THE JOURNALS
Huntingdon, Tuesday, October 5. 1847
I-Hu NOM INATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR:
GEN. JAMES IRVIN ,
OF CENTRE COUNTY.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
JOSEPH . W.PATTON,
OF CUMBERLIIND COUNTY.
Whig County Ticket.
SENATOR :
ALEXANDER KING, of Bedford Co.
ASSEMBLY :
DAVID BLAIR, of Huntingdon.
SHERIFF :
JOHN G. STEWART, of Huntingdon.
TREASURER:
ISAAC NEFF, of West.
COMMISSIONER :
JOSHUA GREENLAND, of Cass.
AUDITOR :
JAMES GILLAM, of Barree.
Coaaseriox.—The real estate of Robt.
Moore, dec'd, as advertised in this paper,
will be offered on the 13th and 14th inst.
The days of the week are correctly sta
ted as printed.
Whigs! Near the Enemy,
We again call the attention of every
Whig in the county to the following par
agraph from the Huntingdon Globe.—
Read it, one and all, and after so doing
if you can cut the Whig Ticket, and
thus aid Locofocoism to gain even a par
tial triumph in this gallant old county,
so be it. The responsibility will rest with
those who do the work. The Globe's ap
peal to its party, is in these words:
Be vigilant, then, Democrats of Old Hunting
don—organize—spend a lift e time, and use your
utmost influence for the success of a good and just
cause. You have a good ticket before you, care
fully selected by a Convention of delegates of your
own choosing—which you may truly be proud of.
Use your utmost exertions for its success. Vote
it from beginning to end. STRIKE OFF NOT
A MAN. Do this, and we will have the proud
satisfaction of 'ending forth to our democratic
brethren abroad the glad tidings that good old Hun
tingdon has thrown off the shackles of Federalism
—that she stands redeemed undregenerated. Let
your watchword be, we will not only TRY, but
are determined to DO.' ''
Shall Locofocoism triumph in " good
old Huntingdon V' What Whig will re
spond in the affirmative, by voting any
portion of the Locofoco Ticket 'I Can
it be that there are any such 1
The Whole Whig Ticket.
Whigs! before voting on Tuesday
next, see that you have the name of
every Whig candidate, correctly spelled,
on your ticket. The Ticket at the head
of our paper is correct. See that the
one you vote corresponds with it.
Importance of One Vote !
Let no Whigthink that one vote is of
no importance, and that therefore it is
not necessary for him to go to the elec
tion. One vote may decide the result. ,
That vote, Whig reader, may be yours !
Then by all means poll your vote, and
use your best endeavors to get your
Whig neighbor to do likewise. Thos.
Jefferson was elected President by one
vote! The talented Flourney, of Vir
ginia, was recently elected to Congress
by one vote! Fulton, of the same State,
was elected by only six votes ! There
fore, let every Whig GO TO THE
POLLS on the 12th instant, and dis
charge his duty to the Whig party and
the country.
THE WAR.
By the news published in another col- '
umn, it will be seen, in the language of
the North American, that Mr. TaisT's
negotiations have failed—that Santa An
na has proved treacherous, and that an
other fight has taken place, and more
American blood spilled ! " What harm
has the war done I" was the almost bru
tal question of CHARLES J. INGERSOLL
some time since ! We may ask, what
disaster has not the imbecile policy of
the Government effected What harm
has not been done by sending mere,
clerks to negotiate, when statesmen of '
the first capacity should have been em
ployed ! What harm has the tear 1
donel" Three thousand Americans kill
ed and wounded since the army left Pu- 1
ebla, will answer the question of him
who would have been a Tory had he liv
ed in the days of the Revolution.
ry- Freemen of Huntinstlon ! Don't
be alarmed at the Flaming Black Letters
that will grace thecolumns of the Globe
of this week. It is only one of the old
Trick s of loco foroisto to deceive the Peo•
THE LIST CALL! WET IS IT?
We hear it asserted with a good deal
WHIGS OF OLD HUNTINGDON! of confidence, by some Locofocos, that
Matthew Crownover, the regularly set-
This is the last appeal we can make
of t h e tied tied Locofoco candidate for Sheriff, is to
to you before the political battle
receive many votes in this or
second Tuesday will be fought !
I ough, and in Walker township. For
WE CALL then upon every man who
has for so many years stood faithfully what reason, pray 1 Because lie is a ,
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and fearlessly in our ranks in this coon-
respectable man. Admit it—and what
ty. Let the cry be in every mouth—' then. Where can you find the Whig, no
Ittake ! TO ARMS !! One more united
matter how respectable, whom .Mr. Crown
effort, and our foes shall oppress us no over would vote for 7 Is it because he
more. Last year a united and vigorous I
was one of the strongest and most bitter
effort gave us our Canal Commissioner. opponents of HENRY CLAY, giving cre-
The banner of Anti-Tariff Locofocoism ,
dance and circulation to all the vile cal
wasumnies which Locofocoism invented
stricken to the dust by Pennsylva- ,
• against the fair fame and honored name
nun's honest sons. The same effort of ,
the same untiring patriots, will give us ,of that Patriot and Statesman 1 Or is
it because he voted and electioneered
another and a crowning victory.
for A. Gavin and signed a petition in fa-
We call in our loudest tones to every
vor of the Division of Huntingdon noun
true friend of Pennsylvania's welfare!
Arouse ! One week of activity and you
ty, that he is to become the favored re
will have a Whig Governor--a Whig
cipient of Whig Suffrages) Hunting-
Canal Board—and Old Huntingdon in
don borough and the adjoining town
her ancient purity, as the reward of your ships, feel more than any other parts of
toil the county, the injurious effects of
.Di
vision; and will the voters of those dis-
Fellow Mechanics ! we call on you!
oriels, by their votes, favor those who
are you asleep to your interests 1 Will
brought upon them this injury, in prefer
you sleep on and let the enemies of .
once to those who done all in their pow-
American Industry shout their yell of
er to prevent itl Really, some men,
fratricidal triumph
them laugh at your i downfall . n your ears : and
sue- let
i who regard "Mexican Whigs" with such
The
• detestation at other times, and sneer and
cess of the Polk and Shunk party is the ,
laugh at Anti-masonry the year round,
knell of your prosperity—American la- 'have taken a very sudden fancy to their
bar is crushed under its heel. The
votes now that they are candidates for
present Tariff, sanctioned by the British
office and cannot be elected without
Parliament, will be thus sustained, and
them! if Whigs and Anti-masons like,
you and your brothers in toil, will be
in the language of a cotemeorary, to
victims of your own neglect, unless you'
I have dirt thrown upon them, ants are wil
are up and doing.
Farmers! on you we call. The fan-' ling to turn around and assist to RUB IT
IN by supporting their assailants, at the
ice in Ireland no longer keeps the price
e
of your grain up, and, notwithstanding expense of their own cherished Princi
ples, so be it ; but we confess that we
your crops were so small, the price is
are altogether of another spirit, and
down in the market. What would your
grain be worth if your granaries were' though we hope that we are as willing
as others to recognize respectability
overflowing as they were last year 1—
whereverit appears, we cannot consent
Can you be duped any longer ?—Come
to the rescue! Join hand in hand, and up
to sacrifice the just claims of our polit-
ICRI associates, or even A POINT OF POLICY,
and at them ; they have deceived you for
much less of Principle, where we have
years, by their falsehoods and promises
n
—be deceived no more ! Victory is with- no reason to expect a return of similar
I liberality from those who are counting
in your reach—put forth your hand and •
seize it ! , upon having it exhibited towards them.
We call on every man ! Loco Focoism I VAIMZIELOODS.
is tottering to its downfall. The wise We learn that Mr. Crownover has been
and shrewd who were once in its ranks, circulating among the Whigs of Frank
last year left them, and gathered with lin township, that JOHN MonnisoN, Esq.
the victors to rejoice in their defeat.— and Mr. ABRAHAM LONG, of Shirley, and
They are with us still, and if ‘1 higs pull Col. Jonx STEVER, of Cass, were sup
with them, and pull all together, a shout porting his election. Now, we care not
will go up, that will cheer the heart of I who is Mr. Crownover's authority for
every lover of Pennsylvania, and strike this story, we unhesitatingly pronounce
dismay into the ranks of her foes. , it to be false, and appeal to the gentle-
To the honest Whigs and antimasons of men named to sustain us in so ,loing.
Old Huntingdon. We call upon you ! Some time since, Mr. Morrison learned
It is not our first nor do we hope it will that this story was in circulation in re
be our last call. For years you h ave gard to himself, and he told a Whig of
boldly, bravely and faithfully fought.— this borough, to inform the gentleman
Victory was ever your reward. Shall who gave currency to it, that it was not
we call in vain 1 Will you permit your i true—that he had received favors from
never yielding foes to wheedle you, tothe Whig party, and that the sin of in
help them 'I Can it be that you w ill b e I gratitude should not attach to him, what
the dupes of those who have so long been ever others might do; and that he would
trying to divide your action, in order thank the gentleman to do him justice
that they might triumph over you.— by promptly contradicting what he had
United and we are invincible—Divided 'so unjustly circulated. If Mr. Crown
and defeated once, whose voice can over would put himself to the trouble of
lead us to Union and Victory again 1— inquiring personally of John Morrison,
Your enemies boast that their nets are Abraham Long, and John Stever, he
spread with care. Huntingdon county would find that they were supporting
was rent in twain, that a few aspiring with all their accustomed zeal and info-
Loco Focos might triumph over this po '. ' epos the whole Whig Ticket, from Gen.
ft
lion of it, and rule it as they do the Stat4' . 6in down to James Gillam, and thus
r jt,
with a rod of iron. Will you, any o fsave himself the mortification of doing
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you, lend them your aid to trample on injustice to three honest and worthy
you and your friends 1 We know you I men, by circulating among their fellow
will not ! It cannot be. While other Whigs, in distant parts of the county,
parts of the State are uniting with zeal, that which is not true in regard to their
to mingle their voices in the songs of , course. We also learn that Mr. Crown
victory, shall that glorious name " Old 1 over is circulating the same story in re-
Huntingdon" be tarnished by disunion I gard to other prominent Whigs of this
and defeat. place and elsewhere, with about as much
We rejoice to know that our corres- foundation for it we suppose, as the
pondents tell us it shall not be so, andcases above mentioned. These stories
i
what Whig in this honest old county, all originate with designing Locofocos,
will be willing to say I did not help you, and a few disorganizing Whigs of this
when the thrilling cry comes on every borough, and are told to Mr. Crownover
breeze, 'am, PATTON and the Whig or- in the hope that his giving them circu
ganization is victorious everywhere! lation in the county, will induce some
unsuspecting Whigs to cut their ticket.
We would therefore caution our friends
in the country to be on their guard against
all these tricks of the enemy.
Rain or Shine
M !lige! last year we gained a glorious
victory on an unusually wet day. The
Whigs turned out in the rain like men
who loved their principles. Let us do I Look Out I
so again, should we have a similar day Let the Whigs be on their guard against
on Tuesday next. RAIN or SHINE, let `the falsehoods, both printed, written and
every Whig vote be polled. A little I verbal, which will be put in circulation
rain from Heaven, for one day, will not during the coming week. LOOK OUT
be half so hard to bear, as the Reign of too, for all manner of trickery on the
Polk and Shook. Remember, that to election day. Let every one examine
rebuke and rid the country of the for- his Ticket, and see that the names of all
mer, it will only be necessary to defeat the Whig candidates are upon it. Look
the latter. Again we say, Rain or Shane,' upon every man with suspicion who asks
let every Whig depo.ite his vote on I you to vote against any one of the Whig
Tiler-Arty next. candidates.
The Dlare up in the Shank Camp!
On our first page will be found another
letter from Dr. Salisbury and statementd
from several other members of the Loco
foco party, in regard to articles abusive
of H. A. Muhlenberg, after his nomina
tion for Governor in 1844. We have
no other remark to make in the premises
than that the whole affair belongs to our
opponents, and that Miller and Petriken
have both denied the charges made
agnint them. But however true the
charges may be, no one who knows either
Miller or Petriken, will be in the least
surprised that they stoutly deny them
This exposition has come upon our op
ponents like a thunderclap, and has
thrown the utmost consternation and
confusion into their ranks. The Harris
burg Argus, a Locofoco paper, in speak
ing of the matter says :
" We are surprised at the course of
the leading democratic presses in the
State on this subject. They should have
sifted this matter thoroughly, and made
a distinction between the innocent and
the guilty ; and instead of attempting
to stand up against the overwhelming
evidence as to who were the supporters
and contributors to the " Democratic
Champion" and revilers of Mr. Muhlen
berg, let the guilty meet the reward due'
to their perfidy. Political parties in this
State are too nearly divided for our can
didates to carry any extra load; they
should therefore throw off all dead
weight. Let those who have played
false, be cast aside for other and better
men ; and above all, do not attempt to
remove from the public mind, the odium
attached to the revilers of the lamented!
Muhlenberg and his friends."
Making it Worse.
The last Messenger states that Join
Mums handed them the communica
tion which they refused to publish, and
declined its publication because he want
ed them to publish a falsehood! Who
that knows Mr. John Marks will believe'
that he is capable of falsehood. Where
is there a man, familiar with his honest,
unassuming, christian character, that
will not pronounce it a vile slander. Mr.
Marks's word, we venture to assert,'
would be relied on by any respectable
man in this community, in preference to
the oath of the ostensible editor of the
Locofoco Messenger, who thus attempts
to brand him with falsehood. The com
munication handed in by Mr. Marks fa
vored the election of the Whig candi
date for Sheriff, and this was the true
reason why the Locofocos who control
, the Messenger rejected it. And the base
attack made upon John Marks, instead
of helping, has only made their case
ten-fold worse in the eyes of the com
/ munity. When they tell the people who
was thew Old ilntimason," we shall see
!if it is TRUE that lee lives in UNION
TOWNSHIP. Conscientious boys, in
creed ! eh !
The Bankrupt Law,
Locofoco Editors denounce Gen. Ir
vin's vote for the Bankrupt Law as a
most heinous and unpardonable crime.
Why not denounce Mr. Walker who ad
vocated, voted for, and took the benefit
of that Bankrupt Law I Martin Van
Buren strongly recommended it, and
Silas Wright voted for it, and Walker
and a host of others took the benefit of
it. They condemn a Whig who voted
for it, but love the Locofoco who cheated
his creditors by it. They fancy he will
suit their business perhaps.
Not yet Been.
It remains to be seen whether his (Santa An
na's) return may not yet prove to he favorable to a
pacific adjustment of the existing difficulties."
Pork's Message.
After Polk owned up that he had sent
Santa Anna home to command the Mex
ican armies, he uttered the above little
sentence to make the people believe he
saw something which remained to be seen
by them. Our last Mexican news will
inform Mr. Polk's friends that they must
wait a while longer before Polk and
Santa Anna will agree to let the people
see this remaining scene of their bloody
drama. We must wait!
Glorious Prospect!
The Penn'a Intelligencer says :—We
have cheering news from all parts of the
State. As the campaign draws to a
close, the certainty of a glorious WHIG
TRIUMPH becomes more and more ap
parent. If we ever entertained doubts
with regard to the election of IRVIN
and PATTON, they have all vanished.
If the full whig vote is polled—and we
know that it will be—o..r majority in
the State will be more than twice as large
as that given to Shunk in '44. Let there
be a GRAND WHIG RALLY AT THE
POLL on the second Tuesday of Octo
ber, and Pennsylvania will be gloriously
redeemed.
An Honorable Opponent.
[From the Union Timee.]
" WHIG MEETING.—The Whigs held
their county meeting in this place ( New
Berlin) on 'Puccini) , lest (14th.) There
was a large turnout, and everything pas-
sed off very creditably. Gen. James
Irvin, Hon. James Cooper, and the Hon.
James Pollock, addressed the meeting.
As to the character of their speeches,
candor compels us to say, they were
liberal, courteous and gentlemanly. We
heard not a Word of reproach against '
the personal character of a single indi
vidual belonging to our party. The
" odious Bankrupt Law," as some peo
ple call it, Wag discussed, and General
Irvin acknowledged he voted for it, with
a number of democrats who went with
him in sustaining the bill, one of whom
was Robert J. Walker. For our ott , n
part, we consider this q u estion a mere'
electioneering humbug, What has it, we ;
ask, to do with the election of Francis
R. Shunk or Gen. James Irvin. Did not
members of both parties avail themselves
of its advantages—and while Mr. Patton
is censured for this act, is it not credit
' able to know, that he has liquidated the
most of his debts, since his discharge as
a Bankrupt, if we are to take the evi
dence of both democrats and whigs.—
We go in for honesty and fairness, and
if our party cannot succeed upon these
grounds, we consider ourselves as stand
ing on a ticklish foundation."
WHIGS I DO YOUR DUTY,
As the Election draws nigh, says the
York Republican, we feel more than ever
assured that it rests with the Whigs alone
to determine who shall be the next Govern
or of Pennsylvania. The intelligence
from every section of the State is most
cheering. The Centre and the North
will speak in favor of Gen. Ittvm trum
pet-tongued. The Tariff Democrats of
the State will not fail again to rebuke
the faithless leaders who DECEIVED
and BETRAYED them three years ago.
—D--SituNa is this day a defeated candi
date, IF TVIIIGS DO THEIR DUTY.
Nothing but their apathy or delinquency
can re-elect him.—‘t ill they render him
"aid and comfort" when so large a por
tion of his own party are done with, and
ready to stamp the seal of their condem
nation upon him 1 The friends of
Shunk are themselves aware of his des
perate condition. To such extremities
are they driven, that they are said to
have actually attempted to form a coali
tion with the Natives in the City of Phil
adelphia, proposing to vote the ticket of
the latter for Mayor, if they will go for
SHUNK ! Thus these pretended exclu
sive friends of our Naturalized Citizens
are asking for assistance from the very
men whom they stigmatized as "Church
, burners" in 1844. All will not do, how
ever ; the sentence is already passed, and
will be executed on them on Tuesday week,
if the Whigs do not hold back the hands
which are raised to strike.
Beware of General Apathy!
The Saco Union says
THE WHIGS OF MAINE," have been
beaten ; not by the activity of other
parties, but by their own negligence and I
apathy. Look at the aggregate vote of t
the State. It will not much exceed, in
deed if it comes up to 60,000 votes.—
The Loco Foco party has triumphed,
over a party that a few years since threw
over 44,000 votes, and this too when the '
aggregate Loco vote will not go beyond
30,000. There is.no pretence that the
Whig party is not so strong in voters as
it was in 1840, when it triumphed by a
majority ; yet it has suffered Loco Foco
ism to be in the ascendant in the State
for a series of years, by the apathy of
its voters. Men who profess to be
Whigs, should be willing to make some
sacrifices to aid the Whig cause. A
little rain, or a little inconvenience to
their business, should not keep them I
from the polls. Men who rail at Loco
Focoism during the whole year but who
never vote, except in times of high po
litical excitement, have really very little
claim to be called Whigs. We know of
a class of Whigs who never interest
themselves in politics except on partic
ular occasions. They know nothing of
the old adage, " that an ounce of pre
vmtion is worth a pound of cure," and
hence they wait until the country and
their own business is suffering under
the empiricism of Loco Focoism, before
they interest themselves in elections.---
The apathy pervading the State has giv-
en the reins of government again into
the hands of our political opponents,
and now the presses of the Loco Foco
party, from one end of the State to the
other, are declaring that the people have
rendered a verdict in favor of the meas.
, urea and policy of the national adminis
tration. Ought these things to be so 1"
We trust that the result in Maine will
show the Whigs of Pennsylvania the
1 importance of their avoiding a similar
effect in this State, and stimulate them
to activity and exertion. They may
rest assured that if they turn out to the
polls as they did in 1840 or '44, the
election of Gen. IRVIN WILL BE CER
TAIN ! Arouse then Whigs, and do
your duty like Freemen who know their,
tights and will maintain them.
TOD TOWNSHIP.
To the Whits and Antimasone of
Zuntingdon County!
MR. CLAREE•—Yota friends in Tc,ci
township would feel under obligations
to you, should you git•e the following a
place in your columns. We approve
your course, and wish you success in
your arduous labors: . _
BBETHERN IN BALLOTS!—We
have seen a letter from the old town of
Huntingdon, to one of our esteemed aftd
worthy citizens—as true a Whig as
lives—calling on him to vota for Mr.
Crownover and against the candidate of
his party. That letter says, "that by
voting for Crownover, you will make
votes for Gen. Irvin." This is the first
time we of Tod ever heard that Mr.
Crownover was an Irvin Whig. The
fact, if fact it be, would be difficult to
establish in our minds ; it is of very
doubtful demonstration, therefore we
tvill not risk it. And we doubt the sin
cerity of every man who makes such a
suggestion; and we blush for our party
and our church when an effort is made
by him who should, who does stand
high in both, and has been the recipient
of long and liberal favors in one, and
shared largely of brotherly love and
christian charity in the other. If that
old gentleman—for he has grown grey
in a good office because of true and
steady voting,by Antimasonsaild Whigs,
of all sects and societies—wishes to re-
serve any influence for future use, and
to retain our good opinion—his just
rank in the Whig party, and the favora
ble opinion of all good men, let him ad.
dress no more letters of a political kind,
carrying their own condemnation on
their face to members of the Whig par
ty, and embers of the Methodist Epis•
copal church in Tod township.
We say, don't do it First, we wish
not to be considered clanish—we feel
above such a charge—we feel that our
Religion and religious privileges, are
paramount to all earthly considerations.
Next, we feel that never was there a time
in the history of our government, which
called so loudly for every voter in this
State and Union of States, to vote with
out partiality, fear, favor or affection for
men : but supporting what he may con
scientiously believe to be the true policy
of a wise and well ordered Republican
Government. .and lastly, we say to that
old gentleman of the quill: Don't send
any more letters of like kind, addressed
to our brother and worthy neighbor,
Philip Taylor. "Dear Brother" is a
truly becoming address to a christian,
on friendly subjects, but when used to
sway an honest man from duty, by one
who owes so much to his personal, po•
litical and religious friends for their
friendship favor and influence, to protect
him from penury, obloquy and the wiles
of a wicked, scoffing world, it seems
like prostituting an endearing term to a
very unworthy purpose. Do not then for
your own sake write any more letters of
like character, beginning with "Dear
Brother." For the sake of the party
which has been feeding you for twelve.
years, don't do it. But above all, for the
sake of our church, which we hope you
love, with its many blessings and blessed
influences, don't subject us to the tongue
of scandal in this world, or make en un ,
wary member do an act that he should
and might afterwards justly be ashamed
of.
TO THE POLLS, then we say, men
of all churches and every party—vote
understandingly—let no sectarianism,
turn you aside from true political recti
tude. To Whigs and Antimasons we
say, TO THE POLLS, and vote the
whole Anti-Polk, Anti-Shank Ticket, at
the head of which you find the name of
your old " Popular Coneressman," Gen.
JAMES IRVIN, who you know to be
honest. Let no consideration but physi
cal inability or sickness in your family,
keep you at home on next election day.
Recollect that we are now called upon to
vote for the candidate of our own choice r
our friend and neighbor—the man of the
IPeople and the country—that thousands.
of honest men who have heretofore op
posed us, but see their error in so doing,
are with us for Gen. IRVIN and the
! TARIFF of 1842; whilst every office
. holder and expectant is trying to detract
from the character of the great Whig
!party and its chances of success.
success, let us say to you of the otIU,
townships, will be signal and triumph
ant, above all that might be conceived,
if you but do your duty. We see it in
the distance, shining like the star of our
country's deliverance. Up, then, friends.
of the Country ! and help to redeem and
deliver from the thraldom of Polkians
and the consequent ruin of Free Trade" .
and the yet far more ravaging comm.-
quences of the Mexican War.
Jlfany ✓lntimasons and Whigs
Tod Township, Oct. 2, 1847.
Wh.. are the Natives?
The Harrisburg Argus, a paper that
is supporting the reelection of Shank,.
says:
" It is well known that Henry Petriken
was an open-mouthed Nativeist in 1844
—called the Rioters in Philadelphia'
" THE ARMY OF THE LORD!"—and
swore as no other man can, at the allc•'
ged attempt of the Catholics to take the
Bible out of the public schools."
Let it be remembered that Mr. Petri•
ken is the Deputy Secretary of the Com•
raonwealth under F.. R. Shunir !