11V £©. W. BO\YKA.\. NEW SERIES. Select ft C C t l* 11. TOICII -NOT THAT COWL. Star, stay thy hand, touch not that how], It lias an adder's sting, 'Tis ruin to t h ' immortal soul,' 'Twill want and misery bring: tVhilst health is hounding through thy veittf, And youth's hiuh hopes are thine; Whilst peace within thy bosom reigns, Look not upon the wine. The wiim-cup I ke a serpent blinds And charms it- victim's eyes, Till chained beneath its power, tie finds A demon in disguise : "sheulJst thou its fair allurements pass, As poison from them shrink; Remember that a single glass .May prove a fatal drink! "i'vvil! rob tliee ot an honored name, ltestrov thy sense of right, And o.er the h'gh born dreams of fame, "Twill cast a withering blight: 'Twill sear ttie heart and -teal thy brain, Twill cloud life's prospects fair. Ai d drag thee bound in slavish chains, To madness and despair. "Twill brand upon thy open brow The drunkard's hated name, Til! those who fondly love thee now, V. ill pass thee by in shame. Then stay thy hand, touch not that bowl, Nor bow tie lore it- sinne. Whilst honor dwells within thy soul, Take not the sparkling wine. ""plieEiis OF THE IPciiiocraJie Conversion. feruLisiiito n v .tr'f-KoKrrv or ihi: convkntios.] HALL or THE HOUSE, U ark l-ft i:kg, March *2d, IBj7. The Convention was called to ordet at 10 o'clock A. M. bv Col. John VV. Foknev, Chair man ol the Democratic State Committee. He said : Gentlemen of the Convention : The day and the hour having arrived iorthe meeting of the representatives of tire Democratic party oi Pennsylvania, and in fulfilment ol ilie duty de volved upon the chairman of the Democratic v ute Committee, J beg, before proceeding to tr.e irn tried Lite work of organization* to say a few words. Less than two years ago, the De mocracy of Pennsylvania assembled in this iv.ill, and through tie ir regularly chosen dele gates, placed hi nomination the distinguished statesman of Pennsylvania, Mr. Buchanan, as their candidate fur the Presidency. That was a body of rare aliilit v* and character, lis pro ceedings, so harmonious, so emphatic, 'and so enthusiastic, struck a responsive chord in the tojitilat heart in every Slate ; and when the : cinnati Convention subsequently assem bled, the choice of old Democratic Pennsylva i:,t: came als > tlie choice of the Democracy oi ■tie Union. We won that nomination, gentle n.e:), hecattse we presented a statesman of rtpe s;-eri< nee and ability, and because we evaded to issue, and slin ked no responsibility. Our t;r md was bold! v taken, and was profoundiy national, orthodox and constitutional, in the -it struggle which ensued, everv true Dt'mo at, every true national Whig, acted like a he it mil after the victory was won, our proud i-t was that old Pennsylvania not only .;•! Ifie triumphant column, but shielded arid ov>d the federal Union. Gentlemen, evety ti-u.g in this memorable fight told us ami taught i the value, first of sou ml principles, and al ■ of Democratic uag* s : fr how can the ae be carried into slice* ->ful operation if regu !. monitions ate to be openly disregarded, ' -acred usages allowed to grow into disuse ' '■••atleinen, vou have some most important do 's lodischarge, (live us good tir minations fin havt-rt.or and for State OHirers, assert great iiti. ipi- s w ithout fear, declare your unfalter faith in vour organization, end you will •in your labors with the happotst auspices, p-n a new era of radical and honest as : ii-ticy of the Democratic party of Pennsyl vania. Our immortal creed is never so strong i the hearts of the people, as u tun it is boldly ••■fended and honestiv represented. Our most ardent, firs t feeling should be fidelity to liu% c>l i. It is a holy duty for a Democrat to be !f ue to it at all times, and under w hatever cir ' -'arices ( f doubt or of gloom. In this spir- have been victorious in the past, and by ' Gag it we can alone be respected in the Gbi:.. j no , v a waii your nomination fur urman of the Democratic State Copveatidn. • • at applause. J Mr. Cessna moved that the list of delegates "t'di 'd over, and t!;at those present answer to '"names, which motion was agreed to. and nei-gates appeared and look their seats. Mr. Plutner moved t hat the chairman appoint f'-ison fiom each Senatorial District to se ''' 'itfic-rs for the permanent organization of 1f "- Convention. Mr. Cessna moved to amend the motion by I '' ng that the delegates from each Senato •J' district select the members ol the Commit tee. Tie amendment and the original motion were "-ed by Messrs. Plunrier, Cessna, McDou '• ■ ( jrrigan, Schnable and others, w hen the a "' nnrnent was adopted, and the resolution asa l!i"Mded was adopted. Mr. Siiannon moved that the Convention pro " 'o f ' Cide tlie contested seats fromthe 1 Ith ! Uth Senatorial districts, which motion w as a greed to, Mr. Saosom moved that each contestant be 1 permitted to occupy fifteen minutes in address ing the Convention, either in person or by proxy, in explanation of his case, which was a greed to. f The first case considered was that'of .Mr. An- 1 derson, of York county, who contested the seat of Mr. Sinvs^f. Mr. Ander&hj proceeded t > state that he was the regular Senatorial delegare from York county, and presented thy. proceedings of the County-Convention which appointed him in , substantiation of his claim, which proceedings ' were read. Mr. McKinney, hv Mr. McDowell, moved tnat Mr. Anderson he admitted to a seat i in this Convention. Mr. Sinyser, in reply to Mr. And :son, said, that he appeared hereunder p-culiar cirtum staoces: that he had stood in this hail, with pe culiar feelings,during the election of a United States Senator, last January. He remembered j the indignation with which the intelligence had ' been received in York county, that the Democ racy had been betrayed by one of its r-pr- en- : tatives, who had sold himself to the enemies of i tlie Democratic, party, and joined with the Re publicans in the election of Cmera! Cameron, i He then presented the follow ing doCturient sign- ; rd by sixty-eight out of the seventy-eight dele- 1 gates in the county Contention, addressed to the ; State Convention, in explanation of his position, together with the proceedings of a county meet ing in \ rk vounty. The document was r ad, a> follows : Jo the Democratic State Convention to as semble at Ifiriisuurg, on the 2d of .\lnrch, Wo7: The undersigned del- gates to the last D-mo cratic County Convention, (which appointed delegates to the State Con vent iop,) do fully and heartily concur in, and approve of, the r- solu t: >ns unanimously adopted hv tiie Democracy : York county, at the public meeting held in ill borough wt York, on Saturday, January 17. 1S")7, which resolutions condemn the course of tqe traitor Samm-I Maneai, in the recent Sena torial election, ard revoke the ap:. ifitment of James M. Anderson as the Senatorial Dele gate from York county to your Convention.— IV e also fully and entirely approve of the ap pointment of Major Charles ,M. Smvser, as tin Senatorial delegate, in p'ace of said James .71. Anderson. The following resolutions adopted by tlx count v meeting of York county w ere also read Resolved, That the open boast of James M Anderson, of Carroll townshij . that tie had tin entire control of Mannar, and \ot refused toex ert his influ-rrce to <ave the | art v from betray a). although at Harrisburg, has forfeited the con fi-lence of the Democratic party. Resolved, Thsft the Democratic part v of Yorl county, now assembled in county meeting hereby revoke the appointment <.' James Anderson, as Senatorial Delegate to the Stat. Convention, which assembles on the 7 ! o Match n--\'. and appoint Major Charles M Smyser, of Y rk borough, in his stead. A similar paper also addressed to the State Convention, signed by H'i out f the -50 mem bers of the Democratic county committee, ap pointed hv the county conventi n, which ap pointed James M. Anderson, was also read, concurring in the appointment of Mr. Smvser, and revoking that of Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson replied hv saving that the on venti u had heard the charge against lim, and lie thought it hut fair that he should explain.— tie said that in tie- meeting referred to, which had revoked his appointment, not a word had been said against him, nor was it known that a ny chargi * were to he made against him, until the resolutions were read, lie > rom>uneed the charges made against him in Ihe resolutions as false, and tie* men who made them as malicious falsifiers. H" said that tie- s'lil-'ir;- r t which he had published explained ev.-r\thing, but the newspapers of Yoik county liad, with two ex ceptions, refus-d to pnhli-h it. He asked that that statement be read, which was done. (The statement is too long to he inserted her,-.) Mr. Smvser presented a I- tter from Henry C. Strornan, Chairman ol the committee on r- - oiu'ions in the meeting referred to, in York county, in reply t the statement of ;\lr. Ander son, which was read. The question then being upon the motion to admit Mr. An iefson as Senatorial delegate, Mr. hinri.-av moved to amend bv inserting the name of Mr. Sn vser as the Senatorial del- z de, instead -if Mr. Anderson. Mr. McDowell proceeded to address the Con vention on the motion at some length, in ih fenre of Mr. Anderson's position. Mr. SchnaheJ said that there was 1 ut one sov ereignty in this country, and that sovereignty was the people. Mr. A ndelvill stood h--|e a lor.e—sixtv-eight out of the s-ventv- ix living delegates who had appointed hirn, now repudia ted him, and he was here without a constituen cy. He believed that no man had a light to throe himself into a representative positi n in this coiintr v, and he carried hi- >• !ie| so far that he would say Manear had no right to represent York county in this House. He, (Man-ar. had betrayed that county, and I.is action ought not hind its peoj !e. He had nothing to say a gainst Mr. Anderson personally, but the people of York county did not want him to r> present them in this Convention. That fact was appa rent. lie was sorrv that he had consumed so much of the time of the Convention in replying to the case stated by the oentk man from H'uir, (Mr. McDowell.) It was bringing out a whole park of artillery to shoot a torn-tit. Tin- amendment admitting Mr. Smvser was adopted, and the motion as amended was adop ted. The committee on permanent organizati in having returned, the Convention was called to order. Mr. James, of Warren, chairman of the committee, then announced, as President, for the permanent organization ol the Convention, Col. Philip Johnson, of Northampton. FRIDAY MORNING, BEKOKD, PA. MARCH 13, 1837. Mr. Johnson, on takincr j)j 3 addressed the Convention as follows: GiMflcmen of the Convention : Unexpectedly called upon to preside over your deliberations, 1 hnye first to thank you for ] the honor, for such I, in truth, esteem it. 1 o be a delegate from Northampton, humbly representing in part the Democracy of that good old county upon the floor of this Conven • was the height of my ambition. But at the lime when the Democratic party occupies the proud position she now occupies before thy oatnm and the world—upon the very eve of j j the inauguration m Pennsylvania President j j elected bv the Pennsylvania Democrat v, ns-dst- | ed, of course, by the Democracy of other States, : to !>e railed, as 1 am, without anv action of my ! own, as you all know, to preside over a Con : vent inn of the Demociacv of Pennsylvania, 1 I regard as an honor f.r which I am una It* to ! finJ words adequate to express mv m st sincere am! heartfelt 1 hanks; and I am fotced to be | iieve, gentlemen, that this high con.jdiment was : intended by you more fur the stern Democracy i of my go al old county, than any j-r.-otidl merit j of my own. ! ' •' important Ims ness to be transacted bv | this Conveiiti -n. renders iriv j .-ition in a high degree response ie and delicate. J,; t!,e ciis j charge of the duties < f that position ' si.ail have Ito claim, at ymi h.ands, that indulgence t< - : wards tlie chair, that von would have tim chair | extend tow ard you. J v\ ill not undertake to enlarge upon the itnpoitance of our duties, fir tlie reason that since 1 have mingled among you f have |jre made fully aware ti nt all of von feel as deeply that responsibility as 1 do, and that you need no exhortations from me. j shall discharge Die duties vur partiality lias imposed upon ti.e to t fie best of my ability ; and as 1 am aware tliat ir.cnv i*i you ait* anxious to get through \v:t the [insult ssof the Cunveinir.n, so that you n a- j in iu thai cortege which will so * .-.on welcome the favoiitn son of Pennsylva nia to (lie Presidential tbsirj 3 will detain you no l inger. (~ n?:• r: n, I again tDank vou fur the honor vou have conferred upon tie*. On rrotion, Die President was directed to np p 'int a committee • f seven to draft resohilions expressive oh the sense of the Conventi m. The ('(invention tlien, on moti >n, n>i; nirned until hail past two o'clock this afternoou. [ft•■moon Session. Tin* President called t! e Convention to order at half-past t wo o'clot k. The Chairman announced the folic. wing com mittee on resolutions. Me-srs. Siianon, Buckalew, tVnrkman, W.st cott, C'uirigan, Shritier and Bonsai!. COVEKNOB. Mr, McDowell moved that the Convention • proceed to imininate c andidates to he balloted tor for nomination tor C ivernor. Air. \*iiaiie'i ir ovi i to add Judges of the Supreme Coin! and C.inai C unit issj tier, which was adopted, and the motion as amended was agreed fo. 1 iie notntnati ms were then mad f Erenin g Sc.s•ion. Tlie President called the Convention to order, at 8i ri'cjc !;. The Convention proceeded to the fifteenth ballot, with the t.d. iwing result. 1 Packer, had +7 votes. Witte, 40 " Black, . 32 " Hopkins, u IT " Before proceeding to the sixteenth ballot, Mr. (os.sn? moved tha' in each succeeding lulu/ after two, the lowest candidate upon tin* list should be dropped, and so on until tile nomina tion i.-, made. .Mr. IV ha I Inn o! jected fo this nation. Tt was dej acting from trie established usages of Die party. Mr. Cessna siid !;•■ did not know that In* should vote for the motion himself, fie made ;t lot the pnrjv of geltmg an expression of o | mi n from the members of the Convention, it was but rigid that the lungs of the Secrelari. s should rest and tin •• * of the incmbirs i • exer cised. li the n. 'iien was adopted, our of the prominent c n iidafes must 1 e nominated, and he thought this was right. One of these de served a nomination, and two or three ballots more would, under the moti>n, decide who should be the Democratic nominee. There was no hard feeling existing, and he wanted none to exist. Anv one <>i tlmse men would, !;•.■ thought, be accepta' le to Die party, and a nom ination ought to lie made. It, however, tin* Convention were not ready i r the motion yet, he would withdraw i' for the present, but he wanted to hear further from his colleagues. .Mr. \\ ballon opposed the motion. Mr. M. Dowel! moved to amend by insetting after the "lOlii" ball't instead of the '*2 d." Mr. Lindsay moved to postpone tlie motion, with the amendment, for the present, which was agreed to. 2 Jth BALLOT. Hep. Packer bad Cf? votes. Win. H. U'itte " 51 votes. Samuel W. Black " I I votes. Air. Packer having received a majority oi all the votes was declared lo be nominated; when his nomi nation was unanimously contirmed. SUPREME JUDGE. The convention then proceeded to nominate can didates for Supreme Judge. 2d BALLOT. Hon. F.l!i# Lewis ha I 73 votes. Hon. Wm. Strong " -17 votes. Hon. S. Hepburn " P- votes. The nomination of Judge Lewis was then unani mously confirmed. CANAL COMMISSIONER. The convention then proceeded to nominate can didates lor Canal Commissioner. 2d BALLOT. Hon. Nimrod Strickland hail S8 votes. ! Hon. David Laury " 32 votes. Joseph Clark, Esq. '• J votes. On motion the norrririati</n of Mr. Strickland | was unanimously confirmed, i On motion of .Mr. Cessna tho communication Freedom of TKfligkt and Opinion. - '! f 1 felativf to Judge Lewis was ordered to he read ; wd printed in the proceeding of' the Coaveii- as follows : . B. Phit.ai rt.r-iiia, Feb 29, FSh7. •5/ (*i-lean D. H'e'sicoil, una others, Delegates from Philadelphia to State Convention : i j j(K.\TLi:.MKx : —The undersigned, member* of jfhe bar ol Pfiilad.dphia, address von as delegates lot the Convention which meets at HarrFburg oti the second of .Match, to nominate a candi uMeforthe Sttpterne Bench, on the expiration # ® ttdge Lewis's term. We wish to be under f fed as writing t! ;s letter w iih no reference, ! P -iect or indirect, to patty politics, but from a of duty to the public and the cause of the uifnbtnst! .itioti of the law it; which, as profes sional men, we are deepfr interested. We are desirous that Judge Lewis should be renomina tes by hi> political !beads. Since he has been known to us as a Judge, he has commanded r sjyct by his learning and ability, anil concilia- j tc-fi the regutd t.i'us all i v his uniform court* sy a:ld kir. liiess oi'deporfrr.etit. This is, we 1,.- : li 've, the unanimous sentiment of this bar.— His nomination and election will give general satisfaction hum these personal considerations : a lbue. Hut tii' re are others of'still greater import which We take the liberty of suggesting to \uu. i'lje i sta ility of an elective judiciary can on- : lye t urret'ed ! y tin- proof that a re-election ■ can alwnihe counr.iinii. il hv good conduit ; ; and that the people will riot change their J ! - •'/< - m rely 1 r sake of change. In the . care al the tirst vAiancy which occurred hv ru tau it; on the hem-it, the incuird > nt w as w ithent tli>eiit M-non.irated, and wi hont ditiicnltv re- , ejected. This was tile case 111 Judge black, 1 wlm-s- original term was the shot test, being hut I t three wars. Judge Lewis's term of six i years is now expiring, and we shall be much kgrati.'i I, it bv hi* political hit-mis a! least the salpe rule can apply to him. Jo thus addressing v u, we earnestly disclaim i any intention to intn h- ;>nr conns- ! on \ oil, or the Conveiiti ;ii of which you are a member.— Willi trie parti ye.i represent, some of us have , note or.tieciiou. Hut as citizens and lawyers, uy fee! we are i'dtig at! act of simple justice I •ji in ••-{ ni"i itoi inns public officer, by bringing 111 ip matter to xotrr view. {Sign dby sixty Lawyers, which comprise j marly the entire Parol Philadelphia.] S con J Da if. H.\nr. untrue, March .3, IS 57. '! he President called the Convention to order ;it 9 o'c! >ck. .Mr. C< -sua ofTereJ the following resolution which wa- unanin • usiv adopted. ii •■■■■< yd, That the thanks of the Convention - a;*- b< •rv gemier. b to the President, fur the atne, dignifie-i, and impartial manner iu which he lias pr-si<!*-d over our deliberation*. . mn in, ; Mai i u— < '§mmittee i res ■ lutiurrsa re; .r'edthe I'dloiving: je'Su/'iSI..,;!, a.-, r. !-resent al i ves of the gr. ;>t i ar'.v found. -I bv Mr. Jeii'erson, we salute our political brethren ci the other States vvitii I congratulations upon the auspicious and just '• result - f the recent Presidential ejection, arbie- • led fjy oar m , d e;.'.rls and sacrifices, (with ■ the did o/|>a!'i- 'ic. m.-n here! fore attached to! other p ditical h-odi-s.l ami necessary, as webe • i p ve, to the honor and pn sp-i ity of our con iron c entry, and the continuance amongst us of to-- blessings of good goverr:ineiit. It -olee.d, That the course of recefit political action in the American I'ni n has i learly shown the usefulm s< and necessitv of our part v, as a great co: s -rvative oi ganizut Dn, able to resist and put down extreme and imprai ticable theo- j ri"s of govt -1. i: rll and social order: to pre- | s.-rv. the (' iti- mil compact between the N ' ihs !; en louse and dangerous constructions, as well as open vi ' .lion ; to hold in check the passion;, of Toe country when directed hv local excitemef ' or other cause, against fundamental | ints ofour political *y>tem, and to preserve to ot.-. elves, and to tiiose who conie after us. 'the rich ;mi invaluable legacy of free and weljdordered institutims established by our fathers. it- -oh'- /, T. .' to the e.\id--i:ce and efiici li es - f our parti. a. herep.ee to its rules and usa ges- is essential, and that right reason and expe rience prove that without such adherence, di vision, disaster and def.at are inevitable; all departures, therel re. from our party laws, in State or local act ion, are to be deprecated and resisted as evidently fraught with elements of j danger, injury am! ev-ntual destruction. I\ n!v> /, That on behalf of the Pennsylva nia Do iiociocv, in addition to the re-nt'irmance of out past put 'iples an-.i policy, we announce , as rules for our future action, the limitation of public expenditures to u oderate and necessary outlays; the sparing and careful giants of cor- ' porate powei ; the enactment of laws in obedi enceto public opinion, lather than in advance or in r attempt of it : occasional and prudent amendments of the o'm> ! itutl-m as experience may demonstrate them t•> he necessary to the welfkre ant pi f. ction of the people: th.e en couragement of virtue ami intelligence as the ' main supports of our i litical system : th.e rigid accountability of public servants, and the culti vation i.f just an.icable relations with our sister States, without subserviency to the passions or; policy of any of them, but with a frank conces sion of the constitutional and equal rights of each. These are grounds upon which, as heretofore, ve prop •* t-> maintain the char acter oi'ur Common wealth, as a free, power ful and illustrious member of tiie American 1 - nion. Resolved, That we recommend to the sup port of the people the candidates nominated !>y this Convention as men of character and ex perience, well qualified' far the posts to which they have been respectively named, in the full assurance that if ejected, they will discharge lln-irofficial duties wbh intelligence, fidelity; and success. Resolve I, That we congratulate the Demo- j rty ar:J the country upon the triumph- j j ant election of James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge, to the Presidency and Vice Pres , idency of the f.'nited States; and that in view ■ ol the whole political history ot Mr. Buchanan, rendered memorable by his steady and patrotic i aiiherence to (lie Constitution and to the max ims of its fathers, we, the representatives of (he Democratic party of tie* Stale, in full Con vention assembled, do most confidently pledge to our brethren of the l 7 nion, a wise, conserva tive and constitutional adminhtrat; n of the • government, under the guidance of" the first ; Pennsylvania President. R-soiv.-d, That in tire late proceedings ivliich j resulted in the election of binion Cameron to; the United Stat'-s Senate, the opposition to our! party openlv and shamelessly exhibited their; lack of high principles of honor, their contempt I !>-r .he Un >w n sentiments < t the people, and ill. ir tiller disregard of the character of the j • State ; and, together with the three njxistates ! from our own party, by whose aid the result; was aci'-uiplisli <l, should he everywhere tie- j nounced by ail men of virtue and honor. Mi. Schnahei moved that the resolutions, as ; j read, he adopted. Mr. C- sstia n nVi J to amend by adding the j : follow ino r< s ilution : Rejoiced, That the thanks of the Democracy j iof Pennsylvania are due and hereby tendered j I to Col. John VY. I'orney lor tin ability, em igy | and consummate tict exhibited hv him in (lie; ; discharge of the oireTous duties which tie vol v-j "d upon him, in toe late political struggle, as ; ; Chairman of our State Central Committee : and j although d lea ted for United States Senai i by . the basest treachery, he still occupies an emi- ■ ; m-nt position in the great heart of the Keystone : Democracy. Mr. Hunter said he hoped the resolutions, as reported hi the Committee, iv. aid be adopted, and Tdr. Cessna's amendment be acted upon j alone. i he amendment of Mr. Cessna was agreed to, and the resolutions were then u-.aniirous.lv a ; iiopteii. Mr. Cessna then offered the fallowing r- sulu : tion : li ; solved, That the Slate Committee he, and : it hereby is, empowered to (ill any i icancv that j may occm- in the Democratic ticket, and make • ; any numinations which may heroine neevssa-| . rv by (he d* ath or resignation of any of our pre sent candidates. .Mr. C -stia said that he did thi- to ascertain i opinion of'th- Convention up- n a coutin- i gency wtiich miglit arise. Mr. Clover moved to amend hv adding that ! in cas of a vacancy jv>n the ticket, the Slate' committee have the right to re-assemble the ; State Convention to fill such vacancy. M;. James said lie t oiifidered tins m t inn on- ; necessary. ihe State Committee now had the right p; posed to be granted to if. He, there i e. v-d to ] -stpi e.e the motion and amend ment for tln* present. Mr. Cessna opposed the motion to post- j pone. - .Mr. Shannon spoke in opposition to the orig inal motion. The discussion was continued bv Messrs. I Jane s, Sturgeon, Schnahei and Smvser, in favor I of the motion to postpone. Mr. Cessna then withdrew the motion. The Committee to wait upon the nominee for j Governor here entered the Hall, and Mr. .VlcDowei said ■ Mr. President : In be half of the Committee. I have the honor to pre sent to you, and to this Convention, Gen. Win. Ik Packer, the Democratic candidate lor Gover nor of Pennsylvania. Gen. Packer then said ; Mr. President and members of the Conven tion : —For me to say to you and through von to tlie people whom you represent, that J am i •_rat In! i the high how r conh r: .-d upon me, j would be but a small evidence of mv gratitude. ; To tv> selected unii*-r any circumstances as the j candidate of the Democratic party is an honor, but it is peculiarly so tome now, when I have ' been brought in contact with some of the most j distinguished men in the Common wealth, and ' your kind partiality has s-lected me over! them. But, gentlemen, the distinction which I feel ' most is that I am chosen to bear the standard of Democracy. That fanner is one that 1 love ; and revere. Tt bears insci ibed upon it the car- j dinal princij !cs ofour party ami our country : ; LiD-rt y and equality. It is the standard of! freed-m, and beneath it? broad folds every man \ may rest in security, and setv- Ids God accord- 1 ir.g to the dictates of his conscience. That ban- t ner has waved through many a hard fought con-' test, and it lias never yet been dishonored ; and, gentlemen, my efforts shall always tie given to j its support. We have just elevated a Pennsy 1 vanian to J the highest otlice in the world, and to-morrow! he enters upon the discharge oi his official tin— ] ties. Shall the burning shame he fixed upon | Pennsylvania, n-xt fall, that it failed to sustain,' triumphantly, his administration ? No, gentle- j men, I tin not believe our State can lie swerved from her proud position. For myself, 1 -hall go into this contest with all my heart, am! labor ' ardently and untiringly for the success of i;;. great Democratic party. Gentlemen, again I thank von for the dis tinguished honor you have conferred upon ! me. •Mr. Clover offered the following resolu tion : Resolved, That the next State Convention nr the nomination of officers for IS9S, meet on the 4-th day of July, ISJkS. Mr. Bumbo moved to amend by inserting Phil adelphia as the place of meeting. Mr. Buckalew moved to postpone the resolu tion for the present, which was- agreed to. Mr. Schnabel, was loudly called upon to ad dress tin* Convention, but he declined, and pro ; mi.sed the Convention that he would visit every I district represented upon the floor during the t l coming campaign. i .Mr. Buckalew was also enthusiastically call-[ TE2S3ES, S3 FKR YEAR. VOL XXV. NO. 28. eii upon but excused himself f. m;i speaking. The Convention then o: j >urned 4ie die. The .\cgrops in Africa. The Boston Post says— We are peirr.itted to make the sut joined extract fiorn a letter written by an oflicer of the I". States Navy to a l'riend in this city. 'The writer is a son of a distin guished Senator from one of the New England States. The letter is written from aboard the IT.1 T . S. ship St. Louis,and dated Oct. 15, IS5(>, at "Little Fish Bay, West Coast 1 Africa:"— "There is very little vari ■ eiy upon thi-cast. 'Niggers:' slaves! nig : gers ' is the cry. This town is like most olh i er places upon the coast, made up of a few peo ple, ciih'l white, and a crowd, a mass of miser able, filthy, worthh ss, indolent (niggers) na | lives, lit haries Summer, Jack Hale, or any jotlierserisihien.au wisii-.s or is willing to by permanently cored ol his n-ock philanthropy j and sickly sentimentality in regard to the uni j versa! negro race he lias only to take a six months cruise upon the coast of Africa. If ; that v/til n it cure him, and convince him that : his sympathy for the three and a half millions | ot the happiest negroes on tise 1 lite ol the earth is misplaced, then J have • nly to say, ire is past ' hope and past cure. "As 1 live, !d > n ! . lirve there is one ne gro in one then- !■; up n the coast of Africa ! who is as well off, morally, physically, orsoci j ally, as the worst abused slave in the United States. Slavery in r•• is slavery indeed, and of the rr.ost 1 ■ rihie kind. Cruelty practiced here ! v olack slave owm :s, is heart-rending to vvit rte.-s. Some chiefs (lack) own thousands— j they sell or kill them at pleasure. Ninety-nine 1 of every hundred negroes, slaves or lree, even lin low ns v. ,uhi gladlv exchange their condition with tiie meanest, most ill-treated slave in the Uni ti. It is impossible to picture the misera ble condition ol the native African upon his vn so:!. Civilization, or even partial cul ture, whli t.,u.ass i . natives, is indeed so per fectly absurd, t! ,r it <:•••••.* not admit of a thought. • The combined elicits ola million competent, honest, industrious, persevering philanthropists: with millions of money yearly expended to the best possible advantage ior a million ol years, ; would not develop one hundred native Africans who would he of any account to the world at large. So much lor 'niggers. 1 Having seen ; our negroes at home in our Southern States, and i having seen them here, ] regard the 'institution' I as it exists there as a ! nign, nay, heavenly in ' sUlulion, and our Southern brethren deserve the thanks of the whole Christian world, for having ameliorated, in such striking contrast | with their brethren here, three and a half mil— j lions of negroes. You. may imagine that, although never a Democrat, J pray for the election of Mr. Bu chanan, and mainly because upon this negro 1 cues!ion the democratic partv is right." I L? 'The English papers have accounts from Norway, which give a painful picture of the suffering of the inhabitants of Lapland and Fin , mark, borderii g on the North Cape of Norway. Owing to a failure of the crops, the inhabitants ' are in a state of starvation. "Hundr-'ds are dying daily, and the living i are compelled to subsist as they best can. on the bark of trees, ground and cooked with oats. : In order to alleviate these sufierings, charita ble committees have been organized on the op p 'site coasts of the Gulf of Bothnia, to collect c ntsibnts in kind, such as corn, Hour, vege tables and spi; its, which will be conveyed to ; them aeons the ice in sledges. As an addition ! to the suffering of th-. se poor creatures, the cold is of a severity rar.dv experienced even in tliese ice-hound countri*-;:."' RAVEN S WOLVES. — We find the following in the Keokuk (Iowa; Post of the 25th ult : We learn from a gentleman who arrived in our city yesterday, from Sioux City, that the wolves in the river counties have been driven to such straits by the snow and cold weather, that they have become so ravenous as todestroy horses and cattle to a considerable extent, and that they have often attacked persons. On the evening ofthe sth Inst., a son arid daughter of Mrs. htockdul., left their residence, on a fork of the Little Sioux River, in Woodbury, to attend : a party at a neighbor's about two miles distant, j and have not since been heard of. On the | morning of the 4-th, the bereaved parents sent : to Scut Iron for assistance, and searched the neighboring d around them, and as no traces of the lost ones hud been found, the conclusion is t at they had been attacked by the wolves, and devoured. A gentleman from Wisconsin, who visited lowa lately, states in a private letter, re | ceiveil in this city, tiiat he was chased lor miles ; bv these ravenous creatures, and barely escaped I from them with his life. He described them as : f;iglitfully ferocious, being apparently almost i starved to death. A MISTAKE. — We notice that a numbor of I'xcha: ge papers, in commenting upon the case (•; tin Reveiend Jv \ >-t him •: nasa Black Republican freedom shrieker. This is a rr.is take. lie :el nged to the other branch of the opposition fa * * .iv. lie •• ;nek<-d against the ini quities a. 1 chastity of t aiholic institutions and the (kith die priesthood. }|e was an 'intense ' American,'and never had much to say about niggers or 'bleeding Kansas.' His forte seemed to he to expose the corruption and lechery which he KNEW existed among the Catholic clergy ! His mission is supposed to be ended.— lioiliduysbui g Shin dttrd. i ft 'We are authorized to announce GEO. W. G! MP, <>f Napier township, as a candi date 1 r the office of Sheriff, subject to the de cision ofthe'Dc iincratic County Convention. ' We are authorized to announce \\ IL -1.1 AM A. POWELL, as a candidate for the Office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention.
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