Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-08
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Ma SwooPE:-Perulitme, through your columns,
to recommend to the Wing State Coycntion which
is to meet on the K 9th of September, the name of
N lyxlxG Srfy ESsos, of this County, candidate
for Canal Commissioner.
Mr.. STEVENSON; has always been consistent
har,lworking Whig in addition to which he is a
practical man, having spent some six years of his
life on the Public works. lie is well qualified in
every respect to discharge the duties Of the office
and his nomination will be hailed with enthusiasm
by the Wing PUrty throughout this section of the
state. Yours &c, A-NHIG.
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aRsuovAI. OF COX REEDER-As we announced
last week the President has removed Gov REED
f.l, OF Kansas, and appointed the Hon. JNo, L.
DAWSON in his stead. 1t is net often that are
able to coinside with any sentiments expressed by
the Harrisburg : Dcmocutic Union," but the fol-
lowing article mos. certainly expresses views
upon this subject
& blow which will recoil with terrible effect
has been struck by the National Administers
ton. Nhethcrit wasr the impulse of gal
VaniZed imbecilTty, ill-judging counSellors,
malice or disappointment, we little care. y
gross and fragrant wrong has however been
perpctratcd, wrong which ere long will bring
shame and reproacil npon those who were its
instigators and its doers. The hour has pass
ed when a specious tale win deceive the peo-
l1e No puerile charge of land spcculations
can buffet an instant against the storm of
wrath which Will DC aroused. \ high-minded,,
Bile, fearless and determined man has
been wantonIv and basely stricken down, be-
cause he asserted and would yindicate the
rights of freemcn against hertte OF iawlesS
and law breaking ruflans, Because Governor
REEDER sought to throw around the ballot
box the shield and the guards which our re-
publican laws create and ordain, because he
has had the courage to be just aud manly
executive, regardless Of menaces and even
! personal violence, he has been removed from
| his position and another has been sought out
| to fllitlits place he has made so honorabic.-
! Ostracisnt has not been an lAthenian. custom
! alone nor has Aristides been its only victim.
| The consequences of the act OF President
| PIERCE can to some extent be forcSeen. rhe
| same PcnnSy ly5lnia which SO cheerfully cast
! for him her electoral vote, having faith in the
| \ NcW hampshire man, will shrink from him
with aversion. To lim she looked for a hearty
approval and ENDORSEMENT of the means taken
! BY one OF her sons.to secure to the settler the
rights attaching to him an American citi-
zen. GrieYOUsly has she been disappointed,
and she viii mourn TO Think how her confidence
! has bacii misplaced and how her trust has been
| rIlthlessly shattered. Pennsy lyania Will not
| stand alone in the rcbUke to be uttered ;
around her Will cluster many of her sister
| States until that administration Which was
| borne into power mon the topnoSt wave of the
popular will will sink low that there viii
| be none SO poor 70 do il reverence. As its
! death will be that Of the suicide, there Will
neither be the lioctlery of mourners nor the
| burlesuuc OF Il fanersll- 1t does seem passing
| strange, that SO far forgetfulf of the place OF
| his birth, his youth and his manhood, forget
! ful of the great free \ ortiz, it was forc@ono
| conclusion III the mind Of the President that
in all defiance OF, whatever might be he voice
II n AZ a -
very. And to what other conclusion must we
/ come The deplorabe scenes witnessed at
| every. election district when members of the
territorial legislature were chosen, are sadly
| taHliiiar wherever the expression OF an un-
shackled press has been heard. The peacca-
| blc citizen was overawed in the exercise of
the most sacred Prerogatye Of a freeman, by
the presence aGd most unlawful interference
/ Of armed rutiLlns,s the spawn of an adjoining
State. Where civilization is, that element OF
political justice, as enunciatcd by Goodwin, IS
recognized to be truism that 50 to endeaTor
to impose our sentiments by force IS the most
| detestablc species of persecution. = And what
other than this were the high-handed pro-
ceedings of the Missouri mob They were
| not content that thoseNvho had alone the right
should determine Tor themselves under the
| law their own institutions, but by violence
were sentiments other than their own to be
| forced upon the Kansas settlers.l Earnestly
did the press sof our land inveigh against an
outrage monstrous, and q burning spirit OF
Indignation waS kindled in the breast OF every
man whose sense Of justice was unclouded.-
And withal, our President has east his official
iTfuencc--and I'VE are gratifed that it has
grown so, small-witl the law detiers. ,ss..
Although another of Pennsylvania'S gifted
sons is called 10 be the successor of Gov.
REEDER, it affords no consolation. 1t brings
not ray of light through the thick darkness
OF her regrets. Her SORROW is too deep in the
| removal of one animated by 4 high feeling OF
truth and justice to find amy Soy in the very
doubtful honor paid to another. But the voice
ofthe Keystone State will make itself clearly
| heard. Blind giant she is, her cry viii come
up througout her extended borders for ven
gcance. Let him upon whose head IL falls
bewarei And well too does she know how to
reward her faithful. = Her son, SO foully treat
ed when in the noble discharge of. duty as the
| Executive In q newly fedged territory, may
yet act as the hohored Executive 3ofthe State
second in wealth, power and population, or
represent her interests in the Senate. of the
nation. The once rejected minister plenlpo-
tentiarv became the President of the United
States The lesson has not lost its meaning.
A, homilg of like import may yet be read to
an administration upon whose frontlet ITS own
fatuity has written DOOMED.
| 5.THE DEAp-H RAD SYsrEM--Th Boston Her.
ald in a clever article on the railway dead
head sy stem, remarks :, ssEditoys do not pass
free over railroads, and they are not dead
heads in any sense of The terfli They pay
more for their railroad fares than any gsother