Hon. A. H. Stephens on Know-.Noth-
'lngle=
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, declines a re
election to Congress, and assigns as his reas-
on therefor that large numbers of his old polit
ical friends (whips) seemed' to be entering
into new combinations with new objects, pur
poses and principles, of which he was not in
formed, and never could be, according to the
rules of their action and the opinions he en
tertains. Hence he concludes that they have
no further use fur him as their representative.
Mr. Stephens then proceeds to give his views
at full length as to know-nothingism, con
demning and repudiating the organization
and its principles arid objects. Mr. Stephens
has won a high
_national reputation as a na
tional Whig. Sooner than' siirrender his tta.
_tional principles by joining the know-noth
ings he retires from a positio: which his
splendid talents, as well as his devotion to
constitutional principles, had so long adorn
ed. From his very able letter, bearing date
May the 9th, we make the following quota
tions, which will clearly show Mr. Stephens'
position :
"In my opinion, no man is fit to represent
a free people who has any private or secret
objects or aims that he does not openly
avow, or who is not ready and willing at all
times, ‘'hen required or asked, candidly and
truthfully to proclaim to the assembled mul
titude not only his principles, but his views
and sentiments upon all questions that may
come before him in his representative capa
city. It was on this basis that representa
tive government was founded, a.ni on this
alone can it be maititained in purity and
safety. And if any secret party shall ever
be so far successful in this
_country as to
bring the government in all its 'departments
and functions under the baneful influence of
its control and power, political ruin will in
evitably ensue. No truth in politics can be
more easily and firmly established, either by
reason or from history, upon principle or au
thority, than this. These are my opinions,
candidly expressed.
"But I have been anticipating somewhat.
1 was on the preliminary que3tion—that is,
the secrecy which lies at the foundation of
the party—that atmosphere of darkness in
which 'it lives, and moves, and has its be
ing,' and without which probably it could
not exist. Ido not, however, intend to stop
with that. I will go further, and give now
my opinions upon those questions which are
said to be within the range of its secret ob
jects and aims. The principles as published
(or those principles which are attributed to
the older, though nobody as an organized
party avow them) have, as I understand
them, two leading ideas, and two' only.—
These are a proscription by an exclusion from
office of all Catholics as a class, and pro
scription of all persons of foreign birth as a
class—the latter to be accomplished not only
by en exclusion from office of all foreigners
who are now citizens by naturalization, but
tobe more effectually carried out by an ab
rogation of the naturalization law for the fu
ture, or-such an amendment as would be vir
tually tantamount to it. These, as we are
told, are the great ostensible objects for all
this machinery—these oaths, pledges, secret
signs, equivocations, dedals, and what not.
And what I have to say of them is, that if these,
indeed and in truth. be the principles thus
attempted to be carried out, then I am oppo
sed to both of them, openly and unanalified
ly.
"But to pass to the other view of these
principles—that is, the consideration of them
as questions of public policy. With me they
both stand in no better light in this aspect
than they do in the other. The first assumes
temporal jurisdiction intforum conscientice,—
to which I am quite as much opposed as I am
to the spiritual potpers controlling the tempo
ral. One is as bad as the other—both are
bad. I am utterly opposed to mingling re
ligion with politics in any way whatever ;
and especially am I opposed to making it a
test in qualifications for civil office. Religion
is a matter between man and his Creator,
with which governments should have noth
ing to do. Fri this country the constitution
guarantes to every citizen the right to en
ter tain whatever creed he pleases, or no creed
at all if he is so inclined ; and no other man
~has a right to pry into his conscience to in
quire what he believes or what he does not
believe. As a citizen and as a member of
society, he is to be .judged by his acts, and
not by his creed. A Catholic, therefore, in
our country, and in all countries, ought, as
all other citizens, to be permitted to stand or
fall in public favor and estimation upon_ his
own individual merits. 'Every tub should
stand upon its own bottom.'
"True Americanism, as I have learned it,
is like true Christianity—disciples in neither
are confined to, any nation, clime or soil
whatsoever. Americanism is not the pro
duct of the soil ; it springs not from the land
or the ground ; it is not of the earth or ear thy;
it emanates from the head and the heart ; it
looks upward, and onward and outward ; its
life and soul are those grand ideas of govern
ment which characterize-our institutions and
distinguish us from all other people; and there
are two features in our system which so sig
nally distinguish us from all other nations as
free toleration of religion and the doctrine of
-__expatriation—the right of a man to throw off
his allegiance to any and every other State,
prince, or potentate whatsoever; and by 7tzt
t.tralization. to he incorporated as citizens into
our body politic. Both these principles are
specially provided for and firmly established
in our constitution ; both these American
ideas were proclaimed in 1789 by our 'sires
of '76,' and by their 'sons' at this day den i
ded and scoffed at. We are now told that
'naturalization' is a 'humbug' and that it is
an 'impossibility.' So did not our fathers
think. This 'humbug' and 'impossibility'
they planted in the constitution ; and a vindi
cation of the same principle was one of the
causes of our second war of independence.—
England held that 'naturalization' was an ;m
-possible thing. She claimed the allegiance
of subjects born within her realm, notwith
standing they had become citizens of this te
public by our constitution and laws. She not
only claimed their allegiance, but she claim
ed the right to search our ships upon the high
seas, and take from them all such who might
be found in them. It was in pursuit of this
doctrine of hers—of the right of search for
our 'naturalization' citizens—that the Cites
- apealce was fired into, which was the imme
diate cause of the war of 1812. Let no man,
then, barely because he was born in Amer
ica, presume to be imbued with real and true
'Americanism,' who either ignores the di
r^ct and positive obligations of the constitu
tion,ie or ignores this, one of its most striking
characteristics. As "well might any unbe
lieving sinner claim to be faithful—one of
the'elect even—barely because he was born
somewhere within the liMits of Christendom.
And just as well might the Jacobins, who 'de
creed God out of his Universe,' have dubbed
their club a 'Christian Association' becauS
they were born on'Christian soil. The gen
uine disciples of 'true Americanism,' like t . he
genuine followers of the Cress, are those
whose hearts are warmed and filed—purified
elevated, and ennobled—by those principles,
doctrines ; and precepts which characterize
their respective systems - . It is for this reas
on that a Kandschatkan, a Briton, a Jew, or
a Ilindoo can be as good a Christian z.s any
one born on 'Calvary's brow,' •or where the .
'Sermon on the Mount' was preached ! And
for the Same'reason an Irishman, a French
man, a German, or Russian can' be as thor
oughly 'Americaii' as if he hadbeen born
within the wails of the old Independence
Hall itself. Which was the 'true American
party,' Arnold - Or Hamilton The one was
•
a native, the other was an adopted son.
a Protestant Nation
The Know-Nothings, in carrying on their
crusade against the Roman Catholics, are
fond of styling this a protestant 'nation.—
They are encouraged in this notion from
many pulpits and by religious writers.—
Perhaps some suppose the term properly ap
plicable. The Protestants of various sects
far outnumber the Catholics. Few of the
latter are prominent as statesmen or in any
public capacity. It may be imagined that
they have been purposely excluded from offi
cial stations, and that the policy of the peo
ple and the government has been to favor
Protestantism. At least, it is openly asser-'
ted that such would have been the rightful
policy, and the effort is now being made, un
der the auspices of clerical politicians, who
find the Know -Nothing organization and
doctrines so congenial to their taste, to firm
ly establish it. They uphold - the dogma that
Americanism and Protestantism are identi
cal. And no wonder it finds believers.—
Americans instinctively feel that in political
matters each man is accountable to himself
alone, and must protest against any attempt
to exercise authority over him whether in
the name of religion or on whatever pretence.
It is assumed that the Catholics, in temporal
as in spiritual concerns, are subject to their
religious teachers. This is, to be sure; a
mere assumption. Their is no more evi
dence to sustain it than could be adduced in
regard to many Protestant sects. No than
ever finds an intelligent Catholic who does
not spurn the idea of such political subjec
tion. But- what writers and preachers are
so constantly asserting will necessarily find
many believers: We cannot be surprised,
therefore, if as between Protestants and Cath
olics there should be a prevailing opinion
that the former alone are entitled to take
part in the government of the country.
That this GOMES far short of establishing
the rule of Protestantism, however, is easily
seen. Exclude all Catholics from the rights
of citizenship and the boasted predominance
of the Protestants is by no_means secured.—
There is still the large body of atheists and
infidels to he in like manner summarily dis
posed of. That is a body whose numbers
cannot easily be reckoned, but under the op
eration of the new system of political priest
craft, it may safely be considered as one like.
ly to rapi.ilr increase. There are those who
believe that at least one-half the people in
the United States, including Jews, Catholics
and infidels, would be disfranchised by the
proposed measure of restricting political'
power to the hands of Protestants. One
thing can be said in favor of such a measure,
it would cut off not a few who are recognized
as leaders among the Know-Nothings. But
their more religions brothers probably think
their services could be dispensed with in the
g,reat day of Protestant triumph—an opinion
from which we shall not dissent.
Do Protestants, the inteligent, zealous
Christians amomg us, desire to enter into
such a warfare as this? Can they have for
gotten the fundamental principle of our gov
ernment, that the rights of the citizen shall
in no respect be dependent upon his religious
faith?. They ought to look calmly at our
past history before venturing upon a course
which is even seemingly at varience with
the doctrines of our forefathers. The wisest
man of to-day may well hesitate to believe
that his ideas of religious or of civil liberty
are much in advance of those which ROGER
WILLI:cgs proclaimed two centuries ago.—
He might even question whether the senti
ments he avows are more liberal and just than
those which animated the Catholic founders
of MaVyland.
But if such a contest is really to be begun,
the party assailed has little to fear. No
American, worthy the name, puts any faith
is the vaunted tiiumphs of those who would
degrade Christianity for any purpose so
base. The Catholics, if alone, would ere
long be powerful enough to withstand such
illegal and unrighteous persecution. In such
a crisis, unprovoked by them, they would
not be alone. All who regard right principle
and good faith as more i m portant than theo
logical creeds, and all who refuse to bow the
knee, though to a Protebtant priest ; will be
found defending the Catholic, the Jew, and if
need be, the infidel against oppression and
injustice. Protestantism cannot be made the
test of political rights in this country with
out a struggle. We do not dread the result
and only hope our pious rulers who think
that in.the present aspect of affairs they can
be more useful in the political arena than in
their pulpits, will speedily go about the
work of regeneration, so generously promi
sed. Let us ascertain whether Americanism
and Protestantism necessarily go together.—
Harrisburg Union.
Tug COST OF BOMBARDING SEBASTOPOL.-
The bombardment of Sebastopol, by the last
advices, hart continued for thirteen days,
pouring an incessant fire upon the town, and
according to the English advices. making a
steady progress against the works ; though
Gortschakoffs report, the latest, says the
Allies' file was slackening. The iron shot
fired into Sebastopol exceeding any thing of
the kind that the annals of war have ever re
corded. Five hundred guns, firing one hun
dred and twenty rounds a day, gives a total
of sixty thousand rounds, which may well be
termed an "infernal fire," as Gortschacoff
called it. It is estimated that the amount of
shot fired in the thirteen days of the bom
bardment by the Allies, equalled thirty five
millions one hundred thousand pounds, which
would cost, not including the transportation
and the powder, $313,380. The powder
would cost $702,000, making a total of over
a million dollars. This, if it resulted in the
capture of the place, would be cheap, but
the correspondent of the London Times, who
is a spectator of the bombardment, says, in
his last letter, w e are not one inch nearer
the town than we were last October."—Lcdg.
I THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS,
A.ll hopes of Peace abandoned—the
siege of Sebastopol still progressing---
Breadstuffs- firm.
. .
NEW YORK, itay
The royal mail steamer America has arri
ved, with dates from Liverpool to the 12th
inst., being fourteen days later than the pre
vious advices.
The news from Sebastopol is brief. The
public have finally concluded that the war
must be a protracted one, and without hope
of assistance from Austria. •
The Allies- bave'ghioed partial successes
before Sebastopol, but nothing - decisive has
transpired.
PRESENT ASPECT OF THE WAR.
The English presS admits that all hopes of
peace have fled; and that no assistance can be
expected-from Austria, and but little from the.
rest of Enrope--- 7 consequently France and
England must be prepared to fight it out.
The London -Times publishes -an article
expressing these views. The same paper al
so has an editorial in behalf •of the govern
ment, stating:that it is impossible to peruse
the official documents of the Vienna confer
ence without seeing - that Russia never was in
earnest in her pretended desire of peace.
Earl Grey, in the House of lords, gave no
tice of a motion that an address be sent to the
Queen deploring the faihne of the peace ne—
gotiations at Vienna, and setting forth. as the
opinion of Parliament, the belief that the pro
posals of Russia were never such as to afford
a fair prospect of concluding a peace.
THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE SIEGE
Correspondet , 9e frOm the allied camp up to
the 27th of April explains the difficulties of
the siege, arid,states confidently that the al
lies are .advancing their acquisition: of the
ground bit by• bit, and while their works so
advance, there can be no doubt of ultimate
success, - provided the Russians in the field
should be unable to force the allies to raise
the sieg e.
The English captured the first Russia rifle
pit on the night of the 17th after a desperate
encounter. Col. Graham Egerton, the field
officer, in command, was killed.
On the 20th an attack was made on the
second Russian rifle pit, which was almost
immediately abandoned.
Dispatches per telegraph, from the Crimea,
report a sharp engagement on the night of
the Ist of May, in a front end left attack,
which ended the whole of the Russian ri
fle. pits taken, together with eight light mor
tars and two hundred prisoners. The whole
affair was a brilliant one for the-allies.
On the 2d the French troops under Gem
Pelissier attacked the advanced works of the
quarantine bastion and carried them at the
point of bayonet; taking twelve mortars and
establishing themselves in the positions. On
the following night the Russians made a sor
tie to regain the positions, but after a sangui
nary encounter were driven back.
The latest official advices from Sebastopol,
dated May 10th, -state that on that morning
the Russians made a sortie with a large body,
of troops on the allies right. The French
drove them back immediately, and a second
and similar attempt shared the same fate.—
The Russians met with serious loss.,
Numerous reinforcements constantly reach
ing the allies, and the French reserve of 80,-
000 men near Constantinople were expected
to he sent to Balaklava. •
Marshal Conrubert had announced that
when reinforcements arrived, he, would en
large the circle of opperationS. :
Fifty thousand Russian - reinforcements had
arrived at Sebastopol. The allies thus far
have not destroyed a single Russian battery.
Six thousand Turks had been sent to join
Omar Pasha, at.Balaklava.
The condition of the allies is decidedly
more critical than that of the enemy.
General Manora had arrived at the Crimea
with 4,000 Sardinian troops.
OPPERATIONS IN THE BALTIC,
The English portion of the Baltic fleet was
working up towards the Island of Gothlaud
as far as the ice would permit
Tt is said that France has asked permission
to establish a French camp on the Swedish
territory, and if this is refused the allies will
then take possession of Bomarsund and for
tify that place. Three ships left. England on
the 10th to blockade the White sea.
AMERICAN RIFLES IN RUSSIA
The fallowing is from the London Stan
dard:
"A very extraordinary circumstance is re
ported from a quarter which precludes any
doubt as to the truth of the statement. it
reaches us by letters from St. Petersburg. It
appears that a fine American frigate-built
ship recently arrived at a port in the Baltic,
where it was stated that the vessel had on
board. eight bales of cotton, but the corre
spondent of our informant visited the ship,
and found that in addition to this cargo, she
had on board 50,000 rifles and five thousand
revolvers ! The Messrs. D. 'merchants of
Boston, were passengers on board the ves
sel."
The Standard asks. "What are our con
suls in the United States about to have per
mitted such a cargo to leitve without appri
sing the government here of the foci?"
AUSTRIAN AND RUSSI 4.N DIPLOMACY.
Symptoms increase that the Austrian and
Russian cabinets are attempting to effect a
general accord among the German States.—
The editors of the semi-official journals have
united to favor the movement.
ENGLAND
All the documents in regard to the Vienna
conference have been laid before Parlia
ment.
Lord Palmerston evaded answering the
question whether Tile conference was not fi
nally broken off, but it is said that as the ac
credited representatives of all the powers,
Russia included, continue to reside at Vienna,
the elements of the conference permanently
exist, should Prussia, or Austria, on behalf of
Russia, make at any time proposals offering
a prospect of a settlement.
Throughout the country a strong feeling
against the ministry has been manifested by
indignation meetings regarding the conduct of
the war, held at various places. A meetin g
of inhabitants of London was to beheld,
at which an administrative reform association
was proposed to be organized. Similar meet
ings ‘tere promoted by the principal men of
all political parties, and would be held at
Liverpool and other towns.
NEW YORK LIQUOR DEALERS.—The pro
hibitory Liquor Law goes in force after the
fourth of July. The course decided upon by
the large dealers is said by the New York
Mirror to be as follows:
"Mr. A. on the morning of the sth of
July, will continue to sell all sorts of liquors,
in all quantities, as usual. A Carson League
spy comes smelling and tasting around, for
the purpose of making his complaint against
Mr. A. to the authorizes. By and by, in
comes an officer of the law, and proceeds to
destroy Mr A.'s liquors; whereupon the ag
grieved party calls •in Some. two or three of
his most respectable neighbors, and makes
them sworn appraiseis of his'wasted proper
ty. - He 'then will instantly cimannelicefa-suit
for damages against the State;"
Speculations in Breadstuffs
The New York Sun charges that there is
a species of gambling, similar to that which
exists in stock speculations, carried on syste
matically in that city by speculators in bread
stuffs. it says :
While successive steamers from Europe
were.reporting dull markets or a decline in
breadstuffs, 'the speculators in our markets
operated with great tact to prevent the news
'from depressing prices here but as soon as
breadstuffs took an upward turn in the Euro
pean marketS, up went prices in New York,
as - tae result of the "favorable" foreign news.
The daily arrivals.of produce at our ports
are also used to aid the speculating or gam
bling game. Light arrivals 'make holders
firm, and prices are pressed up sixpence or
twelve arr_a half cents. Large, arrivals
merely "'check the advancing tenileney" and
the reporters usually add, "few sales," "hol,
tiers firm,". "no disposition to press sales."
Of course not. In the present stagnant state
of the money market the banks can accom
modate the speculators freely, and they can
hold off and bring the retail dealers and ba
kers up to their prices.
The Sun goes on to attribute the success of
the speculators in keeping up prices to bank
accommodations, under an "easy money
market," and adds :
Instead, therefore, of an accumulating of
specie in our banks being a. cause of rejoic
ing to New-Yorkers, it is, in one sense, a
misfortune, and iris far more to be desired
that business would take a turn which would
draw out this money into various channels
of productive enterprise, We do wish that
some practical mode of checking the exten
sive speculation in the pdople's fnnd, which
is carried on principally by aid of the banks,
could be . devised..... There is food enough in
this country to supply all its wants until the
new harVest is reaped, and the present ex
travagant prices of, breadstuffs are not war- :
ranted by -any real fear .of short supples du
ring the summer, nor by the prospects of the
growing crops.
Prohibitory Fanatacism
The new prohibitory liquor law, which
went into effect in Massachusetts on Mon
bay last, not only closes the shops of dealers,
but prohibits the transportation of liquor by
railroads. and other public conveyances.—
It seems to meet with no little opposition,
and the meeting held at Faneuil MIL ; on
Monday evening, is said to 'have been the
largest gathering that has assembled' in that
building for many years. Among the speak
ers on the occasion was the Rev. J. P..l..cive
joy, of Cambridge, who denounced the law
as an iniquitious measure. He thus Summed
up some of its provisions: . •
The law fines a druggist for, sellma a glass
of alcohol $l,OOO, imposing this fine even
for a mistake. But if a man goes to a town
agent and gets a glass by telling a lie, the
fie is $5. Charging $l,OOO for a mistake
and $5 fora lie ! A man who manufactures
a barrel of cider is fined under this law $5O
and imprisonment from three to six months
for the first offence; $2OO fin (1 imprisonment
six months for the second offence, and $2OO
and imprisonment 12 months for the third
offence !
If you make one gallon of wine squeezed
from the entreats that grow in your garden,
and give away or sell a glass of it, that act
entitles you to imprisonment for twelve
mouths, and this in the old Commonwealth
of Massachusetts in the year of our Lord
1855!
He charged that the law was drawn up at
the instance of a secret junto, who paid a
lawyer a fee of $l,OOO for it, and that the
legislature passed it without taking the trou
ble to examine its provisions.
At Boston • the Board of Alderman have
appointed nine agents to sell liquor under
the new law. Two of these agents are gro
cers and the rest apothecaries. In the po
lice court the first liquor case under the new
law was decided against the detendant.—
He appealed and the case will be Laken to the
supreme court. Measures are being taken
throughout the State to test the validity of
the law.
Extraordinary Ca'se of Extradition
The Boston Daily advertiser, in noticing
the departure of the packet ship Daniel Web
ster froin that port for Liverpool, with a
large number of passengers, many of them
on tours of pleasure and recreation in the
Old World during the summer months, re
cords the following case, which shows to
what extremes intolerance leads:
"Among the crowd of human beings on
board that proud vessel was one poor woman,
with an . infant daughter. Her passage and
that of her child were paid by the rich and
powerful commonwealth of Massachusetts.
She left our free and happy shores uuwilling
and reluctant. She went away against her
own free will, constrained by force of the
authorities of the State. Her cries, as she
begged not to be thus cruelly banished, were,
we are told, most piteous, and such as to
cause the accidental witnesses of the scene to
burn with indignation.
"The offence of this unfortunate ; woman
for which she was thus violently and igno
miniously expelled -from Massachusetts, was
the fact that she was born in Ireland and is
called a pauper. Her infant daughter, who
unconsciously shares her mother's sad fate,
is a native of the commonwealth of Massa
chusetts; but she tou partakes of that hard
lot of poverty which it has been reserved for
Massachusetts to make a crime, and a crime
which Massachusetts punishes as no other
crime is punished in America, by banish
ment from one's native land."
The name of the unfortunate women is
Mary Williams, and the substance of the
law under which she is thus cruelly shipped
off is as follows:
"It puts it in the power of any justice of
the peace to send any man whoa. he may
ajudge to be a State pauper out of the court. - -
try, and to any other country where he may
decide that the man belongs, and he may de
liver him up for that purpose to any consta
ble or `any other person.' This power in
cludes lunatics as well as the sane people,
and it may be exercised whether the pauper
consents or not. The justice is the sole judge
of the law and of the facts. There is no tri
al by jury, and no appeal; nor can the habeas
corpus, even if these wretched people could
avail hemselves of it, be of any use, since
the justice is, by law, constituted sole judge of
law and fact."
The fugitive slave law, about which the
Massachusetts legislature . ' is' - ,rendering itself
so supremely ridiculouis, contains no such
harsh and unfeeling provisioyS as the above.
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The Exaniiner on - PollOOk Again !
The Independent'Whig took the Lancaster'
Examiner, (Whig,) to task for criticising
GovernOr Pollock's - appointments ; and alle
ges, ori- the authority of the Harrisburg Her
ald, that Mr. Darlington, was' himself an .
ap
plicant for office, and, -feels sore because of
his disappointment. Of course this is all
gammon--and the Examiner of Wednesday
last pitches into them, Governor and all, in
the following caustic strain :, •
The Harrisburo• Herald is published-by the
Rev. Stephen Miller, Gov., Pollock's Flour
Inspector, and is regarded as thp Govp,r,nor's
organ.. We now pronounce its assertion that
the editor of this paper was an applicant for
office under Gov. Pollock,, a wilful and delib
erate falsehood. If the Herald spoke by au
thority, we extend the charge to its master,
although we can hardly be brought to believe
the Governor has got so low as to resort to
such means of defence, Nevertheless, he is
yespOnsible for the language of his organ, and
unless he causes it promptly to retract, we
shall be oblige - d
to exhibit the Governor of
Pennsylvania in a very humiliating posi
tion.
The editor of the Examiner did feel an in
terest in the success of one or two gentlemen
who were applicants for appointment o in
spectoiships--gentlemen whom we knew to
be qualified for the respective posts for which
they applied—whose long and auremitted
zeal in behalf of Whig principles, and whose
unflinching fidelity to the Whig flag in the
darkest hours of adversity, seemed to entitle
them to ,remembrance in the day of prosper
ity. They were original "Pollock-men," too;
the men who "set the ball in motion" which
carried the present incumbent into the exec
utive chair. When these gentlemen were all
passed coldly by and the most lucrative office
in the Governor's gift (leather inspector) be
stowed upon a yankee, but a few years resi
dent of the State, and unknown as a politi
cian—when the inspectorship of flour was
given to a canting, hypocritical preacher like
the publisher of the Herald to the exclusion of
meritorious practical men- 7 when other lucra
tive offices; were bestowed upon locofocos
who left the party because they were not
considered worth the ' fodder for which they
incessantly bawled—we felt vexed and 'mor
-tified, and as is our custom, expressed our
thoughts in plain language. 'The Governor's
organ can only reply by fabricating the mean
falsehood that our remarks were owing to
disappointed persosonal aspirations.
- If the publisher. of the Herald holds the
flour inspectorship in consideration of "bear
ing false witness" against ( those who dare to
j speak boldly their opinion of the acts of his
master, it is perhaps well ho got it. A high
minded man would not hold the office on
such terms; and the Governor probably knew
he was getting. a proper instrument for the
duty required to be performed.
Why Dread Danger Now
There is not now in the United States a
larger proportion of foreigners and Catholics
than there was in the country when the
Declaration of Independence was signed.—
Therea:e . not in office in the United States
as many Catholics, in proportion to popula
tion, as there were of these classes among
the signers of the Declaration of Indepen
dence and in the Convention which formed
the Constitution of the United S'ates, in pro
portion to the• whole number of each. The
proportiou of Cotholics and 'foreigners in the
armies of the Revolution, on the American
side, was five times greater than the propor
tion of these classes who have ever heft! of
fice in the United States. Whatever the evil
of foreign emigration has been anti however
greater the dangers from the spread of the
Catholic religion, these evils and these dan
gers are certainly no greater now than they
always have been. On the contrary, it would
have been much easier• for Catholic France,
Spain and Italy, after assisting us to achieve
our independence, to have interfered in favor
of Catholicism, than it is for any power now
to overthrow the firmly established Protest
antism of this republic. There was no at
tempt to do this. Our fathers feared no dan
ger, and provided, by fundamental law, for
perfect religious freedom. "Side by side
and shoulder to - shoulder" Protestants and
Catholics achieved the battle of the Revolu
tion ; as friends and equals they founded a
free government, and established religious
liberty. Their wisdom has been proved by
nearly three-quarters of a' century's experi
ence. Any danger which might have exist
ed when the country was weak, from the
spread of any religious error, has been out
grown with the giant strength which the re
public has since achieved.
It cannot be necessary, we think, to do
more :han to call the recollection of the pub
lic to these facts, to enlighten them as to the
purposes of those who, having; worn out the
Whig party, attempt to found a new one on
the religious prejudices of a portion of our
people. If there is danger from Catholics and
foreigners, it existed in 1852, when the
Whigs attempted to use these classes, to
quite as great an - extent as it exists now,
when they have turned round to abuse them.
—Dem. Union.
The Crops
CROPS IN WESTERN PRNNSYLVANIA..-AS
it regards the prospect for cereals, we hear
only cheering words from the farmers. In
those portions of Westmorland, and Fayette
counties, through which we rode a few days
since, we made it a point to mat k the appear
ance of grain fields. Oats and wheat wave
in the passing wind, and the fields of corn
seemed fit for hoeing. The drought of last
year seems to have brought a blessing behind
it, for we are informed that many of the
most injurious insects and grubs appear to
have been almost entirely exterminated, or
as we may say, burnt out.—Pittsburg Jour
nal.
WHEAT CROP OF MICHIGAN.—The Detroit
Democrat states that the sight of the wheat
fields in the northern part of the State is
perfectly glorious. The breadth sown is un
usually great, and the staple is a deep green,
almost to blackness—rank, strong, thick and
high. With all allowance for casualties, it
may be most confidently predicted that the
wheat crop will be most unusually abundant
and excellent.
CROPS IN NORTH GEORGIA.—The editor
of the Chattanoogo Advertiser has recently
traversed nearly the whole extent of Walker
county . . He writes that the wheat crop is
flattering, corn looks well, oats have suffered
for want of rain, but now are promising.—
There is, however, at present. much dis
tress from want of rain.
THE CROPS IN ALls.A.:nA.—The wheat
crop in - Alabama is said to be better than it
( has been for many • year,s • past, and that 15
bushelB per aci m
, eay be calculated, upon.—
; The corn crop is said to be in fine condi
tion.
GROWING WHEAT IN Tar. WEST.—The St.
Louis Republican• has reason to believe that,
notwithstanding the drought, -lust and flies
prevailing in some parts of the country, the
coming ;aarvestwill be one of great plenty.
EL-m_iumr,
Chopping Mill, and Saw Mill,
FOR SALE.
r 1 HE undersigned will sell his property at pi
I vote sale, consisting of a Rim of -
..107 ACRE,.
forty acres of which are cleared and in a good
state of cultivation, the balance in -timber, and
capable Of being cleared and cultivated; situa
ted four miles from Mill Creek in Kishacoquil.
las Valley, Huntingdon county, upon
which are erected 011 Q dwelling house, I Vi;
one new frame bank barn, one saw mill, a
one chopping mill, with- a good water power to
drive the same. " The chopping Mill is geared
so that-burs may be attached for grinding wheat.
The property is in the midst of a good settle
ment. There is also a good running' distillery
connected with said. chopping mill, which will
be sold along with said property, either with
or without the distillery machinery and vessels
as the purchaser may desire. The above prop
erty will be sold on terms to Suit purchasers
and possession given at any time.
-JAMES Me DONALD, Jr.
Brady township, May 1, 1855.
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For the People!
SOMETHING NEW IN HUNTINGDON.
Mineral Water Sir, Sarsapaiilla
Suniata Bottling _Establishment,
• HUNTINGDON, A.
RED ER ICK. LIST respectfully intern - is the
citizens of Huntingdon and adjoining coun
ties, that he has commenced the business of bot
tling MINERAL WATER and SARSAPA.
MCI. ..A, and is proyared to supply all who may
wish to deal in the articles, at reasonable whole
sale prices.
His establishment is on Railroad street, one
door cast of Jackson's llotel o ,where orders' will
be thankfully received and promptly attended
to. Orders by mail will receive his early at
tention.
Huntingdon April 11,1855.
TRACT OF LAND
AT PRIVATE SALE.
subscribers, Executors of the last will
1 and testament of John Wakefield, dec'd.,
will offer at private sale, all that certain tractor'
LAND, situate in Germany Valley, Bunting
don county, Pa., late the residence of the said
John Wakefield dec'd., containing
330 ACRES, -
more or less, 190 acres of which arc cleared,
and in a good state of cultivation ; the balance
is well timbered—sufficient Locust and Chest
nut thereon to fence the whole limn, with an
abundance of Rock oak, Poplar &c., There is
a good water power and a site -for a Grist or Saw
Mill. There is erected on the premises a good
tntwo story frame house and bankm .
barn—also another farm house
and log. barn—also, two tenant
kouges r four apple orchards. two ofgrattod fruit,
beginning to bear, ten never iiiiliug springs, so
that every field can be supplied with water.—
From 40 to 50 acres suitable for meadow.
The above property situated in the heart of
one of the best wheat growing vallies in cen
tral Pennsylvania, is ofthe best quality of lime
stone and red-shale land, lt is corn enient to
market, being but five miles from the Penn'a.
Railroad and Canal, and three miles from Shir.
leysburg, and is a desirable citation' for those
wishing to purchase. For a wheat or stock
farm it is not surpassed in this part of the
State.
N. 13.—1 f riot sold before the Vith of Aug_ pet
next, it will be offered on that day at public out.
cry, on the premises.
For particulars address George P. Wakefield
on the premises, or John R. liunter,Pctersburg„
Huntingdon county, ra.
GEO. P. WAKEFIELD,
xecutors
JNO. R. HUNTER, -
April 11, 18.55.—t5.
SPECE.S.EL,
r p lOSE indebted to the undersigned for Ad.
verlishig and Job Work don;, during the
time he was editor of the Ilunting-don Journal,
are hereby notified to pay up immediately, and
save costs. Tiic Advertising of course, is sub
ject to the division between the undersigned
and the present Journal editor, which was, "All
advertisements published more than half the
time for which they were to be inserted, (at the
time Brewster got possession) Fill to me—those
published less than half the said time, full to
Brewster, and those publihed just half their
time arc to be equally divi'ded."
S. L. GLASGOW
Shirleysburg, March 13, 1855. •
MILL OWNERS TAKE NOTICE.
jAT the subscriber has made every- impor
tant mprovement in 'Direct Action Water
Wheels and ha, several of them in successful
use in Centre and Mifflin counties 10 drive Grist
and Saw Mills, and have given general satisfac
tion in every instance. They ade recommendable
for their simplicity, cheapness and durability,
being made of iron and casting at from ten to fif
teen dollars, and for power and speed their econo
my of water cannot be excelled by any other
wheel of the kind, and can be put to saw mil!s
and grist mills without much cost for timber. &c.
Being constantly engaged in the mill Wright bu
sinesa with a force of hands always at hand I
can put in one most any time. or do any other
work in thatline in the most "modern improved
style at very reasonable rates.
Price for putting in wheels at saw or grist
mills, $75, and board, timber and ca,ting found.
All other jobs of millwrightiag done to order at
shest notice,— having had eighteen years prac
tice and the best of reference given if required.
MIEN . TODD.
Potter's Mills, Centre co, Pa. Apl ,a, 856-43m*
WAR AT HARRISBURG..
'THOSE knowing themselves to have unsettled
I accounts in the books of the subscriber. are
respectfully requested to call and settle. Mon
ey or . no money call and settle and have your
accounts standing for four years closed, and ac
cording to the old saying one stitch in time will
save nine. Face those old accounts they must
and shall be settled.
R. C. McGILL
Huntingdon Foundry, Feb. 20,1855.
am, Shoulders and Flitch just recei3.-_
ed and for sale by
CUNNINGHAM & DUNN.
FLOUR AND *HEAT..
At* I FLOUR and WHEAT on head and
for sale at the stcre of
mh 6 . 7 D. P. GWIN.
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