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VOLUME XXII.
T STAR AND BANNER,
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, CIETTMEIDEC.
riday Evening, Oct. 10, 1851,
OF FRAUDS!
We caution our Whir friends
to be upon their guard ` against
all manner of tricks and false
hoods between this and the eke-
Om. The Locofocos are flood
ing the State with electioneering
docuMentS, prepared to deceive
and gull the people, and others
will no douhtlollow. Look out
for them I
YOUNG MEN FOR THE WAR 1
ryThe lard work of a campaign usu
ally falls upon the young men. They are
active, zealous and willing. If we were
sure that every poll in the State would be
attended through the day, by tan young
men, we would not give a farthing to be
assured_ of_a victory. Will not the young
two of the party take h Adel the work
sTAw AT 1111£ 11 0 01,X.fil !
Ct. 777: There are too many who think they
have discharged their whole duty when
they !M' deposited their vote. The result
wsually is that the hard work at the polls
is thrown upon the shoulders of a few men.
This is not. right. After voting, every e
leetor should ascertain whether his neigh
bor Inui voted, and if nut, GO AFTER
HI M. If every Whig who feels an inter
est in the result of the ',t itl i ng el e eti mf
would do what it is his duty to do, the re
milt would be just what he would have it
to be.
Vote Mei, hole Ticket t
a - J.IA) NUT :7;TRIKE A SINIILE
NA.3l.E.—The men placed un your ticket
have all been fairly noulinatod. and have
u idaiut upon your support. Saeriliee for
'ollre lilt) prVjUdiee,S, the partialities that
may govern yon. (live up your own pri
vate wishes fur thegoo,l of all, and VOTE
THE WHOLE TICKET. The sIICCCSM
of the principles of your party imperiously
requires this course.
Spurious Tickets S
irr Friends : Be On your guard against
toiv mud all deceptions of the kind. They
ar practised every year. They will be
this. Tickets will be in circulation with
Nffillo Whig that of a
Lo, ofoco sub tituted. Keep a sharp look
out f n them, and sce that no man is itn
p,,..ed upon by them.
Take limit Tesiiii% Willi Yes !
'Li-Every good Whig who has a team
should take it with him to the polls. It
would he a pity to lose a vote 6.`(1111Ile nn
teaw eOlllll be found to Howl after it. Af-
ter you have voted, be ready to labor in
bringing out other voters. Do your part
towards bringing in delinquents and so se
curing a Ft• lA. Vole, that you may go hones
certain to hear Of a with; vicrour.
Full Whig Vole
We impedair Whig friends in this coun
ty will adopt measures to secure a Ful.,
VOTE in every election district. Let not
a ‘itiff,lei Whig voter be overlooked—see
that all are en the ground on Oic day of
the election, and that every Whig vide is
polled. Let .nothing keep you at home.
Imuld it rain, turn out like TRUE MEN
and brave the 4 lieltinga of the pitiless
storm." The issues involved are of im
mense importanec T -the country calls upon
every patriot do) liot,4uty, ;and shame
to him who fithers I Lot all go to work
with cheerful histirts and a fixed detertni-i
nation to get out ft itTLI, Wino VOTE, and
-nod the Whole Whig ticket will be ilium
pliantly ejected. ,
p - r Mr. Gorsuelt impr in his letter of
the 25th ult., that Attorney General Frank
lin volunteered his services at the investi
vation illiont the rearder near Christiaia,
.and proved himself' loyal to die Constitu•
Om and the 'taws.
Attorney admiral Iranklin says thtit alt
41tiaitips tank in reference to thitrnaft
er were taken Ton coneullabion . ivflh Gina:
Tritbr Johniqoft, and that he took part in
b '
l inyeetigacOn in ,poraunoce of
•Johnelon'e suggestion.
r, 6411 , u5h cari. get, cut cf. jhe difficul
ty. s l a . h q !)trit can. ,9ciii r 'Jlttion
Puefee'W secare the arena; of the utiren,
Ale's, and fur thus acting, he is dew:isnot&
41 PlliailoPF 0 4"Y1
tone' .and nnuttdesen mare, uoilittir
goiji s6i a reseals thdii therLocefotioi
tidiat~s'dlribn~lr~lr+A a<, neette ndee'slionL'
ed to pcilute tho,Eartlt's mottitco; "
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VOTERS I .BE CAREFUL, OR YOU
WILL BE DECEIVE!) !
~''The Locofocos are try
ing every imaginable method to
deceive Whig voters and make
them vote for Locofocos wheth
la. they will or not. They are
Ott their old trick of forging tick
is ! Spurious Whig Tickets
'are being circulated, containing
here and there a LOCOFOCO
name ! ! Examine your ticket,
or you may, be deceived ! ! See ,
that it corresponds, from begin- 1
ning to end with the following,
and then only can you be sure
you're right:
FOR GOVERNOR
WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON,
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
John Strohm,
FOR JUDGE'S OF 'SUPREME COURT
Richard Coulter,
George .Chambers,
Joshua W. Comly,
William M. Meredith,
William Jessup.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE OF THE NINE
TEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Daniel Durkee.
FORGERY! FORGERY!
pc - PWe have in our hands a Locofoco
FORGE 11V of the Proclamation,
which the Governor was required by law
to issue, relative to the payment of the
Public Debt. The forged document is
printed in official form, and is likely to de
ceive at the first glance. Inspection of its
contents, however, speedily shows that it
is a base forgery, concocted and executed
by men who are more fit for the cells of •
Jail, than the society of honest men.
This forged Proclamation is dated, as
the official Proclamation is, the filth day of
September, although it has teen printed
within the last ten days and contains the
following assertions : That Rioter increas•
ed Oie State Debt, $16,929,047 ID !
' That Gov. Shook paid $511,059 29 of the
Debt ! ! That Gov. Johnston paid only
$158,374 49 !I ! That Gov. Johnston
in its term, approved acts borrowing 154,-
480,000 !!I ! &c., &c. No paper in the
Stale has had the audacity to publish
the infamously false statements which are
contained in the above proclamation.—
Every one of these assertions is a bald,
bold lie ‘i , ith WWI desperate and unstru-
puloos Loeufolos on the eve of the Elec.
lion seek to deceive the People.
AFRAID OF TUE TRUTH.
ste-The Compiler re/hsea to publish
the official statement of Anditor General
I'urviatice showing that EVERY DOL
LAR OFTHE PRESENT STATE DEBT
WAS CONTRACTED UNDER LOCO
FOCO ADMINISTRATIONS; and the
official Proclamation of the• GoVernbr
showing that $65D,122' 98 Of this
LoOnfoco Debt 'IIAS BEEN PAID*i BY
COV. JOHNSTON ! That , is high An
thority which says that 'lnbti love dor&
!near rather than light humus) their deeds
are evil."
Mr. Bliglia:4Clkappplimm
George W. Woodward is out making
speeches for WiMain Biglet. Thhr Mi.
Woodward was a Memhei Of the Convent
Lion which reformed our State Constitution
and 'en tie 10;th day of Nevember; 1887,
iti that hotly offer the following resolution;
(foi which rice Deh u atea Of Convention Vol,
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"Resolved, That the said. aoutuait.tse be
alsoiBstizestoil tia laquire. iota F4s PrPitrie
it
Cr !I Of. ~ gab the c inktg, iPa L ta to
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TE :t , re I it lieti .Itristi•
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TO 1 0 01% '0 v floor PP Orli
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Thih inktilkiritatiVib *addle l'etiii
itriudans into the support of Wm:l346Y
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ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Samuel R. Russell,
John McGinley.
AsSEMSI.Y.
David Mellinger.
SHERIFF.
John Scott.
PROTHONOTARY.
William W. Paxton.
EMSTER Sc. RECORDER.
Daniel Plank:
CLERK OF THE COURTS.
.Eden Norris.
TREASURER.
Thom as Warren
COMFII:•;SIONEit
Abraham Reever.
A UDITOR.
Andrew Marshall, jr.
DIRGCTOI2 OF TO F. POOR
James Bigbam.
CORONER.
Henry W. Cauftnan
BEWARE ! !
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0 - ETTYSBIJIG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, OCT 08E1110,1851.
HOL JEN' STREIL:
Unbent. Testimony.
ltra,..We believe there is little use in cal-
I ling public attention again to the stale
charges against Mr. Strohm, .us to his ha ,
ving voted to withhold supplies from the
volunteers in Mexico. lie never did it.
Ills whole nature is WO generous to demean
itself by an act so unpatriotic. But the
people understand the matter—they know
it to he a Locofoeo electioneering fabrica
tion—they knoW the eminent worth of
Mr. Strohm—and they know that the ig
norance and incompetency of his opponent,
Sheriff Clover, would render his election
a bye -word and' a dis . graee to the fair fame
of our Commonwealh. And unless we
have greatly mistakerfthe belaring of public
sentiment, they will show Atit they un
derstaul all these 'facts, when tcy go to
the polls lam Tuesday next. Witianly re
fer to the matter to present the following
truthful and conclusive :extract from a
speech made by Gov. Johnston, at an en
thusiastic reception given him at Mifflin
-town, Juniata 'county. Speaking of the
ithimrtance of selecting a faithful officer to
take his place iu the Cautilnder3, - he said
"About 4.1,000,000 are annually dil
-1 horsed by that board, and it is of the
I greatest moment to.the people to have one
who would regard their :interests .and %-
force economy and strict accountability in
the managerent of our public works. it
the unanimous voice of the people ottLart ,
mister county can be believed,John Strohm
must bean honest man !—(Cheers,) He
had served in both branches of our legis
lature and in our National Congress, and'
in all his public life, be had never been
charged with dishonesty or want of integp
rity even by his uppouents. A charge
has been preferred against him by his op
ponents that when in Congress he voted
to "starve our volunteers in Mexico."—!
Whenever I heard it, I examined the jour
nals particularly, fur without regard to par-1
ty obligations, I could vote for no man
who had voted to withhold supplies from
our volunteers.
I had three beloved brothers in that ar
my (applause) all of whom were promo
ted fur their bravery, and one of whom
shed, his hearts blood in the service of his
country, and I could support no man who
voted to starve them in an enemy's land.
I say I examined the charge carefully, and
tied it to be withota foundation. At the
time the vote referred . to was given there
WWI not a volunteer in Mexico or in the
service! Nor could he have voted to
starve regulars then, for -the bill had no
reference to them, and besides there were
specific' appropriations for their support,
and if they ware not supported, it was the
Inuit of the administration then in power.
The hill against which Mr. Strobin- voted
because of a most objectionable clause in
the preamble (and lur no other reason)
provided for the raising of volunteers, and
made appropriations to pay the volunteers,
to be raised in accordance with the bill on.
ly ; hut when increase to pay to our sot-
there was asked—when hospitals for our
sick and wounded soldiers were asked, no
man in Congress responded , more readily
than JOHN STatnim.--(appla use.)
111 ; 41— Illie - re - Wie - R — enze - vu . tier
That we are living 'under a "Amnion°
eliarted by a Lecofoco Congress
and a Locoloco President.
Let them remember that under the Lo-
cofoco Tarifi the price of wheat is but sev
en, y Mill per bushel.
Let them remember that with the price of
produce the wages of labor must come
Let them remember that Gov. JOHNS
TON and President Fillmore, and the
whole Whig party, have for years been ,
FOILED and DEFEATED in their et.
forts by the continued resistance of the
Locofoco party.
Let the people remember then that the
Locofoco party are responsiblefOr the pre
sent lowprices—thet they have been brought
about by LOCOFOCO LAWS--and lea-
themvote accordingly. •
If they desire a continuance of the, pre
sent date of things, them: ewe the ,Lo
cofoco ticket. II they desire a change, let
them vote the Whig ticket.
Locoroco Charges.
It is amusing to see how hard the Loco
locos, are pressed for facts against G,01".
Jolsmood,.
To make up for their lack of
truth, the ,West Chester Jefferson calls
Oov. Johnston “a defaultot';" While the
Carlisle Volunteer amuses its readers, by
declaring with usual Locofoco truthful
nese, teat "Gov. Johnston is a wealthy
nabob, liying in splendor and magnificence
'and has no , fooling in nonunion, or sympa
thy for the laborintreau and mechanic 1"
,This is a pretty mess oratufflouanr hon•
est tnan to swallow, and debt dritating
corodok tty to idminieter the dose: "Whit
huintiougiery ,
."1/r , Witil YOUR BULL GOREP,:MY
Alluding to the statement oontained in Mrs,
,Gorstich's letter, that Gov. • Yohnstoil te
fused to deliier nr a free colored man hard=
ed Abe Jainiftbd. acetified of raCeiVhig sib.
len wheat, on the requisition of the Guyer
ner'Of Maryland, the Harrisburg ditnekienii
says
boisOck lit theWft;ns
stoiy.' 'lt 'Wei,"ti f ie tiovellnorbe,Sitivihma
who refusetr'fli' , 'delliir clitisen
ItillryleildtlhergedtWith 4 gidoePOdiff_crn age
rimauptitiete .Pf -4:oott ,
tiers take refuge in Maryland. and, ties
her Executive refuses to surrender them.
•
, TEARLEBB Arm FREE."
[Frew liiieHirrnArlirg American.
THE PROOF
Of the Atrocious Conspiracy 1 I
Read It!' aid Centdder I I
11CrWe presumed the Locefoeos would,
With their usual Yeekessness, deny our
! statements relative. to 'the panic Judge
Woodward wished to create, We there
fore prepared ourselves to substantiate our
charges, and addressed 'a note to our infor
mant. Our letter, spd his reply aro sub
joined :
DAILT
Harrisburg, Sept. 20, Itisl. S
M. Joan , Apaats
Dear Sir :—I have charged in the Daily Amer
ican that George VV,. Woodward, when on a re
cent viii; to Harrisbuig;totpreised doubts of the
result of the ensuiriirelektion, and remarked, that
in order to save their ticket he thought it neces
sary to create it Panic tat the Slavery question.—
I also charged that he, de. in aubstatice, the fol
lowing remark :
"He did not know that there was any cause
for alarm, but it westeter to raise a false allure
than that Johnston should beebiteted
Will you please inform me; by letter, whether
you know these representationa to be true or false 1
Yours, &c., .
EDW . I) McPHERSON.
To this Mr. A dame made the following
REPLY:
Haaaueuao, &pt . 27, 1851
Ma. Enwatin McPuitation
Dear Sir :—ln reply toyour letter of yesterday,
inquiring of Rio as to the truth or falsity of certain
exprewions used bY' the Hon. George W. Wood
ward, while on ' e recent stet to this pluos, I would
state theton entering mytotel. (Buehler's) whore
have lived for about two year. and where Judge
Woodward was also Ailing, on the evening of,
!Thursdby the Itith ink , my attention was loped
diate,y attracted by a tionvereation in an adjoin
, ins room, which I could not, by any possibility
avoid overhearing, between Judge Woodwisel and
Itichiad , United Stale, slave
Commisaioner at this place. Judge Woodward ,
was giving his views silo the condition of the t
two parties, and,the .probable result olthe
coldest for Governor. I heard hiin say, that :
' while HUNDREDS of Democrat's were going
over to Governor Johnsham he had seen but ONE
• SINGLE WHIG. who would OPPOSE HIM
on account.uf -the imitation. Motet Slavery, mull
that he was but recently fronaa ei.ter State ; that
something must be done to counteract this move.
merit. or else, ell would be lost! He said that thd
best thing they could du Would be to get up a PA N•
11; arid Irigliteal the people about a dissolution el t h e
thllllll l'hat in the present condition of thing.'
it could be easily done, arc. Mr. McAllister said
“yes, I concur with the Judge—we must get up an
Ntlorm !! and/riskier. tba rartimisnity net this :time.
t ry question I I ' W'oodw aid co aaa i a Wed
and said :—••/ don' Mutt that their is any cause
t fur alarm; but u is le:ttr le rats. a false alartn than,
that Johnston should be sleety! 11"
This is the substance of whet I heard and the
emiterices (harked with inverted coieluasste %turd
for word, in the language of the parties.
Very respectfully,
JOHN ADAMS.
This testimony is clear, direct mid con
elusive. No one who reads the plain state
ment of Mr. Adams will, for one moment,
doubt its entire truthfulness. Mr. Adams
is a resident of Harrisburg, and a gentle
man of intelligenee and respectability.—
He could not have been mistaken in what
he heard; and his character as a man of
truth cannot be questioned. People of '
Pennsylvania ! the truth stands before you.
Look at the infamy of this plot. Gen.
Washington, when leaving public life,
gave as part of his farewell counsel, that
we should discountenance whatever could
atiggest even a suspicion that the Union
could in any event he abandoned. LO(11.
foco leaders now seek to frighten the poo
' ple about the dissolution of our National U
-- . .
tam), in the hope of thetily promoting the
success of their ticket.
,As net.hing is too
low"for • Leeotlitmit to seise ,' nothingsse is
too high or sacred forl their touch. Even
the •Union of the States, instead •of being
sacredly considered aii above all price, is
reduced to the level of an electioneering
1)014, and the community is to be star
-o°l by a seLYALSE.ALARM, - iita rath
i er than Johnston should be elected I !
I Men and Patriots, we leave this with you.
IWe tell you that Looofben leaders concoct
ed this-;-that their schemes are detected,
I
r and that now they stand before the pedple
'in all the deformity of wretches who would
!endanger our safety as a people, that one
'plan.ahould not. be elected to office. These .
coon profess to.oppose all agitation of the
Slavery ' , question. Hero we have the
PROOF that they laid a plan to "agitate,"
not only about -Slavery, but about the DIS
SOLUTION OF OUR. UNION, in the
hope that they, might thereby make votes
for their party,!, Such, cold maculating '
villains, suckbase plotters againt our peace
and , aafety, should be denounced by ovary
honest and 'patriotic matt in tho Common
wealth. -, ' ,
ozp.'f'he Philadelphia North American
of the 27th, alludes to our prospects as fol
loiVeril
i oEiery indication in this quarter of this
vt3tate‘ justifies us in saying that the full
, Whig vote will:. be 'polled, and that Gov
ornate Johnston will gain largelrin •the
,mshufacttning,leatt 'mirk:ol4mo! counties.'
• Pennsylvatini'vrill 'pity Support the 'pity
i ?f Free Tratlll;'::nt 144 ht, anti oppressive
Irailatittotpaptl,sut CoI Bigler is the aybw
edrchllMPtYlt 0 ( this .
10 00 to PO , IP his own Pnrin,ngliow odi
ous it is in the estimaiion tittle people."
All we want is a real. Won) VOTIL—
Witli g thilti;Wir i erill T and siccoet.
Will 'iturf 'frielide' f 'We
6/44 •hitietl tcobittw 'The , (mid. in=to'
;n ow stAt We
'Su
dd"ieff . 8111114b'hil fdkiteltt
of effort t.,„
Whig Song.
Azia- 4 Ssumastrush,'eleoet yes cry."
Oh rally Whip ! oh rally Whip!
Riw up with song and thciat,
With liccrre and Jowerrox at oer head,
The Locos we will rout
Chores—Oh Scott and Johnston !
You're bound to win the day ;
With man ao bold to lead our via,
To conquer is but to play.
With Lundy's Lane upon the tfack,
We never can he heat,
And Johnston la a staunch old horse
That never lays reboot.
Oh ticatl and infinite 1 &c.
OW Bill's the boy that lickairlbem up,
In eighteen forty•eight.
And now in eighteen fiftymne.
Ile's bound to fetch them straight.
Oh bcott and Johnston! dm
Dill Bigler will boleti behind—
He ie a crippled Roan;
Hi■ friends will find that be has got
The spavin end ring-bone.
Oh Scott and Johnston ! dto.
They've mixed for him a bitter dose—
A biting, griping pill.
In fetching up this yeaag Bill home.
To run against "Old Bill."
Oh Scott and Johnston ! &c.
And Scott to beat the Loco crew,
He'll only think child s play,
And "ten cent Jim's" defeat will be
A second Chippewa.
Oft*Seou and Johnston! &c.
Iluchanarf, -
A nag turned out to crop,
And spend his time in letting out.
The "Democratic drop."
Oh Scott and Johnitor. ! &c.
Then rally Whigs! then rally Whip !
Rise up with sang and shoot ;,
With Scott and Johnston at our bead,
The Locos *a will rout.
Oh dear Locos
Don't you err for me,
I'm Mingle tole.for_Johnston.
And the whole Whig family.
A LEAF FROM HISTORY.
Or - Let the people remember that be
, tween 1839 and 1849 the Stale--Debt in
creased about SIXTEEN MILLIONS
OF DOLLARSI flow was this money
!spent ? Gov. Shenk in his annual mea
-1 sage in 1846 alluded to the increase up to
that time, and said that "in contempla
ting this startling fact, we, naturally
look round for the meritorious objects
of State policy for which this vast ag
gregate was expended—,W E FIND
NONE OF ANY MAGNITDDE."—
Tnis money was therefore not spent on
meritorious objects of State policy ut any
! magnitude.
How was it spent 1 nib was under lo
colOcu rule—what became of this money ?
Who received it ! Who kept it r Why
was the public debt not diminished, in
stead of being increased about SIXTEEN
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, if 'no pub
lic works of any magnitude were carried
on during that time ? 'lbis is an itnpor
taut fact for tax-payers to remember. Do
not forget it : that during the ten years or
Locofoc., role—between 1839 and 1849
—the State debt was increased at the rate
of more than ONE MULLION AND A
HALF OF DOLLARS every year! I
SiheeGov. Johnston came in, the debt
instead of being increased has actually
been reduced
$732,235 98 !
Mark the contrast between Whig and
',maim() rule and determine whether you
will vote for the men who squandered the
People's money and contracted large debts
or those who husband the resources of tl:e
Treasury and have eminence(' in earnest
to lessen the public indebteduesa.
Compare the Two!
11-2:-Gov Johnston has already paid off
more than hall a million of the Sta:e debt.
Under hie rule it will continue to . be can
celled at the rate of half a million a year.
and that too without increasing the taxes
of the community 'generally.
Cal. Bigler, on the other hand, has ex
plicitly avowed himself in favor of an in
crease of the Debt. In a speech recently
delivered in Bradford county he said he
was in favor bf borrowinga million and a
,wino complete the . Nolitis Branch Canal.
This would of course add that amount to
the debt.
It is for the tax-payers to "choose be
tween these two candidates.
MISSISSIPPL—The returns of the late e
lection in this State show that the Union
cause is successful by an overwhelming:
majority. This result has been called the
••dirge of (((( ism ;" that fallout) “Reg
iment."op which so much has been said,
,has at 141 been effectually .tcqffinerl."
From the Jackson Flag eat Union of
the llith we learn that in dity-nine coun
ties seventy-six Union men and only. thir
teens Secessionists have been elected. The
popular majorty "for the Union tickets will
approichwenty thousand' votes.
.Ic7T4caniitie the F'l RES estrefully.
atol thelyeay whether the Loionteo party
() 'etiPloylvan4l oja n the OEBr &RE
ATING Party. NOT ONE OOLIAR
or DIItBImmENSEF'UBLIO DEBT'
was ever coratttitedi,y. f t
41:41knr
Rain orAthinc, everk Whig. choulditt-.
tend , thereloieiolf. ItooN'neglii4this
itoitgotluty,J; 4 , ltootetabitoim:oa Ibllvuse ii
a Whig victory."
JUDGE DURKEE AND', T
PRESIDENT JUDGESMP.
Testimony ot Politleel Opponents.
sek..The York papers of last week con
tain a number of testimonials to the
abili
ty and general qUalifications of Hon. DAN
IEL DIAKEE for the post of President
Judge, a few of which wo Copy below and
invite the attention of the reader, etipecial
ly the Democratic readers., The authority
quoted is almost exclusively Democratic,
and the opinions as to Judge DurkWs high
qualifications thus voluntarily . :Onderecl . by
political opponents, must be regarded as
honest junisinoere. Read them.
The first is a petition from the members
of the York and Gettysburg Thrs, to the
Governor, asking the appointmontofJudgo
DunOA in place of Judge,lnvinz, resign-
It will be seen that it is signed by a ,
number of Democratic lawyers of both bars
—inelUding ROBERT J. FISHER,'
Judgo Durkee's'pre . seiit rival : ' '
Petition of the Members of tha York acid
Gettysburg Bars.
Tb:his E.reellenry William F. Yobistoti :
We the undemigued, Members of the Bar
of the. Nineteenth JudicialDistrict,oddresa
your Excellency on the'subject of the ap
pointment of a President Judge of said Dia:
trict, with the - greater confidence; that in
making the appointment our representations
will be heeded,and our wishes consulted and
respected, from the comdderation that wer
are addressing one of our own Profession,
who has but recently left the Bar, tutd_who
can understand our position, appreciate 'our
motives, and estimate the weight, which is
due to our opinions and'statementa:---Por
the last three-years this District has been
suffering from the fact of having au incom
petent Judge, and we regret to say, that
our Courts, which had deservedly acquired'
a liSgh character under the Presidency of
the Judge of our choice, have fallen into
utter contempt add - become worse thin use
less.
As Judge Durkee has consented to take
the office again, we have, with an unanimity
rarely attainable, when the tastes, feelings;
and interests of the same number of persons
are consulted, made choice of him as a man
whose appointment would be more eminent.
ly calculated to give satisfaction to the Bar
and the Public than -Astor any other person.
Ile is a gentleman whom we know, when
wo have tried, and in whom we have the
most entire and well grounded confidence.
We know he is competent, not only to dis
charge the important duties of chmtripe,.
AAA to redeem_ ear Courts from the eaaempt
iuto which they have fallen, restore them to
their usefulness, and cause them to be again
respeeted as they were when he left the
Bench. T/a8 is more than eon be said of
any UNTRIXD MAN. We therefore, with
earnestness and confidence, respectfully re
peat and urge our requests, that your Ex
cellency appoint
David G. Barn its, Jacob S. Stable, Wm.
H. Kurtz, John Shelly, Jacob A. Fischer,
Moses M'Cltan, David M'Conaughy, A. B.
Eityvenson, R. 0. M'Creary, Robert J. Fish
er, V. K. Keesey, William It. Morris; Mi
chael Galligher, W. C. Chapman, Samuel
M. Barnitz, W. D. Gobreeht,- J. J.. E.
Naillo, C. A. Barnita, E. Chapin, John L.
Mayer, John Evans, James E. Buchanan,
George A. Barnitz, Charles B. Wallace,
John G. Campbell.
...Next we have a petition to the same
effect, signed by the County Officers and
Ex-County officers in York, without Ilia
tiuction of party—most of them however,
as will be seen, belonging to the opposite
party :
Petition of County . officars and Officers of
Mc Courts
To his Farelknry,Mans F. Johsullen, Governor
of At Commonsivalih of Preinsvirunia :
The undersigned, now or formerly Coun
ty Officers, and Officers of the Courts of
York County, knowing the high estimation
in Which the Hon. Daniel Durkee was just
ly held as a Judge while ho provided iu our
Courts, would respectfully assure your Ex
cellency, that he possesses the entire confi
dence of the people ' t
and that his appoin
ment to the seat he
formerly held, about to
become vacant by the resignation of Judge
Irvine, would meet with their most cordial
approbation.
Ther therefore moat respectfully ask from
your Excellency, that he receive the nomi
nation of President Judge of the nineteenth
Judicial Astrid. '
James Adams, Sheriff; il'homarjarnetion,
late Sheriff; Jacob Hants, Adam Klinefel
ter and Michael Dondel, former Sheriffs;
John Ahl, Coroner; Jacob Lehman, orier
of the Courts; George Albright, County
Treasurer; Samuel McCurdy, lute Treasu
rer; Edwin Epply, Recorder; William
Schell, lute recorder; Felix U. Herbert,
George Klugh and William Gailey, County
Auditors; John R. Donnel, Prothonotary;
William llgeufriti, late Prothonotary; John
'A. Wilson, Clerk of 0. Court ; G. A. Bar
nits,:late Clerk of the Court; 1). Cinder,
County Commissioner; Peter Ahl, and Ja
cob Dietz, former Cummissionere; Jacob
(Messner, Register; David Bender, late
Register; John Stable, former Register;
Adam Free, Peter Wilt, Directors; T. N.
,Haller, former Director.. . .
seti'lle Hon. Samuel C. Bonham. and
George Hammond , (Democratie Associate
Judges of York County) wrote to the Gov.
its follows, under date of Feb. 14,1847 :
' "Fiaok the high rep utation that Judge
Durkeesuit/Vida as att able, laipartial'aud
upright' Judge duiting the . whole time that.
he ptilaided'ut our^ Courts; and the strong
publlo'expreision in hit favor, we are , euta
hied imiddeittly . to assert that be poetesses
io 'tv rare degree, not ably:the confidence
but the iffebtithr and, esteem .of the people
()fibs 'Distriet.; ,and natal, . appoititinuati
to the edioe:Le leo 104 . 11110 ti to , their Wire
satistitagom tlattldl, bo 01.64i4 Jiwuvithitiwo
with 40i wasifwetiwidheis.,
'
Hoping it may be the Plaamara of you
TWO DOI LARS rgit ANNON
NUMBER at.
10 , 7:11endy to confer'the appointment upon
one who has been so well proved and found
worthy of it,
We an, Sir, with greet respect,
yours, &c,
a erl oso lifF E L
n e km :l4o 3 N to ll ic A o l4 . .
/tier htete ate atao a number of other •
rctition" of like cast, but ,went of space
• ,
I preclude' their •being copied. We give in
stead a rd* entracte from oommendatory .
articles :which appeared in Democratic Jour.,
mils at the time °fledge Durkee's appoint
,
meat.—The first are from the. York Oa
.zette and the • Penneylvetnitt Reporter, (t h e
then Democratic organ at 11arrishurg,.) and
rotor tethe- Judges ariginnl appointment
•
by Gen. Wog". in 1885
Front thy Pri,Gasens or May 121 h, 1:190,
"The Ctovernor has appointed, the iron.
Amid' Thnik late 'Judge er tbo Inquiet
Court of York COunty, to preside 0 the
bench of the new Judicial District, Wee
annoutwe!ttlis appointruent ; *ith , pridir and
tonsure, and we arc cortain that our feet ,
gs Wirt 'poet 'a Warta and quip:dhoti° ro
aponne• atkong . out miens who know
Judge l)urkee. George. Wolf lambi not •
have Olean)* IWO man'wboso appointmen t
to tile, "thee would. have given , there general
satisfaction to the people residing to this '
pert of the 'District; thaw that , of Judge
DurkeeLiYiLikte_atumlinunbuttommifotn_.. ---
cations of this antisfactieo since the an- ,
nouneement horn-of Its appointment; ant
this general Jhelindin the aiiire'ormaplinunk ,
tary, as our aititiens sin eOunki deeply in-
Wrested li - havingOle o Tileediiy a wee
in whose integrity and legal• abtlity,they
can repose unlimited confidence. *
The Penylvania iieinseer, in cocking' i
Pennsylvania t l ir 111 P'
pnin*ment of :fudge Durkee, haw the fiAlowinsr
tetearks:-..:
eould-be snore - popular than that of 4.1 - u4ge
Durkee. We untlerettuxl that it ,was situta-,- :
itnously asked ,for by.Atitmolobors of the.,
Dar, and the public of eriAns of the Distriot,:,
and is in accordance with - llnkeartniiit wishes
of the people.: If, the appeitittuent (feta"'
honor to the:int/01111*a, intteb - A*Myt**
the voluntary testimony of bli'ziet -
and fellow citizens, to the merit, which
dors him so justly Worthytfit.
"PubtiB con,
fidence, joined to his high reputation at the
Bar, as well as on the bench, :while-,. , he pm.:
aided over the---Distriet Court, affords the
best guarautee for his fttture:Aktfulttes*in
the responsible situation to he Vas
been called.l'
ifirThe following takenfrom the Carlisle
Democrat, appeared in tho "York Goalie
of Dee. 8, 1860: •
From the Cartiste Denefrat of
"Roo. DATftetrOttliaret
nine, Ili President Judge of th'e "Yet and
Adams County Diettiet, presidistlever. our
Court of Common liens het week„ and gave.
the highest degree of eatibfaction to our bar,
and all interested, or presenti Judie Dirt
kce's bland smile and winninglaianneri,
teak° him friquis wherever he goes. We •
suppose there is no person whose manners
ant more agreeable., His charges to , the
Jury are very lucid, setting everything:be-
fore them that it was neeessary for there to
understate!, in such a clear and , eimple.ferre,
that no ono, however dull, could help but
have a thorough comprehension of tho'whoitt'' •
case. His judgment weiglis• every t fact r.
and his cool deliberetien'and ` intP4giabldr
mark every step taken , in theeauset ,
In the election of men to high judicial Ste
tions, all private or selfish consideretione a
should bo laid aside. In giving oar, votes ,
we should be governed alone by: a Silatiett
and ardent desire .to 'promote the public
good ; and while we cannot fail. to re 4 ;.
that the length of time thet tradge bias '
held his office, Anal& hi offered aria ramie '
why it should be given to another, we alteh
gratified to know that such a reason ese ;se ri
vor receive, an approving response front the
people. Consulting the peblie ieteresitst, '
the only true question is, whether he; ie ,
worthy of the office he has , so long held ?,
'l'o show that this is the conitereativesenti...,
meat of the people of all parties, we
. hove
only to re fer to two or three'eandid tee Per
the Bench of the Supremo Court. •
It is believed that no person hes ever.)
been heard 'to say that Judge, LEInS,
who held a seat on the tenth Arpin
1833 to the
. prvecott time, end who his
therefore received more thou thirty thous
and dollars for 14 services, ought net on
that account be elteted, or that Judge Jas-` ,
sue for the same reason should not; or that!
Judge CrIBSON, who bas held a twat oat the,
Bench since 1812,- and consequeilly reeeiv-7"
ed more than one hundred and tlittty thnitnr-'.
and dollars for his services, should tint'le
elected: gotitlettien' have reedier
the legel wages only, to which they were
justly entitled. If the lung period of time,
that they have told these teems, is not ev
idence of their fitness for think), it 'at least'
affords the public some means of 'lrnOwinf
and judging of their official tended. an
worth. A seat on the .Lieneh for a, Ica%
time is certainly a severs und of tho qyal4 7 ,
&adieus of the incumbent, and be wliiti,'W
iug thus tried, obtains a verdict of the rib.:
lie in his favor may be, safely trusted.
That we auu.Y..bu just ,to the Pub)i°l77.ll:
which elone wo eau be:,just to eurselses—
in ousting our votes a- judge' ti) presidti
over our Courts, should be,"iind we trust 14
the only wiSh of good men,' both
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.41111X111: esmrisitt.t.—The• Sunburyc AT
=rim., a daiunartitia papa, thus.alluilat•
.ta , Mr Camp one•of the nominees °fit"'
peity-for the Supremo Bench clbe frith
is, 'lstr:Cittlipbells's ificompekney is °Pew;
lytidrititted by many dills wenneet !Waxlike
soutonf Whom excuse tbenugelviwhy saying
that, with four other good: Judgetron tbsi
Ikmeh, he could do, no harm. This was
the langwage, of cue of Lis smut hilhasiiii4
friends befum his amihuition. Yet, it as
lectcd, he must ill his turu Inxfmse:',Att,
chief Justice of f r i t iov .
men "xi reconcile such pri#iplsoi #l#ll,# ., •
duty as A. putriat,awl * good 41,,,
cannot imagiae,"
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