The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, September 01, 1838, Image 2
POLtTICAIi. The democrats in exposing their political adversaries ate saved the necessity of even resorting to facts as to the private character of Joseph Ritncr although God knows it is a very vulnerable one they find enougli in his want of capacity and the necessary intel ligence in his want of standing and firm nessin his vacillating policy and his utter recklessness as to the public good, in, all his acts displaying his entire unfitness for the station, which he .disgraces byflbeing the tool and catspaw of Thaddeus Stephens, John Rickey, Theophilus Fcnn and such like cattle. IJc owed .his election to the schism in the Democratic party in 1835 and was elected by a minority of the votes of Wolf and Muhlenberg being nearly 13,000 more than those polled for Joseph Ritncr he felt that he had no Tight to be there aim has deter mined to avail himself of every means in his power to prostitute the public patronage and influenco to reward his followers and grati fy his own selfish ends. The whole Can influence down to the lock keepers and the corrtrrion hatjds, is ..wielded to sustain the present rotten administration .of Penn sylvania, The public money that con tributed by the banks to keep up their influ ence, is freely expended by Canal Commis sioners, Supervisors, County Officers and the whole gang of blood suckers to deceive rthe people. Rilner's Humbug, pioclnma tion ttio various lies invented against Gen erjll Porter iSic.S&c. tfresarrled about from house to lloUse arid thrust upon our citizens. In this county besides the County House Officers who are busy in this work daily in their offices and in occasional rides through the county, there are two Vneri, one named Lewis (who has a few particular friends who would like he would pay his own debts before he slanders others,) and another named Haeutchen, of affidavit memory, cairying out Rimer's Proclamations and Sturgeons affidavit; these are a portion of the iinderhireling, doing the dirty work "of Hitnerism fe Abolitionism. ' We caution our friends to be on the alert and not to be deceived; every lie that venom can invent and profligacy circulate, will be and is attempted But it is in vain. The . hand ..Writing on the wall never more plain ly indicated, the. fate of Belshazzar than.. the voiceofrpuhlic opinion has proclaimed that of Ritncr. He is weighed in the Balance end found 'wanting. He has wa"s'ed the "State's means with a heedless and wasteful prodigality he has endeavored lo bow her down and make her subject to the monied Aristocracy he has greatly increased the State Debt he has not made one mile of productive ,Cahal or flail Road he has tailed out against tanks, and yet more than doubled the Banking capita of the State-he Jias. done every thing in fact to show that ne is unfit for Governor, and utterly regard less of the welfare of th'e State, & to crown all, h would -place Ui'e Negro, as to the right of suffrage", b"r) ah 'equality with the white man.: jL'uslon Argus'. Trpra the Huntingdon Gaiette. We pubjish with pleasure the following jilajn statementofjvlr. John Taylor, now of Milesburglrcn Works, Oentre county. A man who knows David R. Porter. Mr. Taylor has been kno.wn for nearly thirty years as a .master Hammerman, he is a most respectable citizen,, a, regular communi cant in the Methodist Church, and a man on whose s.atemen.t all who know him will re ly with implicit cofldence. TO MY BROTHER FORGE MEN! For forty-seven years have I worked at tFe1 business of making iron, and would never fidve brSiiglit my name before the. pub- lie, had it hot been for the falsehoods which have been circulated against my old em ployer D. R. Porter for more than five years I worked, for him during which time Porter sold out to his partner.Edward B.Pat ton, who afterwards failed. No man ever attended to business more closely no man was ever more klrid to the poor than was David R. Porter during ; that. tirrie: anil whilst his partner was receiving and entertaining carriage loads of his friends, Geri. Porter was ministering to the wants of his hands, and employing his time more with thein than With the faihionablb company who were visijlng the works. . I weil remember his conduct when the tailuro took place he came to where we was working and safd "well boys all is over. I am a broken man, and I regret that you have now to shift for yourselves. One thing however is certain. Not one of you shall ever lose a cent on account of the failure. It is the debts of my partner that have pro duced this result, but I will discharge every cent that is. due from tho concern to one ind all of you',' and well has he redeemed his promise, If an honest and more up right man than David R. Porter is now liv ing, then I am greatly mistaken. . , JOHN TAYLOR. Milesburg Iron Works, August 4lh, 1838 . JAbtl JftdtifyueldriciXVo understand that there was issued from thp press in Our own,' 0,000 copies of.tlie Governor's Froclamation-that 40,000 of a biography of Ritner, written by one of his abolition counsellors, and 80,000 copies of a pamph letcontaining the purchased affidavits of jturge6n, Peg Beatty, 0tonebraker, and 6th ers,- have also been sent out through ibe. state In do' their infernal work, of breaking hwn tho democratitc candidate and build ng up abolitionism, by eleeling Joseph Rit ner. This all wjll.not do : "truth is migh 'if tifdviU prevaiV'Jfeytlom, FARRANDSVIhbE vLETTINCAtSAlN GREAT CHANGES IN LY COMING. In noticing the unparalleld .corruptions practised at the letting atJFarraudsvillc, wc declared that "no honest man of .their party no man whose moral sense was not en tirely blunted and depfavedf could support or countenance proceeeiugs so ROTTEN, CORRUPT AND HEAVEN DARING" and under the impression, that there were many honest men who, were deceived into the support of Ritnpr, we stated on that oc casion, that "we would not bo surprised if HUNDREDS who were for Ritncr before the letting, would go for Porter now." The result has gone far beyond our expectations; not only the rank and file of the enemy, but the sentinels on tho watch tower, the- lea ders in their army, under a high sense of obligation to God and their country, have burst assunder the shackles of party, and standing "redeemed, regenerated and disen thralled" have proclaimed to the world that they cannot support such high handed pros titation of official power, as was disclosed at the Farrandsville letting. Wo mention as one of many changes, the Lock Haven "Eagle," a paper which has heretofore been a fearless and efficient champion of Joseph Ritner. Located in the immediate, vicinity of Farrandsville, -.where. the, letting, took place, the editor of that paper had, .ample means of becoming acquainted with the in iquilies practised upon that occasion, under his own eye; and like "an honest Chroni ,, !. l: cicr, ureicriuig wie cmiae ui ins uuuiuiy, to the cause of Thaddeus Stevens and C&. he'hds magnanimously given to the public the facts, and shaking the foul corruptions of his party from his skirts, and the dust from his feet,, has come out from among them, and abandoned them and their rotten cause. Lycoming Gazette. From the Lycoming Eagle. FRAUD AND CORRUPTION If the present board of Canal Commis sioners should bo continued in office much longer, we may expect to see tne stale a bankrupt not worth a dollar, as all her vast resources are now applied to the unhallow ed puiposo ot purchasing and bribing men to support the present State Administration. This assertion can be proven to the'satisiac tion of every man who, will iake the'trouble of Examining 'foV iiins,olf.-. , . , , The following circumstance is, in itself sufficient to cause every Democrat to startle '.I . ' I I- .1 r . I wiin jusi apprenension ior mo gaiety, lion or. arid prosperity ot .his btate. A few days since, three Canal Boats ar rived at thp Collector's officp opposite, this place having tne name "Joseph Julncr printed on a. shingle and placed on their bows, and cleared FREE OF TOLLS by the Canal Commissioners, from Reading to tarrandsville,.and back.to Reading. These boats loaded at Farrandsville, two with coal and the other with Fnc Proof Brick, and going toll free have undoubtedly made a very profitable trip. t What right have the Conimisslonets to exonerate any boat from paying toll? Can they force tho Porter man to pay toll, and amiw iuu luiucriuau iu go ireei xeaincy can, for they have done so. This is a new species of favoritism, from which every honest lover of Pennsylvania will turn in disgust; and it will bring upon the Commissioners the contempt of every high-minded and honest man. Where will the corru ption 'and depravity nd? Undoubtedly, of Mr, Stevens & Go. end? Undoubtedly unless they are c!)eckpd , by the election of Porter, in the overthrow ol every Democrat ic and Kemiblican Drincmles. Democrats of Pennsylvania, arc you wil ling to oe trampieu upon, roooeu ana pro scribed by officers who only wish to serve their own unhallowed and selfish purposes, or will you not rather raise in your wonted strengh and hurl your oppressors lrom pow er? yes we know you will ciioose tho lat ter, and by electing Mr. Porter, break up that band of public plunders which is now in office and striving to crush and ruin all who will not bow to Hie notions' ofStevehs, lean &Co. DISGRACEFUL OPPRESSION. The Lycoming Eagle says : " We have it from uuquestonable authority, that every laboring man engiged in repairing tho Can al between Huntingdon and Hollidaysburg who is not for Ritner will be turned off. Tho supervisors have already commenced .!.! . II . I ? " ,1 . I .1 mis uasiaruiy. Dusiness, anu rati ween tnir-ly-five men, who were too free to be influ enced either by the coaxings or tlireatnings of the suprvisors, were discharged. This too when they were advertising that 000 ad ditional laborers are Wanted. .We saw some of these discharged hands, and they told us that no reasons were assigned for turning them off, but that, without a solitary excep tion, every man discharged was known to be for Porter." Such disgraceful oppression will not go unpunished. The freemen" of Pennsylva nia will rebuke this attempt to interfere with the freedom of elections, in a manner which will tcacfl the men now in power, that the people's moiiev is not to he applied to the destruction of the people's liberties. The laboring poor will seo in this effort I to force men to vote for Ritner, what they may expect in case he should be re-elected. Whoever seeks employment upon the pub lic works must consent to part with his po litical rights. This is the order, of the Rit ner administration, Let the laboring classes look r Reporter, From die'IIurrLbutg Reporter, The following Proclamation was picked up near the Capital, and we- anticipatu its publication by tho Governor's organ. In the inimo and by the authority of the ;comnmnweallh dl Pennsylvania, BY JOSEPH K1TJNEK . Governor of the said Commonwealth. A PROCLAMATION Whereas mv beloved daughter AUNTY RESUMPTION, a promising and growing infant ol fourieen mouths and twenty days old, died at its birthplace, Philadelphia, on Wednesday, thchrst day ot August, instant, at 0 o'clock in the morning, alter a short but seVerc illness, and in suite of my utmost efforts to prolong its existence even for twelve days And whsreas the untimely death o'f this dear child has caused deep and sincere grief, not only lo .its lather and its nursing and alleclionale mother, but also its numerous friends and.acquaii)lanct;s in .the State, known by the ancient and time-hon ored name ot l'ederalisis. And whereas the loss of the daughter of the Governor is the loss ol a btate cluld, which had been brought up and nursed at the State expencc; and I have been solicited, by various rt spectablu citizens, to appoint a day of hu- imitation and lasting fur this most grievous Slate affliction'. And whereas I have re ceived authentic information from my Vyel beloved and trusty menu, lMelioias uiuuip, that the body of this beloved infant .was solemnly Interred, on the banks of the Wis- sachon, on Monday the luth Instant, a midst the tears and groans of assembled thousands : I therefore, by virtue of that enioinment of the constitution which requires the Gov'r ol the State to issue proclamations whenev er he may deem it proper for the general good, do hereby require all the good . f i r i.i . ..i. citizens ni ms ivuuiniouwcaii 1 ir uu- perve Monday, the IQth day of September next, as a day of humiliation and fasting for tins most severe and uisiressing ana over whelming Stale loss and allliction. And whereas I am informed that various unrighteous men have selected this day, un- djr pretence of its being tho anniversrry of Perry's victory, to hold two meetings for rejoicing m my good city ot ritisburg, and my good borough of Reading, nqw I do,par ticu&jly, enjoin ihfl good citizens .of these two. places to abstain. Irom all participation fn sucli unseemly .rnirth, And I do, hereby direct this my Proclamation to be lead by the President's of all Banks, Loan and Sa ving Institutions, at tho fifth discount day after its receipt, .And I do also. require the same to be dono by all Insurance and Coal r-....; i .i .- .,. uuuijmtiica, iiiju ujiiur curpo,rauo(l, ai meir next meeting auer me uate oi tnis rrocla mation. , ' Given-under-my-hahd and -the great oeal of .1.. c!.... u' i .Li.. .... u m uwic, ui iiunisuurg, mis sixiccmn day of August, in theyear of put, Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirt'v- eight,. and of the Common wealth the six ty third. , . By the Governor, TH. II. BURROWES, Secretary ol the Commonwealth. JOHN STONEBRAKER A BASE PERJURER, lit . I 1 . F. . -2 r . ' i ne prooj oi wnieii "is or tne most in controvertible tmdddmnint; character, and cannot be got over!" The last Argus has published the affidavit of John H. Stone- braker, which for base and unblushin" falsehoods, rivals any' thing that ever has b.een Polished by that assassin of private c'lttra-ter! I ho editor's malignity must have destroyed his judgement, or he never would have given.to tho world such evidence oi ms recKiessness. we nave not room P l ! f. 1 " lit f this morning lo.icxriqso to. public indhrna lion, the entire falsehood of this statement, but will in our next. Stonebraker's last assertion is this : " I resided with my fath- - .I.. ii .i .i . j or uunng an me ume oi tne above transac tions and knew them well, having often SEEN the BONDS and DEEDS" ! ! fin .i i , .i . . . i uuso were ino douus mat were placed in Ins lather a hands, under the pretence, of sequring Jug father and Owen?, agains loss wie ioiiqs oi jviuoo os uusseu, lor land sold them in this Co. Unfortunately for the Atnuavit rarty, nir. Allison's, statement cx poses the falsehood. Hear him: "Orr the 7th day of December 1818, David R. Por ter placed in my hands for collection, three bonds pn Jas. Kiddo & Alex. Russell, all dated 7th day of December. 1818!" Just 7 days after PorfeT: received the bonds he placed them in the hands of Mr. A., for col lection, fc of course then could not have been in Huntingdon county and here a me same nmeyci tins base villain sveahs ho olten saw them! ,( ELECTIONS. As vet tho returns ara nnt rnmnUif lmi enough has been rcceiyed to satisfy us that nic nue is turning. nr! i - -1 i . . . . . xuissourt ims nooiy .sustained nersell. I he Democratic candidates; for Conirress aro elected by largo majorities. There is also a handsome Democratic majority iu both branches of the Legislature. Kentucky holds her own, and more too, l he uemopiatic representation in the Leg' islature is increased. Indiana has coife ahead finely. WhWc ry is eviucnijy on mo wane in that State Illinois has come to tho rescue in gallant style. The-Democratic candidates for Gov ernor and Congress are no doubt elected. lhoro will also be A handsome Democratic majority in both branches of theLeaislature. Alabama has returned an increased num ber of Democratic members to the Legisla lure uy increases majorities. Governor Miner's Abolitionism- dcknowl- edeed by himselfthe Banter Ukulhea out of. Our readers will recollect that wo publish ed for two wdeka, an olfer to -'prove" that GOV. RITNEU WAS AN ABOLITION IST from his private or official words, ucls and docutpent I . ., . ' ' In the last lelegraph the Governor ac knowledges that he is uu abolitionist, accor ding to the common aceptation ot .the term; lhat.is, according to the uonsiuution, resolu tions, acts and proceeding of abolition so cieties',, but offers to stand the, issue on the ground that owning a farm and expecting soon to retire 10 it, ho is not "in favour ol turning the slaves of the south into Penn sylvania, to drive our farmers from their homes, and take possession ol their estates Having daughtcis, he is not in favour of a general "amalgamation ol the white and black races by intermarriage, at least dur ing the present generalion, and being gov ernor, no is not, in javor oi ."electing 10 oi- fiee" a black legislature during his term. Upon this he oilers to take issue and to try the question thus acknowledgen g t le truth ol our charge ol abolitionism, as u is well known and understood, but skulking off to what was never proposed by either party. Herealter let us have no moro de nials, -or bravadoes or banters about Ritncr's .abfJlilipnism, but let him boldly step forth and acknowledge, that he. holds the "same principles Willi the abolitionists who cal led at his house in 1837 ; and with whom he talked so "warmly on the subject," and gave his opinions that "in three years the abolition party would be strong enough in Pennsylvania, to do what thvy pleased. As to what abolitionism is, wo fehull here after show, both from the constitution, regu lations and resolutions of their soc.etius, as well as from their addresses, papers, and Gov.. Rimer's documents, that it is directly calculated to break up our political and so cial compact, to distract and divide churches and institutions ol religion, to produce dis scensions, to create mobs, riots, and to do real injury to the negro, and lo introduce a state ot things among us, never conteinplu cd by the louuders ot our government, or intended him who formed us. Keystone, Progress of Cdtriiniion.-ln England we believe, bank accommodations are. tor iMer chants alone ; and for Convenience of com merce, after the profit of the stockholders, were banks created. In this count! y it is very d,iffercnt. Lawyers, doctors, clergy men, &c. ate recipients ot their lavors or tacihties. I herb are but lew merchants, we believe, in, either House of Congress, and yet, would it be believed that an inspection ot the accounts ot one bank alone, reveals the astounding fact, that for a period, ot J niie-ycars,,tho annual, number df .members accommodated by this institution, was never ess than twenty-five, and sometimes as high as fifty-nine ) the whole sum lent at one timo being $478,0091 . And yet these very members were called upon, in, various ways,, and at various times, duringthe same period, to decide upon questions concerning the interests, and the very existence ol their accommodating, palron 1 .... k We talk much about our. superior purity, and the corruptions, .another countries. Is there another representative Government where such a state of tilings would.be tole rated ? Ask an English statesman,1 or an English gentleman, his opinions of such a procedure, and what would be his indignant answer ? It is a violation pf the first prin ciples of justice and propriety. Would a judge be tolerated in holding his seat upon .!. u'i. ii ' ... me uiiuii, ivuiiu u Kane wits pmiuing in which he was Interested t Wnnld h hp. justified in receiving presents, and accomr modations irom the parlies concerned, i And shall the principles universally admitted .in our most inferior tribunals, be banished from the high councils of the nation j the great legislative Iribunpls of the country ? II .1.. .1 ' , I il. now an me people ueceiveu uy ineir repr rcsentative servants 1 ! How aro their riglus bought and sold by those-whom they have appointed the guardians, of their hon or and interests ! . There has scarcely been a single desertion from the Republican ranks lo the Bank cause, which cannot be distinctly traced to pecuniary influence. The public mind has been sometimes as tounded at the rapidity, the inslantancous- uess, witli- which certain politicians have given up their cherished, or rather profess cu. opinions oi years, in order to sustain the flagrant dishonesty of this unconstitu tional and formidable institution. If the weighty, as well as the ostensible, reasons for he, change had been exhibited, the as tonishment would not have been so great, - Globe What has -Congress done? Tho Ohio Statesman says, in answer to this question: " Ono widow nnd three orphans have been made, and a mother s hopes blasted, as she lingered at the edge, .of the - grave." The editor of the Statesman forgets to mention some oilier thiug that have shed honor up on ino inte session ot Uongress. A great Whig lender struck a ufnmber with his fist on the floor of the Housed for wnds pokeit in ueuaie and that two other prominent whigs were only kept by the prompt exer tions of the friends of tho decency from making a scientific' at die game of fisticuffs on the honored floor of the Hall of Reprcr sentativef?. Well wo suppose this all right tho honest members wero deter mined not to pocket EIGHT DOLLARS a day of tho people's money, without doing someiningk)T u, rork UazotU, ' THE NEXT ELEOTIOn!" . ". , Every day giveii hut ndhipnal cbnfirma. lion of tho Immense, majority which Porter will receive at the-ncxl election.' v Montgomery win give upwards of .1000, Bucks 300, Lehigh 400 and Luzerne, ibprj majority for Porlcr. The changes for Porlcr have been so grdat .in Lancaster, that it is confidently' believed that Rimer's majority will be reduced from over 2000 to 1 000 or even less. Travellers from Western Pennsylvania say that unless Ritncr receives overwhelming majorities ea'st-of flip mountains, he will be as far be hind Porter as John Quincy Adanls was be 'hind' General JackSon In 182R. ''Western Pennsylvania will givV the- persecuted far-mor-Qf Huntingdon county suqh'a majority as will come down from the moulilains up on the Federal AbolilionlsU of the cast, like an aValanche, buiying them so 'deep that they will not be heard to squeak for the next quarter of a century. A cold blast awaits them, loo, from the study norlh, which will h il them so thoroughly, that adizen sudX m.-rs will scarcely suffice to put their blocAl again into circulation. Spirit of the Tincs. ..South Carolina Mr. Presloh vs. Mr. Clay and the Hank. In Columbia, the scat of government, two sets bfvcahdidates aro in nomination for tho slkto legislature ono by the friends of Mr. Calhoun, and tho Other by those of Mr. Preston. Tho Char leston Courier says, that "both parlies are therefore iu the field, and an animated con test may he expected. The friends of Mr. rreslon disclaim any knowledge or the ex islenc of a parly in tho state or in the Rich land district, 'oi'p.osud to tho separation of the money power from the government,' and 'favorable to the estahlislimen of a National Bank and to the elevation of Mr. Clay to the Presidency." Thus it will he seen that tho friends of Mr. Pkeston, he. who in the Senato is the adjunct, the echo, and thc;"Ancient Pis tol" of Mr. Clay and the Bank, and tho declamatory assailant of "n separation of the money-power fiom tlie government," in order to stand at all with tho people of South Caroliin, take ground iu all rcpect tho antipodes of (heir leader. Such is the force of public sentiment. Such the "signs" in rblation to tho Independent Treasury and the Bank. Albany Argus. Extraordinary Grotto. singular dis covery has been made at the baric, Maigate, of an extensive grotto which appears to have been excavated about the liinaof tho Saxon heptarchy, and which affords matter for deep reflection, and vi(I- probably throw some light on the habils of' our Saxon an cestors. 1 he Dane is celebrated as the field of 4 decisive and terrible, engagement fought between ihe Saxons. and tho Danes. From tinic to time objects have been disin terred Vyhich show the deadly nature oftiio struggle, ihclbding numcrods human bones, nol-yet reduced to dust, nnd oven entire skeletons imbeded in soft chalk, and thus preserved, as with coat of cement, from decomposition. Armor and warlike weap ons of the fashion of that early period have also been found. 'The Grotto however, which has just been laid open, docs not ap pear to. have any reference to the battle.. It extends to a great distance under the hill, nnd is laid out in serpentine walks, alcoves, and passages ot considerable extent, the sides being studded with shells, formed in to elaborate and curious devices, and doubt less executed by torchlight. The discovery of this remarkable structure was entirely ac cidental, and in consequenco of some esca- vations made on the spot by the proprietor of the land Dover 7 elegraph. The Grasshoppers. The oldest inhabi tants, of this borough do, not remember a season in which the grasshoppers have been so numerous and annoying. Scarcely a far mer has-scsined their depredations entire clove fields'havo been made desolate by them, and the corn in every section of the country haa bpen .completely riddled. Our agriculturalists, have given up the idea of a second crop of hay their distinguished visitors having anticipated them, and saved llicni the trouble and expense of mowing. What is not tho least remarftblc circum stance coDncofqd with the visit of this in sect banditti, is that myriadd' of them aro seen high up in the air flitting about in tho sun's rays, like snow-flakes. ' This un usual circumstances remains yet Jo be ac counted for. Perhaps, the little fellow! were tired of the dainties of terra Jirma and therefore, took a flight of discovery among the plantations of space. Jefferson Democrat To Clean Paint that is not Varnishid. Put upon a plato some of the best whit ing, have ready soniq clean warm water, and a piece of flannel, which, dip into tho water and smiecze nearly dry; then take J much whiting as will adhere to itr apply f to the paint, when a little rubbing will in stauily remove any dirt or grease; wash well off with water, and rub it dry with a soft cloth. -Paint thus cleaned looks equal to1 new; and without doing the least injury w' tho most delicato color, it will piescrve the paint much longer than if cleanpd with snap; and it does not require moro than half t time usually occupied in cleaning. A Valuable Cargo. -The steamboat An telopo arrived at St. Louis a few days since from the Yellow Stone ,river, with u cargi of furs valued at 800,000, She was!"1 ab,out thxea months,