Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-09-10
INTENSE EXCITEMENT,


INTENSE EXCITEMENT,
On last Saturday evening, the loungers on
the strect-corners of our usually quiet town
were thrown into a state of fermentation by
the appearance of number of glaring hand
bills. At once concluding that an animal or
some other kind of ssshow'' was about visiting
our borough, we approached one of these
sFposters," when we read the following start
ling announcement. We give it literally.
1.-THE TWO BIGLERS
ARE HERE!
The friends of BUCHANAN and BRECKESRIDGE,
the Constitution and the Union, are requested
to meet at the Court House on Monday eve
ming, Sept. Sth
Ex-Gov. Bigler, of California,
AND OUR OWN BIGLER,
VIII address the people of Clearfield county
on that occasion, on the important topics of
the approaching election
There it is the whole bill. After reading
it, no one will be surprised that an excitement
should be produced. We heard it remarked,
that the announcement of Barnum, in the days
Of his humbuggng glory, that 'sthe Scotch
Brothers are in Town. to which the whole of
the present affair bears a striking resemblance,
could not have possibly produced more pro-
found sensation And in order that ssthe
whole world and the rest of mankind should
be fully made acquainted with the highly i'm
portant intelligence that ssThe two Biglers are
Here. - the precaution was taken to stick up,
on Sunday, one or more of the above interest
ing notices on the ground where fine camp
meeting was in progress, as well as an occa-
sional one along the road. We think that all
that was wanting to make the effect of the
nouncement magnifcently impressive was the
following spirited appeal Of Southern editor:
'.Blow the fuzzy guzzy,
Sound the hewgag,
Let the loud hosannah ring;
Smite the tom john.
Whack the dumfuzZy.
And permit miscellaneous things to
rip generally"
We think the editor of the Republican should
thank us for the suggestion, as such bril-
liant ssappeal'' would doubtless have produced
an effect that could only have been eclipsed
by such a one as was made by sSour own Big
ler,'' few years since, to certain individual
families in this county.
At the time indicated by the notices, we
wended our way to the Court House. The
President of the Club, who, by the by, is our
that this was a regular meeting of the s.Buck''
club, but as it was expected that Ex-Gov. Big
Ter, of South Carolina, [the president was con-
sderably fiustered, but succeeded in correct
ing himself, and said of California; and sour
own Bigler, would address the people then and
there convened, it might be well enough to ap-
point some additional officers, which was done.
A committee was then selected to wait upon
the distinguished gentlemen, who were soon
brought in and exhibited. The California Ex-
Gov. was first paraded. He was strongly i'm
pressed with the importance OF the present
contest, and was wonderfully exercised for the
integrity of the Union, which he thought was
in danger, and over which he had cogitated in
the silent watches of the night He then
struck up that s.same old tune'' of Fremont
being sectional candidate, after which he
showed just s'as clear as mud'' that it was not
designed by the fathers OF the Republic that
slavery should be abolished, and that whilst at
that time the South was favoring the abolition
of the slave trade, \ Northern men were oppo-
sing it. He then gave very learned disqui-
| sition on the inferiority of the negro, and the
superiority of the Saxon and Celtic races
tnat the law degraded no man, but natural pre-
judice would not permit us to associate with
them and was fearful that slavery would be
abolished, and that 81 millions of northern
| freemen would have to give up their homes for
so many liberated slaves We don't know of
any class of men that wishes to mix up the ra-
ces, unless it is the Locofoco politicians who
are desirous of bringing the negroes into our
Northern territories in the capacity of slaves.
One thing is certain, the Republican party is
opposed to interfering with slavery-theg cish
to ieare ii undistarbed chere ii erists-and the
only men that we know who want to abolish il.
are such as Lloyd Garrison, who now fayors
the election of Buchanan, because in it he sees
a chance of having the Union dissolved The
speaker next touched on the Kansas question,
| and the Toombs' Pacification bill. Though
he admitted that Southern slavery-extension
organizations, as well as Northern Aid Socie-
ties, were to some extent chargeable with the
diihculties in Kansas, he afterwards tried 20
make 1t appear that Massachusetts, spectators
were responsible for the whole Of them. This
| is about in keeping with his story that Fre-
mont had been ''born twice." He referred to
hair-braned youth committing ''a gross out