or it did not answer to tell it at present, for fear he should forestall public opinion ; it would be time enough after free trade end direct taxation were established t o talk about low wages and reduced living. I have no doubt he would then try to per suade the people that the loiter wa s as beneficial for their health, and of as much use in a physical point of v;ew, its the former were in a political. Sir, this kind of talk may possibly do well enough in Broadway or Pearl street, or even before a meeting at Tammany Hall ; but, sir, it will not go down with the honest farmer, the mechanic. the laborer of the country : they understand their interests better ; it savors to much of foreign influence to take with the enlightened people of this country. Why,sir, in practice it would be a perfect humbug —equal to Benton'• gold currency ; and that surpassed thing that was ever heard of in this coun try, except the mortis malticaulis specu lation. Sir, as I observed in the commence ment that I was unaccustomed to pablir I speaking. and it was only in consequent.. of the deep interest I knew my coestits ents had in this bill now before you, that 1 could prevail upon myself to make the attempt, I will not take up the time of the committee any longer on the subject now before you; but, before sitting du.vii, will endeavor to reply to insinuations and at tacks made by honorable members in the comae of debate on the distritettion bill, some days ago, against Pennadyvittlia, my native State. It was intimated by several members, in the course of that de bate, that it was rather a Penusylvaitian measure ; that it was more fur her benefit than any other, as she was largely in dent ; expressing themselves as though Pensisy:- j vania was actually begging for a portion of the proceeds to help to pay our Sate debt. Now, sir, for my part, I believe this is not the fact. Perin.ylvania has acted in the same way that several other States have done ; shg-has instructed her Senators, and requested her Representa• tives in Congress, to vote for the meas ure. But, sir, she begs it not as a boon ; she demands it as a right she is entitled to. Sir, the Whig party in Pennsylvania have for years past been in favor of this measure, as one calculated to be of vast importance to the country ; they have ad vocated it on all proper occasions ; their Representatives on this Roar have voted for it ; but in do'ng so, sir, we did not wish to be considered as begging for it; to ply oar State debt. If honorable ineinaers on this floor had that impression, they were! vastly mistaken, they mistake the clieracs ter of Pennsylvanians. I thank Go wi have not come to that pass yet, that we would beg favors trout Virginia or any other State or States of this Union. We ask no favors —nothing but our rights. Sir, we have been told, over and °veil again, that we are in debt. Why, sir, they need not have telt' us that ; we have been acquainted with that tact lung ag i ; every annual message of the Governor of our State shows us that plainly, and how much it is. But, sir, if we are in debt, I would say to the ;entlenien not to make themselves uneasy about it ; let it give them no trouble ; we will never ask one of them to pay a dollar of it; we mean to' do that ourselves at the pi oper time, and I trust that we shall be able to do it. But, Sir, not satisfied with casting up to us that we were in debt, they have lectured us on our extravagance, and compared us to a worthless spendthrift, who, after having spent all his own estate, then wants to take from others. Sir, this is not the fact; it is an erroneous statement. And it made my heart fill with gratitude to that great and distinguished member from M •ssachu setts, the other day, when he so ahl vindicated our character, and said if we had erred, it had been on virtue's side. He deserves the tnanka of every true, hearted Peimaylvaniati, and I feel certain he will receive them. But, sir, what has this debt that they talk about been created for? Has it been spent In useless extra vagance and riotous living? Na, sir; but it has been created by building up wit for future "eetierations to admire and won der at. And even now, sir, where is the honorable member on this flour, that has passed along our State improvements, that has not been struck with astonishment at the almost insurmountable difficel ties that have been ovule to yield to the power ul man? Whim, air, that has travelled up the great and mighty waters of the West, un til they reach their sources in what is jest., ly called the Back Hone of America, and then have crossed over that almost insur mountable barrier of Nature, at the rate, of fifteen or twenty miles an hour, over coming an ascent of upwards of a thou sand feet in a few miles, and reaching th.• waters that empty into the Atlantic tnn the east, has not been astonished at thi enterprise and perseverance of Penitsvl Yaniii? And sir, can it be supposed that people who have conceived and carried out this bold design, will sink under their difficulties? No, sir, no. They will rise superior to them all—they are bet tempo rary. Sir, let just and wise legi•lation be adopted by this Government, such as will protect the industry of her own citizens, and Pennsylvania will sour] steno oat in bold relief amongst the proudest of her sister States—tee, sir, the key-stone of this Union. Sir, Pennsylvania is not to be borne flown by temporary emharrass ment. Her billions of tons of mineral coal ; her millions of tons of iron ore ; her rich and productive valleys; her vast wa ter power, constitute wealth which, with the industry of her tio”s, that they have inherited froin their forefathers, will car ry her triumphant through all difficulties. And altholgh her debt is now large and somewhat burdensotne, I believe there is' no unprejudiced and intelligent person in' Pennsylvania would wish to be clear of our debt, anti plated now in the same pn• sitinn we were in previous to the com• mencement of our public works. I would a•k my honorable colleague front Phila delphia, (Mr. Iteoentiot..) if he would?— He answers no. I Rould ask another honorable colleague from the same place, r. SEIMEANT). if he would/ lle all ko%ers no. I knew these would he their answers, and they perfectly agree with my own. And I would say, further, that notwithstanding their coot of upwards of 30,000,000, and although they probably,l as yet, have never paid one dollar of nett revenue to the State, I sincerely believel that they have added hundreds of tnillinm to the value of the property of Peonsyl vsnia. Sir, 1 have a short reply to make to the honorable member from New York, who, a speech a few days ago, took occasion of reprimand Pennsylv nia for her extra vagance and prodigality; and not satisfied with that, had even to attack her rulers, toil intimated they were dishonest, and -aid. "if they would come out and act Ike :IMlest men, and lay a direct tax upon the people, they could pay their debt in one year." Now, sir, this was the unkindest' cot of all, to charge his own political brethren, the rulers of Pennsylvania, with ' a want of honesty. Why, sir, I, that am' npp tacit those rulers politically, would not think of making such a charge upon this floor. No, sir; and I trust so long as lam him teed with a seat in this hall, I never will make such a charge against the rulers of my native State, nor permit others to' do it without noticing it. Why, sir, if there i- any truth in physiegnemy, as some persons suppose there is, (for my part I don't assert there is,) but / would res pectful!) any to the member from New York, and 1 say it in no spirit of unkind ness, bat with perfect good feeling, that I , wow , ' much rather trust to the liones:y of the rulers of Pennsylvania than I would to the honorable gentleman from INT , w York, who represents Delawise and Broome counties. sir, I am now nearly through, but be lore I conclude I would like to say a worn in reply to my honorable friend and col league, [Mr. liflowfl, of Philadelphia.] In his •perch some time mince, he entertain ed the 110. I s, very amusingly anol much to their edification by a description of whig banners unit whiz No toes previous to the l a te p r o.slolantial election; but there was on• banner and ►ts mottoes that I b he forgot in his cataliaue, at least I 11111 1111 111,1 r him mention II; but, sir, it stood in the front nook at all the whig !fleeting. in my district. It was this, sir: nn one site, in large letters, NO SUB-THE:I:4U RV ; on the other, NO BUCH kNAN W kGE4. This, air was the banner we rallied under; these, sir, were toe mint!), that carried Pennsylvania; and I trust, sir, they are the mootoes that will be he scribe , ' on the hearts of every mechani, a nil lab wing .man in this Union, and that they never will support any man or any party that would !educe them to son) snit tr• the low•wages system► of foreign countries. DEItOJRAI[C COUNT Y CON VEN TION. In pursuance of public notice, delegates from the several town.hips and borough. of H in ing•lon county, met on the 11 It of August, 1841, in the borough of Uwe tingdo for the porpo•e of no libeling a tick.•t to be supported by the deu u ►cratic 110-room party 01 Iltantingdon county. Toe meeting wro organized 11V choosing, ELIRI, s%I I I'll, o Union town - Pr..sidpor, .nit oppointtiq WCARTY. Secretary. Upon calling over the several town •hips and boroughs. the fallowing named persons appeared and were admitted del egate.: All ;teeny—John latenley, George El. lint. Antis—Jonathan Hamilton, M'Ca main, Barree—lsaiali Nurrm, ' 4 .9.1 Cohen. Blair—James A Wt . :shim, D. Arm Cr;;inwell Daniel Teague, Aaron Stains. Dublin—David Ire lgh, John Rouge. Frankstown—Phillip tfileman, Joseph Smith. Franklin--Christerpher /4 igton, John 'ormol. Henderson—James M'Donald, A. H , Hall. Hopewell —lsaac Peightal, Sebastian Kerly. Nliorris—John Fide, John (tarnish. Murry's Run—if in. M'Divitt, Benja nin Corbin. Porter—Thomas Hamer, ff m. Christy. Roxberry— Winchester I'Carty, John Taylor. Springfield—Hugh Madden, William Wagoner. _ Shirley—John Shaver, Samuel M'Kin stry. §nycier—John T. Mathias, Rob% Camp hell. Tell—David Hackadorn, Nm. Todd —A. B. Crewit, Solomon Houck. Tyrone—James E. Stewart, ,lames S, Union --Joyhua Greenland, E. Smith. Mest—S'Aimion liamar, David Irvine. Warriorinark--J. Butersbough, J. Von. tries. Upper Woodberry—F. Albright, A. M Turner. Lower Woodbrury— C. Riddle, livid Spur. Walker.—John Snyder, Moses Ratner. H u tivion bor'h—J. F. Miller, G. A Steel. :..iiirleysbutg—John Lutz, Peter Mgt.'s. Alexandria— David Albright, Frederick Barket. Petersburg D". J. MbCulluch, A Stewart. Birmingham—John Graffius, J. K, Mc. Cohan. 11.11iilaysburg—S.,Calvin, Esq., J. R. Johnston. Williamsburgh--D. S. Rhule, Thomas Reese. Gaysport—Datid Tate, Esq., N. W. G I evil. On motion, it was Revived, That no person shall be considered as a Llimien candidate, for any office, unless he shall receive a majority of all the votes given in convention. Wht:reuptal the followine; ticket was duly elected, and with confidence sub. muted for the support of the people of Huntingdon county: l'or She r if. J. BROTEIKat LINE, tlollidaysburg. For Assembly, JOAN G 4111.E3, of Ifontingdon, S. S. DE IVEY. of Birmitighoun. Treasurer, ANDREW H. HIRST, Huntingdon Cnroner, JAMES 11U11730N,_Iiiiblin township Conomaioner ROBERT M 0 ,112 1 ,,, Huntingdon Auditor, ALEXAN DER STI rr, Alesandria Oa motion, Ilvolned, Unanimously, that the members of this convention will use all fair and honorable means to secure the success of the ticket just formed. On 'notion, Renobed, That the proceed ings of this meeting be signed by the President and Secretary, and published in the Journal and Register. On motion, Adjourned ELIKL S MTH, President. WINCPIESTER NrCARTY, Sec'y. HARIISON DEMOCKA r IC MEETING% OLD HUN TINGDON ERECT !! A very large and highly respectable meeting ot the Democratic Harrison citi zens of Huntingdon county was held at .he•court house in the borough of Hun t ngdon, on 11 eilnesaay evening of Court week, the 11th day of August, 1841. It was to gantzed by calling S. M. GREEN, Esq., to the chair, and appointing Brice Blair, George Schmucker, Jonathan Mc Williams, John Lutz, and C. Wigton, Vice Presidents. Joseph Higgins, Esq., k. M. Turner, and James Conorun, Sec retaries. After the object of the meeting was sta ted, Thomas I. Cromwell, Esti.. moved that a committee of 2O be appointed for die purpose of drafting resolutions to be submitted to the meeting. Wilereupon die following named gentlemen were up• pointed said committee— Thomas 'l'. Cromwell, &1., Samuel Dean, Benjamin Leas, David Stewart, Esq., Dr. Jacob Hoffman, Jacob Nen, ftiomas M'Nainara, Thomas W. Estep, Ibraliain Long, John P. Jones, Samuel . Stone ,raker, Robert Campbell, ik m. Reed, E-q., Joseph Kemp, Lawrence Swoope, Samuel Royer, Esq., Thomas Smith, Hugh Madden, Esq., Henry Lias, and Thomas Bender. It the absence of the committee, on 'notion. JOHN BLANCHARD, EAti., aittires the in,eting at length in aft able and masterly manner. The committee re- I ported the billowing which was adopted without a ths.enting voice. Resolved, That we call upon all to ex. :tintne closely the practical effects of the present incompetent and profligate ad. ininiatration of the Oaks of the Com I 1111 l 'wealth of 1 enos.ylvania, and enter 'he pending contest with the same deter mination which seemed our triumph in favor of the lamented Harrison, at the late presidential election; and if it will prove sufficient to bring shout the relor• 'nation of public abuses, and the regene• ration of the political affairs of our Com monwealth, amid carry out fully the glori• ous reformation but begs 11. Resoled, What we have full confidence .n the administration or the General (Jo eernment, amid believe that Pi esident T., ler will carry out the principles of thus, who elected him. Resolved, ...Init public opinion ots4ht be an unfailing corrective of public abu- Resolved, That in the present important crisis in Pennsylvania. when the question is, whether the people, through their rep•, resentatives, shall -.:ontrol and direct their own OEMs, and determine what is most. expedient fur the benefit of the pimple of, the state, or whether the same shall be controlled, directed and determined by' the will of ONE MAN alone, through the exercise of the VE l'O POttER, it is in-, cumbent on, and the duty of every true hearted Pennsylvanian, to waive for the, present all minor considerations, to for-, g et and !'Drew) at this time, all private and, individual differences of opinion and dis-, appointments, and one and all join heart, and hand to effect the great object; the assertion of the sovereignty of the people. Resolved, That David R. Porter, in screening from trial before the proper tri bunals of the country, by p'reviously pars diming . persona charged with itilaiitous crimes, is a usurpation of power in the Executive, totally indefinable and nut to be tolerated by a free people. Resolved, "'hat the many higli-handed and flagrant abuses of power by the pres ent Governor of Pennsylvania, but illus-' testes the TRUTH, that a "corrupt tree can not bring forth good fruit." Resolved, That it is unseemly in the iGovernment of Pennsylvania to plead the statute of limitations. I Resolved, That inasmuch as David R. iPorter has surrounded himself with a band of unprincipled mercenary supporters, whose bond of union is the cohesive pow• t er id plunder, lie is unworthy.the support of the majority party of Pennsylvania. Resolved, That David R. P..rter, ill in- creasing the State debt from 24,230,000 dollars to the enormous sum of 41,627,2.81 dollars in a little over two years has pro yen himself totally unfit to manage the af fairs of our great State. Revolved, That the late attempts of David R. Porter to draw money from the Treasury without the authority of law, is an aggravation of the oll'ence which he, on a former occasiim Committed, by ille gally drawing 82000 dollars from the Treasury to give to his brother James M. Porter, and his conscience keeper, Ovid F. Johnston; inasmuch as when he made the last requisition, he had, and still has in his keeping, a direction from both bran ches of the legislature, to institute an ac tion against the late State Treasurer, for the said sum of two thousand dollars drawn from the Treasury as aforesaid, which direction he continu,s to disregard. Resolved, That in withholding his as• sent to the bill now in his keeping, provi ding for the election of Canal Commis sioners by the people, and further reduc tion of the officers and expenses of the public works, Gov. Porter has manifested his disregard of the will of the people and the interests of the Commonwealth, evi dently preferring the interests and influ once of his corrupt partizans in office, to either the public interest or the public voice Resolved, That the character and con duct in private life, and in many import. ant public stations, of JOHN BANKS, our present candidate for Governor, af fords to us a sure guaranty that he will discharge the duties devolving on the Es• 'ecutive, honestly, impartially and aceord ing to the true spirit of the Constitution. Reso'red, Tiiat we are in favor of the ONE TERNI principle, as its introduc tion will take away one of the most fruit ful sources of official misconduct in the Executive. Resolved, That we earnestly recom. mend to the Democratic party of flun• tinedon county, the ticket formed this day by the largest Convention ever held in this county, viz: For Sheriff, farm Broth saline A.minbly ; J. G. Miles and San fo rd S. Dewey. Treasurer; Andrew H. Meat. Coroner ; James Hudson. Commissioner; Robert More. Auditor; Alexander Stilt. Resolved, That this meeting proceed to appoint committees of vigilance for the ml &rent-town-hips and boroughs, whose duties it shall be to attend all matters to Qeciire the success of John B inks and the couhty ticket. [Committees will ap rar next week.] I?esolred, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the officers, and pub lished in all the Democratic papers in the County. Resolved, That we adjourii. S. M. GREEN, Pre,'t. BRICE BLAIR, JAMES G. SCHNI , KER, Jon' A. I.IINILLIAMS, Prest's. JOHN LUTZ, j G. WIGTON. Ji‘sepli - A. M. Turner, Sec'ys James Cundron, Glorious news I'i•om Florida. CO .A COO CHEF'• WHOLE 13AND—CL91313 OF TRE FLORIDA WAR. Savannah, August 12, 1841. By the U. S. steamer Ge;o. 'Taylor, Capt. Peck, arrived here yesterday, we have the gratifying intelligence from Floe ida that the war, fur the ninety ninth time, may now be considered as at an end. 011,1 cat's whole band, men, women, children and negroes, 160 in all, have come in at Tampa, and 40 more Indians or an other band were on their way, and were expected at Tampa in two days. A gentleman who come on in Gen. Taylor, says thht he do's not think another tills will be fired by the enemy. 11 hen Co-a=coo-chee's family came in, Cal florth told hen that he might go on shore from the schooner where he was confined and see them. He refused to go, saying that though he was anxious to see his family, he would not permit them to see him in irons. The Colonel finally consented to let him go on shore without his shackles, and after a warm greeting with his family, he dined with the Colonel, and then returned on board the schooner As soon as his irons was replaced, he told Col. Worth that he had one request more to make, and that was to allow hint and his people to go 1; aft as soon as possible Aepublicon. From the Baltimore American of the 10th in. Tornado and hurricane at IF ashingtoti. The city between two and three o'clock to day, was visited by a tremendous tor nado and hurricane. More rain has fallen in two hours than usually falls in two days. Considerable damage has been done to property by the quantity of water and the wind, but how much I am unable to learn. Roofs were taken from one or two build ings; and the air for a time in the vicinity of the market house was filled with frag• ments which endangered the lives of the passers: Part of the roof of the market house was swept away.'. THE JOURNAL. OneCountry,oneconodiution one destiny, Illuntingdoir, Aug. 25. 1841 Democratic Candidate FOR GOVERNOR, JOHN BANKS, OF OERKS COUNTY DENIOCRATAC COUNTY Twitra. Sit ERIFF. JNO.BILOTHERLINV of Hollidaysburg ASSE3ZiiL JOHN G. MILES, or Huntingdon. SANFORD S.DEWEY, of Birmingham. . TREASURER. ANDREW H. HIRST, of Huntingdon CORONER JAMES HUDSON, of Dab:in township COMMISSIONER. ROBERT AIOOILE, of Huntingdon, AUDITOR ALEXANDER STlrr, of Alexandria Kr- Our readers will undoubtedly ex cuse us for nut issuin3 a paper last week, when they learn that we were desired by Hon. Judge Woodward, to print the "Rules for the Regulation of the Practice in the several courts of this district."— As this county was the only one where he could remain two weeks, he wished us to do it that it might be done under his sus pervision. We concluded to do it, and hence the delay. The Communication of a iforkingman we have inserted in our paper, at the re. quest of several who honestly feel an in• terest in the success of the principles there maintained. fie never yet have, and we trust never shall, while we conduct a pub lic journal, refuse to give place to any article which was written in a becoming spirit. It is inserted in somewhat of an extra ordinary shape, from the fact that the same individuals wished us to strike off some hundred copies in hand bill form, and to save the trouble of overrunning it, we give it a place in its present shape.— If the principles are wrong, there is no fear from its publication ; common sense l and reason will always overthrow error. Our Ticket Will be found this week at the head of our paper. We commend it to the atten tion of our friends. It may be, that there are some who •10 not feel perfectly satisfied with it. It is not for us to censure them for so think• tog. They have the tight, an undoubted, un ilienable right. Yet they may, never theless, be hasty in forming, or in expres sing an opimon. There is only one thing that we would desire of all who profess to believe the same principles as ourself—it is this, that they would not allow themselves to be made the dupes of those who have ever opposed them. Their song may be as enticing as that of the syren, but be assu red they entice but to destroy. Have you not known them long enough, to know that they are, as Shakspeare says of the world, "wonderfully given to lyingV'— Never let the deceptions of an avowed foe 'nose you front what you long deemed an honest and candid judgment. This fall we need all our forces to be united. We must beat David R. Porter- The State has long enough starred under his mis•rule, and the corruptions of his myrmydons. Let as unite then, heart and hand, and cast the despoiler from his seat of power. Let not his parasites induce you to change a course of conduct which raised the name of old Huntingdon high on the list for undeviating firmness. Let us all be up and doing. "One fire more!" as mad Anthony said, and the field is our own. Advice Grath. We recommend to a portion of our friends to read, and read carefully, the first article under the Editorial head, of our paper of August 4th, but more partic ularly the last port headed "our oppo• 'lents." They will there find the ad•ice which we will give them gratis. The Veto. John Tyler, President of the United itates, has vetoed the bill passed by Con• tress, creatinga Bank of the United States. With but fewAceptions, one opinion done prevails on , . The subject, slid that is, • hat he violated a trust confided to him by large majority of the people. He was iivocated and supported on the ticket with the lamented Harrison, as the guar dian of those principles which 'lave so long, and so loudly been proclaimed by our party,—one of which, and perhaps the most prominent one, was the establish ment of a Nutiimal Bank. He willingly became the candidate of the party, and if he knew then that he could not as,ist in carrying out those measures, he should have declined. Where was the honor of the Southern chivalry, when he palmed himself upon his political companions, as friendly to their measures; and then when raised to that place of power, which op late seems to create or destroy, he basely, aye, basely betrays that trust and that friendship? True lie says he has always opposed the measure since he was a boy, land he cannot change. If there is any thing which should have enlightened Mr. Tyler on the subject, enough to convince him of his error, it should be the conduct of those who tra duced and villitied him not a year ago.— NVlien he sees them shout, and fling up their caps, and hears the party that eleva• ted him, jeered and and scouted at, fur having elected a man after thiir own heart. Ile has vetoed the Bill ; and no matter what may be his conduct on any luture legislation, he has committed one act that would make us doubt him forever. He may have satisfied some of his Southern friends, and all the Loco F,mcos, but he will find the North a chilly place to culti vate hopes of future success. He may be fondled by his political toes for a time, but he v ill be shunned and always suspec• ted by those who were wont to think him above the deception of the course he has now taken. He may seek to make friends in that party we have ever opposed, but he will lose as many who desert him for his ingratitude. We have seen bat one or two of our pa• pers in the State that have not censured him ; and we regretted to see one. Those very papers were once the advocates of s United States Bank, with far less rentric• tines than the present, and sent forth their denunciations against Jackson's ve to. If they admire John Tyler's firmness for sticking to his boyish notions, they should do so themselves, and then they could claim to be as consistent as Mr. Tyler wishes to be considered. The Workhagnien/s Meeting. We publish this week the proceedings of the workingmen's meeting, us they were handed us. W e published to paper last week, or they should have sooner found a place. We bid them God speed: in their efforts to reform the con options sit both parties. 'lt is a moral and political reform touch needed, but we fear the day is nut yet ; and when it dues come, there must be a union of all classes, all conditions, and all creeds; and with the avowed pur pose of breaking down and destroying the Hydra of party. The proli!ssed and vac tised politician must be ruled out, and the people—the indastrions of all tradt.s and professions,—the toiling community, must begin in earnest to take the reins of Gov• ernment into their own hands. We hope that the honest portion of those interested in the success of the war, kingmen, will not allow themselves to be made the stool pidgeons of the political leaders of either party. “now is liiita” Asks the "Standard,"—and then says th:.t Mr. Granger has made a mistake infigur ing up some of the Post Office account, of $25.000; and remarks that such "heads of Department figure urry wisely—a mistake of 4825,000, OR ONE FOURTH OF A MILLION." Why, my dear fellow, it is only ONE FORTIETH part of a toil. lion. Don't you think there are some oth. er heads that "figure very wiselyi" A Prophet There is a little paper published at Dar. risburg, called the "Yeoman," that says Judge Banks will lose in this county, as compared with Ritner, "at least nine hun. hundred votes." "A second Daniel come to judgment." Ritner'3 majority was 926 —Judge Banks' will be between 1500 and 1 2000, in this county. What do you.think of that " drop of cold comfort?" We wonder that our neighbors of the Stand and would endorse so paltry a falsehood.
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