POLITICAL. 8 JFrom the Huntington Advocate. SAMUEL STURGEON'S Base perjury resorted to, to injure and break down tlio democratic' candidate!!! The old barbarian weapons of reckless fed eralism, vainly wielded against SIMON SNYDER, burnished anew, arid now at tempted to bo used against DAVID It. POltTJEU, in the, present death struggle of federal aristocracy!!!! The minds of our officeholders, stimula ted by tho certain prospect of signal defeat, in the invention of falsehoods, really appear to be as oxhaustless as thesprings that sup ply tho ocean. To such a towering height ol enormity had they lately reached, that we. really thought they could possibly get no further. Bui it seems ",tho end is not yet!" I he last two numbers of tho office-hol-ders' Journal contain a paper purporting to bo an affadavit, made, by onb Samuel Slur- 'geori, before David Snare, Esq.,- deputy Collector of the pqjft, and lately appointed a Justice of tlio Peace by Gov. Ritner, which for bold and daring falsehood, puts the climax on their mountain of lies. This paper may be seen in tho 'Journal' tinder the displaying heading, 'Over whelmed Evidence!' It is nqt.'tlicrefore, necessary that wo shouldco'py it in order to make our comments upon it understood. t Nor will we stop' 'to enquire whether Sam uel Sturgeon ever actually made such an affadavit. It is so certified by hodeputy collector, and one of the Governor's Jus tices, which will, of course, be deemed suf ficient evidence of authenticity by the mends of tho governor. But, to thinking, honest men of all parties, we say, 'come, let us 3it do wn & reason together,' upon the contents of this'strangc production. Lay aside yom prejudices and' prepossessions for Porter or against Porter give us, and give us only, your serious attention .as cadjd men and honest inquirers after truth and if, with such feelings and motives, you accompany us in a brief examination of that paper, we despair not of 'convincing ALL, that it hears upon its VERY face' tho certain marks of absurdity the most glaring falsehood, tho most bold and barefaced perjuiy (if an oath was taken) the most deliberate and thinning!! Ijetushcn examine it. .The 'first and principal charge is, that Sturgeon lately .went to Porter's house to compromise a suit width he brought more than 20 years ug u ugumsc i-aiion ana gorier; mat Mr, Porter, after bargaining, offered 01 SO; which he agreed to take." him In the same paper in which this reputed ajaaavit appears, appears also, in display, a long arucie caneu 'the evidence!' con sisting of professed extracts from tho coun ly records, and certified by 'Robert Cajip- UKLtMiFnotTIIONOTAUY., TluVlatlot "paper shows that on tho ll:)i (lav oft June. 1819. Samuel Sturgeon brought a suit against Pat ton and Porters that on the 1 1th of August. 18 1Q, (when an applicant for tho benefit of tlie insolvent Jaws,) he ,swore the amount due him by Patton and Porter to be 'about seven hundred dollars.' This suit was promptly plead' to; if not determined, it still may be; if the claim was honest and just .1 r.. 11.. ... i iici, ii is eijuuiiy su iiuw ; anu HO w, Willi interest from the time of suit brought, it would amount to 15-10!!! Yet Sturgeon now swears he was willing to 'take $180!!! What, candid reader, is the inference to Te drawn from these facts! One of two tilings. Either that SamuclSturgeon knows in his own heart that his claiih was unjust from the beginning, and, could never bc sustained in law or equity; or that it has been decided and settled; and the f4Qt that t'le suit has been suffered to sleep moro than S0 years,.is strong and powerful additional evidence of the truth of one or the other of these inferences. If the first be true, what becomes of his former oath!!! If the other', where is Jus honesty and integ rity?. He is either a perjured villain or a fraudulent knave! Header, let us ask you in all candor, are we to avoid this conclu sion? We cannot. Tins is the dilemma in which he has involved himself! You, holiest reader, would not hang on either Jiorn for a world!! Either a perjured vil lain or a fraudulent knave! WJia't, Materi als for a witness!! This is the man that how swears to the prejudice of an honored citizen whom many of you liave fovoiably known known as an honest and upright jnan for25 years!! And swear? , too, be it remembered, in the hope of making something out of his old sriit raked up out ofoblivioii, and his attention directed to it oy the PnoTiio.NOTARY and his comrade bandits in this county!!! This is tho man whose affadavit js under consideration. Is jik a competent witness? Is he worthy of, No you carinot!! But further, It is well khowri fo the .whole stale the name of Sturgeon has been used to prejudice the people against Mr. Porter over since his nomination. It is e hually well known that since then, Sturgeon Pa's been corresponding with the oflicc-Jiol- tiers, and their tools, m tlna lowif, in league with tho bitterest enemies of Gen. Porter. Gen. Fortqr knew this. It is aljso known to every one who knpw$ Mr. Porter, that he is a prudent mm: rind that his oppo nents chargo him with being an. artful cun ning man. All know this. Taking these things into consideration, criti it bo believed by any. rational being, fpr a single moment, that Gen. Portertwasso consummates fool as to act as ho is represented by tho affada vit! with his known and sworn enemy a known tool of the ,despcratei and rficklcss band of 'poliliciaris in tins place hiown to have been brought here bit thein and known while here, to be m hourlu consul- taliun with him? No man in his senses can believe, it. Still further. Sturgeon states by way of cliinax to the other absurdities, of tho affa- aaviij iim tlio reason tlio bargain between hini and Mr. Porter was not concluded, was, (heaven savo tho mark!) .that Mr. Porter wanted him to certify to his' charactcr!!! vnan uaviu u. rorter a3i a man Willi whom HE HAS NO ACQUAINTANCE WHOM HE HAD NOT SEEN FOR 20 YEARS WHO HAS NOT BEEN IN THE CO,UNTY FOR 20 YEARS HIS ENEMY AND THE TOOL OF HIS ENEMIES to certify to his charac ter.bcforo tho People of Huntingdon coun ty !!!!!!! It would require less credulity to receive as truth ihe story pf "Sinbad There is still another afisurdity 'in this matter. Suppose .Gen. Porter at this mo ment had Sturgeon's receipt in discharg of ins ciaim ay, aim ins cerniicatci ut wliat advafftage would they be? Could he would he use theiiji? Would he .thus ac knowledge what lie denied in 1818, and Wliat he denies up to this moment, and aoainst. the truth AGAINST. THE EVIDENCE AFFORDED BY STUR-i GEON'S CONDUCT IN LETTING, HIS CAUSE SLEEP UNTIL IT WAS AWOKE FOR 'HIM admit that Stur geon s. caim was .just! admit to be true the FALSEHOOD of Jiis federal persecu tor io man tnat Knows David Li. Porter can believe it. Here, then, we have an affadavit made by an interested witness swearing in refer ence to his own cause oh his.own show inga perjured villain or a fraudulent knave totally unworthy oft;credit and m the nanus oi as vile a band ot political scroun drcls as ever .broke bread; and the afi'adavit itself bearin'o on its face sufficient evi dence tb condemn it three times ovej; to . ' . ... ' prove u juise false r Alio IS! Wc repeat again, to every candid, truth- loving man in this, community, tho question, ian you believe such a man? Can you be lieve'such stuff.' Does not the affadavit car ry with it conclusive evidence of its false hood?- Suuct your sober judgement to an swer No no man living can harbour the thought for a moment. It is, we are sorrv to say, a tissue of DOWNRIGHT FALSE HOODS. Not a word of truth in it No not one! Never was there a more wicked and criminal attempt to rob any man of his 'g'opd name.' After, this, we sjiall not bo astonished at any thinif. Will not sonic one swear that Mr. Porter has been guilty of theft? (Ben-' edict would provo it in a moment!) Surely tho days, of Simon . Snyder have returncd,- uuu uiu parauei ueiwecn Uen.UJayid II. Porter and that honored patiiot, should be fully earned out. Let slanders more atroci ous be SWORN TO! Come down to the dirtiest grades of crime swear tha( Porter has beeli'guilty of all there are scoundrels enough who will swear for pay! Try that,, or you fall beneath the recklessness exhibit ed when Jefferson was a candidate for the presidency, or.when Snyder ran for the samo office for which Gen. Porter is now before tho people of Pennsylvania- Vain, indeed, as it is, it is your only hope! But, recollect! the people of Pennsylvania w ere not de ceived thai they aro intelligent they cannot be deceived now!! In conclusion, we as(t of that party: of those it has hired to nlake affidavits; have you no fear of meeting YOUR GOD IN JUDGMENT? Have you no compunc tions of conscience when YOU SWEAR ON THE HOLY EVANGELISTS OF ALMIGHTY GOD? Have the prompters no revulsion of feelings, when they ure, to injure a candidate, a FALSE OATlfto bo takon, for which an answer fo God is to be given at the gtcat day? DEMOCRATIC DELEGATE MEETING. At an, adjourned meeting of tho Democrat ic Delegates to tho recent Fourth of July Convention at llarrisburg, the delegates met pursuant to public noiicu on Thurisday, 10th inst at 8 o'clock, P. M. at Holahan's Miles N. Carpenter in the chair, J. '. Ryan and William R. Cash Secretaries Tho Comitlee appointed at a former meeting, submitted through their chairman. R.Moffat, the following Address, which was on motion unanimously adopted: ADDRESS 'Jo the Democratic Citizens of the City and County of Pailadelphia, and of the Stale of Pennsylvania. . The Democratic Delegates, who attended the Convention of Young Men, favorable to tho cause .of Dcmner.n'.v.. nml c,,ci. . J 1 " " " UMOtUIIJfllt' the claims of DAVID RITTENIIOITKP. PORTER to tho Executive chair or tliis State, consentient! faction who hail R'itner as their idol and champion, while in truth, they only regard and use him-as a tool: Iinvimr hpnn nnnnini. ed. a committee to draft an address, ros'pon- sivo to the vilo slahders which havo been industriously propagated abroad, and which had their origin- not ifr tho distempered jirain of a lunaUc, but in ihe ferlilalnvention and daring impudence of two reckless indi viduals, one tho editor of Joseph Rimer's official organ, and the oilier his rcccntly,ap poinlcd. Canal Commissioner, submit tho following. H may ho deemed by many .that any .labored attempt ..to vindicate the Democratic parly from' tho foul ami calum nious assertions of tho1 Federalists, and with which tho presses in. their. pay and .under their in(luence,daily teem, is an bet of su pererogation. Asa general rule this may be correct, but circumstances may occur, which would .rnako ajf exception. So in the present-instance. It has been .broadly charged by the editor of the Telegraph, and his assertion endorsed by the Ritner prints in this city, that a Convention ot talenteu, educated and highly respectable young men assembled in llarrisburg on the 4lh of July last, so far forgot what was duo to their own characters as gentlemen, to their p'nn ciples as Democrats, as wantonly to perpe- trato an outrage, which n alternpteu, mucn less consummated, would most deservedly consign them to merited .infamy. , . It is allcircd that aiv attack was mauo on the house of Governor Ritner, that his win duws wero shattered, his bell violently rung, and himself assailed with foul and vitupera tive language. Sacharc the charges. grave ly put forth to the people of this 'common- wealth, isuch is one of the base resorts to which the reckless and despairing parlizaus of Joseph Ritner arc driven, in the vain, and desperate hope of bolstering up his sinking . .' .i r ....I ioriunes upon inc ruins oi irui,juaui;o-, uuu State pride. Wc indignantly repel the cal umny: it bears'uponits very, face tho stamp of falsehood, . and-.is destined like ether weak inventions of the enemy to recoil upon themselves. Your Committee content themselves with branding the authors of this vile lumny, as tho sordid tools of avarice and low ambition-as divested of tho proper feelintrs and principles of gentlemen and deserving the supreme contempt and with ering scorn of tliO Teally honest of all sects anil oi ajl parties. , . To our immediate constituents it is need less to say mort perhaps not so much. To tho People of the State, -for ourselves, and those with whom wo associated in Con vention at llarrisburg, we pronounce the libel against themselves, and us marked by meanness and .mendacity, foreign to the heart and repulsive to the 'feelings of any man of sensibility and honor. R. T. MOFFAT, "1 WM. R.CASII, . .Committee. JAMES CAMPBEL'LVj Resolved, That wc witnessed with pleasure and pride the firm array of thous anus ot the Uemocracy in liarnsourg, on the 3 th July, this immense, concourse of young men from,all sections of pur ancient commonwealth congregated not loc the pur pose of pandering to "political corruption, but of sustaining tho People's choice the people's candidate David R. Porter, who as " David Porter of the seas routed the pi rates that invested the uull ot Alexico, so will our David Porter of the land rout the land pirates who batten on the People of Pennsylvania, on'the 2nd Tuesday in Oc tober noxl'.'' ) Resoled, Tliat.tfie immenscg-nitlieriiig of ucmocrais ui.suca a season oi the year, from every quarter of the State, gives deci ded evidence of a great popular triumph, and tho shameful defeat of an imbecile and reck less Chiet Magistrate, and tho election of David R. Porter,, whose ancestral and per sonal merits glvb'him the highest claim to public favor. Kesolved, lliat the proceedings of this Meeting be published in the City Demo cratic Papers, and that Editors of Papers friendly to the cause, throughout the State, bo respectfully requested to give thorn in sertion !, MILESN. OARPENTER.Ch'n. J NO. W. ltYAN,? 0 , . Wm. R. Cash, $ Secrelaes. Middle's Letters lii'tntr's Proplamalions, and if report says truth Arrests ! It is rumored with snmn rWivn nf n.i,n - ua jj.uu.i- hllltv wn iiniiprktmiil. imlnnol ... .1.1 ' .... ...uvu tiuoiiumu suppose very likely, from the rnmor that pre ceded the late Humbug Proclamation of tno iTOvernor ! that Middles Uankis not to RESUME on tho 1st day of August next, when tho other Banks will mump. but, that the Governor will order legal pro ceeding to bo hnd nfrninet 7,V77 .,.! I.:,. Bank for political effect. That Biddlo is 10 do arrcstea by duo course pf , law, and that A FAROE is to ho cnnntml l,n,,on JSlddlc and Jiltlier to show JinnnronlW great hostility of tho latter to banks, for tho purpose of gullinc the h ry of Pennsylvania into a belief that RIT NER IS OPPOSED TO BANKS! Rid iculous ! RITNER opposed to Banks ! ! iviim, in ipsa uiuii inrce snort years, ho has more than DOIIRrvrcn ,i,' .. . "7 " "iiuiu llnnltiiii' tin hi tnl nftlio .nm,.,.., 1.1. 1... signing tho Bill to charter the Bank of tho United States with a capital of THIRTY FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ! Hit. ner opposed to Banks and acts of incorpo- rntlnn imnnccililo I I 'Pl. r: 1 . .. . . . 4 HP irji'iui 01 BURDEN DICKEY. STRvrcisis nt-v ROSE and FENN, opposed to the injlu ence of Banks and anti-Republican Institu tions. impossible. RITNER has been too well schooled hv iIipk - .-. iiwv iUl l(j partake of their fondness for money. Pit. ..v, 1. ui.B uuiiajiuiiueu Willi DIDDLE not to be fond of largo dividends ! ! . SPW the Times. PluXXsrisVjlNIJl, ss, L. S.J In tho namo and by the author ity of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ,by Joseph Ritner, Governor of said Com-hlonwoalth.- A PROCLAMATION. Tho period has arrived when llift series of misfortunes produced by tho injurious interference of tho National Governmcni with the Currency of tho Country is about to terminate. Congress having risen with out sanctioning tho attempt to give tho Fed- oral: Executive lljo entire control of the, Na tional wealth, and of tho wholo amount of specie in tho country, and the consequent power to ellert and wield to its own purpo ses all tho capital and credit of the Union ; and having also imposed certain salutary restrictions on so much of this power as had h'pen already arrogated, it is incum bent 611 the. Commonwealth cf Pen'n'sylva- 'nia to put forth her strength, to quicken her dormant energies, and to lake that stand in, tho trade and commerce of the Union which uiiboundeii.resources, her vast natural and artificial- facilities for their developemcnt, and the solid and .energetic character of her citizens demand; to de piive her of which stand, all the measures of the National Government havo recently tended. . For tho.productions of this most desirablo result, the measures first requisite is that an end b8 put to certain open infractions of the spirit of tlio. laws, which havo been for ced upon us by the overbearing necessities ot the tunes : and to restore credit and tho currency to the firm basis on which lliey stood ueloro their late derangement was uu necessarily, brought on the .people. I, therefore, by virtue of that enjo'inmcnt of. the Constitution which requires the Gov ernor or the State to take care that llie.Jaws be faithfully executed, and for the purpose aforesaid, do require ah Banks in this Com monwealth, on or before the thirteenth day of August next ensuing the date hereof, to resume and continue the redemption of their ..... On. 1 .1 i- ... luspytuvu uuiua, uma anu oiuer ouiigauons, in gold and. .silv'cr coin, according to the true intent and meaning of their charters, And, for the purpose of aiding those insti tutions in the accomplishmeut of this lauda ble object, I deem it proper to state, from the niiormation 1 have obtained, that their ! 1 I ..- . solvency anu general conuuion is sucn as to entitle them to tho cohfi'denco of a llwho hold their, notes, their amount of specie on hand being largely increased, and of notes m circulation much diminished sin the suspension of specie payments in May, 1837. When it i3 thus cheerfully announced that the means of the Banks are ample, and. that their .conduct has been; through out the late trying crisis, generally, such as to sustain our alrpady high character for punctuallity, honesty, and solvency, main tain and even increase our trade, keep up the value ol piopcrty; and. prevent the State from becoming the theatre of panic or distress, yet I shall feel bound, In duty to mo- jiuuuc, io iaivo an inc meaii3 in my power to compel a return to that ageucy and responsibility., to their creditors for which they were, created. If however, are turn bo promptly and faithfully made to that tine of duty, to the laws and tn tbn nnh. lie, from which they have been compelled lo uepari, -.ne occurrences oi uiu"' lsst-year-tH''""" Will nnl Jin i n-.rrln,! I,, I.t... . i will only be recorded in our history as anotl crjnstaiicp of the perfect adaption of republi can institutions ,'to the. demand of every cri sis, and will show that common and over luling necessity bejng bowed to bv general consent becomes for the time the law of the land. ... But to justify such rule of necessity, and to prevent future evil from its unnecessary recurrence or unjust continuaiicc, ii is in dispensably requisite that the instant the pressure Of. circumstances which produced it ceases, the empire of the express and or dinary law of the land should be restored. Accordingly, if on tho other hand, a return to general.and real redemption in specie, and a withdrawal of all illegal paper money from circulation do not now tako place, when all admit that it may, with safety and public benefit, I shall hold it my duty, forth with, to take all the measures to compel it, which the Constitution and laws have placed in my power; and at tho opening of tho next session of tho Legislature, to recom mend the passago ofsuch laws as may moro effectually guard the future from tho evils of tho past. And further for the purposes and Ly vir tue of the cnjoinmen.t aforesaid, I do also hereby rcquiro all persons or bodies corpo rate, who inay have violated tho laws of this Slate, by the emission and circulation ot notes of any denomination under that of hvo dollars, commonly called "shinplas ters, to take instant measures for, the full and honest redemption of tho same, in gold and silvor coin, orsnoh other ample cquiva cnt as shall be satisfactory to the holders t icrof, under pain of the penalties provi ded in such cases, which penalties', if this notico be not complied with in a reasonable time, it will bo tho duty of all good citizens to enforce Should this requirement be fuily and promptly complied with, tho Common wealth will be restored to tlmt cy which she possessed before tho suspen sion, viz : One composed of gold and silver for all sums under, and of notes instantly convertible into specio for all sums of and over, five dollars. Tho result of tho attempt to improve the currency will then obviously i be, that the on v naner issue :., ;..,i...:.... and hot convertible into, spcecie at the place whepee issued, will bo those of the Nation al Government. In communicating thus publicly with niy fcllow-citizchs on this most, important alid interesting matter, I would respectfully nnd earnestly say to all, bo firm anil cool in tho emergency. Trust in the laws, have confi dence in tho Institutions, and sustain tho high credit and character, of your glorious Commonwealth. "You liaVo b'orno ynur selves through tho crisis nobly and honora bly; you hav'e camo almost uninjured -out-of the trial. Make ono moro claim and stead" effort, and all will be well. The forbear ance and determination heretofore exhibit ed, have been such as to reflect credit upon the slate while it has strengthened the hands and cheered the hcartrf.of. your public agento in tbet performance of duties of no ordinary difficulty.- '. t Contrasting, as is naturally done, the feelings and hopes connected with tliis at tempt to aid tlu .63.i"iplioii, with thoso which animated me when I addressed my fellow-citizonfron the subject of thosuspen sion of specio payment, I'cannot but rejoice at the difference Wo were then entering upon a now and untried courso of action5. whose happy termination was only matter ol hope. We arc now at tho conclusion of our doubts and fears, and with tho bless ings of Providence on the exertion of our own moderations and industry, about to re turn to our usual confidence and prosper ,ty. ' . Given under my hand and Iho great seal of tho Stale, af Ilariisburg, this tenth day 'pf July, in life year of our Lord, ono thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Commonwealth tho sixty third. By the Governor : THO. II. BURROWES, Secretary of tlio Commonwealth. ' I'Vom tho PcnrisyWnian. the Proclamation the ernor's last trick. The intimation thrown out- in our of yesterday wa3 literally cbfrect. GOV- paper Gov- ernor Ritner, perceiveing that his chance of re-election was a desperate ono, has endeav ored to improve itby a proclamation, which may bd found in another column, requiring tho Banks to resume specie payments on tho 13lh of August. Tho mere election eering trickery of this movement is so glar ingly manifest that every ono laughs at it. After sitting inertly for fourteen months ga zing at what ho now calls "certain openin fiacions of the spirit of tl.o laws," and af ter tamely suffering Now York to tako the lead in resumption,. his anti-masonic excel lency suddenly starts up with a haste that i3 now actually ludicrous, and under pre tence of advancing the public welfare, makes an almost spasmodic effort to gain a little popularity for the October election, puling forth one of the most barefaced, dis creditable . pieces of partizan scribbling that was ever issued with an official sanc tion ,n t . - The mero trickery of this matter is tho more evident when it is remembered that in his Message to the Legislature, issued oh December Qth, J837, eight months ago; Ritner took a view of the circumstances which broughtaliout the : resumption, and said "I have now little donht. thaf ttm T.o- '"y witn iic,iccw0rit ffxanaar I it rlnfo'Tni llin .njn,ni Ar . iy uaiu lor wie resumption 01 snecio nav- Hients;" yet tho Ritnerites in that body steadily opposed every legislative effort ten ding that way, and in fact proved clearly by their acts that all the recomendations in relation to Banking and Currency of that message "a real loco foco document, wortji 20,000 votes," as an adherent of Ritner remarked to us at the time were in tended solely as popularity Irup'sVto be ut tered but not to be fufilled. .The under standing on this point so far as results could determine it for none of tho currency prop ositions of the message wore advocated by Miner men was perfect. Every tendency toward rcsuinbtion was killed bv some means, and the Governor remained mutq and still from December 18H7. until nnw. July, 1838; when, observing that tho pco ploof Pennsylvania aro going almost en masse for David R. Porter he endeavors to siem tho current. by an act that should have been done long ago, and orders the Banks to resume oil tho lSth r.AiiTiit ir,-,. i, ltjremembered, after ten of tho fourteen Philadelphia Banks had declared their' will ingness and ability to resumo on the 1st of August. - When popular feeling and the force of circumstances had mado it nlmnsta mailer of impossibility to slavo off resump' tion any longer, then and not till then, does tlio Governor of Pennsylvania, issue his I reclamation commanding that to be done which scarcely could bo prevented cveil by the power pf the 'grcat regulator," and ho and Jus fnpnds, as if they had justacheived a miraclo of public virtue, turn smilingly to the people and ask for a re-election 1 A greater farce than this whole affair was never, enacted before tlio people of Pennsvl- vania, and the pitiAil . assaults upon the General Government jvith which tho.l rnciamatioji.abqunds, are in strict keep ing with the spirit in. which this clap-lrap movement was conceived. Tho tiick it self, as a' trick, was perhaps well enough, and worthy of Ritner and Stevens; but ncky politicans, are frequently too late, this being a caso in point. If you aro in favor nf mn.nmmi. n.,nwl vote for Jocoph Ritner, if not not, vote, far. that sound I and tmde Waling democrat,-Gen, David It, Porter, -
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