The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-09-21
.Yaa From the Monirose Democrat.
GOV. BlGLER IN MONTRoSE.

GOV. BiGLER In MoNTRosE.
One of the largest assemblages ever con-
vened ini,his county, met al Monirose on
Tue sdsy the 2slh inst. Attsree o'clock in
the afternoon tue multitude convened in
front of the Academy, where a platform had
previously been prepared for the occasion.
The meeting was called 10 order by Hon. G.
A. Grow; whereupon Hon NJ. G. Tyler was
chosen President; Ambert Carpenter, Cal
Lee,, Lewis Brush, Isaac Reckhow, Thos.
johnson, and Tory Whitney, chosen Vice
Presidents: and Al Davis, chosen Secre-
,arYs 81. -. 4 - t..oi3e.t
The President then introduced His Excel.
lency. Wm. BIoLER, who spoke upon the
topics of The. day in his usual able and
s,a,esman.like manner, being frequently iu-
terrupied by cheers from the crowd.
The substance of his remarks upon some
Of the topics touched upon by him were as
'follows:-- is& W f ~ ~
"He first gave a general review OF State
affairs-spoke OF the prosperous condition of
the Commonwealth-of the condition of her
finances, showing most clearly that but for
projects of expenditure commenced before
his induction into office, over two millions
of1he public debt might have been paid with
in the last three years He declared himself
unqnaliiedly against the construction Of any
additional Improvements by the S.ae-hat
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individual enterprise and capital were equal
toihe accomplishment Of all feasible scheme 8
Of this kind, and that The people should be
no longer bnrlhened with taxation for such
purposes. He next alluded TO the monetary
condition Of the couutry-,o the bank fail
pres which were daily heralded through the
newspapers, and said ,ha, II should not be
forgotten, when he came into Office q pro-
iect was on foot under the auspices OF his
predecessor, Wing Governor, 10 Introduce
into our stale The Free-or 10 use The classic
language Of the New York papers, The Wild
Cat System of Banking. He showed that
had this measure of Wing policy been a
dopted in Pennsylvania, and especially her
commercial Metropolis, would now be the
scene Of these commercial disasiers--tha,
even had he yielded to the demands of The
Legislature for an extension Of our present
system we should now be In The condition
of some Of the surrounding states. He de-
fined his views and the Democratic policy
on the subject generally. He spoke of the
loose system Of granting corporate privile-
ges in practice whec he came into oflce-a
system which gave undue rights and adyan.
iages 10 capital, in its relations TO labor
that enabled the shrewd and designing to
impose upon the honest and unwary. He
spoke most feelinsly and eloquently ofahe
Common School system. Said he had not
supposed thalil would ever be necessary
for imlo,defne ais position upon this sub
ject, or repel the accusation, that the democ.
facy desired TO make inroads npon the sys.
tenn, but he had mistaken, for there were
,hose who wero bold and reckless enough io
make the charge. He repellei it with feel.
ing and manifest in dignalion, and declared
that he always had been, was now, and ev
er should be The devoted friend of our com
mon school sysiem-,hai il should be hi
pride and pleasure TO labor to perfect ant
extend il, snd he looked forward.to the da,
when the Commonwealth should be prepa
red to provide ior public education Of al
grades sset go 40 tslfg ~
He next alluded to the temperance cause
Ito the effort that had been made TO turn i
TO political or partizan account. Hs said b il
position was defined in bis letter to the State
Temperance Convention. He eepored The
evils Of inlemperaHce, and was willing 10
sanction any rsasonabIs measure to miti
gate, and Il possible, 10 extermiua,e The
wee, But he could no, pledge himself tt
sanction a law which he. had never seen
He could not under The obligation fhi
o4,h say Thai statute was iustsnd consiiiu
tonai, not one word of which he had eve
seen and for this he had been abused b
certain politicians and p retended temperance
men. He ssid the question had been refer
red to-the people, and their voice would de.
eide 90 far as related 10 the policy Of tb,
measure. Should they demand the law
and The representatives Of the people put i
in a.cousiiialonal form, neither be nor hi
opponent would have the moral courags t
reject il. "
He Eexi alluded 10 the strange politlca
dogmas promulgated by the Wing, Native
American and Know-Nohios : Mayor o
Phllad elphia, ,---to the effect that no citizeI
notborn in this country, should be permittes
% hold office no matter how pure bic Char
scter, bow strong bis love of country, how
valuable his services. The accident of birtl
was to decide The civil rights Of The citizen
we shall moi attempt TO give al idea OF the
biting sarcasm, and burning eloquencs o