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THE JOUEIN AL.
One country, one constitution one destiny
Huntingdon, Oct. °. 1841.
Democratic Candidate
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN BANKS,
OF LIERKS COUNTY,
DEMOC
00 7 478.177
So nom..
JNO. BROTHER LINE, of llollitlaysburg
AssmznLY.
JOHN G. MILES, of Huntingdon.
SANFORD S. DE WEY, of Birmingham,
TREASURER.
ANDREW H. HIRST, of Huntingdon.
CORONER
JAMES HUDSON, of Dub :in township
COMMISSIONER.
ROBERT AIOORE, of Huntingdon.
AUDITOR
ALEXANDER STl'l7, of Alex andria
zi q zi ti 4
Sheriff Ticket.
Let every voter remember that he can
have but the name of one man on his tick
et for Sheriff. It there be two names on
a ticket, the judges of erection are sworn
to reject it in counting off. —see Ist sec.
of 6th Article of AMENDED Constitution,
antl73cl section of Election law of 1839.
Our Ticket.
A CALL
:il li I our Friends, and the Friends of
JOHIN FLUNKS.
The election will soon be here:; and the
question is soon to be decided, whether
David Potter and his horde of myr
midons, are still to remain the plunder
ers of the State Treasury 7
We eel it to be our duty, to call the
attention of every man, who feels the ne
cessity of immediate and complete re
form, in the administration of our State
government, to certain facts.
OUR TICF ET
Is headed by JOHN BANKS. A man,
that, since his nomination, not one single
breath of calumny has ever stained his
name. All that know, or even knew him,
with one exclamation, declare him to be
an HONEST MAN--morally and polit •
ically, No man, no matter how base, has
dared to cast one charge, disreputable to
his character, before the public. His po
litical opponents have; generally freely
admitted that few, if any, were more en
titled to the name of HONEST. This
speaks volumes in his behalf. Would
not every, man who feels any interest in
the success of the great Commonwealth,
prefer to see him guiding its destinies than
his opponent?
WHO IS THE OPPONENT,
David R. Porter ! A man that you, fel
low-citizens of Huntingdon County,
KNOW to be as reckless .7as Ws master.
Who cares not for any body or any means
so his ends are accomplished I You know
him—your verdict has so prnn need him.
A Jury of your own county have said
they did not believe his oath. The re
cords of your own county, show that he
has refused to pay an honest debt because
it was too old to pay. They show that he
has plead the STATUTE OF LIMITA
TIONS on the orphan children of Evan
CRAIN. Fur what ? For the wages of
hard working father. For wagoning
for the now princely nabob. We have
before, and we can again, show that he is
a Fraudulent Insolvent. A verdict in
our court pronounced a man NOT GUIL
TY, when he charged him with crimes
that should send any man to the quiet
cell of the Penetentiary. You know,
yourselves, that he has pardoned Comic
ted7htencs.3That,he has pardoned Horse
Thieves before trial, and hired Libellers
of better men than himself. You know
that lie has vetoed law after law that the
people demanded. You know that he
has selected, as the officers under him,
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HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1841
men as devoid of principle or character,
as they are reckless of what means they
use to advance their master's ends. You
know and have seen these things and
we ask an answer of you en the 2nd Tues
day of October. What can induce an
honest man to vote for him instead of John
Banks 7
J 0117.4 BROTHERLINE
Is our candidate for Sheriff. He in the
regularly nominated candidate of the
Harrison and anti• Porter party in this
county. He has been, since our acquain
tance in this county, (more than six years,)
one of the most active and devoted friends
of our cause. At all times, under all cir
cumstances, he has been found foremost
in the contest. Ile is a poor mane—one
who has for years supported a widowed
mother and orphan sisters. Calumny,
and the vileness of party strife may brand
hun as a lazy office hunter; but we have
only to say, that that son, that seeks all
' honest means to cheer the tottering steps
of an aged mother down the steep decliv
ty of life, deserves the friendship and
welcome of every grateful heart. His
only crime has been his too great anxiety
fir the support of his bereaved friends
and kindred, and his unrelenting and un
vavering hostility to our opponents in
this county. No political contest has
found him halting between two opinions.
He has always been first in the field and
last in the fight ; and we for one are
hound:to say that such men deserve the
support or their party and friends. Hho
are:his most bitter:opponents / Are they
not, we ask, Ouse who have for years
been the loudest brawlers against all anti
Masons and 1s higs 1 How long is it
since an attempt:was made to indict him
for being among the first to defend the
purity of the ballot box from the assaults
of the dupes and slaves of Porter, in Hof
lidaysburg. "'Thrice is he armed who
has his quarreLjust." Mr. Brotherline tri
umphed over his foes ! Hence this un
ceasing hostility to him. Therefore is he
'to be the only victim on our ticket. Can
you, friends, make yourselves one in the
number to consummate an injury against
such a friend ? lie trust not. It is said
he was not fairly nominated ! We ask
every man who was interested in the nom•
ination of any other man, did not you do
all you could tor that man ? Did not a I
his friends 7 And did the friends of Mr.
Brotherline do more 1 Is there anything
disreputable in that ? Is there any thing
dishonest ? 11 ill you lend yourselves to
assist your enemies to exult over one of
your most devoted friends ; simply, be
cause he is opposed by our opponents. If
there is any one thing why we shall make
use of every exertion to secure his elec
tion, it is because the Porter men are so
very busy abusing him. If there is any
thing which makes us persist more strong
ly that he deserves the support of every
man who opposes Porter—it is because ev
ery one of Porter's men are the loudest
in attempting to defeat his election. They
desire to see him beaten because they think
he has been a thornin their mid, and if
he is defeated he will be shorn of his locks
and will no longer be in the way of their
success, therefore they oppose him: and
for the very same , reason, IT IS THE
DUTY of eve'•y friend of John Banks
to sustain him.
MAJ. JOHN SHAVER is the most
prominent opponent of Mr Brotherline..
He is the candidate of the tforking Men
(so called.) He is a member of the same
party as Mr. Brotherline—is m every re
spect, we bileve, an honest and honora
ble man, hut no more so than Brotherline.
He is far r ore able to get along through
this world without the office than Mr.
Brotherline. He has the means of sup
port ; and there are no suffering kindred
leaning upon his arm for sustenance, and
the common necessaries of life. Maj.
Shaver is a working man, none will doubt.
Is riot Mr. Brotherline ? Is he not de •
serving P Does he not need the proceeds
of the office T and let us ask, does Maj.
Shaver? We have but one cause of re
gret. It is this, that so worthy a man
would allow himself to become the instru
'neat in the hands of his own, herayore,
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR
'bitterest foes, to injure the cause of one'
of his own friends. The Loco Focos in
our town call Maj Shaver THEIR CAN
DID.BTE. If he be so, we are sorry to
see a man we so much respected, the can
didate of men who have been the con
stant revilers of himself, as well as our.
self. If any thing would make us op
pose him, it is because we see the very
men who have for years circulated the ba
sest falsehoods against us,: . now claiming
him as 711BIR C.INDIDATE. Men
who called the Anti-masons the vilest
names, and pronounced us their hireling,
brought from an Eastern Penetentiary—
a released convict, to conduct the cause
of Anti.masonry. At once saying that
the Anti-masons of this county possessed
neither honor nor honesty, and cared not
how they succeeded. he say, anything
would make us oppose any living man it
would be when we saw such men advo
cating his cause. lie ask our friends if
they wish to see such men triumph over
us?
I John G. Miles and S. S. Dewey
Are our candidates fur Assembly. Mr.
Miles needs no commendations of ours.
Dr. Dewey, is not as well known in the
county as his colleague, but is none the
less respected and loved for his intelli.
genre arid his integrity where he is known.
e would ask of every man who is anx
ious to see Pennsylvania take once more,
her stand among the prosperoucStatea is
the Union, whether it is not important
that such men are sent as it is known can
be useful. Men who if needs be can defend
her interest by something more than the
'simple yes 1 . or no ? and are not Mr. Miles
and Dewey such men? and are they not
every where in the county known for their
intelligence, integrity and we might add
piety?
Their Opponents
Are Jesse Moore, and Thomas West
on. Both of them men who have acted
for years with the dominant party in this
county, and we can safely say, both of
them strictly honest, and in some re
:Teets arc the equals of those on our tick
et. But we feel confident that they are
not aware of all the facts attending their
case, or they would soon withdraw their
names and support from a ticket, whose
loudest:advocates were, and are yet their
bitterest foes! We would ask you gen
tlemen, as well as you friends. Do you
know that the leading and active oppo
nents of John Banks are endeavoring to
trade you off for Brotherline—that they ,
make bargains to vote for Miles and Dew
ey, provided that they can get a man to
vote against Brotherline—thus making
you the victims of their schemes to destroy
one of your former friends ; and at the
same time they injure you. They are
bold enough to say that they do not care
if the members of the Working-men's
t icket are beaten if they can only brat John
' Brotherline. Remember then what we
say, you are to be the victims on your
I ticket, for no other purpose than to defeat.
Brotherlint,
Our Treasurer.
A. H. Hirst is our candidate for Trea
surer. Is there any better man than him
for the office ? and was not he nomindte d
unanimously by the delegates of the pet
ple? If so what cause, why an opposition
to him should be made by his political
friends I Let us explain. Mr. Hirst has
acted with the minority party; and when
they attempted to make him their slave,
he spurned them and their counsel; and
if their is any thing in the whole matter,
that shows the cloven foot of Po; terism
in this NVorkingman's ticket, it is the op
position to Mr. Hirst. The candidate a•
gainst him Mr. John Simpson, our neigh
bor, is the ONLY LOCO FOCO on that
ticket; and they - hope to have an oppor
tunity to break him down politically.
This to us is satisfactory evidence that the
hand of Porter and his vassals is in this
matter. Their friends will turn out to
vote fur one of their party, when without
some such incentive they would nut vote
for the working man's ticket. We say,
that Porter and his hired soldiers are at
the bottom of this matter, else how does it
happen that the only loco foco on that)
ticket happens to oppose the man, that
Porter and his dupes most cordially hate.
The cause is evident, Porter wants Hirst
beat, and wants to say he was beat by a
Loco foco; and then say he has lost the
confidence o both parties because HE
deserted HIM. Cannot every man see
this?
Our Commissioner
Robert Moore is well known all over
the county we might say; and there is
none who know him, who do not accord
to him the character of strict uprightness
and capability. The citizens of this
county, cannot butvee the advantage of
having a commissioner in our town. Fre
quently business brings them to our town ;
and if the have any thing to do in the
Commissioner's Office, when there is
one of them a resident in town, their bu _
siness can at all times be attended to. His
opponent James Davis Esq. may be, and
no doubt is, equally as good a man. but
the importance of having one in town,
seems to say that the election of Mr.
Moore would prove of more advantage to
the people.
Our Auditor and Coroner
Mr. Stitt, and Mr. Hudson, are me"
well known in our county, and there are
none who know them but say they are
honest and capable.
Such then is our ticket, and we call on
every man who does net wish to lend his
aid, to carry out the schemes of their old
and bitter foes, to examine carefully what
we hav'h said ; and make up their minds
from the facts, whether they prefer to
see their friends defeated by the wiles of
an enemy who have for years tried to di
vide and destroy us.
Observe what we say ! Those men
who formerly called you rascally Anti,
masons, and British Bank bought slaves
are now the men most interested in the
workingman's ticket. Those who called
us their hired contact are its leaders here.
Those who never spoke a respectful word
of one of us now hug this ticket to their
bosom as if it were a bantling of their own
—we think it is. Some may think hon
estly otherwise. We ask them do not be
deceived. Vote the regular Ticket entire!
CERTIFICATeS.
Below we publish two certificates sent
us by the citizens of "The Big District,"
putting the brand of falsehood upon the
many tales told ofJohn Brotherline. We
know where such tales originate. They
are the paltry spite of our old foes, they are
anxious to defeat him, because he has al•
ways been so active in defeating them.
The people of our county will recognize
many of their friends among the signers
The second certificate was written,
and the names obtained by lion. Judge
McCune. whose name heads the list.
There are but few people in the county
who do not know the Judge. His own
name would be a guarantee of the truth of
the certificate, and falseness of the tales.
Will our friends be up and doing! and
not let a worthy man be crushed by false
hood.
The undersigned, residents of Holli
daysburg and vicinity (within the limits
of what has been called the Big District),
being neighbors and well acquainted for
a number of years with JOHN BROTHER
LINE, the present regularly nominated can
didate of the Harrison and Banks party,
for the office of Sherifr of this county, have
learned with regret and astonishment,
that numerous false and slanderous re
ports have been circulated in the lower
end and sonic other parts of the county,
injurious to the character of Mr. Brother,
line; among others, that he is A owmatEn,
A HORSE-RACER, and BLACK LEO, A SPEC,
ULATOR, A Lonrott, and many others of a
like nature. Such charges, if made and
circulated against Mr. Brotherline. have
their origin and source in disappointed
ambition, in private rancour, or iti politi
cal hostility, as EVE KNOW THEM To
BE DESTITUTE OF TRUTH FOR
THEIR FOUNDATION. We know his
conduct and character as a man and a
citizen has been EXEMPLARY and CORRECT.
We know that or the last eigh years he
has been the sole support of his widowed
mother, and younger sisters and brother,
(constituting, for the greater portion of
that time, a large family,) and supported
the family for about two years before his
father's death. if he is a gambler, a
horse-racer, and a blackleg, wn lIIs isi•
I MEDIATE NEIGHBORS have never known
or heard of it. If he is a speculator, we,
his intimate acquaintances, do not know
and have not heard of it; and we do know
that if he ever was so, that the usual suc
cess which is generally supposed to at.
tend speculators, has not been his, for he
is, emphatically, A POOR HAN. And his
conduct in the discharge of his duties as a
son from his youth to this time is an an-
I swer to the other and similar charges.—
, We can concieve and know of no cause,
private or political, to just yy or even
palliate the slandering and persecuting a
deserving man, in the manner we under.
stand Mr. Brotherline is now SLANDER
ED AND PERSECUTED.
September 24, 1841.
James Coffey Alexander Knox
A. Vantries Jerh. Cunningham
Wm. Donaldson R. Lowry
A. L. Holliday John Lytle
E. Galbraith Henry Learner
Jacob So yder Peter Hewit
John Buel Daniel Beatty
Wm. Campbell George Port
Elliot Long 11 in. F. Leech
David I lewit David Tate
James Lindsey John Bouslaugh
Win. Elder James Mullin
James Christy John Kays
Henry Stitlier jr. R. A. Hamilton
J. Motile llewit S. L. Longenecker
Thomas Patterson L. H. Williams
Henry Sprenger J. 11. McCord
James K. Philleber R. A. McNlurtrie
Jacob H.Smitli; m. Hetherington
Joseph Hammer John M. Borland
J. A. Landis Thos. McNamara
Joseph Balbridge P. Stoner
Alex. McFarland F. Yingling
David B. Long Emanuel Clopper
Win. S. Kunsmaa Daniel Clipper
Bina. Kunsman C. Stoner
Robert Irwin jr. David Closson
John Irwin jr. Jacob Helsel
Wi'liarniGregg Jonathan Yingling
Jonathan Neff P. H. Wilt
Joseph Groff jr. Jacob Clopper
Jacob Wells George Stoner
Adam Tuinbaugh
Joseph Groff
Joseph Kinsel John Riling (Capt.)
John Lantz John C. Kinsel
William Lantz Frederick Riding
Jacob Black Jacob Fritz
11 illiain Rhodes John Rielina
Henry McCauley Jacob Buckhart
David Koon Dougtal M. Gwin
James B. Frampton James M. Donaldson
0. P. WKeehan Jolts r P . Junes
J. B. G. Kinsloe James King M. D.
Daniel Ullery Isaac Fisher
Samuel Knnn John Stuff'
Jacob H. Stifler Samuel Anderson
John H. Stifler Robert Thompson
Joseph Stifler James R. Patton
Hiram Slidy George F. Stover
George Clapper Joseph Patton jr.
A. Stoner Thomas Martin
John Stanley William Hicks
W. Williams George M. Ayres
Thomas Burns Michael Thompson
Joseph C. Morgan William Mcllhoes
George Weaver John Tate
William Kelly Jacob Pote
Jacob Weaver sr. John Amer
John:Shannon G. G. Tate
John Dore Thomas Fogg
Philip Weaver George W. Gates
Samuel Robeson John C. Bowers
Jonathan Lantz Samuel Calvin
Joshua Williamson Daniel A Iliangb
James A. McCalian Joseph Hotzlet
Michael Simons James O'Dain
Alexander Stewart David Mvres
Joseph Christian jr. Michael Stever
Jonathan Christian John Hileman
Moses Christian David Armstrong
Joseph Christian sr. Daniel Keech
Samuel Hileman C. H. Leas
George Elliot R. W. Yocum
J. A. Smith Jacob Cruse
Jacob Stuff Michael Richardson
Daniel Foust Isaac Hershbergee
Simnel Gost Joseph Geesy
George W. Low Ahm. Crumbaker
Andrew Kopp John Yortv
Solomon Wise Christian Ketner
Hewit Henry Crumbaker
J icob Geesy James Conroy
Henry Geesy Jacob Keefer
Samuel Baird George Hileman
Thomas McCloskey David Markey
Patrick McCloskey Jacob Markey
km. Kephart (Potter) David Markey jr.
Nicholas Stephen jr. C. Gost
Nicholas Stephen Jacob Shinefelt
James Long jr. George Gost
James Long sr. Peter Refner
Thomas M. Robeson John Meeuier
Andrew Low James Masclen
John Linglifelt Samuel Mien;
Edward J. Cruse _ James Summerfield
Alexander Frazer
The undersigned citizens of chat was
formerlf called the BiI; District in Hun•
tingdnn county, do certify that John Bro
therline, who was nominated for the
Sheriff's Office, at last August court, (by
the Harrison and Banks Convention.) for
said counts', IS AN HONEST MAN, &
HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED A
(10011 MORAL CHARACTER ; and
further, we have heard and do Lelieve
that he has contributed, bountifully, to
wards the mamtainance of his widowed
mother, sisters and brother, for some six
or eight years passed.
September 24, 1841.
Joseph McCune Jacob Kephart
Hutt), Stiller Jacob Wirtz jr.
Charles Wilson John Robison
Thomas Wilson Peter
C. Kephart Jacob Mogal
Dover Robison Henry Mogal
lius. Robison S. A. Johnston
[WnoLE No. 301.
Henry Rodkey John Harnisii
Daniel Rodkey John Stahl
James Gilson John Zigler
George Clopper Solomon Stomlievgh
Edward L. Cowens Jacob Geesv
Samuel Steffav Henry Geesy
Isaac Hallar S. R. McCune
Abraham Spielman James T. Robison
The Public II orks—A o .
ney.
THE POOR LABORERS
We imagine that there is not a laborhg
man on the canal who has not been told
(luring the summer, time and again, there
was no money in the treasury. Some of
them are now creditors to the State fur,
months of hard labor, when their own
families needed all of their hard earnings
to get, oftentimes, the necessaries of life.
We did believe that there was money; and
we have often said so. A friend has ob
tained from the Treasury, at Harrisburg
the amount of money drawn, for repairs,
since last November. It is important
that the people know how their busines s
is conducted. The following sums of mo
ney have been drawn, at the dates as giv
en, by Mr. Woods.
1840 Nov. 17 94,000
1841 April 19 1,000
6. June 2 2,000
" July 14 2,483
ii ~ 17 1,000
Sept. 1 1,000
912,433
A pretty little stun, indeed ! and no
money I More than one thousand dollars
a month. Money enough, alter taking
his own pay out, to pay 40 daily laborers
one dollar a day. Can any body imagine
how this money has all been spent ? Has
any one seen 40 hands on thirty miles of
the canal ? It need not be said that It
has been paid for Extraordinary Repairs ;
because, if you will ask those who have
built bridges, locks, &c., and they iik.
the laborers will say, NO MOAEY /
We wish every man who works on the
canal to say whether he has not asked for
money during the above 10 months, and
his not been told no money 1
But, this is not all. During the mold's
of June and July, he drew 85225 for old
debts due before last November, making
in all, nearly SEVENTEEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS in ten months. and
no money !
Joseph Riter has handled since June
Bth. the snug sum of $20,000, and we pre
sume, that lie says too, no money
This beats the "Big Break"—They
draw the money out but do sot pay their
wocking.men.
John S. IseWs letter.
On our first page will be found the let
ter of this gentleman, in reply to our cor
respondent "Observer." If Mr. Isett
relieves himself from the charge of acting
in accordance with Mr. Porter's views, he
certainly does not succeed in clearing up
the charge, that the "working" ticket isin
every respect calculated to further Mr.
Porter's views, or that it is not in effect
the very thing the leading Locos desired.
Mr. Isett says that " Supervisor Woods
remonstrated saidil not ought to be done it
would break THEIR ARRANGEMENTS'
—ln an other place he says "I asked
some of the Porter men what they intend
ed to do"--Why ask the Porter men what
they intended to do, if their counsels were
not needed to shape his course. What
was the answer these Porter men gave?
They thought THEY COULD UNDER
MINE THEM : [meaning our Ticket
gt t some of the disaffected to come out.'
Here then is the whole secret.
Mr. !sett is known to be a little self
willed, when he gets his "eye sot" on a
measure, and consequently these Porter
men who were to undermine us, fall into
his plan opparentiy while at the same line
they mould his plan to THEIR ENDS,
and this working man's ticket is made to
catch the disaffected, and to undermine
the regular ticket; and although Mr.
Woods was quite offended about hav
ing his arrangements broken, he was very
soon quite interested in Mr. lsette Pla...
Cannot the honest dour part• see the
whole scheme.
Look to it —Remember farmers and
laboring men that D. R. Porter, by his ex
travagant administration, has increased
the load of taxation, and it vr'll continue
to increase as long as he m'srules the
state.
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