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-: State Election 6T 1859;
.PfßVfa^Md.^yiffiore,parties wore 1 allies’
haymjgfurmeil jtheir Ticket priorto Eli >
n<?a\inat!oti ■ They were prepared
tobßdrtry, hi|W;cnmed that Blectioii
opponents, justj-beforeths day-of triaharaiscd
large <w*aunM oofmhnby, mainly "in ; ■ this City,
■hmighg thcrt^itW t hoiae jbd«ai6il^*T&iao'j|e
Jhadere r- ' i .diafe^^dX.wbofe
trunfc'sfuli of counterfeil' Naturalization GertifU
pates,;andcfirried the-Stateina grand surge;if
Corruption atfd fraud* bf^home Thfeß‘Thbiisand
UTB/prityr of Sham-Democrpix
Was eitiply a gigaStiO'’ levribdle, as : war Jiidi-i
cferjly .proved: vti ! ’A contest of tbe‘ ; electimi ’if
Diatri c t Attumeyi lix Ph iladel phitvan d stiff fur
thereatablistied7 pfcKtvdde Investigation.
• And; that swindle : si' ured' 'the elevation bf
/3 athesi Buchanatt %a 7r tUe' Pre3idency, and so-j-r
' in tbe rlang of.thb^dfiy—“saved the Onion 77
If.-the-Union could t&ftrathonlybe saved by
such’means, wiould itJaelißally worth saving?
i;,.At her two laflt State' Electjoris, Pennsylva
nia lura been carried s hy thounited Opposition
oh an-average majority !of
J wenty-Tbpuaatld ;'-nhd that party, in- fill
Q.mvontion.r hftsnotrilnatfed.Coi. Andrew: 0.
Curtin for Goverfaor.ahd eent'delegates to'flh'i-'-
eago. who .thorel ppftcufdd thc'ndrnirmtioh lof
Abraham Lincoln fort'Preßidenti Ihfey had
their choice among tdl the candidates outside
of Pennsylvania, atpitHey deliberately add
cboHer-alr. 'Lincoln ‘its tlie man
who, by ; his known? antecedents, ‘his personal
shirjracter.iandiris' bW<:U-dndergtood- principles,
Was.theyery'maniftt com’bino! their suffrages
.-Sf’ttt. jTheir
tbostjamnng'thn'iniiDiTHdeaawhibh BecuredAiis
nomitiation’.-.. -yi S-9: o' j. : ',(■/■•
■ -A very small segbuht of the People’s'pany
. has .bolted, this notn hation, ftnd pretehdff 'to
"suppbrt Jqbtt 3elij along with the little band
of Democratic. etouLpigeo tvs who,-hitherto cill
iitK.thenn selves
years been, hired and used tO'dislract'the'Opph- 1
sithm.and mid the partyirv power. ’■ (See SpJ 1 ,
JiwM'gee's testimony; before tb,i Printing, ‘ln
vestigation Committee.) These ' together-jftre
-now ding-donging a fIU of bells’with the’plain
intent; of giving did linid oomfort'to the Natu
ralisation swifidlersidf 1856; ‘ But how can
•jiey. deceive;mnybdfjy'f' They” hare no Bell
Electoral Ticket, ahddo not mean to have-apy,
nhlessas a blindpatfehir votes will be given for
thtee who have rdptiatedly'bought and used
them.’ Their itnraedjHto'business is to abstract
as-many votes ’lfranHCurtln as possible,’jnnd
thereby secureihe el j'ction of Henry D. Foster,
the. Fusion Dom’oora 1 jc candidate for Governor: -
•’”We trust this 'Unprincipled coalition is to be*
heaWn; hut it will require thd utmost exertions
oT’the !: Lincbln metf’ of Pennsylvania. They
have the ’ supported ■of’ Douglas, Breckinridge'
and Bell "all combi rvod ■on Foster, which! will'
give’, him thousand!! cif vo'tes; that canncitbe
united’ on' any cdhfjeivablo' Electoral Ticket.
The nttpndt ’’efforts ■ Ibf • the Republicansarid
People's men’must to put forth, to secure Cur
tin's-election; and td !tbts f end Wo' make a final,
ftrid-'orgent'appeal, i ' M ’ ■’ ; ij
t'! MeN ’. op PeknSy jVAxi.v 1 yon stand ih tha j
Thermcvpylae'of thiß: thomdntous struggle 1! You
ehn seethat the ftipledieaded adversary cannot
’ fcombine ainteffeeS on a common Electoral
"Ticket—that the-' Douglas men-spurn the idea
■ of voting for Breokipridge, and have nominated
fc 1 ' clean 1 ’ Electoral ! jiiket-r-tbat the Adopted
eahn'ot bai induced to vote for 80ll 1
SDlectqto, while “thpusarids now acting as Bell
rriendannot'hs indoce3 to vote a Fusion TicWcit
froinWhichthe names of Beil men are 'excluded.
Bnttbe-Cbuntry cpijinot, "will hot see this ; and
the great mnltifu'tfd of hesitating, dubious, U
(Jifferent, wtli -id Curtin’s defeat'as'putting
the State agajns,,Lincoln in November.’Such
a result in October''would he hailed by our
ihotlny'advetBarS>a 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.
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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.
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WELLSBOROCGK,
W'EBN ES»A:Y'liK>RSmt}r f
KEl' Ulitibi.V >fATMSA4
ABEAHAM'*I»COi,N'
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.. 1-lAN.NXDAT^-lIAMI-IN jr>
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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\ ‘ \ '
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S— ABCHER,
for comiissiosss, /,<v, ■
AMBROSE
*^3tate.Elebtion—pctobei 9,.15'00. . . -|
-frS" Presidential Election— November iviSho. , ..
: KS“.W. JL DadgeEsq., bf.'th.o firp of Phelp l
* & Dodge—a gentleman well-known agd-highl;
esteemed in • this -section, dud' hitherto;iia;ol' [■
Kne 'Whig, has declared for tincolnand’llamlir.
’ Jgy-Do not fail to-read the exccllent comnn -
; mention signed ,r Amafor Jus tec! as” in ppathest
column. It, speaks the true sentiments of
1 every intelligent Pvcpnblican on tie questtoifa
■ therein discussed. And we trust that di|r
• irtends will not only read Tt, but act upon its
: suggestions. 1 There is ho time tojlose. j
' ' abe Yoy assesse|d’p
. ' Voters!’ if yda have any doubts aboiit yoi
name being on assessor's list, go and see ’
it without delay.-’ It is’often the case that evt
the names of old' residents are invadvertent
left off the list. Remember that Jill who desj
to vote on the 9th : of October hext. must;
as'sessed ten days before tho election—'that
BY, Friday crSaturday of this webk. J
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1 BSj“Wehave hopes that “little Delawat s”
will give a majority for Lincoln) and Ham in
this Fall. A municipal election) was held, at
Wilmington, in that Bta}e, on [Tuesday lest,
which resulted in the choice oj Y..C. Gilp n,
the People’s candidate for Mayor. ,We ; ire
assured that Mr. Fisher, the Candidate of he
People's party for Congress vydllj "be elected
Who says that we have no, party ip, the si; ive
States? . 1
Have the'Democrats of this 1 County hetrd
the result’of the State election In Maine'y :t ?
and if so, how ? Did they read about it in
their “organ”- the Dtiilocralf \-. , - ■, ,
Jgy*-Mr, Henry Sherwood has received thi
nomination of the other Counties in this Dis
trict for Member of Congress against Grow. I
I elected we trust be will not take such “1 igh
1 ground” as Douglas did last winter. Indeed
I Douglas got so very high up tl>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
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FOR AUDITOR,
X>. TR ‘ OAIOZSTBIR.^
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- 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.
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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<l, all Jheae doqtrmes in
1 18 jA I ■-I ' ‘ - -d e, ■■) ■'
bis-, ■ that-when the -old- Democratic^
~ - The ti
red-its;, principles and bowedtdpwp
Party
to the'Bail of 'Slarery ftt the 'beofc ofitHigH
Priest : Doi}glas, ltdost its po (verMthtbe people
and died inwn "rottenness. Tt/will be
buried on the of November ~,n?xt. " Honest
instep of. galvanising.tbs
dead body iota- momentary,life, let y6ar vote
Wcast to fdnk-it still deeper -in oblivion, by
voting for Abrabam Lincoln the true Democrat
pf.llliaois. •' > ■/., .: ■ ’ ■<’ . / .
,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 <gffo/fed the
condition of] a freeman. Thus Mr. Douglas
dares to speak of all those true men, who, after
having proclaimed tlipir principles in the Dec
laration, endeavored to ; introduce them into
practical liftf in almost qvery State, in the way
of rgradual ! That they have
failed in this, is ii ( aniy fault of theirs ? It
shows nut tl;at they wereiless great.and sincere,"
but that sul|isfrquent~geperations were hardly
worthy of so noble an ancestry 1 [Applause.]
There is Mr. Douglas’ version of your history.
He despairs 1 of converting you without slan
dering your fathers. JUis doctrines,
oaknot thrive, unless planted in a calumny on'
the past. He Vindicate jtho signers of the Dec
laration of Independence 1 Indeed, they
it (sadly. I see the illustrious committee of five
rise from their graves, at their head Thomas
Jefferson, his lips curled with the*Smile of oon
'tenpt, and |I hoar him say to Mr. Douglas ;
“fiir, you mpy abuse usins niuoh as you please,
but have the goodnees to spare us-.with youF
vindications, of our character and motives."
[(heat laug|uer and applause,]
Every intelligent man in the country will at
once see th| baseness of this attempt to fasten
si cli odious sentiments upon a man who so
heartily contemns them. JTo wonder the late
Ljco Foco Convention; endorsed the ability o:
that paper and its editor.
mon.
Pekn'stlvania Politics.—A straight Doug*
s Electoral ticket has been, imnounced. It
eludes twjelve of the names on the Reading
jket, including Mr. Vaus at large. The fol
vving are the changes:
At Large. —John Cessna, instead of .Mr.
eim.
District Electors. —John Alexander, Fredrick
never, Godfrey Wetzijer, Edward Wartman,
iseph Doyrdali, Isaiah James, Gen. D. Stitzel,
din Black, Geo. Cross, Wm. L. Dewart, Win.
. GorgasJ Francis Sucre, John Coiohn, and
vines S. Leonard. ■
SST" Hon. G. A- Crow is now engaged in
lumping own,District; Thirteen appoint
lentsin Bradford.aad Susquehanna Counties
re published in the papers. We learn that
6 will visit this- County soon alter the Stale
kotuon. ; ' '
1 P&S. O jJR Tlf 3"t« S’EfcJE’33sfe- •\ *
rrr 'f-- ■„ J .-.,.,' tii C 1
i ; s •—a ■■■ ‘jr# f
, i
?To tTtjpjjpdUor'
*—Thc'-Suc co tjfsh ’Doiiiw?v Xty as yon tShlTtbem, t
held n meeting in Roe School House in
RTustownstiip on Saturday evening last, when'
. Kepry Sherwood -addressed .them. The school;
bousewny prdtty toff filfe(f,4beht two thirds,of i
-tha.aiidienoa.beingEepuhlicanB. ; -Tbe-:»peaker i
I .harped, upon, Douglas and, ;( his “high ground”
Tor some" time) "and lien 'commenced ..abusing
- the 1 torafrtionis tB,'trttbßiJg}rTipere - Iras'' not'orro |
After he sat Mr. George
Soudder.a young Republican who "believed that
Mr.‘SherwoodbadmrißTeprpsented'bothth'efitefa
of history and the- sentiments of the Republi
can party) asked-theprivilege'of rowing. To
this Mr. .Sherwood jobjected'as a matter of
course. * Mr. Scuddee.then gave: notice-tbat:he
would reply to Mr. Sherwood at the same place
two weeks froth tKat'fevenmg (Oct 6th.) I wish
you to give notice iof .this in the AotTAfOB. .
The Republicans- of the Palmer district in
this town recently put up a.pole with a Eipcoln
flag. The Looofocos "(did hot like to see the flag
of Freedom flying-so j’heav them, and) so like a
lot of thieves -thoy we'nt in the night and cut it
down. Another one jis now standing in, tho
same place.! The Democrats in this - township
are tryipg to. emulate the ruffianism of, their
brethren !ri ithe South. Their character is in
keeping with the cause they advocate. It is
only a Kw : days'since a Tost Haslirof this
township, declared before -xuany of his neigh
bors, that.ahy-man who circulated the Tribune
.in the South oup/it jtobe Freedopi of
Speech and of the [Press, you see, have'few
friends among .the forlorp, Democracy of- this
township or county. The fanaticism of Slavery
causes many m'eii to wakebjoisbf bheraselvea.
Sept.-25, : ISQO. ",, i Viator-.
' 1 Front;
1 ; * i
To the Editor of the A'
When it is chnsid sred that the Democratic
party hash'eld the payer «f our; Government,
for a ! seriesof years under far different auspi
ces from that now presented; it is rio matter of
surprise that tboustnds of well but
ignorant Men,'leave ’beep deceived and inno
cently, .Jed | to. their influence, and cast
their votes ifor th,eft rtheranfee of the Democrat
ic cause. Jtrjs-rath mymatter of surprise that
those who entertain’clearer ideas of the politi
cal’issiies-of the day and who are sMled in the
political chicanery, that biis beeh;going;on for
the last eight years in out- Government,—and
thousands whose h asiness. interest are fhreat
eijcd.wjth destruction in the whirlwjhd of fa
natical revolution--should have so - , long lain'
ddfmtrtit, and neglected to. avail themselves of
the, mighty influence about to he cast upon our
Government by the ascension to- power of: one
of the advocates of Freedom- and a protective
tariff,, a man who firmly believes in the ■ doc
trines advocated by the Republican Party; and
Who will.’if elected, discharge the duties incum
bent upon that exalted position with equal and
exact justice to the whole Union. The candi-
date of 1 1Repul Iretin party will, if elected,
cast each rd iuflufei ice: over our country as will
hurl back] tbo'tide of Demagoguoism, and place
honest freb labor fir in advance of chattel ser
vitude. -The real tipiestions now at issue bare
been kept back by ;hese Democratic Humbugs,
apd but little has!,fet been done to undeceive
the public, and curb the uiad career of fiery
zealots,‘apd soulless demagogues who are at
tempting jto involve, pur country in the worst
calamities' that ca n i afflipt civilized Society,
under the pretos of Popular Sovereignty and
non-intervention, us assumed by Stephen A.
.Doughia, the real usurper of po pillar rights,
only so far as ithosu rights go fob the’ perpetua
tion ami protectio i of human bondage in the
Territories of the United States. The inconsis
tency of his favorite doctrine has nut on!y:been
dopiunstrated ' by our ablest statesman, but
the -Supreme -Court of the United States under
•whose decision,we all'must bow, have'decided
that unless “Congcess has the right to legislate
upon, the, subject (if Slavery,ip tile Territories
the People have not the; rightv” Why is it
then; that candid and, impartial men will still
cling to tliis-delusive phantom, while'this same
Stephen A. Douglas whp pretends to- he’the
sole advocate of the people's rights; is promul-
to the South that he believes “Slavery
has a; legal existence in-ithe Territories,” and
his past political conduct during the Kansas
struggle verifies jthe opinion, given by him
whenever cal)od dpon-by thi Southern Dough-
especially at the time when he is looking
to the South for their suffrages, to assist in
elevating him to[_thot position which he juts
anxiously watebejd for tho past four years.
This groat Illinois S'atesman whenfhe'luccomp
ton Conilitution was submitted to Congress for
its passage by the message of the President
James Buchanan, turned his back upon the
Bill, .any avowed that its passage would be an
usurpation of power, and that the “principle
of living this Constitution on an unwilling peo
ple, is diametrically at war with the fundamen
tal principles of Democracy,” and further adds
“That tie same Principles,also that lie at the
bottom if this attempt to defraud the people of
Kansas ;of their fights are dangerous if not fa
tal for liberty aad property, and in their ten
dencies dead stra ght' toward disorder, and des
putism.” These are some of the remarks made
by the tminenc, consistent and patriotic-states
man, who if he had carried out this doctrine in
its, full istent, wmld have bee.n the most popu
lar man to-day in the United States. '
But trace a little further the career of this
“nobleman” an I you see him when the people
of Kansas frame J a Constitution and ratified it
by their votes, aid complied to the letter, with
all instructions received. It passed the House'
by a small majority, and all that- is required
now to admit Kansas upon an. equal footing
.with the original states, is-the Senate’s’approv
; The BiH for admission goes to the Commit- 1
tee on Tervitoms. The committe consists of
seven. Members, and when the vote is taken it
stonds a tie—three for its admission and.three!
fuFits rejections .Douglass’s vote would decide
the question,,and if he had been a consistent
man, Kansas would-have been admitted and
recognized as a Free State-in this glorious Ret
pt blic, But, he refuses to cast his, vote, when
by so doing all ;his controversy- now existing;
would be at an snd, and his Popular Sovereign
ty doctrine, aftt r Kansas,had been admitted as
a free State, would have been the ruling-power
forever more: jßut he,, shows in this as in all
his political career, that he is not actqated by
any higher motives than mere party and per
sonal plica. Th e Republican party claim more
stability in , their organization, headed by Ab
ruhamcLinooln, 1 If we can elect him, we can
reposejn confident reliance upon the security
_a%rded by outj Free institutions and constitu 5
tionallguarantejes, while the foes of our rights
and liberties are actively engaged in manufac
turing ‘'exploded dogmas” with the zeal and
Want of consistency ever attending fanaticism.
lawrenceriUe.
itcttor ,
I •
,rsQiJr,-;L- -Ir.l. r t> 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