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, -