ame fallacy" (that is. the idea that the Tariff o
1842 was a democratic measure—that "protection'
was a democratic principle ;") and when they come
to be convincetrthat James K. Polk, is opposed to
the doctrine of " protection," like the men of
Dickinson, they will desert him, because they have
been led to believe that protection" was a dem
octatic doctrine; and they will regard Mr. Polk's
HOSTILITY TO PROTECTION as on abandon-
ment of democratic principles. This is ono of the
bitter and blasting results of the DECEPTIVE
•ND FRAUDULENT COURSE pursued by the
so.callecl Democratic Press of this commonwealth;
it is one of the poisonous fruits of TI lAT SYS
TEM OF SOPHISTRY AND FALSEHOOD.
which, without the solitary exception that we know
of has been resorted to by the TRAVELLING
ORATORS AND WHIPPERS-IN OF THE
PARTY. Instead of honestly avowing the true
and long cherished principles of the party, showing
their superiority over those of their opponents, and
preparing the minds of the people to receive them
as the genuine offspring of tho Jeffersonian creed
—like BASE THIEVES, these editors and om-
tors have thus far spent the campaign in STEAL
ING SCIONS FROM THE WIIIG NURSERY
AND ENDEAVORING TO ENGRAFT THEM
ON DEMOCRATIC STOCKS. Thus has a
false issue been presented to the democracy by the
men in whom they trusted, and whom the principle
of gratitude for confidence generously bestowed,
should have made honest and faithful to the trust.
Time and again have we protested against the anti
democratic course pursued by the presses, oratorsand
leaders of the democratic party. We have admon
ished them of the weakness of their policy and the
dangers of their course. WE HAVE CONDEMN-
ED THE WICKEDNESS OF THE FRAUDS
THEY WERE PRACTISING, and invited them
to return to the paths of" truth and soberness."—
But our warnings and our admonitions have been
met by hot and proscriptive denunciations; and men
who have scarcely emerged from the swaddling
clothes of democracy, have presumed to talk learn
edly to us of the errors and impolicy of our po
sition."
The "travelling orators" from other parts, who
have visited this State, and the infamous newspa
per editors, who have propagated the wilful false
hood that James K. Polk is friendly to protection,
will receive a sufficient castigation in the editorials
of this their own party organ, the "Pennsylvania
Statesman." I will not assume the tack of chasti
sing them for their baseness; and I gladly wash
my hands of that dirty business. (Immense cheer
ing )
But falsehood, with many of our political oppo
nents, is now the order of the day. Perhaps the
world never before exhibited more disgraceful spec
tacks of reckless mendacity for political purposes.
I have been diverted by the attacks made at two
different parts of the country on a speech I deliver
ed at Wilmington on. the subject of the Tariff.—
By one writer I was assailed because I had not re
presented Mr. Polkas a friend of the Protective Pol
icy ; while by another writer it was distinctly claim
ed that Mr. Polk was opposed to a proactive tariff,
and he censured the Whig party, and especially
Mr. Clay, for passing the protective tariff of 1842.
(Laughter.) Yet, notwithstanding this little dis
crepancy, both these writers were equally hot for
Polk and Dallas ! I have been attacked for having
voted in the United States Senate against the tariff
acts of 1924 and 1842, though the assailants prob
ably knew as well as you do, that I went into the
Senate of the United States for the first time on the
4th of March, 1829, and resigned my seat in that
body in December, 1836, and that I have never
been in it since. (Cheers.) 11l this connexion let
me also advert to a trick of the trade of certain po
litical newspapers and orators who assail Whig
members of Congress for voting against the propo
sition of Mr. Wright, of New York, and others, who
proposed to raise the duty on coarse wool, which is
now only taxed with a revenue duty of I per cent
ad valorem, when costing not more than 7 cents
per pound. This is represented as a Whig vote
against protection to wool. This coarse wool is
brought from South America, and is used in the
manufacture of carpets and the coarsest woollen fab
rics. Wool of this kind is not produced by our
farmers; yet it is necessarily used, with ours, in
these manufactures; and without it our own wool
could not be successfully used in the construction
oldie. fabric.. A duty upon it, so far from pro-
tecting, would only tax the manufacturer and in
jure the American wool-grower; and that was the !
very object of many who voted foe it. Yet, aL
though such a duty would be as clearly anti-pro
tective as a duty on the dyestuffs of the manufactu
rer, the Whigs of Congress have been arraigned
through the whole Northern and Middle country
for their votes against it as hoatile to protection;
and ; I understand, ignorance and credulity have
been extensively imposed upon by this deception.
Let us look a little further into the misrepresen
tations of the day. Do not be alarmed by the
imagination that I am about to undertake the task
of exposing all the falsehoods which have been in
vented upon Mr. Clay. There is no necessity for
any further vindication of him. He stands unsha
ken and unmoved amidst the tempest of calumny,
which rages around him, and will come forth un
hurt by all the peltings of Mir pitiless storm. (great
cheering.) At this very time, four years ago, our
lamented Harrison was the object of assault from
the same reckless calumniators. It was proved, so
far as Locofocc , evidence could prove any thing,
that he cold white men for debt, (laughter)—that
that he was an old coward, a petticoat general,—
that he was not in the battle of the Thames, and
was a traitor to his trust: indeed, there were few
crimes enumerated in the statute-book of which he
was not accused. You, probably, all recollect how,
in that day, we were tauntingly told that the Whigs
deserved to be beaten for running an "old granny"
for the Presidential office,while we had aStatesman
like Henry Clay whose claims had been repudiated,
and that we had defeated cur only chance of nue
cess, by the omission to nominate that able and
dist inguidted stutes,nan. (cheers) Dui Harrison
has been taken from among us:—
"---Duncan is in his grave ;
After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well;
Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison
Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing
Con touch him furthei."
And now, the same envenomed shafts, which
may have had an agency in bringing his gray hairs
in sorrow to the grave, are aimed, with the same
intentions, at the very roan of whom it was then
admitted, and proudly boasted, that HE would have
done honor to the Presidential oflice !—(Cheers.)
The great Statesman of the West has been the
subject of unceasing calumny during twenty years,
for ono of the best acts of his life. The sequel of
his history, which shall announce the triumph that
awaits him, while it will prove a salutary lesson to
calumniators in all time to come, will present one of
the proudest of all human victories over unmer
ited persecution.—(Great viscera.) For, 10, the
day and the hour are at hand ashen he shall not
only come forth unhurt and unscathed by the or
deal through winch he has passed ; but brighter and
more glorious by that fiery trial will he stand
amidst the blaze of his mighty and umexampled
triumph.—(lnsmense applause and cheering.)
Here Mr. Clayton illustrated his subject farther,
by speaking of the calumnies circulated against the
Whig candidate for Gevernor of Delaware, the
brave and meritorious Major Thomas Stockton, of
whom M r.C; spoke in terms of the warmest eulogy,
while completely exposing the falsehood and wick
edness of the charges brought against him for po
litical purpose.. The shouts of approbation with
which Mr. Ws remarks were received, exhibited
the deep hold which Major Stockton has on the
affections of his fellow citizens, as well as the pow
er and eloquence of the speaker. But, as this por
tion of the speech was chiefly of local interest in Dela
ware, the reporter thought he would best meet the
wishes of Pennsylvania readers by writing out and
immediately printing that portion which treats of
universal interest throughout the country.
Zunting - don County Sabbath Con-
v cation.
Agreeably to previous notice a Sabbath Conven
tion of delegates from the several boroughs and
townships of Huntingdon county met at the Me
thodist Episcopal Church in the borough of Hun
tingdon on Wednesday the 25th Sept. 1844.
The Convention was organized by the appoint
ment of JOHN PORTER of Alexandria, Chair
man, JAMES STEEL, JOHN 0. MILES, T. C. MAB- ,
SET, THOS. BUIICHINELL, DANIEL TEAGUE, Jos.
ADAMS, Vice Presidents, Samuel Sharar, and
Wm. C. lirCormiek, Secretaries.
The Convention being opened by prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Furlong, the Chairman in a neat and ap
propriate address, returned thanks to the meeting
for the honour conferred on him, and stated the ob
ject for which it was convened. The several town
ships and boroughs were then called and the cre
dentials of delegates presented. The following
delegates were in attendance—viz:
Huntingdon borough.—William Orbison, John
G. Miles, Rev. John Peebles, Charles Miller, An
drew Harrison, Jacob Miller, James Hemphill, Jas.
Gwin, Dr. J. B. Luden, Dr. M. A. Henderson, Ja
cob Fockler, Henry Myers, A. W. Benedict, T. P.
Campbell, George Taylor, Wm. P. Orbison, D.
Snare, Isaac I)orland, John Reed, John Cresswell,
Rev. Henry Furlong, Rev. Henry G. Dill, Thomas
Burchinell, Levi Westbrook, George Glazier, Geo.
Block, Melanie Thomas, S. R. Stevens, Jas. Steel,
Thomas States, Jacob Hoffman, David Miller, Wm.
Hall, Wesley Black, Henry B. Furlong, and John
Decker. _ . _
Cromwell township.—Daniel Teague, and Thos,
E. Orhison.
Dublin.—Joseph Smith, 11. A. Ta) lor and Brice
X. Blair.
Henderson.—J. Porter, J. Allison, J. Sloan, J.
Boggs, C. Camp, J. H. Campbell, Alex. Boggs, and
James Lane. _ _
Morris.—David Tussey, John Tussey, and Dr.
Forney.
Porter tp. and borough of Alexandria.—William
D. Shaw, George B. Young, John Porter, John
Gemmill, J. D. Byrne, A. Stitt, C. Byrne, J. E.
Pierce, P. Stryker and James Porter.
Woodberry.—Joseph Adams.
Welker.-John Kerr, Peter Heffner.
Weat.—George Bomt, and H. B. Roberta.
Barree.—Rev. Mr. Sterritt. and Wm. Couch,
Blair and Hollidaysburg borough.—Rev. David
M'Kinney, Wm. C. M'Cormick, John Wiloy, Jan.
W. Robison, Joseph Dysart, and Samuel Sharon
Shirleysburg.—Rev. David Williams.
On motion an invitation was given to strangers
present and others not enrolled as delegates who
felt an interest in the Sabbath cause, to take part in
the deliberations of the Convention. Whereupon
the Rev. 0. S. Powell, agent of the Philadelphia
Sabbath Associotion, John R. Weeks of Mifflin
county, and others from differentparts of Hunting
don county, took seats in the Convention.
On motion ordered that a committee of five be
appointed to prepare rules for the government of
the Convention while in session, and also, Resolu
tions expressive of the Bence of the meeting.—
Whereupon, the Rev. Henry G. Dill, Wm. Orbi
son, J. W. Robertson, Rev. David Williams, and.
Samuel R. t 4 tevens were appointed said committee
During the absense of the committee, the Con
vention were favored by the Rev. 0. S. Powell,
with an excellent address on " the proper observ
ance of the Sabbath day," and other interesting to
picks connected therewith—the Rev. David M'Kin
ney also addressed the meeting in his usual elo
quent and emphatic style.
William Orbison from the committee appointed
for the purpose reported the following Rules for the
government of the Convention, and also the Reso
lutions appended, which being separately consider
ed, were unanimously adopted.
RULES
1. The Sessions of the Convention to be opened
and closed by prayer.
2. All comnaittecs be appointed by the Chair, un
less otherwise directed by the Convention.
3. All resolutions and motions to amend resolutions
shall be committed to writing; read in the
hearing of the Convention, and then, if se
conded, considered, debated and decided by
majority.
4. When all subjects presented by the committee
shall have been disposed of, any member may
on his own responsibility, present for conside
ration any subject connected with the object
of the meeting.
RESOLUTIONS:
•
Whereas: Almighty God the Sovereign of the
Univeree, has in wisdom and gemlneutt set apart one
seventh part of our ninepin] required that the same
be kept holy, by abstaining from all worldly pur
suits and cm:ertie, wotks of necessity and mercy
excepted. Therefore, hawked:
1. That in the Institution of the Sabbath and its
appropriate exercises we recognize the goodness and
mercy of God to the human race.
2. That the Sabbath is an Institution of infinite
value, not only in a religious point of view, but be
ing based on natural law is highly conducive to the
physical and moral well-being of mankind.
3 That it is an infringement of the law of God
and an usurpatson of individual rights, for those in
power to require the labour of persons in their em
ployment on the Sabbath day.
4. That in the due observance of the Sabbath we
recognize and honor God as our Creator and Bene
factor, Christ as our Saviour, and the Bible as our
inspired guide in religion and morality.
Reaolved, That we contemplate with feelings of
gratitude the evidence afforded of the blessing of the
Most High, upon the efforts of the friends of the
Sabbath, as manifested in the reformation of many
of those who are engaged on, or connected with
our Canals and Railroads.
Resolved, That the thanks of the community are
especially due to the "Philadelphia Sabbath Asso
ciation," and its agents through whose instrumen
tality so much good has been effected, and that it is
the duty of every Christian to sustain the said As
sociation by his prayers and contributions.
Resolved, Thrt it is highly desirable that the in
fluence of the Pulpit and the Press be more fully
exercised to promote the sanctification of the Sob.
bath; and the Ministers of the Gospel of every de
nomination, be respectfully invited to preach on this
subject once at least and oftener if convenient, pre
vious to the 27th of November next, at which time
the National Sabbath Convention is to be held in
Baltimore; and that on each of these occasions
collections be taken to aid the Philadelphia l-ablmth
Association, and to procure appropriate Tracts on
the sanctification of the Sabbath.
Resolved, That for the purpose of promoting the
objects of the foregoing resolutions u committee of
three be appointed in each of the following districts
in the county, whose duiy it shall be to confer with
or address the several Ministers of the Gospel with
in their ',Twelve districts and request their co-ope
ration.
Ist. district—Dublin, Tell, Cromwell, Springfield
and Shirley townships.
2nd. district—Cass, Union, Tod, I topewell,Wal
ker, Henderson and Barree townships.
3rd. district—Porter, Tyrono, West, Franklin
and Warriorsmark townships.
4th. district—Morris, Woodberry and Huston
townships.
sth. district—Allegheny, Blair, Frankstown, An
tes and Snyder townships.
The following committees were appointed in
their respective districts:
Ist. Benjamin Leas, T. T. Cromwell and Brice
X. Blair.
2nd. George Taylor, Thomas Burchinoll and T.
C. Massey.
3rd. William D. Shaw, John Holmes, and Sam
uel Spiker.
4th. G. W. Smith, Joshua Roller and Henry
Reigart.
eih. John Mitchell, James D. Rhea and William
Nelson.
Said committees to make report of their procee
dings to Jacob Millet of Huntingdon, on or before
the 20th November next.
On motion, a committee of seven were appointed
to prepare an address to the citizens of the county,
on the sanctification of the Sabbath, viz:
Rev. David M'Xinney, Rev. H. Furlong, John
Appleby, John Kerr, John Tussey, George Borst,
and George Glazier.
On motion, the convention adjourned until 7
o'clock, P. M.—closed with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Williams.
7 o'clock, P. M.—Convention anenilikd,
Opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Peebles.
Rev. David M'Kinney, from the committee ap
pointed for the purpose, submitted the address here
unto appended, which, after animated discussion in
which the Rev. Messrs. Peebles, Powell, and M'-
Kinney and other gentlemen took part, was adopt
ed. Mr. Powell, agent of the Philadelphia Sab
bath Association," doubted the expediency of a too
strict or harsh enforcement of the law as regards
Packet Boats on the Canal, inasmuch as the citi
zens of other States in the Union would be greatly
affected, and an angry opposition might be arrayed
against the benevolent efforts of the Association,
and obstruct their labours. Mr. M'Kinney advoca
ted with great eloquence and force of argument.
that portion of the Address. The reading of the
resolutions also elicited some excellent and appro
priate remarks front the Rev. Mr. Williams and
o there.
The following resolutions were then adopted
That delegates be appointed to attend the Nation
al Convention in Baltimore on the 27th of Nov.
next, with power to appoint substitutes: Where
upon, the following gentlemen were appointed--
John Brewster, Wm. Orbison, Esq., John Kerr,
Esq., Rev. D. M'Kinney, James Steel, Rev. Henry
Furlong, Rev. A. K. Bell, Geo. Smucker, Brice X.
Blair, John Porter, Rev. H. G. Dill, Rev. John
Peebles, and Rev. David Williams.
On motion, resolved, that the thanks of the con
vention be and aro heroby texilered to the Methodist
Episcopal Congregation for the use of their church.
Resolved, 'That the proceedings of the Conven
tion be prepared for publication and that editors of
papers in the county, friendly to the cause be re
quested to publish them in their respective paws.
On motion, the Convention adjourned eine die.
Closed with prayer by the Rev. Mr. M'Kinney.
..CtIaC.Ua'QQIS.OI6:3
Of the Huntingdon County Sabbath Convention
to the citizens of County.
Ds►n BRETHREN :
In the midst of a great poli
tical excitement on subjects of much importance to
our national welfare, we would introduce to your
notice a subject s till more vitally connected with the
public prosperity. The experience of the world
has proved, that no people, except those imbued
with the principles of Christian morality, can king
maintain equal rights and political freedom. There
is no other code of morals sufficiently pure to di
rect to good government, and none other having
sufficient sanctions to command reverence, and curb
Truman passions, and guide social life, and make
man to regard his fellow man as possessed of equal
rights with himself.
In every community those who exercise the gov
erning power should be imbued with these princi
plea ; and, in our land, this power resides in the
whole mass of the community. Government here,
is not in the hands of the few, but of the many,
and therefore, the principles of christian morality
should be enshrined in the minds and hearts of the
many also.
. . . .
To effect this which is co illdiPPOollible to the
perpetuity of civet liberty, and equal rights, and
good laws; it is not enough that schools of learn•
ing shall be found throughout our country. More
is needed. Nor is it enough that the Bible shall be
found in every family, and the minister of religion
in every village. We need something yet more.—
We need a day—a whole day, statedly and fre
quently recurring, to be universally set apart for ap
plying to its highest end and knowledge acquired in
the common school—a day which the Bible may be
der ion may be heard,
r of religii
1, and the minial
and prayer made, and meditagn enjoyed, without
interruption—a day of rest from worldly oc
cupations—a day for social religion—a day in which
may be used publicly, and privately and generally,
all 'the instrumentality which can enlighten the
mind, and awaken, and invigorate, and perpetuate
the noble emotions of the soul—a subbed' of quie
tude and devotion, of study and worship--such a
day is indispensible, in connection with the common
school for youth, and the Bible for all, and the min
istrations of the gospel for those who can be indu
ced to enjoy them, in order to the production and
preservation of that moral sentiment which renders
a people capable of self government.
ro enforce the positive sanctification of the sab
bath is not within the power of human laws; and
hence such a thing should not be attempted by the
civil power, nor by any merely social combination.
But to prevent the public desecration of the day of
sacred rest is a thing practicable in n civil commu
nity, and comes within the range of those objects
for which we are associated together. And all the
great hindrances to the use and benefit of the day
may be, and should be removed.
There are many things in our community which
tend to prevent the due sanctification of the Sab
bath ; but probably the greatest public hindrance,
in this section of country, is the business transacted
on our public thorough-fares. The amount of sab
bath desecration caused by transportations, and by
travelling along our Canals and Railroads is im
mense. Thousands are thereby occupied in labor
on the day of rest. Other thousands are attracted
to the landings and depots. And other thousands
still are interupted in their worship by the commo
tion. Now all this is useless as it regards the ac.
complishment of labour; for God has made his
creatures to correspond with the law of the Sabbath.
He has so made both man and beast, that as much
work can be accomplished by observing the day of
rest, as by continuous and incessant labor. The
observance of the Lord's day is as needful to the
rcfrerhing of the body, as it is to the devotions of
the soul. Thus the law of nature corresponds with
the law of revelation. Both points to the Sabbath
as of divine origin, and of great utility, and both
sanction its observance.
Sinbe then the keeping of the Sabbath will not
hinder our temporal prospenty ; since it is needed
for the refreshment of both man and beast; since
it is indeepensible to the implanting and cultivating
of those principles which alone can sustain civil
liberty, and equal right, and good government; and
since it is indissolubly connected with christian
knowledge, and the prosperity of religion, and the
soul's salvation ; we commend its observance to our
fellow-citizens and fellow-christians to be cherished
with the utmost assiduty. And, more definitely.
1. We recommend to the citizens of our county,
and particularly to the friends of the Sabbath, an
exemplary observance of the day : abstaining from
all business, and from travelling, and from needless
visiting and pleasure taking, and from all partner
ship or needless transactions of business with those
who violate the day of sacred rest.
2. Believing that a christian people are bound to
preserve inviolate the public morality of the com
munity, by the enactment of good and wholesome
laws; believing also that the laws of Pennsylvania,
on the subject of vice and immorality are good as
far as they go, and that what is principally wanted
is a due enforoement of law; and believing further
that it is as much a duty to enforce the law as to
enact it, and that good citizens are bound to both;
we therefore recommend to all good citizens, and
especially to our civil officers, a due enforcement of
the laws of the State on the subject of the Sabbath.
3. We recommend a petition to the Legislature,
requesting that the laws respecting our State im
provements may be so altered that no laborer shall
be required to open a Lock, or fire up an Engine,
or do any other ordinary work on the day of sacred
4. We recommend to the Ministers of the Gos
pel, and to other church officers, and to christians
generally, the adoption of measures for giving in
struction on the subject of the Sabbath sanctifica
tion, and for affording facilities and encouragement
to men of every class and age, to attend public
worship on the Lords day.
5. Approving of the objects and efforts of tho
Philadelphia Sabbath Association, we recommend
contributions in aid of its funds.
By order of the Committee.
DAVID M'KINNEY, Chairman.
A VALUABLE MEDICINE,
Dr. Brandreth's Vegetable Pills have proved
themselves an effectual assistant of nature, having
cured in the United States at least one hundred
thousand persons of diseases which bad been pro
nounced incurable by medical men of the first rank
and standing.
These Pills, from the peculiar properties they
possess, are calculated to cure disease, whatever be
its name, all having the same origin, in any person
in whom is the universal breath of life," who par
takes of the „ universal" "one blood," of which aro
made all people who dwell upon the earth, and
whose disorder arises from the the " universal root"
of all disease, namely, impurity or imperfect circula
tion of the blood. Those who are suffering from a
bad state of health, will do well to give them a trial.
Purchase the genuine medicine of Win. Stewart
Huntingdon, Pa., and other agents published in
another part of this paper.
arena;
On Sunday last, in this borough, Mr. JOHN
WHITTAKER, Sen., in the 78th year of his age.
CaBIXET mid
WARE ROOMS,
Old stand, opposite Geo. Jackson's Hote
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TUOIVLAS ADAMS,,
IA AS now on hand and still continues to
1,1 manufacture the most splendid assort
ment of elegant Furniture and Chairs, &c.
ever offered for sale in the borough of Hun
tingdon, embracing almost every article in
the above line ; which in point of durability,
workmanship, fashionable style of pattern,
and fine finish, will compare with similar
articles manufactured in any portion of the
county ; all of which be is determined to
sell at very reduced prices for cash or op.
proved country produce, or on time to punc
tual dealers.
Hotels, private dwellings. &c. furnished
to order at the shortest possible notice.
House, sign, and fancy painting done on
the most reasonable terms.
N. H.—Coffins made for the citizens of
the borough, at the shortest notice.
Huntingdon, Oct. 16, 1844,—tf.
THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL,
One country, one constitution, one destiny."
Uauartatkameyericom..
Wednesday morning, Oct. 3.6, '44.
"Once more our glorious Banner out
Upon tho breeze we throw;
Beneath its folds, with song and shout,
Let's charge upon the foe!"
FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY CLAY,
[Of Kentucky.]
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
Til EO. F RELING HU YSEN,
[Of New Jersey.]
ELECTORAL 'TICKET :
CHESTER BUTLER, ?
TOWNSEND HAINES, S Senatorial Electoral.
Representative Electors.
1. Joseph G. Clarkson, 13. Henry Drinker,
2. John P. Wetherill, 14. Ner Middleswarth,
3. John D. Ninesteel, 15. Frederick Watts,
4. John S. Littell, 16. Daniel M. Smyser,
5. E. 'l'. M'Dowell, 17. James Mathers,
6. Benjamin Frick, 18. Andrew J. Ogle,
7. Samuel Shafer, 19. Dan'l Washabaugh,
8. William Heister, 1120. John L. Gow,
9. John S. Heister, 21. And'w. W. Loomis,
10. John Killinger, 22. James M. Power,
11. Alex.E. Brown, 23. William A. irvin,
12. Joh'than J. Slocum, 24. Benj. Hartshorn,
0:1-V. B. PALMER, Esq. (No. 59, Pine street
below Third, Philadelphia,) is authorized to act as
Agent for this paper, to procure subscriptions and
advertisements.
<l-Bernard and Patrick Flanagan escaped from
t he Cambria county Jail on the evening of the 7th
inst. A reward of $lOO 00 is offered for them.
j' The British House of Lords reversed the
judgment of the court in the case of Daniel O'Con
nell and others, and.the prisoners have been released.
Mr. Blanchard's Majority.
Below give the official returns of this Congres.
sional District, which show that notwithstanding all
the lying, slandering and singing of the Locofocos,
that .. Old Grey Coon," honest John Blanchard, is
elected by a majority of 396, and this is now a
settled Whig district.
Blanchard. Henderson.
1331
Counties,
Huntingdon,
Centre,
Mifflin,
Juniata,
1331 9,35
935
Blanchard's majority, 396
Old Huntingdon has again "used up" three Lo
cofoco counties, and prostrated the Gerrymander,
for which two apportionment bills were vetoed by
the Kickapoo Chief.
OLD HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
---As she is---as she has been---as
she ought to be---and as she will be..l
By the table of official returns, published in this
paper, it will he seen that Huntingdon county still
adheres to the true faith. The average majority for
the Whig ticket is over 1400. Taking all things
into consideration, we have done far better than we
did at the general election in 1840. At the Guber
natorial election in 1841, Mr. Banks' majority was
only 707 and the greater part of our county ticket
was defeated. Since then we have had to contend
with all kinds of schemes, tricks and humbugs, re
sorted to by the Locofoco party and unprincipled
and restless spirits in our own ; and this fall they
united with a determination to break down our or
ganization.
The Whigs and Antirnasons are not discouraged
by the result of the late election. On the contrary,
they are in fine spirits, ready to give another fire on
the lst of November which will bring down the
dark flag of Locofocoism in Pennsylvania. On
that day Old Huntingdon will send forth her 1800
majority for the Clay and Frelinghuysen electoral
ticket; and Pennsylvania will be redeemed.
"LOOK OUT !!" said the Globe of the 2nd,
, A coon committee is now travelling the Southern
portion of the county, and from the character of
some of them we are convinced that nothing will
be loft undone to slander, vilify, and calumniate
the candidates of the democratic party. Let the
people beware of them; they are for moat part the
hangers on, and lazaroni that feed on the Willa of
Sheriff patronage, and feeling that their bread and
butter is at stake, they will lie with an appetite,
and slander with a zest whetted by fear of losing
place. Their throat for falsehood is equal in di
mension to the whale that swallowed Jonah."
Yes, "look out." The above language was ap
plied to Messrs. A. W. Benedict, D. Blair and A.
K. Cornyn, who were then addressing meetings in
Hopewell, Tod, Springfield and Cromwell town.
ships, in the "southern portion of the county."
"Look out," and "look ye over yonder"—Hope
well gave a vote of two to one for the Whig candi
dates, Tod more, Springfield nearly five to one,
and Cromwell nearly three to one and the four
townships have rebuked theurrrarricretsn SLAN
DERERS who control the Globe, with a united
majority of upwards of 300 for the Whig ticket.
Look out on the lad of November.
Polk against Revolutionary Patriots.
'Polk agamst Revolutionary Soldiers' is the
heading of a lying article in the last ' , Journal." A
more wanton, libellous slander than this was never
propagated, and just such things as it of the Jour
nal would endorse."
We extract the above from the last Globe, pub
lished before the general election. We know that
the Locofocos hate to be told about Mr. Polk's
Tory ancestry, and his own opposition to granting
pensions to the Revolutionary Patriots; but we did
not expect to find any Locofoco—not even our
neighbor of the Globe—with face enough to give a
flat denial to facts which are matters of record,
and therefore incapable of any plausible denial.
Notwithstanding the "lying article" in the last
Globe, we shall
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That on the passage of the bill, March 13, 1828,
for the relief of surviving officers of the revolution.
ary war, Mr. Polk voted IN THE NEGATIVE.
Cong. Deb., vol. 4, part 2, page 2,660.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That March 18, 1830, ho voted AGAINST the;
revolutionary pension bill.—Same, vol. 5, part 1 ,
page 620.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That, March 19, " Mr. Polk spoke some time
against the bill," and voted against it.—Same, page
635.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That, Febuary '7, 1831, he voted against the bill
for the relief of revolutionary soldiers.—Same, vol.
7, page„ 740.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That, May 2, 1832, he voted against the revolu
tionary pension bill.—Same, vol. 8, part 2, page
2,713.
The evidence we have of the above facts, so un
pleasant to Locofoco editors and orators, in contain
ed in the Journals of the Lower House of Congress,
above referred to. They may be seen in this bo
rough. They belonged to the late Robert Allison,
Esq. Let all who have doubts, examine the re
cords and see for themselves. We make no assertions
without backing them up with proof. Let the
Globd remember that.
THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL."
The lying Globe of this morning contains a long
article under this head, in which among sundry
other very ridiculous things it accuses us of issuing
two editions of our paper last week—one for the
country, full of glorification, &c., and another for
the town, which is " mum." Mark how plain a
tale shall set the Globe straight.
On Friday evening we issued a half sheet, dated
Saturday the 12th, which was sent to subscribers
on the Shirleysburg mail route, in which we had
some remarks on the Gubernatorial election. That
mail closes on Friday night. On Saturday morn
ing in order to insert the returns we received by the
previous evening's mail, we took out said remarks.
The name paper, with this alteration, was published
and sent around the town arid to the country on
Saturday the 12th. Our readers will bear us out
in this.
c - We take, the folloWing beautiful and brillian t
extracts (torn the" Huntingdon Globe" of the 25th
ult. and 2nd inst. They show a systematic game
of brag and detraction, and may give the reader an
idea of the amount of confidence that should be
Placed in the assertions which that paper makes
from week to week.
HO! FOR CONGRESS!!
The sun was fast setting behind the gilded hor
izon—illuminating the dazzling firmament with
a flood of molten gold—soft and placid as a mirror
the unruffled lake rested in its capacious bosom
—the unbroken stillness and harmony of the for
est was redolent of peace.—A band of sweet choris
ters poured forth their sweetest notes, and all na
ture seemed to be alive with the inspiration of the
season, when Thaddeus Stevens furnished John
Blanchard with a recipe for an election to Con
gress,—viz.! . . _
~ Throw conscience to the Devil!"
He (Dr. Henderson) is opposed to a great marn
tooth BRITISH BANK. Opposed to a distri
bution, which gives to the rich dollars, and to the
poor farthings.
JOHN BLANCHARD is the bona fide embodiment
of Federalism—reared on federal soil, brought up
under tory influence, it has been his delight to re
late-how he and his federal chums were accustomed
to browbeat the few democratic boys at the old
Federal college, and to use his own language
—" poor fellows they had a dog's life of it." There
and then he imbibed ell the federal notions and
doctrines of the elder Adorns, Alex. Hamilton,
the Otis' Ames' &c. &c. there grew with his growth,
and as all his friends, know have strengthened with
his years,—so that at this day he is found to be the
reservoir of all the federal schemes which have ever
been promulgated —the exponent of the sublimated
doctrines of the Hartford Convention.
He is in favor of so restricting the right of suf.
frage that the poor man who is not a rand holder
will be deprived of his vote ; and so as to exclude
the foreigner or his descendants from the inestima
ble right of suffrage--a revival of the odious Alien
and Sedition Law.
He is in favor of a monster BRITISH BANK,
with a capital of fifty millions of dollars, to be lo
cated at Washington City, to overawe Congress,
to be controlled by nine individuals—on institution
which could, if in operation, at almost any moment,
arrest the wheels of government, depress the prices
of produce, and bring to its own terms the govern
ment as well as the people: The party to which
he adheres, and the men bywhom he received his
first political impressions were opposed to the late
war—rejoiced in British victories, made bonfires
and illuminated their houses when the news of the
defeat of the American forces reached them.
Who has ever heard a speech from Mr. Blanchard
in which ho did not endorse old John Adams, and
denounce Thomas Jefferson t Who ever heard
him talk polities when lie did not pursue the same
course/ Why, the fart is Mr. Blanchard glories
in his federalism, and if we are not much mistaken
won't thank the Journal for his denial.
CONGRESS.
The coons s eem, it is _ only pretence, to be in
good spirts, and have some faintl'opes of carrying
their federal yankee lawyer, from down east"—
We can promise our friends in the other counties
that blue WE, honest John can't begin to run
Irvin's vote in Huntingdon. The fact is the tables
have changed. The enthusiasm which elected
Irvin, has now got to our side, and the whole cry
here is, "get out de way," wid your Yankee lawyer
—burnt for Capt. Henderson, the hero of Lundy's
lane, Chippewa and fort Eric! The Centre county
exponent of Hartford Conventionism may get 500
majority in Old Huntingdon, but we think no more,
and as .to Centre county, what say you, brother
Shugert, how much? Shall we put down for you
1600, 1200, certainly not Ices. Mifflin 300,
Juniata, 250, in all 1750, leaving 1250 majority
for Captain Henderson. He ought to beat his yan
kee opponent 2000, and by hard work can.
(c,. The above paragraphs, though somewnat de
sultory, must be admitted to be decidedly rich!
It is to them, perhaps, that Dr. Henderson owes
ate mAcTioat!!!