ma iiulmJuai, tlic Chief Magistrate of
Pennsylvania resorted to the unworthy
trick of keeping the hill hi 'ho pocket until
aflh the first of January.and then returned it
to the legislature.;-with tho'insolent message
that, although in the proviso referred to,
both houses meant and intended the first
-Oay of January, 1838, yet, inasmuch as the
bill did not become a law until after that
jieriod, the words " 'first of January next"
must be taken as referring to the first day
of January, IBM I That he hail retaine'd
tie bill for the express purpose of produ
cmg this result, and consequently the work
would be prosecuted for a full year
longer than was contemplated. Thus
SloopingUo the use of a most conlemptablc
.quibble to defeat the declared will, of" the
people's representatives, and imposing on
the state an additional amount of Debt,
which those representatives had 'decided it
Was unnecessary to incur.
Of the inconsistent use of his-powerover
legislative action, we design to say but a
few words. It will be sufficient, in connec
tion with this subject, to remind you that
' whildiie has refused to lend his sanction
J! to the crccUon of some corporations, lie
lias, assented to others of a similar charac
ter. During' a single session, he approved
the charter of. the tiank of the United States
with a capital o'f S3f5t000,000,' and of the
Exchange Bank of'l'ittsbifrg with a capital
of $1,000,000 then. refused his assent to
.a bill increasing the capital of the Girrard
Dank, and almost . immediately thereafter
agreed to an enlargement of the capitals of
the Farmers' Bank of Berks county arid;kc
'Lumberman's Bank at Warren, anu pefmit
4?d acts authorizing the increase of the cap
itals of the Manufacturers' and Merchants'
Bank of the Northern Liberties, and the
Bank of Penh township to become laws .by
retaining them in his' possession for more
than, ten days. These a'rS a-few examples,
taken at random, to show that' in the exer
cise of this highly responsible power, lie has
been actuated by caprice and mere whim,
rather than guided by tho suggestions of
-wisdom.
. That ho'is willing to stoop to the em
ployment of any means to promote his re
election, his annual message to the legisla
ture in 1837, and his "proclamation" of the
tenth of the present month, nfay well be ci
ted in proof. With a full knowledge, and
not merely in expectation, that his recom
mendations would not be adopted ; by his
message he proposed tn the legislature, al
' ierations in, and restrictions of, the Bank
ings system, sto radical in their character and
destructive in their'teudensyas to startle
even the wildest and most unreflecting re
formers, and compel his friends to confess
that he was either grossly ignorant of the
subject of which he discoursed, or that the
recommendation was designed to operate on
a certain supposed state of public feeling,
with the object of purchasing an evanescent
popularity by the 'sacrifice of s6nflmcnts "he
was known to entertain.
Of the "proclamation" it'is scarcely pos
sible to speak seriously, and were ft ;nQt
that, as Peluisylvanians, wo feel, tumbled
pnd chagrined when we coptcmplate the ig
noble position in whicli the Governor of
this great commonwealth has placed him
self by this step, we would feel inclined to
dismiss tho subject with but a jest upon the
little cunning which dictated the measure
and motive which led to its adoption, En
tirely quiescent under lfo 'measure of 'sus
pension adopted by the banks, h was not
until after these institutions had, of them
selves, resolved to resume the payment of
specie, that Joseph Ititncr suddenly discov
ered that he is enjoined upon by the consti
tution to take care thai tho laws are faith
fully executed. It was not until public
opinion had so operated on the banks as to
compel them to name a time when thev
would redeem their notes that Joseph Rit
ner, Ayith a mock gravity, well befitting the
occasion, enjoins upon them to forbear from
the further infraction of the laws. Does
any one suppose he would have, hazarded
this step had he not been previously inform
ed of the determination of the banks ? Or,
is there a man In the commonwealth, who
believes for a moment, that'if'the'tfe corpo
rations decline, to pay specie after 'the l?th
of August, tho Governor will venture o
carry out tho measures threatened in his
proclamation? In his message delivered
December 0th, 1837, he told us, "the Banks
of Pennsylvania are in a much sounder
condition than before tho suspension, anil
the resumption of .specie . .payments so
far as depends an their situation aiifl re
rources, may take place at any time." It
was then, as it is now, the duty of the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, to "take care that
the laws are faitlifiillv nvAr-niiwl . A,.,.-.l
ing to his own showing, the plea of strotifr.
viiT tuuiu uui oe niierposeu as an
apology for evading the law. Why did he
not then, in the discharge of his constitu
tional duty, rcquirb (he banks to resume ?
Simply, because the banks had not inform
ed him they were ready to resume, and he
dared not take a step which might result in
the loss of the votes and influence ofgcntle
mcn having the direction of these institu
tion. A few words on the subject of jos'ph Rit
ner's boasted economy and retrenchment,
and we will for the present dismiss him, It
is claimed for hlln that he has reduced the
stale debt, while he has materially extended
our system of internal improvement. To
assertions we will oppose facts taken
from public documents and records, and
without a word of comment leave you, tiie
arbiters of his political fortunes, to deter
mine, the extent of the benefits h has coiu
ferrjil Upon (he people by relieving them df
anyportion of tlicir.b'urdcns.
At the expiration of Governor. Wolfs
term, ho debt due from tho State amounted
toS24,055,435 50. 911 .the sixth of De
cember, 1837, according to the report pf-tho
Statu Treasurer, 1hd debt had increased lo
$28,058,130 52 inclusive of the receipt ,bf
the surplus revenue, making an increase .in
the first two years of Governor Ritner' s ad
ministration of 83,102,703 00. If to tins
wcaddthe excess of the appropriitions for
the current year, now the probablo balance
in the Treasury at the end of the year, say
!?1,zU5,ub 38, we havo an augmentation ot
the State debt amounting to $4,307,763 34,
contracted during the not yet three years of
tho present administration ; anu this, too,
without a corresponding benefit for it is
notorious that not a single additional mile
of canal or rait rdad has been put in opera
tion during the existence of that administra
tion. In considering the character of David il.
"Porter, it will not bo necessary to detain
you long- Plain in his manners, sound in
'his. opinions, and direct in the expression of
them, lie requires ; no .labored eulogy to
hold up for admiration,.his, virtues, or to
gloss over and conceal'hi.s faults.
Consistent, at all times, in his public acts,
and aiming only at the best interests of
those he represented, Ins. course has been
open and direct, and exhibiting nothing of
tne tortuous anu perplexing mazes which,
mark the career of his competitor. It re
quires not tedious investigation to explore,
or elaborate argument to justify.
, In this character ho is presented to you.
Alplain citizen unsurrounded by the, attri
butes' df power, and unassisted by the se
ductions' attendant on the possession of pat
ronage whose chief boast is that ho has
honestly discharfrcd his duty in all the situ
ations he. has been called to fill he stands
before you inviting the strictest scrutiny
of his public and private life, and desiring
to be estimated by the result 6f that scrutiny
wim an unucrsianuing cuiuvateu oy sur
1 . 1! 1 1
ay, tmu a juugmeni eniigntcnu oy cxperi
ence. he possesses a mind capable of com
prehenSing the great interests of his na'tivo
o. . . ij t .... 1 i-i f
Ruaie, anu a near. 10 prompt mm 10 rauor
lor the advancement oj its prosperity.
Inheriting from a revolutionary sire, a
fervent admiration t qf Democratic princi
ples, ho has never, nay,, riot for. a moment,
wavered in their. support or faltered in their
promotion.
At the darkest and most discburacrincr
period of our political, history, when the;
name ot democratic was a "hissing and a re-i
proaeh in the land," he was found breasting
the storm that sought to overwhelm popu
lar rights and destroy popular institutions.
If his career as a politician has been ad
mirable, his conduct, as a man, has been
noble!
In early life, made (bankrupt in fortune
by' the failure of others lb redeem their
pledges, ho sunk not, as ah ordinary man
would, under tho pressure of misfortune.
Struggling with adversity, he devoted his
days and nights to tho severest toil, until
energy, industry, and talent triumphing
over the disheartening difficulties by which
he was surrounded, he was af last able to
fulfil tlw determination which constitnted
the chief incentive of his exertion ihn hon
orable discharge oY all just claims upon'
mm,
In connection with this subject, it may be
justly observed that perhaps no man was
ever more fortunate in his enemies than
Gen. Porter. But for the malignity which
incited them to asperse has private fo'nuin.
tion, no room would have b'deh afforded for
the gratifyinr testimonials furnished hv bis
friends.ahd neighbors comprising men of
an panics to ins high standing for worth,
integrity and pure morality. But for their
slanders, tho world would havo never
iiuaru vi inc moral courage which sugges
ted and the persoverence which. affected ,his
liberation from tjie heavy weidit which
boro him down, tad threatened his destruc
tion.
in mo oroaa circle ot human events,
what spectacle is more heart itirriiiir ifm.
that exhibited by an honest and honorable
man, bravely battling against adverse for
tune, not fpr himself alone, but for the bene-
lit ot others, and buoyed up by the irrcpres
ciiviyiua 01 ins nature, ai last rising
superior to and couquering the disasters
which would else have crushed him? Da
vid II. Porter owes thanks to his foes for
having placed him before his countrymen in
this'impostng attitude an attitude, inacoun
try where every man is the artificer of his
own tortune and the creator pf his own fame,
uiav must anraci respect ana elicit unquuli
fied appioval.
aucu is the democratic candidato, and
such is his opponent. "Choose yo between
tl.AM 11.. . I U . . V .
mum. uui in mailing mat choice, remcm
tier that an issue is made up between the
democracy of tho union, and a self consti
tuted and irresponsible power, which, step
ping beyond the palo or its legitimate func
lions, seeks to set itself fu opposition to the
organized and constitutional government of
the country.
That issue is about to be dccideii. The
battle ground is Pennsylvania. tho c'ombat
tants her population; and the deeply interes
ted spectators, the people of every other
state in the Union.
Let us be thankful that, relying on1 the
enthusiasm already manifested by the de
mocracy of the state tho firmness, good
sense and intelligence of its members, and
the heartfelt union and fellowship which
pervades its tanks; we can confidently
picdict that,. here, the democratic party will
emerge froth this conflict, asit has from
every other, when united, .Victorious!
Victorious, not to the destruction of a'
properly regulated system of credit, or of
the corporations by which that system may
be conducted, as has. been falsely charged
but for tho vindication of its truth, its
honesty of purpose, and'its purity'of prac
tice. '
July, 19th 1838.
FEDERALISM AND DEMOCRACY,
.Mr. Jefferson has truly observed that
these two principles are undying. Thoy
are at the bottom of all our contests; and
never were they more clearly defined than
in the present conflict. It is the few against
tho many; privilege against right; monopoly
against equal advantages. , 'Phis main prin
ciple should be kept in view in all our con
tests. Tho people should never lose sight
of this cardinal difference. These distinc
tions aro in human nature. The timid by
constitution are afraid of, Democralic(,encr
gy; they would take refuge, in, and support
themselves on, a strong Government. Tho
ambitious and the sordid, a'gain, wish to
distort Government from its legitimate ends
to their factions and pecuniary purposes.
They wish to couvert it into a convenient
and resistless engine to subserve their per
sonal interests and purposes. They laugh
at principle, arul rnoc kat patriotism. They
believe in ho possible Government but one
of forco and, corruption. Restless at living
even under the naino qf a Republic, they
would pervert it into a 'substantial resem
blance of their favorite monarchical and
aristocraticaL models. From these two clas
ses of people, liberty is ever in danger;
tljeir actions and desigus she must always
watch with an unsleeping eye.
On the. other side, tho natural guardians
of" freedom, are men of high intellect, firm
resolution, and incorruptible principles,'
who do not expect too much for human na
ture and who. have the sagacity to perceive
that, with 'some of the evils .inseparable
from the constitution of man and nature,
liberty is the best incentive to exertion, the
strongest protection of ordqr and property;
the most effectual guarantee and sanction
of the rights and prosperity of all.t To
these we have added the great mass of the
people who live by honest industry, and.
aro. ,not directly exposed to the debauching'
influences of intrigue and corruption.
These are determined to their preference
of free institutions and those who defend
Iticm, by an "lionesl'inslinct; a plain, strong,
good sense, which giiide3 them with more
certainly than the sophistries of the pleader
or the seductions of tho corrupt. Why is
it that, tlioiigh the. Federalists have had in
their employ, almost from the beginning,
nearly all tho newspapers, nearly all the
lawyers, nearly al -the arts of seduction.
and the means of corruption, the. Democra
cy, in tho long run, has always triumphed?
Wherever there is a village at a cross road,
that boast3 of a lawyer, a dcslor, and a
merchant, .Federalism is at work; dnd'yet
the farmers, and those who live by the
sweat of the brow, aro ever faithful to their
Democratic proferpnees. The answer to
the question which we have stated is obvi
ous, and is to bo found in the explanation
we have just given. The people are essen
tially honest and Democratic, and when
they cease jo be s,q, Federalism will, triumph
spontaneously, and without any, of the ridi
culous oris and extravagant oltor'ts which
are resorted to now by its desperate advo
cates. Globe.
Tho officeholders seem to tliipk.that Hie
people of Pennsylvania can be made to be
lieve any thing. They say that David R.
Porter, since ho has become, by a lorn
course of industry and perseverance, the
possessor of property, has refused to pav
his debts.! . Well is this so ! Let us see
what "evidence" they parade beforo the
public to prove this charge. t It seems that
there was found after a loiig'search of the
antiquities of tho record, that there is one
suit brought within the last twenty years,
undecided. There has also been auother
suit brought' against .Mr. Porter,, SINCE
he was a candidate for Governor, bas.ed, we
say, boldly, upon no foundations whatever !
But are there any judgments not paid
against David R.,,Ppr(er? Not one on
earth ! Is tho bringing, of suits the, evidence
of debt ? God forbid ! Every man of in
telligence knows, that we, poor as wo are,
might bring five thousand suits against Jo
seph Ritner, although he docs not owe us
one dollar ! Yet, fellow citizens, this is
the kind of "EVIDENCE" they parade in
their newspapers, to prove that David R.
Porter has defrauded his croditors. God
save us.frpm SUCH evidence. Hunting
don Adv.
Effccta'ofthe bUner Cdtumtiies and Per
juries. Wo learn from authentic sources that tho
abuse heaped on Gen. Porter, is making
votes for him far more' rapidly that all tho
labors of his fnfthds. As an instance out of
many, wo are assured that a substantial old
German farmer of Berks county, who has
not voted at a Governor's . election for the
last twenty years 3ays ho has nine votes
in his family, that they will go and vote for
Porter, because he"te sure judging from
the lies published about him, and sworn to
by the federal Ititneriteshe must be A
SECOND SIMON SNYDER."
''he Gum-elastic tree has been discover
ed in Texas. Some of our India rubber
men arc going out to make a purchase.
BE IT REMEMBERED.
Tliat DAVID R.PpRTER, and ALL
the Democratic members of the Legislature,
voted in favOr of tho Resumption of Specie
Payments on the 10th..6f Mav last.
That ALL THE FRIENDS OF JO
SEPH RITNER VOTED . AGAINST
TIIE RESUMPTION, and sustained him
in leaving the Banks to "VIOLATE THE
LAWS.
That they denounced DAVID R. POR
TER AS A 'LOCO-FOCO," FOR, VO
TING IN FA VOR OF AN EARLY TIE-SUMPTION.
It should be Remembered
That General -Porter and his Democratic
friends in the Legislature used every effort
lo bring about a resumption of speci pay
ments at an early day.
It should be Hcmembered
That Governor Ritner and his .friends re
sisted every moasuro which looked . to an
early resumption, and that thoy succeeded
in defeating tho resumption until the Banks
had voluntarily resolved to resume.
J( should also be Remembered
That, after the Banks had fixed upon tho
1st of AuSust as the day of resumption,
the Governor, to accommodate the presi
dent of the Bank of the United States,
comes forward with a Proclamation and tells
tho Banks they have his permission to con
tinue the suspension , for t welvp. days be
yond tlic time thoy had themselves recom
mended 1 ! !
If 'hat is Whiggery?
A friend asks us to define Whiggery!
Whew! s like. nothing in tho world, ex
cept a rusty weathercock, or an old de
crepit woman, with paint on her nose:
'Tis liko a rat without a tail,
A rusty -hammer without a nail;
A man without a head,
A libertine that's almost dead,
A pu.mp without a handle,
A stjck widioutji canrjle,
A world without a sun,
A race that's almost run,
A tale that has no point,
A nose that's out of joint. ,
In short, fo make it clear and alisft,
It is the bastard child of old NICK!
Hoxo Goes the TPar. Public opinion
btfrsts upon our cars from all sides, in tones
like these: Ritners and his spinning jen
ny, woo.dcn nutmeg, hickory ferrul, Ver
mont and Cqnnectitcut administration, with
the British Bank onits shoulders, must go
down Political Abolition must come down.
Pennsylvania will shake off her corrupt
swarm of peculators, by . a majority of
Twenty-Five Thousand. Dqmocracy and
Porter ring in every valley of the State.
The reign of corruption is at an end.
KeystoiXe.
Mai. Gerl. Macomb, commnnilnr.in.ptiiof
'of the-U. States army, anived in this vil-
lagcun-oaiuruayirorp, tlic orth,and leaves
to day for the Niagara frontier. Wo are
happy to learn, frojn .him that the disturban
ces on the northerri lino "liavd entirely sub
sided; and though a feeling .very riaturally
exists among a great proportion of our eiti-,
zens favorable to the cause of .freedom a-
broad, as well as at home, a respect for .out
laws, and a desire to avoid anv infrrfctinn'
of the amicablo relations existing between
our own anu me urihsh Uovernment, will
prevent any interference in the - internal re
lations of the Canadas, .
The presen'ce of Gen. M. within a dis
trict of country where his services were so
distinguished and important during tho last
war, undoubtedly produced a very salutary
influence; and wp have no doubts a similar
effect will result fr.qm his visitation to the
Western frontier. Saraoga(N. V.) Sen
tinel of July 31. j
Affecting Incident. The Columbus
State Journal relates the following affecting
incident as having occurred at the recent
celebration of the National Anniversary in
Pibue, Ohio. A Revolutionary soldier,
John Campbell, lying dangerously ill, ex
pressed ,a (jesiro.tq linger until another anni
versary sun should shirio upon the land, for
whose liberty he expended the prime of- his
manhood. Tho morning of the fourth
found him yet alive. He requested that the
procession of tho citizens should halt in
Iront of his dwelling, as ho wished once
more to see tho American flag. IIis,request
was complied with. 'During tile day he
expired.
Patent Mushct-m. Jenks, the inven
tor and patentee of one of the greatest im
provements ip the construction of firearms,
yesterday handed us for inspection his pa
tent musket. It is precisely of the form,
weight and make of the ordinary made
musket, but rereivnfl (lift nlmrrrn nl tUn kv.it.il.
altogether dispensing with "the use of th
wad and the ramrod. Jt maybo.loade
ami discharged from six to ten times in
mi 1111 te, besides which m-pni iWwinmt,,..,
a weapon of War, it may be loaded and dis
charged without any requisite change 0
position lying, standing or on horseback
.: ' Is ow nis wav 1 Albany, whero it
wi l undergo trial, having previoualy pas
ted inspection, and no doubt bo adopted in
the U. S. Army. It is doubtless the most
perfect thing of the kind over invented.
Spirit of the Times.
From tTicNeio York Sunday News,
, UNPARALLELED MURDER.
A Murder unexampled in the annals 0f
crime, was perpetrated yistcrday morning jtl
Broadway, bbtween the hour$ of ten and
cloven. Which has created an excitement ex-'
traordinary even iri.this city, which is so re
markable for the dark phases ofdiuman pas
si3n. A colored wonian, named Ann Cole
man, was the victim. From all wo can
learn, she was the wife of a colored man
Warned- Coleman, who formerly belonged to
Philadelphia, but who has been a resident
in New York, for the last two years. The
deceased, it 13 said, has been of late rather
irregular in her habits, haying absented hcr-selffroni-her
husband at improper times
which gave occasion to, his threatcning'icr
that he "would do for her, if sho did not
look out." She conttnued her irregularities
till tho morning of yesterday, when sho went
out to walk, in company vith the ' woman
with whom she boarded. Wljat particular
provocation Coleman had, wo havo not
lerh-ncd ; but it seems that he followed her
in Broadway, and overtook her near Walk
er street, when he siczod her arn, aid
drawing her back with her head exposed
to his action, drew a razor across her throat,
which nearly severed her head from her
body.
Thoappalling scicna which followed can
not be described. The hot pavement
smoking with blood of the deceased, presen
ted a spectacle beyond the powers of dis.
cription. Coleman instantly exclaimed, I
have done it she was a ,and deserved
it. I have no weapons about mo take me
you will find the razor in the gutter ? 1
am satisfied ! 1"
Coleman is now in jail. He seems (0 be
stupified with the re-action of that terrible
passion which prompted to tho deed. He
seems to bo about twenty-five years of awe
and has all the physiological nlim-nr-tni-ioii'L
of the African.
Since writing the above, wo learn that
the deceased has, within the last six weeks,
three times made complaint to the police
that liar life was in danger from the threats
and ill treatment of her husbandr On the
present occasion, she had been some time
from him, and whs coming down from 30
Howard 'street, whpro she had been board
ing with ,anolherwoman of color, on her
Wav to lircfer .mntlinr nnmnlninf Rim ......
, . . . . - J"" 1 1 1. . . U-
hailed by him several limes to stop, but re-
luauu, wiiun ue rusncu upon ner and com
mitted the fatal deed. The razor was found
in the gutter, by Mr. Attwood, as indicated
by the murderei.
The parlies reside in the rear of 150 Ful
ton street
The COroner Was r.nllpil. ntnl -in innimcl
being- held-on the body, a. verdict of toilful
i.uwn wan tecurueu agam3i uoieman who
is fully committed for trial.
Jl Ferocious Smrmnt-rr &mn ft,...
days since, a man named Brown, a shoe-
t. t Ci urn 1. -. . .
maitur, ai 01. luants, tionda, having made
some slanderous remarks concerning a fe
male in the place, the crew of the stpnm.
boat Izard attacked his house. Brown,
with a Bowie knife, killnil nil(i nl Ihn no.
sailants, ripped op the body of another, so
uo 10 reuuup nis 1110 precarious, and cut a
third so severely in ihn arm ttmt ! .!li
have to undergo amputation. On reaching
ins iourtn victim, he was captured by the
mob and secured. Baltimore Sun.
Not Bad. At a late assize, in Ireland,
two men were condemned to be hanged.
On recuiving their sentence, ono of them
addressed the Judge, and said ho had two
favors to ask him. " What are they ?" in
quired his lordship. ".Please your honor,"
said Pat. Will you let me'hang-this man
before I am hanged myself?"' " What is
the other request?" said the Judge. "Why
please your honor, will you let my wife
hang me, for she will do it more tendorly
than the hangman and then what she re
ceives for the jobs will help the poor cratur
to pay her rent.
Harrisburg and Lancaster Rail Road.
We learn that the tunnel on this road,
will be completed next week and that ar
rangements, are in progress, if the concur
rences of tho capacommissioners can be ob
tained, to start a trajn of oars from this place
in the morning, go to Philadephia, ami ref
turn to Harrisburg again tho samo evening.
As it is manifestly the intercst.of tho state
to havo the communication between this
place and Philadelphia faciliatcd a'3 much as
is is practicable, we presume tho commis
sioners will readily co-operate on the Co
lumbia rail road, with the snperinlcnden
of this road to effect this desirable object
Keystone.
Brcadful Sick.Wmce the fifteen gallon
law has gone into operation at Boston, a
dreadful number of persons havo become
"drcadful.sick" in that city. So great is
the demand for medicine that 110 less than
seventeen hundred and eighty new apothe
earies' stoics have been sin-tort thnm Tim
usual stock in trade of these stores consists
ot a bushel or epsom salts, ajar of magne
cia, a bectrarlv account nf omntv nm
a cask of steam. It is said thev are drivinsr
a smart business.
Near Deariiiff. Belgium, nn tti 9.nA nf
June, an explosion of fire damp took placo
in a uaai mine into winch ninety-six work
men had descended, . Fifty-six of them
werp, taken out dead, several moro or les?
wounded.