cy of the former, or irreparably destroyed
the perfect kerseymere of the latter!
From the turgid depths of that tremen
dous puddle bath sprung up for him a
misery of two or three hours. The pud
dle path positively slaughtered, pro tem
pore, the happiness of his existence. But,
put him among many puddles, and the
"little, fluttering, foolish thing," is about'
as perfectly helpless as a fly in a basin of
mock-turtle.--- Corsair.
From the Lancaster Intelligencer of Ist inst.
CASE OF KOHLER DECIDED.
The reasons filed in arrest of judge
ment in the case of the Commonwealth vs.
Henry Kohler Musselman were argued
on Tuesday add Wednesday last, with
great ability by Messrs. Fordney, Attor
ney General, and Jenkins for Common
wealth, and Messrs. Montgomery & Ford
for the prisoner. The Court met yester
day, all the Judges present, and the opin
ion of the Court was delivered by the
President, Judge CHAMPNETS, upon all
the reasons filed in arrest of judgement.
The motion was overruled by the unani
mous opinion of the Court, Judge Dale &
Lightner fully concurring in the opinion
delivered. -
The President Judge, in pronouncing
the sentence of the law, made the follow
ing remarks to the prisoner:
As a genera principle, the Oourt would
not feel justified in adding to the weight
of the conviction of a. criminal, any re
marks or reproaches beyond the sentence
imposed by law. But th'e circumstances
connected with the commission of your
crime are so extraordinary and atrocious,
and the Court deem it so striking au ex
ception, as to justify ,(he brief remarks
they are about to make. The crime of
deliberate murder fias been considered,
in all ages, as the highest in the calender
of criminal offences, and the individual
who can so outrage, all the laws of God
and man, has been deemed deserving of
death, as the only expiation that could be
offered for the life he has taken, and as an
example to deter others from the commis
sion of similar offences.
The punishment ot death which the law
inflicts, is no more than adequate to the
oftence which you have committed.
The annals ot crime hardly furnish a
case, in which all the attendant circum
stances. were marked with such a fero
cious and blood thirsty spirit, as was ex
hibited by you towards your unfortunate
victim.
You obtained his confidence at Pitts
burg, became his companion and pretened
friend; he compensated you for your ser•
vices, and on you journey, at a moment
when he was unsuspecting and defence
less, you aimed a deadly blow at his head,
and following it by a resort to the knife,
which you plunged, in accomplishing your
vile purpose, into every vital part of his
body. And when an half an hour had
elapsed from the first attack, and the un
fortunate Zellerbach showed symptoms of
returning animation, and raised himself to
suplicate for mercy, true to your murde
rous and bloody purpose you dispatched
him, and sent him to the bar of that omni
scient Being, who witnessed your crime,
and, by his mysterious Providence, has
brought to light all the circumstances con
nected with this foul deed.
And, when the murdered corpse was
laying before you, at night--in the midst
of a storm ; and waiting to catch the glimp
ses of the moon; alongside of the unfor
tunate Zellerbach ; you, cooly and delib
erately, opened his Pocket Book, to ex•
amine and ascertain the value of your
plunder. Such an instance of moral de
pravity, and destitution of all the feelings
of human nature, can hardly be found
amidst all the degradation and reckless
ness disclosed in the history of our Crimi
nal jurisprudence.
Since the commission of this atrocious
and bloody deed, you have exhibited in
your conduct and declarations, the same
utter destitution of every moral and reli
gious obligation. Having involved your
servant William in so much suspicion
from the circumstance of his being your
companion, as to subject him to arrest, im
pnsonment and indictment, and you con
science not permitting you a moment's
peace, and having disclosed to him, all
the circumstances of this foul murder, you
then urged him to add to your crime, and
jeopard his own soul, by committing the
crime of Perjury, in testifying to your
innocence!
The cup of your iniquityis full to over
flowing. Whether you have ever receiv
ed either moral or religious instruction, it
is not for the Court to inquire or know.
But you ought to be informed that you
can expect no mercy from any human tri
bunal, no relief from the executive.
But He, who left his throne on high,
and gave his only begotten son for the
salvation of sinners, is the fountain of
mercy; and to him you must bow your
knee and direct your supplications.
The sentence of the law is therefore
pronounced.
That you be taken hence to the jail of
the county of Lancaster from which you
came and thence to the place of execution,
and be there hanged by the neck until you
are dead; the said punishment to be i nflic
ed within the walls or yard of the jail of
said county, in the manner directed by
the Act of 10th April, A. D. 1834, enti
tled "an act to abolish public executions."
Doling the delivery of the above re.
marks, the prisoner hardly moved a mus
cle; betraying, by no outward sign, the
most trifling interest in the judgment
pronounced against him.
A TRANCE OF A WEEK'S DURA
TION.
A young girl residing in a house back
of Duman street, between Fourth and
Fifth streets, Southwark, a member of the
Methodist church kno.vn as the Academy
in Fourth street, near Arch, on the even
ing of Wednesday the 55th ult., arose
from her bed under religious excitement,
and began to pray. The religious exer
cises, with the workings of her own im
agination, produced such a state of excite
ment in her mind as to throw her into a
trance, in which condition she has remain
ed since yesterday week, insensible to
every object and event around her. Du
ring that period she has partaken of no
food, except such aliment as thin gruel,
which her friends or attendants forced in
to her mouth, between her clenched teeth.
Such a long k period of unconsciousness
and abstinence has had no apparent effect
upon her health; she breathes regularly,
her respiration is similar to that of - a per
son in ddeep sleep, and her cheeks and
lips have the glow and hue of health, the
ruddy color of which, added to a face pos
sessing regularity of feature, gives her an
extremely interesting and beautiful ap
pearance. The only motion that has
been observed during this length of time,
by those around her, is a movement of the
head, which is turned occasionally from
one side to the other, as she Ices upon
her track, and a rapid rolling of the eye
balls udder the closed lids. She has now
been eight dayein this singular state, and
seems novearer a restoration to a itate of
constioesness than at he time of the first
ttack7though yesterday one of her atten
dants heaiti her whisper, indistinctly.
something about her brother, whichihade
them believe that the fit of unconscious
ness was near its termination. §.lie has
been visited by fifty or sixty physicians,
though it is not known to what they as
cribe her present condition, whether the
effect of physical or mental causes. The
"true believers," many of whom have vis
ited her daily, ascribed it, of course to
supernatural causes, and believe that her
spirit is communing with the blessed in
habitants of another world, and that she
will be able to make some strange revela
tions on her recovery a period - to which
mmy of them look forward with feelings
of anxious hope. Whatever may have
been the cause which produced and con
tinues this singular effect, there is one
thingcertain, that the facts detailed by
her friends, in regard to her present con
dition, are strictly to be depended on.
The name of the girl is Nancy Simpson.
P. 8. Since the above was intype we
learn .he has recovered her consciousness,
the symptoms noticed by her friends on
the last day of her fit having p terminated
favorably. Vast numbers of persons of
her own pursuasion have visited her, many
under the expectation that she will make
some interesting disclosures. It they
should be disappointed it will not be from,
the want of faith in her story.
Philadelphia Ledger.
From the United States Gazette,
MOST SHOCKING HOMICIDE.
The quiet of our orderly city is rarely
disturbed by such an appalling tragedy as
was acted yesterday, and we do not re
' member to have seen the members of this
community more shocked at any event.
Few if any of our city readers but will
recollect the elegant ice-cream establish
ment of Mr. Wood, opposite the State
House. The house has recently been put
in order at a very great expense, and is
perhaps one of the most splendid of the
kind in the United States. Mr. Wood
was assisted in his business by his wife
and a daughter about twenty years of age.
Some two weeks since, Miss Wood was
privately married to Mr. Peak, a bootma
ker in }Hilt street, and as we gather from
enquiries, on Thursday last she left her
father's for her husband's house. No
sooner had the knowledge of his daugh-'
ter's clandestine marriage reached the ear'
of Air. Wood, than he immediately clos
ed his store, and refused to attend to bu
s;ness.
Mrs. Wood, however, on Friday or Sat
urday, induced her daughter to return
home, assuring her of her father's forgive
ness, and of an early reconciliation with
Mr. Peak. We did not learn that there
was any cordiality in the reception of Mrs.
Peak by her father, and the place remain
ed closed.
About ten o'clock yesterday morning,
the report of a_pistol in one of the upper
owns of Mr. Wood's house attracted the
attention of persons in the street, and it
was soon ascertained that Mrs. Peak (late
Miss Wood) had been shot by her father.
The body was found lying in the back
room of the third story, the face covered
with blood. An examination was imme
diately held by Doctors James Rush and
G. Emerson. which resulted in the dis
covery that the ball had passed entirely
through the head, entering immediately
beneath the right eye and carrying with it
a portion of the scull and brain. A few
moments before the examination she expi
red, not having spoken from the time she
received the fatal injury.
Mr. Wood was immediately conveyed
to the adjoining room, apparently in a
state of phrenzy, where he was detained
by the instructions of the Deputy Attor
ney General until the physicians should
have concluded their examination and
made report thereof. The idea that Mr
Wood had swallowed poison, was at first
entertained but this was soon dispelled.
He avowed that he had committed the act
and declared that he considered itjustifi-,
able. Soon after the arrival of Mayor
Roach, Mr. Wood was aroused from the
apparent stupor into which he had fallen,
and upon beino• ' questioned by the Mayor
and Mr Barton he admitted that he dank
three glasses of brandy about ten minutes
before he perpetrated the horrid deed, and
that he deliberately went into the room in
which his daughter was sitting, placed the
pistol close to her head, and fired.
Such was the crowd of persons in the
street, that it was considered proper to
institute such examination as was neces
sary in the house, instead of conveying the
prisoner over to the Mayor's office.
One of the servants, a colored man,
named Jos. Sr;mour, testified that he
heard the report of a , pistol, while engaged
in the kitchen, that he immediately hasten
ed up stairs, and found Mrs. Peak lying
on the floor, her face covered with
blood, a pair of pistols lying near her, and
Mr. Wood standing a little distance from
the deceased. The husband of the unfor
tunate lady remained in the house of his
lying wife for some time, in a state of
'great distress, but was finally persuaded
by Mr. Barton to retire.
Immediately after the examination of
'Seymour and of Doctors Rush and Emer
son, Mr. Wood was committed to Moyas
mensing prison.
We write this article before the Coro
ner holds is inquest upon the body. A
deed has been done that shocks the feel.
ings of the community to an unusual de
gree, and the public voice calls measure
of atice suited to the circumstances and
guilt of the case. Public sentiment, how
ever, in Philadelphia, quietly waits the
devel4ement of all the testimony that
goes to shdiv 'in what mind" the act was
committed.
No attempt is made to deny that the
death of Mrs. Peak was caused by the
hand Miler father.
O z:7-The Coroner proceeded to hold his
inquest.
Verdict of the Jury ; That Sarah Ann
Peak came to her death in consequence
of being shot through the head with a pis
tol ball, by the hands of her father, James
Ykood.
BIBLE IN THE U. STATES.—The first
Bible printed in the continent of Amer
ica was in native Indian—The New Tes
tament in 1661, and the old in 1693, both
by the Rev. John Eliot. Fhey were pub
lished in Gambridge, Mass. The second
was in German, a quarto edition, publish
ed at Germantown, near Philadelphia, by
Christopher Sowers in 1796. The first
American edition of the Bible printed in
English was printed by Kneeland and
Green, at Boston, 1752, in small quarto,
700 or 800 copies. It was published by
Bachman, a bookseller, but to avoid pros
ecution by those who had a patent from
the king, they reprinted the whole title
page of the English copy, including the
London - reprint. The next edition was by
Robert Atkin, of Philadelphia, in 1781-2
A DUEL WITH SHEARS.—TWO tailors
in New Orleans, last week, attempted to
cut short each other's thread of life by
fighting a duel with shears. One was
dangerously wonnded in the abdomen--P
Ledger
A SERIES OF LAMENTABLE OCCURREN
OES.—Whree children in Gibson cm, Ind.
who had thrust their hands into a hen's
nest to get the eggs, were bitten by a
copperhead snake lying in it. Their
screams attracted the mother, and while
she was absent the youngest child fell in
to a tub of water and was drowned. The
three bitten also died in two hours after.
SWALLOWING A Faaiu,—A farmer in
,Connecticut, who has occupied the same
farm, on lease, for about thirty years
past, was complaining that he had been
able to lay up nothing from his thirty
yoars' labor. A neighboring storekeeper
offered to explain to him the reason, and
proceeded as follows :—" During the last
thirty years that you have been on that
farm, I have been trading in this store ;
and the distilled spirits I have sold you,
with interest of the money, would have
made you the owner of the farm you hire.
—Jour. of Humanity.
A Goon ONE.-"My dear, what shall
we name our babe," said Mr. Smith to
Mrs. Smith, the other day.
" Why, huz, I've settled on Peter."
. _
"Petjri Goad Lord, I never knew a
man with the simple name of Peter who
could earn his salt."
~ Well, then, we'll call him Salt Peter.'
—Claremont Eagle.
THE ANNUAL CRANDEItRY FAIR was
held at Barnstable, (Mass.) on Tuesday,
the 24th ult., but it appears that the pick
ling did not yield well in consequence of
some stealthy rogues having previously
carried oir the best of the berries. The
I,town committees, incensed that the regu
lations should be thus set at naught, have
collected evidence against eight of the
poachers, and are going to make them
sweat for their conduct, unless they agree
to pay two dollars per bushel for all they
have gathered.
SOMETHING LIRE THE DEVIL--, me
chanic in Russia has succeeded in makitr ,
la steam man. It is a colossal statue, t he
feet of which are placed upon wheels on a
rail road, and, as he goes thundering over
the track, the steam comes puffing from
his nostrils so as to give the appearance of
Satan as pictured in revelation.
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THE JOURN IL.
'One country, one constitution, one destiny
knuntingdon, Oct. 0. 1830
Democratic antimasonic
CANDIDATES.
FOR PRESIDENT.
GEN. WM. H. HARRISON
VICE PRESIDENT
DANIEL WEBSTER.
FLAG OF THE PEOPLE!
0* - A single term for thePresideeev, and
the office administered for the whole PEO
PLE. and notafor a'PARTY.
rp A sound, uniform and convenient Na
ti
oat 1
CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of
the. COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN
PLAS ' ti t
ts brought about by our present
RULERS.
Tf 3 ECONOMY, RETRENCHMENT. and RE
FORM in the administration of public affairs,
y 1 "Tired of Experiments and Experi
menters, Republican gratitude will reward
unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub
altern Of WAsuttgwrox and the desciple of
JEFFERSON. and thus resuming the safe and
beaten track of our Fathers,—L.- Gazette.
Electorial Ticker.
JOHN A. SHULZE, 7 Sen'to'l
JOSEPH RIMER, Selectors
Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE,
2d do CADWALLADER EVANS.
do CHARLES WATERS,
3d do JON. GILLINGHAM,
4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, •
do JOHN K. ZELLIN,
do DAVID POTTS,
sth do ROBERT STINSON,
6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU,
7th do J. JENKINS ROSS,
, Bth do PETER FILBERT,
9th do JOSEPH H. SPAYD,
10th do JOHN HARPER,
11th do WILLIAM M'ELVAINE,
12th do JOHN DICKSON,
13th do JOHN M'KEEH AN,
14th do JOHN REED.
15th do NATHAN BEACH, •
16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH,
17th do GEORGE WALKER,
18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY,
19th do GEN. JOSEPH MARKLE,
20th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE,
21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON,
22d do HARMAR DENNY,
23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON,
24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY,
25th do JOHN DICK.
The Election
Is over,—Let the victory rest upon
whose standard it may . Outs is the task
to pronounce "all's well". Whatever the
people of our county or country, declare
to be their will, it is our duty to acquiesce
in. Next week we shall be enabled to
give a correct account of their decision.
' It is the duty of every Democratic Amer
ican to say amen. If by their own su
pineness, they have suffered the spoiler
to invade and sack their teritory. Ours
shall not be the business to complain. If
by negligence they have been victimised
to the dagon of Loco Focoism,—Theirs is
the suffering:as well, aye! more than ours!
e have faithfully 'performed our duty—
We have warned them of their danger. If
then, they have slept on and taken their
rest, until they were bound hand antlioot
let them lay no complaints at our door.
In Huntingdon County, the friends of
good order have at all times, at least a
majority of from four to six hundred. If
they perform their duty, their cause is al
ways safe. If they sit quietly down, an
ever active and cunning foe may triumph.
The present contest has been one of
much importance, and if cunning has tri
umphed over neglect, we could almost in
' the bitterness of heart exclaim, it is good
enough for you.
We have no fears, however, of the re
sult; we have always been convinced of
the patriotism of the Anti-Vanburen par
ty. If, however, their patriotism is of
that kind which lets the welfare of their
country run to loss while they spend their
hour or two in seeking the welfare of
themselves; we should be ready to say, '
your patriotism is too much of the gum
elastic sort; and stretches itself into the
shape of seif-intrest.
But no matter ! Ti►e election is over
in this county, we feel confident that all
is right,—ln the state, we are still in the
dark. If the Loco Focos have succeeded
in obtaining a majority in both houses;
why we can only say they will do us they
are a mind too; and the election of Canal
Commissioners is still longer kept from
the people.
An old wash stand was knocked down
in Brooklin, L. I. for $2,25.—0n exami
nation after the purchase, the buyer found
about $6OOO in a drawer. The Surrogate
claims the money for the Estate, but the
finder intends to test his claim.
"Go it Boots.*
For the Huntingdon Journal.
Mn. BissznieT—Sir, you have, I pre
sume, seen published in the .Advocate,"
of last week, what purports to be a cer
tificate of a fellow by the name of Henry
Garland, the tenor of which, is designed'
to injure my character—it will be sufficient!
to satisfy every good citizen of the falsi
ty of that production, when they know
who this man Henry is, and who the bas
and cowardly scoundrels are., that would
use him to spit their venom at me. Well,
who :is Henry cayland 'I Why he is
drunken crenturNthat has been staying
about this place ( Raid Eagle Furnace )
for a number of years, and since I have.
been here I had him employed in the dig-j
nified capacity of ostler, and when he ex
pected a fp or a levie he could smootl
down a horse quite slick; ht possesses
good deal of the low cunning, peculiar t •
a toper, and can employ ',his time basil
about nothing, to a nicety; and lie as plait.
Title of Nobility. sibly as a thief. Well, Henry bein
The annexed article from the U. E. drunk, and abused the young men in th -
Gazette, shows what acts give a man aeffice, I ;interfered, and turned him off,—
claim to a title of real greatness. In Poor Henry, for his own bad conduct, ha
these our days, a man may sport a title of
greatness, who has wronged his creditors .to relinquish the curry comb and brush
greatness,
and I suppose, to get relief, he went to Dr
out of their hard earnings and yet he may O. G. Scott and told his complaint; th
be greeted as among the honorable, he Doctor, as usual, would inform his patient
may tell his creditors that in considera. that he was afflicted with a variety cf di
tion of their giatitude for trusting him seases, and, that here was squire Dried
twenty years, that they desire no pay,' pl esent, we will just step into the squire's.
they have trusted him too long; and yet back room, and we will cobble up a pre-I
this same man may be high in power ecription, all we will want Henry, my deal
Such things are, and who would dare to friend, is your name, if you cannot writei
say the truly noble and honest son of Er- you can make an k Mr. Pateriek; Mad' ,
in's green Isle, was as good a man as the
den done so last year and he is as good
present Governor of Pennsylvania.
man as any of us; besides, we are all goof;
TITLE OF NOBlLlTY.—Yesterday a democrats, and it will help the election
gentleman called upon Isaac Roach,a
mayor of this city, and informed himEtlsia't. lan d you will get your name in the papurs
he had recently arrived from Ireland; that and probably an office— for the Govern()
previous to his departure lie had been re-likes such whole-soul fellows as you; yet
quested to take charge of a handsomewould make a first rate canal officer.
mahogany box without fastening, and
leave it and its contents wit the maor
}Henry no doubt, was tickled with tht
'uf Philadelphia, to be retained by him un .
and agreed to let them use his narrni
til called for bythe_gentleman to whom Ito stab me. Poor Henry has ever sine ;
..Kensington" is with you still. Old
Huntingdon has said to the Loco Focus,
".Ao you don't"—and they now must
clear the track.
The election is over, and the lies of
Gco. R. Espy, the Auditor General have
been printed and coined for nothing.—
Their hordes of cosmopolites (supposed to
be about 500 ) have travelled, after vo
ting in the county. Their influential
canal officers have been shorn of their
locks, and their strength is like another
man's.
KrThe whole Democratic Anti-ma:
sonic ticket has been elected. The turn
out was very small, and owing to the great
number of transported voters, we were
near being caught napping—we rejoice,
however, that, enough evinced their pat
riotism to receive a majtrity of from 2 to
SOO.
it was addressc'd. The mayor having ta
ken cognizance of the contents of the box
received - it in charge.-- Ne had occasion,
yesterday, to be in the mayor's room, and
saw the box. It contatned a splendid
massive silver water, 21 inches in diame
ter, with highly ornamental decoration.
lit the centre of the magnificent piece is
the following inscription, beautifully en
graved.
••Presented to Michael Allen, ;Esq., of
Pittsburg, United States, formerly of Lit
terkonny, Ireland, by his creditors, as a
testimonial of their high opinion of his
upright and honorable conduct in paying
in lull the balance of their accounts,
although previously discharged trom all
legal obligations.
Signed in behalf of the creditors at
large. JOHN bI'CLERRY•
Belfast, April, 1839. [U. S. Gas.
Mttortat Szniuntitvg.
Once more we have got back to the old
place. Too much of our time and space
has been required for politics to give cur
usual variety, fur some weeks; and we
must say, beg pardon reader! and try
to make amends.
The election in Maryland has gone to
the d-I,—or what is the same thing
gone for the Loco Focos. We take it for
granted that they are to near the atmos
phere of the federal city, to escape the
miasm, of its corruptions, Poor Merry land
is in a sad state.
The Branch Bank of Tennessee, at Co
-1 lumbia, was robbed of $30,000 on the
29.. d ult.
Gen. Robt. Y. Rayne, a favorite and
honored son of south Carolina, died at
Ashland, N. C. on Tuesday 24th, ult.
The Yellow fever, is still raging at the
South.
The lion. J. C. Alvord, member of
Congress from Mass. died on Friday 27th
ult.
Wheat is selling in Zanesville, Ohio, for
.70 cents.
Col. Pluck died a few days since in the
Philadelphia alms house.
There has been an extensive fire in
New York. The National Theatre and
three Churches, were burnetl— besides
several houses. Total loss estimated at
$400,000.
./Wob Law.— In Arkansas, three indi-'
viduals having been tried for murder, and!
found "not guilty." Were seized by the
"Dog keepers," and hung, they knowing)
better than the law. Later developments,
seem to say that the three persons were'
perfectly innocent—but mob law has hung'
them. Are not the people of our state,
willing to encourage the administration of
justice by the "indignant people" alias
"dog keepers."
wept bitterly for his folly, and from mYI
heart I pity him; but, shall ever despisi
the mean and dastardly wretches that
would use a drunken creature, a dis.
charged ostler to vilify me, by a malig
nant and false publication.
ROBERT CAMPBELL.
TRUTH ELOQUETLY SPOKEN,
We invite the attention of our readerfi
to the following eloquent and graphic deft l
cription of the Van Buren party, as IN
find given in the address adopted by Otte
Senatorial District Convention of Young
Men, held at Consackie, N. Y., on th
[4th ult. on which occasion upwards o
twelve humired delegates to the Conven,
tion appeared and took part in the pro
ceedings., The following is a brief ex.
Itract from the address:
"It is to principles and measures of the
gravest moment, fellow citizens, that we
wish now to call your attention. We are
arrayed against a party which arrogates to
itself the title of 'democracy,' though it
has for years supported and is constantly
supporting and justify:ng measures of
deadliest hostility to all that is implied by
that term. Democracy is opposed to 09
concentration of power. The whole ten.,
or of our opponent's policy is to extend!,
and strengthen the Executive arm. De
mocracy demands a prudent and economi
cal administration. They have lavishly
and wantonly squandered the public mu- ;
ney, spending thirty millions a year where
twelve once sufficed. Democracy requi
res on the part of public fuoctionaries,
strict accountability and submission to the'
power from which they received their trust
—They, defeated arid condemned again
and again by the people of New York,
yet cling to the offices which they them.
selves declared of right belonged to the
'victors!' Democracy declares that this
will of the majority constitutionally ex
pressed, shall be supreme.—They have
insultingly proclaimed that the pleasure
of the Executive shall be fulfilled, in defi
ance of the opposition and 'lamentations'
of the people. Democracy looks upon
the man it delights to honor, as but the
servant of the people, and requires him
in his intercourse with them to be plain,
unostentatious and unpretending— !lief
support a 'Chief,' who treats lime fellow
citizens as his subjects, and surrounding
himself with a body guard and assuming
the state of a monarch, moves among the
people with all the trappings and pageant
ry of a royal progress. Democracy is ins
favor of a single presidential term of of
fice—fearing justly the temptations that
might otherwise induce that high func
tionary to use his power and patronage to
subserve his own ambition instead of the
interests of the people. They, with that
tenacity for office which has ever charac
terised them, are ready even to violate the
constitution and unite the purse with the
sword in the hands of the Executive, in
order to effect his re-election.
Such, fellow citizens, have been the
predotninant characteristics of the party
against whom wt now invoke your aid to
rescue our rights and liberties, and to re
deem the spirit of our free institutions.
Such, whatever their professions, are the
, features that have marked their course.