M M IN MlLlttcr—WO% 99,4 • •.• TIVAAWILS. • Carlislt'llerafd & Exposior," w ill . be issued 'WEettLY, at Two Pot.t.,tits per annum, ifpaid #l' ;:igfivani;e, $2;40 at the end of six months, and $3,00 if • not paid until sifter the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates Letters addreased to the editor;po buSineis,MUST BE POST PAID, otherwise they *ill eeeivelio at= B.entioa-.! AGENTS. • The following'named persons hays! been appointed -ilkOtits for the—tkCarlisleAterald_bt Es'positOr," to 'tl , ltoni, payment for SubSeription and. tuyertisement •: limnbe tiotde. • , • . ••• • • D. SIIELLY,Esif. ShiremanstowniCOnih. CO. 'Seem C . 01M6, Esq. New Alit • • -do P. KoMrjs;ESq. Newbitrgh ' • ! (16. Shipplontiutt d'o JOHN W ur DEnucn, Esq. , do. 'do. . • J. MATZEN, Esq. iloguegtOwn do: R. Wicsoie, Esq. Meehatii'osburg, do • Wicr.xAm R. STVRGEON, En. Chute4town do • • - Dr. ASA NVIIIT.,.I , IeW CUMberlitild TA.96,I_3LACA, Esq. Bloomfield; Perry CiplitY. • A. 1131.40 x, Esq. landbburg - . . • •do ZPULIETZMI34O • 'General Agent Agent for Pennaylvanilt, Maiyland, lieht= • ware, fire: No: 3} South 7th street, three doors • be ' low Market street,lihiladelphia, and No.lo North . - street, Baltimore, near the Post Office. . IIEALTH ilreCrettal Ilyl'HE USE OF TILIFAIVOETAN TArtnt f UtriventsiMenictruzser niz Burnam ; • WhiCh have diffainedlheapprobatiolaand lite corn ' Ineedinieti of tbattrandsovho have been bilred in Con , ,tumption,d/loltiraMorbus,lntisunations internally or ...'externally,ltild all diseases oft hc Liv er, ; Yellow Fever, •• • Gout,Rbtitinatisitt,Lumbitgo,Tiondoreaux , Dropsy . -Bt.-Vitttairfiance,Epilepay, AppOnlexy Palsy, Green_ anal& obstrtietionsto which thefemaletoim -is to distressingly liable, and.sVfileh tend so manyof " the fairest pertion - of the - Creation ko 'their untimely • S mai l Pot , Mead es;Whoopina Cough, Scar, Jet Fever,,Astlima; Jaundice,. Gravel, Stone, and all • -Urinary Obstrtictions,Fistuhi;riles Strictures, dim: titres, and Syribilis in all its Stages, WOO'S i-Seurvy,ltchi ng ; In, Xi ng's ; tilf; • and' all. Cutaneous ;I:sisorders - ; - _in :shin*, every ir..Qhir , lalaiin which the ha an tranie r isto direfully sub ject -• kooinder, all- their - Varied forint. and naives; as the : • 'llygelitn:e:onviction is,tbat man is anblea-to only one. ilittitte4 that is t o the iintnnitil of the blood, froth - WheriCe springs every corriPlatitt . thattantostiblY 'sail hie complicated frame, and thatit is•the-pellietital iittruggle. - of this vital, Tare streadi *of life; (tire giftof . Almightylioner) to disencumber itself, of its _:_l2acrid_ltimortil witti•which Rims become commixed. • - This irablable - Medieiti<lieing composed - - onlr - of 4egetable Matter, or rnedientatherbs and warranted on oitth, at e - Oithidning net doe-particle, of mercurial, 'Mineral:or cheraidatutibstaneet, (ell of which are un-_ tongenialte the nattlre of Man,andlhereforodestrue • live to the human frame) is found to be perfectly -harmless- to the Most-tender:age or_yeakestSrame, tinder every . tlage of human suffering, the most plea - Gant and titnign Mils operation, and at the sante ditto ,:- !the most certain ,in-searehing_out the root evety 'complaint; however. deep, and of perforrding a cure that was ever offered to the world. This wonderful , effect, piodueeilby the least trouble to 'the pa:- 'by merely swallowing - certain ntimber of . pills, and being called a few extra times td 'lite Imp pose of evacuation with the least ppatilile sensation of pain, exhanstationhif bodily strength, and withotit the • fear of catching cold, or attention to Brest or diet, in any Way different tom their ;.aiieilstomed habits.' --Theelerpills-rais=in-all-cases,-cannuithelaken - -to. excess. - lilxperience, which is the tonchstohe of all . human itnoivledge; has long borhe testimony to die - fact -ektensive- use-ol then:than „already_vcititied_ its truth inthisconntry. • •, . These 'Medicines cure liv purglnr and ydt 'the Areek,the,feeble,the infirm, the nerved the delicate,. • are in a few days strengthened by their operation• because they clear the 'body of its laid humors ; anti invariably _prodlice sound sleep/They are the safest and most-efficacious - medicine - to take to sea,- ; prevent=- ing scurvy, costiveness, Bic,/ -• • • The operatidn of this mild Medicine, which *eys immediate eonvietion of its utility, froin ('tie first dose,. is as beneficial to the mind as the body 'first e alming,tben curing all mental derange ments. eccen • thicities,nervous affectidns,lrritabilnescund restle**- -'—itessitrom,whatever sottret•;-compliiirtiswhich".hare, hitherto, nnt been ,properly understood; as the Ilyge4, . Ists hare foandthem all to.prolleedirom acrimonious , humors ht. the blood, and; happily for the; preient and' future race of inaidtiediAiseoiered a aheirp "hid ini zt.tvereal mode-of purifying; curing anti presenting, . Theheing cured of any disease, infirmity, or sore, =--istiow-tio-more-a-shibious.on-uncertnin_prais persefertineeln the Vegetable Universal Medicines will always restore nature to due course. The literary and sedentary, of both sexes, whose pudsuits ~,so much impair the faculties, will find' sure reinedj , , in the Universal Medieinesfer preServingilie energy - -and sprightliness of the imaginntion,_and improving their health; old age will he attained - by - the - nen - Of them and passed free from pain and ; They are; net enveloped with the mysteries of Other • .Medicines; they only require to be persevered in With ,stidicieetly large , dotes; and the patient. Will tome off well ; • when a' disc's . l* Obstinate, patientit fre4ueritly do not takedoses hirgeentnigli. • he' medieineri are, comprised in 'three different Artielea-dhlyi Vitt in two kindi of pills, of different strength or poiver,atteaignited by No. 1 and 2. The first is a . :peWerful hat Most Old and gentle - Appe,rient; or _opening otedieine,•dentehing and,partially teeter ing the tinge* ropy humours, whilst fhe No, carry Mr thole and the krone ital . and vii ; of to the body,and eat 'tgether as . .. • ferret in A *arson; Ogymireesfingiuntil every aVenue of the, bunted frame is theireughly searched shod Cleansed • • • • • • • • The Vegetable Cleansing Powders are. of greatias'r' ...ftstanee'..ta patienta,, and facilitate, the evacuation of tomtihrrooft - they:soften,: cleanse, -and detach the 4tOriniolliciter_filitegait_are eopling;_turut ' • thirit:' trio, 451 , * three powders may be taken throughout! the , aY,;• lithleAlAulf. a, tumbler! of wate r.. Tlie pills • •. • 4 1 f 4 • are sold in Ackefi , "'d $3, and 25 and 50 Cent - twei former ("Unita of three 'loxes each, viz. One. box of No:1, and two bore* of 2—thelatteronelarger box with a division; the litindscreilie in s e parate ,boles at 37i} "cents erioli; - Thrt consemience of--the repeated soliehationi it? the agents, and for the , conieitience of the public in. :general ) ;boxes of :cents. and .25' Oonta each, Can now be t 1 efall the. age*: • - "&iiji parties• May be aPpOinteiVagents - On . , by ; applying to the tieneral.;;Depot,'No. • 41 i159 4 .•§Pvetdh - ,-Streo - ,doers..below Market opvent, ittSnet,ThiladelPhia 7 4lln at NOrtlistreet,lal . tintnief, nearly . epptisite* the 'Pest Of ' where the CentilneiiMeditine innY diviyi be , bike ined: e9n,auenef of the .high. esti.; rriatto,a in in,orrison'a Milts are 'herd' .by the pyilliis`;` it , which an initninciable host unp In= otpled•boat.of counterfeiter's) tnitterapt aedet deceiltiye, terms, tints tii-delnde the, alattax•ry, foist their nostrunisTor fhe .Geindee - flyite.iin)leffi-. ) ..vine; in consequence- of theigent than .talten' . the precalitionary. tneasttr,g,pf, having:an, Extra. Ye) , •- • lON Label ' fixed'on , each packet, signed by the aliend, Ofeaeli state arid district, and hylthielestibLogenta, in . Orery iiiunty•; 'the imitation. of Avhich wilirsubjent the .amitler to thesmverest punishment the law elm 'inflict; . , ie fgslher,t , bPi-n9OOO, that none of thC,bc'T "Medicines eitn, - be Obtained ihnnk'drtig'sniin thio9gh;. 'dui the Arniinn :the'drug titores heir% the ,principal' - source through•mhich • the COunteleners yend - their spurious articles. - rim sale in Carlisle only at'dteistorn„ctCHAßL,,tB MAllTlibr , lVirdLtlr, 'Mechanicebtarg, and WM -- Tlf : lWTFlt;ll l lillertt - ,TPlartZ,county,TPE --- • ' E=IIMVMS . . . . . . , . .. ' . . • . , _. - , • , - , . , . . • . •. . ~ .. . .. . . , . •:. 45 ..-. .... • . • .... . ‘ ~ .. ..... . . . . . . • , . .. • . .... . • :. ......_ . . . . . ..•.. ... ... • K i l 11 --:. . . ... .- i .., .. . . . . . .. . ..• 7: L .C. . . ....... .__l_,.. _ .. . ~,,, .4.. . ~ .. i .. I . AL. .3. to , ...._.: .', . ...a . . .1111[.. _. ' ~ ' ' . , . • , , ' -- • - _ .., . . • . ..- _ . . „ • , . ~. I, . . . . • . . . • ,_ . . _ . . . , • . . . • A. EANCILYNEWSP ' ' * o r ' lATEA:tAI . I3:II.E, THE . ARTS AllsrD SCIENCES4_AGRIGULTURA; &e. • • „ Compound Extract of TOMATQi - r?it Celebrated, substitute for' Calomel. . , • THIS excellent article having stood the test of 'ex ' perience elieu here; is offered to the public with confi dence, that those afflicted with diseases in which Cult. mei, or any of the peculiar preparations are iniliCated, will find relief from its Use. Its perfect applicability in affections of The liver,ond in fact in bll 'visceritl stenctions, has beea fully tried andthe decision ofpub lie - opinion, as well. as a grat number of the tiaost silecbible Physicians; has been giyed b,its favor. It is particularly recommended in liver diseases, °battik dons oftho-boWels, diarrhoea,eruptions-of ill -conditioned Ulcers,' and dyspepsia: Its action is mild and perfectlY 'bare. • . • The following; era a foluntary statement made ,Ity a highly respectable and scientific Physitiam. and -im tpeared in the - "Jeffersonville Courier," last Winter MILES' EXTRACT OP TOMATO—A sussiz= TOTE FOR cattimer..-.4laving Modell trail of the above article, I tel warranted in recommending it as a tisq-, fut. andsafe medicine. The pills possess all the pur; gatiye and anti-bilious properties 'of calomel, • without , any-of its injurious tendencies.' Persons who are id- Ylibted to habitual torpor of the liver, and consequent accumulatione While, and ,whothave -been -compelled to have recourse to the Ai fre:rot Oreparatious of trier .cur,' for relief; will - find Miles' Pills, a sate •anil'couL Cement substitute. • • • • • . NAT'L FIELD, M. D. , . A stiptily.oribis trail valuable medicine just re ceNedand for sale-bv OHN J. MYERS, tiCo,Car liale,unil- by SAM.II:ELtYTIAON_St-Co:Shippens.... burg. - . - Marelfi, 1839; • - • (twitills 'anti their Pcslinctive .- .. .lgraVa l difltZiOci .- • • I[ I HE - United teatimintrottheitliksitinnstitiongltt ottt 'the:bilked States has .fully proved the fact thug Vetere' 1 1 ,"egitaLle Pills are the only trite Yegtiablet Pills which will stand the test of analyzation• Netted the' proprietor' would twist earnestly - rge diem. for the nutlet. of y, those who have , been .the of lteing, as "catilartiea Of ittietients,Altutiekdttietive and' irritating -quack pills se generally advertised, and which are at best but, slow consumers of the 'vita unctions - , ant inutdetOus "agents even:to . the most. Wale, it is tttse, fnost of them produce tt . pitatite effect, and sometimes. transient folief I but in. most cases they injure the digestive organa,and antabittial resort-to—them must terminate in eudfirmed dyspep- It is fetie.thattathatlierinnlaperlent:inedieinesare Rix') t•elpiiredebut the nicest discrimination . should always be observed' M . the selection ; - and if. this he done,nothhig Hitt -tops can result Ce from ilteh-gse. To produ this much desired regitlt, Dr. cis has matte It .his study for several iieitri;iind feels prorLto . Say iie . has. succeeded at length .far beyond hit - cripeemtions. TlMobjeit.of his pills is to super- We the necessity of a frequent recourse to injurious. Inntatira, and to offer'a 'medicine safe;certam, and I!'lelisittat its-epee -Idiom - ) Pizetvtred hyJOS. PRIESTI. Y. I r. Ens, M No: 10 Liliparl , Street, New , Yo rk. , _Ba,di b : ox tains 40 pills. 'liriee'sonenta. , _ Ileattochei- Sick 'anti titre otts. .Those who have loge - FA tind are weliry.offinfterlnk from these-idiatreasing - eoltiplaiuts, will PE TERS' VEGI7'.4.BLE_PILLS a.remedy_at once. eertnin aid immediate in its'elfects., IN DYSPEPR.A. they - Stand unriViilled ; ninny have been cured in a few weeks, aft6r having sulrered.4inderthia dreadful complaint for teas. In habitiial Costiveness they are decidedly fir , to any Vegitable Pills ever vet discoireted i and besides Alibi they are' recommended by all ,the emir nent and leading mbittbers of the Medical Paeulty. . . *' ' ovie of Reason g: . Poi using.. Dr. - Peteo.o Vet ' tbrated PIE - - - table - .Pills: . . .. .. - , . 1 „ - 'l. Ilecatite they 'are exceedingly Piipultt, *Melt proves them to be exceedingly good. . , 2. Becuutd they are el:imposed of simples awhieli have the pottrei , 'to do good in an immense number of Oases, without possessi g 'the means to do injury in • 3. BecittfSeillo - not a qtiac medicine; but the ...„are :scientific compound of. a regular physician; wilo _has Made his profession'the ittnly of It t slife.,• , ' 4. Becaueetlicy are not umileakint to takeiiiii•llis; tressing to retain, While they are most effectie to oil-. mate. , , , s._llectutse_they_are.reeonimended_us_a_atandaril , .medicine, by the regnlar fiteulty., 6. Because hikeeping thaaystem in a natural state tfltetion, they 'Mire nlmoht etery disease *Mott is Incidental to the Minoan frame: ,•, • . „ Because they are 'cheap and _portable, and Will retain alVtheir vnines in• full iigoir, in any Ciliate and for; ataengtl . ' '.. • 8: Because, notaithstanding their simplicity - and.' maliness, they Are (Me of the tediest purgative med loineo which has been discovered:.-- - . 9.. .because they arc an unfailing retrietlifciF 'ir& • surind a good, appetite.. - , 10,7fleettuse in cases of spleen or despondency; by their healthy-influx:nee on-the exulted- state of-the- bo4. dy, they have a most happy effect, in calming and in-; ~ . vigorating themmd.- • . '.. ..-..._ 11. Because they effect. their Mire's :Ailioai thei treualattendants of other : pills, sickness and griplupt. 12, Because . as well:tabbin g . an rivalled purifier of tee'gOterld, system, they ate a sovereign renicdy• for sick h'efiiWch'e: .. .. ..., , . ...• -.. • . • 13. Bscause. they.diffet: frinn time Majorrtynf Ilia: Mines, in the fact that the more they ace knotin th e More they are approved. . , . • ' • 14..11eCRUBe as 'their application create no.A . Obiljt3i in the SysteM, they Inty be taken without pkodtioiog any hindrance' fo'bustness or the pnranits •of every dily life. ;' • .. . • _, .. , t. 5 4, 16101 e Wlien•inven - iniecuhined• - biteit - famlfy, liM r tt , ...,, }hey altalitt immediately hike the pre , : *..l2lenee:o 'another mOdielttea in . genet , A, coMblifaufs. " 16. Be . daiioe 'a number of the wonderful eureithey fffifeeireolefk6m bb aubsfailtifteod without apy undua means being resorted tbir-tolkbeeiire itnialid•testiCao ! : ' 1 Ir.„ Ileeins'e — tYtetP., ecinkaiit,ion' iii suili, that', ttey *pie egnalliappliolle' - tO - the'ttsflitl dideadek of "inn", cold,or t,eroperam : (ditnateik i.:- - -'-'' ' :,-. •': • • ~ • i ill. Because ,tuinipif tltrVe`M'iiin Oli6:4ll 4 tifiltildeinf' forts dOse-,-.-so tbat,niis' the 'caie witlilho generality • id", tiitent'vnedicineo: 7 --theAndient is net .:lorapellekto'. nudea - meatleftheiti.. ' • - . ;. : • . - , .• ' _; 1 - ,AleCauM: each - indivlduat pili--iii,p lit nif;ilnder" I.libliteivOliate stlyerintendence of the prolinct'or p. sq that no m,istuke tu the ,Co M psition; Or, quantity-anti liossiblf cretn; through the carelessneas of a -less in- . lerestetlngent. '_.•:.* -- '•• " " ~'''• ' .., , . • ' "20 - . , Becanse theffdirifytlie thine with Ont debili • toting the ~ iy4eni, '- '" •• ' 'f . - ' • ::. • ' - • • 2l: Beemtio,netwiiflifanding,their immense pop ularity, no 'person' has everventurecl to raise • against! them the breath of ccnOre,'WhicliVordill mit haVO' been - Ilfe.fiser,fif envy ocinlirhaii AiSciiiiereiritilliena•• fl single' 'llaWtoeniilli.,*. - '•-•. :• ~, ' .." '• '' '•22; rfer:s.ksearul 41AS:feet' is of the, nimniit I rn,:.. liPiiihee)=-lallies in' af. certain situation•• May take' 3!tires'; , (Mit:More - 6'oi lvvo'cir three at a time howev. 7e1%) 4 witiiMit in :did slightest - Jferree, •iimurring' , the ;hathrd of abinrien. -5 , .I,Vere: the Virtues . of RetZrs M. ttttinutble 1011 e, 'confined to, thil2desirable endidene, ',lt:Wtitil( . l4 ;2 thCM ~ 'a decipeftnAvaittikr ..oV,er: the'': • nieiTheined of 4fl'ciiiiiiieflt,ors, ail in no caghirjuithere..; 'mere'dadgei''tele•iitqweheruliil,Or. for :whieh nil Ibur I 1 ' 611 :n 61 1 6 g 'hsAheell , diiiciiitered;siis' Bib one"referred • , -•,' 2f3,'Beinithe . whilet - tini• l 4:6• l3 6•ffi;f r ii.f i ftf,eli..cii:. - ei•ittiiiiiii . with"lnitilti• they lki, .4 the Mine' time•hd . .. ' ntlinidistdreff to'children andeven to:infants; in small'' tipaniitiek half ii`oill for slight.l-; esethinger.' •' .. ..." —. . - '4 , . ' . - ,- • I • :24:, Because their- r virtues- ar e ' cir:iiMAloiliCel' tn' .ett . Mdipre-nroinenf; for ;their upon [ !Men suffering, frOm•the 'mind changes byttfecatf - dfromea - nvilW• t aw ybyT na ti u . e . • •.. Deicatbei4;ls3B.--4i.n. '• •.• • •'Y•;"• '....-; ~..•, 1 '•: t: -t' i Printed and Pab 1114ekl!), by 40oige ill. Phillips, in Carlisle, CatnliMand .Connty, Pa. S S • • - ..„ . • , 'Choi - ries B. Petitog - 0;- . , Speaker of . the State Senate, in relation to''the,d fculties which existed at, the con vtning of the State Legislature in Be- Ceniber last, and in vindication of the com'se pu*sued by hiniself and the 'Deno cratic • members of the Senate. •••., • •• . • TO THE FREENIEIk.I- PENNSYLVANIA..-- FELLOW CITIEENtI This rational Principle ties an indissoluble con=' 'nation -between the ,nob of the Setinte .. chamber, the. ;Meeting/A the court licioie, and the Provisional Grit'L' ei,nagent established by the latter. The subsequent' 'conduct of tliatmob: was altogether worthy of such a ,parrintroge: The meeting of Tuesday evening aitiourn-. ed,tore-assemble at the same placenext morning.- - These meetings were continueddurhig the entire wileandel no tilde *as tiny change of ptirpose indi cated those who werein Concerned, or any condena:- tion exi ressed_efuriretitrngeeOmmilted_by.theirako_ k i 'weirdos' "On tli - eviontrifry,-oho project-of a military organization was but too ntipaient, and to accomplish this unholy object, appeals were made, not to 'the peo-. pie, but to die members of,n particillei , party. , Toth ese appeals a'favorable response was given in Several parts' of the State;by meetings of infuriatedpertilans,whi solved - to - Nise in one instance 'three thotisand, and another instance two thouaind minutezmen,..to be 'Planed under_ the command and direction of "the Corn mittee of .Safety." I rejoice ) howeVer, to gay, 4 .. hat :'these resolutions were but coldly reeeiteil bYalle -rent people, whogooa discovered - to their despemteend ' self-appointed leaders, that they,were not prepared to peril-all ' , their : rights on the chances of a revolntitni.-4 ••••.171int-diecovery ) .- together -With 'the riptliorich- of "the ' trocips,'? I have no doubt, exerted a decided intliithice in proilueing a claim in the policy of the rioters. • The adinocratic members of the Senate, with wheini • I have the honor to n e t, assembled at a private house; on-Wednesday morning, for the purpose of consider ing the events of the previous day and deteriniiiing upon the' course of conduct which it was properfur them to pursue., We were aware ofthe_iletermination_ which. bail been expressed at the.meeting in the couet 7 house, to re-lill the galleries orthe Senate with the same persons Who had figured in tbOtransactionsuf_the. previous day, and We had every-reasomtd believe that it was their purpose.to feneW their deniandi upon-the Senate, anil;if possible, to 'enforee them_ by liolelice. We were told- that ir.NIC assembled, we were not to be perniittairtO 'adjourn until:we were forcedinto Sub . - . mission. 'We were advised' of-the threats of assassi 7 nation Which had loaded the 'atmosphere Of every. bar , . - room ip Hafiisblirs;and we felt no hesitation in -dc :tiding that it was oue:dhty to avoid the . Seinite cham .ber, until - We were assured of that freedom front-re straint *filch is : so essential to - .the muper....nialon_df_ eVery deliheratrie agserritly. _; . .. '.• In t ontequente of this ilbterniinatian on •our Pori, There AVoia -no quorum otrWeiltieaday;atul the - Senate oteoursei i mmeilitdely adjourned: - 1 !fugal leries were crowded by - ri_s_,oxpectrint but _dianppointed populace, Who were - thus - foiled hi' their nefarirnia,purpoSes; they, however, at once •betrayed_ the teellit'g under which they had lietin assembled : ; Xo. sooner had the adjoinCiititent. taken .idace _therei Bine .the.sante man_ iliiii liad hgered so Itirgely-outhri iirecedingeireniner, commencedanother harangue to-his followers; - Whitili was, hoWever, arrested by the fernonstrane.ci dr Gen.._ Rogers, whose sense. of prepriely was' doubileii shocked by this . second attempt to prostitutoucliiiniz bee appropriated tohigher and holier purposes: ~,,, . They yielded to .his remonstrances, mid adjourned to the front of the Capitol. , 'ln the . afternoon of tbe ' Same day, they anaerobic(' 'again-in 'the hall-of ibe ' House of 'Representatives, and dragged finini the. Speaker); chair, Mr. Sliaekrilin a representatite of the people; Who _went, nude' u.:temitation d eputation-front. Mr.. - Speaker - Crinningliamje — ailj urn the - llouse With such goioleilie and uproartlid hey demean thetriSelves; that they broke !down ,One f the doors of the hall mid obliged seivetzil of tlie 1 emheiii,sif both .. politicid_ 1 parties, elthougNll, yea in daylight, to escape Frain the windows. • Suldi indit, t d was the tumult, tha t Se !Feral Yen 'Buren menibers , who were 'then in the 'Senate chamber, and no -doubt aware of the lawless elihrocteeof the- banditti Which thronged the kill of the !lodge, were so much til'aiUied as to seek kalet) in -11iF,Iittliroilirli-ilie-windows oftliatatnitrrient,ultlinugh it is Situated atilie opposite extremity of the'papitol.' ~..The rioted; nett.marloarrittterriPtimori the arsenal, for the piirpose of postessi fig themselves of the public arms. They were, lio we vei4r.ortima te ly di .oili pia nteil in their object.' Governor Hither, who bad been,,ad vised of their 'intentions, hod- directed the keeper 1p . guard dmi_building_fOoni-attack-Fand-imilet , that-Ua-- der, it was then earriscineil by,some thirty men. ~i. Was ingested by four or five:„l' hoed persons, who were, however, prevented froin doing any serious in jury, save knotking down and litUisii.g. one of itildri;• fenders... ~ , o " - Oil Friday evening, a deOtathiti from t he soiree (iiii*LrepttilT 1 in Wil rinlahm e t_ Aul d 4io,...orosorect_the_ , ,propfietep; that if lie hatitinded.to petlonitthe House of Representatives; which had 'been driven from its .proper hall,_to.assembfe; as. it -was understood thev had thine, at a large - room in his hotel, they .Nou'hfl, - level it with the. ground. That gentleman ..wlis so, .4iiioll. itersuaded of the, danger which he would incur. ..I lt L disregririling - the - willof - thOviUhal4t he - locke7l tip' therlltrie' ivhich-had heen so used, and the memo; born of the Legislatuire were perinitted_to meet there liolpliget:: . ... . ';'. . ' '; .., ~ . % 4 ‘,.,,, ' - •'On Saturday and Sunday, die troops arrived .frouf , Philadelphia. -- The rioters still continued to throng • the public himself.' They - were .at; the rail road in great numbers when the volunteers ditleinbarked, and they Were .heard to exclaim, on seeing ,then, that "they could nom', whili the.damnedrinti-maions; that these were .4iie oboya who had helped them tn-bit'rh , loran the Peungylyaniallath!' ;., i . .. ~ ~ ,‘ •.; : e. • They, however, soon Alikovereil 'that : the eitizen-! Bi:diners:Wife hid repidieirto Ifarrishurg, at the,eall of the Executive to suppi:esiiiritfrreetion and support `the oontlitationi . Wer'e.ttet to iie, seduced into a rebel= lion against the constitution` And the lawn.. •• i, o . ''.l „. Th, principal pertpit!' i of the'eiote r p Was In t otthl, fr om'the county or, Madelphin, qn the Saturday and' • Sunday hefort Alm ,extraoittneement of the session. ; -It' Was known that their transportation: had been paid for -. in masies_to_the ownes_of_thedrailyoad linei.__Thei., 'were understood fo be men of desperate fortunes and of atrogiette, oloraetert- - glen, xiipi-.)04. • signalized ilieniselies in . r many a bi ' olf, ant s . Nt•eiti dlsti,riguislied „ ' TOT' theMpOHonal•proweita and 'open' diaregard of. - the , Imi.e4snobi: men; In a'. word, as,- to ;111Plionor a the', itaftil, o.e tot dif..be...ft4o in' any ,other. county within ini, borders . . -, Thej Were . Waltorganizediatid,remain, ed in 'Harrislnig• during the whiiie__Week, ready, for tiny extremity m whie,h , their ieryiees might-be 're- : Armed. If a towrt iii the possession of such men enn be called peaceable, tNly yvbct so call it niust have a - 'strange idea of What constitutes peace. - .. „.o. „ , ''.'These nien•Werti - tW4ironSisSell thitil ot h er 'Pe' Ok-, riyalkof the, tronpri, ti r tol until it heroine necessary foe' the rioters'tO change theif'pollini o and deny that there ' hatt beeri any disturbaneei in order to oast upon Goy. ' 'tinier the odium of marching "a body of armed Men, . :to the peaceful - capitol Of, the; State," "the- miiet ; and• ! orderly .town" qi, Iliterishut . .iir- • ' '•- ' - • ''. 2. I •'• The fleet oft eial information of th i s chiange wag diseovered` in" the extriterilinirri Address. "to the ' freemen, of the .COminottwetiltli, by the Wan Buren . nienthers of the Legialatime, • .The Committee of' Safety, whose very existence inferred a Nitatienibin of . all regular government; and the Sherifttof the county I ': chimed in with the suggestion.-..1t will. , be remarked; that this singular address ie:dated, 9 Ilarrisburg,l)e— -1 eerirber4fi;" Whiet Wed the .I‘tatiday',4o.-trie..m‘t•iiml_j_ t . Of the troops • •-- • ' ~ •. , .' .- '.- ... i That eireiettftintieVillperlinyiti . dxplitin this itAilen ' fl` n "g••'l'f.efOiel',.. Silti , ,qq,Atf /40. FriditY,Pil9. l 4;,. Mr.' enni eit;t. te'iehtletritin rilref)dy alluded to,. held • ' tfie•followini language in ii' lettee -to'olid of' his echo, ..stitnentst: , • ...L.• •-.- :, „. ~,-•, „', "It ia. rairterell that there. are - armed troops on ,tlie,. other side of 'the .river--;hope not, .„A.S . . soon as, they' 'osOt font cuithirfairleUf the river, blood will' flow: in,. • jortY - cight"hoiirtbi:VAKLltentne_mtLYJll_Rowtaide_ „ • here, to oppose them. , I :Mu prepared, in • peace ,. or . .'-'irtir; SO do my duty 6) iikii`e.tiiiitatMoie." .• .' : 1 -,•,:- :al ZMULIMINPL/421.7 atzumazeicao moor ao apse. • Tide gentienian."lni thed I.eady, with tillsi in his, hands, to unite With the ridteril do the first appear ance 'of the armed fOrCe ordered eictt by Gov.;Ritner. That the deteentination stif. the rioters to. "shed, blood," tis SOO tip tlletrobps set foot "in the orderly* 'town Of Harrishtirg,"..was abandoned with rzeltiotande, is obvious fisird the' efforts which were, niade to tiling to' that place na,tirntod force to act under the direction of 'the Committee of Safety. These efforts. were made in 'Lancaster, 'Jerks, NerthamPton, York 'and Cumberland cod:dies: And itleast two small. bridies of troops were actually mareheil •to Harrisburg, di' therifis every reason to believe, for this purpose. One of them, company of volunteers from York county, came, us they stated, rinder.an order froro.one Gen. Diller, the chairman of the Committee of Safety, ivitiellthev_simpeselltalta_yebeeiLisso&bytheauthiar CIT - their 7 iiiiiiitli at - Harrisburg on' Afeeday;thev - accordingly reported themselves to the Governar,,arid mere informed.by hire, lhatlie had not authoriied the cell made upon them, and that their Services were not then . .required; Toitheir honor be it spoken, they at once returned to theirhomea. • So ettk , eftingly difficult was it to restrain-00 vidl , lence:6r the in,surgenti, that on Tuesday the 11th, one of the leaders of the mob, and who was alio a mem'. ' ,be of the ComMittee of Safety, intrdded.hiinself the.lobby of the Senate, while that body was in ses; Sion, and wasaistually heard to utter language insults ing to the Senate and interfering in its deliberations.; -and on .another-Loccation___Sabseritiently, Myers, a Van Ildieri-Senator, referred, in the cootie. of sonde :remarks, to tile " bristling . bayonets!' Of „armed nria"a;the pcletile in •the,.gallertes again inter . posed; by -Clapping and kt;ttrtping,.lll 'to'ken of their applause. Mr. Dell, 'ffrChester, and Mr. Myers,' ; -turned-to them and-hdreated-them-to desist i tife-latterH exclaiming - "do not intimidate dfeni.",- During 'the delnde'on the resoltitid",lci appoint a conintittee teinquire into the organization of tbe two j bodies, claiming to he the - Bettie of -Representatives, 'in the same :week; Mr. 'Bell;of Chester ? contended -that the Senate' hat . no fight to make that inquiry, but whetratill - slibuld .come in. from one of the bodies, lie admitted that the Senrite'wotdd then be compelled iiiiigehle - Whicli was the true House; tuid,he remarked with great emphasis, that the Sepate. weal then de sidesameat its peril! ! ! • General Rogers, another ~.Vatt Buren Senator, in the debate on the sae resolution; warned the Senate not to proceed, if they wished to .avoid a reetierence of the soenorwhich had occurred in the Chamber:blithe first day of the session, and. he added significantly, "that although many people -had-gone honie, otlier were corning.'" -At that. time it was_unilerstood that, the ruffians from the couety of Philadelphia hail left Hart isburg.. The fireserici3 of thesemen had rendered it difficult to inaiiitain gravely (lie position that Ilarrisburg - was "quiet and erderly," and ittiecartie necessary, there . . - .fore, to, dismiss there, and they were accordingly sent . 0116 given_ have given Yed, fellow citizens; rbiriahve of the- revoltitig _incidents which characterized this -ftrit attack - mien- your n- thepersoniof your . representatives. I have overlooked many details now iittlie.progress of_diselostura before a committee of the Senate, whieli will east a still deeper shade over theSe nefarious transactions. If you et:laid-have wit 7 riaseirthe drunken orgies ofthe-bir room, ihrovig7tl With thinie itere,brottOrt to dri thii:Siork.tiffend r ' - ing the 'ear of ilek:fincy L,v obaccge Jens iintl tioisy.blait pliemy—if you liaVe seen :the ;tivel'itif - of that town, so strangelidinicribed"orderly and on the night of that Sunday Sin which, aecoi'ding, to 'Mr:Flenniken, lisiiptr came at the head of (the hun dred men from -Phthaelphia county, there is not a lover of godd ardor - and decency among you,. do mat- ter what, may hate been hie party. connexion, who would not have- turned' from the picture with sensta thous-of the , deepestliorror.--,Jf . you- hail 'Witnessed such - scenes, nail heard the Cried fed: blood in' the Senate Chainber, and the thit. .and coefesion Which prevailed- - among ('.the nioitt excited popdlatioo .be-' yotid.alt eantrOl". - V,liieliTaccording'tollie liiirie let ter Mid -" entire possession of the capitol,"l you indeed leive eielatmetl With - him, "Oh !I deplorable condition of our beloved Conimonwealth !" But yqti would hate', been still more amazed 4;imir..ieniedf,deeency_auti_patrititiant*ouldhavo-been- . yet more severelTahocked, if . you bsid been told that these men were..'; the sovereign people," that all this as "popular indigo:l6on, baredmpon popular "-the-popular tumult"--was" short tilied"---that it was a mere "-expression" of "excited feeling,". on the Tart of a " Spirited and intelligent people.", And "that PeoneYlvania could be mere quiet and orderly than Harrisbtiri." And yet yeti have been dins told byffien, who in their pri vate alid-confidsotinl comminecations, described has eecurrancei.o tw hat..eek_ Mille manner which hes been already detailed: When yod era inforined that these M neen eMembers of the Legislature; sworn to iarpport the tionatitution, May you .not.well again Oli ! 'deplorable condition of our beloved et trtmonwealth ! ! !" , And aiitd wilLYatiiay... ofsuch.wiineiseaLwoultlit q too harsh to say, of 'them, in. the language which Aiey have applied ,to.tlie democratic members'of the 'Llislature, that ," degrading party shackles," have been ," imposed on theni," and that " a midstl of truthjuidice ;and propriety; obitinalglY peraiiitAl in," on, their part;has kmptirted a deepet: 3Onni to that "-fearful tragedyp in which the fiber ties-nf the reo . plaliave - lieen. so - Anefuil3r — perifie`ill: .If - their Conduct . deserves such language, it is ,nolaitit of_ ey Inive„olioscif.Xlmir_owegronnil, and -14firl'unt responallile_for the unenviable position in Whieli,they have pia4ed.thimselies . ; in their address, before a candid and jatelligetit,,,peole.--They:have .thoiTglit Tirciirei; to . , as‘...\iii my motives! They . hay:* endeavored to retiresent, theinielveslas the peculiar elinnipiona of the people! Their tau:died anxiety . An put on and Wear the much ablisednime, of cleniodral, and fix upon me and the gentlemen with NOIOM the !iamb of ftderatist, - . ip . too stale st-devic tocannoy pi 4Psoonnow. m ,I can .freely . sey; tiniCA do now, .and all'ayihave adhered tollemocratie, principles . ; , but I. should' inasider:myself pa -having dishonored the name, and violet:id:the principles of that Party; if I. had been capable. of Cipintengneing , the dangerous and corrupting encroachments of the GeraPAGevetn7, ment,,on'the liberties ofthe BMWS. I should ctuitilder mYselfti.ecreant to' my faith - and &Me erut, ill had countenanced any•.atteek upon ,tlMTree tlorii:of LIM representativewof - therciple, - or justified the invasion of the halts of legislation, by armed ref fiend, Waded by ofileori of the General Government . • . Xdo not intend 'partictilartyttrinstae tory crazy.effusionr of that bantling of riotand hellion—the committee :Of safety: shall:content the.exposure, of -themuptiness of its pre! 'tentionito piiiintistfiXit . ddisinteiestednessatiforthe . Arti t e'and tendency , Of all such associatiohti tltld combinations.l aka .de ! this foe the , most part in the ‘elcaptent and :impressive - . language .George IVashingtonAn that invaluable legacy to hikisonntey, his fare.well hildress:", Listen to his, admonitions . . .', The - 148W of piii'politicateystemif is thatright'Of the people:to altei.thete coristitutiOns of-government. Mut the. constitution , which 4.,lt',elitioe exists,Autil changed on cfplicitand,auetiUti riot of the . whole Wople, re erect y` obligottiry,tiponlll:" The' very, Wei of. the rower Ond,the-rlght . of:the people to , "es-, toblish , govornment o - pee4upposekthe i duty _of,every: Individual to-obey the estitblusheir gi:rl9trileof., 'All °bet : Actions to the eiteerlion'Of thelttiie-Xiili COMbinidiens end ansopiatitnikcillidetyihiteiei idaiisi4 ble tdp6teterilvith the real design'. to'ifirecti Control, Mizig Ocr.bravue, the reglatfr tkli4fationB , 'lind stc tiOna the coitilituted atahoritiee, are tleatrftettv4 of ;hie ttoetttnieittal principle; ettid of fatai ,feltrktcti.—.• They serve to erganizetnction, to giye it an ertitteiaf and extraordinary foree,_to put in the place of the ile legated will of , the nation : t he will of pirly, often ; 11: small but artful. and', eiteerpritlng eolookity . .Of the , community . ; and, sectn'tling.to therdtbinite tiriuinehg,. of differetatAntrties, to 'nlia.cp..thts Dukpci 3 OdmViiiilktice ' tilt iitititor , of the ill4oneett:ed and mcongt , utinti, PP' jilits - of fagtloirstiter - than . the-organ',of consistent_ Rini Wholesoine ohms . , digested h y comnibn . eoundilti, Mid modifieffB,*Motuol ibtercsli. - , , , -.,:: j . . ~. 41 1-rifti;elier onmbrniitiotl,, oi: as'in ciao on,r, dr the :above tleitotlpt in ni it :noir ,e,tiktlien .onsiret Vilifel , ,eiill,lhey , ,itre Ai kin in thO qouile.9f, ti toe tiktl,thinsti, tit beeoree potnt. ertkinel,,by„whiell conoing,tti o bi ttotirOtell 3.lnprineinled men wilt be mudded - te •sul • vert the.phwer of- die people, and to usprp.forithema _selvolsktuleinuatiiwernmentlAlestrumigaterwarila the,very esiginek'which have lifted themlo•hojunkdo 77 Minion:'!' . ' -: .' ' -' . ' ' ' - - 1 I warn you then, in the mune Of the father of Our common country', to 'beware how you sanction any telsoeiations i thd fatal tendencies of 'which are so clb qileatly pourtrayed by him. = Go-and vote to sustain them, and theparty which has employed such hishm ments, and you will digits grave of your liberties. It has been insinuated that l„ barbered the design of defeating . the amendments to this constitution, which laid received h majority of the votes of the people, at the late election. . ° _ . . Thie "charge 19 equally deditute of fouudationWith - • those to which Ihave already referred. The - act of Aiaembly of the 29th day of March, 1836; required that The' returns of the election-. for and against the. aniendmenti,.should be delivered by the Setretary,Of the Commonwealth, oil or before the first Thurs day of the • next session bf the Legislature after the' saiitreturns - iiluArbe — lo - receiVialTtellSpeakr the Senate, who -shall open and publish the same in' the presence of the members of the Senate and House of.RepresentatiVed, on.the next Tuesday:thereafter." •I-Niras jelly aware of my duty . under this act, !Ind' although I had myself voted against the amendments, I determined that it should be faithfully executed,and that the will of the people, so far as I' was cOnceriicd, .flhould be carried into. eff'eet... After the Senate was dispersed on Tuesday night, when I reflected on the 'enormity of the outrage which had been committed, and the incidents which bad been made the pretest of it 1 was led to the concluaionlhat the trueinotive *is lie found in thedesire of the - partizans of the newly elected Gevernoi;leilereardieafocialttientei - and - r - e steretliotie " spoils" which had just been wrested from the jaws of nierbenary-band of hungTrexpectants. I had, on the 'opening of the' Senate, in • iitinformity with the wishes of nayfriends;and as wits clearly my rig 4 duty, taken the chair as Speaker.of that body, 'and annoiliCuel - the.wrtts to supply Vacancies, Which I had issued during the receitr.-4-hadrilecidrnithat gen tlemen.who claimed to have been' elated toirie.its to the Senate, had no rightto speak or vote; rntil they had ta-- ken the oaths of office. In this I 'was sustained by the Constitution of the United States, which requires that members of "the several State- Legislatures; shall be hound by:oath oraffirmatiOn,to iiipportthisconstitii-. ' lion," and lly the' acter emigres, of the4tWoNtliireli; 1789, which provides that "the, members of the Be s:chit State Legislatures and all executive and judi cial offrn.era of the several States, who shalthe chosen or appointed after .the-said first day orAugust, (Ist of. August,.l7B9y shall, before Me.y p r oceed to execute the duties of their, respective Wheels, take the forego ing' oath or iiffirtriation." I was sustained, also, by the .constitation of the, state,. width provides .that "members of the General Assembly and all officers, executive and judicial, shall 'be bound by oath or.,,af firmatimi, to support the Constitution of the Common wealth, and perforni the duties of their respeCtive of fices with fidelity." - - - Before they are so sworn or iffirdied i they are not members of the Legislature, and 6+e meright Meet 'as such: - If I had, 'ileOhleit Oihet:Wide, we 'should .lihve fiat four-gentlemen from the.county of Philadelphia, and four gentlemen from the eighth Senatorial district, all .claiming seats, and all having...au' equal' right to_par- Urinate m the deliberations of the Senate, whilst un der the constitution and the laws, each cor 7 these -dis trictii were entitled to but five sriember.s. only. ~ I had; mettover v decidedthat fth member of Senate email not give in evidence, what purported to ben etrtified 'copy of a return from a prothonetary's office, to'too= trtivertn return regularly transmitted by the Simi& tory' of the Commonwealth. Such a paper coal(' not be received by the Senate,. to show that the return was: false, for the truth oh' time paper itself bight have been disputed, and the (Ideation of a false return Conic'', al I have already Arnim, he determined Only by a com mittee on a petition 9-complaining of return . ." bad decided, also, ail Speakers, that the member fering such paper, could...not be permitted to =VIM the question as thmigh, it, had been received. It is plant that as the paper .could not be received in evi dence-.-it was ont of - order to make a speech upon it, I had ruled that 'a Member gould net speak. on the question ofproceeding,te the considera t ion of a reso lution, debate being,on that queition precluded by the ruled of the Senate,,ned I believe of every other re . ilditteliberativenio.dy;-,4-had - alsedetermined that after one iudiirithltil,wat sworn as,a 'Seietter pri the legal return, another person . Churning the Same tieat had no right to speak: • . • • .1 .-these obvicruskrsitstaineu-ol the constitution, Jaia and ruled of order, that I could not, on reflection, aiwount . for the • violence which "seemed to have, been particularly directed against nie tip referring it to them. ' I had been assailed at' their public meetings le the most pelt - nett mier— their orators had sought to inflame „the of the mob peciiliarly . agairnit - Alluaicin*Axed beets made to the shedding of blood,-anon thy Were told to mark die snit Mark me Well.. • , • -- Mfg should I have been thus singled out for Yen:: geance ?• , Why selected as a victim I was uncon stiohil of ever having given the-slightest offence to tin* Oho Sought to hunt .nie down, and 'drive me . fr.onr - niy elation - Kir emseneative - o f - the - people. - = , . - On the contrary, I knew. that 1 had always, us the dis cbarge,of my nubile o(Ries, Minced towards political opponents that kindness and good reeling which are inseparable, front „My nature.. knew that this' de- - „Pertinent on• my part had, ieretofore; been produc tive. of, a 'Correspondent ,kindnesi theirs. • They ad-ncithesitatelleirformerneeasioiti-to-es-this .feeltrig?- Why then-was I selected aoW as thed . tjeet `of such Moody and ferocious threats ? • WhY were the infuriated - fern:ma; employed - in these, Outrages,-, invited to assassinate ? .Nothing had occorred in the Senate' hember_WhicheOuld furnish an,adequate ' reason for such persecution—nothinrik, ,pask rti in 7 . I tercourie,-while pnblie life, With men of alipaes, ~,When I referred to the -duty which;,n* Speaker or the - Senate, I was required to ,perforin; or receivin g the returns of the election for and against the emend; meets to the nonstitntion, and. of -openii•and pub: Fishing them, us required by,the at - *Peary referred to, I discovered in that eircuMttnuee a solution of the motives' which' bid cidelisioneirthese outrages and di rected thud so may against Me. ICI could., M m be drivenfroy station,or' assassinated, the act of Astemblyfn question counotq in its letter;-be with; and thus, tiro official evidence of the vote •of the-People enthe.aniendrnents being destroyed, the will of the. majority might be disregarded, and, the old _donatitution_retainet.with,ita eitended.Executive patronage to reward the.niereenapea Of, "thkparty." ,I astir 'dblifirraeit in, thesetentarnaVe *oudtklett, wheal lOoked overthe list of this namelot .thinsa men Who hid so far forgotten what dtte. to, patriotism; as to seize upon a mere dispute date the right to seats ! from the county of Philadelphia"; hi thefirstinstance,'l air% preteat 'for preclidmingthat all-civil :government was atmiend,sniti establishing . a:Perniaionalnuthart-,1 ty of self-constititted,firnitititen - lecnsarpingalhPower! atidetting dtdeflaneetho eomnitutipo and this lewd. ' - Who are :these th - us attempted to pose the lawful ~ and rroglitedliitheina‘eitai' the_titleof a government / they disintereated triota.NOW,FetuOre. becau they love theirm en ntry; tomake sacrifices in „her ea , • ? Leek at their oanabk ? yennot findaniong them. mould* broken and despemtefertneeti;,nir of (Brno.; lute habititend of profligate and abtildfoned Is' there one 'among them:whe:wadnot .snaing ; for' ' Rome office Teem'inltninistrationoind' who ,wouldventurelo ask,'„atoppiiintrrient, under the: neW epnatitution;•.at' , ,the hpiltl er the people theniselves t lf Aeimilld get front the theie is anY ez eirntiom it Will Mily .. ibe friend existing die officeri or agents' f the General; GOrilimeutl niy,susMeion tinittlie trne.object of, these otigitigea 'We* the defat of theaniVeWilenristitu eon.; when; learned from'indiiidiffils who' mingled' ,with the crowd; that these:Who appeared to he the pro- VONA fustota,in these tkenesi were „reckoning .with .confidence • on- 'their , impunity for an .which . mightAks doneltpuriiimmse of their nerariona'designs. ThoUkeputiveprerogative of pardon ivaulr'4fedili ad vance Rea generarindulgence exPeeteitto be,i-tytaiss fully ipyoked hi behalf of diose who „rniehrbeefilled . 4 upon.* Phythe -forfeit ter 'Weir' thrsPlikejiyalehnr,ity•Wil,l, liejleferniiiied-When proper thrie,iirriveaforCtillitig open .tilhbVernittfil"for the felfillin;e4 of tile:pledge: , , , ififi - ...patrioti.ini or dibiriteresiettness froth die POilditet Of Tell , who outraged all laiVoissidleit free government in gamest vital mid defenceless paint; and :Were notorieustv'seeking the sponsor: 'office, even at thciliartilien of the libertieSoftlief Peoplecivonlil be as. onfeaSonlibinikikteattrihutediSinteresteiMesstothiln, ectidiary w, he'fires silioUise Tor the purpose of plunder ing its corneae' : ' , . It is very appacent,thenothat thechief object of these outrages was the.,dcreat of the will of the majririty of the people as expressed in•their vote fur the amend- I mentato the constitution; and it Was equally, clear that themotive which Swayed. those who wore concerned In the eonspiny•was toidid and.therceriary.. • - This opinion is donfirrtied by eveuts - whicli (Occurred subsequently to the 4th, of lieceniber. The-partizans of the new Goternoralegedd "that the amendments had been defeated, and at Lamest& a distinguished :gen demon of that party, in speech to a meeting; political associates,Proclainied that stich Was indeed. the fact, and that overnor Porter would be intingura-'. 40 under the old constitution." At this Same meeting l art lid - mined thin tiro of the most conspicuous of the rioters were present. • And-it was. generally tinder .aktod_thatlintGoxernersilestwasonsiodfor,_tindarth...., - ed hi HarriaWg once initriellintely after - the very day'on which the scheme had been defeated hy • open ing and publishing the returns.. • • . Believing that the fury of the•ruffians assembled at Harrisburg, had been excited and directed against me. to .aceorriplitili this iiiramotra Purpose', deterrithied to frustratethodeshm:' .-• k. • I remained in ffitriiiibni:g . dinringthe gituiter inirt of the first Week, going twine only to trammilike the ap prehenigoils. of my_ s tantily„and.tnaidthe ExeeUtive.in 11101de:tante% whichhetleteninined to twuraue Mr. die pti t.- pogo of restoring order: My friends, who mingled in the crowds which' thronged the taverns, and during that week suspended":the ordinary functioh_of ernnielic infer - Med use of their familiar use of atro pious threats againiit me, - and strongly. advised me not I •tp eltpoie myself to 'their fury.•, Besides the ordinary prudence which required that I - should not throw My- , self •in the way of-an overwhelming foree s i laid a high duty to .perform, which rendered it important that I should protect My personal safety. from the at 'swifts of those - 41M Were interested in defeating its pirfOrinfineec ,- Ireeeivel4the-returns from the Secre tsey on the Thursday fixed by the net of Assembly; in the presence of such of the Senittora as•eould he as :tumbled for dun purpose.' '1 deposited these returns itt'a place of safety, inonnitinienting.the fact to oust of the Senators,-who•might-knoW.Wheta they ,were to be, found; the trilMit --- of rany - perieMir CALI - jay to any- iicll:, I Idoked with , great anxiety for the assemblage of a sufficient array of citizen voltinteere at Harris burg, before the daransigned for their publication, to overawe the snob, who had had possession orthe Cap= itol, to secure to the people the faithful perfrirmailee of toy duty, and to the Senate ifself,thelaivilege of assembling in safety for the stone. purpose. • • extended to the Governor My aid In efrecting thik. object whiekeould-not.be-imenniplislied..in-lesatliati• six days, owingto the desire. of avoiding the effitsion of blood,-by bringing toilet:Hilaire. a force sufficiently lorgS - to. over awe niob,add prevent any unfortunate - Such a force. Was ordered, and. the niril,, who at first leindrffirfinteil-their•deterniimi thin of reSistioice - and•bloodalhal, - sunk away,• and the hired bullies from Philadelphia Were promptly' missed. ,„. • • - • • r The people ctin'tioW' jail& how far:.rim pKaegeble with a design of defeating will or the majority . iii favor of .tho amendments, arid So* . Nolte-evidence :gees to reflect that charge bitak on niy accusers. • . Another accusation has - been brouglit against Me equally destitute, of truth.. ;It Wes my duly -tinder the constitutiontoopen'and publish the returns of the 'election or Governor.. 'This AMY] performed in the, Senate chamber oti the:P2th 1114 of - lle:. '6unber, the day, by a resolution of the Senate,, in theltbsence of any legid or constitutional 1 1 r9Y"" on that subject: Ilutitims been alleged against ine• that in the discharge of this duty, I so decided. as to k . edUce the filiparent majority w hich Porter' 'had received at the late general - election. . To this I reply, that no judicial powers are .rested in the Speaker of the Senate in reference to this dutYt• lie is the there instrunieni of the law; and his whole authority is, as you will petecive by reference to the second section of the second urtiele of the Constitittion; to "open and publish therrilorni." Contested lions for Governor are to be tried b r be selected from hoth.illotises of the Legislature," up on a petition of at least-01y qualified electors, "coin plaining of an undue election or a false ret (Act of f29th.Septembei l i7ol.) was .obvieuslv pa iii?epeteof. fir the Speaker to decitlil;on the question et "a falso.r,Kiny.k„.i's . qf ail eleetitin i" -- ttnii•if I had Mein - sealthat ftiftneriz tyil-should-have-usurped power not:delegated to-ine either by the constitution or the law, and certainly in derogation of both. . • , • . • % So far from any design existing on my part'or -the chariMter.imputed to me, it is a fact, thud ut thr time I was tie objector attack and my pertional safety was constantly threatened hp the ruffians wino tor rotitided me, I had 411 >iay_polisession runway of the, Goimrtioes election frono m any comities', which hail 'hidensitto me as Syealierof Senate throUgh the Post QlR.ce, ins Mail of belpg . ti . anwS . itt . ed to the Secretary of the Comdionwealth as yequireil by, law. . , , These returns were guneiled•with the same Care its those to which I have already referred ()film election on the amondiiientatoconstinitii - ii7 - TfiTy - 7 ,1 4 . 1 - •F deposited also in a place of safety. It ism, mini than justice to retuark,becauae it is one ,many isistancei which_ illustrate the wittth and integrity of Gov. Hal tatheruridtheilme,With tfie.Litce of deposite for these l'eturos house..:: Ile knew theavi to be returns of the Governor% election, and I idler- Ards received Chem from lilt liii - ffilic - thrlinpiTitir purpcnie of proclaiming the election or his competitor. When the returns from the Seeitetary's ofilee , come `to „ Lc Opened, It wits found there Were man:Tram the counties of Montgomery, .Vcilango, Marren, Crawford and Beaver: rituired by, the eonathotion that the retinms of . ' - Wry - election ter.Governor sliniLbe sealed 'up, mull tranainityol tothe scat of government, directed ''to - i time Speaker•of the Senate." - -The ttots of Assembly of the 1151.11 of February, 4th of April, 1803, equally relfiirf:! !Mai terns to ,be I.ritlinriikitted to• "the •Setretury ilk , Commonwealth." • • If I had harbored the desi Puied f0.tr.?..;! !Algid have insisted, that inasmuch :tithe ilireCtion of these nets had not leeticornplied Within:Vises), the cella-. ties - above named, I eouldmet mien tind pd4diehi iie re- Wens, papers which did.not come to MO thNingle the Channel presCribed 'by the 10w. 4 . If I had-,4b . deter mined, !It's withunt.any.great stretch of cotisOuction I • .thightllrobiably apparent intijuity or hlvid It. POrter,Wbuld have heen reduced seventeen llMfidred and twenty-sii . ietes • . Hut I did net so determine ttrefic., Myself back ,on the constitution, whieltady6u will perceive directs _the-trausrubisitittof thatie returns, "to the.seof ertinieta, dip - Med/rot& Spett4). of the Senate Mid! antmg aruotig' th'e - ,retters - aildresstid ;46 ,nie - in that - Ca , plc Office, : what piiiliCi.ted to be returnsfrOruNaose4l.onv_i4Ls l l.n . iVened and 'rid : dished thon)ll,ll,Bl{ch returns. , • It is, not.fiii., was right la this determinidienor tint; but t,".' , ( 6 that; (Ile purtkiatlik 9fAtr.,4 4 4),* Chn l / 4 6 . nie,nigß oomplfiniof the deeisioni.er,te 11.1 I! 0131g41 to dinunjahlthiOpporiad ninjerio.,' ....Among die Teturns tielittes'ed to pte 4y. the Secrets.: ry of thiLcommontrealtl4-was ono 01 the eleetton : fer 'Governor ip tlio•eurnlty, fix ICI:61;11 jUdgCS: , , The.votre.on tllls.retnrn, for the; resoketive pendia:oe were talitat dOtit ,bytflm tellerc atid4terlite.veterpf all theeenntisedhad hcen 'tleelar‘ i %d,l,stakeil that4wo sealed paltrrs hallti•ett sent in by. the Secretary a day or.titio before, iit'aitswer, tt, re-; soltaltm of the Settate.eallikti-bwilltA . :`CtiLfornislk,.te the Senate forthwitl4.noy and :ilk, talititi; i'nt.r. papers. addressed to tile Ss . ettatetofPetinsylvitntiflit.t;9latkonie the Senatorial electionof ISSN 3', Altitt illigiritatters; were tliretetl -.."t0 the Speak 4 of .the.`,SintilF;' and: that Lida maittieTrglitlltrectim) 0.1 ro ‘ tnt'as-el the t;ree tion for Goydrroor. Felten - 4d liftse priltMliond. foetid one. oflhein'purpoi fitgtohetrettirt erthe Sena ter mat eleetintr,of ,tht county of nod the tech signed ty eelee t t e l i i o n t _ i t ii t i f i c e 4 s o . ." ;. e.y:iiy fed the saute...epubty; „. , . '"A'aenatiw Of the Ar s on littrcii party .calle(l'ltpon me ;to decide, betweeit retiirn received from the Sec-' Tetary . ,signeil tic dis j9(10..5, and ti‘aasmitte4l.Ncolne; ly acr,orqta.s. to )a and this p4per , wirkelf pat-poet - ea ',to he a return, but which had not heat i4itrtinsmitied. Implied at once, that if the majority should. he tq Vey, (that for David jtrl'orter, rettirns,set down frena all. the teuritics, importance how this miestieni alw eould not vary.. the' i exult t, ..wetteLonefotAailithic : . - ~ . teawd, .1 ..... . ' ' A , .e.;q00.4 1 00 . .0 riciaa that - the"; „„,_. - I . ____ ajitatatnii_,tl.l,, , aa . that .., 1 ••• , detinined• by a aommtttes ou • • - • ' . . . Speaker had lie yte,tionp zduaw adattunou vatim tucb--wrag esti . .. , -• . .. a petitiOn coniplainink of the said return . . ` Phu. era; ' so plainly true, that the Senator ity question did nOt., . , press the application.: .• .. ~ ~ . , .. --",.. If I had assumed a right of deciding this question, • 'you-will perceiVe upon a little_refiettiori, the diffieulL ties Whielrure in.the way of tat/' Sedecision •aitavaii . r claimed aysonie of the partizans of Mr. Porter. . It is true that'the kaper signed by' the ten jiidgew, - . was, if referred to informntioirnot apparent r ee.the paper itself, signed, by a niajoritrof the returnjudges or the cpunty.of Philadelphia., That paper; however,. ' I stated on Its face, that the j edge i.i i i 'question had, re- ! jested the vote of•the Northern - Liberties, a district in.' • the county of Philadelphia; *tali had polled nearly tieiren thousand votee;sentlmber greater than the•vete ' 'itflhe whOle county of Ctitriberland. 'Such sin Out: ' rage, thtle ilobluslueglycertified,h,•_;,these_inen,',as: s .-- part of their - . - donig - i on the -- plitinest principleti,vitiat- • . ' ed their return. , Professing to' be •a-return of the ' election' of the bounty,,it certified its'. own - .falsehood. . by. declaring,. the rejection of the vote of the Northerie • • Elbertieit, and by the,r.ules of sound morality and set= ' tied la*, being proved be. in .part . was fairly' ' tireatirriable to lie false in the whole.. Nye could lint •• tell ll'oin any evidence offiCially before us, what tli vote of-the Northern -Liherties-witii,imd p( - c - oursta , . could.not.deteemine the _'vote cif the 'County, on -the' : - paper siwned by these.teejtitlgeit. .. . • .. ' • - • . 11M iaitmous net of rejecting the' oie of the North- • . ern Liberties, aittl tits. diafranchising- nearly seven,. • thoustuitivoters,lu . ntbeen_th.e.aource: of all rite_olitra-_ - ges perpetrated at-Harrisburg. Ilut for it there *contd . • 'sire beets no pretest - for titeir commission :'_ ,The' . • men who aided and abetted - thal-act r icere prerieut; to ,perpetrate a still lileherenotinity by overawing and •... controlling dui 'Legislature, and compelling the rep- reseetntiv.es of the people to receive t mambo plaim,- ed under a paper falsified ai that which I have just ' descrihed . . . , .. . r. - lie ii 41 de iCt divert - 3("riiitiS .. A. vain attemptas e , a .. , n- • eat inclignatimi kohl the •infirreotia acief first cerruptL. Mg the elec tive . franchise-the - sourie of life in a re: . ' public, and then by violence anti threats ofblocXshed; . attempting to drive out the -Legislature or -compel it'. • ... into .submlSHilitt_tp the.COlLSlderatioe of the..question-'7...-,•: .tilni had flu Majority' of the'jlegal• - iiiies iii - .:the - ,' -,- - enmity cif Philiidelphia.. That • question Rink; ipso . ' hisignificaniiein comparison with the frauds and oet;,- . • - •rages of thoe wlio Claimtlisit - uitijority,and talk an • . loudly - of the fights .of the people. ,ltnuist., however; •- • strike any eneriol man that it 'would very difficult : - totlecide tlieqii - eitlint Mkt - had the isitsjority t ar,the • ' ... persons Upon Whom you are to rely for m i nferati en are,_ - . the very - huh v idtialsttlioni 'themselves lia..e perpetra.- • -ted-these-fiumistuitletttregeti , , , .. ' - ' -' .... -., .., The mere bliateritheitignattipelty, ii - renjerity 'orate judges, could not 'render the liaper in question valid' ,••• ir it had been signeil'by all the judges, it would not have - -----' removed. the objection. -If tlie•Majority principle _were appealed to for•the decision ofthequestion; it'' ' might well'lTa nitedAlierthe - initijority- of :the, - wholer-:-- -: peeple reitteseeted brthe return - yidl;es should con- . • 11.011 tile. action ciff„the convention ofjuidges. '• If the ant .• judges represented distriete lanibrecinga'lerger.pop-... - ; - - .' nlation, awl giving a larger 'vete:than the ten district of, which the 't e n judges were the representatives;' - filiiith is alleged to be the-fact, the neijority . prineiple• - •wpuld entitle the fornter to thesreater consideedi ' !jut the majority priociple - reiredsm - irtin .a sows . '----- rule in 114 r=ise, even tinder the-most favorable Cori.; - sirection. - As . well 'might it tre.-steid.:thaf if two highwaymen encounter a single traveller ;and' roh . • • , lhi ip.of his purse, they have A ',right - AO thespoll - ,tie, • iitirie they, constitute a inajority: lihe highwaymen; . 1 iii the case put, wToild have just ae much right to rob the traveller - 4)l+k purse - as the ten return judges to ' Irob the freemen of the Northern Liberties, of their '' • votes, and it might be made a question which of the; two' as' the more itifiimons act, ' . .- . „• - 1 . : .-If 1 tied becuut libetty to recognize thepeperli . ge, Gel 14 die ten judges ties fraedulent on its face; the .• • utmost that-wail(' have beep asked, wits to take Itetult • • So rarma ,it went, and- to eonsitier - it in 'connection • willt.theyettirti signed by the six judges, .." And yet; if 1 hell takim this course, it would have been irepoti- - Ode; 11 , orii tht - paPerstliemaelves, tohave aiteerhuned • ' which einirlitleleltiel the majority. The one 'excltirl -eel the Noithere Liberties, the other embraced only -select miter seventeee districts i aridt., AB the vote of _, ' each district wris.not net Out separately, there was no . process by:which the - restilteould have been precise.: - Iy - determined. The iteceasM7 - coesequence, there- • . fure.„.would_bui . e_been...the_roiectienof-both,-Whicli - ' would have, been clearly Meal.' • ' .. TII6 i ' eti ti• 1 1 .ot the ani..jeclui-y - initrigularlY-made------ - end .Kid - r'ear'ed inc through the cietrinel..preseribed - - by ; the law. • ft presented no evidence on its face of the rejection of any porden of the votes of the county. - If was shit! that this reinrn.-einbrimmi the vetes'ut•Only / Seven iliteriers,eomprisingthe large vote of the,Ntirth:. - ern Litierties&•liieli the ten judges find. rejected, •• ikh3.l./_.. it wasnllegeif;ou the other iand, - thettherte siajedges,/ *ere denied the privilege of seeing the other retureS - of the couittr; because they-refused to pertieipa lii • • that rejeethim .if ibis ii . ere so; and they henestl k as • .• far as.tlier were permitted by others, disCha - • the' - dety - rettiireilorthairtyliW, - Ofiddieglip -- #1 elreT t i turns to 'di they could get, the disboneaty or, ißitere is net,to lie charged nice them f and-their-returieuttaet . such eire,nmatances vra4 a liiie retlirm , ftnt 1 again-'-' ' repeat ; t h at AR Spy/act:O. hind nb Mithorify , to travel be the - official - - retire; suet; nuthcrites helcinging ns bee been.already ittettyn, only tO it committeeof. the •• -L - egishitin c. • - • .I have Hula, ,telltitr-eitiv.'tns,teliettetl pee_ of ie prilleiptil alkl.gi..i against ine, aiitl; .I trent, shown thlit I lfeve Titim matledie object ore most unjustand lulu-_ men persecution i'T the moat:atrocious purposes,-- My reputation soil my pertionaltiefekr,eatt effect; eom.. - iteratively speaking, but a small cerele.' They are ' tleili., indeed, to - onyrrrieeds - and - tet not - children ; bet -- ~ the transactinits whirls I have dese,ribed and the attacks' - upon meto which I Etre referred ,: alpough bearing ' • more immediately upoirtily perional,intereetkare of a.. -; ' fearful eonSeqnciweias !ley rtgurtl,.lle, very existence, . of free goveemiteet._ An this View they . ..cam:tern Tott en, ?eel are. itniiromit to eve'ry 4iti,it,93' treVnite4 States and to every friend of- freegovent througly.:7 -- = --- = out the World. - ......:_i . - ~ . Under the-pretext lit lllVerrogeotil deaden, by the 'Seitaie, pato the right, in the first inatence,threplvient. , 7...- • it single etmitty, a {and lawlessmen, many of theme; ' , ........ I 'whit:, hired for the express purpose; and all of them. • • , 'led on by ollietrs of the general, government, has as 's:tiled a branch of the Legislature, of Ili free State; or-- tiered. it e ith loud cries, to reconsider itresolution it had passed, tu t d.to admit to (Kati men-whom it had al-. ready deeide:d not to beentitlesl, einnpelleditto henr. .H speech from one who had no right, to lidtke.o9l) itr,'‘O. 'CireiaCed . for hlttorki ilec)ared the* intaution to' drench -- the Cli't s tidierwith blood; ~ ' -.• ~ • . , - ~ • .. .---------,-.---,,-, -,- •:,---2- 'i Ctiti . yjMi,- my - fel lote-citizensontligine a sceneMere' : preload with:general Anteater •or 'More itlarinthg, to • Ale tire Of patriotism ? - Thesieforkin t)iat,•ateue,nre, • Tii - n - nyFpuliMi. - 0 111 1,Z:Or.itt --- darlemanibrneve-damitieg---„ ,erime item the assassin Who imbrues his handle in the .. • blond 'of hisheother.'„Thei httterastroys but &emelt 'and severs only the lender .tieri ilhielt mrs.'honneat a ' ging/C . i ridi V; dina] 3Vi thqt(fitellOWNllll. thi• wotch . wko • 'raises Ilin, parri.l4liitraaigainst hie entmtir, `sheds thelifethltigestherionatitution;•andessailstlierigliti ' . • .mid SeetirtY, of every .e ili ten. - ,The friends offreed run in v:i'tety - land wlici look to: our example, May-well-hi tieentsiveraitelt a ermaatroplie.,._ ~ , ~,,, ~.„, ~.•,, ••, 'llie mo=t aetisitive and vulnerable. (Point in a repre.4l, Senta,live gpverhment Hip ' onrs;itrita li:iialativo'de..- . partrnem. The .reprem seetives of fly people. ere - s - iireoittided.,br - no - goitetla - bet,', - ,tlte - Cottatlliitiohargtiar e - . mime. Which pt‘hvidetshat fir.; any thing said oe„,:done '-.. 'ill. the pErforrerunie Cheer duty, the lkiiresientatiireiliall .' itqe,bo:caltßitiii.gimaiiod etanvhfrest:. %Neither is this' guarantee the i f - „Pesitnef privilege kf 'the membeil it i the pri vilef., , e orthe people whe herepr,esenta. ' ;When his teeedorytj'aase,s]ied,ite•is not so much thekaufferer an the l'it'iorilelhejjkaelves.,-..,,Lhairperiffitive adwa ) ys bit , I aware thas - di7ttarettetwell aathe , seinsi,•:wo• - ' ler• inidlititione,..rentalletin, the , repreens , ' peopled4tbe legtalntstrit; , , iSo lo .....,-"- tiVOS or th e 14 . 014::: !Ali' , sfitllo4 fear choir are age.. WI eed of -) - 14 ~,,,,..e ' p .1 , 04 the Ilouse,of Commons ; , Bonaour i .. ./..Al•l l •l.. Ai ll 'i g, i -iiin pc° - ,„..nattillifnfieey there Wan . erAluidl•bilibertiernfthe pee- •.- •,, „„„„ t atif i tutirpers have in Ali :tilnekroll „ , ._, rjr•lttklks, ii . pon that •point., , Crow -., expelled t a Natioiuil Aaattiahly froip its Halle. •,,Ileth,, ' 1, 411 inane-lees renilted hi the eatalilialitnenttin delintilm, • ',' ' ' le•illteasea, to64.tlie,pretenee hair itiviiriably,lieen made : , if a regard for the rights,of• thepPeplei• - andin ofirrY;;;„ 7, `_ ursetarntatteniptithe_ptTiatinkyorbiNtrptrp4B.olol. . ~ , ■ OEM `~~~ :, 111
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