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GIECTTVSI3ITRCA. PENN.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 9,-1837.
From the Harriaburgh Telegraph.
Democratic A nti-Masonic
State Couveution.
Thie Delegates to the Democratic Anti-
Masonic State Convention, nesombled in the
Court Howie, nt 3 o'clock, P. H., Miry 22d,
and organized by appointing •
NER MiDDLESIVAaTH, Esq., of U.
nice, President pro. tern.
Srcrasie Peansic, of Philadelphia, and
R. FRArrax.ts 31ens, of BedforJ, Secrete•
ries.
The following delegates presented their
credentials and took seats to the Conven
tion.
Aden* Courtly—Thaddeus Stevens, James M'.
Sherry.
Adele*, Curtberland /8- Franklin, (:4enatorial.)
— . Levi Morklo, Jame" Cowper.
Allegheny.—Eznkinl Harper, John Sheriff, Col.
John Reap. EL Weaver.
Allegheny ty Butler. (Senatorial )—Harmar
Denny. Charles C. Sullivan.
.frinsinnig.—W. P. Rupp. •
Beerer.—Jolin Dickey, Gee. Thos. S. Cunning.
ham. John Clark. (Senatorial.)
ikdford.—B Franklin Mann, James S. Brown,
John Bell, (Senatorial.)
Berks.--Joilathan Hoister,Jacob M. Becker,
Alexander Ramsey, Dr. Alexander EI. Pittman,
Abraham Mangle. .
Bradford.—Silas Noble.
Bucks—John lioupt, Samuel Wotherill, Esq.
Jesse neighs.
Beers m Ayrog.
Cambria . Indiana, (Soualorml.)—Goorge
Glass.
Centre.--James T. Hale,
Chesrer.--John Hutchison, H. G. Worrall.John
Baldwin, Joseph Boitlor, Morgan I. Thomas.
Columbia.—Alexander Montgomery.
Crawford, Venango IVerren.--Charlos B.
Power.lose , th C. flays.
Crawford Bric(Sonatorial )—llaniel Saeger.
Curribsriand.—Thomas Craighead. jr. John
Lefever.
Dampfain.--William Rutherford, Isaac Upde.
rose.
- Delcurare.—Joslina W. AA, Jame Ogden,
(Senatorial)
Erie—James Pollock, Thomas H. Sill.
Franklin—Robert Wallace, Joseph Minnieh.
Huntingdon.--Samuel S. Wharton, Lewis H.
Ilitsdingdon 4. lliifjiin, (Senstortal.)--John
Wilitarnson.
JqTerson..--Thom a 9 Lucitg
Jsziafa —Robert Pal ter von
Larneast,!i.— George Ford, Jr. 9 .Tosoph Paxton.
Dr. Runnel Houston, Dr. Elias Kinzor, Tadao D.
llorrowesXol. James Patterson, Anthony E. Ho
bert% Abraham Kontllnan, Edward Divine.
irlisnan.--intitriCilltngor, Allan P. Hibshman.
LaigS.--Eliaa Sieger; Henry W. Knipe, Reit.
ben Strouati, (Senna. Ital.)
Lyeozaing.--(1e‘;:go Bennet, Henry F. Mid
dleton.
Lycsming Clearfield, (Senatnrial.)—Gen
John linrrossil.
Lazerne, Pike is• Wayne.--Nathan Beach,
Ssenuol lirobA. James Jenkins.
Mercer —Jartios Sheriff, William F. Clark.
14,1;iri.,- .7 .-I.use Fisher.
:,44-atgoriery --Tulin T.. Ruttor, Robert Stinson,
I.hzalo r: !=liier„ John Styor.
.21`Jraampten.-.—Jelin Roigol, J. Jenkins Ross,
Abra La-n Beidlemon, Charles Haney, Abraham
W. Le.reh.
Nirthumfarlancl.—John Taggart.
Perry—l tines Nlarsliall, Abraham Grubb.
City 4. County.—Dr. I. 13. Trim.
ble.C. T.J.:nr , t4,Jonstlian Gillingham. John Parr,
Dr. 4 173111 am A Davin, Stephan Payran, Jamee
Buckman. John Alter. John Caldwell, Jessee
Alloro„ Levi E. Warner, David Es. , onshade Hen.
xj - 'winner. Wm. Metcalfe, S. S. Pattoraon.
Schrrylkil/.--John P. Wavier, Pcior Filbert.
Senterset 4- Cambria —.ll.mos Hampton, Mi
chael Dan Mageehan.
Szunirielsanno 6f Bradford. --George Walker,
(Senatorial)
Union.Sameel Weirich. Net 111iddlesWartb.
(Senatorial.)
Venango.—John P. Cochran.
Washington.—Thomat, Joahna Dicker
*tn. Aaron Kerr, Walter Craig.
Westroorekind.—W alter Al. Skelton, Cyrne P.
Markle. Itobert
fork.—. Michael Bucher, William Cowan, Ben
jamin H. Hoaser. Daniel Ford. •
On motion, ncominittee.of one from each
Congress;onal District, was appointed to no
minate officers for the Convdntion.
- •
The crinamitnio were—Messrs. Gun. William
Ayres, Ezekiel Mawr,. James Cooper, James
elherrig Dr. A. H. Whitman, Hon John Lefever,
Samuel H. Wharton, Altchael Dan Illageehan,
Daniel Ford, Charles B. Powci 0, Ruben Stinson,
Henry Weirith. William M. Skolion, William
Rutherford, A. E. Roberts, John Hutchinson, J.
W. Ash Jonathan Gillingham, John Caldwell, J.
Y. Trimble, James 13ualtdian. Goo. Walker,Reu.
bon ,Shaust.„l:ohn H. Reigel, Samuel 1). robst,
IhMuel Wetherill, Walter Craig.
A: committee of five was appointed to re.
port to the Convention the business proper
to be brought before it. The coinrnittee
were—Messrs. Denny, Stevens, Walker,
Gillingham, end Wettierill.
The Convention thee adjourned to half
past eight o'clock to morrow , morning.
TUESDAY MORNING, May 23, 1937.
Gen. William Ayres, on behalf of the com
mittee to nominate officers for the perms•
nent organization of the Convention, made
the following report.
PRESIDENT.
JAMES M'SIIERRY, of Adams county.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Jones WILLTAmsorr, of Huntingdon.
- NemAlt BEAcu, of Luzertie.
ROBERT STInoN, of Montgomery.
Jowl CLARE, of Beaver.
J. D. HEtarEn, of Wirkb.
DABiligra SEAO ER, of Crawford.
SECRETARIES.
Isaac P. Trimble, Philadelphia city.
John P. Cochran, Venango county.
Mr. M'Sucenr, in consequence of unit
voidable engagements in the, Reform Con
volition. felt it to be his duty to ask to be
excused from serving as President, when
on motion of Mr. Stevens, he was excused.
Net: Minni.rsw.strrn was then appoin
ted its fus place, and the remaining nomina
tions were adopted by the Convention.
Mr. DENNY, from the committee appoin
ted to report on subjects for the considers.
lien of the Convention, reported the fallow.
resolutions, which ware considered and
(waived, That a committee effive hemp
*Med to preps re regiolutions to be submitted
le OW Convention.
it esdred;That a committee of five be
jteinttttl to prepare-an address to the people
si/Ptiostw7 veins.
ved, That a State Committee 0
once, and Committees of Co' r•
respondence for the several counties be ap
pointed.
Resolved, That a Committee of three be
appointed to nominate a State Committee of
Correspondence.
Resolved, That a committee of five be ap
pointed to prepare a memorial to the Con
vention to amend the Constitution of this
state, in favor of a constitutional prohibition
of secret societies, bound together by extra
judicial and unlawful oaths.
Resolvod, That a committee of three on
finance be adopted.
Resolved, That the delegates of the seve
ral counties be committees to nominate Coun
ty Committees of Correspondence.
On motion of Mr. FORD, of Lancaster,
Resolved, That the rules and rettulutions
used tbr tho Government of the House of
Representatives of this Commonwealth, be
adopted for the government of this Conven
tion.
The President then appointed the follow.
ing committeeb:
Oo Resolutions.—Meas. Cooper of Ad
ams, Jones of Philadelphia, Sheriff of Alle
gtieny,Ford of Laneasier,and Rose of North
ampton.
On Address to the People of the State.—
Moms. Denny, Kerr, Rutherford, Motealte,
Ramsey.-
On .4ddress to the People of the United
Staten.—Messrs. Stevens, Fisher of Mif
flin, Walker of Susquehanna, Wharton, and
Sill.
7o nominate a State Committee of Cor
reepondence.—Meogro. Ayres, Mageehan,
and Worrell.
To Memorialize the Convention for re•
forming the Slate' Conslthnion.—Messre.
Hampton, Dickerson, Bennett, Weir ick,nnd
J. T. Hale.
On Finance.—Messrs. Middleton,Power,
and Kauffman.
Adjourned to 3 P. M.
Afternoon—Convention met pursuant to
mijournment.
Mr. COOPER, form the committee on re
solutions, made the following report.
‘VitcneAs, in pursuance of a resolution
of the Democrotic Anti-Masonic State Com
mittee, delegates representing the Anti• M
asonic citizens of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, assembled in Elarrisburgh, on the
22d day of May, 1837: And whereas, the
said delegates were elected to the said Con
vention for the purpose of taking such mea
sores as might be deemed proper to promote
the objects for which the party was origi.
flatly organized, and to insure concert of
action amongst its friends; Therefore, as
the opinion of said Convention,
liesolved, That it is expedient and proper,
and in accordance with the usage of the
Aoti.Masonic party, to hold a National
Convention, to nominate candidates for the
office of President and Vice President of the
United States.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the
Anti• Masonic party of the United States, to
elect delegates to a National Convention, to
be held in the city of Washinaton, on the
second Monday at September next, for the
purpose of nominating suitable candidates
for the offices of President and Vice Presi
rient of the United States; and that each
state, in the manner it shall think best,
elect delegates equal to the number of its
Senators and Representirtives in Congress.
Resolved, That "all secret combinations
and associations, under whatever plausible
character, are of dangerous tendency, and
likely in the cause of time and things to be.
come potent engines, by which cunning,
ambitious and unprincipled men will be
enabled to bubvert the power of the people,"
and that this Convention regards the insti
tution of Free-Masonry, and all other se
cret societies, bound together by extra-ju•
dicial and unlawful oaths, as conspiracies
against the majesty of the laws and the in
terests of the people.
Resolved, That in order to the mainten•
ante of the supremacy of the laws, and the
protection of the interests of the people, it is
necessary that the Masonic institution, and
all other secret, oath bound societies, should
be abolished. •
Resolved. That we will not abate our op.
position to the Masonic, nor to other oath
boun I societies, by whatever name they
may be known, nor cease to wage against
them, unconditional and uncompromising
war, until their members shall see the neces•
sity olsurrendering up their charters in obe
dience to the voice of public opinion; or un•
til there shall no longer remain a vestige of 1 1
them to curse our cuntry, by endangering
our free institutions, corrupting our legisla
tures, interfering with the pure adminis•ra
tton of justice, or endangering the lives and
properties of Mar fellow•cttizens.
.Resolved, That all secret oath bound so-
cieties and associations, no matter whether
existing under the name of Speculative Free.
Masonry, Odd Fellowship, or the more po.
pulnr guise of Trades' Union, are contrary
to the spirit of our free institutions, subver
nive of the liberties of the people, inimical
to a republican form of government, and
ought therefore to be prohibited by legisla
tive enactments.
Resolved, That in the language of Colo
nel William L. Stone, of New York—him.
self on adhering Mason —that inasmuch as
"there has never yet been uttered from the
walls of any Lodge or Chapter, from the
highest to the lowest, an expression of rent
censure or of honest indignation against any
individual, however clearly it may have
been proven, that he was engaged in depriv
ing a free citizen of his liberty and putting
him to death in cold blood"—we are there
fore constrained under these circumstances
to consider that aft rocious act -= the murder
of the ill-fated William Morgan—as being
sanctioned and approved by all the Masonic
Chapters and subordinate Lodges through.
out the country, and consequently a strong
reason to stimulate us to renewed exertions,
and to remain steadfast in our determina
tion to be Satisfied with nothing short of their
total annihilation and destruction.
Resolved, That the friends of the supre
macy of the lass and equal rights, in the
Reform Convention, now in session, be re
quested to use their influence to have the
present Constitution of the Commonwealth
so amended, as that any one who shall here
after become a member °rainy secret socie-
ty, bound together by ex tra judicial orun•
lawful oaths, shall be disqualified to hold any
eivil.or other office.
Resolved, That JOSEPH RITNER, the
Democratic Anti-Masonic Governor of this
state, in the discharge of his official duties,
has thus far redeemed the pledges which
wers.given to the people pievious to his
election: that all his efforts should be direr,
ted to the elevation of-the character of Penn•
sylvania, as :an independent membel of the
confederacy; and that fin- the firm and deter•
mined manner in which he has carried nut all
those great loading principles of Pennsylva
nia policy and of pure distinctive Anti- M [mon
ry,opon the faith of which he was elected to
office, he is entitled to and deserves the
highest consideration on the part of those
citiznns who have been anxious to preserve
and keep her from becoming a by-word and
a reproach among , her sister states of the
Union.
Resolved, That the constitutional exer•
vise of the veto power, on the part of the
Governor, upon a bill so monstrous in itself,
and so iniquitous in its character, as that
which pre eminently marked the Inisnamed
"Improvement Bill," passed by the legisla
ture at its last session, and by which a large
port of FOUR MILLION OF DOLLARS
of the people's money was directed to be
thrown away upon useless and unprofitable
improvements and corprations and the
foundation laid thereby of a new State Debt
of at least FIFTY MILLIONS op DOL.
LARS, in addition to that which we are
already laboring under, must meet with the
decided approbation of every honest tax
payer. farmer and mechanic, who looks to
the public good, and is opposed to an extra-
vagant and wasteful expenditure of the pub
lie money.
Resolved, That the bold, manly, and in-
dependent course pursued by our present
Chief Magistrate, ever since his induction
into office, and the solicitude with which he
has watched over and sustained the great
interests of the Stute, mark him out in a pe
culiar -manner, as the farmers' and me•
chanics' best friend.
Resolved, That for the promptitude and
alacrity displayed by the Governor, in re
plying to the call of the late House ut Re
presen tat iveso h rough Ft committee appointed
for the purpose of demanding of him the ev
idences of his authority flu- asserting, in
his late annual message, that "the great
Father of his Country was opposed to the
existence of all Secret Societies;" and for
the able and powerful letter containing the
same, as transmitted to the House; and for
the convincing manner in which he has vin
dicated the character of Washington from
the unjust charge of adherence to the Ma
sonic and other oath-bound associations, he
is entitled to the lasting gratitude of every
American citizen.
Resolved, That it be recommended to the
several county committees of correspon
dence, to have the reasons assigned by the
Governor for his veto of the Improvement
Bill, together with his letter upon the sub
ject of Gen. Washington's adherence to
secret societies, printed - in pamphlet form
and distributed throughout their respectiVe
' counties.
Resolved, That we cannot consider Mar
, tin Van Buren, the present President of the
' United. States, in nue other light, then ierthe
mere instrument of "the General Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the United States
of America," elected and sustained for the
purpose of carrying out its secret machine.
Lions, and to perpetuate that influence which
it has so long exercised in all the branches
of the Government, through the immedi
ate agency of its sworn and unewora sup
porters.
Resolved, That by the appointment of
Joel R. Poinsett, of South Carolina, the
MOST EXCELLENT GENERAL GRAND HIM!
Plum' of the General Royal Arch Chap
ter of the United States, to the office of Se
cretary of War and of George M. Dallas,
Grand Mesterei the Grand Lodge of Penn
sylvania to the Russian mission, together
with the - many other preferencee which he
has evinced from time to time for the mem
bers of the Masonic fraternity, we have the
most satisfactory evidence of his attachment
to the interests of the Lodge, and his deter
mination to uphold the same to the extent
of his abilities, by advancing upon all oc
casions. high and adhering Masons to the
highest and most responsible offices in his
gift.
Resolved, That it is by the principles of
pure and distinctive Anti-Masonry alone,
that we can ever expect to succeed in ferret.
ing out and exposing that rottenness and
corruption which has so long existed in the
National Government, and of reforming
those abuses which have so long been prac
tised with so much impunity by those hay.
ing in charge the administration of its af
fairs.
Resolved, That as American freemen,
we recognize as the noblest feature in our
National Constitution, that Article which
declares that Congress shall make no law
"abridging the freedom of speech or of the
press, or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the government ,
for a redress of grievances."
Resolved, That as citizens of Penneyl•
vania, we hold, with the fathers of our pre.
sent State Constitution, that "the free coin•
munication of thoughts and opinions, and
the privilege of every citizen to speak,
write, and print upon any subject, being res
ponsible for the abuse of that liberty," are
amongst the dearest and most invaluable of
human rights.
Resolved, "That all men are born equally
free and independent, and have certain in.
herent and indefeasible riohts,among which
are those of enjoying and defending life and
liberty; of nequiring,pnssessing and protect
ing property and reputation,and of pursuing
their own happiness."
Resolved, That we will continue to resist,
with the same temperate and peaceable, but
firm and determined opposition which has
hitherto marked eur course as a party, any
attempts to interfere with, or take from us
either of the constitutional rights which we
possess in common with our fellow citizens
of this State and of the Union, no matter
whether they emanate from the President
of the United States himself, the pampered
sattehtes by which , he is surrounded, 'the
secret recesses of the fiodge, whose insult
moot he is, or whether they are made in the
form of presumptuous dictattons on the part
of any foreign power, whose principles of
internal policy are at total variance with
those which we have always professed as
citizens of an independent State.
Adjourned to 9 o'clock to morrow morning.
• WEDNESDAY, May 24, 1837.
Convention moat pursuant to adjournment
Mr, Wortßita, from the committee ap
pointed to nominate a State Committee,
made the following report:,
STATE COMMITTEE OF CORRES-
PONDENCE.
THOMAS 11. BURROWES,
THOMAS ELDER, (of Dauphin
ABRAHAM BOMBAUGH,
THEOPHILUS 'FENN, J
AMOS ELLMAKER, of Lnnraster.
FRANCIS JAMES, of Chester.
WILLIAM W. IRWIN, of Allegheny.
JAMES STEELE, of Huntingdon.
To which the Convention added the fol
.
lowir g-
Gen. WILLIAM AYRES, of Butler.
HARM AR DENNY, of Allegheny.
SAMUEL H. FISHER, of Philadelphia.
WILLIAM SMITH, of Franklin
The report waa then unanimously. agreed
to.
Resolved, That the Slate Committee of
Correspondence have power to fill ally vacan
cy that may occur in their own holy.
Mr. AYRES, from the committee appoin
ted to report the names of Delegates to a
National Convention, made the following
report:—
FOR SENATORIAL DELEGATES.
THADDEUS S'I'EVENS, Adams.
J A NI ES Tom), of Philadelphia.
FOR. REPRESENTATIVE DELE-
GATES.
City and County of Philadelphia.—Horatiu
G. Jones, Francis Parke, John Caldwell,
John Alter.
Lancaster, Chester and Delaware.-
Samuel Parke, Arthur Andrews, Dr. Geo.
Smith.
Montgomery.—D. H. Mulvaney.
Bucks.—Bonjamin Riegle.
Berke.—Daniel Bieber.
Northampton, Monroe, Wayne and Pike.
—Jenkins Ross.
Lehigh and Schuylkill.—Walter C. Liv.
ingston.
Luzerne and Columbia.—Nathan Beach.
Dauphin and Lebanon.—John Fox.
York. —John HAW:FeIt.
Adams and Franklin.—James Cooper.
Cumberland and Perry.—John M'Keehan.
Union,Northumberland and Lyeoming.—
Ner Middieswarth.
Susquelianna,Bradford and Tioga.—Geo.
Walker.
Iluntingdon, Mililin and Centre.—John
Williamson. .
Bedford,Somorset and Cambria.--Joshua
P. Cox.
Fayette and Greene.--Nathaniel Ewing.
Washington.—Dr. Julius Lemoyne.
A Ileghenv.—Harmar Denny.
Westmoreland and Indiana.—Gen. Joseph
Marple.
Armstrong, Butler, Jefferson and Clear
field.—Joseph Buffington.
Beaver and Mercer.—John J. Pearson,
Erio, Crawford, Vonango and Warrors.—
J. Stewart Riddle.
On motion of Mr. FORD,
Resolved, That it is inexpedient and im
proper to instruct our delegates to a National
Convention, because we have full confidence
that they will do all such things as shall be
best calculated to promote and advance the
interests of the Anti.M asomc party of this
State, and of the Union.
On motion of Mr. CRAIGHEAD,
Resolved, That the people of Pennsyl
vania highly respect Gen. AVM. H. HAR
RISON, of Ohio, as a pat and have full
confidence in him as a statesman.
On motion of Mr. CALDWELL,
Resolved, That the State Committee of
Correspondence take immediate measures
to inform the National Anti-Masonic Com
snittee,and the Anti-Masons in other States,
of the time and °lace appointed for the meet
ing of the National Convention, and respect.
fully invite their cordial and prompt co op
eration.
On motion of Mr. WEIRICII,
Resolved, That the Standing Stale Com
mittee of the Anti-Masonic party shall have
full power to fill vacancies,shoula any occur,
in the delegation to the. National Anti-Ma
sonic Convention-
Mr. tinmProlV, from the committee ap
pointed to report a memorial to the Conven
tion to amend the Constitution, presented
the following:—
To the Convention now assembled to consid
er and propose amendments to the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of Penn-
sy/vonio:
The undersigned, members of the Demo.
erotic Anti. Masonic Convene ion of this State,
now in session, beg leave, respectfully to
represent:— . rhat they and their constituents
a large and highly respectable body of the
Farmeri, Nlechanics, and Laborers of the
country, believe Secret Societies, bound' .
together by highly penal and unlawful oaths,
to be hostile to the interests of the people, i
and dangerous to their liberties. That
while we concede the importance of other
amendments to the Constitution, we deem
none to be of equal utility, or so ardently
desired, as a proliihitiorof all Secret Socie
ties, using secret signs and tokens, and
bound by pi:prone and unauti orized oaths.
We also believe that any amendments to
the Constitution which may be proposed to
the citizens of this State by your honorable
body, will be seriously endangered to their
ratification by the people, unless a provision
shall be inserted that will effectually prohibit
the administering of unlawful and extra-juth
cial oaths, an I the existence of the Masonic
and all ether ,secret, oath-bound societies.
We therefore respectfully bht earnestly,
bequest your Honorable body to submit to
the people an amendment containing the
above mentioned provision. •
Resolved, That the Secretaries be au
thorized to attach thenaMes of the members
to this Memorial, and address it to the Presi
dent of the Reform Convention.
Resolved, That an those counties not rep
resented to this Convention,the Committees
°CO:muscles/ewe appointed at the last State
Convention, shall continue Or their respec
tive caeaties.
Resolved, That the Committees of Cor-
respondence for the several counties, have
full power apd authority to fill any vacancies
that may occur in their bodies.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven•
tine are due to NEE SI IDDLEMARTH, Esq.
for the able and impartial manner in which
he ha 79 presided over its deliberations.
Resolved, That tlrt thaaksofthis Convert.
lion be tendered to the, Commiwioners ul•
Dauphin county, for the use of the Court
House &Flow its deliberations.
Resolved, That the proceedings be signed
by the officers, and publshed in ull Anti•
Ilasonie papers•
Adjourned sine die.
NER MIDDLESWARTII, Pres . t.
Jou PGLIAXIIOSI,
NATHAN BEACH,
Roanwr SvEvsow„ i Vice Pres'ts.
Jon s CL►RE.
J. D Hutsvrza,
DANIEL SEALER. J
haat. P. Trimble, Secretaries
John P. Cochran,
The following Committee of Correspon
d••nce was appointed by the Convention for
this County: —D. M. Smyser, Jacob Cas•
sat!, James Cooper, Robert Smith, Dr. G.
L. Fauss, Allen Robmette,James Renshaw,
Win, Re:, J. U. Paitton.
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
An Appropriate Prayer.
An attentive friend has furnished us with
the following circular, by Bishop Onderdonk
of this city, addressed to all the clergymen
of his sect in the State, enclosing a prayer
to be used in the Egitvoiral Churches there.
of, during the session of the Convention ut
Harrisburgh.
Pait.soittruia, May 23, 1837.
Rev. and Dear Sir.
In conformity with the XLVIlth Canon of 1832,
I transmit to you the following form of prayer,
to be used before the two final prayers ofmorni ng
and evening service, during the sew/lion of the
Convention of the People of this Slate.
Your affectionate friend and brother,
LI. U. ON DERDONK.
A Prayer for the_ Convention of the Pea
ple of Pennsylvania.
0 Lord our God, the blessed and only
Potentate, supreme Ruler of Nations, we
implore tby blessan.,s , on the Convention of
the People of this State, now assembled.—
Enlighten them in their deliberations, and
guide them in their proceedings: that they
may in all things seek and advance thy gin•
ry, the cause of thy true religion and virtue,
and the wealth and happiness of all whom
they represent, in all their relations. Thine,
0 Lord, is the g reatness, and the power,
and the glory, an d the majesty; for all that
l is in the heaven and in the earth is thine;
thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art
exalted as head above all; both riches and
honor come of thee, and thou reignest over
al4 and in thine hand is power and might,
and in thine hand it is to make great, and
to give strength unto alb Thou art the Fa
ther of lights allgood knowledge and learn
ing are thy gift; and of thee cometh the
righteousness which ezalteth a nation: And
therefore. 0 Lord oar God. of thee we ask.
tor this commonwealth, these favors, as thou
shalt see fit to grant them, especially t h rmtgh
the counsels of its Convention: for the sake
of thine only Sin Jesus Christ, our blessed
1 Saviour and Redeemer.—Amen.
From the Baltimore Monument.
THE MONUMENT.
Fair Sheet! how bast thou found thy way
To this sequestered spot, and me!
Cam'st thou upon the spring bird's wing,
To hear the forest Recluse sing!
And show thy form, so fair and bright,
With thoughts of purity and light!
Oh! welcome to this wild.wood waste,
Fair Monument of Southern taste.
Long mayst thou in thy beauty stand,
An honor to thy builder's hand;
Proudly emblazoning his name,
In fines of literary fame;
Enwreathed with Virtue's richest bays,
And tin,' Itit with Science's heavenly rays,
While pure Religion's Star of light,
Sheds round thy dome its halo bright.
Thy v , Marblir of the richest kind,
And polish'd by a hand refin'd;
Thy sculpture elegant and fair,
Emboss'd with flowers of beauty rare;
Long mayst thou be, bright Monument,
Proud Baltimore's embellishment;
That city of the fair and free,
Long may she proudly point to thee.
A Monument long mayst thou stand,
Not of a fallen patriot band,
But of the Moralist, the Sage,
Genius, and Poet of the age;
Whose living gems of Literature,
Wneatled o'er thy page shall long endure;
And future years enraptured gaze
Upon their pure undying rays.
lanzwrz, PA. LYDIA JANE.
Agriculture.
To solicit his mother earth for life's sus.
tentation ny the wholesome process of til
lage, has ever been the must natural and
honorable occupation of man. The great
Creator has designated the earth, not only
as the common receptacle of the mouldering
bones and decayed forms of human kind,
but also as their common source of aliment
and support whilst the vital current con
tinues to flaw. And, as the pursuit ofugri.
culture is the most universal and natural
employment of our race, so it is the most
rich in moral fruits; and more than any
other avocation, leads to a desirable inrio•
cence and simplicity of life. Its rural
scenery,uthe pomp of groves, the garniture
of fieldr„ all that the genial ray or mornin g
gilds, all that echoes to the song of even,
and all the dread magnificence of heaven,"
are so many sublime incentives to adoration
and gratitude.
The season of the year has now arrived
when the busy operations of husbandry are
commencing
••When first yawn zephyr melts the mountain snow,
And Spring unbinds the mellowing mould below.
Preis the deep plough, and urge the groaning team.
Where the worn shares, in opening furrows gleam."
It is now the patient earth endures the rake
and the harrow; and in return for the deep
wounds inflicted on ler broad and furrowed
visage, promises an arnple'remuneration in
those precious fruits that constitute' st h e life
of man and beast. It is now that the hand
of industry deposits among the chide the_
dry and withered seeds; which would re..
main unproductive as the salt sown by
Ulysses on the sea shore, but for the kindly
hlessiings of Heaven.
The true secret of Agriculture, ns Cato
hag long since taught -;'a, is to feed well."
The neglect of this rule will be fatal to nll
success in the matter, will bring disappoint
ments instead or harvest., and poverty in
stead of abundance. It will be found uni
versally, that husbandry may he proundoced
gond or bad according to the observance or
disregard of this rule. Let the Inithfill
beasts of burden be consigned to leanness,
let the lowing herds pine away for want or
sufficient pasturage,let nll the creatures for
man's use be left- in meagre, ill•fed forms,
and no great ponetrtttion w•II be requisite to
portray the character of such husbandry.
But reverse the picture, and the most cap.
liens and fastidious taste would admit the
merit of the management that could so bless
and beautify the bessis orate field.
The Carlisle Republican. a paper opposed
to the abolitionists, (soya the Norristown.
Free Press,) thus speaks of the Convention
which was called to "preserve the integrity
of the Union." It afibrilii another of the
many evidences or unpopularity of the slave
ry movement in Pennsylvania, and the lin;
becility and vanity of its promoters:
"A Convention styled "of the friends of
the Integrity of the Union" assembled at
Harrisburgh last week from all parts of the
state, to pass resolutions ugainst Abolition
ism; as though such an act. could save , the
integrity of the Union, or oppose any sort
of n barrier to the progress of the abolition
ists. The Convention exhibited no signs
of order or decorum from beginning to end;
indeed how could we look for such things
from men who had some of them trtirelled
hundreds of miles tb assist in violating the
Declaration of Rights and of Independence -
by applying the gag to free discussion?
"There seemed to be no talent in the Con.
vention, if we except one or two individuals,
who did nil the sensible part of the talking,
and handled the Convention without gloves
or mercy.
"The President of the Convention was a
crazy Judge from one of the western coun
ties, who, we should have thought, had lung
since shown his imbecility of mind in such
a light as eflbctually to guard any body . of ,
sensible men from the mistake of choosing
him their presiding officer. One of the
Vice Prebidents at least, as every body in
these parts can testily, -cannot tell "a hawk
from a handsaw, when the wind is souther
ly," and if society were better regidisted;and
men dealt justly and , compassionately by one
another, would long eine° have been, the .
inmate of a lunatic asylum instead of the
master of a jail. How could such men be
expected to preside with any sort of dignity
over a stormy convention, or command any
respect from its memberst
"To come to a conelusion, the Convention
has done more harm than good—it has done
nothing to preserve the Integrity of the
Union, but much to impair its .own; and
exhibi fed to 4 he-ivarldmlthingbut-avliaplay
of mingled weakness and irsanity,.
MIMES FOR Tax Bumn.--The public will
be glad to hear that Mr. Gall has invegted
a new kind of type, which reduce the price
of printing for the blind so- much that the
whole New Testament may be orinfeil of.
the large "adult" type for about., 335.,. or
when printed on small "Engliiili w type, will
only cost about 12s. 6d. Mr. Gall's son
has also discovered a plan by which the pa
per may he printed on both sides with the
large adult type, and would cost only '.159.
It is remarkable that, by this invention, al
though the books are reduced one fourth in.
the bulk, the letters are actually more easily ,
felt than when printed on only one side of
the paper.—Edinburgh paper.
IhvoucEs..At a late term of the Rhode
Island Supreme Court, held at Providence,
there were finuteen petitions for divorces
granted, ten on the application of females
and four. males.
The principal cruise for divorce shown
by one of the petitioners was that her has•
band had put her head into a kettle of hat
water. It is needless• to add that the hus
band was himself heated by ardent spirits.
The petition was granted.
A Mat CoNvicT.—The most degraded
felon is not without a ray of hope, and so far
while life lasts, if not doomed to perpetual
imprisonment which is worse than death,
there is left a thread by which he may be
redeemed. It was recently established lie.
!bre a parliamentary committee, that there
is a person now resident in one of •the British
convict colonies who was transported, and
whose income now is 40,000 pounds pet
annum.
A SAILOR'S NoTioN.—A sailor seeing
some domestic slave tradersdriving colered
men, women and children en board a ship,
for Mobile market, 'shook his head arid said
to one of his shipmates, "1 say Jack, if the
Devil don't catch them fellers, tog usight
well not have any Devil."
We believe that honest Jack will not be
disappointed. 'At least he ought nut to be,
Office of the Star 6, Haulier:
Chilmberaburg Street, a few doors West of
the Court•Housa
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