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MOUNTAIN SENTINEL.
ANDREW J. KHEV, EDITOR.
EBENSBURG, PA.
Thursday October 2, 1S51.
B3fc- THE "SEXTIXEL," has much the largest
circulation of any paper published in this county
and as an advertising sheet offers superior induce
ments to merchants and business men generally,
Those desirous of making use ot this medium for
extending their business, can do so by either sending
their notices direct, or through the following agents
John Crouse, Eta., Johnstown.
V. B. ralmer, Esq., Xcw York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
- FOR GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM BIGLER,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
SETII CLOVER,
OF CLARION COUNTY.
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JEREMIAH 8. BLACK, OF SOMERSET.
JAMES CAMPBELL, OF PHILADELPHIA.
ELLIS LEWIS, CF LANCASTER.
JOHN B. GIBSON, OF CUMBERLAND.
WALTER H. LOWREE, OF ALLEGHENY.
Democratic County dominations.
PRESIDENT JCDGE,
THOMAS P. CAMPBELL.
ASSEMBLY,
JOHN EEAN,
WM. P. SCHELL
FHOniOSOTART,
WILLIAM KITTELL.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES,
HARRISON EINKEAD,
GEORGE W. EASLY.
TREASURER,
REES J. LLOYD.
COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM PALMER.
ACDITOB,
ROBERT HAMILTON.
Democrats, are yon Assessed ?
This is an important duty, and should be
immedfately attended to. It is this which
guarantees to you the right cf suffrage.
Remember, that unless you are assessed TEN
DATS before the election, and have paid a
State and County tax within two years, you
will bo denied one of the highest privileges
known in a free republican government THE
RIGHT TO VOTE.
EST" TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, Democrats,
remember, is the last day of grace.
&J- Col. Forney, of the Philadelphia Tonn,
eyivauian, offers for sale one half cf his paperf
"to a gentleman acquainted with Printing, and
possessing gocd business qualifications."
5a7 J. C. Noon, Esq., son of Hon. P. Noon,
of this village, left on Monday morning for
Pittsburg, to enter upon his duties as oue of the
Engineer Corps for the survey of the ritttburg
and Steubenville Railroad, about being com
menced under charge of David Mitchell, Esq.,
the able Chief Engineer. We commend him to
our numerous western friends, as a yourg gen
tleman deserving of their confidence and highest
regard.
VQT Democrats, remember that ou Saturday
last. Gov. Jobbatiu poke in Holiidayaburg, and
for that day he draw out of the treasury e-'ght
dollars and ttanty-otu cnt of your monry, as his
daily aalary for making 6tuiup speeches, while
Governor of th Sute. Ton are TAXED to pay
birn t'aia amount. Thi : what wc call sinken
th funds right fet.
Appointment.
Th rouylvanian of Monday, says:
" The Canal Comnmaioccrs on Saturday last
unanimously appointed John C. O'Neill, Esq., of
amona county, supervisor on the Portage
Railroad, in pbtoc of W. S. Campbell, Esq., who
rcsigued oa account of dsmands upon his time
oj ma private business. Mr. U ein is a Demo
crat of the highest standing, an energetic busi
ness man, and a gentleman who has hosts of ar
dent friends.
The editor of tho Somerset nailer,
in referring to seme remarks wc made at the
Bigler meeting in that place, ssys, "it was
known to many present that he had been a sol
dier and & sufferer by tho deeply disgraceful
courso of Strohm and his compeers." Friend
Roddy we were never in Mexico, but our sympa
thies and feelings were with the brave men who
were there, and we can never support any man
uho opposed that war, and called our gallent sol
diers cvt-tlrcats and robbers.
tSf The editor of the Johnstown 'Wreath"
copies so much matter from the Sentinel to edi
. fy his readers that we feel highly complimented!
lie would greatly oblige tho editor of the Seuti
nel if he would explain all about President Fill
mere's "fearless and manly advocacy of the
doctrine of protection to American industry,"
fcr which the late Whig County Convention
passed a resolution, kitimating that for that
alons he was "entitled to the gratitodo cf every
rue hearted Penneylvanian." Let us be en
Iijhtened upon this subject ; and if the Whigs of
Cambria, ire ia favor of the Compromise,, why
is it that they could not tbanic Fillmore, wbo
hie b?n one cf i ablett supporters?
State and County Taxes.
Got. Johnston said, in Lia Lancaster speech,
that "the reduction of the debt half a million
of dollars, and the completion of certain of the
public works, have been effected without any in
creased taxation upon the farmers of the Common
wealth." We take the extract from the Blair
County "Whig" of July 8, so that there is no
mutilation on our part. Now the above is all
fudge and bombast. It would indeed be i little
singular, if Got. Johnston could pay off so much
of the State Debt without increasing the taxes of
the people, and in that event, we would certain
ly be willing to say that he is an experienced
financier and always has lots of money in his
pockets to pay his debts, although he never re
ceives any.
But what are the facta ? The following state
ment, with the seal of the Auditor General's
offico attached, regularly certified to, shows an
increased taxation during the administration
of Got. Johnston over and above the amount
assessed during the administration of the la
mented Shunk, and we ask for it a careful ex
amination. Recollect, John W. Hammond, Esq.,
is a Whig Clerk in the Auditor General's office.
STATE TAXES.
YCABS.
Tax'Abssssxd.
1845,
1846,
1847,
1848,
1849,
1850,
$1,306,593 83
1,324,594 61
1,434,871 72
1,460,783 92
1,446,908 36
1,545,956 441
Auditor Geseeal's OrricE,
Harrisburg, Sept. 10, 1851.
1 certify the above statement to
be correct.
i Witness my bind and seal of of-
nee, tnc aay ana year aiores&ia.
JNO. W. HAMMOND,
For E. Banks, Auditor Gen.
The above shows a regular increase under
Whig rule; and that $240,3G:2 til more was
assessed in I860, during Johnston's administra
tion, than under Shunk in 1815. There are the
documents. Can the Johnstown reath prove
them to be false, or will it be candid enough to
admit the truth ?
To make assurance doubly sure wc say that
in Cambria county the taxes have been largely
increased, and take the following extract from
the Auditor General's Report :
1849. Taxes assessed, $2,820 24
1850. " " 3,403 17
6,223 41
181G.
1847.
$2,278 82
2,550 68
4,829 40
; Increased Taxation," 1,394 01
i Showing an increased taxation in Cambria
county, during the years 1819 and '50, while
Got. Johnston was in office, of $1,394 Ol
over the years 1846 and '47, while Gov. Shunk
was in office. Taxpayers of Cambria will you
not recollect these facts on the 2d Tuesday of
October, and vote against Wm. F. Johnston who
has increased your taxes, although he distinctly
said he was paying off your debts and not col
lecting as much from you as the previous ad
ministration.
Hon. Linn Iloyd The Speakership.
A number of western papers advocate the
election of the above eminent and patriotic Ken
tuckian to the Speakership of the next Congress.
For fourteen years haa he been a member of
the United States House of Representatives, and
haa been justly styled the " Father of the
House." He is a radical, enthusiastic. National
Democrat, well versed in all matters pertaining
to the office of Speaker, and during the long
term of years that he has been in Congress Las
never swerved from his duty. He has been the
friend of his constituency, and as an evidence
of this it is but necessary to state, that he has
been re-elected to Congress from the first dis
trict in Kentucky by a majority of 285. He
has been tree to the Union and the Constitution,
and aa Chairman of the Committee on Territo
ries in the late Congress, ably assisted in the
I passage of the Compromise measures. He was
a candidate for Speaker of the laot Congress,
but gencroualy declined in favor of his friend,
Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia. The following
! articles, taken from the Kentucky papers, epcak
! for themselves. The Kentucky Arrus savs:
There is no member of Congress who has
higher claims to the position of Speaker, no one
who would discharge the functions of the office
with greater ability, more dignity and leea par-
uamy tnsn would tne distinguished Kentuckian,
ana representative or this district. Col. Boyd
His long" and efficient service, and intimate ac
quaintance with parliamentary rules and usages
pre-eminently quality nim for the highly respon
aible station, and we doubt not the honor of pre
siding over the 32d Congress will be conferred
on him.
In reference to this matter, the Louisville
Democrat says :
" Hon. Liss Boyd. We axe glad to see this
gentleman spoken of aa the Speaker of the next
Congress. His valuable services, sound judg
mcnt, and long experience, qualify him emi
nently for the office. We hope he will receive
the compliment which he so well deserves."
And the Maysrille Flag holds this language :
"The Hon. Linn Boyd, of this State, is re
garded by his mends, as the most suitable can
didate for the Speakership of the next House of
rwepreaentatirea of the U. S. Congress. There
is no man in the nation to whom the democratic
party is under greater obligations than to Linn
Boyd, for his patriotio and earnest efforts to
carry the compromise measures, and his sound
intelligence and long experience, eminently
qualify him for the position of Speaker. The
democrats in the Ilouse will not fail to appre
ciate these things, and we regard his election
therefore, aa a fixed fact.'"
fVlifg Economy!
The whig party boast of their economy in pub
lic affairs. Here is a sample of it. Expenses
of the Stato Senate in 1810, under Got. John
ston's administration, $16,342 94
Expenses in 1845, under Gov. Efcusk, 11,230 52
Whig extravsgacce, $5,112 42
Taxpayers, these are the4 facts. Will the
"Wreath" prove the figures to bo false, or will
it say, Oh!.ife all right, the btioiuejs ha in
creased !! . ,
THE "TJJLUSY- WREATH."
It is evident that the editor of the above semi
monthly sheet, has o'erstepped the modesty of
his nature. Can it be possible that he has of late
assumed a character heretofore unknown to him
self and at variance with the established opinion
of his friends and admirers ? We fear he baa.
We always supposed him to be a man, amiable,
kind and gentle, but are wofhlly surprised at
finding him to be choleric, irritable, rash and
irascible. He attempts to be sarcastic, and en
deavors to strike terror to our heart by calling
us hard names, but his articles come to us in such
"a questionable shape" that we doubt whether
the humane, kind, and considerate Mr. Foster
ever penned them, and would exhibit no but
prise, if, at some future day, we were informed
who, in taking up arms against such a "sea of
troubles" as have been presented to hiB view
upon reading the Sentinel, may discover that the
time of the Whig party 'is sadly out of joint,
and that ere he quits the field we may cause him
to digest the venom of his spleen.
In the Mountain Sentinel of 18th ult., in re
ferring to the recent tragedy at Christiana, we
severely censured Gov. Johnston for his dis
graceful conduct, and said thatthose persons
who violated the ' laws of God" and of the land,
by shooting down Mr. "Gorsuchwho was in
search of a fugitive slave, did bo "because they
had received aid and comfort from the abolition
party of this State, and because they have a
friend in the person of Wm. F. Johnston, the
abolition whig candidate for Governor of tb'S
State, who openly and boldly proclaimed Jus
opposition to that law." "QWraii says:
"A greater number of lies nYt rq compressed
within the same amount of words than is con
tained in the above." As a proof of our posi
tion we quote from Gov. Johnston's Lancaster
speech, as published in the Ilollidaysburg Whig
of July 8th, to show his hostility to this law.
The Governor said: "If I had been in Congress
I would have voted against several of the ad
justment measures. I would have voted against
the fugitive slave law, as almost all northern
whigs did." Daniel Webster says this law and
the other measures of the compromise "were
essential to the preservation of the public peace."
Therefore, Gov. Johnston is opposed to the pres
ervation of the public peace. Will the Wreath
deny all these things !
Where is the evidence that any white citi
zens were engaged in this riot," asks the Wreath.
The Lancaster Examiner, a whig paper, Bays,
"four white citizens of Sadsbury township
Elijah Lewis, Joseph P. Scarlett, James Hood
and Castner Hanaway are now in prison, charged
with treason and murder at Christiana. Their
passions had been inflamed by abolition ha
rangues and the circulation of incendiary speech
es, until they had come to look upon treason to
the laws of their country as a moral duty, and
upon murder as no crime." We think this lan
guage clearly indicates Johnston as the author
of abolition harangues, and Thaddeus Stevens
as the circulator of incendiary speeches. Docs
the legal editor of the Wreath deny it? The
Wreath says we did -"not give a full and manly
statement of the facts, and that all the people
get from this truth-loving and truth-telling edi
tor is editorial comment." If he will read the
whole article he will find the first paragraph
giving the entire accounts received np to the
time of its publication taken word for word from
the editorial columns of the Philadelphia Inquirer
the leading whig paper of that city. He charges
our article as false, ergo the Inquirer is false.
But they are both correct as the circumstances
show. The editor of this paper ' does not regret
the publication" of the article as it contains so
much truth, and roust certainly be severe, or
the Wreath would not denounce it so strongly.
The Wreath says, that "in the northern coun
ties Col. Bigler is the peculiar friend of David
Wilmot, and that there Gov. Johnston ia opposed
because he is the friend cf the Compromise mea
sures, here because he is the friend of the Abo-
HtioniMs." Col. Dialer, in bis speech at Towan
da, the home of Wilmot, while he was present
avowed himself in favor of the Compromise, and
Wilmot afterwards addressed the meeting and
sid he was his friend upon every issue except
the Compromise, but as the rood outweighed the
bad be would support him for Governor, as he
liked hira much better than the demagogue
Johnston. The lant part of the above assertion
of the Wreath is incorrect, as Johnston is sup-
f irtej in the nrtli rn counties bcaue he is an
Abotitionist ani r a opponent of the Compromise,
to prove which, we copy from the Potter county
temples Journal tae following article.
"Goon. It ia well known that a Fillmore
whig, from Fbiladelpi.ia, offered a resolution,
in the Lancaster Convention, to sanction the
Fugitive Slave Law;' and the Fillmore and
Bigler papers tell us that Gov. Johneton told
the delegates cf thrt Convention, that if the
resolution passed, they must look for some one
else as their canuiaata for Governor.' The
resolution was voted down.
There is some of the stuff that Jackson and
Taylor were mads of, in Gov. Johnston, and no
mistake. He was determined not to be bullied
by the 'cotton lords."
Gov. Johnston is known to be an abolitionist
of the deepest dye and is supported by such men
as Stevens, Howe, Sullivan and others his re
election is deprecated by every Southern whig or
democratic paper except the Washington Republic
and we challenge the Wreath to disprove it, whilst
his election would bo hailed with triumph by
Jrred. Douglass, Garrison, Thompson, the En-
gusn aDontionist, seward, Uiddings, Hale and all
otners or tnat stripe, and would re-open the
wounds which the compromise intended to heal
If this does not satisfy the Wreath he is blind
to the truth.
. The Art of Spelling.
Presuming that there are some persons at a
uiolhuco wuo migni, upon reading the Johns
town "Valley Wreath." be under the imnression
that the learned editor of that naner is the ex
ponent and embodiment of the art orthographical
in mis county, we aeem u our duty to Bay that
uo is not consmcreu oucu in tnis region and
that the emanations from his quill are not to be
taken verbatim et literatim as a sample of the in
telligence that characterizes the majority of our
citizens. For the enlightenment of our numer
ous readers upon this subject we annex a num
ber of words taken from several numbers of that
paper, and sincerely hope no person will be so
silly aa to adopt them for their own use. over
the correct standard of spelling now in use, and
taken from the rightful authorities, Webster &
Johnston. We consider the following as the
most unmitigated butchery of the "King's En
glish" that we have . lately seen, and hope he
may furnish ua gratis a few more of the, tame
sort: " Quilty assums unobscrmt averement
irretrevablc relaiton capical documensu inde-
jienl documelsfarely persuing hssSentinal
cssertiont Panarama quiljaekmfe neigbor
orniment trampled, c, $c. The papers con
taining these extraordinary, unpronounceable
words can be seen at our effioc.
Gov. Johnston In Blair.
The whigs of Blair county met at Ilollidays
burg on Saturday to bear Gov. Johnston speak.
It rained all day, and the crowd was an unusually
small one for Blair county. We were present
and judged the number of persons in attendance
not to exceed five hundred. The Gov. Bpoke
for two or three hours and talked of nothing
flcaroely, except " my sinken fund," and so tired
his hearers that srheulie was done, there was
nothing left of the immense crowd but the band
and a corporal's guard. A number of banners
were hung out but not one of them bore the
name of Strohm. The cry was for Johnston and
Scott. Johnston for Governor, and Gen. Scott
for Canal Commissioner, we supposed. The
greatest man always first. Poor Mexican Strohm
was totally neglected, there were none present to
do him reverence. The Governor in excusing
himaeit tor not getting out ot the cars near
Christiana to see the body of the murdered Gor
such, said " he did not do so because he was no
coroner; no committing magistrate ; he could do
nothing for a dead man if he could have staid a
week" This is rich. Nice language for the
Governor of this State to use. Can a man de
void of feeling so Jost to all those charitable
impulses of the human heart winch teach us to
honor and respect the dead, receive the vote of
his own party ? If we were even a whig, Thich
would astonish us, we would repudiate him and
do every thing in our power to defeat him.
Freemen of Cambria look at the picture and
judge the man from words he lias uttered. Col
F. C. Hyneman, a prominent democrat from
Philadelphia, was along with us, and met John
Williamson, of Huntingdon, on the street, Mr,
W. offered to bet him $500 on Johnston's elec
tion. Col. II. said he would take all such bets
and invited Mr. W. over to the American House
to fork up. The Col. planked up the documents
but Mr. W. backed out and said he would put up
a iorteit ot -J alter supper. Alter supper
several attempts were made to induce other
whigs to accept the challenge, but the money
did not make its appearance, and Col. II. finding
he could win no dimes from the downhearted
whigs of Blair, left for his home. The coons are
afraid and already begin to howl the last note of
their own defeat.
The Apolloneans.
The Eddy Family arrived here on Monday af
ternoon, and had advertised a concert to be given
in the Court House on that evening. The room
was made warm and comfortable, and as the
rain came down in torrents the good people of
this town were rejoiced at an opportunity of
whiling away the hours of so unpleasant an eve
ning in listening to the entrancing music of these
delightful singers. But they were doomed to
disappointment. The clerk of the county com
missioners, Mr. Waters, took upon himself the
responsibility of locking the front door of the
court house and taking the key home with him,
presuming that the commissioners would be an
gry if a concert was given in the court room,
they having some time ago agreed that no per
son should have the room for such purpose. But
Since the passage of such act the commissioners
generously granted the room on several occa
sions, the last time to a band of negro 6crcna
ders, and had they been in town they would no
doubt have given it to the Eddy Family. Mr.
W. was called upon by several persons and re
fused to deliver up the key, tlthough this was
the first time he had been so careful al-out lock
ing the door and taking the key to his own honc
However, a short time afterward, he pave the
key to Mr. Roberts, vbo has ben appointed to
see that the door is locked every evening, and
he would not open the court house. A band of
white persons with their faces blackened to
represent colored people of the south had the
room on last court week, and we do think the
same privilege should have been extended to the
accomplished family from the old Bay State.
The blame may rest on those who deserve it.
" We have no friends to reward, no enemies to
punish." The Eddy Family knowing that many
were disappointed kindly invited our citizens to
the Mansion House and sang a number of songs,
gratuitously. They acquitted themselves admi
rably and intend giving a concert this evening,
(Thursday,) which we would advise all lovers of
good singing to attend.
President Judge.
The erudite editor of the Johnstown Wreath
copies into his paper the foul charge of the Ilol
lidaysburg Register against Maj. Tnos. P. Camp
bell, our candidate for President Judge. " It
was conceived in sin and brought forth in ini
quity," and no editor having claims to decency or
morality would either be guilty of publishing or
copying it. To BUBtain the fallen fortunes of
Judge Taylor these moral (!) whig editors resort
to the basest personalities and most disgraceful
epithets. Not content with calling the editors of
the democratio papers liars, scoundrels, dishonest
men and consummate knaves, they go still further
and attempt to blacken the reputation of so excel
lent a man as Tnos. P. Campbell. On, Shame !
where is thy blcsh ! In such a course all
honorable men will take part with the slandered
and despise the men who employ such base
means for elevating a man to office. These
worthy whig editors can enjoy all the honor
which they can receive from such a source, and
the talented, estimable, and learned candidate
of the Democratic party for President Judge
Thomas P. Campbell, Esq., of Huntingdon, can
in truth exclaim
"If I am traduced by tongues, which neither
know
My faculties nor person, yet will be
The chroniclers of my doing, let me say
'Tie but the fate of place, and the rough brake
That virtue must go through."
pgr Our learned contemporary of tho Wreath
approves of the holding of ao many adjourned
courts in Cambria county, and says it is neces
sary on account of so large an increase of busi-
, i t . . ...
ness. rot long since ue severely conaemnea tne
Canal Commissioners for appointing a few more
bands along- the Portage Railroad so as to dis
patch the increased business with facility. Oh,
consistency ! thou art a jewel.
Address
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF CAMBRIA COTJHTY.
Tho democratic county committee of your
county have already addressed you, in a cur
sory manner, upon the claims of the democrats
nominated for office in this county. It is enough
for you to know, as democrats, that they have
been reeularlv nominated, and that they are all
eminently qualified to discharge the duties of
the respective offices they have been seiecteu 10
fill. You, fellow democrats, know this fact;
and it would be useless for your committee to
enforce it by a lengthy address. Your convic
tions of right, your esteem for democratic prin
cities, your associations in former political con
flicts, all conspire to fasten you to the democratic
county ticket, and induce you to stand by your
own county nominations throughout.
There is another question of awful import
involved in the approaching election: the ques
tion of who shall be the next Governor ; wheth
er the integrity of this good, old State, to the
behests of the constitution, shall In? maintained,
or whether she shall array herself under the
Mack banner of abolition and disunion. Our
democratic candidate. Col. Bigler, is the avowed
and true friend of the democracy, and the friend
of the Union. His opponent, m. F. Johnston,
has done all he cou'd to disgrace the character
of the State, and weaken the bonds which unite
this trlorious communion of Commonwealths,
over which "the stars and stripes" have hitherto
waved as their proud ensign.
Fingers, drippping with the blood of murder,
and damned with the ignominy of treason, have
been lifted to invoke abolition aid to arrest the
falling fortunes of Wm. F. John3ton. Your eyes
and ears have been opened to such appeals.
Democrats, our county has been flooded with
nameless, countless documents, German and
Euglish, tending to show bow much of the
State debt hud been paid, through the sagacity
and financial acuteness of Governor Johnston.
According to whig representations, Johnston
has lessened the taxes of the people, and in
creased, vastly, the receipts in the treasury.
Fellow citizens, these representations are baldly
and palpably false! You, as tax-payers, know
the fact, that your taxes have been increased,
since Johnston's induction to the Gubernatorial
chair: your money, your substance, fellow cit
izens, have swollen the receipts of the treasury i
of the State; and your Governor claiming the j
exclusive credit of producing the receipts which
legislation bus abstracted from your pockets. j
You paid the niouey Johnston proclaims it, and
takes all the credit and honor to himself. j
The union of the States has already been en
dangered by the conduct of Johnston his name
is the synonym e of abolition and iisunion
wherever it is known Lis efforts hue tended
directly to stimulate opposition to the laws of
the United States, and disgrace and degrade the
character of our noble Commonwealth. Shall
this good, old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
be marshalled under the banner of Negroisiu?
become the rallying point of Fred Douglass, the
Negro Incendiary? Shall she forget that her
interests are niJisj?oIutly hxed n tuc Union,
which the blood of patriots has cemented! Th
democracy of Cambria county will autr, em
phatically, no! Let ter voice, through the lal-
lot-box, proclaim her devotion to the Union
her opposition to negro demagogues, and tactioua
traitors, and her determination to stand Ly the
interests of the whole country, which would be
ruined by the ftl policy of Governor Johnston.
The danger of a dissolution of the Union, and
of a servile war amonr the States. which would
be the inevitable conse.juenee,-
-the
whigs
uis-
card us a wild chimera. Their exes appear to
be shut to the c.-n-icquenees of their treasonable
temerity; and arc only likely to epen to thr
realization of their principle, when they ah. 11
have a Buck Negro uouiinlion for the northt-ru
Presidency, and Miss Abby Folsotn. or tne of
her "ilk" gracing the ticket aa a Vice Presiden
tial appendage.
From the contemplation cf such a spectacle
the common feelings of ail parties shrink with
an unconquerable repugnance; nevertheless.
the direct tendency of Coernor Johnston's
doctrines is to reach this immediate result.
In the name of democratic principles, in the
name of our common country, from the recol
lections of the past, the hopes of the future, and
the recorded glories that history shall chron
icle we invoke vou to oppose the election of
Wm. F. Johnston, save the character of your
State, by repudiating the political apostate who
seeks to tarnish it. Save this democratic Com
monwealth from the odium which an executive
incumbent "who has not been clear in his great
office'" has caat upon the Ke-stone State!
From your mountain homes, speak by your
votes; tell by your detestation of abolition,
how contemptuously you regard the effort of
their leader, Wm. F. Johnston. Oppose him at
every risk. Vote for the glorious exponent of
democracy, your own worthy candidate, Bigler i
the friend of the Union the sterling democrat
the true patriot, who has borne your banner j
in triumph thus far, and whose election will re
deem the State from the thraldom with which
Wm. F. Johnston's abolition administration has
degraded it.
The democracy of the Mate have nominated
Seth Clover for Canal Commissioner, lie is
eminently worthy of your support. He is an
intelligent and practical man, and will discharge
the duties of the office with integrity, lne
Cambria democracy will support him enthusi
astically. The voters of the county will support
him not only on account of his intrinsic mer
its but on account of bis comparative claims
upon the mountain people.
John Strohm is opposed to him ! When the
sons and brothers of many of our people were
fighting the battles of this country in a foreign
land, John Strohm did all in his power to starve
them to death. He refused them supplies. His
vote is on record; it shows the cold blooded
malignity of his heart, and has stamped bis
name with the 'impress of infamy, which will
not be effaced so long as the soldiers or their
friends have the power of recollection. His
conduct was infamous, cruel, and unmanly!
His nomination, by the whigs, was an outrage
upon your feelings, and the feelings of every
American citizen. Many of you cannot but
think of tho dear friends whom the fate of
war has consigned to graves on the plains
of Mexico. Contemplate, then, with horror,
the conduct of John Strohm, whose purpose
indicated a wish to starve the American
army in that country. Voters of Cambria
county, you will not, you cannot, forget the
beastly conduct of Strohm to your brothers and
friends, ere the green sward haa had time to
velvet o'er the graves in which their ashes are
reposing.
e feel contdent thnt yon will vindicate the
character of yourselves, your country, and hu
manity, by your hearty support of Gen. Seth
Clover, which will be a scathing rebuke to
Strohm, and a scourging to the heartless men
who havo foietcd him into a position, where
his anti-American eentiments can be ..
rebuked. In the nam of your country ' ri'7
thfc recollection of the dead, we aak tl , bJ
men of Cambria, to oppose John Strohm '
ine juuiciai ucaei zor ue ctate, which
democracy have Dominated; is one K;k
morula ituplf trt innr farnr TJ,. c6tt
on that ticket, wiich, for legal acumen
Bcarcn auu uicmiu jwwtr, cannot, De excelled V
the Judicial calendar of any country. Vot f
them all. John B. Gibson, Jeremiahs Bl
Walter H. Lowrie, James Campbell, tad pm
Lewis. See that all their names are on ,v
ticket. In supporting thia ticket, y0tt will k
doing your duty to yourselves, your childJ
and your country.
The democratic candidate for President J ,
in our district, is Thomas P. Campbell, Ejn
Huntingdon. He is a ripe scholar, an accV f
plished gentleman, and an erudite lawyer v
has been in active and successful practice u
lawyer, for over fifteen years. Hi, jj
conceded- where he is knows ; he is proratL
efficient, competent, and .' gentlemanly, hDn!'
blending the " suapiter in modo, cum fjTtit
re." The people of Cambria will find it djl
interest to elect him ; if so, our word tjt it -
number of courts in our county will be van;'
curtailed under his auspices. The interesti f
every man in the county are directly inrohM
in the selection of a President Judge. Juron
parties, witnesses," tax-payers, are all direct s
concerned in it. A man seeking Judicial du.
tinction should be a man of undoubted tad ta
remitting experience.
The moral" and personal character of our
candidate will bear a strict scrutiny, fcf..j aUa(1
fair with that of his opponent. Both ibcnttl
same age, studied law together, and live no j
the same town. Taylor was a demerit, ad
bolted; Campbell is, and always has beta x
democrat. The most ardent friend of Ju
Taylor will not ask any advantage for bin
legal ability. Some of the newspapers ia tt
di tiL-, unfriendly to the democracy, intimatt
a desire to make a personal onslaught, tut c
shall not descend to the gutter or the heg-stje
to sustain our cause. We ask you then in hon
est sincerity to vote for Mr. Campbell. He ii
every thing you desire. It is a question, we
believe, that concerns the character, interest.
and pocket of every man in the county.
e have thus sketched, in a plain war. our
views of the duties which the approaching cri-
sis devolves upon every democrat. Y e b?t
told you those truths in a epirit of justice ltd
trnnkness. We nil mingle in the consequencti
which may befall our country. -We fear in our
hearts, the results that would follow the elec
tion of Wm. F. Johnston. ' We believe in our
ouls, that the union of the States would in that
event be perilled. In conclusion, ss the last
word we may speak to you in this canvass,
invoke you to sustain yourselves, your princi
ples and party, your country and itsinstitutiom,
by supporting the whole - democratic ticket.
With full confidence of a great democratic tri
umph, and a consequent vindication of honest
principles, we feel that we have done our dutr,
and are satisfied that you will perform yours.
M. HASSON,
Chairman Democratic County Committee.
Ebensburg, September 2Cth, lb51.
Prom the Eatton Argus.
The Cry Is still fliey Come.
One after another, the prominent men of tit
whig party are deserting Governor Johnston tu-i
declaring their determination to rupport Co'ior
Bigler. We take the following &count of
speech made by Dcnnia W. O'lirirn, a tar.'fi
member of tlie Berk County JUr, atadrss
cratic meeting in, Reading, Irvm the Casttta t.'
that place:
"Tbe Mass meeting cf tb Demccrtcj tf
Reading, on Tucsd.iv evening at .Mjvr l.'fcocr
Hotel, although railed at very short aotiee,
by fur the largest and most euiLn jiatt.e f ita'tr
assemblage of tie campaign. TLa ml.fcn:.
and working-men were there ia tb'ir irrtrr'-t.
and persou of all occupations and ever
nocked together to ht ar tbe great tatj.ta! jr.i
ciples of a Coustitution-lotitig Deioocrarj fret
and fairly discussed. 1. W. O Brien. , tki
nii'st talented and junior member cf tbe lrlt
C out Bar, w Lw La fur ecral years paat beta
disgusted With th sectional apint and tec ici
er of tb abolitionism, which have brocjrLt tla
Whig party in close alliance with tbe Dhud.wL
ist ol U Ni Pth, u.ad open profeion cf 1
adoption of the Democratic creed, ia a ireecb
which fbr cutting sarcasm, powerful argument,
and irresistible eloquence, haa rarely been ex
celled upon " the atuiun." le took vv tbe sub
ject of slavery and the Compromises, and ia a
masterly manner, demonstrated tbe position cf
tbe two parties upon the momentous question cf
faithful adherence to, or treascnable rejistacf
of the solemn provisions of the Constitution
He proved clearly that Gov. Johnston and tLf
Whig party have arrayed themselves in epen
hostility to that aacred instrument, and stand
before the country, committed to the dangeroni
doctrine of obstructing the execution of one of
its prominent articles, at the imminent peril of
the peace, safety, and even the very existence
of thisgreat and glorious Union. Mr. O'Brien
further proved that the Democratic party, with
their candidate, CoL Bigler, occupy the only
true national and patriotic ground, upon this
question, and that by hi election alone cou'd
the people of Pennsylvania testify the sincerity
of their attachment to the Constitution under
which Jhe thirty-one States of the Aniericn
Union enjoy the inestimable;' blessings of civil
and religious freedom, and their Inhabitants art
made secure in the enjoyment of tbe dear per
6onal rights of property, liberty and life."
At "the Democratic Meeting in Mercer, Col.
Bigler was introduced to the people, by Samm 1
Holstein, Esq., who, in 1848, was a warm so 1
ardent supporter of Governor Johnston.
dLoretto Turnpike.
Agreeably to notice, a. majority of th Cor
missioners, appointed by the Act of Atsemb '
of April 8th, 1851, ,".to organise tbe Loret
turnpike road compaoy.'-'.-xnet at Mr. Shieli'
Hotel, in Loretto, on the 20th of Sept., and to
gether with other citizen, in attendance, w!
took an interest in the undertaking, proceed i
to organize the meeting by the appointment f
Henry A. Byrne as Chairman, and Peter Chris c
and P. J. Little as Secretaries.
The object of calling the meeting, the utili'T
of the proposed road, the importance of ?!r '
action in the matter and the adoption of vxs
preliminary steps as would be likely to inJUj
a speedy completion of. the work were succinct!
and forcibly explained by Mr. Shiels. Her
C. Kayler made some pertinent remarks ia cor
roboration of Mr. Shiels statements, 'nPrcss5
on, the meeting the importance of the propo1
road to Loretto and its Ticinity, and to
north and north-west portions of the county
On motion it was ' . ,
Resolved, That Patrick ghiels, TeterJ-lJ1
and Henry A. Byrne, be appointed a committe
to take preliminary measures for opening u
scription books for stock .to said turnpike to
company," to ascertain as " far as possible
amount of stock likely to be to ubscriblj
to report to a meeting subsequently to be cai
by said committee, when it shall deem P.B rt
Resolved, That a minute of these procet?
be signed by the presiding officers and f5W8fls.
to the editor of tho Mountain Sentinel for P"3
lication. .
HENRY A. J3YENE, Chairman-
TETEa Cheisxt, 1 &cretari
P. J. Little,
September 0,1851,
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