^.sci;L: P 1r 77 . ‘ i lr 11 • .7° . • Speeeh of the .71,on . .;Chartes .1' • , JfileCle.i;re. • - s: • • Mr. McCLURE taid'before CMigress the. re - solution of the Legislature of Pennsylva:- nia, instructing her Senators; and requesting. her Representatives, to vote for the liost.pon emeneof the Sub-Treasury Bill. • - . ~-,. • ,On presenting the re(soluiion .of the Le . !•;irdaturi3, - ..•Mr. .McClure remarked that- he°, was in`favor of the .Sub-Treastrry and: -.'tat a ,;ease •o justice and duty to.his.con , c.tituplits,: of whom he was •proud . to..be the ' r:ipresentative, .and . who-,lie felt. confident . ‘vcre strongly in fay - or of that measure, Must . • Ip his apology to the Legislature for 4eclin tO comply with the request contained in . Vie resolution.-- • • ; n CTI MIA • niit MU, GREAT MEETING OF THEPEO - .• ' • • . • The roice: of Counti , • On. -AVe . dnesday. 'evening, the 11th of April, 1.838,, purSulint •to .p . uhlict notice; ono if the largest imeetings that was ever held in Huntingdon "county,. comimsed 'of. the -DemOcrSticAntiinasoitie citizens,tinti friend- JVjo the etectioii - of _Joseph Ritner, assind liled in the Court -House in. Huntingdon. On motion a Jame's Henderson the meet= dug camO . to'order, and was organized. 1.).3.- •appohit . ing the following venerable citizens 'as officers: ' . •,lITIGIIAEI. WATLITiteE, 4 - 41orris 7 :tp. • Vice Pre,4idents, - - ALEXANDER DISART 7 Of Tyrone. • JOHN BLAIR, Of ' - COL IVA:ES:MOORE, of Valley EPII. TALBRAITD;Ebq. of trollidayslnyg of . .,Barree: " • • - JAMES, MORROD', of Tyrone. • -• • - PRILIP . ,ROLLFA, of Morris. ...JAMES SMITH, -of Frthilistown. • Sicretari •. / Dr. &-S, - -DelO'ey, of Warriorw-rk, .4..../..Stewart, of Morris. v Geo..Hiedson F of Springfield. Col: John E'er, of, Walker. Af h' dr ~ ..:ter the meeting_ _IN%p organized,. upon motion of A. W. Beneclhtt, the - following .committee of FORTY were .appointed to draft a.preamble and resolutions; .expressive of the seakethe meeting; up - on tliemeritsi ---:of . the --two candidates - now before: the' peo ple; .for the Gubernatinial chair: A. W. - ' - n. Benedict; Patrick - tang; lames Short; Alex. , -. antler .Thompson, jathes Coy; Joseph.. G. - =Watson, John .7113,',er5; M. •Ste'ver i : D.- II: Moore, • Jelin 7': Jones, 'Daniel? Stew:thy - . EctiviadMilligaw, Isaac Thomas, Samuel Moore, -.Tanks -Perry, Esq., Ceorme D-rvis ~ ~. , . . . Joseph Roller, - James = l,yon John Kratzer, James E. Stewart, - Samuel !HarnisffrJohn. • Donnelly, Joshua Roller, Thos. Patterson, • - Thomas Bendei, A. H. Hall, Aaron Burns, Esq., James Moore, Daniel Bear, William 'Cornelius, Esq„ John Pots, Joshua Green land, jr.,. Thomas Dean, David Hacker .' dorm, -John Appleby, John M. Waters, :D. ........„.Nalarollers ; ; _Jacob Vainries . ,' EAq , , John • : Campbell, Eliel Smith.. '': - During the . absence of the committee, the :-. meeting was clot - puffy and effectively ad ' dressed by Data: 'Fisher, Esq., 'Of •Mifflin county, and John 0. Miles, Esq., of Hunt-- , . m , gdon. The - speakers. were greeted re . • peateaty - 11 - i ith - tilie applause orthe meeting. Mr. Benedict, the chairman of the commit . tee; presented as the report of the commit tee, the following preamble and resolutions, Which -were adopted unanimously: . : ..-, ' Whereas, The'time is approaching, when the_pepple of this , great, state will- again be called upon to make 'choice of 'a, - Chief -Magistrate.; , arid aS the issne is already, , made, between the present.worthy andpa- . I . , '-triatie'GOVernor; - and . 'David M.-Porter oti - our awn county tit is our duty to careful- . ly, examine the principles, as well as the policy of both: believing that they will hare a direct tendency . to operate upon the ihsti tutions of our Commonwealth, and_cleeply to affect th - Cp - tbiciides of civillii - tetty . it. ill -- - The powers at 'Washington, having by their bargain and sale of rotation IN office -added • '• to their dictation, placed before the people -a citizen of this county; and we feel called • , upon, by the urgent claims of that - peoplaii -----: to -- -scratinizarTivith=knote , ing=eyes - hhis: - . .• political character and li is individual clai ms. • We shall do so•more in sorrow than anger. , ' As a,politicianthen,, we must scnn,with an unprejudiced • eye, his principles, and their effects:--We 'know hint to be an adiwease . of the 'most ultra agrarian notions of 'Aran _ 4 Baren's Loco`-Fcren administration ;- and with-his -own -handl - m.8.1W weddeffliniself to that ruinous measure, the Sub-Treasury - 'scheme., -A scheme to place at the disposal, • • of the Presidenttbe whole treasure of .the , . people: for it plades it ander the'bolts '.and --- hifs - 15f iirivate ,iii-dividualc'whci-hold-their brief authority by his dictatorial :WM; and ~ it-also increases. the 'official paffionage of ' 1 the-President to a fearful ettent: ' . MO?-.0r7 , . - terbas-also-procliiimed-hirnself-iha_ — T. and advocate •of the mad: scheme'uf hum '. i bug and ..delusionwith *hich our emintry : 1 has been' baited,'on to destruction, andwlnch ,have led her to the brink. of bankruptey--- , i tional s ,w - ealth7(ther.7 - sur . .by issuing. u• bata iff. plasters created 'alien , debt often millions of. dollars; and a re, quest , that they create' ten' millions more: ..Measures:that have paralyzed the arni of in .;dititry-,--cloSedpur manufactories and work shops,—destroyed the poor Man's . anchor and hope, _Creditr--.furled , the sails 'of. our eonimercand . proffered with . the. same . •hand that, four'yeais ago,:jingled the prom -1 . ised gold; the. most wOrthless currency. : that ever. -insulted a free people. - That. such ' ...things are, cannot bnfor a moment denied. . 'For the cause, we . can point : to Preirions . • .sufferings' and' learn . in. the .bitter ,school of .. i r experience,, that:until' deMagognes, tamper=ed. With our carreneY,• it, WaS I the; hest inthe '3'vorlil; and the histciry. of 1812 to :1816,. ' 'should have: taught : them =the: the: Jestilt: :. - .AI- - _... ,tltOng4 . his ; friends eautiowilY , keep from the. . public: • iiiiY. exPressiOn ..of .up iiiiOn; relitiVe • "to theSub-Treasierp,,,Kandiaien'.4 :policy,' • • . and the dactrineeof :Dalks, and 'lngersoll's. - : -.-. . - Dra.oo - :Code 7'let 4- herei;:ure - witcricno* - hitn: _, as a neighbor and , - politician ' say, that ail; • lind"eachnf ; theni,lw.has:Theen . Uver -eon- :r ~~r>.y~.vhr side red strongly t ‘ attaChed., The .poinina . AO of David - 0: POiter'i6 frillik Rt . thee and with the belief - that'he lvtll shbserviently the tirain r ,rand do the bidding'of tl4ilesPei rata, ydliticians who, hold and wield the PdWers of the General Government. In our lona' •acritiaintanee with' him we have never 'seen any.evidetice of either political sagacity or wisdom, -nor. has. ho ' showh that lie has any qualificTitions t necespary to , the .proper .guidance . • of our- Statc., • though 'for Years in the' halls .of 1:11V 'gis.ers,tro act.of there recorded which' shows atty. thing but obedience to fbe,tion, • regiirdless of, flu!, wants of: the people. - We believe tEtt the systein'ef holding office for life is anti-republican: and we . con'sider that ( man who shas been a recipient . of oflice.for .( years,, and who. is still unsatisfied, ' gives_evidenee .of being favorafile to the, t same aristocratical measnre. -.losephiliinerriho-imiesei eolig!itoned; lwnieyt, and Forth).- chief Meg is trate, tins (loring aiion of. Gov- erninEut, Itylits firmness and - VatribliK.fif,lif a great ineasuri, preserved, our 'State froruH :the distress. and suffering felt'in.OUT sister 8m tcS-,lnis shown :himself.. the -friend .; of . Pcnnsylvania's-interest—ber. Imitor, and . •her institutions: The friend of a' safe sysr tem of Internitt Improment, Fend a sound currency suited to'.the.wants'of the people. The - chantipion - of civil liberty and domes tic-industry..., He has- upon -all' occasions shown - that he•viewed with -horror and' dis gust, The -ceremonies and powers ..hf oach-_,bound• societies. While his oppo ienti---PorterHsz'net-only favorable . thereto; but is hims - crii - letfilq 77 arrtong=theniut - boasts. the sounding title,or - Deputy Grand Master; and who is adherent to.the . follieS and crime's -of that institution,* the verT_shrine.of"Which is sparkled with , ,the ur blood of - its-mdered victims. Therefore., 'Resolved, - l'llllt for tlie annexed reasons we shall' use all honorable itieanS -to secure the election of Joseph Ritner. Bccatthe his talents„ integrity, ability, untiring zeal the - honor and promoting. the. interest and welfare of the commonwealth, entitle-him to the gratitude l of every Pennsylvanian. • • Because B he• is the friend-of a judicious lintHiberaT — System: - -of — Entbrnal—lmProve ,. ment, i)V extending; and perfecting - 411e main lines; -and . opposed to the further increase of - att alk•eady fearful state debt, .tis evinced iy-this!-voto. of_ the- mam mbth Jinpriivement - Bill.; - which had fiirect tendency to Mere*. that debt to 40,000,000 of "dollars, by an appFopriation . to local ankusele"ss Improve ments; thus. saving, the people from onerous taxation.' I3cc<rr{eo`lie is . . oppOsed to the Yanßuren. -system of plufider,• sought, to be engrafted upon our country; by the, -adoption of . the Sub-Treasury •syStem,,and its consequent union--of the- purse' to - the _power of the .sword, in the-hands of the President. . Because he is in favbr of the old:Demo cratic doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, and. opposed to the dictation, of Federal office holders., and' heir interference in state elec tions,- and he• has with manly. firmness given .the minions'of•the Federal Govern- :Because he has proven himse.lf the friend to enter Prize, and.the successful prosecu tion of manufactories:' and :the-friend of the laboring man, whose prosperity is the pros- - perity of our state, and whose- toil is . her - wealth -- by — his — advocacy and - Uniform currency suitablt: to. the wanes' of the people, and•which is the:billy safe guard . to a successful Trosecution of every . branch e industry. Because he has, by economy and Vigi lane'e in their management, rendered our public works a source of - 'revenue, • instead .oLtin expense and burthen; _and because he is in faVof: of finishinn . the lines of canal and railways already begim, instead of plunging the - state - headlong in debt;: to the manifest injury of the people and the pub lic works. Because lie is opposed to secret,soeieties, whos E i - Oget ler y oaths and penalties, and who, ti - y . thdir mystic, signs and grips can aet in concert to the .accomplishment-of-any-wickpd_end, and to prevent the object of law..and justice ; thus sapping the foundations of oar free institutions, and destroying evell. - 'vestige - Th at-we—earniot'_sl4l)ortiiilie • election of HaVid - R.' Porter, for. Govereor; forthe_following:reasons;_ _ BECAUSE, WE •KNOW. HIM, :Becatise, lie aft advocate . of the -de- Strnetive poky of :Van Buren's Federal / administration; - and is - brought _forward by ,Federal dietation frOM nilbasures are all tending to the cOnsumma tiowof that old Federal .tenet, a strong ex ecutive. Witness the assertion of Van Bu ren in . his Message that the.. Goverment -would_take_care_oLitself, and the pe.ople must talie.c'are of themselvesi thus declaring the' people as unsafe guardians of their own -welfare df(l t iu_she_itate: ^nate - , 1)3: his vote, declare liiinself.as an ultra Stib- Treasnry man, by voting against The reso lution, instructing our senatins to vote for the postponement of that Measure, until_ th eopl - 0.7 - had_sriolionar_ thirolSrginti of kings that-the peoplerar - unlit for self.:government. • ;Because. he is in favor of tlius•,making two kinds of currency, gold and silver for the minions and satolite@ of power, rags o the worst.kind'fq,:_the people. The ..pre cious metals • being, thus .confinedin th strong boa of the President', to - . salleried myrinydon@ of, his power, while • the pee have."tionglit..,but irredeemable ban paper. Be( .h-'Preasury . icitent'''e.tend to the immediate and coMpletedestinctio ortlid'iystarn 'of: . credit, which- has : erected: 'one 'cities, and minitakories, beautified our fields, - and Wailettoin commerce, and I? ? ritip, the stars 'and .stripes., to every port •;irrjlie_ • BeCauie °in present state debt is: dlegapy 'of Mr.; Porter's •prototype, Wolf, randvhe public debt•:a public blessing,'-by:veting. the senate- for . that: bill ..of :abomituitions lill-of-;the last session. . Were - it rtorfor''rtlie veto of'Fahiler Inn; would haVe• - inernased- - : that I•debt to forty pf. dpllds, and We . , • l'ereatech - were, a tiOnj upon the -; pro 7 dtic'ts oVetely . .deere able': ortaagb vety belongs. to that class only as 'politicians, -who regard .low cun ning es political wisdom, and the'people as didir.i4struments and . dupes,- and only to be used to "advance thomselVes; --- and = whose unprincipled designs and - ambitiqus views, are centered in their affections for office, • • Because, a 5 citizens a the Same county we have for a long series of years watched 'his career, and Openly and fearlessly de- . clam. that on no. occasion/ in 'any 'situ tation have we ever Seen any evidenCes of cal wisdom, *or khoWledge of political economy. " • Because we, see; with - atleast reoVet fOr their depraVity an effort mhking to delude the hdnest-andindustrieus fanners. Of this stal•crimo-ir-hclief—that-Daidd--4ittenhouse• Porter is:a practical farmer, when as those who have seen him almost daily I'M: twenty. years, have yet for the first time to see his 1 lids engaged in any kind of manual labor. or have - any one of .u.s* even:-reaped , the benefits of any..of his :Fancy) ,Stock :of horses, _hogs, and Cave's. (We feel 'called 'upon to make, these statement'S" . to - correct errors) hut we havt:nfor the whole of that, time, known him as an ofliee-holder. Becattse;: wirbelieve lie owes - all - his oflices,.ail his honor, all his im'ptirtance, all his•ivs:alth, - and his nomination, to the secret itifinnee,,seeret working, and secret power of thelodge; .. .and not to any natural or ac quired abilities:, •• . • - -Amytt.tite--4- - tn-tulvec.p.te,...atul . v' meth-: lier of the of iiizionry, - :ifid . haS sworn overtheir guilty wine cup (the skull) to 'support the 'brethren of the order be they rialit or wron& • • B C(ll( 7 9i i if• elerted . ive — befieve - thallte — ' would nse his power to carry out'mid per tewate, - all and eaith,.of the ruinous meas ures enumerated, anal .particularly themani-_. moth tax .bil6 Pechusc,. Ave believe that, cause Which required fldsehobd and deception to sustain' it, inngt be wrong, and that such is the fact in his case is.plainly seen, by the efforts. of son's to make it appear that Porter is a 'farmer. and - no ttr feitnulT to - . the - des t Aive polity of. Van-Buren. -Reso/ved, „That we know that Hunting -46n. county Will - ....remain •unshaken, -- and steadfast-in Ater old:fahlt, and - that any niis;;. representations as - .to that, fact, - will inect a merited rebuke at dip ‘iitle.s . of 'Octo . b6r."- —Resaved,' That to, our friends' throtigh-, out the stifle W'e4iVe the Most positive h -s - uranee thlt, our losSes-will pf,c)ve our gains, HQ Matter.what the mis-statements: of our Re,yolve - d, Although the lirm unshaken. ideas of fAeneral Itarrison,-the war Worn. hero of -Tippecanoe,---yet . Calllloill6oli. without much sorrow :upon any. course Which might tend to the nomination of him in any way at present but by voice of a National Convention, because We should consider it as a signal' for an embittered strife at- once jeopardizing sour hopes of success at the next cobtest. . fresorti r cTr, -- Pliiiriii6 - 15 - 611EfdlThirifeitray look with_ conlidenc'e to the nomination of Harrison, as . a certain precursor of our sue.: - o .cess, and that we at least have- our misgivi ings, should.any other man be placed in his stead. On motieso/vcd, unanimtifiSlWAllift the following maned persons compose the delegation-to reposent Huntingdon . county, ! in the State•Cotvention to be held in Read-- ing,'llerks county, on the atli day of June next, viz: John Brotherlin°, W. P. Oibi .son, .Tames.ll.liinkade, Alex. L. Ilolliilay;: Whoa L. Spear, R. 'A. M'Murtrie, J. B. Trampten,_Arthur Moore, jr., J. I'. jones, Samuel Calvin, David Stewart, Adam 11. Halt, Nathan 11. Wright, Joseph Forrest, A. W. Benediet,'William'F. Leech, Thos; [Reese, James .M'Quaid,. .Williams, S: Chambers, James Mullen, John Ste- Resolved, That these proceedings be 'signed - 'by,• the officers, and • published in every' paper in the State, frendly to the I - cause. [Signed , by the Officers.] he Hantingdon Journal. VE /AT FE NEWS. Prowl, Below we publish an article froni tliat pinle ,-of veracity; the -"KeyStone."--Wii publiSh it as something perfectly and'entire ly.new to the citizens of this county. 'lt is a precious specimen of - the elasticity of the' consciences of the conductors of that print - artd a pretty fair criterion to judge _of - the: trutli - of its general contents. . ' To.use the expressive term of M'Critwl er, the erudite conductor of 'Ole ‘cAsseniuni. in an 'article "Plastering" the., Pcsh Man D. R. Porter, they use the following lan- guag6:. - "Ile (Porter) ; is - a firmer,, and one Of wjiom 'Ponnsylvania may be justly proud; anfougAhe best in thOState. • He has don much to- improve the , bleed of for whielt.ht IS entileti to and will receive the thanks Of every man in the section inwhich he liv6S. IVe,have been informed that he has, i thinLii feW ; i l Years, raised :aniLsokl_ of e..finest and Most .v, hable horses ever raised--in the state, tw Or which brought him one - thousand do .rs each,"*. • Ih! ha! lta! 1),,. pl R. Porter a farmer+- that's a good One. - That's • rare nen/p .- 11)r you citizens -- Of. Huntingdon . county. . A Farmer indeed!--we must laugh , - again, ha! hallia! %Why he hinny- knows a grabbing. hoe Trom , it shovel plough ; and as for using either, hetevei'_hilidly saw them used.— :Farmer! ...Well, well - boys; this is - 'about ',egnal toliiS deeds of war lin OM field of bat tle. He - has been hi office not less than twenty years, and. has '"farmed" nothing' but in' thelh'sonic . Vineyard,' fartaitik out his pettyofficial :.power to that man wh6 _woulilserve AMA' .best.__Eartatill.tlearLO dear! It may be that the race course- hasi been . "harrowed" once - or twice at . his ex= pense, ;to' givt his - 'scrubs ,a 'Ohm& to run ~botty;', - but- thitfis ' the aitumint 6f-his farai-. ..higc. What-gum elaStitconsciendes - those •tilitOrs - mtist 'have -io "vOntl catch - a'rottsing 2n thid,l;loato,,t,jijnivthatit conlff, ' for a ino-, anent, go uncentrallicted. Ho is a . firsttate , "farmer"- in. politics. • In .-'36 he • "Armed •out"-Ilve, Or 4.x . townshlps.tO candidates for,, 1 Sheriff, anti,,got them to !electioneer!forhini j When he tiin Ter. Senator, making each be -1 lieve that .lie . was-liisSpecial!frieful= 4ll- ey - till ed The drouiid, bu t. he gathered the props.: Try it. again. Twelve years Prothona-• tary, and Major Doilie s to Ooir. Wolf, and the administration before.,--and nearly as many years . before, digging in the 01116411 erilroi-diggin - g to---g.et-In;---Usett.too-much-ef a man's .time. to: do much, in the way. of , work:: .Work is, no. part.of Porter's trade I . .--licl• learned ' the politicians trade young, and has .been' a.• jonrne,,yman for many _ . ' years ; of course lie- woulrlike to turn eiiijdoyer .now. But farming! -" I bco yon would not mention it," your own friend's laugh at yini here, and heartily wish you .ivere." tonguet ied." " Tell the truth, and shame the, d-I."' ' Hurrah - 4mi. yOur old officeholder, but don't talk about fail - hers,. "-fresh frinn the ranks of the, peOple,"- -when-your-candidatax-haS--nOt-beenmw...ol the people for twenty-years. We believe 'Mr. Porter -is a lar ._ . there is, in the upper end of thi. a county, number of .families- who . coal, tell how a 'portion-of That land was-obtained. -He tegs -Protholiotary,Registeraiut Recorder then. It is a-fine place, 'those oftiH , s,to knOw the eirci mstanccs of certain mon and ThingS. Tut here was . .no farthing iii the case; lie woul not work. ' - - . . . . 'A tore - palpable - falsehood --was oiever perpeti ited to gull the people. ; ft isg how, ever, a - no go"—and we hope our friends of the pre -s 'will attend - to the matter. „ink thOnsand t dlar-colts arc not foaled yet. . . :2 I , Yont the . Huntingdon Journal, flrit-Tuirt— 'lii almost eiterrek.ehange paper me read the above importanZ inquiry. Aware that no-one: has-a •be tter7opPortun i ty-thanzur,_ selveg to give a satisfactory answer;- from the fact that weliVe upon the ground Where his Aas-been . and his is are knownand.un lerstood, wve. purpese telling our coternpo.: raries,. '' who David IL -Porter is," and in doing so , ivd pledge TnirselyeS fo depart in no instance from the facts, as theY' are im derstoed about his own Monte, necessarily. we must however, hold . up • his has beenS, .in -order that 'it may be easier imdersto.od zolto Ire r;. - As we are mit' one - cirtlitilkt who d klievelnreditary virtue - nor, we are not disposed to place any weight upon . heictlitary_rdislyinnr—andi-thereline shall • nut r sac - liattrttv id --- R; --- Porier. - iS one of that family that so ping bore, the natne:ofthe "'Rot/al :his .pedigree no further,. We - shall trace him throughpolitiotil career, eommenclng.h.t -the nine When throngh misfortune, or sow other cause, he Was declared an insolvent—• and settled his accounts withthe notice he-- ginning with the .cabalistic wordS• "--Tuke notice that . I Juice applied to thehonorable rjudges -,tke couPt; Front - this - maym he dated his politicallife: At that time,like°, Peter Ptruslr, he said, " what's a .trade when a fuller's got a soul I love my country and I want an•ggice,-4 don't care what, so its .fin and easy: I've a genius for govern intr—Eor telling the people what - to do, and tool irtlr at uni_dalt..____Lw_antLlO . take care of my country, and "I want *my' country to take etir6 of inc.: . "lead work is the' trade I'm nuldobr - Ti7io was David l ß. Porter then? He was a • candidate for sheriff against thd regu , r-D e mocratie eandidatem-was, defeated, and immediately after-his defeat started for llar rislmrg to get the commission despite the , . voice of the people. But the duly elected 'sheriff *as before him, and< he returned with a.flea in his ear. -- -Who-was David R.-Porters-after that? Ile was. a candidate for Assemltiv on the federal ticket, and was elketetl l ...l,' .... Td turned - renegade on their-hands-anCwas-- elected the succeeding .year as. a Democrat, dyed in the wool. Who then was David R. Porter ? De W:1 . 5 the prothonotary appointed by Gov. Shulze; tffianivation-ollhisAiye rs he had a worthy citizen turned out of • the register• and recorders' office, and himself appointed in his stead. lleri; then he had the office that was &` fat and eav,". he re ceived the'reward of his own venal toil—he: became the :party's tool•and .the county tittor. Ilere lie dispensed' the rewards to mis§ion-was-issted;--and-iflte-saidriffiy!--th, petition oEiilhousand-of ejtizenswas - ihrown: - by., as uselesslumber... On some occasions he even. went so far, where there was some, doubt as `to the applicant's party - predilec .tions, as - to write ~out a political ,creed or confession of faith and desire Min to , sign it, :or - his petifion would lie an empty - prayer.- ho arrayed - around him a servile and venal band, who ivould lie and itatter, - vieing with mph other in the degrading strife of sycophancy: - Dere then in his. political vineyard he gathered the crop that his pliant c - onscience - Ifiid - sownTlfe - lgif - aa - fiFwer -- duped and fleeced, and the corrupt and the mercenary bought. The spoils laid him in -the lapof luxttry,iyithout labor or toil. . -- Who was:David Porter then ? He was a high and bitter mason, whe called up all the energies of the lodge to carry out the scheane4 of his iffitti,'..wholas.hunted_with nnrelemting_vengdimee-andliatrod-evoiy-op ponprit of the secret mischiefs of masonry, who has pratgd of rotation in.'offiCe; but - Was always rotated from one , office into a better, and who fOr- tiventy years - , has filled Ills• garner from the.,peoples crib. 'The People by electing Ritner, took from him his power, as well as drove him - froth their treasure. Who filed was David R. Porter?, An as kot Congress., • it, and ' his menials poured out the vials of wrath upon AY. ;w,. Potter,.who likely to,get the nomina tioni 'nod- through their organ declared that their -" hands should withei." • before they would vote fqr_ hint. The lodge wrought .obedien& in them find hint . , by the nomination of p6natoy, be . .'Shouted " glory, honor, praisej, jittid•PoWpr".to the ticket—he :Was_elected._seriator , . - Who was DaVidn.,Porter then? A can-. did* for governor,it . was,sO• announced in this town, immediatel y after•liii:election__as benater", arid , ,the.,"'lron Gray", was toasted at their. Victory 'celibrUtion, as a nag to pia. '3B' races; and libn 4he next election arriVeilt•firi - iiii - Fif - iiephi* placed on: the ticket 'l'4. .assembly, find the MP . peOpl6plainli told if yoli vote for,hlm. yeti ;will vote foVA?orter.for - GOyeipor—.—And Pot.- ter on: the eleetioil igrouo: showed hyThis that he so the issue. Who Brforier? -He is an °face., hi:alai., wh has g . rown "fat sa-387 On t7le tax upon, the people's pun who lkis used their money to increase' power,•anti Ids-power-toinethase-his-mon Who, is David R. Porter ? He is the vocate of the Sub-Treasury scheme; ;I'm sure fraught with mischief and rttiii — to._ country; a measure that has aroused the dignation and-just resentment .of every ft man from Maine to Vloridai yet: a SliiV( his Tarty, he upholds it still: - WIM is David-R. Porter? Foe() of .the real Slam, 13tinc* , :Si Go: bri prtifession 7 —cal ls all banks monsters, sfocklioldeis should be made liable, vo that they should not, - eetideennS banks ; as ..slis ing .S Flo I i :(1 lolds _three thouseind dollars of stock himself in the Pittsburgh Ilmago Ban I!.• , :trid _soot e_ i n _l, e w istim n. • • • Vito is •David.R. Porter ? He is a man who 'has occupied a Se - iii - in the Legislanne. -TOW sessions:. 'Yd.. during that time- has given no evidence of greatness, but, many of party servility, who spent his time in laying "plans for his future advancement, instead of pubjie gdod. • • , • i _..:.: dliolileil il . Wlio is Pavid.R. Porter? Ile is a can didatefor-GOernor,:whose qualifications are Mknown,• *whosepraise is'false, ..that he is a farmer. IL7ao . is he? lkis the sameman. that Voted in the SenatelaSt year to increase( our .State Debt to Forty.-Mil lions of Dollars. Ile is the -luau who now askOr - ounsinfuge in opposition .to JoSeph Iti - firrTWl itisrMiTto ilrenTrart - felins : yfrairiti: Rom a sale, to the pawn-brokerg. He is the man, that• niftier wilt beat in 'Pennsylvania about- 20,14ILvotes, and...who:will learn the country (logs not 'want him M r . take care. of. , . . • Governor'.• Illess•ogr aceppillO kiting . the. - Inzprovenottl 13111..--We n think that no 'eau did -or unprijudiced Man, to . whatever - par-• he may belong, can read this excellent, straight. fbrward, and plain inesSage, with out -liei ng deeply intpressrd iv itli the , recd . :: tude of purpose and firnmess:drinirid char ,geteriiingour wortity;:-Governm. - -- - -This is ,a. --- . . . . dociiment which ought to cover-with shant - 6 • During-oldabsen6e two weekssince, the and confusion the dishonest part of the-- reitortof the- Hon. T. H. Bennow_us, Su-_. People,'s repregittatives,:inasinueh 'as it ex-I- -• • .. - • . perintendant of the-Common School Sys, I,pose:Arearl34llu4-tnanirest-htunhug,geryd,. ._. • :. ..,...._ .: ,- 'and Arii'.ltery, , by :w hj e h t h oy !Ci6naa s e to Lteiii - ofliOyuctibli; was laid up - Ori - intr - tableT' - .scpuindeLaNWlly imniense sums of tho:_public ,' ~17e.h7 . 1- -d intended .giving it a notice this . - memiys, On prie-iptdcriakin4 - s, and exort ! weeli;but as it is' a docomeotOr some length . ; itv the tinwillinesignature of -the .Covernor to - • - ___ . eye-have - r iot not been able, oWing t o : ; t multF, their bill-of-abominations, M.:the &Li - chilli hour,. when there is no' time left to pans plicity of lntsiness, to do it that, justice another b . ili! • .suroy the people, with one Whielt it Merits, - We , must therelbr6 - defer voice,..w ill cry out -51unne..upon theni," Friends of the Our remarks until next week-. . . , -when they r ea d this docmnent? And then , • , _their,,conduct.,_in authorizing . th e :Governort' _ ,--- . Volunteerhow likest.thou - • to borrow the enormous smut- 'f six hundred • the manner in which the Baltimore elections thousand dollars, at amfrate of interest ile -1 nifty see fit to. give, when they know that ihit s Ve terminated? • We merely ask for in the -United fitates. Pennsylvania Bank is' formation. • .-} ,• ... : • bound to lend- at. 4 per cent.; and this ,too ' . befbre making -provision for the $260,000 AMERICAN' MoNT . RIN MAGAZINE.-A borrowed at this rate, at a time of .presiino• f r i en d n . i has -favored 'us with a perusal of a emergency, goes beyond any thing wo eves.-- • before heard or read of in the history of leg-clew . rite .' numbers of , periodical, then " e - of - I 'iglatiVO Proceedinos!. -In the - nameorcOm which heads this article. It is an exceed- P mon honesty & violated justice,we call upon ingly interesting iniblieation.. Its 'original the -People to cast out.. their unProlitable Matter is well written, a;lits typographical public servants, and send in their places honest -- men to represent-themh-They-mayl' ' 1 i . l exeentino_ i .el ut ft 1. • In this_ttgo of cheap make as long or as short speeches as-they [ literature, wliett - for a few cents can be pro please! They may do as much or little!H cured as .much reading as .not thany:yetirs They may spend their time as ,they please!' Igo, would have cost ten tithes the•mone, y, They. May in short,do any...thing but first put. their bands inta_the_people's_Bebis! -_--.no One who can read should .be_Without The eyes of the world arc upon us, and some . of the many valuable monthly publi the,reputationor this great commonwealth, cations Arbieh issue from the American oughr•to - be dear to.every_true Pennsylvanian-i: If corruption and prodigality are to be.sanc tioned in the Representives of the People, the reproach, the shame, 'the 'Aegredation, must. rest upon their constituents!—_illiners rounial; • Young: Convention al Reading.— This Conyention bids fair - to - be - the largest ever held in the State. Dauphin County. DOS:appo4l4 ONE' HUNDRED AND FIF,TY-DEL-:1 EGATES, and Lebanon County THREE HUN DRED DEJ.EGATEO. WC suspect the county _visitors on thc.4th.of June next. Acdoni modati on s , w ill probably-be-in-g'reatdemand;- - but we suppose there will be room enough for . all who cam find repose itv.a . good arm chair, or close their eyes in balmy. slumber "ppon.a soft plank. Republicans can submit to anY''thing, and even prefer -a-crust of bread with Liberly,oo all the loaves and fishes ptirchased by - Loco Foe°. -ism! • . . . • Next iveekWe will publish a complete Ind correct list of all the delegStdsippointed . in Schuylkill county to attend said convert- TIIE NEW YORICILUATIOJG flaproved-llone. Loco Foco banks, in New Yotk have been trying'tp make the public believe they were going to pay_ specie for theirown city mites in May next: . :Sow mark this gu trap to. deceive the people; and 'td gain yote for , yan ,Buren 'rite city banks liave jje giiiaied for. months past in,pr . ately drawing - their city notes from circa coition, and issuing cer tified checks, and notes of the country banks; so,• that when 'the' " fourteenth., of May- ar rives New York, bills be' Like angels' visits, few and ar betweeii,", ' and the peo ple will see , - about_ its much SPECIE , lheydo now. . • But what makes this humbug still gfeatcr and more utterly7ridictilous Is-ithat the Gov-- ernor recoinnipiN to . the Legislature'la pass a law. to allow these very banks Who pre tend to resume PEClEpaymentS,to issue 'for tWo years, a new l-'nc of bank notei, not redeentabk - until on • par after date, which is in .fact actually • OSTPONING specie . payments i at least 'one, if not two years longpr., 'A• beautiful Van Buren humbug to carry . . the city elcc'tien 'in New. .York,' and then to lose it after .all how how 'con ive-tlie- people in this way!—Princcion !nig% H Exr o Io f -BY I gEORGE PHILLIPS:- C TITESD ' Air AITILRN ' OON, MAy 1, 1838 ,The People',..Candideites, .• FIA-FIRESIO,NT, • . zta/slimamorta FOR GOYERNOR, 40P 1 ..OUPIE1 ZiaWDMIA4 . The Washington county Farmer. . Our paper:pf.. • today is burthened-,-ds our friends of the Volunteer once said, in reference to the speech of Jame . s Buchan ! an.;÷with McClure's speech in Vonkress. - harsiiirsitott:eouldla" • Our . re4ers.wkll excuse the lack of edi iteriaLthis__Nceek:,, tts . htl jo i devote our spare room to the *speech of our repre 7 imitatiVe auks to the jiepresentatiVe ip Congress, - from the city of New York, 'for ah `early copyL of _the llon. DANIEL . IVESISTER'S fip e in q,llll.olthe,llon. J. C; Calhoun. ousta If aiiy one will.seud his name and his money, to the publishers of the American Monthly Magazine, and try the work one _re. • • , end of that time say he has no . ehadltle therefor, let him come - to us, and we . will refthul him his five out of our own pocket . — The•publisher Mr. G aorge Dearberif; No. 55, Gohr.Street, New York. As — an. evidence tliat the forces of the loco aremot, their man Porter, 'it. is sikfidiCnt to note the fact; that the leaders_of;"tliepare have, in :all former y.ears, their 'first blow in April ; they- have. almost invariably 'held meeting for the .piirpeee of opening thh campaign and rallying thdir forces, on some o'eiing. during' April' COU`Ke; but alas! for their sinking cause, the leaders found that -there-was-so-mach---lt , kicking-in-the -hay na - srAiis year, that afraid-to' : call a county meeting, f4iful that it might prove a fallure: In this . they4yost right they cannot get the people of this. county to come into the .support of David Ritten house-Porter, when running _in .opposition-' ti 3 the presentwarthy - incumbent. . A - nother.eVidenee - we haVe,.is in the,faCt` that the n eetmg of. the young loco focos, .• „ , called to. appoint delegates to their State Convention, is' to be held at a tavern, in a baCk room, instead of the Court House, the. usual place of - holding . county 'meetings._ • :Tlie Volunteer of last week contains letter or Mr. I Biddle to . J. "Q. Adams. hi 'publishing it, the editor says:—"A importani.paragrapits,me omitted, for :want Of room." , :We have, examined,: and . find that the fEw. unimportant paragraphs'omit ted, is about one-third of the whole letter, • and twat the iti(mi IMPORTANT paha of it.— HOwevet,'prieter.s:are sornetfines crowded foi-room. • The Whig majority in Rhode hittild last as-1158 1 -as-statOdia...-the-Sol , untect of last • •: ' •' .t? • . _ - ; • . ~„ , '~, WHIGS OF TUI • tirTIOLLE • • 'OPEN TO TalEr. RTG UT AND LEFT AND MAIM WAY.I4II. • BALTIMORE. Thig Minority in the• . 1 . 862 . V01NOS:::• 117tig q«in since thc,El6ction of .111!Kina • linlynd in July Idst; • • • . ____________,.,• 1113 VOTES:2: crry oieBALTIMORV. Loco Foco. - WARDS. Ir L' WEDr ~ .IrAnNoTr. 1 406 - - - -.- 314 •- - - .351 320 3 • - - -:432. 564 5..- -----590 -- --- - 375 , 6 - -•508 - - - - .- 466 7 7 - - 631 - - - - - - - 241 8 - - - - - - 408 552 9 _ _ 637 260 10 -- - - - : 4 4 4 - . 473 498 - - 628 - - 11 - - 5957 - • . 5337 . • ANNE ARV NDEI, Dictricts. rENNED Y. .1/. / /1/2 /OTT: — 1 ,-, - - 322 - - - 94 37. • 95.. - l2l 127 7 230 ,5 0 16 226 - - ---215 _ 74 Total ; -- - • 820 :TIiFfCIIIIITULATI.ON7,_. Kenn, , (lll 1341timilre 5957 Annc_Arunzlel; 10 701 - 9 ; Total, Eigniedg's .Iteijoiitgjit - Ihr eillitv I)iaAicl,'Bt 2. In the regularCon,gTessional election, held . in July, 1837, thAverage majority for the Vdii 13nreit''tiCliet in the city of BaltiMore was 283' votes.; and the average majority' for the same ticket in the whole district, was • 251 votes. The Whig net gain_ since the above elee fiat is 1113!!!! THEIIALTIMORE gLECTION. -- - The result of the e special election, to till the Vacancy in Congress; occasioned by the . • death of Mr. ..McKim, is more, gratifying th - a , yny election.we time. Our. cup of joy ran over at the re-•. snit in New- York, Connecticut,: Rhode Island,, in District, and indeed at the `gloriou§ results in every quarter in " which ah election has been held for the last few months: YietOries, crowded • upon ns_ • 1755 — fa - S . t—we \verb blmost surfeite - d --- with ---- sne - Cess. • We were - disposed to - give the toco'rocos, Dalin - pore' ,as n coap*le grate, ' audyet we feli , aStrotig presentiment, that altiinore would refuse to submit any longer , . . to the cabal at.Washingtot , • c saw tle heads of our opposition cotemporaries hang droopingly,. as every breeze wafted a Whig ; triumph along, and a strong prognostication - . ...O.Lthe-chninfall-bf-V-an.--Burenism.-LAnd• - - -- yet they seemed to -be preparing to give ono ' .. -general , shout--oneJonvautlioud - hurralt I___ Yciithe "Baltiniorp election. A victory was loOked for with cer ainty, and the , Loco Focos' mouths - were be inning to open-4 .their eyes to sparkle--their • halt& to.riso, to,•pronounce'the . great nigh - kph, 'when the • dolefnl"as \ you iPe - ie" turned their andel- Toted joy to mourning: --- - . •'••• ~ ~ "There's many a clip, tetwreit the cup and the hit.'" • f , T 4 -6- City, ' heretofore jacks - eni-,,- - ,Van - --' Boren, oat .a?id out, under the influence or - Custom' Mime and other officers of the General Governinent o and within-the: "ma- 1 . 'Qttillkeric,..,Kasitinghm.._.,Jas.__ .givdit the unprecedented majority of SIX „ HUNDRED AND TWENTY Votes,- for .. ... :John P. Kennedy, the Whig candidate, The majorities tlie - nther - Way-i - have ranged,-from-- `three, to.-ten and- 4welve-hundred.' The 'Majority in Anne Arundel County, is . 42,, making Mr: Kennedy 862 in all. Phis -result is every way Worthy - Of - the Pntri 02 1 the hospitable, . the intelligent citizens :ot Baltimore. - • They are a forbearing people— they _change not for trifles—but "when for-: beatance-.ceases to be a.virtue," . .they SpOk in, language not to be mistindersto,4:.-' lll thi :election, they have - made- ,themselves every - way worthy of-their inarble ' Monit-. - men ts--and the '6itizens ,cf . ..Anne Arundel, • • . theit'n'elgiiiM! ~. ~-.!I i: :. ::, A. • ' worthy tniK CONVICiION FOR, MURDER.- - At the Court bf oyer 'and ternainnr, , ilightlast week; in Franklin ceturty,:,,ra...,:,:lonN. M.VRTAUGH, ‘vaS tried - ror the innaer.pc.'4llli einnri in_, atCnifniT, fin the 6tli ocl.antiary last, And fot nd titky.oll*Ourday)norn 4 . ing',JgdgeLT.uolltrOois,• rTinoimiced sentence • • :" 0 . death uponn MEE IffiliZifi 5337 Ma II
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