keeping other f,lks tlig,,ing and hammer ' ing to teed and dress hon. That is nat'ral; End that is fist in the natur of things se see cumin to, if we let thugs go on a • they are now going. It is easy to say "Pm a good democrat is republican," and "my doctrine is Or rale democratic ductrin, ' but word:. are a :nil, I go for something so trader than wind ; fur I know that every scamp who has turned out a rale tyrant and oppressor snit his party with ltiin, begun by talking democracy and his great regard for the , and especially the poor peop'e ; and afore he is dune with it you find that something has comperd him to take. mat ters in his own hand to cure evils; and afore we know where we are, one law af ter another, which the pnur people made for t:ieir own security, is put nnder, and these few scamps are Law, Judge, Jury, and Hangmen; anthall for our good ; fur they love us so much they can't bear to leave us have our own way. But Mr. Moderator I feel it's almost time to go to dinner, and I'm willing to stop here and leave this matter of credit currency to the goud sense of the conven• tion ; 1 will only add a few notions. If we are to be a hard money people, I am content, but every Ledy must understand it; it won't do no how and no wa• in the world, for office holders tube paid their present wages. If we come to hard money prices every thing must come to it; pork, beef, cotton, wheat, lard, labor, every thing must come down to hard money prices. Nothing must represent value but gold and silver--all property and things, not gold and silver, must be Incas tired by gold and silver. Now if I was an office holder, and had my wags fixed by a standard of what I called credit cur rency, which is a currency that represents all kinds of propeity—l would be as wit ling as any other office holder to say 'down with all credit currency and pay in hard money only ;' but if folks say, "well, so be it, then come down with your wages," the shoe would pinch and I'd understand it. Now how would matters stand? If folks git under a credit currency one price, and under a hard money currency, not onestwentieth part on't, would it be fair and just for office holders not to be cut down tout The President gits $25,000 a year, or seventy dollars a day fur his ser vices, including Sundays and house rent and postag e free, and some other little matters b esides, and all office holders pretty good pay—all on a credit currency system, amounting to g ether to many mil lions every year, and this is all to be paid in hard money. Now I say a good honest democrat, as the President says lie is, and all his party say so too, and so it must be true, should say— , Yellow Citizens, hard money is the only money—my pay was regulated when we had a Credit Currency; and that kind of 'Currency' i-s wrong—it • has inflated prices, and led folks to bor rowing and building railroads and other ruinous plans ; and I and my party are determined to put a stop to it. Prices of all things I know must come down, and wages must come down, and to set a good example I cut down my wages to the trim standard. Mr. Wooduury will make a calculation and hand it to Congress, show ing that my wages and all office holders wages shall be according to the hard mo ney basis." I think his Message will say this, and if don't it is because he has for gotten it—for he has a good deal to think of—just as Mr. Bellowspipe has forgotten to offer a resolution about taking otr the duty on lead as well as salt. Here most of the members from Illinois and Missouri rose together, and said it was quite dinner time, and the Major said he was quite willing to stop here.— And the Convention adjourned. Useful suggestions to young men—Ti: in the course of my navels, I have seen many a promising and flue youth gradu ally led to dis.ipation, gambling, and ru in, merely by the want of means to make a solitary evening pass pleasantly. I ear nestly advise any youth who quits that a bode of purity, peace and delight, his pa ternal home, to acqire a taste fur reading and writing. ; :every place where h.. may reside long, either in England o on the Continent, let him study to make his apartments as attractive and comlin•ta ble as possible; fur he will lint a little extraordinary expense so bestowed at the beginning. to be good economy at tile end let; him read the best book 4 in the lagua ge of the place in 'Ault he lives; and. abo• , vs all, let him never retire to rest without; writing at Least a page of original comm ents on what he has seen, read and heard in the day. Thii habit will teach him to . observe and discriminate; fora man ceas-, es to read with a desultory and wander ing mind' which is utter was'.e of time, when he knows that an account of allthe information which he has gained must be writ ten at night.—Clayton's Sketches By og,rophyt. Contented Poverty—Lo not gig,' for this world's goods, nor lament the poverty , out of the meanest hovel is obiair:ed as tail a sight of heaven, as from the most gorge ous palace. STRAY STEERS. dri AM E to the residence of the suLscri \Li ber a ime time in No% ember last, 2 steers, one red and white, ti e other black, with a white stripe on his bat k, and rising two >ears o'd. The owner is requested to ccme fo..ward, prove property, pay charges and take them awe, , °therms., they will be disposed ()lamer, inc to law. EDWARD PLO WMAN. Mill Creak, Feb. it 1940. 14 ITHE JOURNAL. One country,one constitution, one destiny Ilan lingdon, Feb. 12, 1840 Democratic datimasonic CANDIDATES'. FOIL P It ESIDEN T. GEN. AVM. H. HARRISON OF 01110 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, OF VIRGINIA. FLAG OF THE PEOPLE! Kr A single term for the Presidency and the office r.dminititered for the whole 110- PL E. and not for a PART V. A sound, uniform and convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN PL AS 1 ERS brought about by our prestti! RULERS. Cr . EGONOMY, RETRENCHMENT. and RE• FORM in the administration Ot public affairs, Cr'fired of Experiments and Experi menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub— altern of WASHINGTON and the debciple of JEFFER sox, and thus resuming the safe and beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette Electorial Ticket. JOHN A. SHULZE, Sen'to'l JOSEPH ItITN ER. Selectors Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE . , 2d d'.) CADWALLADER EVANS. do CHARLES WATERS. 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLM AKER, do JOHN K. ZELLIN, do DAVID l'O sth do ROBERT STINSON, 6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU, 7th do J. JENKINS ROSS, Bth do PETER FILBERT. 9th do JOSEPH 11. SPAYD, 10th do JOHN H RPER. 11th do NVILLI A M M'ELVAINE, 12th do JOHN DICKSON, 13th do JOHN NCKEEII AN, 14th do JOHN REED. 15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NER MIDI/LESWARTH, 17th do GEORGE WALKER, ,18th do BERNARD CON NE' LY, 19th do (;VN. JOSEPH MARKLE, 20th do JUS FICE G.FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON, 22d do HARMAR DF.NNY, 3tl do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON. 24th do JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. To Our Patrons. We owe it to our friends, as well as to ourselves, to explain the cause of the non appearance of our 'Journal" last week. Ve had ordered our paper, as usual, but unfortunately, the day previous to the ar rival of our letter at its place of destina• tio.i the person who brings it to us, had started for our county, and as our order had not been received, of course came with • out it. File consequence was that he wa s obliged to fulfill the object of that trip before he could return for our paper; an t i we were thus left without paper. The fault was neither his nor ours, it was one of those accidents that sometimes will oc cur despite of our efforts to the con.ra,y. He, however, made every exertion to ex, peilite his business, and made a second trip without delay; and we can tell our readers that we are once more in a sit. urtion to go on regularly'. The Itlessa4c This celebrated document is at length concluded; and we are desirous of direc ting the attention of the people to its or vments on the subject of Banks. Let them be carefully read; and then see what is profession and practice. Porter's rec.' ommendations on the sahject of the B.itiks are nmrly the same as those of Governor, R trpr. At that t:me Mr. Porter was a, violent Anti.l3ank man, (in profession,) and led his party to think if he had the , power he would close up all the rascally banks if they did not resume at once., Now he is in the Chair, and what does' he du ? why just the same thing as Rit•l nTr! Why in fact, we would almost call, him a member of our party, so far as the, Balks are concerned, did we not dislike to cast dishonor on our friends by assn.! elating them with a man of such a pecu ,iar reputation. There is one other thing that shows how near alike are his precept and exam ple. A very considerable portion of his message is occupied in proving the impor tance of rigid economy in the expenses of, Government. This is a most excellent precept, but what is the practice? Why L in direct violation of Law, which says "no money shall be drawn from the Trews , try, except by appropriations by Law," he ,draws with his own hand an order fur two thousand dollars in favor of James M. Porter, his brother, and Ovid F. Johnson his prosecuting attorney, Ifer each of them making a speech an hour !and a half lung, or thereabouts, in the Supreme Court. A $lO9O Fee is a cry good fee for a short argument—don't you think so farmers? NVould you not like to work a month for the stoic pay 7 And how do you like to pay for such things? Ile tells you that he RECOM MENDS TAXATION, so that he can hate money enough in the Treasury to srp.miler this way. Yes, dear people, your 00111 honest Davy 11. wants the most rigid economy practised; so Le says, but th:s is what he does. Will you submit to it ? Ile wants the laws supported. Yes he has sworn to see that they are faithful- • ly executed. Yet on his order, he thaws money in express violation of his oath; he draws money, too, out of the people's purse to give to his own brother, and a man who has a salary already, for play ing Lawyer for the State. As for his dis regard of a solemn oath we are not aston ished—as the fellow said of his horse, 'its a trick he has." But to prate about econ omy, and then throw awy $2OOO. upon a couple of his pr.•rlisans, and for ought we know, partners in this speculation; it seems to us. that even honest, cunning Davy, over stepped the mark. air readers will all see that he recom• mends the passage of a Law fur a di• rest tai. Just exactly what we sat" before be was elected that lie would do. We were then scouted at. Now we ask . these honest Loco Foco4, it they believe e? if not, wait until the tax-gatherer calls on you for money for the State Rob • bees to squinter and then answer us? The State Robbers. Last summer our town and county was enlivened and honored by the presence 01 one Espy, Auditor General for David It Porter, who came up with the expressed intention of examining the accounts of the disbursing anent on the big break— but with the real intent of hunting up some political bug-a.boo for the next election contest. The depraved and venal parasites of power were gathered in hordes to prove the mighty roberies wlich had been committed. And when they found a witness of the right to ill, he was transported arotiod from one dep3l to ano titer, in order that the people of all sec • tions could hear with their ears the deeds of wickedness enacted by the villianous Anti-masons; and when they detected a witness conscientiously telling the whole truth, he was carefully checked in a course which must, consequently, cause conflic ting testimony. By : this admirable con duct, they succeeded in proving almost any thing that was needed on one side. To illustrate what we mean, and the dis interestedness evinced by this excellent gentleman, Dr. Espy; better known as the dis-interested Treasurer of Venango coun ty, we will mention a case. It was all important for Porter that the Stonebreak ers should be brought to the same level of character as himself; and to do so, it was, necessary to prove that they could do up an oath in the most approved style. To effect this, a witness was brought to prove that John ll.Stonebreaker stole eight bar. rt•ls of flour, belonging to the State. He did swear that Stonebreaker did take eight barrels of flour, that was said belonged to the comtnonwealth, and hauled it home. But when Mr. Stonebreaker asked fur a subpoena to bring the man %elm fOld him the floor, to prove that he heal paid litr th e floor for himself, with his own money. The plan adopted by this Espy, of course ex cluded all testimoney of that kind, and c onsequently, Espy was willing to give certified copies of this testimony, that the flour was stolen, and Stonebreaker, perjured. With such exparte testimony, and ex ulting that he done his master's will, this petty tool of Porter's, hastens back, ex-1 ulting in the service Ise had rendered; and distorted falsehoods of the gang, were spread out to the world as “ihe evidence" of robbery on the break. But there was some danger that they would be condem ned for a dereliction of duty, and all their lies disbelieved, unless Viey took immedi ate means to bring to condign punishment these hardened plunderers of the people, Whereupon suit was commenced against Stonebreaker and others, & the news %%5,, heralded forth ,they all were, or :would be in jail. Bail of an enormous amount was demanded, and when it was ascer tained that bait would be obtained by all; we believe thej messeogers to Stone-, weaker advising h:m to go to Texas, orl some other place, for he would must as suredly be convicted of Fraud, Perjary, Robbery, and for ought we know Bigamy and that he oould must certainly be sent where some others ought to have been, if he did not escape at once. All won!'" not do, Stonehreaker would not go to Texas, hecaus, so many of the Loco Poco Treasurers have gone before, and he did not like to be seen with such company; but he said bigger raBcals than him had escaped the penifetthary, and lie would stand his trial—for lie knew that a jury of honest men would need some hi n; inure than the oath or Davy himself, much less his pensioned hounds to con• vict an honest man. . Court came on, no Bill was sent before the grand jury; the court reduced the bail —another court came on, no bill sent up again. The election was now over; and the bail was reduced again—another cour t came on, and .1. B. Anthony was sent up, to make a show of fight—every thing was ready. Two Bills were sent up against Stunebreaker, both were returned igno ramus, and on one of them the prose cutor to pay the cost, on the other the county. • So here has ended the humbug about State robbers. They could not even find testimony enough to give the grand jury cause to find a bill. Arid the best part of the whole is, that though the jury were nearly equally decided as to parties, they agreed nearly, if not quite unanimously.. The Second Message, The second message of Governor Por ter on the subject of the Banks and the loan, will be found below. It is well cal led by the party of the Governor, an "ex traordinary document." Yet we freely admit, that we agree with the measure, though we dispise as much as ever the man. Ile was elected as the Antisßank candi date ; and, to his friends, he openly de clared his detestation of all monied Mon sters; and on all occasions he joined in the general cry against Ritner, for not compelling them to resume. There is hardly a man in this county, that does nut know it. Yet what does It.o do now ? In the very teeth of his professions, 'in violation of the avowed prhiciples of hisl party, he says the Banks must not be compelled to resume. And to show far ther that he feels what he says, he tells his party, lie does not care for 'their de nuncialions." For once we glory in his, spunk; and we care not whether it was' the love of money or the love of country or the hatred of his party's jacobinism that made hint for once do right. If the love of country actuated him, we admit, that we never believed it was in him. It it was the love of gold, we can only say, that he has always declared that the Banks did bribe all the traitors of his par ty, and his natural love of the filthy lo• cre, has shown, that he could not always resist temptation; and it may he that an— chor of his hope, made him sneer at the denanciations of his friends—As the mountebank said to his audiance who laughed at his foolish tricks--“yore may laugh and bed --d, I have the quarters." But no matter, he has done the deed, and merits at least our praise for the action; even if it was purchased at the:price of some of the Monster's gold; for we hard ly believed that he could be bribed to do right. We ask, however, all to examine the subject fully. Ile says the Banks would not take the loan—that is, not true ! If the legislature hau demanded of the U. S. Bank, the money, she was bound by her elarter toloan , t at four per cent; she could not escape. Then why did he not call on her?—she has taken it nosy at five percent, when they could have forced her to do it at four, without any regard to the resumption. Thus, lie not only violate s his professed principles, but he makes the people pay 5 per cent instead of 4. The party may explain as much as they please, every candid man must admit that weighty reason has made him go in favor of the NVhig measures. We shall refer to this subject again. Governor's Message.- To the Senate and House of Represen. tatices of the Commonwealth of Penn- Sylvania. GENTLEMEN - , -By the provisions of the act approved on the C3rl ultimo, entitled "an act to authorize a loan," the Governor is authorised to negotiate a permanent loan for 6870,000. lie is also authorised to negotiate a temporary loan for the same sum in, anticipation of the said permanent loan. As $600,000 of the sum authorised to be Sorrowed, is required to supply a deft. cit in the internal improvement fund, for the payment of interest this day due, I di reeled the Secretary of the Common.. wealth immediately upon the approval of the said act (on the 521 d ultimo), to write to the banks of Philadelphia, and the liar-, risburg Batik, inquiring of each of them whether they would agree to make a per manent or temporary loan to the Com monwealth of six hundred thousand dol• tars, or any part thereof, upon the terms specified in the said act, the same to be placed to her credit in the Bank of Penn• sylvania on this day. Answers have been received from all the banks. The Bank of Pennsylvania proposes to lend on temporary loan 8100,- 000. Some others oiler to take propor tional parts on certain contingencies, and several others appear to manifest a desire to meet the emergencies, but have not the ability• Copies of the correspondence on the subject are herewith transmitted. It will be perceived that, not having the means so to do. the interest this day due by the Commonwealth to her creditors is unpaid, a circumstance which the Ex ecutive' anxious as he has been fur main taining unsullied the credit of the Com monwealth, has been able to avert. 11 cannot too often or too impressively urge' upon the Legislature the paramount duty of maintaining at all liazat ds the public faith and credit. Whilst urging upon them the adoption of such wise and judi cious enactments as may prevent the re• currence inevitt.ble from the revu!sioM growing out of the unnatural and exhaus• ted system of credit with which our busi ness community has been inflated, I beg leave to recommend as the best alterna tive which can present itself, the passage forthwith of tjtniit resolution authorising the issuing of State stock for the interest falling due this day, to be delivered to the holders of the stock for the amount time them respectively, as an earliest of our determination to make provision as soon as the necessary Legislation can be had, to meet the exigency and redeem the credit of the Commonwealth. I trust [ may be excused in this com munication, for saying to the Representa tive., of the people in the Legislature, that whilst they owe a duty to the wants and wishes of their immediate constituents, there is a paramount duty to the common wealth at large, to maintain its credit, to meet its engagements, and to prevent its character for good faith from being sul lie J. No man, were he t:oncerned alone as an individual,:would go further to fix an early day for the resumption of specie payments by the banks than I would, if by so doing the desirable results would be produced. Bid, plated as 1 om, «s the Executive ol the Commonwealth, to preside over her interests, I feel bound to say, reg ardless of any denunciation, which may be Flared forth from any quarter, that I believe if too vigorous a systemof measures be adop ted to coerce the payment of th e H a miti c , of the banks, IMMEDIATELY, the credit of the Stale must and will be seriously and disastrously affected. Let an assurance be given to the public that at a certain and fixed day, within a reasonable time, such resumption will take place, and that it will then be permanent. Let them under stand that the indulgence to their debtors by the Banks, is rendered absolutely ne cessary by the existing pressure and the cumbrous public debt with which the State is loaded, and no one can doubt but that in a spirit of patriotic liberality they will naive the immediate exercise of positive right, for the more certain and ultimate accomplishment of what we all so much desire. I refer to the message communicated to you at the commence meet of the present session for my views in detail ; and, aware of the responsibili ty I have assumed, I leave the subject to the calm and reflecting consideration of the Legislature. When I took upon me the duties of the, station assigned in., I assumed all its re sponsibilities also; and, having never. • shrunk trans the performance of any duty. I have felt myself imperitivelv called upon • to make this communication 'to you in the fullest confidence and belief, that the pa. triotism and good sense of our common , , constituents will bear us out in our honest • and anxions endeavors to extricate the State from the financial difficulties and embarrassments encountered on entering upon the discharge of our public duties. DAVID R. PORTER. February 17t, 1840. The Third Message.l Below we have given the third message announcing the fact that the loan is ta ken; and that the Monster took the great est share of it. Now in all conscience, we ask, does it not seem strange, that so soon after the first message, the loan was taken; it there really was not an under rtandtng between Porter and the Banks. If the passage of the resumption resolu tion was the reason that the Banks would not take the loan, how does it come that they have taken the loan before they knew I thOate of that resolution,'unless they have got Davy's promise to veto it if it should pass—we shall see. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. To the Senate and House of Representa tires of the Commonwealth of Penn. Sylvania, GENTLEstEN--I have to communicate to the Legislature, that the loan authorised by the act of the 234 January last, has been taken as follows: $lOO,OOO by the president, directors and company of the Bank of Penmylvania ; $lOO,OOO by the Girard Batik; and the remainder by than Bank of the United States; by reason of which the Commonwealth is now able to pay off' and discharge 8650,000 of the in' terest which fill due upon the Ist instant, upon her loans. The amount provided by the Legislan ture fur the payment of interest in the said act of the 23d of January last, was evidently fixed by the report of the State Treasurer on the subject of finances, or 9th January. Flom a statement now furnished by that officer, it appears that the whole amount of interest due on the Ist instant, was 8718,610 78 Deduct the appropriation of 23d January $650,(00 00 Pd. from Tres. 27,750 CO ------ - 677,750 00 440,860 78 Thus there is a balance of $40,860 78 for the payment of which immediate pro.; vision should he made by the Legislature. It may not be improper to add, :hat the thrr action of the Legislature on the jest of the joint resolution recommen• d in my message of the Ist instant, is n r unnecessary. DAVID R. PORTER. Vebruar,y 5 1840. “As neat• the Truth as common.” The "Standard" says we are neare the truth than common, when we insinua ted, that the Democratic meeting did not Hike J. B. Anthony's notions of taxation. To prove that all was "hushed as the grave" as we said, Mr. Standard man says, "as the speaker in Taejon knelled on the sub ject el Taxation, the alarm of fire was giren,"—a most superior, double-mil!ol falsehood—v nicked and intention al ; and we exclaim at once, " as nee.; 6,, truth as common." The facts are thee , ; at the time of the cry of "lire!" Gcor,;,l R. McFarlane, Esq., principal writer and part owner of the "Ilollidayss. Standard," was speaking —Mr. At 011... having concluded, and Mr. T. McDov • ! having spoken alter Anthony. Now unhesitatingly say that either the n • who penned the articles, Wq9 the G. R. McFarlane, who knew it was ,fa when he wrote it; or it was written ' some one who knew nothing of the fact,:. Be it which it may, they are alike lute,- tional talsefiers ; aye: intentional and willing. "Their legs are faint with haste To propagate the lie their souls had framY," The man who will wilfully utterakno , ..l untruth, is much more fit to mingle am the vicioos and depraved, than to be t. conductor of a press, which should be companion of truth, and guardian of IV.-- !rain. The insinuations that truth in our parr 'is an "angel visit," may answer for a !pleasant joke, but we defy him of the "Standard" with all his masters and coad jutors, to point to one untruth, while we can pin his lies to his garments t!-at wii Mick to him like the poisoned shirt of the Centaur, and cater him like a mantle. On the subject of the exertions made by the Democrats, as he is pleased to call them, at the fire, we can only say, that he displays the "littleness of his pin's head heart," when he would draw any comFar isun between one party or the other, on an occasion of that kind. For our part, we return thanks to all for their exertionr; a nd we can say, we saw members of both parties active in every post of danger; and the thought than any one differed with us in politics never occurred to us, while we united our feeble though willing aid, with some of the Standard's friends, to rescue the property of our neighbors from the de- vouring flame, and that too in situations where it i equired more nerve than Speak er Hopkins said he had. If the "Standard" wishes to get along honorably, we should think it would do for variety to have an 'angel visit" of truth in its columns occasionally. Pennasylvania Legislature. But little has been done in the legiskl ture yet, even of that little, many of oui readers are unacquainted; and we shall i n , as short a space as possible, endeavor t o inform them. A resolution to compel the Banks to re sume on the 15th of this month, has occe. pied nearly their whole time. The reso-, lotion passed the House by a large majori ty, and was sent to the Senate, and by that body referred to the committee on Banks. In the mean time the Governor ascertain ed that a loan of $BOO,OOO, to pay inter est on the State debt had not, and could not be taken, whereupon he sends the mes sage, which will be found in another col umn, to both Houses. This “extraordina ry paper" threw the Anti•bankites into convulsions. Their own Governor had come out the friend of the banks.
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