The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1855, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1855. INTERESTING POLITICAL IN TELAIGENCE. Miass Meeting tn Philadelphia—Speech of Hon. Lewis C. Levin. Ia pursuance of notice aa immense mass meeting of she Americans was beld st Southwark Hall, im the city of Vbilsdelpbia, on Saturday evening, July 28. No3- ‘withstanding the extreordiaary heat of the weather the eepacions ball wax crowded to overflowing, and a large samber were le tooctain admittattamce. The Hon, swis C, Levry addressed the meeting as folle thering morsl force has at th bro re one etd like » thanderbol bey? ken 0] and our enemies sbrink back smazed and disappointed. The biest effects ef this great American movement will continue to be amovt important part in that great tical drama now performing, which bas the Reet le of these United States for actors, and those of all Europe for deeply in- tereeted epectatore. When Englamd attem w op. our ancestors they istered a vow heavea, 1w their broadsworda, amd they never sheathed them. tu) they had asserted and established the great prinsi- of equal rights, and it was not merely in the fight suceeeded, but even im the midst of thelr detoats they showed that they were a» persevering and uncon- qnerable people, and it is refr to feel that their spirit is yet abroad in the land. The people of this co ‘tay have discovered that « formidable foreign organ'za tien, more efficient in shaking the frame of government than even the power of England, existed in the heartof the mation. Its subtle power and practical influence, pene- twated every fepaxteest of politica and every branch of the civil administration. people pined in miserable while fthie wicked and insolent ascendancy evected its blood stained crest in exulting triumph of ‘their prostrate rights. At length wrong had overpacsed ‘the limit of endurance. The nation expanding ia physi eal and intellectual proportions, chafed against ita cra Meg bonds—the time was ripe, and millions panted fur pure, unadulterated American freedom. Every thing around us shows that the active and irresistible Ameri- ean schoolmaster is abroad—that there is a tend widely diffused throughout our land, to the principles of all sane reform, and a salu’ determination, that no acknowledged abuse shall be sheltered by proscrip‘ion, er privileged by ite antiquity. If that moral power, which is erecting its creat over our country, continues wo advance im the ratio of the last twelve montis, its eonsequences may be easily foretold. Every liberal mind “ to cause. Ite rapid spread telegraphs our sympathies, and multiplies our numbers, ct when eloser communion shall have riveted our units into bat- ‘talions, and pbalanxed them in might, let aliemated Amer- sean demsgogues boware! let them start like Sardanapolos from their dream of repose, for the Mede will ba soon at ‘the gate! Tho people, the American people, are uniting fmone commen American sympathy, What a momen- tous occasion ! How beautiful—how noble are the every day workings of the human m\nd—the progress of a mation, the civilization of mankind! Who can murvel, ‘then, at the exultation we feel when, bursting asauder ‘phe trammels of party, we fird ourselves among our eountr battling for their rights and moving on- wards in the accelerated progress of improvement with ® boundless might and @ revistless fury that prostrates im the dust all the puny obstacles that cam be raised by ‘the selfish or the sordid, ihe tyranny of the fanatical or ‘Whe persecutions of the bigoted? In this position we mand, ar d absolutely free—the alave of no party, at the ert no clique, in the service of our country and our . Recent events have shown that the Ams eause is far too powerful to be counteracted by ail the impediments which can be piled up in the line of ita triamphant march, or to be baflied by all the artiticrs which demagogues can employ to detach its adheren's ex abate its energy. Its vigor is unconquerabie, its ul- timate ascendancy inevital But, to ensure suc. cees, this great cause must remain in the hands of the ple from whom it sprung. them and desi Politicians who seek its overthrow. Evel minor consideration that is now being egiteted ia cou- mection with this great question, takes away from our fixednesa of prineiple, our unity and earnestness of puc- pose, No true friend of this cause will atte pois Bed orb one particle of the enth aw ed, and attempt to direct it to Every ‘‘ism’’ that has been drawn towards great movement has entered it with a traitorous pur- pete, ani when it has failed to transform it to tte own will, or to stamp it with ite own image, we hao retired, carrying away with it much more of evil, than it ever Ler es to its support. Look at the eourse of the Know things in the packed conven- tion at Reading. Had they been honest in their devo- tion to the Amer'can cause, would they not have kept ‘within the circle of the mational organization? If sin- cere in their professions of philanthrophy im behalf of ‘the colored slave, or, if they bed even considered Amer jeaniem as a question of secondary importanse, woald they not have been willing to have adopted the national pietiorm under protest? They well knew that this posi- would have given them “ample room and verge @mough’’ to discues any question, however irrelevant te the cause of true Americanism, But this did not suit their unholy purposes, Their aim hes bsen to rule er to ruin—to make this great American movemen! tributary to abolitionism, or to destroy the American erganization. History teaches us not to be deceived by wounds. Experience whispers caution when ambition strikes for power. Kings have been knowa to array themeelves in the gard of priests, to gain their eade unéer the mask of piety; while assassins, to be succoss- fal, clothe themselves in the gown ef the mopk. Pro- bch by sueh examples, the Know Scmethinga tha republicans of Ohio and Psnnsylvania hare put oa the > of Americanism to mislead the people and destroy rights, They now number ten thousand in the State of Pennsylvania. There is no affinity of sitras- ‘tien, and tbere can be no affinity of cohesion between them and the honest members of tha American party, who stand upom a national platform. The Kaoow are agital an abstraction, while we, as ericans, are greppling existing wroncs. Who does not know that when Nebraska enters thie Onion she will enter as a free State? Who does not Kansas me; eet the vested rights of those who bave settied im that territory with ‘their slaves, that the political preponderauce will be as five to one in favor of freedom? Are either of these ter ritories Onl States? ed to the giant evil that now overshado is manifes: that no practical good can result from the agitation of the slavery question at this time, but that om the contrary, every eilort to make it the paramount conrideration, weakens this g) American movement. The condition of the Southern slave can never be in proved by being made the subject of political sprcala- , by the sel ‘sh srts of ambition, or the more a jeet motives of avaricious rapacity. Wide and desolate imdeed in the trackless waste of mora! rility thet se- gS the man of benevolence from the political char- tan, who borrows a cloak to fire the premises of those he feigns to pity, but pants to plunder. What an infinite moral desert separates a Seward, or ® Chase, from o Willism Pene! While we vene- wate the one, how can we avoid despi the other’ And yet the wretched tools—the incendiary conspi- rators in our own State—are struggling to trane!'r tae gathered might and power of thie great American movement to the support of those arch domagogues who, while they pomt to the Constitution, seek to overthrow the Union, They are struggling to bu li a party based upon geographical limite. At instigation of Sewerd, Wilton is brought to New York to deliver s speech, hsving tor its ebdject the overthrow of the American party ia Virgini and as soon af the plot succeeds these Jesuits tell us that there is no Americaniam south of Masor & Dixon’s line! wish was father to the thought. Our South ibe nationality of our ees, ai DAY ia will sustain it. f the peopie of There is an 4 ‘ng on every hill and i the efforts of these traitors who packed had felt a momentary glow of Americen'*m in er Readi dbeir hearts, they would have been content wo aave sdopted do 20? the national pistform under protest. Did they No. The gauze veil of Americaniam is throxa sheme waa Jesuitically perfected; but plot can mover be consummated. last resolution adopted by the packed convention illua- trates the réa) purposes of there incendiary conspirators against the American party and the American Union ‘The position they occnpy is identical with that of Chace and itive antagonism to the Americen party. arate will be found at Cincinnati, on ths eighth January next, in foll fellowship witn the co from this State, who daliied at 12 eiles, and then deserted our nable cause Liki Thin, too, in the face of a resolution adopted by the National Council, providing fo. the meeiing of & ns- tional nominating convention ip the city of Philadelpnia op the 22d day of February, 1856, Tell me thay such meo love American principles! Mea who res- nothing—not even their rolemn pledge to abide By the ‘will of the majority—men who care for nothing, who honor nothing—men who pever ask how the cour ‘try shall be governed, but how they may control « pur- ty—men who spare no imterent, who regard no duty, who scruple st no enormity, provided only that they msy rule and riot! If thoir hearts were oj and you could eadure so hideous « sight, you wo not see one trace of the public good, nor the ‘slightest vestige of the pub- he welfare—not the faintest expression of the pudlic opinion they profers to obey; but all would be heats and hatreds, furies, feare about selfish objects, mever rising higher to the tone and temper of true patrictiam thaa #0 far as oki party feeling now and then borrows its bues for an ornament, or wears ite garb for a disguise, Shall all the great objects for which we have been contending be lost sight of, and ewallowed up and absorved in this wad eflort of ebolitioniam’ The ‘Know somethings blicamas,”’ as they are called, with Chass ‘son and Seward, all of whom are knowa eg Their 10 throd of ion to be in American mech: voked pol ad threapéned ae they are with pice end workingmen. voluntary ae a reign pau Mal 7 te ‘oo latenes am intorent among the American people. Fo. reign immigraticn has reached a point not only fatal to ‘the prosperity of the American mechanic and laboring ‘man, but equally threatening to the permanent « of our political institutions; and hence the ‘@f Ohio, who ize a higber the tution, proclaim xs their doctrines that they mike mission thy to be awakened, tke Nehalf of ar some of frtends in Illi- themselvew ce, oF ol ican Indepen ‘The dence is am exposition of the rights of man, and applies constitution’ $0 the whole human family. Accogding to the Declaration @! American Independence, apy alien would be eligible to the Presidency of the United States; but thank God, ae- cording to the constitution of the United States, even all from it, It is in- action, for well they kaimw that respect ena hy 5 venersti for the spirit and letter of the constitution constitute our only guerantee for the presexvation of our free in: stitutions. But thank God the American people are awake. They have tracked these American born jesuits, and they now feel that they themselves possess the herculean strength hg oc to strangle thi w boro monster, and #0 to bruise and divide his rer erase carcass that he shall never again be able either to wound with his fangs or to inflame by his venom. We are stripping ourselves of all araly zing acces- forier, and stand out bold, fearless ‘and free to burl the thunderbelts of truth agaimat the enemies of the peo- le, and to strike dismay into the hearta cf those om atred may be taken asa tolerable measure of their fears, Nor do we stand alone—Briarus-handed—Argus- eyed—myried-volced—the people go forth to arouse and tocombine. Do you doubt that they are moving in their might? If so, read the follow resolutions unani- mously adopted at a mass lds few evenings ro the noble hearted Americsna of Hamilton coun- » Ohio — Wheross, The Democratic Sti ntion et the Sth of January last, and the recent convention in Columbu: Jailed to avow or recognise principles which we believo to the wolfare of the republic and our State—therefore, _ Resolved, That we continue to maintain as paramount in importance, and never to be ignored, the well ) nown princi- les of the American party, among which is devotion to tho inion, snd unceasing hostility to its e the; nullifiers of the South, or the sbolitionists o1 Ni eth, Resolved, That whilo we cousider the repeal of the fouri Compromise is Swanton violation of @ sacred Ume-honored compact, we (are not from resentment or any other im; @ to bo seduced or driven Into the support of 1 or measures. Rosolved, That wo recognise in the the convention of hb eubthe at the ptegrity of tiv iT tag 0 the Union. Resolved, That the avowal made in @ resolution of the Convention of the 13th inst. , to labor assiduously not to se- cure the repeal of tho Nebraske and Kanses bill, but to render it void and inoperative, proclaime « mode of oppo- sition to the iawe of the land that can be sanctioned only by fanatics and outlaws. Reeclved, That in the proceedings and resolutions of the convention of the 13th inst., and especially in the nomiua- tion of S P. Chase for Governor, and the reselution to ap- poiut a committee to concert measures with refersnce to the Presidency, we discover a design to more efficiently ive an aggressive sectional party, with which it w. ¢ derilect in us American citizons to act or affiliate, Who can fail to see that the American people are tak- ing this matter into their own hands, in despite of designing demagogues and paltry politicians? A geou- ine American epirit is sweeping over the land like an electric stream, firing the blood of every man of nobie feeling; and similar reeolations are being adopted in every county of that noble and patriotic State, excepting only those of the Westerm Reserve, over which the spirit of disunion presides. Our hopes now rest apon ¢ patriotic men in that State who constitute the Exe- cutive Committee, made up of twenty-one delegates— one from each Congreseional district. Their names are not unknown to us, and these honored rames constitute a guarantee. The fate of noble Obio isin their hands, and they will not prove recreant to their trast. The difficulties which now surround our brethren in Ohio have rnsulted from over anxiety to iugare immediate succes They abandoned for a moment the broad patn of American principles, and took the dark and devous [hee of expediency, We have at this momeat in Ohio, ome hundred and ten thousand loya! hearted Americans ! The ccmocratic party has one huntred and two thousand, according to their vote polled lest year. The abolition vote, proper, in that State, may be sum- med up as smount thirty thousend. The Ameri- cans deluded by th trap cry of “aati-Nebraska, may pomeibiyseace eventy thousand, a mejority of whom may drawn towards Chase, whom they cognize as the championof ‘“ anti Nebraskaism ’’—loay. ing some forty eight thousand votes to be divided be- tween tae American party aud the foreign party. These make up the sum totsl of three hundred and sixty thou- sand votes in the State of Obio. Thus we see cleariy that loyalty on the part of our Brethren in Ohio is alone necessary to secure triumpbeat success in that glorious State. Notwithstanding that may have been said, our trust in Ohio is firm and unwaveriag. Let them adopt the battle cry of their Amsrican brethren ii n= sylvania, and wil will be seve. Ono thing at and all the timo at it, ” is the motto of true America: everywhere. Down with ‘foreign influence” is now the univernal feeling, end almost the universal ery, and untul that foreign influence be utterly annihilated, aad until the feeling engendered by it be utterly worn out, there can be no hope for our noble country, in whose bosom this foul canker has existed #0 long. Are we to ‘be swallowed up, and shall nothing be done, in the lan. pare of Jackson, towards Americeniz'ng America? Shell nothing be done for the hardy sons of the soil, who are taxed for the benefit of the pauper labor of Europe— when almsbouses end peorhouses, jeils and penetentia- ries, erected at American expense, come up and cover the land £0 thick that from the grating: of theone youmiy behold the walls of the cther? Are we to lene sight of the moral and political consequences that result from such astate of things? The whole land swarms with the pauper and crimicsl population of earth located snd controlied by the agents of the Leopold founda‘ion and the Society at Lyons, and ready, under Jeauit direstion, to act asaunit upon any sutject of agitation that threatens © discolution of this glorious Union. How nobly have the Know Somethings and republicansot Ohio come up fo carry out the pious intentions of his Holi. ness the Pope, waich were proclaimed in hie encyclical Jetter of 1940 against eiavery, not in Spsin, Portugal, or Italy, but slavery ia the United States ! ’ How tral, are they obeying the dictates of O'Connell, who to! them in 1643 to do allin their power to carry out the picus intentions of his Holit If 1 mistake mot, that letter was addreseed to ihe repeslers of Cincinn: is well remembered by our friends In that plat ig the quertion upon which European monarchist rely as 8 means of 0 throw ing this republic, and rebutlding their rotten i tio) at, then, #hall we say of the Know Som bl who have managed to enter our tion? The assesstn who crawls to bis cea’ hy ite who conceals his wicked purpose beneath the fair exterior of virtue or the soft eentiment of benevolence, loges mure of menbood in his meann than in his crime. These lien of foreign influence affect sympathy for the Am: can tlave. Believe ther not, Americans! Their objec’ political power, not African emancipetion. Their i$ political ambition, not philsnthropy. They’ how! ut it is not to allievate the su! suage his toils or minister to his wants, American sympathy, on the tide of which t to mount into the seat of power and muscule, over tae necks of a pliant, deluded, but generous hearted peopie. But Americans will not love sight of the real issue. Their eyes still rest upon the horde of forei who besiege ‘our navy yards, with offers of « dollar a day, stimulating your public agents, to sacrifice the American laborer (o their importunities.. They offer their votes, fraudulent and perjured, in exchange for emplcyment, tnd invoke government to prostitute its high purposes by s wholesale proscription of the Amsrican ladorer, And bave they not succeeded? Enter your custom houses, your pert officer, your navy yarde and arsenals, and other departments of government, where men who bave growa gray im the service of their country ave subjected to the torture, and driven from position tu make way for foreirn outcaste; and this, too, because thoy were unwilling to give up to a corrupt and corrup:- ing party, that which was meant for a pure and patrio- tic country. Lat these victims of foreign influence fee) that every noble soul who sulfers in this cause, though wronged himself, etill adda a new and noble power io American right. In the fece of such wroage as these, first resolution of 4 insidious sim the powers that be, in Washington, inyuire whether the country isto be forever agisated by there Americen brawiers, whether the hammers of discussion id to nese continue’ to resound throughout the land? cannot be answered until snot, Are Americans to be forey: a mejority of Americans et minority of foreigners? Shall our owa governmsat e overrun, contracted and sontrolled by the fungus of foreign abuse? When government, which was cstab- lished to aid, becomes so perverted as to obstr res! interests of the community, aud bas taken « att bias towards mischief— wh 4 hopelessly bacome a great engine to squeere American industry, aul when injustice ie barbed with insult—the naturaletfort of vosiety attempts to eupply the deficiency by creat new ru Fis ts he eternal law of th! biming the oppressed w ike the legs fr: tt self imterest run lice ranay. The cemeats of corr wax, inthe general confiagration of feeling A natioa on fre— dred, too, by American hearts—ie a terrible affecting spestacl¢, and woe to bim, ia the White f though be be, who profita not i time for us to inqulme whe ly live where the free interchange of opinion {# adra!tted as the basis of our political existeace—where it is the hich ivilege of ail—however hated by some, and crim:nally i by others—'‘to know, to utier, amd to argue Revere political right, and every po- Without this civil freedom, no tongue may divuige the deep wante of ite soul; no pen umay portray the dinensioms of its wrongs, and no haad may unveil that beneficent charter which whispers In the freedom of our homage, of life, literty and happiness. And yet, with there ineffaceable characters atampsd vpen the pages of American rights—confirmed at they are, if confirmation they could need, by the inteile:t and conscience of every man living—-those faithful deposita- ries of the primary impressions of the finger of God—the pany ereaturee of earth, in the shape of American rulere, stand up to fetter our souls icto tue same vassalage with the perishable dust that groans be- neath its sway. Is this a crisis at which we #hould bow in tame submission to abolition martyrs! Shell the frame of govermment contiaue to press upon the raw necks of fe Americans’ Do you marvel that the soul been reached—that the Americar peo: ved? It is from them, and from them perating pose comms new ettasien of pure American bl vo the entire system, The fe and ees Ang EN ® lovg "iy a great nat moast be thrown paiva od. from the measuriess, un- ular mind—robust, gigan ary, glitter or eloth, is riving upto pat al soul rtificialities to shat ony is not far distant when there shall ve Carers around the brow of the son of the poor, ‘thonest woretng maa and mechanic, from which the pampered child of aristoersey shall shrink back im dis- may. In every clime, im every age, from the middle and lower classes the trily great beve eprung, Poste, r0, ee “the trul; formers, orators, patriots, statesmen—the have arin frou & soagueeterely bombs poetioa, sed ve om & bua end cualanien fant tule mighty movemend will exalt to the exelusion of all poli trickaters. The seeret of true power is being revenled-the sezret ef ite pre aye Mon attends it, and seal strength amd equal jas- tice will socom stand upon the und new oc- qopied by pretension amd by, y. The blind has been torn from the people's eyes, the bit hae been removed from their mouths, and stand fosth in all the god-like majesty of American efti- =e ceregeting thelr own rights and fighting ther poe hey are no longer to be misled by jeaigning and treacherous demagogues, that they should betir themselves whe they benin to tremble for their bread?—men, orn ander the glorions auspices of a free nd ef sDundemce, when their own American born chiléren are exposed to to the perils of want, by the outcasts of the Old World? While the gat yap re ang of the present age would direct Public attention exclusively to the enfferings of the African race, is this au evil to be temely endured by an American community’ Is this amevil unworthy of the solemn attention of American philanthropists’ Ie thie ap evil that apy true American cam see, and not recog- nize ae paramount, while he resolves to apply %0 ito liye and efficieat remedy? Can any greater evil adlict the couatry? I+ beara dows upon us in every relation of trade, labor and life. [s it not monstrous that zty spirit should thus derade a whole country, and jock up its noblest qualities in blind servitude to # sys- tem of immigration so fatal to the it cause of Ame- rican laborY 1s nothing due from the national rmment to the American mechanic? Is the merican laborer to be proscribed py the go- vermment which owes its existence to his sovereign power? Shall involuntary servitude in the Soath @pgross public attention, and no effort be made to arrest flood of emigration that sweeps over the of American industry, and reduces the republican to the levei of a foreign serf? Shall our noble hearwd mechanics and workingmen, even now threatened with involuntary servitu¢e—shall they, I say, tura on every side im search of symgathy and protection, and ti in yain, while this recurrent circle of cause and effect, like ystic emblem of the Egyptian, pcinta to an eteroi- tyof woe? This is the consi it doctrine of ‘Kaow Somethings” and so-called ‘republicans’? of Obio, Pemneylvenia, Massachusetts and New York. We desire as Americans, to extend to the hardy som of Americun labor the competent reward of his industry; to enable him to clothe and feed and educate his children, en 1! sons of republicans should be clothed, and fed, and ed: cated. The right of the American mechanic and Ameri- can laborer to be protected from foreign owpetition, can admit of no dispute so long ss power emanates from the people for the benefit of the people. Industry makes our free government. The natives of the soil constitute the people. The majesty of sovereiga power resites in the majority, who earn their bresd by the aweat of their brows. Our government is substantially the represe tative of labcr. Farmers, mecha urers, ‘srtizans and laborers, consti every American representative. Industry is the source of all the wealth of the nation. If we are great, rich, and powerful, we owe it to the element of American la- bor, and this labor we are bound to protect in its moral well as imits physical avails, On what P je, it may be asked, do we requiretthat you should protect American industry by the limitatica of the foreign laborer? I answer: on the prirciple of preserving the moral element that cousti- tutes political freedom. As we elevate the people by abundance, comfort and competent wages, they nze de- voted to human rights; they understand th ture of government, and respect the elective fraachise. Im- poverish, stint and starve them, and, in the Progress of time let the full power of capital be brought to dear upon them, and you necessarily enslave the American laborer, It is m virtue of am inherent duty, conserva- tive of the rights of man, that you are bound to see that our own ‘are not trampied on by the outsaste of foreign governments. It is the working people of a coun- try who make it free, or lead it mto bondage; or, more strictly speaking, it is the condition of such people. As they teel their strength so will they demand sud pre- serve their rights; and it is im the preservation of these individual righte—in the security of these ind!-'lual intereste—that the rights and enlarged interasts of all are protected. Physical and moral vigor go baud in band. One is the consequence of the other. Pay your mechanics 4 dollar a day, and they droop hie the fields when denied a refreshing shower; not only their phyei- cal nature degenerates, but thelr moral faculties de- cay. It is easy in this manper to reduce the stamine of 2 noble hearted population of free mechanics to the low- eat condition of abject and grovelling humsaliy. Take away that laudable pride which independence and com- fort generate in the heart of man, and what have you left but the wreck of manhood—the shadow of a treeman’ Never, oh never, permit the American to fall below the standard of the republican while we have power to up- hold him by # just modification of the laws. Tell me not that weowe our wealth or our greatnes to for- eign labor—to thore who have built railroads or dug canals, We bave a sufficient amount of American labor to meet all the legitimate demands and develope all the resources of the country. Beyond this point jute the constituency artificial stimuli are brought te bear, and the result is revulsion in every branch of business. If the American mechanic and working mex have no! yet felt the full force of this ruinous foreign competition—modified as it has been, up to this time, by the demands of capital. is that # reason why we ehould not erect ia time a bar- rier by which to protect American labor? But another question remains to be settled. On what principle can & government be justified in giving encouragement to ‘the foreign laborer at the expense of the American Lae a try. And im addition to thet, you behold the pudli- cans” of Obio, with Chase at ‘their head, making poltti- cal pets of them. They are set up as marketable votes, A price is bid for them, No demagogue, and no pa:.y, except the American party, dare oflend the foreign voter. They hold s balance of pore beep train the length and breadth of the land. The dread of that power paralyze the arm of lerislation and silences the voice of patriot- iam; and yet we are gravely told that there is no foreign influence in these United States. While we are laboring to do justice to the American people, without regard to the terror of foreign vengeance, tee spurious Amprican philenthropiste, m New York, Pennsylvauia Onto, are struggling to distract puolie attention and weeken our energies in our efforts to break down this, the giant evilof theage. Alter all, it is in the American ballot box that centres a! the might and power of the foreign bands who now invade our shorer by hundreds of thou- san It is for the ballot box that the Jesuit refices his art of insinuation, It is for the spoils of the ballot box that the American mechanic and working man are sacrificed to the juggernaut of foreign bigotry and superstition, And what i¢ this but agaim bringing the ameriean people to the question of American indepen dence’——the same question, in effect, that bethed our battle fields im blood in the ever-memorable strugg’e of 176—whether thie country shall be governed by Amer!- cane or ruled by foreigners? ‘hat Revolution—the heavens open at the round—produced but ome Arao'd: the present struggle, invclving the same principles, has given birth to many; and let these Know Somethinge and republicans remember that he who selis his country to # foe is a direct traitor—that he who remains neutral ata critical! moment like this is indirect traitor, while scircely inferior to either is he who attempts, however jesuitically, to paralyze, by diversion, the srm? of patriots now striking tor their country’s rights. Not withstanding the efforts made by designing and trev- cherous demagoguer to merge this great question, aad to make it not even of secondary consiaeration, the American lend have awakened to the realities that surround them. They are setiling down to the univer sal cultivation of national pride, and of a truly national character, involving, necessarily, those feelings appro- priate to the importance of birthright. It is tnis bir '- right—the birthright of an American—that is in peril— this, the highest distinction of which man is suscepti- ble—the star of true nodility—the badge of honor be- Rane? by the band of the hing of Kings. Waction, in adness of her infuriate leaders to grasp power fo: the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, in vain attempte to craw us off from the consideration ot this great point, which has God for its author, human happiness for ita aim, and truth for it demonstrable matter. ‘The value of birthright has been proclaimed by the voice of the Omnipotent, and we, 28 Americans, are not yet prepared to make ‘it a question of recondary importance. We, se Americens, are cultivating that principle which bas consecrated thy name of Chariemagne to the veneration of Frenchmen, of Alfred the Greet to the homage of Kuglishmen, o! Robert Bruce to the enthusiasm of Ssotchmen, and of ‘Weshington to the idolatry of Americans. By proclaim ing the’great doctrine that America It rule Americ +, we hold up an example to the down trodden nations of Furope, and encourege Hungarians to govern Hangary, Italians to govern Italy, Poles to govern Poland, Ger- mans to govern Germany, ‘and Irishmen to govern Ire- land. Even Papal infallivility recogaizes this doctrine, for every man knows that nove but sn Italien born is eligible to the Papal chair. We are even now sowing the seed of that principle which, like the grass of the earth, though trodden down by the feet of millions, for generations—ecorched by hottest suns and withered by Hercest winters—yet shall never be annihilated, but lke it, shall creep and spread, and grow until it shail clothe the entire surface of the earth—seeds that every wind shall blow, and every billow bear to theix proper destination. What mighty interesta lie enveloped in this great principie of nativiem! It is the principle of native rule, involving love of native land. Do you not see that the success of this great party, and the per- manent establisnment of this great «principle, hasteas the period when the blessings of s universal Providence shall run from man to man and from nation to nation, making the chain of human sympathy stroag en the hope of heaven itself, expansive a the race of mankind’ Now, the merch of time is quick. Alike within and around us, centuries are being crowded into brief lustrums, and marvellous shall be the pege of history written during the next few years. At sucn a period ay thin shall we become inert and apathetic’ Such is the anomalous constitation of humac nature, active to ill, and sleepless in the pursuit of gain, but tardy to enter the lists when the straggie is for American rights, Thank God, none of surround me here te night. Thi which we hare been engeged for ro many y pond of eympathetic triumph that 4 bave lent @ chivalrous and brotherly tinge menta, and breathed into the people the life, No selfish motive—no wish to gatl of honor than our brothers. ‘imates o1 band of 1844. We respect hearted recruits from the whig ard democratic ranks who have come up to the rescue—who have broken up the artificial ice mounds between man and man—opened up the bearta of the high to the low, and stl! better, of the low to the high, and thus awakened a renewed con- fidence in the power of an American people to renew and preserve this glerioue American fabric. Nor will they feel inclined to deprecmte or undervalue the efforcs of those older soldiers im thie American revolution, who, filled with earnest affection for their country, and ready to resist the authors of im misery, moved in the very front of the battle, and formed the advance guard of our country’s force. They directed the awakened ener: fies of the people—kindled patriotic enthusiasm, and and them together in a common cause. They gave strength to popular sentiment—evoked ihe almighty spirit of opinion, and were suspicious heralds, may I not say the main producers of a event the most wondrous in its mode of accom ment, the most momentous and far reaching in ita re- nulta the world has ever witnessed. “ee where they stood in 1845:— rae , mn lenet twenky-one yours om rt forwggers hereator coming to eur thorseninclo ding’ thoes who Bave not deslared their intentions at the time of the of the law—before shall exercise the elective tal repeal of the materslization laws, # merican He. tax ire of eet to tany Bay of ce. shores their convicts, paupers and telone, without The Bible, te oF comment, it pablie ‘oale, which’ shall be hep! free trom ail secbarion is 5, No connec! religions freedow 6. The admisshon ¢ Amerie plationms or free to set and exprose their they ple jone on sil #u- fant to the cause, as im their indi pacity. mericane t time” —before Would not this ae to be ‘cecupled’ No, This would m Purpose, is true, even for them, but embracing too much o! tionality and patriotism to meet their narrow and co: tracted vier “Divide and gevern’’ is the motto of the aboiltionists and their allies. Distract, as the meaus to destroy, is the rale that governs them. Reaction is now the only hope of ocr adversaries, whether they be found without or within our ‘tion. But that ie aa delustve—nay, more #0, the wildest dreams of fa- naticism. American cause, with Goi for its author, me me vanee of ee Fo megy oe States nd sis and su) moving like au Alpine river, whic! botwithetantieg the force and strength of the current, may be fora moment up by some fallen ava- lanche, or thrown backward by the apparently {naur- mountable obstacles which op; but which only re- coils to gather fresh strength for the etruggle, and final- ly, burste through all opposing barriers with irresist- ttering Im ite rush the evidence of its pow- ia the source from which reaction oan be produced or sustained? When the sun sete in clouds or rises in mists that obscure his bright- ness, one who bad no experience or knew nothing of the immutability the laws of nature, might suppose that the sun was never to rise again. But what fs the fact? The very mists that have been thrown around it to obscure its brightness, are converted into a medium to show off its superior iuetre. When the sun ceases to rise, then shall we believe, and not till then, that abolitioniom nas power enough to pro- duce re-action. Im brief, before re action can be pro: duced, msn must subvert the laws of his own nature, and with his own hand put back his own best interests for this world, and blot out his hopes for the world to come. Every interest in the State must be subverted — the laws of political aclence muet be reversed—wisiom and folly—virtue aad vice—religion and sin—abolition- “ism and patriotiem, must voluntarily change their names and piacer, and light must learn to radiate daraness, Away, then, with the consideration of Ty question which interferes with or attempts to weaken this great American cause. Other evils exist; but they touch our country at a single point, and impose on Americ tones single burden. The giant evil which we ar countering hes become universal. It rose imperceptibly, but with terrible strides, and made sure of every asqui- sition it gained. Through the instrumentality of ite church, it has called to its aid the gopes and fears, the joys and sorrows, the passions of , and gradually, but with determined step, is onward to unt- versal power. Politicians and parties yielded submission to its touch, and acknowled; the might of the des- troy It has entered every hall of legislation, called tors to its aid, and reversed the decree of the Se . It has entered the school house of the Ameri. can youth, which now forms the corner stone of nations! education; and, by taking away the key of know- ledge, was advancing to shut the very gates of ted heaven! At this crisis, Ameri them- seves in an attitude of self-defence, to vindicate and protect their dearest rights and inter- esta. hat has been the result of this struggle? The monster that grasped the soul, that he might devour the bodies of men, is beginning to wax faint, and one long, loud, appalling peal of moral thunder, will soon herald his ¢xile into friendly darkness, or per: chance, into that lasting perdition which his melignity rescribed for the American people. The ‘torn of Kensington again floata to the reese. rk? there’s a voice—our country is stirr’d, A sound like the break of a trumpet is heard; On the mountaing a banner is blazing afar— It glows like the light of a newly born star; 'Tis the flag of the iree we unfurl to the sky, 4nd glory now bears it in triumph on high: Our foes gather round us, that standard to seize, But they fall like the reptiles from young Hercules! The following resolutions were then offered by Dr. W. R. Wright, and unanimously adopted:— Reaclved, That wo, the people of the First congressional district of the State of Pennsylvania, in mass meeting ae semDBled, hereby ratify and endorse the national platform adopted in this city by the National Council. Resolved, That we stand by the spirit and letter of the constitution of the United St notwith- forte of d ubstisute ganic ie “te ae ae our ea ian lemagogues to in Independence for the Resolved, That we adopt the resolutions passed at late meeting in Hamilton county, Obio, aes part of our po- litical creed, that we will not be imduced by any pre- to yield our support to fanatical men oF measures. Resolved, That Americanism in its broad, legitimate sense, is paramount and above all other considerations. itioniate, who seek to control this text or pr ere ement, are bi who seek to overthrow the republic. Rerolved, That conservatiam is the basis of Americanism, and constitutes our true of success. We venture nothing in saying that the effect of this meeting will be felt not only throughout the State of Pennsylvania, but the nation at large, the tools of the Jesuits, CITY POLITICS. The General Committees of the Respective Political Partics—2helr Object and In- fluence. Tt ia well known that the different political organiza- tions in the city conduct their business through what are known as general committees, who raise the neces- sary m }, and organize the sction of their respective parties in the several wards. The committees are com- posed of & specified number of delegates from each ward, who are chosen at primary elections, held towards the close of the year, and whose term of office commen- ces on January Ist, and lasts one year. Much depends on the proper organizetion of these committees, as they im fact Isy all the plans and pull all the wires for the parties they represent. The result of the election de. pends very much upon the adroitmess or remit . and incompetency of the committee elect. Below we give the names of the officers, members of the sub-committee, and list of the delegates composing the general committee of the soft shell democrats, hard sbel! democrats and whigs. Besides these, there are exceptional party orgamizations, who manage political machinery somewhatdifferently. These are the Koow Nothings, the: temperance men and the Liquor Dealers’ Association. The Know Nothings work through couc- cils, of which there is one in each ward. Whenever ac- ton is contemplated, involving the elestion of charter or State officers, general councils are held, compoeed of elected delegates from the several ward councils. Asa consequence, the general councils of the American party (as they prefer to be called) more truly represent the wishes of their constituents than do the general committees of the other parties, with whom the cor rupt primary elections are in vogue. The temperance men ere controlled by a City Temperance Alliance, a bedy that once had some vitality, but is now composed of self-elected delegates, who are presumed to represent certain ward alliances that really have no existence tave im some few strong temperance wards, such as the Ninth, Sixteenth, &c.; and consequently the gener:| organization poreenees but little res] influence. The Liquor Dealers’ Asseciation, the names of whose officers we give below, is a strong and influential body though the members do not pretend to represent any one but themselves. Ward organizstions are, however, rapidly being formed, which will no doubt eventuate ic the formation of a central organization represeating al! of them. As the elections approsch a number of other or gan'zations make their appearance to influencs the result, and makes little mouey out of the politicians, which last purpose they effect much easier than the former, Let any man be put in nomination for May f or Congressman, or, indeed, any office, and he will fina a number of parties he never heard of hefore—practical democrats, workingmen, land reformers, and other psr- ties with portentiously large names and disproportion ately small influence, Polttical clubs play no small figure in city politics; but as they change their name about every year, it would be uselees for as to mention them here, A list of the names of clubs that have ex- inted in this city would fla large book. The titles of some of them were extraordinary. Meny ef our older citizens remember well the Hi Paws, the Indomita” bles, the Albany Basin Rattlers, the Ring Tail Rosrers, &c., that flourished in the time of the anti-baak excite- ment. Of late years more choice epithets have been in yogue—Empire clubs, Union clubs, and the like, Perbaps a statement of the relative importance of the several organizations mentioned below may be of inte rest to our readere, though perchance the truth may not be palateable to some of the members of the com: mittees indicated. The Soft Shell General Committee t political organization im the city. Its action is all important with its own party, Any resolution, passed in this committee may be considered as embody ing the wisdom and folly of the magaates of t'9 administration party; ite action certainly repre- tents their sentiment. Im the absence of a nation | convention this Tammany Hall committee is the only authoritative exponent of soft shell democratic priaci- lew, . The Young M Soft Shell General Committee has less power andinfluence. The chairman of the present committee, Mr. H. P. Carr, is trying hard to give them an important position im the party, but it is doubtful whether he wi!l succeed or not. ‘The Hard Shell General Committee is an important or. ganization, The Young Mens’ Committees of Inst year is @ prominent was very active; this year It in not no energetic and does. not amount to #0 much. With the two whig committees it is very diferent, Hexe we find the young men of quiteas much impor’ tance as the old men. Their action on all matters of importance ie joint action, and is performed through ‘an oxecutive committee, compoced of an equal number of members from both bodies. Though the action of the Broadway House is ef no Mttle importance to the whig pasty, it carries nothing Mike as much weight as the action of the Tammany Hall Genera! Commi Bat the power god prestige of these comm/itters fe fa"t parsing away Two giant parties have recently sprung inte life—the Know Nothings, and the tiquor dealers; and their counter setion plays the mischief with the plans of the committees, so far as they relate to city poll- tics. There is no doubt buat that the disturbing in- fiuence of the two last mamed parties will eventuste most denefelally in correcting and reforming party ma-hinery, and f giving the people something to say in the primary elections. r The following is a complete list of the different genera committees for the year 1855 -— DEMOCRATIC BBPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE, (SOFT SHELL.) Meet at Tammany Hall first Thursday in each month, Chairman—Robert Kelly. Secretariee—James L. edict, Alfred Chancellor. ‘Treasurer—Daniel F. nn. Sergeant at- Arms—Charles Mills, Standing Commitices, Finance—Andre Froment, Chairman; John Cochrane, George H. Purser, Wilson Small, Chas. H. Ring, WO: liam J, Brisley, Wiliam Miner, Johm Petitt, Conrad Swackhamer. Corresponding—Lorenzo B Shepard, Chairman; John Van Buren, Daniel E. Delaven, Wi D. Kennedy, Anson Herrick, Ambrose L, Pinney, Thomas Boete. Printiog—Jobn A. Kennedy, Charles Fletcher, Joho Orr, Wiliam Murray, James R, Steers, Joseph Rose, Benjamin P. Fairchild. Naturalization—Willam Baird, Chairman; Thomas ‘W. Adams, Thomas Byrnes, Thos. Monroe, Asahel Reed, James Gregory, Nicholas iat. List of Members. Ward 1.—Thomas Byrnes, Michael Phillips, William Burns. ‘2.—Willlam Miner, Alfred Chancellor, James Lesnard, 3.—Charles Fletcher, P. G. Maloney, Thomas Monroe. 4.—Patrick Coyle, William Baird, Joseph Rose. i A, Kennedy, William Creighton, William H. jer. 6.—Patrick Mathews, George H. Purser, William Fay, 7.—Wilson Smail, Alexaoder Ming, W. Adams, 8.— Daniel E. Delavan, Charles H Ring, Daniel Lian, 9.—William J, Briley, William D, Kennedy, John Richardson, 10,—Ashael Reed, Asa H, Bogert, Norman McLeod. ‘James R, Steers, Hiram Engle, John Pettit. ce Daniel F, Tiemann, Conrad Swacthamer, Williaa jenry. S_Jobn Orr, Thomaa H. Ferrie, Wm. Fisher Weeks. 14.—Thomas Boese, James Scatlif, Michael Toumey, 15,—Johm Van Buren, Isaac VY. Fowler, Daniel W. james Gregory, Jas. H. Crawford, Archibald Jobn Cochrane, James L. Benedict, Manus Kelly. 18.—Lorepzo B, Shepard, Robert Kelley, John Murphy. 19.—Anton Herrick, Philip Fohey. W: Dunham. 20.—William McConkey, William Murray, John Brice 21.—Ambrose L. Pinney, John Kinsley, Andre Fro- ment. 22,—Benj. P. Fairchild, Dennis F. Root, Nicholas Sea- grist. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN YOUNG MEN’S CEWERAL COMMITTEE (SOFT SHELL.) Mert at Tammany Hall First Tuesdoy tn each Month, Chairman—Horatio P. Car Vice Chairmen—Charles E. SI Secretaries-Samuel L. Havghtor Tough ‘Treasurer—David J. Chatfield, Sergean'-at-Arme—Joseph Aaggerty, Slanding Commitices Committee on Address and Resolutions.—Jobn 1. Mumford, Nicholas Van Slyck, John Reid, E. Wain. wr at, brerett Hi Kimbark, Msicolm Campbell, David . Chat! Finance Committee,—Arthur Woods, A. Insacs, Jamon William H. Appleyard, John Frazer, Joseph ty, H. W. Ryer. erponding Committee. Aashel R; Herrick, Charles Henry, Jobo f. Lydecker, David B. MeSulloagh, G. E. Benc{x, Chas. E- Shea, Benj. H. Haight. Printing Committee.—Samuel L. Haughton, Charles J. Dougherty, Flynn, Charles W. Francis, H. Shepard, Jo- hg o3 ‘O’Keele, D Hoag. mmittee om Elections.—R. W. S. Bonsall, W. H. McDonough, F. A, Goetze, J. B. Ryer, J. Van Pelt, M. O’Brien, Gurtavus Bache. Delegates. Ward 1.—P, Walsh, A. Isaacs, M. Golding, J. Strip, John Reed. - 2.—John I, Mumford, W. J, Howell, T. Hayes, A. B. Miller, D. Haley. 3.—Charles Henry, P. McGovern, N. Van Slyke, D. Mooney, W. C. Green, 4—C, J. Dougherty, G, Bache, James Upton, J. Mat- ick. ea, John Reed. , Daivid B. MeDul- thews, P. Merr! 5.—W. tom, T. Wataon, Jr. ion. 7,—Jobn Frazer, H. Close, J. Brown, J. F. Jobn J. Reilly. W. S. Bonsall, J. R. Lydeeker, J. M. Turner, BE. Wainright A. 1¢ Herrick. 9.—J. Houghtaling, J.. Donohue, A. R. Terhune, — Flynn. eee Laforge, W. Bascower, C. W, Francis, B. Tinck- |. Howe, 11H , F. A, Goetze, FE, H. Kimbark, D, be pk tea Joseph Geery, Gil, Hibbard, J 2—D. § iemann, Jo! . rd, * Moore, 3. McArthur. r . 18.—A. Palmer, James Dorning, H. Walters, J. 0'- Keefe, E. oe Boyle, T. Bennett, J. Gallagher, Joseph Hag- H. Appleyard, Hugh Gallagher, W. H. MsDo- rE ane 8) ag] [eDo- lentine, 4-8. gerty, 8. Gibson. —L. F. Harrison, J.B. Ryer, M. Campbell, W. J. Ferguson, J. E. Rosa, Jr. 16.—C.'P. Robinson, L. Carsidy, D. McCoole, P. Me- verreGeorae Terecgish, Myer Masten, Arthar Woods, Soon e Jere ir Masten, ar A. @. 0008. Magne. 2 : 18,—J, Van Pelt, Charles E. Shes, A.J. Matthews, aaber, Chusies Kip, D. B, MoCullough er, les 5 ullough, J. E. Bendix. & i? delegates. C, Devereux, B. H. Haight, J. W. Develin, H. B. W. Byer. «Van Norden, David J. Chatteld, James Mount, DEMOCRATIO REPUBLICAY GENERAL COMMITTER(HARD SHELL. Meet at Stuyrcsant Institute, 663 Broadway, first Thurs- dey in cach month. Chairman—Horace fF. Clark, Seeretaries—Jobn J. Savage, Jr., Peter B, Sweeney. Treasurer—Joseph M. Marah. Sergeant-at Arme—Charies L. Merrit. Standing Committees. Finance. —Witliam 6, George ¢. Genet, John B, Haekings, Gustavus A. Conover, Thompson. Correspondence.—George F. Alden, J. W. Boyc oho M. Seaman, George F. Thompson, John J. Tait. ‘Naturalizetion.—Henry J. Alien, Jos. Blackburn, Jas. McG. |, A. J. McCarthy, Patrick Barner ret ing —Joseph M. Marsh, W. D. Pi s, Samuel Meinvers. Ward 1.—Niehotas Dimond, Joseph Blackburn, Thos, Stewart. 2.—Jobn J. Tait, Mickael Ryan, Walter Joyce. —A. J. McCarty, William McGraw, James Hackett. —Henry J. Allen, John M. Downs, John Casey. bn Y. Savage, Jr., James G, Jacobus, Robert C. Mclatire. Oz-Thomar J. Barr James MeGoman, William Sin. 7.—George F. Alden, A. P. Gallagher, John Boynton. 8.—Jobn B. Haskips, Samuel Long, Isaac Kaylor. 9,—Gustavue A. Conover, Charles W. Boughton, Lewis P. Clover. Pe cag M. Maresh, Daniel H. Hant, John Har Ro 11.—Erastus W. Glover, Edwin Bouton, John Mosher. 12\—Rartlett Smith, P. McGann, D. &, Jackson. 13.—Charlea M. Smith, R. G. Newkirk, James Laroe. Wien Barner, Frederick T. Suydam, Nicholas looney. 15 —Bepjamin S. Hart, George C. Genet, George F Thompson ; 16.—Samuel Radcliffe, Johm D. MeGregor, Mhilip Ecker 17.--John M. Beaman, James Murphy, Abram G. Cresto 18.—Horace F. Clark, Weard D. Parsons, William Piake. 10.—Francis B, Cutting, James C. Rutherford, John IW M. G. Bip 40 eter B. Sweeney ce, William Joyce th’ Jr., Joba Ly ach ‘k Masterson, Joan DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN YOUNG MEN’S GIERAL OOMMITTRE, (MARD SHELL.) Mect at Stuyvesant Institule when called together, Presideat—James Parker, Fifteenth ward. Vice Presidente—Charies H. Smith, Eighteenth ward; James Lawrence, Fifth do. Secretaries—John King, Twenty-first ward; Edward Creighton, Sixteenth do. Trearurer—Iimothy Garrick, Fourth ward. Delegates Elect last Fall Lis: imperfect, Ward 1.—No election, .—Timothy Garrick, Charles Anderson, John Ware, Jobn Murphy, Richard Jeyce. Velsor, Jam _ rrathy, Walter Roach, Thomas Ry! Jamen Giana, 7.—And, H. Adame, R. Ferguson, B. F, MoCaffray, W Cassilier, Wm. O'Shea. Lawrence, Neil Neason, Jaa, Wm. C. Cover. 10,—Edward Knight. 8. C, Seaman, J. McCollum, The. odore Udell, Wm. Conely, 11,—#imeon Decker, R. H. Risbop, F, J. A. Boole, Wm, D, Wines, J H. Hooghkirk. 12. —Not received. 14 ba, Cavanagh, P. B. McAvoy Thomas Fay, D. Mi 6.— Ha: Covancgh, P. H Bohver ‘ay, D. Me- Menus, — oO . Second Ticket—James Lynch, Edward Maloy, Jobm Roberts, James Smith, William & le. 15.— John H. Brady, Arria Bogert, James Parker, Ro. maize Dillon, Charles Graham. 16.—Evan Davis, Robert Nevins, Edward Holt, Philip Eoker, J.C. Seiax. 17.—Wiltiam Thomas, Jacob Boyce, John Bolas. J W. Hasial yiillams Bleke, ©. W, Woodhall, E, Pierrepont 14" eo je, C. W. F B. O'Donnell, Chas, H. Smith, d 19,—Jon, Youdale, Anthony Matthews, Thos, O'Reilly, Wm. O'Keefe, Daniel Gallegar. 20.—Jobn Dugan, E MeCarthy, M. Connolly, Andrew J. Dona, John G. Butler, 21. 5 A. Warts, I. R. Varian, Heory Bae ineheel Connel Chas. Campbell, P. Brenna: —| Pp. W. H. Steinbrenner, T. Fitzsimmons. - DEMOCRATIC WHIG GENERAL Ct ITTER, (OLD MER.) ‘Mee! at Broadway House, first Tends month, Chetiman—Wre Hal worn Vice Chairmen— Morgan Morgans, Ceerge Briggs ri Secretaries—Curiztia W, Schaffer, Charles S. Tappans ‘Treayurer—Reovert T. Haws. Sergesnt-at-arme—Horatio C. Welch. tap en Cente, 8th ward; Joba Correspor di Ly ward; Iver, 224; Amor J. Williamson, 24; Wylis Blackstom, &th; Abram Wakeman, 12tn. Printi ‘hamberiainy 4th ward; David A, Forbes, 1ith; Benjamin W. ) 1th; Owen W. Brennan, 6th; Robert 8. Collins, 1st. Finance—-W. Adems, 5th ward; Junius , § les, Charles Chamberlain, 4th; James R. Taylor, 6th: jane, 7th; e Briggs, 9th; hse yyy th; B, Varnum, 15th; J, P. Cumming, 16th; C. Minos, 17th; John Ives, 224. Members. Ward 1.—Ex. R.S. Collins, James MeKenns, Thomas Nesbit, Alexander Mason, Henry Garlick. CF frag ll erp Clifton, Joshua G. Abbe, Joseph Manning, Decker. Gay R. Pelion, anias T, Stagg, Ex. A. Cocbrane, b Moffet, A. H Stoutenburg, Andrew Bleakley, Georgs G. Lake, Abram Van Saun. 9..—Ex. George mines, Ex. Wm. H. Albertson, S. A. Cunningbam, George W. Byrne, J, Pangburn. 10,—Ex, Kobert T. Hawes, Ex. Wm. Allen, N. Ge ford, Wm, L. Muller, A, W. Barnes. 11.—Ex. Freeman Hiscox, George W. Barrett, JasT. Husted, Leonard L. Johnson, Daniel Herrick. 12;—Abram Wakeman, Thomas Carnley, J. B, Batches tor, Ex. James A, Baldwin, C, W. Van Voorhis. 13.—J. H. Briggs, Ex. Jotn Cooper, David A. Forbes, Joseph H. Petty, Jobn Pearsall. 14.—Ex. John Hoope, Wiliam S. Wood, Wm. W. Kubp, Benj. W. Richards, Chas. A, Stuart. 8.—! lames 16,—Jo#. B, Varnum, J win D, Morgan, Ex. Wm. N. Blsheman, Norris A. Phelps, Henry “ny 16.—Ex. Samue! Yohn P. Camm’ Delamater, Dayton, Washington Smith, William Good 4 7. Ex, Merwin R, Brewer, Charles G, Desa, William H. Riblett, Cornelius Minor, Charles W. Lawrence, 18.—Ex. E Delateld Smith, Michael G. Hars, Ex. John H. White, John Ridley, Jacob H. Valentine. 19.—Fx. James J, Bevins, Lawrence R. Kerr, Wa, 3. Rockwell, Wm. A. Dooley, Porter G. Sherman, 20.—Wm. R. Stewart, Ex, James T. Coweshoven, John V. Gridley, Jobn Brady, 1). D, Conover. '21,—Henry R. Oonkuin, @has, P, Mbler, Ex Matthew D. Greene, Jobn D. Cooper. W. 8. Gregory. 22.—David B. Kerr, Charles M. Waterbury, John Ives, Ex, James E, Coulter, James M. Byrae. GENERAL COMMITTEE DEMOORATIC WEIG YOUNG MEN. Meet at the Broadway House, fist Fridey of each month. Obairman.—James H. Welsh. Vice-Chairmgn.—Ist, Thomas C, Acton; 22, Pierre C. Van Wyck. Secretaries —Wm. H. Browne, Robert Mecoy, Treasurer.—-Alfred N. Booth. Sergeant at Arms.—Walter C. Welch. wanding Commities. Corresponding Samuel Brow, 13th ward; Joseph H. Gardener, 1st; Charles C. Nott, th; Daniel Bowley, 15th; George B. Bellows, 18th. Printing.—E. W, Morgans, 7th ward; Wm. Dogert, 8th; Francis Otterson, 16th. Finance.—Joseph C. Pinckney, 17th ward; John M. Costa, 34; William Jones, Jun., 10th; Julius C. Harrtson, 1h ‘obert H. Lamont, 21st. Members, Wara 1.—Peter H, Graham, William Black, P. Closey, Joneph H. Gardner, Thomas Coady. 2. Jamesfd. Welsh, James Gallagher, James E. Carter, Edward MeWipnis, Samuel Ga 3,—E, McMullia, William Patten, J. M. Fox, D. C, Henderson, Jobp M. Costar. ‘ be McLaughlin, Augustus P, Groene, Williara Adams, George Schaeffer, William Creighton. 5,—Theodore A, Ward, John Styles, Lemuel W. Parkes, Charles C. Nott, Alfred R. Beoth, 6.—P. G. Van Wyck, George B. Williams, Charles B. Foote, William Rewe, A. Florentine, Jr. i.—S8. 1. McKinney, E W. Morgans, J. F. Edmonds, G. W. Rosevelt, J, K. Bridge. 8 —John J, Sillcock, John E. Miller, Joha A. Lord, Jo- seph R, Faset, William ert. 9.—Jacob Cholwell, G. B, Deane, A. Hemphill, J. G. L, Crawford, J. Nasb. 10,—Theodore A. Stuyvesant, William Jones, Jr., Rob- ert Macoy, N.S Husted, Jeremiah Petty. 11,—Seaman Jobnson, Simon Hazelton, Julius C. Har- rison, Samuel eley, Richard G. Hunt. 12,—Geor, . Jenkins, Je 8. Vredenburg, J. R. Mc~ Connell, Philip Jordan, K. A, Knox. 13 —James Dewey, Penny, R. H. Richardson, Noah L, Whitlock, Frederick Pitzpatrick. E. Sherwood , William S, Dunham, Samue) fam yon, Ed, Lawrence. im 8 C. Acton, S.J. Smith, Wm. T. B. Milli- ken, Francia J. Ottersom, Daniel fefae a 16.—Andrew Brid; Samuel Reynolds, Moses Jackson, Alexander McGuire, James Hornby. 17,—Henry C. Miles, J. C. Pinckney, David S, Kendall, . B, Andrews, John Orr. 18.—8, Brooké Postley, James M. Thompson, Peter Van Shaack, Rufus E. Crane. ‘19.—Heary W William D. Swart, C. MeTarty, Jeaac Keyser, atoy: 20.—Thomas Child, Jr., H. Reede, F. M. Curry, Wm. H. Peabody, Robert Bmith. 21,—James M. Odell, Richard Darling, Robert H. La- mont, Dennis McCabe, Wm. H. Brown. 22.—Robert Mackay, Samuel Wallace, Peter Van Riper, Jemes Greer, Thomas A. Campbell. JOINT WHIG EXECUTIVE COMMITTER General Committee, Ward 1, Robert S, Colitas; 2, Gideon Clifton; 3, Archi- bald Cochrane; 4, Charles Chamberlain; 8, William Adams; 6, James B. Taylor; 7. D. L.. Petteo; 8, James (. Moffet;'9, W. 4. Albertson; 10, William Allen; 11, Jo- teph Southworth; 12, James’ A. Baldwin; 13, Joba Cooper; 14, John Boop 15, W. W. Bisnkman; Delsmater: 17, Merwin R. Brewer; 18, F. Dalafield Smith; 19, James J. Bevins; 20, J, T. Cowenhoven; 21, Matthew D. Greene; 22, Jamon E. Coulter. Wm. Aen, Chairman, Arch, Cochrane, Secretary. Young Men’s Commitice. Ward 1, Peter H. Grabam; 2, James Gallagher; 3, Wiliam Patten; 4, Augustus }. Greene; 6, Theodore A? Ward; 6, George ‘W. Williams; 7, 8. ‘f, McKinney; 8, John J.’ Sillccek; 9, J. G. L.’ Crawford; 10, Theodore Stuyvesant; 11, Seaman Johnson; 12, Phillip Jordan; 13, James Dewey; 14, George Sherwood; 1 Milliken; 16, Moses’ Jackson; 17, He Milee; 18, Rufus F. Crahe; 19, Henry W. Genet; 20, Thomas Jan.; 21, James M. Odell; 22, Robert Mackay. Childs, Jun., Chairman. James M. Odell, Secretary. LIQUOR DEALBRS’ ASSOCIATION. Med. a Odd Fellows? Hall, corner of Grand and Cenird streets, every Monday evening. Prenident—J. R. Hayward, 11vh ward, Viee-President—M R, Bunce, 7th ward. Secretary—D. C, Paige, 8th ward. ‘Tressurer—Richard French, 4th ward. Our Virginia Correspondence, Ricuwonp, Va., July 28, 1855. The Crops—The Know Nothings—The Fire Dee partment—The Springs, &c. From reliable sources, I learn that ia almost every part of the State there will be a large yield of wheat, corn and cate. Only about 30,000 bushels of new wheat have been sold here the present season. Messrs. Haxall & Co., and Messrs. Warwick & Barkadale, two of the heaviest buyers in the State, will commence operations on Wedneeday next. The msximum price-paid by these millers up to to day, is $2 06 for prime white wheat, and $2 for red. The wills bere grind usually about 16,000 bashela per diem; ard as they are as yet supplied go a very limited extent, even for commencing operations, the inference is irresistible that there must be am active demand for wheat in this market for some time to come. The zea) of the Know Nothing advocates dces not eeem to have been much diminished by their late defeat in Virginia. They are Isying to their souls the flattering unction that gk op! 13 enc: @ tl now, that it Me, Figarnoy bed the stamp, and iollowed Mr. W: hen the State in discussion, the Accomac orator would have found himself minug gome 20,000 voter. The Fire Department of this city, which for twen- ty years hae been uncer the control and direct su- pervision of an insurance company, has been ab- tolved from that connection, and placed direction cf the City Council. This plan was de- cided upon yesterday. There were many old fire- men who were opposed tothe change, and it has been an exciting topic for some montns past witts the citizens ge \y. The Morte in the Old Dominion are very lar this hot weather. Every one who can If frem the din and duet of city, and the treadmill operations of basiness, is eda to the springs, or to some secladed apot im the Sy TeRSmSeS eae Rio oe Un ot ter Cees is 5 TracEDy IN Trxas.—The Austin State has the fcllowing account of a bloody transac! that city. The victim, Mrs. Malone, was of ten cbiléren:—On Sunday morning ; s i a ite 3 v4 ips the man in, and then accommodate his gueat. rick wilked Lo to the bed where » +} her inatantly. Z att arith site ae F ll i iid Sasf pany