t
SEVASTOPOL IS FAUGS.
DETAILS OF THE GREAT E VENT.
London, Sept. 11.
All others news pales before the great event
of the day. Sevastopol has fallen.
There is no mistake this lime. The uni
ted flags of France, England, and Sardinia
float upon the far-famed battlements of Se
vastopol, The Russian stronghold of the
Black Sea no longer exists. The last man
or war has been burnt or sunk. The great
fort known as Sieverna Fort, oh (he north
side is still in the hands of the remnant of the
garrison of Sevastopol. How long that Will
hold out, God knows. The atmosphere above
that doomed city has been for the last three
days reeking wnh smoke and blood, shot and
shell, flames, limbers flying through the nir
hissing, wnh the dense roar of artillery, in
termixed with the cries of battle and shrieks
of death.
The scene must have been awfully grand.
As yet we have only the telegraphic an
nouncements. Whilst the bells in every
town in England are ringing merry penis of
victory, those same peals are the funeral
chime of many a gallant soldier or devoted
child. Yet private sorrow gives way to a
general joy, and even the bereaved will find
some consolation in the thought that their
lost ones fell for their cdunlry, and have
found an honorable grave with victory ring
ing in their ears.
It appears that the attack on 16th August
was a last desperate attempt by GorlsachofT
to compel the allies to raise the siege. His
signal defeat on that day most have shown
him his case was hopeless. Nearer and
nearer came thb baderics, inch by inch, step
by step, through solid rock, each yard in ad
vance marked by blood,but still onward they
came against the mighty walls, and as one
man fell another look his place.
The bombardment which preceded the last
attack was with guns and mortars of much
heavier calibre and at much closer range
than the previous bombardments. The first
result was the sinking of a Russian man-of
war and the burning of a frigate.
On the ever-memorable morning of Sep.
(ember 8, orders were issued for the attack.
The French were to storm their old enemy
the M-ilakotT, the English the Redan—in
lad, the assault was to take place on the
same ground as on the 18th of June last,
when the allies were driven back. For the
previous twenlv-four hourS the town under
went a fearful bombardment.
The first news reached the War Office on
Sunday night, the 9th inst. On Monday
night, the news of the full of Sevastopol
reached London, and the greatest excitement
prevailed in the metropolis.
What the People think.
A correspondent of the New York Tri
bune, writing from Philadelphia, gives an ac
count of a visit to Passmore Williamson, and
save
“His friends are very active throughout
our State, and letters which I have seen from
prominent members of the Republican parly
apeak in a very sanguine manner of his suc
cess at the approaching election in the north
ern and western counties. We do not expect
to do so much for him in this city, as the
slavery spirit seems to rule here at present.
But we feel assured that if a proper effort be
made in our eastern counties, Passmore Wil
tiamsnn will oe elected; and in such event
he will have received his freedom from the
sovereign power itself.”
The lollowing letter is from a friend in
Tioga county, whose word may be relied up
on. The account which ho gives is cerlniniv
very cheering:
For (he Pittsburgh Daily Gazette.
Tioga Count*, Pa. Sept. 11, 1655,
Dear Gazette:—l am constrained In
drop you a Jew imo* on the one absorbing
Question, to inform you of ihe progress of
tho struggle in ihw division of the nrmv
The vole of Williamson will be nlnmsi
unanimous Iktp, vou enn hardly imagine ih»»
feeling of all. without disticlion of parlv ; ns
the news of his imprisonment, with iHj rea
son, tenches' ihe people in ihelr quiet country
homes full of peace and security, the effect
is astonishing, and full of hope to the free
mar
F have nol the least doubt, that if the his.
lory of this wicked act ofTyranny can reach
every voter in the State, the majority on the
side of truth and freedom will be at least
one hundred thousand. 1 tell you the truth
when I say that I can hardly find a man who
will not support our candidate for Canal Com
missioner, although they may nol all go with
us on the coufy ticket.
The pettifogging decision put forth by the
four Judges of the Supreme Court of our
State is a wonderful anddihon of fuel to the
flame; all we have to say is, “Stand from
under;” the release of our brother from the
dungeon of the oppressor when the propper
lime comes, is an easy matter, about which
the friends of freedom need have no anxiety.
Williamson's wife responds nobly to the
determination of the one she loves, that he
shall never yield one hsir, but retain his in
tegrity, and the integrity of the cause for
which he suffers, Wiimot is on the track of
the oppressor here, nnd be sure he will make
his mark. Truly yours, Backbone.
In this mammon-worshiping age, it is rare
<o find a man place his usefulness to the pub
lic, before his interest. During ii'luto visit to
the “City of Spindles,” we were presented by
a professions! friend, to the celebrated chem
ist, Dr. J. C. \veb, whose name is now per
haps, more familiar than any other, at the
bed-side of sickness, in this country. Know
ing the unprecedented popularity of his medi
cines, and the immense sale of them, we had
expected to find him u millionnre,and rolling
in wealth. But no, we found him in his lab
oratory, busy with his labors, among his cru
cibles, alembics and retorts—giving his best
personal care to the compounds, on the vir
tue* of which, thousands hang for health.
We learned, that notwithstanding his vast
business, and its prompt returns in cash, the
Doctor is not rich. The reason assigned is,
that the material is costly, and ho persists in
making his preparations so expensively, that
tho nett profit is small. —American Farmer,
Philc.
THE AGITATOR.
M. iI. COBB.; :: : EDITOtt.
• t » All BuBincss,and oilier Communications must
be addressed to tbe Editor to insure attention.
WELLSBOROUOH, PA.
Thursday ITlorniue, Oct. 4, 1854.
Republican Nominations. •
For President In 1896:
Hon. SALHOK P. CHASE, of Ohio.
For Vice-President;
Hon. DAVID WILBIOT,of Peim’a.
For Ciinai Commissioner:
THOMAS NICHOLSON,
OF BEAVER COUNTY.
FOR STATE SENATOR,
HENRY SOUTHER, of Elk County.
For Rfprf«frttutiw—-Tuos. L. Baldwin, ofTioga.
For Sheriff— Jons Mathers, of Charleston.
For Treasurer — O. H. Blanchard, of* Farmington
For Commi«iofl*r—C. F. Culver, of Elkland.
For Auditor —Jab. S. Watroqb, of Gainers.
Rfjtnlvtd, Tliat we have boon and still atv opposed to tin* m*
peal of tbe Mtaourl Compromise, by wliich Kiiuaw and No*
hraaka were opened to Slavery, regarding it ns a wanton re*
padiatiou of a solemn compact, alike destructive of the hu*
muny of the nation, and to the came of Freedom;
and that wrynro in favor of i(« restoration.— Voted dbton in U%
Wdlxboro' fHmocrutie Convention, AuguM 31, VU>5.
Take Notice^—The office of the Agitator
will hereafter bo found in Roy’s New Build-
In", up stairs, directly over the New Book and
Jewelry Store, where we shall be happy to see our
friends and patrons at alt limes. In consequence of
(his removal, no paper t pill be issued from this office
next wed*.
To the People of Pennsylvania.
The* Win# party, the Ueimhlimn parly, ami the American
party, liarinjr curb imminiiletl a candidate for the office of Ca
na) Coniniiodoncr. it hoennu** apjmrcnt that such a division of
the eieim'iitsnf opposition to the .National Administration am)
it< Nehnuku fraud would inevitably land to the triumphant
election of Arnold Hummer, the I’m-fluvory Nebraska candi
date—in view of thcra fart** a im-etlnp of our reflective Cen
tral Committee of raid i«artics wa* held at IfnrrUbnrx on
Thnr.-ulnv, the 27th of September, IS&&, and their nominee*
havlnp ‘lecHned and \*een withdrawn. Thomas Nlfho\*on of
Denver County urn* nominated iu the candidate of the raid
parti-**. for the purpura of concentrntinc the wile* of the An
lf-NV*braska party on one man; and ho in hereby enrnrvdly
recommended to all the lovers of ln Penn-vlranian*
n capable, honest and true-hearted man, who N worthy of the
Mipport and eonfidenco of the people. Dy order of the Com
mittee*.
JOHN A. FISHKR, Chnlrnmn Whip State Committee.
LtIMt'KL TODD. Chairman American Shite Co/nmltfee.
DAVID WILMOT, Ch'n Republican State Committee,
Pass it Around.— Reader, when you have read
this number, pass U to jour neighbor who does nut
take it. Ask him to read carefully the Statement of
Passmore Williamson's father, and the two excellent
C immunisations on the oalsidc. Then let him ex.
amine into Mr. Hamlin's claims to re-election, and
read the several short but pithy communications in
another column.
Be Vigilant !
Freemen, the enemy ure preparing to make their
grand effort on the day of election. Let good Re.
publicans bo stationed at the polls everywhere to
watch the agents of the Administration and deled
any attempted fraud. Do not, us you value the
great interests of Freedom, underrate the importance
of untiring vigilance on the part of every freeman
on the day of election. The opportunity is now off.
cred every man to vole for or against the Nebraska
infamy and the tyranny of Judge Kane. Arc you
in harness, freemen 7 Will you be in harness Horn
morning till night next Tuesday? The hunkers
will make a great effort at the polls—will you con*
test the ground with them inch by inch?
Hon. B. D. Hfunlln.
Tho pro-slavery hanker party of this Senatorial
district in their conference held at Sinelhpori, Mu’-
Kcan Co., on the 20th of September pul tins gentle
man In nomination for re-election to (lie State Spo
ils. No happier, and no more appropriate selection
could have been made, first, for the success of itie
Republican party, and second for a full and fair ex
position of the principles upon which the pro-slavery
leaders of the Democracy are determined to make
the present campaign. By his course in the Senate
for the last three years, Mr. Hamlin has established
his claim to precedence as the most hunkcrish of
hunkers in tins district. The issue is now so plain
that whoever will endorse the Fierce administration
•nd the infamous Nebraska blit, has but to vote for
Mr. B. D. Hamlin; and whoever U opposed to the
administration and to the Nebraska blit, has but to
vole for Mr. Souther In opposition to Hamlin.
Mr. Hamlin has enrolled his name on the list of
doughfaces who have betrayed the North, and mis
represented Northern sentiments. Uis a mutter of
record, and that record, by the kindness of a friend,
has been placed in our possession. 0{ Mr. Hamlin
personally we know nothing, of him politically, from
this record, the Senate Journal for 1854, wc know
much, and will tell it briefly. J
Bui first* let us look at the platform adopted in the
Conference (hat nominated the gentleman, and up
on which he consents to run. The following reso
lution which is the main plank in the platform,
should bo enough to defeat him in this county by
2000 majority. Look at it freemen :
Resolved , That the agitation of
the subject of Slavery is produc
tive of evil and only evil, and that
we will resist all agitation in what
ever quarter it may arise.
Freemen of Tiogo, you have not forgotten that
the Whig and Democratic parlies in .their conven
tions held nt Baltimore m 1852, look precisely the
same ground in relation to slavery. They dcprcca.
ted the agitation of the slavery question and pledged
themselves to do all in their power to pul down agi.
tation. There Webster fell, as ho deserved lo (all—
as every traitor to God and liberty deserves lo fall.
Did these conventions, representing as they claimed
the masses of the two great parlies, succeed in sup
pressing the agilaliou of tho question ? The thun.
dor tones of the sturdy “No!" of those masses has
nol yet ceased to ring in the ears of those Whig
and Democratic traitors. No, the result of those
Baltimore resolutions will prove a source of tear.
lotting unreit lo the institution of slavery, so long
as it shall curse this unhappy country. Mr. Ham.
lin virtually says, for that resolution forms a part of
the platform by his connivance, “the agitation of
the subject of slavery is productive of evil and only
evil, and I will do my beat lo pul down agitation 1"
Da yon doubt it? Then let us look at his course in
the Senate relative to the anli-Ncbroska resolutions
which were introduced there while tho Nebraska
bill was pending in Congtess. And first let us state
what was held at the time, and what is conceded now
—that had those resolutions passed both branches of
the Pennsylvania Legislature, tho Nebraska bill
could never have patted in He pretent form. But
they did nol pass both branches of tho Legislature
They wore opposed, by Mr. Hamlin in tho Senate,
tooth and nail—to the last, but finally passed the
Souls by a majority of three, and went thenco to
the House, where through the combined efforts of
the Senate opposition and a lew putty heads in the
House, they were swamped and fell dead. 1
Referring to the Senate Journal for 1851, ws find
THE TIP ft A COUNTY AGITATOR.
(hat Mr. K&nkel read io place, Reeolationa enticed
“Resolutions expressive of the sense of the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania, as to the repeal of that
section of the act of Cotigress of Match 6th 1620,
known at the Missouri Compromise, which prohibit*
involuntary servitude north of 36 dog. 30 minutes.
Subsequently,.and on the tame day, Messrs Daisie
and Kunkcl moved to suspend the orders of the day,
for the purpose of proceeding to the consideration
of these resolutions. This motion was defeated— .
Mr. Hamlin eating against considering the retain- '
(ion*. On the next day Messrs Daraie end Kunkel
again moved to suspend the rules in order to take op
those resolutions. The motion was again defeated,
and’Mr. Hamlin toted against it. On the Ifith'doy
of February following, Mr. Piatt and Mr. CrcssWeH
moved to postpone the further consideration of those
resolutions until tho 15th day of March next ensu
ing. Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Buefculew moved to
emend the motion by striking out the word “March"
end inserting “May thus attempting' to poatpone
the consideration of resolutions intended to express
tho sentiment of Pennsylvania in regard to the re.
peal of the Missouri Compromise, until o day when
it was not probable that the Legislature would be ia
session, Mr. Hamlin voted to postpone thecansider
| ation of the resolutions unlit May, knowing in all
: probability that the Legislature would Save adjourned
before that time. Why 1 Plainly, in order to kill
those resolutions, and thus 1 suppress the opinion of.
the people of Pennsylvania upon the Nebraska infa
my. The vote on the motion to postpone until ths
15th of March carried in the affirmative—l 7 to 16.
Mr. Hamlin voted to postpone, w)ien his single vats
would have brought up those resolutions before the
Senate for action on that very dot/ —the 16lh of Feb
ruary. But he would not give lint vote for freedom.
He could not get the resolutions postponed until
May, so lie voted to pul them off until March.
When the resolutions were called up on the 17lb of
March, what did Mr. Hamlin do 7 He voted to post
pone them until the 15th day of March, as above
atalcd—of course you would suppose that ajlcr ri
ling to consider the resolutions on a certain day,
when that day came he would be ready to consider
them; but not so; he voted againet taking up the
resoiutione! They were not taken up.
On the 22d of Match, agreeably to order, the
resolutions were read a third lime on their final pas
sage. Mr. Hamlin voted againel their pottage: but
they passed by a vote of 18 to 15,
Further—while the abovcnamed resolution* were
pending in the Senate, Man Meetings composed of
men of all parties, were held in Tioga, Poller and
McKean counties, denouncing the Nebraska bill and
the proceedings were forwarded to Mr. Hamlin, be*
fore be gave those voles. Thus, Mr. Hamlin voted
in opposition to the expressed will of his constituent
cy.
Such is a brief history of Mr, B. D. Hamlin’s
course in the Senate on the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, drawn from the record. Did he repre
sent the people of this county ? Every man at all
acquainted with the state of the popular mind knows
that he did nut. The masses in Tioga are not in ft
vor of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. But
Mr. Hamlin threw hta whole influence in favor of
Arnold Douglas 1 scheme to detraud freedom of her
fairest territory. Did he not? Examine the record
for yourselves, freemen, and decide. And when this
Rccood-mle doughface comes before the people of this
district, and especially of this county, and asks to be
re-elected to a post which he disgraced for three
years—acting a living lie to the sentiments of his
constituents —they have an opportunity to rebuke
him os a traitor should be rebuked, by condemning
him to remain In the- obscurity ot private life, des
pised by every true.hearted freeman for his cowardly
betrayal of Uie true sentiment of the people of his
district.
Thomas L. Baldwin*
The Engle apoaka falsely when it nays lhal Mr.
Baldwin, in consequence of failing twice in gelling
(he nomination in a Democratic Convention, has ev.
er since acted in the “ most bitter and unrelenting
spirit” towards his former friends. Ho has never
acted thus, .fie was first taken up in Convention on
the temperance issue and defeated. On the second
occasion ho was defeated in Convention by the most
barefaced fraud and underhanded lyirig, carried on
by the dirly-work men of the hunker parly. He ap.
pealed to the people, who elected him by an unprec
edented majority. That showed in what estimation
the people held the wirepullers in that Convention.
Mr. Baldwin is as pure a democrat as ever trod
the sail of Pennsylvania, in proof of which, we have
only tu adduce the fact that no man in this county
ranks higher with the masses of all parlies.
Mr, Baldwin is a frce-soil democrat. His position
is a proud one compared with that occupied by Mr.
Howland, who, claiming to be a frce-soilcr, consents
to stand on a pro-sluvery hunter platform. The Ea
gle says lhal Mr. Howland has always stood up man.
fully for his parly and for his political friends, and
always will. Wo do not doubt it. He is pledged to
do the bidding of that little tquad of wirepullers lo
cated at Welltlwio', and which it faltely taid to con
trot the mosses of the Democratic party in Tioga
county. Should be be elected, which is hardly pos
sible, he will vole for a pro-slavcry hunker for Uni.
led Slates’ Senator—out of hit boatled devotion to
hit political friendt —and tuch friendt .'—some of
them men whom the promise of the office of Dis
trict Attorney next fall, can purchase to do anv con
ceivable amount of dirty work 1 Such, are some of
the political friends of Mr. Howland to whoso will
he is now subservient, and will continue to bo if he
is elected.
Mr. Baldwin stood up (or his party so long as the
parly stood op fur principle. When it forsook the
guiding star of Principle, ul the instance ol cprrupL
leaders, ho stood up and protested against it. He is
now the choice of tho Republican party “without
any solicitation on his part,” And there is a wider
difference between the two candidates than the hun
kers stale. For we are assured by Mr. Howland's
personal friends, that notwithstanding his upright
ness as'a man, he is hot stable, he is not independ.
cnU Uc is not a man to design a wrong; but it is
certain Dial whatever his convictions may be what
ever his political sympathies may be—he will, if
elected, succumb to the will of the pro.sl«v C ry hunk
ers at Harrisburg, who have enjoined upon the hunk
era who put him in nomination “BALDWIN
MUS? BE DEFEATED! Send u, anybody but
B.tuiwis! And this is because Mr. Baldwin voted
for David Wilmol for United States’ Senator last win
ter, andcould not be bought. Because he did this
tho Stavcocraey hove proscribed him. Because ho
proved true to Wilmot and to Freedom, Die South
has commanded, “Baldwin must be defeated’."
The issue is plain : Elect Mr. Howland and you
give one vole against Wilmot and Freedom; for he,
when a candidate before the people sir years ago,
refuted, when interrogated, to give hit them relative
to the Wilmot Pravieo. Elect Mr. Hamlin and you
give another vote against Wilmot and Freedom.
Not only Baldwin Is proscribed, but every man who
stood up for Wilmol last winter. Laporle and Hol
comb of Bradford, say the South, MUST BE DE
FEATED 1 Why 7 Because every man who vo
ted for Wilmol is incorruptible.
Now what is the issye 7 Clearly, in this county,
Baldwin and a free-soil TJ. S. Senator, or Howland
and ■ pro-alavery hunker Senator. This, freemen of
Tioga, is the issue- The agents of the Administra
tion are busy in our midst. They put Eddy How
land on the houker ticket and (hey will slop at no
falsehood that can serve their purpose. Should they
succeed, we Shall hear it trumpeted in all quartey—
“THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TRIUMPHED
IN| TIOGa COUNTY 1" Freemen, are you for
Howland and the Administration, or for Baldwin and
Freedom 7 That is the question that must be an
swered at tbe ballot-box oo the 9th of October.
The! Spoil*.
K)nr neighbors of the Eagle,” (adopting the “il
igant” grammar employed uy out worthy contem
porary in referring to our humble self,) still contin
ues to harp away opou what seems to be, in bis lit
tle world,
, “The head, the heart and tongue of all"
lo w'll; The Spoils. If our bunker friends did out
pay him so well, he would sec, underlying and form
ing the base of the whole campaign, the great issue
of Human Freedom. We advocate Air. Mathers on
this great issue—holding the spoils as secondary.
When “our neighbors'* represents that Mr. Math
ers received $3OOO a year while he was Sheriff, he
slates what he knows to be faloe. Mr. Alalhcrs' re
ceipts averaged but half that sum, or $l5OO per an
num. If he had been like some men, hard' and un
compromising, disposed to increase costs to replenish
his pocket, he would no doubt have realized $3OOO
a year. But he pursued a far different course. His
hand and Ills purse were ever extended to the pour
man, and every lenity that was possible and practic
able practiced toward tbe unfortunate. A Sheriff
lias it in his power to protract and increase litigation
almost at will. Mr. Mathers, we are informed, used
this power to decrease litigation—thus saving many
a man from pecuniary ruin. ' Now.waa this to Ilia
creditor otheiwise?
The hunker party may see in the strife for the
Sherifiality a mere question ol spoils; but will the
candid and intelligent voters of this county see no
thing else ol slake? Mr. Lathrop, is announced in
his organ, the Eagle, as having entered into this
strife with an eye to the spoils of the office alone,
Now, admitting this to be Lalhrop'a view of the
matter, and as he docs not deny it it must be so ad
mitted, whal arc the people to expect 2 : Why, if he
bo elected, that he will make tho utmost cent possi.
blc out of the office—in other words, that he will
show ho mercy to the unfortunate poor man who falls
into hie ha*de t if there is a pmny to be gained by op •
pressing h%f%. Wo do not think so meanly of Mr.
Lathrop as lUs, still, the übusc inference is the only
one that can be drawn from his course.
But we have award to say in regard to certain
reports being spread abroad to defeat Mr. Mathers.
These reports arc believed gotten up by the consent
of Mr. Lathrop himself, his whispered to the ad
opted citizen, "Mathers is a Know-Nothing t" The
fact is, that Mr. Mathers nevfer was present at a
Know-Nothing meeting but'once in his life. But
wc are authorized to stale by a gentleman who stands
prepared to prove every cssor tiu! in the statement,
that Mr. Lathrop ti no* only a Know-Nothings 61/I
that he held office in the K. N. Council in hit neigh .
and woe a delegate to the Know. Nothing Con
vention at l\oga a year ago. And we assert upon
our own responsibility, and can produce the proof
when the parlies deny that, two of the busiest wire
workers ip the Convention that nominated Messrs.
Howland and Lathrop, wero Know Nothings in full
communion up to Monday night—the night before
election day, October, 1854. And if those gentle
men ioeint upon it, uip r..m furnish the public with a
statement of the causes that led them to withdraw
from the order. Put these facts together and then
add another, viz; That Know'-Nolhingism was first
received with open arms, with its extra-judicial oaths
taken ’ncath the ghostly glimmer of a tallow candle
at the midnight hour, by the very men —sham dem.
ocrals,) who are raising thit lerri6fe
about poor, defunct Know fiothingism % when they
know that there has not been an organized Council
in the County for nearly a year—odd this, and what
a miserable appearance these hired runners do
make, in lying about John Mathers.
Now, and Then.
But little more than a year ago, the Democrats of
Tioga County in Moss Meeting, resolved, "That in
the union of freemen without regard to former po
litical attachments, is the only safety for Freedom.”
How little this resolution meant in the mouths of
the Democratic leadert was shown in the subsequent
nomination of a ticket in the Tioga Convention,
composed wholly of men whose devotion to party
had never been suspected. These things ore fresh
in the minds of all, \Ve recall that resolution for
the purpose of showing that, although tho would.be
leaders of the Democracy were not in earnest when
they voted for that resolution, the democratic masses
were, and proved their sincerity at the ballot-box.
The masses acted like men who fell the interests of
Freedom at slake, and in so much, proved lhal the
democratic masses must not be judged by the “say.
so" of their pretended leaders.
That the people are utterly opposed to the exten
sion of Slavery into free territory, is not doubled;
and from this wo argue lhal the people cannot aup.
port the honker ticket in this county, which has at
its head, the name of Arnold Plomer. That .ticket
waa formed in a Convention which endorted the re
peal of the Mittouri Compromite and dared not cen
sure the infamies of Franklin Pierce !
Has there been any change in the acnllmenta of
tho wirepullers of the bunkers since the above reso
lution was passed in Mass Meeting 7 Examine for
yourselves and decide; Again they spit' upon that
resolution by nominating none but doughfaces on
their ticket doughfaces, because consenting to
stand upon a prb-slavery platform, a platform endor
sing tho infamous Nebraska bill. Tbs hunker lead
ers are determined that there shall bo no union of
freemen for the Bake ol FreedomT See—waa not
every man who had ever been identified with the
frco-soil party thrown overboard in that Convention 7
Every man can see this.
Freemen, think of these things.
Do yon want any more Evidence
That the Howland and Lathrop ticket is pro-slavery
hunker to the backbone 7—that it is advocated on
the Administration issue 7 If you do, read tho fol
lowing extract from an editorial in last week’s Ea.
gle, sustaining the President in tiro removal at Gov.
Reeder:
“That Mr, Reeder is a Pennsylvania democrat ia
no reason why he should receive more than justice
from the democratic press of this Suite. Our own
opinion is that in removing him the President has
done right, and we are persuaded that any candid
and unprejudiced man who will carefully weigh the
facts will arrive at the same conclusion.”
Lot every democrat look that extract fairly and
squarely in the. face and then, it ho can, arrive at
any other conclusion than tills: “If I vole for
Howland, Lathrop & Co., os a matter of course i
endorse the removal of Gov. Reader.”
Freumoni will you endorse the removal of Gover
nor Reeder? If so, you have only to vote the hunk
er ticket from Plumer down to Denison. It is the
shortest and surest cut that we can recommend.
Attention,
Is directed to an address to tbe people of Pennsylva
nia under the editorial head. It will be seen that
the Republican, Whig and American parties have
severally withdrawn their candidates Ibr Canal Com
missioner,.and united. upon THOMAS NICHOL
SON, of Beaver County as a Fusion candidate.
Wo consider this movement as reprehenaibiy late
and not at all politic ander tbe circumstances. Tbe
Republican County Committee thinks differently;
and as we are but nne man while the Republican
party numbers thousands, we, as in doty bound, de
for to the wish of the majority, in so far aa the cub.
atitution of Nicliolaon for Williaraaon 6n the ticket
at (he head of (he paper is concerned. But we take
down the name of Passmore Williamson protesting
eamcttljgfgainel the change at this time, at impoli
tic, unjust and unauthorised. At the same time we
deny the right of the Republican State Committee
to proceed in a matter of BO mnch importance with
out an appeal to the people.
Freemen. Mr. NICHOLSON is before yon as a
candidate for Canal Commissioner In the place of
Passmore Williamson, withdrawn. Mr. Nicholson
is represented as a sound anti-Nebraaka man. Had
tills union been accomplished earlisr, bo could have
been elected by 100,000 majority, Aa it is, Arnold
Plumcr will probably be defeated by dt> overwhelm
ing majority. Personally, we prefer Nicholson to
Flumer, and Williamson to cither. -
But personal preferences should not be suffered to
endanger the public weal. Voters will go to the
polls sod vole as conscience dictates. There can be
no danger to Freedom then.
Good Cbeer!
Friends, the skies were never brighter with prom
ise for Freedom, in this County, than now. 1 From
north, south, east and west, good tidings poor in up
on us. The Pcpubliean ticket is popular every
where* The people are moving*—“we are sick of
being whipped in to party traces by the little clique
of hanker office-seekers at Wellsboro 1 ,” is the gen
eral cry among tho honest masses. They will prove
their independence on Ihe 9ih of October.
Freemen, awake ! On Tuesday next you arc to
decide whether Tioga County endorses the infamous
Administration of FrankVmJPierce, the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise and the removal of Governor
Reeder, or whether the whole batch is to be denoun
ced. Let every man go to the polls determined to
vole on hit own responsibility. Arc you ready for the
question ?
Qnerieo.
Is Mr. Howland pledged to vote for a reduction of
the wages of members of the Legislature 1 Does
anybody boheve that he will object to drawing full
pay for anything he may do, publicly or privately ?
Is Mr. Howland pledged to go in for the new
county project in the eastern towns? Such is (he
report.
Look out for hunker handbills on election day,
and above all, see to it that the Republican tickets
arc well served nut. See to it that no TICKETS
arc DESTROYED! Be watchful.
A CARD.
The Undersigned, Members of the State
Republican Committee, deem it proper to say,
ihat they went into the Committee on the
27ih, nt Harrisburg, lo support the nnmina.
lion of Passmore Williamson, for Canal
Commissioner. They continued uniformly
to support him during a(f the discussions
rhat took place in that Committee, and in the
Committees of Conference, and U was their
purpose to siand by him so long as in their
behalf he should"continue lo be a candidate.
They therefore, did not acquiesce in the nom
ination of Thomas Nicholson ; but t having
since learned, that Passmore Williamson
hud not actually accepted the Inominnlion,
and has since declined it, antf .being suti*fied
that Thomas Nicholson is in favor of the
Republican platform adopted at the Conven
lion ni Puisburg, and that he does not belong
lo any secret political organization, they now
concur in Ihe nominalion of ihe latter gen
tleman, and commend him to the cordial sup
port of our friends throughout the S'atn.
WM. B. THOMAS, of Philadelphia .
SAML. F. CARMALT, of Susquehanna .
Heresies ol tbe Day.
If there is anything that hns grieved us, it
is the Hid Ihni nur democracy is rapidly lo
sint; sight nf its “first principles,” and that n
suffers such men as Cuss and Douglass lo
engrail upon the parly platform iho rankest
heresies.
“Popular sovereignty” is said to lie the
corner-stone of democracy. We emphatical
ly deny it, in the sense Cass uses it. The
corner-stone of Jefferson. Jackson radical
State’s rights strict construction democracy
and the great Master-key lo all its rules of
action it is that vital principle which was
born in Philadelphia with ihe Declaration of
Independence—(hat principle consists in a de
nial nf absolute power in government, be ii
republican or monarchical. Jefferson and
every true democrat, is above forms of gov
ernment. The vital spark of democratic!
thought and democratic feeling is the asser- i
linn of the supremacy of right over might, ]
and of the further assertion that the rights of]
man are not granted by government, bul that (
they exist.
What an absurdity is it in Cass to persisi
in tho doctrine that the people of Kansas are
to settle the slavery question—a question
which many friends of the counlrv must re
gard as sealed eighty years ago. What here
sy to propose and to argue that ei'lier the
righ's of properly or man’s innliennhle rights
are to be periodically settled through ballot
boxes, as may he the whim ot popular feel
ing, The South—we mean the honest, radi
cal Slate-rights portion—is right, when they
assert that the question is sealed. We say
so, too I But not for slavery, as they claim
—we claim it is spilled for freedom ! The
very proposition to lake a vole in Kansas on
the question involves the facts that it makes
it an open question, and therein lies the Iren,
son to freedom.
“Limits to power” is the democratic motto,
not who shall rule, but how far shall you
rule, is the democratic inquiry. The demo
crat asserts every man is free bv inalienable
right, and, if not so free, ho is a slave by su
perior mi“hl, but never by right, T» admit
that popular sovereignty can establish slavery
as a right, involves tho admission, that every
man in New York is free only by the grace
of popular sovereignty, und that our Know
Nothings might, if in a majority, rightfully
make slaves of our fash and Germans, Oul
upon such heresy from a democrat! R,
Wo were not on the Pair Ground until late
on Wednesday, the first day, but have been
informed that the articles on exhibition were
brought in with more than usual promptness
—a I act which speaks well for the growing
interest taken by our farmers in this species
of exhibition. The day was not fair—drizzly
showers intervening between moments of sun
shine during most of the day, rendering it
somewhat uncomfortable lor visitors. Not.
withstanding this, the attendance was very
large—probably reaching 1,500 or 2000.
The exhibition of animals was very fine, and
gave abundant proof of a spirit of compeu.
lion at work among the farmers. W'e thought
the young stock far above the average of such
exhibitions. The horses were very fine.
We noticed some fine plows from the
manufactory of Mr. James Kinsdy of Law
renoeville, also from Tabor, Young 6sc., Ti
oga and from Col. Chubbuck of Wellsboro',
Mr. Henry Petrie hail a fine family Car
riage on exhibition which look the premium.
Mr. Andrew Growl exhibited a fine, strong,
but rather heavy farm wagon which look ihe
premium.
The exhibition of Stoves and Tin ware
was very fine. Messrs. D. P. &W. Roberts,
Mr. J. Sofield of Wellsboro, and Tabor,
Young ii Co., of Tioga were the Competi
tors.
From the Evening Pott.
The greatest danger that now threatens
to reduce the Republican majority this year
is l he over coulidence ol‘ the party. The
large majoriiv oi'lasi year, and I he knowledge
that it should be increased, is a source of dan
ger that Republicans should guard against.
I hose o( us that have been Whigs can re
member the campaign of 1842, when »e
held great meetings, stumped the Slate an
over, sung songs, loud and gloriously, ana
had altogether a good lime of it; but forgo t
to vote. The consequence was a most vroetui
drubbing. The Republicans this year have
more votes to lose, before they come to a a'e
feat; but they can be greatly mortified,
and suffer loss of their influence in. a great
degree, by trusting now to last year’s mar
jorily. Our duty now is to work as it
we expected a single vote necessary to car
ry the election. The election of our can
didates will not require all our strength, but
the cause of Liberty does require the. polling
of the lasi vote we can secure. Wo have not
only to elect good men , but we have 10 do i(
wiih a good will, so that (he world shall know
that when freedom is threatened, not one ol
its friends wilt fail to do)>is duly.—
la (Ohio) Sentinel,
The Fair,
We were shown a specimen of pig iron
made at the Mansfiel Furnace in this County,
very fine grain and soft.
Mr. D. G. Edwards showed us a fine lot
of buiter, which he will keep over and pre.
sent next fall for a second premium. Some
very fine samples of cheese were on exhibi.
non also.
Mammoth pumpkins and squashes, fine no.
laloes, onions, turnips and other vegetables
were very plenty. The" display of apples,
as regards size and variety was really tine.
Othet fruits were in great abundance.
Mr. B. T. Vanhorn had some fine Collage
bedsteads and olher Cabinet furniture on ex
hibition. He had no competition.
In the Ladies department we were pienseo
to nonce several exceedingly line pencil
sketches by Miss Sarah B. Nichols of Wells
boro'. The one eni Hied “My Youlhful Home, ;
is worthy of a high order oflalent. We nave
seldom seen a pencil drawing in mien me
rules of perspeclmn were le-rter .iD-erveo, ano
it is in perspective that nrtisis ai.i-.nv un.—
The shading of No. 503 in in: '.nne, is wen
done. We were especially ailracleil dv t
Night scene done in on. .y w noiri. we aid not
learn ; but the hand ihal manngiu the .ignl
and shade jn ihal picture is capaole of -j.iiiic
someihing handsome for ns owner, .Uiutner
oil painting in gill frame, Ruined Castle m
i foreground, although badh hung in reierence
i'o lighi, made a fine appearance. "he ton
age in ilns piciure is magnilicent, ana the
tout tnstmble ndmunble. Few landscapes
I are belter in detail than this. We noticea iwo
Winter scenes, crayons probably, ihougn i
was impossible to get near enough to ailirm.
A fine Crayon portrait of Daniel Websicr was
on exhibnion — we believe bv me hand 01 3.
lit Kirkpainck formerly oi this mace.
took ihe premium.
The display of worsted worn was mginv
crediluble. We also noticed some specimens
of fine lace embroidery, very complimentary
to the patience no less than 10 me skiil oi the
worker.
Produce. Mr. P. Redingion baa some nne
specimens of Egg plant which should be more
generally cultivated. Mr. vV. D. daiiev
showed us several large ears ol veilow corn
grown in his garden, very mceiv rilled out
and in length, exceeding any lhal we saw on
the ground.
The Charleston Sand was m attendance
and performed admirably. >Ve done every
encouragement will be extended to this com
pany, as it promises to equal, (he best Sinas
m the country. The Pair broke up at aoout
noon on Thursday in so lar as itre exhibition
of arlicles was concerned i but the usual lee
was exacted, we are told, until three odoes
in the afternonn. If this be irue, ifte mur
muring that reached our ears was justly pro
voked - No charge should have Oeen mart*
during the Address—as there was nothing ot
consequence on exmbilion at that time.
There was some “bogging' 1 done by ul
bred young men inward the last, such as
wasting line fruit and other eatables that were
not carried olf by ihe owners. A cheese be
longing to a poor woman was unceremoni
ously slashed up and dislnbu'ed grans av
some of ihe more promising specimens oi
young America m slanding collars and slub
loed boots. Such s'oek should be labelled
when ndmilied lo ihe Fair Ground,
SVc did not hear the Address, and have
heard little said of it since. It will be pub
lished in pamphlet form.
Altogether, this Fair was Ihe finest we ev
er attended, hiking all the circumstances into
account. The enterprise is yet in iis infan
cy, but one or two years will suffice 10 mnse
it a permanent and profitable institution. The
border towns were not well represented in me
agricultural department—an omission (hat
should be reclified nexi year.
Beware of your Strength.