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T 11 E S I' 1 KIT 0 F 1) E M'O O 'K'i" G Y jJAS. R.,MOUttl..v i.PlWPR'KTOR. . Editor.. JVOUD 1L1.1), 0i.)t AUK. 82, I9S5. - 15 BMOCRA TIC STATE TICEBt! - iPOE GOVERXOH, WIIJL1AM MIDIAof Fairfield. - fta - MR tUTOTBSAjiT GOVEBSOB, ? ' ' ;;' '' v. - for FCPUBMK Jriv.Ba, , - ' ti VrjI'l&All HLUXXOIV. of Belmont. UJ-:WARJEar, of, Franklin. -, UV ' i' FOR ATOiroil OP STATB, ' ;.,;.tpi.D. MORG.LV, CWttwKan'a. " " POU TltEAMTHER OP 8TATB, ' " 1, JOIIX G. BRJi.SL.lX, of Seneca. - FOB SECBBTAET oy STATS.' 5 J'ff1!1" TREVITT, ofVcn. J-:' '.' FOR AITORJJET CEXERAL, - CEORGEW.McCOOH, ofJeffcrton. -?..i-t- - FOR BOARD OF rcEtIO WOKKH, JAMEg H. STEEOJl iy, of Xc. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. REPRESENTATIVES, , ALFRED OGLE. I'M'- HENRY T. GRIER. ; CLERK OF THE court, JAMES MITCHELL: JWILLlAMREADv : J CORONER, . ' r ; SAMUEL W. NOLL. i COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM MYERSr ji'"; ! :. . J"--.: j .-'S".-7. ; v r. i TtlEABTTtnt ; TREDERICK KOEHLER, V"-.. -'-".'' ' 1 . ' " ri -. DANIEL QCONN OR. f: WtOSKCUTtNO ATTORNEY, ' -TtLlASf P. RICHARDSON. : JOHX KERR, for three rears. RICHARD CLEGG, for two WJ-V ELIJAH McMAHON, for one year. -Xs3?W e rwiff publish a list of all those paying' as on subscription Adoring the month of August, about the first of Sept. want it distinctly understood that"we do not dun, but we hare a great curiosity to know how much our subscribers can fjr iu tuat uwe, u iuej try. . f - .- V - " - t -m ' ' : ? Senatorial ConVention.1 ' ' f : Chairman of the Democratic Central Com- , mutee oi tnta county, that a correspond nce has been had with the Committee of Gnerasej countj, and the time' and place thia district are, , - r . ,' , . ... - - tT:-n . m ' . . '- . It i3 roggested that in those townships irhich have not as ycf appointed delegates . - - ... - to thia Convention, meetings be had at an early day, and delegates appointed. . ; The nominee, of coarse, will be from Gaern8ey or Xoblo -county, as this county ' hful thm last Spnafor - T-Af (i fn1V rtslsm. . lion be sent up, and a good man nominated. " SsL?1" Iq behalf of the Democracy we tender many thanks to the Brass Band for their services at the Mass Meeting.' : - ST- Our District Court will begin its aession on the 24th inst! 'Judge Kennou will preside. ;' . ..':: . . . ' ' Behold their Consistency. -. ; i .Every one knows ; the clamor that has been raised by the Know Nothings against Catholics and foreigners since' the com mencement of their nocturnal orgies. Their papers were filled with alarming state ments, until some of the more' ignorant of the people regarded a Catholic or foreign- cr aoom as me eany pioneers aia tne In dians.' ; The foreigners have not yet raised an insurrection, and even the long expect ed lnvasipn by the Pope is beginning to be looked upon as doubtful, e Several the States have abandoned the Catholic'' lest entirely and in Louisiana' the Know Noth ing candidate for governor is a Catholic. But South Carolina takes shine out of all therest. .; At the Session of ' the State Council on Monday the ISth inst., ' they aooiisnea me uaiuoac .test, anq oppose any iufriDgemrr.t of the rights of natural ized citjzens--ia other words they are op posed to depriving foreigners of the right to hold office.-'' ; Y V; : . Tuis is tne v consistency of the great American party. ;. The '.party . . that pro- claims "everything for principles- nothing for men." - Every new movement of this order gives an additional proof of the'eharge, that the sole end of the organization is to . foist men into office who dare not " rely upon their merits.' T-r Dr. - fcfOUT, of ; Calais, 1 has our thanks for some of the largest beets arid tonvUoet we have ever seen, ' May he live A thousand years and never grow any less beets and tomatoes than those sent iis Mr. ' ARC0DOLD has also our thanks for a basket of-'ice, presented on the tUy. or Mass Meeting, , it .was very r.ice, ' and truly delicious for such hot weather. Tho Mass Meeting. , For reasons best known to the Fusion committee and" speakers, no debate was had at the Mass Meeting on '.Thursday. The Democratic speakers spoke in front of the "Court House, and the Fusionists in a tobacco house; at" the" north- end of town. There, perhaps, has never been here as largo a Collection of men , of opposite political parties, -at which so much good order and quiet prevailed, as that on Thurs day. It was creditable to the parties, to the place and the people. ' As the two parties assembled at the saras hour, we were not able to hear any part of the discourses'of Messrs." Coase and Ford, nor did we have a, reporter there, relying 5 npOn the Journal for the substance of their speeches. We were informed by men who were there, and some of them Fusionists, that Mr. Chase made one . of his old-fashioned, prosy speeches; but,- notwithstanding, a very good speech. It has become a notorious fact that Cuasr tempers his speeches to suit the localityj and from what we learn of this it was not nu exception. Of Mr. Ford's speech, we are informed by a Fu- sionist and a reliable man, that it consist ed of a series of stale anecdotes badly told, and that those' who went to hear him expecting to hear a "Philadelphia Convention " speech, were grievously dis appointed. Mr. Ford had some reputa tion, founded, however, solely on the Philadelphia speech, which perhaps he made, and perhaps he didn't; but he suc ceeds in demolishing it wherever he speaks, so the papers say, where he has spoken, and so we hear it said here. The Democratic meeting, which by the way was the principal part of the crowd, assembled a few minutes after 1 2 o'clock. Over the speaker's stand floated a banner inscribed on one side with the motto, The7 Union Forever," on the other, "No Religious Test." A brass band was In attendance; which opened the pro ceodingsby playing "Yankee Doodb." Col, George W. McCook; Attorney General of the Siate, was then introduced by Mr. A. G. Etnifo, President of the meeting. 4- The Col. made a Tery happy and appropriate introduction of the sub ject; stating that we were now assembled to defend measures - which we had fondly hoped were" settled-by our fathers at Bunkerhill ; and Yorktown. - They were nothing le6s than Civil and Religious Freedom. Mr. McCook then stated that if time would permit, he would address the : meeting after Mr " Pcoh and Mr. Taylor should close. Mr. Puon was then introduced. - 1 , - 1 He first defined the position of the Democratic party upon the slavery ques tion, showing that the imputations cast by the abolitionists upon the Democracy were wholly gratuitous, and that we occupy the only safe and tenable ground.' He then proceeded to institute a comparison be tween the present National and State ad ministrations, and those which preceded them, proving clearly that if economy and retrenchment are desrred, that it is from tho Democratic party they may be ex. pected. ' After this he spoke upon the Know Nothing question. Mf there was a member of that order present who went away ' unconverted ho must have been deeply dyed. Mr. Peon showed that secret political organizations could only be effective when operating against a gov ernment. " ; That in monarchical ' govern ments they might be serviceable in break inc them down., Such was the natural tendency of all secret political organiza tlbns," however good their intentions might be,- or by . whoever managed. ' He spoke of the temporal power ' of the Pope as being a fiction ; got up for the purpose of exciting1 the: baser' passions; and cf the ungenerous and ungrateful ' attempt to excite, jealousy 'toward .our naturalized citizens. . . The close of his speech was well worthy of Mr. Puan's reputation for eloquence. We heard a gentleman of no mean judgment in such matters, and who has been in politics a quarter of a centu ry, say, that he had" heard :most of the great orators in the United States,' and that Mr. ' Pugh's speech would compare favorably with any he had ever heard upon political subject. The effect may be imagined when it is known that the crowd, most of them standing, ; remained in the hot sun, two hours and a quarter almost inotionless, except as their countenances reflected the feelings of the speaker soft ened in sympathy at the hard lot of the poor foreigner who fled to our shores for protection, or flashing with indignation at their unprovoked murder by the assassins at Cincinnati and Louisville. " :" - -v Mr." Pugh was followed by Hon. J, W. Taylor. ": .. - - ;M " : Mr. Taylor stated that he was a Demo crat and fi, Freesoiler. ' He was opposed to Know iSolhincism .because he was a Democrat, aud because he was a Freesoiler, as it was subversive of the principles'oi both. It was antagonistic to' a Demo cratic government in holding its meetings and decidinsr its measures under coverof scerecy.and when It has the power of thrust ing them 1 upon the "people without their knowledge or consent, whereas the vitality of republican principles lies in their being Well 'understood. iThc government is of the people, and whenever it ceases to be this, and becomes the edicts of an irre sponsible secret clan, it ceases to be re publican. It was the most inveterate ene my toFreesoilism, and was effecting more for the spread of slavery than any other cause. JNo other influence that could be devised could ever make a slave State of Kansas. The only possible chance is to cut off the votes of the large foreign em- migration that is settling there. Atcheson and his band of desperadoes were Know Nothings. . The charge rested tipo i ;he authority of two members of Congress, Messrs. Phelps and , and is un questionably true. How otherwise could their movements have been so concerted and systematic? They were armed and equipped in the Know Nothing councils of Missouri, and from these invaded Kan zas. Mr. Taylor showed that a man must either be very ignorant or very insincere who belonged to the Know Nothiugs and yet professed to be a Freesoiler. The rhetoric of Mr. Taylor was unsurpassable. In this particular he is without a superior in the State. Col. McCook followed Mr. Taylor, and although the audience had then been sweltering under a hot sun for several hours, there ( was no diminution in the crowd to. the close of his speech. He dissected the political character of Chase, and showed him to be a political trimmer, changing with the wind aud tide, lead which way they might that he would join hands with any faction that would I aid him in securing office, ne next gave a brief sketch of the career of Thomas H. Ford, who wished to disfranchise white foreigners, and enfranchise negroes. The Col. bore ; down with a heavy hand on abolitionism and Kuow Nothingism. He is an able speaker, and his speech will tell its story at the October election. We took pretty fall notes of all the speeches made, excepting the latter por tion of CoL McCook's, which we were so unfortunate as not to be able to hear. As soon as we have time to prepare them they will be presented U the readers of the Spirit : This meeting will have a happy effect on the politics of the county. It has in fused spirit into the Democracy, "and en couraged them to labor more energetically in the cause of civil and -religious free dom. Know Nothing Misrepresentations A. ' Ogle, .fcisq. . For some weeks past the Know Noth ings have been industriously circulating a- report among outsiders, that Alfred Ogle, one of the Democratic candidates for Representative, is a member of that proscriptive order. ' We are entirely sat isfied that the, charges are wholly false, and that for several reasons : First, if Mr. Ogle is a member of that order, they vio late their obligations in making it known, as they are sworn not to reveal the name of anv member. Again : If he is a mera-1 ber, why are they in their caucuses nomi nating two candidates for Representative? Why not adopt hira'as one of their can didates, albd thus, if he is a member, se cure the election of one Kuow Nothing? The answer is apparent he is not -a mem ber and they know it. In addition to this we have seen a letter from Mr. Ogle, to a gentleman in this place, in which, speaking of the American or Know Noth ing party, he says: 44 1 am not connected with that party, neither am I an advocate of their principles any further than they accord and harmonize with that which is purely Democratic aud republican. Equal and exact justice to all men should be the watchword of every lover of his country, and be guarded with a jealous eye it is the sentiment of the Declaration of Inde pendence the nucleus of our free and republican institutions. Any departure from it is anti-republican, anti-democratic, would tend to . narrow down the spirit which our fathers worshipped free as the air of neaven, and would veil in darkness those noble principles which have led us as a nation to that exalted position which we now occupy would menace the, very principle of civil and religious rights of all men, which was one of the great car dinal principles of the revolutionary strug gle. T am a Democrat, have always been one and I ; am identified with no other partyV ',J.;'-"; " .: This slander upon ; Mr., Ogle is only one of many , falsehoods set afloat by the Know Nothings. As an example; on the day of the Mass ' Meetings here, some of them, frightened . half out of their wits, were telling that two '.hundred Dutch, armed to the teeth, had taken possession of the road, a few miles from town, and wonW not let the Americans pass." ' jThe two stories probably originated from the same source; and are entitled to an equal amount of credit. -1 . $d""Two of the four Know. Nothing papers in Belmont county,' are in favor of Hon. J Allen .Thimble, for : Governor. Wonder if - there is not a paper a little nearer us that would favor him if it were not for the fact that "circumstances alter cases-". - ' - ; v":-- The August Elections. We Bum up the result of the late State elections, as follows: ' Tennessee. Jbhnsonj dem.," elected Governor by about 2,000 majority. The following are the Congressmen: If N. G: Taylor, k' n. : 2. Wm. II. Sneed, k. n. . ' 3 Samuel A. Smith, dem. 4, John H. Savage.dera. 5. Charles Ready, k. n. C. 7. 8. 9. 10. George W. Jones, dem. John Y. Wright, dem. F. K. Zollicoffer, k. n. Emerson Etheridge, k. n. Thomas Rivers, k. n. The democrats had 4 and the whigs 6 in the last Congress. The Legislature is k. n. by a small majority. It was whig jlast year by 12 majority. KENTUCKY.Morehead, k. n., elected Governor by 4,200 majority. The Con gressmen elect are as follows: 1. Henry C. Burnett, dem. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. John P. Campbell, k. n. W. L. Underwood, k, n, A. G. Talbott, dem. Joshua H. Jewettdera. J. M. Elliott, dem. 1. Humphrey Marshall, k. n. 8. Alexander K. Marshall, k. n. 6. Leander M. Cox, k. n. 10. S. F. Swope, k. n. The delegation stood 5 democrats and 5 whigs last year. The Legislature is k. n. Alabama. Winston, dem., re-elected Governor by 6,000 or 8,000 majority- The Congressional delegation will stanJ thus 1. 2. 3. 4. C. Percy Walker, k. n. Eli Shorter, dem. Sampson W. Harris, dem. Wm. R. Smith, k. n. Geo. S. Houston, dem. W. R. W. Cobb, dem. 1. Jas. F. DowdeU, dem. Last year it stood 5 democrats, 1 whig and 1 k.n. dem. Texas. Pease, dem., said to ' be re elected Governor, and Bell, dem., to Con gress. The other district not heard from. Can't Swallow the wool. The Fusion papers have been rejoicing and congratulating themselves upon the purchase of the Massillon News by J. E. Wharton, Editor of the Wheeling Gazette. Wharton labored faithfully for the Know Nothing ticket in Yirginie and the Fu sionists were putting a hign estimate on his services in behalf of Chase. See how he sets them back. He says Some of the Ohio papers state that the attendance at the 9th Convention was com paratively small. Let this be as it may, the American yarty of Ohio would occupy a more euviable position in the estimation of the country at large if it only consisted of a corporal's guard of such men as were in this convention, than if it had legions in its service of the stamp of Spooncr & Co. Of course we are interested in the success of the American party and would hail with pleasure the election of Trimble, a patriot aud a true American: but this sinks into insignificance compared with the defeat of Chase. Let Medill or any body else be elected who is of a different stamp from Salmon P. Chase and we will say well done for Ohio. One More of the Same Sort. The Bellair Times a fierce Know Noth ing paper iuBelmontcounty hoists the name of Allen Trimble for Governor, and pitch es into Abolitionism full length. Hear it: We find another formidable enemy in the field, tinder the name of "Republican Party." This party, though. small, with "anti-Nebraska," "tree territory," "res toration of the Missouri Compromise," repeal of the fugitive Slave Law, and un compromising Opposition to slavery, float ing at its roast head as a motto, capable, in these times of excitement, while the en tire North feels the deep iusult offered by the repeal of the time honored Missouri Compromise, and other aggressions of the South over free territory, of doing vast in jury to the cause of Americanism; by blind ing the people, and calling off many who have not sufficiently investigated the sub ject. It will appear perfectly plain to every reflecting man, that this party is al so opposed to us m politics, or they would not, at this crisis try to impose on us, a man and measures, which every true Amer ican cannot but despise. The man, Mr, Salmon P. Chase, has been an office seek er in every party; and has turned as many political sumersets as Henry A. Wise of Virginia. Such is the ' man; and the measures look at them we are told by their champion, that the "great question of Slavery absorbs every other subject," and that all outer subjects must yield to it. This mode of reasoning exhibits bad faith, and plainly shows that Salmon P. Chase and his party, would sell the American party as cheap as he did. the party which elected him Senator in Ohio, for a seat in Congress. ' ' Another. . The JSt. dairsville Independent Repub lican, upon placing Allen Tymble at its mast head, gives vent to the following: ; The platform upon which Mr, Chase is presented to the American people con tains no American plank nothing to in dicate an affiuity with the American par tv. and why not? ' Because, if so, Mr Chase must expect to lose the foreigu votej which,' to him, appears more prefer able than the American vote. Yet he vould gladly unite both these elements to secure his election, and consequently the balance of the ticket is made up of Amer icans. : This attempt to chain the Amcr- ican party to the car of abolitionism, and make it subservient to the election of Mr Chase, who is opposed in toto tti its prin ciples, is a bold game, but if unsuccessful must forever sink its machinators. The True Question. . . . . Wh ile the Abolitionists assert that the Slavery question is the only one now be fore the people, and the Know Nothings are equally tenacious for their creeds, and the Democracy claim that both must be met, there is another which should by no means be lost sight of Are you going to the show? - Republican Convention in Belmont. The following account of the Repub lican Convention in Belmont county, we take from the Independent Republican, a Know Nothing paper. If this is a fair specimen of Republican meetings, they will make rather a slim show. The object of the' meeting was to nominate peoples candidates for the various county offices : "The meeting on Saturday last, of the Republicans, all told, numbered twelve delegates. After several ineffectual at tempts to get a chairman, the meeting was at last organized by the appoiutmeut ot Dr. Cope, President. The object ot the meeting was stated by Miller Pen uiugton, Esq., who, to test the sense of the meeting offered a resolution that it was inexpedient to make a county ticket, which, after considerable gasconode, but very lit tle controversy was passed. It was with evident reluctance they "died the death," but nevertheless " it had to be did." One thing struck us as very ominous, it was this: Oue delegate, in speaking of ad journing the meeting until next Friday (the day of the two mass meetings,) said the present Convention (numbering twelve) was larger than the one which appointed delegates to tte Zlh of July Convention, aud it was probable the next would be still larger. What a commentary upon the nomination of Chase ! A little meet ing composed of less than twelve, accord ing to their own showing, brought togeth er by their own peculiar feelings upon the s.ibjcct, assume to speak the sentiment of the people appoint delegates, half bl them not in attendance at the meeting, instruct them to go for Chase that he it the people's choice, etc. Yet . this is the party which assumes to swallow up the American party without as much as say ing "By your leave, kind sirs." If the rest of the delegates to the 13th of July Convention were appointed by as Large meetings as that which appointed the del egates from Belmont, Chase is truly the choice of the people "in a horn." Know Nothing Treason. The speach of that pink of political mon strosity, Lewis C. Levin, a late Kuow Nothing member of Congress,of Philadel phia, was published in the Baltimore Clip per the other day with highly complimen tary remarks. In Levin's speech we find the following in reference to the Declaration of Independence. Read it and see how Treason is begining to stalk in open day light: ' Again some of our friends in Illinois, in a moment of thoughtlessness, pledged themselves to the principles of the Ameri can Declaration of Independence, as wcl as the constitution of the United States Do they promise to do this as members of the American Party? Is this Government is this Union, the offspring of the Declar ation of American Independence, or of the Constitution? The Declaration of In dependence is an opositiou of the rights of man, and applies to the whole human amily. According to the Declaration of American Independence, any alien would be eligible to the Presidency of the United States; but thauk God, according to the Constitution of the United States, even all naturalized foreigners are excluded from it. It is indeed time for Americans to begin to consider by which document they intend to be goverued. I marvel not that those who seek to destroy this Union quote the Declaration of Independence as the rule of action, for well they know that respect and veneration for the spirit aad etter of the Constitution constitute our only guarantee for the preservation of our free institutions. . ' Catholicity in the United States. Maryland, the first S-.ate where the Ro man Catholic Church gained a footing, now contains -807 Protestant churches, and only 65 Catholic congregations. In Florida the catholics early made settlements now there are 170 Protestant and only 5 Catholic churches. Louisiana was settled by the Catholics, who now have 55 churches in the State, while the protestants have 257 congregations. In Texas, the Cath olics were the first sect in point of time; they now have 13 churches, but the JTo testants report 307 societies in the State. The number of Episcopal, Lutherean, and Roman Catholic churches are near the same throughout the country, but each of the three denominations have but one eleventh of the number of the Methodists, scarcely one eighth of the Baptists, and not one fourth that of the Presbyterians. The entire Protestant population of the coun try, compared with that of the Catholics, is about as twenty to one. JSoslon J rans. The Snake Man Indicted. In the Municipal Court of Boston, on Monday, Lyford C. Hill, of New Hampshire, was arraigned on an indictment found by the grand jury, which alleges that he "com pelled his little daughter Orlinda, against her. will, to seize and take by the neck a certain snake, whereby the said Orlinda was by said snake greatly and dangerous ly bitten and ut in ereatfear, and where by the health of said Orlinda was greatl? injured." Mr. Hill plead! not gTrity His trial will soon take place, , - a fgfPThe man who does most has the least time to talk abeut what he aoes. .- For the Spirit of Democracy. Mr. Editor; There is an article in on the subject of Catholicism, preceded by some remarks m reference to the man- ner in which the proposed discussion r r I arose. The editor of that iaDer is some- what in error when he savs that "Mr. Wm. P. Richardson proposed to Mr. wrr ttii;.-i.-4. i. i j ax.. the Cleveland Platform of the American r iwillOlCl It lilts UC W UU1U UlOtiUOo I party with him," and that "Mr. Holster accepted the proposition." The proposition was made by Mr. Hoi- lister, and accepted by me, audthesubse- qnent change to the simple , proposition, "Should Catholic s be excluded from office in the United States?" was made at his suggestion. ' I make these corrections simr.lv for the reason that, if it i r,f tm,Vontt t lue - . 1 TUP the public how this discussion arose, each party may occupy his true position; and I apprehend that the char-e, whereby I was made the challenger instead of the challtfnFpd- wna mnrplv a miciMrrotinns5i.i I ' on the part of the Editor of the Journal. In reply to the article alreadV men- tioued, I will say, that the question to be S1X discussed, and the one now beinsr dis cussed all over the country, is not, whether the Catholic religion is orthodox or other wise; nor, whether we should vote for a Catholic or not; but whether it is neces sary to prevent the people from electing a Catholic if tht-y sea fit; or, in other words, to exclude the Catholic citizen from ' the rivilege of being elected or appointed to any ofhee of houor, trust or profit, by law. Mr. Hollister, after statiug the ques- b. .n. ion, and saying that he most unhesita- tiiurlv takes th affirmativp trnoa on to rav L SX .. a ttie.altrmat've' goes n to.s8 that the "American party wars not against religion." If the present movement is iot an attack upon the Catholic religiou, - i . I am at a loss to know what that gentle- nan would call one. He says : " Indeed their great aim is to preserve civil and religious liberty." Now religious liberty, as understood in this country, means not only that every one has the riarht to embrace whatever reli gious theory he may deem correct, but that his religious opinions, be they what B1UU 18 KUU,B wu wno commenced the they may, shall be no disqualification as lcene8 "son, bloodshed and murT -l-to his rights and privileges as a citizen. der' at,the late Loi"8"lle elections. . Who: ' Mr. Kent says: "The free exercise and eujoyment of religious profession and worship, may be considered as one of the absolute rights of individuals, recognized in American constitutions, andseraredto them by law. Civil and religious liberty generally go hand in hand, and the sup- prcssion of either of them, for any length of time, will terminate the existence of the other." (Kent's Com. vol, II. p. 34.) It a nerfpet v id1i for anv on to say ' that the American party wars not upon religion, while they advocate the exclusion t j - j j of any class of citizens from any of the privileges or rights of citizenship on ac count of their religious opinions. In what other way could they war upon reli- communication, nothing has occurred in' gion, or upon the tenets of any particular our usually sedate and quiet city, that sect, but by disabilities, fines, penalties, would probably be regarded as of much imprisonment and death. This party says interest by the readers of the "Spirit -of k to the Catholic: We are the friends of re- Democracy." In the political world the;0 ligious liberty; we are opposed to putting elements of opposition to Democracy are V any restraint, upon men's consciences; at preseut in such a whirl of confusion, i worship God after your own fashion: but that nothing of a definite or reliable char- j if you do so after the Catholic fashion, acter can bo ascertained.- Political spec- - you must give up some of your privileges, ulatiou here is near about as . fluctuating r ; You must not hold any office of honor, as the "price current" in Wall Street. , . -trust or profit. However, every day strengthens the re- " Divest the Catholic of his religion ceived opinion of the growing confusion i' let him become a Protestant or Jew, Infi- of the Fusion Abolition party. From ev- del or Atheist, and according to the prin- ery part of the State the cry of disaffee- - ci pies of the American party, he is no tion comes up; the dose was too strong; longer obnoxious, but eligible to any office it had too much of the effluvia of Ethio- the people may see fit to coufer upon him. pia to set well upon pure Saxon atom- - lucu it, is uia iciiiuu luut uuuia mui iu the eyes of lhat party, and they do war upon religion. . Let the gentleman take his true posi- tion. Let him say that he desires to crip- pie now, and if possible to exterminate Catholicism, by the strong ami of the law. uei mui say iuhi ue uuiu j uiusu men tor being Catholics, and reward them for be- ing 1'rotestauts. . Let Jiun acknowledge that the wisdom and moderation of Our ancestors, in placing all sects and denom- mations upon a perfect equality, protect- ing all, but favoring none; giving us free r thought aud free speech upon all subjects, I both political and religious, without fear of molestation from either church or state; j or of being in danger of forfeiting either estate or' property, have failed to awaken iu his mind corresponding sentiments. As for the rest of the gentleman's comtnuni- cation, it does not seem to me to call for any reply. It can, in my opinion, be of no importance to the American people, and is not at all relevaut to the subject under discussion, what Popes did, and Catholic, writers thought, so far back as the gentleman has seen fit to go for his honest men, and makes of them foemea facts and illustrations. It is true, as I worthy of our steeL ' .' 3-.." r. believe, that Popes claimed, and in those - John Davenport, Esq., of Belmont conn-. -times exercised, the power the gentleman ty, was chosen President; a gentleman- , represents them as having, claimed and exerted, it is aiso equauy true tnai since those times the claim has been as fre-1 quently and as solemnly denied, and that object of the Convention to be, the selec- ;.' too by the very highest authority. So, if tion of an honest man," of the" political j ? the gentleman succeeds iu establishing the sentiments of the party there assembled, " supremacy and infallibility of the Catholic as their candidate for Governor, ";lle'de;; church, he may find himself in the, to him; nounced the action of the mongrel. Con-. l,,'"' disagreeable position of having proved vention of the 13th" of July with no or-' J-; that the Catholic church, at. the present dinary vivacity, and great' ability. . To t ' - day, does not teach the doctrines he lm- nutes to it. The following extracts irom tne fas- toral Letter of the Catholic Bishops,lately assemoied in couueii n uiuwuuu, ca- presses the teaching of the church, on this subject, at tne present time: " As citizens of this great and flourish- ing republic, we should be grateful to God IOT ine OieSSlIlga wui.u no uuw tions scatter among all its citizens alike; and we should fervently pray to God, that he would bless and preserve the Union; that he would vouchsafe mercifully to shower down abundant benedictions upon I the fruits of the earth" and upon the heads jof our fellow citizens of every class who dwell therein; and that his guiding Prov idence would perpetuate to as all and to . our cnuaren oi tne most remote genera- '. tions, the glorious boon of equal rights aiid equal protection. ; Dearly should ? all love the country of bur birth or of bur faoPon; we snouid faithfully observe it. ' ----""v- yuruens; ana " uc UBU nP?n nrnnnil its finer . vnn iIia.U 1j . . . . - . "U1U "ways d -. rcttU.w uue U7 ie call, and if lence. -;. . -, :,.;..; ITT , - '-. - Wo yoo, beloved brethren, ?1"" "?e no: Deen lessons, ; u Cimve unnormiy taught yon, both 5V ; ? . - communications . f . , X"r M" -PnvMe conversations, , ;lv C aud whether we have not always instruct-: J Z- C -' . . m' ine 80veregn f Po"Vff 13 r8Ptrtual in its objects and m its sphere of action, cannot by pes- 8,lb,1't7 cIash 'ith Jrur civil aegiance, or . i.L. J.'O 1 a ni biront n acena aF classes OI duties which .von ow?' as.?,od c""ens to the government whlch f,ou haP? IlTe- Ton will all.beaf s witness, mthout one dissenting that such has also, been your eon,; . t- .lettef ,13 dateJ Ma7 20th, 1855, a.nJ 1S. S1ued hJ Archbishop Purcefl and r- T, WeStern b,Ps, denying in the : iuunuvi, w vucj piiner oe lieve or teach, that Catholics owe any temporal allegiauce to the Pope, orUhat their religion in any way conflicts with their duties as American citizens, ? - '. What are to be taken as the exponents of Catholic faith? Are they the bulls of ; Popes issued four or five hundred years" ago, or the writiugs of fathers in the sixth and seventh centuries? What chnwh " couiounoett py eoinff back even one eentnnr? Tk. .. . . . t " WUSU wsnevea ana practiced in the Catholic church in these . . . t. """" r T. u 1 . ' .yM . va ouvwu MO UIUWCU lO . say what they believe and teach, and what they do not. '. ' - : :; -.r iuiiiiiiiitm uifiiiwivaa onnnis. 1 1 -J WILLIAM P. RICHARDSON. Woodsfield, O., Aug. 1 855. ; j..- For the Spirit of Democracy. V .. V Louisville Riots. .. :: Mr. Editor A good deal of discus. . l"c bb" ' " nonesv maus- "'"us' Fc uermans, ana.the gay, insQr tne oatn-uouna bal- . and ffians, who are doing such eore i. 'VV. ,a'u,.cV. n aamfi l " W W g jieignoors wiu caadtdly hp awuiiwi mem- whwf fssors. . v .r , , P e small attack the great f Do the lc . r tuc anJ 1 weaK at- tonir thA DttmnM r . . w" ' . , VAHDOR. Oar Columbus CorrespondeRce. Columbus, Aug. 10, 1855. t ; Mr. Editor: Since my first and last' kus, auu m w tucvtkauic reSUll," tuO H whole reeking mass of abolition, disunion ' aud fanaticism is rejected with loathing disgust. . : . . -'a",', 1 he disaffection is not a contemntiblA : - - matter, either; it is too. general; it in- eludes too many of the honored and glo- - uuwu icuueia ui iuo uiu iiig, now iinow s Nothing party, . not to attract the atten--. tion ana arouse tne alarm or the modern i. Cruniwells, the stem reformers (witness the ' Cincinnati and Louisville riots) of Amer ican institutions. , c t.;; ' The demonstration here, yesterdayr al-.r though in numbers less than either the,- i . Convention of the 8th of January or of ' the Confusion affair of the 13th of July, ,r had the resistless element of success that always characterizes conscious rectitude. It was no trading, dick-ring affair, such ; - . as that of the 13th. No principles were Q bartered lor expediency's sake, as on that r occasion. Nb, it was nothing of the kind. S Ud open, manly stand was taken, a stand , V" based upon old Clay and Webster Whig pnnctples. They have taken a position, .;. that entitles them to the respect of. all '; with whose political antecedents I pre- sume yon are weu acquainted. : . ? On taking the chair he briefly stated the Chase he paid his respects . in the most .r? unequivocal language, accusing him of , ' twice semng nis principles tor qmcr, once . to secure a seaf in the U. S. Senate, again ,n ' iu vuuuu uie uuuuuauua iur vjtoveruor, at the recent Convention. He regarded him1 ias a iauaticai, sectional agitator, unwor- thy the confidence of honest men. 'and dangerous to the perpetuity of our blood' '; iutvuascu v uivu. . lion Wm. S tanberry addressed the , ' 1 " meetiug in a very pointed manner.' ' He' decried this crusade againsKhe South, aa i uutnanly and contemptible. . To. certain ; parties, (Chase & Coi 1" patriotism", was - but another name toi " hatred to the South.1 lle spamed the unworthy thoughts Hja... 1 .-. I ! ' I : -! 1 f-- v.. , i v i ' , .V. t t . i - 4 I i I