The Columbia Democrat. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, August 27, 1842, Image 1
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. I have sworn upon the Altar of Ciod, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man." Thomas Jefferson PKINTEB AND PUBLISHED BY H. WEBB. Volume Vff. BliOOMSBUKG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1342. JViuulier 18. OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT Opposite St. Paul's Church, Main-st Tlte COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT will h published every Saturday morning, a TWO DOLLARS per annum, payable half yearly in advance, or Two Dollars Fifty Cents, if not paid within the year No subscription will be taken for a shorter period than six months ; nor any discon tinuance permitted, until all arrearages arc discharged. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding a square will be conspicuously inserted at One Dollar jot the Jirst three insertions and Twcntu-five cents for everv subse quent riser Hon. CJA liberal discount made to those who advertise by the year LETTERS addressed on business, must be post paid. (PU BUSHED BY REQUEST.) GREAT CLAY MEETING. At a meeting of Hie friends of HEN IiY CLAY and a Protective Tariff, held at Danville,on the 10th of August, 1812 JAMES M'CLURE was cho sen President, Christian H roust, l'i rca Bright, VVm. Geaiuiart, Jere miah Boone, A. Stkawukidge, Hucju Harrison, Jas. Simonton, Vice Plesi ' dents, and Thos. Painter, B. W. Wap. pies, Bcnj. Willianu and C. H. Frich, Secretaries. The object of the meeting having been stated, on motion of U . G. Hur ley, Esq., a committee of fifteen were appointed to draft resolutions, expres sive of the sense of this meeting viz:, Wm. G. Hurley, Jos. Paprlon, G. 1J. Willits, Geo. A. Frick, A. 13. Shuman, Geo. Swf.ney.B. P. Frick.Dr. E. Broth well, John K. Grolz Wm- Slorn;Jolm Fraase, George Gray, John Richards, James Donaldson, Joshua Meridenkall . who having retired for a short time, reported the following Preamble and Rcsolutions.wliich were unanimoulsnj adopted Whereas, a fearful crisis has occur red in the General Government, which has reduced us from a state of unpar alleled prosperity to the verge of uni versal bankruptcy and Whereas, the country is now laboring under the evils of a deranged and deeply disor dered currency mechanical industry being paralyzed, manufactures and commerce being brought to a stand, and the anomaly presented of the pros perity and business of society, in all its ramifications, in a time of profound peace and.amidst a piofuse abundance of the bounties of a kind Providence, being suddenly chocked and embar rassed, to the ruin of thousands of out industrious mechanics, merchants and laboring-men, and Whereas this la mcntablp condition of affairs having begun under the auspices of former administrations, in experimenting on a good and healthy currency, with the delusive promise to better it is now continued and extended by the perfidy and dcccitfulnoes of the man whom the great Harrison Party, in an evil hour elevated to power and who, yielding to the promptings of an overweaning ambition and the subject of a weak and imbecile mind, ha proved false lo his pledges and the country's hopes, und instead of carrying out 7ie true iiiciples of the Govern merit," as enjoined upon him in the last and dying words of the lamented Harrison, has thwarted the just expec tations of anxious millions, and blast ed the sanguine and patriotic hopes anticipated from the glorious Whig triumph in 1810. The lime has arrived when it again becomes the duty of every freeman, to exert himself in placing a redeeming spirit in the traitor's place, whose higher attribute can break the chain of desolution now unhappily fastened upon the energies of the land, and dis. enthral a groaning people from the baneful and degrading influences by which they have been prostrated. In looking for such a spirit, our eyes naturally rest upon HENRY CLAY, of 'Kentucky, a man whoie transcendent nbilitiesnretoo universally admitted, to equestioned;whose foavlessness&firm ncss have for years.in a great measure, checked the tide that hurried us on to 'ruiuj mid whose whole political career commands the admiration and confi fidence of an enlightened and virtuous people. We have full faith in the in tegrity and purity of his motives, and believe that his policy tends to his. country's glory and prosperity. His career has been due onward open as the bright sun-light'of noon-day no opposition could ever turn him aside and time has proved that the measures he advocated, were invaria bly dictated by the soundest judgment and safest policy. His popularity has increased with years, and he stand at this time in bolder relief before the people than at any former period of nis me. llis friends l.nve increased in zeal and numbers, and even former political opponents do not withhold the tribute of their admiration for him as an upright and honest man, "a statesman of the clearest and loftiest intellect a pure and whole-souled pa triot." Be it, therefore, unanimously, Resolved, That we, the Whigs of Columbia county, cannot disguise our ardent and deliberate attachment for HENRY CLAY.whom.without dispar agemcnt to others, we believe to be the man for the crisis the pilot who is best fitted to take the helm, when the feeble hands that now hold the same, shnii be compelled, in terror, te resign it. Resolved, That HENRY CLAY is our first choice for the Presidency, and that we will ue all honorable means to promote his election. Resolved, That in HENRY CLAY we behold the great champion ol the agricultural, mechanical and manufacturing- inlersts of the country the friend of that truly philanthropic and live." Resolved, That HENRY CLAY has a peculiar claim upon Pennsylva nia his political views Imving inva riably received a cordial response from the reflecting part of the community, in. this Stale; and if carried out, she must emphatically become, what she is already styled, the Keystone State of the Union. Resolved, That in again entering the field of political contest, we do so in behalf and in support of the, follow ing great and fundamental Whig principles, as already declared by our brethren in other parts of the Union, and which we ever have considered and still continue to believe to be in dispensable to the welfare of the coun try, viz: 1st. A Tariff not an incidental tariff, nor a judicious tariff, nor a simple revenue tariflj but a sound and adequate Protective Tariff, which will secure American Labor from ru inous foreign competition, encourage the toil and enterprise of the producer and consumer, the farmer, the manu facturer, the mechanic and render the United Slates, what they ought to be, "but what they otherwise cannot be free and independent States." 2d. The distribution among the sev eral States, to whom it rightfully be longs, of the proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands. yd. The exercises of the constitu tional power reposed in the Federal Government alone to provide a "Uni form Currency," by means of which exchanges may be equalised and the business and commercial operations of the people may be facilitated and pro tected, or in. plainer language a well regulated United States Hank. 4lh. That just economy in the ad ministration of government, both State and Federal, which is demanded by the spirit of our republican institu tions. 5th. The absolute predominance of Law and Order, and the redress of po litical grievances, whether real or imaginary, onlv by their instrumen tality. Oth. One Presidential term. 7th. The alteration of the conslitu. lion by a modification of the Velo pow er, so as to protect the peoplo from its abominable abuse in the hands of misguided ambition, whether exhibited in the sensibility of a paraded con science or in the less questionable form of executive resentments. 8th. The abridgment of executive influence and power so as lo secure the independence of the co-ordinate branches of the government. Slth. The freedom and purity of elections. lOlh. To secure the separation of the purse and the sword the Treasu ry under the exclusive control of Con gress. 11th. The protection and advance ment of the cause of Education as a great Slate interest in a popular gov ernment, and considered from the Common School to the Univeisity, as a connected and indivisible system. Resolved, That we (irmly believe the above principles would have tri umphed, und (Ik; country been restor ed lo prosperity, had it pleased Provi dence to hare spared she life of the great and good man, who was elected our Chief Magistrate in 18-10; but we are compelled to acknowledge that the now acting President of the United States-, (hough elected as a Whig by the Whig Parly, has assumed an atti tude of hostility to all the measures of that party, and (hat it is in vain to look (o him for aid in carrying out these principles and measures, for which we have for twelve long years so ardently and so zealously contend ed. Resolved, That the noble and pa triotic band of true Whigs in Congress, who manfully and firmly withstood and liumphuiUlv repelled theencroach menlKof thc Executive, deserve and will receive the heartfelt congratula tion'; of every friend of his country, Resolved, That we view with in- . dignalion and abhorcne the abuse of the Veto power by John Tyler, which- .ililur-. fc" - ' i f - . - I . Zl ' prerogative, caning louuiy lor restric tion. Pi '.'solved, That although nafurc and art have combined lo render us (he most prosperous and happy people upon the face of (ho earth; yet through the instrumentality of corrupt and un scrupulous politicinna, the very diver sity of wanlsand productions that were intended, by the God of nature, each to minister to the deficiencies of the rest, and to unite and bind us togcth er are used to dislractand divide ua, and thereby inflict upon us unsuffera bin misery and distress. Resolved, That, in censuring the acting President, the course of the Loco Foco Party in Congress ought not to escape the just indignation of the people that regardless of their oath and duty, they have combined against the wanlsand sufferings of the coun try, and, in defiance and contempt of the popular will, united wilha Trai tor President, and formed such a com bination us has rendered it impossible for the Whig members of Congress (o carry out those great and sound prin ciples of coitmon good, for which the party contended, and which received the approbation of an overwhelming majority of the People. Resolved, That we appeal with confidence to every honest and impar tial mind, whether every Whig measure, be it Tariff be it Distribution be it Apportionment be it Retrenchment and Reform has not been supported, unflinchingly, by the Whig partv in Congicss, never yielding one jot of the principles upon which they were elect ed. Resolved, That the "unnatural con nection" between the Land Bill and the Tariff, was brought about by the influence of John Tyler, and voted for by every Tyler abstractionist and Lo cofoco in Congress, in opposition to the Whigs, and this weak, vnscillaling and faithless Executive, insults the party, whose principles he bus abandoned, by vetoing the Revenue Bill, because this connexion exist. Resolved, That although wc hold the principle of Distribution sacred, yet the unparalleled sufferings and dis tress of the people may make it expe dient, lo secure a Tariff by the sus pension of the distribution until 1814, when our great Champion will take the reins of Government, to whom we can safely confide our political princi ples and the destinies of the Repub lie. Resolved.. That wc annrovc of the State Convention recommended nt a Whig meeting in Philadelphia, to be held at Hnrrisburg, on the second Tuesday in September next, for the purpose of effecting a more complete organization of the Whigs of Pennsyl vania, and that the following named gentlemen be appointed Delegates to represent Columbia counlv, viz: Jos. Probst, Esq., George A. Frick, Esq., William G. Hurley, Esq., George H. Willits, John M. Maus, Jeremiah Boone, Thomas Chambers, A. B. Shu man, Esq., Col. Jos. Paxton, William McKelvy, Esq., Dr. A. B. Wilson, Thomas Painlcr.Lot Borgslresser.Josh ua W. Comly, Esq., Thornton McCoy, Dr. C. 11. Frick; and that said Commit tee have power to fill any vncancy that may occur in said delegation. Resolved, That to effect a better county organization of the friends of Henry Clay and Protection a County Committee of twelve persons be ap pointed by this meeting, for the pur pose of corresponding with our Whig brethren in other counties of the State, and thai the following gentlemen com pose said Committee: WM. G. HURLEY, ESQ. THOMAS PAINTER, BRIGHT R. PAXTON, CHARLES COOK, BENJ. WILLIAMS, A. B. SHUMAN, DR. WM. R1GHTER, DR. K. BROTH WELL, JAMES DONALDSON, DR. GEORGE W. LOTT, DR. THOMAS R. HULL, ARTHUR W. FRICK. Resolved. That it is thn iinnnimn .opinion of this meeting, that the re-,. t.ibtiljiii .Th;i.- wuutii (7e hluiuuT wtjn joy throughout the Republic, and con fer a blessing upon the country. Unsolved. That the proceedings of this meeting bo signed by Ihe Officers and published in all tie Democratic Whig papers of Columbia county, and that the Harrbburg Whig papers, the United States Gazette, Philadelphia, and National Intelligencer, Washing ton be requested to copy the same, and that the editors of the Danville In telligencer, Bloomsburg Democrat. and Berwick Sentinel be also requested to give them a place in their respective journals. JAMKS M'ULUKIS, Prcs't. Christian Brobst, Peter Ijright, Wm. Geahiiaiit. Jeremiah IIoo.ie, yV. Prcs'ts. A. STKAWnillDOJ!, Hen ii Hauiuson. I Jambs Smomton, J TAos. Painter, B. W. Wapplcs, Benj. Williams, C. H. Frick, Scc'ys J A Good Joke. I have heard a first-rale joke about John Turinan. late of Alliens. lie was stopping at a tavern up country, and used lo lounge about the brr, and rn'mc it over oilier people's liquor. Not a glass could tie left a uiiiiiipnt hut he would slily slip up and drink its rontcnis. One day a singe driver fame in, und called for r sntT hum of brandy toddy. John immediaielv shuffled up to the bar. The driver new his manlier, and immediately played possum by leaving his brandy whilp he" stepped lo ilie door. The bait took on returning ho saw the glass empty and exclaimed with all the diabolical horror he could el' feci; 'Brandy and opium enough te kill forty men ! who drank that pizen!' 'I !' eiammerrd John, ready to yield up ihe gtiosl wi ll affright. . 'You're a dead man,' said the driver. 'What shall I do!' Beseeched John, who llio'i himself a 'gone sucker.' 'Down with a pint of lamp oil, or you are a dead man in three minutes,' ai.swcrrd the wicked driver. And down went ihe lamp ml. up enme ihe brandy and opium, togeiher with John's breakfast the joke was toll, and he has mil troubled people's liquni twee. One of ihe old Blue Liws of Connee ticui imposed a fine upon young Udirs for mincing. A lass was brought before a niujistraie for stepping into a puddle of watei, but got clear by her mother swear ing that l'-cr clothes were so narrow ahe could not step over it. How would our adies liko such aaw( FLL1AL AFFECTION- Gustavas III. king of Sweden, passing one morning on horseback through a vil lage in the neighborhood of his capital, ob served a peasant girl of interesting appear ance drawing water at a fuuntain by the way bide. He went up to her and asked her for a draught. Without delay ahe lifted her pitcher and with an artless simplicity put it to tho lips of the monarch. Having satisfied his thirst, and courteously th?,nkd his benefactress, he said: 'My giil, if you will accompany me to Stockholm, I ill endeavor to fix you in a more agreeable situation.' 'Ah, sir.' replied she; 'I cannot accept your proposal. I am not anxious to riso above the slate of life in which the proTi itencc of God has placed me: but even if I were, I could net for an instant hesitate.' 'And why!' icjoiiied the king, somewliaf surprised. Because, answered the girl coloring, my mother is poor and sickly, and lias nO one but me to assist or comfort her many afflic tions and no earthly bride could induce II I C to leave her. nr In npirlrrl trt HinMimrrr. the duties affections requires of me.' Where is your mother! required the monarch. 'In that little cabin, replied the git, point to a wrclr-hcd hovel beside her. The Kins, whose feelinira hern inlereril. ed in favor of his companion, went in, anii nsiiciu sireieneu out on a bedstead, wl'iose onlv covenncr was a Hutr mram aged female, weighed down with years, anu sicMiEss anu uinrmiiies. Moved at tho sight, the monarch addressed her: T Am sorry, my poor woman, to find you in so ,1 .r , i... . - uf-Kiitiieu a conuiuon. Alas, sir,' answered the venerable suf ferer, '1 should need lo be pilied had I not that kind and attentive girl; who labors to support me and smite nothing that ihft lllinkrt mil aftnril me reltRf. Mm a i' io uj God remember n to her good,' she Never perhaps, was Uustavus more n sidle than ,ni (he moment of possessing an csalted station. The consciousness of having it in his power to assist a suffering fellow-creature, almost overpewered him, and putting a purse into the hands of the young villager, he could only say, 'contin ue lo laRe care of your mother: shall soon enable you to do so more effectually. Good by, njy atmakle girl you may depend on the promise of your king.' On his return to Stockholm, Gustarni settled a pension for life on the mother, with a reversion to the daughter after death. Sister Nonce and the .?gr"' Wa were traveling not long since inlllinois.and called at a house to solicit a drjnk of wa ter, when the following conversation oceur red: 'Well, mv boy, how long havo yoa lived!' 'I don't know, air, but tay mother saje ever since I was born.' 'Have you any brother and s'uters!' 'Yes, a few.' 'How many!' Ten or 'leven, I reckon.' Pretty healthy here, isn't ill' 'Yes; but sometimes we have a little nger.' 'Any of you got it now!' 'Yes, a few on us goin' to have the shakes the arternoon.' 'How many!' Why, all on us except eister Nance, and site's sicli a darnation cross critter, the ager won't take on hei; and if it did, she'e so cussed conlary -she wouldn't shake no how you could fix her!. Cmnubial. 'My deai did John black ihem hoots!' 'How should I know I hant got noth'o to do with your boots. lt' wishing day.' 'Dut, my lore, yoa needn't speak ao CSOSH.' Speak eo cross! I didn't epesk cross.' 'O ves you did.' ' 'I didn't.' 'I say you did.' "I say I didn't.' 'By gracious! I won't stand this. . Iv"s too bad lo be treated in this way, I'll leave you, madam. I'll hive a eepari lion' Oh. Mr. Slob was ever a woman so abused Here I've beert working and washing and scrubbing all day long, as bard as ever I ejuld, and then you come home and act so to me- just kos 1 don't know noifi'n about your bnois OJ it is too W-.d, it is 'loo-boo! boo-boo!' Hem! Wrll Nney I didn't mean to make you fiy. N'pver tnind I reckon John has blacked mv bonin. Is then sassingers lo be fried fr supper!' Y-e-es my dcarI got ma fot yc psrlloulBrly,',' '1 M ' it t