MMfClAT -i - i I have sworn upon tlio Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over tho Mlud of Man." Thomas Jefferson. IPRINTEI) AND PUBLISHED BY if. tyEBBl Volume HI. BliOOMSBUIftG-,. COLUMBIA COITOTY, PA. SATTDTttBATif, DECiBMBER 29 1S38. ,.. .ukilier OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT. fosxx ti5ak ro Romson's Stack Office. IV;,. nnr.mrnM democrat will be K 'published ev$ry Saturday morning, at 'TWO DOLLARS far annum, payable iJFyty Cents, if not .paid ivithin the year. No subicfipiibh.will be taken for a shorter i .1 ... ' . ,;; penon man six nivjiiiix , .riy.i um uioiwi .tinuance vsrmilted', unlWall arrearages ,.ar6dischargcdi , . , , , ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding a square will be conspicuously msenpu ai One Dollar fat the first thrcehiserlions, and Twerty-five centi. far, c'veryAubsc quent nsertion.' CpA liberal discount mmle tn tluise hiho advertise bv the near. LETTERS addressed a'ii busthtss, must be post paid. StiNG OF THE PEOPLE. , BT Vf C. TOBtt- Jlir Str Spankted Runner. Wafco Freemen! arr lie! over tnountain and stream" The war-trumpet breathe loud tho foul despot's 1 order. Awakel ere the wnr-clovd, ,vith pMsylng gleam, Spreads havoc and death through our onco peace ful bordera I , Twhe fiat goes forth, From the south to tho north, ( To ftgfrcmtle the blood-thirsty hordes of tho eatth' ; That your capitol', Where otir proud banner doth wave, , , Rtiall Anrnfl in Its rhlnn. ill. Tintrmt'n crrnTpi "Awake ! ere your tyrants their fettering yota Shall forge for tho nec.s of a frco generation. .'Awake ! as tho genius of liberty spoko . And hiolJtli8 fair fame- of our glonouc nation: Shall AtaJricn'a sons i Bpw to tyrants or guns, And blot the bright names of her glorious ones 1 IV d t Freemen! as long as a heart shall remain That beats fojc its country, our rights we'll eustaint ,'t) ) where is thatband, who on Concord's red plain, And at Hunker end Yorktown gsln'd immortal Who at Thames and Otlonns,ond on tho wido main, jrWoioied the bold deeds so rcnouned in (juratory. .They have passed from this earth, But the land of their birth Has not yetfoigotton their valor and worth; , And the s t ipt ri jled tanner they nobly unfitl'd Stroll wave here forover, the p'tiJo of tho world, i Tho buglo is heard over mountaip.aud dell. . From tho east to the west hlu the clarion so.unded, O'er the land where a i'iiu and Montgomery tell Has tho governor's bare proclamation rebounded: Our government's stored i With a hell-serving horde, Who boldly usurp both tho urse, and thesword 1 The shout of tho soldier, th cUsll of tho bpoar, And artillery's thunder, they bid greet tho car. , ,t Our county appealed, and she called not in ajn, Old Berks' hacdy sons have arose to defend hor; Philadelphia sends forth her glorious train, From the groy.headed sire to the youthful and lindeh, Old Washington spoke, ., Bucks cast oIT tho yoke, And Hedford and' Fayette ent stout heats of oak; F.'cn Lancaster, bound as she is by their chains. Proudly raises her voice, and our freedom sustains! Then freemen, attso in your strength, in your might, And write your names high in America's story ! Strike boldly for freedom, for justice, for right, And Htftvcn will crown you with immortal glory: 'Then conquer wo must) i, For our cause it is, just, And this bo oar motto in God is our trust; And tho star 6panglcd banner injiiumph Khali wave, l'er the land of the free, and the home of tf'o liravu!' Tfiiiigs that are Wrong;. Telling a lie td cover a neglect of irtilh. . A bov of seventeen allowing his father u jfcnll him sis times, mid then lie in bed till Kteakfast to ready. v , t To spend time idly when it may be em ployed usefully. , To talk about things that don't concern us. ' ,. . To laugh at sin when wo ought to pray for tho sinner. -i. To claim a living without striving to earn it. ,,- To stand behind tho door and listen to fa mily conversation. ' , , To disobey a father for tho purpose of pleasing a crony, ,, , . To heap trouble upon a man who has al rendy as much aa ho can bear. To KEEF the PRINTER out or hU DUES & tUlill wlioti aU6 to pay him. PciiMMyiyania cgisIatHirc. HOUSE OP "representatives. ,'Tuursday Dec. 20. Mr. Drodhead offered. the following; t , Whereas, Tlii3 House was duly organ ized on the 4th inst. (December 4, 1838,) and gave notico to the Senate of such or ganization, and has held its session .every day since that 'period in this hall, and has not received an, official communication that the Senate, a co-ordinate branch of government is oiganizcd.and ready. to co-operate with it in the discharge of duties devolving on tho legislature of Pennsylvania. .Andwhereus, The. public good requires that tho lcgisla tute should, proceed in the discharge of its cflieial dulles promptly,, and. ollicjaly ac cording to the constitution ,and laws. Jlml whereas. ,,). appears by, the journals of the proceedings of the Senle,.,ihat,, .that body has passed upon the 'Constitutional organiza tion of the House .of, Representatives and decided thereon.. And, w here as Uy this decision the legislative departments of die government have became iuoperate. There fore. v I I. , Resolved, that a committee be appointed torenortfor the consideration and adoption of this House an address to tlio freemen of lhe,,Qpmmonwealth calling upon them to take immediate measures for the restoration of the government. t . ( . Mr. Flcniken supported , tho resolution he thought the, time, had como when the people of tho slate had a right to know whether they hail a legislature, and what had been done by thtdr representatives. More than two week's had elapsed since the time had come, prescribed by the con stitution, for the meeting of tjio, legislature and nothing had been done. The. wheels of governqn were stopped the interests of the state were not taken care of uo.provii ion was made ,for repairing or advancing the improvements, or for regulating the1 fis cal concerns of. the. commonwealth. Why was this bo?, Vhy .was their no legisla-ttlrp-no laws passed to meet public exi gencies? Why no legislation begun as ex pectod in the different quarters of tho state? .Some great obstacles were. thrown in tho way which prevented the; usual option al the peo plo's representatives', and it wta3 certainly worthy of the most set tolls enquiry to as certain what these obstacles were, and show to the world who wore in fault. By the constitution, continued Mr. Flen niken, tho legislative powers of the govern ment were vested in a senate and house of representatives a time for their meeting was. prescribed all the requisitions of that instrument, arid of laws had been complied with in the organization of this house. A committee had been appointed to inform the body calling themselves the senate, that tho houso was ready to exercise its constitutional functions. .This was done ,more than two weeks ago but their communication was flighted and an official recognition was ab solutely refused, thus preventing all lcgisla liun.aud virtually dissolving the govern men,!. It wad time this stale i-ot things should end Iho great interest of the state demanded immediate legislation, and he could to see no other plan of obtaining this but an appeal to the people who were the Iruqdcpository of nil power, and, who would apply the proper remedy when llieir agents were unfaithful. ... ... Mr.McElwee recapitulated the history of pvents at the seat ol government, since tlie first inst. In sheaking of tho senates report upon the organization of the house, ie said that it contained many palpable untruths. One in particular ho noticed, as it, related more imnjediately to himself. It Va3 ab solulcly.f Jlse, as swdrn o by one of the tellers appointed by Mr. Ste.yens on the 4th inst., that Col. M'Cahen had assisted Mr. Speaker Hopkins to the chair at the time of his election. He, Mr. McElwce, hatl performed that act himself, and knew posi ticly that Col. M'Cahen did not officiate, us ho did not oven see him pt the time. A systematic plan to disbraanizo and rev- olmiunizo tho government, so as to place it in ilm hands of a minority. had now been iv'r Hpuio time acted upon by, a few reckless master spirits. The proe'eediugs of the body calling themselves the senate, were Un.. Ii.wl o r I r r! Ill fi WAV 111 II1I9 Ulliuauiui' Utlijf liuv. uuivw tt " .... which had dissolved the government They had this dav. bv a solemn vote, declared that this Iiouro was not legally .organized, by which voto (hoy declared thero was no legislature and nq constitutional government. In audi a crisis thero was no other remedy lint thnt contemnlaled to bo brouc'it about by tho resolution before the house a rovi val or reorganization of tho Government. In disnosimr of this resolution, Mr. M. honed th'at everv member would act fear lesaly and independently, though armed men, brought here by Gov. Ritner, were walking their rounds within a few rods of tho capitol. Werqjvo to bo oyjrawed by military forces 1 There was no doubt but this was tho object of bringing them here, but ho trusted the . sight of muskets and cannon would shako no man's honest purposes. It was a time to try the patriotism of gentle men, when called upon to resist usurpation and anarchy surrounded by the armed le gjon&of the usurpers. ' For himself be felt no fear such an occasion required deci ded action no compromise, no terms should . bo, thought of, in tho presence, of troops brought hero to .intimidate and force us into submission. - An appeal to the peo ple is the only resource i . As tho senato had declared virtually .that there was no legislature in being, tho reso lution before the house properly proposed tho call of a convention to - re-organize the government, and provide for tho meeting of a legislature that should bo elected by the people, and truly and faithfully repre sent them. Thu government was now wielded by men who were aliens to our soil, and who had no interest in the honor or welfare of the state no other interest amongst us but to pillage the treasury. The whole seciet of all the commotions they had brought, upon us, was to keep honest man from investigating and exposing their- trauus to continue the wicked reign- ol their minority friends To enable them to do this vc liad ben harrasscd by soldiery the scat of government had been convert ed into an encampment, and our quiet dis turbed by mottling gnnsf rcviclles( drums, trumpets, die. . . ' , -.! t J he investigation under this teBOlutioh would show to tho people of Pennsylvania, that their government was disolved by fraud and violence. There had been no re bellion here, the military wete called in merely to enable our rulers to preserve their ill-gotten and abused power. For himself ho should be willing to go further than the res olution proposed, tho unscrupulesenes shown by the majority in the senate was so unprece dented and outrageous that he should bo willing at once to aid in. the call of a con vention to expunge thai body, so a3 the peo ple could send members there more truly to represent them. Mr. Snowden reterred to what nau oecn done to the legal and'custolnary organiza tion of this house to the fact that tho sen ate had refused the customary intcrcpurse,&c The members of the house had complied with nil the requisitions of the law iV tho con stitution they had done all in their power to form a legislature and to preserve the government tho proceedings in tho senate to-day, compelled them to do something further. That body, by declaring the house of representatives was not legally organized had assumed power not granted them by the constitution. We had had a very exciting time here tor tho last two weeks, and what was the cause of it ? Was it not occasional by the strug gle of the minority to keep their power, af ter having been decided against by the peo ple? In' times past, the popular voice had been submitted to the decisions of the majority had been met 6y calm acquies cence on the part .of tho minority. But now it was otherwise. A few desiffnwjr politicians had laid plans. for resisting and overturning the decision of the maiority. If these were cairied oiit, our government ceaseu longer to oe a repuonc n wna an arristocracy, or a government where tho few ruled the many. ( The senato. had declared this an illegal house. If thja were not the .true house, where was it? .Was it at No. 40, Wilson s hotel, where Mr. Cunn.inghan s body. say they hpUl their meetings ? Such could not be thp. house, for the law especially provid es Hint the nouso Ol representatives suau meet in this room in tho capitol. This de cision of tho senate, thou, says thero is no legislature now in belnc in tho state. What then remains to bo done, , but to appeal to first principles call upon tho peopie to as ?emble in convention, .and rc-organize their sovernment ? It is true that this is the der nier resort tho last irrcat remedy. . Cut this is.justified by the occasion. Exfreme eases iuslifv extreme remedies. W have no constitutional government noV in exist ence, and it behooyes tho people, the, foun tain of all power in a republic, to form one their safety and nrotcction demand it. . Harrisburir had been filled .with armed forces the arsenal was. still garrisojicd.and wo met the military whenever wo wept out of the capitol. .Why was this 1 We .wore told they wero called here to put down nil armed and infuriated mob. Where was that mob ? Air. S. believed it existed no where not oven in t.ljo imagination of those who, issued tho warlike proclamations and orders. No Mr. S. believed tho military wero brought hero to intimidate, .the legisla ture, and to coerce tlio house into measures nf llin minority. , Mr. Hill, of Westmoreland, approved of tho resolution;-he could see no other peace fill method of providing. for the exigencies of tho time. Had it indeed came to this, that tho senate,' a co-ordinate and co-equal branch of the legislature( hai). taken upon itself to decide upon the., qualification !of members of this hduso upon .the legality of its organization. Such an assdmptiori of power in relatibn to an equal body, was not to be borne. It destroyed the ballajio.es of the different members of the government it was illegal and unconstitutional it, in effect, broRc up and dissolved the state gov ernment, and there was but the one reme dy .within our teach. i Mr. H. thought the time had come for appealing to tho people we had been in sulted aiu trifled with already loo long by the minontyit was time to act like patri ots nr!d freemen nothing else could save us fioin Ihc.effccls of thcrevolution' sought to be accomplished, by .the minority; our rights were grossly invaded our constitu tion was trampled in the dust our legal government was overthrown, and longer for bearance wa3 not to bo thought of.- . . Tho Governor had issued his proclama tion, slating that the capitol was besot by an infuriated armed mob ? Where was this mob, or had it over existed ? Every one who was here, knew that the statement was false; it was like a great many other char ges, statements and allegations made in thc.riumnrous messages, vetoes, proclama tions and toasts which had como from tho same quarter; ther.ri wasjiqta sjiadow of truth in it. It was coined lot a pretext to bring, ajined men here, to enable the mi- noniy to perpetuate incir icign. ., , Mr. Roberts, alluded to the succession of extraordinary circumstances -which had oc curred at tho seal of Government since the members hod convened hero from-the first day to the pre3ent' Why were we surroun ded by soldier.", armed and equipedfpr mor tal combat ? He had been an attentive ob server of passing events he knew the alledg ed. reasons for marching them hero untrue he had watched the movements of cer tain men, and lrom all he had seen and ob served he- could not entertain a doubt but the military operations were for the purpose of subverting tho great principle of repub- lics-that the majoiity. shall govern. Had it not been announced.. said nlr. K !y a high public functionary, that the elec tion sliouldjbe treated as it it never had hap pened t A. general action in obedience to this order had taken place, -end adetermin ntlnn on the nart of the minority 'had been boldly exhibited, not to Bubmitto.the.de- cision of the ballot boxps. t The .question forced upon us then, is, whether the minor ity or the majority shall govern. -On llie first day of our meeting, , an. attempt was made tn foist upon thejiouso.a set of mem bers whose claims were groundless, except that thev received a minority vote, and fcam certified to us by a minority return.- Ought the people to tolerate suoh dangerous prac tices ? Will 'thoy submit, and stand pas sively by, .whilst their liberties, aro under mined and their government overturned? Or will thoy, in their sovereignty, relinks this daring attempt to trample their authority in the dust? '. - The doctrines advanced oy that party, whose brief reign has been so repiete with usurpation and anti-republican practices, are" directly subversive of all the principles and practices known to our costilution. They aro to substitute tho will of the executive for the, wjll of the people, and to permit the ant of the Governor to corruptly fill this hall with minority representatives. 1 his has been carried out in tho senate minori members have been voted into seats, whilst the majority claimants knock at their door m yam. , lf i That body has also refused to recognize the neonle'oi representatives they have ar rogated to themselves the tight to dueide whether this is a house of, representatives or not whether we are the chqaen pgents of the nconlo or no they have decided that our3 is an illegal body, and have refus ed to hold any official communication with us. Out commonwealth, thru, is now with out xi Government., U therefore becomes ourdntv. as the only legitimate representa tives of tho peoplo to tell them what has been done in this capitol to tell them who has overthrown their constitution and their government to tell them to fly to the res' cue ot heir ngliis, , . , . 4 Whit .other course, enqnireu Mr. It. is thero left to us l Wo hud met and organ ized as usual we- had sent a committee to tho senate to give - the information that wo wero ready for .business, In return wa have received no reply, no recognition. Al our constitutional advances had been met with silence, and 'to day we had been pro nouncedan illegal assemblage I How much longer .should wa, onduro.these things ? When would legislation commence? Were we discharging our duty to the puiuic.oy remaining lonircr hero in passive submis sion to this grasping minority t Should we stand bv mid 8co the constitution - tho poo plo havo solemnly adopted remain null and n i indperativq for want of legislatipn? Should we permit this government' W tumble'lo pie ces through; tho unhallowed schemes of A balid of -pbliltcal trimmers whose despera tion' would tiprobt ill law and' government ratheMhaii'the-abuses and fraud practised by their adniiaiotration-sliould be disclosed', In. conclusion j Mr.' R. Jexpreqscd a hop that ntfhe would htfsitaie' in deciding upoi tlio momentous quebtion urtdei'cbnsidirtionV It was a question vital to the liberties . of jtho country-it was to docide whether ,the, major- it.. .1.. I il . , 71 or me minority snau. ruie, jor. wnetner oui government shall be hereafter a fiee re' public or a partial aristocracy. ' "" ," fllr. rtay thought that the time had como when longer forbearance ceased to be a vir tue. The house had been in session more than wo weeks, and tho senate had refused to co-operdte vVith it so as to form a legis lature. As the crovcrnirient was thus stopt ped in its operation, "it became necessary to go back to first principles, and ,re-prganize uiuier tho power rserved,i,to Jtne, peoplo in, tho bill of rights Mr. P".. pointed tq the deci laratitm of independence, and Imped thai; the 'same1 firmness would bo shown, now in resisting oppression, that lhe signrs of that trumont had so nobly exhibited.. The occassion was truly momentous. An au dacious minority had usurped power incom patible with the preservation of our freedom they had surrounded us with armed men to mtimidiate and drive us into their meas ures. There was but tho ono remedy for all the.so grievances an appeal to the peo-; rtle, tlit)' fountain of all 'pbwer. No one preseiit had occlision'to distfuat-puch an p peal or to fear the balm movement of thoif con3iUuents..vHi.i , , - . . 1 ho resolution was then unanimously a dopted. ';The committee appointed by tha speaker dnd'er tho resolution 'were Messrs; firodhead, Flennikaiv Hill -of iWestmore uid, Field. Fegelly, Pray, Woddburn, Hi' gins, ?nd Puller. ... ,t,i. 1.3 nu sy Adjourned nntil 10 0 clock to-morrow. VERA CRUZ. , ' '.;i,r The town of Vera Cruz and its Vicinity being now tho theatre of very importer ovents, we think the following compilation may provo interesting to our readers. r Vera Oruz is a seaport on the gulfotaVIex- ico and Europe, and the place throucH which almost all the trado between Mexico and Europe, and. the United States is car rjed on. , Opposite, jOib,e taiv;t.on a small island, 4 lands the castle of Si. Jiiand' Uiloa. whjch is fortified by 9p0 pieces of cannoriJ The port of Vera Cruz is not remarkably commodious. ' The t town ic situated on an arid plain, , without running ..water and on- which, .the north winds, whioh,ihlow with dreadful impetuosity' from October April, have formed hills. 0? moving sand from twenty-six to thirty-eight fe.ct, hi'ghl which change their form anil situation every year. hi .iu.i-! - ' - The, cjity is handsomely and. regqlarly buih, and the streets broad and straight; but the climate is hot and unhealthy, and ex" tremely subject to tho yellow fever. The: buildings are-constructed from stone drawn from, the ocean, there, being no rock in the town. The population's 30,000. ( r. 4f ' Vera Cruz is the Capitol of the stale c'f Vera' Gruz,' which belongs to the Mexicaft confedraoy. ,It has -a population of about 234,000 and is. a, very- important provincs cn account of its harbors. The soil is fer tile, but the climate very hot arid unhealthy particularly on the eastern part forma hd declivity of the Cordilleras of Anahuac. and such is the steepness of the mountains, in this part ot tho country, that a travellen passes in the course of a day, from suffoca ting heats.to froats, traversing as il were successive laycJi' of, climates, ( k 1. Tho stale contains thcivbloarto'bf Orizlba haying an elevation of 10,308, feel, and tho, cofijar. of tferoloi 13,280, feet. iiighj. and fa miliar to navigators as the first .land seen when approaching, tho coast of 'Mexifct The principle townB are Vera Cruz, Tarn pico, mid Xalapn. The latter isicolebratcd lb: supplying immense quantities of tho drug, called J,ala'p. 'ihe,chief .productions of tho country are coffee, coflonaud tobA Tho directors of tho Urandon Bank Miss., have recently called in their paper tq the amount of 0110 million two hundred thousand dollars, and committed (lie notes to thd flames. We learn from the Cutskill lieSieneerof a late date, that four steamboats, and some 20 freight barges and canal boats, loaded, witlunerchaudisa, are- now lying at that place, embargoed by the ice - ', 1 OfMlatyiicpw 1, 'J . (,t 1 An. -Agricultural Society in .Kentucky) has awarded a premium of 'a gold 'thimbl'oi. to Mrs. Dr, Leave!, for hoi husband appears ing.in the beet.stijt oC. homespun, .Thew,
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