THE JOURNAL.
[CORRECT PRIINCIPI.GS-SI'PPORTED BY TRUTH.]
HUNTINGDON, TI I;,SDAY. Al - GUST 22, 1818.
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Democratic Whig Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT:
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
MILLARD FILLMORE.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
NER MIDDLESWARTH.
COUNTY TICKET,
ASSEMBLY
Augustus K. Cornyn, of H.tioploo,
PROTHONOTARY
Theo. H. Cremer, of Huntingdon.
REGISTER AN,Di RECORDER.
Matthew F. Campbell, of Healerson
COMMISSIONER
William Hutchinson, of Warriormark.
AUDITOR :
Thos• W. Neely, of Dublin.
CORONER :
Henry Grath's, of Alexandria.
Ug'" V. B. PALMER, rvo. 1' our anthor
isted agent for receiving adrertivements and
sllbgeriptions ill the cities al' Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Nen. York, and fur caller:lag (nod
reeelpting for the Rani,
" CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENTS."
Extra Copies of C7ayton•s Great
Speech.
We have still militia' a large number of extra
copies of the Journal containing Senator CLAY
TON'S GREAT SPEECH IN DEFENCE OF
GEN. TAYLOR, which we will furnish at the
low price of $2.00 per b undred. Clubs and indi
viduals,an§,ious to advance the cause of the glori
ous old her,o of Buena Vista, and thus do their
country some service, can more effectually do
so by circulating this speech among the People,
than in almost any other way. Single copies at
TIMES CENTS.
“A Little more Grape!”
A Special Meeting of the Rough and Ready
Club willbe held next WEDNESDAY evening,
AvorsT '23, at the. House of Alex. Carmon.
WM. H. PEIGHTAL, President.
H. K. NErY ' Secretaries,
E. SUMMERS,
Taylor Men I
Don't forget the meeting at the house of Z.
Pheasant, in Union township, on Saturday next.
It is desirable that all would attend early, so
that ample time can be afforded those from a
distance to return to their homes without en
croaching upon the Sabbath.
Tits MAsstrs.—There has been but little
change in the markets since our last. The
news brought by the Acadia has caused a slight
advance.
APPOINTMENT I:YTIIE ATTORNEY GENERAL.-
T. Stewart, Esq., of this place, has been
appointed Deputy Attorney General for Hunt
ingdon county. This is a good appointment,
and one that will be universally well received
by the No*.
Awful Fire in Albany.
A fire broke out in the city of Albany, on Fri
day last, and before the flames could be arrested
five hundred houses were destroyed—the loss
estimated at too millionx of dollar, Two lives
were lost.
Who Doubtg It I
One of the Cass orators stated the other night
that General Cass, while in France, stood very
high with the members of the French Court,
Foreign Ministers, and nobility generally. No
one doubts this. Commodore Elliott's letter,
ptiolished on our first page, will explain the
cause. Presents of gold snuff boxes, diamond
rings, &c., &c., with a plentiful supply of supe
rior wines, could not fail to secure him the fa
vor of the aristocracy of France.
07' The Locofocos of this county have nom•
inat,d the following ticket :
Assembly—Robert F. Haslett.
Prothonotary—John B. O:ven.
Register and Recorder—Jacob Miller.
Commissioner—A. P. Owens.
Auditor—James Neely.
Coroner—Thomas Adams,
The sense of the Convention was taken for
Governor and resulted Col. Bigler 21—Judge
Black 2t. Major J. P. Anderson was appoint
ed delegate to State Convention.
The Globe says tremendous cheers"
for Cass and Butler were given at the close of
the Taylor meeting at Roxberry. We mention
this to show the citizens of Brady township the
true character of the Locofoco organ here.—
Such bare-faced falsehoods need no refutation.
Conferee Meeting.
Mifflin County has recommended Saturday
next, the 26th inst., as the time and Brown's
Mills as the place, for the meeting of the Con
gressional Conferees of this district, to nomi
nate a candidate for Congress. If the counties
have all appointed, we are entirely favorable to
meeting at the time and place suggested.
CO" Since the above was in typo, we learn
that Centre county will not appoint Conferees
until Wednesday, the 30th inst. We therefore
respectfully suggest, that the Conferees meet at
Brown's Mills on Friday, the tst of September.
Q7' The Hata thurg Telegraph states that
Dr. LUTHER REMY, probably the most influen
tial Locofoco in Dauphin County, and formerly
the locofoco Representative in Congess from
that District has with a number of his political
friends, abandoned Cass and declared in favor of
Van Buren !
WHIG COUNTY TICKET.
The Convention which met in this place on
Wednesday last, was highly respectable, and
represented every township and borough in
Huntingdon county. The utmost harmony and
good order prevailed throughout its proceedings.
The ticket formed for the support of the People
of the county, will be found at the head of our
paper. We are truly gratified to find that it
meets with 'universal favor.
A. K. CORNYN, Esq., the candidate for the
Legislature, is entirely deserving the distin-
guished honor conferred upon him. He is de
servedly popular with the People. His popular
ity not being confined entirely to one party.—
As an orator, Mr. C. has no superior, and but
few equals in the county, or Congressional dis
trict. His speeches are always marked by a
chastity and beauty of language which commends
them to the favor of the People, and by a force
of argument which invariably carries conviction
to their hearts. His nomination will be of im
mense importance to the Whig party, in main
taining and advancing their cause in the cam
paign in which we are engaged ; and his election
will be an advantage and an honor to every cit
izen of the county. Ilk triumphant election is
beyond all doubt
THEO. H. CREMF.R, the candidate for Pro
thonotary, is a man peculiarly fitted for that
office. No man in the county is better qualified
to fill the place of the present popular and com
petent incumbent. Mr. C. started in the world
as a mechanic—a Printer—and by close applica
tion and untiring industry, qualified himself for
the Practice of the Law. He is known to the
People of this county as our predecessor as ed
itor of the Huntingdon Journal; in which cape-
city he took a high rank among country editors.
lie is in short, an upright, moral man, a good
Whig, and will make an obliging, competent
officer. Nothing more is wanted.
MATTHEW F. CAMPBELL, the candidate
for Register and Recorder is an honest and in
telligent farmer of Henderson township. He has
never been an office voiker, but always a devo
ted, ardent Whig, from principle. He is exceed
ingly popular among his neighbors, and all who
enjoy his acquaintance. We think we can safe
ly say that he is without an enemy. Mr. C. de
serves, and will no doubt receive, the entire
Whig vote of the county.
WILLIAM HUTCHINSON of Warriorsmark
township, is the choice for county Commission
er. A better selection could not have been made.
It was, however, impossible for the Convention
to make a bad choice from the materiel presen
ted. Either of the gentlemen named to the Con
vention would make a good officer. Mr. H. is the Atlantic, and from the Gulf of Mexico to
a farmer, an honest man, and universally esteem- the Bay of Fundy I In short, was not the whole
ml in his neighborhood. He was on the Whig country rising in her majesty and might for the
ticket in 1816 for Auditor, and run thirty-two Hero who " NEVER STAMP: XIIETIS 7" How then
votes ahead of the ticket in his own township, could the London Times but foreknow the ful
and was the highest man on the ticket in the fillment of the whole of its prophecy 7
county. But we want to call the attention of the
THOS. W. NEELY, Esq., of Dublin town- I Whigs of this county to the argument which
ship is the candidate for Auditor. W e h a ve no Mr. Parker made on what he was pleased to
personal acquaintance with Mr. N., but learn terns " this remarkable prophecy.". He said in
that lie is a man every way qualified not only substance, that there was a great sympathy ex
for a good Auditor, lint for any other office in I isting between the London Times and the . Whig
the gift of the People of the county. papers of the United States, and between the
HENRY GRAFIUS, of Alexandria, is the two parties which they represent—that their
candidate for Coroner. He is an active, intelli-
views, their feelings, their desires and their de
signs were closely allied, and that they combi-
Whig,gent mechanic, and a very efficient, zealous
nett in their efforts to defeat Gen. Cass and elect
with the
. requisite energy and ability to
fill any office with credit. I Taylor ! ! Now, fellow Whigs, what is this else
t
Such, Whigs and Taylor men of Huntingdonhan calling us all TontEs—BRITISH TORIES?
county, is but a feeble and inadequate descrip- I Such is the virtual charge of one of the emmi
tion of the very excellent ticket presented to series of Locofocoism while on an electioneering
your consideration. That it will Upon examine- 1 tour after the nomination for Congress. Bear
. . . . . .
tion receive your undivided support we cannot
doubt. There is not an incompetent or unwor-
thy man upon it. Rally, then, one and all to its
support, and let us roll up such a majority in
October as will cheer the hearts of our friends
in other parts of the State, and nerve them up
forthe great battle in November, under the ban
ner of glorious old Rough and Ready.
sible for them. Such a charge, coining from a
party who destroyed the American Tariff of
1812, and enacted in place of it a Tariff which
was applauded in, and ordered to be re-printed
by, the British House of Lords—a Tariff that
sold the prosperity of the American industrial
classes to the nobility and the subjects of Eng
land, is too much for any American Patriot to
bear. Has it come to this, that the descendants
of the heroes of the Revolution—the descend
ants of those who fought and bled and died in
' the war of American liberty against British
r tyranny—and those who in 1811 drove the Bri
tish from our land and our waters, must be stig
matized as enemies to their country—as TORIES,
by a sleek young gentleman who is aspiring to
a seat in the Congress of the United States ? and
all because they think proper to go for General
ZACHARY TAYLOR, who has sustained our
honor and our flag in many a battle at home and
abroad, and against Lewis Cass, the Treasury
Leech, and the eulogist of 5' France, her King
and Court !" All true patriots,to whatever party
they may belong, will spurn this outrageous in
sult. Room fails us to follow the gentleman
through his whole speech. But we must allude
! to one or two other remarks that fell from him.
He asserted that Gen. Taylor was a " FALSI
FIER," and attempted to prove it by garbling
one of Gen. Taylor's letters. He said that Gen.
Taylor declared in his Richmond letter that he
would not " withdraw if Mr. Clay should re
' ceive the nomination at Philadelphia." We are
nutter the necessity of informing Mr. Parker
that his assertion is not true ; no such sentence
appears in the letter to which he alluded. Gen.
, Taylor said in that letter that he had never au
' thorized any one to say that he would withdraw
in the event of Mr. Clay's nomination. He also
' reiterated the old stale charge of "bargain and
sale" against Mr. CLAY and the lamented JOHN
QVINCY ADAMS ; and in effect charged Mr.
Adams, one of the purest Patriots of his age,
A Taylor Slanderer's Pay, I with having gone down to the grave with a
An authentic statement in the Battery, pub- falsehood in his month ! For it is well known
fished at Wpshington, D. C., sums up the items that Mr. Adams, in 1841, solemnly denied, over
paid Messrs. Ritchie & Heim for public print- his own signature, that any such bargain and
jag, which amounts to upwards of $277,000. sale had taken place between Mr. Clay and him-
Not much wonder Mr. Ritchie can defame such self ! We ask the People of Huntingdon county
Whigs as ZACHARY TAYLOR, when he is paid ,to remember this also. One thing is worthy of
nearly $lOO,OOO extra per annum fur it. remark, that during Mr. Parker's speech, the
A Slander.
Inasmuch as the two fellows who published
affidavits that Gen. Taylor swore, acknowledges!
themselves chicken thieves, the Globe, in order
to place all on the same footing in point of char
acter, says the volunteers all done so ; and that
we have placed ourself in an unenviable posi
tion with the volunteers and their friends of this
county, by alluding to it. This is a vile slan
der upon the volunteers from this county, and
we believe a great majority from the State.
The volunteers with whom we are acquainted
would as much scorn the robbing of a hen roost,
as they would the signing of an affidavit grossly
libellous of one of the most distinguished heroes
of the war in which they have been engaged.
If, however, they were compelled to do either,
they would consider the former offence vastly
less humbling to them as soldiers than the latter.
The Globe is perfectly welcome to all the
capital it can make by defending and applauding
chicken thieves and slanderers of the brave old
hero who “never surrenders."
11 -- Parson Brownlow's paper, the Jonesbor
ough (Tenn.) Whig, refuses to support General
Taylor for the Presidency, and still keeps the
name of its old favorite, Henry Clay, flying
from its mast head.—Huntingdon Globe.
Well, let us see what this same Parson Brown
low, who, according to the above is opposed to
Gen. Taylor, says in relation to the election.
The following is an extract from a recent letter
of Mr. Brownlow's on the subject
“You can say to your friends that Tennessee
will go for Taylor and Fillmore by a majority
of five or ten thoesand votes—that this District,
heretofore Democratic, will give them a major
ity—and last, though not least, that this county,
always Democratic, will go for Taylor and Fill
more.
Very respectfully, your ob't servant,
W. C. BUOWNLOW
The Case Meeting.
The Cass men held a small County Meeting
in this borough on Tuesday evening last. After
parading around the town with a procession
numbering not quite fifty men used bop, prece
ded with drum and fife, and a transparency on
which are emblazoned their "principles," viz 1
"No National Bank," No Native American
ism," they organized in the Court House by ap-
pointing John Porter, Esq., President, assisted
by the usual allowance of Vice Presidents and
Secretaries. The President made a short speech
on taking the chair, after which the meeting
was addressed by H. N. McAllister, Esq., of
Bellefonte, AndreW Parker, Esq., of Mifflin
town, and Maj. T. P. Campbell, Esq., of this
place.
Mr. McAllister opposed Gen. Taylor because
he is "IGNORANT" and , g UNFIT" for the
Presidency, having lived in the camp all his life,
and been educated there, and never studied the
science, the art, or trade of politics, as General
Cass did. And lie advocated the election of
Cass because he was luminous as a lard Lamp
in the science of Government, and served his
country with distinction under that brave and
patriotic General whom the Locofocos, eight
years ago, stigmatized as " Granny Harrison!"
Mr. McAllister represented himself as one who
is unaccustomed to public political speaking.—
Judging from his speech, we presume that such
is the fact.
Mr. Parker raised his pompous person upon
the stand, and throwing his head around to
attract the attention of the audience to his fine,
fat, slick, handsome person, commenced by say
ing, in a tone of voice very much resembling
the muttering of far distant thunder, that the
London Times," a Tory paper, put forth a
prophecy some time in advance of the Whig
Convention in the United States. The prophecy
consisted in stating what all the world seemed
to know, namely, that the Whigs of the United
States would nominate Gen. Taylor, as it was
known that he was the only man who could de
feat Gen. Cass. Now, whether such a predic
tion was made by the London Times or not, we
consider a matter of no consequence—it is pos-
sible it was made, and there was certainly suffi
cient ground for it. Had not the Legislatures
of many of our States then already nominated
Gen. Taylor ? Had he not been nominated by
a public meeting on the Trenton Battle Ground ?
Was he not recommended and nominated by the
Democracy of Pennsylvania in a State Conven-
tion at Harrisburg, and by another in the Dem
ocratic State of Herbs county, and in almost ev
ery village and county from the Rio Grande to
in mind that this is the charge of Col. ANDREW
PARKER, the heir apparent to the Locofoco
nomination for Congress in this district. It is
not necessary to repeat it—you will remember
the INSULT on the elertioit day, and •for all
time to come. And we hold those who applau
ded and thereby adopted the sentiments respon-
Court House thinned out considerably, many
honest democrats being doubtless utterly dis
gusted with his remarks, .
We did not stay to hear the speech of Major
Campbell, but we are informed that he eclipsed
the " big guns" from abroad.
THE ELECTIONS.
NORTH CAROLINA,O. K.--Notwitlistand
ing the blustering of the Locofocos to the con
trary, it is now conceded that Manly, Whig. is
elected by a majority ranging from 300 to !ion.
The Whigs will have a majority of at least tiro
on joint nallott.
In KENTUCKY Crittenden's majority will
be from S to 10,000!
INDIANA is stilt in. doubt. The Indianap
olis Journal says the pdpular vote is largely
Whig, thus showing that the State is good for
Old Zack.
In ILLINOIS the Whip gain probably two or
three members of Congress.
Missouri and lowa have been carried by the
Locofocos.
MIFFLIN COUNTY.—The Whigs of Mif
flin county have recommended J. J. CUNNINO.
lIAM for Senator. Their ticket is as follows
Assembly—D. S. Elliott.
Sheriff—Wm. T. Bell.
Register and Recorder—R. TL Smith.
Coinmissioner—Wm. Creighton,
Samuel Hopper was appointed Represent.
tive, and Maj. N. Buoy recommended for Sena.
torial Delegate to the State Convention.
Shem Zook, J. F. Cottrell and Wm. Ross, ar.
appointed Congressional Conferees, without in.
structions.
Juniata County.
A friend at Mitilintown informs us that the
Whigs of that county have nominated the fol
lowing ticket.
Assembly—John McLaughlin.
Prothonatory—J. M. Sellers.
Register and Recorder—Wm. Reader.
C. P. Thompson, Samuel Laird and A. K.
McClure are appointed Congressional Conferees,
without instructions.
The Cass Party Going,
The New Orleans Bulletin tells the following
story good in itself and admirable in its appli
cation :
" The present position of the Cass party re
minds us of a story we once heard of a farmer,
who, one morning let his sheep out of the pen.
Having put down the bars, the old man stood
by to count them as they hopped over, and be
gan, " There goes one,"—" there goes two,"
" there goes three,"—" there goes old Ewe,"—
" there goes a black one,"—" there goes a
whole heap,"—" and curse them, there they all
go•"
"So it is with the Cass party. At first we
could count the deserters—one, two, three; but
it was soon ascertained that the bounds
were broken that the Imre were down, and the
" old ewes" and the " black ones" began hop
ping out very fast, followed so rapidly by whole
heaps, as to bid defiance to any attempts to
count, and soon poor Cass will have to exclaim,
Curse them, there they all go."
MICHIGAN Vs. CASS,
The Boston Atlas publishes the following ex
tract from a letter from Isaac L. Toby, M. D.,
of Jackson, Michigan, to E. H. Porter, Esq.,
of Charlemont, a Whig. Dr. Toby was former
ly located in Hampshire County, well known as
a radical Democrat.—The italicising is done by
the Doctor.
JACKSON, Michigan, June 29th, 1848
Dear Sir :
* * * * The people of this State
are wide awake on politica. There are
a great many 4nti Cass Democrats.
Should or could the election come off
this week, he would be defeated in his
own State. The Whigs arc much bet
ter united on their candidate, and feel
confident of success.
You know that I am a radical demo
crat, but I cannot support Gen. Cass
for the Presidency He plays a double
grime which I despise in any man, and
he has no sympathy for the Barnburn
ers.
If you have any democrats in your
State, reckoning upon the election of
Cass you tell them he cannot be elected.
Tell this for me—that he cannot carry
his own State.
Yours Truly, J. L. TOBEY.
E. H. PORTER, Esq., Charlennont, Mass.
01110.
The Germans of Cincinatti have organized a
Free Soil or Barnburners Club. The Signal
says it is already 800 strong. Hitherto the
Cincinatti Germans have nearly all voted for
the regular Locofoco candidates. The forma
tion of this club will make tremendous inroads
upon the strength of Locofocoism in the Queen
city and in Ohio.
The Cincinatti Signal expresses the convic
tion that the counties of Butler, Clermont and
Hamilton can be carried for Mr. Van Buren, if
nominated by the Butliiloe Convention. These
Counties gave a majority of 3,608, for James
K. Polk in 18.11.
VAN BUREN IN BRADFORD, Pa.—The Bradford
Reporter, the organ of Mr. Wilmot, publishes
a call for a Van Buren Meeting at Towanda,
signed by over six hundred persons.
Congress.
Congress adjourned on Monday, nth inst.—
The few last days of the session were quite
stormy. The bills of a public character gen
erally were passed, amongst them the Oregon
Territory bill, with a clause emhracing the
principle of the Wilmot Proviso incorporated.
The President has signed the bill, and appoin
ted Gen. Shields Governor of the Territory.—
It is since understood that the General will not
accept.
Taylor Volunteers Proscribed.
An advertisement appears in the N. 0. Delta,
with a responsible name signed thereto, stating
that about 116 men, out of 110,et work at the
Barracks, in that city, were discharged Iceanar
they would vote for Gen. Tay ! Do you
hear that, Volunteers I
OUTPOURING OF TIIR PEOPLE ! !
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GREAT TA11.41111 AND 1111.1LIIODE
COUNTY MEETING,
The County meeting or the friends of TAY
LOR, FILLMORE and AllltDt ESWARTII,
held in thin borough on Wednesday evening last,
was an immense uffiuir. Little or no effort was
used to get it up.
.No hand-bills had been cir
culated. The only nolire given Was through
the coimmis of the Journal. Yet, all a eree,
that it was the' largest and most claim. io tic
Comity Meeting ever held in this comity. At
an early hour in the evening, the beautiful tran
sparencies belonging to the Rough and Ready
Club were lit up, the Taylor martial 'tau,.
commenced playing, :mil a procession, as if by
magic, numbering between TWO and HR Et:
HUNDRED commenced moving in the street,.
se ndi ng up the most deafening cheers for (11l
%rich, Fillmore and Middleswarth. It was soon
discovered front the size of the procession, and
the large number of Taylor earn who did not
join in it, that it would be utterlyimpracticable to
go into the Court House. A rough staging wa's
therefore erected in the Diamond, where the
procession, after inarching around the town,
halted.
The meeting was then organized, by appoint
ing Gen. S. MILES GREEN, President ; Geo.
HUDSON, Esq., JAs. Moo., Jourg MARRS, DAN.
Tam:re, Esq., JOHN CONRAN .Esq., Baler X.
111.Ata, Col. JOHN Srevea, NATHANIEL,
Esq., SAMUEL COEN, JOHN K. MCCAHAN, JOHN
SHAVER, Esq., JOHN WHITTAKER, Sr., and DAN
EL AFRICA, Esq., Vice Presidents ; Major
Geo. Raymond, John W. Watson, J. IV. Nat
tern and John .11/. Leech, Secretaries.
On taking the chair, the President staled the
object of the meeting in a few pertinent re
marks.
On motion, the chair appointed David Blair,
Jas. Clark, Henry Lee, Henry Brewster, and
N. Lytle, a committee to draft resolutions.
SAMUEL Cntvrx, Esq., of Hollidaysburg was
then called for, and addressed the meeting for
one hour and a half in a speech of great power.
He showed, to the satisfaction of every unpre
judiced mind, that Gen. Taylor occupied the
trne American "platform," and that to adminis
ter the government according to the true intent
and meaning of the Constitution, unswayed by
factions or cliques, was all that the interests of
the country required. On the other hand he
demonstrated as clearly, that the Baltimore
"platform," about which the Cass men prate so
much, is in the main but a bundle of nega
tions, affirminf, nothing, save that the WILL
OF THE PEOPLE shall be subservient to the
ONE MAN POWER ! We have not room to
properly notice Mr. Calvin's truly able effort.
Suffice it to say, that he took up and utterly de
molished the positions assumed by Mr. Parker
on the previous evening, and presented the po
sition and principles of Gen. Taylor, in a light
highly satisfactory to all.
The meeting was further ably addressed by
A. K. COIINEN, T. H. CRENIER, DAVID Brain, A.
W. BENEDICT, arid J. G. Mii.cs, Esqrs. The
latter gentleman took his position in the middle
of the street, and for ten or fifteen minutes fired
a volley of "grape" into Extra-allowance Cass,
which caused the friends of that gentleman to
scatter in confusion, and elicited fromthe friends
Old Rough and Ready most tremendous ap
plause.
Mr. BLAIR, from the committee appointed for
the purpose, reported the following preamble
and resolutions which were unanimously adop
ted, and the meeting adjourned amidst the most
unbounded enthusiasm.
WHEREAS ' it has always been the fundamental
doctrine of the Whig party that pow, is a trust
for the people, that it is given to Magistrates,
not for their own, but for the public advantage;
Therefore 1:1,01red, That ,4 the power given
by the Constitution to the Executive to inter
pose his Veto, is a high conservative power,
which should never be exercised except in cases
of clear violation of the Constitution or mani
fest haste and want of consideration by Con
gri. us "
"- That rrsonal opinions of the
individual who 1110 y happen to occupy the Exec
utive chair, ought not to emitrol the action of
Congress upon questions cdf domestic policy, nor
ought his objections to be interposed when
questions of Constitutional power have been
settled by the various departments of Govern
ment and acquiesced in by the people."
Resolved, That " upon the subjects of the
tariff, the currency, the improvement of our
great highways, rivers, lakes and harbors, the
WILL OF THE rEo Eai expressed through
their representatives in Congress ought to be
respected and carried ought by the Executive."
Rewired, That "war at all times and under
all circumstances is a national calamity, to be
avoided, if compatible with national honor ; that
the principles of our government, an well as its
true policy, are opposed to the subjugation of
other nations, and the dismemberment of other
countries by conquest; for in the language of
the great Washington, why should we quit our
own to stand on foreign ground.' "
Resolved, That 6, this meeting of Democratic
Whigs, recognizing the omnipotence of the will
of the people upon such a subje,tond deeply im
pressed with the peculiar qualifications of Gen.
ZACHARY TA YLOR for the Presidency, do
hereby present him to the people of this State
and Union, us the Democratic Whig candidate,
and the real candidate of the People for the
office of President of the United States at the
ensuing Presidential election."
Resi;leed, That In the attachment of General
Taylor to Washington, Jefferson and the early
Presidents of the United States, 4, his known
patriotism, and the whole course of his lit. , we
have the best warrant for our firm belief that he
will administer the government upon those prin
ciples which have formed the policy of every
Repthlienn administration, and whose object is
the greatestgood of the greatest number..
Rcsetecd, That in the character of MILLA RD
FILLMORE, the Whig candidate the Vice
President, the builder of his own fortunes, from
the 'Prentice in a Clothier's shopto the President
of the Senate of the United States, we have a
beautiful and glorious illustration of American
character and American institutions.
li , o/red, That in the Civil and political lily
and vontlnel of our candidate for Canal etopmh,
NER MIDDLESWARTH, we have a
~noble specimen of the honest, intelligent Penn
sylvania farmer—the incompetency, negligence
and corruption on our public works, calls loudly
for the economy and honesty of old Ncr.
Resolrroi, That the Whig Ticket nominated
this day, by the Comity Convention, meets our
hearty approbation and shall receive our heat
,uppor t.
After the adjournment a large concourse of
People still being present, and anxious, notwith
standing the lateness of the hour, to hear more
about Old Zech and the glorious cause in which
we are engaged, B. C. Lyme, the Penn Town
ship Tailor was called for, and responded in a
brief, but animated and effective speech, which
was most rapturously applauded. We hope to
hear front Mr. Lytle again before the campaign
elos,S, for in the language of Many whb were
present, he "talks like a book."
A Threatened Duel.
A flare-up occurred in the U. S. Sen
ate on Saturday the 12th inst. between
Senators Butler of South Carolina and
Benton of Missouri, in which Mr. But
ler charged Benton with dishonorubfe
conduct in giving publicity to the action
of the Senate in Exeeutive session, in
the case of Gen. Kearney. Benton re
torted by giving Butler the lie! Butler
challenged and Benton accepted, but the
parties were arrested and held to bail
in the sum of $5,000 each to keep the
peace. The matter is likely to be ami
cably settled.
THE EXAMPLE OF HENRY CLAY.
In ,- The Philadelphia Inquirer. says:
--We have already announced that the
Hon. Henry Clay travelled fifty miles
in order to reach Lexington in time to
vote, and that he voted the entire Whig
ticket- This was conduct every way
worthy of the sage of Ashland—the
great expounder of Whig principles.
The example should not be lost upon
our Wh:,g brethren throughout • the U
nion. 1-leery Clay regarded it as his
duty to vote, and therefore, in discharge
of that duty, and in unfaltering devo
tion to the Whig cause, and to Whig
principles, he• subjected himself to the
inconvenienceof a journey of fifty miles
with the object of- at once exercising
his right as a freeman, and of affording
an example to his countrymen through
out the republic. All honor to the great
Statesman.-1-hs heart is with the Whig
cause now ns ever,and all who love and
admire Henry Clay, will, influenced by
his patriotic course, remember his ex
ample at the election in Kentucky, and
endeavor to profit thereby.
PENNSII.TAMA.—The Delegates from
this State to the Buffalo Convention
held a meeting at Buffalo on the 10th
and resolved to call a Free Soil State
Convention, to assemble at Reading,
Berits County, on the 13th of Septem
ber, and nominate an electoral ticket in
favor of Van Buren, Adams and the
Buffalo Platform. Joseph Neide, of
Montgomery, was Chairman, and Dr.
E. D. Gazzam, of Pittsburg, was Sec
retary of the meeting.
GRAND MASS STATE CONVEN
TION.
The citizens of Pennsylvania, friendly to the
election of
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR
MILLARD FILLMORF..
are requested to assemble in Mass Meeting at
HARRISBURG, on THURSDAY, the 31st of
AUGUST, at t o'clock, P. M.
Farmers, Mechanics, and Workingmen :
Manufacturers, Traders and Merchants :
Alen ot all pursuits, occupations and profes
sions :
All vt;ho regard purity, inregrity, fidelity, and
capacity as essential elements of a just National
Administration :
All who ore opposed to hypocricy, fraud, cor
ruption, false dealing and violence in the con
duct of public utTairs :
All who are in favor of legislation by the
representatives of the people, unchecked by a
tyranous exercise of the VETO power :
All who would rescue the country from the
evils which now paralyze its industry and defeat
its enterprize :
All who would give adequate protection to
American labor, and thus increase the means,
extend the enjoyments and elevate the condition
of the American laborer :
All who would promote, by judicious encour
agement, the development of our own great re
sources, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Min
eral :
All who are true friends of those who dig
in the lields, and delve in the mines, and ply at
the loom, and toil in the workshops and on the
high ways
All of all classes, creeds and conditions,
who desire to secure
REFORM AND BETTER TIMES,
are invited to be present
Come, Pennsylvanians ! come from farm, and
forge, and furnace, and coalpit, and factory ;
from village, and town, and city: come and
show that you have not forgotten, and that you
will not forgive, the base deception of which
yen have been made the victims: come and
show that you are grateful to the hero
4 , who never surrenders" and that you appreci
ate the man who " asks far na firrors and
shrinks front no responsibility."
Distinguished orator form all rmats of the
Union will be there to address you : your friends
from all sections of the State will ho there to
greet you: and you, and they, and we, knowing
that" tee eat'', he beat when lee all pull togeth
er," will rejoice in the assurance of certain vie-
-
ALEXANDER RAMSEY,
Chairman of the State Central Committee.