J)tranrratnnb Jrniiiul. ichabd wmir: :n:::::::::::nKSRT c. dbvixe if SITS DEVISE, Kditort and Proprietors. EBEWSBURG. WEDNESDAY MORNING::::::: :APRIL 11 ,XSL Subscribers to the Democrat If Sentinel, who changed their resident on the first of April. will please notify us, so that their papers can be properly mailed. - . Conemaugh County. We publish in to-day's paper, the proceedings upon the passage of the bill fof the erection of thia county through the House of Representatives. We do this for the purpose of placing them upon record, acd that the people of the whole county " may be fully informed Upon a subject ou which " they are so deeply interested- The bill is now before the Senat, but as yet, no acuon nas oeen naa upon 11. u isiest in formation from Harrisburg. leads us to suppose. r X it may possibly be defeated in that body, at lst if the voice of the people of Cambria, as ex pressed by their numerous remonstrances, and meetings in every township in opposition to the preject, is listened to. We shall endeavor to keep our readers posted up upon the progress of the bifl. ' Andrew Stewart. One of the peculiar characteristics of the un constitutional organization recently established, is that it seeks the support, and courts the com mendation of the exploded offal, that once hung their hungry hopes on the banner of the Whig party. Of this fact, there are not wanting abun dant instances. Among the most recent is the Harlequin demonstration made in Fayette county, . by Andrew Stewart, before an American Meeting. Andrew, incidentally called, about the time the mretuig was being held, albeit. Lis destination was elsewhere, than " Mount Washington." He spoke a speech, in which he du-gorged the accu mulated bitterness of years. He falsified history distorted facts, and tore the " tarpaulin " from the scalp of the first vagrant who sounded the ral lying cry of Know-Nothingism, and incontinently mounted it upon his "gourd." This fellow Stewart, once disgraced the Halls cf Congress. He now indulges in the luxury of private life, and only breaks out in public demon strations, for the purpose of having his meanness, and hi mendacity, kept in enduring remem brance. " ' There is no Fool so Great, as the Foal-hardy ! It is a controlling principle of fanatacism, that the efforts of its votaries invariably outrun the boundaries of discretion A singular infatuation the light of intelligence, possesses them, until their folly, and their rashness; can only claim from their fellow-citizens the tear of pity, or the sneer of contempt. tPity, for their grovelling manifes tations of human infirmity ; and contempt, for the puerile and "fool-hardy" efforts to force or bend the rest of mankind, down to the 'Standard of their own folly. . We have been led to the foregoing reflections from a consideration of the circumstances which surround us, and whilst we do not arrogate to ourselves the right of controlling the conviction-' of others, we repel, with scorn, any attempt by whomsoever made, to manacle the freedom of our thought, or the legitimate exercise of our con stitutional privileges. It would be well if the in considerate, or the malignant, would ponder for a while upon what must necessarily be the ulti mate consequences of their own temerity, and of their indirect interference with the private and sacred rights of others. We would gently insin uate to these vam pyres of private character, that they should first ' dung out" the " Auj Stab'" of their own consciences, befere they went abroad in search of objects of unsought sympathy! We Fesn on the Rendition of Slaves. A curious document has come to light, show ing Wm. Term's opinions in regard to slaves be ing returned to their masters. It was made pub lic in an Interesting speech of Mr. C. S. Ward' before the Pioneer Historical Society, at Oswego, Y. Mr. W. says it is marked " William Pea ii, to the Susquehanna Indians," and is to be found in the archives of Tenns Ivania. Here it is: ' ' . Mt Good Fbiekds : The people of New York having again wrote earnestly to me about those prisoners taken by you, especially ye woman and ye boy, saying that they bought tLeiu fairly of the Governor of Carolina, was sold them for slaves. And they being very good Friends and Neighbors, and all under the same King. I must therefore desire you to deliver the said Woman and Boy to. the bearer hereof, Silvester, who will ' carefully carry them to New Castle, and there put them on board of a vessel bound directly for Sew York and by so doing, you will greatly oblige WM. PEN'N." George Washington's Opinion. The following letter we commend to the seri ous consideration of the " Know-Nothings," whose interpretation of the Constitution of our country appears to te widely different from that of its framers. - , . . . To the General Committee, representing the United Baptist Churches in Virginia. Gehtlemkn : If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed by the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger the religious rights of aT ecclesiastical society, certainly J never would hate placed my signature toil; and if I could not conceive that the genera! govern ment might even be so administered as to render the liberty of conscience insecure, I beg you will bo persuaded that no one would -be more zeal. us than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution. For you doubtless re member I have often expressed my sentiments that any man conducting bimseli as a good citi zen, and being acoouu table to God alone for his religious opinions, ought to be pnta-Ud in wor shiping l7ie c Deity according to the dklattsof his own conscience. I atr, gt ntleman, vour most obt servant, GEORGE WASHINGTON. A Patriot after his Bounty tancL. The following is a copy of one of the t Wp thous and letters Applying for . bounty t lands under the law of the last session of Congress, which were received yesterday, at tLe Pension Bureau. The frog sticker" referred to which was sent along, carefully done up by way of circumstantial proof of the applicant's rervlce as claimed.is ap old fishioned half-butcher's knife and half cut-and- thrust sabre'and looks as though it may have gone through all., the wars of our country, from the old French war to the last encounter with the Sioux' on the great overland joute to Oregon. Star, - . v" Washisqtos, March 27th. Mr. Commissioner of Petitions : -.-I . ' ". ' I send youmyfrrg sticker.",. I was in the war at blAdemburg, and 1 used this saber like a true solf er. I want you to give me land, as tl.ey say you am the man for that bisinets, and I want you to send r.v land to me by the rale rode, so that I can fr.l it. and I wait you to give the frog-sticker to the C- nzresa of America, for I see that old president jarkson had his sord give to to that be nevolent Bsifum, or you may give it to the vv ash ington monument . Your friend, . ' . Eltos Beea'tv COThere are three papers in New York which are narticularlv down on the " d d furri- ners" of all kinds the Albany State Register, Rochester American, and Buffalo Commercial Ad vertiser, and yet strange to say, the leading men of these pappers are of foreign extraction. . Lacy one of the proprietors of the Register, was bora in England. Mann, of the Rochester American, was born in Scoil-ind, and until he was 1 4 years of age, peddled itch ointment around Edinburg. Parmlee of the Buffalo Commercial the man of the " twenty-five dollar character," was au Eng lish soldier, and left the army one day nnder the escort of one drumtner and two rope-ends. These are the men, who are now " rallying round the constitution," and who insist that foreign influ ence will yet undermine the liberties of the nation. Queer people those Hindoos. So says the Knick erbocker, and so say we. .The Cocbt of Claims. A Washingten let ter says that the act establishing the Court of Claims, pro rides for three Judges, but omits to designate the mode of appointing the Chief or Presiding Justice. It is indispensable to the effi ciency of the Court, that it should have, a Chief Judge, as in the organization of the Supreme Court. The th.ee Judges were all nominated at the same time, and were confirmed at the same time, so that no seniority of appointment can be referred to as designating the Presiding Judge. The Judges can dispose of the question by lot. The extent of the business of the Court will soon become so great as to require an increase of the number of Judges to at least as many as now con stitute the Supreme Court. .... : 55-The following was a pretty fair specimen of the way they do business in California." E bb of the Town- Talk, San Francisco, thus replies to would-be antagonist : " We nave receive! a fighting note from a gen tleman who finds fault with some of the watcuts of our paper. It maybe proper to state for his information that the fighting part of the editorial business of the Touti-Tail; ''s done at present by the proprietors themselves they cannot, afford to pay us these hard times, for taking charge cf that branch of the office. When 'any offend! party gets through with them, if there is any little bal ance of injuries remaining unsatisfied, out of friend ship for them, we will endeavor to wipe it out." The In lian Appropriate ns made this year by Congress amounted to $2,277,596. The larg est payment to an one tribe is that to the Mis sissippi Sioux, bciDg $205,800. If this money . coul 1 ever reach the Indians.it would do them an immense quantity of good but it dt es not. Ac cording to Senator Houston, sixty cents out of every dollar voted to the red man is eaten up by the government agents. We cheat the Indians till they become desperate when we declare war and rob them of their lands. CO An act has been approved by the Governor, providing " that, in al1 cases in which new town ships, boroughs or election districts shall Ye erec ted, or the bounds of any election district chauged under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, the court of quarter sesion8 erecting -r changing the same, sha'l fix the places for n !ding the elections, which shall continue to be the tlace for holding elections uutd the same shall be charged according to tie provisions of said act ; and the said courts shall also appoint the officers for holding the first election in any township, borough or election district so erected." Lcgislaitve Prepaid Postage. It will be seen by the following that letters can be sent to members of the Legislature and the Executive without prepayment, as heretofore : . In the Senate, on Thursday, April 5, 1855, the Speaker laid before the Senate the follow ing letter from the Postmaster at Harrisburg, which was read : Post Office, ) Hahuisbcko, April 4. 1855 ' j To tlie Jlonoralfe ISjteaker and members of the Senate f letmylvania. Gentlemen : l am directed by the Post master General to eav, that "the htate of Pennsylvania Tiaving provided by legislative enactment for the payment of postage uku all mail matters sent to or from th Executive, or to or from the members of the Legislature, and these facta being known to the Department, all letters addressed to said parties without the rpostaje being paid at the mailing office, should not be classed as vnp.id letters, but must be tared with the proper amount of postage, to I paid at Harrisburg, where provision for such payment has been made." Respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN II. BRANT, Fottnuister. Jew Conntids The N Y. Ilerald, in discussing upon another hope, thus incidently hits the nail on the head, in the matter of getting up new counties : "In the old Atlantic States when the little country politicians find themselves thrown out they start up the project of a newcounty and they get a new county, with its court-house, and all the officers of a county. . Thus the counties are increasing in all the larger States of the Union. In Virginia for example, many of the counties have been divided and subdi vided into new counties, until the poople find it hard to pay their taxes ; but still they ' are always in favor of a new county, a new count seat and a court house of their own. It gives' them ome importance in the world ; ajt4 . the epoIUmn Wd tb way. :.- Know ITothing: Oath. ' -; - -i -In the cdurse of Judge Douglass admirable speech bcfor9 tha Democracy - of Richmond, Va. , on Tuesday evening last, he gave the fol lowing happy and forcible application of the events, connected with the rash oath of Herod to the swearing .made necessary in order to become a Know-Nothing : : "In conclusion,, my friends, if any of you, under false allurements, have, at an unlucky hour entered the Know-Nothing CauucQ and assumed its obligations, let me conjure you, as you revere the Constitution and love the Uuioo, tnstautly to withdraw yonr allegiance from a Council whose forms of proceeding and princi ples of political action are in consent with your paramount duty to your country Iet uo false scruples in regard to the binding obli gations of unlawful oaths no timid dread of the resentments of idle, illiberal, and unworthy associates, impel you forward m a line of con duct which your consciences cannot approve. Take warning from tne example of Herod, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures. ; That mon arch, we are told, in . the plentitude of his power aud his pride at a feast in honor of uis birth-day, became enamored 'with the charms and dancing of the daughter of his wife by her first husband. In the fullness of his heart, and the delerium of his passions, he said to the damsel : . " Ask of me whatsoever you may choose, and it shall be given unto you, even to the extent of oae-halfof my King dom. And as au evidence of. bis sincerity and devotion, he affirmed his promise by an oath as solaiun and terrible as was ever in in istered in a Know-Nothing Council. - The damsel, after consulting her mother, said to II rod, J will that you give me by and by, the head of John the .Baptist in a chafger.", Herod was exceedingly 6orry; for hff feared and loved John, and knew him to be a true and holy man. ' -My oath ! my oath!" he exclaimed, and in obedience to that unlawful oath he directed the executioner to bring the bead of John the Baptist in a charger, and give tt to the damsel, who immediately presented it to her mother in atouement of the mortal offence cf having said that the marriage to the brother of her husband was unlawful. Let the example of Herod be a . warning to all men how they violate their conscience in obediance to" unlaw ful oaths. Are you prepared, my friends, at the bidding of a Know-Nothing Council, to become the executioners of that great party with whose organization you were born, and whose principles you vindicate ? Are you prepared to become the instruments of a secret cabal to bring in the heads of the Democratic party in a charger, and to present them to her mother Federalism, in atonement for the una- enged injuries which iu former daySithe Jeffersonian Democracy have inflicted upon her pride and houor 7 Uetter had it been for Herod, yea a thousand times better for his fame in this world, and for his salvation in the other, had he acted in obedieuce to his own conscience by recalling his unlawful oath, and preserving the tile of tne noly man whom be feared and loved ! lietter tor you, yea a thousand fold better for your own reputation and honor, for your children and your couutry that you should act in obedience to your own conscientious sense of justice and right that you should instantly withdraw your allegiance irom these Jvnow-JNothing Councils, and prove your fidelity to those principles for which you cherish a hereditary reverence fidelity to that political Organization whose triun.phs constitute the chief renown of this glorious old Dominion that gavo you birth I" XSThe Chainbersburg Hepository and Whig has been "brought up standing" by a learned subscriber, as appears by tue follow ing from that paper : A Subscriber Overboard I It is well for Editors to be ' brought up standing " once iu a while by the more discerning of their eub scribcrs. It brightens their ideas, refreshes their deference for public seutimcnt; and enables them to correct the errors into which they are so liable to fall. For the life of us we never knew until the following delectable epistle gravely informed us of the fact, thut we have been building up either the. foreign or catholic interests indeed we have been laboring under a singular hallucination that we have uuiformerly leaned the other way ; but it is evident that a gentleman so thoroughly versed in our language so liberal and enlight ened in his views, and patriotic in his aspira tions, cannot be mistaken ; and we defer as complacently as we ean while we affectionately commend him to the more congenial rays of the Transcript. We omit the name for the sake of the writers children : Iuekcersbvro March 29 mr. A. K McClure Dear sir at the close of my subscription for your paper which is the first of may I wish it to stop as I dout wish to take it any longer at present as your course of late in the American reform does not meat with my approbation I hope you wount call this proscription because I cant help your to to pull down the amcrican party and biid up the forran and romancathlick party. - yours The gentleman is probably opposed to the Engltsh language because it is of" forran " origin Tue Case of Estrampes. The Washington Union noticing the execution of Estranjpes says: "X bus was sacrinccJ American tite in the person of a young man of excellent char acter aud noble impulses. Vv hcttur be wai tried conformably to the seventh article of our treaty with Spain, is for our government to determine. The mockery of a trial to which he was subjected, called forth an earnest, solemn protest from our acting consul at Ha vana; and it should also be lorne in mind that E6trampes was tried for au offence committed before martial law had been proclaimed by the captain-general. The execution of Estram pes has caused the most intense excitement, not only in Havana, but throughout the island Mr, Thompson, our commercial agents at Sagua, had not left Havana. ' . ' . CO" A Tyneside emigrant, writing homo from Melbourne, says : Oa our casting anchor ia Hob son3 Bay, a newspaper reporter came on board and furnished us with copies of that morning's Argus; and the first thing which caught my eye was a report of a meeting of " the unemployed," which had been held the previous day on Flag staff Hill, and attended by about 1,500 of the working classes of Melbourne. Very agreeab'e news, this, to men who had come 16.000 m'iles in the expectation of selling their la or to advan tage! ' j ' I .'l.,?116 population f Ceeldng.iu Australia, in isii. M4;ia iS5ttwa3 20,000. . SUMMARY OF NEWS. " C?"The produce of the gold mines of California and Australia, during the year 18C5.' is reported at ninety-seven millions of dollars ; California. 51, 506,132, and Australia, 42.333,430. ' J7A complete lUt otthe Census returns of Kansas, shows the total population of the terri tory to be 8,500. Of these 5,088 are white males, 3,373 hite females, and 192 slaves. There are 408 foreigners. CGeii. T. S. Cunningham, of Mercer county. Pa., long familiar in political circles, and one of those Democrats who voted for the character of the United StaUs Bank of Pennsylvania, died re cently at Mercer. - QThe Custom House receipts at New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, for the first quarter of the present year, show a falling off of 4,002,290, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. . , - .; . (C7The Massachusetts Houye of Representa tives has passed to a third reading a bill prohibit ing the exclusion of colored children fnm any of tl e public schools, and the act will probably pass both branches with slight opposition. CO-The Maine Law has passed in the . New York Senate, by a vote of 21 to 11. It has yet to pass the House in at. amended form ; and this, it is said, will be accomplibhed. - The prospect therefore is, tliat it will oon be a law. ," (XJ-Keal Dow, the author of the Maine Liquor Law, has been elected Mayor of Portland. OO-TLe returns from Iowa, as far as received, indicate the . success of the Prohibitory i Liquor Law.; .- "'-';'. ,. " ' - v ; There are no Jess than twelve individuals in the Tombs of New York, charged eithei with man slaughter or murder. ' ; . (Xf-The . deep Artesian Well at Charlestown, after affording a transient supply of water, refuses to yield any mere. Major Welton is still emphy ed on it. ' . , - ... Wm. C. Flournoy, a Democrat, and ..brother to the Know-Nothing candidate for Governor, has taken the stump for Wise.. O30nc of the last acts of the Emperor Nicholas was to present a diamond ring to a writer named Ilotchoff, fora pamphlet entitled "The Truth About England,' .' j & " ' Tinto, who was recently executed at Havana had a private fortune of 200,000. He was the father of six or seven children, some of very ten der years... ''r .CO-Mrs. Cass, wife of the U. S." Minister at Rome, died suddenly in that city ou the 3rd of March. - " , t' CCfr-Tbe Democrats of Tenneisee met in Conven tion ia Nashville, ou Tuesday, the 2Cth ult., and nominated Akdbew Johssok," the present Gov ernor, for re-election. .The contest, it is pre sumed, wil! be between hira an.d the Hon. M. P. Gextsy. who has announced hiinselfa candidate. C7"TLe New Orleans Picayune," of the 27th ultimo announces the death of Mrs; TelithaTwiggs, wife of Major General Twiggs, of the United Statss army. ... J ' . V Crj-The manufacture cf rsaccaroin lias b ea com menced in thjs country by Mr, llecker. of New York. It ia mud to be as good as that made in ita,y . .. . OO-The Emperor Nicholas, by his wi-1, which was opened after his death by the present Emper or, expresses a with that the duration of the mourning on the occasion cf his death should be shortened as much as possible. 0Lctters from Berlin state that the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas (brothers of the pre sent Emperor of Russia,) left Sevastopol on the 13th inst., on their reture home, occasioned by ill health. The State Grand Council of Know-Nothir gs, which was in session in Lancaster last week, broke up on Thursday afternoon in confusit n. The cause of the difficulty is understood to be opposition to the proposed open organization. Gen. Camer on, ex-Governor Johnson, and Gen. Irvin, were among those who left the Council in disgust at the proceedings. (jcj-The Green Bay Advocate, speaking of the cold weather, says an Indian was found dead, from " the whiskey freezing in his stomach. OOOf 64,000 voters in Connecticut, only 8,000, it is stated, are adopted citizens. OO-In the Gaines case, at New Orleans, a new trial lus beeu refused. (Xr-Parson BaowNLOW, of the Knoxville (Tcnn.) Whig intimates it as his belief that two-thirds of the Methodist clergy belong to the Know-Nothing organization. The Parson is. of course, a mem ber. .. . OJ-Tbe New Jersey Senate has postponed the Prohibitory Liquor Law bill, until next session. Q-The Mclntyre estate, bequeathed to the city of Zanesvil e, Ohio, it is said, now amounts to about $300,000 tha annual proceeds of which, in interest, rents, &c, are tbe appropriated to the support of a sch4 for the poor. OO-A young German has been arrested in New York, charged with an attempt to bum a dwelling, on which he had effected an insurance for two hundred dollars. . ; Samuel L. M. Barlow, Esq., has been ap pointed assignee in New Yor k, of the property of Page, Bacon & Co., of St. Louis. " 0C7"Tue Lumber going down the Susquehanna river, this spring, is of greater amount than during any previous season. fcJ-The King of Prussia has given permission to have the magnificent statue of the late King, Frederick William HI, sent to the Paris Exhibi tion. 03-Hr. James M. Porter has resumed the the practice of the law, -with improved health, as we learn from the Easton papers. fXJ"RoBEHT D. Carson, Esq., cashier of the Lancaster County Bank, died suddealy, of apo plexy, on Saturday last. ; ' l""The Legislature of New Jersey adjourned sine die at 12 o'clock on Friday. " 03-According to late advices from Hamburg, a special committee concerning emigration ia soon to be established in that city. . 03-An act to restore the voting by secret ballot in Massachusetts, has passed the House of Itepre- ! 'teeatstivw. - . Poi. the Democrat St Seatinet. -"Coming Events cast their Shadows before them." - , Messos. Editors : Permit me to make a few remarks in the columns of your paper, upon a subject which interests every good titizen. " Coming events cast their shadows before them." For some time back it has been suspected, that the Allegheniao was favorable to the Know-Nothings, from the fact, that it contained nothing ad verse to their proceedings. Its Editor seemed careful to avoid publishing many good ppeeches in opposition to the Know-Nothings. Joseph i. Chandler's speech. Judge Man-hall's speech, of Baltimore, and Wiley Harris letter, were not even noticed. TLese thing shadowed forth very strong ly the feelings of the E liter ; but, ti e lat week's issue raisad the veil, it is no longer a doubtful question. Is the hitherto Whig organ, to sink down to a Know-Nothing sheet ? No ! It is that already. I will just quote the eentimcnta of the Editor of the AUegheuian of last week. Hear him. ' The mysterious Know-Nothings, seem to increasing in numbers and strength, in all quar ters, 'notwithstanding the many silly and Ion g winded exposes that aie published with such avid ity by their opponents, &c." " The local elections in Pennsylvania, show a decided majority in favor of Sam," aud we shouldn't wonder at all if he carried ti e State next fall by 50,000. Thouglupers nally, we have n othing to make by it, we don't care a cent if he does. His triumphs are, generally over the old enemy, and the fl'&ig party can afford to be s-eal-lowed up in the viclury, seeing that our last state is not any worse than the fint, but in our opinion decidexUy improved.": " If Sam" is honest in bis professions, tc wUl at least hate a share in Ute general disfribu- turn of faeors. which rdrdy feil to ovr lot hereto fore. " Sam", is a glorious institution, &c. Now is it cot evident that the Editor of the AUcghenian is with Sam." The exposes which, have been made, and which seem to sting him so much, may appear to him silly and lang-winded enough ; no doubt they are too long-winded for him; but why does he not -show in what their silliness consists, since he contr-ls a Pies, icd has every advantage to expo.-, in turn, the cx p sss. He has merely said that they were sUly and long-winded, he should have added, nn lis opinion. Now I differ with the Editor slightly. I think" those silly exposes are beneficial, inas much as they put unsuspecting individuals on the alert, that they may not be seduced to fall under the tyrannical yoke cf Sam." J' Though personally we have nothing to make by it, we don't care a cent if he does." It would appear then, that the Editor's patriotism amounts to the all-absorbing question now-a-days will it pay ? O sh:une, where is thy blush ! Oh my country! A little further on be says "The Whig party can afford to be swallowed up in victory, as bis triumphs are generally over the enemy." AUow me to ask ti e Editor how many Whigs will be swallowed up iu ruin ? Do not the Whig of this county number men who will lose all their political rights ; in 11 word, will not many who assist In ethe obtaining the victory, be disfranchised ? Or will "Sauv'iu the event of victory, nvike an exception in fivor of those for eigners ' Catholic.8, native Catholics as we!! as foreign does the Editor presume that the Whig i . e free from those objectionable citi zens? 1. ue does he' is very much mistaken. Let ma "tell him that Cambria- cuiuty, ccnia!ns more foreigners, in proportion to its population, than any other couiity in the State, and more Catholics in the same proportion ; not foreign Catholics either, but men born and raised in the county the descendeuts of the first settlers, whose greatest difficulty sixty years ago, was not Kuow Nothingism, but how to make a happy home r their posterity. Yes, many of their descendents belong to the Whig party, and of course they would be swallo red up (not in victory.) but in ruin; for altnough their ancestors fought ia the Revolution, and they themselves were bom in the county. lieverthcKs, they are Catholics. Verily, the Editor of the Alleghc-nian prei-umes upon the credulity of his supporters with a ven geance ! He certainly pays them a high compli ment if he thinks his readers can be hood- winked by such vague cvpreiiins " Though personally we havo nothing to make by it, we don't care a cent if he does." Heretofore, it has been a matter of surprise to me, that nun could believe that Benighted Paputs" had n opiuions of their own ; that they were so fascinated by the charms of Triestcraft. that they could neither see, nor hear, nor think, except by means of their mirrors. the "wily Priests." I confess it is no longer a matter of astonishmeut that men believe such things, when they place such a low estimate upon the enlightened iutellect of the Whig party of the nineteenth century, as to imagine that they are so obtuse (at least a great portion of them,) as to commit political suieide by encouraging such treacherous sheets as the Allegheuian. We don't care cent if he does." Will the Whigs endorse this 7 Will, at least, the Whigs of foreign birth endorse it 1 W.ll the native Cath olic Whigs endorse it? If they do, then they deserve the fate which is undoubtedly in store for them if Sam" succeeds. Will their last state not be any worse than the first 1 Will it be de cidedly improved, when they are deprived of their rights and treated as malefactors, as outlaws, un worthy of any trust ? Perhaps, I misconstrue the remarks of the Editor. I believe I understand him now. The Editor in shaking of the Whig party, means himself and a few noted individuals who possess all the intellect of that party, who look upon the balance of it, as the mechanic does his tools, mere automatons, which they can move as best suits their interests, which can be employ ed to lift them into power and opulance, and hav ing accomplished that, will (true to their nature,) know nothing of the machines that elevated them, but spurn them as a vulgar ignorant herd, un worthy of their confidence or respect. "If "Sam" is honest in his professions, we will at least have a share in vhe general distribu tion tf favors, which rarely fell to our lot hereto fore." What am I to understand by this- sen tence 7 I have twisted it every way I possibly could to put a charitable construction upon it ; but the only meaning it renders is my patriot ism is so deep, devoted, ardent, that I care not a cent, what becomes of my country, provided I can fatten on the spoils. I love my couutry in proportion to my pay ! I care not if Beelzebub, or (what is worse in the Editor's estimation,) the Pope, had i.er, if he would share the spoils with me. The Editor reminds me of the Pedagogue cf rslerri. Thi man. preferred th fr -f Ottil ias, the Soman General, to Lis d y & f tha Editor and the Knotr-Noihmgs pr&r & distri bution of favors to their duties, and he under pre tence of taking . his scholars out to walk for tha good of their health, bastly delivered up the chil dren as hostages to C iiUus, just as the Editor" would deliver up his dupes for a share in the di. tribution of favors ; but Camillas caused his sol diers to seize the vile traitor, fo tear oil his clothes, to tie his hands behind him, and to furnish tb boys with rods, that they might whip him back into the city, remarking at the same time, that a General should re'y only en his own virtue, and not upon the treachery and buscnees cf ethers. So should a party rely upoa':.its"own virtue, and not upon the basciM of Kitow-NoUiingism. The Editor of the Algbenin, could profit by the re mark of this Pagan Gtm rl. Oh how deplora ble ! how humiliating to the true American, that such base treachery is pul lihhed aud circulated in our midst, poisoning the hearts of our youth, and ultimae!y obliterating therefrom, every feel ing of true patriotis-m. It is shameful that good and responsible men do cot take charge of onr Whig organ, and thus preserve the reputation of Cambria, at least cf the northern portion. If such f entimerits I rtromnl ?ited here, how mtn companies of volunteers could be mustered to not only defend, but invade the enemy's territory. Oh I fear that the education of the Editor, in com mon with the Know Nothings, has been sadly neglected. And if he had had the good fortuaa to be instructed in bis duty to his country by that Great Bug-bear the Cattulic Churcli--kia anxiety would not be does it pay 1 but is it my duty ? Oh how sublime are those sentiments which she inculcates. " Your first duty is to God, your second to your country;" contrast theta with the Editor's. " Ev.es it pay V Iieur I Lave trrsnakstd tstft tiiufh alre&dv ines . 1 - rf . t your pntienre, but you will exruf me. as I "am unsophisticated. This U 013 that atUmpt, tad I hope it will be my bw-t, at least on such an occa sion. "Your, &c, . AG HI COL A Xfeeting at Sumniitville. At a meeting of the Luty of the Roman Catho lic congregation cf the borough cf Sumniitviilr held in their church on Sunday cvenirr;, April 1st, 1855. -Oa motion, Mr. John Ivory, was appointed Vice Presidents; M. M. Adams, and James. M difiie; Secretaries. The object of the meeting hvln bees brs2y stated, ' ' ' Oa motion, D. A. Magohan, A. J. IfcMuHec H. J. Mt&oikey, Henry A. Brawji, and Vclcii tine Krcamer, were appointed a committee to draft resolutions expressivo of the tense of tho meeting, who ia due time reported through their Chairman, Mr. Magehan, the fallowing pream ble and resolutions. Wheucas, A bill was introduced into the Sen ate of the S:ate of Pennsylvania, by a Mr. Price, on the 17th dar of Januar last, in rc.'at:on to Corporations, and also real property " held fur, religious aud charitable purposes." And Whereas, We tLe laity of the Eoroaa G-.tholic Congregation at the Summit, Cam 6n county, Pennsylvania, deeming that our rights as American citizens would te invsded by the pa si'ge of two objectionable sections of the aforesaid bill, pectious sixth and seveuth which provid for a material change in the statute cf this State, approved 2Sth FeLrunry, A. D. 16-44, under th provisk-ns of which w is vested in the R-cian "Catholic Bishops tif Philadelphia and l'ittburj. all Human Catholic cburch property in ti.e;r cuo cesef, in trust, as agents, f-4r the tvertl Cf ngre gatioiis ; and being opposed from the experience of the vr.t. to a recurrence to the abomirab's .r a - " Trustee System," which was rlwsj and in most of our coacgr.ticns charicterid by szm dal, -bickering and cisjejitiwas. .:- ar.y such chanqe being maiie, cor-ccivi:: j; tt to to unwise, fraught with mischief and dni-ct'on?, amongst the members of our churches, and un cuRoifor by any Kjmak CATliOLIC congregation vitltin this State. And whereas. Deeming it to b? a awred right, guaranteed to all religious denominations wkhou: i-esject to sect or jeriuaion, by tbe Constitution of the Unitod States, as well us cf the S:a:e ?f Pennsylvania, to worship Almighty God accord ing to tl.e dictates cf conscience, and through ami by which tbey have acquired the right to manage their church property .as to them mty seeni meet and proper, unless in plain contraven tion of law. P-o it, therefor?, Jltsclved 1st, by the Hcman Catholic lay members ff the Summit Congregation , That we are opposed to any cbaugc in the laws of this State, which may have a tcuder.ey to up root a "sound" red judicious course of policy " adopted by the Roman Catholics in this State, ia ' placing their church property, in trust, in the hands of their liinbops, which tbey oidy held fi the benefit and behoof of tl-e various congrega tionsderive no benefit therefrom, and as a mat ter of course, this trust, like the cloak of 171. as, which descended upon Eliseus, vents no moie power in thz succeeding Bishop, than ihct derived from his predeo.Rsnr. Ittsdtid 2d. That, inasmuch, as no Catholic congregation within the boundaries of thia State," or any large body cf that denomination, have petitioned for a change in relation to the holding of church property, and as it is a woll-knowu f nd established fact, that nine-tenths, or more, of the Roman Catholics of this State, are opposed to any cbai;ge in 1 elation thereto, we hereby not only PKOTtsT against the passage of the objec tionable sections of the aforesaid bill, by the Leg islature, but request the members thereof, to use all honorable and fair means to d fat the passage ' of tle objectionable sections of Air. Price's bill, believing, as we do, that it would be in defiance of the genius and fpirU of our Republican Institu tions, t.nd at war with the sacred rights of mau. Resulted 3d. That , if compatible with the views , of Mr. Pbice, we request hiso, as a favor, to dis close and make public, the names of those die tinguislud Catholics" from whom he has received letters, asking for this change in our church policy ; and, that, we opiue fri such a disclosure that those persons would I found to be lit to rank with a Leahev, (IWW Mosa, or any other aptistate. , . , ResUted 4th. That as the .passage of this law has been unasked for by the Ivoman Catholic of this State, that it behooves the members of the Legislature, to ponder and reflect before giving their voices to aid in the passage of such an odi ous bill, and that we trust that its originator, Mr. Price, on reflection, will so modify it as to do away 'entirely with the objectionable features of sections Cth and 7th. . Resuleed. 5th. That we conceive, that, we are asking of our legislators " nothing but what is . right," and hope to not be compelled to (opp se submission) " to what is wrong." Atl we ask is for them tolet well enough alone and to not by any legislative action, attempt to destroy our vested rights the liberty of conscience the man agement of our church affairs as to Catholic may seem meet and expedient in the furtherance of their priuciplcs, in an easy quiet and constitu tional manner. Resolved Cth. That copies of tho foregoing pre amble and resolutions, bo transmitted to the Hon. Johx Ckiswell, jr., of the Senate, and Geoboe S. King, Eq., of the House, with a request that they present them to tho Senate and House of Representatives for their information and action. Go motion, of M. M. Adams, Esq.. the pre amble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. On motion, of Lieut. W. W. Ivoav, the pro ceedings of the meeting was ordered to be pub lished in the papers of this county, end in the Pittsburgh Catholic i (Sifn by the Officer?.)
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