The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-10-16
VOL. X,

from South carolina, IN a speech at Column,
S. c., is reported by the telegraph to ba-
spoken in favor of resistance, should Fremo.
be elected. These are all good Bucbac..
men, and give that gentleman their supno,.
because he is pledged to carry out their pclicy
PENNsYLvAEIA.-An address has been al.
ed by Simon Cameron, Thaddeus Stevens \.
Middleswarth, and various editors OF F-er,.s.
and Fillmore papers, in Lancaster. Adam.
Franklin, Union, Cambria. Huntingdon an
Dauphin counties, Pennsylvania, saving H..
as the State Executive Committees of the -
mont and Fillmore parties have failed TO a,...
on any terms of union, they invite the mo-,
bers of those two parties throughout the Co..
monwealth to meet in mass conventions q, y
several county seats, on Saturday, the I'm =.
October, and choose twice as many delegs,s
as each city and county is entitled to memLs,.
of the Legislature, who will meet in COW,
ton at Harrisburgh on Thursday. the Ian
day of October, to form an electoral tick4, =
be supported by the opponents of Mr.. Bucbs,
an. They propose, further, that the tirs.
shall be constituted on the following pripcinle.
Twenty-six electors shall consist of the san.
names the twenty-seventh elector on the r..
more ticket shall consist of a different nam.
from the twenty -seventh on the Fremont tiol4.
And this name is to be the test of the stren,,.
of each party.
The proposed duel between Bolts and PRIV,
noticed in our last, was prevented, the part.
having been arrested in Washington. The,
were carried back to Richmond, (Va..) and
held to bail by the Mayor in the SUM Of - oy,
Mr.. CoRwIY AND FILLMORE. - Ciarin,o,.
October ll.-There was large and entbus;,.
tic meeting at Carthage, Ohio to-day, and N.
Hon. Thomas Corwin addressed the meetiD,
heartily endorsing Mr.. Fillmore for the Pres.
dency.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. ll-George s. COFFEE
editor of the Democratic EceRiRg Al,ms and
who has just returned from stumpng the State
for Buchanan, Joined the Democratic Fremor.
Club last night, and made speech embracp,
the Republican cause.
He was also corresponding secretary Of n.
keystone Club, and accompanied that club 10
the Cincinnati Convention.
Mr. Coffee formally announced TO Mr. Buchar.
an his nomination, when the club visited Whea,
land, returning from Cincinnati.
He was also the orator Of the 4th of july
Democratic meeting at Independence square
SERIOUS PoLITICAL RIoT.-PoftsriRe. Pa,
October IA meeting of the friends of Ere
mont and Dayton was held last evening at For
restville, Schuylkill county. The meeting wa,
disturbed by rowdies, and the speakers were
stoned and shot at
Mr.. Patterson was stoned while on the stand
and Just as he and the other speakers were leay
hol A.
grszed the face of Linn Bartholomew, and shg
off the chin of citizen of Minersville. After
they got away from the mob, they heard th4
frequent discharge of firearms, and it is tearel
that other injuries were committed.
Second Dispatch.-P0ttsriUe, October IL
The disturbances at Forrestville were more Sc.
rious than at first reported. Finally, the military
from Minersville were called out, and they sue.
ceeded in arresting five six of the ringleaders
in the riot. One of them, in attempting to es
cape, was shot dead. The others are in the
watch-house at Minersvile. Several persons
were considerably injured.
ASSESSORS ELECTION IN DELAWARE III
mingtOn. October 8.-The election held yeser
day for inspectors and assessors resulted in fave,
of the Democrats. Newcastle county gave sjd
Democratic majority; Kent county, $50; an
Sussex, 500 majority.
TIPPEcANoE AND FREEDoM Too. - $1,000
HOLSTERS IN COUNCIL ippecanoe, Ociobr
l.-Acres on acres OF freemen are assembled
here to-day. 1t is confessedly the largest gath.
ering of the campaign, and very far outnumbers
the Buchaneer demonstration held here few
weeks since.
The ground presents a grand appearance
Thirty-one different flagstaff are erected in =
circle, from which flags with the names Of the
different States are flying, while in the centre
rises a majestic pole, Haunting the natiouS
banner, inscribed with the names Of Frem0ni
and Dayton.
Cassius M. Clay and others are now address
ing the vast multitude. The enthusiasm is un,
bounded.-Ch Chicago Journal.
Mr.. BANKS addressed very large meetn,
of merchants and other citizens Of Philadelpha
October Sd, in Independence Square, in yer
able and effective speech
The Nashville Gazette, of October l, sa.
that Judge Hise, an anita merican Fillmor.
elector in Kentucky, on being asked what b.
would do if Buchanan was withdrawn, repliel
he would vote Tor Fremont.
The Hon. John Whipple, an old Wing, one O!
the ablest men in Rhode Island, has come cut
for Fremont
the init. Sacery Bugle (Ohio) has n col
umn on our denial Of the statement made in is
columns, that we had characterized the Repab
lican platform as Henry Clay platform. W.
do not see exactly what it is driving at The
article in which that remark was made, ap
peared while we were absent, and was from the
pen of the gentleman who acted as our pro tenn.
We did not see it till it was brought to our
notice by the Bugle. Once for all we say, we
did not write it, nor do we endorse the remark.
The Bugle is little captious. 1t would be q
very ungrscious and pro6tless work for US,
on returning to our post, from our usual sum
mer respite, to review all the articles Of D,o
tem., finding fault with this, dissenting from
that, protesting against everything not to oar
taste or judgment. No one who has known US
as an editor for twenty-five years need misun-
derstand US, unless he choose to do so.
The Fredericksburg Recorder, one Of the
most ultra Democratic papers in Virginia, re,
Gently declared:
"Were we compelled to choose between
Seward and Fillmore for President, we wonit
not hesitate a moment 70 prefer the former
The Atlanta (Ga.) HlteHigencer, a leadiu,
Buchanan paper in that State, says:
"For our part, we do not scruple to say it,
we would rather see Fremont, traitor as be- is
to the home of his birth, President Of the United
States, than Mr.. Fillmore"
LOOK OUT FOR THEM.-Hon. Solomon &.
Haven, known Free-Soiler and member o.
Congress, has been ranking throughout the
South, pamphlet, attempting to show, in the
face of the public records of the country-in
despite of history aud fact-that Mr.. Fillmore
is the only man that could be trusted bv The
South that he was nominated at Philadelpha
by Southern men, and that the South ought 70
sustain him for the Presidency. While Nj