not always accomplish thn par no no tho
ptopiu ucsiro, uocausc mo iwue is noi
orcod dirootly upon tho rcproicntativo.
In this demoralized auto of tho country,
capital has shown crcat oacorncss to so-
oare for itself special privllcgo and spoatal
advantages by legislation, and many abuses
havo crown up in your representative- bod
ies. Theso must bo ourod ; tho system of
corrupting the representatives of tho peo
ple must bo thoroughly eradicated or
there will be an end to reprosentatiro
Government. When you aro called upon
to scleot a oandidalo, bo sure to give the
nomination to odd who is pure in that re
spect ( bo sure that he is a man who acts 1
from his conviction and screes to tho
great doctrino that tho representative is
bound by tho will of his constituents.
This doctrine you must inculuato if you
would preserve your govcrnmout ; and as
Ruro as you begin tho roform you can
accomplish it. 1 wish this issuo to bo
made everywhere. I do not know nor do
I beliovo that you in this county have oy
er been botrayod in tho way I am allu
Ing to ; but I know that our pooplo havo
tcpoatodly been. I know that sinoo the
advent oi Republicanism, Republican
soamps that havo gono to tho Lfgisln
turo have sold their votes. Some of them
have stood in tho corners of tho Capitol
with their hands open behind their backs,
ready to tako the price that might be giv
en them.
These arc alarming abuses, and thoy
call for a remedy. Tho people must bo
impressed with the idea that when thoy
send representatives to mako law for thorn
thoy do not part with their power of Gov
ernment. The theory of tho Govornmont
is that it is more convenient for you to sond
ono of your number to tho legislative body
than to go yourselves en masse, and when
your representative is thero he is bound
t5 do what you would do if you were- all
thore assombled. So, inform yourselves
upon every issue and Bend honest mon to
represent you and oxact of them that thoy
shall do what you wish dono in the prom
ises that they shall oboy your will and
not tho law of their own selfish interests
and passions,
SPEECH
OF
C. R. BUCKALEW,
AT THE NOB MOUNTAIN
MEETING.
Thursday Morning, Aug. 3 1 , '6 5 .
RETORTED RY D. F. MURPHY. ESQ.
I hold in my band, fellow citizens; a
cynopsN of tho election returns for the
county of Columbia at Gubernatorial and
Fresidcntial Elections, commencing with
the year 1836 and ending with tho Presi
dential Election of 1861. Tlii. is a most
rcmarkablo and a most gratifying record,
and 1 have thought it a proper and fit
thing that it should bo put upon tho rec
ord of the proceedings of this meeting, and
go into the published volumo which we
propose to issue.
At the opening of this meeting, thero
Was read inyour hearing the original, suo
cinct, but beautiful statement of tho gen
eral principles o( our party creed from '
the first Inaugural Address of Thomas
Jefferson, third Preiidont of the U. S.
This section of Pennsylvania has some
relations both to the author and to tho
creed itself, He was a correspondent of
Dr. Priottley and ofDr. TIios. Cooper,at one
time residents of the town of Northumbcr
land in our own vicinity. What is now
tbo County of Columbia then constituted a
portion ol tho County of Northumberland.
At that early day the founder of the
Democratic party had within our territory
correspondents and friends-men who sym
pathized with him in political sontiment,
and to whom ho expressed those emotions
upon pubfio questions which characterized
his correspondence; and his letters to
ihc two distinguished gentlemen whom I
have mentioned, constitute a most inter
esting portion of hisjiublishcd correspon
dence. In the year of 1813 tho County of Co
lumbia was erected from the County of
Northumberland, and it has had an inde
pendent existenco as one of the Counties
of the Commonwealth, ever since. This
was ahout a dozen years before tho death
of Mr. Jefferson. During his Prosiden
tlal terms the County of Northumberland
was Democratic in its sentiments. Our own
County after its ereotion, during his life
time, stood firmly by his creed and by
his principles, and from that timo down to
the present, its career as a politioal com
munity, has been one of great consistency
and of distinguished honor, la times of
great excitement and of party disturbanoo;
when other portions of tho Commonwealth
have ttrayed from their aooustomcd course
this partioular section of Pennsylvania'
oas siuuu urm ana iaiiniui co toe princi-
pies originally adopted by its people. 1
bavo only the record back to tho year
183G, showing how from that timo down
to tho present, a period of 30 years, the
peoplo of this County havo kept their po
litioal fidelity and instead of falling off in
the annual contribution whioh thoy havo
Kiven to Democratio majorities in this
State, bavo steadily and materially in
creased mat contribution.
1830 -For President Whole voto,
2104.
VAN BUREN, 1560
HARRISON 544
1010 majority.
Tho voto of Fishing Creek twp., not
inolnded. It was lost.
1840 For President Wholo voto
4136.
VAN BUREN. 2811
HARRISON, 1325
1480 maj.
1041 For Governor wholo voto, 3072.
PORTER, 2560
BANKS, 1103
. .
1814 For Goyernor
SHUNK, MAHKLE,
wbolf. vntn d7'I
wnoie voie, nvt. ,
i -iuu muj,
3100
1.VJ3
1600 maj.
For Prssident Wholo vote, 5108.
POLK 3370
OLA IT 1738
1738
-
di- T-- n . .
loo. maj,
Biif WMr"nMI,'r..1111'
SIIUNK 2013
IltTIN 1500
1407 maj.-
1848 For Gbternor Whole voto,5137
LONGSTRKTII 3B7
JOHNSTON . 1080
1177 maji
For riosidont Whole voto, 0060.
oass 3300
TAYLOR 2203
j.u icuu UAuuiuur uuuu.y xua vibuttui
r lor.n r -1 ... .
(from Columbia), and in giving results of
clcotions nfter that dato It will bo ncocs-
sarv. for tho nurposo of oomparlson with
provious oleotions, to includo tho voto of
that oounty.
1051 For Govorno wholo voto, 4335.
BIGLER, JOHNSTON
Columbia 2011 1024
Montour 1304 870
3135
10U0
1535 majority.
1852-For Prosidcnt-wholo voto, 5588.
PIERCE SCOTT'
Columbia 2103 1105
Montour 1455 800
3557
2031
2031
152G majority.
1854-For Govomor wholo vote, 6314,
BIGLER, POLLOCK.
Columbia 2180 1300
Montour 078 757
3158
2150
2150
1002 majority.
This was tho year of tho Know-Noth
ing Lodges.
1856-For President whole vote, 0467.
BUCHANAN. Fusion
Columbia 2880 1480
Montour 1272 801
4101
2200
2200
1S71 majority.
The (so-oalled) Fusion voto wa made
up of Fromont and Fillmoro votes, 1270
of the former and 210 of tho latter. There
were besides, of Fillnioro "straight" votes,
5 in Columbia and 1 1 in Montour.
1857-For Governor wholo vote, 5303.
PACKER. WILMOT.
Columbia .2410 1144
Montour 1080 508
3490
1712
1712
1778 majority.
Thoro wore for Hazlohurst, 30 votes in
Columbia county and 71 in Montour.
1860-For Governor wholo vote, 6035.
FOSTER. CURTIN.
Columbia 2534 1848
Montour 1220 083
3904
2831
2831
973 majority.
1860-Fnr President-whole vote, 0483.
DEM. DOUGLAS. LINCOLN.
Columbia .
2366
786
3152
307
86
311
307
1873
1043
2010
Montour
3540
2016
. 633 majority.
Bell votes, in Columbia 14, in Montour
1863 For Governor whole vote,7702.
WOODWARD. CURTIN.
Columbia 3342 1801
Montour 1447 1112
4780
2013
2613
1876 majority.
1864-For President wholo vote, 7921.
McCLELI.AN. LINCOLN.
Columbia 3375 1923
Montour 1496 1130
4871
3053
3053
1818 majority.
At this election tho soldier vote of Col
umbia county, taken abroad and sent
homo was, for MoClellan 192, for Linooln
184.
You will remember that in 185G tho op
position to our party was divided ; it was
broken into two interosts,tho Fremont and
Fillmore interests; tho result of which
division in their ranks whiloours wcro uni
ted, was,tho magnificent majority of 1871
That was tho caso in 1850 when tho op- urs Ecn to us in its integrity by our
position was disorganized by internal di- ancestors, the constitution they mado for
visions ; but in 1800 the oaso was dli. w shall bo kept kept in its letter and
aitrously reversed. In that year,wo wero! Bpint-keptinPeiinsylvania.and in Georgia,
divided. Wc held a National Convention;" wherever tho flag for whioh our boys '
at unaricston, wliicu did not conclude thoi
wMviuiuuvv u iuu uuuco i.J IV U (UU lw LIUU
been assigned. An adjournod Convention
was theD held in Baltimore, and tho scb
sions of thot body resulted in a split and
in tho nomination of two Candidate. In
this State wo had what was oalled a fusion
ticket, a majority of thoso supporting
which wero Breckenridgo mon, but a por
ion uougias mon ; aim tners was also
what was oallod a "straight" Douglas
ticket. In that year, in consequenco of
tins uivision among ourselves, tho rosult
was that our majoritio dropped down, at
the Governor's elcotion to 073, and at tho
Presidential election to G33.
Now lot me call your attention horo to
what explains thoso votoi. In 1850, four
years before, the totl Presidential voto
was, 0407, and in lgGO it was 0483 j
that is, instead of thorp1 being an increased
voto at tho end of that period of four
years, tho voto remained about tho game.
luo inovitabe conclunon is that there was
a largo number of votes unpolled in this ,
County, and, of course, as ours was tho!
disorganized party, thoy woro Domooratio 1
votes,
Governor'
jluiuu jchib uiiurtraruH, ai mo
r's eleotion in 1803 and you
....ill -,, .... ii. . . rt-'i
wow tu mm iuu yu.es at me uoveril-
or, 0icoi:orjs aro Ugall0 m,,rL ltrrliln
than at Proi't. elections tho total voto
Un n . . T) .1 . .. .
polled was 7702, showing oonclushcly
that at tho Pres. oleotion of 1800jin theso
nountios alone, there must havo been ovor
1,000 votes unpolled in conseousnco of
OUr divisions and Of the honolesinnss nf
of tho contest after we had lost tho Gov-1
ernor'a olectlon in Oolobor; The voto of 1
last year, whon thoro was a fair is3iio bo-
J """" ...v.u rruo
twean oar party and tbo oppoiiug ono, .
iBUowed a majority in the old County of
GolumhU ('Inolinlincr Montourl of 1818
votes, nealmt a majority o littlo exoocding
1,UUU inirty yoars ago; nnu mo rccoro. flraencau iimkcii,i.iiu ihu. .a uiy bi;
shows, throughout tho wholo intervening 1 against cvory wrong and ovcry insult and
period, 4 odhaistcnt and continued support every speolos of harm ! I am on Amorl
by our population df tho Democratic party t can Oltizon : I belong to tho land whioh
and of its oandillates. This record also" Washington established,and to whioh Jcf-
lion,' of patty union, of party harmony j
and that w'licnovor w'e get to disputing up-1
on candidates and divido and dissipate
our strength by our own action, wo fall
1 do vn , i it e as he fi s oVwo '
. ... r . D ,
fell down in 1800.
Follow citizens. I have thus briefly
sketched the political career of this oounty
from tho foundation of tho Government
whon tho party of Mr. Jefferson was cs-
tablisbcd and whon ho corresponded with
citizsna ol distinction amongst us. 1 tiavo
shown vou bow thojo who nrccoded vou
in this portion of Pennsylvania thought up-.
on public policy and how they acted. Tho
record is a rcmarkablo one
and
ways bo
roforrcd to by our peoplo with
innv nl.
nrido and satisfaction.
. . . ..
Now, at tho end of a creat war tho
prossurd of which has fallen upon tho
country with cxtrcmo severity, and the
burdens of which aro to remain with us,
it is most important that our people in
popular assomblies and wherever they
moot logcthor, should confer upon public
affairs and determino their oourse lor tho
future. Wo havo arrived, so to speak, at
a new point of departure Tho war is
closed, and now questions arc thrust upon
us whioh must bo met and solved by thuso
who aro charged with tho conduct of gov
crnmcnt, and by us also in selecting them.
Therefore, the question I have now to
submit to this audience assembled at tho
baso of our groat mountain on the closing
day of August, 1805, is this : Aro you
satisfied your fathers decided wisely in
choosing their political associations I Do
vou think they displayed sagacity and
virtue in solccting tho creed of Mr. Jcffer- oiples of Amorioan Liberty; and that if
son as thoir standard of political faith,and thero bo anything of ahamu or of base
in supporting a policy founded thereon in noss in tho recent records of tho Govcrn
tho practical administration of the gov mcnt, the iniquity and tho crime is not up
orument? That creed has been read in on tlnm.
jour hearing. You have heard iu cm. To come back to the main point : I
phatic endorsement of cconcmy in govern-'repeat, the question is proposed to the
ment outlays ; of freo elections, (unco- peoplo of this soction of the couutry, what
erced and unoorrupted ;) of state rights ; course will thoy adopt for tho future ?
of an unfettered press, and of trial by ju- f Will thoy choose to say and determine that
ry, Theso aro leading points of its text, the faith of Jcfforson tho creed of prin
and they smite existing and recent abu- ciples established by him and now held
ses as they smote thoso of former times, by the Democratio party shall bo sup
wi,h most righteous condemnation. ported so far as thoir voico can go I Gen-
I understand that a few persons have tlemen. vou know how it is. ordinarilv.
bcon greatly troubled,vcry much exercised
in mind, with reference to tho object of
this meeting. Why doei it nssomblo I
There is no President to elect ; thero is
no Governor to elect; no one is to get an
office now bypolitical action. Thero is no
question ol patronage or of individual pro
tit involved at this time The little coun-
ty officcs,that aro to bo tilled in this county
are not matter of debato or of contest ; I believe this is ono of tho very ocaasions
noniuiations for them being equivalent to wheu men can fairly mako up thoir minds
election. Thero is, I repeat, no Governor on publio question'; now when no intense
to be elected to distribulo the littlo drip- y exciting political campaign is pending,
pings of patronaga left to our Executivo now when their minds aro 'open, when
under tho present State Constitution, they are wide awako to publio ovents,
Thero aronoofficos of Pres. ap'traent to be when they recent great struggle of our
Oiled. Why then, some low minded men country has called their attention to the
may think and may inquire that class of course of publio affairs. I trust that tho
men with whom politics consists in gcltiug people of this Uouuty will for a long timo
offioo and of going through manoeuvres for to come make up a record of honor and o.
the purpose of getting office why then glory , politically, that will compare fa
should there he a popular meeting here ! vorably with that which they have made
Such persons cannot comprehend, they heretofore, so that it may be said by the
are jo constituted that that thoy are una- future hiotorian that after the cstablish
ble to comprehend, tho meaning of a ment of tho Government of tho United
meeting when thero is not some personal States there was one community ol people
object in view. I can tell you.gentlcmcn, iu our country who steadfastly and al
why this meetinc; assembles. I think I ways stood to the true nrincinlas of thn
understand the tignificancc of this large
garnering or citizens upon mis quiet morn-
ing, in this quiet grove. You assemblo!
yourselves together as independent free
men to determine your course for the fu
turo. You meet to review the history of
the past from tho beginning of our ex
pcriinent offrco government. You meet
to pass judgment upon your fathers, and
to form or fix opinions for yourselves ; in
short, to answer the question I havo sub-
mmcu ana to givo mat answer a practi- mend the inhabitants to get out their shot
cal application lo your own future con- guns and from bushes to firo upon the in
duct. What then shall we say -what aders (a beautiful proposition to provoko
conclusion draw from our inquiry I what t0 carrjag0 and pundor)i sayl lhere
determination, useful to our country,sha l were raids into this Stato directed bv
wo announoo now, and maintain hercal- T,VrinrMi ni,. ii. i.i: f.i'
tcr Shall wo not say that in future thero
ouuu uu uunuaiy in mo wuvurumcui Ol
this country ; that Shoddy shall not rule up iato tho Coun. 0f Uorks : that infoi
.in all our borders ; that so far as our pow- cd our borders ; they seized somo of our!
,.uuo-u
go-corruption and waste sha 1 ho put
down and kept down in the land bhall
wo not say, also, that in this lair land of
oavo lougiit turows its tolas to the breeze I
' " 1 if uuw ai j iitib tv Ml uu
preserve and maintain with our wholo
power, that body of liberty and of liboral
'.principles whioh camo to us from our
' ancestors ; those prkciples of English
liberty which wors brought here by them,
atd which havo boon established if not
consecrated by the most express provis
ions oi our luuaamcntai laws i
Now, what has been our especial boast,
in this country that upon which wo
have talked (sometime, porhaps, extrava.
gaotly) upon Fourth of July occasions
and gala-days ! We hare boasted in this
wise: "Wo aio a free people X)h ! how
loolish the 1'renoh aro, to havo an Em-
pcrur i jiqw nunuru ii is mai cue groai
Kritish nation, with its power reaching
out lo the islands of the sea and to remote
parts of tho earth, should be under
tho rule and dominion of a woman ! How
foolish, how weak, how feeble and desti
tute of intellectual energy and power, aro
the littlo Spanish American Countries,
which havo attempted to sot up
republics and havo signally failed and
j uaya jiroveu inai mey are mien oniy lor
military governments I Oh I wherevor wo
1... :-.... j ... .i .
iook ver mia uroau eariu, moro is mis-
ffftvirnmrtnl nml wrnnr. ?tml snfTrtrfnr. .ml
. , i n . , I . .
me mass oi men arc iioecou anu piunaereu
anu oppreesou oy tno tow. iiut tioro, in
free America, groat men built up our sys
tem and gave it to us entire and complete :
Ana now ucautilully it nas operated !
Hero. Dm Inhariniv mnn iiiiii)ii nnil nn
joys tho fruits of his toil. Here, tho hum-
blest man in tho land lives under tho bo-
'man proteetiou of the law, whioh follows
him to hU homo and aecompanlos him in
his journias abroad. He is everywhere
safo. Ho can borrow words from tho
anolont Roman, and exclaim, "I am an
frson itavo n fust nml Illustrious creed of
government lu tho anoiont days." I
Is this boasting true J Aro those proud
wordu justified by pnsiug ocourronocs
and by recent events I Are they not'
fa ificd. arc thoy not belied by those
, ovenis, many oi wmcu nave uoen uoiauu"
' ..'.. . , 3. i
to vou at the present mcotincl
1 proposo boforo this meeting adjourns
to road or havo read in your hearing a
speech made by a man of distinction and
of great ability and independence of char-
actor a truo man, aiuinugu uc nas noi
followed our party banner. It is an ar
gumont upon thn question of liberty
tho present time in the United States-
at i
an I
rxnoslllOIl 01 trials UV ll 1 UirV UOUriS. 01 .
tho principles that obtain in thoso trials
(whioh may be doscribod as mock onos)
V , . I, , ..... t.. '
, and tho distinctions which exist hotwecn
that system and the system established in
the Constitution and laws of tho United
States and our several Slates. I proposo
to follow that up with tbo addition of somo
remarks to provo that this pioturo may be
made still more comploto than ho has
left it. Tho distinguished porson to whom
I allude is my colleaguo in tho Senate. I
proposo to show you and to show to tho
people of this section, among whom tho
volumo containing our proceedings will
go
that however much other States of this
Union may have been falso to tbo faith
of our fathcrt however much thojo
representing them may havo faltered and
fallen baok from tho Inch standard of prin
ciple, In theso times of dogoiioraoy tho
Stato of Pcnna. has representatives in tho
Senate of tho U. S. who truly represcntber
' and stand togctbor for the essential priu
with public demonstrations in political no
lion. We wait until an election is at
hand, whon wo aro niuoh hurried, whon
men's passions aro warm, and then we get
together to consider publio affairs. But
at such timo we aro liable to go astray,
bocauso men who. aro warm with passion
aro not likoly to decido with such good
judgment and so truly as at other times
government and upheld tho oauso of lib-
criy
t
anu justice among men.
t i win mention nut one other point nnd
T ll .. . .. . -
conclude, for I am trcsnassioir on the
time of other gentlemen. (Cries of "go
on, "co on.' I Auoul tnc bce-inninL' ol
tho present century thero were raids made
into Pennsylvania-not euoh raids as
latterly oamc to Chamborsburg and Car-
bale not a raid to destroy private prop- mw
erty and whon a Gen. Couch could recora-1 ,,Bj,m
prcsent conturjt They seized John!
,'r ns in Wlhnn.nln ,...,. . .!.
peoplo. They had not then the invention
of Courts oalled "Military Commissions,"
but thoy carried thoir viotims to the U.S.
f'm.rr.. nni .i. !-,...
improvements in Yankee Govornmont
(Laughter) but they did the best they'
oould in tbo circumstances of benightment
under whioh they labored in that daik'
ne. They took thdso persons before
Federal judses and thero tbov tried them
and convicted them under forms of law
passed by tho Congress of tho U. S.,
which were complainod of as unconstitu
tional. Hesidcs tho oases whioh resulted!
in trials in thoso Courts, theio woro othor j
oases of outrage upon tho oilizens at that
time. But. gentlemen, these wero but
feeblo beginnings compared with modern i
cransaotious. We havo livod to somo nur-
pose for fifty or sixty years. Wo have
, improved upon the former cramnlo.
, In our own looality in our own county i
wo woro last year honored, or at least
distinguished, by tho speoial attention of
the Government of the United States.'
ihero was a raid upon our territory; thero j
was an occupation of our soil, without
wauant either of ncoossity or raason ; and
tho samo class of men who about the year
1800 applauded tho arrest of Fries, who
thon ang hodannas to the alien and sedi
tion lawi and made ihutnMclves famous aa
i.mi. i .i r . r
ohampions of thoso measuros of infamy,
iifir.,1 !.:. i...n .1.
banner of a bastard loyalty proolaimod
w v tUlfll IUILD3 11 LIU IV (IUU IIUUUL Lllfl
tlicir approval of those proooedings. They
"i.iugucu oroau-tueir moutns were ex
panded in a lateral dircotion : thoir
i , , . . . . - . .
tongues were unloosed; all thoir feelings,
passions anu emotions wero high up
and exultant, Thoy woro triumphant -,
physical power, bruto force, was on their
' eido. They were not to be subjected to tho
uiuiouity ol arguing questions, ol enter
ing upon very troublesoma dubatos, with
with thoso despicable old reoords, oall
ed Constitutions in tho way, and
with those institutions oalled Courts
watohing their oonduot and ready to
pounoe upon them for any wrong they
might oomruit No ' (here was the bay-
oncUVcannon, tho carUidga-box and plenty
of money from Undo Sam's Treasury
(got orlgibally by taxes, howovcr). All
these Instruments of poworworo hero and
to be used on tho evo of an election whon
tho question was wietb.a"c "Old Abo"
should bo rotalnod in onthority and the
actors in tho foal scone continued in office.
Thoy exulted ( thai was i their clay of tri-
umph,& they did hoirwill J Our boys nero
off in tho army fighting for tho Uutoo.oa 1-
ed there by tuctr oppoais, caiicu more ny
men who told tfa.m there was no party in
""' y-yj , . '
.i.i. ... nit ma in hi hnrind.
that It was not to be thought of no not so
initoh as breathed about, in all this broad
land. Thoy got them off into tuo army ',
they wore sent to be slaughtered at Chan
cellorsvlllc ; to bo saorifioed in the Puiiin
sula, to fall beforo the heights of Fred
cricksburci to batho many u battle-field
with their blood : and then theso infamous
wretches, in the hour of their prido and
lUbUlcm puwci , uuiuu iu tcitu iuu iiuicuia,
and brothers and relations and friends of
those heroes ana inoarccraieu iiiom in
I l-t. .!n.v.n ..tit ll.A n.:..n.i1.tnH
loathsome prisons until Iho prison-damp'
seized unon them and somo oamc baok in
coffins nnd somo camo racked by disease
and emaciated, to homos from which
tuey uau neen torn oy ruiu.css power.
I say that wns tho day of triumph for
these men of evil; but that day ha. passed..,
Tho peoplo aro now to sit in judgment up-,
they had been lorn by ruthless powor.
on this wholo business , and I do not doubt thoy woro not toara of grief or vexa
what their judgment will be. Look at tjon n0pCful 0f national redemption
riortnampion i i,ooK t -cm nerns ,
ralters of Jeffersoiiiau Democraoy from
1800 to this day I Did the raids of John
Adams and his federal myrmidons pay iu
tho long run ? No 1 Thoy made tho worst
political investment ever known in the
history of this country. Thoy rcapod only
disgrace and injury from their proceed
ings, just as the Republicans will reap dis
grace and lasting inquiry from their wick
ed raid upon this county in 1861-
Yos, gontlcmen : that day of triumph
and of exultation has passed and you, the
freemen of this country, are now in a situ
ation to resume the sceptre of authority
for yourselves ; and through tho ballot-box,
by means of those littlo pieces of papor
which you arc yet permitted to use as in
strumentalities of your will, yew can rectify
all wrongs and what is more, obtain secu
rity for tho future- You can contribute
to preserve our system ol govcrnuioi!rt,and
to preserve -oiir 'own territory Irom raids
and yourselves from penccutiou in tjio fu
ture. And it is a circumstance of gratifi
cation (to be thought of at the end of our
indignant retrospect) that thc.c political
poisons who have so misbehaved them
selves, who have so maltreated our peoplo,
who have so openly exhibited their true
naturo and character as a political organ
ization, will receive the reward of their
evil deeds in their unpopularity and in be
ing, for tho next half century at least, bea
ton as never party waB beaten beforo in
the county of Columbia.
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
" Our Constitution snarrt It ever !
Our glorious Union hold it dear '
Our atarry Flag fots.iko li ncvir!
The proud Cancasslan our only peer!
EDITHD BY LKVT 1
i,
TATE, I'ROPEIETOR.
BLOOMS BURG :
Saturday Morning, S9pt 9, 1065.
DtMnciuir, n'minit'M not tohe ,iinllcil, corrupt.
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, "'y w iiei'oinm u is me toic conservator or uiny,
; 'iraiid proi-ny. it u the -emmim of it.-ciI.hii. or
pi-rvaillug the law uf the land -Ai.i.lh.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
roil AUDITOR GU.VURAL
W. W. 15. MAVIS,
or IIUCKS COUNTV.
roil Huttvnvon cexuiiai.
MAJOR JOHN I MiWOIV.
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
COUNTY NOMINATIONS.
TOR assemiii.v .
Williamson H. Jacoby,
of nLoojisnuna.
ron ui sr. attounuy :
Milton M. Traugh,
or BEIlWICK.
FOR 'MEASURER ,
John J. Slilco,
OF BENTON.
ton COMMISSIONER
John F. Fowler,
OF l'INE TW1'.
FOR SURVEYOR .
Isaac A, Dewitt,
ORUENWOOD TWI".
FOR AUDITOR.
Leonard B. Rupert,
OF ni.OOMSBURQ.
FOR CORONEIl.
William J. Heeler,
OF MT. PLEASANT.
Election, October, 10th, 1805.
Daguerrean Gallery.
ur- n n i . ... ,
vl1' i-u . j, jjiiamj.au. as win uc seen
, , , . , ' ,
1 by his card in our oolumns, has opened
1 a Photograph Skylight Pioturo Gallery
, n Bloomsburg. Mr. Brandau succeeds
fllr. Gearhart, and is an experienced or- wmou " Honored tho American Flag, in
tizan, aud having learned his busiues un- tue var'0u8 engagement of noar four
dor tho tutelage of thatlato excellent Pho- i'QaTS 08 ""'d all truo Democrats and good
tographer, Mr. Rosostook, wo can safoly f0'ors) after which ho resumed hia stud
recommond him to public patronage. La- 'cs an. is now a practising Attorney.
dies, givo him a oall.
JMa? Whon tho radioala oarry an oleo
tioointho South by violenoo, it is all
right; but when thoy aro boaton, they
abrogato it and set it aside, Witness
Riohmond. Thsir motto i,head w win,
tails tou lose.
Nob Mountain Items,
Tho Patriot and Union of Ilarrisburg
publUhes nn Interesting aocount of the Nob
M , , Mooting. Rarely has any pop-
,v , , , , . . . , ., . .
gathering in tho interior of tho Stato
boon moro extensively noticed or attract-
CJ moro of public favor. It was just tho
right thing, at tile right time, and la the
. , .
"&m PlB
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if n II .... -It J m T .
tonding the meeting as Speakers by homo,
,. , a -
usrton oi iiarnsourii, were aepi irom ai-
business in thoir profession, Thoy woro
each under the necessity of attending to
important legal cased iu Court, a ctrcutn
glance not forescou when the meeting was
arranged, Rut, though their nbenco was
rC(rrottod. thoro was no failure in snaeuh
makiag nnd the prograinico of cseroisos
ii ..!
was,Buos am y,
A,,1J 0I'U, "F"U'
selves greatly. They taw Iho old Demo-
cratin Gro in tho proeeedings, and their
breasts were warmed, nnd their courage
inw!(irBlili. i)v ,il0 Br)ecohes. Moro than
:nviROrat(!U) by tho BpoCohes. Moro l
b ,. , r ' , . . ,
01100 d,d c obsorvo toan shed by,
little inclined "to the melting mood,
men
but
uu.-;fr0lh lh(J risi ,rl of tbo , tho
old veterans felt their youth renewed:
May ttuylivo to seo tho government thor
oughly reformod, tho Constitution onco
moro 'respected, and liberty secure I
Mr, Clymeii camo very unexpectedly
on Wednesday evening, but was grocted
with a hearty welcome. His speeches
were most able and interesting.
Tub Democracy are under obligation to
tbo Editor of tbo llcpublicun for sundry
notices of tho great mei'tiug. Ho adver
tised it before baud gratuitously and is
now giving it fu rtlier celebrity. II s ob
ject is not an amiable one, but the effect
is all that could bo deeircd.
Tin: Rev. Bjckloy, a politioal ptcaeh -
or, convicted rioter, and now IL-publicau
officeholder, attendod tho meeting on
Wednesday, and employod himself intak-
ing notes. The result appears iu the Re-
publican of this week in articles of hl.ing
and misrepresentation. A Mr. Tools
says in tho play, "iti of no consequence,"
uulcss we tako into account tbo advantage
of making the meeting more prominent bo
foro tho publio. and the gaining an addi
tional illustration of the malice ol a poli
tical priest.
tV must find room hereafter for .Mr.
Jefferson's groat Litter upon tho connec
tion of clergymen with politics, read lo the
meeting by Mr. Jiarkley on Thursday
evoniug,
tion.
ll is a most instructive cspoai-
The brief nnd modest narrative of Mr.
Kutun at the meeting merit a comment
which shall bring out tcverabalient points
the threats of the Provost Marshal
j tbo extortion of Prof. Pooler and tho
i contempt of evidence, law andjutico, by
the iMiIitary Coiuiuumoii. All iu duu
iiiuu iuuou fjuima win uc veuiiiau.'-tt iur.
. .
iiutau s invocation for tho forivetieq nf
j . ,.:,,, , ..... VT .
i esiauicim, :iuu will rorm an impressive
passage in tho liuok of Proceeding
, ...
v
MoDowkli. l'lut-E tho Columbia
T.
county
13londin performed his daring
feats upon tho wire ropo near the meeting
ground, but without interfering wi lb the
proceeding.'. His performances were much
admired.
I The Songs wore a charming feature of
the meeting the poetry good with palpa
' ble hits, and tho bingiug energetic, intclli
! gent aud imprca.-iro. Two ol them aro
; finely adapted to general circulation and
j uso, and ''The Mountain to thu Meeting,''
I though local iu oluractqr. and iu its allu-
We shall bo glad to publish tho Prayers
made at the opening lncoiingi of each day,
, wncneTcr wc can obtain possession of tho
,Keporfer'a Manuscript. Thoy were in
j txcellent taste,andylid credit to tho Chrik
'tian Gentlemen Xho made them. The
prayer on the first day was by Itev. J. W.
Leschcr, on the second day by Elder J.
J. Hnrvr,u. nn,i u
A. Hartman. These gentlemen mado no
politioal harangues after tho fashion ol
some dcgcncralo mombcrs of their profes -
blcfsing and favor.
f Capt. C. II. Buookway, .vas on
Tuesday last, on motion of W. Wirt.Esq.,
addmitted to the praotioo of Liw iu tho
Courts ofOolumbia oouoty,
Capt. Urockway was a Law-studcnt
H- Little, Esq., of Bloomsburg,
ue,oro 110 enterea tuo militai
litary service in
Capt. B. is a young man of excellent obil
itios and wo aro glad to loarn.that ho nass
od a most creditable examination. We
prodiot for him brilliant futuro with highor
and nobler honors.
Tha Autumn winds blow over the
Oats stubble,
sion, nut m a decorous and proper manner ' ug- tir3, lUA,lY "ei"'11"''
drew tho attention of the audience to ol tc I 80 years.
thoir donondoneR imnr.il.AV.il, a n..i 1 ougorloaf towiwhip, ol Dysentary,
nfnll r : t . I " onthoautli of August.TnojiAs Suvjtoun,
oi nil livinff, and invoked unon i hpm Ilia snn r n.i i wi: i ...
Tho Nob Mountain Meeting1.
We give this reok, thrco of thespeeohos
delivcrod at thin rcat .meeting. Upon
our first pngo wilt io found tho very ad
mirablo songs, four in number, prepared
for tho oooasion, and sung with much op.
plauso by Ex-Sheriff Dcrr nnd bis sons,
Tho meeting was n complete .bucccsj and
will be long remeuibpred by thoso who
attendod, as most Instructive, ngrccablj
andinteresting ; and it is probaMo k will
lo ad to others of a similar churn:tor hero,
alter.
Thu good order maintained throughout
was romarkablo and a subject of oomraou
remark. Good feeling and good conduct
prevailed, and thero was no Miiglj cir
cumstance to camo regret or provoko crit
icism. Ai the specdies ond proceedings ware
rrpoitcd and will he published iu boot;
form, they will reach a largo number of
persons who were not presest, aud the
the influence of tho mooting will be ex
tended and porpoiuated, A few of iho
specchos only can bo given in our column,
but they can be taken su samples of the
wholo as indicating their general char
acter. Wo intend in our next numbor to
give in full tbo discourco of Col Freeze
upon tho stihjict of tbo Columbia Count v
Invasion, but must refer thoso who dosiro
to read tho several other speeches, yet un
published, to the published volume of tbo
Proceeding above mentioned. That win
bo issued, probably, iu about three wcokit
and subscriptions for it will bo taken if
undo soon, at thin ofii:e : Price ?1 in
paper aud Sl.fiO bound..
Important if Truo !
A littlo old fragment of lying iu tho mil.
itary trials at Uariiaburg, i.i again dithed
up by Pc John ns a very sweet uioisrl.
A "loyal liar" sai(,th U John Kamzsr-iA
that lawyer Freeze had said, that tli
State of Illinois had seccdod from the
United States I and the- State of New York
, was golnK 10 1 1 As tho fools are -,oi r.i
! d01"1 ct wo recommsnd Pi c John to
' "keep this hefora tho pooplc.'' It would
bu a PUy if vrojhould forget that his
'loyal" witness as a great fool as well
as a liar.
sg?" An Abolition paper ays
The do-prodii'-ed
gradation, misery aud erimo
throughout tho land by intemperance are
ten-fold greater thou thoicovor caused by
slavery." li it possible, then aski an
exchange, that wc havo iaerifieed a mil',
lion of livs to cxtirpato un evil abroul
nhen wo havo ono ten times greater thin
it at hpmc.
Kao Cigar biorc Messrs. Matimas
havo opened a new Cigar, Sunff and To
bacco Storo in ,no roora under our office.
They keep and maka all kinda of Ujijarn
for sale. Give ihoni a call.
MARRIAGES.
Ou ihe :30th of April. 180-3 by tlm K-.v
J W. Iiceber, Mr. Henry Stetltr, o(
Montour co. P.i,and Mrs Cath, I,. Appk
mau of Col. do, P.i. .
Ou the HI' of Sept , 1805, by Hit: Mm.
i-t the lixi-hnnpo HoWl II onm.-liui:.'. Mr
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' '", I'laumg urrch,anu .w,ss
l-Huta lles,daughter o! Jos. Ik-a-i, L'euton
, co , l.
Ou tho Tib of Sept. 1905, by tin- s-mm,
at the Forks Hotel. Illo 3inbur . Mr l!
Kelchncr, of Orarigcvilleuid Mi.-, Ma-r-ic
Cidden, of Centre Col. co Pn.
On the lid of Sent. I8(i.-).:.rH,r. Hvl,
Hotel, liloouuburbv tho name, Mr James
l- htokor auil itiss Sophia 0. Hutchinson,
all ol l-isbiu,? Creek, Col. co, Pa.
On the Ulr-t of Augu.t, 1805, by ihe
B.une, M.r, J.icob Voul'J.ih and Mis. Cath
arine Plocb,!tlI of Montour Co. Fa.
August no'b, 1803, by Geo. P Lore,
F'fl-i Mr. GEonan Koduins, o( Jordwi
'1'oivnship, to Miss Delilah Jane Mon
ins, of Praukliu Township, all of Lycom
ing county, Pa.
DEATHS.
Deaths reported for the ColumbVi Dem
ocrat, by Wji. B. Peteujian, ICfq., ci
Sugarloaf twp,, Columbia county Pa.
In Sugarloaf township,of Dy.cntary . oi
the S8th of .July, Matiiias W. Hkss. sou
of Gilhort and Mary lles, aged 8 year-
In Sugarloaf township, of Dysentary,
on the 10th of August, Amelia, daughter
of Elijah and Elizabeth Pclorinan, aged
a years and 8 inoiitlu.
Tr. S..-l. I.:.. -r r .
i " l"" UD,"l') . "y'wry,
aiitiia A-:-.,
daughter of Elijah and Eli.
! ,uau' nG0(1 5 years.
i-iltalH reter-
' In Sugarloaf township, of Dy-ciitary.ou
aged 1 year nnd 3 months.
In Jayshury, Lycoming oounty, abcu
tho middle of Auut, Jesse Nuwcomc,
aged about 20 yoars, and at iho sa..i,
plaoo, on iho 1st ol Sept, 1803, Emma J.
Newcomeu, acd about 10 voars. children
of Jonas and Sophia Newcomer.
In Ilcralook townshin. ou tho liSih of
August, William IIl-rhei-, agod 2 yoars,
son of John aud Elizabeth Zeisloft.
On tho evoniug of tho a iili ult., in Jcr
soj Shore, uftor a short illness, Jons
Werb, son of J . L. and llilbi llarkley,
agod 4 years, 3 month a and 21 days.
In Pino township, Columbia county, ou
tho 4th inst., Mrs. Piuscilla Polk, con
sort of the lato William Polk, aged about
G5 yoars.
In Pino twp on tho morning of the 1th
inst., Mr. William Hamilton, agod 50
odd yearn,
At tho rosidenoo of his father, Thouiu
A. Funiton, Etq , on tho 17th ult , M.
Wilbur F. Fuston, of consumption, m
the 26th year ol his agu.
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