JEFFERS0NIAN REPUBLICAN kit, From the Carlisle Pennsylvania Statesman Sept. 19, 1844 DICKINSON TOWNSHIP. Proceedings ef the Meeting of the Democratic Tariff ITXcn of Dickiu- ssm township Our readers will find, on the opposite page. the proceedings of a meeting of Democrats of Dickinson township, friendly to the Tariff of 1842 appended to which are the Letter ad dressed by the Committee to Mr. Clay, and the Letter of that gentleman in reply. It will be een that throughout these proceedings, the Ta riff is regarded in the light of a Democratic measure; and tho support of the individuals concerned in ihe meeting is to be withheld from Col. Polk, (if withheld at all,) on the ground that he is opposed to the Act of 1842. Mr. Clay's lettei meets fully the views of these gentlemen ho has unequivocally4avowed him--elf to be the friend of the Tariff of 1842, "op posed to its repeal or modification ;" and even goes so far as to declare that he would " re gard its repeal as a great national calamity." In all this he is perfectly consistent with whig doctrine, which looks to "protection" as one of the chief ends of government. But how is it on the other aide 1 What kind of a figure do ihose gentlemen make, who, professing to be democrats, attempt to exact an anti-democratic pledge from Col. Polk, and, failing in their pur pose, turn almut and oppose him. It is clear and incontrovertible that the Tariff of 1842 is, out and out, a 'whig measure; conceived and matured in whig congressional councils ; pass ed, mainly, by whig votes; and designed, in Miict accordance wnh whig principles, as much for protection as for revenue. This Tariff of 842, then, hfing a whig measure, how can men, professing to be democrats, object to Col. Folk because he is opposed to it I o do so is" both unfair and inconsistent. If Col. Polk had responded to the interrogatories of the Dickinson meeting in the same spirit of friend ship for the Act of 1842 that Mr. Clay has done, what would have been the result ? Why, most unquestionably his abandonment by al most the entire National Democratic Party. He. could not have stood a day as the leader and champion of democracy after endorsing the most unjust and oppressive Act of the Whig Congress of 1842. He could no longer have been recognized as a democrat and, after the repeated expressions of opinion against that act which he has given, which were well known to the National Convention from whom he re ceived his nomination, and to the people to whose support that body recommended him, a tuddeu change from hostility to friendship for the Act of 1842, must have lost him the respect as well as the support of the democratic party from Maine to Georgia. He would have been looked upon as a changeling as a man of weak mind or corrupt principles as an ambi tious aspirant who was willing to make any sacrifice for the sake of office; and the exalted reputation which he had acquired only through the toil and sacrifices of years, would have been blasted in a moment ana for ever. Was this the condition to which the men of Dickin n desired to reduce the candidate of their party ? We have a belter opinion of them than to believe so. Why, then, did they proceed as they have donoi Ihe answer is plain they acted under the influence of wrong im pressions. They started out with the idea that the Tariff of 1842 was a democratic measure that "protection" was a democratic principle. And bow came they to labor under this strange delusion? Need any man ask the question? "Why, lens of thousands of the honest democ racy of Pennsylvania are at this moment cher ishing this same fallacy and when they come to be convinced that James K. Polk is opposed to the doctrine of" protection," like the men of Dickinson they will desert him, because they have been led to belieye that " protection" was a democratic doctrine, and they will regard Mr. Polk's hostility to protection as an abandonment of democratic principles. This is one of the hitter and blasting results of the deceptive and fraudulent course pursued by the so-called Democratic Press of this commonwealth ; it is one of the poisonous fruits of that system ol sophistry and falsehood which, without a soli tary exception that we know of, has been re Mtrted to by the travelling orators and township drill sergeants and whippers-in of the party. Instead of honestly avowing the true and long cherished principles of the party, showing their buperiority over those of their opponents, and preparing the minds of the people to receive them as the genuine offspring of the Jefferso nian creed like base thieves, these editors and orators have thus far spent the campaign in stealing scions from the whig nursery and en deavoring to engraft them on democratic slocks. Thus has a false issue been presented to the democracy by the men in whom they trusted, and whom the principle of gratitude for confi dence generously bestowed, should have made lionest and faithful to tho trust. Time and again have we protested against the anti-demo cratic course pursued by the presses, orators, and leaders of the democratic party. We have admonished them of the weakness of their pol jcy, and the dangers of their course. We have condemned the wickedness of the frauds they were practising, and invited them to return to the paths of ' truth and soberness." But our warnings and our admonitions have been met by hot and proscripiive denunciations ; and men who hare scarcely-emerged from the swaddling clothes of democracy, have presumed to talk learnedly to us of the errors and impolicy ,of ur position. &very where else the partycan didate has been honestly supported on party principle; and wherever this has .been faith- lolly and intelligent one, the cause is pros perous. But feere, ih Pennsylvania, where the false issue was made, and Col. Polk held up to the people, against truth and history, as the champion of Protection and the friend of the Tariff of 1842, re-actions are already taking place, and will continue, unless whig principles are speedily abandoned, the shameful falsehoods so often and so deliberately uttered by the par ty presses and leaders recanted, and genuine democratic doctrines once more embraced and earnestly propagated. The movement in Dick inson township is, considered by itself, but a small affair and yet it will not be without ef fect. It may be ike parent of many such move ments and the end may be more disastrous than we imagine. Wherever the people have been deceived in regard to the true sentiments of Gov. Polk and the true principles of the democratic party, we must expect re-action the moment light dawns upon them and the imposi tion is exposed. Such being the danger to be apprehended, we again appeal to the democra cy of Pennsylvania, to the democracy of our own county, to reject at once the false lights of whiggcry that have so unscrupulously been held out to them as lamps from the altar-fire of de mocracy, and to return to the principles of the Fathers, which constitute at once the ark of our political safety and the covenant of our po litical peace. In connection with this matter, and to show the light in which the Tariff of 1842 is viewed by the Democracy of other parts we commend to the attention of our democratic readers the annexed extracts from speeches recently deliv ered by the Hon. C. C. Cambreling and Benja min Wiggins, Esq., at the great Democratic meeting in Castle Garden, New York. Mr. Cambreling, speaking of the whig Tariff of 1842, said : " Now we have a revenue more than double that which is necessary for the purposes of Government. 1 his year tho tariff has yielded thirty-five millions, eleven millions which are surplus. Suppose the tariff is not repealed, will not those eleven millions be scattered among the States to corrupt them, or incite a spirit of over-trading, such as existed in 1836, and the consequences of which have been fell in 1837 and 1838. It must be so. The same cause will always produce the same effect." Mr. Wiggins remarked : "Tho question of the Tariff has been so ful ly and so frequently discussed, that I feel as if I need not occupy your time at present on that subject. I will simply remark, however, that I cannot conceive why any man should want to pay $2 instead of $1. Under the whig pro tective policy, is not every man called upon to do this? Why should we raise forty millions of dollars when twenty millions will, answer our purpose ? To this question, no plain dem ocratic answer can be given." These are sound democratic truths which ought to be spread among the people of Penn sylvania. Let the fact be every where known that the election of James K. Polk will be the signal for the repeal of the whig Tariff of 1842, and all will be well. Attempt to deceive the people, and all will be lost. Go to Work. We extract the following from an article which appeared in the New York Tribune of Thursday morning: 1. Be sure that every Whig vote in your Town is polled for Electors of President. Do not trouble yourself too much about other counties and States ; do not run off to distant Conven tions and mass meetings ; but take care of things at home, and trust your brethren else where to do likewise. Do not ask whether your State is certain or doubtful ; we want ail the Whig voles for Hen ry Clay. If you live in a State as safe as Ver mont or as dark as South Carolina, just do your whole duty and trust consequences to the Dis poser of events. It is not enough that we bare ly elect Mr. Clay ; we must show a decided Whig preponderance in the popular vote of the Union, and to this every Whig vote must come out. A vote in Alabama will count just as much toward the aggregate as one in New York. 2. Be ready for Rain. The day of Election may be stormy there may be a driving, blind ing, snow storm in some sections, and a north east rain in others ; this must not reduce the Whig vote if you are prepared for it, it will not. But you must be ready, know where the carriages are to be had, and who is to bring to the polls each remote voter who has no convey ance of his own. Arrange this at once, and be sure that the men appointed can be relied upon. 3. Be wide awake for electioneering lies. You will very likely have news, just on the eve of Election, that Mr. Clay is dead, or has done some horrible thing, or that the Whigs in some section have abandoned him. There is nothing too incredible, nothing too monstrous, to be fab ricated by a portion of our adversaries. The villains who can persist in assuring the people of Pennsylvania that Polk is friendly to the pres ent Tariff, or at any rate to a Protective Tariff, will not hesitate to forge Mr. Clay's name to any document which might seem calculated to subserve their nefarious purpose. 4. You have organized, we trust, the Whig parly in your township and precinci ; you have supplied every man of both parties uho will read wilh Whig Documents on the Great Ques tions of the day. Now will yojrtjust see that no ioui means are useu to uennve trie wn r Cause of votes that fairly belong to it ? If a man is set against us, that is enough. Bui there are thousands even now opposed to us who would vole for Mr. Clay, if ihe Tariff and Texas Questions were clearly set before them. Thousands are now supporting Mr. Polk in the full belief that he will not attempt to destroy the Tariff, nor to annex Texas at the hazard of a war with Mexico.. Press ihe facts home on their understanding, on their consciences, and they will, if not vote fur Mr. Clay, withhold their .votes from Polk. Will you each try to impress one candid, conscientious neighbor with such truthsf JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Stromdsburff, October 24, 1844. Terms,S2,00 in advance: $3,25, half yearly ; and $2,50 if not paid beioieme end oi tne year. 05 V. B. Palmer, Esq., at his Real Estate and Coal Office, No. 59 Pine street, below Third, two squares S. the Merchants' Exchange, Phila., and No- 160 Nassau street, (Tribune buildings,) N. Y., is authorised to receive subscriptions and advertisements for the Jeffcrsonian Republican, and give receipts for the same. Merchants, Me chanics, and tradesmen generally, may extend their business by availing themselves of the op portunities for advertising in country papers which his agency affords. FOR PRESIDENT HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT THEO. FRELINGHUYSEK, OF NEW JERSEY. The Dickinson Meeting. We call the particular attention of our rea ders to the proceedings of the Dickinson, Cum berland county, Meeting, inserted on tho first page of to-day's paper. They prove conclu sively, what we have all along declared, that the professions of the locos in favor of the pre sent Tariff, are false, and that James K. Polk is opposed to it. That is the reason he dares not answer the plain and simple questions which have been asked him. How different is the conduct of Henry Clay. With the same can dor which has always marked the man, he re plies boldly, on the very day he received the Committees letter, 4hat he is in favor of the Ta riff act of 1842, and if elected President, would oppose its repeal or modification. How then can any man, who believes in the good effects of the Tariff oppose him, and vote for James K.Polk? We cannot tell ! The Gubernatorial Election. We hare not yet received the official returns, from every County, of the late election in Penn sylvania, and the reported returns in the differ ent papers are. so contradictory, that no two agree. The Clay Bugle, published at Harris burg, which has good opportunities of receiving correct information, makes ShunVs majority 3,491, with two small counties, McKean and, Elk, to hear from. This is no doubt verynear the truth; as the official rote, which we -hope to be able to publish next week, will show. F. Julius Lemoyne, the Abolition, or Liberty can didate, received between 5 and 6,000 rotSs ; mainly in a few of the Western counties. This accounts for Gen. Markle's smalKmajority in J Mercer and Bearer, aid his defeat in Wash ington. Had it not been for the Abolition vote, Gen. Markle would now be Governor elect of Pennsylvania. As it is Francis R. Shunk if a minority Governor. . The Methodists Ever since the Rer. Dr. Bascom's letter, cer tifying to the moral character of Mr. Clay, has been published, the Loco Foco press and party leaders, throughout the country, have been de nouncing the Dr. and the whole Methodist per suatinn in the most unmeasured terms. As a matter of course, Rafferty of the Monroe "Lyre," who never lets an opportunity pass of abusing the Methodists and their preachers, has joined in this cry, and even exceeds most others in the measure of his abuse. Dr. Bascom is well known throughout the country, and his charac ter stands so high that no assaults of Rafferty and his confederates, can lessen it in the pub lic estimation. He is a near neighbour and in timate acquaintance of Henry Clay, and as an honest man testifies to that great statesman's moral excellence and we are satisfied that the community generally place full reliance upon his statement. We have no doubt that the Metho dists in this region believe in the truth of Dr. Bascom's statement, and when the proper time comes will vindicate that excellent preacher's reputation against the assaults of the loco foco party. Lee Foco Consistency. James M. Porter, of Easton, who in Julv last laid claim t.o having drafted the present Tariff bill, made a speech in Strpudsburg, on Wed nesday the 9ih inst., in which he denounced the same act as being too high and protective in its character, and that it ought to he reduced. They find out that they cannot any longer make the people believe that James K. Polk is a Ta riff man, and hence they openly denounce it, and preach free trade. Will the honest portion oftheir party be duped by them in this, way The Presidential Election. OUR PROSPECT IN PENNSYLVANIA. The result of the recent election in this State, has inspired .our friends with a degree of con fidence in their strength, which we have never before known them to possess. Before the election, many of them thought that we stood no chance whatever of success; and so firmly had this idea taken possession of their minds, that no reason or argument could alter their be lief. They now see, however, how easily they might have elected Gen. Markle, had they but known the strength of their party, and helped to get out all our votes. We are satisfied that they think and will act differently in regard to the Presidential Election, and will not rest sat isfied until the State is redeemed, and her vote cast for the Clay and Frelinghuysen Electors. The majority to be overcome is but 4000, which can be done by a change of but two or three votes in each township. There is prob ably not a township in the State, where not less than twice that number of Whig voters staid away from the Polls on the 8th Jinst., and in many, three and four times that number. It is also well-known that many persons who voted for Mr. Shunk, will rote for Henry Clay, on the ground that he is in favor of Protection to American Industry, whilst Mr. Polk, is opposed to it. This number will no doubt be found to be very great, when the returns come in. On the other hand, we believe the Loco Fo cos polled as large a rote for Governor as they can possibly do for President. They had eve ry engine at work to arouse their men, and bring them to the Polls. The Congressional, Legis lative, Sheriff, and other County officers, and their friends, were all actively at work, and brought out their friends. At the Presidential Election, there will be none of this exertion, and therefore we believe that their rote will be decreased, rather than augmented. Our friends, therefore, may see that they hare the game in their own hands, and can gire the Electoral rote of Pennsylvania, to Henry Clay, if they will. To do so, it is true, a vigorous effort must be made. All our votes must be got out. None must be left behind. If this is done, all will be right, and Pennsylvania enrolled among the Whig and Tariff States of the Un ion. Where is the Whig, then, who will not do his share towards effecting this great result? Who will not devote one day to his country, so that his country may be happy and prosperous. The Bankrupt Law. Farmer Sitgreaves, in his speech to the locos at their meeting in Stroudsburg, on the 12th of September; pronounced the late Bankrupt Law a damnable act said that the Whigs passed it, and that the rascals took the benefit of it but when honest men wanted to take it the doors were closed. Who in Monroe county took the benefit of it ? Were they such characters as Sitgreaves described 1 Comment is unneces sary. Rafferty, in his paper of the 10th inst. char ges Henry Clay with being responsible for all the perjury and repudiation occasioned by that infamous measure. Who does Rafferty mean perjured themselves ? Why do not those who availed themselves of the provisions of the Act, call upon him to explain 1 ' ' Arthur's Magazine. The November number of this monthly, is a beautiful affair, and reflects great credit upon its enterprising and spirited conductors. The engravings are splendid, and the reading matter of the highest order. It is fully equal, in our opinion, to any of the $3 00 magazines, whilst the subscription price is but two dollars a year. It is published at No. 101, Chesnut street, Philadelphia. Meal's Saturday Gazette. This the title of a new weekly paper started in Philadelphia, and to be conducted by Joseph C. Neal, the humorous author of the "Charcoal Sketches." Mr. Neal is also well known as having been the editor of the Pennsylvanian, for a number of years. He has now retired from politics, and will devote himself to litera ture. His name as editor, will insure success to the paper. The subscription price is $2 per annum in advance. Oh the Stump. It is said that Francis R. Shunk, has taken the stump for Mr. Polk, since he received news of his election. He will be at Allenlown to day, and intends visiting Easton on Saturday. Ho may stump it for Jimmy Polk, but Henry Clay will carry the State for all that. New Jersey. The official return of the vote for Governor in this State, is as follows: Stratton, Whig, . 37,949 Thompson, Loco, . 36,581 A Torch-Light Procession. ' We understand that the spirited Whigs nf Easton. are making extensive arrangements for a splendid Torch-Light Procession on Saturday evening, in honor of the Stales which hare de. clared for the Whig cause during the present year. It will light them on their way to a gin rious triumph in Pennsylvania on the 1st of November. Whig majority, 1,368 WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET, The following is a correct list of the names on the Clat and Frelinghuysen Electoral Ticket for this State as authorized by the State Central Committee. ELECTORS. Chester Butler, Townsend Haines, Josepii G. Clarkson, John Price Wetherill. John D. Ninesteel, John S. Littell, Benjamin Frick, Eleazer T. M'Dowell, Samuel Shafer, William Hiester, John S. Hiester, At 1 T71 T . Aiexanuer xrown, Jonathan J. Slocum, Henry Drinker. Ner Mitldleswnrth, John Kiilingor, Daniel M. Sinyser, Frederick Watts, James Mathers, Andrew J. Ogle, Daniel Washahaugh, John L. Gow, Andrew W. Loomis, James M. Power, William A Irvine, Benjamin Hartshorn. 10th Congressional District-Official.! Northampton, Wayne, Monroe, Pike, Carbon, Michler. 2,459 807 353 121 460 Brodhead. 3,163 1.521 1,568 587 767 4,200 Brodhead's majority, 7,600 4.200 3,406 v ? rm - - TT c? c r. The terms of seventeen U. S. Senators ei pire on the 4th of March next, thirteen of who: are Whig and five Loco focos. The Whir have secured the senator in Vermont. New Jer( sey, Maryland, Virginia, Indiana and Ohio.rt the election of a majority of the Legislature) of these States. In Connecticut a Whig Se: ator has been chosen for ihe next six years, ai Whigs will be chosen in Massachuseits an: Rhode Island. The Whigs are sure of ma: out of the seventeen Senators in the class t 1845, and have a chance in some of the oih Stales. Of the Senators who hold over, s:i teen are Whigs; to which add nine, as abo and the Whigs hare twenty-five, being 1 h1 of half the entire number. Two more will l'l them a majority. Tho other Stales in wiiu Senators are yet to be chosen, are Maine, Pj sylvania, Missouri, New York, Delaware, 31: sissippi, Tennessee and Michigan. What is Henry Clay? This question is answered by the Hon. Jartf Buchanan, in a speech before the Locofa Stale Convention, after the nomination ofGf Harrison over Mr. Clay. Mr. Buchanan sai. "The Whig party had in Mr. Clay a carl ufltu ui nuuiu wi-jr mar uo uedii juiij " rLl.l J r"i t ...in J a man oi a ooiu ana leaness neari i high and commanding eloquence, and a niaij distinguished ability. I 14 VV BSV thpfi anil vm nnriAnl In pVerV" $H j, "Tl ' who ever knew Henry Clay personally, il'Jl is a man perfectly to be relied on. He " 'j honest man ; he is a fair dealing man ; r.eu man who believes in his own principles, ! follows his sentiments and acts on them, never deserted a friend, who was never red from hia purpose, who was never seduf from what he undertook to do. Ho is a of faith in the largest sense of that word. man has ever been more severely isr IT lie life, in this country, than Mr Clay been ;and no man ever exhibited a nii)tcsJ lime manhood in all his great and repeated hibitiona of the noblest oi' all qualities in a P' He man trustworthiness. There is n'jj earth a single individual who knows Mr. Cl'i that will not admit, that, if he should be elec , President of ihe United States, he will jsl j himself wilh earnestness and zeal to admin" the Government according to his long a,lj and dehWerate conviction of right. He w"' it thoroughly, ha will do it upon the e': principle of hit life." A PnsiAiKKV T i Bairl that A printer has been discovered in India. 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