TIIE ERIE OBSERVER:` BENJ. T SLOAN, EDITOR. _SLOAN 4- MOORE, PUBLISHERS SATURDAY. liTIONAL DRIOCRATIC NOXIJATTOIS FOR PREMIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN, OF PIN!CS YL r • N'LA FOR VICE russimmr, JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, or KENTUCCY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS = CHAT II BUCKALICW, WILSON MTA.NULESB. DIMLICT. 1. GEORGE W NEBEIGER 2. PIERCE BUTLER. S. EDWARD WARTY•N, 4. WM U WITTE. 5. JOHN IA'NAIR. 6. JOHN H BRINTON, 7. DAVID LAURY, IL CHARLES KESSLE#I, 9. JAMES PATTERSON, IS. ISAAC SLENKER, 11. F W. HUGHES,. 12. THOS OSTERHOUT, 13. ABRAHAM EDINGER, 14. REUBEN WILBER. 15. GEO A CRAWFORD, 16 JAMES MACE, IT. H. J. STABLE, OhB. JOHN D- RODDY, JACOB TURNEY. 20 Jos A J. BUCHANAN, 41 640 WILLIAM WILKINS, ... S. G. CAMPBALL. NNINGHAM, 2 AMY, ' 25 7 VIN ;PHELPS The Last'Appeal to Pennsylvanians PaLLow Otrtsame —You are asked to read ibis earefelly and •onscteouously, (r it 14 the last word of warning or •oeoeragetneot that span be add dto you before yoar votes detertatoe who shall b. Pretiditet of the United State. fur the neat four years Shell he h a neighbor soda frteed—s Piettes7lrani& anatomise, born and bred amongst y ou, the emert• of shove whole !ifs, private and public, has been with you, .aed with whine yes know the anuresis tat country arc oafs; ta shall it be one wbo. though a fortunate adventurer, a lucky Seder of paths whtch others ea brave ae . b•,.bad treirbe. fore, to utterly without experience, and, more then that, who,is the eandniate of siect,dualiste end fanaticism, and the worst art of speculative experiment, the candidate Joshua 11 li,d Ilnp, th. Ah-litiontst, and Giwrie LAW ale New York .q.w.ratt.., Thls tithe pie•tion which, in its moot direct from and freed from 111 collateral isius- -front all questions sa to who shall be metaber• of Conireiss, or the Legislature, or hold any other local trust. is now to be ilerlited by you Each in matt mu.t deride it ri.r himself It seem. to have heentne a tosteti.n whether Pennsyl vania. this ancient, loyal. true hearted eunailooweartit, shall hare any right of choice. or shall dare to exercise It in farnr of tier own sens. There has Jost been an e'ection in oar Stara, and it has shown this, itsuorig other results, that oar •ahetanttal, hardy, eon. live population, the cations of the middle and esvtern an southern counties of Penneylvania. including its great metropolis, have narrowly escaped the dominion of an abolition oligarchy, which born on the frontiers or States of adverse iniereet , and more adverse sentiment, has little or nothing in com mon with ise. While Berke and Nor! ialhpton, and MIA dolphin and Schuylkill, and Monroe and Columbia. and Lawns and Calabria. and tircene and ocher central and ' remote counties, the great mineral and agricultural and commercial communities, bronght their heavy majorities to tie support of a Pennsylvania man, and ware true to Penneyl•alla interests' and feelings, and the large mioori. ties in Lancaster anl t Chester and Dauphin and Hunting. don and •leewherc, owed that the Pennsylvania heart boat loyally there, too, a few border counties on New Y.irk, SW with fanatics. indigenous and imported readers of New York fanatic newepapers and lovers of New York Interests, turned their back, a/ usual, on Pennsylvania, and Mins near, by the concentration of their abolition force, snatching honor from a renosylvai,,s.late•ns.o,and earry- Lag it to the New York market, to plaee it on the brow of One who has onthing in oommon with us or ultra This enishisuitissi. is the frt.., • __CA ft r.te of Thaddeus Rteve , and abolition ism and beetionalism in our guts. who have boasted that Alwiliuonista could control Pennsylvania, add'with her control to defy the l nion The integrity of our commercial and agricultural popla tion, the resolute 10T! of Pennsylvania fur the Constitution and the Union, have averted this misfortune, and fur a time frustrated this scheme of wrong: and it may he well for Peousylvions men, and especially men of !melody; to pause aad meditate on this, and bring dearly to their minds the actual danger from which the victory in October has rescued them Let every considerate man. lire his party polities what they may, ask himsel f the question, what would have been the state of public feeling. socially and economically, had the Fremont faction gained an ascendency in the State and carried the October election , It may bean/wend in a few truthful, exact words. There certainly would have been no repose or swearity such SA now patois. The shout of triumph from a distance would have been vociferous. The opponent of the ettewszun of slavery, he who would ►t the same time guard the rights of the South under the Constitution, would have found his voiee of moderate rejoicing downed in the louder clamor of wild fanaticism. The extreme North would have boasted in insolence over the defeated and exasperated South. and the South thus defied and In sulted, might have sullenly and redly turned away even from iu brethren of the Forth. David Wilmot oLThaddeus Stevens or Simon Cameron, for the contest would have been eke. among the veterans and the recruits of abolition,' would have represented Pennsylvania in the Senate of the United States, and a scene Ilk* that which, under thejolist auspices of Know Nothingism and Fanaticism. disgraced Pennsylvania two years ago, would have been rereaseted this winter at Harrisburg Sod then over the business interests of the State would have rested uncertainty it* distrust and feerforthe fature. Happily the conjecture has bei.ome an idle one with us, at least, whether the Union wbuld have been endangered by real a reverse Many think it would—while some, tour* cionlldent, think it would not But no one will question that from this October to next March, there would have . been doubt and fear for the fatuare—dritibt whether the designs of fanaticism were to be frustrated by the personal dishneor of the eandidatearether he remaining true to his professions and his the conflict of sectional ism was to begin It would heve been the darkest five needse this country had aver seen, and no where would —the cloud have been thicker then here in Penneylvania. We should have bit the gloom socially, politically and economically. Economically in this The struggling and peculiar in termite of this oommonwealth, which, without demanding , extreme or offensive protection, are now developing them selves—mineral, agricultural and mechanieal—would first have been struck by the paralysis. They ask nothing now but to be let filmic The policy of the Abolition party, as avowed by its leaders, was to encourage the free and uo reetrieted impartation of the very raw materials which the hardy and psuent industry of Pennsylvania, is digging from her inouotaisis or gleaning from her hills. Platen eoed and Candian grain, and English iron, and Australian woo', were to be poured into the country fur the benefit of Massnehussetts and New York, (or /Asir factories—and main t ops of dollars were to be voted out of the public treasury for local enterprises in which Pennsylvania hate De iaterost direct or remote It was Nathaniel P. Banta, of Mossesbusette, let it be remembered, the present .iisolition Awaken. at. Washington, the leading lecturer fur ?rooms as t hi s ehis p isigna who voted always for remission of duties on railroad iron against Pennsylvania, and also . , us the 24th of February, I SU, proposed io the House of Representatives that wool should be "free of duty, without limit," and on the steps of the New York Exchange, less tßasi a month ago, morning a new the interests of Penn sylvania, re-averted the eociamical policy which thew I pa- The melodeon buying Editor of the Aswericia— would prostrate our interests. Thus economically, would the veritable man that carried Fred Douglass' carpet-bag P•nrisylvania have been perplexed mead perialysod. from the Depot to Brown's Hotel—hi very mach out of Politheally, it would hare been still worse. Time* would humor becalms we insinuaLed that the result of the electio n mos. been danger of the restoration of the dart lakiiiitioe pa the 14th almost ceased a collapse in that wonderful es .d 18.54--the iniquities of secret and corrupt combinations, tablishaeitt. He /aye It is uo such thing—that he issued seek as loudly governed Philadelphia for two years, and a fourth of a shoot because he had a mind to, but prine, , 01 , olgo lied Übe Skate Legislature for one—when bribery and pally bemuse an "excessive good of Job work" "rendered eernsptien was systematised, sod votes were bid for and a full issue almost impossible." Perhaps this is so—hu . t trsilielted with for monoy. That we have been saved from if it is, ail we have got to say is that an -+'exceseire /o us t the danger, let the record show. On the sth of rebury, of job work" has idea awfully bombed'. He says also that 1355, • Possisylvaala member of Congress offered this he is "pressed with public patronage," bat we think it was resolution the melodeon man, sad not the roadie, that "pressed" " Wtsaxaa, eolf•esioos have been made le this HO." him! ' is Committee (Abe Whole, • hie's, with other oirsitaistamsee, lead to the conviction that there exists ilia cellatr7 an ler liaillill• Tour Tickets ! Be sure that they Cur er wastes oathbound amoriatioa, which seems in tended 14, Litafers with the parity of the *imam and the rearmed with . the DIM*, of the electors published ie this leesiatisa of the country, suck an association exalted pa Bops tickets may 1.• about, ther e f ore b e easeful t he loses, and iadaeod the swims' srandai of Wasbingtoas is his Farewell Address; **rotor*. Iteseiva, That ht the opinion of this Hose*, the etas. tens. of merit oath-boned polices! associatioss, baYtal is elite sa Wider's", with saaetity of tit* hallot.boz, and the direction of the muse of motional or asnioipal ineessistent with, sad daaprous to the insets• none of republiesisista, sod directly hosine to tee pt, tee of this Government. NOYIMBE& 1, 1844. " Reefsherd, That every attempt to prescribe an) class of citizens on meant of their religions opinioas, or to favor or injure •n; religions denomination by national legislation, is in direzt opposition of the spirit of the Constitution of the United States. " R cooked, That while a careful and strict administration of the naturalization laws is a solemn duty, yet every in terforence with the guarantied rights of naturalized citizens, inconsistent with the plighted faith of the nation, and must . diminished its growth and prosperity "• And against this reisolatios, so tioaservative, so un questionably patriolie, voted all the leaders of that cum. hived petty-of sectionalism and intolerance, which has Jut been defeated is Pennsylvania, Nathaniel P Banks, of Massachusetts, and Onetime B. Matteson, of New York, and Galosh[ A. Grow, of Pennglvania Bad as was Know.Nothinglsm whoa it first started into es istanoe, it would have been a theassiad fold worse if reetured coder the auspices of confederate abolition. Bat socially, what an scrape has Pennsylvania and the Nation had: There is no measuring the actual consequence of our defection from the cause of the Constitution and the Union The first would have been—for the wirds of fasaticum once again let loose, would have blown into s flame the &lame( ectinet spark of civil discord—the renewal of strife 1111:111 bloodshed in Kansas That afilicted territory /11 at peace, and his bees so for weeks, if not months; and no cad Kid man, no lover of bus country doubts or wisher to deny it. The instant an honest Pennsylvania man war sent there, one whose first thoughts were to restore inter and do his duty—ono who was actuated by the moderate and unsectional feeling of a Pennsylvanian—that instant violence CM ■li 11140/ was rebuked—adventurers cf sit parties who came for mischief were repelled—the adminf oration of the law restored and the way prepared for that fair popular decision as to organic institutions which the people have a right to I orm The only chance which Kan•a• ha. ~t" coming :too his eonfederacy free from the ii”titut ton of domestic slavery, is whet, good order stra.l he confirmed and peaceful cottony from the North and from the South. from a distance and from Dear at hand. i who come weenie In goled faith, with the rights of property of all kind which tb• Constitution seemos, shall base the chance ~f paying f..r themselves what their wishes are This may be-yet—sad if it is, or tf it is not, by the honest nod unwed expression of the Glassine, the whole country will acquiesce But this aegumeenee can alone be bad in that period of national repose which a conetituttonal Pr, sident Itke Jame• Buchanan Las ',noised and can ware A Pennsylvania man in Kansas has already done cinch Cr.. law and opine and domestic peace A Pennsylvania President, oustainevt by C.institutional men in Congress, may do the rest Freedom oan never tome, except through pesos And what would blue been the doom of Kansas (this is a question worth c.risttiortng, had the new 'reached there that • dynasty al sectional abolitionism; was to be it.. augursted at Washington, and that mainly through the agency of Periney:visuia ' The struggle of fierce •nd violent mew would, before this, have been renewed The law would have bean stl•t,t in the din of ready artni The new erusades would haire begun already. New outs.ions ries of blood or .uld have crossed •11 its borders n new errands of violence The roman: press would have wadi new Issues of propagandi,m. Much would have Lad t be done ,trt tate etde or the other he(•re u.t.tt Mart.h, and whtle we to Penney Jeanie might ha% e had ere m•tnth• enet•me itorpl , itty, they to Kettle. w.tulti hey," 11%4 mrtothe of blood From all this, a reality and not a •peeulat.i ri—the of Pennsylvariti .•n the fourteenth of 0•-tober has thus far saved us It was a tt•tor♦ gained over a Jalt;wn the most compact ever made out of repulsive materials The words of 'serous,' which Mr. Fillmore, more than once toss uttered, fell unbeededon his frtondshere They coalesced to their own ruin with their worst enemies. Know Noth• logs who proscribed a man for kiss religton•s *site. or for Lu aecidental birth-place, were to Le seen hand to band with mercenary tt•nerant agents hired to appeal to foreign i.,sympathies and satipathies. It was complete and perfect, and no. or was sundered till it fell It hie fallen It is broken in pieces, and from its fragments are disengaged many particle■, that will, by the attraction of honest and patriotic sympathies, connect it emeelees with the great eau.* of conserriurre Democracy. Many a roan,who under delusion, voted the Fusion ticket in notober, seem now Use misehierous error which ruled him—and will sustain the great cause of the Constautton and the l nom. The fanaticism of Religious Intolerance end •leo:tnoo Whether this Xlll be so before the rresioetn,s, in November, only three day. distant, may be pronounced a matter of entire uncertainty and indifference. The duty of every Constitutional man, and especially of every Peen ,ylvanian, is clear in any event, and these la•t words • counsel arenow sent to you and your friend. ando•ighLours, to bri;ig that duty clearly to your mind. If in octuber, with odds against yuu, and all the embarrassments arising out of local and personal preferences, you tealousi.) labor ed for the Milne we 'have at heart, saerificed your time, eontrilmted your effort, do n.d forget that a greater duty yet remain, to be performed—to %,,te, and get y ntr frieoda to yolk use the direct .iorsti•m of the Presidency, and in sy,„ doing to swell the majority of 'hole .his yet think the Constitution and the Union w.,rtli preserving Men of Pennsylvani•--Deinuerar, tires of all parties, this last appeal is ulnae to you • Mr. Witte', Reeuluti4i. C. , ultrer , etoost lilvbe. 2.1 See., 33rd Cortgrrae, p 571 A Gammas liwww-Notlolas. The fact that tune always •indicates the truth has never been so fore.bly illustrated II in the course of the German paper here, called the "I"earee Wei/ " It will he recollect ed by our readers that in June last that sheet, for a eon siderat ion, as we believe. unfurled the Black fag of Repub. bean ism And ever clue. it hap been vindicating tta claim to a paid hireling by !musing and traducing the en tire Democratic party At first, to cover its perfidy,it profess ed to shape its course a. it did because. of its fealty to the cause of "the people"—its love for cur "local hobby." and It, unwillingness to sink the questions involved in our rail road didieulties in order to make room for the poltical ques tions which a Presidential contest would evolve. Many perhaps believed thissincerity of its professions. We did not We knew the man toowell. We knew him as vernal cad Lao*, sod knowing this we did not fail to warn the Democracy and "the people" of hie true character. We told them that two years ago, when K now Nothingion was sweeping down the rank. of the Democracy like a pestilence—at the time when the " dark lantern" overthrew the noble Baot-ca -- that this hireling would bare foresworn his nativity, be. lied his professions, and proved traitor to those who had nursed bun, if he had not been furnished with osicisindred golden P. 4001410 ',masa trite Undoubtedly many Demo. meta who sympathised with the "people'." movement, and hoped to have the influithee of the " W.lt" in that cause, did not place entire conk len , * in our warning. All to , h, however, weuprehend, have ere this 'teen evidence con arming ereriAing we charged then For instance. in stead of rytnpathiaing with the people's movement, the Welt was the very fret to raise the entire Republican ticket for county "see,. Neither the Glovers. nor American eauiti hare bee. m•ore rained( In advoea leg the election of that tieket-- , and this, too to the face of the well known fact that a majority at the names on the ticket here well known member. of the Know Noah tag order This a rignificant; but its significance dwin• dies in comparison t• the fact that last week 'hie lierman Knew Nothing unfurled the "Union Electoral Ticket," composed. as is boastingly &reread of thickens Know Noth ings and thirteen AVolitiuniets. Among the former is Si mon Cameron who was the mamas nominee of the "dark lantern" party for United State. Senator two years ag.. But we need.not add words to this matter. The " f Welt," and its Editor, are just where they ought to be, and Jost when they would have been two years ago if moue) had not been used to keep the concern straight It her not only deserted the Demiieratie party that fostered and protected it, but it has proved traitor to its own blood and language, and sold itself to .10 the work of those who would stake birth and religion a pre.requisit to citizenship. It has (wind its level, and there let it remain. It was Lour( since powerless fur good—it is now powerless for evil The only moral to be drawn from its history for the part few months is, that time vindicates the truth' ' VietorPr , 1 A Vida . 0,4 4 p :Lis an ansertaanitd f ,t the Coulreellelottld nota . f , [kits Stag AIMS a , ur TWJILVE BUNDLED fu the Oppositiss. I 41 armorer not of the strength of the partiee than tb” result on the Mean Tanliell s for 4, , very good reason that the tote as Wine and thigazpres•iem made In direct reference to the sets end policy of the National Admanistrati, , n li e cannot, therefore,award the Duelten an Democracy the ' brilltant actor," they are 1 , . exulting ly claiming. The %awry la, to f•st. en the other side.-- The people bane declared, through t'e ranittdat•s fi,r (-..,, I . gr,o.i an the senerna D sera, t.. that ti.. ) DIPIAPPRI , I I' .•1 the e , urse ..1 Franklin l'iiir, niol li,. iiiinte , liat . irporiero 111 rewind to the 311114111u111f/ L.Luyiviiii.e mad the •d•Ats of K 113.1 1 ,1 Territory —'loser. TAPre I. r n•cit:ess disro-gar 1 ri truirtu •iv...en that seenip ■aonuhiog 1 r ertla.t. the 6,rittlervnlA rlrt barn 11/11.it • iht..tatrment wtth , ul t,. , ,:1 • 14 11, r turt.• • t the maim! Coogrissioast district*, ao.l those rotated com pletely stamp the claim of twebe huatireJ tuejortty" for the Black Republica/lc upm the vote f..r C•thgresetnett tar truth the •typuhenta f the Dem...ratio } arty having "tw.l.• buttJtod a tpatti, we hart egg/green keouireti uati etgateet. 'majority er the cosi.- s .4 the it..pahlacau mud lahwer Nuttituig tah•l• date?, and hacd..,l and •It•ly ..1•r the Republican, ta..he r Here it the tole, r•Tie,l trout the PtiLla Bailettsi, Republicaa paper Dietrtete I.t i)vtu In the sh.. Ye, the rode of Faust, Aro anti Kelly, Rep 1: the Fourth dhirtet, are added together, •o. also. 1., the rot nl !..mrkin, Am and Bowen Rep in the 6th anti of tire, 9 ), A:u st..i Bch hic, R'nrdc•oc &IA in the 21,1 and 22d district,. tho. 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