THE JOURNAL
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HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY, SEPT 2(1, 1848.
Democratic Whig Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT:
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR
FOR VICE PRESIOENT:
MILLARD FILLMORE.
ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
THOMAS M. T. M'Kero.s, of Washington.
Jolts P. SANDERSON, of Lebanon.
DISTRICT ELECTOR,
1. Joseph G. Clarkson, 13. Henry Johnson,
John P. Wetherill, 11. William Colder,
;.,mes M. Pavia, 15. William M'llvaine,
:..miss W. Duffield, 16. Charles W. Fisher,
0. Hither, 17. Andrew G. Curtin,
.f Dungon, IS. Thos. R. Davidson,
7. John D. Steele, I'. Joseph Markle,
4. John Landis, 20. Daniel Agnew,
Joseph Schmucker, 1. Andrew Loomis,
Charles Snyder, 22. Richard Irvin,
William 0. Hurley. 23. Thomas S. Sill,
12. Francis Tyler. 21. Sam'l A. Purviance.
FOR GOVERNOR
WM. F. JOHNSTON.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER:
NER MIDDLESWARTH.
FOR CONGRESS :
NADIUML CALVIN.
COUNTY TICKET,
ASSEMBLY :
Augustus K. Cornyn, of Huntingdon
PROTHONOTA RY
Theo. 11. Creiner, of Huntingdon,
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
Matthew F. Campbell, of Henderson,
COMMISSIONER
William Hutchinson, of Warriorrnark
AUDITOR :
William liammey, of Springfield,
CORONER:
Henry Grabue, of Alexoudria
per . V. B. piamEß, Esq. is our author
ized agent for receiving advertisements and
subscriptions ire thc cities of Philadelphia, Bal
timore and New York, and fur collecting and
reeeipting for the same.
WOOD ! WOOD ! !
We want wood immediately. Will some one
of our customers furnish us 1
!—We invite attention to the advertise
ment of Wm. ZOLLINGER, of 'Lewistown. Mr;
Z. is entirely worthy the confidence and patron
age of the public. We speak knowingly when
we say that he can and does manufacture hats
which for beauty and durability cannot be sur
passed by the Philadelphia manufacturers. We
therefore advise individuals and merchants to
give him a trial.
ISM Attention is invited to the advertisement
of C. J. Tyndale, Philadelphia, dealer in Stores.
New Goons.-Dorsey 4. /iLi g nire and Cd.
George Grin are in town again with splendid
supplies of Fall and Winter Goods, which they
are really selling very low. See advertisements.
ARE YOU ASSESSED.
If not see to it at once. Those who are not
assessed the present week cannot rote at the
first election. Taylor men, don't neglect this
matter,
County Auditor.
Taos. W. NEELI", E;(1., the Whig nominee
for County Auditor declines being. a candidate
for said office. Mr. Nee ly in his noir, to
says he it anxious for the success of the Whig
cause, and that the candidates for National.
State and County offices are entirely satisfactory
to him, but that he has often declared to his
friends that he would never run fur an office ui
any kind," and hence his declination.
We have therefore been instructed by the
Chairman of the County Committee to substi
tute the name of WILLIAM RAMSEY, of
Springfield township, for that of Thos. W. Neely,
as the Whig candidate for County Auditor.—
Mr. Ramsey is a worthy, intelli4ent citizen,
and will, we doubt not, give entire , atisfaetion
to the party.
LOOK oluT
We again caution our Whig friends to be on
their guard against all the cards" of an
unscrupulous Party. We under•land that Loco
foco emissaries are prowling about the country
circulating low, infamous stories against Whig
candidates. A friend from the country informs
us that a Locofoco, whoa, we could name, told
him that Gen. Taylor cover was at the Battle
of Buena Vista! and that to Gen. Birth, (who
was not at Buena Vista) belonged all the glory
of that triumph ! lie also tutd Lim that WM.
F. JOHNSTON, the Taylor candidate for Gov
,-rnor, was a Foreigner, and had only been nat
uralized a year or two ago !—that he was more
over a common drunkard! !
We inaction these things to show the deeper-1
ate character of our opponents, not that we are
the least apprehensive that any sane man in the
county of Huntingdon would believe such sto
ries as the above ; and for the purpose of put
;Mg oar friends on their guard against other
stories about Whjg candidates that may be got
up with more ingenuity. Again we say, Wurcs,
BEWARE Vote your whole Ticket from
tin Vernor down to Auditor, and all will be well.
Capt. Bragg.
The locofocos have been claiming that thi.:
gallant officer belongs to their party, Well,
let them have it so. All we ask of honest loco
locos is to read the speech delilvered by him in
New York, published in another million. We
want no better or more effective Taylor 4 grape.
than it contains. Let all read it,
PROTECTION IrP. FREE TRADE. 1
The Huntingdon Globe, which, as every reader
of it knows, four yearn ago advocated the Tariff
of 181't, and even claimed it as a "Democratic
=enure," and argued week after week to prove
that James K. Polk was a " better Tariff man
than Henry Clay"—that Mr. Polk was the pe
culiar friend of the coal and iron interests of ;
Pennsylvania, upon the authority of "folk's
near neighbor," who turns ant to be the verita-
,
ble Don Quixote General Gideon J. Pillow, who,
like John K. Kane and James Buchanan, has re-;
ceived hie reward for aiding in swindling the
people of Pennsylvania out of their votes, has
at length come ovt in its tine colors, and declares
that the issue in this campaign in this Congres
ion
District is,
Col. Andrew Parker and the Tariff
of 1846, or
Manacle Calvin, and the Tariff of
18.12.
We agree that this is one of the issues in this
campaign, but perhaps not the most important
one. It is needless to a:gue that the Locofoco
party which rants so much about the immutabil
ity of its principles and measures has abandoned
the principle of protection, which it formerly
held to, and that it has turned from the Tariff
of 1812 to that of 1816, which are nearly as op
posite to each other as two systems can be.—
But the democracy of the Globe, which is of
the progressive kind, now denounces the once ,
lauded " Democratic Tariff of 1812" as " unjust
atel one sided, beneficial only to the Iron and
Cotton lords." It is thus characterized by the ,
Globe itself, an authority about as unquestion
able as that of " Polk's Near Neighbor" and the
Kane Letter, and the same veritable paper de- ,
nominates the other as "the just and equitable
Tariff of 1816," a title which, if we recollect
rightly, it first received in the BRITISH PAR
LIAMENT ! But let us see what this issue is.
Let us examine the two tariffs with reference
to the coal and iron interests of Pennsylvania ;
firsts
The Tariff of IS4'2 imposed a specific duty of ,
$1.71 per ton on coal. The Tariff of 1818 im
poses an ad valorum duty of 30 per cent. on a
ton of coal. The former Tariff imposed a ape- :
cific duty of $17,00 on every ton of iron impor
ted—the latter imposes an ad valorum duty of
30 per cent. The tariff of 'l2 gave the Amer.
lean manufacturer and miner protection to the
amount of $17.00 on a toe of iron, and $1.75 on
a ton of coal. The tariff of '46 affords no pro
tection at all when protection is needed. The !
foreign valuation is put upon articles. When
they demand good prices in Europe they do not
encounter the perils of the sea to find a market'
here—then there would be a high duty—a duty
regulated by the price; but when the foreign
market becomes glutted, manufactures and mer
chandise fall in price—then they seek Ameri
can markets—then Americans feel the need of
protection against foreign competition ; but just
then, the tariff which is high or low according
to the price of articles in the foreign markets
affords no protection here, for goods and mer
chandize conic here under lore ditties. Thus
the Tariff of 18.16 18 but a morkery to the Amer
ican industrial classes. Owing to the great de
mand for iron in Europe, occasioned by a rail
road mania, the iron interest of the United S.ates
has suffered comparatively, but little. But how
is it is ith the coal interest 1 The importation
tinder the Tariff of '42 was but about 50,000
tons annually and under the Tariff of '46 it has
inereas,(l to about 150,000 tons. Plow does
this afreet Pennsylvania 1 A HUNDRED
'THOUSAND TONS OF COAL comes into
this country by means of the LOCOFOCO
TARIFF, which had been shut out by the
Whig Tariff. For this surplus of importation,
our c,isit goes out of the country. The coal
imbedded in our native mountains remains un
rotiunned, unsold, untouched, allbrding no profit
to the owner, no employment to our citizens,
no revi•nue to the State, while the citizens are
by onerous taxation. Such are the
effeet= of L , eofoco policy.
.A I-low are the Agricultural interests
etf rt. d 1 The act of 1842 imposed the follow
inn ditties On wheat 25 cents per bushel;
be, ley 20 cents; rye, fifteen ; oats 10 cents ;
earn 1() cents-per bushel ; wheat flour 70 cents
per 112 pounds, corn meal 20 cents per 112
pounds," The act of 1816 imposes but 20
per cent ad vaksrsim upon these articles, on the
foreign salutation. This operates as the duties
on coal and iron do.
And how are the Mechanics etiewted by the
Locofoco tariff? On clothing worn by turn,
women and children, and hats, bonnets, shoes,
boots, bootee,, &e., the act of 1812 imposed up
ud valorum duty of 50 per cent. The tariff of
1810 has reduced these duties to 30 per cent.
ad valorum. No wonder then that the Locofoco
tariff produced joy in the European manufacto
ries and workshops as Well as in the British Par
liament.
But, once more : " The just and equitable
tariff of 1816" presents another specimen of mo
dern democracy. Necessaries for the poor, and
Luxuries for the rich are taxed alike. No dis
tinction—no discrimination is made between
" articles worn by men, women, or children, of
whatever material composed," and "balsams,
cosmetics, essences, extracts, pastes, perfumes
and tinctures, used for the toilet." " Bologna
sausages, bracelets, braids, chains, curls or
ringlets, composed of hair" are all admitted
alike, without any discrimination. So with
" cutlery of all kinds, diamonds, gems, pearls,
, rubies, and other precious stones, and imitations
of precious stones when set in gold, silver, or
other metal." All these articles pay an ad va
forum duty of 30 per cent.
We cheerfully accept the issue presented by
the Locofocosoind we call on all who are in
favor of the Tariff of 1812, which protects
llonte Industry, to vote the Whig Ticket; and
let those who are in favor of Free Trade or the
Tariff of 1846 vote for its authors, who four
years ago a trindled Pennsylvania out of her
Pre6i4ential vote.
rr The Nl'hige of Philadelphia have cornice.
6.4 R. Chandler for conic,.
IMPUDERCE !
"JOHNSTON, CALVPN, AND CORNYN,
AND MORE BANK RAGS,"
OR
"LONGSTRETH, PARKER, AND HAS
LETT, AND NO MORE BANK RAGS."
The above, which we extract from the Globe
of last week, rises a head and shoulders higher
in point of impudence and presumption than any
thing we have seen for a while. What an issue !
LoNnsTanru AND NO BANK RAGS!! The Lord
knows we hare had Bank rags enough, and al
ways under Locofoco sway. The industrious
Poor, who worked in mud and water to the
knees along the BIG BREAK last fall, will join
us in saying a. Down with LONGSTRETII and
BANK RAGS l" Longstreth, one of the ma
jority of the Canal Board. allowed the poor La
borers on the Public Works to be paid in Bank
Rags—yes, in Bank Rags of the worst kind—in
that worthless trash called Lewistown Money!
The wealthy Aristocrat, Judge Longstreth, had
no feeling, no sympathy for the Laborers on the
Canal then. Two appropriations had been made
by the Legislature at the commencement of the
session, but after the Lewistown Bank Rags
run out, no more money was paid by the State
officers under Judge Morris Longstreth and his
fellow Canal Commissioner; and when the al
most starving Laborer went polling his orders
or claims against the Commonwealth through
the streets of Huntingdon, to sell then+ at a dis
count of FIFTY PER CENT., the Princely
Longstreth winked at the conduct of those who
managed the Canal Repairs under him in a way
disgraceful to the State. And, to add insult to
injury, these oppressed and SHAVED laborers
are now called upon to vote for Morris Long
streth—and are told most coaxingly, DO THIS,
AND INDEED WE'LL NOT PALM ANY
MORE a BANK RAGS" UPON YOU AND
THEN LAUGH AT YOUR DISTRESS.—
Such are the arguments used to induce a greatly
wronged class of this community to go for
Longstreth and against Wm. F. Johnston, the
tried and true friend of the poor.
And Calvin and Cornyn are to be rode down
too as Bank Rag Monopolists, while Parker and
Haslet, are to be elevated, with Longstreth, to
power. What assurance can the voters have
that these Locofocos will pursue a different
course from the Locofoco Canal Commissioners,
and the Locofoco Legislature of lust winter.—
After the Locofoco Canal officers had paid the
Lewistown Bank Rags to the "hands" after
the Bank had broke, but before the fact was
generally known, and paid it in a manner that
did not free them from SESPICION, the Whig
member of the Legislature from this county en
deavored to get a law passed to require the
State officers to lift the Lewistown money and
pay good money instead of it; but the Locofoco
Legislature noted this Relief measure down! !
So the poor Laborers received nothing for their
bard Labor but 4 , BARK RAGS" with which
they could not purchase a mouthful of bread ! !
In the face of all this the Globe has the impu
dence now to ask these cheated laborers to vote
against the Whig candidate for the I:egislature,
and send a Locofoco to Harrisburg to mock them
in their distress!
We advise the Globe to eschew all such issues,
and devote its columns to the task of defining
the boundaries and characterizing the operations
of a county called "New Mifflin."
6, Farmer Longstreth:t
The attempts of the Locofocos to induce the
Agriculturalists to believe that Morris Long
streth is a farmer, are truly ridiculous. "Fur
suer Longstreth," has been the cry of the organs
of that Party ever since the nominations for
Governor. Now, every one who knows any
thing of Judge Longstreth knows that he was a
dealer in Merchandizc—a City Merchant, until
he amassed a fortune which, in Locofoco parlance,
justly entitled him to the appellation of MER
CHANT PRINCE !" He then purchased a
magnificent COUNTRY SEAT in the county of
Montgomery, and retired from business alto
gether. "Farmer Longstreth," indeed ! Why,
he never performed one day's work at the prac
tical part of farming in his life ! He never
ploughed a furrow or thrashed a bushel of grain,
and yet his supporters are trying to palm him
off upon the honest yeomanry of the country as
"Farmer Longstreth!" What base humbug
gery ! As en attempt to demi re the honest vo
ters of the country, it is only equalled by the
assertion of the Locofocos in 181.1 that Jas. K.
Polk was largely interested in the iron business
and therefore friendly to a Protective Tariff.
Register and Recorder.
Never, we believe, did the Whigs of this
county nominate a more unexceptionable candi
date for any office, than MATTHEW F. CAMP
BELL, the present Whig candidate for Register
and Recorder. He is honest, competent, and an
unflinching Whig from principle. Ile was nom
inated without any effort of his own, and is
therefore entitled to the earnest, zealous sup
port of every Whig in the county. Mr. Camp
bell is a poor mat;, too, with a young family de
pending on him for support. He is moreover a
man not able to endure much hard Labor. He
is a mechanic, but his health would not permit
him to follow his trade, and he has recently
been a tenant farmer in Henderson township.—
At every election since our acquaintance with
him, Mr. Campbell has been the active sup
porter of the whole Whig Ticket.
We make these remarks for the reason that
we learn that great efforts are now being made
to get Whigs to go against Mr. Campbell, and
for his opponent. We have not one word to say
against Mr. Miller ; but we do think that Whigs
owe the first duty to Mr. Campbell, whom they
have put in nomination, and we do hope that
they will not allow themselves to be prevented
from discharging it. Standby year whole Tick
et, Whigs ! You owe it to yourselves, to do so.
Brady Township.
The friends of TAYLOR and JOHNSTON
had a spirited meeting at Roxberry on Saturday
evening last. The People were there. Messrs.
Cornyn, Clark and Watson,' addressed the meet
ing. Grady will do her duty.
Governor Johnston.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that the nom
ination of Gov. JOHNSTON has been received
with great satisfaction throughout the Common
wealth. The press and the people are every
Where ratifying it, and with the liveliest enthu
einem. The Governor is evidently a popular
man, and deservedly. Hui pdblic career has
been marked by urbanity, ability, and fidelity.
He is a true—a warm hearted Pennsylvanian,
thoroughly acquainted with the best interests of
the Commonwealtl,-and not only willing but
able to sustain them. Such a man is worthy to
fill the Executive chair of the Keystone State.
The appearance of the Governor among the
masses cannot but have a happy effect. It is
natural for freemen to desire to see and hear the
individual who is before them for their suffrages
—Wii.u.t3l F. JOHNSTON may be seen and
heard with pride and pleasure. He is every
inch a man—and just such a man as the honest
yeomanry in the interior can at once fraternize
with, and admire. His very look is that of a
sturdy republican—a patriotic citizen—and he
possesses the faculty of expressing his thoughts
and his feelings in a style at once lucid and elo
quent—in terms suited to the comprehension of
all. We repeat, he is just the man for Pennsyl
vania—every way qualified to fill the honorable
and responsible post of Governor—and judging
from the indications thus far, a large majority
of the people are of this opinion.
Remember,
Taylor Men of the 17th Congressional Dis
trict, that Andrew Parker, the Free Trade,
Slavery-Extension and Sub-Treasury candidate
for Congress, publicly stigmatized you as "BRI
TISH TORIES" in the Court House, in the
borough of Huntingdon ! If you had no other
and higher incentive to action in the present
campaign, this iNsur, alone should induce you
to Tally as one man, to insure the defeat of him
who unprovokedly offered it to you. No man
can make an impartial Representative of a dis
trict who entertains such opinions and feelings
towards the majority of its citizens. Rally,
then, Taylor men, Friends of the American
Tariff and Free Soil, for SAMUEL CALVIN,
and thus secure a representative in the National
councils that will faithfully represent the inter
ests of the whole people of the district.
TAYLOR MEN!
In less than two weeks the first great contest
in Pennsylvania will take place. Are you rea
dy for it 'f If not, delay no longer. The news
from all parts of the State is of the most en
couraging character. A full Whig vote will in
sure the election of JOHNSTON and • MID
DLESWARTH. Will not the gallant Whigs
of Old Huntingdon do their part towards accom
plishing a result so glorious. The Locofocos
are boasting in this borough that they will keep
down the Whig majority in the county by means
of the RAILROAD VOTE! They openly
boast that they can humbug the hands on the
Railroad to vote their ticket. Now we ask the
Whigs of the Lower End—of TOD, CASs, CLAY,
SPRINGFIELD, CROMWELL, DrIILIN,
UNION and BRADT, to turn out in their strength,
and let these boasters see whether the Whigs of
Old Huntingdon are so easily put down. And
we ask the heretofore unflinching townships of
PENN, HOPEWELL, PORTER, MORRIS, FRANKLIN,
WARRIORAMARK, and gallant little Mutter's
R. to come up to the rescue also—organize at
once. See that every Taylor man is on the
ASSESS:II.T Ltsr, before Saturday next. And
then see that every one is at the polls on the
election day, and our word for it, when the re
turns come in, the Free Traders will change
their opinion about putting the Whigs of Old
Huntingdon down.
MORRIS AND FRANKLIN.
A locofoco boss on a Railroad section in
Morris Township has been boasting in this town
that he had votes enongh "UNDER HIS CON
TROL to beat the d----nd Anti-Masons and
Whigs of Morris to death." Whigs and Anti-
Masons of Morris! what say you to this? Will
you allow this fellow who has just set his foot
in your township, and who will leave you as
soon hie job is finished, thus lord it over you
in the selection of your officers 7 We are mis
taken in your spirit if you do. The same bodht
is made by others in regard to Fii.iNicr.tv town
ship, but our information is sadly at fault if the
gallant Taylor men of that township do not take
the boasting out of them on the 2d Tuesday of
October.
Gen. Taylor's Letter.
On our first page will be found Gen, Taylor's
second letter to Capt. Allison in full. Last
week we published the concluding part of it.
It is, indeed, a noble letter, noble in its senti
ments and in its style. We defy the most rab
id of our political opponents to read this letter
traced by the same hand which has so lately
poured a flood of immortal glory upon the A
merican name, and not feel some sorrow and
regret that party ties should compel them to
oppose the election of such a man.
All Right in New York.
David Graham, Esq., of New York, a distin
guished lawyer, and the leader of the Clay
movement there, has pronounced Gen. Taylor's
last letter satisfactory. He says he feels in du
ty bound to support him for the Presidency.
Gen. Taylor's last letter and Mr. Clays re
fusal to allow the further use of his name in
connection with the Presidency, have put things
right in New York. Thut State is now good
for Taylor by fifty thousand majority.
Cass Meetings.
On last Saturday a week the Cass men had a
meeting at AlcAleavy's Fort, which we are in
formed was a most miserable failure. Parker
made a speech, but whether he called the Tay
lor men " BRITISH TORIES" again, we have
not learned.
On hot Saturday they held another meeting
at Shaver's Creek Bridge in West township.—
And, notwithstanding the busy time among
the farmers," at least fifteen live Cass men
were in attendance. And, remember too, the
meeting had only been advertised for three
MIL CLAY'S POSITION.
The N. Y. F..rpress furnishes the following
extract of N letter from Mr. Clay, called out by
an inquiry addressed to him, concerning his pro
posed nomination for the Presidency:
ASHLAND, Sept. 8, 1818.
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" JAMES liiitooas, f`sq :—I have given, and
shall give, no countrannce or encouragement to
any inoveinent to bring my name, as a candidate
fin' that office, (the Presidency) before the pub
lic. • • • • • • •
" On one point I desire no secrecy, and that
in that I am utterly opposed to the use of ray
name . as candidate for the Presidency.
<, My warm regards to your brother.
" I am truly your friend and obedient servant,
«H. CLAY."
This is exactly as every true friend of the
Sage and Patriot expected. It is at once noble
and magnanimon.. Henry Clay is a WHIG,—
the father of the party—devoted, heart and soul,
to the triumph of the Whig cause and Whig
principles, and it would be an insult to lila char
acter and his fame to suppotre for a moment,
that lie would permit his great name to lire used
for a bad purpose by a few aelfishuaddisalreefed
demagogues. NoIIENRY CLAY scorns curb
a paltry game, and stands out now, as ever, the
lofty, the noble, the high hearted and magnani
mous.
Locotoism Ts. Thomas Jellterson.
In a lettir written by TuomAs JEFFERSON to
LAFAVETRE, in 1823, the great Apostle of De
mocracy, uses the following language in refer
ence to the \'t:To POWER now so Much lauded
by the locofocoparty:—
" The TOMES are for strengthening
the Executive and General Government :
the Whigs cherish the Representative
branch, and the rights reserved by the States
as the bulwark against consolidation which
must immediately generate monarchy.
And although this division excites, as
yet, no warmth,
yet that it exists, is
well understoood, and will be a princi
ple of voting, at the ensuing election,
with the reflecting men of both parties."
- • - - -
In the published proceedings of the Locofoco
State Convention, which recently assembled at
Harrisburg and placed in nomination MORRIS
Loxosritrrit, as its candidate for Governor, we
find the following paragraphs:
" Col. REAH FRAZER moved to add
the following additional resolution :
"Resolved, That we will sustain the
Constitution of the Union from violation
and preserve the VETO POWER un
changed and inviolate.
Col FRAZER addressed the Conven
tion, in support of his resolution with
great eloquence and power."
Mr. FRAZER'S amendment was
agreed to, and the address and resolu
tions unanimously adopted."
The term "TORT," is a harsh one, and we
should hesitate to apply it to any American cit
izen, and yet, tried by the standard of Mr. Jef
ferson, how can we use any milder epithet to the
author and supporters of this resolution 1 The
locofoco party of the State and Nation has at
all times and under all circumstances sustained
the Veto Power. They have stood by, time and
again, and seen the voice of the people's repre
sentatives silenced by the exercise of this king
ly prerogative, without a murmer and with ap
probation of the outrage. The Whigs, on the
other hand, have "eheriged the Representative
branch," and shown a determination at all times
to stand up boldly indefence of the rights of the
People. Their present candidate for the Presi
dency has publicly declared that " the person
al opinions of the Executive ought not to con
trol the action of Congress," and has thus man
ifested his willingness to pay all proper respect
to the popular voice. Gen. Cass is in favor of
strengthening the General Government, and is
opposed toabolishing theone-man power, where
by the executive Call thwart the will of the peo
ple us expressed through their Representatives.
The relative position of the two parties is well
understood in reference to the question, and
"it will be a prinetple of rating, at the rasa
oleetioa, with the reflreting men of both
parties."—Lanetrtrr
Nat Declined.
Cass still continw, to be a candidate for the
Presidency, to the _react distraction of the Dem
ochitic p.rty. John Von Puree so, if Cans
would d,iirv, th, tricoroco party could elect
his Pa easy, bit with C.ise in th, fold the par
ty will he split in twain.
THE LAST PLANK.
The refusal of Mr. Clay to allow his nameto
be wed as a candidate against Gen. Taylor, hr
swept the last plank from under the Cass party.
All is now 'wrong, and they cost go disad".
We advise them to get J. M. Botts to write a
nother letter immediately, if not sooner.
Splits in the North.
The Locos are running two candidates for
Congress in the Luzerne district. In the Brad
ford district they are running Wilmot and Brew.
eter. The Whigs are running H. W. Tracy with
a fair prospect of success.
The Frosty Sons of Thunder.
The Somerset Herald of Sept. 12th, gives us
in the subjoined paragraph, an idea of what old
Somerset will do this election. (The capitals
are the Herald's) :-
6 , Last week, having been Court week, we
had an opportunity of conversing with persons
from all parts of our county, who, without a
SINGLE EXCEPTION, were of the opinion,
that Somerset couLD, and WOULD give OLD
ZACK, JACK OGLE and the whole WHIG
TICKET, FROM EIGHTEEN HUNDTED TO
TWO THOUSAND MAJORITY !! !!"
Locofoco Testimony.
George W. Barton, Esq., the great poetical
locofoco orator, in his speech in the Court
house, in Bedford on the 26th of August, 1848,
said :
"Wm. F. Johnston IN an HONEST, HIGH
MINDED and HONORABLE MAN."
The Juniata Register, a paper of the real
locofoco stamp, says :
"Mr. Johnston, the Whig candidate for Gov
ernor is a gentleman of CONSIDERABLE
TALENTS, both as a speaker and a
,jurist."
FOR ?tit "JounNAL." •
The Markelsbmg Meeting.
.4larkelsburg, Penn Tp., Eept. 25, IEI
Ma. EDITOR :—I was astonislieci is
looking over the columns of the Hun
tingdon Globe of lest week, to find a .
communication purporting to come from
this place, giving an Recount of the Tay
lor meeting held here. .f look upon it,
as the Taylor men here all do, as a tis
sue of falsehoods from beginning to end.
The writer starts out with saying that
the meeting was composed of a couple
of dozen of men and boys. Now, the
writer, if he was there nt all, must, and
does know, that he lies . wilfully and
knowingly as to the number present, as
there could not hnve been less than from
ninety to one hundred and fifteen voters.
present during the progress of the
meeting. He takes especial pains to
speak of the gentlemen from your town
who addressed us, and ens they done
more to discourage our friends, than an
imate them in the cause of their party,
or candidates. tt ell , I have no doubt
he thinks so, for it would be strange in
deed' if n Locofoco "office hunter"'
would not feel the home thrusts that
were given hitrr by the different speak
er, on the occasion, and his party. We
were all highly delighted with the re-
marks of the gentlemen who addressed
us, and feel and know that they will ,
have a good effect. He appears to be
awfully frightened, and says that the'
people were pointing the finger of scorn
at the office hunters present. I know of
but one instance, in which the charge'
will bear the least semblance of truth,
and that was in relation to the Cass can ,
didate for Prothonotary, who made him•
self ridiculous in his attempts nt elec
tioneering with the patriotic and sturdy
champions of Whig principles in Penn
township • and Mr. Editor, we will teach,
this meddlesome trickster on the second
Tuesday of October, that his efforts on
that day gave us timely notice of the
means he was using to deceive the Tay
lor men into his support. It is noto
rons, t'tat there was any intoxication
in town on that day, it was brought
about by this office seeking candidate for
Prothonotary, whom I know, was trying
to purchase votes by the aid of Whis
key and false statements. lam satis
fied, tl at instead of this candidate mak
ing friends by the little and contempti
ble course lie pursued, he is far mista
ken in the intelligence and virtue of this
Sir. Editor, I would not have consid
ered it expedient to reply to the commu
nication in the Globe, had I not known
that the writer has grossly slandered
those present at our meeting, and that
knowingly. Their party in this town
ship is but a corporal's guard, and daily
growing less, from the fact, that our
candidates are all men whom the peo
ple delight to honor, and by whom we
believe our interests will be properly at
tended to. We will give a good ac
count of ourselves on the second Tues
day of October, and 7th of November.
PENN.
[For the Journal.]
Canal Commissioner Longstreth.
Mr. CLARK :—Will you permit a Dexturr . ot
to ask Merril Longstreth, Canal Commissioner,
the reason- that POOR LABORING MEN a,
not paid for their Labor repairing the Junia:.
Canal last winter / And if it was by his direc
tions that the Canal Commissioner's Bosses wee
directed to issue certificates to these poor La
borers, and get them to the cheek roll witlL -
one the arenal payment of the money?
certificates are now at a (recount of
FIFTY CENTS ON THE DOLLAR andlirr:
quantities of them are afloat in this county.—
If these certificates were not is*ued by the di
re Con of the Canal Commissioners, why doe
not Mr. Longstreth endeavor to have the follow
tog sanitary provison, enforced
't frcnt mrointionc approrld 1y the Cor
m., on the itth March, 15.37.
"Rryder,e, That front and after the peerage
,1 this re,bit;i , n, it be the duty of the Ca
nal Commissioners, upon informs t on t eing giv
en, and duo proof made to the rend, that cry
Superinteneei t of construction, Superintendent
of transportat'on or motive pourer, or any Su
pervisor, on any of the lines of the public im
provements, hes issued or circulated my scrip
or evidence of debt against the Commonwealth,
or has obtained or procured any receipt from '
any person, for any debt due by or from the
Comnienwealth, without the actual payment of
the money, it shall be the duty of the Canal
Commissioners forthwith to discharge and re
move the said disbursing officer, as soon as such
fact shall have been made known to them."
Copy of the 4th Section of the act of the 16th
April, 1840.
Hereafter if any officer in the employment
of thin Commonwealth shall apply the money or
moneys entrusted to his care, to his own use, or
shall loan it to others, or in any other manner
embezzle it or any part thereof, he shall be
?nifty of a misdemeanor in office, and on convic
tion thereof in the Court of Quarter Sessions of
the proper county, he shall be sentenced to im
prisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary of
the proper district for a period of not less than
two or more than five years, and to a fine of one
thousand dollars."
AN OLD DEMOCRAr
Union Townakip, Sep. 23, 1848.
Maine Election.
The result of the Maine election has encour.
ages the Taylor papers of that State to announce
that Maine will in all probability cast her vote
for TAYLOR and FILLMORE. The Whts
have gained one member of Congress, and the
Locofoco candidate for Governor is defeated by
the People. He will be elected, it is supposed,
by the legislature which Iva! be Locofoeo.—__
Last year he was elected by the people by a
majority of 1600. Now he lacks over 4000
votes of un election.
P. S. The Cass papers are crowing because
they have not been as badly used up in Maine
as they were in Vermont.