nature. Slavery has planted us
fool upon .free-soil, and aims at nothing less
(hao'The overthrow of our liberties, nnd the
prostitution ol our vast territories to the ftai|-
psl wrong that ever mocked at the genius of
Humanity. Hesaid that slavery repieseuted
,ibe frightful principle of despotism striving
to-day with the liberties of America, It-was
|u power that brought its arm to bear upon
imen ; it held to the rig'ht of property in flesh
and blood fashioned in its Creators image,
chatteiizcd immortality, nnd sought to blot
out the stamp ol hoinaiiliv wtiiet, ; K-.it
impressed upon the beans of his iuleltrgeni
creatures. The subserviency of freemen to
ibis power was humiliating. Was Ibe Con
stitution of the, United Spites a pro-slavery
document ? He repelled the charge tvi'h
scorn, Hu would go back to ibe Revolution, j
he would points to its martyrs nnd ask if
ihere was one who had been a defender of
ehallelizing immortal souls. Slavery had no
defenders at that period. Then it was that
the Declaration of Independence was written,
mid was laid as ibe corner-stone, the broad
nnd safe foundation of our liberties. Ii ut
terly repudiated the right of one man, or one
notion to oppress another. He referred to
Washington—a slaveholder, yet not no npnlo.
gist, nor n defender of Slavery, but n di pin
re rof its existence. The words of Washing
ton on this subject should sink deep iuiu
hearts of Ircemen,
•Jefferson, he said, had been claimed ns the
defender of Slavery. It was false—history
bore a brighter and belter record of that great
nnd good man. It was when he was treatin';
on ibis question that he stud-—“ I tremble for
my country when I think that God is just,. l "
He said that he was a Jeflbrsoniao Democrat ;
that names were nothing-—principles every
thing. That the National Administration
was solemnly pledged to tho interests of the
South. It was evident to him who examined
the records of its nets. To sustain, or coun
tenance the Administration, was to give all
our-influence to the opptessur, and to stand
before the people un advocate of 'the worst
species of despotism. -The only wny to get
at tt.man’s principles was by scrutinizing his
actions, nnd with a knowledge of his princi
ples. it was easy toi givo bis character. By
tin’s rule the Administration and its suppor
ters should be judged. He said that the Ad.
ministration of this State was an open sup
porter of the National Administration, and
fully endorsed its subserviency to the slave
power.
Democracy, said he, utterly repudiates the
idea that any man, or set of men has the right
to needlessly, crush a worm, much less to
degrade aporiiou of God's creatures to the
condition of brutes. It acknowledged no
culpability for the accidents of color, or con
dition, where the latter was involuntary ; but
Slavery was ihh reverse of this, fiir it tieatg
the weak as mere..chaltels, to be bought and
sold like cattle. Democracy and Slavery in
"juxtaposition mocked the sight, and when
spoken, grated harshly upon the ear. The
fathers of the country never recognized the
right of mn'h' io chnltelize his brother. He
was nol'of those who think that slavery-has
nothing to' do! with us here at the North. It
had everything’to do with us'j by folding
ourhandsj we ; should become slaves, find he
wanted ho slaves at the North; but-nierk, who
would go up to the ballot-box uni rammeled.
He’ihen referred to'the’Ordinance of 1787.
It whs Sechndohly in impoiiaUcß to ihe-De
idaratjon of rndeperiderice,-(br it-dediented to
freddom cl all”llie ‘iohgth' tfnd, hrerdth of the
great West, How blossoming' beneath'tho pro
tection of millipKS of freerten' who have erec
ted a vast area of tfcnhte’ territory Into popu
lous and powerful States, That Ordinance
(prbnrieihal ilio'joofof a hlnvjh
lute the Mij pf, tiiaf'Vast ibPrifory' 'lt'was a
wall ofsirepgth erected by the hhnda dffree-} ■
men against the aggressions orhuraan slavtii'y. 1
GIT AT
Speech at Wei
onbi
;f,clothed with a little, brief hu
j worthy qf] toleration |n a .land
I of. its; liberty, and .which sq
(sent despotism ms g .noxious
perished forever ..from our soil
atenance.- He would have men
jilluh-box untrammelled —to cx
[uest privileges us freemen, not
rTETTrin
I He |»ke{fi!every pm-slavery man to go>'
|>Bck Md' md (he pmmble of the act byj
|whichf|a lajpO, Slaver was abolished in
ndiTonty to rend, but to;
ponder trail,the. sentiments it contains, and
Tteetoywhetherfhay-wili fc-by
TtbinßifidtWdsmffiPttloSoutherD despotism.,
aff and
-Te<TOsh'Mieiisßemocracy.---.He;referreddoJhß
purchase' of Louaianarjty l&03;j-en(|j w|jh it
a small : ‘co|ony of slaves. 1 ' 1 Tnen,' be said,
began a polipjf whgtfft Jiasi
yielded the,.system .go. many disgraceful tri--
mcubui' J bf SlnveYy heavily ' updo
her, and then commenced,a : sfrdggie'bf free- L
dbttf d'gaiDst (life 1 grisping'.'ambitton of the
Slave power, involving so mtrny fearful con-:
'seque'ncea. and, threatening the best interests'.
'of i he Union with destruction: Out of this
struggle glfew Ihd-MissouriCothprosise. He:
said that the North had always compromised;
with Slavery,' that slavery held'always,
been the gainer thereby. The South consid
ered that Compromise as a triumph, and'but
three of tlie Northern members 6f Congress
who voted-for it were returned to that body,
BtV indignant was the-North. : ' Tha I>u;iala
lure of ibis Coinm'nh'Wiillb passed'reanlutions
condemning the measure. Compromising
with Slavery was like an .accommodation
with ft highwayman of whom we purchase
life with our purses. If .was wrong to cede
anything to Slavery, for it overwhelms us
with ruin in return.
He pointed to California, which, with a
free Constitution, knocked'for admission into
the Union. Was she admitted 1 No! for
nine Idnft months she wailed if suppliant, at
a door which the slave power refused to open.
She had to wait until ihe price of her admis
sion was fixed. That price was the Fugitive
Slave Law, an abomination, destroying the
validity of the hnbeus corpus and repudiating.
I rial by jury. Through the base sycophancy'
and meanness of Northern men ibis thing
was accomplished.
Power, shid he, either iri a despot or slave
holder never con bo satisfied, lls lust is in
satiate. The Missouri Compromise became
obnoxious to the South—it spoke, and North
ern men did (ho deed. By that compact, in
all territory north of 36 deg. 30 min. Slave
ry was forever prohibited! But the political
definition of the word “ forever,” he said,
was “ forever—uniil Ihe Souih wished it
ended.” (The Judge here introduced an an
ecdote aptly illustnling this point, and show
ing that when the law of a slaveholding State
and the law of God conflict, the Sure law is
considered the higher law.) He wrfs aware
that Dougins and thjp friends of his bill, pro
nounced ihe Missouri restriction unconstitu
tional ; but such men ns J. Q. Adarfis, Henry
Clay, William Wirt, and other master spirits,
had pronounced it constitutional. He abode
by their decision.
He then proceeded lo discuss the subject
of “ popular sovereignty.” Ha subscribed
Id that ooclrine when applied to a Slate, but
such a thing could not exist in a territory.
If was a pi’iable subterfuge of pro-elavery
men. Anv lawyer, said he, who contrnds
ih.it popular sovereignty ran obtain in a ter
ritory should close hi? books forever. The
pretence is absurd. Tile people of a territo
ry have not the power lo elect either a gover
nor or judge. A territorial legislature may
enact a law, the Governor may sign it ; but
is it a law therefore? No; for Congress
Ins power lo repeal that act by its- own.
Therefore, as all its powers were granted by
Congress, popular sovereignly cannot exist
in a territory, but only in a sovereign Slate.
He nexi took tip the plea of non-interven
tion, pul forward by the friends of Slavery
extension. Il menus, said he, that slavery
has a right lo enter those territories, since
their constitution admits it, and a local legis.
laturo has m power lo expel if. The asser
tion that the eluViate and soil of that territory
render il impossible that slavery should ever
be 'established there, said he, may be true;
bui if so, if nature bids slavery back from
that soil, why did the Democratic putty re
fuse to listen to the voice of God speaking
through nature, hy opening Ihe way for Ihe
establishment of Slavery there ? There were
frauds connected uuh the repeal of the Mis
souri Comprumi-f’, which, when exposed,
would make‘the ears ol Northern men 'ingle.
He 'hen udverlbd m the baneful influence
of slave labor updn free, and said that when
the giant of Free )abbr was brought tn.o firfl
and uninterrupted' competition with Simp
labor, Slavery trulsi go down. The South
dreaded this competition, and would work
with all their midtl to drive out free labor
from Kansas. freemen of the North
must arise nnd hssfn their rights, at all risks,
or become slaves tlemselvcs.
Was Pennsylvania so far north that she
had no voice to infuence the action of Con
gress? No. Hut 'Ghv. Bigler stood up
with the the occasion demanded,
nnd signified his disapprobation of the Kan
sas bill it never would have become a blot
upon our legislative records. It was-in the
power of ihe Democratic parly of this Slate
to have crushed Ihe monster, but it refused
to sfrike.
I he Judge then spoke of the past policy
of Pennsylvania, in regard to the Public
Works: 'I hose, he said, were the subjects
of the most stupendous-frauds. The' report
of the Canal Board for the last year showed
a surplus ol expense over and above the reve
nue of the mu in linh, of §452,000, and upon
the other branches; still another ol 8350,000,
besides 850,000, saijkfo have been stolen by.
unknown persons. 'These defects had to be
made up' by fhe tax-pavers. The Public
Works’ had chSf §87,000,000. The whole
revenue collected from them amounted ho
only 825,000,000—tax-payers had paid the
balance, Hd' Whs in favor of selling the
Public Works and applying the proceeds to
the paymfent of the Public debt. He.was in
fairor of selling them at any price/and if
nebds b 6, of giving them sway, rather than
allow them to sink ihe Commonwealth be
rieath a aifll 'greater debt, ■
He said he had always been a friend to’the
cause of edocation, : arid especially 'to' the
Commbn'Schbol System, He rejoiced- that
We had suefr a ’System; and was- for still
greater iftxiehljfon of its privileges. He-was
to aidivision of the school fund -to
■acedrttrriQdafe any sect-Or party. He:regard
ed tbs Bible as the fext book of stqteamea,-
1 IK a«T ,*’-i K H 'S' s;r.-
i . ja.ivr «st*.
; chmjs v;j*s bni;
and a or coo,
diiiop^.*®)ft«hitß!bih#4nothing,to do win,
politicsyaHid' if anysauchu aioieiat anainsh
doWh. ratalfe pjsd u tiMtiig- ti);do, with
church, as eupb‘{. Ab?*4«sW be'di«tinciors».
*a_s in, favor ofrbe largeotljj.
ing eVeryj.ipaj} epd according
ihe dictates of his. Dfh con»cience, If ( }, at
was bigot dme# ! mighi’tmke ihe most 0 f it.
As tega rddd PftfiibrHonlrfej "Said that hi
% tho voice of
the people. ;, Jr.ihey -signified ai the ballot,
box d hat 'ihey tVished, for' such a
would'not stah’d' : bet weed them and their
wishes,' He was’ in fatbr of reform both
moral and,political.'', ' ■ -. _
A hearty -round of applause greeted the
Judgd'aSh’elCft the' stand;
COMMIMCITIOSS.
Sclre JPaclas Dl«conw(h ot Norik
:.No, 1 and Ikorlh No. 3.
Mkssiis. Bailky Si Cobb;— ‘l profess to
belong to’North No.l, and to stand, as near
ly as I may, by the truth and .'the, right “it
I understand'- them. .WKenwe actjpoliiicil.
ly, it is seldom in a method' or upon a pin
that ngrees with our ideal. There is as yet
no opportunity for its to wort in the field of
politics for (ho advancement of our pnnci.
pies, with any hope; of immediate succesi,
except in consenMvith North No. 2. W«
desire to see her prosper in all her belter
movements, because she needs, encourage
men), and will not go ahead without u—
therefore we act and vote with her whenever
her measures and men are'tolerable. Tha
goes hard ..with ..us sometimes. It feels too
much, like bondage and compromise, and a
.submitted to only. in the hope of-better op
portunities. While we thus co-operate, you
must' not impose silence upon us. Let n suf
fiee'thiit we act when the privilege is offered,
and forbear to mar your good beginnings, or
rash and untimely criticism. No. 2 need
not be too crank wiih her new cargo of pno
ciples. ,Tlie very vviod that fills her sain
was raised by No, 1. And God knows ho?
soon she will be fain to heave the cargo over
board. There arc shallows and bresken
ahead, that No. 1 knows of, but No. 2 will
not gel round unless well instructed in ad
vance. My criticism upon the vote ot'Mr.
Grow may be founded upon error—but t
was not rash in a practical sense—for i
could not embarrass his election, even in -be
Wilmot district. Only think again how i
will look—that vole, wi'h a private excuse—
should we re-elect him unanimously, and
without protest! 'My criticism is therefore
needed. It will not answer In have It under
stood ihat such voles, for any possible rea
son, will be long tolerated. Now as to more
general mailers.
No. 1 is self-sustained and pot dependent
on appearances for encouragement. She Pas
undoubtlng faith in Providence and in the
liumun heart—a confidence that pure truth,
faithfully applied, will in duo time convert!
ruling mijorily of men. The reverses bat
wither tlie nerves of No. 2, give her no un
easiness. To her they are only phases ol
progress. The lale dark stagnant night of
Union saving conservatism, was to her, omit
the. “ muiher dews” that should quicken me
precious seed she had committed lo the s«u.
She does nol wail for public opinion, J(
the favnr o( mnj>■ rilies, 10 give her leave o
act nod speak ; nor ihe period of success o
commence her work. She always ine*
llml hard work musl precede success.
She resents ihe-arrogant bearing of >lsr«-
nrchy j—nol id tescnl were impossiblt—ou!
she does nol lake it to heart, nor lake ii home I
lo herself. She well knows it is nol aimai I
ai her ; but at another party, who deserves* I
richly, and may receive much benefit fronts. I
Ileseinmeni is not her motive power. ■
She vwiB not greully disappointed, dot i
deeply grieved by Ihe repeal of ihe "'in*
honored Compromise for she fell that i .
deeper grief and a greater dishonor had pit
ceded that. Na\,lhnl ihe Cumpronp-r, ■ t
self, wns a dishonor. She was gladftnstti
ihe f«nh in compromises-exploded, and d* I
harmony mleYrupled between the slave nwitfi
and Ins biped bln. dhounds, —clad hnt t
weak, blind and. corrupt North had. been co
erced imo n shameful and moriifving p"Sv jj
lion, where hs assimne insiincl could renal*
ihe mter s> Ilisliness, and namtul infidelity «
the Slavearehv.
...She was indeed grieved, to see sincnm
down, the last legal barrier to Slavery in IM
territories; hut she hopefully resolved «
build in iis place a living wall, girl wtih th* I
fire of liberty-loving hearts.
She discerned, in this last madness of il* (
oppressor, a good omen. “ Pride goeth I)*' (
fore, destruction, and a hauuhty spirit bsfot* f
a fitll.’’ Scran Facia*.
Corretpondince of M< JtgUaicr.
CoDDKBSPOBT, Sept. 14, ltJ54.
It wns advertised here a short time situs
that a mass meeting of the Democracf
would be held on the 9lli Inst., at which in*
G»v. Bigler would -be- present and addrrs
the people of Potter County on the gce |!
questions of the day—Rnm and Slavery-
Accordingly (he Hunker leaders here, m llo *
all the efforts in their power to raise ste> n
enough tomake it a great “ ocoasinn."
of the leaders went to tlje State of M e *
York and hired a brass bond—another »e®
around the county trying to get the ‘‘P >,n ‘
•otic yeomanry” out to meet (not VVdln®
Bigler the candidnle) but ihe Governor®
the'Commonwealth, another made a
effort to gei thirteen young gills who
dress in white and go and meet the Governor,
intending'by them to represent the thine® 1
-original States, and lie succeeded by
toLymansvillefor them —and d fourth * (CI
to Wellsbord'. to meet that “great man" >nc
bring him here. I merely incite these
•of the many preparations which were rnsoe>
-for the purpose of giving you an ide* 01
[he means used to raise the Hunker » le * n ’
trir-Potter ‘ County, and to show too, 11,1
“things aim now as they-use to was” l6ol
nay even five, years sigr), forthe aniiq u,le<l
tnodut o perandi of" Raising patriotic ste*®
above referred, to, five or tdh y'eats «8°
would have ; brought the people put of 1 6
toivn's by tiondreds, where on- Saturday '*
thate-were tens,