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ADDRESS
OF G81!i!L8R BIGLER
TO THE Piiui'L'-; OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Wa verity, N. T., Sept. 22, 1354.
F.l'ow-Citzens : It i3 now yearly three years
since y m entrusted me with the (iis Large of the
duties of the ofiice of Governor. 1 have endeav
ored, to the extent ot my feeble abilities, to pcr
form the trust in such a manner as to ttc-velone
the resources of the State, promote a just pu'ehc
policy, and advance the welfare of the people.
jIow far I have s-ucceeded in this work is f or you
to determine.
A Democratic State Convention, in March last,
presented me for your suffrages for a second term.
In accordance with what appeared to be a recog
nized custom, I left the scat of government, near
the close of last month, for the purj:oM.t mi t:r,g
the people i l the several counties of the St.tte.
an 1 in persvr. accounting to them for my ste.vard
ship, and de liring to them my views a::d inteu
tions on all public questions of State p l;r v. A
painful and dangerous iiln - s has deprived me of
this pleasure, l-'or near three we-ks 1 ;ave b en
confined'to the xcvaw in which I write, duiing all
which tim, as I lean t!ie canvas has been active
ly pursued by my opponent. It is n w imp ssii I
ior me to visit more than a fi-w if rv.y of the
counties prior to the election, and I cr.n p-.'f no
mods ofreacldfig you with my views except
through the medium f the pre;s.
In my pre.:eat enfeell.-d state of health, end in
this 1 oi-ality without ae-is to the books an 1 d o-ume-.ts
wliich I ordinaiily refer to, I sh:dl limit
what I shall herein discuss to tho.e questions
which lei'iniat- ly boar up our Stits p. 'Iky, or
whi :h arc in sr.it: degroo inv.lved i:i the present
canvass, and in reference to which I may, in the
event of my re-election, be called upon to act in
iny of3; d capacity.
What I have doa?, and what I wish to do, if re
thvU: 1, it is your right to hn w.
I mi'st, in the first place, congratulate you on
ficurislung c 'udition. of all tha great interest of
the State, ox. -ept'.ig o."dy the r.grU-u!:i:r A. wl'.ch
hai suffered materially by the dro-ght of the
ecason.
The Cntnccs of the Sate wers never in n m ir
wholevmie condition. Our res ;urcos ave e p.al to
nil crdin i-y demands, with an ai.-.ma! sr.rius oi
abut three-quarters of a million :f dollar-, hi- h
i app'.i-sable to the payniout of tho ; i;bi;? debt.
For tho thne past yea s thi.-- sur: l :s his been ab
sorbs.! in the coasa:nnr.ton of rch":-:"-, of h.i
pr tv.jmer.t oommen eil rrior to mv -ti .)
ofiice. Tiiese un h rrakin will cost the So-.t''. io
all, over four millions and a half ot" dollars. lh:t
for thee, a v.ry large r--du t: n in the State dvbt
would have tiktn pi ce during the term of my.
serviee, N new --c icm-s f cxien'lture have
bon conraMcel u ; l-:r my a lmiii: .;t ? -i. n, fave
only a sma'l appr opr; itioa to en-Ios.- the public
groan Is. an 1 a mt'igre snni 1 1 sustain an idiotic
n:hoii. If I shoul 1 be r-el'?e?c 1 Governor. I sh dl
employ the power of the Exe utive department t
arrest all nj--v schemes of improvement at the ex
pense of da treasury .
I hive always regar-led the proportion to so'l
the public w irks as a business question. The po
licy of t':o m usure dep niiiig larg. ly up.n the
price to bi ohtai.iud an 1 the conditions on which
posw -si j.i of th1 work , may he .r;.titcd. If a sale
be male for an aggr ga.e su.:., iiss than the
am mnt o-i win. :i t.ie net pr -fits would pay the
intrc it, then it would not .be cc u -my to sell ;
u-ili a UMiSU e would iuciv-ass and not lesson the
harden of ti.e p j .p'e. !-h .id 1 the policy of soil
ing meet the appr ibati- n of the repr.v'ent.i tivs of
the people nertafter. tue ut:u )St care should bo
taken to sjcur-j a full comj-e.i.-afio'i. and to make
the en htions sueh as moit certainly t guar 1 the
rights an I interest uf the pal.be .n tncue of these
gn at highways. I am s.oe a!, w.,1 agree that no
corporation should have the imprncments on
such terms as would enaMe it to imp. se uuju.-.t
burdens on the inter. la! trade of tae Slate, or cn
croich upon the righti of the pevp't. No BUCi,
meavare caa cv:t receive ity sanction,
I have spoken of this branch of ublic afTi.irs
with delicacy, 'Cv--.VI.-c its m i.-i.tgein. nt and con
trol have b-ea o...ihdjd to agents stl.cte I by the
. i .it i
pcoolo tnem. -iVi.'.s, auaaccouniaoie oniy louicin.
the Executive hiving no iiower to
direct in what
manner the public works shall be man iged.
A indicate I in my last annual message, you
are aw Are that I regard the State's system of ma
naging tho public works, as susceptible of great
improvement. I then expressed the opini m.
which 1 still sustain, that the management should
b-J based on plaia business principle.
The currency of the State seems to be in a
wholes i:ne condition.- When I as umed the Exe
cutive offic a strong sentiment in favor of what
is called the free banking system, instigated main
ly by the influence of the preceding administra
tion, evidently pervaded the min is of many good
citizens. I ft It required to in erpo.-e the inlltienee
of my position against this soheme. Su'wequent
events muot certainly satisfy all that such a stop
wou:d have been disastrous to the true interests
of the -'tato, and especially to our own cherished
commercial metropolis. I also felt requ;r-'d. dur
ing the session of l?jr-, to interposu the Ex icutive
prerogative against a dangerous oxpan i n of our
present banking ivsu m. I ti iok there are few,
who will now deml-t the correctness of this step.
Hid those schemes f.r the expansion of papjr
money prevailed, the consequences would have
bia more disastrous than tt.c meat sagacious
could ha VJ foreseen. Our coir.me-rclal rr,ro-.ev
lis. instead of standi; g a she has st vd. im--rrir-nable
against the finnn ia! storm which I as h.. n
felt to seriously in other c. ti e and states, might
herself have fallen a victim to the fol'y. Instead
of boasting a proud fidelity and punctuality as
the now can, she might have loen humbled and
dishonored. Soiisible of tho defects of the system,
we have, I still regard it as B.ifer and bettor than
hoe of roist if the sun-ounding States. "hilst
there may be lot-alities where a growing and en
larged business would soem to demand the conve
XtTri "f ta-nV-sg rjp?tT tto- 7r'Ier-j':Tt ran
induce ire to sanction nnj- considerable extension
of such capita! in the State, I nm a firm believer
in the poli. y of dispensing with the use of pai er
, ni'in.-i fi.ii liun. c.oi u - uunu t.n nun gii.n';
: too sudden a sh k to the business re'ations of the
people. Such policy. I am Cf-tifhYi.t, is bf st c-al-
cu'.ate J to promote tiieMi-'cess of the manufacturer,
the miner, th.- agricu'turlst. an 1 above all. to se-
cure to the laborer a just reward for his toil.
A loose "n 1 un guarded sy tern of granting cor-
porale privi'cres obtained favor under the alnii-
ni-trathn of my predecessor. Corporations were
created to engage in mere ordinan business enter
prises, clothed with extraordinary powers, and
upon the principle of h limited haouity of the
corporators : thus giving the capitalist undue al-
vantages. I deemed this svsteni unwise and un-
just. I cord 1 see no reason why t;io-e who sought
t-. enjoy .- II the profits of an ordinary enterprise,
c'oth-l wi'h the convenience of a corporate seal,
in competition with- fn-hvidxiais, shouM not bear
the entire rest!(insibilit;es and pay their debts to
t)i' last farthintr as individuals are required to do.
Ti e use of the v -to power oon (succeeded in ar
rettinthis system a-id the "rire-io'e of individual
li dT'y in corporations "f this kind is now the
settled p liy of the St -te, ar.d slo.ll be maintain
ed so long as I have the power to do so.
A niimb.T of general laws 1 avelxeen adopted to
super le the neeesdty fir steei il h gi .1 ition. arid
n tieh good has bei-n aecomj.'is' i'il, but there is
si;', on this point, a great work to jx-if rin.
. Tiie oo'en -ive system of omnibus l.-gi. 1 ;th n. by
which good :n-4 bad n.easnres are pil d t :;.et' cr
under the same common title, and which lias co t
tee C uiiuv nwcidfh so nviny millions of prod'ga!
expenditure in limes past, was Inrintr -tl e last
se-sion, for th first, thr.e, coinj l"t ly br ken i
down ; and t; e 1 iws of 1854 i:?.v been j resented j
to tho peop'e. each s par-ite, restini on its own ;
nn-rits. li" I be r.-e'e .te.', the wh le jiower of (he j
Lseei t:vt- d- pr.rtmcnt :La 1 lew.elded to main
tain this wl o'esome system.
The polio v f,f muni ip d su'.scriptions to pu'ei.;
worts, s-rcti "id t-y my jre-d.-ev -' rs, never did.
as y u will remen-ber. rt the t : tire appf vrd
of my jn-.H-mei t. 1 f-'t require 1. at an early day,
to ai'ni ? ish the reoide and their rcj reei;f afives
against this iitstdions mode of creating debt : I ut
is these nvasures wire rrenerallv ores oted in the
shape of a local question, affecting the interests
of pertieu'ar localities. I lid not feel reqtiirei to
i terp.isp niy j;i h.Tiient against thnt of the p-opla
iiTiniediatcly iTitereste-l and f'e-ir representatives.
Time and exp 'rienee have convince 1 me that this
was r.n unwi.-e delicacy. If re-'lectcd Governor,
T shall unhesitatingly emph y the veto power
r.ga;::st all and every stub schemes.
I had not si p: oje-.l. prior to the commencement
of this canvass, thtit it would b . necessary for
me t d la.e to any cil zeu ioy views in reference
to cttr coinr.on jej o 1 : v-tei.i. I l ad cherished
the bdlff that my career r.r a citkc.i, a Senator,
i.n 1 as Governor had given amjde evidence f my
strong alt.ichmeut to this mutt sacred of our in
stitutions. As in boyhood I v.as the rede-nt of
the blessings of that sysii m, s i i.i m anh vjl shall
I mati.taiii it n th :. f .i 1 -. i c-xtei.t. I h-iv resist
e 1 by the veto power, as the public records show,
all H't-m;:ts at innovation itp-m the syitein.
Thoej etign-.fted on it by our political opponsnts.
whua in power the t-tidotvinciit featcra and the
s . c tavi .n ft-ilu re have I con st.rh-ken from the
sv.-fe't!. Nor ould I tv.r s.oi tl na e'ivi: ion f
tho fit ; d f.'t nny x.'zy ::. V. lu-.tt ver means
be
rai.ed f r
ale .
:r; s i v tl-e eove-riiment
sh id ! be f-Kn.--o l.- i n h r the -eh .! organiisition.
It wo' 1 1 se-cra quite uinie le s.e.j-v a'id imno'itic to
i !! id m-v.oy IV.. in t: e p.i.n.l-i, in a public way,
' to le ex. e!: -t t mj.'cr i i",v;Je -lii-cciiii!!. There is
.:: pi - r-Hini f r t'-e use of private means for the
! promoti-n -f obi; tlo.o, without ii.terferring with
I the -e:iera! sv-.tem.
It sha'l be my pride and rl- astire at all times
to en-li.'.ivor to perfect, ex .'out an 1 strengthen our
amtmn school s-ystem. Inde-cd, I aoti. -lpate j
with pi asure tl e diy w;,c-n tae cotters el ti e
Stafe wiil l-c al le t icar the expea.se of a far
m-'r-ei.larged are! liberal system ef e 'uci'iin:
one which hall teach the higher branc' e-.s of
i cienee and literature, as well as the rudiments
Ta common education.
No higher or n -bler duty could occupy the
f Tiin'ics of a g'-vc.'iiniciit. lid oca ion, in idl it
nbases. is the treat I.cIt nicvt of civilization :nd
i Chri.stiat-it'y. It is the- oost potent means of pre
I venting crime, the greatest beverage in elevating
! society. It is the ae i is of tii- largest degree of
i iixlivi.hial happiiv ss. un 1 ihe highest gra-leofna-'
ti n:d dign t -. Trnstn lantly important in ail
i coimtr es, auel among every people; but nowhere
! m ra peculiarly so than in America. II tre public
I will directs the li -licv of the government; here
indeed, the very f.cin la-ion of the government
rests on tiie soveieigri th-U-i.ts f the m'r.ses.
How important then it I -comes tb?.'t thr.v will
shoiilo einanato from hig'- 'y Cultivated judg
ment. Tliis is the very rn".n inim of our lilctics,
It is the idvet-an .h-jr of our nqmblieau inslittt
t: ns. I Lei,.. ve that so long as tie people are
made Intel ige ot bv education and elevated in the
tc.de ofu oca it bv its influences, so long will o:ir
e-iii and le-l.gi -is 1 bert.es he safe against internal
stnf? or ex-e:nal iir T s-io.n. It is the prepar.i-
' tio:i for the -xerc. -e or ti e. elective tranciuse,
! through which we are a self-governing., peoj le
j by mean of wlncn the voice of the humb'e-t ci
j tizen is equal to that of the mo-t prominent and
wealthy through which all e njoy equal digi.it v
and power as citiens. Wliat statesman -an be
i .-hff. rent tei such a system as this ! luever
couhl be, cc.e. ve- not thenar.c of an American 1
I c-'uhl not greet such a man as a true Teim
sylvanian. On the great moral question cf prohibition, the
making and sell ng of intoxicating liquors, except
for particular j urp -ses. I hive but Ptt'.e to say in
adci.ti -li to tiie contents oi my letter t the Tem
perance Convention of dune hud. In that ceiin
mr.nieati .n, I e:v-:es,sed the opiniou that the Le
gisiatii e was p sse.e l of e-oiistituti. n d power to
c.-ntvoi and regulate the subject, but at the s.mie
time remarked that, in tho exercise of that power,
a law might be passe.!, which, in its e Vails,
would lie obviously unconstitutional and nrjust.
I sail then, as I reoeat now, that I since rely de
precate the vice if 'intemperance, and I am pre
paid tosanotion any proper meisurc to mitigate
as far as passible, to extirpate the vice; but I can
n -t bo r.tgar.!o I as pl.n'g-d to saucti-.n a propos
n.l law, the details of which I have not seen. The
obligations of my evith under the C ns'itntion for
bids this. Tho Executive department of the Go
vrnmcnt is a c-irdinate and con i.rrent br.tnch
of the law-making power. Vet ted, as I have
be,"ii. with its functions, f .r the time being, I
shoul 1 do you injusti-e and tlishonor ' myself, ns
as an officer, were I to surre-vlcr thos- functions
to any other branch of the G erttmtnt, or aiso
ciated power, f. -r any reason whatever. They
wnt Ik? retained in tho Executive wdie-re the
Constitution has placed them, ami freely," intcUi
gen'lv and independently exercised on each pro
position of law or policy as they may arise.
The expediency and policy of a prohibitory law
has been, by an act of tho last Legislature, sub- ! measure would inflict upon our country, that in-mltt-i
tQ rp.hd.OTr.t of t hjs wbcpporipT. Tlxsr ' dnrw ire thtr? to-i spt l n" th
sentiments for and against the measure are to bo
' a-c..-riainei at the ballot box in October next
'Should they demand such a measure, their wid
a iou a ie carried into caeci in a just, etnciem ua
Constitutional form.
; Com. htiut has been maele in certain quarters
; tl.t.t 1 have rot sanctioned a new license law;
i which passed the Le gislature on the uight of tliis
final adjournment. I have not sanctioned it. nor
do I intend to do so; It ha been file I away in.
j the office of the Secretary of the Gimmonwea'tb,
! to be returned to the next General Assembly with
mv oii'Ttions.
This mexsure is a fair specimen of hast t and in
considerate legislation, and it i so confused and
or.scure in its purpose, that its administration,
when taken in connect! n with the other license
i laws oi toe state, woum oatne the most astiite
h'gal miud. After a de-liberate, examination of it
provisions, I came to the ceinclusion that it might
do much harm and could do no good. My reasons
against it and which are too long to be inse-rted
here, I am confident, will prove satisfactory to
you. Certain 1 am that to roul friends oftemTie
runee reform, with a fu'l comprehension of the
manifest t neleneies e-f this measure, will be willing
to make Irlmse'f ti e advocate of such a licence
system.
Certain strange political dogmas have recently
been presented for public consideration and which
wotdd seem to demand more than a iiassing no
tice. 1 mean the doctrine of the recently elected
Mayor of the e ity of I iii'adelphia, that a citize n
bom out of the e-ountry, should hot be trusted
with civii eiCice, and the siid meire extra-irdinary
tenets of po'itical faith he'l l by a certain secret
organization, which, it is said, materially aided
in elevating tls functionary to power.
1 am i..pposei! 'o all see ret societies to acce.m
1 lish political ends. I K-!ieve. in the language of
liEeweesK v AsiiiNeiTOK, that all su n associations
"are likely in Ihe course of time awl tf.iw.i to he
come poUut eiirincs hij vhich cunning, uiiitnti'ntr;
and xiiq riiit ij.-icd vich tcill be enoblvA to subvert Vie
j oirrr i-f the penile, and Ut v:- rp f t- themte'.res
the reins ,f gt,rertiaen1, t1'tryi;:g rf-cncardu the
rery cniines which lifted them to vnjimt d-o-t.-iinifm."
I believe in th-? wisdom and justice of the lan
guage e.f the C institution of the United States.,
thnt eleelaves : '-i rilu;iniix ie.s! shall eccr In: re
quired as a rpitilifeii't'ini to any '$ie or yiiic
trust trnd r ihe i'uiied S'a'es ;" and in the ehcla
r.itloa of the bill of rights ef our own Common
wealth, that.'V.l! m;i J.avc a natural and inde
feasible right to worship Almighty God accord
ing to the dictates -f their own cons lience." That
"no human authority can, in any ease whatever,
control or interfere with the rights f e ems- 'n nee,
and no pref.irnee shdl ever bti given by law to
any religious establishment or moder. f worshiji;"
an 1 in the further deel aratie n that, 'mo p rsein
who acknowledged the lung e.f a God, and a fu
ture state of reward and punishment, shall, en
account (This rdijd tis reu'.imen-s, b t!Ipe;ual"fied
to hoi 1 any office or pla.-e of trust or profit under
the Commonwealth."
I believe these in.tmrncnts of fundamental
i law, as they are, should he maintained and iustlv
; a .iii'nateren iy :u! m n ia civil authority. In
j deed, it is lohec.lt to ir.ia giue h'.w ;.ny ore sworn
! to administer thc.-c paramount 'aws cov.'d feci
j warrante i ia .--tepidnir over t'ne bounels e.f their
! tl'stinet le.ins, and e.-.tal lishuig roles of action in
corcet vie! tti :n ! the ruaraiitee s and immunities
j which they secure to every citizen. C'tizcns rc-
coiahcg to the teitns of t he Constitution, art. ad
i ubkc th-y are ei.t.tled to equal jirotectieia to
I ootial rights to equal immunities, and no man
who pretends to a just administration e.f the laws
should rttt-mpt the high-ban hd usurpation e.f
constituting citizens to suit his own caprice, and
to lay eiown, as a rule of action, that the r.c -ident
of birth shouhl deprive an American citizen of
tiie enjoyment of the full immunities avd privi
leges guanintcd him by tie C nstitution. A
more uaj istmil.l-; idea never entered th? mind e.f
any Ame-i an statesman. I would not say this
b v.-au e I believe any class of j c ;-le, wherever
hovn. or whatever their religion, have any riidit.
as a cla, or religious denomt.iation, to demand
office, or lion r, or distinction in the civil govern
ment. The Dcmoe-raey e.f this, country never
have, n..r n ver nil! rc.-og ii.e any Mich demand.
Put tak'ng the Constitution as a guide and a ru'e?
of action, they will maintain the just rigl t of all
citizens, learning -ach to depend upon his own
merits and epualifications for effiee anel honor.
This I h.-M to be the true doctrine- oa this
question.
If tiie cr-ndith-.n? upoa which the popio rf
other countries caa lvomi citizens of th-3 United
States, and r.joy ;be benefits e.f our free institu
tions 0 . wirong, that is or.r f mlt. It wis not the
C&rman, the Welchman, the Englishmia, the
Irishman, or the Polandcr, wl-.o m.i.ie tnese con
ditions. They are the work of Ame-rican statfs
men . They stand san -ti n-'d by George
Washington, Thcmas JetUrson and other idustri
e.us fathers of our Republic. We held out the
al uring invitation to the people of other countries
to ev.mc here, accept e.ur c nditions and lecoine
American citize ns. Nor were we slow to impress
up n tiie weirld the peculiar benefits of our insti
ttdi ns. Indeeel, we boasted of cur hnd of civil
and le'igious liberty, of our asylmn for the op-pressc-e!,
where every man could enjoy the hhgh
nignity of self- ;ovvrnmeat, and the unestinial le
juivilege of worshipping Gol agreeal ly to the
elicf.ites of conscience. Tiius invited, many came
of all countries, and e.f al! sects of prof ssing
christians. Some have b-'cn with us since the
days of the revolution, some for half a century;
some for half that time, and others for a shorter
period. They have contribute! by their industry
and skill to the development of the resources of
our comni n country, and have assisted in its
j c . .a i .. J-..1T...1 i r i
j enjence . otners mite icneu ini-i n-si i-.n-i einti at-
cr! the soil, and have added to the general pros
perity of the country ; others have advanced the
ommeici il. manufacturing, mining, and mecha
nical interests of the nation, aad others have
adorned the pulpit and the bar. They have as
sistclto pay the taxes, and tj fight our battles;
and Hi all the sacred covenant which was thus
made with thc.- pe-ople be violated by the power
e f a see-ret and in -idi ous combination that over
ride the G-nstitutlon?
Shall the faith of our fathers, as plighted in this
great instrnni'-nt. be thus disregarded? Right
mindrtl men e.f all parties must respond n ? No
sucli immorality and political wrong snould bo
permitted to tarnish the fame of our glorious
country.
From tho 1 ng past days of th3 revolution there
is a remi'o!so?ncc that speaks in eloquent tones
a?;inst this proposed error. From the shades of
Mount Vcrno-t fn m the grave of La Fayette -from
the heights where Montgomery foil from
the once 1 1 vdy fields where Pulaski and De Kalb
gave up their lives, there comes up a solemn rev
moiii Iran'-e against this proposed wrong ."I would
not say this, nor the weakest sentiment e.f it, for
the mere matter of office to this class of citizens.
The value of office to them is of small importance,
but it is. the elcen dishonor that such a violent
los3 of civil place that would most sifhlct our adopt,
ed citizens, but it would l-e the humiliation of l
ing designated as a class, of whom it shoul l U
said, they are hit to I trusted with civil p'a-c.
This is the idea that would most wound tl eir
pride and excite their indignation. Theie ate
amongst them those who in the want of a full aj -preciation
of our institutions and customs ; so de
lort themselves as to give reason f.r complaint.
But these facts effort no i jlh- h nt ground fr vio
lating the institutions of the country. It ia
simply cowardly -to acknov, l-d-.-e danser from
such a source, and the avowa f it is a )r com
p'iment to the strength of our government..
I repeat, that I r.m oppo.xl to al. oath-bound
societies or associations to arcompiish iohti n'
encis, ami to an oLligations winch
ns which t'Tn';;irro.s.s ft i
free exercise of the -le -tive frsm-hisp, . rtl at niav
tecaletilated to preluiiice the sanctity of the" I-.n
. . .t .
be.x. I deprecate as most mise-hievous these' t o
tical tcnete which, in the-ir iiliberal and int-ih r..nf
rpirit, wi.uhl go Inhin 1 tea swaddling thitbe-s of
the infant, and pry into the conscience of men to
fix the tewt for civil offi.-e-
Has it ever e.K-curred to those who have th.ougl t
Ufly espoused this new doctrine, that the praet."
cil apj 1 cati n e.f it mmd be- met at th ve ry
treshhold by jnsurmourtab ' difJieutt'es Is f is
attempt to excite one e l iss if jirof.-ssinCluistiiais
auaiiist another, a mere- e xpe-die i.t of wi'v politi
cians t accomplish the-ir own selfish ends, e.r is it
intended as a great radical ehun, . in the in t'tn
iious of our country ? If the hitter 1 ethereal
idea, it wid be pef-eivi-el that the first step must
be a unity of Church and State. ITow el,a can
can those new dogmas be reduced to pra'tice ?
TJ.ir advocates must get pissession of the civil
fjivenmicnt must change the fundamental laws
ef the land, and then bring the power of the go
vernment to War on matters eif 're ligious Ik lief
and church organization, and when on- elene mi
ration ef professing Christians shall have le-eh
punished into purity, acce.rding 1 1 the n h ns of
this new. power, tl fn another, ti c most neeeiing
eorrecth n. would W taken up. and so on until all
relicious eli-nominations would W male to accord
tj. a fixed standard by the fonf of law. In mv
oi'inioii in me liino vuis .s.ii.ifuraiu sueiuie:
have passed id! denom n itior.s in review, the
Cliristian spirit of the nation would be prostrated !
opinion bv the timo this "Sar.lfdram" shemh!
and the infidel spirit W predominating.
Who will have the 1 1 Ineas to undertake a work
of this magnitude 1 No one, I ventnre to say, of
all the men, who. In an evil hour, have e mbraced
tliis heresy, can W found who will Assume so great
responsibility. Such an attempt, could it be
made, wou'e! be will calculated to awaken n dre'ud
of the scenes e.f the seventeenth century, ns
enacted iii Europe. We should not be deaf to the
voice r f history upon this subject, nor shoul 1 we
forget that our ancestors, from whatever ooimtry
tliey may have come, and wherever landing oa
this e-r ntinciit, whether at Plymouth Pock ef
Jatnitstown, were refugees from religious pt-ro-cutitn.
essjij.ing from the biuoelys-'-tUeis which
mark the darkest pipes in niod'-rn hisforv. . Nor
s:i'-ini we i tj-.l-: , mat wi.oi n m. ion:i. it gcr i -r
W;':..l: .,,,1 !- I'..l(t-.,..o O,. ..IT.....: . '
l ii c . .1. . i n- i T- i
andaCtholie'-a rre''ut'tenn pt-rTert re- j proc-rotis if there wr ;,o s:;, h traHie. If
lia-.u t I -rairc, that it vC as a second era of j the captSa!, timehiiCiit and luoor.that is wors
will to man on earth. j than wail."5, in this busm. s- w ro turn" I in-
Put to su!) c which is simply an aosuT-l to virumirs ciisiiiiels i f ti::d--, too :tta;e would.
l ien. t!aT-t'.cre i e reason to appre:,. n 1 i-n-rnacii-
i.ee-' t t-pon our civil liistitutu ns t.y any tia-s or
se't of oitiz-ns. where would a'! good iiihtens
ra'lv f-.r pr-ite: tion against such an evil ? Thy
world le fo-md to cluster around the coiistitutioo:
they would gather about it like ti e faithful at
Mecca, and hold it up as an imj-assnble barrier to
such encroachment. Tin-re I shoul 1 le, in such
an event, to maintain this instrument for the be
nefit e.f al' el.isses and all denominations of Chris
tians. Rut how idle is it in those who pre
tend that the-ra be dang-r to the civil institutions
of the country, to announce, as a renie?dy, the
lestmction of tho greatest safeguard which our
institutions a'T rd.
So le n r as the people have ce.r.fidence in the
paramount law e.f the laud and revcrem-e its prin
ciples, so lng will it afford ainp'e prote-ction to
all : but if that instrument W overridden by tho
power of combination if it W thus demoralized
and weakened and the confidence of the people
alienr.teel from it, nnl encroachments should the-n
be att'-mrted, there might W cause for alarm, fir
th'e resisting such invasions wou'd W in the atr
titn le of an p.rmy with the fortress torn down and
the ordinance dismantled. Put enough of this
and trust' that I have suoi-oeded tu making mv
views known ti you on this grave subject.
I have Rai l none of the" thing' from prejudice,
for I am mys-lf a PenuBylvmian by 1 irth, and a
Pr testant by religious belief, as Wi"f my par -nfs
before me. but I have simply de-olaied principles
which I Ix-Hcve are c. .nsis'e-nt with the W.t inte
rests, the dearest rights. :.nd highest hoj.es of the
people of my native State. Nor elo I intend to
peak unkindly of in lividuaf citizens, who for my
reason may have connected themselves with the
associations to which I have bee n referring. I can
readily perceive how, clotheil with a novelty and
seerevy, the approaches of such ni institution
would be iusidiotts and seductive: and how a citi
zn of tie lost intentions might be drawn, within
its reaches. Put all such have a plain duty to
perform, and that is. to withdraw from the orler
to renew their adegian -e to the C institution,
and to assert theepg .:iy e.f free and indepeinlent
voters, and vote for whomsoever the-y please for
political office. ,
I have now, fellow citizens, saiel nil that the
limits of a communication of this kin! will per
mit, and trust I have made myself unders'o d on
all subjects relating my official ehities. The
issue must be with you. . I am confidential that,
in passins: upon my acts, you will n-t' test thtm
by a standard of perfection, for that is what hu
inanity cannot attain. In conclusion, let me as
sure you. that whatever your decision mvy be. it
shall n)t weaken my attachment to the piin'-inh's
I have declared, nor o-e n my zeal f t tlie welfare
of my native State, nor my admiration f'ryou
as a people.
Very respectfully, your fcl!ow--:tizevo,
WM. BIGLER.
Supposed Ulscovery of (Ite Steamer
City of ;iassoiT.
Nkw York, September 30. Captain Mc
Lcary. of the bark Mary Morris, from Glas
gow, reports that on the 18th of August, in
lat 53, long. 1G, lie Faw the hull of a large
iron vessel, painted Mack, with red bottom,
apparently Clyde-built, with three or four
compartments ; the wood work was entirely
burnt. Ho sent men aboard, who reported
seeing her machinery. Next day he saw a
full fomaie figure-head, sevyen feet high ; had
a wreath on the head, gilt stripes on dress,
with Lauds extended. Their impre.csion is
that it 13 the City of Glasgow but the City
of Glasgow had no figure-head such as de
scribed. M.,r o,"t " r- j- rt i
W-Wh. Bioler will be Governor c Peiosvl- i
ITvOIIlIilTIOX ! 1 !
To the Voters of Biatr County.
Ftlhm-C ii.-.eiif: The ui.dcr :gie d hrn
been appointed ly a n.cetiiig of clii -u oi
I'lair oountj, fu'en ily to the pa-.-:i-i of a le v
prohibiting the traoie in intoxieat ng diln'-,
as a conimittce to address you upor. tljls J.i
portnnt -uhject. Th me' ting bv v :' v
wore appointed, wsa h.-ld in purMianr . o p .
vious notice, in Iloili .'avshar-r oi Snr a . .
iScpten ber Id, and as the time in i."t. v.
cau only nt-k your inttdligent and cju-liii at
tontiou to a brief frumniKrv of ih .' rrasor.v
that we think oulit to induce every z io ¬
citizen to en to th- i:.olls -n.,1 -.t i oi? v..n
mtion-. V'e wish this outiou ti a- h-i h i'
! ' .
upon its i trii uicris. It is not a pa ty u ; -
tion. Ut the uuuor. !gnti cj j-.i.c .-ir cf on
party, i-ome of aiiothe r, and .'.-mo rc ue.'
partizans at all ; and w.-aj p al i- yr.y, lo t a
ki. liz-ius. Out as i t't'.2( r.s. as J '.i'j,.l..'f.-'-rs.
J'ttfriofx ami C in'.-,' i 'nit V r-fncif
ssk you to vote, r.ud to vote" in thoTea.-
Goi and the lova of K:a::, ai''c;-.!:r.2 to v-'u'
cohvictions of k?ght. Vi c pr .tond not ;,-v.'i.-tate
to our fello v-ciiiz-tis. t.ut to rvr.- n
tliem in tho sj.irit of l.iidnoss ati 5 of, rtn-hr.
In this spirit we t'thmit to y .,r calm ju i-r
n.cnt the fidhnving coRsidcuitums :
1st, No citizea t-an avoid . t; onr..:l,'l.'ty i:
this matti'r. Those who do not vote, un
counted witli tho majority, for thev s'l.m-lv
acquise'e. If you do not prot.-.-: a.a'r.s! tin
liejwor trafirc, by depositing vour vt , v ti
will be rocke-nod its frica i, unlo--s you are-
i v:
iri,
provhlontially
dfijd from eoinln ' to (!)-
polls. In a gicat ioor.il ejuestion t!i -n is :t
neutr;:! ty. lie that is not tor
prob'.l ition a
thinu's statoi, us a' amst it.
!d. GovciT.iiie-nt is designed for
lection of t!ic p'.Io uirairst r nj.
the pr
and t;
liejuor tridiic is t;,e e:.u-. of tl
maioi-i-
. e .1 , . , . -. , -
f-v of the wrr.'. ,vI!' t!j V ti0 of '
Invent. Pr.T.ioit the tramc m h-ju-.r, :.n
you stautica the most y, i c f.,ut:ta:n :'
crime, and ycrrow, and povtr'y, an ! death.
"Will you not vote to r.r..-ect the pec uru'ihrt tl
lreaa a Itdl lomptation tt nt i.e
to rotist: our youths iVi-ai the
that besets, them ; wives an : ch:
ahuso, t u t shame, end j ovtrtv,
ss ie. poe,
ire - (!;o-cr -i"
ll i.Tl f.'O'.li t!i
u-! suM-ritrr.
which this traffic brings up .it thoiu ; a
ciety from tho horrible di-e r l ey r.n I "
bttr ieiu- which this biij.in--.-s .c."t.-i--t.s ;
pou in f ivor of yr 'i tin the s I
Xlicn vi le fr prohibiti ,u.
' ic:r .
It
is
of no (irlenrfnjr either to th-.
,u ir -
er i
! society, lie ( ouiit uo o.-for ;
t
n'.uhor i.u-iu.- ?
wo.i' b mo: '
h
W'.'U-
I irv, and
jo lii.mensei v laore pr-p-ron.
4:h.
.-.it.r.t,
ins ir.i .iv' m
iu t':i - t-lif-ri ;
oi-taius or t
s i:i:Kiis-s
1 r ss, i .e i
r;:ti.-:. uo s-.
. 'i
n ! V"e
::u ti- :.rt-
r
lyo-utnlty.
n iou'ou-s 5.
e"-., bt.rgl I-
rio:-, 1 ato
Sabbr.th - brenhiug, i -1 i: ss,
profligacy, rap.-.s, su;cides, mur
rict beiinlrgs, thofig, rol leihs.
rhs. loss -f health, ' railroad nud ; t andjoat
disasters, 'wife-beat tng.child-a' using, po . city,
pauperism, and other uano.-l -.-s fit--r:u:.ii tiiut
spring directly fre-m tho iiiuior tiaiiic. Vi'Ill:
iu three years seve n prisons liave b(? n ti-i.-d
for murder iu our County Couit, nd in cecry
case the lhjuor trafiic was to blame, as. was
proven ia opeu court ! (if 1-io criminal trials
that have occurred in our court iu the fame
period, three-fourths were tractable to tho
same origsn, und in most of the other oases
there was a pres.umptiem of the same state e.f
facts. And iivo-scvcuth.s of the i::ii::tos of
our Poor House, ere there from causes con
nected with this traffic. This proves
6th. The liquor tram. cnonn lUily in?rcsrc
vif Tuxts. Crime and paup. rism are a great
expense to our count' and oar Sta e An
examination of the accounts if Lncaster
county, proves that v oce than h If of the
county lax paid by the people of that c. uity,
goes to Mipport the paupers and criminal
made by tho liquor traffic; and we are of
e.pinion that it is in our own county. Nov
is it f.ir and equitable, tliat all other trade
and oceupatio'is should bo taxed to pay for
the misehie f e-ecaiouoJ by this eireauiul traf
fic V Will you, t iIow-c;iizens, voto to in
crease our taxes by voting against prohibi
tion ? Will you, for the sake of lhpior deal
ers, vote money out of your own aul your
honest neighbor's p iciCcts ?
bth, Had vyo time to .-pr: a 1 the figures be
fore you, we can show by Qgures that cannot
lie, that this traffic costs this Commonwealth, i
by direct waste, and other 1 s.scs. forty-three I
million six hundred thousand de lia-s annual
ly ; more tiiaa enough to cancel our State
debt.
7th, But our plainest argument for the
prohibitory law is. it hut I cm tr'ed, and wiih
the ir.ot triumphant success. In Maine,
where it wa-s first tried, the people would not
give it up. Even thosi who oppo cd it once,
now plead for its eoutiuuenca. Thy fnd so
much le..s frlu3, a i l stic ring, an 1 paupe r
ism, and so m jch more peace, good or ecr an
business prosp rity, that they will not part
with it, j t us try it t o f
Such are some of our rosotis for asking our
fellow-citizens to help ,t and tusms:lves in
ibis good cause. And af.cr answering two or
three oM ctiorts, v.e will 1-ave; the tui ject
with God and the p eojd
(1
'.lection
1st. A rrohlbltorv law is un
constitutional. Let Chief J u-t tee Taney oi
the United tStrtes Couit. answe-r. "If any
Stat-J devms the retail and Interna tiaf.ic in
ardent spirit. injurious t hs eittzous, an 1
calcu'atfd to l.roduce idlen ss, crime, or de
bauchery, I sco nothing in the Constitutton of
the United States, to prevent it from regu'st
intr or restraining thc trafTic. or freun prohi
biting it altogether, if it tiilnk proper." And
so say the othe-r Jul. res.
Objection 2d, "The proposals to search
i for lhiuor. is an infringement of private
rights. Answer: not at all The law now
e lJ . imaf
.- iis, ni'.t tills law' docs nor rxfcjid t!o right
of y r-roh a vhit tari'ior ' I"aJi-r it a man
may have l:.s i r:vato liiuor u h? .t es noi
ke-
I :t
ili. The TiiArTJC is all it forbids
; 0
of th
the traPlc and you
t for erain r.nd ui-
tt' I)''
i 1 ' i
;ari"
r ; . nsvw
1-t, The law
!. i t. op ', '.".lif.'.i ".i iv.r - loir fori id fha
r r.tt stieu! u -e-, i.t.d cn .-l.alf of a!l tlift
u.a tc is thus u.-vd 2i, Even r.nw
.lie .. out .f ev rv a:v-four is e!is
: :.-.id" if tho vt'iolo iuaiiufcure worts
i eruhl ei-;iv ifsho a diTcrMiee at
of II ( nts per bubhe J. Slop half of
ado and thiao-f" tii tlii rf a c ut is the
i
mo.--.
:l.e i
ntii i st that It could afft'ft tho f ries. Hut,
I-t the
tiiir'y tVu-n.. fimiics in our
y r- tisoii of thih tranic, arc f-tint-
Mat-, that 1
Co 'i O tu
r uJ, ino.ii.ic turifiy., - and v.:-r more
d .' ... ruu.. :.u l a L.tuhet will be crc
il.o r.-ce.-s far be yon I that mr-.ue by
bv- tid a
at, J bv
te. o,-:::i' rtc-s
l:i-i e-'Iou
x u
bouc-r-m
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lot
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l.cr.s.
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e or trie t.;:
hr,- f o :,.
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' ui .y
the poor t
s r. i j:
Ml!
cit!?. e.iei p-'-verty
.u ve.t thtit tw- t.'.y
e( r ft. rn ;, ia or.'.cr
.ive -; get w- a'tl: Ihn
-d (ifuckard'ti f.im'Iy tn
a ili;jgai lLo 1: r-t'r-
no-. ,.:o
Lood a i
:ht to
r
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U'.t
Iz-'f-s: por.d. r thi
f t j c:, r.n a
Ku pa.'iio s, ii.-c ciiris-u-.vl'iii
wrons ii iliced
-ed tii? -,o0 irunVreia
: in s. j. iniuc i.i th
jy lite iiquor traio t.
i u-t in our S ;ite i:ir, tn
-iow::. Mr' ..l-;,'::i-if-,
;! o:.. 2id n-ur- c. ; rs. v
v oio. J h.n.c oi
r.
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;rs, snd fu'i-
tro'-u i inp.o-cl mid
nnd tin n tr-) to the
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v i. -.v.."
t-ti tit niair Comity.
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To
We. w u..l
rcsnectfuilj- .:. : La ::., you
:m :
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your f
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a. rs.-r..
. :rivc a
W oiti v. u
eii op jnl-sri-si t:i this
con: I i: ver ak you
.oy t,t
ies;;lous lo
b e!0-
:i.i oy ooii.
i-o that
0:g..i
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o e;-.crt uii ucr
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i;s to iiobic.: tl-eui to VCt?
O.i r foir covr.'ry tro-
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y a to l e ac'.iv
tlie.Olis, Jo oa f
:' t. UT.ti! thir
ut of vt C:m
find overt
th - m rojht
riiiArrrL
c.r.v,c-."d;h.
f I
v-cltlzens,
Al -:. M. Llord.
I.Ic-J Kiihrh.t,
J. il March,
CI, i la. 11 -oil ,
lie: r.
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Jatn:
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i ir-!. ii tv,- i-i; Wings the control of
.'or'
iol-
ot li:-:
Do tr
s c . t ii- cit iy V
y not re ,'iiro cv:
,V'. o...
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h;g cauui-
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VoU to ot"
.s a tuitivo
F. ,(!,.
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Do :h y :.ot
again Ui e-or
repulrc orcry one of
e i-'arsie because h-j
oi io .i.auo ;
Do tli y u -t require, you l? pro
seriho every c It'zon who ir; of forc-ia 1 ie
in
Fifth. Is rot every lc.uiocra-.ie Know
.V.othiiig ol) -ving Whig orders V
Si.it. . Do not the Whig Know Nothings
desire the ,lef. r-.t o" Chief dustice Black?
Sete-ith. llavo they n'ot given it up that
they cannot do it ?
Kiglth. Does not every Know Nothing
.'wot- tliat the oath he may hae taken is not
in an- sense biiiuii.g :
AVi'v. What will auv Democrat rain bv
giving t',10 St :t?
hniuistrati jn to the Whigs
i'..r the
" Tutl
xt th.:ee y.tars 'i
Is not that tho main design of
Whir Knnv Not'i'ngs at the pr, suit time t
Eleventh. W.ll any Deiuoirat help tbejU?
Exlrm-lve fofis-Hoa
ritiui' Li'inu Octo or 2 -
. Accident.
The largo four
st ry '-td eyfiisi - '' st r Mid belonging to
Me.-s .C French f-Co., on th j Kidge Iload,
Oelow 'aiiotvn.il st:-tt. was Completely 'e
s p.vel by fire, Loiw-en 1 and H o'clock yes-t-rday
morning. Abut 1 o'clock smoke wan
eioserved issuing from the second stsry, and in
a short time th-C'tire bail-ling wa in flames.
The S.-cuiea and pDliecmca wom on tLe ground
in iaege tittiubors ut a.i e-.irly hour , aud labor
el liar' to save it, but their efforts were un
successful, and at 3 o'clock the entire place
y-s a :.. :. p 1 " -...".rjl.itjg ruins. A dwelling
lioui-v adj .inlng the u;i)l, rn Crown street, and
t ro frame bui. il'tgs c-n Cullav.hiil street were
s i'htiy dr.mr.g d. Tli- latler wore uicl as
s:oro rooms for g:tm: d plaster, gorno, Ac,
and the contents we-.-o s.tvc.1, but cvorythiui
in the mill w:.s totally destroyed. T.:e total
loss is abont .lo.OO K
About 2 o'clock the north-gable cn.'i of tin
building foil ever up .n the frame b -."deling ou
Cadowhiil street, crushing in the roof. Seve
ral pe rson' w: ro in the second story room at
the time, who made a narrow c.aonpe f oni in
turv. One yuut Man named George Sha p,
a i reman of the Fri-m Isl.-lp K. gin ? Company
wa- c. t.u'iv burned in the ruins Lieutenant
'.I'-Kt v an-I ouice-! V' -ii'-j i.i met lia'o-ly t to
work n"i ' :ei- :ed the i .? rt ;.n e mm f o:n
h rTvosltln. inl onve.-d Jem to h s rcsi-
der.ee. Hi?. injar.Ca ar ra te: e.tious.
Tiiyutrrr.
Nkw Yc-rs. Scptetuhcr li ) A police of;
cer named James Cathi'i was shot dead r.t
three o'clock this m mlng, vvliilc attempting
to arrest s-iaa lurgLrs. Three men were
... i
rr"rt-d ott FUptciou
A jn-iv ate despatch from Hong Kong, dated
lu'y 'Sli. says tbat Con mo lore l'er'V had
nnived there. La lton
was ciuiet. Ciiineso
families wore lcavintr.
Bostov. Se'.i.ordvr .'h'). Thomas Ccj
was exocutc ! in tae j ul yard at East Cam
brid"e, this morning, for the murder of Mr.
and Mrs. Tayt r, at Xatick, fightcen montL-Ti
r.TO. lie n'ade no spoech, aad died bard,
showing 6igns of life foitv minutes fur thi
djrejn fill-
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