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.