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UNBUMT AMERICAN.
AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL.
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continued until ordered out, and charged accord
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Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republic, fiom which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle1 and iinnmdiaie parent of despotism. Junta jo.
lly .llassrr & i:iely.
Sunbury, A'orlhuntlicrlaiid Co. Ia. Saturday, Sept. 21, IS14.
Vol. l--.o. VJWliolo o, 420S.
ti:iis or Tin: " AairiuicAX."
If. D. MASSKIJ, PtntiBitiiRn aso
JOSEPH EISKLY. $ PaoraiitTons.
. It. .n.lSSKIt, KdHor,
OJJlct in Centre Alky, in the nur of II. D. Mas
scr's Flnrc
TIIC" Af EKK3A N" is published every Satur
day at TWt) DOLLARS per annum to be
finiil half yearly in aJvance. No paper discontin
ued till all arrearages nrc paid.
No subscription received for a less perioj th:in
si month. All communications or letters on
business relating to the ollice, to insure attention,
must bo POST PAID.
T- , .
Gome and See.
NEW GOODS.
Cficflj) for Casti or Coun
try 3)votmrr.
nil. 31 AKl'2l ha just recievvd art assort-
mrnt 't New (iond-, which he will sell at
The lowest piices. for ca-h or Country Produce.
rj Persona arc iuviud to c ill and judge for
thtmsclvr.
Qj" Hesl Hio Coffee f.ir 12 J cents. Good do. fur
8 0, ami oilier srticlc in proportion.
Iurihury, Mny 25, 181 I.
To Coiiiilry .iZcrchaiit.
Boots, Shoos, Bonnets, Leghorn find
Palm Lt .-il' 1 1. us.
(!. AV. & I,, li. I 'AYl.Oll,
at the S. '. writer of Market ami Fifth Six.,
PHILAUEIiPIXIA,
OFFER fr mi'i- nn ixtensnc i.b-oruncnl of the
above ai' id. , nil of which thry sell at unusual
ly low pi ices, and particularly invite the attention
of bum Vh-itil.g the cilv, loan t xirienati of
their Mock. (5. W. .V I.. It. TAYLOR.
Iiladchdiia, May 25, ISO. ly
Notice.
'THOSE peisons bavnnt demands apninst the
- Commonwealth lor l.idor pcif. rined, ur mate
rials furnbheil for the n piirs of the
Xtrt3i tfraiicfi (niinl,
prior to the Uth i ay of January, IS 1 1, who have
fiat handed to the subscriber ho account of I'.c
Fame, are rirpiesicd to do so nt ihe c.iilin-t possili'p
liiomeiit, in order that ihey may hc put in form f r
settlement, ns mhii as the fuml appropriated lor the
pavnient of old debt run le obtained.
Tho-e livimr at a ili-'ance Hie ii ipiesti d to for.
Wind by mail or otherwise. W.li. MAFFET.
Wilkcsh.irre, May 11, I H i J if Supervis .r.
n is x.: o v a i. .
J) OCT OK .1. 15. MASSKIJ,
t? liESPECTFri.l.V informs die it
izeos of r-utibiirv and its vicinity, that
he Ins removed his ollice to the while
building in Market Scjii oe, eiist of La
J t Irmeiit's ft. ue, and itimn d nit Iv oppni-ne. Ihe
po-t office, where he wil'. he happy to receive calls
In the line of his pro'esrion
Sunbniy, Mav 4'h.
iTa v j i) i: v a n s'
Patent Fire ami Thief Proof Iron
Chests, Slate lined Refrigerators,
with Fillers attached when
leqmred.
E7 AITS ft, WAT SO 17,
,r. 70 S'.iiithtliird St., iijijinsic the F.xchuuv,
yf. MA.M FAtri CKE and
ftjipKBI"'rul.ltfiii f.ir eab Daviii Kvaxh'
t fii.$Mi .1:,';;:r:i?e.-!el-i:.t.-J Vici mid I'rovi.
MWSf! ' si, 'ii (' oh rs and I'atent Pre
t-tT&i '' mium Fire mid Thi.l l'i
tfcyii '--. -v
7577 S.'V ".imium Fire i.nd Thi.l I'niol I-
rvnij!
wrly,
tiol I, Mlvrr, &.C., &c, made
of Hod r Iron, (and nut im r Flank as u m iy-five
out of every one hundred now ill use hmI lor side
me made.) w I'll first rate Locks mid David Even-'
I'ali nl Kevhole ('overs, similar In the one i xt.it it.
cd nt the i'hibidelphia Exchange, for thiee months
in .he summer of 1S12, when all the Keys we.e at ; ot i!lt.ir members, &c. It is important that this tho ,.xch:inges or the curroncv, or in fact per
hhc.ly to he us. .I. a,.d the ( h.sl not ope,...d j, . , , , fc fe more thorough ' ,;, BI1V iM .,.. ..lul,.v,.r . 1 ... II ' rv
Ihouuh lie ee line HI was find ly al least 1500 ; . " ' usliiii oiull w Halt. t r . l.tl Henry.
persons. One of the same Link was nie.l by ! elliicient orgatnzatiuii or the democratic Chy answer.
lIoMirrs, at the Del.ovare (oal Othce, in W alnut , party than now e.i.ts, for these reasons. ! l rilKi;,. .., ,... ,,l MJ
stircl, above I hod. hut did not Micceid.
Q'j' lioistiuK Mm -bines, Tr.iu Doors, supeiioi
I.oi lis, and ! kinds of Iron Had lies. Seal and (''
pying Fifsrcs, and SonihvMnk pen. rally, on hand
or in iliulaiHirtd at the borti 1 notice.
03" L'ACTIOX I do herel'V rhu'ion all per
sons ngiinst makii g. ii-ins, si lin g, orrau-iogln
be sold, any ICev lode (ivns lor Fire Front ( 'In sU,
or Doors, of any kind Hioilar in piiuciple to my
Faienl, of lllih .lu'v, IK 1 1, and also uu iiusi Lining
l.'efiiyeratnis widi folate, for ivhch my Fateui is
dated 20th Mirch IStl.as any infnngement Will
he dealt u i h uccurding to law.
DAVID EVANS,
Fhil i l. Iphii, Ap.il LI, Iri-J-t. ly
Bool $ till
MAKING-.
nr. 'ii &. it ii os i ors
WT571 I'D mforiii the r fneoiU and the put l c " r" 111 ecuoii oi ino union, niieim ui
V V gem rully, llnii they have commenced ihe the first branch of the fraud, and the Cengres
above I usii ess in all il-various branches, in l.e fclo, w,j,r Cl.,tral tranking eoininittee at
shop hili ly occupied bv Xavicr Li-'Cirl s wati h- i ... . . ,
maker shop. . a-l i f the Ited Lion Hotel, in Market j U Hshiiigtoii are att, nd.ng tn the latter, by
stie. I, Suol. my, where tl.ey are prepared to eie- i publishing and disemiuating one set of ojiiui
cuie H ..rd i- in iheir line, wiih ; ons by .Mr. Clay for the South, and another set
PROMPTNESS AND DESPATCH, j frtll0 M jnufacturing and abolition di.trirt of
I In y hope, Ii) strict Blieniion lo hunne.s, mode- i ..
rine charges, ami the dural.ilny of theic work, to i the .North and . est : also cloeuineiits tor the
nn nt and receive a share of t e putilic pituniuge.
Kunbury, March IHIih. 1st 1. ly
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ronESTviiiiiEi
lilt 1SS I'.K.Iir DAY C I.OI liX.
11 1J fubfcriher has ju-t ii reived, for tale, a few
I .. .1 . l. ...... .ul-.i IN. .1.1 llti 111.,. L I
A OI Hit. UI'UM- v.l.l'.U'i.a ..k. . '"J .
wlilctl will ie sol. I ul very reuuceo prices, ior cn-ri.
Also, superior 30 hour Clo. k. of ti e best make
and quality, which will be sold for rah, al f 1 60.
Also, superior Ura 'M hour tocks.sl DO.
Dec. 2. 1M3. ll.U.MASM-R.
AVILL1AM J.MAUI IX.
.TTCP.1TET AT LAV",
8 UNBUH V, PA.
OFFICE, in the second story of the building oc
cupied by Dr. J. U. Masr, on Maiket street.
Oct. aij. 1843.
A TlirfliliK aiat lilue lor Sale.
fllIE snhMriber oilers f r vale a TJIHESIIINO
i MACHINE, new and in good order. Tha
Machine hat been tried, anJ proves to be an irrb
lent on. It w ill be sold at a leduced pnc. end
warranted. Apply to 11. U. MASSEb..
July lit, 1813.
Til 12 i,U inv.
han.vkr or Tim ciwsi
Tell me, ye winged wind,
That round my path do roar,
Do ye not know some sKt
Where mortals weep no more ;
Some lone and pleasant dell,
Some valley in the west,
Where, free from toil and pain,
The weary soul may rest ?
The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low,
And sighed for pity, as it answered "No."'
Tell me thou mighty deep,
Whose billows round nie play,
Know'st thou some favored spo,
Some ii-Unid far away,
Where weary man may find
The bliss for which he sighs,
Where sorrow never lives,
And friendship never dies ?
TIip loud waves, roaring in perpetual flow,
Stopped for a while, and sighed to answer, ''No.'
And thou serenest lnncm,
That, with such holy face,
1'oes look upon the world
Asleep to night's embrace ;
Tell me, in all thy round,
llast thou not seen some spot
Where miserable man
Might find a happier lot?
llehii.d a cloud the moon withdrew in woe ;
And a voice, sweet but sad, responded, 'No."
Tell me, my sacred soul,
O, tell me, hope and faith,
Is there no resting place
From soi row sin and death ?
Is there no happy spot
Where mortal may be blessed,
Where grief may find a balm,
And weariness a rest ?
Faith, Hope, and Love, best boons to mortals
t-''vcn' I
Wav'd their bright wings, and whispered, ''Yes, '
in heaven ! ' j
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IMI'OHTA.NT NOTICKi j
To Ihe Prmoirncy of the 1'nlr.n. j
The Democratic Associations, the Hickory
and Voting Hickory Clubs, and other Deinn- ;
cratic Clubs mid Associations now organized i
throughout the United States, are most re- j
speetfnlly and cnrncMly solicited, if they have'
not already done so, to report themselves, u ith
out delay, by letter, post paid, to the Executive
Committee of the Democratic Association in Did it then exert any lu neliciiil influence up.
Washington city, D. C. They are requested on t, r(,try at large ! Did it promote tin
to give the names of their officers, Ihe number ; welfare of individuals, or regulate and control
1st. That eaeh assocntion shall Peep then-
ther well informed of the condition of parties.
2d. That authentic mid correct information
may be disseminated tar and wide.
3J. That the returns, whether of State or
federal elections, mav be circulated in form an-
ll.enticand oflW.ial, ai:d which can be relied
upon by onr fiii iub tor any purpose, and espe
cially to counteract the false impressions which
may bo created by the publication in the whig
journals of the resu!ts'f elections.
It is already accrl!iu:cd that that party have
a well organized system of falsehood, not only
in the publication ot erroneous returns office
tions, but by the publication of tracts and docu- ,"L waMl "'P'y",'"" couse.pieni re
mtnts. The wl.ia and some ol the neutral na- ' d"c,,on in tliu """P''8 "'' lab"r- b' tt 'venous
.North making Mr. Folk a tree trade man, and
! document for the South makiii" him u Tar;H
n
rp. , ii. t . i . . i - .i
1 l.ese trau.ls ha e been detected in tins
city, therefore we warn our friends to guard a-
' gainst them, Dcre(!it everything coming
Ii oi n h whig source, until substantiated Ly in
lormatiou derived from those whose effort will
be not to deceive, but enlighten with the truth.
We do not hesitate to say that the election re
turns which have been, and are being publish
ed in the Democratic papers of Washington
can bo relied on by our friends for any purpose.
They are as accurate as unofficial returns can
possibly be, sonic of which, from whig papers.
The official return will be published in the
Washington papers as Boon as they are received.
When the organization proposed by this notice
is complete, the facility for getting the correct
returns will be such as is desired. We appeal
to the democracy of those sections of country
where no aetuciaUuiis ex let to forthwith oroau-
ize and report in accordance with the above. '
We must not despise the enemy however cor
rupt or weak they may be; hut knowing them
to be weak and corrupt should make us more
vioilnnt and active to puard against the unfair
and unjust means to which they will from ne
cessity reeort to cover their weakness. We
can ccsitre our friends that we have no doubt
Polk and Dnl'us will be elected. We must,
nevertheless do our duty. We make the ap
peal with another view : that channels may be
established through which we con dcvelope to
the American people one of the most corrupt
and villainous schemes ever concocted by any
party which lias been set on foot by whijjijery
to subjugate republican liberty, and bring our
institutions down to the tootstoul of the tyranny
of the Old World. We do not tear the scheme.
Its exposure will not only defeat its object, but
will overwhelm the men and the party who
conceived, and are attempting: to mature it, in
infamy so deep that the friends of civil and re
liirioti.i liberty throughout tlie world, to the
remotest fenerations, w'ljI execrate their very
names. When the organization is complete
the exposure will bo made, and their plan ren
dered abortive. Therefore organize organize
forth with North, South, Fast and West. .
1 S. This is to give notice to the Democra
cy, thattho whig central committee in this ci
ty are publishing documents purporting to show
the votes of Mr. Polk, which, in fact, if they
do not in all cases actually falsity his votes,
suppress some of the facts connected therewith,
and thus give n false aspect to them. It will
he the duty of the democratic party in every
section rif the country to discredit tiuso docu
ment, denounce them as vile whip slander?:,
ns they are, ask a suspension of public opinion,'
and write immediately to Washington to the
executive committee of the democratic associ-
at ion to send the real tacts in each case, to be
derived from the Congressional archives, as an-
ihentieatfu by the Clerk in the cli'iro of them.
The associations throughout the I'nion will
be pleased to pay tfie postage on all communi
cations sent to the executive committee ot the
democratic associations nt Washington, whoe
communications will, in all eases, be postage
pr-j i 1 .
q0 dpniocratic papers thrnuglioiit the I'.
States will sulwrve the cause of Ihe democra-
ry j,y pjvinj, , fl,1;.t pul,licity to t. alloVr,
',,, jj ,)0 jn ,,,,, r, m,,.sl p.ir,rt ,
,10 T'njn. They are rarne.-tlv requested to d.i
fo, l?y order of the exorutive con ttee.
JAM11S TO W I ,KS, Chairman,
C. I St-MixrACk, Secretary,
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la a .National ItnnU ,tcr mnry t
III 1-J1 we had a National Rink in full blast.
iniuetit ciicumst'inces which fixes our attention
j and challenges our deepest regret, is the gene-
ral distress which pervades the whole countr) .
I' in forced upon us by numerous fuels of the
"""-t incontestible character. It is indicated by
,,ie '"''"'"'wJ sports of native -produce; by
"F' w our n.reign
ii'tvigiition ; by our diminished connneree; bv
successive unthreshed crops of grain, perishing
in our ham and barn yards for want of market ;
by the alarming diminution of the circulating
medium ; by the numerous bankruptcies, not li
mited to the trH'ling classes, but extended to
all orders of society ; by an universal complaint
'i-.i . -
pursuit after public situations, not fir the sake
of their honors, and the performance u! their du
ties, but as n means of private subsistence; by
lllll KKI.ItTAM' niMIKT TO Tilt: I'UKIUU ISE j
ok FAI'F.R M'lNCV; by the intervention o( j
the legislation in the delicate situation ofdebtor
and creditor ; and above all, by the low and de
pressed state of the value of almost every des
cription of the tt iioljj m am of prrperty of the
nation, which has, on an average, sunk no lis
i man ,w it toni, wiiiini a ew yrars. ree
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. u .. r.i i I.:.. . . o
; -Ailc Kogister, ol. 2n.
i Doomi:u to I'Lkrivri'At M Ainrxnoon.
! l.VI.. ..r .... l...l.....l ' .. ... ll... I ....
i, it' , 'f I iu iiti.-i'uiiv', " u ,uv iiiniiipilUil Oil
several of the banner borne by the fair daugh
ters of Kentucky, at the recent Whig Conven
tion at KiiFsellville, in tint Slate. The deluded
girls will have to change their notes, or nine of
every ten of them will never change their con
dition. What folly, as well as infatuation, is
this voluntarily depriving themselves of a
chance for the very best husbands in the world.
(ien. Cass, in a speech delivered in Cincin
nati, rays : "they are not contending for a de
mocratic victory in Michigan, but for the great
est democratic majority in the w hole Union in
jroxjrtion to her p ipulatien."
The PrUon House of Thomas V. Don',
The following from the Concord, (N. H )
Patriot, is a terrible picture of Federal and Ju
diciary tyranny. Seach the woild over, and its
equal for cold blooded, execrable oppression,
will not be found. What ! has it come to this
that for the free expression of puliticul opinions,
a man is to he immured in a dungeon, the liglit
of heaven almost denied him, the intercourse of
triends prohibited, and all the degradation of the
felon heaped upon him with infernal industry !
Such is the tact. And in dee America in the
nineteenth century, is this revolting tragedy en
acted ! Let the press speak out in deep and
deeper tones or indignation agniust this rmil
wrong : Argux.
The OpprrRHlon of Dorr.
The treatment of the upright Dorr by his op
pressors in Rhode Island, is drawing forth fn m
every lover of liberty, deeperund deeper execra
tion. The history ot no despotism in Europe
is stained by more inhuman cruelty and deliber
ate malignity. Dorr is confined in n Fina'l
room, with damp walls and floor of granite.
The only avenue of liglit and air is from an o-
pening above, through which he iniy peer and
catch a glimpse of the sky, or perchance, in the
solitary, weary night, by dint of watching, glad
den ins sight wita the view ot a star. He is
allowed to hold no intercourse with any person,
either verbally or in writing. His keepers sul
lenly push hi fare to him through a hole, just
large enough for the piirHise. There he is left
to wear nut the Udions hours, by day, in the
frivolous employment of making tans, and by
night in the gloomy contemplation of the ma
lice, the barbarity and tyranny of his oppressors.
He is doomed to solitary confinement, mid this
discipline, according to a statement made by
the Warden of the Rhode Island dungeon tothe
Chaplain of our State Prison, a few weeks since
in Concord, produces insanity in eviry fouith
prisoner. The Algerine dungeon is so desti
tute of comfort, so nuked of humanity, so terri
ble in its effects upon the mind, that one out of
every four prisoners is punished by the inflic
tion of insanity ! What a riinile of piinii-hmcut
is tha which visits upon the subject the calam
ity ot robbery of reason ! The Fnglish mon
archy dares commit no such outrage. O'Con
hell has large unci uiry rooms, and is permitted
to see and converse with nud correspond with
friends. The ministers of Charles X. ot France,
after the revolution of tht three days, having
been tried ami convicted of high state olfences,
were confined in a forties-!, w here they were
indulged hi spacious iipirtiin'lits nud tho mot
humane treatment consiMent w:th confinement
So it in w ith fierinau and Atir-tnan prisoners ..f
state how in oiiliiienieiit . W e have lately
seen a statement, that they are allowed to walk
upon the hatt'ement.s ol the fuiln s in which
they are confined, and play upon such m.-'titi-iio'
its as they pleased. Ibit in Klu.de l.-land,
in t'lis nge and generation, we bine the oniv
instance of a prisoner, confined for a polit.cil of
I once, and plunged into a dimal dungeon, smo
thered in ilie fn-ted nir, nnd deprived of light
and the society of his fello .v-nicn. The cowar
dice, the meanness, the contempt ol the name
and principles of liberty, the utter w ant of feel
ing, and the brutality and the depravity ol" the
villains who would make Dorr m id Willi ini.-e-ry,
arc detestable beyond ail forms of expres
sion. Irliio at ) .
No man is a Ihinocriit w ho is low, menu am!
possessing a narrow, contracted spirit. Pride
is an enemy to Democracy, so are t7' jr. De
mocracy is the same in all places a ml at all
times. It reu'iires honesty, integrity, cHpieity,
and inflexibility of pur)K.-e in its followers. It
rejects the cunning, the base, the sordid, the
wicked. It rises above error, exposes sophistry,
and looks around and abroad for ol j . cts of com
iniwseriition. Detnocraev deiiiand-j the ! a 1 1 r 1 1
j of truth, and a dignified, plain exteiior. It de
lights not in pomp and georeoiis lappings. It
looft. to the In art and mind nud not tn the purse
for fo" mini. Its ftandiiid tears l.:e ling of e
ijiiul rights, and its pedestal nts mi the roe Is of
Justice and btnu.inity. It exposes intriguing
and hoary -headed vice to public condemnation.
What a school lor the American patriot we
have in the. study of Democratic principles.
Here the nninl can expiate in ul! Ihe round of
fascination that man and nature luriii.-ii. Here
is the pahiiluiil lor w hich the ancients thirsted,
ai.d on w Inch we may satiate Ihe longing tor
earthly peifeclabihly. Here w e study the me
thod of meliorating man's condition and render
him only a little lower than the bii-cU. Here
we learn, that acting righteously ami perform
ing justice, ni'tko men w i.-e, happy and prosper
ous. Here we b'urn to reliirui errors und abu
ses, and cloihe humanity in the unstained garb
of innocence. St. Clcirsrille.
MiLLEMTE CoxvtRis lirother Fleming has
recently baptized seven persons in Newark, and
five more in Vernon, N J , the .Midnight Cry
say : The little band of brethren there are
ktcadfatt, and holding on to the bh tud hope
UIH I.AXCASTKU MEBTIXd,
Another Letlrr from Mr. Cln-"Two Ftten
on the Tariff.
We are indebted to the Philadelphia Inqui
rer for the full proceedings of the great Whig
Meet ng nt Lnucustcr on the "jib. There ai
jiears, tioui all we can learn, to have been about
lour thousand persons in attendance, nnd that
too in a county which gave (Ion. Harrison
KKHIofa majority. Numerically speaking, it
was a decided failure : notwithstanding the In
telligencer, of this place, with singular want of
discretion, claims that there were twenty-five
or thirty thousand in attendance !
77if event of Ihe day, seems to have been the
reading of .Mr. Clay's letter to Mr. Clayton.
We find it incorporated in the speech of the lat
ter gentleman, ond great stress seems to be laid
upon it to prove that Mr. C. is a Protective Tar
ifl'uiau. The ep sile is evidently intended for
Northern consumption, but the blundering man
ner in which Clayton manages the thing, ex
poses the artifice ; and we would ask no better
electioneering document Jgainst tlu Dictator,
than the speech ol John M. Ci. avion with tho
accompanying documents. The object of the
letter nnd the intention of the Fpeaker arc con
cealed behind such n flimsy screen that he who
runs may read.
In the appendix tothe speech of the Dela
ware Senator, we find the following paragraphs,
definii g Mr. Clay's position ns antagonist to
Mr. 1'oi.k. Speaking of their Tariff doctrine,
the appendix says :
H!.iv. Polk has not changed". If Mr. Ci.at
has changed, it must have tie. 'll very lately.
Here then is the true issue :
(inv. Pol k is for n Revenue TarilT ; Mr.Ci.AV
i in lavor of a Protective Tariff."
Aga in :
"The true d.llirence is this : (Jov. Polk is in
favor nt u Revenue 'Far. If; Mr. Clav is ill fa
vor of a Protective Tariff."
The object of the above extracts, and they
arc but lew of a greut number of the same char
acter, appears to be to prove that while Mr.
Clav advocates peremptorily the doctrine of
Protection, his opponent (inv. Poi.k, is opposed
to Protection, liir Protection's sake, and in fa
vor of i Revenue Tu rill, in which incidental
protection shall be afforded. 1'vcry effort is
made to make this latter doctrine appear as o
dains as possible. We shall not undertake-its
defence we will leave that to Mr. Clay him
self; nnd he otoir . the nnnr tloctriiic, in the
my It tti r, tn irl.ich llf huvr r.rtracts nre gi
rr i n illustration. In the letter rend to the
Lancaster meeting, we find the following pas-
sage, which will appear extraordinary to those
who have been rvading the 1 1 bored attempts
made by tie' I', l.-rtl press, and others of .Mr.
('lav's m!r. to piove Gov. Polk a Revenue
man. leit ri ad :
"I'.YKUY Wlir.liF. THF CRY IS FOR
a tariff for rf.vf.nff. with dis.
criminations for proit.ction."
Snob is Mr. Clvy's doctrine and such the
inconsistencies apparent on the vfry face ot the
Federal Tar.ll policy. ILti rix'.mrg Argus.
A ItKI'I KMC.
llim Ihe ) (, i Knllrd.
We re sorrv to find n disposition in some
quarters, to uuder-rale the value of a Republi
can system of government. On the occurrence
of any l lot or other trouble in this country, We
find individuals shaking their heads significant
ly, holding np their hands in alarm, and ex
pressing apprehension at w hat they ci the evi
dent downward tendency of the Republic.
While we deprecate ui"bs, riots and other acts
of d:sor,!i r ; while we go decidedly and une
qu. vocally for go ul lnw s, honestly admiuister
td; while we believe tlierrt is a redeeming
spirit of virtue and intelligence in the Ameri
can p Mple adequate to any emergency ; while
we have nu la th in the firmness and patriotism
n: ini' r.r.uBi'is ui.ii see n IriiMiiuil storm in
every little cloud that pis.-es over our political
tky; we al.-o tl.e k it right to remember the1
maxim of one of the early father, of the Revo- j
I'ltioii Ihut "eternal vigilance is the prr;e ot
liberty." e are, how ei i r, no! among those ;
who have lost find in a Republic, or the abili- j
ly ot man for sH;'. government. Why shotiM i
w e be ! The Cnioll, hii.-nl and vast 3S it U, is
still the I'ino i, and l;'.ely in coniirmo firuilv
knit together as one o ttiou, I. nr n't r tin' I; md
that truces l,r e lines is turning 'he clods of tho '
valley. The people nt this cotiuliy are now '
c iirymg out a mighty experiment, a-iexp ii-'
ment in w hich not themselves ulouc ate inte- i
rested, but till mankind generations yet nn- !
born. Human nature has its weaknesses and j w a inatei inlly injured, or whom; teeth wci e--infirmities
men have their passions and pre- ! "'tit al y d caj ed. No Indian of ihe Sioux Ir.ho
jiulti-es all Ihinys human are lallible and ' ev t r ii ijiiiretl --pi i tai ! s, or di.-covorid any ml
thrretore, we must expect exeittinent, d tli- j vi.nt i"e fioni trying liin.-ei t'naveliers, becno -n
en'ties, drawbacks and apprehensions. Put Ibeir vision w us not unpaired, e i n in ex'ri-i.ei
these will all, we trust, pass away before the ! old age. Mr. Ret d and Mr. 1 -j , the prai '
influence of reason and patriotism, and the 'ul farmers employed by govei ninei.t t ' ... .
foundation of Ihe Ropubhc w 11 only become in agriculture, both com ur .n dec'a r : . .
ihe stronger. We h ive r ne through nnny j !;e ti no, after a residence i'i. ears . ti
national trials, and w e shall dnuht'ess he called nnd-'. Op: halmi a, l.nw ever is u coimtio. t
to go through many more but we believe the . p'nint, from which liny unit-r very cjiisidtfi
Aincrican people comptttnt to the fulfilment of bly.
their great destiny. They will go on, redeem
ing and tivilizing the wildcrneB", building up
villages, towns and cities, and etietiglliening
themselves in all that constitutes the glory, the
grandeur and the might of a great nation. Thin
can be done, however, only by the inculcation
of tho principles of virtue ond integrity. Let
us treasure tip the lessons of our fathers let
us endeavor to emulate their conduct as men,
as patriots and os Christi ins let us respect tha
laws and regard thr; rights of person and pro
petty and let us instil into the minds of our
children, truth, liberality, benevolence, good
will, nnd all Ihe essentials which constitute
purity, honesty, integrity and patriotism. Whilo
we cherish our country and her institutions, let
us prove ourselves worthy of them, by direct
ing our efforts on nil proper occasions, to win
for the one, the respect and admiration or oil
civilized and enlightened mankind, nnd to pu
rify and perpetuate the other. Phila. Lupiircr
How Mint is there in a Navh. A churcli
is not, or should not be, the place to witness a
scene either laughable or ludicrous; yet in
church did we once see something to excite the
risibilities of those of n more sedate tempera
ment than wc are blessed with. It occurred
in a ninratime town in New England. Im
mediately after the service, . healthy, com'nrt-
nbly clad young man, having the appearance of
an agricultural laborer, led up through the aisle
ol the church, towards the minister, a girl at
tired in bridal robes of vesti;' whiteness. Thero
they were about to enter into
"A contract of eternal bonds of love,
Confirmed bv mutual joinder of the hands,
Attested by the holv close of lips,
Strengthened by interchanenienl of rings,
And all the ceremony of the marriage compact "
w hen n man, old but healthy, dressed as n siil
or, hurriedly entered the church, nnd making
np with all his speed to where the parties were
assembled, be haw led out, in a voice ns shrill us
a bnntswain'n whistle
"Avast, there ! avr.st ! Mr. ChnpUin .
pretty bit of dunlins of mine," pointing to tin
dride, "shall never be spliced to a rope's en 1
like this, that is fit for oakum," alluding to iho
bridegroom.
"What do you mean, good man?" faid tho
minister, in a calm, quiet tone, to Ihe intruder.
"What do yon mean by thus irrcvcren'ly in
terrupting the ceremonies V and thinking ha
bad silenced the old man, he went on w ith tho
marriage. "Martha May wood," he asked, "art
thou willing to t ike Peter Skunk for vour wed-
hu.-Iiand !"
j o(1. (,,,i ., ,, n
lin," said the s.hi of Neptune, "I -u 3'jf.nu I'll
not stand it. D.ll M-iywood i not ti.v- man til
cu'.Y' T sued a disgrace as t 'fit. What your re-
v.
I sat
re! permit my dm.glitfr heie, for w hone
I void . ! ti.ary ;t hard c-.le, in murry n
! Skunk ! Skin;!--I
.
P 'r . I.oi.k ! ! ! No
'"ever F'i"'i a naire sl.ali
n-!"l of 'my r ;'t of ii.ine.
shiver n;y I'-iiimt.,
disgrace liic I'.jur
Come along, Var'ha whin eur old fatner
lives, at least, you may feel certim orii iving n
safe harbor; but even were it not so, I wonM
sooner see you cast on the world's ocean, with
out a chart or compass to steer by, than hava
you spliced on to a man of the name of Skun. !
Peter Skunk ! ! pho ! ! f
The minister remonstrated : Martin pre
sented a pet ition through her eyes, to be per
mitted to marry Peter, and poor Peter loo!;.-il
more foolish lliiui any conceivable object in ere.
i tit ion. The old salt, how ever, was .1. oi ;
i . .
and regard. ess of all tlu minister sa.e, t.'mt
Martha hxike.l, nu I that Peter thought, he car
ried hi dang iter away bel'uiu the ceremony
was coiisuiiiinat. d.
On making some iuipnrie.4 we learned tint
the old man had just landed hi pott from a voy
age to the Ksct Indies: and Inning heard of
Martha's contemplated mnrtiage, and to whom,
lie at once hurried to f irbid the bins, which ho
succeeded in doing.
Sliak.-peare was at lault when llCs.ild therrt
is nothing j,i u name ; at leaot, so Petti Skunk
has reason to believe.
No Dkap on Pi imi Indians. Dr. Smitli'
the Ps-ton Meiiicj! .1 urnih who has r
Visited the Forks of t a. Mi-j.is'p;ii in :n
cle on Medicine in lo.va, and i'!le .
o ives u singular fit I .' s! itiug fr 'in
ttionty, that no p. rs..n olli. tally a j-oCicteil w t .i
the Indians of the Cpper Mlsiss;ppi. ever sa
or heard of a deal Ionian, or one whose nrht