Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-06-05

ted to that nigh once who has not the non-
esty to come forward and declare his senti-
ments freely. The time has gone by when
a cabal can get together in some secret place
and make up the opinions Of the Governor.
The people have learned to despise and defy
dctation. The Governor said that it was
the fortune of public men to be misrepresen-
ted, and it might be esteemed fortunate that
it was so sometimes, since, if public man
were not assailed thus, he might never have
an opportunity to explain those points in his
public course which might be esteemed and
valued by all his constituents.
AT this state of the Governors remarks a
very large delegation arrived from kensing-
ton, headed by splendid brass band, and
bearing large banner, with the inscription
"Kensington is coming to protect the Tariff. y
The new comers were greeted with three
hearty cheers, and they responded IN loud
tone that kenslngton is good tor 3UO ma
iority. The Governor resumed his remarks.
The great founder of Pennsylvania was
himself the subject of misrepresentation and
abuse all his lite and even to this day his
memory has been pursued with calumny and
Misrepresentation. The great man did much
in defence of human rights, suffering inpris-
onment and every wrong that could be de-
vised He was punished for his efforts to es-
tablish the great principles of trial by jury,
vote by ballot, religious liberty, and other
great privileges Yes, he, the first Govern
or of Pennsylvania, advocated those principles
with degree of frmness which many In this
day would shrink from; and yet he has
been illuminated even now, and from these
calumnies has sprung up vindication which
has demonstrated what he did for posterity,
and attests in a striking manner the truth
extraordinary as it may seem-that it is for
tunate to be traduced sometimes. Men will
occasiouly do things as partizans which they
would lament as individuals; and i'll this con-
nection he adverted to the charges which had
been made by his opponents, that he had bro
ken all the pledges he had made in the last
canvass. In reply to the accusations thus
made by the Williamsport Convention, the
Governor said that he submitted to the peo-
pie every pledge which he had uttered and
appealed to them to know whether he had
violated one of thom. (''No, no. was the re-
sponse from all sides of the assemblage y
He had said in that canvass that he was in
favor of the protection of American industry
not mere protection for the interests of
that would furnish work to the laborng man,
and afford him sufficient remuneration for his
labor. This, he said, is the only true ground
simply because a'government which expects
a citizen to exercise his political rights, must
furnish him with the means of btaning in
formation to qulaify him for the EXERCISE
He said that is the best government and the
most truly democratic which secures the
greatest number; and and if men were placed
In the national councils opposed to these
principles, they were giving but barren scep-
tire.
In his first annual message to the Legisla-
ture he presented this subject in as strong
and complete light as he could and then
showed that Washington, Jefferson and Jack |
son had favored protection, and urged it up
on the favorable consideration of Congress-
For some reason Or other, that recommcnda- /
ton was treated as if it had never been'made |
Here the Governor diIated, in an eloquent |
and fervid style, on the great natural resour-
ces OF Pennsylvania, and the lnducement thus |
held out to her to be in favor of protection.-
The Legislature then failed to do its duty on |
the subject. The subsequent year his re-
commendation again fell without effect Not /
willing to abandon the purpose, on third oc-
casion he told the Legislature that the de-
linquency of Pennsylvania had lost the meas
ure of protection. Again the warning was
The spirit of party had produced
these bad results The Governor asked if he
was TO be charged with breaking pledges thus
fulfilled, and whether there were not other
men who should hide their heads in shame.
He had said further during the former can
fl,ofh hn Ek,,, 8
cation" and he had 1t now to say that there
is no such thing as u non-accepting school
district In the State. He instituted a con-
trast between the condition OF the State one [
hundred and fifty years ago and It's present. ,
prosperity in respect to public education. At
the olden date which he alluded to, the first
school house was established very near the
place on which he was then standing, by t
tnoch Flowers, with class of some fifteen G
)r sixteen scholars. He founded the princi- !
Die ofpublic instruction among us; and now in
stead of one school house and fifteen or sixteen
scholars, you have fifty or sixty thousand
scholars here in this city, and schools are scat n
cred all over the broad domains of Pennsylva- {
ia. Hed did not speak ofthese beneficial results !,
IS HoWlng from any measures of his own, but :
he did 1t because ne had placed himself on
hat platform, regardless of all considerations C
# personal popularity; and now he gloried |;
hat the system was triumphant throughout 6,
he State. In the former canvasshe bad said
hat he was opposed to the abuse of the veto G
over, and he held the~same opinion e.
et but he also held that the Constitution of Fl
he State must be preserved intact and its :,
rovlslons fulfilled, even if principles were q
, a Ho n tI kolI 81. L
lcrlficed any principles he had avowed, nor &C
i'd he believe that if the Wing principles ii
'ere rightly understood the Constitution need
yer be sacrificed. He appealed to his fol-
'w-cltizens to know if he had abused the ye-
power. (Cries of "No," 'No.'O Id
The Legislature had passed measures which pr
ID not meet his APPROPRIATION but he had not set al
P his individual will in opposition to that of ..