Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 18.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1853.
NO. 36.
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aUERIEff.
Is it anybody's biisinws
If a gentloman sbould cliooeo To wait upon n lady.
If tho lady don't refuse 7 Or to speak a little plainer,
That tbo moaning all inny know, Is it nnybody's business,
If a lndy ha.s a beau ?
Is it anybody's business
AA'hen tbnt gentloman doea coll, Or when bo leaves tbo lady,
Or ifho loaves nt all? Or is it neccssnry
Tbat tho curtain shoulil Iw drawn, To savo from further trouble,
Tho outsido lookers on 7
Is it nnybody's business
But tbo lady's, if hcr bona Uidca out w-ith othor ladios.
And doesn't lot hor know 7 Is it anybody's busincss
But tho gontlemaii'ri, if sho Should accept nnothor escort,
AVhcro ho doesn't chanco to bc 7
Is a person on Iho sidewalk,
Whcthor great or wholhcr email. Is it nnybudy'a business
AVhcro tbnt jicrsoii means lo call 7 Or if you sec a person,
As no's calling niiyw-horo. Is it any ofyour busincss
AV'bat li'uj busincss may bo there?
Tho suhstanco oftho query,
Simply staled, would bo tlii9—. Ia it ANYnODY's iiu.sixess
AVhat ANOTiiKii's HUSINESS ia7 Ifit is, or ifit is'nt,
AVo would really liko to know, For we're certain if it is'nt,
There nro some who make it lio.
If it is, we'll join Iho rabble,
And act tho noblo part. Of tho Intllers and dcfnincrs,
AS'ho throng thc public mart; But if not, wo'll act tbo teacher.
Until each meddler Icarn.s It w-ero better in tho fuluro-,
To iiiiiul his own concern.^
ADDnESa   OP
ALEX. K. McCLURE.
Delivered at Hnntincrdon, on Thursday, August 25th, 1853.
Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Cilizcns:
However dark m.iy bo tbo cloudi which ob- Bcuro tho future of tho AVhig pnrty, whilo I liavc abiding faith in tho patriotism nnd intoili- Rcneo oftho pooplc, I shall ndlioro to nnd bal¬ tlo manfully for tlio old AVlilg flag. A lo.st Tliormopyla) was tho signal for a succession of victories, thnt shod tho richest liislro upon tho pages of Grecian hi.slory; nnd though Ibo op¬ ponents oftho AA'hig pnrly may riot in univcr- s,al triumph, ns long as trulh nnd ju.stico aro the landmarks to w-hich tho most boisterous tide of polilical rovolution must nltimately retnrn, I shall look wilh confidenco for tlio pcrinanont su¬ preniaey of AVhig policy. In ibo general gloom which mantolod us whon overwhelmed wilh llio noblo Scott, though all wero dispirited and many despairing, still tho AVIiig causo was na dear to tho million and a half who suslnined il, ns it was when viclory had rewarded onr elTorls. Combinations mny overwhelm it; disaster cloud its immedialo prospects, nnd even treachery may pervert its victories; but ita slrouf; nrm ia not paralyzed, nor nro ils sacred principles blemished. It ia slill tho hopo to which tho Counlry turns,when Democracy hns spent ils fa¬ tal powor in tho administration of llio govern¬ nient, nnd lefl us on tho vergo of baiikruplcy, or in tho midst of sectional revulsion.
Though defeated now, nnd without fl voico In tho National or Stato adiuiiiislraliona, the in¬ dications nro that tho AVhig pnrly cnnnot loufr lie spared from the Goveruracnt. AVo hnvo tho so-cnlled Democracy eiijoving full nnd unlimit¬ ed swny, nnd it is but flftp 'ot it bo tested by tho fruits of ita powor. Tm both tho Slnlo and Nation they succeeded AVhiga, nnd Executives ^yhose wiso aud successful stnlesmanship could not bo excelled. In both inslancoa thoy found each branch of tho government nieeling every reasonable demand and evory just o.xpeclation oftho pcople. Our Slato finnncos nnd credit were never in a moro henllhy condition, nnd our National treaaury wns overflowing, instead of tho nsual Domocratic legacy ofn crusliiug debt. But it was under AVhig rulo that our governmenls w-ero thus suecossful—-Democra. cy did not divido tho plunder of the adminis- trntions, nnd Ihey wero ns.sailod wilh a fci-ocily only equalled by the uuacrupvilous misropro- ecnt.ation oftheir merits.
Hnd I time I niighl rovicw wilh profit tho memorable contest of '52—nicmorable not so tnuch because of tho signal victory achieved, as because of the base hypocrisy employed lo Rchiovo it. A conlest in which every real i.s.suo waa overwhelmed by the clamor of Democratic ambiiion, or proslralcd by Deinocralic inlrigiic. A conU'bt iu whivh tho uiu.;it biiUiaut services
rendered to our flag and our Country ainco Oio dnya of AVasiiixutom, were ignored by parly passion, to olovalc a foundling oflhe Ualliiuoru Convenlion to the nio.il honorablu and respoiiai¬ ble oflico in the World I
I iiocil not dwuU at length upon tho meons enipluycil to efl'uct this reault. All who nro fa¬ miliar with tho curronl political hislory of tlio country, know that it waa by every specioa of political trimiuing, and by tho most unnaliiral coinbiiialiuns. Our scclionnl slrifo, fostered by Democratic nulhorily, ond miiiiitaiucd in ila oxlreiiica by Domocralie orgnni-znliun, was oven made to contribute ils v.ial pow-cr to Dem¬ ocratic success in ono united body. Tho Sc- ces.^ionist nnd tho Unionist of the South, nnd tbo Abolitionist and tho Hunker of tho North, all balllod manfully In ono conimon canso ngnin.it tbo AVhig parly. Tho Gompi-omiso, which w-aa openly rcpudinled by nearly if not every Domocralie Convention in the Sonlhern Siatcs, waa mado a plank in tho Ballimoro platform, to balance llio seleetion ofa candidate for tho Presidency who had declined to com¬ mit himself on tho subject when addressed, and the nomination ofn candidato for tli« Vice Pro- .sidcncy who had uniformly opposed it. AA'ith this coiiUrion of inlerests, and w-ilh cnndidalefl answering to every .shado of opinion, tho De¬ mocracy was readv for Uio conloat. Tho hopes, if not the disiinct pledges of oflicial patronage reconciled tho moro uncongenial clomonls of this pie-bald organizntion, and with every spo¬ eics of niitagoni.-jm thus mnrahnlcd in tho sup¬ port of llio Democratic caiididatc§, it need not cxcilo surpriso lhat Ihey w-cro flucccR.|=ful. Tbo gallant old Soott, who had fought tho batllea ofhis Counti^' in every cliino, and w-hoso flag wns never sullied by dofoal, waa assailwl with a fiorccnoss unpariillelod iu our political conflicts. In the South bo wns chnrgcd with iho most contraclcd .Sectionaliain, and in tho North ho wna opposed because of hia alleged fidelity to tho South; nnd in every seclion of tho Country his posiiion w-ns misreiircsenlod, hia spotless charncler traduced, and hia greal Nalional famo blackened hytho malignant shales of p.ar- li-/nn virulence Tho Wbigs, with such a no¬ blo leader, ballled wilh a heroism w-oi-thy of Ibcir glorioua cause; but tliough thoy displayed greater numerical strongili than on any former occnsion, they ^ycro defeated, ond Democracy restored lo pow-cr.
Bul lot us panao to looTc nt tho soqnol.— Brief na it ia iu refcrenco to Iho Nalionnl nd ministratioin it already furniahea somo most in.slruclivo Icsson.a. In it we hnvo tho singu¬ lnr spcclaclo of o powerful party, just fresh from victory, sacrificing not only tho great in tcresla of llio Connlrj-, but ila own harmony and perpetuity, on tho altar of faction. And w-hcro has faction bcon engendered 7 Tho nd- minialnilion hns not proposed o singlii nieius- ure, or matured a single fealnro of its policy. Ila poliey ia yet o Iilanlt, nnd if thoao who sliould bo ita frionda are loho believed, it ia ni>- sclllcd, unstablo, and shivcra on tho quesiion of political expediency whenover il npproachca n publie measure But thia ia not yel a crime AVhen it lakea ils po.sition on tho groal iaauca oflho ago, it will 1)0 timo enongh for conauro or fiir praiao on lliia jioiuL AVhy, llicn, do wo find it assailed by tho bold spirit of faction wilhill the house of ils friends in nlmosl every Slato in tho Union 7 AVhal principio h.-ia it sacrificed?—w-hat pledgo hoa it violated7— what iuleresl has it betrayed 7 Ah I tho "cube- sive pow-er of public plunder," onco tbo great anchor of Democracy, baa now become fruitful only of discord and eslrangomcnt, And w-hy? AVhy bns thia onco nll-pow-crful moana of sue- ceaa recoiled w-ith deadly aim at tho ndniinia- trnlion nnd ito p.arty 7 Simjily becanso the prico in Iho bond of coalilion beggared tho con- sislenli frienda of Iho Democmey. Tho Preai¬ dent daro not diaregni-d the claims of thoso whoso support and whoso reword w-ero eondi¬ tiona in the union of tho Babol of facliona in '52. Look nl our Foreign Missioii.<i, our Char¬ gea, our Consuls, our Colleetora, onr Poat-niaa- tcrs, and oven our Judgc.a, and Ihero ia hardly one in five thai doea nol give the falacliood di¬ rect lo tho loud professions of the President nnd llia parly, in favor of n atrict maintainance of tbo Compromises of the Conslilulion. And look nt our Cabinet. Sen tho Freo .Soiler of tho AA'eat; tho Firo-cnler of tho South; the palcliiid Huukor and Barnburner of New York, niul tho nreh-Renogado of tho Eaat. And theso nro tho Conatilulional advisers of tho great Nalional Democracy I Look at tho Di¬ ploraalic and Consular nppoinlmonls. AVe aee a Disunionist on hia way to Madrid; onother on hia w-ay to Brazil; another to Mexico, nnd nnother to Cenlral America. Look nt our Cliarges. Wo see o Diaiinionial ou hia wny to Deninark; another oflT to New Grenada; anoth¬ er to Turin; nnolher to Bclginni, nnd mauy olhera I cannot now recall. And theso aro the Reproicnlnlivca oflho Union-loving Denio- criieyin foreign countries I If the President will confesa to motives of patriotiam in trying to gel na many of tho leading Secossioiiiala out of the counlry ua possible, ho mightbe pardon¬ ed if their banishment waa perpetual, hul when thoao moat roapoaililo posiliona aro withheld from competent nnd deserving men, merely to rewnrd tho politicnl servicea of a singlo cam¬ paign, thero con bo no Innguage loo sirong lo portray hia treachery to the sacred principlea he prufeased to cherish. AVhen upon treason can thus command n premium in tho distribu¬ tion of Nalional patronngo, w-hat cheek doea not lluali with slinine at tho reneclion thnt tho triumph of President Pierce w-na claimed ns o victora for lhe Conslilulion nnd the Union 7— By no rulo of argument enu hia aincerlty bo de¬ fended, w-hilo tho wholo moral force of hia nd- ininialralion, na displnyed in hia appoinlinouta, ia in direct contradiction of his pleib'ca. If any thing ia ment hy professions, thero never wns a man entered the Presidency so solemnly commilled lo discard sectional fanaticiam in hia appoinlnicnts; and never has o I'resident lavished favora w-ilh such an unsparing hand upon the open, iuioleut, deliaut enemies of uur Uuiou I
Uemoinlier that these rowanla have bocn showcrod upon tho Dlaunioniala nnd tbo Aboli- tioiilsLa by tlie party which prolesacs to bo the great Union pnrly of the country. Ilia done w-ilh tho niiprobation of those who, in Pennayl- vauin, eruahed tho moat enlightened and the most successful Chief Alnglalralo wc over hod, beeauso hc dared lo claim for the freo North tho right of petition and tbo freedom of con¬ viclion. lie waa slaughtered in tho Union,— Ihough ho yielded imjilicit obedience lo llic lawa, and never sought lo inijiair the compro- iniaca of tho Conslilulion,—-nnd by tho very men who now applaud our National adminia- tration in slrengtbening our sectional strife by the smilo of official approbation.
I havo no disposition to over-ralo tlic dissen¬ sions in the ranks of tho Domocratic party; but tbo causca I have referred lo inlercal not only thoao who supporled tho adininiatration on Nalional ground.a, but every ono who desircjj to s'OQ harinony exiat between tlio tw-o great sections of tlio Counlry, must fool keoiily tho miacrnhlc, truckling courao of tho Prosidont.— It ia not morely disgrnceful lo a powerful par¬ ly for ita ncknowledged heod to prefer thoao fiir oflicial Blationa w-ho havo madly advocntcd tho right of Secession, but it ia a di.agraoo to tho Nation, and an inault to every patriolic heart. When tbo AVhig pnrly ia so humiliated by tho (lower of faction, that it muat shnro ofli¬ cial favora wilh thoao who would scvor thia blnod-boaghl Union on sectional grounda,Tniix
I MCSTCKAflK TO UK A WlllOl
Bul Ict the Nalional ndiuiniatrntion rest. Il must havo ita conslitntioiiul timo to dio, how-- evor deapiacd or rcprobatofl. It fruiUa cannol fail to ovorwhelni it, nnd with It tho couullesa factions which gnvo it birtlu No party tnctica cnn bind such discordant interesla in ono com¬ mon brotherhood, when all cloim especial con¬ sidcrnlion in Uio dislribulion of patronnge, nnd each ia the deadly antagonlsl of tho rcsL Lot ua wait for thc ond of thia bold e.xpcrimenlT and Iho Nation will not aoon repeat tho folly. Ila beginning lia-a threatened disasler in every quarter—ila ond must bo annihilation I
—But Peniisylvnnin has moro immediate in- tcroala for tho consideraiion ofhor pcople Of nil tho Slalea in tho Union, alio is tho richest in nntunil resources, and yct sbo ia not only poor, but beggared. Shc haa been tho victim ofa poliey which has not only bcon fooliah, butaul- eidal. By hcr ow-n arm has tlio deadliest blowa boon struck nt hcr own prosperily in our Nalionnl Councils; and al home sho haa follow¬ ed tho pnj udicea of parly, oven lo tho abandon ment of tho wisdom of hcr cariier rulera, nnd paralyzed tho handa of hcr hardy eona na eho coursed her way to niin. Do nol toll me that hcr pcojilo are prosperou.a—lhat hcr credit ia unimpaired—lliat her industry, ia rewarded.— Great na sho is, anu proaperoua na eho may bo under tho present nlmost univcraal prosperity oftho world, aho ia atill h.ilf a century in debt, and elemally so if Pennsylvania Democracy ia still to mlo her. Her peoplo havo beon Inxed to Uio utmost to mako publie improvenients; and now our Ihoroughfnrea reach 'every section of our noblo State But w-hy w-cro tbcao im¬ provemenis made? AVna it merely to convoy tho prodnco ofour farms?—or w-as it to bring tho incxhiiuslible treaaiirca of our monntains nnd liilla to pnur their vn.al Irihulo into tho treasury 7 It waa to invito cnpil.il—to increaao nud diversify our indnalry, nnd lo mnko our Slnlo what sho now should be,—tho migbiiest, Uio richest, nnd tho moal proapcroiia in the Union. Ijook around ns, whero n liberal poli¬ cy hius prevailed. Turn to tho East, whero mineral wealth is almost unknown, and whero Agrieiilluro furniahea the poorest rewards to the husbandman. AA''o seo our public improvo- moiita surpassed—onr syslem of Educntion ex¬ celled—Inbor ia in belter demnnd and ia better ren-ardcd,—Ihcir peoplo nre coinpararively froo from tixalion, Uiat curse of curses; nnd last but not least, no crushing debt saps tho vitala of Uicir progress. Why, then, ia Pennsylyania, w-iUi all her unoqualled rcsonrcca, stippled iu her cnlerpriao nnd bowed down wilh o moun lain of dobl 7 It may do fiir nnscrupuloua politicians nnd a hireling prcsa to eay ihal these arc not thcfniil.s of bad gorcmnienl; but to what olher cnuso can they bo charged 7— Who can tell us w-hy w-o nre half n century lie hind the high rank our nalural means entiUo us to ? AVhy nro wn almost hopeloaaly in debt, ond slill ndding to it, whilo oUicr Slatca, wiUi scarcely half our clemenls of weallh, surpass us in nearly every essenlial particnlnr, nnd aro yet comparatively freo from cnibarrnsamont? Tlioso who havo snatained Uiis fatal policy con wcavo their sophistry around this question ns they may; hut tho man who diapassionntcly inquires into it, mnat chnrge onr miafortunes solely to tho imbecility and illiberality ofour government.
AVe havo expended millions to open mnrkota fiir onr mineral weallh and tho produce ofour farms, and thon wilh o suicidal blow, only wor¬ tliy of Pennaylvania, wo struck down onr man- ufneliircra, and sent our peoplo hogging to England, inslead of giving omployment to .American capilnl, creating a demand for Ainerican labor, ond converting onr immenso minernl resources into revenue to the State, nnd profitable enterpriae for our citizens.— True, Pennsylvania was alow to consent to lhe repudiation of her long cherished Jiolicy. De¬ mocracy had preached Proteclion in every sec¬ tion ofonr Slote; h.id fostered and defended it in oUier daya; and when ila sncrifice wna do- maiided by nn odniinialralion thnt owed ila ex¬ islence to the volo of Pcnn.sylvania,—w-hich w-na secured by tho most giganlie fi-niid,—but one ofour Rejiresentntives could lio found on the floor of Congresa lo approve Iho consnmnin- tion of the deed. But oflicial patronage w-na moro powerful than tho moat sacred pledges, nnd aftor on exciting conlest, in which Uio great Norlh nnd ospociaily our own Slalo mnni¬ fesled an inlensc inleresl, ono ofour own hon¬ ored sona caat Iho falal vole, and Iho Prolec¬ tive policy was siricken down by the very men who were unipialilicdly conimilted lo ila sup¬ port.   It cool thc hero of thai cailiuj vule all
ho hud goincii in ft lifo of devotion to Demo¬ cracy, hut tho trcoson waa apjilaudcd, and Free Trrdo became onc of tho cardinal doo- Iriiios of thc Oppoailion.
I cannot hero fidluw Uiis queation as I vmuld w-iah. Of all publie mcnsures it lieors Uic clo- seat relation to Uio prosperity of onr Slate, and until il la adopted na ono of tho permanent fea¬ tures of tbo government, Penn.aylynnia, nolwilh- slaiidiiij her high posiiion, musibo but "a hew¬ er of w-ood nnd a drawer of water" for her more aagaeioua and thrifty neighbora. Niirdo I vicw it na a mere Slato measure It ia a vital Na¬ tional queatioiij and ia inacjioriibly iwaooialcd wilh our National progreaa and indejiendonce Ita abandonment may for a timo bo attonded with apparent blcaainga, but it con end only in diaaster. No humaii agoncy chn avert Uic wreck lhat must result from it It mny bo Jioat- poncd for a time, but only to gather pow-cr, and render disaster moro lerrihlo and complete
"Ahl moro ruin I" responds some Free Tra¬ der with moro eool than w-iadom. Yes, I say it boldly, w-o aro rushing to bankruptcy wilb a rccklesanesa nnd ropidity novor parallele<l in our chequered hialory. AVhilo wo have o bal¬ anco of trado againat us of from forty lo fifty millions a year, nnd whilo wo oro crcditora to England boaidea for annmount lhat would cniah ua to-morrow, I poinl to Uio fuluro and w-nrn tho people of Pcnn.aylvania of tho fearful retri¬ bution their ajiostncy ia inviling. Call it vi.a- ioiiary if you will; but unlil you explain how w-o ore to make up a balanco uf trndu of forly or fifty millions annually, and how our Iionds iu tho hunda of European hnnkcra for building onr railrouda nnd saving Uie credit ofour good old Commonw-ealth, are lo bo paid, w-hile our mon¬ ey ia drained from ua for Eurojican fiibrii-a—I say until theao things aro explained, Uio fuluro proinisea only revulsion and gloom. Reniemher Uiat we have a National debt of ovor sixty-five milliona; our Stalo debts exceed Iw-o hundred million.s; our Municipal debta rench seventy million.s; onr Railroad dclita nro, not less than two hundreil nnd fifty millions; our Mercanlile Foreign debt cxcoeiia ono hundred and fifty milliona, and our Privalo Domestic debt ia c.a- timalcil at not leaa than nine hundred niillioiia. By this caUmate which ia aanctionnd by tho Cincinnali Railroael Record and lliiiiVs Mer¬ chant's Magazine, two of Uio moat roliablo jxi- riodicala in tho country, w-o have over bixtkkx iiuximnD MILLIONS of debt ujion ua, nnd five liiindrc<l milliona of thnl indobtednesa la hold by Eurojx! 1 And yet w-e nre told by tho advi> ealca of onr preaent policy, lhat tho conntry never enjoyed oa snoalnntial proapcrily aa it doea now. Look aro-and you, and you find Eu¬ ropean enpiud in almost all our public improve¬ menis; yon find our farms mortgaged to securo tho Eurojican banker when ho steppeil between Pennsylvaniaand batikrujitcy; you find Brilish iron lining our niilroada from ono end of Uio Union to tho olher; yon find our r.xports ex- ceede<l by onr imports almost n million a week; and yct wiUi every advantngo againat us, w-o nro lurod by temporary proapcrily to slill grcnt¬ er rcekloaanesa and profligacy. Remembor lhat Ibia balance of trade muat bo paid; that onr for¬ eign lioiida nuist bo eniieelli.'d; Umt our British iron must tranafer tho remnneration duo Amer¬ ican labor lo Uio pauper labor of Europe; and lell mo how tho means aro to bo provideil.— Could w-o ricct theso demanda now 7 If not, w-hen ahall w-o bo moro proaporons Ihnn nt pre¬ scnl, nnd better prepared to liiiuidato theni 7
It ia hard, I know, to make nn ndverao fuluro viaiblo in Uio midst of unclouded prosperily, but when wo aro involved in financial gloom, w-hich coursea its way into every channel of in¬ dustry and trado, w-o mual realize ton lalo tbo bitter fruils of our policy. Look nt tho leneh- inga nf Iho past, Iiavo w-o not been prosperous before ? Iliva not labor been na well rewarded? nnd haa not every liranch of induslry been as cloiidleaa na now 7 Bnt wliy haa diaaaler Buc¬ ceeded it ngnin nnd again 7 AA'oa it tho reault of accident or chance? or was it tho natural eonaequenco of a failure of onr roaources?— No—it wna by rushing hoedle.ssly in debt; by filling tho coft'cra of European manuraclurora nt the expenao of American labor, nnd by suf¬ fering inillioiia to nccumnlalo against «a in our trndo. Tlicao causes have conviilacil ua from centro to circuinfercnco horeloforo, and w-hat must they lead to now? I nppeal to every candid man—muat nol our present policy striko faUilly at ever)- clement of prosperity?
But it ia not only our Nationnl policy that retards our progress. Powerftilly as it haa con¬ tributed to that end, w-o havo bocn cheriahing a Stalo policy that haa boen no loss fruitful of injury. Our Stato adminislralion, which como inlo power pledged to economy ond reform, seenis lo havo no higher ambition than to swell our indubtednes.s. It mnat gralo harshly upon lhe enr.a of thoae who repudiated tho enilnenUy auccesaftil administration of Wm. F. Jouxston, when they are told that their great chanijiion of retrenchment ia likely to increaao our Slale debt al Uio rnto of a million a year. Nearly his firat ofTicial act waa to sign o bill for a loan; nnd at thia timo, wilh nearly half hia term be¬ foro him, tho loana ho haa sanclioned amount to nearly $.1,000,0001 I grant Uiat Uiis omount haa not been added lo tho funded debt of tlie Slalc, for §1,000,000 waa borrowed lo pay $1,- 000,000 of dobt; but when it ia roiiieinbered that nearly oll of the balanco is to swell our enormoufl indebtedness, tell mc how Iho bold jirofcssions nf tho adminislrntion nrc tn bo re- conciled wilh ita official acta. Itw-ill not do lo say Uiat Gov. Biiii.er and his party havo mere¬ ly "nnticipnled tho rovenuo" to meet present demands. AVo hnvo been "anticipating our revenuo" until w-e havo korty-two million's of debt npon onr shouldcra! And nino limea out of ten, when our ndininialration modcsUy de. mands that our revenuea bo nnlicipalud, the plain English of Iho request ia MOUE DEnTi— Nor ia tlio ond of the ehajilcr yet visible. Thc North Branch Canal ia yet unfinished, and the Alleglii-ny road ia jiii-t cninmencod. Bolh aro in the handa of the Deinocracy; both have boon used lo reward political merit without regard to  cool, and  when bolh are  completed,  our
dobl muat bo swelled from Uiroc to five millions undor preaent maiiagement.
If our publie improvements would justify tbia outlay, and givc reasonable B.asurBiico of remunorotion, even then I would not bo prepa¬ red to approve an incrcii.ao of our debt; hut w-hon I conaider that onr iinprovcmoiits have ceaaed lo bc a source of rovonnc, and that they lire cluiiiicd and uaed by tho Democracy solely for pcraonnl nnd jiolilicnl aggrandizement, I could wish that I had a voico liko thunder to jirotost ogainst it. Ijct ua glanco at our public worka. Our pro.acnl debt of ? 12,000,000, ns opjicnrs by thc reeorda, dates ita foundation ubout 1821, when publie improvements became Uio ordewjf tho day. Thot it hati been incur¬ red principally in Uio construction ond main- tjiinanco ofour public w-orks, ia nol to bo denied; and whnt hns beon onr revenue 7 Thc interest on our debt, nt five jwr jcnt, is over $2,000,000 nnd our improvementa have for Uio first Ume yet to nett us half that sum. That they miglit yield 0 million or more, I ora fully jicrauadcdi but under the present syatem of management thoy oro a curso to Uio SUite. Prior lo IS-lfl, aa fnr back aa I havo examined tho oflicial re¬ eonla, our Jiublic worka woro kept up at a t-ost ranging from $000,000 to $700,000 per annum. Sinco Uii'ii they havo never required leaa Uian $1,000,000 annually, and some Umea they have cost ua over $2,000,000. I will give Uie reve¬ nuo and cxjienaoa for the lost five yenra i
184».    Total Rovenuo, $ 1,550,000
"       Expenses, 1,025,000
Balance over expenses, 025,000
IW9.    Totnl Rovenuo, 1,100,000
"       Expenses, 1,000,000
Balanco over expenses, 600,000
1850. Total Rovenuo, 1,700,000
"       Expenses, 1,500,000
Balanco over cxronscs, 200,nou
1851. Expenaea, 1.900,000
"       Total Rovenuo,   1,700,000
Bnlnnce over RErr.soF, 200,000
lEi.'ia    Expenses, 2,.100,000
"       Tolnl Revenue, 2,ii00,0U0
Balanco over Revexue, 300,000
By tills oflicial stotement, talcon from thu Aiinunl Reporta of tho Auditor Oeneral, u-c eco thnt during the laat fivo years, our public improvements have yiolded tho commonwealth an aggregale of only $825,000, or$U;3,000 jwr annum; which would not pny Uio Inlerest on -n,000,000 of our .Stato Debt al 5 percent. It ia truo that during thc yeara '31 nnd '52 a lit¬ Uo over ft million waa appropriated to tho North Branch Canal, which, if deducted from the exjioiiflos, w-ould loavo $500,000 of rovenuo instead of $500,000 of oxceaa oxpondiluras;bnt a singular foaturo in tho siatement of expendi- 1-'- - i pre-o'ila every thing in confuaion, nnd rendera it iinjioaaible to do exact jiiaticc to the subjeet. Since Uio coat of maiiitoinliig tho public w-orka hoa been incrcaaeil Co alarmingly cerlain cxpeiiditiiroa arc inilliltcld from tlio public each year, ami crmodctl inlo siibscju^-nt statcmcnltt in tlu: most tague andunsaiiiftwlimj VHinncrl Take, for instmcc, the year 1850, which apjMXira, according lo Iho Auilitor Gen¬ eral's report, 03 yielding $200,000 frora Uio public works abovo expenaea; but in the rejxirt for'51, wo find over $1)00,000 in the slatnmoiit of expenaea for that yeir, oa having bocif paiil for dobta "prior to Dixi. ISoOT' So a true slalement for '50 would havo ahown that Uio oxpenscs fur Uint yoar w-cro $700,000 »i(/rt-//;(in Ihr. revenue I Turn ngnin to thc report for '52 nud w-o find $970,000 paid for "sunilry cxponsi-a incurroil prior to 1850 and IK511'' Thia aw-ella the exjienaea for IS50 to $2,400,000, when wo had but $1,700,000 of rovenuc, nnd when 'Uio Auditor Gonoral w-na mndo to report a nelt revenuo of $200,000; and for Uie yenr 1B51 it makea on nctunl onU.ay of $I,970,000,e.xclusiyo of tho $000,000 snddlcil on it for tho previoua year. And what of 1852 7 Who cun tidl whether a million will cover tho cxpensea re- servc<l for somo fuluro atalement, or who can sny thnt thero aro not several millions of float¬ ing debt yet unknown to nur oflicial records, which haa been conlrnctcd for our pnblic w-orka? Tho nmnagera ofourimprovemenlsw-cro nfraid to let tho coat for the yenr '50 como lieforo the public in ono yoar, or oven two yeara, for wo find in tho stntementa for hoth '51 and 'o2 sun¬ dry expenaos paid for thnl yenr. And may Uiero not bo uiiaetUed accounla slill back fiir 'ol?—at le.ist w-hatasauranco havo wo thnt all the Gxpenaoa fiir '51 and '52 liavo boen pnid.— But to lako the very beat faco lh!a maiter can preaent, wo can arrive nt no nUicr conclusion than that, independent nf all exlrnordinary ftp- propriatioiis for prosecuting new w-orka, our public improveinents are sinking the Common, wealth every year dcqier and dccjicr in debt I Nolwilhalaiiding tho mystery in w-hich tho re¬ ports aro purposely involved, this fact ia appa¬ rent, ond admila of no denial; hut they can, and thoy doubUesa do, willihold frora tho piib- lictho exact omount of debt they nnnually throw upon the Slale In tho brief space of five yeara we seo tho cost of maintaining our publie w-orka swelled from $700,000 lo over $2,000,000; nnd iflhia species of Democratic progression ia to ho conlinued for fivo yenra more, il w-ill requiro tho salo oflhc works, and Gxliaual all the proceeds, to pay tho debt in¬ curred in merely keeping them up.
Thia condition of afTairs has been brought Iibout by the most nnbonndod profligacy and corruplion. For yeara our public improve¬ menia hnvo been mado a mero rondevoua for tho pampered pensionera of tho Democraiic jmrly, and tho means of fostering llio moal ex¬ lonsivc aud high-handed villainy. So notori¬ ous havo our oflicers on our publio w-orka be¬ como for diahonesty, thnt nn honest man scarcely nspirea lo o poailion eonnocled wilh Uicm; or if he doea oceept one, it coals what¬ ever repulalion for inlegrily ho may hnvo nc- qnii-ed. They are proslitntcd into 0 vaat polit¬ ical engine, ond mado lo conlribule only to the polilical pow-or ond privolo fortunes of these controlling thom. They hove been deolroycd na a source of revenue, because thc privalo in- tercslo of uUicci-;; and thcii I'ricndo hayo to bc
advanced nt whatever cost to the Common w-ealUi. And yct year after yenr, with Uiia fes tering corruption os cleor as noon day, thr jxiojilo of tho Slato havo, through Uie force of parly drill, eanctioiie<l it with their vot-s. Ap¬ proach a liberal memlier of the ojijioallion jxir- ty, who ia familiar wilh the manngement ofonr iinproveiiiciita, nnd be will tell you Uint it has C'lrrujitod Uic wholo Ixuly jKiIitic as far oa ita iiifliieiicc oxtend.a, and that Uiose who cannot lirenthe Uie contaminaUon ciUiersilonUy or ap¬ provingly must full beneath tho mercilcaa pro- .serijiUun of oflicial jxiwer.
Such has boeii thc history of onr public worka, nnd nothing but o Uiorongh revolution of Uic eystem con result in suhstniilial good.— Wo have tried refiirm, butaa olXon as ono abuae hos been corrected, o wider and liolder channel of corruption hna been opened. AVe have tried legialalion to closo Uio counUisa avenues of fraud w-hich leod from ourimprovemenUi to the trensury, but every cfTort has boon crijijilcd by tho controlling influence of Stoto jiotronagp-— AVe havo npjicaled to tho pcojilo to cru.ah tho whole ayatcm of robbery by which they have to sulTor, but jmrty discijilinc has been too jw- tent fiir Uic cause of truUi. AVo havo tried to sell thom, and Uio people manfully eceondi:^! the effort by on Immenao popular inajority; but Democracy could not sjiaro Uio patronage and Uic jviwcr Uioy afl'orded, ond the plainlyex- proaacil w-ill of the poo[dc waa InaoIonUy disrc- ganled. At Inst hopea w-ero entertained Uiat wo wero to bo rolievo<l of Uiis bliatoring stain ujvin our character, and thia destroying canker preying njxin onr vitals. A company comj>oa- ed of o niiinlior of genllemon in tho SIuIin of¬ fered to leu-iio our jmblic worka for a term of years, and ji.iy, I IkJIovo, a million nnnually for the use of them. Tliis proyKwilion, by whicii tho Stntc n-ould have lioeii the gainer of tho whide nmount U^ndcrol, it w-as huped hy all disinter.iatud peraona would bo accepteil. But ngnin Deinoenicy iiilorix>:icd—it w-aa not yct gluttol wiUi ofliicial plunder. Tho ofl'ur wos rejected, and Democrocy continued ita career of jirofligney.
But by whom wa.a this ofTor mad c 7 Among 1)10 gentlemen composing the compnny wero 8c\-cral ex-Canal Commiaaioners, under w-hose managoment of Uio improvomonts the Slat<; ro- alized litlle or nothing. Aa public ollieers Uioy could bring no revenue to tho State; but as Individuals, w-iUi tho samo resourcea, they could eiilculateo lilioral profit for thcmsclvea and then nlTord n million of dollars annunlly fur the lease» Why w-aa it that anch a strange discrepancy existed between the proceeds of tho public worka undor Uieir direclion, nnd thi offer of the very men «-ho controlled Uiem 7— Can it bc explained In nny other wny than that thia sum ia annnally aqiinndcnxl by our agenta? I bavo conaidered thia matter cnrefully, and I mu.st chargo il irjmn tlui Dcmncraliv jxirty, thai Vie men thai/ keep in jmccr am mciruUing thc Commi>nitS4iUh out of a ¦miHiimof ihdlart annnallgl Ifl am wrong I shall lie glad to make the cornxiUon, but a general deniiU w-ill nol suflicci For years thia corruption has been cniiceiled by tho candid ofall partiea, and if e.xjilanation ia po.saible, it ia high limc it wiva furniahed. I hnvc show-n how the exjioiisca of our public worka have Iioon mora than trebled in five years, nnd lhat a fair exhibit of any cur¬ ronl year liiua not liecn preaenled to the peijil oflhe Slnte in thnt limo, and ifthis eonducl ia defonaible, I Iwg the Deinocratic party to let na have Uio defence
And what a Sfioetncle docs Uila present I To see our noblo old Commonweallh draggeil to Iho vci-j-vergo of bankruptcy by tho haliilual villainy of her agents, nnd the peoplo atill fol¬ low-ing tho behests ofparly blindly to suslain it Tho geneml .system of transacting businesa on our publio works, would mako a man in pri valo enterpriso doajiiaod in nny commuiiily,and our Courts would aeizo him na a felon. He w-onid bo dreaded aa if liis very touch wna con- lamination, and unlil hia ojicralions could bo confined to tho w-nlla of somehospilnblo priaon, public jnatieo would not Ihi eatiafled. But ho ia an ngent of tho Stalo, forsooth I—ho deals bounliftilly and shares hia plunder liberally willl Ilia nccom[ilieP3, and public opinion seema to havo grow-n elrnngely indifl'crent to lliia spe¬ cioa of robbery. Aud how long will tho pooplo of Iho Slate, by w-hoso hard-earned taxes thia profligacy ia supported, sland idly by, and per¬ mit it to run its high-haudoil career? Ia thero no remedy for this official villainy 7 I answer thero ia but ono hopo of subslanlial roforin,and that ia THE UNCONDITIONAL SALE OF THE PUBLIC AVORKS I And nnlil thia is pfl'ected, the indicaliona nro thai tho aamo fatal abuses w-hich ore now pracliae<l, and which havo hecn proeUaeil for year.s, w-ill bo pracliaed still. I grant that wo can not realize tho cost of their conslruclion—that w-o muat loso hea¬ vily in tho salo; but n-o can redueo onr state debt nearly one-half, nnd desiroy tho great cauao of ita incre.ise, withoul reducing our rov¬ enuo. AA'Iiy then w-ill wc madly persist in re¬ taining them in Iho po.sscssion of tho Stale, merely lo fill thc cofl'era of Our agenls and Uieir nccoinplices, nnd to bo uaed ns a vaat machine lo cruah the honivsl sentiiuenla of iho people ? AVhy w-ill w-o go on recklessly and spend mil¬ liona lo iniprovo and perfect them, when the pxperimenl thus far has been worse Ihan n failure 7 Look at the Alleghcnies 1—Thoy are studeil wilh the favorites of tho doniiiiaijt pnr¬ ty; and with our treasury juat repleniahod \^th borrowed capital, conlrncta have been awarded wilh thc most shameful disregard of fairneg.a, and thonsands of dollars have been nceillcssly expended in tho enlerprise. Thus w-e aro not only plundered ofthe resources ofonr present iiujiTOveiiicnls, but w-o nro plundered ngain to extend Ihom, and mnko tho ficM slill wider for fnvoriliam and frand. And w-horo is the chap¬ ter lo eud? Aro wo lo gn on year after year slill inereising our annual appropriations, slill adding to our debl, and crippling slill moro the prosjieriiy and jirogreaa ofour Stale ? If nol, when ia revolution to begin? Sliould it begin IIUW, or nre there still fresh sivarm.-, of cormo lanlc who^iC thiril for public plunder ic  yct to
be satiated 7 Wo have again nnd ogain boon driven to the very verge of vitality in our fi¬ nancial operations, nnd if our improvenient) ore atill held by tho.Slnte, and if millions nrc yet to bo expended on them, in what a midnight of financial despair mnst a revulsion land us?
I appeol to every cniwlid citizen whether Ibia quesUon should not rise above jiarty considera- Uon.a, GenUemen of the Opjiosition I remem¬ licr Uiot it is under your sanction thot these habitual frandri aro practised. It ia by your votea Uiat this infidelity in our puhlic agenta i 1 approved nnd porpctiioted. It ia by your in difli-renoe that Refiirm haa heen cruahcd ogaiu nnd ognin under the stroke of oflicinl power.— And whot honest man doea not blush wilh sliame, when he renccta thnt he h.is liecn to any extent Inslrumontal in sustaining Uio rccklcsi villainy, where fidelity and integrity arc so im- jierativcly demanded 7
But shall the public works bc sold f I need not osk w-hether the peoplo will fuvor the mcaa¬ ure, for they have alreody sjwkcn in terma of decided approbaUon. But will tho Democracy sUlI ojxinly disregnrd their wishes 7 They havo done BO thus for, and with Impunily; and »a they have the patronage nnd the plunder in their hnnda, Uicy n-ill continue to do ao in spito of all thc efl'orta of the people. They havo ahown nn utter conlomjit for tho peUlions of our ta.x-i>ayer3—they seem to caro noUiing for the crushing burdens they imfiose on Uiom, if they c-nn only bo permitted to squander oiir revonno, ond increase our debt. But, felluw eitizens, cnn yon fullow tho Democratic party In its definnco of Uio jwpular will? Look Rl ita profca-sioiLS—it claiins lobe governed hy the will oftho peojile, nnd yot it jilants itself ubovo Uicir verdict, and ia deaf to their aupplication 1 for relief. Iti very nnmo is fiilsehood—n IkiIiI, insolent, defiant fulschood^fijr It cloaks the wildest antagonism to its professions.
That an iiiloUigont aud sovcroign peopiu should Uiua kneel ot tho shrine ofparly, wlien- their dearest inlcresls aro perfidiously betrny- c<l, la tho most humilioliiig foaturo our syab'iii of government ia capable of jirescntlng. Aii'I If it is poracTOrcd in, tho reign of a Ru.saian Autocrat could not bo mom subversivo of tho general pood. Cilizena of Pennsylvania I— yon who have licon howed down by on imbo- cde and profligalo goTcrnmcnl; you who havo liocn rehlied lo givc scojki to oflicial corrup Uon; yon who have been involved in an almost hojxileas debt mainly by the treachery of your ruler—is not thc time fur action nmr al hand f AA'ill you still groan under mi.arulc, nnd a do- lilicrule syalem of villainy, or nro jiiu prcjwireil to asaert your majesty, to vindicaic your honor, and to restore purity ard integrity in our gov ernment? Will yon s II bow to the slavisli mandates ofo praatitiite.i Democmey, and ht it riot ill the fruits ofyour honest toil, or will you hurat the shackleaa of party to secure your ow-n and wnr Country'a gooil? Ifyou ore pre jmred for Uii.), strike holdlg for thc uneondi tiimiU sale of Ihe public vorks I Let Uiia i.aauo be successful—I caro not by whom or by what p.irty—nnd oor gooil old CommonwealUi, whicii for more than a quarter of a century haa lieeu cripple<I In every clement of her gigantic strength, will riso rogenemled nnd diaenUirall- cl, to tike the high and commanding position nmong Uie Stales of the Union, to which her natural resources nnd hcr honcat industry enti¬ Uo hor. Strike now I—slrike in your might for Uiia Reform, nnd parlica must bow submia- slvely to your will.
Fellow-cilizens, I am nol hero to hog your \'oles. I caro nothing for whatever personal intereat I may have involved in thia conteat. I havo a homo and a vocation which aro dear er and more congenial to ine than any oflicinl Jiosition yon could assign me Bul being tin; yonngeat candidale over presented to the peo¬ ple for ft Stito oflice, and having been jdaced in that position by tho volunlnry nclion of tho AA'hig party, I shall not slop to inquire wheth¬ er viclory or defeat is to rew-ard my cITorta.— AVhile tho old AA'hig flag waves over me, I ahall fidlow its fiirtiinoa throngh tho din and smoko of every bnllle, nnd cnll npon tho young Whigs lo join their'fiilliera in sustaining our noblo conae I can grant no respite to Ponnaylvoiiia Democracy while it is oozing corruption from every pore, and w-hilo our Commomwealth ia tho victim of ila frauds. Though disaster may again and again confront mo, I must ever nn- awTr a.s did Uio bravo leader oftho Old Giianl nt AVftlcrbo—"the Guaud dies—it never svRnExnEKS f
If you aro Poor, don't stay Poor.
" Dollara and dimes, dollars and dimes. An empty pocket is tho worsi of crimes."
Yes; and don't yon presume loshow yourself nnyn-hero until you get it filled. Not nmong good people? No, my denr .Siraidicily, not aniong goixI peojilo. "They will reecivo you with thc galvanic ghost of n smile, seared up by tho indistinct recollections oftho "Ten Com- mandmenls," bnt it will ho os short aa their slay with yon. You ore all in a jierspiration, leal you should hc delivered of a request for their osaiatonco beforo they ran get rid nf you. They aro 'very busy,' and what's more they nl¬ waya w-ill bo busy, when yon cnfl, until you get lo Uie lop of fortune's ladder.
Climb, man, climb I fret to tho topof the lad der, though ndverao circumslancea nnd falso friends break every round in ill ftnd soe what ft glojioua pro.spect of human nature you'll get, when yon arrive at thc summit t Your glovea will be worn out shnking hands wilh the very peoplo who did not recognize your exislence two monlha ftgo.
'A'ou must come and make Ihem ft long vis¬ il; yon must slop in al nny time.' It ia such » long time since ihey had the pleasure ofa viaib from yon that Ihey began to fiar yon never in¬ lended to come; and Ihey will cap Iho clima.x by inqniring with nn injnred oir, 'If you nr» near-sighted, or why you havo so often passed llieiii in the slreet wilhout speaking 7'
Of courae, you will fuel very much liko laugh¬ ing in their fuces, nnd so you can. You can't lo anything wrung noiv that 'yonr jiockct in full.' At the mosl, it will only bo nn 'ecccntri- lly.' You can use ftnybody s nock fiir n foot- loui, bridle anybody's mouth wilh a silver bit, and yun havo aa many 'golden opinious' as ynu like You won't seo a frown ogaiu this side of your tomb-Eloue.—Fanny Fern.