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-[
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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.