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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
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