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CLEARFIELD, PA , AlU. 20, 1850.
People's National Ticket.
fur rBESinnsT,
JOII C. F K M O X T,
or califobma.
FOH VICE I BESIDEST,
WILLIAM L. DAYTOX,
or SEW JKKsEV.
Union States Ticket.
CAXAI. COMMISSIONER.
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York Co.
ArOITOR OEMtB.lL,
DARWIN PJI ELI'S, of Arnistror-g Co.
sriivenm cbxrbai.,
BARTHOLOMEW LAl'OKTE, of Uradfurd Co.
Union District Ticket.
FOR CONGRESS,
JAMES S. MYERS, of Venango County.
Assembly,
JOHN M. CHASE, of Woodward Township.
Subject 'o the decision of the Representative con
ference of this district
Union County Ticket.
Prothonotary,
THOMAS ROSS, of Pike Township.
Associate Judges.
BENJAMIN c PACKMAN, of Clearfield bor.
ARTHUR BELL, of Bell Township.
Register and Recorder.
JOHN AI'AMS, of Boggs Townibip.
Commissioner,
WILLIAM W. CATHCAUT, of Pike tp.
Surveyor.
PETER LAMM, of l.irard Township.
Auditor,
WILLIAM HOOVER, of Bradford Township.
A LITTLE PLAET TALK.
Last week we made mention of the new tac
tics employed by the Locofoco loaders that
their whole object was to get up a split be
tween the Fillmore and Fremont men, and en
able Buchanan to glide in between them into
Presidential chair. Though their efforts have
in a great measure failed, the lact cannot be
disguised that in a few localities they have
succeeded in stirring up a wrong feeling. The
means which they are using, are certainly cal
culated to sustain the well-earned reputation of
the Locofocos for being adepts in political chi
canery aud trickery. "When they thought that
Fillmore was the man against whom they had
to contend, their blows were all aimed at him
they stigmatized him as the "dark-lantern"
candidate,the nominee of the 'midnight ca! al
lers." &c. But finding, after Fremont was
nominated, that this mode of warfare was cal
culated to unite the Opposition forces on the
latter, they found themselves necessitated to
change their assault, and aim their shafts at
Fremont instead of Fillmore. There were
some obstacles in the way, but the cunning of
the Locofoco wireworkcrs did not fail in devi
sing a plan by which they might be overcome,
and the idea of creating a schism in the Oppo
sition ranks, by fostering an irreconcilable
third party movement, evidently suggested it
self as being the most practicable. For the
purpose of accomplishing this end, we have
reason to believe the political jugglers of the
Buchanan party dispatched emissaries from
the Southern States to the North, who were to
represent themselves as friends of Fillmore,
hold out the idea that he would carry a great
portion of the Southern States, advise those
who preferred Fillmore to oppose a union with
the friends of Fremont, and endeavor to arouse,
by these and other devices, a feeling of hos
tility between the two sections of the Opposi
tion to Buchanan. 01 late, the Locofoco lead
ers have grown bold in their efforts to prevent
a concert of action on the part of the Opposi
tion. The Washington Union, the organ of
Pierce and Popery, has strong objections to a
Union Electoral ticket in Pennsylvania, and
advises the Fillmore men to oppose such a
proposition. Hero is advice from an honest
and disinterested source ! Here is the most a-
trocious enemy of all American prigcipljs, the
vile panderer of Popery and the zealous advo
cate of Slavery, advising the Fillmore Amer
icans not to unite with the Fremont Ameri
cans in an Electoral ticket ! so that the State
can be carried foi Buchanan, Popery and Sla
very ! What a kind and magnanimous set of
follows these Buchanan editors are! But we
feel certain that the honest Fillmore Ameri
cans will spurn advice that comes from such a
quarter, and will in due season enter into an
arrangement that will dojusticc to all parties,
for every individual who is at heart opposed
to the policy of the Tierce Administration,
which policy Buchanan is pledged to enrry in
to effect, will-favor a union electoral ticket.
Smuckek's Life op John C. Fbemont, con
taining also his narratives of explorations, dis
coveries and adventures in Kansas, Nebraska,
Oregon and California, has been sent us by
Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 23 Park Row, New
York, or 107 Genesee St., Auburn. The book
is an interesting one, is neatly printed, con
tains near 5(H) pages, and will be sent by mail,
postage paid, ou receipt of $1,00.
A Political Map of our countrv, exhibiting
tho comparative area of the Fre and Slave
States, and the territory thrown open to slave
ry by the repeal of the Missouri compact, with
.tat.st.es of both sections of the Union, has
been sent us by the publishers W. C Rev
1M Broadway, and J. C. Jones, No " 1
mco street, New York City It is han'd.
, somtly pm.ted, ives much voluablc informa
and .should W ,.S,CI, h, cu.rv
. WHO ABE THEDISTJJTIOSISTS! .
The cry of "Abolitionists" and -Disunion-ists'
is at present raised against the support
ers of Fremont.' A referenco to f;vcts, howev
er, will at once show that the simon-pure. Ab
olitionists, who are tho Disnnionists of the
Xorth, and their Disunion brcthern of the
South go band in hand against Fremont, and
for Buchanan. -
Wendell Philips, the head and front of Ab
olitionism, in an oration on the 4th of July,
in which the character, chances and principles
of the several Presidential candidates were re
viewed, came to the conclusion that it will
best suit the object of his party to have tha
Democrats succeed, lie says he infinitely
prefers the election of Buchanan to that of
Fremont, "because it vv-ild most certainly lead
to a Dissolution of the Union .'" Wendell ought
to know.
The New York Jnli-Slxvery Standard, the
organ of the Garrisonian Abolitionists, and a
warm advocate of the dissolution of the Uni
on, takes strong ground against the Republi
can party. It gives, in its leading article a
week ago, an extract of a letter from a "clear
sighted Abolitionist in Massachusetts," who
saj-s that the success of the Republicans "will
in its bztiumbing and tatisfyiug influence retard
the movements of the Ware's redemption.'"- So
Parker I'illsbury, a prominent Disunionist, in
a speech at Framingham .on 11m 4th of Jul',
decl ared his preference for the election of Bu
chanan, "becatist it would tend to promote and
influence the inli-Slavery agitation, vrhile that
of Fremont would tend to a cessation of it."
Thus it will be seen that the Garrisonian Ab
olitionist, such as Wendell Phillips and that
stripe of Disunion wishers, prefer the election
of Buchanan to Fremont, because they pec in
it a more certain cause that will rupture the
Union.
When we turn to the South, wc find that the
disunionists supp6rt Buchanan with one ac
cord. The Charleston Mercury, a prominent
supporter of Buchanan, alluding to the Sum
ner affair, and the unanimity with which it has
been applauded at the South and condemned
at the North, says :
"We rejoice at any event which makes com
" mon cause at the South, and foreshadows
" her destiny as a sepcrate and independent
" people."
And as an evidence of the temper prevail
ing among Mr, Buchanan's supporters, the fol
lowing extracts are selected from authentic
records of opinions expressed ljy men, nil of
whom are now prominent supporters of Bu
chanan ;
BY SENATOR VII.KE, OP ri.OniDA.
"For my part, I am ready to proceed to cx
" tremc measures, even to the dissolution of
" the Union."'
lit SEXATOH DHOWS, OF MISSISSIPPI.
"If the Wilmot Proviso is adopted, it will
" raise a storm that will sweep away this Uni
" on, and 1 pray God devoutly that it will do
" so."
I1Y MR. MOUSE, OF LOUISIANA.
"The Southern man who will stand up and
" say that he is for the Union, 'now and for
" ever,' is more dangerous to the people he
" represents than those w1k arc in open hos
"tility. If California be trammeled with a
" preamble declaring the Territory now free,
" I am willing to dissolve the Union."
BT MR. STAXTOX, OP TKXNK83EE.
"When the Wilmot Proviso is adopted, I
" and the South are ready to walk out of the
" Union."
ItV BEJiATOH Bt TLER, Or SOrTII CAItOLIVA.
"I do not make the salvation of the Union
" tho paramount question."
Bf SE.NATOtt MASoX, OP VIRGINIA..
"It is time the yoke is thrown oil' and the
" question settled."
BY MR. COLCOCK, Or GEORGIA.
lIf the Wilmot Proviso should pass in any
" form, I will introduce a bill lor the dissolu
" tion of the Union."
The following resolution was adopted at a
Congressional caucus of Southern Democrats
held in Washington in January, ISi'J:
"Resolved, That the dissolution of the Union
" is prefrnble to tho Submission of the South
" to the Wilmot Proviso."
The following toasts were drunk at a Demo
cratic !th cf July celebration at Atchison Ci
ty in Kansas :
"Disunion By secession or otherwise a
" beacon of hope to an oppressed people and
" me-surest remedy for Southern wrongs. Lu
" thusiastic cheers."
"The City of Jtchison Mav she, before the
"close of the year 'o7, be the capitol of a
ouuiuLTi. iepuunc. luneers.j '
Tue AicisT Elections. Iowa has gone Re
publican by 0,000 or ,000 majority. In
Kentucky the Democratic gain is some ",000
or 8,000. In Missouri, Polk, Anti-Beuton
Democrat, is elected Governor. Blair is elec
ted to Congress. In North Carolina, Bragg,
Dem., is reelected by 8,000 to 10,000 majority
In Arkansas, Conway, Dem., is elected Gover
nor by 3,000 to 5,000 majority. Alabama is
Democratic : the election was only for local
olhccrs.
The U. S. House of Representatives, on the
15th, adopted a substitute for the bill increas
ing the compensation of Congressmen, which
had passed the Senate. By the substitute the
annual pay of a congressman will be $3,000.
The bill allows the additional compensation
from the beginning of the present Congress.
This substitute was agreed to by the Senate,
and now only requires the approval of the
President to become a law.
The Louisville Courier says, a very remar
kable cave ha? been discovered about
miles south ?f Glasgow, Barren county, Ky.
Human bones of enormous size, together with
cooking vessels, &c.,were found in one or
more of the apartments.
The Johnstown 'Tribune,' "disappointed
and chagrined at the action of tho American
State Convention," recently held at Ilarris-
burg, bat "dropped the names of "Fillmore
and Donelson," and will throw its influence in
favor of the men most likely to defeat Buchan-
In the tow n of Liberty, Texas, a flno of S25
is imposed upon every man who utters an oath
in the presence of a woman. Ts thorp nn fmn
lr uttering aii oath in tho presence of Jeho- I
vah '. j
; ccuKrr cohvesiioh.
Pursuant to notice, those opposed to the
Locofoco party met in Convention in the Town
Hall, ih Clearfield borough, on Tuesday the
13th inst. James A. Relit was chosen Pres
ident, and John F. Lee and D. (J. Nevling,
Secretaries. The following Delegates were
then admitted : , ; v.-
Beccaria James II. Green.
Boggs Geo. Wilson, Alex. Adams, David
Adams.
Bradford Johu Peters, Peter Solt, John
Sheasley. .
Brady Not represented.
- Chest David Mitchell, David Michael, An
drew S. Tozcr. , ,
Covington John Dish.
, Curwensville Joseph Peters, A.V. Cooper,
Jolin Patton.
Clearfield Alex. Irvin, C. Pottarfl, D. G.
Nevling.
Decatur Jonathan Kephart.
Girard Harrison Spencc, Johu Spackman,
Ed. W ooldridge.
Goshen I. S. Shirey.
Jordan Henry Swan, Isaac Haines.
Knox Wm. McKce, Isaac McKee.
Karthaus James Wizsins. F. P. Hnrxthal
Lawrence James W. Owens, Jacob Irwin;
N. Rishel.
Morris Thomas G. Snyder, J. R. Nelson,
Jos. C. Brenner.
Pike William A. Bloom, John Welsh, John
X orris.
Penn Sam'l Kirk, John Russell, I. Kirk
"Woodward C. Jeffries, Isaac Goss, Henry
Haejrerty.
Ferguson Jacob Gibson, Luther Barrett,
Edward illiams.
Union Henry Bailey, David Dressier, Esq
Fox Not Represented.
Bumside Horace Patchin, Robert Michael,
James Dowler. ' .
Bell Arthur Bell, John F. Lee, Andrew
Wh. eland.
Huston E. D. Patteiscs, G. R. Iloyt.
Tho following resolution was then offered,
and after due consideration, was laid on the ta
ble without a dissenting voice:
Resolved, That this Convention believe it
impolitic to place in nomination a county tick
et at this time.
The Convention then proceeded to make
nominations, with the following result :
Assembly.
Henry Groe 5 John M. Chase, 37
James Dowler 7
John M. Chase was declared tho unanimous
choice of the Convention for the Assembly.
Prothonotary.
Thomas Ross 37 Wm. Cathcart 7
Adam Wlfieland 5
The nomination of Thomas Ross, for Pro
thonotary, was declared unanimous.
dissociate Judge.
Bcnj. Spackman, 20 Arthur Bell, 31
T. B. Davis, 17 B. B. Wright, 6
Samuel Fulton, 12
The nomination of Beni. Spackman and Ar
thur Bell, for Associate Judges, was declared
unanimous.
Register and Recorder.
John Bish, 10 V.'. M'Cullongh, 18
John MTarland, 2 John Adams, 10
Isaac S. Shirey, 4
The nomination of John Adams was declar
ed unanimous.
Commissioner.
John Bish, 7 V.r. W.Cathcart, 17
Chr. Pottarfl, 0 Fred. Zigler, 13
Jnmcs Gall.iirher, 1
The nomination of Wm. W. Cathcart was
declared unanimous.
1ndi!or.
Wm. Hoover, 3'j Elisha Fenton, 4
Wm. Hoover was then declared unanimous
ly nominated.
Surveyor.
Peter Lamm, by acclamation.
The following address and resolutions, were
passed without a dissenting voice :
ADBEESS
To tha People of Clearfield County.
There is undoubtedly, in Pennsylvania a
large majority against the party which sup
ports miciianan ana upholds tiie policv of the
present .National Administration. Nothing
is needed but Union and united action on the
part of those who oppose it to insure success.
Being united 011 tho State ticket, our success
as to it becomes morally certain. Our suc
cess in the State as to the Presidency becomes
equally certain by united action. It is ascer
tained that such united action can be attained
by a Union Electoral ticket, which will give
to both Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Fremont electo
ral votes m proportion to their strength. We
firmly believe that such a union will be form
ed and that the State will be carried against
liuchanan. Hut to secure this we should all
lend our efforts to promote harmony of feel
ing, and concert of action. Those who on
pose this are in reality working for Buchanan,
whether they mean it or not. It is now the
olject of our opponents to foster division a
mong us, and the better to accomplish their
purpose they enlist when they can politicians
111 our our own ranks to carry out their plans.
Some who arc honest in their convictions may
be ensnared by such devices without fully
comprehending the scheme. It must, howev
er, ij evmeiit to every thoughtful mind that
to create hostility between us is to aid Bucha
nan, and that whoever sl-cM to do it is work
ing against us, and not for us.
We therefore recommend to all who aro op
posed to the party supportinjr James Buchan
an, without regarding their preference as to
l- niniorc or rc-mont to form Union Clubs, in
every township and Borough, agreeing upon
the following principles :
1st To oppose the Election of James Bu
chanan. 2d T support the Union State ticket, and
the Union District ticket.
3d To favor the formation of a State Union
Electoral ticket.
4th For the sake of Union to act in concert
and resist all efforts and schemes tending to
divide us, come from what quarter they may.
Resolved, That we endorse the Union State
ticket, and that we will give the candidates
which compose it, our hearty support.
Resolved, That wo endorse and will support
tho nomination of James S. Myers, for Con
gress in this district, believing him to be a
sound and patriotic American, and well quali
fied to discharge the duties of the office.
Resolved, That wc will give our undivided
and hearty support to th'o Connty ticket pla
ced in nomination this day, and will use every
honorable means to secure its success.
E. S. Dundy, J. B. McEnally and D. G.
Nevling wero appointed Representative con
ferees. On motion, a County Executive Committee
of 13 be appointed by the chair.
On motion, tho members of the present Con
vention were appointed as Vigilance Commit
tees for their respective townships.
On motion, the proceedings were ordered
to be published in the Raftsman's Journal.
A political orator remarked in his snoorh.
4- ,
the other nicht, that. "From the nature
institutions wo will always find such traitors
as Arnold and Burr in ovtr camn. and thov
. j
should be branded u-ilh a jeataus eye." This
strikes us as a queer article to '-brand" with!
THE ITNIOJr AND THE CONSTITUTION.
FREE SPEECH. FREE PRESS & FREE
KANSAS.
THE PEOPLE'S
MASSONVENTIOK
THE LARGEST MEETING EVER nELD
IN CLEARFIELD COl NTVf
In pursuance of the call previously issued,
those opposed to the policy of the Pierce Ad
ministration and the election of James Bucha
nan to the Presidency, met in Mass Convention
at Clearfield on j-estcrday evening. It had
been contemplated to hold the meeting out
doors, as tho Court House was occupied by
the Locofocos. A heavy rain setting in, and
being unable to procure a room capacious e
nough, tho meeting met in the Bridge across
the Susquehanna at the west end of town.
Notwitstanding the unfavorable weather, the
meeting was the largest that ever met in-Clear-
field county. The Curwensville Union.Club,
nunilering over 70 men, came down in a bo-
dy.carry ing a large and beautiful transparency.
The meeting organized by selecting Hon.
Alex. Ibvix, Chairman j B. Hartshorn, Allen
Mitchell, Thomas G. Snyder, Isaac England,
J. F. Lee, J. II. Jones, Henry Swan, Manning
Stevenson, Wm. Nevling, David Adams and
Sam'l Fulton, Vice Presidents, and E. S. Dun
dy and John Patton, Secretaries. The Sec
retaries are not certain that all the gentlemen
who acted as Vice Presidents arc here named.
After the meeting Vas fully organized, Cy
rus Jeffries was called upon and responded in
a speech in which he referred to the ado made
by the Locofocos if a minister said anything
in regard to the great issues of the day. He
was of opinion that it was perfectly right to
do so that tho Savior, when the rulers had
become corrupt, rebuked them and scourged
them out of the temple ; and he thought the
people would drive the present corrupt rulers
from the high places with the scourge of the
ballot-box. Ho urged the Fillmore and Fre
mont men to join heart and hand in opposing
Buchanan.
Col. James S. Myers was then called upon
and in response referred to the grout issues
before tho country that the arguments used
by tho Locofocos consisted in stigmatizing ev
ery one who did not agree with them as being
a Know-Nothing. He then enunciated the
principles of the American party, after which
he referred to the great Kansas question. He
reviewed the history of the Kansas outrages
in a succinct and . comprehensive manner
which carried conviction to every one who
heard him. lie closed by reviewing Buchan
an's political career, and calling upon all to
join, to unite in overthrowing the present cor
rupt dynasty.
Hon. J. T. Hale was then called for and af
ter reviewing the important questions of the
day, in an able and comprehensive manner,
impressing upon the people the magnitude of
the questions he called upon every man who
had the interests of his country at heart and
who desired to defeat James Buchanan, to use
his efforts and influence to unite tho forces
upon one electoral ticket. He had been through
a number of counties, and wherever he had
becu, the universal sentiment was in favor of
such a ticket, and he felt certain that every
man hero would do the same.
Samuel Linn, Esq., was then loudly called
for. He said he hoped no one would report
that he had made a speech, as he did not wish
to get his name in the papers ; but if he was
reported, he trusted" that it would not be prin
ted with the same tyie that was smeared over
with the dirty 'stuff that printed the filthy
sheet down street. lie was perhaps expected
to say something to amuse, but the questions
w ere too serious for jest. He then indulged
iii one of the most eloquent and impressive
reviews of the Kansas question that wc have
ever listened to. Ho also referred to the
Union-saving propensities of the Locofocos
they were always crying out "the Union."
The Union however was not in danger there
was another Union of which they were more
airam, the L nion of the Fillmore and Fre
mont men.
We must, however, refrain from any further
reference to the speeches as time and space will
not admit of it. Suffice it to say they were
all masterly efforts, carrying conviction with
them. The greatest harmony prevailed, and
as the speakers proceeded shout after shout
burst from the assembled multitude. It was
plainly manifest that the People were deter
mined upon being united. But we must re
frain. The following resolutions were unani
mously adopted :
hestlrcd. That belicvinc
Presidential election in Pennsylvania depends
on concert of action which mav bo attained
by adopting a Union Electoral tickot. v will
as the respective friends of Fillmore and Fre
mont, favor such union ticket, and in tho spi
rit of conciliation act in concert, tn nriiwicn flirt
election of James Buchanan.
-d. That we have entire rnnfi.l
ability of Thomas E. Cochran, Darwin Phelps
and Bartholomew Laporte, the present honest,
sober and efficient nominees on our Stnto ti tr
et, and in James S. Myers, our candidato-for
Congress, and pledge ourselves to give them a
hearty support.
61. lhat we recoznizo in our candid .tAa ,-
lectcd by tho Union Convention held for ri.
field county on the 19th, worthy and compe
tent men who arc entitled to the hearty sup
port of the people of this county.
4. mat the thanks ot the meeting nr dm.
to tho speakers and the musicians who have
favored 11s with their presence and services
this cvenins.
The thanks of the meetinsr are duo nnd Inn.
lered to Hon. J. T. Leonard, who na nn 'tftinot
of the Bridge company, allowed the occupat)-
. THE G0Z5 BSAVZLT ON.
A LARGE AND E.STHI SI ASTIC MEETING of the
opponents of the Locofoco pr.riy was hell in
Curwensville on Friday evening, Ct which
Daniel Livingston, Esq., pros: led. Though
the meeting was got up in a very short time,
the notices having been sent around after 0
o'clock, A. ji., yet the attendance was large.
J. B. M'Enally, Esq., was called upon to ad
dress the meeting. He responded in a few
remarks and finished by introducing Col. Jas.
S. Mters, the Union candidate for Congress.
Col. 31. made an excellent speech, in which he
reviewed the political issues cf the day, and
gave the Cincinnati Pro-slavery candidates,
as well as the present National Administra
tion, some hard thrusts. The speech met with
an enthusiastic reception, and received the
commendation of all who heard it. A Union
club was formed, and upwards of fifty persons
signed the Constitution before wc left. Res
olutions were passed in opposition to Buchan
an ; denunciatory of the Kansjs outrages and
of tho countenance given to ther.i by the
Pierce Administration ; in favor of a Union
electoral ticket ; endorsed the Ur;ion State
ticket and the nomination of Col. J. S. My
ers, the Union candidate for Congress, and
pledged them their hearty support.
Uxiox Meeting in Clearfield. Notice hav
ing been given by some of the fiieiids of the
several candidates opposed to Buchanan, a U
nion meeting was held in the Court House on
Saturday evening last. E. S. Dundy, E.q.,
was called to the Chair, David G. Nevling and
Wm. II. Robertson wero chosen Vice Presi
dents, and John F. Irwin and S. B. Row, Sec
retaries. On motion, J. B. M'Enally, Esq..
stated that the object of the meeting was t
take such measures as would tend to effect con
cert of action against Buchanan in Pennsylva
nia, which is regarded as the battle-ground of
tho Presidential contest. The object cf the
Locofocos was to elect Buchanan, and fur this
purpose employed all proper means, and some
that wero not proper. Now if the opposition
is distracted, it is self-evident that thev will
fail in defeating Buchanan, but if they are u
nited t'-cy will succeed. Therefore, to oppose
a union, and to create an irreconcilable hos
tility between the Fillmore and Fremont men
is virtually aiding Buchanan. A union elec
toral ticket can be formed which will do jus
tice to all by which Fillmore iii-a will vote
for Fillmore and Fremont men for Fremont.
If, as is claimed, Fillmore i stronger and
will receive the larger number of votes, he
will by the proposed plan receive tle larger
number of electors ; or if Fremont is the
stronger, his friends cannot ol ject as he would
receive whatever proportion of electors the
votts polled for him Mould entitle him to.
In other counties Union clubs in favor of the
Statc'and District tickets arc formed, and are
working admirably. The Fillmore and Fre
mont men go together and work like brothers,
and are effecting much substantial good. Eve
ry man who is really opposed to Buchanan will
favor a fair and just plan of Union.
A club, as suggested, was then formed, and
the Constitution was numerously signed dur
ing the course of the evening. Much enthu
siasm was manifest ed.
Resolutions were passed, opposing the'Cin
cinnati platform and its nominees, and the
policy of the Pierce Administration; in favor
of a union electoral ticket, and endorsing the
Union State Ticket, and the Union Congres
sional nominee, Col. James S. Myers.
BUCHANAN AND CUE A. EIGHT Oil VP.ONQ.
111c n asmngton L moti, winch p:qer is con
trolled by the views of the Democratic lead
ers, not nnfrequently foreshadows the plans
and policy by which the Administration and
the party is to be governed. A recent num
ber of the t nion says :
"It id fortunate for Mr. Ru.-h :ltl'll tli-lf It!,;
real position on the Cuban question is susceit-
..r n ..1.: ..: ...... . .
.xiv. tim.m.iuu:i ai, certain ami clear that
no apology for misconstruction or misrepre
sentation can exist. The t).-tend mani'Vs'o-'
itself f
I'.IH.H MHOH 4 J (III
misrepresentation on the subject. What Mr.
Buchanan really said was, tli.lt we must have
Cuba at all risks. u-An--f- it -...,.i.;k;;., .i...m
be justmed by the great law of seli-i.rxerva-
lIVll.
Hero the fact is boldlv admitted that Mr.
Buchanan's election will be the prelude tu a
foray on Cuba.
A cotemporary very iustlv observes, tint
there is a marked difference between the Do
mestic and Foreign policy of the 'Democratic'
party. It is ready to do a great deal for other
countries nothing for its own.
Marauders in Nicarasrin make a rovnn-
ment, and are -straightway recognized as one of
the Powers of the Earth. But if neaceabh.
citizens in Kansas form' one, it is scouted as
"Treason."
Traders in the Baltic Sea must be protected
from extortion. But American "emigrants on
their own soil may bo robbed and murdered
with impunity.
A dozen foreign mercenaries may uut bo re- !
cruucd in a seaport town, without leading us
into a grave? Zsationil dispute. But armies
5000 strong may repeatedly invade an Ameri
can Territory, without question.
A Ship Canal to the Pacific in Nicaragua is
thought important enough to go to war about.
But a Railroad to the Pacific, through our own
domain, is "unconstitutional."
And on similar principles, we suppose it is,
that Mr. Buchanan is to go into a triangular
fight for the "liberation" of the Cuban Plan
ters, on the one hand, to perpetuate slavery in
that island, while he keeps down Kansas set
tlers with the other, employing the soldiers,
muskets, bullets and bayonets at the people,
to extend slavery over territory consecrated
to freedom by a solemn compromise.
Tue skeleton of a man was found packed
hi an old barrel, on the roof of a hn,,. ; n.,.
ane street, N.Y., on the night of the 20th ult.
One of the hands was cut off and the thi -h
bones broken. Remains of clot Uing were also
fo.u.d on the arms and leys, and cverv circum
stance seems to show pl .iniv that the" man has
Keen murdered and Ids rem tins disposed of in
this manner.
LOCO TOCO HTrOCEI37.
The Philadelphia Daily Xetet, a strc.rjg Fill
more paper, in its issue of ll.o 9th August,
siya : -
Loco FoC'.is:n is cunaing as the serpent, but
equally deceitful and treacherous. lis min
ions cow seek to save their State ticket at the
October Election, by denouncing tho candi
dates on tha Union ticket as Abolitionists,
and circulating tho charge that all aro against
Mr. Fillmoro. This is a cunningly devised
scheme to save Loco Focoism from overwhel
ming defeat, but iMvill riot succeed, cunning
as is tLe scheme in saving it. The fiat has
gone forth in f avor of putting an end to Loco
Foco rule in Pennsylvania, and as that can be
most effectually accomplished by the united
action of all the elements opposed to it, tha
Union ticket will be supported in good faith,
with earnestness and zeal, by all tho friends
of Fillmore and Doutdson.
Messrs. Cochran, Phelps and Laporte, were
not nominated as Fillmore or Fremont men,
nor as Whigs, Americans or Republicans, and
to suppose that any one of them would, cither
before or after the October election, distinc
tively and actively identify himself with a::y
one of those parties, and thus array himself
against the other, would be simply to snppose
that lie was not only an lngrnte, but a much
fitter suljecl for the Lunatic Asylum, than the
discharge of the duties of an important public
office. V.'ith the j rivutc views and feelings o
these sentiments, we linve nothing to do, it Is
only w ith the public position they occupy, cr
may assume, that we have to deal. They are
before the people as the joint nominees of all
the parties in the State opposed to Loco Foco
ism, each party having a full participation in
their nomination, and each being bound in
good faith, to secure their election, if possi
ble. So far as we are concerned, wo mean t
fulu'l the eng3gemcct,"and such will, wo as
sure, bo the conduct of all w ho aro opposed tu
Loco Focoism, be their Presidential prefer
ences what they mav.
UnsSMIAZLE FACTS.
That James Buchanan was a rauli Federal
ist during the winter of 1S12, and denouueed
in the most Litter and vindictive manner; in
company with the Hartford Cuaveiitiunitsf
the Administration of James Madiaon that
pure and able patriot !
That James Buchanan went Tar the reduc-
I tion of tho wage of American laborers to tho
average standard of European wages, which
would have ended iu ruin and bankruptcy t'
the enterprising mechanics and artisans of our
country.
That all the evils and discord which now
cursu the couutry, were brought upon it, b:i
their r.-iisrulc and corruption and that Buchan
an promises to carry out the policy which has
brought us to tiie brink of civil war aud na
tional ruin. ....
That James Buchanan signed the O.ifen 1
manifesto and endorsed the doctrines therein
contained doctrines which would convert our
country into a nation of pirates and land th. ti
ers ! .
That Jumcs Buehanan originated an 1 r
pagated the foul slander of "bargain and cor
ruption"' against that immortal patriot and
statesman, Henry Clay for wide!' he Jeser-
ves the execrations, instead of the support of
a generous and noble people ! Phil' a Daily
-Vcwjt.
A Gtif.at Railkoak Project. Macdonald
Stephenson, in lleropath's R.iilxay Journal,
proposes the construction of a railroad from
London to Lahore, in tho East Indies, with
but two 1 ror.ks one ct the Strr.its of Dover,
and the other at the Dardanelles. The entire
length of the line will be about 8.4. miles,
and will cost about SKO.f.tW.Crt'O. If carried
out, as in all likelihood it ultimately will be
the .Jistancc between London and India will be
reduced to a ten day's journey. :
The Cincinnati Fun snys. Wc understand
that Arrison, who lias been tried three times
in this city, is to be removed on Friday next,
to Butler county, to have a fourth trial.
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tution will coinnicnoc on Monday. September 1st
IS.'tfi.
Persons wi-hin to fit themselves for College
Teachers. Commercial or other avocations in life'
will hero receive cery desired facilitv. A thor
ough Scientific and Classieal ennrso is here given
on term lower than in similar Institutions in the
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advanta-p.s. with :ill the comfort's and pleasures of
heme: and their morals will be carfully cuarJcd
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arransred in their r-spttive elie Prol'-y
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