MM tOVl THM COLVMBIA DEMOCRAT. The Election XSampiign of 18iii for 'the county of Columbia, is one of vital interest . to the inhabitant! of this rounty.and not on ly to the present, but to future generations, as this, campaign, in all human probability, will be tho means of settleing the long agi tated question of removal of tho scat of Justico of this countyy either by obtaining a Removal, or by causing a division of the county. And shall the interests of a majority of the county still continue, to be set at naught, and their humble petitions arid petitioners, made the subject of contempt ridicule, calumny, and abuse, and not un froquenlly havo the inhabitants of this part of tho county, been insulted, in the grossest manner, by some of the purse proud aris tocracy of Danvillo, by displaying a few pieces of gold coin, and accompaning the act with the exclamation "you up creek fellows do not know how to bore for the re moval; you have not got enough of the yellow boys, tho real, Benton mint drops, these can do more at Harrisburg than all the petitions you can bring forward." Now, I ask, what is this but adding insult to injury! And how often has it been the case that, when a farmer at the distance of eight or ten miles from Danville, kills and taes in. veal orppullry.thal he may sell the same during the sitting of court, he is told, by the inn keepers and others,wc are supplied with all such things by our friends from Rush . and c'onseqneriily, the farmer must either take a very reduced, price tor his pro duce, or elso carry it home. In this man ner are the inhabitants of this county en riehing thdse of another county, at their own expense. .And' I ask, can the farmers, rnechaiiick and labourers, any longer submit to be thus insulted, merely to gratify & few of tho nurse proud aristocracy of Danville! And does not tlicir insolent boasting, that they can do more with their Yellow boys at Harrisburg, than the up creekers, fas they call the. inhabitants of this pari of the county) can do with their pennons, cast a muoi uariiig auu uuuagcuus insult upon the members of the Legislature 01 tnts state i uoei noi tneir coasting, in effect ay, that with a few dollars they can bribe any member to vote as they wish! Gould there be a more daring attack of elan der upon the virtue, honesty, and intelligence of the Legislators of a, slate! Is such boast i ing, not laying the axe with furious blowrs, mX the very tree of liberty, and lost indeed, to all sentiments of virtue and morality must I be the indiviuali who can make such boast- And is there an inhabitant of any town hip, other than those of Mahoning, who the unhallowed course pursued bv the aris Ihn 1 tocracy of Danville? Who does, not bear in wind, the base conduct of one if those na bobs.that when a poof man who owed him. liad signed a petition for a removal, he im mediately sent the constable with a sum mons? This is not a solitary case. And if necessary the names of such parties can lie so set forward. And. all this has been borne, and borne, until forbearance eases to be a virtue. Tho inhabivtnts of tins county can no longer be thus insulted in this high banded manner, by a few of the purse proud aristocracy. And that political weather cock of the Intelligence, is the present time insulting.at least four 'fifths of the inhabitants of this county, by bis slanderous publications, but t .lutjr uaiuitiBHiiig in,, any wuiviuuai knowing the man can believe a single sen tence contained in his paper, and false statements. Why, I have at this time,some Jourleec volumes of his paper before trie And has he continued more than one volume without a political somerset! Let his own paper d ecide. At one time ho is heard to boast that he can Jead the democracy to the polls, and carry all truiraphant, but when In a former communication, this thing was hinted at, he was sttuck with holy horror at such a slander npon tho intelligence of the inhabitants, of this county. vo net be trjgnteneu leity l know you just like a book, and know and havo heard you boast, mat you couiu do wuat you pleased with the Democracy of the county, -&pefore you alleropHo deny your intention of dictating to the ichabitantspi this county, just turn DacK to tne commencement ol voice oi nictation nas ueen nearu irom tne columns of vour naner.and at this veiv time Mn r mi 1 mla M ns felahnnil tr n l a r rr oan. lam I your paper. Again look at yourself, orever ttirowine out some oamo caicii pplause, you have, advocated the holding n election. in mis congressional uiswici me our own dear self might be elected Uon ressman. Bulimy desrsir.you caonot gull fiA nnntp iT fhift ftjatrlrf infrt tint munflll.fl ... r r ....w ...v--.- io more tl.aa voo can eu I the oeonis into the belief' that Riebarf Frtit is the egular democratic candidate for the Itgia. ature, And what anxiety do tbess would e. dictators manifest for the welfare of the ear people. How- ara they Tiding day nil niaht. And Ipcturincr In Ihn nunnlp. tanri rging mo ciaima oi tneir canaiuaie, as Tie- tr the legtilar democratic candidate, aBd pposf d to division, and in Yavoar of a "J .! 11 if l - 1 nd plans, see, how they stoop that they ay conquer; Falsehood and deception v.iy where nark tliolr footsteps, and the tegttd which they manifest for (fie ilea r 1 people. is the same as the regard manifested by the vulture when carrying off the Iambi iic covers me iamo wnti ins wings .in oruer that he mny devour. And so with the purse proud aristocrae) ol Danville. They are econring all parts of the county, making nil kinds of false promises, and cover their prey with the wings of hypocrisy only that they may the more effectually rivet the chrins of oppression upon their victims and thus make tho honest faimur and and mechanick become tho means though unaware, of fastening tho chains of op pression and injustice still tighter upon themselves and children, Fellow citizens, the contest in this coun- is not between Daniel Snyder and Hichard Fruit, for member of the Legislature but the contest is between justico and equal rights on tho one hand, and injustice and oppression on the other, Daniel Snyder is the champion upon whose banner tho for mer motto is iiucilbed, and Richard Fruit, tho champion whose banner beats the latter motto, now is the time to be enlist, boon tho battle will he fought, not with deathlike weapons that strewtf the plain with dead and dying, but the weapons will be the glorious ba lliil n-lrcemnns pledge. 1 hen arouse and prepare for action. Let the friends of justice gird on the armout of vigilance, and the shield ol Independence, anil stand lourlli shoulder to shoulder in the day of battle. Let the memory of your insulted and oppressed parents, now sleep ing in their graves, and the insults offered to yourselves and your children, incite you to action. Look back on the contempt that has for years been heaped upon you, by the opposers ol your rights. And in view of all these things you are called upon to stand forth and acquit yourselves man fully. Then, tellow citizens, to the polls on the day oppointed, aid while tho banner of truth and justice waves to the breeze of heaven, there cast your votes for Daniel Snyder, the man who has shown himself honest, intelligent, and independent. The man who has labuured to secure the ad' ministration of justice, equaf to all his con' stituent- and in thus doing you are lion ouring the memory, of your insulted aad op pressed fathers. Remember, that slighted petitions, and coitempts insult and oppression, heaped upon the petitioners, caused great Unlaiii to loose her once submissive colonies, and caused the establishment of tho declaration of our Independence, up the constitution of our Iree govenunent, which secures the right of petition to the higher powers, , for the removal of existing grievances. And is not the location of the county buildings at Danville, an unjust and grievous measure, And have not petitions been presented vear afteryear. to the Legislature of this State fnr i rmnvn n this euevous burden of has borne the burden to the grave, and their : l .1 . t 1 1 i . ... tiiuurcii are ami Gearing we same builhen. The fathers prayed for the re moral and their sons have year after year prayed for the removal of the same, though greativ : It . i - w " - iuL-rcascu,ourinen. Fellow citizens, it is now in your power to speau inrough the ballot box, in a tone that shall be heard, and language that cir. be easily understood. And in speaking thus your wrongs shall be righted, and your grievances removed. Arouse vou fellow citizens, your enemies are alrerdy in me ueiu, anu marshaling their lorces. Al reauy you nearu tne oiasis ot dehance ent forth by their bugles. Already you heard the thundering of their deep mouthed cannon, and you may already see the leaders of their forces flying Irom position to positioned endeavouring to seek an ambush, to take you by surprise. Already have they hung out their false colors to allure to their ranks those unaquainted with their modes ol warfare. But, be not decei ved with their gaudy appearance. The mask of falsehood and hypocrisy has now been thrown, aside, and you may see their native ugliness in all its disgusting features. uppiession u their commander in chief. r alshond and detraction are his aids. While hypocrisy and calurauy are his generals. And yet they have the daring effrontery to Hoist tne banner ot truth, uut see the ban ner itself, as if conscious of the insult offer ed its character, refuses to preform its office, and waves not to the influence of ilie breeze of heaven, but folds itsself together, and leaves space for their broad black ban ner of iniquity to display its self.with all its ciiaricterick deformity. Hut see the con contrast. Here you wave the binner of truth and justice, See how it unfolds its self to the view, while justice hovers near wnh a balance to weigh your claims. Seo how she siniics on your efforts, while she casts a frown of indignation upon the ranks of your enemies. Rally then to the stand ard of truth, and while justice smiles upon your efforts, you must, you will conquer, You shall see the armies of the aliens routed. You shall hear them cry for quarters. But justice will cry, give no quarter. Oppression must be slain. False hood Dfld detraction must be bound in chains and consigned to the dungeon, Hypocrisy and calumny must bo put to the sword. Their banner committed to tho flames.thus has justice decreed and thta appears to be the set time .when justice calls upon you, fellow citizens, to put you shoulder to the wbeele. Then prepare for a steady pull, a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull allto gether, and justice will enable you lo shout victory, victory. HUMA, TO TMtt CITIZRNS OF COtCMBU CQVNTV, i Fellow" Citistni: On Tuesday next, you will be called upon to cast your votes upon a question involving more of interest to the citizens of Columbia county than, any question which ever has, or will again be, decided by the citizens of this nounty. I mean thai in tho decision of (his question, is involved the rtmovul qtiistion. and liko wise the fate of the county regarding the division project, F resenting then, as it does, those strong points ol interest to every cut zenof the county, does it not become us, as a community, to examine well Hie qualities tions and claims of both candidates presen ted to the voters or the county Tor represen tative in our next Assembly. Let us coolly and dispassionately contrast the claims each candidate presents to obtain the suffrages of the people of the county. Daniel Snyuer, our lato representative, as you are all well aware, has invariably been a warm and zea lous advocate of tho removal question, and as warmly opposed to the division project. As proof of this 1 would refer you to his course in the legislature last session regatd ing both questions, and the position he now occupies befoio the people ol the county, nominated by a Democratic removal con vention by acclamation, he stakes his elec lion upon hisovell known advocacy of the removal question. On the other hand, UU opponent Richard Fruit offers himself to the people of the county lor a seat in the saint hody. What are his claims upon the peo pie, particularly the removal parly. Does lie ask their suffrages upon the ground that he is a removal man! I trust you will not be so deceived, as t) be induced to trust to the written or verbal professions of one wh has given such positive proofs in his courst I of coiiduet, that he is wholly and entirely governed by peisonal agrandisement. Itif- true, for some years back, he was to bi found in the ranks of the removal party, but H-hcn the que.siion was hist agitated, aftei his brother John Fruit, was elected Sherifi of the countv. wo find him in the ranks ol the opposition, and branding those who toll cited his name to a petition last winter, will that most insulting epithet, Tories. Thtu showing conclusively that his only object in advocating tho removal was to secure tin election of his bro'h'er to the office of sheriff and having done so, lie now, by lii aposta ey, expects to scriiro a suihcient interest below, with what inroads he can make ii the removal interest to secure his own eleu tion to office. Now fellow citizens I would ask you what confidence can you place in the pledge of such a man! you are well aware that lit is the candidate of both the ami removal and division factions and if elected will be bound and will most assuredly bo governed by their directions, can you for a momem doubt what those directions will be! Al though I grant that the Danville party do no division will quiet tlio iiroplo, lliev will most assu redly go for 'he latter, anil Richard Fruit if clfctfil will, oa a matter orcourae lie governed ty their di rcetions. Ho will.usc all his influence with t!u members to secure die passage of the bill, and ti fulfil his pledge to the pcojite, will douMlcs jeronl his voto against the measure, thereby hoodwinking and blinding the people of the oounty. But I am niucU mistaken, fellow ciiizcnt, in your-intclligenec if tlioy succrcd by euch miserable subterfuge iu Minding you as to tbo truo nature of tho question at issue", and thereby succeed in saddling upon the county a glorious tai which would be perpetual, for it requires but a limited idea of arithmatic to solve the matter. Vou are all doubtless aware that tho cipenses (with tho exception of mileage to ju. rors and witnesses'which is a small matter) is about the same in a small as a large county, consequently deprive us of one half of our citiicns, and you in crease our taies in the name proportion, but in ad dition thn decision of the peoj le of the county at thr pollson Tuesday next settles the removal question in another point of views. It was ioldly and con Cdently claimed by the Danville and ierwick fac Uons, before the legishtuie at Harrisburg last win tcr, that Daniel Snyder could not and would not bu returned as a member at Um next sitting of the legislature, and if they would only postpone acting upon the quesdon until tho next meeting of that body that they would make it a question at the elec tion, and that they could and would defeat Daniel Snyder if ho was again a candidate, Now fellow citizens, the issues is fairly before you. Daniel Snyder is agai-i a candidate. You have therefore the fato of tne removal question in your hands, elect Richard Fruit and the removal question is at rest forever and tho division is most assuredly effec ted. elect Daniel Snyder and the removal is most assuredly effected and the division is for ever at rest. Now fellow citizens.both caudidatcs arc fairly before you. I havo endeavored very briefly to contrast the claims each one has to your support and continence, and now choose ye between the two. O.P. AROUSE, FREEMEN, AR0USE1 To the Polls on Tuesday next Let no trifling excuse vou- Remember the watch word is SNYDER end REMOVAL." The rallying cry of your opponents will be " FRUIT and DlVISlONt" Therefore shake off the lethargy winch has so long bound the chains of oppression upon you, and inform your opponents that the day of redemption is at hand, Speak in tones Itumpel totiqund to your oppressors, that the day of gullibility has gone by. That you know, and knowing, dare to battle for your rights. Remember, that as the con test approaches its close, that vile sheet of defamation, the Danvillo Intelligencer, will teem with gross and brutal attacks upon private individuals for the purpose, if possible, of bli.iding the people as to the true issue at hand. Dut be not deceived. It is not a matter of private claim, but of public justice. 13 o upon your guard for slanderous and lying handbills, which mY doubles be litrn V. i.M Af a .1 ,l.nUn.LJDlU M milxh Mtfin I III llllllll.r: HI1K 11111111-llilUtiI.U llllliu w E,rr'rU.n such" would be the case, and7irwl , " H.W VVHIW V.IMIIID, .HtUnill( Ul Uh I , f i utterly iinnossiUe,- that notliinir but rcmovil nil w converge aro of the same opinion. Industriously circulated throughout the whole tenglli and breadth of ihft county, just on the eve of the election, too lata for the menus ot removal iu expose or cuuua dict. Therefore to the polls, let toothing but sickness prevent, for bear it mind, that if Snyder is defeated it will be for want nf energy upon the parts of the friends of re moval, xour opponents nre sparing no time, money, nor means however vile to accomplish thcii ends, and if they succeed, the removal is lost and that vne project, me division of little Columbia is fastened upon the citizens. To the polls then one nnd all and let vour wm cty be SNYDER for the sake of'REMOVAL. "truth without 1 B.1TVniK1 OCTOBUn 8, 1842, ElLififioval AND Mo Pi-vision. DEMOCRATIC REMOVAL AND ANTI-DIVISIOiY TICKET. ASSEMBLY, DANIEL. SNYDEK. ' COMMISSIONER, JOHBT B. EDfiAK. AUDITOR, JOHIVSOftlX IKEIJER. PROTHONOTARY, JACOB El'ERLY. REGISTER AND 21EC0RDE R CIIARL.ES CONXER' THE DIVISION. We are accused by the Danvilie faction gf endeavoring to make a lalne issue, because we contend that a division of the county will.be the necessary consequence of the election of Richard Fruit. We think wejiave heretofore given sufficient reasons believe "th who in But yet the Danville faction claim that the plmlge of Richard Fruit against it, docs away with all onr reasons. Is it so? We have charged him time and again with hav ing pledged himself, before liis nomination, in the Berwick people (o go for a division, tiui that they had declared that they would sustain no. man who would not go with them. These charges of ours have never been denied, and the division portion of. the Berwick people arc still as warm for Rich ard Fruit, as ever they were. It is true they were for a few days after the pledge of Fruit appeared apparently rather cool upon the subject of his election, hut immediately after a visit from John Fruit and Judge Dona!dor., they again enlisted 'warmly in the contest, and aro now actively engagod in securing his election. Why this sud den change after the visit of those gentle men! What other inference can be drawn from it than there has been private assuran ces given that the pledge shall be inopera tive after the election. It has been eo as serted by several gentlemen in favor of division, and we heard one say ourselves, that the pledge was only given to those gentlemen who ask it, and that it had not a general bearing. That they do electioneer with those whom they think it will do, for Fruit upon these grounds is positively true Thert have we no, good grounds for sup posing that they have those assurances. Would they be likely to go for him if they had not? No one bplieveg it. Would they place a club in the hands of their enemies lo knock their own brains out? Who is silly enough to believe itf It is acknovr J. edged by every intelligent man. in Iho coun ty, except by those whose interest it is lo deny it, that a division or removal must take place, and that too before the present controversy is settled. Tho cry of the Danville faction, and echoed back by Ihe uivisiun men in uerwicx, mat the county would be kept together, by leaving the courts where they aro is all idle. It is merely said by them lo gull the people.and turn their attention from tho true issue.-r-They know that it cauttot Le done. They know that the people will nover be.saliafied wilh it, and knowing thisr will not they go ... .. .... .;n.i m in for e division. (They hive, often declared tint they vfoold dtf o., They hevu exl pchded thousand of dollars lo retain tho cottris, and aro becoming tired ,of the ex pense, and llity are willing to enter into any arrangement that will free them from it hereafter, And ns nothing elte will, but a division, they resort lo that as the last rem edy. They have openly declared the would do so, and who is there that doubts) but there is an understanding between ill factions to that effect! Look al- tho matter fairly and then. answer. i THE MEETINGS. ., . The proreedings of which we publishto; day, are but the HU'tcml respin o 0' the excited state of feeling that exists in the) county in relation to the questions that ere) lo be settled, by the election of next Tues day. REMOVAL OR DIVISION. The people are aroused in every township,1 and will thunder forth their approbation of Dan icl Snyder's course by a tremondous ma jority. The six creek townships, Hem lock, Monteur, Caltawissa, Roaringcroek, Paxton, Bloom, Derry, aye. BRIER CREEK and MADISON too, will tell a sory ijist will make the aristocracy of Dan ville tremble for their (radulently obtained county seal, and teach them, that justice, although slow, is sure, anil that right must and will prevail. Their slander and detrac tion, whether given to the public, through handbills, or from the mouths of their hired bullies, will not prevent the people from going to the polls, and asserting their rights through the ballot box, the legitimate piaco for freemen to put down INJUS TICE and OPPRESSION. Greenwood, noble Greenwood, always) true to herself, has shown by tho alacrity with which they attended the meeting with only a few hours notice, that they are. de termined to be free, and that. justice shall b done the coup.ly. The Roatingcreek meeting, the proceed ings of which we publish to-day, was a gen eral rush of the whole population of tho township, the farmer left his plough tho mechanic his work shop, to express their indignant feelings towards their slanderers at Danville, who had so maliciously and wilfully misrepresented their sentiments and wishes, in the account of a pretended meet ing which they called the voice of Roaring r.refcU. and he moniier in which they at tempted to prevent iho true voice of tho townships from being known. It was ono spontaneous ra'ljy for freedom and equality, and for the right of peacefully holding Iheir own meetings, and expressing their own sentiments, untrammelled by dictation from Danville. How different were the meetings ihe proceedings of which are published by (he Algerir.e. Mifflin meeting, 0, what n wonder. SIX men only attending from Mifflin and THREE from Danvillo ushering forth pro ceedings of a large meeting, as the "votco of .Mifflin." The 2d Tuesday of October, will show those gentry, that the people of Mifflin township will not consent to be dic tated to how they shall vole, by John Fruit, John Montgomery, John RhodcB and the Algerine, & that they mustconviiiee them with some better arguments that it is not fur their interest to prefer a removal to divi sion than their boasting, "that they had bought one man into their support, and duped two others, & now they were sure of a Urge majority for Fruit." We say they must produce more solid arguments than this, to'e atisfy them, that they should not snstain their own interest in preferenco to that of Danville. Briercreek township, too has spoken, fa opposition to the Berwick meeting aiEvan'o school house. It was a meeting of thn farmers, or as a member rematked, of tho lax payers of ihe township, who mot and resolved to standby the man who had man fully fought against the cuffing and carving the county during the last session of tha legislature. Such expressions as these ars sure antidotes lo ihe mind of an honorabl man,-for all the abuie that may be heaped upon him, by the Algerint, J. G. Mont gomery, or the whole host of hired retail ers ofslander.that havo travelled the county for weeks past. The Aigerine says that we are afraid of mass meetings of the people; No, no, my boy, you are mistaken. We like them they are just the things for disseminating,, truth among the people. Look at the Roaring', cieok meeting, the proceeding of .which we publish today, when upwards. .ofUwti.,, hundred of-ihe tax payers of the. township.-' took part, t ; ,-,;i.. W;v$$rfos? r1 y-tt -
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