tilts k CHILE. BEDFORD, Pa. Friday Horning, Aug- J'l. W56. "Fearless and Free." I)AVSD OVER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR FOR PRESIDENT; MILLARD FILLMORE, OF NEW YORK FOR VICE PRESIDENT: ANDKKAA JUKSOX lIOXELSOX OF TENNESSEE. IXIOX STATE TICKET. Canal Commissioner THOMAS E. COCHRAN, Of York County. Auditor General. DARWIN PHELPS, Of .Armstrong County. Surveyor General • BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, Of Bradford County. (OCXTV TICKET. COIHEB§. JOSEPH PUMROY, of Juniata County. .ds social a Judge. WILLIAM GRIFFITH. County Surveyor. DANIEL SAMS. Coaisr listeners, ALEXANDER DAVIS. 3 years. JOHN BLACKBURN, I year. Poor Director, JOHN METZGAR. Auditors, ANDREW J. KE3GIIART, 2 years. JESSE AKERS. " years. Coromr, SAMUEL SNIVEL!'. POLITICAL MEETING. There will he an American meeting held at Barley's School House, in Bedford Town ship OR Saturday the 30th August inst.,at 2 o'clock, P.M. Dr. Compiler, Fr. Jordan Esq., and others are expected to address the meeting. Men of all parties are invited to come, and hear and judge for themselves. LoeoFoeo MEETING. The lxicoiocos held a meeting in the Court HOUR®, on Saturday evening last, aud considering the efforts that were made.it was one grand failure! We are credibly in formed tbat they had runners for a week iu every Township in the County, in order to get a good turnout of the Buohattiers. Con veyances were provided to get the faithful here, even free of charge, if they would on ly come, (we suppose the expenses were paid out of that $1,800,} drums and fifes were u*ed, but it was all no go. They wouldn't come! After thcii whole force wax in, they started the diums all through our streets, to collect their scattered forces, and march them up to the Court House. And how many do you think, reader, were in that pro cession! We stood in our door, as tie mighty mas* of woe-begone looking humani ty passed, and counted one hundred and thirty-one. men and boys! This is a fact, and others, beside ourselves counted theui, aud will vouch for the correctness of the count. They entered the Court room, and after the appointing of a President and a couple of Vice Presidents and Secretaries* Sam. Black, the man, who, in 1840, left the Whig party, because they would not pay the of a drunken frolic of Lis, in which he broke looking-glasses, tables, chairs, Ac., got up and addressed the meeting. His speech was made up of tissue of lies and misrepresentations, and is the saute, we pre *ume, that he has made at a ecpre or more of places in this campaign, and are nuworthy of notice or refutation. We forgot to men tion that a email number of ladies were in attendance, brought there by their friends, as we heard, as a cheek for Sam. to prevent Liiu from indulging iu his usual blackguard ing! A Mr. Brewer, from somewhere, was next called on, who indulged in a few sickly remarks,about the Union, disunion, and the probability that the Americans and Repub licans would unite and defeat Mr. Buehan* an—the Buehaoier, oend Conference can didate - which would be dreadful! Some cheering was done, which we noticed was by a few papists in the different corners of the Court House. About as great a number of Americans ud Republicans wcra there as i there were Loc©locos. \\ lien the meeting ad- j journedjtbopeisonscomifigtut, were couut- | ed by an aged and reliable gentleman, who j informed us, and the whole number was , just thru hundred and fijty, Locofocos, A- ' merieatw, Republicans, Ladies and Boy*! Nothing speaks better fur the prospects , the American party of Bedford Couuty , than this Locofoco meeting, after all their ; <3forte to secure a good tarti-oftfj and even i circulating tbat Buchanan who was at the > Springs, would be there to address tLeto, j "latter no Obligations to Old- Line Whigs" It is well known to our readers that the Hon. James Buelienan has been on a visit to this plaoe for the last ten days. Whilst in Bedford, he was frequently at the house °f W/n. P. Schcll, Esq., where he was cal led on by a number of his party friends and others On leaving the bonse for Lis car riage, a few days ago, iu company with a Loeofoco of this place, Mr. Buchanan was overheard to say that "HE WAR UNDER NO OBLIGATIONS TO OLD LINE WHIGS!" The gentleman who overheard this remark, and ho is a man of unimpeach able integrity, and whose name we are at liberty to give, if necessary, afterwards in quired of the Lncofoco who was with Mr. Buchanan what he, Mr Buchanan, meaut by the remark that "Ae was under no obli gations to old line whig*. " The reply was that Mr- Buchanan was remarking that " the ffAig party was dissolved, and that old line Whigs had no candidate to vote for, conse quently they must cote for him, and that HE WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATIONS TO OLD LINE WHIGS FOR SO DOING What think you, old line Whigs, of this? The man who was always your most bitter, unrelenting persecutor, tuunting you with the remark that you have no party of your own, and consequently that you must vote for hitn, and that he is "under no obliga tions to old line Whigt for so doing.'" What think you, old line Whigs, of James Buchanan, the foul-mouthed author of the "bribery and corruption" charge, on your old political idol, HENRY CLAY", and who never had the manliness in the life time. or since the death of gallaut old "Har ry of the West," to do him justice, taunt ing you with the remark, that your party is dissolved, that therefore you must vote for him, and that "Ac is under no obligations to old line Whigs for so doing /" What think you, old line Whigs, of James BuchanaD, who iu lb-14, took the stump aud proclaimed to the people of this State that James K Polk was a better Tar iff man than HENRY CLAY, arid thereby caused the defeat of that great statesman, telling you that you have no party of your own, that you must vote for him, and that "At is wulcr no obligations to old lint Whigs for so doing /" Wc think after all this, after all the po litical sin- of James Buchanan, after all his hatred to Whig measures and men, that no old line whig will so belittle himself as to vote for his old aich enemy! Of one thing we are convinced, that any Whig who will now vote for James Buchanan, know ing as he does, the man, never was a good old line Whig JOSEPH PUMROY*. Oar readers have noticed by our last is su*, that the above same J gentleman has reoeived the nomination, by the anti-Bu chanan party of this district, for Congress. Mr. Pumroy is en American, a member of the party, and a very popular man. He is a man of good sonnd common sense, clear sighted and clear-headed, and will make a faithful and attentive representative in our national councils. He formerly resided in Franklin county, and is the same man who defeated WiOon Reiily. his present oppo nent r for the Legislature, in that count v.— Wilson was twice beaten by Mr. Putnroy, and once by a nephew of his. So that thrice the Pumroys left Reiily in the rent, and it appears rather omnions to Mr. Reiily that Pumroy should be nominated again against him! We were a member of the Conference that noiuiuated Mr. Pumroy, and we would state for the information of our friends, that the best feeling was mani fested by the Conferees from the different Counties. From Adams we were assured that Mr Pumroy, as welt as the rest of the ticket, would have a majority of from two to three hundred, lit Juuiata our majority will be two hundred. Iu Franklin, it will be about seven hundred, and in Bedford it will reach front two to six hundred. Ful ton ie the only county in the district that will go against us, ami there their majority will not be over one hundred atid fifty. So tbat Mr. Wilson Reiily has a poor chance for an election. Besides all this, Mr. Pum roy is a raau of stern integrity, and his mor al character is without spot or blemish.— Mr lleilly's friends cannot boast much for him in these respecls. Mr. Pumroy is well kuown in both Franklin and Juniata, has hos-s of friends, and will run far ahead of hi" ticket in each of these counties. BASENESS. In theGatetie of lost week is published the names of tbe American Township Com" raitu.es, sud 'he circular issued by the Count) Coinmlttee. Although there is no thing iu them of which :be party need be ashamed, they were not intended for publi cation, but were manifestly the private pa pers of the Committee. U. Nicodemu?, however, having by his false professions of loyalty to the party, fraudulently secured the possession of these papers, iu base vio* jation of every principle of honor and decen cy handed them over to the editor of the Uasette, and he being alike destitute of eve ry principle of moral obligation and self re spect, consents to play second fiddle to the 'Squire, and publishes the documents in his paper. Americans, and freemen of Bedford county, such is the character of the opposi tion 4 \t e liold up this ba-e and dishonor able act to the indignant scorn of every hon orable map pf whatever party he may be. LOCOFOOO FALSIFYLNG. We warn our American friends against any lying Loeofoco stories which are uow i pretty extensively circulated throughout dif_ ferent parts of the County, to the effect this prominent man, anl that oue, has de serted Mr. Fillmore and now supports Mr. Buchanan or Col. F'retnont, One story which we know to he extensively circulated js to the effect that the editor of this paper had said that the Americans of this County were trying to get Fillmore off tbo track, and that iu a short time he was going t 0 take dowu from the head of his paper the names of Fillmore and Donelsoti, aud put up those of Fremont and Dayton. We have traced this lie to its source and find that it was manufactured from the cloth, by a Loco foeo politician for political effect. It is a base lie.' We have also beard that their stump speakers at their little township meet ings, reiterate this story, and say that in few weeks, we will he supporting Fremont; We have no such intention, and so long as Mr. Fillmore is a candidate, we intend to support him, believing him to be far the best and safest man now before the people.— The Looofocos hope to make capital by circulating these ridiculous and groundless falsehoods. We say to our American frieuds throughout the County, believe none of them. They uaine in one part of Bed ford County that this prominent man has changed for Fremont and in another part, that that one Las ebnuged for Buchanan Listen to none of their lies. They see that their prospect of carrying Bedford County and the State, is hopeless, and they resort to any means to bolster up their rotteu and ! sinking cause! "54 40 OR FIGHT!" Tle history of tnut disgraceful uflair is still fresh in the minds of all. It is one of the many brllliaut examples of Mr. Buchan an's diplomacy. Mr. Buchanan while Se cretary of State to Mr. Polk, made the fol lowing declaration, "our right to the whole of Oregon i clear and unquestionable,"and that peace, or war hung on the surrender by Great Britain, of the whole of Oregon.— Such was the very bold and defiant language of the Wheatland Statesman, in January, '46. But the slaveholding interest had not been consulted, they came forward, the same interest which is now endeavoring ro make Kansas a slave State, and represented to Mr. Buchanan, that in case of war with Eng land, the cotton trade would suffer materi ally, that there was no use to fight for Ore gon, lei tho British lion clutch as much as ho asks for, for you see, sir, that Oregon will inevitably come in as a free state, and perhaps several, and the larger the slice England gets, the better for us slaveholders Bucbanau obeys the slave oligarchy, makes a treaty with Britain, compromising on th e Hue of 40 deg. yielding all of Vancouver's Island, and the navigitioti of the Columbia river, to the Hudson Bay Company. It will he recollected that upon the Secretary of State, all the diplomatic affairs of the government devolve. Not only did Mr. Buchanan completely fizzle out, in this affair, but he gave to world, another mstauce of his characteristic meaunoes in cringing, and licking the spittle of the South. It was this tiait in his character which induced "CHI Hickory" to say, that lie wa not to be trusted. REPt ULICASi HEEIIXG We attended the Republican meeting on Thursday night week, which was addressed by Lieut. Gov. Ford, of Ohio. The meet ing was very large and enthusiastic. Gov. Ford is a very eloquent and effective speak er, and his remarks were frequently ap plauded. He alluded principally to the all engrossing questions of the day. He ridiculed the idea that the election of Mr. Fremont would cause the dissolution of the Union, ami stated that if Mr. Buchauan was elected, the Republicans would be the first to come forward and sustain his admin istration. Then if Mr. Fremont was elect ed, aud the Bucbananites did not sustain his administration, tk -y were the disunion. ists There is a good deal of force in this. He spoke of the outrage of the Southern members of Congress, led on by Pierce, Houglass, & Co., in repealing the Missouri Compromise, aud which has caus ed all the agitation on che slavery question. He pointed to the acts of Clay, Webster and others of the great tnen of the past, and claimed that they occupied the same ground as the Republicans—who are only opposed to tho further extension of slavery, and its admission into territory made saut ed to lib erty, by a Compromise, passed by the best patriots of the nation, and held for thirty-four vcais. On this subject we agree with them. The only thing in the Gover nor that we condemn, ts hia opposition to Mr. Filltiiore. The Republicans in this county were delighted with the speaker, and the respectability of this, their firs' meet ing. [f/"" Whilst in Ohambersbnrg we made the acquaintance of tbe talented and gen tlemanly editors of tbe Repository and Transcript, Messrs. Crooks, Eyster and R.mkiu. They are whole-souled, clever fellows, and make the Repository one of the best and most readable papers in the State. Thorn will be an American meeting in the Court House, on Tuesday night oi Court week. We will publish tlra rait in °ur next. BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. A SUGGESTION. We hope our neighbor of the Gazette wilj cot take it amiss when we suggest to him the propriety of issuing an Extra every week, or eftener a3 occasion may require, devoted ex clusively to denunciation and abuse of our fellow-citizen,'F. Jordan, Esq. It is oh. servabie that the Gazette devotes about four editorials per week, besides the labors of several correspondents to this important purpose; and as Air. Jordan is not a candi date nor in atfy way before the people, we submit that this heavy tax on the columns of our amiable cotemporarv is a little too great. We call then for the Extra, so that he may continue to villify and slander Mr. Jordan "to the top of his beut," and at the same time preserve the usual space iu his columns for the abuse of other people. LATE ELECTIONS.— Arkansas has gone for the Loeofi#Bs. Kentucky had an elec tion only for Judges, political matters were j not mixed up it. Mis-ouri has gone Lo- j cofoco by a majority. Texas it is j thought has gone the same way. In lowa, j the first Free State iu which au election has ! beeo held this summer, the Americans and ; Republicans have carried everything, Gov- j ernor, Congressmen, Legislature, by about i BOUO. lowa has heretofore been a Locofo- i co iStato, and this election has a peculiar sigoific.ince as foreshadowing the prospects of Jaunts Buchanan in the whole North lie is doomed to a certain and inglorious defeat iu November. EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. We publish,Lclow the President's Proc lamation Tor an Extra Session of Congress. Congress adjourned on the 18th inst. A bill appropriating some §10,000,000 for the army was defeated. It was intended by this bill that a large amount of this money was to he applied for the purpose of sustain ing an army ir. Kansas, in order to assist the Missouri Border-ruffians iu enslaving the free state men iu Kansas. Upon the Locofoco party will the responsibility rest, of calling an extra session of congress, which will take out of the pockets of the people some two or three hundred thousand dollars! All opposed to extravagance, profligacy, and the never ending agitation of the slavery question will oppose Buchan an, the buchanier! The President's Proclamation. Washington City, Acg. 18.— A Cabi net Mooting decided on the following : "By the President of the United States, A Proclamation. NV her ear, While hostilities exists with various luuian tnheson the remote frontiers of the United States, aud whilst in other respects the public peace has becu seriously threatened, and Congress has adjourned without granting the necessary supples for the army, depriving the Executive of the power to perform 1 is duty iu relation to the common defence and security, and an cx traoruinary occasion has thus arisen for assembling the two Houses of Congress; I ilo, therefore, by this my Proclamation, eon - veue said Houses o meet at the Capitol, in the ct'y of Washkigton, ou Thursday the :11st day of Auut iust., hereby requiring the respective Senators and Representatives then and there to assemble to consult and determine on such measures as the state of the Union may seen to require. In testimony wlereof, 1 have caused the s.tal of the United Slates to be hereunto af fix -d, and signed tic same with tup hand. Hone at the city of Washington tins 18th day of August, in frc year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.six, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-first FIANKLIN PIERCE. By ordet W. L Maucy, Secretary of State. CORRECTION. —Vc stated last week that tiie cause of the pspers not going to fleas, antvillc, in time, *us in the office at St. Clairsville. We were under the impression that there was a daily mail between Bedford and that place. This is not the case. We will never willingly make a wrung statement but if such a tbiug ever does occur, we are always willing to make the proper correc tion. An Amcriem meeting was held at the Sulphur Spricg on Tuesday last. It was addressed by Francis Jordan, Esq. The best feeling prevailed. Our friends may rest as.mred that the uppty end of the Coun ty will do her luty. We call attention to the advertisement of Dr. C.N. Iliekok. He has re-opened his establishment in the Odd Fellows building- The Doctor is a first rate Dentist, and all his operations are warranted. The editors of the Albany Journal , on unquestioned authority—the Pathfiuder*s tailor—announced on Thursday last, that Col. Fremont weirs his suspenders CROSSED! This settles the question of his religious faith conclusively. It is further stated, by a gentlemen who dined twice with Fillmore at the White lluse, on a steamboat, and again more receitly at a Lotel—tbut that gentleman invariably "makes the sign of the cross" on his plate, in cutting a beef steak, and leave* his knife and fork crossed on his plate before rising from table. The country is in danger when such men are freely sp .'ken of forthc presidtucy' The wife of a colored barbpr in Johns town Cambria county, fa., was safely de livered of throe children—two danghtera aud a son—on the 7Ui ist. Our Lolcrain triends will bear in mind the meeting at Cbarlctville ou to-morrow. - - —— s-- For the Inquirer ami Chronicle. MR. OVER: —In looking over the Gazette of last week, my eyes caught the glimpso of a piece underrating William Griffith of Un ion towuship forjudge, and stigmatizing Jobu Metzgar ior being en the tail of the ticket. Now I think the office of J'oor Di rector one of the most important offices to be filled by good, honest, and upright men, and I believe Mr. Metzger is highly quali fied to fill it. Now as for Mr. Griffith 1 was highly pleased to see his nomination for Judge, and I think that St. Uiair town, ship will roll up a handsome majority for both head and tail of tbo tisket, on the day of the election. Wonder if George is afraid that Mr Griffith might happen to be Judge in a slander case when no chance of a pardon could be expected. (.)! George we remem ber that when Griffith was a member of the Locofoco party, he was one of the best 0/ meu, and you were et atniug his pockets with all the political documents your office could afford, but because ho bus lot go; then kick him. Those that live iu glass houses should take care how they throw stones. So here we go for the whole ticket from head to tail. If George wants a man beat in St. Clair he hud better praise than abuse : him, for there is so little truth iu his writ ings I always take it coutrary. Yours truly, A VOTER OF ST. CLAIR. For the Inquirer and Chronicle. 31k Over: —Pursuant to a call, the auti- Buchananites of St. Clair Township assem bled iu mass meeting ui the School ilouse of Lewis Risling. The meeting was large aud respectable. Mr. Jordan, of Bedford' was there, and delivered one of the most effective speeches we have ever had the pleasure of listening to. He held the au dience spell-bound for the rpace of two hours, and the general remarks of the peo ple were "well done thou good aud faithful servant." There were no persons present who did as General George Washington Bowman wanted theiu to do a few weeks ago, iu the Bedford Gazette, that was to question him concerning Lis Senatorial ca reer, for we iu this part of Bedford County are well pleased with his couduct while in the Senate of Pennsylvania, and eeitainly this district Laduever a better Senator than Francis Jordan. The meeting passed off in peace and harmony; there was no gouging or fighting like there was iu St. Ciairsviile a few weeks ago, when the Buchauiers had their last grand rally there. Yours, respectfully, K. W. For the Inquirer and Chronicle. MR. EDITOR:—I wants to inform you dat i I is not very well at dis present dime, as tny j mint is very much ugidadcd aboud de po i lidical move mends. and they makes me feel very disaereeable. I dought when we got our old Buck on de draek for the Whide House, dat dere would be no fears, as he was a fast animal, not diuking of dis d—d ■ liddle booger of a Sam, who has been durn ing everydiug upside down in our old diiuo graiie barty; but dey have him nfder our old Buck again, ant 1 fint he will run bim oud of olt Benusylvania, and when he gits bim off of his owu groun*, where lie is not acquainted wit de glossing blaces, mid gits him in some of dese Nordhern Stades, den dey will gid dia olt Fremoud ahead of bim. and lam afraid dat da*, will scare our olt Buck so dat de will jtiiub do one site, and ! run against a dree and broke off Lis horn, and Sam would not be do goot do dake de I born aud hid him over de head and stun him ; so dat aboud de tourse of November, wheu 1 de Bucking dime comes, dat insteat of go ing do do Whide House, he will make a misdake and go up Said River, ant before ; he gids back Sam will make a Mraide shirt dale for de \Y hide House, and have every diug fixed up aud huve de door shud so dat ' onr old Buck can ; t gid in. Bud deu again ! when 1 dinks how goot our olt Buck has : been ad jutubing frmnone side of de greek to de odder, to save his venison, it refifes | me some, as lie may gitke their Sam dat way; , and when 1 dinks how goot our old dimo • gratic barty is in carrying oud do doctrine of d olt dutch breecher, we may come out jay bird at la*d. \ou have uiaybe not hert ! bis sermon, so I will give id do you. He hat been breeching to a gongregatiou j for many years, ant den was aboud do leaf dem, and woult of goutse breech dent a fare well sermon; so he says, "I am aboud to leave you, ant I want you to go in de ser i vice of de Lord. You must not mint any ; of your mistakes, but go on sthrade ahet ant not let dem bodder your mint. When i in de service of de Lord, I was subject to such weaknesses myself, but I guarded against dem, for when my horse wouid ; blunter or fall, aud I would curse or shwore at him it hard my gousuience for several days; but 1 strove agaiusl dem, aud I am j danktul I can steal a horse now widout its | makin de leust imbression on my mint !*'— | So it is wid our old diiuogratie party, for when James Campbell was a gar.didate for Subream (Judge, he beiug aGathlic, it hurd dere goascieuce for several days, and five dousant woult not vote tor him; but alder Bresident Bierce abbointed hhn Boitiuas ter General, id did not make de leust (in-. hresaion on dese men, and now dey coult fill all de offises wid foreuors and Gutlilics, widout uukiu de leasd imbression on dere mint; so I dinks we will come oud righd at lasd. Ant now we hab A. J. Snibely for ' Guge in dis gouudy, and I dinks he aud do i have id, for he has been m office seeker lr many years; and de seribture says, "whoso ever seeks shall lint.". But dey have dis Win. Griffith oud againsd him, aut he aud nod do huve id, lor he is a laboring man, aut dese working beeples aud uod do have auy offises. 1 seed in dc lasd weeks Ga- ! 'cite dat de editor of de same sail dat au olt line Wig said dat when he hert dat Griffith was nominated it mate him sick; so 1 aui afr.tit dat aboud de election he will die; so now 1 wants de editor of de Gazette i to safe as uiuch of dat money he gids of de ' democratic bardy for making desc strong , : efforts do garry de day for doni as wiil bury an old line Wig, for housed do Lublisha ; lisd of id ad any rate. Respectfully yours, DOOTCHMAN DU.MAGRAD. Union Tp. f 135 G. TWENTY REASONS FOR LEAVING j THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY—BI" AN OLD DEMOCRAT. 1. Because it has approved, for the pas' ; four years, the appoiutment of au avowed j disuniouist, as Secretary of War. 2. Because it is supported by the ouly I political party and political organizations that have ever threatened to secede from ■ the Union. 3. Because its leaders deny that right .of the majority to rule, and eucourage the j spirit of anarchy, by publiciy asserting that ' if their opponents should succeed the South I wctvld dissolve the Union. i 4. Because it sustains the right of a bo , gus Legislature, elected by invaders from Missouri, to enact laws for Kansas. 5. BcCt use it has stirred up sectional strife, by Wantonly violating a compromise of thirty ye*r* standing. 6. Because the admission of Missouri a- s a tftate wa3 part of the £uuie legislation which forever prohibited Slavery in Kansas, and the repeal of a portion of that legisla tion virtually implies the right to repeal the whole. 7. Because it refuses to admit Kansas, with a Constitution which is approved hv a large majority of her actual eitizeas. hi. Because the whole coure of its policy for the last four years, an! of the policy to which it is committed by its Cincinnati' platform,"tends to,sectional;ze the country or make civil war, or dissolve the L : uiou.' 9. Because it repudiates the doctrines of Jefferson and Jackson, and Wright and lends its aid to the advocates of slavery exten sion. 10. Because it openly or tacitly acquies ces iu outrages on freedom of speech and i freedom of the press, in Kansas aud in Washington. 11. Because its candidate for the Presi dency signed the Ostend Manifesto. 12. Because it lias prostituted Executive patronage to force measures through Con gress iu violation of tlie will of the majori ty of the people of the United States. 13. Because it bas denied tire right of the majority of the people of the Union, through their Representatives, to enact luws for the government of their own Ter ritories. 14. Because it allows without rebuke the desecration of the National domain by open aud unblushing polygamy and incest. 15. Because it has endeavored by arbi crary judicial decisions to establish Slavery irrevocably iu all the Free States. IG. Because it is willing to give the pdi tional strength to the only element that has ever threatened the stability of our Govern ment, by allowing its unlimited extension. 17. Because it favors sectionalism and aristocracy of wealth, by courting the favor of 350,000 slaveholders, frith their capital of four thousand millions of dollars, rather than the interests of ten millions of free laboring men 18. Because it has not only violated plighted faith, but it has also broken all the pledges against the disturbance of previous legislation, with wbieh it came into now- 19. Becaoso it Ins been tried and found wanting, and nn peace or security can reas onably be anticipated if it 19 continued long er iti power. 20. Because the election of Mr. Bnchan an will be regarded as an approval of the policy of Jefferson Davis, Caleb (lushing and Frank I'ierce. WON'T SVPPORT A FEDERALIST. —The j Allegan (Michigan) Journal, 1 elates the fol ; lowing characteristic anccdate. The old ! soldiers of 1812 have yet a spark of repub ; lican (Ire burning brightly in their patriotic \ hearts, and they will not tolerate the uian who denounced James Madison, and the j republican party of that day, for eugaging iin the second war of independence, a war jto secure the rights of Auieiican citizens lon the high seas. A man who would not i defend ilte rights of American sailors cannot J b<: trusted with the guardianship of the great interests of the Republic. But to the anecdote. The Journal says; ; "It does our heart good to hear the re. 1 sponses made by Col. John LittlejoLn, a i soldier of 1812, and hitherto au old line Democrat, to ouu of our country officers, who inquired whetber Buchanan was a Fed eralist. 'Yes,' said the Colonel, 'Bnohuu [uu was speaking against my country when I was fighting her battles! • Can I support such a man as Buchanan for the Presiden cy? No, sir.' The officer had no more questions to ask. The nomination of Bu chanan falls .still-born among the demo crats of Allegan county." The New York Commercial Advertiser of Saturday evening, contains an able let ter from ex-Uov. Hunt, of New York, to i the Hon. James A Hamilton, in which be declares his preference for Mr. Fillmore. The Hon. D. D. Barnard, of Albany ! late Minister to the Court of Berlin, has al- 1 so announced his determination to support Mr. Fillmore, in a letter to Mr. Hamilton* which we find iu the Albany Statesman -% * /■torn Ihr iMiiivilie Journal. J'f"7 fi,H ' Mr. I'Hohantni, I fIE IJTIfLR V. 11. LED L'PO-Y TO SPE.IK OCT. j Mr. C. Co!ton, the author of the Biogra phy of Henry ('lay, recently addressed a , as nr readers have seen, to the edi | tor of the New York Times confirming our i statement that the two paragraphs in the ; Biography relative to Mr. Buchanan's ap j r " aching Mr. Clay in Mr. Lefchers room, in January 1320, to offer Mr. Clay the Secre l tar/ship of State, for his support of Ger.. i J*-kon, were written by Mr. Clay's own hand. Mr. Cotter: further states, in hi, note to the Times, that Mr. Clay, on fur nishing him those pages for the Biography, appended to the in a note requesting him io apply to Gov. Letcher for further informa tion on the same subject, and he adds that he did accordingly apply to Go>\ Letcher, but found hi. Hps sealed by a pledge of si lence given to Mr. Buchanan. We say. with the Times, that we must now have Gov. Ixteher's evidence in full jor Mr. Buchanan must fall before the in- I famy of his position in refusing to allow it Mr. Clay has appealed to it. and the injus tice done him by Mr. Buchanan cries out ! from the grave for Gov. Letcher to be per mitted to sjcak. The truth of history de mands it. Every old friend of the sainted ; patriot will demand it. And we trust the A m eric an people will demand if. Let Gov. 1 .etcher speak, or let the deep damnation of the scaj put upon lus hps be pn'ocluiutrd tn the world.* Justice to Henry Clay calls aloud from 1m grave for this revelation. There is enough, indeed, on the- record o:' history, vvuieb Mr. (J. caused to be made, to show ou which side and by whom, the bar gain was proposed, but the finger of a de ceased patriot, and he the grsat. st, the pur est, and most magnanimous of the age in which he lived, points to a revelation on tLis very subject yet unmade, and justice to his name and fame demands that it should be iin'.lc. j It* Mr. Buchanan has any friend* J eft that entertain the slightest respect tor hiui> or are willing to see justice rendered to tlie injured and might}' dead, let them at undo unite with the rest of the people of tlie country in demanding, peremptorily and . sternly, that he at once authorize Governor Letcher to make a statement of tire facts, which that gentleman stands pledged not to make without his consent. Henry Clay wanted those facts staled in his life time, for the vindication of his foully slandered fame, and Gov. Letcher, as is proved be Mr. Buchanan's own hand, applied to Mr. B. for permission to state the truth, but but that guilty man, as is proved by bis own band, withheld such permission, and insist ed thai the old pledge of silence should i>c rigidly kept. If Mr. Buchanan now, wish the whole Sag Nicbt press at his hack, dares • to meet the truth face to face, if he dares to let the world know what his conduct was upon the memorable occasion which gave rise to that dreadful charge against the greatest and best uiuu of ail our land, a charge that bas influenced the political destinies of our country ever since, let him, abandoning the miserable, and skulking cowardice of bis present position, stand up and bid Gov. Letcher speak. Then the world, whatever eLe it may say of hiui, wid never eall him coward again. lie will strongly remind us of Ajax defying tlie thunderbolt. Will he let Gov. Letcher do justice to the dead Clay by u statement of the truth? If not, who of all the true and honorable and ju.t uien of the country, wilj be guilty of the degtedation of supporting him for the Presidency? Aud, whilst Mi. Buchanan is giving bis consent that Governor Letcher shall speak out, let bitn, if be dares, give bis conseut in another matter, during the lifetime of Mr. Clay; a writer of high responsibility and authority, after publishing the statement given by Mr. Clay iu Celton's Biography, said: "To add furthter testimony we state — and let it be denied if it can—that .Mr. Clay has now in his possession a letter which, if published to tho world, would place Mr. Buchanan in an ember assing con dition. The letter came from Mr. Buchan an, and no call on .Mr. Clay will induce hiin to give it up, save one from his country that is, tb Senate of the United States.— The bargaiu and sale conspiracy, with this expose, would place Mr. Buchanan without the pale of Democracy, as totally unworthy the place be holds and the suffrages of the people." Then, let a just world, with one I demand of James Bcchansn, candidate for ! the Presidency of the United States, to au ' thorise the Hon. liobcrt P. Letcher, to unite j that statemeut of facts which Homy Clay : sought to obtain from Mr. L through Mr. i Oolton, and let it also demand of him to ; authorise the publication of his own letter :oMr. Clav, which the great statesman so often said to his friends he treuld never pub lish unless with Mr Buchanan's consent or at his country's oill. And, if Mr. Bu chanan shall resist these demands of a just world, then let a jost world set the seal of it# scorn upon his name foievcr' Jerome 11. Baily, Esq., of Clinton Co., New York, who wa a delegate to tbo Puriadelpbia P,epublican Convention, de clares that be will not support Fremont, and conld not without deserting the American i party. He U in fovor of Fillmore, an I i will spare no effort to secure his election
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