Dnnorrnt nn b frniinrl ticiiiKD whits::::::::::: :nKXBT C. DKYIN'B ! WHITE fc DEVINE, Editors and Proprietors ' ebewsburgT WEDNESDAY MORNIXG:::::::::::SKPT. 17 lUR PRESIDENT, JAUB8 BDCnANAN. OF PENNSYLVANIA. i-ort vice ritesim-NT, JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE OK KENTUCKY Canal Commissioner: GEORGE SCOTT, (or COLUMBIA COCXTT.) Auditor General: JACOB FRY, JR., (OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.) Surveyor General, JOHN RO WE, (of franklin county) CO.NGRZSS, I lUllSSIICi. OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. E r ATE SKNATH. JTU1IX CUCSSWELL, Jr., OP BLAIR COUNTY. 0R ASSEMBLY. WILLIAM C REAMER. GEORGE N. SMITH. VOR ASS0CIA1E JUDGES, GEORGE W. EASLY. RICHARD JOKES, Jr. TOR. l'ROTUONOTARY, JOSEPH M'DONALD. TOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THEOPHILUS L. HEYER. FOR COI XTY CCMMISSIONF.lt, THOMAS M'CONWELL. I'OOR HOUSE DIRECTOI WILLIAM PALMER. Y0R C0U0NER, PETER DOUGHERTY. FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR, HENRY SCAKLAW. COUNTY ACDIT0RS, DANIEL COBAUGH, 3 Years, EDWARD FARRAN, 2 Vears. i DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET- ELECTORS AT LAKGB. Charles R.Buckalcw, Wilson McCand!c3S. District. District, lit Geo W. Nebingcr 13th Abra'm Edingcr 2d Pierce Butler 14th Reuben Wilbcr 8d Kdw. Wartman 15th Geo A. Crawford th Wm. H. Witte lGth James Black 6th John MeNair 17th Henry J. Stable 6th John II. Brinton ISth John D. Roddy 7th David haury 10th Jacob Turncy ttU Chas. Ketsler 20th J. A. J. Buchanan Oth Jas. Patterson 2ltt Wm. Wilkins 10th Isaac Slc-nker 22d Jas. G. Campl ell 11th 1W. Hughes 23d Thos Cunningham 12th Thou. OiU-rhaut 21th John Kcatley 25th District Vincent Phelps. The above is a correct lLt of the persons placed in nomination on the Democratic Electoral Ticket by the Democratic State Convention of the 4th of March last. A pledge to support Jamks BuenAN--ax for President, and Jons C. BttFXKisRiixiE for Vice President, in the event of the election of the ticket, has leen received from each of the above candidates. Etlitors of Democratic newspapers will please correct accordingly, a number of er ror having been discovered in the publication cf the ticket. B'j order of the Dfkocratic State Central Committee. Township 31cctlngrs. The Democrats of Cambria county will meet in their several tovnships for the purpose of holding Democratic meetings as follows: Summerhill Township at Jefferson, on Saturday, Sept. tiOlh, t-t 3 o'clock P. M. Clearfield Township at the hotel of Henry Harbour, ou Tuesday, Sept. 423d, at 3 o'clock P. M. White Township at the school house iu Fallen Timber, on Wednesday, Sept. 24t.Ii, at 3 o'clock P. M. Chest Township at A. Shallenberger's ho tel, on Thursday, Sept. 25th, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Allegheny Township at the hotel of J. M'Kinzie, in the borough of Loretto, on Sat urday. Sept- 27th, at 3 o'elosk V. M. Jaskson Township at toe house of Henry Rager, on Saturday, October 4th, at G o'clock P. M. Blacklick Townshin at the house of J Craig, on Tuesday, Oct. 7th, at 3 o'clock P. J- Speakers may be expected at each meeting! and at Loretto, 'arrolltoii. Chest tp., and oth er places where desired, the Gf rmans will be addressed by gentlemen in the'u own lan guage Should other meetings be required, notice wdl be given of them hereafter. Democrats who desire handbills for their meetings, documents for distribution, or rpea- kers lor meetings tuey ma) wish, can ccl au iieecwar7 information by applying to either of , the undersigned members of the Democratic! Executive Committee of Cambria county. ! Richard White, Wm. A. Smith, Cyrus L Pershing, George W. Easty, John II. Douglass, Executive Commute. 0m:lCTio.;. In the Resolutions pa?td by the Bar en the death of E. Hutchinson, Jr., the fol- lowing errors were committed: Tn tho fifth lino rt the third Resolution, the word "nted" is prin- ted ii. stead of the word "mee t," aud in thc reventh line of thc Cfih Resolution, thc word "instruct- tedu stcadot ti e worn mee i, - aouin ine ktvdio line of the Cfih Resolution, the word "instivd- irenest" is nl, in.t.aj r-l "imtincficc.as" of hi:- .-vnipitbj-, ?. JOHN R. KI1K. ' Two years ago, Joint R. Edit, wu a candidate j i for Congress in this District, Previous to his : i nomination, he had Lceu knovvu as an ultra Whig; as a pious and devout worshipper at the politicul altar where Clay and Webster during their lives, minute-red as the great high priests. About that time, Ktiow-Nothir.gism lgan to do- ; vtKi e itself, not only in this District but also in j other portions of the Ptate; but so secret and hid- j d.-u were its tactics, that it was almost impossi ; ble to fasten upou its followers the sin of rnem- bcrship. Although Edie was strongly suspected j of bnng a member of the order, his explicit dc j denial of the imputation in private conversation, ! secured for him, not only the support of his old pol txal associates, but also the votes of a large I number of Domocrats, for tlc reason that the lat J U-r regarded the election of his opponent as utter j ly hopeless. anl because they were appealed to ' by hi persona friends to vote for him as a mat tier of course, under these circumstances, he was j elected by a large majority. I During the following winter, we think ia Jan j uary or February 1855, a Know-Nothing meet j ing was held in the Court IIoU3c in Somerset. It ! wns addressed bv Lewij C Levin, of Philadel nbin. .. - ' 1 j one of the most rampant and scurrilloua Know Nothings in the State at that meeting John R. Edie was chairman of the ci-iumittee on resolu tions, and in that capacity, introduced a Bcriea if resolves, asserting the right of Americans to rule America; expressing a holy horror at the dangers of foreign influence and recommending as a reme dy, a radical change in the naturalization laws. This was his first public demonstration in favor of Know-Notbingism, and n this region.it produced towards him a feeling of the most sovereign con tempt, on the part of those gentlemen, whom he ! had to basely and wilfully deceived. It was the ..iv .....v .w... ....oj , t rvftr"'l of 4b ftumrn nblTfMvtion of ri TCtiow I ing. From that time, up to the present day, he j UUL la "J Fu""1"' J has Wen among the mo,t a:tive and prominent j chinery by which to render its decree etTectu i numbers of the order; he has attended all the j al, in the event of a majority of the people of ! Knov-Nithinff State Councils anl so xealous has i the State declaring asainst Buchanan. Will he l-on and so distinguished a disciple hauhe le come, that one portion of the State Council i fa miliarly known as "Pie IkHc brunch." This fact alone, is sufficient to secure f.r his uame a lasting immortalitj. Such is his political recoi.l, briefly stated, so fr as his Ktiow-Nothingif-in isce'neern ed. With what f.ice can he appeal to old line j Whigs, and naturalized voters to sustain Imnf-! He basely deserted the former in the hour of their j ! trial, hypocritically professing to le thtir frietul; - . ... j by all his foul and hl.isphcmoLtf mil night o:iths, j j he is fun-sworn to oppress and persecute the hit- ( ter. He cannot plead that Know-N. thinj,ism is 1 anil so far attemmeil fo-rrostmit tils t fluence to base and ignoble urp. ses, i to I e- i 1 come a .member of the midnight conclave and by j i his acts ho shall be judged. j J What has been his course in Congress? Whet j has he- ever eloue that the people, whom he has insulted and betrayed, should stultify themselves by re-fleeting him? He voted for Xathanitl P. Itanks for Speaker of the House of Rep:escnta tives, knowing that Banks had el?cl.ired that he was in favor of "letting the Union slide." That vote is a fit commentary on' John It. DlWa pa triotism. In harmony with his Know-Nothing brethren and Black Republican -A ies, he has shouted most vociferously for "free Kansas," for j "free speech" and for "free men." He has shed j crocodile tears as freely as Tom Ford over poor j "Heeding Kansas" znd has pitioiisly lamented j over her future destiny; and yet. when the Sen- afn r.f flirt T niro.1 Qrnfna ,.. mi.nt w , tUa I l c r. i - i -ii r .i i adjournment of Congress. passc-U a bill fur tha pacification of Kansas, which John P. Hale de clared on the flixjr of the Senat was unexception able, this same John II. Edie, refuted to vote for it. He was willing to disband the armv and leave the frontier settlers to the tender mercies of j the savage; buteiid he want peace in Kansas no j not until alter the Presidential Election. De prive him of his stereotype appeal for Kansas and the opportunity which it affords him and his Black Republican assec;atcs, of denouncing South ern men and Southern Institutions, and appealing to the sympathies and prejudices of the North, and their occupation, like Othello's is g( ue. By his vote en the army bill, he is equally responsi ble with Giddings 4 Co.,for the present troubles in Kansas; because when that vote was given, there was comparative peace in that territory; but the memient the result was known, and the Presi dent was thus rendered powerless by destroying the efficiency of the army, the .Telegraph wires were set to work, and Lane with his deluded fol lowers, invaded the country and the work of civil war aud, bloodshed again commenced. This was the commencement of the present Kansas difficul ties, "he Democrats, both in the Senate and House of Representatives, desired peace and la bored arduously to accomplish it; but they were in a minority and therefore powerless. On EJie and his co-laborers, constituting the majority, rest, the f.'arful responsibility. f an angel were to prepare a bill, for the settlement of the Kan sas troubles, we elo not believe it would have re ceived the vote of a single Black Republican mcmVcr of Congress, for the reason that if that i question was ?ettled before the Presidential Elec i tin, Fremont and his friends would be complete ! Iv shorn of all their boasted iHilitical strength: their only plank would be completely knocked from beneath them. What it John R. Elie's position on the Presi dential ei'iostioti? I3 he for Fillmore or Fremonll We have been informed that in Somerset county, where be resides, and where Fremont has but few 4 0 7 friends, be passes for a Fillmore man, and through j his procurement, the Know-Nothing paper in tnat countv, ran up the Fillmore flag and hauled tl,c Frnnont banncr (W, ,n tl)5scount he ,.u , - , , .. . , "aH ,ak;n l'1 "fi )y ,e Frfnwni men aud as ,h"-v ,n"fu:e'1 lu 'lmit him to appear before the people, ami define his position en this or any jother question, we presume that he gave them MtUftctury assurances of his devotion to Fremont, j notwithstanding the fwt that he was a member of ; the lltrrixburg Know-Xothing Convention, that 1 placed in nomination the present Fillmore Electoral ! ticket. Tl-i would naturally trim Ids sails so as to j float with the popular breeze in Blair and Hunt- i ingdon; and proclaim himself for Fillmore or Fre- j wt mih me popular oreeze in cuwr ana Hunt- i ingdon; and proclaim himself for Fillmore or Fre ', mont. just as public opinion might require.One thing is mbim and that ufuat be it -jj"scd -to ! txhtieally dead a,.d buried; that it is numbered j are lo uucl)anan. It a Democrat wants i among the things that were. He H" far f-rgets ' im i t i r n t i i- ' i 6 , . . , , i to see a black Republican blush just ask htm, I his pi leiriancc to the constitution of the countrv : ... ... ... , r ., ... .. 4 , - ," i ' It hrre is your Llectcrul iciw If ou mid so far attempted to-rrostmit his tiohtieal lu- J Buchanan. That was to be expected aud we re joice at it, for we need not the aid and assistance of a man, w ho w ould so far dishonor himself, as to declare in the National Know-Nothing Con vention at Philadelphia on the 19th day of Feb ruary last, that he was President of the true American party in Pennsylvania, and that he was the successor of that clerical demagogue, the Rev. O. II. Tiffany. Democrats of Cambria! such is the candidate opposed to the Democratic nominee, Cyrus L. Pershing. The or.e is a high minded honorable man; the other is a mere trading politician, who would crawl into a Know-Nothing lodge and con coct schemes by which to degrade and oppress a portion of his fellow citizens, and then crawl out again and denounce his fellow conspirators, if by doing so, he believed he could l etter his political fortunes. Choose ye, between them. WILL THERE BE A FREMONT ELEC TORAL TICKET? "Whilst in ever' northern State there is a Fremont electoral ticket.there is none in Penn ; syivama. l ne menus-ox the isiack ncpuo- liean candidate are afraid to placoone in nom ination, and true to their political instincts, hope that at the eleventh hour they will be able to force the friends of Fremont into the support of the Fillmore ticket, and then ap propriate to themselves the fruits of thcuvic tory, Thi3 attempt at fraud is indignantly repudiated by the Fillmore men, or at least by a very large majority of them, who avow ! their determination to stand or fall with their own candidate. In the political history of this country, no party has ever occupied so bare and humiliating a pos'tion as the one just now occupied by the Bltck Republican t,- i. - any man pretend to siy that F remont and Fill more stand upon the same political platform 1 or, that the affairs of the government would be administered in accordance with the same policy by the one or the other ? To ask the lestion is simply absurd. The difference in -1 1 ! 1 T-,ri ii hi li n tj ni in i i it bs w i i i o ,1 (j mnipsi 1 1 J r"-!"" "'i J " tween the well defined policy of Fillmore and Ftcn.ont, as it is between Buchanan and Fre mont. It requires no further proof than the 1 declaration, which is notoriously true, that t,e le,UO!1t m0n are as hostile to rilhuoreas are honest in your Mipport of I remont, why is it, that although your candidate lias been iu the field for three mouths, your party has not had the courage to call a State Conven tion and nominate Electors? You claim that your candidate will be elected ; that you will carry Pennsylvauia, (without the vote of which Fremont's success is hopeless,) and yet you are waiting to drive a bargain with the friende of Fillntnre, and like the celebrated Mr. Micawbcr, see what will " turn up' be tween this and the -1th day of November. Suppose that the Black Republicans in this State vote for the Fillmore Electoral ticket aQ(1 it ; successful? In that event, will the yote of i0D ns 1 van la be cast in the Electoral f Fftnvmt f Not if Millard F,H more can prevent it; not, if he is a lover of , . uis country a inenci oi tne existence oi tne Union; for he has publicly declared his sol emn conviction that Fremont's election would ! be equivalent to a dissolution of the Union. This question, however, will be settled by the national democracy in such a way as to render it perfectly immaterial whether there be a Fremont Electoral ticket or not. The day of political humbug has passed away, and the people demand a fair and an open fight, at the risk of inglorious defeat to the party that re fuses it. FILLMORE ON FREMONTISM. After his return from Europe, Mr. Fillmore delivered a speech at Albany, in which he spoke of the Black Republicau party and the dangers of its success, as follows: But this is not all, Sir. We sec a political party, presenting candidates for the Frcsiden cy ami Vt'cc Presidency, selected for the first time from the Free States alone ,icith theavoic ed purpose of electing these candidates by suf frages of one jvirt of the Union only, and rule over the icholc United States. Can it be possible that those who are engaged in such a measure can have seriously reflected upon the consequences which must inevitably follow in case of success ? Cheers Can they have the madness or the folly to believe that our Southern brethren woxdd submit to be govern ed b$ such a Chief Magistrate f (Cheers.) Would he be required to follow the same rule prescribed by those who elected him in making his appointments ? If a man living south of Masou and Dixon s line be not worthy to be President or ice President, would it be pro per to select one from the same quarter r.s one of his Cabinet Council, or to represent the na tion in a foreign country? Or, indeed, to collect the revenue, or administer the laws of the United States? If not, what new rule is the President to adopt in selecting men for office that the people themselves discard in se lecting him ? These are serious, but practi cal questions, and in order to appreciate them truly, it is only necessary to turn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose that the South 7iav ing a nuijorify of the Electoral votes should declare that they irould only have slaveholders for Fresidentund I7e-e President ; and should elect such by their exclusive suffrages to rule over vs at the XorOi. Do you think tee would submit to it. not for a moment. Ap plause. And do you believe that yourSouth.- em brethren are lees sensitive ou- this subject than you are, or less jealous of their rights? (Tremendous cheering.) If you do, let me tell you that you are mistaken. And, there- ! fore vou ujU1 ! succeeds it li j 0f this'beauti must see that it this sectional party SUCCCeds, it leads inevitably to the destruction - 0f this beautiful fabric reared by our fathers. cemented by their blood, and bequeathed to us as a pncclcss inheritance. JOHN CKESSWELIi, JR. ! A rigorous effort will be made by the Black Republicans to defeat this gentleman's re-election to the State Senate. Although Cam bria claimed the office, yet when the popular will was carried out, in the selection of one of her citizens as the democratic candidate for Congress, t was perhaps asking too much to insist that the Senatorial candidate should also be conceded to her. Mr. Crcsswell is a gen tleman of talent and great respectability of character, and during his three years service in the Senate occupied a commanding position in that body. He is deservedly popular at home and will be warmly sustained. In a cri sis like the present, there is but one duty for every democrat to perform, and that is to lay aside all political grief and vote the whole ticket. It is no time to enquire why this man or that man was not nominated, and assume a position of armed neutrality. So fatal a cat astrophe as the election of a Black Republican legislature thii fall must be prevented, and the only certain and effectual way to do it is for every friend of Buchanan and the State ticket to do his whole duty at the October el ection. fTir ' The Committee of arrangements having in charge the preparation for the county Agri cultural Fair are very energetically at work. The ground has been considerably enlarged new sheds for the exhibition of articles erect ed officers for the different committees pre pared. The track has been extended, ai.d is now one fourth of a mile in length, and is per fectly graded. An excellent Brass baud has been engaged. In a word, the committee are neither sparing time or expense, and expet to make it oue of the most attractive fairs that has ever came off in the State Everybody and their friends are coming to the fair ; and so they should. We ttiuk that the meeting ; of friends and neighbors and the comparing of ideas consequent, give a pleasant variety, to the dull routine of every day life. FREMONT'S LETTER TO THE NATION AL KNOW-NOTHING CONVENTION We were informed a few days ago that the Black Republican leaders of this place deny that John C. Fremont ever accepted a nomi nation at the hands of the National Know Nothing Convention, which assembled in New York in June last. That any sane man would make so silly a declaration, only proves that Fremont's friends count largely on the igno rance of the Auiericau people, and that they expect to carry him into the Presidential chair by a well organized system of bold and unmitigated falsehood. Below will bo found John C. Fremont's letter accepting the Know Nothing nomination, nd to it we respectfully direct the attention of our adopted citiacus. This letter was written before he accepted the nomination of the Black Republicans, altho' i uominated by the Black Republicans first : New York, June 30, 1856. Geullemen: I received with deep sensi bility your communication, informing me that a convention of my fellow -citizeus, recently assembled in this city, have nomiuated me as their candidate for the highest office in the gift of the American people ; and I desire through you to offer the luembers of that body and their respective coustitueucies, my grate ful acknowledgement for this distinguuheel expression of confidence. In common with all who are interested in tho welfare of the country, I had been strongly impressed by the generous conciliation which influenced the ac tion of your assembly and characterizes your note. A disposition to avoid all special ques tions tending to defeat unanimity iu the great cause, for the sake of which it was conced-u that differences of opiuioii on less eventful qucstious should be held in aleyance, was ev inced alike iu the proceedings of your Con vention in reference to me, and in the manner in which you have communicated the result. In this course no sacrifice of opinion on any side becomes necessary. I shall in a few days be able to transmit you a paper, designed, for all parties in our cause, in which I present to the country my views of the leading subjects which are now put in iesue in the contest for the Presidency. My confidence in the success of our cause is greatly strengthened by the belief that these views will meet the approbation of your con stituents. Trusting that the national and patriotic feelings evinced by the tender of your co-operation in the work of regenerating the gov ernment, which pervade the country, will har monize all the elements in our truly great aud common cause, I accept the nomination with which you have honored mo, and am, gentle men, very respect! ully. Your fellow-citizen, J. C. FREMONT. Messrs. Thomas II. Ford, Ambrose Stephens, W. A. Boward, Stephen M. Allen. Simon P. Kase. Thomas fchankland, J. E. Dun ham. M. C Greer a Committee of the national American party Summerhill Township. The Democracy of this township are active, and give us cheering accounts of the prospects in that quarter. A Buchanan aud Breckinridge Club has been in existence for some time, and already numbers nearly one hundred members, They have had several enthusiastic meetings, am will hold another at Jefferson on Saturday after noon next, to which they invite the Democracy of the surrounding townships, when addresses will be delivered by a number of gentlemen. A Hickory Folewill be raised at the same time, and good music be in attendance. The following are thc officers of thc Club: WILLIAM PALMER. President; Cu Antes O'Neill, Isaac Wise, Vice President; Ii. A. 3f'Coy, Secretary; John M'Coy. Treasurer; Wm. How c, Wm. Murray, Wm. Hudson, Jas. Burk and John M'Colgan, Executive Committee. Graham & Godev's Magazines. We have received the October numbers of Graham and Godey. Tbey ate capital numbers. The Voice of Allegheny. The Old Line Whigs of Allegheny township are taking nn active stand with their Democratic brethren to iisist the spirit of intolerance, funata cism, and dUunionism, now agitating the country, and which threatens to involve us ia a civil war. Many have already avowed their determination to henceforth act with the Democratic party, regar ding it u3 the only National party now in exis tence, and the on!y hope they have of rescuing the country from impeding dangers. The follow iug communication from two Old Line Whigs we publish with pleasure, and gladly welcome them to our ranks. Their example will not be without its influence with others, and when the day of election comes th patriotic and constitution loving Whigs of Allegheny wc are satisfied w ill nobly do their duty. Messrs. White S? Devine.- Gents: As the Whig party is politically dead, we the under signed sh; no real National party but that of the Democratic party, wc therefore renounce all sec tionalism and every other ism, and give our firm support to Buchanan and Breckinriilgi and the whole County Ticket. JOHN E. M'KKNZIE, PETEIi J. M'KENZIE. Loretto, Sept. 12, 185C. WILLIAM A. STOKES, ESQ. We call the attention of our readers to a let- ter from this gentleman, which will be found in another column of our paper. We regard Mb. Stokes as one of the most powerful cham pions of the democratic party in Pennsylva nia. Inflexible in tho maintenance of his principles, he asserts them with a force and dignity of language, which, if thej' fail to con vince, will command the most entire respect A GLORIOUS MEETING. OLD WASII INGTON IN THE FIELD. We are strictly within the bounds of truth, when we say that the Buchanan moeting at No. 4 on last Saturday evening was the lar- ! gest and most enthusiastic political gatheriug that has been held in this county during the present campaign. The unterrified democra cv e f old Washington were out in all their strength. If any man ever doubted as to what that gallant township can aud triVdo on the second Tuesday of October, as well as on the 4 day of Xoi tmlur, he had only to look at the vast crowd and ba convinced. The ster ling democracy of Johnstown and vicinity, of Summerhill, of Munster, Summit and of Eb ensburg were there iu hundreds, and deserve ..11 . .ji.I . riMir. fnrnnnl ftf fl .11-111 1 n c n.a mi I i critic partv desires to extend slavery by Lon usually large, and is au evidence that they arc KreSsioiial interference: The charge is whol- fully alive to the great issues at stake iu the present contest. The only thing that interfered with the har mony and eutire success of the meeting was the failure to erect the splendid Hickory Pole which unfortunately broke at the second splice. The democrats ef the towuship are determined however, to elevate it at no dis- j tant day. The meeting was presided over by PAUL GEORGE, Esq Speeches were de- Hvered by Geo. R. Stewart, Esq. and Cyrus L. Pershing, Esq.. of Johnstown, iu English. and by Geo. Eugelbach of the same place, in j i . German by Johu Cresswell, Jr, our canui date for Senator and by Gen. M' Donald. T. L. Heyer John S.. Rhey and C. D. Murray. of Ebcnsburg, aud J. Barnes, Esq., of Johns- j town au oia-unc uig. .7-Ti..n ,t:ir..r..n nfl... . , . (jrive them tho same rights the pen? !e held ter county put in nomination a ticket cotmst- whca tweIye uf thc lll;r.0(.il cr; us j,. ing of six old line Whigs and niue Democrat.-, j ,cld slaves. lion. Isaac E. Heister was nominated for j The Mates did not make the federal gor Congress Mr. Heistcr has long been known : eminent to carry nut parti ular objects of phi- iim e ai m 1 w v i 1 j lantliropy or fau.iti:i:ni. It w.s not a consol- as a Y big of the Clay and ebster echoed ir r J : .dated government, hut formed f r a fw pur- but, like the Llioatcs, tne rrau, me 1 eaicc., the BiMiiviiins. and ilm other distinguished statesmen of the same school, he has boldly urolled hiaisclf under thc banner of that par ty upon the broad folds of which arc inscribed the Union, the constitution, and the equal rights of the States," and is laboring tcrlous- y and effectively for a cause which he digni fies by his talents, sustains by h.s eloquenco, and illustrates by his example. A. Murray Mcliwaine, of Duck county, for many years a leading old line Whig, has come out in a strong letter for Buchanan and Breckinridge in which he exprcses his firm belief that the success of the sectional party "would dissolve thc Union, destroy the hopes of the world in the success of a free govern nient, array one portion of tho confederacy against the other in horrid civil war, crush our commerce and manufacturing interests; and lead inevitably and of necessity to a mili tary despotism which would extinguish forever thc last ray of hope for freedom." GEN. JACKSON'S OPINION OF MR BUCHANAN. The more reckless portion of the opposition have been attempting to make the public be lieve that "Old Hickory." did not hold Mr. Buchanan in high estimation. They allege that Gen. Jackson wrote a letter, in which he 6poke -disparagingly of Mr. B., but that misrepresent atiou has been cxposeel by Mr. Mac Gavock, of Nashville, who had the cur iosity to see the letter of Gen. Jackson, from which a quotation bas been hawked about, and he finds it infamously mutilated. Im mediately succeeding the quotatiou made by the Know-Nothings, is the following iu Gen. Jackson's own hand writing; "Mr. Bnchanan is a man of Jine talents, and if he comes into the department of state tcill execute the duties tcith ability." FOREIGN INFLUENCE OF FRE--MONT. , One of our exchange papers says that the London Times, Post, Standand,' Chronicle, Xetcs, Globe, all advocate Fremont'ij electiou on the ground that it will either abolish sla very or dissolve tho Union. They evidently . . . . . . ., ..... i. r,fAnA tlarA'u tTortK hll ilifiUnioiis God's universe ean hold." r Hon. John C- Breckinridge In Pittsbnry. The Fittslary Fott, of Thursday, contains a glowing account of the Democratic Mms Convention in that city on Welnesday. 1L demonstration was grand and imposing, tLsr being over tuenty thousand persons present, and the enthusiasm was unbounded. Thewt say e; "the speeches were all excellent; but that of John C Breckioridge would, cia his position tm the ticket, and his high repu tation, form the ruoet marked features of tL occasion. lie is One of the most fluent &&1 giaccful speakers wc have in this Country. He was most enthusiastically applauded thro out ; and his sentiments were evidently recei ved os sound Democracy that will do for tta North and South and tfce whole country. Much good has been done to the cood old j cause by Mr. Breckinridge's appearance here : t- i ,... ... ii.i.: i r i - jii. .Lfuncu, ui ijamuiuic, luaue uue UI U1S V- ry best efforts. Col. M'Cook, of Ohio, tag vindicated bis character as on of tho ablest debaters in the land ; and all know how we'll and ably Col. Tyd, of Ohio, and Col. B!ck acquitted themselves." The following is a brief sketch of the speech of Mr. Breckinridge, which we copy from tl W: SPEECH OF MB. BRKCR.I.M.IOGB When our candidate for Vice Presides arose, there was a perfect storm of appIuo Ir- Brcckiuridgc advanced to the front of lh 1aI 1 -1 r,aOT, w My felluw-citizMis : I hate not roeared I b-fore you to exhibit auv rhetorical difplay. uue 10 .-pcaK o. iuc issues oi me uay. tries is.ues are the mt importaut we have ever had preseulcd We see day after day tho at tempt to scatter the seeds ot discord among the people. He would utter the same bciiU meuts here which he would utter in Maine or South Carolina. He bad no appeals toniake. He saw the effort to array the working clas ses of the North again.t the institutions of tha Soilh. The Democratic party had mfficlaut ly demonstrated the falsity of this position. It had been the fortune of that party to sur vive shock after shock, and it remains a bul wark to mark our progress and to tell our fa. . The philosophy of this is. that this party in its federal relations has btood by the Consti tution. This has euabled it to withstand ev- ! ery attack. He would not goint the dUcu- sioii of the American party. Tho Deuiecrat ic party tss obliged to oppose it from its nt turo, for, whom the law makes a American he is on Auiericau. So bv a .-tw of its twi nature the Democratic tarty is ob liged to rv slst and oppose the Republican party. The party attempts for the fiit time to de stroy the law of love which h beund our country together. The question ! which tlit-y expect to find success is the question of Afri- ! csn slavery. It is charged that the Dcnio- ly untouiitiea. lie belonged to an organisa tion who declared that the people of each Statu aud Territory should regulate th.'ir affairs for themselves. He .rid supported, this priticn.lt. iu Congress and out of rt. It did not affrct the interests of the North, nor of the South ; or he should have opposcil it, but if left the people to regulate their own a'Tair subject ou'y to the Constitution. Tbi hd ben t'u i iir rtf 4 b. rmi t r v from 1 1. ! i- a tif t V a olutiou Th;8 ;s tha AaicjcAll jnci.-.l. The ! people of the territories have as much right ! to settle this question for theis-lres as they J have to settle any other; n. L or instance. i llill I lVC, VII liiC I1AC 13 lucir any divine right of power in IVtiusylvan.a er in Ken tucky to say how this question should bo set tled V Iti said that the South declare that Kan sas shall neve r be ficc. He would say no u-:h tiling Let the people sttle the cuttion ,1, 1 A -f ,,-,. ..... . t itiu v. vo, .tiv4 it lurt raj 101 i . her come iu, welcome s the flow free State, let ! l,cr come iu. welcome us me n -wers or .iai. pofos, a few general powers exhaust the num ber of those povers. We arc to the world a j nation yet internally we arc sovereign Kentucky has no right, to abuse and find fault with Pennsylvania for her laws, and the like, nor has Pennsylvania the right to find fault with Kentucky for her peculiar legislation. But the Republican party have objects beyond the pacification of Kansas. They don't in- j tent! the difficulty there should be settled until after the election. The teudeucy of this par ty is toabclit'onism and di .union. Don't they organize their party for the purpose of putting an end to the institution of slavery and the spirit that moved our fathers to modcraticn and harmony ? To accomplish this fifteen States are to be arrayed against sixteen. It is in vain to say this is not a geographical par ty. South of a line, nearly central, this par ty has no adherents. I speak not of individ uals. I should be sorry if the Democratic party should be held responsible for the unkind things that are said south of Mason's and Dixon's line. And I regret to hear the con tempt, the contumely and the scorn which is used by individuals of the North. I implore every man who loves his eountry to come for ward in this crisis. Who believes that this Union can survive when the fountains are dried up ? When the woodman goes out to clear the forest, he bands the tree and it dies ; and if you draw this ge ographical line 3-ou girdle the Union, and it dies. I exhort you to read the Farewell Ad dress of Washington, and then advocate the principles of this party if you can If the Atlantic oiaies snoum exciuae tue est ironi their reserved rights, would it conduce to se cure the spirit of tranquility ? And now, when parties of the .North heap rebuke and vituperation upon the South, does it conduce to perpetuate the Union ? You can't hold this Union together by force ; it must b by affec tion. The Union is a Gordian knot the mo ment vou strike it with a foreiim sword, it only binds us more tightly together Our present position has been accomplished by a 'union of love our flag, without a stripe era sed. has been still preserved Here the enthusiasm became so great that some half a doien men jumped upon the re porter's table aud rendered it utterly irapossi- , ble to hear or write anything more that was said. The foregoin? is a most meagre skele ton of about one-half of Mr. Breckinridge's speech. In his powerful flights and eloquent appeals, and clear elegant phrase, and in h-s ... r T i ' perfect delivery ir. 1. stooa peiore nis eu- ,rn,W Aiiffip.nce . th& nrida of erorv tnoic i a . , l" ?" - and th perfection of every master. 1
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