LEWIS
BURG
CHRONICLE
BY 0. N. WORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS.
Ax IxDErEN'DEXT Family News Journal.
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LEWISBDRG, UNION CO., PA.V FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1857.
Prospectus of I he Itrpublic,
Viii.oTOJf, D. C I
WK'WtK M. WK-T IV. Elitcr and Proprietor;
1A. ifcL U. 4iOitlUlK, AsslKUUt Ktiltor. j
A suificient lime has elapsed since the in
auguration of Mr. Buchanan, to dispel the
hipes entertalneJ by many who did not sup-;
j- r; his election to the Presidency, that his ad
Oinitration of adairs would be so moderate ,
an ! conservative as to give repose to a coun-
l,( tuo li-n; agitated by exciting collisions of 1
opinion and intcre-t. On the contrary, it has .
l-cn so far marked by a violence of measures I
whir h is without precedent, eveu in the ad-
ni.nistration of Mr. Pierce. I
I:i Kansas, it has given all its patronage.not
ntore'y to a faction, detested by the people of
tiiat Territory, but to the most odious men of j
t!iat faction, some of whom have participated
directly in scene of violence and bloodhcd ; I
wiiii'.' it has concentrated the entire disposable j
army of the United Slates at Fort I.eaven
worth, under the cominandof a man of known '
TA'lence of character, for the manifest pur-
r-'se of intimidating our fellow-citizens there
submission to a foreign usurpation, and j
if iutimidation fails, of desolating them wilh ;
tire and sword. j
In foreign affair, it does not disguise its !
purpose to take immense sums from the Trea- i
s:;ry. to be expended in the purchase of new
territories, while it threatens us wilh compli- !
cations and wars fatal to commerce, in the sole
iitvrest of an institution, deemed temporary '
an 1 eiceptioual by the founders of our Ciov- j
trr.iiie:it, but which now aspires to an eternity !
it Juration, and to universal dominion. j
The purpose of Mr. Buchanan's administra- ;
t.-:i clearly is, to keep up that agitation of the !
s avery Question, which was deliberately en- :
irred upon as a matter of political calculation '
in 161, as the basis of anew party then form- 1
ti to control the destinies of the country ; that !
i;, ration to which Mr. Uuchanau owes his '
, .n flection, and to which those who surround
o io now look confidently for the perpetuation
their own power.
Ttiere arc large bodies of our countrymen,
n all parts of the Union, who deplore this or
(.ni. itjiion of a sectional party at the South,
b it'. 'ined upon the revolutionary proceedings
c-t is.'il, an 1 Mill maintained by violent arts.
a?xa!in
to sectional passions; who perceive
that n ostracises the moderate and conserva- ; Judges of the U. S. Supreme Court, are
t ve portion of the citizens of the slaveholJiug published in a volume by Greeley & M'El-S:ate-from
participation and influence in pub- ' ,1, v V ...-. t
. , , ... 1 . ra,h -t at - c,s- s'ne'e copy, 82 per
healuirs; and who see in this geographical , , - , , , J'
anatieuient of pa, ties the greatest dangers of j dZCU' .5 L5 .P. hUtdtC. . .
H i kiuJs, including danger to the peculiar in- ! jigrThe Lock Haveo WatJtmaa states
:itu..on, .he sensitiveness of which is so reck- ' luat Gen 1acker dcclarcd ,t thc Democn.
.: '-!y appealed to by political gamblers. e, , , ,
,,. , . . . . . ! tic Slate Convention, wheo he was Dotni-
It is pioposed by the undersigned to estab- '
a .Newspaper at the City of Washington, ' "ted,that"Ac would chaUtxgt the oppostDg
n. uhich the views of these portions of our j candidate, whom bo might be, to take the
e un rymen may be redected. This newspa- j stump with him during the gubernatorial
; t will be styled The Republic, and will en-! canvass." But, Geo. Packer baa not only
-at or to maintain a nationality and compre- n,j challenged, but he has refused to no-
:.-iis:veness of views worthy of its name. uballenae sent him b Judse Wil-
t teeming as the most imminent anil press
..graphical party by pandering io the pas-!
: .as of the slavery propaganda. The R,pulVc
resolutely oppose an Adminisiration which j
li- determined to perpetuate itself by keeping
i form of party sc dangerous and so odious.
An inflexible attachment to the Union, a re-
ir nee for thc Constitution of the United
it-s as the highest achievement oi noman ! make the people Dcncve tncy are opposed
wisdom ; a general conformity, as to doubtful j to Slavery extension, in tie South the
constructions of the Constitution and as to Aniericarjg ar0 lue m09i u, glaTerj pro
rnnciplcs of public administration, to the i. &lg WitacM the fiJtowing-phnk"
M-hoi.l of politics illustrated by the genius of . r b . . f r
Mr. JelT-rson; peace and justice in our foreign;'" lu0 "Georgia American Platform,
relations; the consolidation of our civilization adopted July 8, 1857 :
at home, rather than needless, premature, or 5 The territories of the United States
dangeious enlargements of territory ; the ded- we regard as the common property of all
ication of our present public domain as a the- , the States as co equal sovereignties, and as
a;re for the prosperous industry of freemen,
at I, with that view, the prohibition of its trans
fer except in moderate quantities to actual set
ters; such, briefly,are the principles, feelines.
a" I objects, which will give lone to TAe He- j
puhlic.
It will be one ol the aims ot Hit Krpubliclo
c '-.iperate in reducing the expenditures ol the
Government, which have been swollen toscv-
r'.y millrans per annum by the extravagance
z-.l corruption of the party in power. Thc
: . euues of the country are mainly contributed
' y its free laborers, while its disbursements, of
'.M years, have been made with very little re
ference to their intcrcsis. Public employments,
military, naval, and civil, have become more
arid more engrossed by a peculiar class,which
brars little of the public burdens, and which I hereafter it shall not be lawful for any per
ils thus had a double motive to augment sa- son or persons to fish in Middlecreek,with
.arifs and expenditures. in the county of Snyder, with seines, brush
The publication of The Republic will be ' or scoop nets, (except from the dam known
commenced in the first week of next Septem
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ary contributors.
GEORGE M. WESTOX,
Editor and Proprictur.
WuHiieiof, D. C, June 8, 1857.
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GEORGE M. WESTON,
Washington, D. C.
The ifjntrote Repiilliean says that there
15 child now living in Rush, Susqueban
i county, aged five months, whose pater
and maternal relatives for four gener
ions (with the exoeption of the grand
wher) are B0W living father, mother,
Stand mother, great grand father, great
grand mother, great-great-grand father,
gat-gret-raud motLcx.
ajThr Woke Comic Fort, In Uiefolhming costrihu-
cm tot Uw sluggard .ideof tha qiiiun of
EARLY RISING.
r j-jhx a. sail
MOud blew th nan whoflrtioreDted levpP
&i Saucho TantA Mid, and no aj I ;
And blew him. also, that h didti't krtp
lift grent (li-covt-rr to lilmfk-lf; or try
To make it nr. tlif lucky fellow niixtit
A close monofioly Ly "patent riifht!,
W b1wa tbfinan who flrxt Inrnt-d ita'p
I ri'ally can't ail the iteration.)
But libit t!ir mm. with fuww, loud and tlerp,
What Vr thi ra-ral'a name, or aar. or station,
Who firM fiiTi iit -U. and went round ndvuriD"
Tli;it artificial cut oft Karly UMng.
"ill-sfwith the lark, ud with the lark to bed,
Vb-wrrrs Mme solemn, ri.tirn-otal owl ;
Mnximt ik the are very cheaply aaM ;
Hut, t-rr you make yournrlf a fool or fowl,
I'ruj jtwt inquire alnut tli rinr ind full,
Ai.d bftbrr lark." have any tedt at allt
The 'timr for hones f.-lkf to be abed,
Ik io thr moraine, If I renn ri-ht;
And 1m m ho can not kep hi? precious hrad
rixinhiffdlLm, U' fairly l.bt.
And enjy hi f.,rty tnornin-wtuks.
In up to knavery ; or else La drinks)
Thomson, who suns about the "Seasons," raid
It was a glurfouR thin- to rur In st-ason.
But tben he said it layinf in his bed
At ten o'clock A. M. tlte ery reason
Hi- wrote so charmingly. The simple fact Is,
His pn-achioK wasn't saactiom-d by his practice.
Tis, doubtless, welt to be aometinies awake
Awake to duty, aud awake to truth
Uutwht n, alas! a nice review w take
Of our best deed.- and days, we find, in sooth.
The hours that leave the slightest cause to ww p
Arc thosa we're puMd in childhood or asleepl
Ti beautiful to h are the world awbila
F.ir the soft Tiious of the gi-nt!e nijclit ;
AuJ free, at Inst, from mortal enre or guile.
To lite, as only fu the angels' sight.
In sleep sweet renlra so coly phut In,
Where, at the wumt, we only drram of sin I
So, let us !-p, and five the 1aker praise,
I like the lad who, when his father thought
To clip this morn in; nap by hackneyed phrase
Of vagrant worm by early songntcr caught,
Crit-d, bavrved him riht! it's not at all surprising
The. wotxn was punished, sir, for early rising t"
TIffi CHRONICLE.
MOSD4V, JtXV ST, IS5T.
lltTThe decision at length of Judge!
Taney and Curtis id the Drcd Scott case,
with abstracts of the opinions of the other
root, a "freeman worthy of bis steel.1
D O
There are Other papers also which say
Judge Wllmot has, after waiting two
months for the promised challenge, "made
a pais himself.
Americanism "down South.." While
in the North the Ishmaelitcs attempt to
cuch open to settlement by the citizens of
the States trtVA rAct'r property at matter of
rxjht ; and that no power reside eitlur t
Conqreuor TUB TERRITORIAL LeOISLA-
TURE, or the pettp'e of the territories while
a territory, to exclude from settlement in
any territory any portion of the citizens of
this Republic trtA their property legally
hrld in the State$ from which they emigrate.
We repudiate therefore the doctrine com
monly called squatter sovereignty in the
territories
tgi,The following section relative to
Fishing with Nets, we publish for the
benefit of fishermen :
Section 1. Be it enacted, ic, That
as Richter's dam to the Susquehanna river)
nor in l'enns creek, within the county of
Union,witb seines, scoop nets or any other
kind, by whatever name they may be call
ed, trtA meshet Utt than one and a half
inch, under a penalty of not less than two
nor more than thirty dollars for every Buch
offence, against any tnd every person so
offending ; which fine or penalty shall be
recoverable by and for the nse of any per
son suing for the same, before any justice
of the peace of said counties, as debts of
like amount are recoverable, with costs of
suit : I'roeultJ, That no suit shall be sus
tained nnder this act unless commenced
within forty day after the commission of
the offence : And provided further, That
persons in eompany so offending shall be
jointly and severally liable.
&-The following rule of Court, in re
gard to notice, is important to Executors
and Administrators, where the widow
claims $300 worth of property, nnder the
Act of Assembly exempting property to
that amount for her use :
" It is ordered by the Court, That in
future when the widow claims $300 worth
of personal property of ber husband, it
shall be the duty of the Executor or Ad
ministrator of the deceased to cause notice
to be inserted in one . of the newspapers
published in the County Town, three
weeks, that the widow has mad her se
lection, and that it will be presented to
the Orphans' Court for approval, on a day
certain, to bo designated in the notice.
The expenses to bo paid out of the estate.
Adopted in Northumberland county, Jan
uary 6, 1857.
THE STATE ELECTION.
The contest in Pennsylvania is narrow
ed down to a straggle between thc friends
of Slavery exteusion and its opponents.
Packer represents one principle, and
Wilmot the other, and all efforts to di
rect the public mind from the real and vi
tal ifsue of the campaign by the presenta
tion of a third ticket will signally fail, as
the result on the second Tuesday of Octo
ber will prove. Pennsylvania must take
her position on this great question ; and
to her addition the friends of Free Labor,
Free Speech and F ree Soil, in every part
of the Union, are looking- with the most
intense anxiety. The influence which the
voice of tho ,-01d Keystone" would have
oc her 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 tho eradication of the heaviest curse
that ever blighted the prospects of an oth
erwise prosperous nation. Our good old
Stale, whoso early history is a standing
rebuke to slavery, should shake off the
thraldom of Southern influence in which
she has been entangled by tho course of
her own unworthy sous, who would barter
the fair fame of the Commonwealth for
the "loaves and fishes" dispersed by pow
er. Pennsylvania should no longer main
tain the character of the blind giant, igno
rant of ber own power and resources, and
subject to the control of weaker and in
significant rivals.
in this political contest by David Wil-
mot, is the only opposing party to the j
pernicious and destructive doctrines of the
mis named Democracy, now before the
people of Pennsylvania. The effort to
place a third ticket in the field is one of
the shallowest schemes of Locofocoism, al
though ostensibly introduced by "Ameri
cans," for the alleged purpose of main
taining a separate and distinct organiza
tion. These "Straight-out" disorganizes
have their warmest sympathizers in the
ranks of the bogus Democracy ; and the
voter who would be deceived by such pal
try maooeuveriog must iudeed be stupid
beyond redemption.
In tho mean lime, the friends of Free
Labor should not waste their time in idle
discussion, but proceed with the work of
thorough and effective organization in ev
ery election district in thc State. This is
the right way to go to work if a final tri
umph is the object of our earnest hopes.
Let it be known, then, and remembered
too, that to elect Wir.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
oounty and every township, from the Del
aware to Lake Krie from the head wa
ters of the noble Susquehanna to Mason
and Dixon's line. Organize, NOW !
Organize as if you felt the great truth that
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Organize closely and thoroughly, and with
a view to secure a large turn out to the
polls'; for, after all, if our friends do not
vote, they 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 buglo 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 the final result
Wilmot will be the next Governor, and
Pennsylvania, by the expressed voice of
ber own sons, will be where she should
have been years ago on the side of Free
Labor, and in opposition to the dark spirit
of slavery, and the train of evils that
spring from it. PUtAurg Gazette.
Remedy fob. Drcnkbnness. Dr. J no.
Higginsbotham, surgeon in Nottingham,
England, says : "When the mania comes
on, tlie 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, ho looks
upon alcoholic stimulus as his only remedy.
When a 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 tho experience I have had of the
effects of ipecacuanha, I am of the opinion,
if a patient can be persuaded to follow up
tho emetic plan for a few times when the
periodical attack comes on, that he will be
effectually cured, and that the habit, (for
uflb. I look upon it) will bo broken."
Always keep oool aid jott will ntvsr
sweat.
Politics la Minnesota.
Yesterday waa a "crisis" in the politi
cal history of M innesota. At seven o'clock
on Sunday evening, the Democratic mem
bers of the Convention assembled in the
Council Chamber at the Capitol in pri
vate caucus adjourned at eleven. At
twelve o'clock the Republicans met in cau
cus at the Capitol, organised, and cleared
the decks for action. No desiring to take
any unfair advantage, they despatched a
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 the Convention until 12 o'clock, M.
The papers were drafted to that effect,
and signed in good faiih by tbe Republi
can committee, when the Democratic com
mittee quietly pocketed tbe documents.
They then drew npone to suit themselves,
making a pledge (very definitely !) not to
meet "until the usual time !" This not
satisfying the Republican members, they
remained in session all night, ready at any
moment to check-mate the games of their
wily, slippery, dishonest foes.
At a quarter before 12 o'clock yester
day, C. L. Chase, Secretary of tbe Terri
tory, took the Speaker's desk, and, simul
taceously with Mr. North, called the Con
vention to order.
Mr. Gorman moved that tbe Conven
tion adjourn until 12 o'clock to day,
which motion was put to vole by Mr.
Chase, amid the most tumultuous confu
sion, and in a deafening thunder storm of
"Ayes !" and "Noes !" he pronounced the
Convention adjourned ! Meantime a mo
tion had been put and carried that T. J.
Galbraith. (Rep.) be elected chairman
pro tern, and be promptly took his seat.
Tbe Democrats withdrew, in accordance
with the motion to adjourn, (adjourn
what?) and the remaining members of the
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,
S her burn, Foster, and Basscn.
Tbe Committee received credentials,
and reported fifty six members as having
presented certificates, and being entitled
to seats in tbe Convention.
Oa Btotioa, P. p. VvU, J -.:.. -m U.
Peace, then came forward and adminis
tered tbe oath of office to tbe members
who.had been qualified.
Mr. Boleombe received 55 votes, and
was declared President Tbe 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. D. Neil!; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Wm. Foster ; Messenger, D. F.
Sull.rs ; Fireman, Gustave Lene.
Ou motion of Mr. Galbraith, a commit
tee of three was appointed to compile and
report a eode of rules fur the government
of the Convention. The Chair appointed
Messrs. Galbraith, Foster, and M'Cune.
Mr. Galbraith then read tbe "Enabling
Act," in a clear and distinct voice, for tbe
benefit of the members of the Convention,
after which he offered the following :
"Remitted, That in the opinion of the con
vention, it is the wish of the people of Minne
sota to 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 tbe provisions of tbe 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 eensus of the citisens.
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 they 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 tbe Republican par
ty. It no longer lacks back-bone, but
with the stamina and vino 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 14.
Ckimb AND Makriaob. The chaplain
of the Surrey County Jail communicates
to the London Times statistics,whioh show
that of 3,357 prisoners, only 370 were
married, and these bad 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
St Paul to St Peter was null and void,
because after tho Governor and Legislature
had once formally located the capital under
the organie aot, their powers were exhausted.
From Sstdib County. We have re
ceived a letter from an intelligent friend
in West Beaver, Tp. who writes, that be
has been "on a visit tbrongh the 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 the W bigs and
Americans are firmly united on him ; and
as for Packer and Hazlehurst, they know
nothing about them, and care lea." Ano
tliei letter from an esteemed friend in Per
ry township, says : "All's right here for
Wilmot ; we will give him a long pull, a
strong pull and a pull altogether," This
we call cheering news, and indicates our
triumphant success at the next election.
MiddUburg Tribune.
Look to tour Premises. Be careful
to keep nothing on your premises that will
taint tbe 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 iu 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 slavecatcher, in pursuit of
a fugitive, rather than suffer bim to escape
out of bis clutches, shot him dead. The
murderer's name is William Mead. Tho
Governor of Ohio will make requisition
for him upon the Governer of Kentucky
to answer tbe crime of murder but will
be be given up ? Free States must yield
the escaping slave. Will Kentucky sur
render a murderer f We shall see how
far tbe surrender of fugitives is an item in
thj creed of that chivalrous State.
Gradually Paying tiiem off. B.T.
C. Morgan, of Pittsburg, one of those "in
iuti8e Americans" who could not vote for
anybody but Fillmore; and who as a mem
ber of tbe "Straightoot" 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 Omaha Nebraska, said to be
worth $2000. This was hit reward.
Vhila. Time.
Served Right. In the New York
vuuit uvmiuus, lour oi me iseaa iiu-
bit party, charged with participating in
the riots in tbe Sixth Ward, on the 4tb of
July, were sentenced to six months each
in the Penitentiary Their names are Pa
trick Slooney, John Reiley, Barney Galla
gher, and Edward Dyer. All of them na
tives of Ireland.
Baltimore has the following "straight
American" 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
landers, Lone Star, II ushers, Bull Necks,
Corn Cobs, and Mug Smashers. Whew !
One of our exchanges says that "com
petition may be tbe 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 bis village had
just passed over its whole length. He went
borne and ate salt mackerel for breakfast.
A lady in Carlisle, Ind., left ber infant,
abont a month old, in its cradle, while she
went out in tbe field where her husband
was at work. When she returned what
was her horror to find that the child had
been stolen and a negro baby left in its
place ! No clue, whatever, can be found
to tbe kidnapper.
Sale oe Human Beinos. The Nor
folk (Va.) American says it is estimated
"that 30,000 slaves were sold and removed
from Virginia last year, and "000 more
escaped." The election of Buchanan gave
a good impetus to tbe 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 the first election they
bad not a dear majority, and a new elec
tion was ordered,with tbe 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
the projector of it is a son of a slave wo
man : tbe good pro-slavery christians smell
wool!
The fact that a young man, a student of
the Episcopal 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 the young men of Virginia.
Four of our distinguished statesmen
have died on the 4th of July. John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson died on the 4th of
July, 1826 ; James Monroe on the 4th of
July, 1831 ; and lastly, Wm. L. Marcy
on the 4th of July, 1857.
Washington, Jnlj 10. Robert Farn
ham, the oldest bookseller and stationer
in this city, and universally esteemed, was
killed this forenoon at the Stanton station
of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Rail
road, while standing oa the track as the
Philadelphia train approached.
Wilmot on Americanism,
At the session of the -'American State Conned" of Pennsylvania held at Altoona, 15th
April last, Messrs. Botilii. Cuvobi, M'MiTEir, Pnwta and Pttos were appointed
a Committee, who propounded the following interrogatories, as "embracing the prineir lei
of the American party," viz: Fint. Do you hold that in the elrction or appointment of alt
officers native-born Americans should be preferred ! Second. Are yoo in lavoiof the pro.
lection ol American labor, American rights and American interests ? Third. Are you in
favor of the purificauon of the ballol-box,a reform in the naturalization laws, the enactment
of a registry law, and the prohibition of foreign paupers and convicp) landing upon our
shores 1 I'uurli. Are you opposed to any interference of Chorrh hierarehies in Politics 1
Fifth. Are yon in favor of Piee Schools for the education ol all classes, with the Bible as
a lexl-book used therein ?1
JIDCE WILMOT'S ItEPLT.
Towakda, July 10, 1857.
Gentlemen : Your letter of the 5th of May came to hand during tbe sitting oi
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.
Tbe history of our State 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, either in tbe Executive or Judi
cial departments of our State Government ; and the same class, with comparatively
few exceptions, have filled the scats of our Legislative 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 birth 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 bis responsibilities, woold neglect an inquiry into the character and fitness
of candidates presented for the suffrage ; nor could he, without betrayal of tbe best
interest of bis country, disregard tbe claims of principle involved in his choice.
Tbus, occasions may arise, when an enlightened and faithful discharge of duty,
would demand oar suffrages for the naturalized citizen, in preference to oue born on
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 ?" To this, your second interrogatory, I shall content myself
with a simple affirmative answer.
Tbe matters embraced in your third interrogatory are of the first importance,and
demand the most serious consideration of the patriot and statesman. The boldness
and success with which frauds are perpetrated upon the Ballot Box, have become
alarming, and uuless promptly and effectually checked, must end in the subversion
of our system of free government. The forms of Liberty may remain, but only as a
cheat and mockery, glossing over as cruel a despotism as ever cursed a people. I
would susUio, 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, iu 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 tbe general government as tbe great souice of reform in this matter. It
belongs exclusively to the States to regulate this whole question of suffrage ; to pre
scribe the qualifications of electors to provide safeguards sgainst frauds, and in
flict punishment fur assaults upon the integrity of tbe 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 au asylum for the oppressed of every land. God forbid that we should be so
ungrateful for His 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
:.l 1m.sW tkm OMMMii f tU Old World to ship cargoes
of criminals and paupers on our shores. Our Government can not be too vigluuni
guarding our rights in this respect.
To your fourth, interrogatory I answer ; that J am opposed to the interference of
Hierarchies in politics. The office of a Christian Minister is second to no other in
dignity and responsibility. I would not dctraet from his functions, or impair the
respect 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, destructive of public morals and at war with the interests and
happiness of mankind. Iu thus publicly speaking, 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 the Laity with a mysterious sacer
dotal character with prateusions to extraordinary spiritual power bound together
by strong ties, and acknowledging as their bead 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 the American people.
It will probably be denied that any such hierarcbial influence is brought to bear
in our elections. We should judge with candor, and not condemn without proof.
We see tbe American people divided on a momentous issue. Tbe principles of hu
man freedom or bondage are brought in direct conflict. Man's inalienable right to
life and liberty, is denied. The doctrine is openly asserted, by those why hold the
government in tbeir hands, that God created the mass of mankind to be slaves. In
the 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
the 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, we
find the votaries of this church arrayed iu political action on the side of slavery.
This can not arise from an intelligent asseut to tbe principles of slavery ; because
those principles would reduce niuety-nice out of every hundred of these men to tho .
condition of slaves. Whence are we to look for tbe cause of this unity among so
maoy hundreds of thousands scattered over so wide a surface 1
We find the votaries of the catholic church, as a class, among the least enlighten
ed of our population, and thus- iu a condition 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 the
only true Apostolic and Catholic church. It is infallible in doctrine miracles con
tinue to be wrought within its holy communion its head is the Vicegerent of God
on earth, and successor of the Apostle to whom was entrusted thekejs of heaven. It
is a pure hierarchy. Tho laity have little or no power,all authority being concentra
ted in tho Priesthood. Again, I ask, whenco this unity in political action among tho
votaries of tbe church, when every other denomination of Christians is divided ? In
seeking for an answer to 'this inquiry, all men will look to the source where the pow- -er
resides. When the votaries of tbe 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" tbe public mind be relieved from the suspi
cion that heirarcbial influences are mischievously at work in our politics.
It is idle to evade the point, by labored efforts in defence of religious freedom and
the rights of conscience. No assault upon either. Tbe largest liberty the broad
cast toleration, is conceded in matters of religious faith and worship. The ground
of complaint lies here that a hierarchy, invested with .peculiar sancity and powers
in tbe eyes of the laity, should exert a spiritual influence to control our elections, and
give to the policy four Government a direction adverse to the wishes of a majority
of the people not within the sphere of such influence. No intelligent man will
question tbe fact, that the late Presidential election was controlled by the united
Catholic vote. If the adherents of that church had been divided in their votes, as
were all the Protestant sects of our country, the present Administration would never
have had an existence. Tbe Slave Power, to-day, would not be the master of our
government promulgating its abhorrent doctrines through our judicial tribunals
undermining the sovereignty of the State, and boldly trampling down the clearest
constitutional rights of the citizen.
It is also apparent to every intelligent observer, that tho same unity in the Catl
olic vote is relied upon as tbe main support of our opponents in the coming State
election. With these undeniable facts before u?, can it be said that there is no
ground for the strong eonvictiou in the minds of the American people, that hierar
chial influences not only interfere in our politics, but actually control our elections T
If tbe Protestant sects of our country presented tbe same unanimity inopjxm'nen to
tbe pro-slavery Democracy, that the Catholic church doea 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.-itt
upon the sanctity of the martial and parental relations. In them, it is a grievous offc
to proclaim, in connection with Slaverv.the great essential trnihs of Christianity that Cod
is the Creator and Father of all men thai 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 evyy one the observance of His righieous law : "All things whatsoever ye
woold that men should do to you, do ye even so lo them." The alliance between an ancient
and powerful church, and the slava interests of America, is the most remarkable, whea we
consider the fact thai the early and authoritative teachiugs of that Church are to condemna
tion of Slavery. How long this strange alliance is to continue, I kt.ow aot. How long it is
to be successful, is for the American people to decide.
To your Jlfth iolerrogotary, I answer that I am in frvor of free schools for the education
of aU classes t and am opposed to any exclusion of the Bible therefrom.
Respectfully yours. - DAMD WILMOT.
To Joan BaMszaiiss, Esj., Chairman. &c.