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BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday Morning, June 2T. !•
"Fearless and Free."
DAVID OVEK, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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FOB PRESIDENT:
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
JuKDREW JACKSON RONELSGN
OF TENNESSEE.
iiiXroSTicKET.
Canal Commissioner :
THOMAS E. COCHRAN,
Of York County.
. ludi!or General -
DARWIN PHELPS,
Of .Armstrong Cottniy.
Surveyor General ■
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE,
Of Bradford Cottniy.
JBK
SUBSCRIBERS to THE STOCK OF IHE HOPEWC'I
and Bloody Run Plank and Turnpike Road
Company, are hereby notified tliat the Ith in
stalment. tieing five dollars on each share, w ill
be due and payable at the office of the Treasu
rer on the 20th July next.
Bv order of the Board ot Managers.
JOHN MOW KB, Treasurer.
r June 27. 1856.
Only a few weeks since, the manuscript of
JOHN JI. Rrsif, Treasurer of the Poor House,
had been so altered as to make it appear that he
had professed to have paid money to a man for
bacon triosc name urns not in his account —and.
when the person alluded to gave informain.r*
that ho had never furnished any bacon to the
Poor House, then the very charitable charge
was preferred that Mr. It. had been robbing the
Treasury!— Gazette.
Now, we pronounce this- extract false,
from beginning to end: in whole and in part,
there is Dot one woul of truth in it, and
the natural and constitutional falsifier and
vilifier of that dirty disreputable sheet
knew it to be so.
What are the facts in this case? We
were handed, by Mr, Bush, the report to
publish, according to law, which wo did
Our compositors put it up. Mr. Hush does
not write the plainest hand in the world,
and the name of Fr. Friend, might easily
be mistaken for Fr. Turner, which was the
ease. The proof was read, and the error
was i:ot discovered. Mr. Rush, after the
first impression was worked off, came to our
office and charged us with falsifying his Re
port in an item where he was charged with
890. We got his manuscript and examined it
in his presence, found the item to be exactly
as we had it, and he was forced to acknow
ledge the item correct aDd that he was mis
taken, after charging us with doing this in
tentionally. We then gave him all the
manuscript, and a copy of oitr paper telling
Lim to examine tlieni carefully and if he
discovered any mistake, to let us know, and
we would cheerfully correct it. lie took
away his manuscript, has it yet, and we
dare the liar, Bowman, to point to a line,
sent met, or word, that we altered. Let
him cow, that we brand him as a liar and
falsifier, go to Mr. Rush and show, us where
in there has been any alteration, or stand
before the public in all his naked deforiui
ty.
The Report was published on the 1 4th of
March, and about the Ist of April we got, a
letter from Mr. Turner, inquiring about the
matter. Mr Bush had the manuscript and
had had time to have it corrected. In our
issue of the sth of Apri', wc asked the fol
lowing query, and from it will* be seen that
Mr. Rush was not charged with "robbing
the Treasury,'' hut that we only asked for
"light on the subject:"'
QCERV. —Tn the Report of the Poor Hon v.- J
we tintl an item in the account of Mr. John H. :
Rush, fur which he has himself credited with j
$5.50 paid .Mr. Frederick Turner for tueon.— |
.Vow, we have bevu assure' or Frederick Tur- :
ner, sr., and his son Frederick Turner, jr.. of!
Harris >n Township, that they never sold the ■
Poor House any pork at all. We know of' no
other Frederick funit-.r in the Comity. We ,
would like to have a iittie light on the subject. :
The next week April lltb, after being
shown the manuscript :.nd,being assured by
Mr Rush, that it related to Frederick
Friend aud not to Frederick Turner, we
published the following explanation:
In answer to our query of last week, we would
state that the charge of $5.60 for park, in the
Poor House Report, should be lu Frederick
Friend instead of Frederick Turner. The '
"hand of write" was not very plain, and the
compositors were as likely to make the one
name as the other out of it. Resides the Wie
Treasurer took the manuscript and a copy ol
our paper the first week the Report was pup.
lished, for the purpose of comparing them, and
was at liberty to correct any errors he might
discover; but this was not done.
After reading the above, is it possible
that Bowman, or any body else but a wilful
lier and falsifier, could he guilty of such a
paragraph, as we publish at the head of
this article. Indeed, it appears from liis
last six or eight papers, that the more pro
fessions of religion the fellow makes, and
the oftencr he takes the sacrament, the more
he lies.
Our friend, Mr. J. ,T. Lt'iBJER, pro
prietor of the Bedford Restaurant, serves
up for bis friends and il.e public, every
night, Ice Creams of the choicest flavor.--
Of course every body eats lea Creams this
hot weather.
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN DAVIS.
We publish on tbe first page of our pa
per, to-day, the speech of Hon. John Da
vis,of Massachusetts, on the 27th of Jan
uary, 1840, in the U. S. Senate, in answer
to the speech of James Buchanan, deliver
ed at that time in the Senate, in favor of
LOW WAGES. The following is an ex
tract from Buchanan's speech, and will be
found in the Appendix to the Congressional
Globe, pages 185— G. This is the extract,
nnd these are his very words, and Locofoeo
ism. with all its brazen impudence, and
falsehood, dure not deny them:
'•ln Germany, where the currency Is purely
nu'talie, and the cost of everything is REDUC
ED to a hard money standard, a piece of broad
cloth can be manufactured for fifty dollars; the
manufacture of which, iu our country from ihe
expansion of paper currency would cost one
hundred dollars. The foreign French and
German manufacturer imports this cloth into
our country and sells it for a hundred. Does
not every person perceive that the redundancy
of our currency is equal to a premium of one
hundred per cent, iu lavor of the manufacturer.
'•f>o tariff of protection, unless it amounted
to prohibition, could counteract thesu advanta
ges in favor of lorcigti manufactures. I would
to Heaven that I could arouse the attention of
every manulacturer of the uation to this impor
tant subject. .
"What is the reason that, with all these ad
vantages and with the protective duties which
our laws afford to the domestic manufacture of
cotton, wc cannot obtain exclusive possession of
the home market, and successfully contend for
the markets of the world? It is simply because
we manufacture at the nominal prices of out
own inflated currency, and are compelled to sell
at the real prices of other nations. KEDUCE
OUR NOMINAL STANDARD OF I'RICES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, and you cover
our country with blessings and benefits.
"Tlie comparative LOW PRICES of France
' ucd Germany have afforded ar.ch a stimulous o
their manufactures, that they are now rapidly ex
ten (ting themselves, and would obtain possession
in no small degree, wen of the English home
Market : JF IT WERE NOT FOR THEllt
PROTECTING DUTIES- While British manu
factures are j.-w languishing, those of the
continent are springing into a healthy and
vigorous existence."
Nov., tO KEDT'CE OCR NOMINA I, PRICES
OF LABOR; according to Mr. Buchanan's
doctrine, to the STANDARD TUROUHHOIT
THE WORLD, and the poor man would not
receive more than TEN CENTS A DAY
for his labor. A careful calculation of the
average prices of labor throughout Europe
was made at the time, and in our cnrrcucy
would not quite amount to ten eenls a day.
This is Mr. Buchanan's love for the poor la
boring man , this is all the wages ten-cent
Jimmy is willing to give. Laboring man,
how do you like this? are you willing to
wo>-k for, and support your family on this
paltry sum ! If Buchanan can have such
a law as he wishes passed, many of you
will have, like the laboring classes of Ire
land, Germany, France and o.hor ceuntries
in Europe, to live on potatoes, or oat bread
alone, and never see any meat! We hope
none of this class will be so silly as to
vote for this old aristocrat who would thus
treat them. We hope no poor man will
vote for him for another reason, that to the
rich man, who has hi* tnousahds, it would
more than double his riches, and the poor
man who had nothing to depend upon but
his labor, it would not only make him poor
er, but he would never have a chance to
rise! Foor man, laboring man, ponder over
these things, and vote accordingly.
LOCOFOCO COUNTY TICKET.
The Delegates of the Locofoco party of
Bedford County, mat in this place (Tim last
Tuesday, and put in nomination the follow
ing ticket.
Associate Judge,— A. J. Snively, Esq.
District Attorney,—G. 11. Esq.
County Surveyor,—Wui. M. Ilall, Esq.
Commissioners, —11. J. Bruner. Esq., .*>
years, Cadwallader Evans, 1 year.
PoOr Director, —George Eider.
Auditors, —Henry I>. .Mock, 3 years.
Thos. W. Horton, 2 years.
There was no euthusiasni manifested !>v
the Delegates whatever. Their fiees seem
ed,every one of them, about a yard long.—
They appeared, certainly, by their downcast
woe-begone looks, to have no hope of car
rying tiie county, and no doubt, only met
and nominated a ticket, to beep ur> the
couaty organization, in the approaching
Presidential Electoin. The ticket thov
nominated is certainly as weak and woe
begone as the delegates themselves. They
could not. have taken tip on easier one to be
knocked down, by the opponents of Locot'o
coism. Wc will notice a few of theni.
A. J. the same one of that
nam* who Some years ago, was the Sheriff
of Be J ford County. He is n old office
holder, and lias been an office seeker all his
life. He is decidedly unpopular, and will
come about as near being elected Associate
Judge, as he will fly, by that time.
Wiu. M. Hall, Es'j., is a right clever'
young man, known to his party, by his be
ing frequently a candidate for some office
or other, and now only receives the honor
of an empty nomination fr County Svrvey
| or, and that, too, when he has 7ioptospect of
of an election. Besides, Mr. Hall is a
\ OUXG LAWYER, and it would bo the
most unsafe thing in the world to elect a
LAWYER to that office, where he will be
called on to run lines and boundaries be-
J tween neighbors. We do not say .Mr. Hall
. \ is dishouest, but it would be the worst kind
of a precedent. A LAWYER might run
• lines in such away as to cause endless iaw
euits, and from his knowledge of the lauds,
be employed as Attorney for one party or
• the other, and thus make money ml of his
own acts ' It is an unsafe precedent, and
the people will amid it.
i The candidates tor Commissioner are not
k%own out of their own Towuships, and
Mr. Bruncr, one of- thtiu comes from CUUJ
: bcr'.and Valley, where no Locofoeu can nyi
Lead of his ticket.
BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE.
George Elder, the candidate for Poor IL
reclor, was a few years ago before the peo
ple, for the office of Commissioner, hot was
beateu by Fr. Turner, Esq. : Mr. Elder run
ning some 40 votes behind bis own ticket*
in bis own Township!
Thos. W. Hortoo, one cf the candidates
for Auditor, has been before the people for
something or other, for several years, imd
always beateu !
Such is the ticket to be beaten this MR
Let all our friends now go to work, ano la
bor till the election, and Federal Loeofoco
;sni is done for in Bedford County.
[GP"The Gazette of this week trys to
make much capital out of the fact, as it
says, of 'Mr. Rensbaw, an able Lawyer,"
formerly of St. Louis and now of Baltimore,
who for several years has visited Bedford
and is well known here, having recently
come out for Buchanan. Now the fact is,
this is another of Bowman's lies. Mr.
Renshaw never was a lawyer, and that paper
only says so to make liirn appear prominent'
He was formerly a r/erA':nnd now we believe
follows skaviOg in Baltimore. It is doubt
ful if be was ever a Whig. But some
weeks ago we lieird him say that he had
left the Whig party several years ago.' We
presume he is of that class of Missourhu.s,
who, if not an active participant, is af least
a defender of the outrageous acts of the
"Border Ruffians," in attempting to force
slavery on the free State settlers of
Kansas, lie would of course then ua
tuially support that candidate and that par
ty approving of these outrages!
But, lias not the Gazette recently noticed
some desertions of men who ere d isti aguish -
ft/, from its own part v. Senator Hamlin of
Maine, also the Hon. Lot M. Morrill,
Chairman c-f the Locofoec Htate Committee
of Maine, Lieut. Governor Koerner of Illi
nois, and thousands of others, both North
and South, have deserted the sinking ship
of Locofoeoism. Wonder if the Gazette
has heard of these?
PRESIDENTIAL.
The North American Convention of Bolt
ers, that recently met at New York, have
nominated Freeuiorit, in place of Banks, who
declined the nomination. They support
Governor Johnston for the Yiee Presidency.
The tickets of the North Americans arid lie
publicans for President are therefore the
same. W 111. L. Dayton of New Jersey is
the Republican candidate for Vice Presi
dent. We publish the Republican platform
in another column. The Platform is all
right in itself, except the hit at (lie Ameri
can party contained in the lust plank.
From the union of the North Americans
and the Republicans, on the Presidency, it
will be aem that parties are narrowing
down, and we confidently hopo (hat they
will still cotne down prior to tbe election un
til they are a unit in opposition to Buchati
an. We believe as firmly as ihe election
day arrives, that Buchanan is doomed to an
inglorious defeat. The signs of the times
indicate this result.
Nex' week we intend to publish the cele
brated Fourth of July Oration, delivered in
1815, by James Buchanan. 1: is quite an
interesting document, and for its charges
against the I democrat ic parti,, and M r Madi
son, and its support of Federalism, we
hope it w iil be widely circulated. We will
publish it also on the very anniversary of
that uav, and the lover of Buchanan and of
Fourth of July thunder, may appropriately
peruse it with much satisfaction. L would
not be a bad ilea,-is the battalion of solders
of this County. meet in Bloody Run on
Friday, and a great many citizens will also
be there, to have a special meeting called,
and the Oration read for the benefit of die
faithful!
Unrtni.'CAN LA.\ mi AUKS.—We have
received from the author, John P. Sander
sou, Esq., a copy of this invaluable work.
It gives the views and opinions of ail the
great American statesmen on foreign immi
gration, and contains a collection of statist
ics of population, pauperism and crime, &e.
There are some choice extracts from the
earlier writings and speeches of Buchanan,
which we will frequently make use of in the
present campaign. Every American should
procure a copy of "this work. Send on for
a copy. Printed by -1. B. Lippineott &Co.
Philadelphia, arid for sale by booksellers
generally.
CTTlie examination and exhibition of
the scholars of the Allegheny Male and
Female Seminary, at Ilainsburg, took place
on Friday last, and from what wo have
heard, came off to the entire satisfaction of
all the visitors, llcv. Mr. and Mrs. Pollock,
the Principal and Preceptress, are as well
qualified for their respective stations, as
any persons in the State. The scholars
under their charge make remarkable pio
gress in the different branches of their
studies. The Institution is situated in u
romantic and healthful place, and the school
is now in that high position, that the citi
zens of Bedford County should take pride
in it aud lend it their generous encourage
ment.
£7~Thfl Itcv. Mr. Phelps, formerly
Presiding Elder for this District, is expect
ed to preach in the Methodist Church, on
Sabbath morning next. We have no doubt
many will avail themselves of the opportu
nity to hear him.
TELEURAPH OFFICE.—This establish- j
uient is now under the charge of Mr. W.u.
M'MCLU.V, who is in every way qualified to j
discharge its duties, lie is as good a tele
graph operator as is in the Htate, accotumo- |
dating and obliging, aod all who ntuy have :
business with that office, will be pleased |
with the manner in which he punctually at- !
tends to lm duties-
We call the attention of our readers to
the communication of Win. Griffith, Esq.,
in answer to the calumnies in the last
Gazette. No man k in Union Township
stands higher among his fellow citizens,
than Air. Griffith, lie answers his calumnia
tors clearly, and fastens upon them the base
slanders iir reference to tbe lost children.—
Read it.
For the Jnquircr and Chronicle.
Mu. OVER .—I ffOtice in last week's Ga
zette, n communicavion from FAIL Beeg'.e,
Post Master at St. Ckirsviile, charging me
with saving certain things which the Ga
zette parades as evidence ic justify what he
said about the Know Nothing.', in connec
tion with the lost children. '1 hat Mr.
Becglc's story was fabricated for that very
purpose is evident from its face, the Gene
ral himself assisting in its fabrication. But
I think I can show to the satisfaction of ev
ery unprejudiced mini?, that if every word
of the story was true, which is not the ease,
it could not justify his conduet; but in the
absence of any truth, the communication is
iu itself an additional outrage.
I shall first notice the Gazette's first
charge, in which it charges the Know Noth
ings with industriously circulating the re
port that the Catholics had stolen the chil
dren. My first communication appears, arid
Bowman admits the first charge t>> be false
by abandoning it am! taking a new position.
In his second position In: says, "We have
ilm humiliating and disgraceful admission
that the Know Nothing leaders intended to
make the charge if their bodies bad not
providentially been found." I called 00
him fur the names of those loaders, and al
so of those making the admission ; ha does
not respond to tbe call, but Mr. Bocgie
steps forward and says that I "came into
bis store during tl.e excitement about the
'oat children, professing great sympathy
and feeling for Mr. Cox under bis calamity
(a desperate offence) and among other tilings
leitiarkod, what a great outrage it, was for
people to raise the report that Cox might
have murdered the children. I agreed, (says
Mr. Beeglc) that it was a burning shame
that aiiv one should circulate so dreadful a
report in the absence of any fact to ustiwn
the charge, but remarked that it. was 110
greater outrage than it was for the people
to raise a report that the Catholics had car
ried them away." lie then goes on to
give my reply, showing that T di>scnted
from his opinion, and gave reasons for dis
tention, an i from this Mr. Beeglc inters
that it wasino that started the report. The
reader will please hear itt tuind, thai .Mr,
Beetle here admitltJ that io had himself
itittouueed the Catholic subject. I now
wish to inquire whether the inference is
just, that I raised and circulated a report
that on other man names to me, merely be
cause l atn not willing to concede that it is
not as infamous as some other vile report.
But to come to tbe point; where did Air.
Beetle get t'vii report, that ho had ready to
thrust at mo nearly as soon as I entered his
store, in answer to my complaint, (that Mr-
Cox bad murdered the children) as lie has
stated it himself? lie admits he hud it be
fore I ram-'there, and consequently . could
not have got it from inc. Until Mr Ueegle
answers this question satisfactorily, the pub
lie are bound to believe that lit: has nuinu
fuctured it himself. 1 feel confident that
we have now driven it home to its ORIGIN",
where it is bom ! to stnij
But if additional evidence of the absurd
ity of Beegic's eharge were needed, it could
be found in tho fact that to kny that the
Catholics had stolen the children is not, only
saying that search for them in the woods is
useless, but it is also giving a reason ivbv
such search would be useless. Apply the
tost, and it will show that I am hot guilty.
All the time A lost from the search, if put
together from the time the children were
lost until they were found, would not much
exceed oue day, while all my hands hunted
from about 1 o'clock on thefiist day, until
the hunt ended, and I dil not discharge any
one of them, as I heard of another man do
ing, though my mills stood idle 13 seeular
days, occasioning tne a loss of from $8 to
§lO per day; but this is not all. Wo can
show evidence in black and white sufficient
to Satisfy any reasonable man, that we made
as streuuous efforts as any other, to contin
ue the search and make it effective ; such
evidence will be found in the Inquirer and
Chronicle of 3lay 2nd ult. Iu tho face of
such evidence, is it not remarkable that any
uiau could be fouud impudent cnougb to in
sinuate such a thing agaiust me 7 But
what Mr. Beegle's statements want in truth
and reason, he expects to make up in proof,
and he calls in three witnesses to prove his
statements, which is entirely to my advan
tage, and which 1 will not notice, as they
clearly show the kind of company the fel
low keeps I If you get the measure of one
of them, it will fit all—so they say them
selves—aud so I find it in fact, for I never
spoke one word to Mr. Beegleon any sueh
subject from the time the children were lost
till they were found. After they were
found, 1 had some conversation with him on
! that subject, but said nothing to justify his '
j statement. The gentlemen alluded to were
then present, as well as Michael Mock, and
1 several other respectable men. These Mr. ,
j Beeglc did not however get to certify for j
him. Ilere 1 shall stop for the present,
• trusting that the reader will have no diffi- j
culty in seeing that one of the most bare- :
; faced attempts lias been made to fabricate,,
| and by combination, nail on an innocent in- ,
dividual, and without any cause, one of the :
most infamous slanders that a wicked heart |
could conceive; having not one word of
truth as a inundation on which to Stand, i
and which must have been successful, if the j.
' principals concerned in its fabrication bad j
had as much sense as they had impudence j
and dishonesty. It does not better the
matter to know that this affair emanated
from an officer of the govermnmt, through !
whose hands the business and money of the
people must, sometimes, necessarily pass,
nor to discover that it was invented to euv
'or a past sin, and to secure a continuance
l in the office. I will merely add, that Mr.
j Becglc's statement cmtiinr three addition- i
;al distinct proofs of its falsity on its face, j
which I shall leave for future notice, if
required.
.Mr. JloWitmnV connection with this mat
ter needs no farther notice at this time, but
j inn'enmch as au attempt lias been made to
creuttf a feud between me and iuj Catholic
fclimv i"itrzens, imtuy of whom are among
: uiv most k'ind and intiiwate friends, it amy
not be amiss for mo to point them to such
evidences as arc* ft my command, to satisfy
them that there is 10 enemy in Bedford
Comity from whom have cause to tear
so much mischief as frour .Mr. Bowman, who
regards theui as slaves a tins' /oet,from whom
he can command any service,
I by exciting their passions and Reding their
i prejudices. Other engagements w'U pre
vent uie from attending to this matter soon,
but I think 1 will not forget it.
Yours, with respect,
WM. GIUFFKTIL
Union Township, June 21, 1850.
BUCHANAN'S CONDUCT TOWARDS
CLAY.
Lbeofocoisui is making large calculations
upon Whig support. It is a vain hope.—
1 These Old Line Whigs are and wore the
devoted friends of Henry Clay, and they
wiil never give their political support to
one, who more than any one else was instru
-1 mental in fastening upon .Mr. Clay the
' charge of 'Bribery and Corruption,' and
which followed him, in every political can
; vass in which he was engaged. It was a
1 pretended conversation between Mr. liii
' ehatinn and Gen. Jackson, and the upon
' charge of Mr. Krotuer. a colleague of Mr.
Buchanan's, that opened the floodgates of
culunmv upon Mr. Clav, and that closed to
him the avenues of political preferment.—
; No man who cherishes with affectionate re
i gard the memory uud reputation of the
statesman of Ashland, can think one mo
: incut of endorsing such a man as Radian
i an. With cold and selfish purposes he saw
i the shafts of calumny fiy thick and fist at
I the noble hearted, and yet never dared to
I stand up and right the wrong created by his
own act. The New York Express gives
; the following, taken principally from C'oi
; ton's life of Clay, which wiil pay any per
son desirous of information concerning Mr.
Buchanan, to peruse it, to the bitter end.
"About two years after Mr. Buchanan's
Federal Circular to the citizens of Pennsyl
vania, we find him engaged ,very assiduous
ly in the great t l>argaiu and .Sale' plot.—
Mr. Buchanan figured prominently through,
out in that transaction—an arena so admi
iably adapted to tho inclination of hi* dis
position. Being at that time a member of
the House of Representative?, the excite
ment and zeal his belter judgment allowed
him to bear no enviable position from begin
ning to end. This matter has occupied a
large space, in the political history of the
country, and angry discussions on both
sides have taken place. If however, 'any
candid person, disposed to view the pro
ceedings impartially, will take the trouble
to do so, he will discover the poiitical trick
cry of Mr. Buchanan, and his ingenuity to
avoid any responsibility in the part he per
formed. With regard to the bearer of
overtures from Ilenry Clay's friends to
Cen. Jackson's friends, it is singular that
lie has never been found, unless, as it has
boon pertinently remarked, it be in the per
son of Mr. Buchanan, as alleged by Gen-
Jackson. Taking all 'he circumstances
which transpired during the plot, the fid
following significant tnorceau is worthy of
note, and which to this day has never been
gainsaid. Hera it is, free from denial;
"Some time in January, 1851, and not
long before the election of President of the
United States by the House of Representa
tives, the Hon. James Buchanan, then a
member of the House, and afterwards many
years a Senator of tho United States from
Pennsylvania, who had been a zealous aud
influential supporter of Gen. Jaokson in
the preceding canvass, and supposed to en
joy bis unbounded confidence, calle.d at the
lodgings of Mr. Clay, in tho city of Wash
ington. Mr. Clay was at the time ia the
room of his only messmate in the house, his
intimate and confidential friend, tho Hon.
11. P. Letcher, sinec Governor of Ken
tucky, then also a member of the House.—
Shortly after Mr. Buchanan's entry iuto the
room, ho introduced the subject of the ap
proaching Presidential electiou of his fa
vorite, adding that he would form the most
splendid cabinet that the country had ever :
had. Mr. Jtftc-bcr asked,'!low could he '
have one marc distinguished tihan that of
Mr. Jefferson, iu which were l>oth Madison
and Gallatin? Where would he be able to
find equally eminent men?' Mi. Buchanan ]
replied, 'that he would not go out of this
room for a Secretary of State.' This geu-
tlcuian (Mr. Clay) playfully remarked that
, be thought there was co timber there fit for
: a eabinet office, unless it were Mr. Buchan
! an himself"
Mr. Clay while he was so hotly assailed
; with the charge of bargain, intrigue aud
corruption, during the administration of
j Mr. Adaius, notified Mr. Buchanan of bis
iuteniiou to publish the above occurrence;
but by the earuest entreaties of that gen
tleman, be was induced to forbear doing so.
Several times since the administration of
Mr. Adams, a we bare bceu informed, that
it might he Mr. Clay's imperative duty to
publish these facts, but that he was dissua
de i from it by Mr. Buchanan,
To add additional testimony, we state —
1 and let it be denied, if it cun —'hat Mr.
City has now in his possession a letter
which, if published to the world, would
place Mr. Buchanan in an eu.batassiug po
| sit inc. The letter comes from Mr. Buchan
! an; and no call on Mr. Clay will induce
him to give it up, pave one from his coun
! try— id is.', the Senate of the United
States. The bargain and sale conspiracy,
. with this expose would plaeoMr. Buchanan
t without the pile of Deuiocraoy, as totally
! unwortuy the confidence of the place he
i now holds-, and the suffrages of the people
; Why smother up these political bolts? \\ by
j surround Mr, Buchanan witlieulog.es whioli
do not belong to hitn' Let the truth be
known, and let him >t:<nd or full by-it.
IIERI iJLICAX I'L.VTKOHM.
Thj following is the platform of this
j party adopted at. their Coviveiition in Phiia
dfclpliia.
This Cotiventu u of Delegates assembled
in pursuance of a call addressed to the peo
ple of the Cnited Sratx-s, without regard to
past political difl'ereuc-ts or divisions, who
arc. opposed to the je.X'al of the Mi.-souri
Couiprouiisc: to the po.it *) of the present au
uiinistratiiii;: to the extension of slavery into
Kansas—and in fjvor of the admission of
Kansas as a free State, of restoring the ac
tion of the federal gov ens r. lent to the prin
ciples id Washington ami J. jfferson, and for
the purpose of presenting c:ui*lidates lor the
offices of President a ltd Vice President, do
resolve as follows:
Unsolved, That the niaiutaJnance of the
principles proiuuKaicd in the D eclaration of
Independence arid embodied in the Federal
Constitution are essential to lite preserva
tion of our Hi-publican Institutions, and
that the Federal Constitution, the .rights f
the States, and the Cninn of the .States sltal!
he preserved
llesolved, Tiiat with our Ktpiblienn
father-, we hard it lobes seif-eviJt or truth
that till men are endowed with the Liailieti
ahle right to life, liberty, and the ptosioiof
happiness, ami that the primary ol j-vt ami
ulteriar design of our Federal Government
were to secure these rights to all person
witliiw its exclusive jurisdiction, that as otrr
Republican fathers, when they had ibnlu't
ed slavery iu all our National Territory, <v-
daitted that no should he deprived
of life, liberty or property, witlto it due pro
cess of law, it becomes our duty to main- '
tain this provision of the Constitution,
against all attempts to violate it for the pur
pose of establisliiuE slavery in the United
States by positive legislation, prohibiting its
existence or extension therein—that we de
ny the authority of Congress, of a Territo
rial Legislature, of any individual or nsso
ciation, or individuals, to give legal assist
ance to slavery in any territory of the Uni
ted States, while the present Constitution
shall be maintained.
Resolved, That the Constitution coufcrs
upon Congress sovereign power over the
Territories of the United States, for their
government, and that in the exercise of this
power it is botii the right and the duty of
Congress to prohibit in the territory those
twin relics of barbarism, polygamy and
slavery.
Resolved, That while the Constitution
of the United States was ordained and
established in order to establish a more per
fect union, establish justice, insure-domest
ic tranquility, provide for the comiuou de
fence, and secure the blessings of liberty,
a nd coutaius ample provisions tor the pro
tection of tho li'e, liberty and property of
eery citizen, the dearest Coustttut cual
rights of the people of Kansas have been
fraudulently and violently taken from them
—their territory has been invaded by au
armed force—spurious and pretended legis
lative, judicial, and executive officers have
be<n sot over them, by whose unsurped au
thority, sustained by tbe military power of
the government, tyrannical and unconstitu
tional laws have been enacted and enforced
the rights of the people to keep and
bear arms have been infringed—test oaths
of uu extraordinary and entangling nature
have been imposed as a condition of exer
cising tbe right of suffrage and holding
office—the right of an accused person to a
speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
has been denied—the right of the people to
be secure in their houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures
has been violated, they have been deprived
of life, liberty and property, without duo
process of tar; thnt tie freedom of sp, 0,.;,
and the pretw has- been abridged, the right
to choose their reprfeseivt-jtin* h* been
tuado of no 'ffert: murders, robberies and
iarsotiß have been instigated asd encouraged
and the offenders have been allawed te go
unpunished : that all these things- be re been
done with the knowledge,.- sanction und
j procurement of the present aatniiuatratinn
, and that for this high critsr agarnst
Constitution, the Union, and aura dt\,
| arraign the Administration, the Bresiden!
Lis advisers, agents, supporters, upol'ogist.
and accessories, either before or aft it tl,
fact, before the country and before' :b
world; and that it is our fixed
brtng the actual perpetrators of the-e a;.',
eious outrages aud their accomplices to ,
sure aud condign punishment hereafter.
Resolved, That Kansas should he ium -
diatelv admitted as a State of the Union,
with her present free constitution, as r.
once the most effectual way of secutia- t
her citizens the enjoyment of the rights ami
privileges to which they areeutitled.and.it
ending thw.Tivil strife no.v raginsr iu 1
territoi v.
i Resolved, That tbe highwayman's pie
that 'might makes embodied in th,
! Ostrnd circtdar, was in every reipe;; m t .
worthy of American Biploinac, and would
i bring shame and dishonor upon any Gov
ernment or people that gave it their anne
tioti.
| Resolve..', That a railroad to the Pacific
j ocean, by the most central and praetici,
j route, is imperatively deiuanded t>v the in
terests of the whole country: and that the
Federal Government ought to render imme
diate and efficient aid in its construction
nud as an auxiliary thereto, the Humediaie
! construction of an emigrant ronte on the
line of the railroad.
ilesolved, That appropriatious bv C un
ities* for the improvement of Hirers utni"
. Harbors, *>t a national character, reijuirrii
lor the aei*oi)!tnotl;t' % inn and security of otn
exi sting commerce a e authorised hv the
I onsUtntion, and justified hy the obligation
<1 g •vrrniuont 10 protect the lives and pro
; pert;, of its citizens.
liesc!red, That we invite the affiliation
ami co-opcrati.tn of the men of all partis.-,
; however diffcreut from us in other respects,
iu support ol the principles herein declared
and believing that the spirit of > nt instita
turn-', as v.ell as the Constitution of o-ir
country guarantees liberty of conseienc and
j eijuality of rights rn.it g ciczets vc
, pose all incl-latiou impairing their Seeur.-
i tv.
! -
Democracy, as leid down i-v the Cincin
nati Contention. and indicated i v the ad.
ministration of J'-esident I'ierc, is of i
peculiar caste. Unt that, the party, with ail
its nuifotnu devotion to Southern' interests.
elicrio"! RS in its ranks the most determine-*'
opponent* cf Slavery, is shown by the po
irress of everts in the territory f Kan- •
wtieip ail the leading nn n of the Fr>x> Slate
nr antl-slaverv parfy arc, or were vet- -M ly
Democrats, as for example, llobinson. 'U
er, Delab.-iy, Kine, Robertson. Dietxler, .
fact a!! that we hare sny innwjmlge of.—
Many of the prominent in-'n of- the Itepu!-
lie;;r party were, bat a few veur - .:go, nf tlx 1
same faith, as for instance, Pion.'CHt, Blai .
Bi-sell. Tnuiibnll. Ch-is" l , Wii;r-if. vv
Hickman, Preston King, etc.
A }'• >j.TKi;.—iiustavus Keriier v v • :,v
v.vis the Deaioeratie candidate for Rieeo
ant VM'veruo:' of Illinois, in the year lis-,,
has emuo out strongly against 1 i>e i x;< -r
sion ot hlaTeiv. anil ilie Democratic jaitv
as being )" its ta'-iir. He is desc-ibed as -
'"an of great influence with tin- German
population of the State. Illinois, hitlicrt
the mosr devoted of ail the Western States
to the Democratic party, seems to have a
number of its leading Democrats wr.
itincii discontented vvi'h the present position
of tilings. \\ .th the aid of such met) as
Trumbull, Bi-ssell and Koerncr, it will U
strange indeed if the opposition d c? i. *
triumph thrrc.
Wuv THERE IS xr. ('IIAN'OK FOR HtV
—The Boston Journal has the fellowinc
Among the many goad reasons whv Mi.
Buchanan can never be elected to the Pres
idency there is one which is conclusive. -
lie is a woman hater—a diied up old bach
elor, and the I id:e cm have no svmpithv
for him. Without their sympathy he can
not be elected. Think "t a President <o
the United Stares (timing the White tlon.-"
into a Bachelor's hall—setting before twen
ty-five tuili'ons of the people tho e:<ani;>i
of a man enjoying his solitary grandeur un
checked by tlie presence and society*of wo
man. The idea is preposterous. It must
not —cannot be. {society will protect it--h'
against so evil an example. 1
BR ECKENRI PRE A DltKlilST Finn. J
0. Brcctenridge, the Democratic nominee
for Vice President, is well known to excel
in the art of duellinjr, having upon one or
more occasions been concerned in a duel.—
The Lancaster Examiner, wo presume, don't
dig anybody when it says, "It would be cu
rious to turn back to the files of tho Intel
ligencer fcr 184-1, and soe the many dia
tribes against duelists with which its coi
uuins then teerued!"
THE ISPCE —•Thomas Butler King, of
Georgia, assured the Buchanan ratiScaie.r
iu New York, that the South would be with
them throughout the glorious contest. He
also added, "Any man who docs not g"
with the Smith in this contest, will be >ct
down as desiring the dissolution of the
Union '' This, tlrn, is a war waged f"~
tbe South. Who said 'sectional partic-