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ADDRESS
of the State Central Committee. No. 2.
To tlm I'eojie of Pennsylvania :
Fellow-Citizens : We shall now ask your
attention to tlie character, claims, and qualifi
cations of the democratic nominees, and the
measures and merits of the state administra
tion, leaving the mere abstract and distant
questions of discussion for future conside
ration. IJut little need he said at this da- of the
merits and abilities of Governor Pigler. Ilis
personal history has become familiar to the
people of the state, and his official acts furnish
abundant evidence of his eminent and rare
qualifications to discharge the duties of the of
fice he now holds. From the humblest rank
in society, unaided by wealth or influential
friends, he rose, when yet in his minority, to
the dignity of a practical printer and editor,
and at a very early age, the control of an ex
tensive and useful business lie came into
the State Senate in 1842. Though young,
modest and retiring, he soon made a favorable
impression on the members of that body. It
was the remark of a vcneraHe whig senator,
on hearing Gov. Digler's maiden speech in the
ionate, which was on the question of the re
sumption of specie payments by the Lank?,
"That man will someday be Governor of
Pennsylvania." lie served six years in that
bodv, and few of its members have left behind
them so good a record or a more spotless mo
ral career. lie was distinguished for his in
dustry, hia devotion, to duty, and his entire
fairness as a partizan. lie was constantly at
his post, to meet and repel all attacks upon the
honor of the state, - fearlessly voting for and
rustaining every practical scheme for the main
tenance of her fidelity, regardless of conse-
nneiioffl tWfonal to himself. We recur to the
part which our candidate acted in tl
cal times with pride and pleasure, ami we are
confident that thousands of our political oppo
nents at Philadelphia and elsewhere will join
with us in this feeling.
He was the early advocate of engrafting
ihe principle of individual liability on bank
charters of the abolition of imprisonment for
intended to do 1
debt, aud of every measure
inutile to the laboring wastes, and
nd elevate their
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condition iu life
Ilis report on the tariff in 1847 stands in
prrrod contrast with the f.eUe and abortive
efforts of his enemies iu the senate, who at
tempted to break him clown on that question.
It was a masterly production, t-lequcnt in lan
guage and sound in doctrine.
As much may be said of his speech made
the same session on the policy of constructing
the Pennsylvania railroad. When represen
tatives from Philadelphia and Pittsburg de
nounced the object as impracticable, as a ruse I
nd a trick, Gov. JJigler advocated tueteasi
bility of the route, and the utility of the work,
foretelling what has since taken place, with
remarkable accuracy. And it may not be im
proper at this juncture to remind the people
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg of the signifi
cant fact, that when Governor Bigler was ad
vocating the construction of a railroad by a
direct route from one city to the other, through
our owd state, a portion of the representatives
from both those cities, advocated the policy of
making this connection by a circuitous route,
passing through two overstates. Indeed, iu
every exigency that has arisen in the last ten
years, Governor Bigler has lieen the staunch
advocate of the true interest of our great com
jnercial emporium, and her citizens will not,
trust, forget this fact on the day of the
(tl taction. .
Ilis election in 18"1 was a triumph of
ftate and national policy, fully and fairly dec
lared. He was presented to the people as the
advocate of the compromise measures of 1850
as the friend of the tariff of 1846, as against
the tariff of 1842 the friend of economy in
public affairs the advocate of a sound cur
rency the opponent of an increase of banking
capital, and the advocate of the fullest liabili
ty that could be imposed on corporatio
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tt;0 -..irv.inwtrfitioTi has been eventful, ana
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.distinguished by energy, ability and prudence.
At the time of his induction into office, the
.legislature were indulging in the practice
pf granting special privileges to corporations,
to carry on mere business transactions, and
0 compete with individual enterprise. This
f pecie of legislation had been indulged into
an alarming extern, uov. rsigier uiiiueciiate
Jy took ground against it, and by a series of
veto messages, embodying the soundest doc
trines, sustained hjr the clearest and most for
cible arguments, soon succeeded in convinchig
all parties, that such special privileges should
not be granted ; that those who seek to enjoy
the profits of a business enterprise, under an
act of incorporation, sbould I required to
fear all the responsibility. This doctrine is
now the settled policy of the state.
It is a remarkable fact, that whilst Gover
nor Bigler's vetoes . In the session of 18o2,
ere numerically greater than all that had
emanated from any one of his predecessors in
a full term of scrvico, not one measure was
imstained by the assembly against Lis objecr
tion. Indeed, such is the fact in reference
all hi? veto mesfagce up to the present time.
When the legislature attempted to create a
brood of new banks, and to extend improvid
eutly paper issues, the fatal step v as arrested
by the veto power, and eleven tanks were re
jected at one time. When, again, it was at
tempted to give the Pennsylvania railroad
company entire control of the termini of the
fctute works at West Philadelphia, the measure
was promptly arrested by a veto; and recent
ly, when it was proposed by the general as
sembly, to relieve this same corporation and
the Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad company,
from the penalties imposed by, and incurred,
the law against the circulation of foreign snii.ll
notes, thereby establishing a most dangerous
aud prejudical precedent in legislation, the evil
was averted by the same means.
The policy indicated by Gov. Bigler in his
first message, after his induction into office,
contained many wise suggestions and amongst
tlicsi was the cancellation of the six per cent
bonds of the commonwealth then outstanding
by the creation of five per cent bonds. This
measure was adopted and a large sum of money
saved annually to the treasury. The policy
of cash payments and short settlements on the
public works, suggested in the same document
had it been fully carried into effect by law,
could not have failed to exercise a most heal
thy influence upon that branch of the public
service.
His predecessor, William F. Johnston, was
the author of the relief currency. Under the
administration of Gov. Shunk, measures had
been adopted to withdraw from circulation
and cancel this noxious medium Very soon
after the wings came into power under Gov.
Johnston, this process of cancellation, so wise
ly began, was arrested, and provisions made
to continue this depreciated and unconstitutio
nal currencv in circulation, bv paying the
banks a large compensation, from time to i
time, for re-issuing the defaced notes. Amongst I
the first measures of the present administra- j
tion, was to make provision tor tlic final with
drawal and extinction of this currency, and
the work of cancellation is again in operation.
In this single item of state policy, fellow-
citizens, we have a very striking illustration
of the difference between federal and demo-
cratie measures. It is for you to determine
which are right, and the best adopted to pro
mote the prosperity of the state.
But in nothiug has Governor Bigler ren
dered a more important service to,the people,
tluin by his constant and untiring efforts to
break down the pernicious system of omnibus
and special legislation. This was among his
earliest recommendations, and in the session
of ltSi3, a few general laws were adopted on
the report and recommendation of commis
sioners appointed by liim for that purpose un-
was thus ehrcteu.
In the Governor's message of liSi4, how
ever, he placed the axe at the root of this tree
of evil, this spreading upas, by declaring most
emphatically, that he should no longer parti
cipate in that offensive system of legislation ;
aud that the whole pow'er of the. ex ecu ivi de-
I-artmcut should be wielded against it.
Xlns
sentiment received the. universal cpprotation
01 ail parties, liie general assembly acted on
the suggestion, and the people are presented
with the laws of 1854, each separate from the
other and standing on its own merits. This
has never occurred before, since the organi
zation of the government. Had the present
administration no other claim, this alone slfcuid
command the favorable judgement of the
people.
The policy of the administration is now well
defined ou all subjects, and its continuance
cannot fail to promote the substantial welfare
of the pcop e. At t
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power, a number
of improvements were in
process of construction, winch have cost a
much larger sum than had been anticipated,
and this circumstance, it is true, has to some
extent embarrassed the policy of the admihi-'
stration. But it must, be remembered, that
these schemes were not commenced at the in
stance of Gov. Bigler. They had been under
taken before he came into office ; and the wise
policy seemed to be to conduct them to an
early completion. Indeed, it has been declar
ed as a fixed policy of the administration, that
no new schemes of improvement shall be com
menced. Nor has the honor and dignity of the state
Decn permitted to suffer iu any intta ice. When
the executive of a neighboring state refused to
surrender a fugitive from justice, against
whom a true bill of indictment for kidnapping
had, been found in the count- of Chester, the
right and dignity of the commonwealth was
vindicated in a paper of surpassing power and
ability. Long after its author shall have re
tired from public life yes, after his Kead
shall be pillowed beneath the sods of the val
ley, this document will be referred to in the
archives of Pennsylvania, as a model for other
executives, and continue to excite the pride
and admiration of her people.
When again at a subsequent period, an exi
gency arose at the city and county of Erie,
involving, to 110 inconsiderable extent, . the
honor and dignity of the State, lie was not
found wanting, but came up fully to public
expectation.: Ilis energy and firmness, in
this crisis, commanded the respect of all-
When told, as he was frequently,' that the
measures he deemed expedient to adopt, would
prejudice his political prospects in this or that
locality, his uniform reply was -'It mattered
not, he had the honor of the state to protect
and it should be done at all hazards."
Fellow-citizens : shall an officer thus honest,
devoted, prudent and able, be, discarded, or
stricken down for light and imaginary causes.'
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Shall a policy in state affairs so wise, be aban-
uyucu iu uive niace ri.iee lo iccierai ruie . e
hope not aud we would be doing injustice to
the people to eveu entertain the thought for a
moment. We believe you will retain Gov.
Bigler as you have done all his democratic
predecessors, for the constitutional term. We
do not claim perfoetion for his administration j fort is. vain, for these hair-brained crochets
nor for the man. There are, doubtless, many ' are openly rejected bv some.1 and quietly de
grounds for honest differences of opinion. ' pied by othersl Nor is th" alliance Fpokcn
whether the wisest policy has at all times been
pursued, but we do claim that the good great-
ly preponderates, an mat ms purposes nave i
lceu universally pure and patriotic. In the
distribution of executive patronage, every one j
who applied could not be appointed, and al- i
though this was necessarily so. and is a diffi- j
culty, which must be encountered by all ad- i
ministrations, some wortny citizens may have
felt that they have just cause for complaint
but so long as the public service 12 well per
formed, 3-ou will agree with us, that it is of
minor importance who shall be the agent of the
work and certainly no man will forsake his
principles and part-, for reasons so untenable,
and results so unavoidable.
The lion Jeremiah S. Black, the demo
cratic candidate for judge of the supreme
court, requires no recommendation at our
hands. He has been weighed iu the balance
and not fouud wanting. His eminent quali
fications for the place, his profound scholar
ship, his fine literary attainments and his un
sullied moral character, are the theme of ge
neral admiration among men of all
riiii-tu.
lawyers and lavmen
Indeed, these qu.tlifi-
cations, his entire and peculiar htness. his ho
nesty aiid great moral worth will not be gain
sayed by the most violent partizan. It would
baffle the most prolific brain to produce one
well f umded lveson against his re-election.
The numerous opinions he has written since
he has been the chief justice of the present
very able and learned In-nch, not long since
chosen by the people of Pennsylvania, under
their rc-uioddclcd constitution, by which they
are permitted to choose, as is their right, the
administrators as well as the makers of the
laws, and his literary productions at an earlier
period of his life, have distinguished him as
a man of extraordinary powers of mind, and
have made for him a reputation, of which his
native stafe may justly boast.
Fellow-citizens: such distinguished men
among you should be cherished and sustained.
They are ymir jewels above all prize, alnrve
all temporary considerations, and among a
great people, constitute much of your celebri-
j ty v
i viot
, and power. W e say, therefore, it is ob- !
viouslv vour interest to retain this able and j
just judge in 3'our service. Weku-iw that re
publics are sometimes charged with beii g un
grateful, and if you repudiate Judge Black,
it would give color to the accusation. Such a
result, however, we have not the slightest
reason to apprehend.
Henry S. -Mott, Esq., the democratic can
didate for canal commissioner, is likewise emi
nently worthy of j our confidence and support.
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lie lius ai ciuiui u fiiiua ouwt.ii j'ui'as. ot4i.4v..o j
in addition to that of representative in ti:e j
lower br:vnclj of the legislature. In th-i dis
charge of the duties devolved upon him . in
these respective stations, h'j lias given evi
dence that he is possessed of a clear mind, of
a sound, practical judgment, of habits of in-
dusiry, and principlv-s of strict integrity, ile j
is will qualified by education and by expc- j
rieiice to perforin the duties of the office l'or j
which. he is named. Of his personal merits j
and excellent qualities of head and heart, 3 0U j
could have no stronger evidence than is fur- j
nished iu the united and zealous support ex- j
tended to him by his neighbors and those who
know him most intimately. Wo do not doubt
his triumphant election.
But let us, fellow-citizen, in addition to the
views presented for your consideration in our
last address, again ask your attention for a
moment, to the aspect of the opposition to the
democratic nominees. The whigs, asTi party,
have now no principles to bind them together,
neither state nor national policy on which to
rail-. One after another, in rapid succession,
their measures of public policy have been re
jected by the people and utterly abandoned
by themselves. J ue operations ot time and
experience have falsified all their firmer
dogmas. The bank of the United States
the bankrupt act, the distribution of the pro
ceeds cf t he sales of the public lands the ta
riff of 1812, or, indeed, any tariff avowedly
for protection have all become -obsolete
ideas" descended to "the- toiub of the Cap u
lets."' Hostility to territorial extension in
general, incl'"J.ing The acquisition of Louisia-
11a and Texas ho:4ility to
the
lndepenoent
treasury the tan.'t ot l4t to the war witii
Mexico to the acquisition of California to
the liability of stockhedders in banks and cor
porations generally, together with their terri
fic descriptions of the usurpations and tyranny
of the one man, or qualified veto power, with
which the constitutions of the several states,
have wisely clothed the chief magistrates of the
states and the nation have become dead stock
in the political market. Never was a party
before so barren of all the elements of exist
teuce or power. There is, we assert without
fear of contradiction, no instance to be found
in modern history, of a politicalparty that has
been so uniformly wrong on every question,
and against which time and experience have
snoken in such terrible tones of condemnation
whose follies and errors have recoiled with
such a fearful and bitter retribution. There
is now not a vestige of federal or whig policy
to be found in the country and not an accusa
tion has been made against democratic policy
and measures that has not been shown to be
unfounded and been properly rebuked by the
people. As an organization, they stand be
fore the country condemned and, demoralized.
This position is felt and ackno wledged by a
large portion, the moderate man, of the whig
party. But the lessons of experience have
never taught many of their leaders wisdom,
and we now find them indulging in the grie
vous error of attempting to reconstruct that
party 011 false and fleeting ideas, without any
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f the principles of their former creed on
. -u nien in oase ail 01 irauizanou. j.i is v
gerous experiment, and it will prove an en
tire failure, as many sensible and candid whigs
are free to acknowledge. The rank and file
are Ixddly asked to accept the current ts;i of
! the dav as their political creed. But the ef-
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wisely drea 1 the fatal influence of whig ante
cedents, and are shrewedly insisting that if
an alliance effectual is to be f irmed, whiggery
must, be an unseen clement that political
temperance, nativcism, or abolitionism may
triumph, but whiggery never! They think it
an unpropitioas time to join that disintegrated
party.
et reluced to such a hopeless position these
leaders manifest a willingness to fall in with
"every wind of doctrine," thai may promise to
result in temporary success Hence we find
them ready to tamper with sectarian prejudices
to excite one sect of professing christians
against another to array one class of citizens
against another to prostitute the cause of tem
perance and ;ha sacred cause, of education to
mere partizan ends and to thus minister to the
worst passions that have ever enslaved the hu
man heart and brought strife and contention
into the world to disregard the admonitions
teachings of Gecrge Washington, and trample
underfoot the obligations to the constitution of
our common country. And all this they do to
promote no great end of public policy, but to
gain political power.
Mr. Webster predicted on his dying couch
and sent the prediction to his friend Rut'usCho
ate, that after 182 thewhig party would exist
only in history. The facts we have de-tailed veri
fy that prophecy. If that great man and his
still greater compeer in statesmanship, Ilenry
Clay, were permitted to return among us, they
would asseverate that the present whigparty is
not that which they were accustomed to advise
and counsel. The respectable and hightoned,
though often mistaken gentleman, who used to
rally under the lead of these great statesmen,
would never condescend to such a humiliating
dishonorable and anti-republieau position,
as that now assumed by some of their former
political a-soeiates.
It eou.-t:tules one branch of the present tac
tics of the opposition to the democracy to raise
a clamor about the supposed diversion of the
common school fund to sectarian purposes
and this matier has not been deemed beneath
the dignify of anotice by the whig state cen
tral committee. We will give you, fellow-citizens,
in ans wer to this ch arge of the opposit
ion, a plain statement of facts, and a brief his
tory of their own conduct on tins school ques
tion. 1
In 18:10 when Joseph Ritner was govern
or, and both brandies of the legislature were
composed of a majority of whigs, the common
school law was re-enacted, and a feature en
grafted thereon, a portion of the fan! to en
dowed schools, and also tr: the schools of re
ligious denominations on certain conditions,
which can le seen in all the school laws, as we
will detail from 'that time-until a change was
male by the law of the lest session of the
general assembly. In 1841, when Win. F.
Johnston was governor, and the legislature
was conipoeed of' a majority of whig, the
school law was again' revised, and the feature
providing for a distribution of the fund to re
ligious sects was retained, and the law was
oiproot d by the executive of the state. In the
course of the last session - of the legislature,
when both branches were democratic, with a
democratic governor, the school law was again
revised and re-enacted, but all the sectarian
features were stricken out. Iu the face of this
record, showing that they, and they only, as
a party when in power, have engrafted this
feature on-the system, they have. the hardi
hood to coaie before the public and attempt to
make a false issue against the democratic- par
ty on tiiis question. Bungling demagogues at
tempted last winter to excite prejudice on the
subject and raise an ularui as to the action jf
the legislature, when not a single petition Was
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pi escuvja as.hjng lor iao measure, Iior a mo
tion lnadj to that effect Comment is unneces
sary. We only ask, if the democracy be not
friendly to t-Uo school system, how it comes
that it Las been so long cherished and per
fected trader democratic rule.
Tha eifects of our. opponents to excite- reli
gious prejudices against us is no new thing.-
You will all remember that when that good
and pure man, Francis II. Shunk, was the
democratic nominee for governor, the whigs
attempted to raise a sectarian prejudice against
him. lie was charged with submission to catho
lic iuflueucc, aud with trampling upon the
American flag while walking in a catholic pro
cession at Pittsburg. But this shameless ex
pedient failed, and Mr. Shunk was elected
and lived long enough to live down all these
slanderious accusations.
We need not reiterate the system of tactics
adopted by the whigs in the presidential con
test of 1852, in which they courted the catho
lics and foreigners with the same sincerity
that they had previously denounced and revil
ed them. And now, with a foreigner on their
own ticket, they have the hardihood to change
their policy again, and have commenced to fan
the flames of prejudice against adopted citi
zens, and those professing a eertain religious
belief, whether native or foreign born. They
have attempted to create the impression that
every adopted citizen who happens to hold an
office under a democratic administration, has
been selected because ho was such that every
man of the catholic faith was selected because
he was of that sect. It is not for us to say why
the whigs have so long continued Joseph R.
Chandler, a catholic, m important oILces, or
why they have nominated Mr. Darsic, an a
dopted, citizen, for canal commissioner but
we do fcay that the democratic party, treating
all classes of citizens and p.ll reliirious sects
alike, adhere to the constitution, and reward
men according to their merits and qualificat
ions. Some catholics and adopted citizens, it
is true, have been appointed to office under
present state administration, and someot txtu
these classes have been turned out but the
religious views of either the applicant or in
cumbent were not considered ia snv case. If
it was contended that too many Methodists
and Presbyterians : had been appointed, and
that this fuet was the consequence of religious
bias, the charge -would Iwivc quite a much
the npparnnce of truth.
This, we believe, is eouallv true of the na
tional administration, as by authentic statis
tics itappears, that out of four thousand three
hundred and thrc office holders in tile employ
of tae general government in the various de
partments at Washington, and acting as mi
nisters plenipotentiary aud consuls, and in the
custom houses, 4-c, in the several states, there
arj but four bundled and one of foreign birth,
being but nine and three-tenths per cent, of
the whole number. The white population of
the United States, by the census of I80O,
which we take for illustration, was twenty-one
millions seven hundred and ninety-three thou
sand six hundred and three. Of this number
two millions two hundred and forty thousand
five hundred and thirty-five were foreign born,
b-'ing ten and two-tenths percent, of the who
le white population.
Out of one hundred and fifty-two appoint
ments in the custom houses of Pennsylvania,
but eighteen are of foreign birth, being but
seven per cent of all the appointments".
The whole white population ofPennsylvan
ia amounted, by the same census, to two mil
lions two hundred and 'fifty-eight thousand
one hundred and sixty. Of this number, three
hundred and three thousand one hundred an 1
live were of foreign birth, being thirteen and
two-tenths per cent.
So that according to a mathematical calcul
ation "t is shown that our adopted citizens
have not received that proportion of the offic
es either in .state or nation, to which they
are entitled by their numerical strength.
In conclusion, fellow-citizens, we must ask
you to guard against the devices of an artful
and unscrupulous enemy. Do not be mided.
This horror of foreigners, and this sectarian
clamor are to got votes. It is one of the
means, as the most available for the time be
ing, which the leaders adopt to deceive the
honest masses
Let Gov. Bigler and his administration
stand on their own merits. Look at these,
and having done this, j ou cannot fail to rally
to his support,, and to that of the whole ticket
presented for vour consideration and apprval.
J. KLLTS BON HAM, Chairman.
GEORGE C. WELKFK, Scrntary.
The Devotion of Foreigners.
During a debate in the United States Senate,
week before last, on the Homestead Bill, Gen.
Shields, in answer to 1 question put by Mi.
Mallory, (says the Valley Spirit), stated that a
majority of the men in the regular army, dur
ing the war with Mexico, were foreigners. And
Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, who opposed
granting foreigners the same privileges under
the bill as American, candidly said that "the
truth of history required him to state, that when
the officers of the Palmetto regiment were, all
shot down at Chuubusco, the jlij (f the. rc
g'nt nt iras tie'l around the li1y of a yiJIitni
Jr ink ma 11. iti.d inis th ai enrritd an tltrovjh the
butth t rie'nry."
Is there a genuine American living who
restrict the privileg-s of auy man. no matter
where he was born, who fought in the ranks of
our army 111 .uexico ; o.cr did a braver, tru
er band than the handful of regulars we sent to
Mexico, go to battle; and yet a majority of them
come under the ban of Know Noth.ingis.ui. the
new adjunct of Whiggery. Even the gallant
Irishman who tied the American flag rci'idhis
bolv and carried it before the enemy, would
not 1 e permitted bv Know Nothing sn to share
all the privileges of an American citizen.
G en. Scott Stated, durinsr the late Presiden
tial eamp-V.gn, that foreigners had fdlowcdhim
to evorv brittle-field on which he had fought,
un.i that he pever !od braver men into action.
The great Washington also leaned on the arms
iff foreigners when he battle 1 for his country's
inde pendence, and the patriotism of a foreigner
enabled him to capture the Hessians at Tren
ton, an event w hich electrified aud inspired the
whole country. We present an extract from a
letter written by Washington to Robert Mor
ris: 'My army is encamped on the Delaware, op
posite Trenton, where our are concentrated;
our wants are great 10,00i) is necessary to
gain the proper inforfnntion and. place me in
a position to justify an offensive movement a
gainst the enemy to you Robert Morris, can I
only"look for assistance.'-'
And Robert Morris, who was not born in this
country, rendered that assistance! On hi mm
note he borrowed the sum nsked for by the
"Father of his country," and the victory of
Trenton speedily followed. If Robe rt 3Iorris
were now living iu the city in which he borrow
ed ton thousand eh dlars to enable Washington
to capture the Hessians at Trenton, the Whig
and Know Nothing Mayor of that city would
not appoint him a Policeman. Indeed, there
must nave been ivnow coinings mere ai iuj
close of the Revolution; for after Morris had
bankrupted himself to save America from the
British yoke, he was imprisoned for debt. If
the names of the persons who oppressed him af
ter he had saved them from oppression could be
obtained, they ought to be enrolled as honorary
mcmljcrti of ever" Know-.otuug association .
They are entitled to rank, as Patriarchs of tl
tho
institution.
A Ministerial Scoundrel.
ThePottsvilic papers inform us that the preacher
in chargeof the Pir st Methodist Church in that city,
has been guilty of drunkenness and of indecently
exposing his person to two youns; eh'.s; and that
he was compelled io leave the city in order t es
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cane sumimu v pumsiimeni. in- i u ju.umi
man, and left 'behind him an int -resting wife and j prison, London, where he now enjoys ejtn
four children. Thnr.igh the liberality of kind parativc liberty.
friends they have ln-eu provided with means to j -
return to the family of tlie deserted w iu in Va- j j. Kajj one Milrt anothor."I don .
land. Let us ha .the villain' name, tbt t. e ' , feelings, but sLivvcrmy
mirk if Cain inav be tixed upon htm. obave . ' i .... ?
noLvmpathv with the spirit that exhibits the timbers if I don t believe you s'olo my i.a.cu t
name andinfmncs of Fa-thcr Kn-e-garto the world ' . 1 .
and or.lv half exposes the derilietions of another "Don this raw cayy?" asked a K.rl - r ot .1
.i,.....t",,,l,,rir V.oiallv .-.-nsurable. because be -tim who was writhing under at lumsyinstn mt
happens, like ourselves, 1
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to Pea t rotestant Tel!
us who he is.
fyf-C. Johns m, convicteJ of murder
it 1 tarns-
i burg. Pa., i'te Pe hung .u.misi
Talking- out Boldly.
The Lion hearted IVmo'-raey of Clarion
county are preparing with real and earnestness
f-fr tin; coming cn'ctrf. They are determin
ed to administer to the fag cuds of all faction
j now opposing us, su-.'h a rebuke as will Vug
be rc;m -moored. The l.ditor of the ( Iari'Ti
Democrat, who is thoroughly a'-quainU-d with
the tone aud tendency of public sentiment in
that country, who makes hi calculations with
great care and circumspection, anil is rstr -ly
deceive 1 as to the popular vote, says:
'We are sincere in what wo say vn 1 wo
predict that Gov. Bigler will have the mri"--ity
given to Judge Knox, which was l-it';
We give this as our count, provided the vete
is as large as it was last fall, and we hav
good reason to lelicve that it will be much
increased, and in proportion to the increase,
we add to the Democratic majority."
A large portion of the population of Clarion
county consists of men whose fathers, too
thoroughly imbued with the principles of re
publicanism to live beneath the sway of the
tyrannical governments of Europ?, crossed
the wide and stormy Atlantic to make their
homes here, where the hand of welcome was
extended where equal rights were guaran
teed to ever- man who became a citizen in
accordance with the constitution and laws of
the 1 .nd.
The doctrines of Know-Nothingism, to
which the Whigparty now look for success a
gainst the Democratic party, would proscribe
all such men, both the emigrants and their
dc-cendents, wrmM declare tlicm unfit to fill
any position of public responsibility and would
martthom out as objects of distrust and sus
picion to their fellow, t itzens. v For this rea
s m--, the Whig party, at th-5 coming election,
will receive a terrible scourging in Clarion
county, and we are confident that the majority
for Bigler there will not be less than 150U.
Trouble.
Read what Clinton Courant says on this
subject: Baby's got the measles, second boy
is droi'ping;"third one down on the trundle
bed, with a dreadful .cough is whooping.
Mercury down to Zero, wood-bile some below
it; man tries to be a hero, but feels he can
not 'go it.' Wife is busy washing, a host
of dirty 'duds.' whilst ever aud anon a tear,
falls silent in the suds. Husband rock tho
cradle, 'second' on his lap; soothes the 'third
one with a kiss, and bits the .fourth a fclap.
So from in- lauchcJy moans, and starting,
troubled dreaming, the tuuc is changed to
gr..ai;s, stiffed sobs aud ."-creaming Patience
all exhausted, he roughly FpceJs the rocking..
Confusion worse c-nf unded ! A neighbor
opens the door, and with a voice "an 1 face
astmndc-l, ':ays : "Have yon heard the price
of flour V "No husband loudly hallows;
what's the latest news "Flour's thirteen
dollars? twelve has been refused." A f ream !
'tis Sissy's voice; something coiaesathwarthcr.
In she comes, uil co . eied o'er, ilh blood ami
dirty water. ' Old Brindle's gored the heifer,
broke the yearling's thigh, tio.ked Si.ssy
down and cut her, and reared a passer-by.
"if-i 'sits her down despairing, weary of her
life, husband nothing earring for the quadrupeds?-strife
wonders whether Job, the man
of many sores, when Ids wife bade biui give
up, led such a life in-doors.
Meantime, the wealthy mother, sits in her
easy chair, on its rich embroidercl cover, mid
' omfor'B everywhere; and wo..d is what they
j mean these pe ople that are jmcr prating of
! their troubles, wliich thev think tluy endure.
"If they only Lad her trials, knew what she
un lerwent, they'd think that :dl the vials of
wrath were on them spent. Which sets us
thinking, reader, that if rightly estimated,
one half of till our s orrows are sadly overrat
ed. And the moral of our rhyme, though
pror-ily it runs, is, never borrow trouble, but
take it as it comes.
The Phila lelphia Lt Jjcr states that tlx
rate of taxation fixed by the new City Coun
cils "is thought to b the highest municipal
tax levied in any city on the gl 'be." So
much for the mongrel victory. (Five the same
oppositiem the Governor and a majority in the
Legislature and yeni might as well -fork over
yours farms, dwellings aud personal property,
and then leave the Sta'e
XTNot Ashamed or thkik Tuades.
Hon W. Pepper, one of the Circuit Judges
of Tennessee, was formerly a blacksmith, aud
"for the fun of it," he lately made, with his
own hands, an iron fire-shovel, which be pre
sented to the Governor, Hon. Andrew John
son. In return, Gov Johnson, who was for
merly a tailor, cut aud made with his own
hands a coat, and presented it to the Judge.
The correspondence vli'ch passed le'.we.n
these distinguished and worthy American me
chanics, is published in the Tennessee paper.
Such men not only add lustre to their official
positions, but set an example which "Young
America" would do well to imitate.
!7Tykan.nv.-A man named William Miller,
who was imprisoned iu Winchester jail, Eng
land, thirtyuine years ago, for debt, still re
mains confined on taesame charge, though he
has now become seventy-one years 'ld. The'
last three years and eight mouths r.f b;s stay
in Winchester jail were spent in solitary con
finement. Some humane persons hearing o
h is case, had Lim transferred to tits tjoeen's
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