apparent preference fur partizans of ex treme opinions, and the readiu,ss %%id, which it bustne s its confidence on tl boldest acid most violent, are pm:tieing serious utilities upon the politieal literals and general sentiments el the country. We believe Itt it to this cause is fairly to be attributed the most lanientidde change which has taken !dace in tie temper, the sobriety, and the wisdom with w Inati tied high public councils have been hitherto! conducted. We limb with alarm to the existing state of things, in this aspect ; and we would int,t earnestly, and with all our heatts, as well lor the honor of the country, as for its isten•sk, beseech all good men to un'te with us in ;act attempt to bring back the deliberate age of the, Government, to restore to the collected , bodies of the People's Representatives, that self-respect, decorum, and dignity, without which the business of legislation can make no regular progress, and is al ways in danger either of accomplishing nothing, or of reaching its ends by unjust and violent means. We believe the conduct of the' adminis tration respecting the public reyenue, to be highly reprehensible. It has expen ded twenty millions, previnesly accumu lated, besides all the accruing income, since it came into power, and there seems at this moment to be ,iotllbt, but that it will leave to its suaccis,rs a public debt of from live to ten millions of dollars. It has shrunk from its proper responsibilities With the immediate prospect of an empty , treasury, it has not had manliness to re commend tc Congress any adequate pro vision. It has constantly spoken of the excess of receipts over expenditures, un til this excess has finally manifested it self in an absolute necessity for loans, and in a power conferred on the Presi dent, altogether new, and in our judg, ment hostile to the whole spirit of the Con stitution, to meet the event of want of re sources, by withholding, out of certain classes of appropriations made by Con gress, such as he chooses to think may be best spared. It lives by shifts and contri vances, by shallow artfices and delusive names, by what is called "facilities," and the "exchange of Treasut y notes for spe cie;" while in truth it has been fast con tracting a public debt, in the midst of all its boasting, without daring to lay the plain and naked truth of the case before the people. We protest against the conduct of the House of Representatives in the case of the New Jersey election. 'Chis is not a local but general question. In the Union of the States, on whatever link the blow of injustice or usurpation falls, it is felt, and ought to be felt, through the whole chain. The cause of New Jersey is the cause of every State, and every State is therefore bound to vindicate it. That the regular commission, or certi• ficate of return, signed by the chief mag istrate of the State, according to the pro visions of law, entitles those who produce it to be sworn in as members of Congress to vote in the organization of the house, and to hold their seats until their right be disturbed by regular petition and proof is a proposition of constitutional law, of such universal extent, and universal ac knowledgment, that it cannot be strength ened by argument, of by analogy. There is nothing clearer, and nothing better set tied. No legislative body could ever be organized without the adoption of this principle. Yet, t n the case of the New Jersey members, it was entirely disregar ded. And it is of awful portent that on such a question, a question in its nature strictly ;judicial, the dominant of party should lead men thus flagrantly to violate first principles. It is the fist step that costs. After this open disregard of the elementary rules of law and justice, it would create no surprise, that pending the labors of a committee especially ap pointed to ascertain who •vere duly elec ted, a set of men calling themselves Rep resentatives of the people of New Sersey, who had no certificates from the Chief Magistrate of the State, or according to the laws of the State, were voted into their seats, under the silence imposed byi the previous question, and atterwardsl gave their votes for die passage of Sub-trea sury law. We call most solemnly upon' all who, with us, believe that these procee dings alike invade the rights of the States and dishonor the ^ uis e of popular govern ment and free institutions, to supply an efficient and dee', ive remedy, by the un sparing application of the elective fran chise. We protest against the plan of the Ad ministration, respecting the training and disciplining of the militia. The Presi dent now a.lotits it to be unconstitutional —and it is plain'y so, on the face ofit, for the training of the miiitin is by the Constitution exeressly reserved by the States. It it were not unconstitutional, it would yet be unnecess:,ry, burdensome entailing enor.nons expense, and placing dangerous powers in Ex cc hands. Itl belongs to the pr•iltli family of Execu tive projects, and it is a consolation to Lind that at least one of its projects has been so scorched by public rebake and re probation, that no man raises his hand, or opens his mouth in its favor. It was durin; the prog-vss of the late Administration, an I under the well known auspices of the, present Chief Mag istrate, that the declaration was made in the Senate, that in regard to public office, the spoils of victory belonged to the con querors; thu: boldly proclaiming, as the creed of the party, that political contests are righthilly struggles for office and emolument. We protest against doctrines which thus regtril offLers as created for the sake of :nLutubents. and stimulate the rarest passions to the pursuit of high pub .ic trusts. W, pretest against the repeated instan of disregarding judicial decisions, by )(Beers of Gavernment, and others enjoy ing its countenance; thus setting up hxe ;eutive interpretation .iver the solemn ad :judications of courts and juries; and show fing marked disaespect for the usual and !constitutional interpretation and execu Ition of the laws. 'this inisgovernment and mal-adminis• tration, would have been the more toler able, if they had nut been committed, in most instances, in direct contradiction to the warmest professions, and the most soleir.n assurances. Promipes of a bet , ter currency, fur example, have ended in the destruction of all national and uni form currency; assurances of the strictest economy have been but preludes to the, most wastrel excess; even the Florida war has been conducted under loud pre tences of severe frugality; and the most open unblushing and notorious interfe rence with State elections, has been syss tematically practised by the paid agents of an administration, which in the full fressliness of its oath of office, declared that one of its leading objects should be to accomplish that task of reform, which particularly required the correction of t those abuses, which brought the patron age of the federal Government into con flict with the freedom of election. In the teeth of this solemn assurance, it has been proved that the United States officers have been assessed, in suing bear• l ing proportion to the whole amount they received from the Treasury, for the pur pose of supporting their partizans even in State and municipal elections. NV hatev er, in short, has been most professed, has been least practised; and it seems to have been taken for granted that the American people would be satisfied with pretence, and a full toned assurance of patriotic purpose. tithe history of the last twelve years has been but the history; of broken promises and disappointed hopes. At every successive period of, this history an enchanting rose colored futurity has been spread out before the people, especialiy in regard to the great concerns of revenue, finance and curren cy. But these colors have faded as the object has been approached. Prospects of abundant revenue have resu'ted in the necessity of borrowing; the brilliant hopes of a better currency end in general de ' rangement, stagnation and distress; and . while the whole country is roused to an unprecidented excitement by the pres sure of the times, every state paper time the Cabinet at Washington comes forth fraught with congratulations on that hap py state of things, which the wise policy of the administration is allegad to have brought about! Judged by the tone of these papers, every present movement of the people is quite unreasonable; anf all attempts at change, only so many unerate : ful returns for the wise and successful ad• s ministration of public affairs , There is yet another subject of com plaint to which we feel bound to advert, by our veneration of the illustrious dead, [ by our respect for truth, by our love for the honor of our country, and by our own wounded pride as American citizens.— , We feel that the country has been dishon ored, and we desire to free ourselves front all imputation of acquiescence in the par ricidal act. The late President, in a coin munication (to Congress, more than inti mates, that some of the earliest and most important measures of Washington's ad ministration, were the offspring of perso. nal motives and private interests. His successor has repeated and extended this, accusation, and given to it, we are com pelled to say, a greater degree of offen siveness and grossness. No man with an American heart in his bosom, can induce this without feeling the deepest humilia tion as well as the most scorn. The fame of Washington, and his immediate asso• ciates, is of the richest treasurers of the country. His is that name which an A merman may utter with pride in every part of the world, and which, wherever ut tered, is shouted to the skies by the voic es of all true lovers of human liberty. Im putations which assail his measures so rudely, whit, they are vile abominations of the truth of history, are an insult to the country, and an offence against the mor al sentiments of civilized mankind. Mis erable, miserable indeed, must be that cause which cannot support its party pre dominance, its ruinous schemes and sense less experiments, without thus attemp• Ling to poison the fountains of truth, and to prove the government of our country disgracefully corrupt, even in its very ,cradle. Our hearts would sink within us, it we believed that such an effort succeed —but they must be importent. Neither the recent, nor the present President, was born to cast a shade on the character of Washington or his associates. The des • tiny of both has been, rather, to illustrate by contrast, that wisdom and those vir tues which they have not imitated, and to hurl blows, which this affectionate vener ation of American citizens, and the gener al justice of the civilized world, will rens, der harmless to others, and powerful only in their recoil upon themselves. if this, language be strong, so also is that feeling' of indignation which has suggested it; and, on an occasion like this, we could not ) leave this consecrated spot, without the consciousness of having omitted an intik-. pensable duty had we not thus given ut- 1 terance to the fullness of our hearts, and; marked with our severest rebuke, and most thorough reprobation and scorn, a' labored effort to fix a deep and enduring' stain on the early history of . the govern.) meet. Finally, on this spot, the fame of which began with our liberty, and can only end with it, in the presence of these multi tudes. of the whole country and of the world, we declare our conscientious con- I victions, that the present A dministration ihas proved itself incapable of conducting the public affairs of the nation in such a manlier as shall preserve tl e Constitution maintain the public liberty, and secure general prosperity. We declare with the utmost sincerity, that we believe its main purpose to have been, to continue its own purpose, influence, and popularity; that to this end, it has abandoned indispensa ble but highly ',responsible Constitution— al duties: that it has trilled with the great concerns of finance and currency; that it has used the most reprehensible means for influencine• ' public opinion, that it has countenanced the application of public money to party purposes; that it seeks to consolidate and strengthen party by every form of public patronge; that it laborious ly seeks to conceal the truth from the peo ple on subjects of great interest; that it has shown itself to be selfish in its ends and corrupt in its means; and that if it should be able to maintain itself ,in pow er through another term, there is the most imminent danger that it will plunge the country in still farther difficulty, bring 1 on still greater disorder and distress, and undermine at once the foundation of the public prosperity and the institutions of the country. Men thus !rise to their own profes sions, false to the principles of the consti tution, false to the interests of the people, and false to the highest honor of their country, are unfit to be the inters of this Republic. The people of the United States have a right to good goveroment. They have a right to an honest and faithful exercise of all the powers of the Constitution as on. derstood and practised in the best days of the Republic for the general good. They, I have an inalenable right to all the bless ings of that liberty which their fathers a chieved, and all the benefits of that Unior, (which their fathers established. And standing here, this day, with the memory of those athers fresh en our hearts, and with the field of their glory and the monuments of their fame full in our view,—with Bunker Hill beneath us, and Concord and Lexington, and Dor chester Heights, and Faneuil Hall around us,--we here, as a part of the people, pledge ourselves to each other and to our Country, to spare no lawful and honors, Ible efforts to vindicate and maintain these rights, and to remove from the high pia ; ces of the nation men who have thus con temned and violated them. And we earnestly and solemnly invoke all good men and true patriots 'through out the Union, foregoing all considera tions of party, and forgetting all considera tions of party, and forgetting all distinc tion of State or Section, to rally again as our Fathers did in '75 against the com mon oppressors of our country, and to u• nite with us in restoring our glorious Con stitution to its true interpretation, its practical administration, and its just su premacy. In such cases, principles are everything —individuals nothing. -Yet we cannot forget that we have worthy, honest, capa ble candidates for the ofaes from which we hope to remove the present incum bents. Those who desire to change, through out the whole country, have agreed with extraordinary unanimity to support Gen. William Henry Harrison for the office of President. We believe him to be an hon est citizen, who has served his country successfully, in divers civil trusts; and we believe him a veteran soldier, whose honor and bravery cannot be questioned. We give him our unhesitating confidence --and in that confidence we shall tupport him; and the distinguished citizen of Vir ginia, who has been nominated for the V. Presidency, with all our efforts and all our hearts, through the present contest, convinced by their election the true spt• rit of the constitution will be restored, the prosperity of the people revived, the stability of our free institutions reassa red,;,and the blessings of Union and Lib erty secured to ourselves and our poster ity. Political ornithologists, in the classification of prey have placed Van Buren in the order of the Spoon-Bills.—Atlas. CAUTION ALL persons are hereby cautioned against purchasing or receiving a ' Due Bill, for 40 dollars, drawn by Samu el Egnew in favor of Thomas Owens, as the undersigned never received value therefor, and is determined not to pay it, unless compelled by law. SAMUEL EGNE W. August 26, 1840. To my Creditors. , yin AKE NOTICE that I have applied I _a_ to the Judges of the court of mon Pleas of Cambria county, for the ben efit of the laws made for the relief of in, solvent debtors, and they have appointe- Monday, the sth day of October next, fed the hearing of me and my creditors, at thr: court house in the borough of Ebensburge l when and where you may attend if you think proper, and show cause, if any you have, why I should not be discharged ac cording to law. HENRY H. JEFFRIES. Ebensburg, July 9th, 1840. THE JOURNAL. One country, one conatitution . ,one destiny Huntingdon, tiept. 30. 1840. Democratic datimasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PR ESIDENT, GEN.WM. H. HARRISON OF OHIO FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER , OF VIRGINIA. / FLAG OF TOE PEOPLE 0::)- single term for thPresideney and I th e office administered for the whole P ' EO. IPL E. and not for a PAW! Y. re A sound, uniform and convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN PLAS'I ERS brought about by our preset) RULERS. 0:7-Econom y, R ETRENCHMENT, and RR FORM in the administration of public affairs, V . • Tired of Experiments and Experi menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub altern of WASHINGTON and the desciple of JEFFERSON, and thus resuming the safe anp beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette Electoral Ticket. JOHN A. SHULZE, Sen'to'l JOSEPH RITNER, S electors Ist District LEVIS PASSMORE, 2d do CADWALLADER EVANS. do CHARLES WATERS, 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, do JOHN K. ZELLIN, do DAVID , sth do ROBERTPOTTS 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'ELVA INE, 12th do JOHN DICKSON, 13th do JOHN M'KF.EH AN, 14th do JOHN REED, 15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH, 17th do GEORGE WALKER, 18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY, 19th do GY.N. JOSEPH MARKLE, '2oth do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON, 22d do HARM AR DENNY, 23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 24111 do .JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. HARRISON DEMOCRATIC TICKET. CONGRESS. GEN. JAMES IRVIN, of Centre Co SENATOR, JAMES MATIIERS, of Juniata Cc . ASSEX mot, JOHN G. MILES. of Huntingdon. JOSEPH HIGGINS, of Hollidaysburg COMMISSIONER. KENZEY L. GREEN, of Springfield AUDITOR, ALEXANDER THONIPSON, of Barree Extensive Fire: On Sunday morning, about clay light, the extensive stable, attached to the Wa shington Hotel, and the stable of Philip Shultz, were discovered to be on fire. In a few moments the whole town was on the spot, male and female, but the de. stroying element raged with such fury upon the contents of the hay-mow, that it was with much difficulty that even the horses could be got out of the. stable of the hotel, while those of Mr. Shultz were burned. Both stables were burnt to the ground. Mr. Shultz's containing the whole of his crop of wheat, and other grain, we believe ; and Mr. Horrell's containing tons of hay, and a quantity of oats. The terrible heat of the fire cum • municated the flames to the wood work •f the hotel, and the entire roof and gar ret floor were entirely destroyed—and of course nearly, or completely destroying much of the furniture and bedding of Mr.' Morrell. The fire also took possession of the roof of the dwelling house of Ir. Thomas Fisher—but was finally stopped without doing it any material damage, ex• cept burning the roof. Although not at home, we learn that our townsmen exerted themselves, till their efforts seemed almost superhuman; and our ladies were many of them said to he the best men on the ground—standing in the line, and handling water from the beginning to the end. To• much praise and thanks cannot tie bestowed upon all '—male and female. We regret to say, also, that Mr. Jacob Africa was considerably injured, by the falling of a timber. We are happy to say, however, that he is now nearly well. Read This. We publish below, the history of the Loco Foco Senatorial Conference, as giv en by one of the conferees of Juniata Co. Mr. Burchfield, it would seem, was de termined to advocate, and carry out the principle, eo long and so strenuously con tended for by his party—opposition t o Banks--and Bank influence being brought to bear on our elections. lie evidently' considered it one of the leading doctrines of their creed; and when lie sees, or thinks lie sees, the very tracks of a little ) monopoly monster, in the grand sanhe• dram of his party, lee very properly ex claims against its presence. We call the attention of every honest man, attached to that party, to read, and read carefully, the exposure of the decep tion practised by leaders of that party, in palming upon their party, an old Bank director, and an extensive stockholder, as a good and sound anti Bank democrat. Read it, Loco Focos, and if you think it is consistent to support such a man, as an opponent of Banks; we can only say, you are very willing to "plough to the cJw!" Ma. EDITOR: After the convention had assembled in the court house, a motion was made and seconded that the lion. John Junkin be president of the conven tion, and the vote was taken and carried; the same was done by the Secretary, when a motion was made by S. S. Whar ton, for Huntingdon county to have four votes, and the rest of the counties but three, which motion was sustained by three conferees from Huntingdon, three from Mifflin, and Thomas Todd of Juni ata; and opposed by three from Perry, two from Union, and two (myself and Thomas I. M'Connell) of Juniata, and List, being an equal number of each. It was then announced from the chair that this meeting is ready to receive the nom ,' inations —when Thomas Todd nominated John Beale, I then nominated Dr. James Frow. James Burns, a conferee from Mifflin, a bank director and stockholder, nominated Dr. Joseph B. Ard, another bank director and stockholder, and Thom as 11.1VITonnell nominated John Cummin. A motion was then made and carried that I the counties vote in alphabetical order, which I did not vote for, knowing that there was some understanding between Huntingdon and Mifflin counties, little suspecting that two of our own conferees were in league with them ; and on ballot. ing the first time the vote stood thus-- Huntingdon for Ard three, Mifflin for Ard three; for Cummin one from Juniata; for Beale one from Juniata; and Union, Perry and myself from Juniata for Frow:, thus— Dr. James Frow, Dr. Joseph B. A rd, John Beale, John Omni!), Before the ballotting took place there was a motion made by myself to let the lowest drop at each balloting, which was agreed to; and two of the nominees hay. Ong each one vote, I then moved to let the two lowest fall, which was carried, knowing as I did before that neither of them could get one other vote than what they had, us it was well known before we went into convention that no man in Ju niata could get the nomination but Frow, as both Perry and Union would have gone with us on second ballot, if Thomas Todd and Thomas I. M'Connell had not betray• ed their trust and went for the bank can— didate, (Joseph B. Ard) to satisfy a little spleen. The second lal lot stood thus: Todd & M'Connell for Ard, 2 do. 3 Union, do. 3 Perry, do. I myself and two from Perry county voting for Frow, which gave the bank candidate a majority of the whole, and he was there ' foie declared duly nominated. But, sir, there is something yet to tell that I had forgotten, which is this: two of the men from Huntingdon, who brought papers showing on their face that they were re p gular substitutes, was a right down fraud' upon the convention, and I will show it to be so by a letter I received from George G win, the day alter the convention had met, or it would not have vver as it dud, notwithstanding 'Todd M'Connell went for the bank of Lewistown, as Penrose and Dickey went for the bank of the Uni ted States. Having told every thing that happened in convention, I leave you my fellow citi zens to say whether you will vote for a bank director and stockholder, when the cry in the democratic ranks is "bank re form! bank reform!" For my own part, my course is determined. If you do ruin the country, it shall never be done with my vote. Ono word more and I have done. For John Reale or John Cummin I could have went heart and hand, if it had been the wish of the people, but knowing as I did the wishes and will of my constituents, I was bound by every thing that I hold sa cred to govern my action accordingly.— Fellow -citizens, the course of your confe rees is now before you. It will be for those associated with me to render an ac count of their stewardship for themselves. The above is a true account of the con vention, and the reason why I could not put my name to the proceedings, with the j resolution to use all fair and honorable' means to support the nominations now made; had that been left out I could have signed the proceedings. L. BURCHFIELD, One of the Conferees of Juniata Co. I The following is the letter spoken of (above: Huntingdon Sept. 17, 1840, To L. BURCHFIELD, Esq. Dear Sir— I ant unavoidably prevented from being per, sonally present at the meeting of the Senatorial conferees, I desire my name to be recorded on each ballot in ftvor of the nomination of Dr. James I• row. The chairman of the democratic corn rilittev was this morning informed that Win. Moore and John IC Hunter would not attend ; but in consquence of the time of meeting of the convention being so near at hand, have not deemed it necessa• ry to appoint substitutes, of course, no substitutes will be admitted—no resolu tion of the convention authorizing it. The county committee say they have the right to appoint, but decline exercising it. Yours, respectfully, I N, One of the Sen. Con. from Huntingdon Co• The Banasel7. On Saturday, the Tippecanob ladies of our Borough, presented the Tippecanoe Association, with a beautiful and appro priate Banner. The members of (he As sociation were about starting to ALB Creek, to help p it up anodier "MI pole," win n they marched in procession down in front of our dwelling, where a great num ber of our town ladies had assembled.— Vs lien iVin. P. Orbison, E-q. on behalf of the ladies, presented the banner, and in brief, but clorpicht manlier, addressed the members of the Association. The banner was received by A. K. Cornyn, Esq.; who in few words, replied with much feeling and elegance. NVe were not present ourself, ur we could give a better sketch of the ceremony. The Banner was a beautiful dal k blue silk, bound with two rows of light blue 'ribber), go illetl—with silk tassels above i it, and two beautiful chines! tassels below; it was suspended by silk cord, and bore, inscribed in gilt letters, the expressive motto,"Victory the Reward of Vigilance." It is indeed a beautiful Banner, and le fleets much credit upon the patriotism, and taste of our ladies. Alter this, let every good supporter of old Tip, say with Clay, union, for the sake of the yawn. The Mill Creek Meeting. .4 meeting in favor of Tip ad 'l'y was held at Mill CI eek, on Saturday I.iot , and we are : ejoiced to hear that it was a spir. ited and large meeting. The real bone and sinew were on the ground. Previous to organizing, however, they erected ano ther .tall pole," said to be 167 feet hth. The meeting was then organized, but as we were not present, we cannot name the officers, Addresses were delivered by Jim. G. Miles, Esq. Gen. D. Milliken, A. K. Corny!), Esq. W. P. Orbison, and Jacob Cresswel l. Franklin township Meeting. On Saturday last we attended a meet ing of the friends of Harrison and Tyler, and without hesitation, we pronounce it one of the most enthusiastic, and withal the most orderly meeting we have atten ded this season. There was a large nutnty•r of the hardy lorgemen and farm ers present, and some of bath . Every thing was conducted as if they I were neighbors and friends. Those who differed with the mass, listened with ap parent pleasure to the speakers. The officers of the meeting were--President, • Jonathan McWilliams, Esq.; Vice Pres lidents, iie;:ey Fulton, A'arahain Moore, William Gardner, :-..;a7nitel Brison, Doctor Sanford Dewey, James Clack, Andrew Hunter, Thomas Montgomery, Murray; Secretaries, Dr. David Diller e !. David B. Mattern, and R. 11. Four of tie Vice Presidents, we were in-!: formed, were out as soldier a under the command of the old Hero of North Bend.. They were there as living witnesses of the''' courage and wisdom of their brave old ; I chief, and of the calumny and malignity of his enemies. 'file presence of such mere is enough to cheer every man on in his course, while in company with the hum est old soldiers who fought for, and secs• red all we enjoy. A very neat and appropriate banner was carried by one of the old soldiers, bearing the names of Harrison and Tyler on one side, and on the other, "no reduction of wages—no standing army!" It was pla ced immediately over the President's head, and behind the speakers. The meet ing was addressed by David Blair, Esq John Williamson, Esq. James M. Bell, ; I Eaq. GEN. JAMES IRVIN, and a little chap about our size. We shall not seen ' forget the kind feelings shown in Franklin I township.
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