this Government owed $33,075 for years to I
Governor Canal And still less can it be believe
ed that Governor Cass, who received annually,
on his estimates, all that he required, would let
this large slim, or any sum, remain unpaid. Not
at all. Engaged as lie was largely in land spec
ulations, money was important and valuable to
him. Yet, it seems, he forgot and overlooked
thin enormous balance of $35,075, due him for
year., and did not think of it till more than a
year after his office of Governor expired. Who
can believe such an absurdity 1 It is much more
likely that Governor Cass wan in debt to the
Government ; and until this account was ren
dered such would seem to be the fact; for the
amount of Governor Cass's claims, as rendered,
was $53,128 06. Yet this only brought the
Government in his debt $35,075. For the whole
of this matter I refer to Document No. 113, 31
session, 25th Congress, page 16, which I will
append to my speech, with such parts of the
other documents referred to as may he material
to a full understanding, of the subject. I was
anxious to see the vouchers filed in support of
these claims, and called at the office for that
purpose, but the privilege was refused, as I have
already stated. To-morrow, I intend to call
by resolution, for the vouchers in support of
these claims, and I trust the friends of General
Cass on this floor will promptly adopt it, and
this place before the country the vciiehem, if
they exist, to justify these charges. Will they
do it 1 We shall see.
As the gentleman from Michigan is good at
figurer, I will submit to him this question, to
be worked out at his leisure: " If Gen. Cass as
Governor, and ex-ofieio Superintendentof Indian
affairs ' took $60,861 46 extra pay over and
above his salary of $2,000, how much would he
be entitled to as President of the United States,
and ex-officio Commander in Chief of the Army
and Navy, with a salary of $'25,000 per annum?''
Being
Being a military man, General Cass would no
doubt command in person, in war,
and war
would be a matter of course should he be elect
ed ; and having the precedent, he would have
precisely the same right to extra pay that he
had as Governor of Michigan. In point of
or justice, is there a shadow of difference ?
tinder such an administration of extras, extrav
agance, and extraordinary charging, with tree
trade, reduced duties, and reduced revenue,
what will become of us 1 Is not ruin and bank
ruptcy inevitable 1
The gentleman from Missouri (Mr-lAm msos )
who last addressed the committee, charged Gen.
Taylor (tt small affair) with " parsimony."—
And why 1 Because he refused to pay $7 or $8
postage on a parcel of unirniiiirtant political let
ters. Now, sir, instead Of an objection, this
Tarnished an argument in his favor.. It shows •
that he will not neglect his public duties in quest
of office ; that he takes prOper care of his own
Money, and will take proper care of the pen-
Ides, if entrusted to his keeping. While he
spends nothing wastefully, he takes no extra
pay; nothing that is not strictly his due. In
these days of prodigality and extravagance, he
is just the man we want at the head of affairs.
Rsrocat and Res rettele mew in public expenditures
is now more loudly demanded than at any for
mer period of our history. I can, however, tell
the gentleman from Missouri, that if General
Taylor, like Gen. Cass, had been receiving ex
tra pay at the rate of fifteen or twenty dollars a
day over and above his salary, he might have
afforded to pay this postage. Gen. Cass, no
doubt, would have paid it ; but not so with Tay
lor. He attends to his ditties, and lets extra
pay and politics alone.
BM, Sir, there is another perversion of my
remarks made by the gentleman from Michigan
(Mr. McCLEixasn,) which I cannot permit to
pass unnoticed. He says I slandered Mr. Cal
houn be charging him with allowing Gen. Cass'
accounts for extra pay, five or six years after
he was out of office. Now, Sir, instead of say
ing what the gentleman imputes to me, I said ex
actly the reverse. I said Mr. Calhoun had not
allowed the accounts, as stated by the 2d Audi
tor; and as proof, I adduced the fact that he was
out of office five or six years before the account
was settled. The gentleman must be hard run
indeed, when he is driven to such quibling as
this ; such perversions, :such evasions of the
real questions at issue. I charge Gen. Cass
with malversations in office, and the gentleman
defends Mr. Calhoun, who is not assailed. I
charge Gen. Cass with taking more money out
of the Treasury than he was legally entitled to
receive, and the gentleman turns around and
assails me with abusive epithets. This is easi
ly done;
might retaliate, but will not. It is
not with him or with me the people have to do;
it in with Gen. Cass, now a candidate for the
Presidency; and it is to his defence I would ad
vise the gentleman to give his immediate and
undivided attention.
The defence of Gen. Taylor, an honest man,
who has devoted his whole life to the service of
his country, is an easy task. What have you
to say against him gentlemen f I pause for a
reply. Nothing; not a word. But the gentle.
man from Michigan (Mr. McCi.ELLAxn) has
said or suggested, that on examination of Gen.
Taylor's accounts it would aprear that he hail
received a far larger sum as "extra compensa
tion" than Gen. Cass, " for light military duty
at unimportant posts." Gen. Taylor received
more extra pay than Gen. Cass! Now I assert
and am prepared to prove by official records,
that he never received one cent of extra pay,
and have proved that Gen. Cass received $ 0 39
990. Now, sir, when making such a charge
against an old and faithful soldier, either direct.
ly or by insinuation why did not the gentleman
do as I now do, produce the document: to prove
his charges I Why, because he could not ; be
cause the imputation was utterly unfounded.
Here sir, are the reports I refer to, containing
every dollar of extra pay to every officer of the ,
army, from the organization of the Department I
to 181:1, and the name of Zachary Taylor is no
where to be found in them. They have been
carefully and repeatedly examined. Yet in the
face of these official reports, the gentleman
suggests that Gen. Taylor has received more ex
tra pay than Gem Cuss " for light military duty
at unimportant posts." Gen. Taylor, who slept,
fought and conquered, in the black swamps of
Ohio—who slept, fought and conquered, in the
evergladesand hammocks of Florida—who slept,
fought and conquered, amid the chapparal and
burning sands of Mexico—covered himself and
his army with imperishable glory, and saved
this administration from infamy and disgrace—
this, all this, in the estimation of the gentleman
is, " light military duty at unimportant posts."
If there is a man in the American Army enti
tled to extra pay, that man is Gen. Taylor. And
yet he is almost the only man who has never re
ceived it. Gen. Taylor has done all ex, ra eer
vire, and Gen. Cass has received all the extra
Pay. Here is the difference. Taylor received
not an extra dollar, and Cass has received more
extra compensation than all the. Governors of all
the Territories from the foundation of the Gov
ernment to the present time. Governor Cass
h as r ece iv e d and all the other Govern
ors together have received but $19,100, Gen.
Taylor never one cent, as appears by the oft
riot reports referred to—No. 6 and No. 18.
OYith
these expositions I am Willing, sir. to
l'enve the people judge for themselves. Let
themnow decide which of the two is the safest
and best to entrust with the managemer.t of their
Attire. It' honesty, fidelity, and faithful ser
vice irr one public office gives any security as
to the performance in anothir, then there could
be no doubt or hesitation as to which should be
and would he selected.—llonesty and integrity,
a sound heed end a true heart, were among the
highest goalificatiou• for a President. Without
these we had every thing to fear—with them,
every thing to hope.
Here Mr. StawanT's hour expired, and Mr.
DANIEL, of North Carolina, obtained the floor,
but yielded it to Messrs COBB, of Georgia,
BROWN, of Mississippi, MCLANE, of Maryland,
and others who wished to put questions to Mr.
STEWART, who said that, having got through, he
was now ready to answer any and all questions
gentlemen might wish to put to him.
Mr. Conti first inquired whether Mr. S. char
ged Gen. Cass with receiving his salary of $2,
000 as Governor, $2,230 as Superintendent of In
dian affairs, $8 a day and 40 cents a mile, and
the pay of a deputy quartermaster general and
captain in the army at the same time.
Mr. STEWART answered yes, all but the pay
of deputy quartemaster general, to which there
was no date. He might have received this at
the same time with the rest, or he might
not. These charges were founded on official
documents, which were at the gentleman's ser
vice.
Mr. Cone repeated substantially this ques
tion several times, and Mr. S. gave, in effect,
the same answers.
Mr. MCLANE then inquired whether Mr. S.
meant to charge that Governor Cass received
these extra allowances without vouchers.
Mr. SftEWART answered, that for the most
part he did, unless the gentleman called Gen.
Cass's own letters and statements vouchers. I
believe said Mr. S., there is nothing else to sup
port his claims of $6,610 for rations; $1,500
per annum for office rent, &c. ; $1,500 a year
for going out of Michigan; the charges for set
ling his accounts, attending treaties, mileage
&c., he believed were all unsupported by vouch
ers. The gentleman could find out, however,
by calling for the vouchers by resolution. And
if the gentleman does not call for them, I will;
and I hope the friends of Governor Cass will
vote for the resolution. Here the conversation
dropped.
APPENDIX
Cen. Cass's Extra Charges—Suppression. of
Inquiry by his Friends.
On the 15th of August, 1848, A NPREW STEW
.r, of Penn'a., moved to suspend the rules to
enable him to introduce the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury
be directed to send to this House, forthwith, the
letters arid vouchers in support of the claims
and extra allowances paid to Lewis Cass, over
and above his regular salary of $2,000 a year,
as Governor and ex-officio Superintendent of In
dian affairs for the Territory of Michigan, to
wit : The letters and vouchers in support of the
extra allowance paid him:
1. For clerk hire, office rent, &c.,
from 9th October, 1813, to 31st
July, 1831, at $1,500 per annum,
as per document No. 214, 3d ses
sion, 25th Congress, page 2d,
amounting to $26,715 00
2. For rations, to wit : ten rations a
day, at 40 cents each, from the 11th
October, 1813, to 29th of May,
1822, as per same document and
page 6,610 00
3. For services as Superintendent of
Indian affairs, said to have been
rendered out of the Territory , of
Michigan, from the 29th of May,
1822, to the 31st of August,lB32,
at $1,500 per annum, as per doc
ument No. 6,3 d session,27th Con
grese, page 13 14,375 00
-1. For aiding in the negotiation of
sundry treaties, whilst Governor
and ex-officio Superintendent of
Indian affairs, as aforesaid, 772
days, at $8 per day, and 40 cents
per mile travelled by him, an per
same document, pages 11 and 12 9,714 00
5. For attending at Washington city,
to settle his own accounts for ex
tra pay, &c., 208 days, to wit,
from the 21st October, 1821, to
the 29th May, 1822, for mileage,
ten rations per day, &c., same
document, page 11
6. For alleged services whilst Gov
ernor and Superintendent of In
dianalfairs, 6 , in preparing a code
for the regulation of Indian
affairs," 111 days, to wit, from
the 22 0 October, 1828,t0 the 10th
February, 1829, as per same doc
ument, page 12 1,520 00
7. For extra pay whilst Governor,
&c., as aforesaid, 6, as deputy
quartermaster general" in the
army, for one year, as per docu
ment 18, Ist session, 28th Con
gress, page 25
8. For extra pay and allowances as
captain in the - regular army, whilst
Governor, as aforesaid, to wit,
from the 12th May, 1817, to the
28th of June, 1821, as per same
document, same page
9. Letters and vouchers filed in sup
port of the following items in the
account rendered by Governor
Cass against the United States,
the 21st of July, 1832, (about 1
year after his appointment as Sec
retary of War,) and said not to be
embraced in any of the previous
quarterly settlements of his ac
counts with the Government, to
wit : For alleged balances and
over payments by him as super
intendent of Indian affairs, as per
document No. 112, 3d session,
25th Congress, page 16, on the
following accounts, to wit :
For over payments on ac
count of contingencies
for Indian department $3,308 35
For overpayments to In
dian sub-agents 363 15
For overpayments on ac
count of presents to In
dians 416 80
For overpayments on ac
count of annuities un
der the appropriation
act of May 15, 1820 3,370 15
For overpayments on ac
count of annuities un
der act of 2nd March,
1829 215 43
For overpayments on ac
count of annuities un
der the appropriation
act of 25th March,
1830 32,711 27
For alleged balance on ac
count of the treaty at
Prairie du Chien 440 00
For alleged overpayments
and balances due him
on account of Indian
Deportment prior to
1829 10,183 61
Amounting in all to
10. The requisition drawn on the
Treasury in favor of Gov. Cass,
(No. 2,9060 dated the 9.lst of July,
1832, about a year after his ap
pointment as Secretary of War, to
settle alleged balance due him on
account of the overpayment+, kc.,
as aforesaid
11. The endorsements on said account by Gov
ernor Cass, then Secretary of War, after the
issue and payment of the said requisition of
$35,075, for the balance alleged to be due
him, by which the final settlement of the
said account was uuspended, owing to the "pe
culiar position in which I (he, Governor Cass)
stand in relation to the Department," and
whereby the final settlement was suspended
until the sth day of December, 1837, when
it was finally closed, as appears by the letter
of William B. Lewis, the Second Auditor of
the Treasury at that date, as per Document
No. 112, 3d session, 25th Congress, page 16.
[Summary of the above account added for the
convenience of the reader.]
Extra charges on his private account $63,040 .16
Charges on his public account 53,128 90
Total
Salary for 18 years, at $9,000 per
annum
Received in 18 years 133,069 42
Entitled to receive per year 2,000 00
The vote on the foregoing resolution calling
for the vouchers, stood—Ayes 87, noes 61 ; two
thirds not voting in the affirmative, the rules
were not suspended. The St against the motion
WERE ALL LOCOFOCOS ! !
[Reported for the Journal.]
UNION TOWNSHIP IN THE FIELD
GREAT MEETING OF THE PEOPLE!-
OLD ZACK AND VICTORY!"
Pursuant to previous notice, the Taylor men
of Union and the adjoining townships held a
meeting at the house of Zechariah Pheasant on
Saturday last. A very large concourse of Peo
ple were present, and the greatest enthusiasm
prevailed throughout the proceedings. It is es
timated that no less than TWO HUNDRED of
the honest yeomanry were in attendance.
About half past 12 o'clock the meeting was
organized by appointing ELIEL SMITH, Esq.,
President; W I 1.1.1 A3l PosTos, W3l. CHttcoTE,
CALEB GREENLAND, WM. PHEASANT, Col. Jou,:
Srevnn and ABRAHAM SHORE, Vice Presidents;
B. Franklin Gla,gaw and Yob& Illyerly, Secre
taries.
After the organization, the meeting was very
ably addressed by Col. A. K. CORNYN, Titzo.
H. Cazatzs, Esq., and Major RAYMOND. The
speeches were listened to with marked atten
tion, and the sentiments expressed rapturously
applauded.
The following resolutions were then read and
unanimously adopted ; when the meeting adjourn
ed, in fine spirits, each one resolved to do all in
his power to secure the success of TAYLOR,
FILLMORE and MIDDLESWARTH
Resolved, That we have entire confidence in
Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR and MILLARD
FILLMORE, the candidates of the Whig party
for President and Vice President of the United
States.
Resolved, That the principles which have
been proclaimed by Gen. Zachary Taylor, are
the principles of the Whig party of Union town
ship, and the whole country, and that we, as
the friends of the " Old Hero," will use every
fair and honorable exertion to elect the man,
and have those principles carried out.
Resolved, That we have implicit confidence
in the honesty, integrity and moral worth of
NER MIDDLESWARTH, our candidate for
the office of Canal Commissioner, and believe ,
if elected, he will use every exertion to place ,
our Canals and Railroads in such order that in
stead of being a sinking fund, they will
yield a revenue, and aid in the liquidation of our
present enormous state debt, which has been
saddled upon us by the corruptions of party
profligacy and favoritism.
Resolved, That we view with distrust the
late 13arnburner's Convention at Buffalo, which
has placed in nomination Martin Van Buren for
the Presidency and Chas. F. Adams for the
Vice Presidency, and hope that no friend of Gen.
Taylor's will suffer himself to be caught in the
fangs of this modern gull -trap.
Resolved, That the Whigs of Union and the
surrounding townships here assembled, will use
every every exertion within their power to
elect the ticket placed in nomination by the late
Whig County Convention, and secure for it the
cordial and energetic co-operation of every
Taylor and Fillmore Whig in the county.
Resolved, That we consider it the duty of
every Taylor and Fillmore Whig, to give the
Cass and Van Buren parties " more grape" on
every occasion; and to remember, that "the
price of liberty is eternal vigilance."
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves, and send
greeting to the different townships of " Old
Huntingdon," that we will give TAYLOR, FILL-
MORE, MIDDLESWARTII, and the County Ticket,
at the least calculation, EIGHTY of a MAJOR
ITY, at the coming elections.
1,418 00
1,001 80
2,526 qe
63,910 16
For the Journal
Sabbath School Celebration.
Ma. EDITOR:-Agreeably to previous ar
rangements, the Union Sabbath School of Sink
ing Valley met on Saturday, the sth inst., for
the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of,
the School. The officers of the School, the
teachers and scholars being assembled at an
early hour in the Sinking Valley Presbyterian
Church, where, after singing a hymn, and ,
prayer by Rev. W. B. Bingham, the following '
persons were chosen as officers for the day :
SAMUEL HOUSER, Chief Marshall.
R. McDIVITT, Assistant do.
J. M. CALDERWOOD, President.
The procession was then formed and marched
to the Grove near to the " Arch Springs."
Having arrived at the grove, where seatwe re
prepared, and a table spread with the luxuries
common on such occasions, prayer was offered
up by Rev. J. H. Reed ; after which an address
to the parents and teachers was dcliveaed by
Rev. W. B. Bingham, in an able and masterly
manner. The company then repaired to the
table, where thanks to the Almighty were offered
up by Rev. Mr. Bingham. After partaking of
the refreshments, an address to the children was
delivered by Rev. Mr. Reed, in a speech suited
to youthful capacities, and containing an amount
of information and instruction rarely met with.
The company was then dismissed.
The whole affair passed off very pleasantly,
nothing occurring to mar the harmony and good
feeling manifested on the occasion. The Jeff
erson Brass Band was in attendance, enlivening
the scene, at intervals, by playing beautiful and
very appropriate airs. The entertainment was
such as told well for the good feeling, taste and
hospitality of the people of Sinking Valley.
Long may such scenes be remembered. R.
Sinking Valley, Blair co., Aug. 7, 1818.
Don% Goon.—He is, indeed, the wisest
and happiest man, who, by constant at
tention of thought, discovers the great
est opportunities of doing good, and
with ardent and animated resolutions
breaks through every opposition that he
may improve these opportunities.—Dod
ridge.
33,128 96
.$35,073 00
THE JOURNAL.
[CORRECT TRINCIPLES--SIIPPORTED BY TRUTH.]
HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1848 ,
Democratic Whig Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT :
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
$117,069 42
36,000 00
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
MILLARD FILLMORE.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
NER MIDDLENWARTR.
____.....-_
COUNTY TICKET.
ASSEMBLY :
Augustus K. Comyn, of Huntingdon
PROTHONOTARY
Thco. H. Cremer, of Huntingdon
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
Matthew F. Campbell, of Henderson
COMMISSIONER :
Wil Ila in Hutchinson, of Warriormark.
AUDITOR :
Thus. W. Neely, of Dublin
CORONER:
Henry Gratius, of Alexandria
U g.- V. B. PALMER, Esq. is our author
ized agent four receiving advertisements anti
subscriptions in the cities of Philadelphia, Bal
timore and New York, and for collecting and
receipting for the same.
“ CHICELATE THE DOCLMENTS.”
Extra Copies of Clayton's Great
Speech.
We have still on hand 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 hundred. Clubs and indi
viduals, anxious to advance the cause of the glori
ous old hero 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
THREE CENT,
"A Little more GrapeM
The Stated Meeting of the Rough and Ready
Club will be held on SATURDAY evening
next, (SEPTEMBER 2,) at the House of Alex.
Carmon.
WM. H. PEIGIITAL, President,
H. K. NEFF,
Secretaries.
E. SUMMERS,
The Extra-Salary Candidate.
Freemen of Huntingdon county ! read the
Speech of Hon. ANDREW STEWART, of Pa.,
which we publish in this No. of our paper. It
is a full and authentic exposition, taken from the
Public Records, of the money unlawfully and
unjustly abstracted from the Public Treasury
by Gen. Cass, while Governer of Michigan.—
Recollect when you are asked to vote for Gen.
Cass, that in addition to high salaries during a
long life,he haa received SIXTY-FOURTHOU
SAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY
FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY-SIX CENTS
EXTRA PAY, out of the Pockets of the Peo
ple—more than all the other Territorial Gover
nors from the foundation of the Government to
the present hour ! And recollect, too, that Gen.
Taylor has been in the public service for about
forty years, enduring hardships and perilling his
life in defence of his country's Flag, and has
never yet reeeeved one cent extra pay.
If any one doubts, says the Pa. Intelligencer,
the truth of the charges, Mr. Stewart has pre
sented them in a form which must satisfy the
most skeptical of their truth. They cannot be
refuted, or explained away ; and every man who
will read the speech, must be convinced.
The pamphlet copy of the speech from which
we publish, is accompanied with the statements
of the several suing charged and received from
the treasury by Gen. Cass, in detail, Caen frees
the records and eertt:fied by the several officers
of the departments. They are thus presented
in a form which defies contradiction. We re
gret that we are obliged to exclude these docu
ments on account of their length.
Now if Gen. Cass whilst Governor of Michi
gan, could and did abstract from the public
treasury $64,865 46 of extra pay to which he
was not entitled by law or justice, the question
naturally arises in the public mind, would he be
a safe man to entrust with the enormous power
placed in the hands of a President 7 Would the
treasury be safe in his charge ? What guaranty
have the people that the man who could show
himself thus grasping and unscrupulous in one
instance would not, if he had the power, commit
the same abuses in other instances 1 None—
none whatever ; and the verdict of the people
must be against him. But read the speech and
i Appendix, and every one will be able to see
and judge for himself.
Irish News.
The last foreign arrival brings news of an
out-break in Ireland, and that hostilities, be
tween the People and the Government troops
have commenced. The news, it will be seen, is
conflicting. The British accounts represent that
the Irish were put down without difficulty ; but
the secret correspondent of the New York Tri
bune represents that Smith O'Brien, with sixty
thousand men, utterly routed the British forces
at Slievenamon, killing Gen. Macdonald, and
SIX THOUSAND British troops under his
command ! The next arrival will be looked for
with intense interest. God grant that the down
trodden Irish People may triumph over their
oppressors.
07 - The Whigs of Lancaster county have
nominated Thaddeus Stevens for Congress.
CO — The steamer Edward Bates exploded her
boilers on the 12th inst. below Hamburg,
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The Fight goes Bravely on.
From every part of the country our political
news is of the most cheering character. The
election of Gen. Taylor is no longer a matter of
doubt, among the knowing ones of all parties.—
Those of the out-and-out Clay and Scott men, 1
who were at first dissatisfied with the nomina
tion of Gen. Taylor, have nearly all become re
conciled, after two months reflection; and we
predict that in one month more, no Whig can
be found who will not go heart and hand for the
Philadelphia nominees—TAYLOß and FILL
MORE.
But on the other side the breach which took
place in the Baltimore Convention has been
daily growing wider and will continue to grow
wider till after the election. The dissatisfied
Barnburners" furnished strong evidence of
this fact at their Buffalo Convention, where the
Van Buren men were counted by solid ACRES.
It has been a serious question whether Van Bu
ren will not receive more votes in the Eastern
Middle and Western States than Lewis Cass.
Cass Desperation.
The Cass papers, seeing the desperation of
the cause which they advocate, have become
even more reckless than is their custom. All
of them from the Washington Union down to
the Huntingdon Glatt, are teeming from week
to week with falsehood and deception and the
most foul-mouthed slanders upon the character
and qualifications of the old Hero and Patriot,
Gen. TAYLOR. So notorious have these prints
become, that no intelligent man will now believe
a single statement made by one of them, unless
it is corroborated and sustained by other evi
dence. And the editors themselves know that
the characters of their papers for veracity is so
wretchedly bad that they nuw rarely attempt to
palm anything on the People without first get
ting the affidavits of some " hen roost robbers"
annexed to it. We make this candid statement
to guard the community against the deceptions
of the Ca's cd;tors.
C. The Glob•, after being convicted of sta
ting that which was utterly false in every par
ticular, in regard to Capt• Loeser's speech in
Hollidaysburg, is trying to wriggle itself out of
the dilemma by publishing what the editor avers
is a speech of Capt. Loeser, delivered in Read
ing. Had you not better, Mr. Globe, make
good your story about the Capt's Speech in
Hollidaysburg, before you attempt to palm upon
the community another yarn ? Whether the
Captain did or did not, in Reading, make the
remarks imputed to him, we see not prepared to
say. That the Globe avers he did, is the strong
est evidence that he did sot, as yet in our pos
sesss ion.
THE ABOLITION PARTY.-Ear never heard,
and eye never conceived, of just such a Party
as this ! It has so odd a way of going ahead by
going astern, that nothing in nature, not even
the crab, is the representative of its position.
When it began work, in 1830, slavery was
about to be abolished in all the border States,
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and was even
weakening its hold in North Carolina and Ten
nessee. Somehow or other, under its agitation,
slavery has since annexed Florida, Arkansas
and Texas to the Union, the latter being ex
pressly taken from a foreign nation especially
to be annexed, and the annexation through Polk
being finally effected, by his election, through
the 15,000 Birney votes in the State of New
York.
But, strange as is this progress backward ml
der Abolition auspices, stranger still is its adop
tion of Martin Van Buren, who, from 1816 on,
has favored every Southern slavery measure,
and opposed every Northern anti-slavery meas
ure, and whom to set up, as its candidate now,
is the a very error of the moon."
The Tariff of 0146.
THE MONTOUR WORKS STOPPED. -The Dan
ville Democrat says that the prosperity of Dan
ville of which the locofoco papers in this quar
ter have so frequently and so falsely boasted, of
late, has at last resulted in the stoppage of the
Montour Iron Works. Three of their large
Anthracite furnanes, together with a large roll
ing mill, are now standing idle—victims to the
locofoco Tariff of 1846—and something likefice
hundred hands have thus been unceremoniously
thrown out of employment. Although these
works are considered to possess as great, if not
greater, facilities for the manufacture of Ironas
and other in the United States, yet when the
British can send us rails at $47 per ton, on ac
count of the small duty and the cheapness of
labor in that country, our iron men must knock
under—and all this (in the languageof a locofo
co paper) is caused by democratic rule'
Club Meeting.
The meeting of the Rough and Ready Club
on Wednesday evening last was well attended.
Although the speakers expected did not attend,
every thing passed off well. Col. A. H. Cor
nyn, Major Geo. Raymond, David Blair and
T. H. Cremer, Emir's, addressed the Club in
their usual spirited and able manner. The fol
lowing resolution of sympathy with the Irish
People, in their struggle for justice from their
rulers, was offered by Mr. Blair, and unanimous
ly adopted,amid great enthusiasm :
_
Resolved, That the intelligence received by
the mail to-day of the bold and triumphant stand
taken by the Irish in defence of their liberty,
excites within our bosoms the liveliest feelings
of sympathy and joy. While we regret the
necessity of the resort to arms, we rejoice that
in the first conflict with her oppressors, victory
has dawned upon the green shamrock, the proud
emblem of Ireland's better days and national
existence. To the brave spirits now battling
to be free, we say, so ON-our hearts are with
you—God speed ye and your cause.
The County Ticket.
It gives us pleasure to learn that the Whig
County Ticket gives universal satisfaction in
every section of the county. The Whigs are
perfectly united in its support, and will elect it
by a larger majority than has been cast in the
county since the division.
Q7' Gen. Lane, of Indiana, has been aPPein
ter! Covernor of Oregon, in the place of General
Shields ; declined.
Tlll BUFFALO Relr.—The National 'Wellli.
grocer says that arms and ammunition have al
ready gone, and are now going forward, from
New Orleans to the Rio Grande, for the pur
pose of being employed in a hostile expedition
against the Mexican territories ! The very
wagons and mules used in the transpoitation of
Gen. Scott's army have been some of them
bought up for the service of the invading army !
The force destined for the invasion by the route
of the Rio Grande is already gathering, and is
expected to assemble on the banks of that river
in the course of next month. And yet the Ad
ministration, fully informed of all these facts,
stands by with folded arms, idly looking on
We want Gen. Taylor in the Presidency to
keep the Peace, if it shall not already be too
' late when he comes. Among the candidates
for the Presidency he is the only man that can
and will avert from our country the foul disgrace
of dishonored faith—of treaties broken almost
before the seals upon them have grown cold.
CU" The Locofocos meet in State Convention
on Wednesday, (to-morrow) to nominate a can
didate for Governor. The Taylor men meet on
the day following, (Thursday,) for the same
purpose. The former party will nominate
Judge Black or Canal Commissioner Longstreth.
The Burns and Cameron men will support Wm.
Bigler. The latter most likely will nominate
the present popular incumbent, Wm. F. JOHN
sToN. It is rumored that on account of ill health,
Mr. Cooper will not be a candidate for nomina
tion.
NORTH CAnoLtNA.-11fanly, Whig, is elected
Governor by over WOO majority, and the whigs
have a majority of two on joint ballot. The
Raleigh Register says that 6. North Carolina,
therefore, is as ever, a staunch and decided
Whig State. The diminution in the Guberna
torial vote, and the decrease of our majority in
the Legislature, are entirely attributable to
general lethargy, local causes, and a shameful
multiplicity of Whig candidates in strong Whig
counties."
ANoTuan SCREW Loosc.—The locofocos of
Vermont can hardly find timber enough for can.
dicates. They recently nominated Cha, K.
Field for Lt. Governor. But he 41 spurns till ,
bribe" after this fashion:—
" I have this morning addressed a letter to the
State Central Committee, declining the nomina
tion of Lieut. Governor, and directing them to
strike my name from the Ajf.ket. I believe such
a course due to the demodracy—my views were
not known to the Convention at the time of the
nomination, and it is possible the nomination
was adopted from a belief that, in common with
many others, I was an ardent supporter of Gen.
Case. In no event whatever can I be induced
to vote for him—he is cowardly—an unprinci
pled political hack—and a marvelous worthy
nominee of the worthless tricksters who assem
bled at Baltimore."
This is strong but truthful language. Beside
MARTIN VAN BUREN, the the locofoco party was
never disgraced by the championship of a more
barefaced, brazen and unprincipled demagogue
than LawisC.tss. He has abandoned every vi
tal principle he ever professed, and is now the
merest toady of political knaves who constitute
the soul and head of the locofoco party.
GIDDINGS ON VAN DUREN.
Mr. Giddings, of Ohio, the leader of the Free
Soil Abolition movement in this State, in one of
his speeches in the House of Representatives,
in reference to Mr. Van Buren, made the fol
lowing emphatic declaration :
" Sir, I may be led to confide in the
honor of a slaveholder ; but a servile
doughface is too destitute of that article
to obtain credit with me. Mr. Van Bu
ren has placed the evidence of his ser
vility conspicuously upon the records of
our country. There it will remain, and
will be regarded as an enduring memen
to' of the degeneracy of the age, and of
the men who filled our public stations."
Now, with all this "evidence of his servility
conspicuously upon the records of our country,"
we find Mr. Giddings mingling in a Convention
met for the purpose of nominating Mr. Van Bu
ren for the Presidency, and pledging himself to
his support ! Did ever man give more striking
evidence of his " servility," than has Mr. Gid
dings in this instance. His conduct, like that
of Mr. Van Buren, "will be regarded as an en
during memento of the degeneracy of the age,
and of the men who filled onr public stations."
—Urbana (0.) Gazette.
WHAT we xsem—The Erie Gazette is right
in saying that the election of Ner Niddleswarth
the honest old farmer of Union county, is high•
ly desirable. We need his sound judgment,
correct knowledge and practical economy 'io
give increased efficiency and success to the ,ea,
agement of the State works.
lowa Election.
CINCINNATI, August 21.
It is now generally believed that Miller, whig,
is elected to Congress from the Ist district, in
stead of Thompson, Loco, as before reported.
A Hope of Illinois.
The general result of the recent election in
Illinois is regarded as justifying a very strong
confidence that the electoral vote of the State
will be givea for Gen. Taylor. The St. Louis
Era says that it is safe for him " beyond any
reasonable contingency."
THE VorE or Now YORE.—The fourna/ of
Commerce, whose judgment in this matter is en
titled to great weight, says:—LL The Waskiiig
ton Union begins now to talk of carrying New
York for Cass. But this is impossible. IT
WILL NEITHER no FOR CADS NOR VAN BUREN'
BUT FOIL TAYLOR."
The Wilmot men—alias Barn
burners— of Crawford county, have call
ed a meeting, signed by over six hun
dred persons, to make arrangements for
a Barnburner State Convention. This
looks blue for Cass in Pennsylvania.
VAN BUREN AND ADAMS.—The Boston
Silas says :—We think that it will be
difficult to bring the Whigs of Massa
chusetts to vote for Van Buren, and as
regards the Vice President, we think,
in the language of Judge Allen, "that
Massachusetts will spurn the bribe."