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3T H. LTTCHEE SWOOPE.
Clearfield, Pa., "Wednesday, June 20,1853.
IU" The Enigmas, of J. R. A. who Las com
plied with our rule, shall appear next week.
Wc don't usually publish Enigmas, but in this
instance depart irom our rule, to accommodate
our triend.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. '
The Legislature .of New Hampshire hare el
ected James Bell lor the full term of six years,
and John ' P. Hale for the short term, to the
United States Senate. " This result has been
brought about by -the infamous Nebraska Bill
It is the1 President's own State, imd is another
severe rebnke to bis Administration.
- -CHERRY TREE BOKOUGII.
In the new borough-of "Cherry Tree," which'
was incorparated at the late session of the Le
gislature, an election was held for borough of
ficers, which resulted In the success of twenty
Americans, oat of the twenty-seven officers
elected' ; -
'"Sam"- is evidently 'at work up at the Cherry
Tree, and we hope will give 'a good account
of his stewardship, at the coming fall election.
TO OUR READEltS.
: It will be observed, doubtless, that we have
. ofleretl thc JowrnaZ for;sale or. rent, but our
.subscribers need Iks under no uneasiness, as wo
will place it under the care of no one who is
not fully capable of carrying it on. They will
continue to receive their paper as usnal, and
the improvements which we contemplated
making on the next volume, which will com
mence i a a fow weeks, will be made whether
we continte to publish it or not. We would al
most as soon see a beloved child (if we had
one) laid in the grave, as to seo the Jctcrim stop,
nor is tliero any country paper in the State in
abetter position. ,
; TO . PRINTERS.
The Journal Office, together with all the ac
counts, books, aud .everything else, will be
sold or leased, on reasonable terms, to a good
practical printer, capable of editing and con
ducting a paper. . ., . '
' To a married man, with a small family, no
better opportunity can be afforded, and there
is no county paper in the State with a better
patronage, in proportion to tho number ol in
habitants in the county in which it is located.
It was never the design of the present publish
er. to continue in the. business, not being him
self a practical printer, and having if -w estab
lished the paper on a solid foundation, he has
accomplished his purpose, and desires to retire
forever fromJ.hc chair editorial,.' Keflerences
&s to character aud ability will be- required.
Address II. B. Swoons, Clearfield, Pa.' -:
. ,.-. MILITARpisrjLA
w!ij0on -TSStnrcIayXT.y The Brigade Inspector
ol. Patciiix. They presented quite a fine ap
pearance, though they could certainly have
turned out more roea. Both officers and pri
vates acquitted rSemsslTcs in" a highly credit
able manner. '
" Col. Pat'chix makes a fine looking 'officer,
being a' splendid horseman, and appears to un
derstand military tactics "like a book." Wc
regret that lie was not astride Of the ' noble
horse we once saw him nnnage at Glen II ope.
' Quarter-Master Petkus, had ho been riding
a white horse, would have been taken for the
ghost of old "F.ough aud Ready." Ha looked
well, and acquitted himself very creditably in
deed." Vfe are decidedly of the opinion that
ho deserves to be promoted. M"e have no
doubt he' will always be found ready, at the
call of his country, to relinquish the National
Hotel for the tented field and the battle-strife.
Last, but not least, Brigadier General A. M.
Hills, mounted on his white charger, comman
ded the whole alTair, and not only looked well,
-buj exhibited a knowledge of military pieties
that reflected credit on those who selected him
.to occupy the position , Gen. Hills will, un
doubtedly, make a good officer, and certainly
no one will dispute. that be is a fine looking
. Lieutenants Baibd, and McCvlxough, who
bad charge of . the-coinpany also acquitted
themselves with . great credit, conveying the
orders, and managing their.jaian with ae and
precision. They.artf. both clevei .fellows and
good officera.J. 1 "
-iv-Tlno KegulafsiiUUini-lves,. discharged fheir
edatieg and pcrfomied iheir parts 5n a manner
that desorves coiamendation; and though there
is undoubtedly room forimprovementyet they.
Tbare accomplished much in view of the oppor
iiunitica they. bavo. bad for drill.: Theyi ha"o,!
:only o persevere aJittla while : longer, to be
come one of the best drilled companies in tho
Commonwealth.";.";"-" ; -
'I"" If wo hkye nothing elso toboast of in Clear-'
r field, we can at least brag'. over our martial niu4
aic, for cttr we cer(ajn!y never heard. : ' '
were rather'take'n by surprise, when tho
" Company, )inde.r command of Gen. Hills,
marched up In front of our office, and gave us
a grand saluje, which, wag the closing scene of
lk& display. .AYe return our warmest "thanks
fof'.this 'compliment to'a Free Press,, which,
. with, our-citizen soldiers to rally round and de
fend it, is the.great bulwark of our country's
liberty.
THE BJETOLTTTIOir &3SL CA.TE0LICIS9L
The enemies of Americanism, plant them
selves on what they term the fact, that our fa
thers fought for lieligious Liberty, and free
toleration to all creeds, be they what they
may. They hold that Americanism is uncon
stitutional and prorenptive, because it refuses
to confer offices upon Roman Catholics. They
arc constantly harping upon 'Religious tests
'Libcrty of conscience," etc., etc. Now we
propose to show, not only that this is a Prot
estant country, but that opposition to CaUMlic
ism tcou one of the chitf causes chich led to the
American Revolution. And if we show this, be
yond all possibility of contradiction, we think
the duty of Protestant Americans, to preserve
their institutions intact, and to protect their
liberties from the aggressions of the same ene
mies against which their Revolutionary sires
fought, ought at once to be conceded, by the
bitterest CDemies of the present American
movement.
, Iu the reign of George III., the British Par
liament passed an Act, extending the domin
ion of Canada, and establishing the Roman Cath
olic Religion. In the proceedings of the Amer
ican Congress held in Philadelphia, September
5th, 1771, "published by Willian and Thomas
Bradford at the London CoOee House," we find
this repeatedly alluded to as one of most seri
ous grievances, and one of the primary causes
ot complaint by tho colonists. In the Resolu
tions of the Delegates from the "several towns
and districts in tho county of Suffolk,. in the
Province of the Massacbusets Bay." (page 33)
we find the following: ;
410. That the lata Act of Parliament, establish
lishing the Koraan Catholic Religion ami tho
French' laws in that extensive country called Que
bec, is dangrroit in an extensive degree to the
Protestant Religion, and to the rJvil right and !ib
trtU of all America ; and theforc. as men nnd Pro
testant christians, we are indispensably obliged to
take all proper measures for our security.
Tm-ther on, we find, (on page 59,) that the
Congress, among their "Declarations and Re
solves," alluded to the same subject, in lan
guage following . !..-
ilAnd another statute was then made "for making
more effectual provision for the government of
Quebec, Ac," all of which is impolitic, unjust, and
cruel, and most dangerous ot American righu.
As we read further, we find in the Address of
Congress to the Colonies, the same grievance
ennnmerated ameng others, and the probabili
ty expressed that the Roman Catholics will
-Act with hostility against these free Protestant
Colonies. ' whenever a wieked nnmstrv should
choose so to direct them." (?ee pago GO.)
Itt the celebrated "Address to the People, of
Great Britian," we find the following paragraph,
and certainly nothing can be stronger:
"And by another Act tho dominion of Canada i
to be so extended, modelled, and governed, as that
by being disunited from tis, detached from our in
terests, by civil as well as religious prejudices,
that by tiioir numbers daily swelling with Catho
lic emigrants from Europe, and by their devotion
to an Administration so friendly to their religion,
thev misrht become formidable to us, aul on oeai-
fion. be til iistriim'rit in th' hind of power, to re
duce the ancitnt free Protestant Cotoities to the
tame state of slavery with themselves.'1'' "Xor
can we suppress our astonishment that a British
Parliament should ever consent to establish in that
country a Kcligion that has delu&et your in
blood, and dispersed lMriETV, mcomv, r-r.nEct;-
TIOT, ML'BDKR AND REItKI.LtnX THROUGHOUT KVEHY
PART OF THE WOULD ! ! (Pago 89.)
Here we have tho opinion of the Revolution
ary Fathers the members of the first Congress
on Catholicism. Were they prescriptive?
Were they in favor of a 'Religions test V Do
the Americans of the present day go any further?
Now we think wc have demonstrated, beyond
all contradiction, that our Country and Gov
ernment are Protestant, and that one of the
chief causes which led to tho American Revo
lution was hostility to tho Roman Catholic
Church. . And here, for the present, we per-
course. If Romanism was to be teared then,
in what respect has it changed, to render it an
object of indifference now ? If that cMirch
was at enmity with Libert' then, when did it
bqcome converted into a friend ?
THE PLATFORM.
We publish to day tho Platform and Princi
pies ot the American Party as Promulgated
by the National Council, and also tho paper
drawn up by those representatives who sece
ded from it, being unable to endors" Article
XII, on the subject of Slavery. It is sufficient
for us, at this time, simply to declare our po
sition, and to say most positively a's a member
of that party, that we will not and cannot ac
cept a pro-slavery platform. While we are
opposed to any interference whatever with the
institution of Slavery as it now exists . in the
Southern States,and accord to them, in its ful
lest extent,, tho right to regulate all such af
fairs within thoir own borders, yet we are equ
ally opposed to extending the blighting curse
over one foot of tho tree territory belonging
to the National Government. ; :-. .: ;. -, -
.- We were opposed to the. repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise, beleiving it to hava been,
in thet- language -of Kkxseth; Raynekj - "not
only uncalled for, but an. outrage," and we are
now in: favor of -its restitution. This is xur
position on the' Slavery question, and here we
plant ourself. 'r: We' shall have moro to aay on
.the subject iar future. : r . -i ! i!w.r.: dt i
, ,In regard to this apparent disruption in the
National Council, it maybe well enough to
intirnate to our- enemies that rhey- have' no
ground for rejoicing, for' in the- language of
the.'National Defender" If hot' spiriti fly
asunder now, Americanism has citidel behind
citidel, and Sebastopol ig not'takeh! :; There
re othei? floors, both public and private .on
wh iclv M assachuset t s m ay : meet South ; Car
olina, and Pennsylvania unite with ; Lousiana,
in strength , sufficient, to carry out the tenor of
the hand writing on the wall ! "Rcspict finem !'
: , ,.: NEW PAPER. . . .
We have been shown a prospectus for a new
paper to be .published at. Tyrone, and to bo
called the Tyrono City Inquirer." TTe hope
it will be successful. .Tyrone is a thriving
place, and we see no reason why , its citizens
cannot support a good paper.
CC? Those fifty thousand American muskets,
which slipped so mysteriously into a Russian
port, are said to be a part of the - celebrated
Grapeshot's cargo.
1 StIEIMF iismM
THE NEWS.
Somethinsr has at last been done at Sebasto-
nol. The new French General Pelissikr,
seems determined to make short work of it
During the nights of the 22nd and 23d, ult.,
the French drove the Russians from the Place
d'Armee before Sebastopol, notwithstanding
the position was defended by the entire garri
son. The total loss on both sides is set down
at about 8000. The Russians lost from 5000
to C00O, killed or wounded. The town of
Kertch, which commands the sea of Azolf, is
in nossession of the Allies, n hen the troops
landed, the Russians fled blowing up their for
tifications on both sides of the straits, destroy
ing their steamers, and a large quantity of
crain and provisions. The Allies captured 90
guns of difi'ercnt calibre. The cruiser of the
Allies destroyed in three days 10(5 merchant
men. The Russianshave only one small steam
er left in the sea of AzofT.
The nossessicn of the town of Kertch, is most
important to the Allies. The whole exports
of the vallev of the Don and its tributaries, aud
the communication between the Don and the
Volga, which places the .trade of that mighty
stream in connexion with the. markets of Eu
rope, all depend, on this, neck of the sea of
Azofty so that it is no exaggeration to assert
that the occ.ipu.tion of Kertch will be felt in
the iuterior of Russia, even to Kazan and Xish
ui Xovogoioe. ' On the Asiatic shore of the
Straits the Russians have also destroyed their
fortification, so that both sides may ; be occu
pied, and the allied forces will thrcateu or
blockade Anapa, which is the key to the whole
Circassian cost. Kertch itself is a flourishing
town of about 12,000 inhabitants, built entire
ly of substantial stone houses. r .
" THE FOURTH OF JULY.
We have heard of no arrangements by our
citizens to celebrate the coming'National An
niversary. In other portions of the country,
preparations are making, and wc hope some
thing will j et be done here to celebrate the
day. in a proper and becoming manner.' '
It has been a time-honored custom of bur
countrymen to meet togetheronthjs great Na
tional Sabbath, and mingle, in gladness and
congratulation, recalling the bright scenes of
our past history and indulging in i:i fond anti-;
cipations for tho future. That this custom,
fraught with a thousand lessons of patriotism
and virtue, will not now be interrupted, should
be the sin'esra wish of every true pah'iot. Let
our people once more take a respite from the
toils of labor, and put aside the common cares
of life, to lay an acceptable oflering upon the
altar of their country, which is their reasona
ble service.
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL. V
A portion of those who are said to be dele
gates to the American National Council, now
holding its annual session in Philadelphia, met
at tho Girard House, in that city last week,
and drew up the following paper: ' -.
To the Pkopli: of the Uxitkd States. The
undersigned, citizens of the various Si-ites aiom
bled at Philadelphia on this' fourteenth d.iy of
June. b-v5, feci constrained under the existing
state of affairs, to affirm the following principles:
First. The unconditional restoration of that
time-honored compromise known as the Missouri
prohibition, wliioh was destroyed in utter disre
gard of the popular will, a wrong no lajise of time
can palliate nnd no plea for its continuance can
justify; and that wc will use ril constitutional means
to maintain the positive guarentee of this, oouipajt
until the object for which it was enacted ha been
consummated by the admission of Kausus and .c-Lraj-ku
us free Aiutes.
Second. That the rizhu of settlers in Territories
to tho tree and undisturbed exercise of the Lies
five Franchise guarantied to them by tho laws un
der which tUy aro organized should be promptly
nrr,tootid iv the NnHonril , V-'utivc. wherever vi-L-Liii
.iiWaicfica. and that we carina -
tently act with those who will not aid us in the
correction of those national wrongs, and will itot
even permit their fair consideration nnd full dis
cussion. Third. Wo further doclaro our continued and
unalterable determination to usa all honorable ef
forts, to secure such a modification of the naturali
zation laws, aided by such an elevation of public
sentiment as shall preserve the true interests of the
nation, and shall guarantee the three vital princi
ples of a Republican Government, spiritual free
dom, a free liihle and fci schools, thereby promo
ting the great work of Americanizing America.
Fourth. That wo invoko tha arm of legislation
to arrest that growing evil, tho deportation, by
foreign authorities, of paupers and convict3 to our
shores; and that a. our Xational Constitution re
quires the Chief Executive of our country to be of
native birth, we deem it equally necessary and
important that our diplomatic representatives
abroad should also possess no foreign prejudice to
bias their judgement, or to influence their official
action. " --- . .
I approve of tho above adding no more Slave
States, no more Slave Territory.
ilSIISELL Whitk.
omo.
Thomas li. Ford,
I,. JI.UMs,
Joshua Martin,
J. K. Jdarlny, .- -:y
George K.Martin,
A. McKay." '"' '
H. M.McAbee,
John E. Rces, .. .
IVIUAXA.
William Curobacfc
Schuyler Colfax, ,.J
GoJlove S. Orth, , "
J. S. llarvey,
F. D. Allen. . ?
xkw HVM psmae.
Anthony Colby, ,.
Jesse Mann.
Stephen H. Shcrwin. -
v It 1 VHKjrtST.;;:i.: .
Evelyn Pierpont,
Joseph H. Barrett. -"
iltylnud Fletcher, i .. .
K. .M.Guilford,
Jo. D. Hatch.
'I. I'-' MAJVH.; i'"J-.;.'
Louis O. Cowan.: ; ;
A. .S. Richmond.
llcnj.-D. Peek,
John L. Stevens.
Jas. R, M. Bryant., : Sohn S. Say ward.
" JuichioAS. " ' Joseph Covctr,'"
Israel Cogireshall,; k-j Jamosl.'LiaeoIn; i
Moses A. M.aughtpn,. r ,t., ... iowa,.. ..
Illinois. . 'James Thorington, '"''
Wm.-W: Danenhower," - .Win. Longhridgo,' : ,w
Wu. 'II. YttUng, t'- ' HMODB ISLASB vjj
Henry S. Jennings, .Tabez C. Knight, , " .
D.L Eastma'n.'-' ' T 8 nNntha'niel Green,"rt;t- J
vitASSAcncsETTft'"; v!Wia;jf .tiweet. .: bo7:-K?
Henry J. Gardner, , , cox.nkcticit,
Henry AYilson, ' ' ' - yiavid'B. Booth, : !-
J.W.Foster, " .'.'" :-Tboiua Clark, v.
Jl. W. Jtugg,., , , wiscoysix: - i
James Bumngton,'"1' ; -r ''D'.'E. Wood,t' ''.''ji'i :
Andrew A Jliohmond.'f; Rj Chapdier,:.;.; PVl-.f
. . t . :.C.'W. Cook. . " .:
'"','; "' "''i -T;-' ' ' '-' ;; ooj
, trom this wejudge that its .signers have se
ceded from the National Council, and the, fact,
which was apparant long ago, that the N.ortlt
would neyerunite with the South upon a Sla-'
very " Piatt orm, has only been put jo r a more
tangible form. ... It makes the American' Party;
no weaker, upon the contrary, it will strength
en it for all state purposes, and when it comes
to a National Contest the Cght will be as it, has
been heretofore, and as it always will be, so
long as the blighting curse of slavery is per
mitted to stain the virgin soil of our country.
If the American Party is divided upon that
question, so are its enemies and no 'fusion'
will ever enable them to unite.
ilia
AMERICANISM AND RELIGION.
A friend calls our attention to the following
extract from the speech of Hon. James Brooks,
recently delivered at a demonstration in New
"Tort with a request that we would publish it.
The distinction drawn by Mr. Brooks is an im
portant one, and such as is well worthy of tho
consideration, of all reflecting minds. Thero
are but few people we opine, wbo would inter
fere with the religion of another; but the dis-.
tinction drawn in the remarks which follow,
is so marked, that be who runs may read, the
reasons why there would seem to be au illibe
ralitv in the movement now going through
the country, which, in the abstract, could not
be properly justified. -
tub views or tub ahkuicax rAitfr ox doman'ism.
I make war, and I am sure you mate war,
upon no man's religion. (Cries of 'no, no.')
What care you or 1 what a man thinks before
his God of transubstautiation, or the immacu
late conception, or any of these technicalities
of religious profession, provided ho abjures his
allegiance, as has been said before this even
ing, to all foreign powers, spiritual or tempor
al ? What care you for .what he thinks of the
Virgin Mary? What care you if lie has his re
ligious profession iu Latin, instead of in Anglo
Saxon English? .What care you what he thinks
of this transubstautiation, or of this immacu
late conception 1 ; (A laugh.) It is not, t!ien,
to the Roman Catholic religion that you and I
are opposed it is not to tho religion, of the
foreigner who comes here, but it is to tlie.teui
poraf and spiritual allegiance to a foreign pow
er from which we requir! bis heartfelt abjura
tion. (Cheers.)' All the ot-her religious bodies
have abjured that allegiance. , The Episcopa
lians from whom sprang they , but from the
Church of England' "From whom was their
organization mu iromsonie jircnoisnopoi can
terbury, three thousand miles across the ocean ?
Hut in" 1770 when we made our Declaration of
Independence, they abjured all temporal and.
spiritual allegiance, and established their own
bishops, and archbishops upon' American soil,
the creation of-their own American people.
(Cheers.) The abjuration of temporal allegi
ance, we are.ot'teu told, though, incredulously
upon bur part," exists on the part of the Roman
Catholics: It is not enough that a man is in
dependent iu the goods and. chattels of the
world that ho may possess; it is necessary that
he snould be independent in body, in spirit,"
and in mind also. Whenever the Roman Cath
olics of bur country, adhering faithfully to their
religion for their religion is better, than no
religion,, in my. judgment and opinion when
ever they will abjure all sorts of allegiance
whatever to t be? foreign dominion of the Pope
of'liorii'c and to the hierarchy 2f Rome to its
spiritual and temporal; subjugation tha'.1 will
have, done what the Methodists have done,
what . the. Episcopalians ha'e done, what the
kdlu'wers of Luther 'and (' ilvin have done
they will havti done iu lH-j, what other relegi
oiis" bodies. did; sixty or seventy years ago,
(Cheers.) Let it not then be said that we make
war upon the Roman Catholic religion..' Noth
ing would give' me liibrC pleasure than to see
every 'Roman Catholic church iimongour Irish
and German population au. independent A in err
lexn church, receiving uo archbishops cr bish
ops from four thousand mites across the ocean,
and not living and breathing and existing only
by the fiat of the Vatican, but holding ail their
rights and privileges under the authority of an
American government and an American con
stitution. (Cheers.) I deny, then, the imputa
tion that any of us make war upon Roman
Catholic -religion We make war only upon
the foreign government, -tit is -a hierarchy,
and a government aud a. class of nobility alien
and foreign to our institutions, that ought as
soon as possible be overthrown. (Cheers.) Let
the Irish and German people understand that
if they are independent temporally and spirit
ually of any foreign power, we leave whatever
they may thuiK oi transiiusianiiation, oi iann
itiasawrlif the Virgin Mary," and of the Imma
culate Coiiuepilou, .. utters between them
and their God, with wlnc. ,c. have nothing
whatever to do in our political action. (Cries
of 'good boy,' and cheers.) I require ono thing
more, and that is the re-introduction of the Ho
ly JJiule into the free Schools of the St.u. (Re
newed and protracted cheering.) I wakc uu
professions of religion this is not the occasion
nut k lioitr vr it; but I received from my fa
ther and from my mother a fce'ing of devotion
to the Bible, and the most valuable and earli
est instruction imparted to mo in tho schools
of New England was delivered from the pages
of that sacred volume. For some reason or
other, I know not why, it has been driven
from tho free schools of the United States,
and I call lor its re-introduction. (Loud cheers
l demand us re-insiaiiation. i win ie insurrec
tionary,! will be rebellious, until the holy Bible
isagain introduced into the schools of 2s. York
"I make no war upon foreigners, as foreign
ers; but I do require this of the foreigners
and it is a great requirement How long, Mr.
Chairman, were you compelled to live in the
country before you voted " The Chair (with
solemnity) Only twenty-one years. .
Mr. Brooks Only twenty-one years; and yet
the gentleman from Berlin, Ktcnigsberg, Vi
enna, Tipperary, or Cork, come over here and
claim a right to vote within five years ; altho
you aud I, who were born here, are obliged to
live twenty-one years before the we can vote.
I claim, then, that the foreigner be put upon an
equality with me, and that I be put upon an e
guaAitywitb, the foreigner. (Applause and hi!
hi,! hi!) I give him liberty, which be has not
at home, and I require of hini equality when
ho'comes hero and settles with tne. -1 know
very well there are some foreigners who, with
in five ycarSj or one year, oa ten years, niay be
able to. exercise the elective franchise aright;
but I know very well, tob; that'if 1 were to
place myself ln'; Berlin',- Vienna,' Hamburg,1
Bremonor anyof IthOccitios it' Enrope, aud.
claim a right, tyote witlyin five or six years,
I .shoufdbe. .SQ,qijt(i on of alt, Gerniauy,
France', jmd'ltaiv. 'Tor the 'm'eoo'sfe'ronsriess
and andacitv'of sftch a "claim! V- 'lfi ,ib:z i
-vItiabnt right, it itf jmt,':and.'thu4n-iHciple!
.cau b3,maintined on thatrouiv3,ithat every
foreigner, whpeames here should stay "before!
he has a right 19 v'ot'eJ'J'ust as long'as'every A
nlerican born citifceto strives here and the pro-:
mnlgation of .this.. principle ,-, by: the: cauntryl
cniTjiot bo; resisted by, Tammany . Hall, 4ind the
foreigners, who are the spokesmen of.it. Aud
now, fellow citizens', one point more arid I anv
done; -JI'object to thei establishment of: these
militatry,x)iginizations-rfHpplaiisj-thcse! mili
tary leagues, when in going about our strpets,
Lsometimes do not know, hardly where I am,
from the multiplicity of tonuses which J bear,'
and from the organisation of regiments;' ami
I.have fancied myself! at times in- Fraukforf ,'
Berlin,or somewhere , oa tlef Rlunesuch is
the appearance of ihe foreign soldiery or I
have sometimes imagined "myse'lf in Goik or
Limerick'. (Langbter.) ;J IF tBe roreignr is a
sensible nian. when he lahdbefe hewillorget
as soon' as possible, all his foreign' conceptions
about military -organization which be, brought
here, aud immediately. Americanize " himself,
and associate himself with American' military
organizationg Just- ar'ifoick as' possible1. .ln
the case ot riot here what is to be. done.?
. . "Whea you call out an, Irislx reginient crti't
if it were to shoot down a Gerinan regiment or
a set of Germans,1 you would find that All Ger
many would be in arras against the Irial,-and
civil war would ensue in the heart of our own
country ltetween these ; foreigners, . And if an
Iri.sh regiment- were c.uied out to shoot down
Auieriean citizens, even tliough the American
might le in the wrongj I would not answer for
the life of an Irishman for twenty-lour hours,
unless the protection were as strong as ever a
military "organization has been here. The
whole "thing is wrong from beginning to end.
This foreigu military oiganization of soldiery,
with foreign arms in hand, is a thing which
would be tolerated in no other country what
ever. Suppose I were to organize an American
regiment here, or you, Mr. Chairman, and you
were to show yourself in the streets of Dublin
as Major General Whitney (laughter,) with a
regiment ot five hundred or a thousand sol
diers, bow long do you suppose you would be
allowed to exist in- lenna, or Berlin, or x rank-
fort at the head of the same? V hy, you
would be all shot down like dogs. The whole
force of that part of the world would be in
firms against you. And yet Irish regiments,
and French and German, and all other species
of regiments, can parade and patrol in our
streets, with arms in their bands, in quasi mil
itary organization, against the citizens of the
United States of America. Nothing has come
from it, but something may come from it."
. GERMAN -OPINIONS-
The Louisville Courier has found in the
Cologne Gazette, a highly talented and respec
table journal, which reflects the opinions of
the better educated classes in Germany, an
exceedingly well written and impartial article
on the subject of "The American Party."
The writer does not approve all the features of
this party, yet he suppor.ts.&H that is essential
lie says: . . . , . .
- "Such a sudden and mometous party forma
tion has the more claims upon our attention,
as it is particularly directed against the Euro
pean emigration. e arc now more enabled
to form an opinion of Know-NothingLsm; as it
has just divested itself of its secrecy, shifting
its platform, into publicity." there is then
ffiven a svnopsis oi the manifesto recently pub
lished ia New York, and extensively copied
in Europe. '.'The party which calls itself the
American, declares that it has wrapped itself
hitherto in mystery only, because it would
otherwise nave oeen impossible lor a new or
ganization to be gotten up against old and ex
isting ones, which would soon have combined
their efforts against it. It declares these old
parties decrepid. The bad lost their origi
nal significance, and only served as a stepping
stone to the highest dignities of the public
for ambitious, leaders. Unscrupulous party
strife has often led the State to . the brink of
destruction, and " particularly threatened to
seperate the North from the South. It was,
therefore, the intention of the American move
ment -.to save the Union and to restore to hon
or those principles upon , which it was origi
nally established."
"Thus far," tho writer says, "we must, un
doubtedly, agree with the American party.
party spirit has been nowhere so much abused
as in the United States. Nowhere is held out
a higher price ' to party alms. Every four
years not otdy a new President is elected, but
according to the issue the whole army of otli
cials changes. The victorious party conquors
a hundred thousand ofiices,and the electious
the highest privilege of free citizens assume
the low character of place-hunting. If the
frequent change of the4 chief is a necessary
evil for a . republic, itlnay nevertheless be pos
sible to adopt such measures as would secure
to the officers of State, more than has been the
c;'se hitherto, worth and merit." The writer
then recurs to the manifesto in the following
manner: "But the above is only the introduc
tion; the American party, iu proceeding to
the real contents of its programme, complains
of the election being often decided by emi
grants unacquainted with the institutions,
laws, and even the language of the country,
only' used as mere political tools." lie then
informs his readers of the number of emigrants
annually arriving in the United States, among
Whom ho says aro to be found tie outcasts .of
every 'country, while the more respectable part
cling in their hearts to a foreign nationality,
as is represented in the manifesto.
The Know-Nothings, he continues, intend
to protect their country against this emigra
tion, and the means to attain their object, he
suppwis. would in all probability consist in
rendering the ;cht of citizenship more diffi
cult to obtain, by extending the term of five
years, at present prescribed hr Uwm and the
government becoming leis liberal iu granting
lands to emigrants.
The final conclusion to which the writer
comes is an. approval of the intentions and
spirit of the American party, lie says: "This
much we must grant to the party, that emigra
tion has produced many evils. Foreign emi
grants, political adventures of all nations, have
endeavored to inveigle the citizens of tho Uni
ted States in all sorts . of enterprises, in order
to entangle them in European quarrels. Among
these foreigners are the Irish filled with a bit
ter hatred against England, who play a con
siderable part in the press. And to make of
such foreigners ambassadors, as the example
of Soule shows, might jeopardize the peace of
the world. The American party acts, beyond
doubt, in the spirit ol" the founders of the
States, and deserves acknowledgement not
alone of America, but of the world, for cur
bing foreign desire of that description love
for war, conquest, and annexation." The ar
ticle considers the manifesto of tho American
party as earnest and dignified in its tone, and
says: "If its watchword, 'America for the
Americans,' is to be understood so as to leave
our interests intact,' we shall not have to com
plain." : This writer has discovered from bis distant
stand-point what are the necessities of ourna
tion' and he is not afraid to acknowledge that
the course which wf have determined to pur
sue is the only..c.rrcct one. In this opinion he
tnust.be borne Ojiit by every mar- who is un
blinded by 'prejudice whether' foreign ! or na
tive s'-Tne principle ftf plain enough.to every
-onadra5!l-daicrtO'l6ok.t it boJdly;and in a
.jftticrnal view. .--When the glory tor the destiny
ot, a great nation is to be accom plished, all pri
vate interc'st ahd all petty feeling of self must
bo tliru's,t'tisM1j,,'"as unworthy of the"-. man and
the patriot.-! -And very f intelligent tforeigner
in this, country, should- fe'cl thai . what will ac
complish thp greatest good for the land of his
adojition, what will give to America the high
est rank and the most thorough nationality,
that slffiuld receive 2m warmest support,, and
his heartiest concurrence- -. t ' . . ,
. Priest Turxed Vocalist. A, Havana let
ter to the New Orleans Picayune contains a
statement that the "pxitio lenore of the Spanish
company of players now performing at the Vil
la Nueva .-theatre, ;Whor calls himself Signor
Caj.ks.jion, has been , arrested, and placed in
the Jjoyal jaiL, It is stated that he was a Ro
man Catholic priest, and that his real name is
CakrAjal.' lie is understood to have been
betrayed or discovered by a Jesuit, Priest.
His ofi'enco is considered one of. the-, deepest
dye against tho canons of the church.' ' :
H7"llon. Hershel V. Johnson has-been
riitauimouKly rononvinated by the Democratic
Convention which -assembled at .Malledgeyilla
last week, as acaudid&ic fortGovernorof Geor
gia. His teiiu of two yoars'expires next No
vember. - - - . '
ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dkar JoCrjial: As we have long expected
the Convention which has been in scssiou iu
this city for some time, has split on that rock
of Contention, "the Slavery question." Twelve
states have, by their representatives, with
drawn from union with the Party whose Plat
form of Principle is now given forth to tho
world in full, and they have at a seperate mee
ting, declared themselves pledged to the re
peal of the "Nebraska Bill," and sundry other
measures relating to the same subject, while
we find in the Declaration of the remaining
body, avowals of an opposite character. Now
what is to be the result of all this? It may
be, and I hope it will be, not the dismember
ment of the party and thefinal relinquishment
of the great objects in view, but the centrali
zation in each state of a party pledged to the
main object in view; notwithstanding their lo
cal prejudices, and acting as the two great
parties have heretofore done, "agreeing to
disagree" thus while the -Northern Whigs,
have steadfastly opposed Slavery, they
have yet acted in unison with tha Southern
Whigs on all important questions relating to
National policy. Just so, the great Ameri
can party though divided as they must of
necssity be from local associations still nt
ted on the fundamental principles of their anli-
foreiguism, they will act as a nnit in repelling
tho encroachments 01 jrapai power ana anii
religious toleration, and the great ends of
their organization may still be accomplished.
It is gratifying to observe that in the reso
lutions passed by both bodies, the same fee
ling of Americanism prevails, that the samo
repugnance to Catholic interference in our
Public Schools was evident, and if that ono
bug-bear "Slavery".bad been kept out, the ut
most harmony aud good feeling would liave
prevailed. Nevertheless there is no causa
for us to dispair, but on the contrary to uso
the more exertion to ensure the success of tho
principles for which we labor. No one should
desert the ship, and .though beaten once or
even twice, yet press on, there are, there must
be bright days for us in the future.
There is now nothing secret about the or
ganization of the party it is as open a cither
of the others, and its dogmas are public. The
14 articles embraced in the Platform of tho
Convention are all published, (a copy of which
I send you) and every one can form their own
opinions. I shall not attempt to analyze them,
that is not my object, they speak plainly for
themselves and hide nothing. To be suro
were I alone consulted I would have omitted
the 12th on Slavery, but I rest contented, ho
ping the main object will over rule.
I know not your political preference in this
matter nor yet that of a majority of your
readers, but as citizens of the noble old Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania I doubt not you
all agree with me- Slavery is an evil and
the sooner we are free from it the better, both
for the North and the South, yet I am willing
to drop it for the present, believing that the
agitation of the question now will be produc
tive of evil. Gee thing only would I ask and
insist upon the restoration of the Missouri
Compromise, that being a sohuen compacten
tered into by the several states in their repre
sentative capacity and one which no subse
quent action should eudanger.
Our present Administration is a weak one,
it is daily lowering itself in the estimation of
the people, and as a desperate effort they are
now expending their little romaiuing strength
on the "new America" just sprung into life.
It is no straw they are endeavoring to
sink, but a "irAo rq7," and largo enough
and strong enough to float them from their
moorings on the flood of popular opinion.
Lotus all press on and work with a will for
the time is none too long to do adl we can, and
strive wherever we go to infuse into those we
meet with, a true American spirit. It is not
beneath the character of any one, to minglo
in the political arena with kindred, or even
opposing spirits; encourage the one and try to
convince the other. O. O.
Philadelphia, June 16, 1800.
QUARTZ GOLD MINING.
Quartz Gold Mining is an expensive and
hazardous business, and requires Urge capital
and great perseverance to make it remunera
tive. Our late California papers bring us a
notable instance tiftbis. Table Mountain in
Tuolumme County, California overlies a rich
deposit of gold, to reach which a nniuber of
companies have penetrated it with tunnels of
considerable exjent. To reach the gold it is
necessary to bore through a rock of adaman
tine hardness, and from six to twelve hundred
feet in thickness. The density of the texture
of this stone may be imagined from the fact
that while two men, working constantly, may
advance a foot a day, there are some places in
which they have not advanced more tha a foot
in a month. It roqnires heavy and oft repeat
ed blasts before it will yield even to the force
of powder. The cost of boring these tunnels
is from five to twenty eight dollars per foot,
but one company called the "Oliver," has al
ready expended over one hundred thousand
dollars iu tunneling about one thousand feet.
In several instances, the whole outlay foi such
tunnels has proved useless in consequence of
mistakes in the direction of operations. For
example, the Oliver company, mentioned
above, have had to run a second tunnel, and
so have the Boston and Buckeye Companies,
with hope still deferred. Table Mountain, the
scene ol these labors is one of tho wonders of
California. It is thus described:
"Discoveries by those now engaged in tun
neling the mountain have -established the re
markable fact, that underneath it is the bed ot
an ancient river ; that this river was walled in
on both sides by mountains of rock similar to
those between which the Stanislaus and Toul
mnme rivers now run ; that a volcanic erunp
tion, pouring an immense mass of melted lava
into the river, has entirely filled it up, displa
cing the water, and forcing it into new chan
nels, thereby forming Mormon Creek ami oth
er water courses. Hence the level surface of
the mountain; and hence its narrow and near
ly uniform width and , serpentine windings,
through a course of about 40. miles, making it
appear, to a person viewing it' from a higher
mountain, exactly like a "distant river. Now
it is only ihe channel of this river varying
from 23 to 40 or 60 feet wide, which affords
the gold sought for by the channel companies.
In order to reach this channel, It is necessary
to pass thro the immense walls oi" rock which
curbed the river; and if the tunnel should hap-,
pen to strike above the bottom of the channel,
an entirely new one must be run.' '
A Maoxifi.ci!-t Clock. :The. clock mid
for the new" nouses of Pariiment Las diaH
twenty-two feet in diameter, the largest in the
world- 1 Every minute the minute band moves
thirteen inches. This clock will go eight and
a half days, but will strike only seven and a
half days from its winding up. It ia s'd to
be an excellent time-keeper, varying but a few
seconds a month. . . .; '
Post OrriCE EsnoxAQK.-rThe Grand J ury
at New Orleans have ignored the bills of . in
dictment against Messrs. Blair and Whitman,
tho detective agents of the Post Office De
partment, who opened and examned- letters
1 j 1 J- i Af ,,0.nll IT inenn P the fictitious
named person who committed the r,Qbberies,
ana wno cnargea 10 ic wiv-v.
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