.gcisJJiivnA 'Jo . I ' w. n ni, (* ■fr-T-TT .-I, .-...1! ■-M j Ui* '.'itm {< jff ■;.pyeji.VAKlAr•: •■ -’ ..1,,;!: -: State Election 6T 1859; .PfßVfa^Md.^yiffiore,parties wore 1 allies’ haymjgfurmeil jtheir Ticket priorto Eli > na as d death-blow to our !cause, and would aid- itheni in fusing' and uniting itheir into one common "party.'' Elect Chrtih, and the Presidential cori -tart is decided; ■ dfete him be defeated, and we ‘ nhalLhave tOi stfjugale desperately to the clojse off the.-polls -ih i November. By the sacred memories of Independence Ball, ■of Brandy ■-wmareffYalley-Forge, of Germantown, we en- treat you-to do your very utmost for Curtin ..AHidyour Congressmen in the October Election. --~1 - -1 1 ' > ’ HICKitAfY OH - DOUGLAS. ; ■■ Jn,his speeoh : at West Chester (his home) on j Friday last,-Hon.‘ John Hickman' mada some Very pointed statements concerning Douglas, nnd theirformer relations with each other. Ho said 1 '• .'. “Particularpains have been taken to say (hat lhnd turned .traitor to my former profiis •ions, Knd nbattdnped Stephen A. Douglas. { I '■have never abandoned any of my political doc trines; and I never was a Douglas marii [Ap plause.] I Want tnen to know just Where I Stand. I thus this public declaration and repeat it—l have never been a Douglas man, Fori always)(despised- his principles—if be ever had any. 'I. say there is no man in the Dampbfatii pacty qfsthe borough of West dies-, ter, oh in the oopnty of Chester, who has he.ifd me aajyta word ,6f‘ praise for the person of Ste phanlA.-Doughpi. ri.hava privately and pub licly, denounced Him; I have spoken against him consistently and persistently for ten years; for, I know %ell. have watched his course closely. I have 1 jjot been deceived., I unow HE, IS NOT .TD BE 'i|uSTEn, EVEN WH?J» YOD HAjVE tgur [Great applause.]; I think I have gone as farin doingthis as a man could do, having regard for himself. ’ I have said tltafl I would rather vote-' for Breckinridge thaurfor Stephen A. Douglas, for he is infinitely, the better man. -I have roust) Douglas true to ms ows priscipUes, and I have said bq at all times. I have said; bo .to his.intimate,friends —to his private iseordta ry. 1 have known him for years to be a politi cal- mountebank,;;a scheming, trickster; who recognizee the, interests of but one person in the United States),and that ode is Stephen’A. Douglas himself. ' I propose tq help a latter interest thontfiat, I have higher interests than the elevation of such a man to the-Presidency.” 1 1 ■ Democracy Trying to Buy Pennsyl- The Buchanan Democracy are endeavoring, in regard to Pennsylvania, to repeat the old game of 1856. A meeting was, held in this city last Saturday, at tfhioh wire assembled some ■wealthy Democrats, and SIOO,OOO-werd contrib uted to carry thp; State election in Pennsylvania next month.; We are under the impression that Pennsylvania cannot be bought this time fur a Democracy pf_which she has had such a hitter experience as the last four years has given her. Democratic money in this y ear, IB6o’ will get neitber Pennaylvania nor New York-j-the 'peo ple are going Tor principle, and this loads them til ths support of Lincoln.—A T . Y. Courier, and JCnquirir. tff TUg-^GtIT .Vf^OvM WELLSBOROCGK, W'EBN ES»A:Y'liK>RSmt}r f KEl' Ulitibi.V >fATMSA4 ABEAHAM'*I»COi,N' r ■:* for ncE-p.^i&HJEKT, ,n £! * ;j .. 1-lAN.NXDAT^-lIAMI-IN jr> !_ , •:. °F main?. , ~ : i i**" Electors aVLarge, ' - , Hos.’ JAMEa.' Poia.oGk, '' j ' ’ ' t Edward C. Knifiht, 13 P. B. Pentitelrt, 1' S-Ksbprt-?.~Klng,,'; ■ ; 14'4fly»e*Marcur; ■ i <• 3 Henry Eqmm, . 15 Georg?,BrM»ler„ , ■I ‘’■ ■' 10 A' B/Phurb.' '■ . [ 9 Xatlmn ;; T ,„~j . ITJfctitjel O. Oghf,:, ; , ' 0 .liilm M. BroomaTl, lU Samuel .C’dvln, - j ,lames W. Fuller,. n# (Edgar CoWnn,: ."T,. S Levi B. pmp.b; ~ , 20 .Edwr. SleKenoa, . - ' ‘ SI J.7T. Klr&Mdrlcfc 10 David Mtinim.-ujrv rrr a ’22 aaiMJ KerrJ"' . - U David Tapgart, , ',28 Richard P .Roberta, 13 Thomas IJ.Bull, Jl 'C 1 Sd-Henry Slather, r ' . " 25.Bobert Grier.' -if ■ ! '■ " ; Republicstate nomination. ■’ ( , ■*'- t J'V F.OR GOVEENOB*, /r\ ‘ \ ' a. ; b;U-B ± : N*. /_ ■ OF.-pXNTBE COUNTS’.-J |.. ' l ‘-' ' ! ' _ tw .congress, - ~ • ,'.-j: A^.‘v'<^no^sr,' Si ,.rOR;,REPRESENTATIFES, '1- .... ' ; ~ ..B. . BBB.XO'T.Tj,,- f .-■ r , ~B. B P STBAND,, . • V p . -j; ;• ■ !: . -t ,- f -f ;; . . Vohn V. isowAß,xps6i^.' r , ■ FOE REG. i IiEO'ORDpB,; ; S— ABCHER, for comiissiosss, /,s he could not j got down to vote for or agairist the Kai sas j Bill. Neither did he vote for jor ngainstjthe j Revenue Bill. Neither did he vote fon or j against the Postal Bill. , Neither did he jrote i for or against the Tariff Bill, i Neither dill he j vote for or against the Homestead Bill, jHe ' dodged them all hnd earned himself the nhme | of the Little Dodger in addition to those hejwag ! already known by—the Little Giant anq the Little-Sucker. Oh no; when any measui eof national importance came np the little do Iger took the “high ground” of t a gout in the stomach, or sore throat, or diarrhoea, or i iflu onza, or was,paired off. He got over all these diseases when he came’ into the Senate oc the I6th of May to boast that by “my great prin ciple of popplar sovereignty” Slavery j had gained.a degree and a half morfi territory .than it had . ever asked for. This-shameless’least wis made as a hid for the Slave drivers’ support, but it failed. They don’t like jdodgers. ,-We trust that Major Sherwood (who ns a gentleman, citizen, and neighbor is unexcep tionable) will explain these dodgings of ; Mr. Douglas to his. friends, while stumping this District for his election to Congress. Thetpeo ple of Roseville (where Major; S. is announced to speak on the first of Oetobep) will dpul fcless be glad to have some, light thrown oil hese dodges. ! ■’ Tho following is .the "Wickliffo resolu|iot which forms the “corner stone’' of the t)o igl: Phitform. Read it and see the hypocra sy the advocates of “Non-Intervention.” , s •ANI.S. — Resolved, That in accordance with fh( true interpretation .of the Cincinnati platform that during the existence of a ’Territorial Govern ment, tho measure of restriction, whatever it may be, imposed by the . Federal Constitution, on the powers’of the Territorial .Legislature over the subject of domestic relations, as the sa : me Ms been or shall hereafter be finallyldeler- mined by the Supreme, Court, of, the. i States, should be respected by nil good cis and enforced with promptness and fidell every branch of the Federal Government. "s. EDITOR NS: JQB.iPJtEaCENr,---. , I —. OT-TLBNOtS.' FOR AUDITOR, X>. TR ‘ OAIOZSTBIR.^ ,■ . i ■ - - . - j : ~TH>; T 1:0 G 4 AQ f T ATt)K. . - -sr- V-,- ‘t \ in tho -gyeat pintest of 1556, >ga Cocrity disijingnished fjljself'as tiio Jle dieaft'iSMinoi^XJ^unty _o£i-ttUa- Stator—She arced this proud distinction! ty.p’oliing, a lar ger majority for the Republican candidate for iffJrfesUieit to her;;j^nj»fi£fa~-{haif ja.ny other-connlj-in PeunßYlTAnia. . _Tbis_year, W pip to .'we,hope, : sometUing i ipore, lhap Jthe empty tit!e, prqud ought ijbe-of jthgc. ,-TJia fplbiwing-npie frppthe Chair 'air Cobntp ’ Committee- Svtlh csplaiii ferhat -uTrinean: \ " •" i r~ ■— ' L r " 'v*' ‘r ' ' . Tioiu,' Sept ,36^3360, I Hugh Tousg J?sq.; Dear Sirlj[X understood from |GoL AtcGtara, .Chairmen- of the RepubUcaifSiate Com- Imiitee, ip.May ;las& that; he \vaß!;havip£ .prepared n. ■ verj magnificeat banner to he present ed. to'ftmcoun.ty the largest Republican major.; QouutjJ -.W©-.cutt t%nt bahnerif aa.-- 1 Shall we do it? roura'j F. E. SMITH. Chairman.Bcjtublukui Co.,Committee, . Shall:wo do it? Cqrtainil; r we shall. Our earnest'EopablieAns late not going to stay at home arid see the brinor that jue'tly belongs to them Wrested ’from them by ithetrdwn apathy aud mipineness. And asida from, all selfish, considerations we areweli assured thtvtthe peo ple of Tioga County, love this great principles of Freedom and hale Slavery! au,d ita doughfa.ee allies no| less now than, they, ijlld then, and will so’nmke it.manifest.in October. ■ '■ '■ Shall we ' take the-banner ?■ Certainly wo shall— I riot because our people' Would care foe the .banner -for itself—but [bscause it will be , held as la sign for many .yeats to .come.'that in : the 'struggle between free Whits labor and a rotten 1 dligacehy. slavery forind a host invin cible arid unconquerable injour.hills,arid val leys, tea,} We .will, take the banner,;but wo must work for it.. , ..... j : While we have.becri standing Btill,- relying upon oar large majhrityJdlher ootirides have been T;ibr(nng .'as'sid'uouslyi to eclipse,us in pur, vote for' Freedom., They organized ■ belter than wp,-and, ; are .pout busily at work* ■ They are millitant, They' ard ; organized' Tike a great-army “conqueringsjndito copquer.'’.-.And if reVhain, in apathy two. or three weeks longer;-we should not be surprised if Potter,' Bradford, Susquehanna, Landastpr or •Allegany should steal’ laurels. But wo must wake up and work—work faithfully and;ur|tiringly to the end,- jit remains for Re publicans. to 1 say whether wo shall take the bahuel- which belongs io iis, or-lose it by apathy and,indifference. Let usjtry for it with all our strength,'.' j ■ DEMOCRACY AND SLAVERY. 1 '1 # . , . f Thq following resolution, among others, was passed unanimously by the Democratic party of this County assembled in Convention at Tioga Village, on" the TSlh tf"August 1854: Boso/crd, .That wo. will not support any than for any office who has hot been openjlyiand unbqiilvOcaHy op posed to tho repoal'of the'Missouri Compromise and thd'extension of slavery into free territory, and who will net-pledpo himself to use his whole induengo for the re-enactmcnt.of said Compromise, and against the further extension of slavery and the encroachment of the slave power. - I Ahd jet this same prvrty—still balling itself Democratic—is supporting 1 for the highest office in the gift of the people, Stephen Arnold Douglas,- the man-, who,J above ;all others,, was instrumental,in repealing the Compromise line between free labor and slave labor in the terri tories!, 1, What a'consistent {tarty I Remember, Dcmocralts of Tioga, that you pledged yourselves by {ho above resolution-to use your whole influence against the election of any man to any office who was not openly and unequivocally opposed to the further exten sion of, slavery, and the encroachment of the slave power. , , The Loco Foco leaders now ask you (o break that pledge, which, wle doubt not, expresses your real and honest convictions, and ask yqu to stultify yourselves by voting for Mr. Douglas who boasted on the 15th of May last in. the Senate, that through'his efforts Slavery had gained a degree and a half more territory than the Slave Power bad ever asked fur. lie also 1 | said that he did not cqre whether slavery was voted up or voted down. The same Democratic County Convention to which wp have referred the following preamble and resolution ;, Asp Whro£AS, We «lso|bolicve that that part of nn act’of Congre? s lately repealing the Missouri Coru • promise (so called) and all'othcr acts'of alike char acter aroantUDcinocnifi>,f and ‘ opjwscd to the true * principles of .oar TintioualJ government, and highly dangerous to its perpetuity. ! Kc'xoh'ed , That we mjrhly approve of the course of those Kerrresenfativc!* from'Pennsylvania who have firmly opposed the aggressions of. the slave power, and we-hereby tender to theip our support and thanks for the iiblo manner in which they defended the interests of their constituents and tbd cause of human freedom. , Now if the. Democrats of’ this County be lieved Douglas’ repeal of the Missouri Com promise/to be “anii-Democratic,” and took pains to' denounce if (as such, why do tljey now endorse him as the very .essence of Democracy? If the Democrats of (that time believed that all each acts were’ ‘'opposed to the'true principles of our national.'government and highly dan gerous to its perpetuity,” why do not the demo crats of to-dny believe the same doctrines? History tells us of those,’■who, in the darker of the world ,djd in sacred name of Reagion, commit the vilest crimes and enormi- So to-day Prol-Slavery despotism does in thgegaored name <|f Democracy commit the i?iHst crimes against humanity, and men aye found among us whjo’glory in being the allies of \his foul oligarchy. ; 'Democrats of Tioga County, you who do not pretend to be the slaves of party drill, but who profess to think and act for yourselves, read an other part of yoor platform adopted: at Tioga in 18S4, and compare it with the doctrineamf the Republican party-of to-day and tell us wherein they differ. The Democratic Conven tion of 1854 held at . Tioga Village resolved that Whf.wab. Liberty. coo 1 of-tbs greatest blessings, and necessary to tnoitrue enjoyment of all others, . and webtlieve th£t slavery in any fnrm or in any cuunlry .'mid cspeoinlly’ la Ibu United States the izens, & hy ioftsted land, of liberty ds', Anti-Democratic, aridfa rreat moral,social, and.political evil,and contrary ~~ to, lb e doctrine taught :in..tb.o Declaration of iptjndeucc ftthat all lien are ebdowod by their cnW toi wiih certain-inalienable rights, among which cjt9 kireriuisfiy. aud-tfce-piw«nt-<>f-fi*ppirics3. The sop. port and defence of which doctrino by American cUUona-ouastiUuoa-tha only fiafn.gnard—of tbeir-. liberties. I r .fXhWJ.tla j'ia.tije.kind;itf ddctriaa Vhica'Ml-' .Henry. Sherwood .th.e£oCQ..Fooo candidate for .CoAgr.esf• deqoqpces os. .“abolUionis | tn f jet as be 1 as always becn “a good democrat/ be no, 4o>- bt v r oadurse ■/., .: ■ ’ ■<’ . / . ,OCO FOOD BASENESS. ilatto Democratic prints'of ,this State, . The Mi not conta jnt w'ith falsifying, thie, recorffof,their own men ami measure?, have latetytaken to the plan of falsifying the 'record prominent Republicans, Last . week, for instiinc.q, .the Loco Fo so orgtfti of the Dooglasi.tes; of this jubiished the following extraobfrian a i Tide at Spfingfield by Carl jSchn’rz;' this irman Republican orator, coupled. With •»e that these were Mr. Schurz’a own sentiments; County \speoch','Tt tha char “Tlier ft diploid pose'of i! eyes of at laration i code of i piece of of artfu 3 -is your Declaration of Independence, latio dodge,’adopted merely for the pur ssensihg, the reliellious polonies in the livijized mankind, -'Thjofe is your Dec of independence; no linger the sacred die* rights .of man,;but an hypocritical apeoiaippleading, drawn dp by a batch pettifoggers, who, when -speaking 6f Is of man,-meant but' tbe- privilegee , j)f ari s tocVst i o slavebo^i erg, but styled it ;hts of man," in order to -throw dost i eyes' of the ' yttrld, ■ afid to : inveigle carted fools- info-SHkniing' them aid-and o'e. [Applause.*] are your boast ulutiuhary sires, nm'longer heroes and at accomplished bumbo ggors and hypo vbo said one thing and- : moant another; ssed counterfeit sentiments as genuine, i ained arms and money and assistance apathy, on false pretences! There is rent American devolution; no longer the champidn of universal principles,- but a TankeoJ trick—[bursts of applause and ckJ—a wooden-nutmeg— [renewed cheers] inost impudent imposition ever practiced lie wholg world ! [Applause.]” Democrat purposely suppressed that part Sohurz-s speech which immediately fol ,nd explains the above. Mr. Schnrz con- the righ a set o! “the ri into the nnble-h -assistan ed 'Rev sages, 1. crifes, who pn and oh and s; your g great mean laught upon! •ThV of Mr. lows tinue' a i? tile way Mr. Douglas wants You,' to read Apje with .nd to understand the proudest pages of afcan history! That is the kind of history winch ii: find!) it necessary ,to prop his Tin docti ine' of popular sovereignty !! That is'tvliaWuL-calls'vindicating.the character and the natives and the conduct of the sighers of tlie Declaration of Independence. Thus he did not blush to slander Jefferson, who, when speaking of his Country, meant, the world,’and when speaking of his fellow'-citizens, meant mankind; and Franklin, in whose clear head theory and'-jira’ctieo were the same, and who, having declared “all thou to he Created free-and equal," hecamp the first President of the first great Abolition Society; and John Adams, the representative of that State which abolish'd?! slavery within its limits with one great stroke "of legislation; and Washington, who declared it to lie “Iris fjndeih wish-to : see slavery abol ished by law,” and affixed to the Declaration of Independence the broad signature of his heroic sword; and Madison, who doomed it “absurd to admit the idea of property in man;” aVid of the framers of thcr Constitution, who took care not to disgrace that instrument with the word .{‘slavery,” and.sbefore adopting it finally, blot ted out from the extradition clause the word “servitude," aicowedly because ik /signified the condition of,a slave, and sabstitu-fedfthe word “sejrviee," njvowedly because ii l i '•!'>!; ■nr[ 7} .‘iCl; . a We have not been'arojiaEd l from Oar letting 1 until theiprbud htivlWards ofbnr fredderritoi, I ■ara,bpwing iflbie ,rights It I : the dibizerra' of the Territories I oht; I ooiy .-pariadfedTol.ageg'il despotic ew'ay.. .-And ljj I yon areto ‘;elect Abraham' Lincoln, and-geton I theke yo V raDB[ | *grara , sre!i)|tfie' ballot-box,' ancf be ‘ sure’ that ir, I Is brought to the polls | iemembßtiiiglha t "eternal rigilanceis the fe of Bwjjttucur.’ | - ■li i ft B ' Agitator.!’,; Takohmweof the Voters |and Itlte 'County wai .hi pi .. . h ns cheer-? ful nows'from the wfiojbco'untfy. ftt§:,v«j7 ; -onofideDli ofjsuccess in .every 'partof| the land; and for proof, point, us to the glorionii demonstrations for oar cause, (puts universally prevaiUngwhero, most strength is needed. The hitherto “’doubtful States”,-tye how; sure to sup port the Right, and consequently, to bring ahont .Republican success. In the free "West there is one constant' Republican pbilde lights the patriotic North withhhoble enthusiasm while,from the “star in the East" the glad tid-‘ ings.of victory tell us that' the people demand reformation and retrenchment. Yes, the coun try is awake we aro not to be disgraced and impoverished by another four gears’ Democrat ic tyranny ; "but Republicanism will be installed at Washington,' the country’s honor redeemtd, popular rights se c u red^Jnsfice. done to all see tions, and the nation madedoproaphr under th» benign influences of hn ( il correct mm. | agdm.eot-'j’ ’ • pj-•.’;!• it•’ ; -I It is ndt unfreqnently thus that we reason; | and indeed we expect all this to be accomplished, ; All'the tnkay of enthusiasm ■ and* uhiversifo'o- i ferost which" we thus witness, is the best of et. » idence thatour Cause is right, but not that ii | .will pretail in all places. We may direct lbs | attention of our townsmen to jthese facts, to | convince ihem that we succeed, not ; that w 6 are from this reason.jfowcb'eed. - What | is doing ih other States'bourns Penn-1 sylyivnia.l As a State wo are I as counties, towns and school-districts wo ate | individually responsible. But how apt we are to turn all our attention to other States and j places of almost to the tiital neglect of our own district or individual field! It is nat ural for ijiAb lay-aside ‘the importance of the State election, and-discuss ; the merits of the Prosiden ial nominees. This is right, if w» work for Lincoln and Ham|in jmi October, in.l .stead idaying till November.! IWo may con-fe elude to be at the polls Iwjith 1 joiih Jeams andp wagolis wlthrwhich to rally but how many will stay : at home, perhaps all| day, if tjieir hopes be dampened |by neglect off duty at the ~October contest? ‘lTaw.many,.™ cannot sky; but we "do know that disappoint-! ment fills heavily upon the hearts of. the most energetic, in political aa well as dtherrelation! to society. Who has forgotten’j£hd general de pressionfof 1856.?- Wo all, knppcihat the Bari est fightj comes first, 'hi Matj Uahjtest'we mm contend [for a majority; , and jlj amj.glad of it.- The Democrats do not divide Upon the tick for Governor ; neither wilt they jt%m the Pw Ldential : for they know it, is the most impr. ■ant; nnji this is'.the reason why jl am glad thi Gen. Foster has been candid enough not to whether he is fur pouglas or Breckinridge All Democrats aro good friends op the Govern question, because they have a candidate for thi office who is in favor of.^iunion, not only of lh States, bat of all-kinds'of Democracy, as sit ness the, fact that heonly qut tions of national policy as iurd: found in be the platform of Duhglas. arid ; Btoqkenridge, should like to know whether;, if {Democrats not only willing, but glad to accept a man st is “muth” upon all questions above the body Democracy, they will not be more-glad to unit upon a ticket which shall; give them their ov strength as wollas that of .their Ifriftnds in co: mon with whom They Support Qcnl. Foster? i they unite blindly .uponjione,.ticket, they ce: tainly i pdn another which ivili hot diminis! and which each .expects wp their ot strength. - 'i j' ,I i; , '. Then ,1 say, we mast' hrep'are for 'the gre: battle Jirst. In order to do this, we must work. It is work, and work Only which give us success. A yelar since, there were 227;_sehool disi in this jconnty. There are over 11,000 in State, exclusive- of Philadelphia.' These the places to work. ; How many men there in these, who, if negleeUdj > \ l '^3H| ( norbe le voteradvhen the important'dliy/amves! Si postrthjere is but 'one m district who not vote if not informedjjor'assisted; we wow by thU neglect loose IIJCJOO votes, and perba/ the entire election. It is not' by jubilant joining over the master efforts of Republi in other States, that we shall secure the ct eration ofghfs uncertain belt pf voters; bm is, fiist: to see that they are Republicans. ond, ihat they are voters: jthird, that ti: vote. ' - --i _ To Effect these objects, thorough org.miiafe is the joniy means. The towii' club should is the general cnanoil-ropin.-, There each schoc district should be oared/oKhceording.;to, its mands for effectual latdrj by ;|he appointme: of suitable aud cfficiefatj committees, to see hr eyeiy jman stands politically, to call upon tin all, and to use every possible nieans to convii • them what is right, and assist tiiem accordinj A farmer who is too busy to walk to town,' ride if paid the compliment of an oppbrtunit and sp it will be with,, thousands in this Stat even at the beat wo can do. There are mer everyj town ..capable of, making; a gobd'speeci and . many g >od readers wh6 cchild do mat good by reading the best speeches in-public.- There should, then, tip! at loafet one such me ing in every district] in,- IpßStban a month This is a si or! timejand oplt/soe what there to.bbjdone! Upon' Mii Ipbtfrt space of tii bangs the solution of the great question of ■ country and the world." It is not whether oi honest champion shall become President; b whether the principles which ha repressr shau|triumpb, and |he bright star of prr and reform, by’ its light of redeem the once proud; name of Americ: the sbame under which she bends, in the of the civilized world! What prompted me to Write this artic> the faot tbat there seetns a igeneraf state of. athyj resulting from, ja 'want of oppnsitioi one thing, and the, pniversal-'hshef of cei success, for another.) ißht/aths. well to bf mind that bur bnlyfsuoceSees in the past, resulted from the : combination of doubtl menis. • Even with a trained Republican i ity, Would not a question to be decided by ly one half million men divideCinto four t ent elements, be very doubtful? tintriec sons too often prove but .doubtful and fa theories; and it ia best to “prepare for worst. 1 ' ' - Ah-Vtor Jcstjcb l ' fcijirrte