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•«-xw trnxoDT TZtSHS IB SVttaDSrOTH.' LANCASTER, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.- -PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEERLY- -BY ROBERT W H IT E MID D i7ETirN7 'T(DI&«'::£3TaaaSr®Q a» W3ai©sf©siDii'iro iiipiBaaj So aa^©* LAW NOnCES. ©[aDiTiy§-*:.^ii=.u=uuN.^, .aiTTOM'JYE I* ,3 T. i-Ji W. A NNOUNCES to his flrionds and tho public, , tiiat he has roniovcd hia olficp to South Quccn ADVERTISEMKN'i'S. ADVERTISEMENTS. AND S. £iIliBErai'df Ali, M. B. ^^ RADUATED Gorman Phyaicians, Surgeons "HJK" and Oculists. Thoir ofiice. South Queen -'• ^a. Uiat no has removed his offiee to Boulh yucen »ucct, two doors below Mro. Hublcy'o Hotel Street, 3 dOOTB below the Court-house, whero ha Lancaster. Februarv 5. 1840. can ha consulted on FxofoBsioQal basiness by his friends and patro'nB. I ':::8ncaBtep, March 11,1840. tf-14 JS.TT9nJTBT JBT SaJ^Sr.' ff'-^tiS bo found at all limes at tho office of E- ^^ MANUKI, C. REiOAaT, Esq. In West King St., or at tho Hotel of Mr. Cooper. Lancaster, Jan. 3, 1840. tr-4 .MTTOEijy.Mlf .ST M^J3 W. '•n-g IMPORTANT TO T A K" Jl E K § MEWLY married persons nnd others arc invi¬ ted to call ond examine tho large andsi'len- DiD absohtuent op CABOS'r FUHi^ITUBCf: AND TIIE undersigned, having obtained letters pa¬ tent for Coburn's newly invcnled '^la.iiBd ESuBBet* Tor ECoSling' respectfully proposes to dispose of rights on rea. annable torms. The experience ofall vvho have tried this ma- FFICE in East King street, noxt door lo chine is. ili.it it is one ofgreat utility, cunvrenience Adam Relgart'B Wine storo—will attend to ""'' durabil.ty. Simple and subsUiilial in lis profcsBionalbusiness that may be entrusted s'r"'^''':?- '.t dm hc erected at a trifling «; ense. rcaro. "' roll with ouso from filty to sixty sides per day, and auds materially to the appearance and quality of Lcutlicr. It is now in operation in Philadelphia, and vari¬ ous parts ofPennsylvania; and wherever inlro* duccil, has uniformly super.sedcd all other invcii- i tions oftho kind. Annexed arc a lew ofthe m.iny " certificates received from difi'erent gentlemen, at any to hi*/ Lancaster, April II, 1839. tf-19. ADVEUTISEMEN'rS. or ALL KINDS. The undersigned having a very large stock of first-rato furniiure on hand, is determined to sell as low as any other, establishmentin lhe City. All who wish to p irchaso Cabinol furniture and Chairs, woulil do well by giving hima call, as they can ho supplied with every ibing in his lino for house keeping. —ALSO— VENITIAN BLINDS op all DKSCRIP'IONS. All ofwhich may bu Iiad atthe corner ofEast-K ing flircer,npj)fiaitethe Farmer'a Bank, firel dooraround tho corner, on Duke street. JOIIN F. SHRODER. Lancaster^ Feb. 12th» 1840. Sm-lO ^mm (^iiiBiLiisiriDa i£^ mmw siEiisaiaso ^®i^, :aa«««sicD» m^ and hopp; iic conlil exercise noini)>rnfx'ritiltti(iiCfS not cvi;n iJiat which many honcHtly li-i-l ivhhfiirt being consi-iona ofit. He came bcUire Xhe I><*;^iv. la'urc ond addressed us in thelanguaL'eiil'iwrti'hjrtJtft nnd of reason, having rfl lieart oi iiy he honor, tin' iiitcrcs sand tho prosperity of t*iAin8yU.imirv-* Many a man who iiad been iiiduerd lo'vt.lc for ilffe UMB IJOTEL, West Kin'^ Slreet, Lancaster. t6« Gonvslogo i^a«-igati«>n. THE worka on tbis stream baving been com¬ pleted in the most substuniial and enduring wiioso lanncries tbe machme can be seen in oper- manner, tho undersigned, its principal Proprie- ation, and to whose lesi 1 mony you nre, wilhgreat tor, proffern to his friends and former Feilow- HB subBcriber reSpcetfulIyinformB hio friends plea-sure and confidenco, rolcrrcd- Citizens, such an interest in it as will assisl him and the publicgonerally, thot ho has taken Peraons wishing to obtain righis, or any infor- ;„ conducting the futuro oiicrations ofthe Navi- mation in relation to them, will receive prompt at- gation, whieii bin distant rtsidcnce my not quali- tention by calling on, or addressing the subscriber, j ,„ 1,;^ to perfi^rm to the entire satisfaction ofthe at Mou.NTJor, Lancoster county, Pennsylvania. - --- THO.MAS J. PATTERSUN. January 29, 1840. tf-M _2£ja. m -rn- West King Stneoti Laticaster, dl- rectly opposito Cooper's hotel, and lately occupied by'. Mr. C Brenner, where ho will alvvays bo very happy to oee them. Hia table wilt at alt tiraea be furnished with tlie best tho markets af¬ ford, and so oerved as to suit his guesto. His bar will 1» well supplied with tho choicest Liquors; llis STABLE provided with the best provender nnd . • , • - j -i ¦ , , .,. , altended by a .steady and obligingVstier, and '"""''"^''."".""'' and considering the facility of every eiertion made to secure iJie ease, wants ond i""'.'?S "'""' ""."" ¦","""»'," f»l». ""<> «''« comfort ofall who shall favour his House with ' ?."""' "nP"»;emonl it makes on leather, we regard call, ncirtQ dotormmed to keep a good house. RECOMMENDATIONS. Mr. T. J. PATTEuaoN—Having nged Coliurn'a hand roller for rolling leather, we tako groat plea- Lancuster Public Hc, therefore, proposeafor nale 500 SlBar4*H in the Lancaster and Susquehanna black Waler Navigation Company, at tho par value of 850 per ahare. It i3 not deaired that more than twenty aharee be taken by asingle individual, in order that the With sweetest floioera ennch*d. From various gardens culVd xsith eorl;." ! The f^orsakcBB. j He never mcetfl mcaa ofold, i As friends, lesj cheriahM, meet n.c; i His glance ia ever calm and culd, To welcome, or to greet mo HiFj sigbB ne*cr follow whero I move, > Or tella what oihora' sighs do,— But though hia Uptf ne'er say "I love," I often Ihink hi.s eyes dol He never tnrns amid tho throng, Where colder eara will lisien; Orgivrs orm ihouglit lollial poor song, Once mudo his eyctids glisten; But Bometiincfl, when our glimcci* meet, As looks less warm—more wise—do, Aiboii his lips ne'er say " 'lis sweel,"— 1 oflcn ihink his eyes do! Oh! brighter amilcs than mine may giasa His houra ot mirlh, or sorrow; And fairer forms than mine may pa&a Across his path, to-morrow: But iiomcihing wliispors solace yct, Aa stars through darken*d skies do; His lips ne*cr say, "1 don't forget," I often think his eyes do! nnd tens of thousands, and fiimiBh custoiners to our both, thc (jucslion woh Kcttird hy the Congrrsa of Farmers and Merchants. Thcso componics have 1816. j opened a sourco of wealth, Iwlow the surface of the. Mr. Ai.Kx.iNnKH M. D.it.t..\s, .Sei-rctary of the ground qf Pennsylvania, more valuable than all Treasurj-, with the HaiiL-lion of Prrsidcnt Mahisdn-, I above ground in every other State in the Union. nnd ofevery nicnihcr of the cahinct, recommended If corporations nrc anti-democratic, if they are thc incorijoralion of n IVational Bank, a domocrniic injurious to the interests of the pcoplc, if they are adminiHtralion, rcconiuieiided it an a democratic - j i • j • subversive of liberty, why is it that so many demo- incaRure, to a democratic Congrt-'ss, nnd itwas car- J"oa9tirc on ;;a//v graunds ilicti re^rci'ed hN VntC, '¦ cratic Legislatures have uppfoprinted money to pur- ried by an ovcrAvhclming inajority ofthe democratic \ 'V'""' ''"^'^'f'"- -"iu'ated tn tho hi.J.cMt \nm ni lltb . chase stock in them ? Look nt the " report of the membera. Thc first bank uas rrcate^ by thc sa^es i ''"!'"';""'*'*'^*' ^^ Vl^ democrattc party, y*'H (hfc -¦ " J ^ ¦ IiL'nd of Mmt party, told the HoUs<', wrth h rmifttgis tliiU did h in cndi', thnt ihc riieartore frn^TrtJniuofft The b.ll was returned from the ^'cnale, rhans*'*! in cvi'ry uetion, but ftill it ih q bill of dcKtrucfiob to tin-hank?. in had 1he interest of party more at henrt tha^h tlu- iritcniHt ofmy country, 1 would thrnW no ob. ^t.Lclt'H in the way ofthis bill. lis pupsage woul^ plaio Ihcprcj^ent majotity party in the minordy-rft tliiH Stale, nnd I bclu'vc in tho Union: luil'I will ntrvcr g6 for party ngainst the good ol Ihecminti^'^t and, much as I am oppoBi-d to Mr. \ iin Biirtn, 1 woulti rnlher thathe ahould coniinu'- in ihc PrvM* ¦ dcntiiil .;hair, than tbat mcasurelj should lie riHrijfr* ed afruiiKsi thn inlcrcstB oflhc people, -l.tit MHlak-c cam nl'thc counti'y—'lcl party take cure of itsilf; let us not vote forinjuriims mcaaurcs fortlie «aKe(ff destroying a party in power. I look upon this question as one which will in* vulvc the ruin of thousands and tena of thousand:''; il will arrest trade, Gtopninnufacloricn. rcduct; TVa. gc^¦, and IcHSon the valuoof land, and of ngrtculttir* ai prodticlioris. Wf havc Iicard a great deal from personft In hieh places, ubout the necessity ofa rfporm in the btimc* inff system; they have not tuld its in what tlialYe. form consists, or bow fhr we ore to go, where'*ra nro lo stop. We bave hnd exhibited, in gloWf*^ Finances" on your desks, and say, why ha.s the gov- of tho Kevolution under Genrge Washington. Tlic ernment invested so large an amount of the people''« second was established hy the deinocmtic parly after money in stocks of chartered companies I tJic perils of the second war of Indcpcjiidcnce, by Thc granting of charters and the inveatment of men who had thc courage to sacrifice the false pride money by the State in corporate stocks, have in of consistency, party strife nnd party prejudice, on most cases been done by democrnticndniinislrations; tlio alter ofpalriotiHin. During thirty-three out of for the democratic party has seldom been outof forty years, in which the institution c.tisicd, puhlic power. When the administmtion was othenvise, and private credit stood without a pnmliel in thc thc persons who were most eager for corporations ! world. During the inter\ul Mr. A J, Dallas truly wero the membera of tlic democratic party ; andin- ""'"' ''^^- • » ' ¦¦ -^ deed bills to incorporate companies have scldoinbccn asked for, or granted, on party ground, or by party %*otcs. Opposition to corporations bas sometimes, thougli seldom, been resorted to, ns a means of local and partial electioneering, rather as a temporary ex- pcdietit than aa a principle. A neighborhood has occasionally united selfisn iirtercsts, and visionary politicians, inthe cry of "anti-democrntic corpora¬ tions;" but that cry has not been echoed at n dis¬ tance, and it died with thc breath llmt gnve it birth. Since thc origin of Pennsylvonia democracy, it hns never been considered an nnti-Jemocratic principle by any Legislature, and the yeas- and nays of ses¬ sion afler session, and thc lawa of every year provo iu The practice of Pennsylvania, no matter what political party was in power, haa Iicen to grant char-' which I have referred to. tered privileges for objects which could not within "' " said '^The monied irtinsaction.i of private life were at a stand, aud the fiscal opa'ation.'i of the government i.AiionKn iciih exlreme inoonvrnfrncr. It is not my purposo to express nn opinion re¬ specting the utility or constitutionnlty ofa Nutionnl Bank. The only object in rcfering to such an insti¬ tution, is to show that the patriots ofthe Revolution, nnd the democrats ofthe last war, in defence ofour rights and honor and freedom, did not consider cdr- poraliona ns hostile tolibcrty or public good. To show thnt the great {lemocratic party of the United Statea had endorsed a corporation, and even a Bank corporation, and that the decision of the pat¬ riots of I7S0-l,ond ofthe democrats of 181C, was supremo, I have ajipcaled to history. Let those who gainsay it, settle the queation with the authorities ho invites travellerB and othe ra to make a trial and judgo for themselves.- , . PETER REED, Jr. Lancaater, October 31, 18 W." tf-47 CLOCKS, WiTCHES, &C. THE •ubicribcr respecirull; informa hls;rri™ds andthe public generally, that ho is prepared to lAake Uid repair CLOO&iS AND WATCHES. or xvnr pEscnimo.v, Xt his shop. No. U North ^ _ ¦Quccn Sireot, next door to Mr. Bear's Bookstore, where he will be happy to receive orders in his line. 0,V HAND, : 'F.inkee Cloibllrs^ 'of variotta kinda and prices, warrahled to keep good time. —ALSO— SisVdr, ansIiBh. GMrmaa. French and conuaon WATOBSB. Jewellery repaired and Spoons, &c. engraved to order. '. He is thankfully for past favours, and hopes to merit oiid.rct^eive a conlinuanceef patronn|;e. G. Itf. ZAHM. No. 11 North Quefn Street, Loncaster. March 4,1840. • Iy.13 Cheap Pry G-oods^ nWHE suhscriber wishes'to inform hin friends JB. 'and tho'pablie generally, that lie tias a large ¦siortmcntcf .' ' ¦.¦ • ' -• Waiicy ana Staple bry liooAs, suitable fqr tliia aiid the coming season, which'he will (dispose of n6\y at' very reduced prices; among n;hii;li will be found the following: Qonii Style ..Moutilin-iJe-iaincEi, at 28 and '31 cts. per yr^. Real 4^4 SuperfipeFronchChintzos at3I cls. per yd. Full 8.4 Wroughi ShnwU, at ^,siid upwirrds, StiporflntJ 44 .,I<ong Clrrfli, Shirting'^It 13 1.3 cls. per/yard. ,.•,,.,.. Heavy ^-4 BrqWn Sheeting, at 121 cls. per yard. Do.' 4-4 . ido. ; du at 10 cla. Do 4-4 Bleaclied do Bt9&10ct».pcryard. Canlon'JFIannels, 9, 10 & ISj.eta. per yard. Together'witb a large assortment of • Clof hs, CnssinBeres,. $«.'itisaei!«, Veslings, Merinoes, Flannels, dili<;oe8, Cloves, Ho. siery, ie. &e. &e.' ' . G. W. BARTON. Cnrner ofNorth Concen nnd Orange streets, N. n. CJ. ,W. Bahoti wiHhe.i lo inlorm oil Ihoso commencing house-keeping, that he can furnish them with . Of avery deicriplion, at the lowest possible pricr.. LancaBter. February 12,1840. tf-lO sure in teeommending it to ihc piblic,"a8 one of|"™"""'"y, *"" '"^'"^^ ^^""^^ ""= dilapidated the most useful inventions cr>nnected with lhe Vfo^ks on the Conestoga have leen constructed anew, may have an opportunity (if they s J please) of participating in the reg^ulation of Tolls and the control and inanugcment ofan improvement, which, he <'onlidcn:ly trusts, will be of signal ad- Pennsylvania Zicgislalnte It as a machine (hat will eventually supersede all others. M. & J. SMYSEK, ABM. FORRF.'V'. MTCHL. DOUDKL. York Boiough, January 20,1840. Marietta, January 21,1840. Wo hove in operation one of Coburn's leather I rollers, with which one person ean roll from fifty I to eighty sides of leather per day, whicii greatly improves its appearance and enhances its value in market. The erection ofthe maehinc is attended with EO little trouble and expense, that we believe no tanner should be without one. HENRY SULTZB.\CK, JOHN KLINE. Thomas J. PATrins'ON. Having used the leather roller for nbout eight months improved by Wm. Coburn, we find it on. awers tho purpose well! a hand ean roll from lifty to one hundred sides per d«y, according to their aize. Wm. M. McCLURE, I JAMES MARSHALL. Bloomfield, Perry rounty, •) J[anuary 18,1840. \ Tyrone township. Perry eounty. Pa.) January 8, 1840. f I have used Wm. Coburn's improved roller for nine monihs, and find it answers the purpose well, makes a good impruvement oh the Icuihci, and a man can roll frum sixty lo scvcnty-liive sides a day. ja;cob shearer. Spring Garden, York co. Mr. T. J. Patterson; Denr Sir;—Thero havc been so many inventions offered to the publie, which have proven to be entirely Avorlhlcsa, thot we conceive it an ael of justice to you, os well at: to the public, to say, that Coburn's leather riilleri of which you are proprielor, so far from being o! this deseriptinn, ia. undoublly the best invcntinn of the hind ever offered to the puhlic, and one which tanners generally should ha vein their posses¬ sion, however limited iheir huKincss. HIESTAND & MOTTER. YoiiK, Jnnuary 20,1840. Dear. Sir—I fully opprove of the praclice of rolling leather. I hive a fteam-rollcr in uso for some yenrs. It adds materially tn the appearance nnd I belcive improves 1:8 quality; nnd from whot I have seen ofyour roller, I believe it to be well worth tho attention of tanners. JACOB BAYLOR, Ta Thomas J. Patlereon. From the Harrisburg Talegroph. Jflr. 3. JBt. MSnrden^s Me.inaPks. vantage to the County of his birlh, when in con. On thc bill to compel the banks to resume specie neciion with the Tide Water Canal and the en- payinents I'h^. Z7n,]°^v%1 ff"^ '"'^'¦"''' '"P"™™'"'' "f": Mr. BURDEN said. On thc present question, tiiia ana Other htates. , ,^ .,, , * ,„. »^ .1 • It is p-opcr lo rertiark, that lhe charter ofthe ^,'''f?"'y nieasures wil nol answer. The tm li is ncw Company, in all its provisions, is of thc mos' '•>" ?,""'" »" •"" "^'^'" "'^"T ""'"' "f "j" ^^ liheral and comprehensive character. •"= ">'''' ^ ««""" ''''?'* " Iwelve-month. I doubt Suhsoriplions to he made wilh Mr. Gerardu I whether even at that time a permanent resumption Clarxson, the Secretary and Treasurer ofihe can take place. If, Iherefore, we arc lo legislate on Company, at the Farmers' Bank of Lancaster, on *" subject of resumption, let a day be fi.xed when or bofore thc Ist ofSepiember, when payments the legislalure is in session. If the time hc fixed willbe expected and certificates ofSluek issued; "from ond ofter thc possage ofthia hili" wc will and subserihers may real assured, thot it is nol in be in session, ready to remedy cvila, lo arrest the eonteniplollon to increase thequanlity of Slock course of deatruclion, to prevent injury to our citi- now offered for sale, on the same terms. , zens and the commonwealth. If wo fix it for a E. COLEMAN. ' twelve-month hence, the Legislature will then be Jnnuary 15,1P40. tf-6 in session, to determine^whal is right and expedient —"^~~~"—~~~~-^^^~~'^*~~~~**~"~"^—— under the circumstimces. If wo go halfway and iix 19,00<> IftoruB raulticauUs O'reea ^ the period when tho Legislature is nol in session, l?OI* Sft lc ' the citizens will havc no human power to look to for THEsubscriber intending lo remove from his ' P™?"'''""- Tlie banks of Philadelphia have memo- present residence on Uie first *.- y,jj> nahsed the Legislature, nnd have given their opin- of April next, offers for sale. 'qfll gBK i'on, that resumption rannot take ploce before next **^ ^^^- ¦ January. According to the statement furnished to the government of the state of the banks. The capitals of lho fourteen banks in Philadelphia i amounlto SIB.161,074 | Their indebtedness 15,000 I?Iorii8 Itliillicaiilis ® ]^ © Bj 3( g) sound nnd in good order, and rang. ihp trom 3i to 7 (eet. orOuroatioiBDovd to him will be punctually attended to. HUGH LONG. Lanaifter, March 4,1840. lf-^£ a scasonahle time be attained by individual capital and enterprise. I will not investigate the history of corporations in the old world; it would lead to a comparison of governments, manners and customs, wealth and pop¬ ulation, and avariety of circumstances not likely to throw mueh practical or useful ligtt on the subject. But I will begin with the birth of the nation and see what has been the course of ita pol;cy. I will show thut what partisims represent as thc worst kind of corporations, viz: a Bank, was not considered by tlie fathers of thc Revolution as anti- republican or hostile to tho libortied or interests of ttie people. In the Congress of 1780 a bark waa sanctioned, Did the members of Coni-Treps bok upon the peti¬ tioners as enemies of freedom 1 No, they lauded them for their patrioti-jm, nnd approved the scheme as onc useful to the country. Thcjournal of 17S0, contaii« the following: In Congrrss, Junc 21, 1780. " A letter of this day from tic Board of War, was read, informing thata numbe of patriotic persons, having formed a plan for the (stalishment ofa bank, whose object isthe public seruce; that the directors have applied to that board, to represent to Congress the desire of the conipany, thit a committee of this body may be oppointed to conhr with the inspectors and directors on thc .subject, to-mori'ow morning " whereupon, Ordered, Tluit a conimiltpc #f dircc he appoint¬ ed, for the purpose mentioned. Thc members cho¬ sen were Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Inane and Mr. Scott. The committee appointed tcconfer with the in- specton? and directors ofthe pDposed bank, brought in a rejiort, which wa.'i read. The committee also laid be&re Congress, theplan of the hank communicated totliem at the said con¬ ference, which being read, Congreaa thereupon cnmc to the following rcBolutbnB : Whereas a nuinber of iiv patrioiic citizensof Pe7in^i/lvania have commuiicotcd to Congress a $2,040,240 liberaloffcr, on their own o'cdii, and by their own 4,330,261 [exertions, to 'supply and tranqwrtthree millions of .Y,-! 62,852 j rations and three hundred Iwgsheads of rum, forthe use of the army, and havf established a bank, for Mp. Speaker. Were Ito look upon tho q.uistion lroIors,ihe'ncccf=sity ofrerf,/ciVica^M'ahdab«ta?iu of resumption/as a mere party queslion, I would i,,^ fv^m what is called luiurv. des.re Us passage; but, as a member of ii,e Legis. sj^ i ^^ „„( infavor of low wagcu. God kh.>w^, ature, I must look to thc good of the people, ralher Lur laboring people reiicivc little enough for-their than to tho advancement of party. IhaVc always Lervices. fhave alvvays I>een thc advocate of thfe nnn? ;n ifior"? fTTf ""P'*°^'^"'5"»- Onthis procluctive classes, as they are called; I nWcr ner. n^hn?- J^m' w otf for lhe amendment which mitted a hillto pass. wi,h my sanction, whcnW au honzedlhe -branch' canals, and from .hat term/¦re./i.^frr was used-f " year to tJie present, whether in or outof the LegS substituted. I always was op islature, wJiether under a democratic orother Ad-" ministration, I liavc uni-brinly supported nppro- priationa fbr thc construciion nnd extension ofpub¬ lic works, and I find by the report oflho Cannl Commissioners that our .public work?, nnlwitJi- Btanding iho alledged improvidence and extrava¬ gance, are worth their co.'<t,and will be of pecuni¬ ary advantage; that they hnve already added to the resources oftho government, to thc riclies and prosperity ofthe people; and ihat the coal and iron mines only want more enterprise and capital lo make them fiourocs of wealth almost beyond the prophecies of man. Sir, before I vote fitr a hill of this kind, which will have lhe cnV-cL of winding up the Banks, 1 wish to know where wc nre to get the money to nin our improvemouis. T'lc Chairman of the a '^ o 5"2 o « S- To Farm6rSf Mechanics, Lumbermen^ Bridgebuildersy AND all ihosb who may aland in need ofLum- The Saw Mill belonging to Edward Coleman al the first E/Ock, <jii, tlie Cvonesiogo Navigation, one mile couth of .Iftinctiatcr, liai ,ref(Qnied the cutting ofliinbeV. flrid cii p;oparnd".io flnixh to order at a shbftnotieb.all kihdsorflizcsbftimb^**inlathafrom 3 to 60 ftet Pcr«on8 wishing ordtira lillcd by leav- ioglhcinat the rcaidoncc-of Lewia Horford/or John Black in this.CUy..wiU bo aitondcd to >vlth lho umo promptncflBaaif leH at the Sawmill. AU pcrauha wiahing to havd ilicir Iqmber delivered In thocity.orLaheaalcrjWiirpIenBc mention iton thoir orders. AUo, plastering laths finished t.o order. Having used Wm. Coburn's improved roller for .cathcr, I iind it answers the purpose well, ond a hnnd can roll forty to one hundred sides pi,>r day, according tothe size and smoothness of grain. JAMES DIVEN. Landisburg, January 9,1840, Hellnm towns'.ip, York Co. I /anuary 22, 18.40. ( Having for many years been engajred at innning, and during that timc tanned principally Spanish flolo leather, I can say, without hesitation, that Coburn's lenther roller is decidedly the best ma¬ chine oftho kind known amongst tanners. I forrii* erly used a horse-powcr roller, Imt foimd it incon¬ venient and cxpciifiive. Cnburn*8 rollor is simple and convenient, and one hnnd con roll froth forty- fivo to six'y sides per day, according to thc size ond smoothness orthe leather. . HENRY SULTZBACII, SenV, ,_, c EC 5. tS' — O K'S » 3 C "0 =" § " ^ O 3 * £¦& 3'5 2. 3 - ™ ¦J- r-^ gl"? 5 ,' D3 Co For noles in cireulntion To banlta out of Piiiladelphia To Depositors Specie in vaults 1,018,340 j the sole purpose of attaining und transporting the Balance from other banks under suspen. said supplies, witli the greaost facility and despatch; sion &c. 5,220,623 ! and whereas, on tlie onc hjid, the association, ani- Bill and notes discounted 20,974,725 j mated to this laudable pxetion by a desire to relieve Ofthese deposites,, about four millions three hun-1 the public necessities, mon not to derive from it dred tliousand Jollars aro known to be due lo banks ' the least pecuniary advonagc ; so, on the other, it is of olher Slates, and the probability is that the great- just and reasonable, that liey sliould be fully reim- "unce is die to others than our bursed and indemnilied ; Tlierc c =i E§ ^ „ r» 3 p' g .5 n ft .? i If. "^ w - o o a o *ft° E. s.*=' c-~o SS.3- «S^36.S2o"S B55- 9E»S"Er5,S.a '2 =¦ " g t JB M 3 B ft 5 ^ Ji. 3* MarcK,18,i^l>' ,CpI,EMAN, Jfl,\GK, A Co, 41-15 d two peace ¦"¦mKTpERiEiAa; thp iWaybr; Hccorcior¦ an't Ww ortljo.AMermeiitjrJiislices of fliiig of tin Cityof I janooiuiri having issued th'air pre capt, 4<>.q*« i>i><i titp Cnn))ni8siqiiara pf tiiocounty or LsBCBWliir'directed, for drawing^jurora,; and tlie utial Voali'a Iiu' isntied, to me directed, for sum- m'oi)iii( tluilurbra draWn in purouaiico ofaaid pro. c«|«'4nd 'hotdiojf > Ma^or'e Court for tho city^ on the 3d Monday of April. ncxt,.1840.,' Td «1I the-Aldcrnicn, JiiBticoof'the Peace ^nd WHEKEaS, the honorable BENJAMIN CHAMPNEYS, President, and Samukl Dalk Ac .(oiin Ligiit.ner, EsqV.s, Associate Judges oftho Court ofCommon Ploas.inand fortlie county DfljancRstor, aiid Ansialant Justices of the Courts ofOyer and Terminer nnd General Jail Delivery und (Quarter Sessions oftho Peace, in and fur naid county ofLancaster, have issued their Precept to mo dirocted, requiring mc, amongf othor thint;s to make public Proclamation throughout iny Baili¬ wick, that a Court of Oyer JindTorminer and Gen¬ eral .Jail Delivery; Also, a Court of General Quar¬ ter Soasionspf tho Peace and Jail Delivery, will Corhmonco otthe (;ity of LancaBter. in iuid fortho county of'Lancaetcr, in tho Commonwealtli of Pennsylvania, on the 3d Monday of April next, 1840, in pursiiilnce ofwhich precept PnliUc Motiee Ib Horeby aiven, • To tho Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of tho City ofLancastcr, in tho aaid county, and all thu Justicesof tho Peace, the Curonor, Constablca of Iho aaid City and County nf Lancaster, tliat thoy be then and - there, in their qwn proper persons, with thoir roila, records and oxaminationa, and in¬ quisitions, and otiior their remerabrancca, to do El 2 <ss ! U .3 U 9% s W eo 14 £: ©= ^-5- E ^^-o sir l-l ¦=8 C ig o s .s i 's .2 K s^ feci -SS >iJ- = 5.2 ^M S;o=S3 - O J :S r £• J S Ek a. *- o ^»= & "^ ,2 In the Court ofCommon Pleas ol Lanenster County, Sophia Mitchell by her next") friend J. F.'MarUloy, 1 January Term- vs. f 1840. No. 6. John Mitchell. j ^¥1HE defendant above Tin mcd is hereby required *¦ to appear boflire the Judges oftho Court ofCom¬ mon Pleas of Lannaster Cuunty, on iho'-iOth dayof April next, (1840;) lo answer theVbniplaiiit ofihe Plainliff. filed on hcrnpplicaiion for a Subpoena for a Divorce in the above slated caFo. A. E. ROBERTS. ShorifTof Lti^ncaater County. Sheriff's Office, Lancaster } ' March 18,1840. $¦ 4t.l5 In the District Court for the City and County ofLancaster- Farnier*6 Bank ofLancastcr, 1 Levari Faciaa, of vo V Februaiy Term Ira Woodworih S 1840, No 96. A LL persons interested intho nioney paid intu Cuuit on tho above writ, nro requcsrcd tu 5,-—. m er proportion of thebaliince is die to others than our bursed and indemnilied ; Therefore, '^ ^ - citizens. They will deniand what is due to them | J?f.Wi'fC?H72rt77/moK.s/i, That Congress entertain in 8])ecie, although they will refuse to consider any n high sense of the lihenl ofi'er ofthe said associa- balancc due hy tlieni to our banks ay an offset; they tors to raise and transporthe before mentioned sup- will refuse eveo' thing but spccio, but they them- plies forthe army, and df except the same as a diri- selves will pay not a solitary dollar of liard money, tinguished proof their parriotism. It is well known that the notes ofthe .Banks ofthe Resolved, That the faita of thc llnited States be. United States ond Girard, chiefly constitute the cir- and the same is hereby pedgcd to the subacribcrs to culation. Every note issued by the banks is mark- the yaid bank, for their efieciual reimbursement in ed in order toobtain specie. Thc Bank of the Uni- the premises—&c. &c. ted Statea, the Philadelphia . Bank, in which tlio j It docs not appear fron the journals of Congress State ia a large Stockholder, (5,233 shares at $100) whether lhe proposition had any connexion with and I think other banks are compelled by law, to pay the plan afterwards submitted by Robert Morris and one per cent, per montli on all notes marked for spe- adopted by Congress. cie. The inducement to have notes marked is there- In May 26, 1781. fore very great. The Bonk must pay three per cent " On the report of a committee consisling of every ninety daya, and for the specie which now is ' Messrs. Withcrspoon, Sullivan, Smiti and Clymer, worth seven pgr cent. The person therefore who to who was icferred a Ictlor from Mr. R, Morris gets thc notes marked is making a profit oflcn per wilh the plan of a bank, cent eveiy ninety days; that is forty per cent, every'¦ Re.'-olvcd, Thai Congress do ajiprove of the plan twelve months-. $360,000 were drawn from thc banks for establishing a National Bank in these United in this way last week; the persons received the Sutcs, .submitted to theircon-^idcration by R. Mor- I three percent,and tho specie atanadvancc of Bcvcn , ris on thc ITth Mny 1781, and that they will pro- ! per cent; they received one hundred and seven dol-' mole and support the same hy such ways and means, lars in bank notes for every one hundred in hard from lime lo lime, as mvy appear necessary for lhe ' money, they then took these notes to thc banks and institution, and consistent wilh the public good. had them marked to yield" the same profit in another That the subscrihers lo thc suid Bankshall lie in- Ininclydays. I ask you, can banks continue-lo pay . corporatcd agreeably lo the prindp'.ey and tenns of ,/or/^ per cent a year! can they afford, in one year, ¦ llio plan, under the namo of the Presideul, Direc- to pay av/ay v;ithout any return, witliin ten per cent lors and Company of the B.mk of Norlh America" of half their capitall I &c. &c. The States to thc South and West are indebted ! Were thc members of (Jongross, of SO, and 8 to Pennsylvania for goods, according to the IowchI democrats ! Were they federalists ! We may nol estimate mado by the Philtulelphia merchants, ihirty be able lo answer these (juo-itions; but wc can affirm millions of dollars; according to lhe highest estimate, lhnt they were patriots. They loved their country, fifty millions of dollarij; perhaps forty niiUiony is Forit they hnd staked ull that makes life valuable; the safest estimate. If thc people of these Stales they knew whal liberly wn^; they felt its value; could aflbrd to pay our citizens in hard nioney, our their lives and fortunes and honor were on the issue. citizens cortld pay what they have borrowed from Tlie Providence of Almighty God had rui.sed them the banks, and the banks would thus be enahled to np and was supporting them with an outstretched reatunc. inrm to sustain the riglits of mnn. Had it notbeen But the Banks ofthose States havc Huspcnded for them we would nol he this nioment, at this place, specie payments. Their respeelive Legislatures freemen representing freemen. Our speech would have cither lognl>7-ed the Buspcnsion, and Tcpculetl notbe of democracy, and rights; we would have the penalties, or have tnken no aciion to compel Ihciii been the slaves ofa tyrant, nnd thc tongue would not to resume. How then can onr banks resume? how have dared lo utter the offspring of thc hearL Shall can thoy pay hard money, when nono can pay hard . wc say that corporations and banks nre hostile to money to them ? Compel them to resume, (ind they j liberly ond prosperity when the faihers of liberty will pay outcvcry dollar in their vaults, to go to New ; sanctioned lhem ? Thc parlizan may think so, but York, and from ihence across the Atlantic to the ; the people cherish their liberties too dearly to cnsl British. Wc will then have a suspension without; thc foul stigma on the great fathers ofthe Republic. thc means of resuming.—Whilst the nioney system j , We pasa by thc Congress of the Revolulion to ofEuropc has become convnlsed, whilst currency is , that of 1791, which incorporated thc Bank or tue another word for fluclunliou in every part of our j United States. own country; whilst the State itself has borrowed That Congress was also ofthe ^«/r/o/ denomina- it6 thousands and its millions from our banks, is it, tion. The "monster party" hud not then ruiseil ita fair or pmdenfto require them to.meet overy thing j head; divisions ofthe people, as democrats andfed- with hard money 1 \eralists, were unknown; there was no pollticalor- On this question frequent allusions have been {ganizatinn. There wus neither parly excitement, made to party. It haa been contended tlmt corpom- nor pnrly prejudice, nor party dictation, nor party ig- '""¦"¦ 'I' had the word cilfst'ti pposed to llie principte which conferred privilege on a man becnufie lib wna the owner of real estate, iind I have had'lirt; saiiafaction ot seeing theodioos distinction blorfdH from our Statute Book. The working people of this country do not receive too mnch for their !&». bor. To he aure, they got enough in tlic timea tPb generally had lo procure many of the luxuriei^ which the laboring classes of Europe urc deprived of, and this is the very reason why "our workift^ people are rising to distinction every day, whilHt those in Europe are born labdrers, live laborers, nnd dic laborers, wilhout thc slightcBt chancetn bettering their conditions. Sir, let (he labortff hnve his luxuries. - During thc reign of Louis XIV. of France, ofJfe ofliis able ministers was asked what wan the high* ent aim ofhis administralion; hc replied, ''To Sdc tiie day when every Peasant in France will hnveh chicken in his pot on Sunday." (This'was the mirr- istcr who introduced nt great labour and oxpenlr6 the manufacture of silk into France.) Hero /tHo working man has his animal fbod every day*.\yhy should he not? Thc Great Creator hafl .ma'de tlH? beast oflhc finW.ihe fow\ ofihc air and'lhefiHh'o'f tbe pen for man's snb.sisiance. ftiia goodncs hab created these luxuries, why ehall not man cnjdy them? I never wish lo see the wages of Europe l>tf-» come the hlnndnrd for iliis eonntry. I frcVer wi^h 10 see a class of men kepl from sun to siin laboor- mg lo keep soul und hody together 'whhout "thd comforta'of life, without improvement of mhtd, wilh scarcely thc cnnsciousneys'of having -a ;soul. I believe too ninrh in the infiirite goodness of A'l* mighty God, lo pupposc that he crcpiicd men "16 work.and live, and die, Hke thc beasts that pdtith. 1 wish nur people to enjoy the luxuries ihata1>ou'Tr- liful Prnvidelicc hns blessed us wiih. I wiph 10 dec them earning cnou<(h lo pay for their coinforik. f wish them to have time to impnwe ihcir minds. I wish them to gctwajfcs enough to pay for thelux^- ury of education for their children. God fnrbirt.lha't they should ever bcdc^radcd to the level of the la¬ bouring ponr ofthe old cuuiitricf; to be trodden un¬ der fiioi; to be ground to ilie dust. Tliere is n"6 danger nf too much wca'ih in thia codntrjy* NA matier how rich lhe man, his children divide hia eRlnte equally, and this process will always kceb (amilirs frnm having exceptive wealth. Look at nur Sniu Lcgisliiturcs or nt Congrcfs; who tire tlio prominent men? Troi-e whose parents receive high wages and cnjnyrd ihelu.xuriea ofliic. Very few (!o use a homely phrase) ever born with a^Kilver .spoon in their nioulhs." Thc absence oHow wa'gefl hna cniihJnd men to elcvjite themselves, and to'ed- ucnte their (hildren. 'J'lic sons ofthese "high wa¬ ges" people are filled to go any where; they atSo* ei:ilo abrctad with the noliilily of Europe, cjthibit- nglhe nobility of nature, Americnn nobility; iliey eonstitnte our Ambassadors, our Pi^sidenls, Go'v- rriinr.s nnd Legi-ilator'fi. . . Now. sir, shall we adtjpt a ayf-lem whieh will re¬ duce wages? It is said that every thing will fall wilh wages, Iti.s notso. Tho luxuries of coffeo and rfiigar aiid clothing, would rise in price, the luxuiy of bread would lower, (wheat would be ot30 cents a bushel;) the hixnrv of animal food would bc taken frnm the labouring'man, thc luxury of improving ilic minrl, and educating his children, woidd alao be tnkcn away. Sir. let us prole<-t those who are least able to protect thenisi'lvcs; let us sustain the laborer, *'hc in worthy ofhis hire.". We have had comporisomi drawn lietween our country and ancient countries. Tho republics of Greece and Rome, do nol rciicin- blc ours; ihey were made up nine tenths of^lavcs* nnd lho othertentli lyr?nis. The name of republic dncs not make the rcHcmblance. Ours is a new kind of government, a principle of resumpiion ris¬ ing ns occasion calls for it, wilh universaUuffrage. Every mnn has a right to vole. Kvery man is eligible to the highest othce in the gitl ofthe peo¬ ple. ThiH government was e.-tahli.shcd at a great price. A special providenco watched over thc councils of our sages, and on outsiretchcd arm Coiiirtftblci'wUliin thfe said citVof Lancaster thaii P^^Jf cute against the Drisonoro that aro, or ihcn thof bC' thOii and thoro, in-their propor iwrnOns i shull.bo, in tho Jail of the said county of Lancas- with Ihcir roll?, trecdrds, exaininatinns and other ; ^J*"' '^^^ ^? bf t'»cn dnd thero to prosecute against ren»«trtbrattce«, to do thoso thinga which lo thoir '"°?»'^«"''''bo just. ., ^ , officcVui Ihat bchulf';appcrtointo-btjd6ho, ondal-t ...V^^^c** ftt Lancaster, the 25th day of Januai-y. ¦o'lhey who wiil hro.'widirtc'ngainst the .'prisoners thnt sro.or thon Bhall hv in tin; Juil. oftho cbunty I those thmga which to Ihoir officea appertain in that ^^^^ nolico that the nalt proceeds in.Court. in the btthalf to -bo dono: and nlso oil those who will nbovo suit, will bo diaiributcd bythosaid Couri.on ¦ - tho 20th of April next, ' IdlO. Atlcst: Z. McLENEGAN, Proliry Prolhonolnry's OIWcc, ). March 18,1840. ( . 3i.l5 "WUST received, a largo and generni Bupnly of «P "FRESfl GARDEN SEEDS. Also, Flower A. E. ROBERTS, SArn;^. N. B. Piinctudlaltcndance'of'Jurors and Wit- been rammittcd within tJicHmiisopMrclcUK^^^^ toffcflthoiiTAijnd'thoro to proaeouto against thom nrst daj; oftho Sessions.—JustKcs of tho Peace _ uuibnliibdiusL/. DafcdatLancoiglcr, tlio 24th day i °*'*' partiouin"y requested tu return their recogni- Seedq, Fronch Sugar Beet, Mangle Wurlzol and ofFobruary )840.-' .; ;. •'. i zances, on the vpcck next proceeding lhe. Court, to Uijta Baga Seeds. For aalo at i V A/li R0i3ERTS Shfriff' ^"- ^ t'ORDSEV, Esq^ the Prosecuting Attorney,! JOHN F. LONG'S !^; 1^' Aiilcrnien atid JiiHtiec.i of thc'poaco who **'^^ '''*'** of Indictment miiy bo pretjurcd, aiid roa- j Drug & Chemical Slorc, No. 8, Norlh Quoen, St. hi^e ¦"rtocotri»t«3nd(!9'r(ithrMihlo td' the Mayor's ^'y ^° be aent tothe Grand Jury,so that thnt hody: January 29.1840. tf.7 Cnart,-aTOfflquoatod to.,hand tliom to. John.K, '"'^y."®^^^ unne^csaariljr detained for want of — Ficdlqy»,Ki.q. tho Deputy iAtlornoVGchora|,n.fmv ¦ buftinoBs, and ihr Prosecuiing Attornoy wHI havo diyo boforo lho Court, that lho indfolmcnta may bo 'owure to procood immedialoly [to the trialof in- prepared for tlie Graad. Jdry aa soon as thp Court u";lmcnlfl ponding. - opdnii,;that that'Wy niav nol'boddiairied,'and Lanoaiter.-March 11,184U. Caxirlptaotbd foihotrial^roaaROs p<)hding, Puhc< tual oltendohco of Jurors add..\Vltnc08es will bo ox' pcpUsfSi and requirod oa<th;day atth^ppcjitngoft|iQ Co'qrt., ¦ '¦¦;,, .'¦¦'¦' LWncustcri'.Mareh tl, 1840. tc-M PiBie «rovc Coal, lc-14 H|jr?lEflubscribor.rcapcc f.lly informs the public 1 I ^j^ 'ihat ho huB been appointed Agent lor the hcrland Road and for tlu' consstrucliouof a Nnlion- nl Rnad from I.nke Erie to Washington. Abont the time oflheir pnssnge. iuul when there was greai prospect of sticccss, resoluiions were knnwn in lo .-idcii.'s *fto oil I what democracy is, OS wcllos nny mnn of my age in'not told thatthe parti/ re^HiVcrf a negative vole, Road bill; Home of our Wnshington (ricnds .-iljont Pennsylvania; and I assert without the fear of con- when the coun/ry «5«ircrf lho aflirmalive. Hedid thc President wrnlo lo li.ive the resolutions passed. tradiction, (no, nol without thc fenr of contrndic'tion,' not tremble beiwcen conscience nnd ephcmendpop- Our pnrly wns in a ililrnirn.i; n dchiy '"ight put for any thing may bo conlradictcd, bnt without the I nlaritv. The members of that Congress had not[ them out ofihe p.ilc of iiivnr;_ n pas.-^ngc ot tucm danger of refutation,) that corporalions are demo- j forgoi'ten-the days oftlio Revolution, nor the price, vonld desiroy th.' |iros.u-cts nl appropn.ilinn. Par- cratic. It seems aa though providence had granted paid for independence; they knew whnt were the ' ty prev.iiled.. I iIiI tint go lor party—I w.:'it/or the prayer of Agur to oiir fathers, " Give mc neiihcr' interests of the peoplo. They were patriots, und the country. Iwcvtjiu- / cun^ylvama, an<l hi /; poverty nor riches. Wc had no rich capitalists, no j the p.vt«iov was nt the head ofthe Government. '^ iT'''o'''«'^""/¦'- ' voteil «A^rti»s/;//»pror,»r men of. overgrown fortune among us; nor had wo Who will say that such a Congress, and such nn ad- '"^ '*'" from Maine to Georgia, a single pnupcr indigenous | ministration, would sanction a corpomtion, if a cor- to our country. Men, out of their camingH, created 1 poration were inimical to the interests of tho coun .- __•.•! * I. . t._ . : 1 1 __- _ _c ¦• 1-. ,:._¦» t--. .1 ./;, suslain our improvcmenls. P'lc Chairnmn ofthe Improvement Committoc says tliat for rep;iirs, seven hundred tlinns;ind dollars will bc required. Where nre we lo pmcuj o money to pay the conimc- lora and laborers who h.ivc been toiling on our cannls and rnil road.s wilhout having received a dollar for tlieir workf Before I vole fora measure ofthe kind, I wirh to know whether the people will saneliou a pro¬ position, which will deprive the laborer ofhia hire, which will turn him ndridpennil^ss, to tell inolh- er Slate's, that he hatl worked with the spade and maltock, in the soil of Pennsylvanin, in her employ, and for her prosperiiy, und that the Stale would not pay him his wages. I ask you, sir, wlielher the public works arc to be left to run into a state ofsuch decay that il will tnke millions lo repuir them, whe'o Ihuusands now would kee[> them in good order? I ask Ihe men of lhe Nonh Branch, I ask thc men ofthe West Branch, I usk the friends and ad¬ vocates ofiiiiprovemcnl in every part oftho State, wlielher they arc willing to desiroy thc means of rnising money to continue their iinprovcnienls: Wheiher they are rendy to go home and tell their consliiuents—"We have nol Siiccji'dcd in getling an improvement bill; wc huve obiaincd no appro¬ priations to pay our debts to the laborers; nolhing lo keep the works in repair; nolo dollar lo cimtin¬ uc ond extend the puhlic works:—but we have suc¬ ceeded in killingour banks?" Thc conviilsions In money afifairs :n Ei:rope,nnd in ibis country, have been such, thut i( was not to be expected that our banks could altogether escape Ihecnnsequcncr-s; yet, such ns ihey aru, our bnnlis are tho only nieans by wh'cli wc enn suslain the operatiofis oflhc gnvcrnnicnt. If inoney can bc oblained elsewhere Irl the chairman oflhc com- niittee of ways nnd niwina infiirm na. Helms nol yct poinied out when we can obtain n dollar. Tiicse things oughl lo make us pause in our hoslilily n- gainst lhe banks. Governor Porter, who feels thc high responsibil¬ ity ofhis situaiion, ha.s Inken a correcl view ofthis question. Ilc feels responsibility moro than wo do, hecause he is alwnys on lhe spot. When the se.-sidn terminates we scatter to our hoines; wc meet with our immcdiule constilurnt>; our labors and rcs|n>nsibili irs nrc over. Ue reniains here; lohim the injured apply; on him they call for jus¬ tice. If we adjourn wilhoi.l making provisions lo suslain the Treasury, lie must sil in his Executive Cliamber nnd bc coni|ielled lo turn away the con- trnctor, the liihfjrtTnnd every govcrnmenl ered tor without relic*, without the incan.i of ufTurding rc lief. I recollci t David R. Porter when he hud a scnl intlie Senate; he then was radical enough in his voles, but since his election to the post he now occupies he no longer lakes n partial view. TJie policy and resources of the Commonwealth are spread before him, and he nets upon his responsi- bilily as chief inngislrnte of a grcul Suilc—I have nc party lie sos:rong, as to witlihoid mo from do¬ ing justice to a publ c runn; und I will say on this floor, ns I Imve suid elsowhere, openly, ibal the l course of Governor Porter this sesssion, enlillcs him to thc ihanks ofevery lover of thc best inter¬ esis of hu> couirry. I Alan enrly period o( I he session, whilst the mem- protected our armies. Let us hanJ down,thc Ic- bcrsof thc House weru subject to lhe prejudices | gacy bequeathed to us, unsullied to posterity; let which ull feel hclnrc they havc examined an im- us (lo all that i.s in nur power to perpetuate ihc porlant question in nil ils hearings, resolutions rights nf man. The foundation of our liherticB is were thrown in fbr nn imnvdiate res«i/i/:i(io« o/ education; so loug as the minds of our people are specie payments. Do not understand me to attach informed and their niornls correct, so long will our any blame to the mover; he had a righl to do what j country bc the nsyluiu ofthe free. Ijct u.s keep n^ he did, nnd it is higiily probable that his age.ind i the wagey in order tirii the poor .shall educate their ata firstscssioii, I would have nc:cd as he iiysdonc, j children. IIow few of us woiiM havc oceupied the but. were I a memberof a mnjorily party, I would honurnblc post vve now occupy, freemen represent- endeavor to have u rule thai would require a nieni- ing freemen, ifour I'nrenls had I>cen compelled by ber to consult ihc parly before he inlroduced pro-1 Ihc low loaires systrm lo work day and nighl for the posiiions of the liind. Had this been done ihc ] mere means of ihe merest subsislencc. mnjority party of lliis Houso would not have buen I On this que.Hion, I havc given my opinions-^ I precipilaled inlo a mensure which required cnlin- belong to thc minority purly, und noresponail'ility ness, information nnd prudence. I remember a ! is ihrown upon my sliouldcrs, in the passage ot lhe dilficully into which the JacUson party was thrown | mensure. I have slated my objeclions calmly and by resolutions induced by '-more zeal than know- without a wish to Ihwart any "bjeel the majority ledge." I belonged to that party from iis rise un-1 may havc in view. I canriot bring myself lo ihc . lil i:s termination; nol us an "elevenlh hour," bul belief, ihat any parly in rhis lo-nilry would wilful- an original nieuibcr. Thc Legislalnrc had pnp.-:cd ^ ly injure the people I believe thai thc prevailing resolutions asking for appropriations tn the Cum- p:irty in this lIou^c, altho' itniny ' comniil rrrom of judgment, uill nol pJ.ts a hill deslruclive to tho interests ol lhe community. Thk Pkoi'lk Coming.—Every mail hrin*ysto tis mo.st cliccriiiij accounta ol thn mcoiinn^s and inoincnts of tho people tii tho sovcral Suites: '*Froni mnny nn nncimt river. From many a pnlniy pl tin, Tliey'rc marching tn del ver The bind from Krror'd chain." »/¦ w«>»w« , „.r w^tvs\ ».tK\r\tTysa PinoGrovo Coal Company, and lliot ull order, od- KOH.'llV POi Ai^iliiH.,! pressed to him, at Columbia, for Coal, willbe THE noliibrdted Udlian Pdtalloe, wttrrnntodgen' promptly attended to. uinc, ftr nalc by ¦ II. I,. I'EDAN. ¦ . ^ ...»^r.nT/^<. . I roUimhia M«rch M, INO. 6m.t4 r.. C. JI'NOERICH. funds under corporuto privileges, to eonslruct works of utility, and to open sources of induatrj'. The turnpike road which stretches from Philudclphia to Pittsburg, was mado by u company ; the atockhold • era derived very little profit from it, but its direct and indirect advantage and profit to tho country, aro incalculable. It nwde Pennsylvania tlle great merchant of tho great West; it has been tho source of enterprise and wealth to our citizens. Tho coal fields of Peimsylvania woro undisturbed by man until companies wero incorporated. The few dollars of many men constituted an aggregate whicii enabled our citizens to acquire all tho knowl¬ edge of inining, ami to construct rail roada and can- aln to markets. Before tlie eslablishment of compa¬ nies, tho coal regions were a v/ildonieaa;' no man was warmed with coal j no man wos fed hy ils labor or traiTic. Now tboso fields give bread to thousands try, nnd subversivo of its lilicrtics ] Vet tbey dttl create a banking incorporation for tbe I'liitcd Sljitcs. When the charter ofthis Bank wus about expir¬ ing, thc people had become diviileil into irartics call¬ ed Federalists and Democrats; the latter were indue- , r i ced by motives, not necessary to recapitulate, to moko {J,""J^,,,;"' !|!;]S''„°" aiiti-bunki3niaiier/;«//CT/of tbcpany. It was said to bo democraiic to oppose tbc ro-charter oftho Na¬ tional Dank. I suy un expedient, for tho only princi¬ ple professed! n the business was, not that corpora¬ tions were adverse to Ireedom.or inconsistent with tbe interesis of the people, but thnt thc constituiion did not authorize Congiess to establish a bank. , The bank wus not re-chartered, and the couniry fell, deeply folt, the injury and inconvenicnco of being cessors, wilhout such an Institution. But wheiher the op¬ his resntnption bill ori^inatfd in lhe same w.iy; the inovemeiu betrayed more zeal than knowledge. When il was under ronsiderutioii, Isawunx'etv for its defeat on inmy fiicjs; b t the cry nl'-tbe parly" prcvciitc'I it. Tbc bill pa-^scd tlic Ilon.-e — I make every allowunec for ihuso wbn vothd Ibr il; poiviTl'ul coiiqiHTor of the a<»e. I know well the hold wbieh pany discijiline nii'l ... men. Afler its passsj^e, an the "Exerulive bad not been able to ra-se mnney to p;iy the inieresl on tbe Slate debl. and as be bud no .e to look to bnt banks for tbat nioiii.y, be diti not wait for the action of the J^en;it'', bul sent ina message wbich 1 understood had ai. iniiircssive uiitl exiraordinary I (Teel upon llis linuse. It bad tlio olfeet which a in ssage of ibe kind, eoiniiifr from ,-1 Cenerol T-itt —N^e find the fidlowing toast fortlie a-id ol K. brniry in a Nashville paper: '- (ii:M:rt.\i. \^^^i^IllM"roN—n grent mart nml il irxewi .sintiifiiiaii—hut iiotlii!i|; liko such .1 general ,n.< Ocneral Jackson. Ootii oral .lai.-kson hns |iroveil himself thn liiost Ho Iiur anqiiishcd uml .iiiiiihilnteil hoth Genenil CoNFiiiKNCK ami General PttospBRfrsr— wliilo his great Aids de camp, deneritt UiSTRi!sT, General I(j.\oh.\n<!k, nnti Gen-. eral R.\sc.\i,ity, arc muncciivring through^ nut tlio Sinlcii—Soon In bo aiipcroedell hy General TisTRKssi General Lnu, Oeit^ such a source, onsbl to liuve. Tiie preseni (iovcrn- em/VE.\.\riO.N, General DKR.^NaKltK^T^ or i? not placed in lbc same silualion as his prede- General CoNFUSinN, , GtTKntl Bfia|].4!|Vt, ees.ors. He has scareely the shadow orpulronage; „„,] G!,.„«rn« BaNKI.UI-»CV—unlew.Wft (ill the new Conslilution hus deprived hun of neuriy uU ¦ posilion to tho bonk by the democraiic party wus ofiiee giving power. He eould not operate on" the '"'*")' "'"lor lhe glorious banner of Qetutml totindcd on expediency ax hancd it-iian princ't-filc. nr mcinlu'rs, wilh the sh-nnir inlluenee ef personal fear ll.\t;RISON'
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Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald |
Masthead | Examiner and Democratic Herald |
Volume | 2 |
Issue | 18 |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. |
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Month | 04 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1840 |
Description
Title | Lancaster Examiner and Herald | |
Masthead | Examiner and Democratic Herald | |
Volume | 2 | |
Issue | 18 | |
Subject | Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County | |
Description | The Lancaster Examiner and Herald was published weekly in Lancaster, Pa., during the middle years of the nineteenth century. By digitizing the years 1834-1872, patrons are provided with a view of politics and events of this tumultuous period from a liberal political slant, providing balance to the more conservative perspective of the Intelligencer-Journal, which was recently digitized by Penn State. | |
Date | 1840-04-08 | |
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TZtSHS IB SVttaDSrOTH.'
LANCASTER, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.-
-PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEERLY-
-BY ROBERT W H IT E MID D i7ETirN7
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LAW NOnCES.
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.aiTTOM'JYE I* ,3 T. i-Ji W.
A NNOUNCES to his flrionds and tho public, , tiiat he has roniovcd hia olficp to South Quccn
ADVERTISEMKN'i'S.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
AND
S. £iIliBErai'df Ali, M. B.
^^ RADUATED Gorman Phyaicians, Surgeons "HJK" and Oculists. Thoir ofiice. South Queen -'•
^a. Uiat no has removed his offiee to Boulh yucen »ucct, two doors below Mro. Hublcy'o Hotel Street, 3 dOOTB below the Court-house, whero ha Lancaster. Februarv 5. 1840.
can ha consulted on FxofoBsioQal basiness by his
friends and patro'nB. I
':::8ncaBtep, March 11,1840. tf-14
JS.TT9nJTBT JBT SaJ^Sr.'
ff'-^tiS bo found at all limes at tho office of E- ^^ MANUKI, C. REiOAaT, Esq. In West King St., or at tho Hotel of Mr. Cooper.
Lancaster, Jan. 3, 1840. tr-4
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IMPORTANT
TO
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A K" Jl E K §
MEWLY married persons nnd others arc invi¬ ted to call ond examine tho large andsi'len- DiD absohtuent op
CABOS'r FUHi^ITUBCf:
AND
TIIE undersigned, having obtained letters pa¬ tent for Coburn's newly invcnled
'^la.iiBd ESuBBet* Tor ECoSling'
respectfully proposes to dispose of rights on rea. annable torms.
The experience ofall vvho have tried this ma-
FFICE in East King street, noxt door lo chine is. ili.it it is one ofgreat utility, cunvrenience
Adam Relgart'B Wine storo—will attend to ""'' durabil.ty. Simple and subsUiilial in lis
profcsBionalbusiness that may be entrusted s'r"'^''':?- '.t dm hc erected at a trifling «; ense.
rcaro. "' roll with ouso from filty to sixty sides per
day, and auds materially to the appearance and quality of Lcutlicr.
It is now in operation in Philadelphia, and vari¬ ous parts ofPennsylvania; and wherever inlro* duccil, has uniformly super.sedcd all other invcii- i tions oftho kind. Annexed arc a lew ofthe m.iny " certificates received from difi'erent gentlemen, at
any to hi*/ Lancaster, April II, 1839.
tf-19.
ADVEUTISEMEN'rS.
or ALL KINDS.
The undersigned having a very large stock of first-rato furniiure on hand, is determined to sell as low as any other, establishmentin lhe City. All who wish to p irchaso Cabinol furniture and Chairs, woulil do well by giving hima call, as they can ho supplied with every ibing in his lino for house keeping.
—ALSO—
VENITIAN BLINDS
op all DKSCRIP'IONS.
All ofwhich may bu Iiad atthe corner ofEast-K ing flircer,npj)fiaitethe Farmer'a Bank, firel dooraround tho corner, on Duke street.
JOIIN F. SHRODER. Lancaster^ Feb. 12th» 1840. Sm-lO
^mm (^iiiBiLiisiriDa
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mmw siEiisaiaso ^®i^, :aa«««sicD» m^
and hopp; iic conlil exercise noini)>rnfx'ritiltti(iiCfS not cvi;n iJiat which many honcHtly li-i-l ivhhfiirt being consi-iona ofit. He came bcUire Xhe I><*;^iv. la'urc ond addressed us in thelanguaL'eiil'iwrti'hjrtJtft nnd of reason, having rfl lieart oi iiy he honor, tin' iiitcrcs sand tho prosperity of t*iAin8yU.imirv-* Many a man who iiad been iiiduerd lo'vt.lc for ilffe
UMB IJOTEL,
West Kin'^ Slreet, Lancaster.
t6«
Gonvslogo i^a«-igati«>n.
THE worka on tbis stream baving been com¬ pleted in the most substuniial and enduring wiioso lanncries tbe machme can be seen in oper- manner, tho undersigned, its principal Proprie- ation, and to whose lesi 1 mony you nre, wilhgreat tor, proffern to his friends and former Feilow- HB subBcriber reSpcetfulIyinformB hio friends plea-sure and confidenco, rolcrrcd- Citizens, such an interest in it as will assisl him
and the publicgonerally, thot ho has taken Peraons wishing to obtain righis, or any infor- ;„ conducting the futuro oiicrations ofthe Navi-
mation in relation to them, will receive prompt at- gation, whieii bin distant rtsidcnce my not quali- tention by calling on, or addressing the subscriber, j ,„ 1,;^ to perfi^rm to the entire satisfaction ofthe at Mou.NTJor, Lancoster county, Pennsylvania. - ---
THO.MAS J. PATTERSUN. January 29, 1840. tf-M
_2£ja. m -rn-
West King Stneoti Laticaster, dl- rectly opposito Cooper's hotel, and lately occupied by'. Mr. C Brenner, where ho will alvvays bo very happy to oee them. Hia table wilt at alt tiraea be furnished with tlie best tho markets af¬ ford, and so oerved as to suit his guesto. His bar will 1» well supplied with tho choicest Liquors;
llis STABLE provided with the best provender nnd . • , • - j -i ¦ , , .,. ,
altended by a .steady and obligingVstier, and '"""''"^''."".""'' and considering the facility of every eiertion made to secure iJie ease, wants ond i""'.'?S "'""' ""."" ¦","""»'," f»l». ""<> «''« comfort ofall who shall favour his House with ' ?."""' "nP"»;emonl it makes on leather, we regard call, ncirtQ dotormmed to keep a good house.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Mr. T. J. PATTEuaoN—Having nged Coliurn'a hand roller for rolling leather, we tako groat plea-
Lancuster Public Hc, therefore, proposeafor nale 500 SlBar4*H
in the Lancaster and Susquehanna black Waler Navigation Company, at tho par value of 850 per ahare.
It i3 not deaired that more than twenty aharee be taken by asingle individual, in order that the
With sweetest floioera ennch*d.
From various gardens culVd xsith eorl;."
! The f^orsakcBB. j
He never mcetfl mcaa ofold, i
As friends, lesj cheriahM, meet n.c; i His glance ia ever calm and culd,
To welcome, or to greet mo HiFj sigbB ne*cr follow whero I move, >
Or tella what oihora' sighs do,— But though hia Uptf ne'er say "I love,"
I often Ihink hi.s eyes dol
He never tnrns amid tho throng,
Where colder eara will lisien; Orgivrs orm ihouglit lollial poor song,
Once mudo his eyctids glisten; But Bometiincfl, when our glimcci* meet,
As looks less warm—more wise—do, Aiboii his lips ne'er say " 'lis sweel,"—
1 oflcn ihink his eyes do!
Oh! brighter amilcs than mine may giasa
His houra ot mirlh, or sorrow; And fairer forms than mine may pa&a
Across his path, to-morrow: But iiomcihing wliispors solace yct,
Aa stars through darken*d skies do; His lips ne*cr say, "1 don't forget,"
I often think his eyes do!
nnd tens of thousands, and fiimiBh custoiners to our both, thc (jucslion woh Kcttird hy the Congrrsa of
Farmers and Merchants. Thcso componics have 1816.
j opened a sourco of wealth, Iwlow the surface of the. Mr. Ai.Kx.iNnKH M. D.it.t..\s, .Sei-rctary of the
ground qf Pennsylvania, more valuable than all Treasurj-, with the HaiiL-lion of Prrsidcnt Mahisdn-,
I above ground in every other State in the Union. nnd ofevery nicnihcr of the cahinct, recommended
If corporations nrc anti-democratic, if they are thc incorijoralion of n IVational Bank, a domocrniic
injurious to the interests of the pcoplc, if they are adminiHtralion, rcconiuieiided it an a democratic - j i • j •
subversive of liberty, why is it that so many demo- incaRure, to a democratic Congrt-'ss, nnd itwas car- J"oa9tirc on ;;a//v graunds ilicti re^rci'ed hN VntC,
'¦ cratic Legislatures have uppfoprinted money to pur- ried by an ovcrAvhclming inajority ofthe democratic \ 'V'""' ''"^'^'f'"- -"iu'ated tn tho hi.J.cMt \nm ni lltb
. chase stock in them ? Look nt the " report of the membera. Thc first bank uas rrcate^ by thc sa^es i ''"!'"';""'*'*'^*' ^^ Vl^ democrattc party, y*'H (hfc
-¦ " J ^ ¦ IiL'nd of Mmt party, told the HoUs<', wrth h rmifttgis
tliiU did h in cndi', thnt ihc riieartore frn^TrtJniuofft The b.ll was returned from the ^'cnale, rhans*'*! in cvi'ry uetion, but ftill it ih q bill of dcKtrucfiob to tin-hank?.
in had 1he interest of party more at henrt tha^h tlu- iritcniHt ofmy country, 1 would thrnW no ob. ^t.Lclt'H in the way ofthis bill. lis pupsage woul^ plaio Ihcprcj^ent majotity party in the minordy-rft tliiH Stale, nnd I bclu'vc in tho Union: luil'I will ntrvcr g6 for party ngainst the good ol Ihecminti^'^t and, much as I am oppoBi-d to Mr. \ iin Biirtn, 1 woulti rnlher thathe ahould coniinu'- in ihc PrvM* ¦ dcntiiil .;hair, than tbat mcasurelj should lie riHrijfr* ed afruiiKsi thn inlcrcstB oflhc people, -l.tit MHlak-c cam nl'thc counti'y—'lcl party take cure of itsilf; let us not vote forinjuriims mcaaurcs fortlie «aKe(ff destroying a party in power.
I look upon this question as one which will in* vulvc the ruin of thousands and tena of thousand:''; il will arrest trade, Gtopninnufacloricn. rcduct; TVa. gc^¦, and IcHSon the valuoof land, and of ngrtculttir* ai prodticlioris.
Wf havc Iicard a great deal from personft In hieh places, ubout the necessity ofa rfporm in the btimc* inff system; they have not tuld its in what tlialYe. form consists, or bow fhr we ore to go, where'*ra nro lo stop. We bave hnd exhibited, in gloWf*^
Finances" on your desks, and say, why ha.s the gov- of tho Kevolution under Genrge Washington. Tlic ernment invested so large an amount of the people''« second was established hy the deinocmtic parly after money in stocks of chartered companies I tJic perils of the second war of Indcpcjiidcnce, by
Thc granting of charters and the inveatment of men who had thc courage to sacrifice the false pride money by the State in corporate stocks, have in of consistency, party strife nnd party prejudice, on most cases been done by democrnticndniinislrations; tlio alter ofpalriotiHin. During thirty-three out of for the democratic party has seldom been outof forty years, in which the institution c.tisicd, puhlic power. When the administmtion was othenvise, and private credit stood without a pnmliel in thc thc persons who were most eager for corporations ! world. During the inter\ul Mr. A J, Dallas truly wero the membera of tlic democratic party ; andin- ""'"' ''^^- • » ' ¦¦ -^
deed bills to incorporate companies have scldoinbccn
asked for, or granted, on party ground, or by party %*otcs. Opposition to corporations bas sometimes, thougli seldom, been resorted to, ns a means of local and partial electioneering, rather as a temporary ex- pcdietit than aa a principle. A neighborhood has occasionally united selfisn iirtercsts, and visionary politicians, inthe cry of "anti-democrntic corpora¬ tions;" but that cry has not been echoed at n dis¬ tance, and it died with thc breath llmt gnve it birth. Since thc origin of Pennsylvonia democracy, it hns never been considered an nnti-Jemocratic principle by any Legislature, and the yeas- and nays of ses¬ sion afler session, and thc lawa of every year provo iu The practice of Pennsylvania, no matter what
political party was in power, haa Iicen to grant char-' which I have referred to. tered privileges for objects which could not within "' "
said '^The monied irtinsaction.i of private life were at a stand, aud the fiscal opa'ation.'i of the government i.AiionKn iciih exlreme inoonvrnfrncr.
It is not my purposo to express nn opinion re¬ specting the utility or constitutionnlty ofa Nutionnl Bank. The only object in rcfering to such an insti¬ tution, is to show that the patriots ofthe Revolution, nnd the democrats ofthe last war, in defence ofour rights and honor and freedom, did not consider cdr- poraliona ns hostile tolibcrty or public good.
To show thnt the great {lemocratic party of the United Statea had endorsed a corporation, and even a Bank corporation, and that the decision of the pat¬ riots of I7S0-l,ond ofthe democrats of 181C, was supremo, I have ajipcaled to history. Let those who gainsay it, settle the queation with the authorities
ho invites travellerB and othe ra to make a trial and judgo for themselves.-
, . PETER REED, Jr.
Lancaater, October 31, 18 W." tf-47
CLOCKS, WiTCHES, &C.
THE •ubicribcr respecirull; informa hls;rri™ds andthe public generally, that ho is prepared to lAake Uid repair
CLOO&iS
AND
WATCHES.
or xvnr pEscnimo.v,
Xt his shop. No. U North ^ _
¦Quccn Sireot, next door to Mr. Bear's Bookstore, where he will be happy to receive orders in his line.
0,V HAND, :
'F.inkee Cloibllrs^
'of variotta kinda and prices, warrahled to keep good time.
—ALSO— SisVdr, ansIiBh. GMrmaa. French and
conuaon WATOBSB. Jewellery repaired and Spoons, &c. engraved to order. '.
He is thankfully for past favours, and hopes to merit oiid.rct^eive a conlinuanceef patronn|;e. G. Itf. ZAHM. No. 11 North Quefn Street, Loncaster. March 4,1840. • Iy.13
Cheap Pry G-oods^
nWHE suhscriber wishes'to inform hin friends JB. 'and tho'pablie generally, that lie tias a large ¦siortmcntcf .' ' ¦.¦ • ' -•
Waiicy ana Staple bry liooAs,
suitable fqr tliia aiid the coming season, which'he will (dispose of n6\y at' very reduced prices; among n;hii;li will be found the following: Qonii Style ..Moutilin-iJe-iaincEi, at 28 and
'31 cts. per yr^. Real 4^4 SuperfipeFronchChintzos at3I cls. per yd. Full 8.4 Wroughi ShnwU, at ^,siid upwirrds, StiporflntJ 44 .,I them in good order?
I ask Ihe men of lhe Nonh Branch, I ask thc men ofthe West Branch, I usk the friends and ad¬ vocates ofiiiiprovemcnl in every part oftho State, wlielher they arc willing to desiroy thc means of rnising money to continue their iinprovcnienls: Wheiher they are rendy to go home and tell their consliiuents—"We have nol Siiccji'dcd in getling an improvement bill; wc huve obiaincd no appro¬ priations to pay our debts to the laborers; nolhing lo keep the works in repair; nolo dollar lo cimtin¬ uc ond extend the puhlic works:—but we have suc¬ ceeded in killingour banks?"
Thc conviilsions In money afifairs :n Ei:rope,nnd in ibis country, have been such, thut i( was not to be expected that our banks could altogether escape Ihecnnsequcncr-s; yet, such ns ihey aru, our bnnlis are tho only nieans by wh'cli wc enn suslain the operatiofis oflhc gnvcrnnicnt. If inoney can bc oblained elsewhere Irl the chairman oflhc com- niittee of ways nnd niwina infiirm na. Helms nol yct poinied out when we can obtain n dollar. Tiicse things oughl lo make us pause in our hoslilily n- gainst lhe banks.
Governor Porter, who feels thc high responsibil¬ ity ofhis situaiion, ha.s Inken a correcl view ofthis question. Ilc feels responsibility moro than wo do, hecause he is alwnys on lhe spot. When the se.-sidn terminates we scatter to our hoines; wc meet with our immcdiule constilurnt>; our labors and rcs|n>nsibili irs nrc over. Ue reniains here; lohim the injured apply; on him they call for jus¬ tice. If we adjourn wilhoi.l making provisions lo suslain the Treasury, lie must sil in his Executive Cliamber nnd bc coni|ielled lo turn away the con- trnctor, the liihfjrtTnnd every govcrnmenl ered tor without relic*, without the incan.i of ufTurding rc lief. I recollci t David R. Porter when he hud a scnl intlie Senate; he then was radical enough in his voles, but since his election to the post he now occupies he no longer lakes n partial view. TJie policy and resources of the Commonwealth are spread before him, and he nets upon his responsi- bilily as chief inngislrnte of a grcul Suilc—I have nc party lie sos:rong, as to witlihoid mo from do¬ ing justice to a publ c runn; und I will say on this floor, ns I Imve suid elsowhere, openly, ibal the l course of Governor Porter this sesssion, enlillcs him to thc ihanks ofevery lover of thc best inter¬ esis of hu> couirry. I
Alan enrly period o( I he session, whilst the mem- protected our armies. Let us hanJ down,thc Ic- bcrsof thc House weru subject to lhe prejudices | gacy bequeathed to us, unsullied to posterity; let which ull feel hclnrc they havc examined an im- us (lo all that i.s in nur power to perpetuate ihc porlant question in nil ils hearings, resolutions rights nf man. The foundation of our liherticB is were thrown in fbr nn imnvdiate res«i/i/:i(io« o/ education; so loug as the minds of our people are specie payments. Do not understand me to attach informed and their niornls correct, so long will our any blame to the mover; he had a righl to do what j country bc the nsyluiu ofthe free. Ijct u.s keep n^ he did, nnd it is higiily probable that his age.ind i the wagey in order tirii the poor .shall educate their ata firstscssioii, I would have nc:cd as he iiysdonc, j children. IIow few of us woiiM havc oceupied the but. were I a memberof a mnjorily party, I would honurnblc post vve now occupy, freemen represent- endeavor to have u rule thai would require a nieni- ing freemen, ifour I'nrenls had I>cen compelled by ber to consult ihc parly before he inlroduced pro-1 Ihc low loaires systrm lo work day and nighl for the posiiions of the liind. Had this been done ihc ] mere means of ihe merest subsislencc. mnjority party of lliis Houso would not have buen I On this que.Hion, I havc given my opinions-^ I precipilaled inlo a mensure which required cnlin- belong to thc minority purly, und noresponail'ility ness, information nnd prudence. I remember a ! is ihrown upon my sliouldcrs, in the passage ot lhe dilficully into which the JacUson party was thrown | mensure. I have slated my objeclions calmly and by resolutions induced by '-more zeal than know- without a wish to Ihwart any "bjeel the majority ledge." I belonged to that party from iis rise un-1 may havc in view. I canriot bring myself lo ihc . lil i:s termination; nol us an "elevenlh hour," bul belief, ihat any parly in rhis lo-nilry would wilful- an original nieuibcr. Thc Legislalnrc had pnp.-:cd ^ ly injure the people I believe thai thc prevailing resolutions asking for appropriations tn the Cum- p:irty in this lIou^c, altho' itniny '
comniil rrrom
of judgment, uill nol pJ.ts a hill deslruclive to tho interests ol lhe community.
Thk Pkoi'lk Coming.—Every mail
hrin*ysto tis mo.st cliccriiiij accounta ol thn mcoiinn^s and inoincnts of tho people tii
tho sovcral Suites:
'*Froni mnny nn nncimt river. From many a pnlniy pl tin, Tliey'rc marching tn del ver The bind from Krror'd chain."
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w«>»w« , „.r w^tvs\ ».tK\r\tTysa PinoGrovo Coal Company, and lliot ull order, od-
KOH.'llV POi Ai^iliiH.,! pressed to him, at Columbia, for Coal, willbe THE noliibrdted Udlian Pdtalloe, wttrrnntodgen' promptly attended to. uinc, ftr nalc by ¦ II. I,. I'EDAN.
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r.. C. JI'NOERICH.
funds under corporuto privileges, to eonslruct works of utility, and to open sources of induatrj'. The turnpike road which stretches from Philudclphia to Pittsburg, was mado by u company ; the atockhold • era derived very little profit from it, but its direct and indirect advantage and profit to tho country, aro incalculable. It nwde Pennsylvania tlle great merchant of tho great West; it has been tho source of enterprise and wealth to our citizens.
Tho coal fields of Peimsylvania woro undisturbed by man until companies wero incorporated. The few dollars of many men constituted an aggregate whicii enabled our citizens to acquire all tho knowl¬ edge of inining, ami to construct rail roada and can- aln to markets. Before tlie eslablishment of compa¬ nies, tho coal regions were a v/ildonieaa;' no man was warmed with coal j no man wos fed hy ils labor or traiTic. Now tboso fields give bread to thousands
try, nnd subversivo of its lilicrtics ] Vet tbey dttl create a banking incorporation for tbe I'liitcd Sljitcs. When the charter ofthis Bank wus about expir¬ ing, thc people had become diviileil into irartics call¬ ed Federalists and Democrats; the latter were indue- , r i ced by motives, not necessary to recapitulate, to moko {J,""J^,,,;"' !|!;]S''„°" aiiti-bunki3niaiier/;«//CT/of tbcpany. It was said to bo democraiic to oppose tbc ro-charter oftho Na¬ tional Dank. I suy un expedient, for tho only princi¬ ple professed! n the business was, not that corpora¬ tions were adverse to Ireedom.or inconsistent with tbe interesis of the people, but thnt thc constituiion did not authorize Congiess to establish a bank. , The bank wus not re-chartered, and the couniry fell, deeply folt, the injury and inconvenicnco of being cessors, wilhout such an Institution. But wheiher the op¬
his resntnption bill ori^inatfd in lhe same w.iy; the inovemeiu betrayed more zeal than knowledge.
When il was under ronsiderutioii, Isawunx'etv for its defeat on inmy fiicjs; b t the cry nl'-tbe parly" prcvciitc'I it. Tbc bill pa-^scd tlic Ilon.-e —
I make every allowunec for ihuso wbn vothd Ibr il; poiviTl'ul coiiqiHTor of the a<»e. I know well the hold wbieh pany discijiline nii'l ...
men. Afler its passsj^e, an the "Exerulive bad not been able to ra-se mnney to p;iy the inieresl on tbe Slate debl. and as be bud no .e to look to bnt banks for tbat nioiii.y, be diti not wait for the action of the J^en;it'', bul sent ina message wbich 1 understood had ai. iniiircssive uiitl exiraordinary I (Teel upon llis linuse. It bad tlio olfeet which a in ssage of ibe kind, eoiniiifr from
,-1 Cenerol T-itt —N^e find the fidlowing toast fortlie a-id ol K. brniry in a Nashville paper: '-
(ii:M:rt.\i. \^^^i^IllM"roN—n grent mart nml il irxewi .sintiifiiiaii—hut iiotlii!i|; liko such .1 general ,n.< Ocneral Jackson. Ootii oral .lai.-kson hns |iroveil himself thn liiost
Ho Iiur anqiiishcd uml .iiiiiihilnteil hoth Genenil CoNFiiiKNCK ami General PttospBRfrsr— wliilo his great Aids de camp, deneritt UiSTRi!sT, General I(j.\oh.\n
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Month | 04 | |
Day | 08 | |
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Year | 1840 | |
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