CHRONICLE
LEWIS
BURG
BY 0. N. WOBDEN & J. E. COKNELIUS.
An Independent Family News Journal.
ESTABLISHED IN 1S43....WIIOLE NO., 094.
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., Plv FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1857.
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A suificieni !ime has elapsed since the in
auguraium of Mr. Buchanan, to dispel the j
h'pes entertained by many who did not sup-!
j- r his election to the Presidency, that his ad- !
ministration of ad airs would be so moderate .
n i conservatire as to give repose to a coun- !
uv too Lny ajjitaieil by exciting collisions of
op:tiioii and interest. On the contrary, it has j
I en so far marked by a violence of measures !
wii:ih is without precedent, cveu in the ad-
in nitration of Mr. Pierce. j
I;i Kansas, it has iven all its patronage. not
in TP y ! a factit n, detested by the people of '
that Territory, but to the must odious men of ;
Ti.it !:iciinn( some of uhm have participated j
liirt i ily ia scenes of violence and bloodshed ; '
wail? it has concentrated the entire disposable j
arm; of the L'uiled JStales at Fort Leaven- :
worih, undtr the command of a man of known '
lifleiice of character, for the manifest pur-'
r sr of intimidating our fellow-citizens there j
subra.sMun to a foreign usurpation, and
if intimidation fails, of desolating tin in wiih '
i:t and sword. j
la foreign affair, it does not disguise its '
purpose to take immense sums from theTrea- j
s;ry. to be expended in the purchase of new J
territories, while it threatens us with eompli-
cv.utis anJ wars fatal to commerce, in the sole j
ii'- rei of an institution, deemed temporary '
a.! excepiioual by the founders of our liuv- j
tTcmerit, but which now aspires to an eternity
if.itiraiion, and to universal dominion. j
The purpose of Mr. Buchanan's administra- '
:i clearly is, to keep up that agitation of the '
s ji-rry Question, which was deliberately en- ;
hnd upon as a matter of political calculation 1
.ti 61, as the baM of a new party then form- 1
t ' to control the destinies of the country ; that !
station, to which Mr. Uuchanau owes his '
txa election.and to n hich those who surround
n ;u now look coniuientiy tor the perpetuation
ilifir own power.
Tiicrc are large bodies of our countrymen,
n all parts of the Union, who deplore this or
itizalion of a sectional party at ihe Suiiih,
t tviued upon the revolutionary proceedings
.')!, an 1 .still maintained by violent arts
appralmg to sectional passions ; who perceive '
itut it ostracises the moilerate and conserva- j Judges of the I. S. Supreme Court, are
i.vp poriion of the citizens of the slavrliolJiug published in a volume by Greeley Si M'El-
from participation and influence in pub- ' T v .: i- c.i
11 . 1 ; rath, A. I ., at a cts. single copy, $2 per
ncaiiair;; and ulio see in this geographical , ... ,11
, , . .. ... r dozen, Sid per hundred.
aiuiiement of paitics the greatest dangers of V ..
a ! !;:. Is, inclu.lm; danger to the peculiar in- : 863-Thc Lock Haven Watchman states
::u!,on, ihe sensitiv eness of which is so reck- tLat Ce. pacfccr declared at the Democra-
.-! appealed to ly political gamblers. ' .- c. r , 1
. . . . . . . tic State Convention, when he was nomi-
It is ptoposed bv the undersigned to estab- '
I. a Newspaper at the C.y of Washington, ned,that"A would dialltngt the opposing
L uhich Ihe views of these portions ol our candidate, whom bo might be. to take the
r iKi:rymen may be redected. This newspa- j stump with bim during tbe gubernatorial
; r will be styled The Hrpublic, and will en- . canvass." But, Gen. I'acker baa not ouly
: -svor to maintain a nationality and compre- ! nrj challenged, but be baa refused to no
: ,.-i.Mveness of vie s worihy of its name. , ch-llenire sent him bv Judee Wil-
L.-lC011Ilg aS II1C 1111)31 III I II V1H illlU J'lCM-
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national danger, the attempt to niaintaio
ftf. rrinriir'al narlv hv nniwltrinf 111 ihe PIS
; 1
'tisofthe slaverv nrupawuda, 2J A-puW-t !
. :; resolutely oppose an Administration uhich '
u- .1 It rmined 10 perpetuate itself by keeping
u 1 f.irm of narlv so dangerous and so odious
An inflexible attachment to tbe I. num. a re-
i i nee for the Constitution of the United j in the IOrtU the Isnuiaelltca attempt to
v. it.'S as the highest achievement of human make the people believe they are opposed
wisdom ; a general conformity, as to doubtful j t0 Slavery extension, in fue South tbe
r nstructious of the Constitution and as 10 Anlcricang ar0 tue most ultia slavery pro-r-ruiciples
of public administration, to the 1 . . ... . ,
1 ,, 1. , r pacandists. ltness the following "plank
ii.u.l of politics illustrated by the genius of , e . . ,?, r it
.Vr.Jetr-rson;Peaceandjust,ceinourf..reigB;" lbo "G5rg' American Platform,
relations; the consolidation of our civilization adopted July 8, 1857 :
.it home, raiher than needless, premature.or 5 The territories of the United States
dangerous enlargements of territory ; the ded- we regard as the common property of all
ication of our present public domain as a the- , tbe States as co equal sovereignties, and as
a:re for the prosperous industry of freemen, i such open to settlement by the citizens of
an I, with that view, the prohibition of its trans- I the States with their property at matter of
! r except in moderate quantities to actual set- right ; and that no poicer reside either in
l.ers; such, briefly.are the principles, feelinps, ! VungrtM or TUB TERRITORIAL LKOISLA
a i I ohjects, which will give tone to 7'Ae tie- j TUKE, or the jieop'e of the territoriet while
jiuhUe. ; a territory, to exclude from settlement in
It will be one of the aims of The Republlcio ' 1Dy territory any portion of the citizens of
r -operate in reducing Ihe expenditures of the j tuj9 Hepublic with their property legally
C.ivernment, which have been swollen to scv- j .j ,ie Varen from tchich tltry emigrate.
rnty millrans per annum by the extravagance ye rcpUdiatc therefore the doctrine com
z:i corruption of the pany in power. The monly called squatter sovereignty in tbe
r - venues of the country arc mainly contributed j territories.
' y its free laborers, while its disbursements, of
!.te years, have been made with very little re-
reace to their interests. Public employments,
miliary, naval, and civil, have become more
more engrossed by a peculiar class, which
irars little of the public burdens, and which j hereafter it shall not be lawful for any per
i. thus had a double motive to augment sa- ! son or persons to fish in Middlecreek.with
iaries and expenditures. I in the county of Snyder, with seines, brush
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Wmaismo,, D. C June 8. 1857.
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GEORGE M. WE8TOV,
Warhington, I). C.
Tie MjntroK Republican says that there
a child now living in Rush, Sosquehan
" county, aged five months, whose pater
"J and maternal relatives for four gener
M'odb (with the exoeption of the grand
kther) are now living father, mother.
,ru4 mother, creat Brand father, treat.
i grand mother, great-great-grand father,
i Mid CTeat-rTfaLf.".,,! '---
tj'Thr Yanktw Comic l'ot. In the following contribu
tion to Umm'i !o0,if for July. iraaly makraotft quite
a c&a for ine sluggard a title of tli quutun of
EARLY R1SIXG.
ar Jims . saxc
ftJ blow th nan wbofinttinrrnted alet-pl
Si Sant-ho Pans,, aajti, and fto ajr I :
And blew him. aUo, that h didn't krp
ilia prvnt tli-cn-rj- to liinmlf; or try
To make it r tlir lucky fellow tnuut
A close? numoj!) by 'ptnt riht!
Ya b!w tbvmati who flrat inrntel lc'p
(I r.allj nn't an. id the iteration,
Hut blast ttif uimi with curse, loud and lrp,
V hat ?Vr tr.e rasral'a name, or a. or atativn,
H'lio fir-t inTi nt-ii. and w-nt round adtiaio
Tli;it artificial eutofT Karljr lining.
"i:ix nilb the lark, atl with the lark to bed,'
thrra9 some aofeam, nei.ttin!ntaIowl ;
Maxims Iik ttiKo are tvry cheaply SavkJ ;
Hut, erf you make yourm-lf a f.iot or fowl,
I'ruj just inquire aWt tin- riw and full.
Ai d wh-'lb-r lark- bavt anv Iwilt at nllF
The 'time frhoneft f lk to be abrd,"
Is in tin uornine, if I rwnn ri-ht;
A ud ue a bo ran not ke-p bia prrrioui hrad
I'jj-Dlii-i illw, 'tin iiV fairly libt,
And mi enjoy bin f rty murnin-wiuks,
I.t up to kuBTery; or elae be drinksl
Tlnnivn, wlio un abnut the "S-aaonx," nid
It wan a glorious thin to rise In a-aon,
Uut then he paid it laying in hi brd
At tun o'clock A. M. tin very reaaon
wn-te so charmingly. The simple fact ia,
His i n arhing wajn't aanctiontd by bia practicn.
Tis, doubtleM, well to be ametim' awake
Awake t duty, uud awake to truth
Itutwh-n, aloa! a nior rvrirw we take
Of our ben deed- and dava, we find, in tooth.
The hours that leare tbe alibteat cxiwtovn p
Are tboe we've aMvJ iu childhood or aleepl
TU beautiful to bat a the world awhile
Fr the w-ft Tii.jn of the gt-nt!e ni;!it ;
Au l free, at last from mortaJ eire or guile,
To live, a only tu the angel' night,
Inplit p'a fweet retilra no eoily nhut In,
Where, at the Wurt, we only dream ofaiul
So, let u alep. and gHe tlw- laber prai-,
1 like the lad who, when hit father thou-lit
To clip this mnrnin nap by harkneyed pfaraae
tf Tarrant worm by early mnitter caught,
Cried, vrTed bim riht! it'aojtatallaorprMag
The woto wan puuinhed, ir, for early nairnc!
niR CHRONICLE.
a)f"Tue decision at length of Judge '
Taney aud Curtis in the Drcd Scott case,!
with abstracts of the opinions of the other !
O O
mot, a "freeman worthy of bis steel.1
There are other papers also which say
Judge Wilmot has, after waiting two
months for the promised challenge, "made
a pxas liiuiselt.
i I?....-.. i xvt.ti-
P5The following section relative to
Fishing with Nets, we publish for the
benefit of fL-bermen:
Section 1. Be it enacted, tc, That
Or fCOOp nets, (except from toe dam Known
as Richter's dam to the Susquehanna river)
nor in Penns creek, within the county of
Union, with seines, seoop nets or any other
kind, bv whatever name tbey may be call
ed, with methct leu than one and a half i
inch, under a penalty of not less than two
nor more than thirty dollars for every such
offence, against any and every person so
offendinc ; which fine or penalty shall be
recoverable by and for the use of any per
son suing tor the same, oeiore any justice
of the peace of said counties, as debts of
like amount are recoverable, with costs of
suit : Provided, That no suit shall be sus
tained under this act unless commenced
within forty days after tbe commission of
the offence: And protided further, That
persons in company so offending shall be
jointly and severally liable.
a&-The following rale of Court, in re-
card to notice, is important 10 r.xecuiora
and Administrators, where tbe widow
claims $300 worth of property, under the
Act of Assembly exempting property to
that amount for ber use :
" It ia ordered by the Court, That in
future wben the widow claims S300 worth
of personal property of her husband, it
; shall be the duty of the Executor or Ad
ministrator of the deeeased to cause nouoe
to be inserted in one . of tbs newspapers
published in the County Town, three
weeks, that the widow has made ber se
lection, and that it will be presented to
the Orphans' Court for approval, on a day
certain, to be designated in the notice.
The expenses to bo paid out of the estate.
Adopted in Northumberland county, Jan
uary 5; 1857.
THE STATE ELECTION.
Tbe contest ia I'ennsvlviui is narrow-
ed down to a strupsle between tbe friends
of Slavery ezteusioo and its opponents, on Sunday evening, tbe Democratie mem
Packgb represents one principle, and bers of the Convention assembled in tbe
Wilmot tbe other, and all efforts to di- I Council Chamber at tbe Capitol in pri
rcct tbe public mind from tbe real aud vi- ! vate caucus adjourned at eleven. At
tal issue of tbe campaign by tbe preacnta- i twelve o'clock the Republicans met in cau
tion of a third ticket will signally fail, as j ens at tbe Capitol, organised, and cleared
tbe result on the second Tuesday of Onto- tbe decks for action. No desiring to take
berwill prove, l'ennsjlvania must take J any unfair advantage, they despatched a
i her position on this crcat question : and
to her addition the friends of Free Labor,
Free Speech and Free Soil, in every part
of the Union, are looking-with tbe most
iutense anxiety. The influence which tbe
voice of the ,-01d Keystone" would have
oc hor sisters of this great confederacy
if that voice be fairly expressed cannot
be estimated at this time.
Pennsylvania should array herself with
the great Northern phalanx in this contest
for tbe eradication of the heaviest curse
that ever blighted tbe prospects of an oth
erwise prosperous nation. Our good old
State, whoso early history is a standing
rebuke to slavery, kbould shake off the
thraldom of Southern influence in which
tbc has been entangled by the course of day, C. L. Chase, Secretary of the Terri
hcr own unworthy sons, who would barter toty, took the Speaker's desk, and, simul
tbe fair fame of tbe Commonwealth for taneously with Mr. North, called the Con-
tbe "loaves and fishes" dispersed by pow-:
er. Pennsylvania should no longer main
tain the character of the blind giant, igno
rant of her own power and resources, and
subject to the control of weaker and in
significant rivals.
The great party which is represented
in this political contest by David Wil- ;
mot, is the only opposing party to the j
pernicious and destructive doctrines of tbe j
misnamed Democracy, now before the
people of Pennsylvania. The effort to j
place a third ticket in the field is one of '
the shallowest schemes of Locofoeowm, al-
though ostensibly introduced by "Ameri
cans," for tbe alleged purpose of main
taining n separate and distinct organiza
tion. These "Straight-out" disorganizes
have their warmest sympathizers in the
ranks of tbe bogus Democracy ; and the
voter who would be deceived by such pal
try maneuvering must iudeed be stupid
beyond redemption.
In the mean time, the friends of Free
Labor should not waste tbeir time in idle
discussion, but proceed with tbe work of
thorough and effective organization in ev
ery election district in the State. This is
the right way to go to work if a final tri
umph is tbe object of our earnest hopes.
Let it be kuowo, then, and remembered
too, that to elect Wn.MOT and the Union
State Ticket, WE MUST WORK FOR
IT, with a heart and a will worthy of the
candidates, the occasion, and the great
cause in which we are enlisted. We must
work for it as men and Christians as
Americans and as Republicans in every
eounty and every township, from the Del
aware to Lake Erie from the head wa-joejl.rs; fireman, Uustave Jjene.
ters of the noble Susquehanna to Mason Ou motion of Mr. Galbraitb, a commit
and Dixon's line. Organize, NOW ! ; tee of three was appointed to compile and
Organize as if you felt the great truth that
eternal vigilance is tbe price of liberty.
Organize closely and thoroughly, and with
a view to secure a large turn out to tbe
polls'; for, after all, if our friends do not
vote, tbey are of very little service to the
cause.
Among the most effective means to con
duct a political campaign to a successful
termination, is the free circulation of
newspapers and documents. Give the
people light spread among them sound
and convincing facts and tho battle is
more than half won. We trust our edito
rial brethren the ever reliable sentinels
on the watch-towers of Freedom, will
sound the bugle notes of preparation or,
in other words, will recommend prompt
organization and decisive action, in regard
to the approachingState election. Should
we go into the contest, determined to
hang together, and if need be fall togeth
er, we have no fears for tbe final result
Wilmot will be the next Governor, and
Pennsylvania, by the expressed voice of
her own sons, will be where she should
have been years ago on tbe side of Free
Labor, and in opposition to the dark spirit
of slavery, and the train of evils that
spring from it. riUtburg Gazette.
Remedy fob Drcnkknness. Dr.Jno.
Uigginsbotham, surgeon in Nottingham,
England, says : "When the mania comes
on, tUe intense desire for alcoholic stimu
lus is so strong as to render the drunkard
subject to no control, and from the sensa
tion of depression, or sinking, ha looks
upon alcoholic stimulus as his only remedy.
Wben person is in this state, it will be
always found that bis stomach is in fault,
and that the unnatural appetite arises from
that cause alone ; if half a drachm of the
powder of ipecacuanha be taken, so as to
produce full vomiting, the desire for intox
icating stimulants is immediately removed.
From the experience I have had of the
effects of ipecacuanha, I am of the opinion,
if a patient can bo persuaded to follow up
the emetic plan for a few times when the
periodical attack cones on, that he will be
effectually cured, and that tbe habit, (for
such I look upon it) will U b""-"
Always keep cool id you will never
sweat.
I Politics la Minnesota.
Yestcrda, was "crisb" in tbe politi
cal Listory of Minnesota. At seen o'clock
committee of five to make overtures to the
Democratic committee at the Fuller House.
Arriving there, a verbal agreement was
made that neither should attempt to orga
nize tbe Convention until 12 o'clock, M.
The papers were drafted to that effect,
and signed in good faith by tbe Republi
I can committee, wben tbe Democratic com
I ruutee quiciiy pocaeica me uocumenis.
They then drew npone to suit themselves,
... r .1 i - 4 .1 j
making a pledge (very definitely !) not to
meet "until tbe usual time !" This not
satisfying tbe Republican members, they
remained in session all night, ready at any
moment to check-mate tbe games of their
wily, slippery, dishonest foes.
At a quarter before 12 o'clock yestcr-
vention to order.
Mr. Gorman moved that the Conven
tion adjourn until 12 o'clock today,
which motion was put to vote by Mr.
Chase, amid the most tumultuous confu
sion, and in a deafening thunder storm of
"Ayes !" and "Noes !" be pronounced tbe
Convention adjourned !
Meantime a mo-
tion bad been put and carried that T. J.
Galbraitb, (Bep.) be elected chairman
pro hm, and he promptly took bis seat,
Tbe Democrats withdrew, in accordance
ith the motion to adjourn, (adjourn
what ?) and the remaining members of tbe
Convention proceeded with their tempora
ry organization.
Ou motion of Mr. Aldricb, a commit
tee of five was appointed on Credentials,
consisting of Messrs. Aldricb, North,
Sherburn, Foster, and Basscn.
Tbe Committee received credentials,
and reported fifty-six members as having
presented certificates, and being entitled
to seats in the Convention.
Oa BMMiaa, P. P. Park, J .;.. f
Peace, then came forward and adminis
tered the oath of office to the members
who.had been qualified.
Mr. Bolcombe received 55 votes, and
was declared President. The Convention
then voted for Permanent Secretary, with
the following result : L. A. Babcock, 5G.
Having received the unanimous votes of
the Convention, he was declared elected.
J. Q- A. Ward was also elected, unani
mously, to the office of Assistant Clerk.
The other offices were filled as follows :
Chaplain, Rev. E. P. Neill; Sergeant-at-Armn,
Wm. Foster ; Messenger, D. F.
report a code of rules for the government
of the Convention. The Chair appointed
Messrs. Galbraitb, Foster, and M'Cune.
Mr. Galbraitb then read tbe "Enabling
Act," in a clear and distinct voice, for the
benefit of the members of tbe Convention,
after which he offered the following :
"Retotvcd, That in the opinion of the con
vention, ii is the wish of the people of Minne
sota tu be admitted into the Union at this
time, in accordance with the act of Congress
authorizing the people of the Territory of
Minnesota to form a State Constitution, pre
paratory to admission into the Union on an
equal footing with the oiiginal States.
A resolution was finally passed accept
ing the provisions of the Enabling Act,
and expressing the wish of tbe people of
Minnesota to come into the Union upon a
footing with tbe original States.
A resolution was also adopted instruct
ing Wm. B. Gere as Marshal of Minneso
ta Territory, to proceed immediately to
take a census of the citizens.
The Republican members remained, "on
guard" against last night, every member
sticking up to bis seat with an invincible
firmness worthy of Old Hickory. This
morning tbey are there, ready to expose
and defeat any trick that villainy can de
vise. We begin to have new faith in hu
manity new hope in the Republican par
ty. It no longer lacks back-bone, but
with the stamina and vine that the right
always needs to ensure success, its mem
bers walk up like men, and do their whole
duty without faltering. St. Paul Timet,
July U.
Cbimb and Marriage. The chaplain
of tbe Surrey County Jail communicates
to the London Times sttistics,whioh show
that of 3,357 prisoners, only 370 were
married, and these had an average of less
than three children each, showing at once
the humanizing tendency of the marriage
relation, and also that its responsibilities
deter, far more than its burdens and diffi
culties provoke, criminal inclinations.
A legal decision has just been rendered
in Minnesota, to the effect that the recent
removal of the seat of government from
SL Paul to St Peter was null and void,
because after tho Governor and Legislature
bad once formally located the capital under
tho organic tot, their powers were exhausted.
Fbom Sstder County. We have re
ceived a letter from an intelligent friend
in West Beaver, Tp. who writes, that be
has been "on a visit through tbe upper end
of Snyder county, and from present indi
cations David Wilmot will 'go it with a
rush ;' that bis majority will be greater
than ever was given before for any guber
natorial candidate ; that tbe W bigs and
Americans are firmly united on him ; and
as for Packer and Hazlehurst, tbey know
nothing about them, and care lest." Ano
thci letter from an esteemed friend in Per
ry towuship, says : "All's right here for
Wilmot ; we will give him a long poll, a
strong pull and a pull altogether," This
we call cheering news, and indicates our
triumphant success at the next election.
MidJLLurg Tribune.
Look to your Premises. Be careful
to keep nothing on your premises that will
taint the atmosphere, or cause annoyance
to your neighbors. No decaying animal
or vegetable matter should be permitted
to remain an instant in any building or
yard in densely inhabited localities.
Warm weather is upon us, and health is
easily affected in Summer by vitiated at
mosphere. Keep your premises clear and
well purified, and you keep infectious di
seases at a distance.
A Kentucky slavecateher, in pursuit of
a fugitive, rather than suffer bim to escape
out of bis clutches, shot him dead. Tbe
murderer's name is William Mead. Tho
Governor of Ohio will make requisition
for him upon tbe Governer of Kentucky
to answer the crime of murder but will
he be given up ? Free States most yield
the escaping slave. Will Kentucky sur
render a murderer T We shall see how
far the surreuder of fugitives is an item in
thi creed of that chivalrous State.
Gradually Paying tuemoff. B.T.
C. Morgan, of Pittsburg, one of those "in
iense Americans" who could not vote for
anybody but Fillmore; and who as a mem
ber of tbe "Straightout" State Committee,
along with John P. Sanderson, sold the
State to Buchanan last fall, has been ap
pointed by Buchanan to a position as Post
Master in Omaba Nebraska, said to be
worth $2000. This was Ait reward.
1'htfa. Timet.
Served Right. In tbe New York
uuuit ovoaiuua, tour oi toe iseau iu- '
bit party, charged with participating ia
the riots in tbe Sixth Ward, on tbe 4th of
July, were sentenced to six months each
in the Penitentiary Their names are Pa
trick Mooney, John Reiley, Barney Culla
gher, and Edward Dyer. AH of them na
tives of Ireland.
Baltimore bas the following "straight
Amerieau" organizations within its limits:
Blood Tub, Rip Raps, Thunder bolts,
Rough Skins, Plug Uglies, Wampanoags,
Tigers, Cut Throats, Swann's Babes, Lit
tle Fellows, Stay Lates, Hard Times, Ash
lander?, Lone Star, Rushers, Bull Necks,
Corn Cobs, aud Mug Smashers. Whew 1
One of our exchanges says that "com
petition may be the life of business, but it
is not true in trout fishing." He went to
a brook for trout, and found that the two
most eminent fisherman of his village bad j
just passed over its whole length. He went
home and ate salt mackerel for breakfast.
A lady in Carlisle, Ind., left her infant,
about a month old, in its cradle, while she
went out in tbe field where her busband
was at work. When she returned what
was her horror to find that the child bad
been stolen and a negro baby left in its
place ! No clue, whatever, can be found
to the kidnapper.
Sale ob Human Beinos. The Nor
folk (Va.) American says it is estimated
"that 30,000 slaves were sold and removed
from Virginia last year, and 2000 more
escaped." The election of Buchanan gavo
a good impetus to the slave trade and to
prices.
By tbe last foreign arrival we learn that
three Republican candidates in Paris have
been elected to the French Assembly, not
withstanding all the efforts of government
to defeat them. At tbe first election tbey
had not a dear majority, and a new elec
tion was ordered,with the result just stated.
The Pro-Slavery Presbyterian General
Assembly alias the Devil's Own Hypo
crites does not seem to be a popular
movement, perhaps owing to the fact that
tbe projector of it is a son of a slave wo
man : the good pro-slavery christians smell
wool !
The fact that a young man, a student of
the Episoopal Theological Seminary in
Fairfax, Va., shot and killed with a revol
ver another young man on Sunday in self
defence at a fracas at a Sunday school, is a
sad commentary upon the morals and civ
ilization os tbe young men of Virginia.
Four of our distinguished statesmen
have died on the 4th of July. John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson died on tho 4th of
July, 1826 ; James Monroe on tho 4th of
July, 1831 j and lastly, Wm. L. Marcy
on the 4th of July, 1857.
Washington, July 10. Robert Faro
ham, the oldest bookseller and stationer
in this city, and universally esteemed, was
killed this forenoon at the Stanton station
of tbe Philadelphia and Baltimore Rail
road, white standing on tbo track as the
Philadelphia train approached.
Wilmot on Americanism,
Al the session of lh American Slate Conned" of Pennsylvania held a! Altoona, 15th
April Ui, Messrs. Bhotmeelixe, Cuvobe, M'Mi tie, Pnwn tad rVrros were appointed
a Committee, who propounded the following interrogatories, as "embracing the principle
of ihe American pany," viz: Firat. Do you hold that in Ihe election or appointment of all
officers native bom Americans should be preferred Second. Are yon in laorof ihe pro.
lection ol American labor, American rights and American interests ! Third. Are you in
favor of ihe purification of the ballol-box.a reform in the naturalization laws, the enactment
of a registry law, and Ihe prohibition of foreign paupers and coniq landing opoa our
shores ! Fourth. Are you opposed to any inrerference of Chorch hierarchies in Polities !
Fifth. Are yon in favor of Kree Schools for the education ot all classes, with the Bible as
a text-book used therein?
JIDCE UIUIOT'S REPLY.
Towanda, July 10, 1857.
Gentlemen : Your letter of the 5th of May came to band during tbe sitting ot
my Courts, immediately on the close of which I left home, and returned only a few
days since. This must be my apology for not earlier having responded to your
communication.
I am requested to answer certain interrogatories propounded to me in pursuance of
a resolution of the late Convention held at Altoona.
The history of our Stale establishes a wise and safe policy in respect to the point
embraced in your first interrogatory. It will be found rare, indeed, that any except
native born citizens, have held high official station, cither in tbe Executive or Judi
cial departments of our State Government ; aud the same class, with comparatively
few exceptions, have filled the seats of our Legi.-htive Halls. The naturalized citi
zen can not reasonably complain that this traditional policy should be preserved.
There is nothing intolerant or prescriptive ; cor will tbe enlightened and patriotio
citizen of foreigu birtb so regard it. It imposes no legal disqualification. It takes
from bim no right. Official station of right belongs to no man. While I would ad
here to this policy as one of wisdom and patriotism, no American who properly ap
preciates his responsibilities, wonld neglect an inquiry into the character and fitness
of candidates presented for the suffrage ; nor could he, without betrayal of tbe best
interest of his country, disregard the claims of principle involved in bis choice.
Thus, occasions may arise, when an enlightened and faithful discbarge of duty,
would demand our suffrages for the naturalized citizen, in preference to one born ou
our soil. Understanding the spirit of your first proposition as not inconsistent with
the views here expressed, I yield it my cordial assent.
" Are you iu favor of the protection of American labor, American rights, and
American interests J" To this, your tecond interrogatory, I shall content myself
with a simple affirmative answer.
The matters embraced in your third interrogatory are of tbe first importance,Jand
demand the most serious consideration of the patriot and statesman. The boldocss
and success with which frauds are perpetrated upon the Ballot Box, have become
alarming, and unless promptly and effectually checked, must end in tbe subversion
of our system of free government The formt of Liberty may remain, but only as a
cheat and mockery, glossing over as cruel a despotism as ever cursed a people. I
would sustain, with my whole strength, any and every measure, wisely devised, to
preserve the purity of our popular elections. Wilful fraud upon the Ballot-Box, is
moral treason against Republican Government; and all duly convicted of beingcon
cerned therein, in addition to other penalties, should be for ever disqualified from
holding office or exercising the elective franchise.
Doubtless our naturalization laws could be so amended as to aid in securing puri
ty and fairness in our elections; but we should not weaken our State sovereignty by
looking to the general government as the great souice of reform in this matter. It
belongs exclusively to tho States to regulate this whole question of suffrage ; to pre
scribe the qualifications of electors to provide safeguards against frauds, and in
flict punishment for assaults upon the integrity of the ballot-box. Our own State
can not too early or vigorously exert its constitutional power in respect to these mat
ters, vital as they are to liberty and the existence of free government.
It has ever been a source of just pride to the true American, that his country
opened an asylum for the oppressed of every land. God forbid that we should be so
ungrateful for 11 is blessings, as to refuse to share them with the honest and indus
trious, of whatever clime or country ; but it is an outrage upon our hospitality, and
. - - Tli.il u.U km ...r..iuJtU OU World to ship cargoes
of criminals and paupers on our shores. Our Government can not be too vigUMtin
guarding our rights in this respect.
To your fourth interrogatory I answer; that I am opposed to the interference of
Hierarchies in politics. The office of a Christian Minister is second to no other ia
dignity and responsibility. I would not detract from bis functions, or impair tbe
respecl due to his character. I acknowledge his right, and, as a teacher of-the peo
ple, I acknowledge it to be his duty, to speak openly and fearlessly against social
and political evils, destruetive of public morals and at war with the interests and
happiness of mankind. In thus publicly Fpcaking, if be transcends the proprieties
of bis place and office, a safe corrective is found in the censure of an enlightened
public. But that a Priestly Order, invested by tbe Laity with a mysterious sacer
dotal character with pretensions to extraordinary spiritual power bound together
by strong ties, and acknowledging as tbeir head a foreign Potentate that such an
Order should enter the field of politics, control our elections, and influence the poli
cy of our government, is surely cause for alarm, and should awaken the jealous vigi
lance of tbe American people.
It will probably be denied that any such hicrarchlal influence is brought to bear
in our elections. We thould judge with candor, and not condemn without proof.
We see the American people divided on a momentous issue. Tbe principles of hu
man freedom or bondage are brought in direct conflict. Slan's inalienable right to
life and liberty, is denied. The doctrine is openly asserted, by those why hold tho
government in tbeir bands, that God created tbe mass of mankind to be slaves. In
tbe heat of this great struggle, we see the strongest ties severed the ancient politi
cal parties of the country broken, and men of every nation and faith divided, save
one. The votaries of one church alone arc united in political action. This unity, in
tbe midst of otherwise universal division, is truly most remarkable. From Maine
to Texas from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean in every city, town and hamlet
unler whatever circumstauces placed, or by whatever influences surrounded, wo
find the votaries of this church arrayed iu political action on the side of slavery.
This can not arise from an intelligent assent to the principles of slavery; because
those principles would reduce niuety-niue out of every hundred of these men to tho
condition of slaves. Whence are we to look for the cause of this unity among so
many hundreds of thousands scattered over so wide a surface J
We find tbe votaries of the catholic church, as a class, among the least enlighten
ed of our population, and thus- iu a conditio to yield a ready obedience, in all
things, to an authority which they have been taught to respect as of God's appoint
ment. The church of their faith, advances high and extraordinary claims. It is tho
only true Apostolic and Catholic church. It is infallible in doctrine miracles con
tinue to be wrought within its holy communion its bead is the Vicegerent of God
on earth, and successor of the Apostle to whom was entrusted tbe keys of heaven. It
is a pure hierarchy. Tho laity have little or no power.all authority being concentra
ted in tha Priesthood. Again, I ak, whence this unity in jnlitical action among tho
votaries of the church, when every other denomination of Christians is divided ? In
seeking for an answer to 'this inquiry, all men will look to tbe source where the pow
er resides. When the votaries of the Church of Rome shall exhibit, in our political
contests, the like diversity of views and action that is seen among all other classes of
our people, then, and not till then, will" the public mind be relieved from tbe suspi
cion that heirarehial influences are mischievously at work in our politics.
It is idle to evade the poiut, by labored efforts in defence of religious freedom and
tbe rights of conscience. No assault upon either. Tbe largest liberty the broad
east toleration, is conceded in matters of religious faith and worship. Tbe ground
of complaint lies here that a hierarchy, invested with .peculiar sancity and powers
in the eyes of tbe laity, should exert a spiritual influence to control our elections, and
give to tbe policy of our Government a direction adverse to the wishes of a majority
of tbe people not within the sphere of such influence. No intelligent man will
question the fact, that the late Presidential election was controlled by the united
Catholic vole. If the adherents of that church bad been divided in their votes, aa
were all the Protestant sects of our country, the present Administration would never
have had an existence. The Slave Power, to-day, would not be the master of our
government promulgating its abhorrent doctrines through our judicial tribunals
undermining the sovereignty of tbe State, and boldly trampling down the clearest
constitutional rights of the citizen.
It is also apparent to every intelligent observer, that the same unity in the Catl
olic vote ia relied upon as the main support of our opponents in the coming State
election. With these undeniable facts before u, ran it be said that there is no
ground for the strong conviction in the minds of the American people, that hierar
chial influences not only interfere in our politics, but actually control our elections f
If tbe Protestant sects of onr country presented tbe same unanimity inoppuu'titn to
tbe pro-slavery Democracy, that the Catholic church does in its support, our oppo
nents would not be slow or measured io their denunciation. Indeed, the chiefs and
press of that party assail with gross vituperation such Protestant Christian ministers as
openly, in the face of day, denounced from the sacred desk the crimes of Slavery, and in.-ist
upon ihe sanctity of the martial and parental relations. In them, H a grievous oBence,
to proclaim, in connection with Slavery.the qreal essential truihs of Christianity that tod
is the Creator and Father of all men-that He made of one flesh all the nations of the earth
that he is no respecter of persons, but holds in equal love all His children ; and that He
will require of evary one the observance of His righteous law -. " All things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to yon, do ve even so lothem." The alliance between an ancient
and powerful church, and the slave interests of America, is the most remarkable, when we
consider the fact that the early and authoritative teachiugs of that Church are in condemna
tion of Slavery. How long this strange alliance is to continue, I know not. How long it ia
to be successful, is for the American people to decide.
To your tflk inurrogotary, I answer-that I am in favor of free schools for the education
of aU claEsii , and am opposed to any eiciusion of the Bible tbwefro.n.
Resnectfallv voars.
To Jo Btseiu!, Esq., Chairmaa.
Ate.
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