f i ) I i ' i i RIGHT OR WROXG. WHIM RIGHT, TO BE KEPT HIQBT, WHBH WHO JIG, TO BE POT BIGHT. EISUXSRUXift: THURSDAY:::::::::::::::::::::::::::JULY 24. Tlio l'eoglc's riatform. Adopted by a caucut of Union Jfen in Congress, and ratified by the People of Pennsylvania in Convention, July 17, 1802. 'That ire hold it to be the duty of all loyal men to stand by the Union in this hoar of its ' trial; to unite their hearts and hands in ear- ne6t, patriotic efforts for its maintenance against those who are in arms against it ; to sustain with determined resolution our patri otic President and his administration in their energetic efforts for the prosecution of the war and the preservation of the Union against enemies at home or abroad ; to punish trai tors and treason with fitting severity, and to . crush, the present wicked and causeless rebel lion, so that no flag of disunion shall evr 'again bo raised over any portion of the Re jwiblic ; and to this end we invite the co-op-eration pf all men who love their country, in the endeavor to rekindle in all the States such a patriotic fire as sljall utterly consume all ..who strike at the Union of our fathers and all who sympathize with their treason or palliate their guilt." People's Party IVomluatlons. AUDITOR GENERAL: THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York. Et'BVEYOR GENERAL : WILLIAM S. ROSS, of Luzerne. CONGRESS t A. A. BARKER, of Ebensburg. Subject to decision of the District Conference.' assembly: JAMES COOPER, of Taylor township. PBOTHONOTABf t WILLIAM K. CARR, of Wilmore. COCXTV COMMISSIONER t JOHN ELDER, of Chest township. DISTRICT ATTORNEY : JOHN II. FISHER, of Johnstown. POOR HOUSE'DIRECTOR : WM. BERKSTRESSER, of Susq'h. tp. AUDITOR : C. T. ROBERTS, of Ebensburg. CORONER : T. R. DAVIS, of Jackson township. COrXTY 6CRVEYOR : E. A. VICKROY, of Yoder township.. People's State Convention. On Thursday last, at 11 o'clock, A. M., the State Convention of the People's Par ty met in the hall of the House of Rep resentatives, at IIarrisburg,- in pursuance of the call issued by the Chairman of the State Central Committee. Being called to order by Hon. A. K. .M'Clure, on jiiotion of Morton M'Miciiael, Thomas M. Marshall, Esq., of Allegheny, was elected temporary President. On taking the chair, Mr. Marshall addressed the Convention in a most fervent and patriot ic manner, and at the close of his remarks, which were received with great applause, the following named gentlemen were, on motion, appointed temporary- Secretaries, viz : Mr. Cowan, of Warren ; Charles JIagor, of Lancaster; L. Bartholomew, of Schuylkill ; J. M. M'Affee, of West moreland. The Secretaries having obtain ed the names of the accredited delegates to the Convention, and there being some contested scats in the Philadelphia dele gation, a committee of fi?e was appointed to examine credentials and report thereon. On motion, a committee composed of one from each Senatorial district was appoin ted to report permanent officers for the Convention, and a similar committee was appointed to prepare and submit Resolu tions. The Convention then adjourned until half-past two o'clock, P. M., when it again assembled, and the committee on Credentials not beiug ready to report, Hon. M. B. Lowrie, Chairman, on Permanent Organization, submitted the following list of-officers for the Convention, viz : 'resident Hon. John C. Knox. Vice Presidents Oscar Thompson, Morton M'JJichael, John ". Forney, Nathan Ilillis, V. I raster iSmith, Joseph Young, K. T. IWrUon, Samuel J. Kistler, Ifaac Ely, Jerome K. Boycr, 'Judjri Laporte, Louis 11. l'ugh, E. Cowan, Charles II. Shriner, Isaac S. Mouroe, John A. Fisher, M. H.fthcrk, Day Wood, I. Wilson CIrove, Robert (J. Harper, It. Marshall, J. H. Lichteberger, Cyrus P. Markle, . James Ruple, James M'Auley, J. L. Graham, C. E. Anderson, Itobert Thome, E. E. Woodruff, K. W. Davis. Wm. B. Mulku, Secretaries. James C. Brown, James M'Manus, Andrew S. Ritchie, A. It. Barlow, Simon B. Browu, J. R- M'AtTce, John K-.F''ngr William Caran. H. A- tfopdhouse, K. L. White', . John II. Sellers, C. B. Forney. John F. Dravo, Judge Knox was then escorted to the chair, and made an address of great power end beauty, at the close of which, and repeatedly at interval during its delivery, he was most enthusiastically applauded. After some time-, the Committe on Cre dentials submitted a report in referenoe to contested seats, which was amended so a9 to entitle all the contestants to seats in the Convention. Mr. M'Michael, Chair man of the Committee on Resolutions, then reported a series which he stated had been adopted with great unanimity by the Committee. After the' Resolutions had been read, Col. John W. Forney arose, and favored their adoption in a speech of extraordinary force and ability. His re marks were received with unbounded enthusiasm, and when he concluded, the Resolutions were unanimously adopted. The Convention then proceeded to. make nominations for State officers. Thomas E. Cochran was nominated for Auditor General, and. unanimously selected by acclamation. Wm. S. Ross, P. C. Shan non, and J. E. Meredith were then nominated for Surveyor General, but du ribg the first ballot the last two were with drawn, and Mr. Ross was unanimously selected. The Convention then proceeded to select a State Central Committee, to consist of one from each Senatorial dis trict, but as the members were not pre pared to submit all the names, it was ordered that they be handed to the Pres ident after the adjournment. The Con vention adjourned sine die at a quarter past five o'clock, P. M. We have thus briefly sketched the proceedings of the People's State Convejj- tion. The sound and patriotic Resolu-4they tioris which it adopted, and extracts from several of the loyal and admirable speech es delivered on the occasion we publish elsewhere The entire action of the body must commend itself to every true friend of the country. The nominees for Auditor General and Surveyor General are amongst the best and the purest men in the State, and they are entitled to the warm and cordial support of every loyal man. We uail their names to our mast-head to-day, confident that the People of the State will elect them in October next, by an unprecedented majority. In Mr. Coch ran we have a reprcsentative loyal Re publican, and in Mr. Ross a representa tive loyal Democrat. In the Convention which nominated them were. Democrats as well as Republicans, and in the work which they did, party names were aban doned and party lines obliterated. - This is as it should be. The time has come when the honest and the loyal of all par ties must unite upon a common platform, if they would rescue the nation from the dangers which threaten it. There must be a union for the sake of the Upion. Let political distinctions be ignored for a common object, and let that object be the good of (lie Country. Rally, then, goad friends, to the support of the People's State Ticket, and let a voice go up in its beha!f which will put to utter confusion and dismay all the non-coercionists and Secession-sympathizers who are arrayed against it. As TVe Expected. The People's County Convention, re cently held in this place, adopted among other loyal and patriotic Resolutions the following : Resolved, That no language i3 adequate to express the contempt we feel for thoso miser able creatures, in the loyal States, who,, sym pathizing with the Treason and Rebellion of the South, have no kind words of encourage ment for our Union soldiers, but are ever ready falsely and unjustly to denounce the war as being "unconstitutional," and waged only for the purposes of "abolitionism" and "negro equality." Recreant to their duty as American citizens, and ungrateful to the Gov ernment which protects them, these charac ters will neither shoulder a musket in behalf of the Union, nor yet are they willing to be taxed to pay the gallant spirits who fight for them. Treason in the South is bad enough, but sympathy lor it in the North is infamous, and the individual who entertains it does not deserve to be ranked with the tories of the Revolution. For this Resolution, the Dem. & Stmt. calls that "presumptuous body" to ac count. It denoun-jes the language em ployed as a "gross calumny upon peaceable citizens," and "a wantou and scurrilous drive at all loyal Democrats." Now, every one who will go to the trouble of reading this Resolution will readily see. that it will not bear any such construction. The term Democrat is not used in it at all, whilst the censure it conveys is aimed not at the loyal of any party, but at the dis loyal the miserable creatures who sympa thize with this' infernal Rebellion. And yet how ready in our neighbor to take this a'.l home to what he calls "Demo crats !" Now why is this ? Is it because it will apply no where else ? Rut our neighbor asks the Convention to point out these mon whom it would stigmatize as "sympathizing with Trea son." We presume the Convention will hardly go to that trouble, but will permit the Resolution, to epeak for itself. No loyal man could reasonably object to its language, and if any man docs, his patri otism is doubtful. The Resolution was not directed against anybody in particular, but wa3 evidently intendecLto meet the case of every one finding fault with it. Whomsoever the shoe fits, let him put it on. That somebody has been 6lightly hit by this Resolution is evident, for it is an old saying, and a true one, that "wounded pigeons are always known by their flut- tering. So, let them flutter ! Keep It Before the People! "Men, who voted with the Republican party, what did that party promise you when it would get into power ? They promised you "economy and reform," and how have they fulfilled their pledge They have brought upon this once peaceful country all . the horrors of civil and fratricidal war; they have caused and are causing, unnecessarily, rivers of blood to flow from our brave armies who thought they were going forth, not in crusade against the peculiar institutions of the South, but to battle for the maintenance and perpetuity of the Union and Constitution ; have banished all the sil ver and gold out of the country, and in its stead have given you a false paper currency, based upon public credit ; they are endeavoring by every effort to degrade and destroy the dignity of free white labor amongst you, by bringing buck niggers from the South to compete with you in your vocations of life ; they are squandering your hard earned taxes by giving rations and clothing to the runaway slaves ; they have wantonly perverted the public Treasury to procure the abolishment of slavery in the District of Co lumbia, and they are, this day, giving food and comfort to thousands of runaway contra bands, causing them to revel in luxury and idleness, while you, many of you, are obliged to toil from morning till night to earn a livelihood, and in a short time you will be haunted by the tax-gatherer to pay your quota of money to defray the immense public debt thus bro't upon the country. Tax-payers, how long are you going to tole rate this wholesale robbery and corruption ?" The above is an extract from a leading editorial whicji appeared in the Democrat & Sentinel, under date of the 2d July, instant. Let us analyze it, and gee the charges, express and implied, which it makes against the Republican Party, and, per consequence, against the administra tion of Mr. Lincoln : It charges, that, to insure its success and get votes, the Republican party made promises which it never intended to per form ! It charges that the Republican Party has abused the power committed to it, and basely deceived the people ! It charges that the Republican Party has brought upon this once peaceful coun try all the horrors of civil and fratricidal war ! It charges that the Republican Party have caused and are causing, unnecessarily, rivers of blood to flow ! It charges that our soldiers have been deceived that they have been used in a cause repugnant to them, and for purposes for which they never volunteered ! It charges that the war is not conduc ted for the maintenance of the Constitu tion and the Union ! and It charges that the war is conducted as a crusade against the peculiar institutions of the South I It charges that the Republican Party has banished all the silver and gold out of the country, and in its stead have given a false paper currency I It charges lhat the Republicans are en- deavoring by every effort to degrade and destroy the dignity of free white labor I It charges the Republicans with bring ing buck niggers from the South to com pete with white men in their vocations I It charges that the Republicans are squandering hard earned taxes by giving rations and clothing to runaway slaves I It charges that the Republicans have wantonly perverted the publio treasury to procure the abolishment of Slavery in the District of Columbia ! and It - charges that the Republicans are giving: food and comfort to thousands of runaway contrabands, causing them to revel in luxury and idleness ! It then informs the people, that, in a short time, they will be 7iaunled by the tax-gatherer to pay their quota of money to defray the immense public debt thus brought upon the country I And, finally, it appeals to the tax-payers, and asks : "How long are you going to tolerate this wholesale robbery and CORRUPTION ?" Such, fellow citizens, is the ieal English the true intent and meaning of the extract in question. Such are the charges it makes, directly and openly or covertly and by inuendo, and in the whole of them there i3 not one syllable of truth. Let any honest man, whatever his politics, read the above extract, and then say whether these inlamous charges are not all logically deducible from it. Let him ask what they all mean, if the object is not to prejudice the minds of the people against a-. Republican Administration, honestly and faithfully laboring to save our country from the perils of Disunion ! Let him ask whether such language would not better become a traitor in the Southern Confederacy, than one who prates about his loyalty to the Constitution and the Union. Call for More Troops Penn sylvania to Hie Rescue I GOVERNOR CURTIN S PROCLAMATION. IIarrisburg, July 21. The following proclamation has just been issued : Pennsylvania ss : In the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Anurew Cr. Curtin, Gover nor of the said Commonwealth A PROCLAMATION. To sustain the Government in times of common peril, by all his energies, his means, and his life, if need be, i3 the first duty of every loyal citizen. The President of the United States has made a requisi tion on Pennsylvania for twenty-one new regiments, and the regiments already in the field must be recruited. Enlistments will be made for nine months in the new regiments and for twelve months in the old. The existence of the present emer gency is well understood. No patriot will pause now to investigate its causes. We must look to the future. "Everything that is dear to us is at stake. Under these circumstances I appeal with confidence to the freemen of Pennsylvania. You have to save your homes a,nd your firesides, your own liberties and those of the whole conn try. I call on the inhabitants of the counties, cities, boroughs aud townships throughout our borders to take active measures for the immediate furnishing of the quota of the State. Let those who cannot go themselves contribute to pro vide bounties equal at least to those offer ed by adjoining States. The Constitution prohibits me from drawing money from the treasury without authority of law, and I will not cast a doubt ou the patriotism of our citizens by assumioc the necessity of calling the Legislature together at this time. This is no time to wait for legisla tive action and the negotiation of loans. Delay might be fatal. To put down this rebellion is the business of every man in Pennsylvania, and her citizens will show on this occasion that they do not wait for the slow proces.3 of legislation and do not desire to throw on the Treasury of the commonwealth a burden which they are individually ready to bear themselves. The conduct of our men already in the field has shed immortal lustre on Pennsyl vania. Let their brethren fly to arm3 to support them, and make victory speedy as well as certain. I designate below the number of com panies which are expected from the sev eral counties in the State, trusting the support of her honor in this crisis, as it may be safely trusted, to the loyalty, fi delity and valor of her freemen. Whilst the quota of the several counties is fixed equitably, so as to fill the requisition tor twenty-one regiments, let not the loyal people of any county limit their exertions to the enlistment of the companies named. Our heroic sons of Pennsylvania have moistened every battle-field with their blood ; tliousarids have bravely died de fending the unity of the Republic and the sanctity of our flag, and other thous ands have fallen sick and wounded, and their places must be filled. Freemen of Pennsylvania ! Friends of government, of order, and of our common nationality ! One earnest struggle, and peace will again dawn upon us a happy, prosperous and united people. . By the Governor. Eli Slifer, Secretary ofjhe Commonwealth. SCHEDULE OF APPORTIONMENTS. Adams, 2 companies ; Allegheny, 15; Arm strong, 1; Beaver, 2; Bedford, 2 Berks, C ; Blair, 2; Bradford, 5; Bucks, 5; Butler, Sj Cambria, 2 ; Carbon, 2; Chester; 6; Centre, 2; Clarion and Forest, 2 ; Clinton, 1 ; Clearfield, 1 ; Columbia, 1 ; Crawford, 2 ; Cumberland, 2 ; Dauphin, 5 ; Delaware, 2 j Erie, i ; Elk and M'Kean, 1 ; Fajette, I ; Franklin &d Ful ton, 5 r Gveene, 1 ; Huntingdon, 2 ; Indiana, 2; Jefferson, 1; Juniata, 1; Lancaster, 8; Lawrence, 2; Lebanon, 2; Lehigh, 2; Lu zerne, 7 ; Lycoming, 8 ; Mercer, Mifflin, 1 Monroe and Pike, 1 j Montgomery, 5 ; Mon tour, 1 ; Norchampton, 3; Northumberland, 2; Perry, 1; Philadelphia, 50 ; Potter, 1; Sny der, 1 ; Schuylkill, 5 ; Somerset, 2 ; Sullivan and Wyoming, 1 ; Susquehanna, 2 ; Tioga, 3 ; Union, 1; Venango, 1; Warren, 2; Westmore land, 3 ; York, 3. Tbe People's Resolutions. The following are the patriotic and high-toned resolutions adopted by the People's State Convention, at IIarrisburg, on Thursday of last wfeek. They consti tute a Platform long enough and broad enough for every true friend of the Union and the Constitution to stand upon and do battle for. Read them carefully : Jlesolced, That the convention, repre senting, as it does the loyal citizens of Pennsylvania without distinction of party, re-affirms the sentiments embodied in the resolution adopted at a meeting of the loyal members of Congress at the national capital, July 12th, 18G2, viz : "That we hold it to be the duty of all loyal men to stand by the Union in this hour of its trial j to unite their hearts and hands in earnest, patriotic efforts for its maintenance against those who . are in arms against it; to sustain with deter mined resolution our patriotic President and his administration in their energetic efforts for the prosecution of the war and the preservation of the Union at home or abroad ; to punish traitors and treason with fitting severity, and to crush the present wicked and causeless rebellion, so that no flag of disunion shall ever again be raised over any portion of the Republic ; that to this end we invite the co-operation of all men, who love their country in an endeavor to rekindle throughout all the laud such a patriotic fire as shall utterly consume all who strike at tin; Union of our fathers, and all who sympathise with their treason or palliate thir guilt." Resolced, That we have continued con fidence in the honesty, capacity and pat riotism of President Lincoln aud his con stitutional advisers ; that we approve the principles on which his policy, both foreign and domestic, have beeu conduc ted; that wc sanction and sustain all the measures which be has found it necessary to adopt to guard the government against the assaults of traitors, their sympathizers and abettors ; and that we esteem it em inently fortunate that in this most trying crisis of our cherished Union, we have at the helm of public aflairs one so upright, temperate, prudent and firm as he has proved himself to be. Resolved, That we cordially approve of the administration of Andrew G. Curtin, Governor. of this Commonwealth, marked, as it has been, by extraordinary vigor in the discharge of all public duties, by un tiring zeal in the cause of the country, and especially in recruiting forces for the national army, by enlarged and liberal care for the sick and wounded soldiers of the army of the state, by a wiso and pru dent economy in the expenditures of the funds in his care, and by the unsparing devotedness of all its members, and in particular of the Governor himself, to the constant, harrassing, complicated and novel labors which the exigencies of the great rebellion Lave imposed. Resolved, That we acknowledge but two divisions of the people of the United States in this crisis : those who are loyal to its constitution and every inch of its soil, and are ready to make every sacrifice for the integrity of the Union, and main tenance of civil liberty within it, and those who openly or covertly endeavor to sever our country, or to yield to the inso lent demands of its enemies ; that we fra ternize with the former, and detest the latter; and that, forgetting all former party names and distinctions, we call upon all patriotic citizens to rally for one un divided country, one flag, one destiny. Resolved, That the government of the United States and its people, with an oc casional exception among the reckless inhabitants where this rebellion was fos tered, have wisely and studiously avoided all interference with the concerns of other nations, asking, and usually enjoying, alike, non-interference with their own, and that such is, aud should continue to be, its policy ; that the iutimations of a con templated departure from this sound rule of conduct on the part of some of the nations of Europe, by an intervention in our present, is as unjust to them as it would be to us and to the great principles for which we are contending ; but we assure them, with a solemnity of convic tion which admits of no distrust or fear, and from a knowledge of and a firm reli ance upon the spirit and fortitude of twenty millions of freemen, that any attempt thus to intervene will meet a resistance unpar alleled in its forie, unconquerable in its persistence, and fatal to those whom it is intended to aid ; and that it will tend only to strengthen and elevate the republic. Resolved, That the skill, bravery and eudurance exhibited by our army and navy have elicited our admiration and gratitude ; that we behold in these qual ities the assurances of 6uro and speedy success to our arms, and of rout and dis comfiture to the rebels ; that we urge the government to aid and strengthen them by all the means in its power, and care fully to provide for sick, wounded and disabled soldiert and their families ; to proeecut the war with increased vigor J and energy, until rebellion is uUC;! crushed, the integrity ot the Union ia its borders restored, and every rebel red uced to submission, or driven from the land, and that to accomplish these ends pledge to our rulers our faith, our fortune and our lives. Resolved, That the course of the Hon David Wilmot, in the United States Sea! ate, is manly, consistent and eminently patriotic, and we hereby endorse him u true and faithful representatives of tb loyal people of this State. Col. John W. Forney arose, and spott to the resolutions aa follows : What voter, what Democrat, who lost a brother or a friend in the army, will not, when the argument is put to him, tee the proprioty of these resolutions ? Ia the battle of Red Rank, in 1777, a re. . iment of Rhodo Island blacks reached the ground in time, and turned the fortune! of the day ; and Andrew Jackson called en the free blacks of Louisiana for the de fence of that Territory, and by their Ira very victory was won. Do not be afraid, gentlemen, of being called Abolitionists. The only Abolitionists to-day the only practical Abolitionists are the reUlg themselves. They have set more slaves free than ten thousand Genral Huntca could have done. We did not begin tht rebellion. Edward Everett, at Albany, in 18G0, when making a speech, said to the Democratic party, "Gentlemen, you hare a majority. Unite come together, and you will beat us. If not Mr. Lincoln will be elected, and you must take the conse quences." The Democratic party produced this state of things for their own aims, and they desired it. The great object of the Democratic party, fellow-citizens, is scarce ly to be concealed. I say the Democratic party, be.cause they insist upon calling themselves such. They desire a peace, and in order to eflect that peace and to degrade us, they are trying to divide the Northern people. They are for uni ting the South and dividing us. This ij their object, and what a peace it will le! Does any man suppose that such a peace would end the war? The first attempt would be to throw Pennsylvania into the arms of the South as was Wm. R. Reed'g plan. Then there is Fernando Wood's idea of making New York city a great free city. Then California would seceJe; Oregon would secede, and the great West would finally secede, and in this Secession do you not suppose that there would be an internal war ? A war of section? Such a war as the world has never seen. Can it be supposed for a moment that a man, looking at the probability of thiDgs, does not see them as I do ? Hence it is that the republican party de serves all honor for the manner iu which, it has deported itself in this struggle It was God's providence that a Republican President was elected in eighteen pixtj. I have seen so much duplicity under the head of democracy ; I have seen 8" much falsehood, such an utter disregard of the most solemn oaths and obligation ; I have seen a ruined country as the legacy of that party, "that when Mr. Lincoln was elected President, I hailed it because I knew he had no record to fall back on. His hands were clean. He was clear of the taint of Southern traitors. I hope these resolutions before us will be unan imously adopted. What is to be hoped is unity among ourselves. If we cannot harmonize, the battle must go against us. If the friends of the Administration and the war cannot come together as onemau, the Rreckinr'dgers must triumph in the coming electiou, and your House jf Rep resentatives will be turned against us, and our President will be harmless, .so far as the exercise of power is concerned. We can afiord to lav sside the name of Repub licans, Americans, and Democrats, and remember only the Republic. It may be though I trust in God it is not so it may be that we shall never have a united country again ; and, gentlemen, the only way to secure such a country is for our selves to be united. We will publish Col. Forney's able and patriotic speech entire next week. We had intended laying the remarks of Hon. John C. Knox, upou the occasion of his assuming the duties of Presiding Officer of the Convention, before our readers in this issue, but our space will not allow. We will try and print theia in our next. Postage Stamps a LeoalTe.nder. The news that Post-Office stamps hart been enacted into "currency" by Congress is received everywhere with satisfaction. It will give the coup de peace at once tor any scheme for flooding the country with worthless "Shinplasters," and likewise go far to remedy the present inconvenien ces arising from a scarcity of sniaU change. X53-Maj. General Hallcck has beea ordered to report at Washington, where, it is said, he will be entrusted with im portant duties probably the command-in chief of all the Federal forces. B. The nominations of the Loco-Foco party of th'u State are as follows : Audi tor General, Isaac Slenker, of Uuion coun ty ; Surveyor General, James P. litr, of Allegheny county Bv, Everything has been rwnartaUj quiet before Richmond daring the wee past, and the health of our troops is tK' idly improving. Large and enthusiastic war mff j ings were held ia New York, Ilarriebu and Pittsburg last week.
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