• :7 +IN .
%f c :rt_ tut onal powers. It falls back from its
undertakings, and flatly contradicts its
pretensions. In my opinion, it can had
rafte r where the public voice will not
reach it. There can be no shelter while
thee* times last, into which Government can
retreat, whereto it tan hide, and screen iii
self from the loud voice of the country, tail
ing upon it to come forth to fulfil its prorgises;
or, at least. now that these promises Jike all
broken, to perform its duties. The evils of
• a disordered currency are evils whiCh do not
naturally correct or cure themselvetS, Nor
does chance, or good luck, often relieve that
community which is suffering under them.
. They require political remedy; they require
provision to be made by Goveinment; they
demand the skilful hand of experienced
statesmen. Until some just remedy be op.
plied, they are likely to continue,with more
or less of aggravation, and no man can tell
when or how they will end. - It is vain,there
fore, quite vain, for Government to hope
that it may retreat from this great duty,
shield itself under a system,no way agreeing
either with its powers or its obligations,and
thus escape reproaches, by attempting to
escape responsibility.
Mr. President, there ie fault, and failure
somewhere. Either the Constitution ha
failed,or its Administration fails. The great
--- trittetruntform and satisfactory regulation
of commerce is not answered, because the
stational currency, an indispensable instru
meat of that commerce, is not preserved in
a sound and uniform state.
la the fault in the constitution itself? Those
who affirm that it is, must show how it was,
if that be so, that other administrations, in
other times, have been able to give the pee
ple abundant satisfaction in relation to the
currency. I suppose it will be said, in an
swer to this, that the constitution has been
violated; that it was originally misconstrued;
that those who made it di I not understand
it; and that the sage and more enlightened
politicians of our times see deeper,and judge
more justly of the constitution, than Wash•
ington and Madison• Certain it is that they
have more respect for their own sagacity
than for all the wisdom of others,and all the
experience of the country; or else they find
themselves, by their party polities and party
commitments, cut off from all ability of ad
ministering the constitution according to for
mer successful practice.
Mr. President, when I contemplate the
condition of the country; when I behold this
utter breaking down of the currency; this
wide spread evil augment, among all the in
dustrious classes; this acknowledged inability
of Government to pay its debts, legally; this
prostration of commerce and manufactures;
this shocking derangement of internal ex
change, and the general crash of credit and
confidence;—and when l dee,that three hund
red Representatives of the People are here
assembled,to consult on the public exigency;
and that, repudiating the wisdom of our pre
decessors, and rejecting all the lights of our
own experience nothing is proposed, for our
adoption,to meet an emergency of this char.
acter, but the Bill before us, I confess, sir,
the whole scene seems to me to be - some
-mange illusion. I can hardly persuade my
self, that we are all in our waking senses.—
It seems like a dream—like seine phantasy
of_the night. that the opening !Wit of the
morning usually disra.----
There is so little of apparent relation of
means to ends; the measure before us has so
little to promise, for the relief of existing
evils; it is so alien, so outlandish, so abstract
ed, so remote from the causes which press
down all the great public interests, that I
really find it difficult to regard as real, what
is thus around me.
Sir,some of us are strangely in error. The
difference between us is so wide; the views
which we take of public affairs so opposite;
our opinions, both of the causes of present
evils, and their appropriate remedies, so to
tally unlike, that one si le or the other must
be under the influence of some strange delu
sten. Time,and the public judgment,' trust,
will sooner or later disperse these mists,and
men and measures will be seen in their true
character. I think,indeed,that Isee already
some lifting up of the fog.
The honorable member from New York
has said that-we have now, already existing,
a mode of conducting the fiscal affiirs of the
' - country, substantially such as that will be
which this bill will establish. We may
judge,therefore, he says, of the future by the
present. A. sub• Treasury system, in fact,
he contends is now in operation; and he hopes
the country sees so much good in it, as to be
willing to make it permanent and perpetual.
The present system, he insists, must at
least be admitted not to have obstructed or
impeded the beneficial action of the immense
resources of the country. Sir, this seems
to me a most extraordinary declaration.—
The operation and energy of the resources
•of the country not obstructed! The business
of the community not impeded! Why, sir,
this can only be true, upon the supposition
that present evils are no way attributable to
the policy of Government; that they all
spring from some extraneous and indepen
dent cause. If the honorable member means
that the disasters which have fallen upon us
arise from causes which Government cannot
control. such as overtrading or speculation,
and that Government is answerable for noth
mg, I can understand him, though I do not
at all concur with him. But that the re
sources of the country are not now in a state
of great depression and stagnation, is what
I had supposed none would assert. Sir,
what are the resources of the country? The
- first of all, doubtless, is labor. Does this
meet no impediment? Duos labor find itself
rewarded,na heretoforo,bv high prices, pain
in good money? The whole mass of Mils
• try employed in commerce and manufac
tures, does it meet with no obstruction, or
hinderance, or discouragement'? And com
merce and manufactures, in the aggregate,
embracing capital as well as labor,nre they,
too, in a high career of success? Is nothing
of impediment or obstruction found connee.
tod with their present condition?
Again,sir; among our American resources,
Altrn the very first origin of this Govern
!rnent,credit and confideece have he'd a high
tiiitd Ibrernost rank. We owe more to credit
sad to commercial confidence than any na
tion which ever existed; and ten time 4 more
tbilie say nation, except England. Credit
and confidence hays been the life of our
system, and powerfully productive causes
of all our prosperity. They have covered
the seas with Our commerce, replenished
;fie Treasury, paid off the national debt, ex
cited and stimulat d the manufacturing in.
dustry, encouraged labor to put forth the
whole strength of its sinews,felled the forests,
and multiplied our numbers, and augmented
the national wealth, so far beyond all ex
ample as to leave us a phenomenon Cur older
nations to look at with wonder. And this
credit, and this confidence, are they now no
way obstructed or impeded? Are they now
acting with their usual e'l;ciencv, and their
usual success, on the concerns of society?
The honorable member refers to the ex
changes. No doubt, sir, the rate of foreign
exchange has nothing in it alarming; nor
has it had,ifour domestic concerns had been
in a proper condition. But that the internal
exchanges are in a healthful condition, as
the honorable member alleges, is what I
can by no means admit. I look upon the
derangement of the internal exchanges as
the precise form in which existing evils most
manifestly exhibit themselves. Why, sir,
look at the Intel between large cities in the
neighborhood of each other. Exchange he.
tween Boston and New York, and also be
tween Philadelphia and New Yoi k, is 1 a 2
per cent. This could never happen but from
a deranged currency; and can this be called
a healthful state of domestic exchange?
I . understand that the cotton crop has done
much towards equalising exchange between
New Orleans and New York; and yet 1 have
seen, not many days since, that in other
places of the South, I believe Mobile, ex
change on New York was at a premium of
five to ten per cent.
The manufacturers of the North can say
how they have found, and how they now
find, the facilities of exchange.. Ido not
mean, exclusively, or principally, the large
manufacturers of cotton and woollen fabrics;
but the smaller manufacturers, men who,
while they employ many others, still bestow
their own labor on their own capital; the shop
manufacturers, such manufacturers as a
bound in Now Jersey,Connecticut,and other
parts of the North. I would ask the gentle
men from these States how these neighbors
of theirs find exchanges, and the means of
remittance, between them and their corres
pondents and purchasers in the South. The
carriage makers, the furniture makers, the
hatters, the dealers in leather, in all its
branches, the dealers in domestic hardware;
I should like to hear the results of the ex
perience of all these persons, on the state of
the internal exchanges,as well ns the general
question, whether the industry of the coun•
try has encountered any obstacle, in the pre
sent state of the ccurrency.
Mr. President, the honorable member
from New York stated correctly, that this
bill has two leading objects.
The first is, a separation of the revenue,
and the funds of the Government, from nil
connexion with the concerns of individuals,
and of corporations; and especially a separa
tion of these funds from all connexion with
any banks.
The second is, a gradual change in our
syatem of currency, to be carried, on till we
can accomplish tho object of an exclusive
sroloin or metallic circulation , at least in all
payments to tiovernment, and all disburse
ments by Government.
Now, sir, I am against both thew pro
positions, ends as well as means.
I am against this separation of Govern•
ment and people, as unnatural, selfish, and
an abandonment of the most important politi
cal duties.
I am for having but one currrncy,and that
a good one, both for the people and the Gov
ernment.
I am opposed to the doctrines of the mes
sage of September, and to every thing which
grows oat of those doctrines... I feel as if I
were on some other sphere, as if I were not
home, as if this could not be America, when
I see schemes of public policy proposed,ha v.
ing for ►heir object the convenience of Gov
ernment only, and leaving the people to shill
for themselves, in a matter which naturally
and necessarily belongs, and in every other
country is admitted to belong, to the solemn
obligations, and the undoubted power of
Government. Is it America, where the Gov
ernment, and men in the Government, are to
be better offthan the people? is it America,
where Government is to shut its eyes, and
its ears,to public complaint, and to take care
only of itself? Is it A merica,M r. President,
is it your country,and my country, in which,
at a time of great public distress, when all
eyes are turned to Congress, and when most
men feel that substantial and practical relief
can come only from Congress,that Congre.s,
nevertheless, has nothing on earth to pro
pose, but bolts and bars, safes and vaults,
cells and hiding-places,fur the better security
of its own money, and nothing on earth,not
a beneficent law, not even a kind word, for
the people themselves? Is it our country, in
which the interest of Government has reach
ed such an ascendency over the interest of
the people o n the estimate of the representa
tives of the people? Has this, sir, come to
be the state of things,in the old thirteen,with
the new thirteen added to them? For one,
I confess, I know not what is American, in
policy, in public interest, or in public feel.
ing,if these measures be deemed American.
The first general aspect, or feature of the
bill, the character written broadly on its
front, is this abandonment of all concern for
the general currency of the country. This
is enough for me. It secures my opposition
to the bill in all stages. Sir, this bill ought
to have had a preamble. ft ought to have
been introduced by a recital, setting forth
that, whereas the currency of the country
has become totally deranged; and whereas
it has heretofore been thought the bounden
duty of this Government to take proper care
of that grout branch of the national interest;
and whereas that opinion is erroneous, ob•
solete, and heretical; and whereas, accord.
ing.to_the true reading of the. constitution,.
the great duty of this Government, and its
exclusive duty,so far as currency is concern
ed, is to lake care of itself; and whereas, if
Government can bit secure a sound currency
for itr.elf, the people tnay very well be left
to such a currency as the States,or the banks,
or their own good fortune, or bad fortune,
may give them; therefore be it enacted, &c.
The very first provision of the bill is in
keeping with its general objects,and general
character. It abandons all the sentiments
of civilized mankind,on the subject of credit
and confidence, and curries us back to the
dark ages. The first that we hear, is of
safes, and %aults, and cells, and cloisters._
From an intellectual, it goes back to a phy
sical age. From commerce, arid credit, it
returns to hoarding, and hiding; from confi•
dence,and trust,it retreats' to bolts,and bars,
to locks with double keys, and to pains and
penalties for touching hidden treasure. It
is n law for the times of the feudal system;
or a law for the heads and governors of the
piratical States of Barbary. It is a measure
fit for times when there iq no security in law.
no value in commerce, no active industry
among mankind. Dere, it is altogether nut
of time, and out of place. It bus no svm
pathy with the general sentiments of this
a.e, still less has it any congeniality with
our American character, any relish of our
hitherto approved and successful policy, or
any agreement or conformity with the gener
al feeling of the country.
The gentleman, in stating the provision=
of the first section,preceeds to say, that it is'
strangeo hat none (dour laws,heretothre,has
ever attempted to give to the Treasury of
the U. States a “local habitation." Hence
it is the object of this first section of the bill
to provide and define such local habitation.
A local habitation for the Treasury of a
great comnwrrial country,in the nineteenth
century! Why. sir, what is the Treasury?
The existing laws call it a "Department."
They say,there shalt be a Department,with
various officers, and a proper assignment of
their duties and functions; and that this shall
be the Department of the Treasury. It is
riruson organized part of Goverrunent ; an
important and indispensable branch of the
general Etilin'unst rot ion,conduct ing the liqca
afliiirs of the eouatry, and controlling subor
dinate agents.
But this bill dors away with all legal and
political ideas,and brings this important De
pa rtment down to a thing of bricks and tnor•
tar! It enacts that certain rooms,in the DM
buildingovith their safes and vault con
stitute the Treasury of the United States!!
And this adoption of•new and strange notions,
and this abandonment of all eld ideas, is all
for the purpose of accomplishing the great
object (II separating the affairs of the Gov.
erament from the affairs of the country.—
The nature of the means shows the nature of
the object; both are novel, strange, untried,
and unheard of. The scheme, sir, finds no
precedent, either in our own history, or the
history of any other respectable nation. It
is admitted to he new,origmal,experimental;
and vet its adoption is urged upon us as confi
dently as if it had come down from our ances
tors, and had been the cherished policy of
the country in all past times.
I am against it, altogether. I look not to
see whether the means be adapted to the
end. That end itself is what I oppose, and
I oppose all the means leading to it. I op-
pose all attempts to make a separate cur
rency for the Government, because I insist
upon it, and shall insist upon it, until I see
and feel the pillars of the constitution felling
around me, and upon my head, that it is the
duty of this Government to provide n , pOod
Currency for the country, and fur' the people,'
as well as for itself.
I put it to gentlemen to say, whether cur
rency be not a part of conunerce, or an in
dispensable agent of commerce, and some
thing,-therefore, which this Government is
bound to regulate,nnd to take care of? Gen
tlemen will not meet the argument. They
shun the question. We demand that the
just power of the constitution shall be admin•
istered. We assert that Congress has pow
er to regulate commerce, and currency as a
part of commerce; we insist that the public
exigency,at the present moment, calls loud
ly for thd exercise of this power,—and what
do they do? They labor to convince us that
the Government itself can get on very well
without providing a currency for the people,
and they betake themselves,therefore to the
sub Treasury system, its unassailable walls,
its iron chests, and doubly-secured doors.—
And having satisfied themselves that, in this
way, Government may be kept going, they
are satisfied. A sound currency for Gov
ernment, a safe currency for revenue; these
are the only things prornised,the only things
proposed. But these are not the old promise.
-The country, the country itself, and the
whole people, were promised a better cur
rency for their own ust'; a better general cur
rency; a better currency for all the purposes
of trade and business. This was the pro
mise solemnly given by the Government in
1 t 483, and so often afterwards renewed,thro'
all successive yenrs,down to May last. We
heard nothing, all that time, of a separation
between Government and people. No, sir,
not a word. Both were to have an imnrov
,ed currency. Sir, 1 did not believe a word
of all this; I thought it all mere pretence or
empty boasting. I had no faith in these
promises,not a particle. But the honorable
member from New York was confident;
confident then as he is now; confident of the
success of the first schemeot hich was plau
Bible, as he is confident of this, which is
strange, alien, and repulsive in its whole as
pect. He was then as sure of being able to
furnish a currency for the country, as he is
now of furnishing a currency for Govern
mete. He told us, at that time, that ho be
lieved the system adopted by the late admin
istration was fully competent to its object.
He felt no alarm for the result. He believed
all the President had done,from the removal
of the deposites downwards, was constitu
tional and legal; and he was determined to
place himself by the side of the President,
and desired only to stand or fall in the esti
mation of his constituents, as they should
determine in the result; and that result has
now come.
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_United States refused taaceept_aninvitation
to mend the funeral obsequies of Jonathan
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The amount of specie in the Middlesex
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pets,) as returned by it,4 officeis, is one dol
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Cag.ITTYSISURGII. PUN N.
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1838
Southern Literary Messenger.
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Iliorgraphy of the Hon. Danby Csr,one of the Judg
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Revisw of N I' Willis's Poems.
Lord Bacon. Part 11. His Character and Writings.
Human Nature Vindicated.
Discourse on American Literature.
Lexicographic Acumen.
Journal of a Trip to the Mountains, Caves and
Springs of Virginia.
Ileretieal !kiwi
The Governess.
The Far West and its Native Inhabitants, being a
Review of Washington Irving's late work ,"The Roc
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The Deserter: a Romance of the American Revo•
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Review of "Hallam's View of the State of Europe
during the Middle Ages "
Itev;ew of Dr. Johnson's Tragedy of "Irene.%
The Truce Ground A Tale of the Revolutionary
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An Address on the Utility of Astronoinwolelivered
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Something on Sonnets.
Specimen of Causticity.
Shakspeare and the Critics.
The I.) ceum—No.
Dialogue between Lord Bacon and Shakspeare.
Samuel Johnson and David Hume compared.
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Ilktorical Skeinlire of the Old Painters—Appelles.
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*VW iontil Foundry.
A large and respectable meeting of the Citizens
of Gettysburg was held at the Court-house on
Wednesday evening the 7th of March,lB3g, on
the subject of the location of the contemplated
National Foundry. Col. WILLIAM N. IRVINE
was called to the Chalr, and TitomAs J. COOPER
appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been stated by
Gen. T. C. Niiller,and the proceedings of a public
meeting held ntarri.iburg on the subject having
been read, it was, on motion,
Resolved, That a committee of five persons be
appointed to prepare and report to the meeting
resolutions expressive of their views in regard to
the location of the Foundry.
Gen. T. C. Miller, John B. McPherson, John
Houck, John F. Macfarlane and Robert G. Harper
were appointed the committee—whain a short time,
reported the following, which were unanimously
adopted by the meeting:
WHEREAS, 'Phe•President of the U. States, in
his late annual message to Congress, recommends
the establishment of a National Foundry in the
following words—e The creation of a National
Foundry for cannon, to be common to the service
in the army and navy of the U. States, has been
heretofore recommended,and appears to be requir
ed in order to place our ordnance on an equal foot
ing with that of other countries,and to enable that
branch of the service to control the price of those
articles, and graduate the supplies to the wants of
the Government,as well as to regulate their quali
ty and insure their uniformity"—And whereas
the military committee of the U. S. Senate has re
ported that it is expedient to create such an esta
blishment,and that it is highly probable that an act
for that purpose will be passed by Congress dur
ing its present session—And whereas we,as Penn
sylvanians,feeling deeply interested in the prospe
rity of our citizens,would be much gratified in the
selection of some place within our own borders as
the scito of a National Foundry; and believing
that we possess advantages superior to any other
State, not only in the great abundance of all ne
cessary materials for Foundry purposes, but also
in location as it respects facilities of transportation
to every section of the Union where ordnance may
be required, combined with the safety which will
ho insured to the public property by its distance
from the seaboard, which will
_exempt it from all
danger of surPrize or suddeinittail by a foreign
enemy—And whereas, at a meeting of citizens of
Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, on the '23d of Feb'y,
1838, the particular advantages of the location of
the Public Foundry at Harrisburg were fully and
fairly set forth, and in widen we fully concur—
. Thefore, Repoltwl, That our Representatives in
Congress and the State Legislature be requested
to use their hest endeavors to insure the location
of the National Foundry at Harrisburg.
Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings,
signed by the Chairman and Secretary,be forward
ed to each of our Reprensentatives in Congress
and the State Legislature, and ho published in the
papers of the county.
WILLIAM N. IRVINE, Chairman.
Tnomes J. COUPEU, Secretary.
DeninCral iC aid li.allationte
Slate Convention.
A State Convention was held by the Demo-
cratic Anti-Masons of Pennsylvania,nt Harrisburg,
on the sth of March, 1838. The Convention was
organized by appointing the following officers:—
Pit ESI E NT,
NEI? MIDDLES WARTIL of Union.
VICE-I'IIES3DExTH,
WILLIAM W. IRVIN, of Allegheny;
JOHN BEAR, of Lancaster;
HUGH HELLAS, of Northumberland;
JOHN BALD WIN, of Chester;
FRANCIS PARKE, of Philadeli.hiu;
WILLIAM MI LV AIN, of York;
DAVID LEECH, of Armstrong;
JOSEPH STE mzErr, of Eric.
a EC It ET A HIES,
DANIEL M. SM WISER, of Adaina;
WILLIAM LUNE, of Dauphin;
CHAS. T. JONES, of Philadelphia;
WILLIAM ADDA MS, of Berks;
The Counties were called over, and delegates
from nil the counties except one or two answered
to their names. The Convention then proceeded
to the nomination of a candidate for the olliee of
Governor, when JOSEPH 111 I'NER, of Wi.sh
ington county,was nominated by Gen. T.B. Cu N•
"4 NuitAM, of Mercer, for that office—the nomina
tions'WCTO then closed, and the Convention pro
ceeded to ballot viva race—when it appeared that
Joseph 'Rif n ee had the UNANIMOUS
vote of thu Convention. A coin:lnure was ap
pointed, consisting of Gem Cunningham, Mr. Gil
lingham and Mr. Bear, to wait on Mr. Hauer and
apprize him of his nomination—who reported,du
ring the sittings of the Convention, that •they had
the honor of performing that pleasing duty: and
that Mr. Rrrx En informed them that he cheerful
ly accepted the nomination, and felt grateful for
the continued confidence evinced in him by I.is
fellow-citizens of this respectable Convention; and
that, if elected, all he could promise was, that he
would perform the duties of the office of Governor
with honesty, ndelity, and to the best of the abili
ties which it has pleased a kind Providence to
bestow on him."
During the sessions of the Convention various
Committees were appointed to report resolutions
on the different subjects chi tang their attention,
with h we subjoin as adopted.
Tho following, reported by Mr. E WING, of
Washington, were unanimously adopted:
WnennAs, the period when n Chief Magistrate of
Pennsylvania is again to be elected is approaching,at
which election interests of greater magnitude are to
be submitted to the decision of the people than are
ordinarily presented on similar occasions,and upon the
result of which the full and entire development of the
great moral, physical and political resources of the
State are believad mainly to depend; and whereas
the public voice,plainly and unequivocally expressed
on numerous occasions, clearly indicates to this Con
vention and to the country,what have been the causes
of past success and what must be the basis of future
hopes, to which voice this Convention is impelled no
less by duty than inclination to respond—Therefore,
Resolved, That this Conventiomstanding not on the
narrow platlorm of faction, but on the lofty elevation
of patriotic State pridc,and from thence surveying the
broad field of the past and present.viewii with
gled satisfaction the cheering contrast presented by
the present aspect of the affairs of this Commonwealth
as contrasted with her mei:akin throe year. .inc..—
At present, they see an overflowing treasury, state
taxes repeale , s, finances flourishing, the state works
rapidly progressing to completion, and that too with
out adding to State burthens;' atlbrding at the same
time au ample revenue,and Pennsylvania el. vated to
the commanding station to which the proud appella
tion of the Keystone State entitles her• 2 whilst on the
other hand we saw at the elevation of our present
Chief Magistrate,au exhausted treasury, ,dependent on
daily loans,n regularly increasing State debt, the im
mense resources of this great State neglected or igno
rantly overlooked,and its means uselessly drained a
way in a ruinous system of peculation, favoritism and
unbounded prodigality.
Resolved, That in the wise policy of Coy. Hither
and those connected with his administration, mid the
steady adherence to Its principle, "unawed by MIN.
once and unbribed by gain," we recognize the cause
of this gratifying revolution, and in the contintuthce of
the same policy, the guar.intee of its perpetuation.
Resolved, That we believe by the steady adherence
to Penusylvani 4 policy and measures.may be ativibu
led our salvation in the general wreck of national pros-
Perk y and honor, brought about by the ru nous policy
of the General Government, under the auspices of
Martin Van Buren and those in whose footsteps lie
treads.
Resolved, That the steady opposition with which
Gov Rimer has met and foiled every project to add
to the State debt and increase the public hurthens,
must ever form a prominent feature of his administra
tion, and entitle him to the thanks of his country as a
public benefactor.
Resolved, That this Convention would deem it in
justi •e upon this occasion to overlook the fact, that
whilst Pennsylvania,under the present administration
has been steadily advancing in her career of improve
ment, meeting every want by her own unburrowed
resources, and making abundant provision for public
education,not only without increasing the burthens of
the people,but actually at the same time diminishing
thein,the value and productiveness of her public works
hare gone on steadily augmenting, until she has out
stripped even the Empire Stute.as evidenced by the
fact that the revenue derived from her improvements
in the best fiscal year, showed u greater ratio of in-
crease than that of her great rival and competitor.
Resolved, That in submitting the nomination of our
present Governor, JO9EPII RITNER, to the suffrages of
the people of this great Commonwealt for re-election
this Convention is conscious that it only responds to
the demands and ardent wishes of a majority of her
voters, who will triumphantly confirm our choice at
the tolls in October next.
Resolved, That the public acts of Joseph Ritner
throughout his whole carccr,have been marked with
an undeviating regard for the practical illustration of
Democratic principles, and a stern devotion to those
measures only which had for their object the welfare
and happiness of the whole people, and the perpetua
tion of our free Republican institutions.
Resolved, That in refusing his sanction to the mam
moth Improvement Bill of the last session of the Le
gislature, the Executive acted with prudent forecast
and enlightened patriotism. The soundness of his ren
soiis for that act has been fully confirmed by subse
quent events.
Resolved, That the pecuniary distress under which
the people of the country are nppressed,and which is
paralizing the industry and enterprise of the country,
had its origin in the destructive policy of the Nation•
al Administration, and that no permanent restoration
of prosperity clot he expected entail:at policy is :than
doned,or the Government reformed by the people.
Resolved, That the Sub Treasury bill now pending
before Congress is a measure fraught with dangers to
the prosperity and liberty of the country, a measure
unsuited to the genius, and unworthy the sanction of.
a free people: a measure which must give the Execu
tive the control of the revenue of the country,and in
crease the Executive patronage to an unlimited ex-.
tent.
Resolved, That the stand Which Pennsylvania has
taken against the Sub Treasury system is worthy of
of her high character and destiny,and shops thnt she
well knows her own interests, and knowing them,
dares to protect them.
Resolved, That the high and elevated position
which Governor Rimer has assumed against foreign
dictation has shown to American freemen that Penn
sylvania-is not a slave to faefkiri but thatprinciple is
her governing motto.
Resolved, That this Convention recommend to the
Democratic Anti Masonic party throughout the State
Ito persevere steadily in their organized opposition to
Free Masonry and all similar institutions, without
suffering themselves to be diverted therefrom by any
of the numerous false issues made up for that purpose
by the Lo ge,or by those still more inexemiable,who,
without the pretence of its supposed obligations, •of
fer themselves to be made its instruments for the oc
complishment of what it darer not attempt in ita own
name.
Resolved, That in the hour of success, and with the
prospects of still further triumphs brfore them, it
would be suicidal policy in the Anti-Masonic parts- to
be either lid or driven into an abandonment e f their
principles. and that thit Convention do confidently
look to the good SVIINV and intelligence of their con
stituents to baffle all such attempts.
Resolved, That the whole system of Free-Masonry
apart from its dangerous character and tendency, is
opposed to the enlightenment of the age in which we
'lied and ought to be voluntarily abandoned by those
who appreciate and respect the spirit of the times.
The following resolutions, reporietl by Mr. CUX,
Were uneniinotn.ly adopted:—
Resolved, That we have increased conti•
donee in the patrionstn, stern integrity, and
devotion to the best interests of his cininov,
which has always been manifested by Gen.
Wird.rAm 11. HARRISON, Of Ohio, i n I lw
discharge of the varionv civil and military
offices with which has been honored from
111110 to time.
Msolved, That we recognize in him a
soldier whose acts haven!, tended,and whor•o
aim has always been to advance the honor
and glory of his country, whenever i n its
:ervir e, and when no lonirer required in the
lir Id to avenge his country's Wrongs and
r;.nd its libor•ti s,reti red In the pen (wild walks
private lile,with a lull determinntion that,
Shwild his services again be required, he
markd nonin obey the call.
Resolved, That it is the firm opinion of
this Convention, that the selection of Gen.
WILLIAM It HAIMISuN. cnndidit to
fir the Presidency, in I‘4l`, will secure the
triumphant success of sound pHicy, correct
piii and the sum ciliary of he laws:
that, with hint for our cabdi,'ate, we should
not fear all the effvrts of the destructive&
Resolved, That the membeis of this Con
vention pledae themselves to use all tior and
honorable means to secure the re election of
J os m. ll RI TNER 10 the Gubernatorial Chair
at the ensuing general election.
Resolved, That this Convention views
with alarm the destructive doctrines advo
cated and acted upon by the N.'„an Buren
loco fore party in attacking veste't rights.
Re s olved, That if the piiociple sanction
ed hy that party is to he carried out t o it s
legitimate extent, that vested rights may Ito
sacrifice;! or disregarded in one instance,
there ce asi's to be any protection for the for
mer; who has divided the entire claim of the
Commonwealth to the land which we pos-
SeSS.
Resolved, That this Convention highly
approve of the firm stand taken by our friends
in the Legi.lature, in opposition to the dant, , •
erous and destructive measures of a majority
of the members of both branches attached to
the destructive party.
Tho following resolutions, reported by Mr.
Faun, were unanimously adopted:—
Resolved, That we consider the Institu
tion of spoculat ive Free Masonry at variance
with the fundamental principles of our re
publican governmont,subversive of the equal
rights of its citizens,and calculated from the
very nature of its organization to arrogate
to its members,that power which legitimate
ly belongs to, and is inherent in the people.
Resolved, That inasmuch as Masonry
has upon more occasions than one, shown
itself too powerful for the strong arm of the
civil law, and more particularly in baffling
all attempts which have been made to bring
to condign punishment, tile, busy actors in
the bloody tragedy, which wits enacted upon
the shores of the Niagara river, and which
made the : wife of Captain William Morgan
a widow, and - his children orphans—we are
stimulated as the friends of the Constitution,
the laws and good order, to continue an un
conditional exterminating war, until there
shall no longer remain any vestige of this
iniquitous institution to curse our land, or
endanger the rights and liberties of the peo
ple.
Resolved, That we regard Masonry as a
political ongine,by means of which its mem
bi rs operating through the acknowledged
oaths which hind them together, trir secure
to themselves honor. tam and the emolu
ments arising therefrom,by slights,by trick,
and ifneeds,,be, b) fraud itself.
Resolved, - 'That it:is only by the relin
quishment cif the institution on the part of
its memberslhat peace and social order can
he restor ed,and . that by•lhe triumph of Anti-
Masonry alone will the public mind be bro't
one' • sire into a healthy action.
Resolved, That We pledge ourselves to
use our best endeavours to effect the pros
tration of the Lodge, by all fair, honorable
and lawful means, determined to yield only
when superior force shall trample us in the
dust-ond public opinion will no longer sus-,
tain us in upholding the supremacy of the
lawsHn main awing the freedom of the
e l
press, the righ. s of free discussion, and the
equal rights of the people.
Mr. COOPER, of Adams, reported the follow
ing Address, which was unanimously adopted:
ADDREss
MEI
People of Pennsylvania.
FELLOW Celan:es: In disehargine the
duly imposed upon us by the Convention as
sembled to nominate a candidate for the
office of Governor, it is nut our purpose to
write an eulogium on the distinguished in
dividual put in nomination for that office for
a second term. A brief statement of the
condition of the Commonwealth at the time
of hiselcetion, the prominent measures of
his administration and their effect in promot
ing the prompprity of the St ate,is all we shall
attempt. These form the best encomium -
of Governor Ritner, and his surest passport
to the confidence of the people of this Cone e
nionwealth.
It is a fact well known to every intelligent
man, that when Joseph Rimer 'was elected
Governer,this Commonwealth was involved
in deep embarrassments; the people berth
ened with an onerous State tax; the enblic
works unproductive, the few proceeds doriv- ,
ed from them being consumed by the r ri
cers and agents who had their supervision.
A complete system of fraud and. F eculatice
which had been encomneed, at least
melte shielded, by the former administra•
tion;prevailed everyw here meet them. Such
is a brief outlimi of the c ondition of things
When Gov. Rimer was inducted into rifike;
and this state of dimes wits rendered the
more desperate by the fact,lllll 1 the measures
of the general g uvernment were of a kind
calculated to c ripple the energ IPS and shut
up the avenues of prospelity which the'mtd.
administration of the Slate government had
failed to destroy. The last session of Con
gress.before his inauguratton,the fiord series
of "experiments" upon the currency had
hoen commenced and the protective tariff
o f 164274 h a d been reduced, and several im
portant sources of Pennsylvania prosperity
thereby greatly impaired. But a view of
all these difficulties rid not discourage the
manly mind of the new Chief Magistrate;
they only inspired him with additional rirdor
&a firmer determination ursurtnount them.
But how was this to be effected? We have
seen that the State was greatly embarrassed,
owing a debt of near 825,000,000, without
a cent in the Treasury,and the public works,
instead of being a source of revenue, were
lilt up at an annual expense of many thou
sands of dollars to the Commonwealth. now
then were the expense of keeping up the
public improvements, the current expenses
of the government ; and the interest of this
immense debt to be defrayed? How was
this to be done? Taxation could not be re
sorted to; this had been pushed to the utmost
limit by the" ate administration; the people,
besides the tare , for ordinary purposes,we re
paying annually a direct tax of 8300,000.
To have resorted to the usual expedient of
n loan, would have been purchasing tempo.
racy relief nt the expense of greater fut we
embarrassment. At this crisis the charter
of the United Sta'es Bank, which it had do.
rived from the National Legislature, had
expired. The new administration at once
conceived the desigu of relieving the people
at the expense of this Institution. A char
ter was accordingly tendered to it by the
State Legislature on condition that it would
pay a certain sum, about $-1,500,000 to the
Commonwealth, besides aereeing to pay in•
to the Treasury annually for twenty yectrB
the sum of $lOO,OOO to be appropriated to
the several counties of the Commonwealth
for school perposes, thereby relieving the
people of what was necessarily a heavy
burthen. The bank accented the charter,
and by the same law, under which it was
incorporated the State tax was repealed,and
a fund provided to pay a portion of the State
dbbt about to become due, to defray which,
if this measure had not been adopted, it
would have been necessary to resort to ad
ditional taxation.
The Governor next turned his attention
to the public works. Millions had been
spent in their construction,yet they yielded
no return, but were, on the contrary,a con•
tinual source of expense, whereby they had
become almost universally unpopular. The
whole system, as conducted under the late
administration, was one of favoritism and
fraud, and the Governor forthwith sot about
to reform its abuses. The crowds of pecu
lators that swarmed upon them were dis
charged, and hottest and fisithfill others ap
pointed in their place. The result was,that
instead of being an expense, the improve.
ments began to yield a revenue to the Com•
monwealth, and judging from the amount of
tolls collected upon them during the last
year—a year fel , many reasons unfavorable
—we may justly conclude that . the day is
not distant, when under the continuance of
wise management, the debt contracted in
their construction, will be entirely extin
guished; and it is a fact wail/fry , . ospacia
notice, that during the past year, the tolls
on the New York and Ohio Canals and other
public improvements in those States, mate
rially decreased, while in Pennsylvania they
gradually increased. But ties result is not
to be ascribed, etuirely; to the more faithful
. and prudent conduct of the officers appoint
ed to superintend the public works. A dif
ferent line of policy was adopted by the pre
sent Chief Nlagistrate; it was his object to
finish the main routes before others were
commenced; but if, instead of adopting this
course, he had pursued the policy of his pro
decessor, in pushing the system in every
direction without regard to the expense or
the means of defraying it, no such result
would have taken place; on the contrary,
the Commonwealth must have been plunged
into embarrasSments, from which noluture
wisdom could have relieved it.
But it is not the intention of the commit
tee to particularizelifei , meaSures of the ad
minis!ratiOn of Governor Ritner, the happy
results which they have produced, or the
mischiefs which they have prevented. The
limits allowed to otraddress of this kind will
not permit it; but it is ennueh to remark,
that, like Cincinatus, he was called from the
plough to the Chief Magistracy of the Com•
monwenith at the most dangerous crisis
which had occurr ed
, in her a fl iiirs and like
him, on more than One occasion, by this in
flexible integrity arid energetic and states.
man like conduct, he saved the Common •
wealth from the diect of measures which
must have been disastrous to the Lest inter•
ests of the 'people—first,in avoiding the con
sequences of the measures of the General
government,and in replenishing a bankrupt
Treasary, and again hi vetoing the, so call•
ed, Improvement Bill, passed at the session
of the Legislature of 1836-7, which if it had
been permitted to become a law, must have
proved burtheneonie to the people for gen
erattons to come. .•But the condition of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when com-
pared with that of most of the other States
of tl e Union, speaks more for the wisdom
of Governo r Ritner's administration than
any language, however strong. W hile they
had been overwh-hued in diarsss,the result
of the Iniquitous measures of the General
Government; wl•ile their cities have exhib
ited a beetle of ruin, . their commerce and
credit destroyed, their merchants bankrupt,
their nit.chanics without employment, and
in many instances without bread, and:every
class of citizens involved in suffering, Penn
sylvania and her citizens, shielded by Ex
ecutive foresight and wisdom,have escaped,
not indeed untouched, yet without irrepara
ble injury. •
The competitor of Joseph Ritner in the
contest which has now commenced, besides
bring an advocate of those measures of the
General Government so disastrous in their
results:l s an adhering sal jeer of that Insti•
tution,wlin se ceremonies are toilettes mocke
ries of the sacred rites itireli.ion,und whose
oaths and obligati mi 4 are inetinsi , tent with
rnnrality. and at varianee with the laws.—
But the Van Buren party have, ut last, ten.
dcred to the people the proper issue—Ma.
sonry or no-Masonry? For out of more
than twenty candidates, twenty of whom
were no Masons, they selected DAvrn R.
Poart•:n, A ROYAL ARCH COMPAN
ION OF THE ORDER! Thus the ques
lion is tiiirly made, and to the people we op
peal it for decision.
Fellow Citizens: JOSEPH RITNER,
under wh3se nuspicesyeu have escaped from
all the most terrible effects of the flood of
ruin which the National Administration in
its wickedness and folly poured out upon the
land, is again presented to you ns a candi
date for the office of Governor. Wo recom
mend him to you for his stern and incorrup
tilde integrity, his unceasing and consistent
opposition to Free Masonry; his jealousy of
the honor of the State, and his resistance to
the dictation of the General Government—
and because, under his adininistration, un
propitious us the period has been. Pennsyl.
main has gone on towards the fulfilment of
as noble a destiny as thc 7/104 sanguine of
her friends ever anticipated for her.
A COUPLE nE SUB -Tit EASURY BANKS
A It ft EsTED.—The Zanesville (Ohio) Repub
lican of the 17th inst. says: —Stephen Mun•
ger, Post Master at Kingsville, Ashtabula
county, and his son Harrison, have been ar
rested and imprisoned, on suspicion of rob.
Nu l l the mail. A follow by the name of
James Hoult.said to be of this (11 Jskingum)
county, has been arrested and imprisoned
at Columbus, for robbing the Mail near Li.
ma, Huron Co. Ohio.
Files of Buenos Ayres papers to the Mt
December have been received at New York.
Favorable accounts had been received from
the army that had marrhed to co-operate
with the Cbilians against Peru. While the
army was at A rica,a Captain Carillo robbed
the custom house. He was arrested, tried
bY a court martial, and instantly shot. The
Chilian squadron had taken the port of Co.
It iti4stated that the Bolivian Congress
had withdrawn the extraordinary powers
granted to Santa Cruz.
A letter from La Guayra, dated January
26, states that General Farias had landed at
:Maracaybo and gathered some discontented
persons together, and that troops were to
leave La Guayra that day to put down the
insurrection.
DESTRUCTION OF THE EMPEROR NICHO
LAS' PALACE BY FIRE.-A letter of Decent
ber 30th from St. Petersburg, states that a
destructive fire broke out, on the previous
evening, in the winter palace. As soon as
the confidgration, extended through
out the whole Palace, was perceived, the
Empress and the :hand Duchess Maria,
(the Emperor's daughter) took refuge in the
Hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
whilst the Emperor, accompanied by the
Grand Duke (his eldest son,) and the Grand
Duke Michael, personally gave the necessa
ry directions for extinguishing the flames,
which were fortunately prevented from com
municating with either the Hermitage or
the buildings adjoining the winter palace.
That magnificent building itself was, how
ever, totally destroyed.
THE DEMOCRAT, AND CArmer,r, Covzrrsr
REPtIMAGAN-A now weekly paper under
the foregoin,g title, has just been established
nt Westminster Md. under the editorial con
duct of Mr. WILLIAM SHIPLEY, Jr. It is of
respectable size and appearance; and as to
politics,it will perhaps be sufficiently indica•
true and satisfactory to copy the !nano chosen
to adorn its title page, which is as fellows:—
' Solitary and alone I set this Bull in mo•
tion.--Benton."
Appointment by the Governor,
NATIIANIEL EWING, Rill. of Union -town,
to be President Judge of the 14th Judicial
District, composed of the counties of Fay
ette, Washington and Greene, in the room
of . the Hon. Thos. 11 Baird, resigned.
HYMENIAL RROIRTER
MA It lillE1).
On Gth inst. by the Roy. Mr. Sechler,lllr. DAN
BEC KEN to-ties ELIZAILETII
both of this county.
On the Bth inst. by the some, Mr. PIIEDERICIL
WAL/NEIL to Miss .MAIIIA BLULLACII—both of this
county.
On the 4th Inst. by the Rev. Hickey, Mr. Cu.lB,
BRADLEY to Miss MATILDA WEAVEU—both of
Freedom township.
Oa the Bth inst. by the Rev. Mr. Keller, Mr.
HENRY GUBTAYUS WOLF, son of Ex-Governor
Wolf, to Miss ELIZA, daughter of Mr. William
Gillespie—all of this plaoe.
On the same day, by the same, Mr, GEORGE
&rev sa,of Cumberland township. to Miss MARL&
CARawoou, of Franklin township.
OBITUARY RECORD
On the 6th inst. WALTER Mtra.r.n, son of Mr,
George Howard, of Mountpleasant township, aged
2 years, 7 months and 5 days.
On the 9th inst. Mr. JUIIN MIINFORT, of Stn.
!um township, in the BSth year of his age.
[Communicated.
DIED—On the Bth inst. Mrs. CATHARINE SHY . -
BLit, wife of George Sniper, Esq. of this place,
and daughter of Mr. Martin Gardner, of York
county. She was born October the 6th, 1779, and
was married to Mr. Sinyser on the 21st of April,
1799—with whom she lived in harmony and love,
discharging all the duties of a wife and a motl
in the most exemplary nianner,during the space o
39 years. Sho died on the above mention day,at 20
minutes after . 12 o'clock A. M.—aged 68 years, 4
months and 11 day's. She way the mother of three
children, ono of whom died in the cradle—the oth•
ors of whom survived her loss.
O why lament departed friends,
Or shake at death's alarms?.
Death's but the servant 'Jesus sends
To call me to his arms.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
0:-Rov. Mr. BAUGIIER will preach in the
English Lutheran Church on Sunday morning
next. There will also be. preaching _in the eveu
ing,nt early candlelight.bißm;. Mr. KELLER.
Rev. Mr. WATSON will preach ►n the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning and
evening next
j' Hear. Mr. QUAY will preach in the Presby
byterian Church in Petersburg, (Y. S.) on Sun
day morning next, at 11 o'clock.
DIED.
STAR & REPUBLICAN BANNER.
A 1 62 per annum. hnlf.yearly In advance.
GETTYSBUROH, PA.
Tuesday, alareh 13, - 1 83g.
FOR GOVERNOR,'
cgOV2ZP2I-1 - ,TALMITP,aIac,
Flour in Baltimore, $7 75; Wheat, $1 65;
Corn, 68 cts.; Rye, 87; Oata, 38 ; Clover Seed,
$5 50 to $5 75; Whiskey, 29 cts.
TO CORRESPONDENTS
"Z." in reply to "A Citizen" will probably ap
pear in our next. °Reform" and others, soon.
Tyne article reflecting on the Citizens' Band
for leaving town on a day when their services,ac
cording to the agreement by which they obtained
the instruments from the uAssociation," were ex
pected by the citizens of the Borough, had better
not be published. At all events, we require the
author's name before we can insert it.
G - _ - _,-The "Annual Catalogue of the Officers and
Students in Pennsylvania College, 1837-8," was
received at tno lute an hour to make extracts from
it thin week
Richmond Theatre.
crf We are pleased to see that the account of
the Aiming-of the Richmond Theatre, which we
extracted a few weeks since from tho "Southern
Literary Messenger," is copied into many of our
exchange papers.
“'llw Last Aupper.”
ccj-We refer our readers to the very interesting
article on our first page, headed the ..I.nst Supper."
Jir. U Wisierls Apecch.
cryVVe do hope that the speech commenced in
this week's paper, on the Sub-Treasury system, by
the Hon. atrium WEISSTEII, Will he attentively
read by all—especially by our Van Buren friends.
School Directors•
cryoN FRIDAY NEXT the election through
out the county for SCHOOL DIRECTORS will
take place. It is hoped that all in favor of the
system, as well as those disposed to give it a par.
tial trial at least, and thereby secure the large a
mount of money now lying in the Treasury sub
ject to the orders of those districts which shall, on
Friday next, accept the law, will be punctual in
their attendance at the polls on said day.
Joseph Ititaer.
a:7 -From the proceedings, in another column,
of the State Convention which met in Harrisburg
last week, it will be seen that the WASUINOTON
COUNTY FAUMEU has again been unani flimsily
put in nomination for the office of Governor—an
office which he has filled with so much honor and
credit to himself and the great State over which ho
has been called to preside! That ho will be re
elected, and that too by a handsome majority, we
have too much faith in the virtue, patriotism and
intelligence of the people, fur one moment to doubt.
Indeed, it would be ungenerous to harbor the
thought that a people, fo- whose interests he has
so faithfully labored, and whose just rights he has,
on all occasions, so ably maintained and vindicated
could hesitate an instant about giving him their
support We believe, therefore, that all who sin
cerely prize the interests and prosperity of Penn
sylvania will, when the proper time arrives, cheer
fully aunt. their ...too for,thoir present worthy end
patriotic Governor.
Gen. _➢avid U. Porter.
G rl-Tlio Loco Foco party of Pennsylvania met
in Convention last week and nominated as the op:
posing candidate for Governor, Gen. Davin H.
Po aTmi,,of Huntingdon county. The People of
Pennsylvania will therefore have an opportunity
of showing to their friends and political brethren
of the Union their love of principle and State
pride when they, on the second Tuesday of Octo
ber next, decide which of the two candidates shall
rule over them. They have a long time to scrutin
ize the character and principles of the parties, in
order that their decision may be the result of judg
ment and not of party predilection. For our own
part, it requires no such time to make up our mind
on the subject. We have already decided to op
pose Gen. Poiersa, and to do all we can to re
elect that honest and intelligent gentleman who
now so ably tills the office of Governor.
We have nt least two objections to Gen. Pon
rim, which impel us the more earnestly to op
pose him,
Id. He IS A 11100 AND BIGOTED 114ASON—aye,
District Deputy Grand Muster of Pennsylvania!
Had we never heretofore espoused the cause of
Anti-Masonry, we should not now hesitate to do
so. For years, the AIM Masons of the State have
been contending againit Masonry and its influence,
and the uses to which Political Demagogues have
brought it. Heretofore,our opponents have shown
at least a decent respect for the opinion of the peo
ple—but this respect has at last been thrown aside,
and after being rebuked—signally rebuked by the
people, MASONRY again takes the field with a "mew
man," fresh from the walls of the Lodge, with a
determination, not only to out-brave the rebuke of
the people, but, in defiance of their wishes, foist
upon them one of the must bitter and violent mem
beis of the Order in the State! This is enough to
arouse the just indignation of all who require at
least a decent regard for the honest prejudi
ces of the intelligent and industrious Farmers of
Pennsylvania. We shall, therefore, contlibuto our
mite to defeat Mr. Porter—knowing that at the
sometime it will be rebuking and crippling an In-
stitution "at variance with the laws of God and
Man, and which ought to be put down."
Secondly.—Gen. Porter is a leading member
of the Low Pow Van Buren party--a party
whose code and principles are at war with the
best interests if Pennsylvania.
This we conceive to be another as good and suf
ficient reason fur our course, as the first. As every
Pennsylvanian should do, we consider the inter
ests, prosperity and happiness of our noble State
as being deeply connected with our own interests,
prosperity and happiness. Wo cast our eye abroad
over her vast territory—behold her canals. her
rail roads and her turnpikes—her looms, her forges
and her workshops--her thousands of Barns and
Store-houses--her mines of coal and ore—her
Bank's and other valuable institutions—all, all con
tributing to her prosperity through men who have
that prosperity at • heart, and who stand in the
breach between her and those syho would sacrifice
every thing—every Interest dear to Pennsylvania
and themselves, at the shrine of party. We cast
our eyes further, arid behold a party—a brunch of
which has just put Ger.. Porter into nomination—
whose bosom has been sweeping over many por
tions of our country for the last few years, carrying
destruction and devastation into every family,work
shop a=d store-house, and draging down to ruin.
all who aro unable to resist its influence, endea
voring to get a foothold ire Pennsylvania. No
means is left untried to accomplish its purpose.
The lure of riches has been oared and accepted
by some; foreign honors and emoluments,by others
—thereby holding out inducements to more to sell
their birth-rights for a •mess of pottage!" We.
therefore, cannot sit still and see our own rights
and interests, as well as the rights and interest,
of our state, laid at the footstool of the ...Throne
at Washington," to gratify the ambition of those
who have been and are still ready to sacrifice all
that is dear to themselves, their children and their
State, to monster party! Gen. Porter, therefore.
being a prominent member and leader of that party.
and who, if elected, will call around him others of
the same stamp, and adopt in our State Govern
ment those measures which are bringing the Gen
eral Government into discredit and the country
into ruin, we cannot lend him our support,but will
use all fair end honorable means to defeat him,and
re-place into the Executive Chair that faithful and
well-tried servant, who has been "weighed in the
balance" and not found wanting.
Wo therefore nail upon our mast the flag inscri
bed: JOSEPH Itirsen and ProrNser.v Alma PIMA..
PEIIITT, now and forever, one and inseparable!
The Presidency—Oar Course.
co-Our esteemed friend of the Philadelphia In
quirer puts the right construction on our motives
in offering the amendment to the nomination of
our intelligent friend of the Pittsburg- Advocate.
We believe that the time has not yet arrived when
the question of who shall or who shall not be otra
candidate for the Presidency, should ho decided.
When that limo does arrive, and a candidate fixed
upon, in a proper manner, he shall cheerfully re
ceive our support—be he the sound, constitutior.al
Statesman WE esTen, the Patriot liAnaisos, or
the Eloquent Cl. Ar. We studies heretofore, wil
lingly and cheerfully go on the Presidential ques
tion, as well as on all others, for nrinciplee, and
not men. And in which, wo hope to be joincd,not
only by our respected friends of Philadelphia and
Pittsburg, but throughout the Union. In the
meantime, let us of Pennsylvania unite in surfeit
ing Gen. Porter with good Old Sour-kraut!
al Chance!
cry The Frederick "Citizen," a Loco Foco Van
Buron paper, is offered for sale. We believe that
it is a valuable establishment, notwithstanding its
politics. A young man who can, in this day and
gencration,swallow Van Burenisn,would no doubt
do well to purchase it.
Small ales.
ai.The subjoined petition has been handed in
for publication. We arc entirely opposed to all
shin pinsters,or notes of a less denomination than
live dollars; tint, if we must reecire such notcr,
we see no good reason why the Banks should not
be empowered to issue small bills until such times
as a resumption of specie payments can take place.
Very few,we believe,even of our Loco Foco friends,
but who would much rah( r receive and pay out
the small notes of solvent Banks. than those issued
by Tom, Dick and Harry and institutions of doubt
ful existence..
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
The undersigned ,inhabitants of the Coun
ty of Adams, in common with all others, la-
I bar under great inconvenience from the pre
sent deranged state of the currency, and be.
Have that the evil might in a measure be
roni t miedi,sll inn mintier that would relieve the
Banks from a great deal of the danger that
is to be apprehended from the resumption
of specie payment, ci; the community reliev
ed from the pressure that the Banks would
be under the necessity of occasionitig, by ex
tensive Curtailment if their circulation—and
to effect this desirable objectove would re
commend the passage of a law authorising
the Banks of this Commonwealth to issue
from five to ten per cent.of their circulation
in notes of from One to Three Dollars, re
deemable in gold or silver, on presentation
at their counters—the law to be limited to
two years. Alal, as in duty bound, we will
ever pray,
IMPROVEMENT BILL.
cc7 , The Improvement 11111 has passed its first
reading in tho 110118 C. It is tho't that it will finally
pass the Houso without any material alteration by
a handsome majority.
Bank Bill.
a::/ -Prom what wo can gather from the Harris
burg Reporter, the Senate will not swallow the
Bank Bill us it passed the House. It seems that
the Committee on Banks have recommended ca.
rious amendments to the Bill, Intimating that it is
folly to resume specie payments until the example
is first set by the General Government. We think
the Senate is right. The currency was destroyed
by the General Government. It is in the power
of that Government to iestore the currency to its
former healthful condition. Let it do it.
' azl-In the Senate, on Friday last, Mr. CAS.
SATT'S resolutions against the annexation of Tex
as to the United States was, afk.r some discussion,
passed by a vote of 22 to 6.
reply to "Truth" in our last, Mr. LErt-
VEIL states that "no charge has been made or pay
ment received for inserting the Commissioners'
Accounts for several years."
LIBERALITY.—The House of Represen
tatives of the United States have passed a
bill granting $lOO,OOO to the heirs of• Ro
n FULTON, the inventor of steamboats.
Tin; Mottmorrs.—The Scioto' Gazette
states that the Mormons have dissolved their
body, which had collected at Kirtland, in
that state, under JOE SUIT!! and SIDNEY
Rio non. These leaders recently decamp.
ed, with their fumilieb, in the night.
DESTRUCTION OF TILE LONDON ROYAL
EXCHANGE.—On the night of the 10th Jan.
the Royal Exchange was,tailly._,destroyed
by fire. Besides the . titi'ilding, upwards of
50,0001. worth of goods in the shop 4 round
the Exchange, also fell a prey to the flames.
The whole of Lloyd's books are saved.
The Royal Exchange is slated to be in
sured for 65,000/. in one establishment. It
is said the building cannot be replaced for
less than 150,0001. One account says:—
"The safety-vaults under the Exchange,
which-are novicovered Wtth immense heaps
of ruins,and which contain the account books
and other valuable property belonging to the
London bankers, it was hoped had escaped
, thimage, but unfortunately, we learn that
there was not, less than four feet of water in
them, which was being pumped out as fast
as circumstances would permit."
ADVERTISEMENTS. -
TEMPERANCE.
MEETING of the 'Petersburg
S.) Temperances Society" will be held
in the Academy, on Saturdak Evening the
17th inn a - hen a,. Address will be deliver
ed. The public are invited to attend.
JAS. 31 'COSI!, Sec'ry.
March In, 1539. It—no
tv2-14 ks-)
(N Election will be held at the house o
Mr. William Bailey,in Franklin town
ship, Adams county, on Saturday the 21s
of April next, between the hours of 10 A.M
ands P. n. for OA it; alPlaJ 0 If, ti
fill the vacancy occasionedin the First Bat
taboo 80th Reg. Pa. Militia, by the resig
nation of Mnj. Genree Wert/.
DAVID SCOTT, Brigade Insp.
Marct► 13, 11539. to-50
AUDITORS' NOTICE.
VOTICF. is hereby given, that the Audi
tors-appointed by the last Orphans'
Court to distribute the assets in the hands
of the Administrator of PHILIP Lmvo.dee'd,
to and among the creditors arid legal repro.
t~sntativcsofs.tid deceased, will meet for that
purpose in Liteestown, on Friday the Pith
of 17pril next, at 10 o'clock A. M., when
mid where all interested are requested to
attend.
MICHAEL R. NUSLAR,
SAMUEL DILLER, IR :
DAVID SHIUVER,
Mrch 13, l`:i`3. 41-50
ti ow it CIE.
4111 HE Sahseriber, residing in Mountjoy
township,hereby gives notice to all persons
indebted to the Estate of
ADAM ItOil RBOUG
Late of Mountjoy township, Adams County, Pa.
deceased, to call and mAe immediate payment,
and rhino having claims against said Estate, will
present them without delay, properly authen
ticated, for settlement_
FREDERICKKOULHOUSE,Adm'r.
March 13, 1638. th-50
"c') - FRUIT le,
147.*
TREES. -
T HE Subscriber, having sold the proper.
ty whereon he now resides, takes this
method to inform the public that he has re
served the privilege of remaining upon it for
two vears from next spring, and will be able
to accommodate all who may call upon him
for snlarr,r Timms during that
psnod
As the purchaser bas no wish to engage
in that line of business, I calculate upon
selling out my stock on hand as muck as I
can within that term. But previous to my
making sale of my property. I had made
preparations for planting another lot of trees
next spring. Those trees I would rather
not plant myself, as they could not be allow
ed to remain upon the ground until large
em-,ugh to be transplanted into Orchards;
they ought to be planted where they could
remain for at lest three years before they
would be removed.
As I do not expect to engage in the same
business again in this part of the country, I
wish to dispose of the young stock, I have
prepared for next spring's planting. They
are all engrafted in the root, standing in the
cellar, planted in boxes of earth,where they
are to remain until spring, when they will
be ready fur transplanting into a nursery.
Those boxes, with their contents, can be re
moved toany reasonable distance in a wagon,
without the slightest injury done to the trees.
As a nursery of well selected fruit would be
a convenience in this county and parts adja •
cent,it would at the same time yield a profit.
able income to the owner, provided he gave
it proper attention, and was careful that his
assortments did not get mixed,eo that persons
might have confidence that they could get
the kinds of fruit they wanted.
There can be fiom 25 to 30 thousand trees
set upiin one acre. The are planted in rows,
four feet a part, and about 5 or 6 inches dis
tant from each other iii the row. The rows
are laid out and planted by a line,in order to
have them straight. One person can trans
plant 2,000 in a day from the boxes to the
nursery. This is counted a moderate day's
work. He can also graft and set into the
boxes 506 per day. This we count a day's
work also.
CErAny person desirous of engaging in the a.
bore mentioned cmcern,can have my lot of grafts
for neat spring's planting. irr ONE DOLLAR PER
HUNDRED, and shall have oaarts,at all times while
I remain here, any information on the subject for
which they are at a loss; and shall also have cut
tings or grafts of any kind of fruit I have at all
times for grafting or boding, free of charge. I
have from 50 to 75 of the best varieties of the Ap
ple, and about 50 varieties of the Peach—also
Pears, Cherrie., Plums, Apricots, Nectarines,
&c. of many varieties.
WILLIAM WRIGHT.
York Springs, March 13,1838. 4t-50
PIIBILIC 59.161 E.
T HE Subscriber will offer at public sale,
at ins residence in Mountjoy township,
Adams county, Pa., on IVednesday the
21st inst.
TILE FOLLOWING PROPERTY -VIZ:
One new Road Wagon,
Cue Plantation do.
S or 9 header Ilorses it Colts:
among which are two first-rate BREED.
ING MARES.
Cows and a fine lot of flogs,
Horse•gears, Ploughs and Harrows, a new
patent Windmill, Cutting Box; Grain in
:he ground, Rye, Corn, Oats and Buckwheat
by the Bushel.
llonsehold- Furniture,
Consisting of Cupboards, Bureaus, Tables
and Chairs; with a great variety of other
articles too numerous to insert.
Sale to commence at 9 o'clock A. N. When
a credit of 10 months will be given.
ROBERT BLACK,. Sen.
March 6 le3B. St-40
PUBLIC PIOTICE11:;';"A'c;
'ximAale
D.41171,EL TRIDITYWAti FD
L
gm A V:E tilts day emered 11l it) PUltilerail f,
iP
the busines of
C -1141£1'fiq,..,
IN ALL ITS VARIOUS DRANCHRS:
which they will carry on at the Old Stand
of David Ilcaiy, in Charnberaburg Street, ;
Where they will keep constantly on hancl,:./
for sale, at the lowest prices,
Bureaus,' Tables, Bedsteads,
and all other articles in the line of their
bus;nrsa
Or - They will also mate COFFIXN
MI the shortest notice--and hui , e a HEAREIN
with which they will attendFuuerals when
required.
They hope for a share of public patroci ! .
age, and will endeavor re deserve
DAVID
DANIEL TRIMMER.
March 13, lA3B. if-50
THOMAS S. COOPER.
RESPECTIVELY informs his Custom•
ers and the Public in general, that he
has just received
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
SEASONABLE GOODS.
CONSISTING OF
Domestics; Drs . Cowls,
Groceries, Queensvore,
Hord rare, Castings,
Iron, Lumber,
(nr - Which he is determined to sell Low
for CASII and COUNTRY PRODUCE.
March 6, 1838.
TO MY CREDITORS.
T AKE Notice that I have applied to the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of Bedford County, for the benefit of the
Insolvent laws of this Commonwealth, and
that said Court has appointed the 3d Mon
day, (16th day) of April next; for the hear
ing of me and my creditors, at the Court
house in the Borough of Bedford, whorl and
where you may attend if you think proper.
ROBERT MICKLE.
Bedford, March 6, 1838. et-48
lOW sToRu.
THE Subscriber would respectfully in•
form the citizens of NEW CHESTER.
Adams county, Pa., as well as the Public in
general, that he has taken the Store Houso
lately occupied by Maj. George Myers, and
has opened
• NEW AND SPLENDID ASsORTMENT OP
(tom (r J( 1), *1)
-CONSISTING or—
Cloths, Cassinteres, Cussi.
nettes, Silks, Calicoes, Ginghams, a fine
assortment of Shawls 'and Dress Handker.
chiefo; bleached and unbleached Muslim;
Flannels, of all colors; Laces, &c. &c.
WITH A FIRST•RATE ASSORTM E NT OP
Groceries, Queens-Ware,
ma& 'Ravi-Ware,.
OrA more splendid or extensive assort
ment of Goods was never before opened in
this place—all of which will be disposed of
on the most reasonable terms. Call and
examine. KrCountry Produce, of all kinds,
.altec at a fair price in exchange for Goode.
ADAM EPPLEY.
tf-49
March 6, I q 34
ffritok 14 asks
CHEAPER THAN EVER:
SAMUEL WITIKEROW
HAS JUST RETURNED FROM TUE CITY,
WITH A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT or
0003Da
. •
Suitable to the Season, comprising every
variety of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
littraNsatre, Queemswaret
which have been selected with great care,
and purchased on such terms as will justify
him in offering them to the Public
'Cr CHEAPER THAN EVER,,CI
He invites public attention to his Stock :of
Goode, assured that it needs but a "peep"'
at them to convince any one that his Coi
ner is the place for BARGAINS!
Gettysburg, Dec. 1,1837.
PUBLIC SALE.
FVFIE Subscriber will sell nt public sale,
at his residence, on the Millerstowo,
road, three miles from Gettysburg, on Mon
day the lgth of March inst.
VIE FOLLOWING PROPERTY-VIZI
HORDS AN S I c.9TTL E,
Sheep and Hogs: •
2 Wagons—one with a Cart attached; Farm
ing Utensils—such as Ploughs, Harrows,
Cultivators, Hay Rake, dic. &c.
TOGETHER WITH ALL HIS
Household find Kitchen Fur
niture: Consisting of Beds, Bedsteads and
Bedding; Eight Day Clock, with u Mahog.•
any Case; Tables, Chairs, Bureaus, with
numerous other articles too tedious to par.
ticularizo.
Also—Wheat, Rye and Buckwheat, by
the bushel; 300 bushels of Oats; 200 bushels
of Corn.and 50 Acres orGrain in the ground.
Otr Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. x.
when a reasonable credit will be given.
WILLI 451" McCULLOUGH.
141.nrch 6,-1.933...:..-
GETTYSBUSG GUAIDSI
lirou will parade in front of the Court
-a house, on Saturday the 7th day of.
pril next, at 2 o'clock P. M., with arms end
accoutrements in complete enter.
JOHN ZIEGLER, 0. 8. •
March 18,1 6 118. tp,.llo'
I ~;~
MIME