Democrat and sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, February 24, 1858, Image 2

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    i.H !" Out, sceptic I The tradition goes far i
back. The dull Veronese therntclvt-s do not j
question it I Why should we ? Wo all bear j
ubout ns the trototype of that fcrfc. That.
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youth, the Juliet of the heart, when once ic
has died and left us. lw-s not its tomb within
us, forgotteu and unregarded surround by
me lumoer oi base vares ,...ieu nv Mvauge
Q'I indifferent paser-ib-y tne wishes snd
nf m,.r vulvar !iiV. unheeded, nn.
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retnembered the Bole tirotrument which sanc
tifies the rade and ctnvmonplace -abode to
wbieh it moulderB silenilv awtv ?
SJruicmit Cnt InriuuL
-. r, Mt'BIlAY, JE-dttor Iwllllir.
EBEKSBURG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING:
:FKB. '2i
AN IMPORTANT INQUIRY.
"Who is the Ebensbnrg- Correspondent cf
the -"Pittsburg Dispatch
Irs Jecl.J!tj.ir over ji laie number
the
"Pir:r.burg Dispatch,"' oar attention was ar
Tt-fted by the following paragraph in tha edi
iorial column :
"The Democracy of Cambria, an we learn
from a reliable correspondent and member of
the cam, were mitrepr-eufei (unmtentiou- :
5., .,.,r Brt-mnt .if Mnn.iav'M i.sua.
Uy) iu our statement of Monday's issue. I
that they had endorsed Mr. Buchanan aud j
Mr. Btgler s course on the jvausas question, j
Our correspondent euyn, under dute of Ebens-
burtr, Feb. ltith :
m, rn ' , i
Ihe Democracv of varnona ire orposea to 1
the admission of Ivan.ua under the Lecomp- that euch discWiuns have generally a teu
ton Constitution, becau-e they regard it as a j dency to produee di.-sensio!.M in the Demo
fraud, aud they will defiu their position i , cratie ranks. This controversy is forced on
teruss not to be mistaken t a, Count v meet- .. . ., .1.1 f 1 , r.i .,t.,.
iug to Lo held at the March Court :"
'I he majority of ocr readers aro doubtless
aware, that th? " Dispatch" is a Know Noth
ing aud Black Republieau iap-r. Ithsm for
erj bfcn almost dally filled with tlie lowest
mid vilest calumnies agait the men and
principles of the Democratic party. Its edi
f irs arf not mere freesoiiers bat TMitiug abo
litiouiats of th Lloyd Garrison and Fred
Dougla school. And yet it would seem thai
this Abfditiou sheet had a DemociAtSe (Y) eor
repon.ir t in I"eusburg, who. under date of
I'ttbruary 16th, i graciously pleased tt inform
;,s Abolitioc Know Nothing editors, that the
moerney of Cambria are opposed to the sv.l
n.:iou of Kausas under the Lecompton Con-
'tisution, "because thcr regard it as fraud,
t;7 titrji ci'd drjltn iherr j.9idtit,;i iu 'tri.t i
not to or at i Coxnty ttwrting to he 1 ,
Arid, it tlitMiKh Cour!."
It would appear from the above, tuat
1 heel: Kt:it-'l ii: t!; I)inn:.tK" tinnitiiw
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previous to tlie Io;h mst , that the Democ- ;
raey of Cambria were in favor of th adinis
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nion of Kansas under the Lecompton Consti- i
lutiou. Tiiis statciuent excited the indignation
of an Khensburg Democrat. He doubt- j
ls feared that it mi-'ht be noised abroad. !
that the Democracy of Cambria, so far from
being willing to become the allies of the Black
Republican party, were determined to stand
by their principles and the President of their I
ehoice. Ho at oneo iuforms these Know
Nothing editors, to their infinite edification
no Ioubt, that the "Mountaineers" are oppo
,sed to thrt administration of James Buchanan,
and winds up by announcing a meeting during-
March Court. t- denounce the Lecomp
ton Coustitution as a fraud. Now, we are
exceedingly anxiou to know who this "reli
able" Ebensbuig Democrat is, aud we are i
equally anxious to know on what authority
he buses the statement, that there will be a
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meeting iu this place next week, for the pur-
i s,
pose ot denouncing tne Lecompton Coastitu -
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tiou as a traud. e arc anxious to know
whether he is merelv some asoirin!" vounir
man, who writes for the pur pose of seeing j th! IWcratie Pty. Mr. Callin was ap
his "scribblements" in print, or a bona fide j Pointcd to represent the citizen, of Conemaugh
gentleman of the "Inner Temple," one of i borouSb 1,1 tLe County Committee, and he
"The Tow, the happy few, Lad no r,ght to aPP01Ilt a resident of Johns-
Tim baud of brothers." ! town to represent them in his stead. This is
who are constantly devising "ways and I the reason which induced the Committee to
ways
moans" to control the political affairs of Cam
bria county, which it is not meet outsiders
should forthwith know. J f he belongs to the
"fraternity," it is highly probable he speaks
by authority, and that an effort will be made
next week, to transfer the Democracy of Cam
bria county to the Black Republicans, body
tad breaches. Under thes circumstances,
wo regard it as our duty to call the attention
of tho Mountain Democracy to the matter,
and to warn them to beware of the wiles of
the opposition.
If it is retliy the intention of the enemies
-f Jaui Buchanan, to hold a meeting in thi
place, duriug the March C-eirt, it is very
tr&uge tha a Nothing and Black Re.
publican pspsr f.n-U:thed in Pjits'iurg should
)hh fcehwu-d a tlie uuniiuut ' tirst xnnouu-
oiug tai't
to i.e r-:d i.;! ,Le papers
MitMoiMtu in thw coKitf hv- ,f,e ,red since ! the reputation of beiriff an honest" man, and
the loYh of February, but in ( on- ,( then, ! reliable Democrat. He has always burn the
do we find eveii a hiutihat ih ;eu meeting j devoted f riend of James Buchanan, through
wdl be held while the tfourt is tn W.d du- j good and evil report, in s.inshine and in storm,
nag th next two weeki. We think so a j Mr. Durbin is too well known to the Democ
matter ' courtesy, tl -gtor p" of ch ; racy of Cambria, to require any encomium at
mating should have ancoun.l the imyor- our bands. The Stirling of his hen-st worth
tsr-t tact thresh tho column-of ih. papers j and bU attachment to the principle, ofthe
. .u e eujniv, or ii tiiry were tii
(rmiued
r, ; T1""'0": b5 organ. ,
,,v AA at Jl haje had hau.iUl!. !ruck
i
at the "Dispatch'7 0fijt cjrcalated thro'
tli county.
We thiuk tliere ifi iu thb ab0Ve ex-
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tract from the Dispatch to warrant more than
a suspicion, that an effort will le made duriug
3vart, to get up a meeting, for the purpose
of denouncing ihe National administration.
1i0?ti if ,?JC :irraDgCDjcnt can be car-
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out. wH controlled by a few dissatis-
lied democrats, bat-Iced and sustained by
Know Nothings and Black Republicans, who
endorse the principles promulgated daily
through the columns of the "Dispatch," and
1 who nmrxnedinglg anxious to break up and
i disorganize the Democratic Party.
A ad now Democrats of Cambria, we ask.
i are you willing that the boast of thn Dem-
t ocratie (?) Correspondent, of a Black Repub-
t lican Newspaper, shall be carried out ! Are
I you willins that it shall be proclaimed to the
I world, that the Democracy of Cambria arc
j the enemies of James Buchanan, that they
j regard him as a '-Swiudler," guilty of at
j tempting to force a fraud on the people of
j Kansas? You have always been the frit-mis
! of James Buchanan, and we are confident you
will not now abandon him, for the purpose of
gratifying a few disappointed ofTieeseekers.
! If a Democratic meeting is called during
j Court, attend it, and secure the passage of
i resolutions sustaining the niitioual
i t ration.
admiuis- i
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The Democratic County Committee.
The last number of the ".Mountaineer'
contaius a "leader'
the- meeting
0f t,e Democratic County (
fJ.h m,
members of the Committee
Committee on the
eauiiut iu justice to the
members 01 tne committee wuo aueuaeu n.iu
meeting, pass over iu silence. We are ex-
treiuely reluetaut to enter into any controver-
th proSPlit lime with re "
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cal politics of this county; bcmir
r J o
rd to the lo-
well aware
f tainecr" on a portion ofthe members of the
County Committee.
The editor of ths "3Iouuta"necr" hang
stated in his ptiptr two weeks ago, "that the
Committee met i the Court House ; there
were but four members present. A there
was not a quorum, there of course could not
be anvthiai' .Icne" wr vrt'.rti not a little i
J n ' 1
aut'l toiu av Hi' it cu-w j. bun uiiikiv . - i
. ii i-..'.-,: ) mt In., a . . ..... n Ti t f . 1 .. n .1 i A !li .1' . .
have now undi-r consideration. In the space
of ere short wiek, a change appears to have
come over the spirit of the dream of the edi
tor ofthe "Mountaineer." He has suddenly
discovered that -t great many things were
"done" by the Committee, and occupies more
than a column ofthe lnt number of hi pa
per iu informing the peoplo what thype things
wr. nieti ol tuese statements are we to
: Lreiirve; the hrst or the last ;
j After th urual flourish of trumpets in the
i "hleeuing Kansas style, constating of talk
about "Lecompton,
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"fraud," contamina-
lion, .vc. i;ie cuiii
lor of the 'Mountaineer"
proceeds to stt forth in dreadful array.' the
wrongful acts ofthe County Committee. The
first change of any importance in, that Gen.
White and H. A. Boggs, Esq. were admitted
to seats in tlw meeting, the first as the substi
tute of John Kelly, of Washington township,
the second as the substitute of Charles Zim-
...e T.l . ...1-1. ii l li'riir...
.
iv. i iper, who presemeu a ciepwtutiou irom
Thomas Callin, of Contmaogh borough, was
rejected. A few words will suffice to explain
this. No candid man will deny, that where
substitutes tre admitted into our County Con
ventions, or meetings of tbe County Commit
tee, they should be citizens and voters of the
same district as the persons from whom they
reeeivo tha depu'ations. Should the contra-
l .. t . . 1 ! ... "I
i ,jr " uc "uu"' our v,oun.y v,onven-
I tlD'' c- VlU hert:aftfcr l'e ficd by substi-
tutes, the majority ot whom will be residents
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of Ebensourg boroutru an excellent arraniro-
1 ,
i ment doubtless, for aspirin z demiiiro"'uis aud
. . 3 fc c
i laupuie po.iuciau, out a verv oaa one ior
"rrject" Col. Piper. Messrs. Boggs and
White were citizens of the districts which the
gentlemen who substituted them were appoin
ted to represent, and were, therefore, prop
erly admitted.
The charge that Messrs. Boggs Riddle and
Reusch were not fairly elected Conferees, that
they did not receive a majority of the votes
cast, we unhesitatingly pronounce incorrect.
The Editor of the "Mountaineer" is certainly
a man of might and power, and his word will
doubtless carry weight with the people, but
we doubt very much whether, even he, can
succeed in convincing the citizens of Cambria
County, that Augustiu Durbin and H. A.
Boggs who signed the credentials of Messrs.
Riddle Boggs and Reusch would certify to a
falsehood It . impossible to know and not
esteem Mr. Boggs He ban always enioved
; Democratic party, ar alike unquestioned
The Edu,r of the "Mountaineer." will have
good reav i.o iIee, if --kiug hi, OD
the political horizon of this county" be ever
attains to the place in the confidence and es
teem of the people of Cambria, that Augustin
Durbin now occupiee. With regard to the
resolutions, we hare only to say, that we have
good authority for stating that no resolution
sustaining Govenor Packer, was passed by
the Committee. Had such a resolution been I
offered, it would doubtless have received the
vote of every member of the Committee pres
ent, with the exception of G. M. Iliddle Esq.!
We presume Mr. Iliddle wonld have voted
against it, because he recorded his vote against
a resolution sustainiug Govenor Packer, in
the conferee meeting at Tyrone on the 12ih,
ult.
The Editor of the "Mountaineer," will
probably deny that the article we have now
under consideration, contains cither a direct
or indirect charge of fraud, against the Com
mittee. W hy,m the very first sentence ofthe
article he eays, "It appears that the mere
touch ofthe Lecompton Constitution is con
tamination ; and tuat those who attempt to
sustain that fraud, must do so by reenacting
the bast scenes, which occurred in the Con
vention that framed it. This fact was most
glaringly lllujtrated in our town last week."
Tbis is tha preface to his comments on the
proceedings of the committee. He charges
the members of the committee who sustained
the National Administration, with being "con
taaunatod'r with renactiug the base scow of
the Lecomptou Convention, a Convention
which he has again and again denounced as a
fraud, a cheat a swindle. If this does not
clearly imply a charge of fraud and bad faith
again?t the majority of the Committee in at
tendance then words have Demeaning.
itT" .The Borough Election last Friday
passed off very quietly. The contest for
Constable and School Director was quite an
imated, but no unkind feelings were manifes
ted by t-ither party, and good humor ap
peared to be the order of the day. Annexed
is the Return of the Election. It will be
perceived that the Democracy have succeeded
iu electing their candidates for School Direc
tors, three of their candidates for Town Couu
cil aud their candidates for Assistant Asses
sors Countable M. S. Harr.
R., 10G. T. J.
Williams, D., Hi.
Judge of Electi n Evan
D. Evans, R.,
A. Lewis, D
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i t
iuries 1
IT t . r.
103. I.
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Jj-ayfQj,J J)
Town Council U. II. Tndor. R.. fll.
Edward Shoemaker. R., 85. Daniel Howlls,
R., 8.r, Edward Mills, R., 9o, Evan Grif
fith. R., fc6. T. B. Moore, D., 73. Geo. J.
Rodgers, D . 91, John L. Stough. D., 91,
Harrison Kinkead, D., 92, Josue D. Par
rish, D. S7.
chool Directors M. C. M'Cague, D.,
105, E. Glass, D., 111. D. W. Lewis, R.,
99, R. H. Lloyd, R., 95.
Assistant Assessors R. T. Davis, D. 95,
L. Rodders, D 95, A. Yenner, R., 02 Da
vid J. Evans, R , 92.
Assessor John Lloyd. D., 92, John J.
Evans, E.. 94
Inspector John S. Rhev, D.f 94, Thos.
Todd. 84.
Auditors E E. Kyu, R., 90, C. T.
Roberts, R , 94, I). E. Kvaus. D., 90, J.
C. Noon, D. 87.
Public Skntimknt. Iuorder to show that
j the Democracy of Pennsylvania arc determined
j to sustain their illustrious fellow citizen aud
Chief Magistrate, James Buchanan, it may
not be out of place to state, that the Democ
racy of Philadelphia have already twice endor
sed his Kansas policy. He has also been
sustained in either County Conventions, or
Mass Meetings, in the following Counties, viz,
Alleghau-, Clearfield, Clarion, Carbon, Erie,
Bedford. Venango, Wayne and Susquehanna.
Our readers are already aware that tho Dem
cratic County Committee of this county, pass
ed resolutions sustaining him. and that simi
lar resolutions were passed at the meeting of
Conferees from Cambria, Clearfield and Blair
on the 12th ult.
JlUT" His Honor Judge Taylor at Decem
ber Court, ordered a Special Court to com
mence last Monday, for the purpose of trying
the celebrated case of Chancellor vs Kibbler
c t, al, the determination of which will affect
the title of upwards cf 20,000 acres of land,
in the northreu section of tbi3 County. The
case was continued sometime since by the
consent of the parties interested. Judge Tay
lor and Hon. Henry D. Foster, ' one of the
Counsel for the plaintiff, not having been ap
prised of the continuance, arrived here on
Monday for the purpo se of entering on tho dis
charge of their respective duties They
both looked remarkably well, and we can truly
say that it is not often that two better men
honor our town with a visit.
.ff-Tbe Revd. P II. Lemke, returned
last week from Kansas where he has been
residing for some time. We have not learned
whether this is a mere visit or whether he in
tends taking up his residence among the
rjaouutaineers" once more. The Revd. gen
tleman has hosts of friends in this County
who will rejoice at this opportunity of once
more taking him by the hand.
J3T We regret to annouuee that Mr. T.
Brophy, has removed from this place to Blairs
ville. Mr. Brophy is one of the beBt.if not the
very best professional teacher in the State
Success and prosperity attend him in his new
home.
Ballon. J. Kn Kane, died at his resi
dence near Philadelphia, on Monday evening.
He was one of the first legal men of this
countrv. and father of the illuitrioui
j tor. ElLba K. Kane.
We invite the attention of our readers
to the following article, which we clip from
the Philadelphia "Penrvsylvanian." It may
not be out of place to state that Thomas D.
Smith is a brother of that sterling democrat,
Dr. W in. A. S:ni:b, who although absent.
I still occupies a place in the hearts of the true
Democracy of little fimbria;
The Anti-Iecompton Meeting-.
The leaders of the Anti-Lecomptou. Black
Republican movement, in this city and State,
are in tne habit of characterizing the Le
comptou Conventional a "swindle and cheat."
What can be said of their own honesty, when
it is daily being demonstrated that, in order
to give a color of Democracy to the recent
'sKind an. chf " tomT, n n, n.0J
' T -.4
ou upou tuc democracy 01 me nation, these
very men have used the names of prominent
Democrats whs are opposed to their whole
movement, and heartily agree with the Pres
ident and his Kansas policy. We have be
fore published the declarations of several Dem
ocrats who were insulted by being associated
with the men who are aiding and abetting the
Black Republicans, aud we now insert that of
Thomas D. Smith. Deputy Sheriff of the city
and county or Philadelphia:
To the Editor of the Penntijleaniun :
My attention having been called to the ap
pearance of my name as odc ofthe Vice Pres
idents of the Anti-Lfcompton meeting, at
National Hall, on the 8th inst. I beg leave to
state, that I was not present at the meeting,
and that my name was used without my
knowledgo or consent.
THOMAS D. SMITH.
Sheriff's Office, Phila., Teh. 10, 15-58.
The Lecompton Committee and Speaker Orr.
From the Washington Union, Feb. 10th.
Tho opposition newspapers, more especi-
I ally the Philadelphia ' and New York
Jnuts, are assailing 31r. Orr with great bit
terness of invective for the mauner in which
he thought fit to constitute the Harris Com
mittee on the Lecompton Constitution It is
pretended that some ancient aud iuviolable
parliamentary rule has been disregard in the
selection of this Committee.
We are at a loss to know what rule is relied
on for this assertion, iu what manual of par
liamentary practice it is to be found, and on
what ground of reason it rests.
There is a parliamentary rule which requires
that when any bill or measure or matter is
referred to a committee, it shall be refrered
to a majority of friends ; it being a parliamen
tary maxim that, "as a child is not to bo put
to a nurse that cares not for it, so no man is
to be employed in any matter w ho has de-
lorrf1 himsflf Bffninif it " Itnt tliJu .hIa nio .
-- ' "e "w3 imc
up the objections against the Committee in
questicn by the roots; for, as the Lecomp
tou Constitution is the subject-matter refer
red to this Committee, tor inquiry into the
whole facts of its origin and history, this very
very rule rendered it imperative upon the
Speaker to constitute the Committee so that
it would contain a majority friendly to this
Constitution
The legular course of procceeding with thi
instrument and the special message of the
President, would hare been, to refer them to
the standing Commitlee on Territories of the
House; which might have been presumed
fully as competent to deal with the subject-
matter they unbodied as any special-commit-
tee that couia De raisea. Y e can eoncene
ot out one ohjectiot: that coula have been legit-
iuiatcly urged against giving the Lecomptou
constitution this reference and that is that
the committee was opposed to the matter re
ferred, and, aud that the reference would be
like committing a child to an mimical nurse.
This objection did not exist, however, in fact;
and, not existing, there there was no suffi
cient excuse for raising a special committee
A committee, however, having beeu raised,
it was not only, as we conceive, incumbent
upon the Speaker to to so constitute it as to
give the friends of the special message and
the Leeompton Conseitution a majority of its
n:embers, iu pursuance of the just parliamen
tary rule we have ciud, but it would have been
moustrous to have referred those papers to a
hostile Committee. In tho opinion of a great
many, the House did violence to a parliamen
tary usage or courtesy iu refusing to refer
this subject to its own appropriate Standing
Committee; it was expecting too much of the
House, as a parliamentary body, to refer the
matter to a Committee positively hostile far
too much to expect of the dominant political
party in tbe House to commit a leadiug meas
ure of policy to the hostile nursing of an im
placable enemy. Tho outcry against Speaker
Orr is, therefore, not only unreasonable,
puerile, and petulant, but it is at war with a
most wise aud just canon of parliamentary
practice.
A glance at the composition of the Commit
tee in its relations to parties and sections, will
sufficeto vindicate the impartiality of the
Speaker The rule to which we have allu
ded required him to constitute a majority of
the Committee of the friends to the matter re
ferred Than requirement being satisfied, let
us scan the Committee with reference to its
sectional and party relations, It consists of
the following named gentlemen, from the
localities and of the political affinities indica
ted :
Thos. L. Harris, Ch'n, Illinois, Douglas
Aiesander II -Stephens, Georgia. Democrat.
Austin S. Morrill,
Vermout, Bl'kRep.-
John Letcher,
Edward Wade,
John A. Quitman,
Warren Winslow,
Henry Bennett,
Allison White,
lrginia. Democrat.
Ohio, Bl'k Rep.
Miss. Democrat.
N. Car. Democrat.
New York, Bl'k Rep.
Penn- Lemocrat.
David S, Walbridge,
Michigan, Bl'k Rep.
Thomas L. Anderson, Missouri, American
John W Stevenson, Kentucky, Democrat.
Garnet B. Adrian, New Jersey Douglas.
Ja:ues Buffinton, 3Iass. Bl'k Rep.
William F. Russell, New l'ork Democrat.
The mover of the resolution for the Special
Committee was made Chairman, of course, in
accordance with parlimentary usage. The
Speaker being himself from the Southern
section of the Union, the Northern section
wasiiberaly allowed nine members against six
allotted to the South. The dominant poli
tical party in the House was allowd but sev
en members; while the deserting Democrats
were allowed two. The Black Republican
party were given five members; which, with
the two deserting Democrats, gave the coali
tion seven, and put them even in number with
the dominant dumocracy of the House. The
casting vote and balance power of the Com-
mittec was given, not to the dominant party
in the Ilou-o. who were the epccul thim-
pions of the Lecomption measure, but to a
member of tht- Amcrlcat party, who was fa-
voraoie to the subject matter referred.
Upon this statement of the fact of the cae
rVS r F,ufcrait,tLe
and fidelity of Speaker Orr's conduct to th
candid judgment of the country, lie baa
done his duty, in the letter and in A
manyfactionsdemogognosagaiBst him.
The Reports cf the Territorial Committee of'1
the Senate. i
The Committee on Territories, of the Sen- :
ate have presented their reports to that bodv j
k v" uv- ""as question . ami alo a hill tnr
on the Kansas question, and alo a bill foV
, admisKinn f k-.. : i ... r- "
V"""" a
I tl.ate' under the Locompton Constitution.-
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with Ibe CoOBthutioi, fru,..l t Leconmon-
nrt tt inner irr-f,.l 1 , .
.... ... r.nluuJ iluu conclusive char
acter, j. he Majority cf the Committee do not
rely upon the idle rumors of the day wtth re
ference to Kansas affairs they eschew all mere
manufactured evidence, ami draw their facts
frnm tlir nfSMril cvl:1uin.i. .... K.- 1
ton. and base their conclusions upon the molt
undisputed proofs. Proceeding upon such ) t "uruvc .UI ?ue -ounta.n Democracy -safe
aud practical rules, the majoiitv have I f 13 dlrcct ciiic. U-t
placed upon record a concise and tellinV nar- ! , T "TT r"1 "'V- WLca a
e .1 t 1 1 - 1 . b J larttr, he Uansfers au v ect that ti.--
ative of the whole Kansas imbroglio, from ' ha h.s :, t . , t;f, J .' , .t,to wIici:
the first entrance ofthe hired toSbj of the I -L iS, ! Vv, & Tluch
Eastern Abolition Societies info that Terri
tory to the present hour, when Jim Lank and
his gang of desperadoes are contending against
law and order, and marshalling the' lawless
spirits of that locality is open rebellion, not
only towards Territorial authority, but a'so
towards that of the General Government.
This has been and is the position of thnt por
tion of the peoplo of Kansas who oppose the
Lecompton Constitution. Ou the contrary,
the Majority Report establishes anew the fact
that the regular legal Convention of Kansas,
in pursuance of law, assembled and adopted
the Lecomptou Coustitution, which is thorou
ghly republican iu form, submitted that Con-
j stitution ofthe people iu I heir own way, and
i now claim admission into the Union with thnt
instrument. Under these circumstances tho
Committee very properly rt-port iu favor of ad
mitting Kausas iuto the Union, aud clothing
her with all the power and privileges of a sov
ereign State. This decision of he mai-mtv
is recommended to the consideration of the
, Senate aud country from all those high and
holy considerations which should influence
j Stat?smen aud Patriots iu the discharo of
their tiUtV. All the met. lefral and re.misit
iorms
have been complied with bv the tip:--
able citizens of Kana. Itisontv the tur
bulent aud unruly who have been 'and arc op
posing the admission of Kausas fr t!n-ir own
wieked and base purposes. To nut
j lllis aelfish foray upu lho peacaQd ,)f
; ,Le UuioQi the IllJljoriw rcpnrt a bill tr th
! p. admission of Kansas whi.di will lo
a stop to
i tuliz(; the slavery ouestio,,. rcs.ore ord.r r
j the young State, and thus b productive of
! irfiOil t(i nil i" "inrrTiil
.Senator Douglas, from the same Commit-
' tce. presented a written rer..rt. i, wl.i..l,
,..i,h.IH hi ri, ,l... i,
j deration. He takes the ground that "the
! Lecompton Convention was not clothed with
competent authority to establish a Coustitu-
tiou," thou-h the Kansas-Nebraska bill was
! intend
Kam
The
tney
Docglas rejects all
. , r i
these cvedeiices of the
"popular will" and acts with those who re
fuse Kausas admission into the Uuioti. The
objection is not well takeu the Setiutcr's
acts do not carry out his professions, an.l
heuce his report will not have much weight
with those who examine the subject iu the
light of truth- reason, and patriotsui
The Black Republican members ofthe com
mittee reported the old staie story with reft-r-euce
to the frauds in Kansas, and unfairness
and illegality iu conducting the election
The Senate will not be startled bv these as
sertions, as they have h ard the same repeated
for the past two years.
The bill for the admission of Kansas, as re
ported by the majority ofthe Committee on
Territories, will be found in auother part of
this paper. The Senate will take up the same
for consideration ataucaily day, and admit
Kansas under its provisions. Of this result
there is no doubt. In the House the contest
:;d to, aud did trive lo ibe ocorde of . , : , - - , ' 1 " u 1
.. , - . .' l aijainsi nis aaunsston. Ui-cau nr nraeiii f
sas this very authority, or it is a tarce. P , , r p11''1 '
i fi- ) ,-. . tue ueniocrucv In re uu ej where n noire thsi
t.eonle of Kau.-a did J.iriu a Constitution , - njv.ui.iuai
. ,r..-.l W f., f , . w . . . substitute must be a citizen a wr re-
will be more fierce in its character ; still tho j display a few gaping wounds ? You are try
result will be the same when the final vote i in.S to humbug people into the btdief that I
comes, ivausas will he admitted under the
Lecompton Constitution, Mr. Buchanan's :
policy will be endorsed, the uuity ofthe Dem-
ocratic party will be preserved, and the Union
saved from the machinations of the Black
Republicans and their allies.-Z-VfijoytVawfai.
. ... .
Personal.
Senator Pugh, in a recent letter to the New
v i- n 7 .1 j c i- -. t
lork Iltrcdd, thus defines his position on Le-
i
compton : J
"My own opinion is, that Kansas ought to j
be admitted immediately upon the Lecomp- j
ton Convention, with a declaration ot the
right of amendment as therein prescribed, at
any time. Tho bill which I introduced on
the fourth of January was to that effect."
The JJress, a few days siuce undertook to
read a lecture to Hou Messrs. White and
Phillips, members of Congress, on their votes right, and think as I please, without asking
on Lecompton. The absurdity of this, on ! your direction or permission,
tho part of a paper which has left the party. Your attempt to mix the "Mountain Pfia
is quite apparent The Argus, in noticing ! ocracy" in this quarrel is weak and cowardly,
the attack ou Mr. White, mentions this fact: j It will not succeed. It would be rather too
"We know not when we have hnard a dec- much presumption to ask them to divide into
laration more 'honorable, high-minded, and I hostile camps under your fag and mine. Tba
patriotic, than was recently made by this 'j matter is private and personal to you and
gentleman to one who was endeavoring to ! self. You have commenced to libel and slan
persuade him to turu traitor to his principles J der a private citizen, who intends to fgi'
and his party, He said lf 1 canuot sup- j bis own battles.
port a Pennsylvania President, whom I help- j Permit me to eKpres the hopo that j
ed to elect, 1 will resign aud go home." will not get hurt much in the numerous fi
It also in commenting on the other assault fights which you have undertaken, and t-
suggests a matter that proves that Col. For- subscribe myself
ney haa no longer any sympathies with the i ' Yours, affectionately.
Democracy. It says : RICHARD WHITE-
"A Qcert? Is the Hon. II- M, Phillips j Ebcnsburg, February 24. 185S.
.one of the Representatives from our city, ! -
whom the nomiual editor of the J'ress has j T Our columns this week are r&er
avowed a determination to defeat, even by crowded with Advertisments owing to
...... AJiacit xiepuoiican no
so readeth let him understand.' "
The same paper had previously noticed a
rumor to the effect that this eentleman has
aspiration lor tho Philadelphia Mayoralty,
Is he preparing ; to run s a citizen's candidate
under the auspiecs of the opposition ? '
COMMUNICATIQft.
; T r- v;--.,
! CARD.
j To 31. P.S.Noox. iditoToT the v
far
! Sw . v w.v ,
i o7t 77-1. ' 5 u,UJ1!n.p"
&7ud mak ZZ i-
TLe great,er P0"11 of our arlcle i8
VBpi!ah-rand onlJ "cite a
ihit t dentK hatwnf
T" . f ?. L.t11 HP:VLi
.his Z
.v,:- t .
- miMuuiiy, WDCi you and rnvjclf
1 veil kuowu, it a not r-osMble for vm, t
' ni, an,i ,k' e f,uA'V !?J0" l0lul
is
iau5 tar me article nimht
'. i?V .ntnipt wliich u ,;,,
Jui as your paper am been publislvl t. ,u.
"u"u- au,i vouiaina one tpecitic aud u,.r,
charge, the feeling of duty w hich &th-C'
every mau to guard his good name, cuv
me to Riska a public reply to it
Xom say that "tor a consideration,'' I Lao
S iT"? 'U ar,ff r thc '
iiauu me ire:uom aou lnaopcndcncv of
1. . 4 J I " HIV
Mountain Democracy ? Wheu did they cXV
cute a deed of tale or of trust lo nlc t
the impression that they were their un a. af
ters, and "free as the mountaiu breeze." aii!j
until the appearance cf your article, 1 ,,lV,!r
knew that 1 was responsible W iLeir oVe :.
men. is i.ews to ine. an.l n i .
i v- . i 7. " "e t
, iiieui. oi mucn creUeuce will be attached
: to it, because, my dear young friend, if itev
: er should be your good fortune to become iu
i timately acquainted with these eumt "MuUB.
; taia Democrats." you will arrive at tbe ecu. iu
i eion long since reached by many f y,.ur
j lu'trious predecessors." that the selnu if
! them is an uudertaking too extensive .vVi'
j one man.
: You turthsr say ; "It was in fulSlaeu. ul
; that agreemeut, that tne meetinj iu Drtcai-
: bcr was adjourned " Now hue uu cfk i f
j an "agreement." Where Wus'il.at agret-
meat made, and wheu? Who are thr-ar-j
ties to it ? Who required it i It the -l.,Ui.-:
tain Democraey" liave been rold. who l...u-t,i
' them? Who is now their owuer : l,i ,u-
lighten them upon these point? ; tin ,,v
like to know who is now their 6oj.
In regard to the adjournment vt that tuiv;
ing, "mark how phmi a tale shall pat yj
; down " 1 he motjdu on which the uinin,;
: adijurnrd. was made v Jam, (! !.'..."
i UH i . . .. .-, t
.,-! nuiusuui", teafciCUikU OI CUara. .;p i.A
. (
!
iutegrity. wuh wueui you may be nicMimni
to be acquainted. Did he make that h....:iju
: U1 adJuuru lb" "ireung "in fuitimW . f
i Dartvelo jt? ' ' " e
f y
i WJ TJ7L1 r VJr lyn
i Wa a bU.baM,Ut-. tL LwUU,J. VU "'Htee; '
! 1 weul tDere al lAe VM -Mr- KcJr.
r . r 1 . -1 it.. .1 fV. a A . I . ,
fl-u. hu j I'uiid.i.l 1MCU1, BU iM I'liSlllIM
l occupation lOiupehuvl him to b .1UI (tvJU
the couuty on the day ot tto UietJMi;J
ou say; "it was with that olj,-ri lit i,i.
Lij i -.1.-1111.1 iui k i i u lllr Irili-
- 1 i . . - , .. ."
.l.llnir it, thu k.v.t.. iii.f ri..t I . . 1 .1 "
eipai as eii:cieu or iippoiuica. 1 I.OlnaK l !-
lau was appoiuted for Cenemaugh Bomuli.
The substitute, Mr. Piper, resine iu Jol.ii
to w n .
Thus sir. an examination into jour c!;ary
shows that it ia without foundation, u.i in
plain English, au unuiitigited Lir
ou speak of haiLiT been a J visr-d to ! i!v
self aud acts pass unnoticed. That was a rty
coininou sel.se advice, and alrm l ;n.y e.-nuiK-n
man would have taken it; but we cuin..
expect a grnivs to be sulject to to the ru:i
which govern every .ay life and oerj ouv
people, for
"Gvi-.tt vi ifs t.T matinos sure re i.f.ir
And thin jiartitins do their UunJstlii'ft-'
You talk of .power, money, in2u-n-, "
being crushed .Vc. This dodge i pn-ttv
smart. Would you not like to be persecuted
a little ? Would it not be a great card if ym
cou'd stand before the public a martyr, and
! " iSU lu Cl Ubn ou- ,low stands tne casa la
this regard.
Until this time I have
i .be.eD Jour Jnend! 1 have never done yea anr
' injury, have nevci harbored an uukiud fetlr;
! towara.s you, ana you know that whecfr
i wc ave come 'n contact, my conduct towirl
f you has been uniformly kind.
u tlie otber hand. you. the conductor of i
! PubHc Journal, have seen fit without an;
i provocation. without right and without reason,
,..m . . .. '
to commence a warfr nrv-m ::.. n
I am not an office holder, nor am I a candi
date for any office.
The tenor of your article indicates that tpu
are not satisfied with the political r.pinioci
which I entertain. If ever you heni l be
come capable of understanding tbe politictl
institutions of this Renublie. vca w;'J.' earn.
.
that freedom of opinion is raaranteed to all
t . . . -i irftVJc
' its citizens. I intern! to avail myself of this
- i-.i. rf t,lft cu: QW Receipti 3
M v M.
Expenditures, &.c
week and we will then have room ftr ,r
j usual variety.
j
j BCi.Monre Stewart has been rard-'Csd
i i u .. j. ... i. .. .