x 1 ‘ l4 I, s h-< «>
BlKlriraad the Honor of the State.
The Governor end b’i* are' boast*
it® '6f‘hi» spirited'conduct in-the 1 case of
McCreary, the kidnapper “Mark; how a
plain (hie put* iheiti 36wtt."‘
Raobe! Parker, a free-born citizen,,- Of
Pemwylvdoiii wa * kidnapped by cer|ain Bal
tiinore «laW-dealerk, hurried off 10 ihaf city,
and thrust into a slave pen. Several citterns
of-the vicinity went to Maryland, in pursuit
of the stolen girl, and gave testimony in Bal
timore to the effect that she was free and had
been kidnapped:' for which one of their
number, Joseph Miller a respectable citizen,
of Chester county, was brutally murdered
before he left Maryland. Thomas McCreary,
of Baltimore, a notorious scoundrel, who had
for years been comtrfiuing depredaiions on
Pennsylvania soil arid escaping into Mary
land for safety, was [afterwards indicted
a Chester county Grdjqd Jury ; and this true
bill was taken to Governor Bigler, and he
.was called upon to dd his duty and bring the
wreicb lo (rial, but that duty was never dis
charged. It is true made l he requisition
on the Governor o(i Maryland, which his
duty as a public officdrcompelled him lo do ;
but Gov. Lowe, in defiance of our constitu
lional rights, refused lo deliver up the crim
inal. Thereupon, Gov. Bigler writes Gov.
Lowe a letter, and there the matter drops;
and McCreary walks abroad unpunished for
his criipes. At this open and almost unpre
cedented insult lo our Stale, doesJthe Gov
ernor show a proper degree of spirit, or does
ho meanly ” (ruckle to an outside influence ?”
He tamely pockets the insult, and permits
this Jesuit Governor of Maryland to trample
on our constitutional rights, wiihout another
word, even of remonstrance, on the subject.
His next message after the outrage passes
over the subject in silence, ns unworthy of
attention. But he did more than lamely sub
mit. As if to show his subserviency to
slavery, and his disregard for the rights of
the Commonwealth, the very next Legisla
ture, overflowing with Bigler’s friends, passed
a resolution, inviting this same abettor to
crime, this Lowe, and other Stale officers, to
visit Harrisburg as the honored guests of the
Slate. The invitation was accepted, and the
Maryland slaveholders, who may have (hough:
hard of Pennsylvanians fir asking the sur
render of a man as a criminal, when he was
only n kidnapper, were conciliated at an ex
pense lo the lax-payers of this Slate, of
something like six thousand dollars. That
is o specimen of the manner in which -Gov,
Bigler has maintained the honor and dignity
of the State. “ Shame, where is thy blush 1”
The Foreign AntUAmoricap
Party.
The movemenls of the Democrats, with
their foreign allies, the Irish Catholics, are
rapidly developing themselves. War is open
ly proclaimed against all who dare stand in
opposition to the craft of Rome, while it
works to undermine our institutions! It
appears (hat Mr. Borland, a clerk in the
office of the Adjutant General, has been dis
missed by Jefferson Davis, on the ground
that ha was a 11 Know Nothing” and had
voted for the Know Nothing candidate for
Mayor at Washington. This is a new and
bold tyranny ! As the New YoHt Herald
says, “ the only charge that has been serious
ly made against the Know Nothings wan
on account of their unconstitutional proscrip
tion of a large class of our-cilizens who had
had the misfortune to be born abroad, and
had they merely attempted to repress the riot
ous conduct of foreigners, or to curtail 'he
political influence of foreign societies of men
calling themselves Irishman or Germans,
and yet assuming to exercise the righis o!
Americans, no one but those against whom
their measures were directed would have
found much fault; but-now we find the gov
ernment pursuing a precisely similar course :
the only difference between it and the Know
Nothings being that while they proscribe for
eigners, Mr. Pierce proscribes Americans.
It must bencefonh be understood that no man,
holding office under government, is allowed
to hold American sentiments, nr profess
American doctrine, under pain of dismissal.
He may be an Irishman, or a German, or nn
Englishman, or a Frenehman, and rnav hold
to this original nationality wi'hnui jeopard
ising his office: but if he but whispers a
word of preference for his own countrymen,
he is marked for slaughter at once* and ihe
BXS falls accordingly ’’
Electioneering Document*.
The “ Platform," u Dein ■icralic campaign
sheet, published in the office of the Slate
Printer, for gratuitous circulation, is sem
out by ihousanda into every part of the Slate,
under frank of the office holders on ihe bill,
et an immense expense to the tax-pavers of
the Commonwealth. For misrepresentation
and scurrility, the “ Platform” is oboul equal
to the “ Democratic Union," or the “Iron
Gray," published here in former years.—
This Jesuitical electioneering document is
printed under the direct supervision of the
Administration, and is circulated broadcast
over the Slate, with a view of poisoning the
minds of the people, and misrepresenting and
falsifying the position of the Whig candi
date*. The circulation of this infamous
sheet will cost thousands of dollars, and the
people of the Stale will have to “ foot the
bills.” The Heads of Departments and
their Clerks are all busy in sending out the
“ Platforms," instead of attending to the
legitimate duties of their offices.
— Telegraph.
The Main Election. —The recent signal
defeat <sf the Democrat* in Maine has called
forth the following consoling language from'
the Washington Union. The Union says,:
“ As usual, every democrat is defeated in
Maine—the telegraph is so sure of it that it
would be criminal to doupt that truthful indi
cator of public sentiment. VVe have never
known the telegraph, in such cases, to tell
the truth before, and of course, therefore, it
tells the truth now. And yet we have to say
to our readers—what we have said before—
that a party bold and base;enough to ally to
itself all the factions and isms of the day can
scarcely fail to succeed at the first or second
trial; but, for ourselves, we are like unto the
progressive Frenchman, who, in leading a
greet reform, declared to his friends that he
had ‘ placed his bark upon the highest prom
ontory, and fearlessly awaited the rising of
the waters to float jl away,’ ”
THE AG^TitTl)!.
3
ThnridarlffOThteg^pct.
ANTI-I«£BRASKAXICR£T.-
JAMES POLLOCK, pfWorthmberlimtL
for canal commissioner,
GEORGE: DARSIE, of Allegheny.
FOR SUPREME COURT,'
DAIJIEL 81. SMYSER, of JHontgomefy.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR CONGRESS; ....
GALUSHA; A.GROW, of Susquehanna,
Anti-Nebraska County Ticket
FOB REPRESENTATIVE,
Xhomai L. Baldwin; Of Tioga.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER.
William D. Bailey, Of WelUboro.
■ foR COMMISSIONER,
O. B. Wells, Of Jaetson.
Laaman, Bigler &, Co,—Judge Pol
lock’* • teller—lei preeinew rend
uud decide lor tUemselvcs.
In his speech at the Court House on the 27th nit.,
Gov. Bigler took occasion to comment quite freely
upon the contained in Judge Pollock’s
Sullivan letter, and labored hard to prove that they
were contradictory. Some two weeks since, our
neighbor of tho Eagle look up that letter with pre
cisely the same object in view, and has successfully
demonstrated his incapability to draw a rational con
clusion Iron) well-defined premises.
In justice lo Gov. Bigler and our neighbor, it be
comes our duly to state, that the egregious folly
manifested in adopting this view ol that letter is not
originally theirs. It first saw the light in the edito
rial columns of the Democratic Union —a paper dis
tinguished for nothing except its bitter hostility to
Temperance, frcc-soil, free speech and free men. Its
influence is confined to the low groggerics and dens
of infamy, the depraved tastes of whoso frequenters
it caters fur, and whose votes it hopes to control.
It is owned and controlled by a wealthy distiller,
and never contained one appeal to the higher and
nobler impulses of man’s nature, or one sentiment
that tended lo elevate men above its own degrading
subserviency lo dollars and cents. Under such pat
ronage Judge Pollock’s letter was first falsified and
misrepresented. For tho information of all, and
with the fullest confidence in the soundness of that
letter, we insert it here:
Milton, June 19, 1854.
■ Gentlemen: —Your teller of the 27th ult., with
accompanying interrogatories, has been received.
To yuur first question I reply, that regarding the
passage of the Nebraska bill as reckless and illad
vised, —as a wanton breach of national honor and
plighted faith, and as an open and undisguised at
tempt to extend the institution of slavery to territo
ries now free, I am in favor of re-enacting that por
tion ol the Missouri Compromise which prohibits
slavery in the territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
To your second question I answer, that the re.en
actment of the provision referred to, would necessa
rily exclude slavery from these territories; and the
unconditional manumission of all staves tltcn there
could not be regarded as a moral or legal wrong to
any party, for slavery can have no legal existence
in those territories, either by act of Congress, or un
der the false pretence of “ popular sovereignly."
The power to establish slavery can only exist in ex
press grant, or as an incident of absolute sovereign
ty ; and as the government of the United States is
not an absolute, but a limited, constitutional sover.
cignly, and as the conatilution contains no grant of
this power, express or implied , it follows that Con
gress lias no powes to establish, directly or indirect
ly, by positive act or by permission, under the plea of
“ non intervention," slavery in any free territories of
Ihe United Stales. If therefore,slavery enters Ihose
territories, it will be there, not only without aulhori
(y of constitutional law, but in violation of all law.
Under these circumstances, the restoration and pres,
ervation to freedom of those territories, would lie
sustained by every principle of law and justified by
every consideration of nation&l faith and national
honor. Yours, respeerlully,
JAMKS POLLOCK.
Thus. J. Ingham, Henry Melcalf,-J no. P. Taggart
Committee.
Now mark this fact: The whole argument bro’t
forward to sustain the charge of “contradictoriness"
made against Judge Pollock’s letter, is based upon
the assertion that he denies the right pf Congress to
legislate upon the subject of Slavejy. But lie no
where denies its power to legislatefapon the subject
but its power to establish slsvrry/oniy. What foi.
lows? Why, os their argument is based upon a
falsehood, it falls to the ground.l Every man can
sec tins.
Let us see If he denies the power of Congress to
legislate upon the subject of slavery. Judge Pol.
lock says: “ The power to establish slavery can
only exist in express grant, or as an incident of ab.
solute sovereignly; ond as the government of the
United States U not an absolute, but a limited, con*
Blilulional sovereignty, and as the constitution con.
tains no grant of this power, either express or im
plied, it follows that Congress has no power to cslab.
Jish, directly or indireclly, by positive act or by per
mission under the plea of “ non-intervention,” slave
ry in any free territory of the United Slates.” He
then goes on lo say that the rc-enaclinenl of the
Missouri restriction “would be justified by every
principle of national faith and honor, and sustained
by every principle of law.”
Between the above premises and conclusions, it is
alleged, lies a contradiction. Suppose we examine
the matter together, reader, and sec if the allegation
can be sustained. Let us start with our statement
submitted two weeks ego, the truth of which it is
presumable no Northern man will deny ;
1. Slavery is wrong.
9. Congress, as the representative of the moral
•entiincnl of the people, and under the Conelitution,
hai no right to do, or to extend an evil, either direct
ly or indirectly ; Therefore,
Congress has no moral or constitutional right to
establish Slavery in any territory, either by positive
act, or otherwise.
Gov. Bigler's assertion that Judge Pollock denies
the power of Congress to legislate at all, either
for, or against Slavery, as we have stated, reals up
on the Judge's argument that “Congress has no
power to eetablith Slavery." But docs it follow from
this argument that he denies to Congress the power
lo prohibit Slavery ? No reasonable man will claim
this. Let us turn to the Constitution and see if it
contains any grant of power to Congress to establish
Slavery. It does not; therefore Judge Pollock is
right, so far.
But it is claimed, that if the power to eetablith
Slavery it denied to Congress on constitutional
grounds, tbs power to legitlale at all upon the sub
ject is denied also. Now, let it be remembered that
there is neither an exprett or implied grant ul pow.
er to establish Slavery contained in the Constitution;
and if there is no grant of power to legislate upon
the subject at all, in the Constitution, then the On
ion's argument makes a show of rationality, but a
mere ikow, at the best, for both it, and the Governor
leave the abstract question untouched. Let us turn
to tiie Constitution again: Clause Ist of Section 8,
reads— 1
“Congress shall have .jwwer p l if .mi eoiieet
THE TIOGA_O!
taiekrEutiep, impostiind excises, qi»# *fl arveSibifbr f ■ Bight f , )
WELFARE ollheUuiftd -^.Bijttrand^WMw-poUertinTio| l »,My tha?, :
Stated? v l_i i'i pfv queirfioja.Mnttot, and ibould opine;
Nayfctn*retqis'andiooDsiders|} first pro|j|l- madman |pue Inftjbe coming election, (be:
lion upon which- out argument is. based, »ut t-r-AiU. GoVefnor'&f thioSUta anAcounty officers bavehuUf, !
- Slavery is oh evil. Therefore, ,( tug to dowilhthe question of Slavery.
■^C(mjreMi ; to pwrtde' j" '
for 1 >/%A"*;bJow«a«.ta |K^«nh|i|W^.
rj is in'evif vitally affeclitig Ilib'wel6r6 nf lII® UnV dflhe presehl’ NitlonSl 'AdnllbisUottoh', 'tne’rhert
.ted Slate*, It-ha* power to.Jegielale.for.tbo suppress- -puppet and tool-of the Slave power. :It moatbeov
ion of slavery in territories, within il^.jurisdiction, etwholmed aj.tptety pniip, With ignpminiqua defeat
• But Lauman, Bigler Se, Co!, aaeert that Judge We cannot shorten its constitutional term of exist-
Pollock dehiei'tbe power ’of Congress' tdTegis(afe~ ence, hut wo mutt strike down tie ALLIES, in evp.'
iipcn tlio Subject' of Examine hi« letlpfj ry Slate, Pistrict andCOUNTY. It must jiave no
and mark the word ’of ’denial. There la no each de-r (props in the States upon which 16 lean ibr support
nial. Ho eaye tbat-there ii no-gririt of power tbca, of it* iniquitous policy. •No maifahould be elected
tabfishStavcry in theConstitutiori J lbnt suchpower to responsible office—Governor, member of Coo
ls incident to.absolutosovereignty, but that Congress grdss, or Representative, whose relations of friend
is a limited sovereignty- It has an especial consliln- ship and alliance with jiio National Administration
lional grant of power to legislate for the *( welfare of are open to suspicion.” , .
the United Slates. .Therefore, it h s power to pro ,
hibit slavery in all territories under its jurisdiction.
Thus, the whole fabric of Lauman, Bigler So Op's.,
argument, tails to the ground from inherent rotten
ness. For it is built upon false premises—the asser
tion that by making slavery tho creature of absolute
sovereignty, all legislation upon the enbject Is put
out of the reach of Congress! With all due defer
ence to the distingoished author and his echoes, we
should think that none but a very superficial reason,
er would be gulily of perpetrating such on argu
ment.
But it is not only against Judge Pollock's opinion
that Lauman, Bigler So Co., direct the shafts of their
logic.' A greater array of talent was never present
ed by an administration or Congress,than at the time
of the enactment of the Missouri Compromise.
James Monroe was President, J. Q. Adams, J. C.
Calhoun, and Wm. ,Wirt, were members of his Cab.
inet. The unanimous favor with which this restric.
lion was regarded by the Administration, has been
vouched fur by both Mr. Monroe and Mr. Adams.
In the Senate, and voting for it, were Govs, Barbour
and Pleasants of Virginia, Gov. Johnson of Louisi
ans, Judge Thomas of Illinois, Judge Smith of S.
Carolina, R. M. Johnson, and Judge Logan of Ken- ,
lucky, Win. R. King, late Vice-President of the ‘
United States, Judge Walker of Alabama, Gnv. I
Lloyd and the great jurist, Wm. Pinkney of Mary-,
land—all men of great legal acquirements, and all
agreeing as to tho power of Congress to prohibit
tbs extension of Slavery into those territories, and
with but one exception, we believe, all acknowledging
that there wot no grant of power to establish Slavery ,
contained in the Conititulian, j
The question now is, whether the legal opinion* of
such men bb Lauman, Bigler & Co., should be of
greater weight with the freemen of Pennsylvania,
than the combined judgement of the great minds
who voted for the Missouri restriction. For if Mr.
Bigler is right, those great men were all wrong.
In conclusion, we ask & careful perusal of Judge
Pollock** letter by every voter. The freemen of Ti.
oga are competent to deride between its true senti
meol and the forced construction put upon it by Lau*
mao, Bigler & Co.
Gov. Bigler’s Reception,
The Governor’s reception at the Court HoUfc, was
about as Icy, we opine, as a u live Governor” ever
met with. Taking everything into consideration,
the (demonstration was a signal failure. Ample no
tice bad been given, flaming handbills had been
scattered far and wide in the highway* and bywava
and all other imaginable ways; that nine days won
der—a live Govcrnor—was to bo exhibited, free,
gratis, for nothing. The day was tine—just the an*
Upodes of that upon which Judge Pollock was here
—yet we ore fissured that there were not 50 more
voters present, than assembled to hear the Judge.
As for enthusiasm, oot one hearty round of applause
was vouchsafed bis Excellency.
We have taken pains to ascertain what effect his
speech had upon his hearers generally, but have
failed in making out anything satisfactory. Was
he pro, or anti, on the Nebraska question 7 Neither
he managed to slip over the true question without
touching. Wua he a Prohibition man ? Why, if
the legislature passed a law that suited Aim, ho
would sign it. Wonderful man !
What were his views in regard to the sale of the
Publib works 7 His remarks upon this subject were
emphatically of the nix'komm herons order. He
was nut decided upon anything, except upon smooth*
ing over with soil words, the gross inconsistencies
in his past cour«c.
How entirely different was the course pursued by
Judge Pollock. On all the important questions of
the day, he was clear and outspoken He had his
own views, and expressed them fearlessly and can*
didly. Ho had no concealed opinions—all were as
open os the day. He is thoroughly opposed to tho
Nebraska iniquity—outspoken on Prohibition, and
in favor of any and all honorable measures to oase
the almost insupportable burden of the taxpayers.
Those who groan under the scourge of-taxation
have now to choose between Pollock, who ia in favor
of selling the Public Works rather than allow them
to increase tho public expense nearly half & million
of dollars yearly, and Bigler, who would make use
of Che patronage they afford for the advancement of
private interests. It is a well knotfb fact, that in
distributing the patronage afforded by our Public
Works, the ballot-box is bought and sold like a
chattel. . Thousands of are squandered
annually upon the minions of qangetous men in
power.
Bui lliero is a remedy for this ruinous state of
things. Freemen, it is for you to say how long it
shall continue. Vote for Bigler, and you infuse vi
tality into its system for three years longer. Then,
if your taxes increase, don’t complain, for you
would only present the spectacle of slaves who had
only to arise and shako off their chains, and would
not. Which choose ye, chains, or liberty 7
Freemen,
Can you vole for John VV. Ryon, who ia pledged to
vote for both Pollock and Bigler 7 Do you wish
Such a man to represent you in the legislature tills
winter 7 Will you trust a man, who, not having con.
fidcnce in his own merits, or in the attachments of
his own parly, sloops to employ such means to en
sure his election 7 Read the letters from Messrs-
Ballard, Sherwood &> Chapman in another column
—are they men who would falsify their words 7
No. Let it bo borne in mind that nothing less than
the impeachment of those men can clear Mr. Ryon
from the charge of double-dealing. It is said that
he admits both of thoso letters to be true, and at
tempts to explain away their flat contradictions by
saying, that he pledged himself for Pollock because
of the Nebraska sentiments in Bigler’s Fulton coun
ty speech. That after reading the Governor's Mon
trose speech, ho pledged his vole for Bigler. But we
are assured that his conversation with Mr. Sherwood
took place before the Governor's Montrose speech tecs
published ! And if we are not greatly mistaken, he
pledged bis rote for Pollock before Bigler’s Fulton
county speech was published. Will yon vote for a
man of so little liability 7
HIT Owing to a press of work in tho office we
were unable to report the Governor’s speech. We
engaged k reporter, but be has not reported anything
up to going to press. Our neighbor will publish
from ths original otatueripL
iGXTATQJI..-
IE
a*
I Read Gov. Bigler’s “ Self-Vindication” In another
and choose between his counsel end Judge
Wilmol’s. Remember .that Mr. Ryon has always
been opposed to Judge Wilmot. Think of these
thingst .1
Tour Attention Is requested,
Ist—To the. indisputable fact, that many lending
democrats in the 6th of July moss-meeting, and la
ter, in the Tioga Convention, boldly repudiated any
min for office who was not openly and unequivocally
opposed to the Nebraska iniquity.'
3d—That these very men are now moving smaller
things than M Heaven and Earth” to got votes for
Gov. Bigler.
3d— That Got. Bigler laid in his Fulton connty
speech, that,
“ He had defended the Compromise measures, and
he would defend the Nebraska hill,"
4th—That Gov. Bigler said in bis Montrose
speeph,
“ Could I have controlled it, I would have organ
ixed those territories without disturbing the Missou
ri Compromise."
sth—That a man who preached one doctrine in
Fnllon county, and another in Montrose directly op
posed to each other, is not to bo trusted in the Ex
ecutive chair of this Slate.
6lh—Can any good anti-Nebraska mao vote for
such an embodiment of contradiction t
7th—Read his self vindication in another column.
BEAD YOUR IICKETS,
And trust only your own eyes; there is no certain
safely without. Look out that your packogcs ore
not mixed. Act on your own responsibility, think
for yourself. It is said'that “ The rank and Jilt of
the Democracy are governed by a clique of Wells
borough politicians Freemen, what have you
done to warrant such a libel 7 Have you suffered
Purly to hide, or thrust aside Principle? We will
not believe you capable of doing such a wrong un
til it stands confessed in your actions. Into your
hands is committed the purity of the ballot-box—
will you aid in prostituting it to the base purposes
ot designing politicians 7 You cannot, yoii daro
not. Let committees of Vigilance be stationed at
the polls, and let them see that no tickets are des*
troyed or wasted. Be active, be vigilant.
r;0 TO THE POLLS EARLY,
And lake your neighbor with you. Rouse the in
different, and urge them to go to lire polls and vote
for tho anti-Nebraska ticket. If you would rebuke
the treachery of men in high places—if you would
give the South to understand that ithe freemen of
Pennsylvania will resist the attempt to plant slavery
upon tree soil—vote n>r the anti-Nebraska ticket.—
Now is tho time-to write your names beside those of
the freemen of Maine and lowa.
Teniperttiici! HI on,
Will yoa vole for a man who says it is policy lo go
in for Prohibition this year, when he is oat election
eering, and arid., —“ b’lt you know Pm oil right on
the liquor question" —when talking to men whom he
thinks hostile lo that measure 7 We are lold that
such is our worthy neighbor’s way of doing busi
ness. Besides, ho proposed In drop Air. Bigler, only
a few weeks ago. to conciliate the anti-Nebraska
men. Should such a man bo fed at the public crib
any longer 1
Wayne County. —The anti-Nebraska men will
support Edward F. Stewail of Northampton, for
Congress, Samuel Allen of Wayne, for Senator, Dr.
Oils Avery fur Assembly, and Jacob L. Keen for
Commissioner. We hope to see Ibis ticket elected.
It would be a great triumph over the Slavoarchy
and tho despotism of" Regular Nominations.” Be.
sides, we may find in it, a solution of the question
—"Who in the name of natur’ is Sam Allen!”
A SLANDER NAILED.
It has been reported that Hon. G. A. Grow is out
in favor of Bigler for Governor. We have the best
of reasons for staling that Ibis report is without
any foundation in troth. It arose from the fact that
he presided at the Montrose Bigler meeting.
Fire ! — A destructive fire occurred at Corning on
Monday evening,consuming several stores, and prop
erty to the amount of $15,000.
A painful rumor is also current here, that a des
tractive fire occurred in Towanda last week, which
consumed both printing offices, the Court House and
other valuable property.
Ail Artful Dodger.
Lawrenckville, Sept. 25, 1854
M. M. Cobb, lisq. —Dear Sir :—Enclosed
please find letters, which you nre at liberty
to use ns you think proper. Mr. Ryon has
since denied having made any pledges.
Respectfully Yours,
W. W. BALLARD.
Mansfield, Sept. 22, 1854.
P. Damon, Esq. —Dear Sir: —Yours of
the 20ih wus received yesterday, 100 laie for
the mail. The conversation with Mr. J. W.
Ryon, was in substance about as follows :
He said he understood you had told thm
he (Ryon) was pledged to Pollock. I told
hjm 1 hnd heard that such was the case. He
said it was not so, that Bailey was given as
ydur authority, nnd he never told any such
thing, and went on to say that he was not
pledged to Pollock. I then nsked liitn if he
wus in favor of Mr. Bigler. He hesitated n
moment, nnd then said, a good many of hi
friends were opposed lo Bigler, nnd he did
not (hink it policy for him to say a great
deal about it. 1 told him,! wanted to know
whether he was a Bigler man or not; for il
he wns not, I would not support him. He
said if he went lo the polls this fall, and no
ted as he intended to do, he should vote for
Bigler. I believe that is about the substance.
D. L. 'SHERWOOD.
Lawrencevillb, Sept. 25,1854.
Mr. Cobb, —Dear Sin; —As Mr. J. W.
Ryon is charged with pledging himself to
vole for both Candidates for Governor-—Big
ler & Pollock, I will state wflat I know in re*
lation to the matter: I told him 1 suspected
;that hef jras {going (to yola for Bigler. He,
(laid hB(Bhou|pl not, buipouidvote for PoU
.loefc. This Ifelernem wtta made in the pres*
Snco ofißojkl Wheeled,' Respectfully,
SAMUEL CHAPMAN.
bimnpwre
A Brief Slutemcut ot the.fraud
ftikd Treachery practiced by J.
W. Ryou, toward Ttaos.l..'Bald.
Win prior to. and in the Tioga
Noiiiluatiug Convention."
i Editor Agitator— Dear Sip':—AS ihere
has been an attempt on the pan of, Mr. Ryon
anti hie friends to misrepresent MrTßald win’s
position before Ihe people of thifc cdvnty, by
declaring him A* boiler from the decision of
the Tioga Convention, I beg ledve leave to
miike a statement of the facts in regard id
Mr. Ryoh’s action prior to, and in that Con-1
veniion towards Mr.' Baldwin, In so doing
1 shall “ nothing extenuate, nor aught set
down in malice,” but state juat what can be
proved, briefly and wiih an intfenl to appeal
lo the good sense and principles' of honor
which distinguish jond govern the masses,
rather than to their passions end prejudices.
I shall endeavor Ip show that Mr. Ryon’s
Conduct towards Mr. Baldwin has been in'
the highest degree dishoAdraljle hhd treache
rous ; that her stole into Mr. B’s confidence
under the assumed guise of a friend, only
Judas-like to betray him. The followihgare
'he leading fads in the cose ;
1. J. VV. Ryon was. the first person that
encouraged Mr. Baldwin to be n candidate.
He sent to him •personally and desired him lo
lie a candidate ; stating at (he kame lime that
he, (Rvon) would be -happy to use his vole
and influence for him.
2. J. VV. Ryon was elected a delegate to
the Tioga Convention at Mr. Baldwin’s sug
gestion, and instructed' l lo support Mr. Bald
win with nil his inflnefice ; and on the dav
of the nomination he dined with Mr. 8., and
repeatedly assured him that he would not be
a candidate against him. He (Ryon) sol
emnly pledged himself not to allow his’name
to be used in opposition to Mr. Baldwin's, nr
as against him in the Convention a few min
utes before the Convention organized. And
in estimating Mr. Baldwin’s slrenulh, he
counted the Elkland delegates for Mr. 8.,0ne
of whom afterwards put Mr Ryon in nomi
nation and refused Jo withdraw his name
when requested to do so.
3. There were no regular delegates elec
ted in Elkland township ; but on the day of
the Convention credentials were made out
for ihem at Tioga, and 'hey were-admitted
into Ihe Convention and voted.
4. From ihe facts developed at and since
ihe nomination was made, mere con be no
doubt but that Mr. Ryon had been figuring
for some weeks before 10 gel ihe nominal inn ;
and that he well understood ihnl he was 10
be a candidate all (he while he was profes
sing friendship >o Mr. Baldwin, and solemnly
assuring lhai gentleman ibal he would noi
be ; and that he acted in bad (huh from the
beginning.
5. J. W. Ryon was ihe first mnn who
made ihe proposition lo fuse ihe parlies and
obtained most of the signatures ef-*h- S>nnd
ing Committee. He declared his object lo be
lo disband rhe parlies and build a new parly
on the rums of ihe old. The original circu
lar, ns published, was in the handwriting of
Mr. Ryon. Then, he. pretended 10 he oppo
sed lo every man who did not favor the res
toration of the Missouri Compromise. Now,
he declares (hit i's restoration would be bad
policy.
6. Mr. Baldwin lold Mr. Ryon, (after ih"
rumor ihul Ruin was- lo be n candidate
readied hie ear, which h did not until a few
hours before Ibe Convention organized,)
ihnl if he (Rvon) intended lo be a candidate,
be (Baldwin) would noi be; ns he did mu
wish lo quarrel about it. Upon this Mr.
Ryon assured him lhal he had no such inten
non.
From these briefly slated facts, it will be
seen that Mr. Baldwin’s defeat in the Tiogn
Convention mis brought about by the base
treachery of Mr. R\nn, who became a friend
that he might betray, and accepted of Mr.
Baldwin’s hospitality while he meditated his
betrayal. There was a Judas once, who be.
Iraved with a kiss. What then! His name
has been the execration of all Christendom
for 1800 years. The traitor who liides 4 the
treason he meditates under the cloak of
friendship, is an object of loathing m all
honorable men Mr. Kyon knew Mr. Bald
win lo be a man of sterling integri'y, and too
generous to be suspicious ; therefore be ap
prnaehed him'in tho garb of a trieml. As
Mr, Baldwin was defeated Irauduleptlv and
not ’(airly, he appears before ihn people tit
his own right, and not as a bolter.
And ihus I leave Mr. Rum with the free
men of Tioga, who, 1 believe, hate Ireiqjhery
no less ihim oppression. They will judge
him. Yours, L. S,
For the Agitator.
Is a Man Known by the Company
lie keep*?
Mn. Editor:—VV||J somebody be kind
enough to answer the following questions:
Is a man known by the company he
keeps ?
If so, what does the appearance of .Gov.
Bigler here, in the company of men* who
gained rather an enviable share of notoriety
from being intimately connected withl ih»
great “smash-ups” of the Towanda and Sil
ver Lake Bunks, indicate ? Is the Governor
a Bank man 1
Why did he appear hand-in-glove with a
Philadelphia rowdy politician of t-he Capl.
Rynders’ achnnl ] Could not the Executive
of (he second Slate in the Union schoose less
suspicious characters for traveling compan
ions ?
Did his being found in such company bring
about the laughableself-introduction of a cer
lain young couplo as husband wife, who—
certainly—were— not—such 1 Q.
Rev. B. L Swan, showed us, one day,
Inal week, a hund-writing in the former of,a
cue-hill, of Benedict Arnold, of Revolution
ary memory. It ia in plain, old fashioned
running characters, well adapted for speed
in permanahip. We thought much better
of the writing, than of the man wh(%penned it.
—Litchfield (C t) Republican.
Enow-Nothino stock is quoted above par.
IfWTOM!
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to
The undersigned , having been Appointed
by the Crystal 'SptingLodgo of Gpdtf Tem
ple ra, a commitieefor thatfnrposer, respect
fully! beg leave lo addresathe citizens of Tio,
ga cpunly upon the subject of tlie-.voie tn be
taken October
inst.J fsr arid against "a Prohibitory Liquor
Lawl Tho Legislature last winter ' passed
an apt which was MttctiOnecl by the Cover
nor, {submitting the to the decision
of tjie legal voters of JPetijisylvonia. This
was virtually isayjtig, if (fie; people decide m
favor of such n law, theljegislaiure of next
winter, will be honorably bound to pass a
Prohibitory Liquor Law, pnd the Governor
to sanction it ; and it equally implies that if
a majority.of the votes are against Prohibi
lion, no such law wilf at present be passed.
The question having beelrsubmilled ;o the
people, and all parties having accepted this
method of testing (he same, it rS onlr fair to
soy, that so far as present legislation is con
cerned, the vole given must be decisive. It
is important, therefore, friends of Tempe
ranee, as every one must see. that every vote
be■ jpolled that ran be brought to bepr in fa
vor of a Prohibitory Law ; as no doubt the
friends of.. vlie free manufacture and dale of
ardent spirits see and jeel the imponant-a of
bringing to bear every vote against’ Prohibi
tion. Those interested in 'he manufacture
or sale of intoxicating liquors, and th'ir im
mediate friends , are active, energetic and
organized, and will poll every vo'e in 'th'ir
favor. Shall the friends of Temperance bo
less active! Many of you have spent long
years of efforl, have been untiring in your
exertions, ohd have expended money and
time lo drive intemperance from the land ;
and all have come to the conclusion 'hat
nothing will be effectual but the banishment
of this foul poison from our Stale. And
note hsS Come the time, we had almost said,
for the final effort —final for years , if deci
d'd against you—final forever, we trust, if
decided in your favor.
Look at it. The people of Pennsylvania
are to deride on the second Tuesday of Oc
tober, whether that grea'eat scourge that
ever visimd any people—that poisoner of hu
man happiness—poisoned alcohol—shall bs
driven from our borders, or whether we shall
have long years more of degradation, wretch
edness and woe ; of murdered families beg
gared children, broken hearts, ruined consli
lutinns, diseased bodies, premature deaths
and drunkard’s graves.
Look at it. Was ever issue more impor
tant'! How insignificant this fall for weal
or woe is every other question submitted 'o
you ! Far better for the prospects of Pena
svlvanin, that all that is said by the most
violent political partisans against candidates
of the opposite puny be true, aqd that those
candidates be elected, Ilian lo have the friends
of intoxicating liquors succeed against Pro
htbiiion. As you value Pennsylvania’s pros
perity, lose not one vote against the free
manufacture and sale of tn'oxicaling liquors,
We wish to call 'h'- attention ot ihe public
of Tioga county generally lo a few facts.
We aie confident that the tn'elligencp and
-If-we -.r Ik-- p-*—plo o-o o„,B«,o.., Ip BttLintn
the right. Wheneverthe people are convin
ced that a measure is right, they are -ready
lo go ahead and uphold it.
Have the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating spirits benefited Tioga county I
Many of you. indeed nearly all, can call lo
mind, manv young men who were at one
time members of families, who had formed
high hopes of (heir future prosperity —and
m (he various grave yards of the Country
you can now find their graves. They died
th" victims of. intemperance. You can also
call to mind families, that began life with
high expectations and fine prospects—me
husband met his companions at the tavern—
was sociable—'reaied and was treated —is a
drunkard now—hw children are poor—ntS'
wife, how different her fine from her expecta
tions ! You have seen farmers ruined., pro
perly squandered ; reputations blasted ; fami
lies made miserable—and all this by the use
of intoxicating liquors' Did vnu ever see a
fight that was not the result either immedi
ate or remote of drinking ! Arc not mosr
of our larcenies ihe resuli of intoxication I
We have had riots and murders in ihe coun
ty. Let us ask you candidly if vou believe
they would have taken place if there Had
been no intoxicating liquors in the case I
Farmers used ,to make use of liquors in
the huv and harvest fields; nut we are nap
py to sav manv of them have quo this prac
tice. Have vnu not pained far more man
(he price ot Ihe liquor by discontinuing is
use ?
Lumbermen used to carry whisky "n -ncir
r«fis, nnd permit M ahum Ibeir w..rk-;, dost
of \on have discontinued it. Haw vm »r
your workmen lost by such di.sroniiumiiii e i
Business men ueneriillv wen- mire in lie
■ habit of I'urnislun!' liquor In (heir eniiilowes.
M>ilfV of litem have discontinued the prnc
lice. Is your business conducted belter or
worse than before t Have you gained ot
lost by the operation?
Citizens, eon vou point to an instance
where the discontinuance of ihe use of ardent
spirits has been an injury to your business,
your prosperity or your health? You have
heavy taxes to pay. Your Courts are a
burden upon your time and. your purses.
One half of the eost of maintainin'; our conns
is the direct result of the use of intoxicating
liquors.
You hove poor taxes. In'slmost every in
stance pauperism resells from intemperanee.
One township pays two or three dollars s
week to supparl.„an idiot. 11 That’s not the
result of intemperance,” you say. Yes, it is.
He was made an idiot by the dtunkenness
of his laijier before he was born. Many of
you pay a direct tax for liquor used bv your
selves. Would vou gel rid of that tax f Wo
know that most of you would if ydu'could. But
you cannot ns long as liquor is in the county.
You wont join Temperance Societies; and if
you do ymi wont stop drinking a great while.
Why 1 Because you have a strong appetite
for liquors, and you have neither the moral
nor physical power to resist, for any length
of time, that appetite. Oh, how often have
tome of you wished that ardent spirits were
in—a very remote place—-far beyond the
possibility of your ever reaching, it! Dt«‘
guise it as you may, you that drink, you hata
lit* foul fiend, end, at times feel that yod