(BYRE QUEST.) TO YHE 'ELECTORS OF THE Continonweiiitia of reasttmyl. - Ira 12 ES 116 ' 'ITH6IIT.DISTINOTION' OF_ pARTit. l'elloui Cit z numbOr of the friends of the.present Ccingiitu ti ea of Pennsylvania,. • convened in the city nr .appointed us their Aittee,Ul=allyour attention to tlfe — am44tliiiptit?i , pri:ifidad.ti by the late conventioh,:mi 1:1,) - yrg upon • the:duty of voting a i taiitit:thont at the ap ' proaehing-tletitio; The, ineetingiby:_whieltli coMpnitted to'.us,,WilS a repress the 'iraiietiea - of political opini -----Ainiiivii 7 iit;the,:eoin Mon Wealtib er exception than that it was the friends of. the- present cons 'wes.a meeting, therefore, without diatom- . tion of party, as party organization', we are - hap p y to believe, does ; dot,. embrace the • subject of the proposed amendments' and it is in 'this:character thatwe proceed to the perforinance ;our duty ! . ...--,. _ • . We address: you all, as': aesociated with -,oursliVes-:in the :enjoyment -of•_the rights. and privileges which our ; f4ers intended to .secure to tis bythe constitution of -17p0;: and we do it with no, other end, or ebject, - - preecut 'or remote,. than to prevail-upon you r if•poesibla,• to .abide by that, constitu tion as it now stands. 'The time' that :re- mains for reflection is.short: at Band, when yob arc lo place in the bal mostimpo.Oant__Ote. you ° Vivo_ - ever -given; . and •while•-:we- entreat--you -_to pOnder Alm great 'question for yourselves; afid soberly to estimate the . . extent both of the blesSings you now` enjoy, and of the • peril 'to which ymiexpose them by a Change of: the constitution, - we cdrer - for ' ecin sideration a few of the Moit'Phimitient rea- ' sons. which• have - go , erned -us, and thOse tiering to -the' emistitution - in its preseriC - form. -.- • • • Fell6w•Citiz - ensTit is a' solemn thing - Ao .. ; _cliange4bo—cocistitution._of_govirnnient_un, - der which we hive lived. • Circunistarices. may 'call- for it, but, they , . should,: malce. - a case of Clear necessity or indisputable . ex pedieney to remedy an equally clear and •-• -indisputable, mischief. It la _not _enough .7-that the'proposed- change- inay- be- theorcti- , - cally proper. Theories aro - of little value ....in_government,lwhich . com_esimine,to 411°, 1 and if not good in practice;ls 'good for _____nothing....__lgeitherlisit_enplghLtliat there_ Ire some of.severill - . - eiirs of administration'' ' - under the constitution we posiess.• : What people over were, or i3ior will he, free•from --=—•them-l-----What••lecrislation-Avill-ever-he- per- , . - fect? What.people .Will ever be p`erfect the administration of the laws and eons tation -- w.hich -- Therhave? • It is one tliing;to. - , --chantre a law-of the state, , uponflitrground of alleged evil, and another t . break up the , foundations of law end ernment and, to lay them anew. Th vosking- of a single • • law, which is •ft e but 'for a few cases, __may- be seen ar at hand, and be,traced with uner g certainty to its effects; and if the are• bad,. the 'law 'may be safely cha ged and changed. Apill,:Anti,l it ii:found IA() work wen. '•For' this - puipose art our •annual legislatures. - But the working of a • single principle in a constitution,.which - is a Couneeteti: cOde'of PriricipleS•for,the or • ganizatiofv:and 'regulation of government, is a verTdifferent . thing.. Its particiiEf fects can rarely be traced with any-certain ty.,• 'What is assumed to be the evil effect of a clause in' the judiciary department, ' may--really--proceed._from_a_defectia_the constitution of the executive; or it may_ be in neither, but in the constitution of the le :stature; or• perhaps in none of them, but in t te - unperfect nature of man lumsel The good or evil, of a principle can in 'ge neral 'be seen' only in the effects of the whole constitution upon the people. If thei3e"ana good, none of Its - principles can be pernicious, however they may offend against ,theories.' Let us never confound the evils inseparable from the,condition of man, which ub constitution can Teniiii , e, with the mile of a vicious constitution un der which a people cannot prosper. The latter alone are ,worth the risk that attends ' the breaking up of old foundations; If the foxmer are sufficient to justify a change, —there-will be-no-end—to changes of our con- stitution, while man's nature shall continue • - It is now, forty-,eight years sineethe pre sent.const.itation• came from ' the hands of — those who formed it.: In that period , of time is has ,been and its weal dew ie evi . Its , schools for general education, its col . leges for the t higher branches .of leaining science,' its linipitalo Tor the Sick . ,and -disabled,-its-asylums-for—the-destitute-or- : -- phan;the 'deaf - and dumb,-..te-blind - and , the lame; and. penitentiaries forthe reform of guilty, are. a-theme of . praiie:through ....tint ',the:: Union ; with enlightened for and. in- the improvement of - - ,.eyery. part. of the 'State, the iletdemant and ;increasing pnPulation of our new counties, the piithictiveagriculttirepf the ohler ones, the , extent and stability of the , mechanic arts, - the growth of Manufactures, the de:. yelopernent ,of mineral treasured, and the expansion of Our internal comnieree by means of the 'magnificent canals, • and rail - roads - which cover. - the - State;; we kbeliold the smiled of !leaven tliiirr People ,who have laid. the foundations of,their, go. :vnniment niisely, and urtm.v,it,li:their effona to ~41,14 up theii vast iniieriteitive;Of .IvOilth; titiited •the nobles , worh of erovnink ,0!) where with .'a for the moral - and .19 ,t r elieetilai''..c4l4ute of them. aelves and ' If We look only 'tit' .n.-yrmOlt 'of this nines 6 rie, o 4 sii.e9 llol qte Of.P 4 / 1 .4 0 ::/;r1iPertIl 'we • not_onlyide6 it-rouria thfolt about ustevery we- ere' onNereally-parteltora of - it,;and with as mneliTiquality, ;13 has over heicii•Ano*ii itili&l) . 4finiens -11- euranurtritY=l rit•.g©neral it belOn4e to every man in' pro- I tiortiaki6" his _industry, •ithil ity aill•frn2ll-1 man. 'atiriiiimsses.lea' a. iiiare of it it i I • ettif_helciePriveuains u at') other . ,men.'-nor:is -1104 1.1. to . claim flu . • ••". I Ml'o. l t° l it by the„ publics:a') .(tPilt rn in co : ioyeilyniat :w4ioii,p_p#* 414; man Witiiievi,io.4o"4o4l444lPitafr,94p, tegolig, anythingto this -6tid;'hilt the continued aPlaittaltin .ofhis'ovidnieitioits. He who -has. the lutist nr Acquires', no, •privilege above 1118 , .0110 Wr OZCON, , ' thatLq• dning_inOre Ood', 'tnicl . ha Who has, the least .ithlaas he 'h:: slotlifill; 7 llis'nOlute; .of inipro i'itlon.t, has the 'daily :totead himself • and liis-tainity id - ft:turn:lbl' his'reasopable daily Jabor: - • • !. • • • - :-'""- apPeel to von; fellow arts-vief-tlielikesen . . t-conditiott7of oritanninnnittWalthis-nnt-substantially-cor,- reCir - Smi - if--it-be r -what-caa-beAlte- defects. of a toustifittion Which: in : forty-eight years hap-built itp such, a people and such an.eirt could such resulfilfaFfe-id-Olite about, if that constitution had failed 'to', cure the great cardinal rights of-life, liberty, -property,,,, of -suffrage,, equality. under the law, -and • in, making the law?' tbey have happened', if the:pinstitntionliasl. failed- either to'. estahlish- these rights-IS' prineiples, or to Ordain .snch.ajratne of de- partments, executive, legislative,. and judi• cial, as was best': Calculated . to_give ; them effect ?•:- VOW .can :there '-he- any-material defect inn constitution, the very laws um> der which, 'defective as in some instances they may ha; end "the very judiCiary'under. liable-as .judiciaries ever will be to soCeaslonal-appointments which disappoint the people, nevertheless :hare not for an instant retarded the extraordinary growth of this people, nor difftised an apprehension that; the very least of.these rights is in any danger? J How can a 'change of_ Coe. sti hen lie - no w_, raqui re d when' - thisTstate of thirts. was' notorious, and it is equally 'so, that in' the main 'your laws` , have been wisely made, : soundly . „ interpreted,. and faithft fly. executed; in.4onformity with` the prinCiples of the constitution? ' 1 Permit tts-then-to-ask-you-one-and-all,-- as , brethren of-one family, as joint inheri tors' from.our- fathers, of the - charter tinder Which- we . have -thus prospered and may ; •stillprosper, will. you Consent to' alter this corrstitetioril — Will - you - consent - to upon .*the theOry;•-• not - that-What is,'Cleaily. bad - in - the - constitution - mity - possiblr - be - made' good; but-that vliat is clearly:good, because it has been tried for half azenturk . l ' with. the Whole constitution,--and lias : wo • ed,Well,._.may. possibly be, -- made - be, Would•any sober-minded man' puirdown a •-part-orr-paits-of-the,foundatio‘ofitis-oWn lfaira tiphit stiali - ti - the 4 Will 'the - §6: - • ber, reflecting end Kat, teal peopled Penn --Sylvani a- pull-:tio'W•if- a -part • or *parts • Or the foundation "o ,li the _liaises !in. the .upon sac .a" theory? We sincerely hope 1 they mit.' The present case is' not one 1 par7neecesity2orLindispufable-.7.eXpedi-L -n Cy. It is- - . not- a- case of - eXisting - Clearly: traced M the -constitution, and to Ithose.clauses of it;..which it-is proposed to alter, - for, _ there is ne evil - proeeetling , from -- any branch of our government,•hut the eau :nal-nntl'lnevitable - evils . of administration, which do not• oppose the strength of a packthread-to 'the current of wealth, seen -rity and -- happiness; - on Which-We: . ried along. • Suffer us, however, fellow citizens, to call' your attention .to a brief _ consideration of the r proposed amendinents. Though the subject - is a copious one, and the time will not permit.us..mmake.our consideration of it Other titan very brief, a very few remarkS -may -nevertheless serve a's useful sugges tions to excite your...own reflections:. .Tlie.day is' The amendments in question admit of division into several, classes. The first, in .th.e_order_ in_whieb_we_shalL uo tice_thcm, regards_ the right of suffrage, Which if is proposed to , alter in two particulars, one of them in relation to - the color of the elector, Who must be a whireltreenranatud - the - fit - erin reference to The term of residence and assessment before the/exercide of the right, which it is proposed to shorten. As to the "first, however our fellow citizens mayhave been divided upon the point, the proposed amendment has lost its-effect by, the uriani , mous decision of the Supreme Court of the State. That court has, decided, and it is now the law of the land; ha s ving been ad-i judicated by the court of last resort, dia.!, under the constitution as it now stands, .a' ncgro or mulatto cannot . possess. the fight of an elector. It is understood moreover to have been the settled law since-1795, when the same law WEIS 'adjudicated by_the High_ Court-- of _Errors_and _Appeals, T then the court of last resort in State, - ctiMposed of president Chew, the Judges of the 'Su preme Court, and the presidents of- all the Courts of Common Pleas. The proposed amendment,. therefore, Will not alter 'the constitutionTand - eonsequentlyis aim use. In the..other_particular„if_evils _of_ any mo ment have occurred from the constitution as it is`,'or if any.considerable, p portion. our citizens have testified an interek in reduc #g-llis-two-Y'eargfesidence to one, and the . 1 _ assessment_to ten days, the•fact is, unknown to us. , It concerns none who are now entitled to vote upon the amend ment; and if At r ie value of the elective frail chize is_as great as vie all agree that it is, there seems to-be the leskreason for con ferring,it upon . others bn their showing less evidence of attacjudent to the CommOn wealth and to tile right, than we have shown "•• " , The second clue* comprehends gertain proposed restraints upon.. the legislative ..powerinregard,tol the formation of toriat - dikricts:;,-;tiny'aiiitulling die niatria - ge; contract where the courts have-a-power to decree - a divorce-the • granting of •'bank •• charters Without previctint notice . of the intention to apply for - •thern; or .rok:it longer term thatt,twenty yeare, : ivithent re.; serving a right to` alter er___annul, the legislature shall think them injurious to Alio public and dimity to•the, incorporation of more; than one company, : in slaw:,,,. We will not &talk you hY . endeavoring to ahovi, as may easily' be done,. that Some. of These amentlinents will net secure the gOodoriues tioitahlo• or Otherwise, which they mean to ittviin=:- but-in:regent to Such otthern as are' of any. interest, we -bog' you'lO'consider, that they do not 'involve any: fundamental 01' canstitutienal.--princiPle wlieteverk that they' mean at 'Moat-to . Strike at teitam er rors in •legislation ,imputable to 'representa tives and not to the Constitution, and which. front not being comp . rehoodod,,hr, some principlo, through Ltv)iteh, titez,may fie itT tadkred,"aad*:6l6itoyed tfieltiOt; niajr' and rJjlv:- r 're ant • ( 1 1 lEfirOOSttiat" - ' . . • . . . •,..• •: probably will exist in a variety of fl, ms which the proposed aktendments Mil not, reach; The corrective of said - errors mug be applied•by.the ' people, at their elections, and cannot be by amendments to, the con- Stitutiork ---- • - . , - A third - class • pfo - posek a restraint:_ upon the;'exec utivei•hy making . , iiii,.appointinents 'snhjiict" to the consent serMte,- and by taking from him altokether, the -ep ,Intnt - ofTelerlm7amtp - riltlicipotaries, .tecOrd r. - era - Of tieedd , ond regiatdr;of ,wills, - .and giv ingliti with one -unint -exception, to the people . ihrotigh their ,elections.' The Prothonotary. : Of, the*prenie COurt alonc; is to be — alipoinfed' by the, firdidfof that ,••• - • : If there be any doubtful arneng those . Who' have • 0,4•476 . 4 ..Wetking r of eonsttutions iStateS;;itis this :very. provisiOn kit 'in. advistity power in the senate. In many .cases through, the :pm , sona infhience -of the executive, it has' no effect. When ithas any: effect; it has beep questionedheilter:irdoes_net_talte 'froth theexectitivet *certhe responsibility which should rest- upon 'tn, and -destroy , re- SponSibility by dividing it among numbers. It- , -has been - more than4Tivitioncil wheilict it does not enlarge the intliksre - of intrigue and ,combihation 'upon appeinlmcnts. to office. The true principle fot gueling ap pointments .to Office; is to make him r4pon-. Silde - whci - neminates the officer, arid' this, responsibility, to , be effectual, mitst 'he felt by . who - neminates,;_and_ knownby every one else: It- must be -single,' indi 7 visible,•and unaVoidalile.. Two • men 'Div together _bear -a<ilegree °tedium, that would crush .eaqh of them alone the• bets who are to bear it are.sufficieuti (ise-t.t. odiutn, but turn- it - upOn thei accusers.,.-- Admitting, howeverohat . this is timer min, why "in this . -un. rtaipty should we consent to Change e if ii? -Why especiall, should-we consent-teplace the appont nt of registers, recorders, and clerks--. courts; in the hands of electors nee t-Sarily irresPonSible, and by'so doing '. add fuel to the fire of 'party; to make ' these officers the necessary servants of par- - ty,:fi Ito,pbce the-safe:guards-or.ouripro-- perty, our deeds, .mortgages,* wills, and -records-of -everyikind -in -tit e-.l4arideef-_•-men, who - may - see in -- every'::man - - that - enters their ollice s .a citifeK 7 Wholas either enraged . tliem hy.oppositien, orptopitia_tcd them _by, stippott? Wita.t is tolte-our situation, When all our title papers are - to go 'into the custo dyer men holding offiles which are private in 7 point of blis er va tie 'Ugh law ; annyho_ are. deputed..b:i them-by-Ate ;undistinguished votes of the ballot box? Another elass•of appointmentgliatrrefet once to the. Judicial. offices_ of the. State ; and if. the. various _terns.. for- years and modes" of 'appointment proposed for- the, 'different :Judicial offices, had been deter mined, by lot, they-would-have been little less - defeasible - ; -- thwthose which - arepie posed. Justices of Abe peace are to he elected by the people* for five . years. As sociate judges of - the common - . plkesi...un leatned in the law, are . to be appoiiited by the Governor and Senate for:the like term. Presidents of ,the; common • pleas are to be appointed for ten `years,', ar i d-'judges of the supreme court fin- fifteen. :Associate judges of common pleas, and all ether judges,' who are required to learned in the law, are to be appointed for ten years. In this deSignation of tinie,:.-tve de not hesitate to principle that - governs,--but-a--violation ef all principle. The provisioies are wholly _ a rhitrarjr.• , It the di fTerent_terins_of_offie e_ Rave been prescribedthrough considerations personal to the -existing judges, to give some a better .chance and some a Worse, *how- unworthy are inch - considerationa to enter " into a permanent fundamental law, and how. little do they commend to the pee (ple the acceptance of .the amendments: Is a judge of the_supreme court more a judge ?than a president of the common, pleas? Is leis likely . lo' abuse h ffiis oce? Does "its faculties last longer? Is An associate judge of. the common pleas more likely te go wrong, than the president who,. guides him in the law I . Does, his integrity re quire -to . .be more frequently renewed by re-amMintment? f: Is the law asimeiateMere. incorruptiblelliati . his Brother imlearPed in the law? --- None of these questions can tie . answered in. the affirmative. Why then the distinction? The _truth is, that-these varieties' in the duration of Judicial office, 4-they-have-an3-connection-whateietAvith principle, acknowledge and assert the prin ciplethat. the only proper tenure for such 'offices, is good, behaviour . :What are the two . great arguments _the failure ef_good.'behaviour? They. arc first, that judges iegeneral_AilillinerehitliT fully perform their duty, when their Office is not subject to determinatiork_by efflux. of time, or by the pleasure of any body: and secondly, that judicial , 'offiCes which are so, subject, will be , accepted in general by men . inferior attainments only„ The force o thesearguments has been resisted and:, ~th denied.; but hoth-their„truth :und are admitted by:the - -proposed amen ments, . 'Why 'hi a :judge of, the , su.• preme court to his office for fifteen years, and a president of•,the.ComMon pleas' for ten'onlyi - except that "the -judges ; -who : settle, the-laW,in thelast resort, ,by which We are bound,. may ',be: ;she:: farthest removed froin:tbe influence an expiring tenure, and ihat a larger; range of, selection , from the higher attainments 13t:Pe„44, may, be left for the ; bpuch of chat conrtt 'And whY - la the, presidenfiff the common . pleas; to hold his office for ten kbars, and his associate but for five, 'except- f9r ,the reainitAhat the president whO expounds ,the. law, ought'; to. be ; under lose:temptation to expound.it dishonestly through fears for his office,' and . that* man' withput :learning in the-law maY-belitere obtained for an lace • that is to , last gor.five :years; than a man,who possesses that learning. ~Truth as. Well as nature 'maybe be driven out with a pitch-tork, but it will return: qnd assert' empire. The difference in Abe prOposed terms of judicial office, concedes the. Very propOsition that judges holding offices for years 3011 bo governed by, kom,etltifig' be sides their se.peo of public duty. ; Upitfri:this-' subject of Judioial tenure - , - suf' :fer stitnted - man 'in dgo ' general I be'.as"l - irlipartial..andnpright on their triallif a, cause; : wheti''.the - rene - Wit - 76,1 their " office. depends' im . lhe (aYourbf -one - cif the - parr ties, ,as they When nothing lint this cenditet:cart deprive them 1. -- Of'lthey;" office; • thenthe.'Whole quest - kin' is ansWefedi'lor . MultittideS of .causes 'and the . nies( import wit; Pau Sea 'teo,. the • appointing power, or those who - create atid'inflUenceit, Will be' One of . the parties; iii naMe, in intereit,' in' feeling, ' They Will be so in every. case - of great political' excitenient. They will tic , soiw,herev,oritlie-conStitutionallY4f_a_p_opri, Jar' law is IbrOnght into .question... They will be so' wherever humble individual,. who has no stay but aq impartial' is 9ppopipill;o : . - qigreat political leader., Theiy will be s - ease . wbioh-ektensive alread. prejudged: Theso are the casesiti which the interests Of the public; 'require- that . : Judges' shoUld he left tolthe support of an equal mind; and tindisturNed nerves, to, tie their-duty =with- out fear 6rfavour. and yet. these are - the" I 'cases-in - which, if the amendments be'adopt ed.the best judges -May. feel 'that their so licitude fora tinnily, and - their:love for their station in society, neck lug at their - *arts, persuade them to given judgment that shall he 'acceptable to the friends who can renew their commission. How many tolliisaippoal, - . we cannot tell -4 it wise • to ekliciso any of . them -to it!— •Ohe, , ajun in a thousand may come out of sUcli . a like refined gold, and lose 'his °file or conscience sake;lnitelf how . many ~ 10 rest •should'Wer - have. to- say and- . la inept, that have preserved their (Alice, but their fine_ gold has become dim? . -WP. inustileaLwithLenus_thayaietandLif_the. -amendmentsdeal With them upon, any , other theory, they, arc not lit to become 'parts of a constitution for a community of. men.— Wont& any Man !house that his own. cause should be tried by - a-iudge--w hodepends for his., office upon the opposite- party? •-_lf he "would not, let him not .choose such a judge for 'any other person.- _ It is- an . abuse of language to say ; that an office during good bohavieur, - iaan:.offitie for Totlice for fifteen - years,sr -- for ten.years, may be equally so by' lasting:as' lon was life. When good:behaviour ceasies,' ,the office ceases,. if the _Legislature will do I duty.. If their-they are slow to impeach all lunworthyludge-:whobohl dnring'gootthe havionr only, how muclislower will they be to impeach - a Judge; when a few years more will.certitinly, relieve thfLpeople'of - A- - tetiurp-for--kearsif-tlie-Aidge - Tilogritot behave.-well, is' therefore more likely' to continue; than an office which has no limi tation of tinia. Ise—the • . ~oii.this head then we press' upon Yrou - • . the fatal teneency of the proposed amend ments, We - ohjeato•them one and all fatal to the. law, the justice,: the. security, Htbc--repose of the Cammmiwealth.-.—We regard the election of•Justjoes of• the Peace especially, as sapping thd. very foundations of Justice.. itiyast-number-of thedecisioas of thesellilagistrates, are and must remain withem appeal, and they concern those who arc least . able to protect themselves!, What is to be the security ;for impartial judgment in such. cases? if bad magistratei have come in under the,preSent srtem; will they be kept out hypipular election? Willa Magistrate be any purer,, because he has sought and obtained his office through po litical party? Will he be any wiser from I he be more impartial, because he . wants the vote of one of the. arties?. We deela eto you; Fellow-Citizens, that, coupled'us the amendments are by the .Coweentiin; so that we must take 1111'pr:reject all; if all the other amendments prop Used .were decided ly beneficial, .the amendMents propoSed to tho Judicial departmCnt would indocO,us to reject the whole without - We will not detain ; yin' by adverting at length to one 0f...i1t0 ;amendments, which appears to .offer additional Security to pro- . perty, while in the' very 'same clause it takes it back. again. - It is . , that which prohibits the Legislature from ,m,yesting any. One -with the Tight of taking private. property, for pub lic _use, 'xvithotitAnaking_compensation,_or. giving adegnate:-seeurity-Ahereforr before said property shall - be , taken. But shall . be deemed to) be adequ a te - security, how and by whom it shall be given, and when, it. shalk.be paijable, the - Legislature alone are to say,; and,the:y have that , power - by.IWC - Onstitu non *it' stands. .. Property, notwithstanding the amendment, May still ' be taken without poinpensation, t dp be paid for after it. is taken.- . • - 'lNeither will we oelip . y any more of your -time,- by- commen upon-that dangerous-a mendment,-- which-proposes to - keep— the Constitution perpetually, before the LegiS , lature and- the - people 'as- an instrument - re-- (Diking amendment. Thifi proposal attn. butes little more sanctity to the; Constitu, tion• then. to an act of , Assembly, , and will undoubtedly in the end deprive it .of any greater .respect. It pieclainas to the State Viat - - - thereTaro - defects - initirwhich - ifis - not now proposed 'lo.Xepair, arid it:invites theo fists and politicians, toiabour for ~ the discov ery of them. :It wilt excite a restless in satiable ripirit',4' change in regard to first priticiplea, -- which we 'h've 'thought. settled for . ever.' ', No one can., foretell all. ,tho con sequences 'of atitntilating such a'but it l is not, diffic ri lt to,f6resee;,t4at the COnati-,. .tution will be eximsed. every' 'five Yee.ii,"'to the loss of ~iirhatever ' , restraint s ' geeurity; or principle - ,may contain; to interfere , with the -ternporaryinteresti - of iolredomitiant party. Is it rirattiCal *loom •td the. Constitution to •this . dangor? kit wis dom of the-se:Me kind . with qhitt which es tablished it? : : Will any thing,rentaiti Snored in, the- Constitution,' wh en -' thp , tenure by which the ;people are t.ohold it is no longer . thiiri it is proposed AO' of a JuiticW of the Peace? • • Folio v t zone oomi> e tISVI o e subject to yetti eoleoin eonahletatidri. We have 4oldenveroll to lierfortn, the; duty cora raittiro-eq. and we now ; leave tlio)thattor with If hco, liberty, properii6ii.fo\•ag9, eqe:ality'undor the law and law,. are alreadr, 'eecuree—if yolfraid your' fathers have' enjoyed ;these, great blessings for forty-eight years; and have prospered in every way, while you hive enjoyed therp, , , , , if no,• man can pouit out: ne serious .praeti 7 Cal "evil which?. the ConstitutiOn , causes, qn. one attainable practical ffoodt.hat it does not securer then in, the name of wisdom of fi (laity to youreelvs,.your faMilies, and the State, 'let us..ask' the sober,' judicioug,'"and reflecting,men:of •Pennsylvaniaisdthout dis tinction of, party, wherefore will you , incur the' perils of theproposeeclianges:.: Horace Biniiey, . - Zachariali John, S. - Riddle, Joqeph'.R. INTO:folk 4:se • • . • -' Levis .1 1 nzOre; - " Daniel Tr. Coie, Richard Price, ' Charles Roberts,''' • F.r,d.R4bolik • - - • • Aougherl j;' T I • Johii TV.4sMnead, • TV. Meph'ecitr;. - - --Janies-Goodnzal "- - A - eta' J Taeob . , High Catlie .w ood,• - • • Carle Friares, - • Robert .• • Ethan Baldwin. • . From thc fferitl4-& SemineL We invite 'attention to .ilte following -state d-lent • •of facts Irespecting •D. R... Porter's Condttet in refermice.tomertain bonds placed ; him 'en - stint yof Jolin brakeri-on the 9th of January, 1819-1-a few days-previous-to-Portees-applioatioi4Ordie insolvent- laws, • Nothing is stated below connection with the, matter, that cannot be judiciidly, proven.' .••.: ' ' • Porter sold to Kiddo Russel-a tract of land 'in Beaver county-: Deed data - Do eetitbet sth,•i I . B—priteliase money $2,000, to be. paid as loil•ows'i— • - ' iiill let bond 111. 'lOOO OCrp r ayable Ist April, 1819 2d hoitd._" 333 33 . 4 1 Ist .April, 1820 3il bond -333-34 7 1st April, Mt. • Tlio abOve !minds we're- left..•by Porter with lathes ., AllisOitlfor , collection: , -See All i lottery published - in th - e - :Americo n Sentinel and. other Porter papers: These thiewbonde were left in tho hands of James. Allison Of Beaver,` 'Porter's counsel,: who • H daY Deedinher t 1818,1 collection, three bonds on 'lmes Kidd° and ' Alexander Russell, all - dated • the 7th day of Dece mite r i -18.18,-inie ofw as . con ditioned for the payment of Ahme hundred _and 'thirty-throe--dollars and - :tlifity-three • cents, on or, before the first • day,-of April, 1820, and one other conditioned fora like sum of three hundred and thirty-three dol-1 litrs . and thirty-threaCents, on or before •the first Of - April; 1821; for which three figatiortsi gave Mr. Porter a receipt, stating the purpose' for which they. were left with me. On or about the ~ .24th April, 1819,- George Davis called on . me, at my office, and presented the receipt . which . 1 had given Mr.. Porter for. the bondsi . with an; assign ment by. : Devid R. Porter of his.ipterest and claim in: thc bonds therein mentioned to. John Stonebraker . land Thomas .Owens,- bearing date, .to the best or my, recollection,. 'on or about the ninth' day of January, 1818.1 Mr. Davis 'also presented to meat the.same Eta it teirtlia7 3th . day of April. 1810, and' signed by John' Slope,. _biaket,:for,the4lpoi4nt. (JO* which had become due on thefirst of•Apnl. This order I' believe "to be in the hand writing of David R. Porter and. signed by-John Stone braker.Y? • , ,Let it be remembered that Allison' s 'state:.. tnent is , put forth-by the friends of Porter as . -. furnishing evidenee of thd honeity of their loCofaco, Candidate: The assignment of Porter to 'StOnelirakei:"and. Owens is 'dated January' 10; . :181 . 8. , On the ,14th Jaintary,,lBl9,fitie:day's after Porter assigned thC.aboVe bOn'tls,:Geo. Davis, ESq.,.the intininte;and confidential friend - of ..Porter,,..torik,out whaltpieee, from the DeaketOf !tunnel Ryle s . Esq., a lui 7 lice of the Peeee,..Tirone township, Mint ingiron county , at, the euitof Wal.`• lace, then. and note a reaident county vs. Patton . .and.e'pOrti sai said Davis ivies s . neei; R._ I rter, and on which tares. )4 . 30... — .1 . 01 - 11. 1- 1Vii010: T 1; ary, 1010; D. R.. POrter7titok : path, awl' diechargediae, debtor. Aside ; frorriffie.thrge, ,byKid.do and Russel tp.Porter. , . by Porter to Owens and_Stonel ter-held Tiourth gond,even, do . Russell, fox $343 p, Ist, 1926. On the .9th day 18 19, five days before he we after ,he 'had placed the three bonds in;t4:hande kor , "the iotioh,Eond .Russell;on; the bad: this .7.34 'Tassigninent-bY t -Porter--4:die-si Stonebraker; also put Si hand .other, Bonds, for what 44084i90'0f lif ”David R. Porter alsot Olaft.ctller,Don4 - on.liiddo,snd ing data as the others, fOr three: forty-three i;dollsre,. And. aisignt 4 13 f 5 ,enlentAi. Daid ,POrter sesigstSest - dsted,the Oth.-Jams I .taff9 recnivedi from note - or bond • for • about six,huni drawn Bente:, p erson -whose distinetly,' recoll s eCtedv I think , ere, or Byers , --He also left .in one other.obligation in faver,of rorterp:drawn -hy. UV: Aralteftol4ihd ; amount not. id ticolleeted.• mkliandAt Patenti . :ni.deed;'OriniTo4 o f `Land situate in B . eaver'cninitA)4o,,lol eot dredi acres or thereahontsohe;,..whole Which Ilondsfortibligstiow•ohti- 1 0 ,1 :Ideed; were deposited ..inychands - it , smiewhere aboht the Mit, perrof I.lanuafr, l 4.Bl% and a b s i gne d-by: - ftieit; all : , efcbcile , the Iteed;' , tin -which believe tbere*aa'rici! assignment» The,bOodkforihree huhdred and forty-three dollars; Ind ilib - tw4i dubeeipiehtlk mentinifr ed'obligationsc and the deed VOW reoikunitL ted into . nny- especial - eharge by Mr. Portal:, first'slidivirig-fee . ,lliatilte'riniiiiiiit for 'Which I was bait nonld Made out‘Of the 'bend's assigned-to Myself and.Owens 7 —and •then saying .‘itaket these," '. (meaning the three jatter, ohligatioto - and the deeds,) fnud keep,them for-me. • ' • , The existenee' of a fourth , bend from Iciddo and Russell : to Porter, -which 'bond. was .put . into 'Stonebraker's' hands by Poi , ter himpalf,-is clearly: made-oitt-by Aflieoii the counsel for Porter. Mr Allison sayss' "Mr.. Stonebrak'ef then proposed to leave with • me- as security and for collection, another bond on Messrs.. Iciddo . and Rustiell fdes94o-;-hettlitig_dateJbe - saine'tiin e as the. Others, and payable 'tO'Davittß.',Porter on the first April; 1823 ; and ashigned . ; by hinn to" john' Stonebralter by'endorSenient bear-' ink 'date- the 19th_ day ! nf, lanitary, 1819. : To `Mr Stenebralter's propisition I accede - a and pia 'him The money then in my. hands. Sometime afterwards; Mr; Owens having received a considerable paythent from Kid= do and Russell; got the last mentioned bend on, the' order of 'Mr. ,Stonebralter to George Davis; Esci.,, - Who placed it in My hands for collection." - -' , money- for the three 'boiuls . deTio'site4' hyPortei-inthe'llands Of -- Janio Esq.,' of Beavei, was collected by. Mr. Al- , lisbn and paid .over by him to Sion'ebraker and-'Owens, excepting' , the last instalment; which-Allison paid Porter, - and . Which 9-wens, Mates Porter paid to him !I . -• The transaction irTiefFienee to the three he rids - -Wasiif iirdiziabi ity hop es Allison, 9 3 W - ens and . stonebialieit 11 coneurlin their staternents7respecting• the, three bonds. But 'the inatter is wholly diiierent; in regard. to -thell'OtltTll bond, .asSignedsby Per* to Stonebraker alone, OWeris //citing no in thnony wholly irrefutable, that • Porter did Ultimatelyreceive the amount collected on -tie fourth . _boa„ and We shall - establish this ' - fact.. by the testimony of 'Allison and by Niter hinisoff. • - • . . Stonebraker swears. that Porter left with him the fourth bOnd of 'Kiddo and Russell,, for-safe keeping,'ori , the same'day that ' gave „Stonebraker and Owens the receipt of Allison, _for the three' bonds, assigned by Porter to OWens and ,Stonebraker: - Is this partof Stahcbralter's deposition true ? The •botl - In tittestion, we mean the fotirth bond, ' was assigned to Stonebtaker op the day mentioned, as Allison's letter, Conclusively proveelfL,.,WhaLdid,Stonebralter do with this bonti-L-He says, by:request of Por ter ho assigned it to .George . Davis, Esq.,- the - in tinititeT fri end of Porter.. Is this part. 7cd - itis --- depositiOn•l - trier 7 011• die : back . of 'the -bond; we mean the 'fourth bond_giv.en to Porter by Kiddo and Russell, theasai,in ment,• to- Stonebrakeris' written by Potter__ . _. and.signedith - his signature, and there is 'also übderneath the said assignment,_an_as signment of.the same bond, by Stonebraker to George Davis: Stonabraltbr-swears that he never received one cent from Davis in consideration of said assignment!!!' /Now wirhafelfaceif the bond in question, from Porter to Stonebraker, and, from -Stonebra ker to George -Davis, and it only remains to .thow; wlizFottilicaTely receive for the bond. This is an. exact copy of a, .Receipt. in the handwriting of D. B. Porter, the Van Mire(' candidate for Governor, of Pennsyl vania. - The original is in the possessitin of Robfirt Campbell;',ESq ~ Prothonotary of Huntin :don county.' . ' 1. i1 .,,......::,,...r....:.:.__; 1 1 . t ''.--..... ..: . —\\N „ sy But;this is not all . shall,now show beyond alr`goniitt' that the residue of the , money ion the Bond in questiion; instead:of 'pint into' thelpoelt-. ,ets Af- the honest .creditots. of .1 1 Otterr Wan , paid• into , the hanotiotihe•imaileen4an - d:We shall iitove - it;llle'testim(oo of Potties counsel 'inmen'Allisono of neaVei* Pav z ,ft ' t- -':," - t It. , ,Porte4:on - a , tylittim *idea- frokeittotepavisva balm*, vit.' , two • -,. le money READ THIS RECtiPT BE =1 a a my hands, of the AntoneY' colleeteCon - tha bond . assigned by„ Porter Stonehraker • and, by the latior to Davis, as abovemtated. , The suit tiroUglit'oiiihis ',last bond was - irr'' the name of George:Davis, assigtiee , Ofirohrt" Stonebraker,: Who was:assignee of David Porier." , • -, • . • „ • , Does not fife' rebeik front P . Orierraitd the"' stateinentrof Allison, fully aniltonelusiOet / y" establish the, truth` of Stonebrakir'S derios-' ' tion ? Why. did he get, one;-farthing of It belonged •of ,to hie. creditors, and; 'plight to have, A gone to lieel. If he hae 'Paid eine, !dollars of ' it-'over` to those" who Were entitledto-it;letAhe proof adduced.' Five 'days beibre-lie•Weetlto passed away,' certain,"property; to, Stonebraker for . a fe,, keepingi Pionebraker ,passed the the _,panie-Sproperty;te . ,e-friend, • ef' theinioly.enti and this" friend restoes" the prepiiitYlo' the insolVent.' ' • _ Sionebraker,allison 4 6 othe118,; , : • .. ... stress_ . .. . TIM:LOCO .Pocei, . place great ' cirt the statement .of 'Mr. OWens, - and 'Call it .- _ " a most ' triumphant refutation" -of . the, ' •.. • , charge.` of '..Mr;...Stoneliraker.. To 'give . our readers some -- idea l- '4'the--i.oriiparatiVe'-'6O- 1 ---- - reetiles.s -- or'ilie - statement of - those itia•6 in- • - dividuala We eite'onniriStanne..' Mr..storie; . .. .. .. - , liralter states - that - On _the - bend . 'ef, $343, •- .•- . • which be received frona.D.Al: Porter; and ' . . . . -iti I i lel i-lie-- afterwarda -- at Porter's" request; • . signed over .to •George DaVis,: -. ESq.,. ha' -4'- ileyer received ones cent."- - . ---In-reference to-ithis:rtirtte Owens in hia , I . . bat ''staternent says:' "A d ' although old, " ' - Jiihii Siotiebtaker swears that -hnneVer re - • ~ c'eiVed'a- Cent On' 'dna- last-bend, .yet hp is not only charged in a statement rendered - ,_by_s_Mr...Alliantlrtheisti - in - W:5102:793=. paid to him'Oit that:bond-41A I have loon.. . "SlOriebraker's -..• receipt for it:" • ' • .. . •IV.e.haid• already published a receipt in'. David -R.-Porter's own hand writing for . , .$125 . 00 of- that . IMild; and: what! came of the same'bond will -be learne _from - the . eidlowing maracts from the stet ment of Mr.' ... Allison which we published - Borne time ago: . "-On the 28th day'of February, 1820,j - • - -paid to Santuel Stonehraker„ for liiii„fatlier, John Stonebralter, three hundred and fifty • • dpllars, Money I had received :from *Mr.- Russel, at which timel think, my receipt to David - R: P9rterter; With his assiiiiirient• • on it, was again -produced. On the first . day Of - September - follciwing, John ,Stone- . , braker- sailed. on-me-for more money,;• pro-- - - diming ,my. receipt and 'Mr, Porters assign, meat. lat this time objceted - M.give Mr. . - Storiebraker any more money, having re .oeived aletter from-T.-M.-Owens, stating - that John Storiebraker was, in the language of the writer, "a broken merchant;" the constable-having received all his property, and that Stonebraker had . .never paid over to him any_part_of _the _Money_ which_had ..__. been previously received: Mr. Stonebraker then proposed to leave with 'met•as securi ty, aria for collectioyi; - . another bond: on Messrs liiddo' and Russel for $343; bear- ing date at the same: Time a — e's and payable to David R. Porter, on , the first of April, 1823, and assigned by . him to John '• Stmiebraker,' by endorsement, bearing date on the 9th day of Jannaiy, 1819. To , Mr.. Stonebraker's Tiroposition I' acceded, and . paid him the money then in 'my hands.— Sometime after Wards, .Mr. Owens haiing. received a consiclerable_,_payment—frcim--- - Messr - §7. - ICiddo and RuSsel, .got the last_ • mentioned order of Mr. Stone brakei. The same bond was on fife Ist of May, -1823 ; assigned by, Mr: Stonebraker . ---- to Geo..Divis; Esq.; who placed it in my •hands for colleetion." . . •• 'ln .another part of his statement . Mr. lison says, that on the .23d July, 1830, I - paid,to David R. Porter on a written order from George Davis, a balance .of two bun._ , died _dollars and six cents, remaining" in my hands of, the money collected on the .bond assigned by Porter to. Stonebraker, and by . theJatter„as.aboVe stated.. " . - Now, adding• together the $125 received by Mr.-Porter, as:mentioned in the : receipt, and the $2OO 06 paid over tn Mr. Allison, we have the • sum of $325 06, leaving a balance ou ,the blind of $17104 as the•At toryey's fee for collection. ; ' 13y: By the` above extracts it will be,seen'that instead of Mr. Allison's and Mr. Oven's statements corroborating one another, they are , completely-at issud, .'andthat . on the contrary; Mr. incidenily, sustained the statement of 'ohm Stonebrakor4, , Now wifichis Ahn-'mest .worthy'ef Mr. Stonebraker, and Mr. Allison, -Whose statements , so , perfectly, , accord, or Mr. Owens, whosi qtatenimtis,'MA most im portant point Foetradiote ' d by :that of Mr. 0-1 1 09 n, and whose, authority is, .at ,best, ; ,best, ; , - be - vieVed — yiihTsosPiOonh ._Wo , kaYs;our rea!lets t 4 /1 1 ( 1 04 — WashitnOn.RePrter. - , LET islo ONP, , ,---Themaroup,Nyords of one thouaand town,— Ships and election districtsiti Pennsylvania. , One vote in eack.3voUjd n mere than `oho thousa ndVetee'' diffeieno3. in the salt . of, the 'A -VOtee in each, cAangg frow,PAnter to,i4tnor,,,,vfoold make, mOre. .tv.o. votenef a diffefitice: :This hoW alert. ilOtfltdo4o'idnti l / 1 1 4 industrious Xetv; l o:d.w4Pfk WO Cannot unit to 'th iX.' . ;,/040 *Ott #loit • (000iiiiyi .. a! 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