BEDFORD GAZETTE. '
B. F , MEY^S ; EDITOR.
FiUDAY : : : : SEPTEMBER 1, 1865.
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R£BSCRATiC NOKiNATIGNS
f STATE TICKET.
f xroiroß o.fcistuAL.
? OGL. \t, W. H. DAVIS,
Ot Bucks County.
SVHYEYOR GBNF.ka.I
-->. I'T. COL. J. P. LINTON,
>, Of Caifibria County.
*Er*RSTNTATIV*9,
A. J. COEBORN". Somerset Co .
C*OR(i£ A. SMITH, Fult.ni C®.
COUNTY TICKET.
r.iETKICT ATTOKirY.
JOHN FALMEK, Bedford !kir.ugh
associate judos.
V. G. EICIiOLTZ, S. VVgoJberry
TEEASVft EP.,
GLOKG n V A RDOILU , Bedford Fur
C -CNTY SI'RVEVOS.
I' DON Ai 10G, Southampton
"UEV COMMirSiCri-TE.,
1. h.EKBINGER, Liberty.
commissioner,
M. S. lIITCHEY. Snake Soii-eg.
, OOt EIRFCTOP., 3 }'?*!,
T. P. ANDERSON, C A alley.
to an •aiF.PCTon.'S vearc,
SAMUEL BBTKLF.Y, St. Clair.
atJDITOE,
! A iIES M A IT!NG IAT Londonderry
■CORCHEr.,
JOHN FILLER, E. Providence.
Tlig Last Abolition Scare-crcw!
A Dofmilte? to the County WLines about
ike County Debt.
Ike old Opposition County Debt, with Interest.
J3 hansparent Alterq ! to liumbag tfc Irople /
Wonders will never cease; at least the
last edition cf iiio Bedford Inquirer Indu
sts n<= to think so. ft is well known thai
tor many years, this county has keen con
siderably in Jc-Li. though the reasons for its
being so are not so generally known. "Well,
amazing as it may seem, the Inquirer of
last week, refers to this indebtedness for
the purpose of making capital against the
Democrats, though its real purpose is to
rbsc r\ hue and cry about this nrai other lo
cal matters, so as to divert the attention of
its readers from the main issue of the cam
paign, negro suffrage. Now, had the writer
of the article in the Inquirer kmW5 -that
the only debt owed by Bedford county at
presort*, was created by iiia own party, he
would not have been quite so keen to draw
public attention to ft. To prove what we
here allege, let us turn to the Auditors' Re
ports for the vears 1853, 1854. and 1855.
During these three years our political oppo.
nests had a majority of the board of Com
missioners. The first money borrowed by
the county, was got during the first of these
years, 1853, and amounted to 82,978.14.
The next year, 1851 it ran up to 85,097.42.
The year following, 1855, it reached the
sum of Jf5,160.2G. This sum borrowed by
our political opponents, the county owed
when the board of sinners became
Democratic. But worse than this, these
opposition county commissioners refcedto
assess the full amount of the state tax for
- t he years 1851 and 1855. They pursued
course, ir- order to make the people be
•lieve that they had redued rite taxes, think
ing thus to gain popularity. In these two
yearauhey assessed $2,981.58 less than the
sum (weed by the Revenue Commissioners
as the State i ax. for the county. But still
•worse than tiiix. the county Treasurer, dir.
David Over, late •editor -of the Bedford In
qwinr, made the nn'forftmatc mistake of
paying cut some $3,0000f the State funds
on county order?, obliging the Commission
era to borrow money to meet the demands
of the stale. Thus it will be .-wen that with
in the three years during which the oppio
giticn had the control of the Commissioners'
•cflioe, they go I the county into debt in the
earn cf $7,178.84, their treasurer by mis
management compelling a loan which added
$3,900 more to it, leaving upward* of TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS c: indebted
ness for the Democrat >c commissioners to
pay a best they could. This the latter at
once set about to do- But unlocked for
difficulties uade the task nlnaoat impossible
of accomplishment. The money panic of
1857, and the consequent decline in the
value of property, prevented an increase of
•taxation for several years. Soon the. sec
tional troubles which unsettled financial
matters, shook the country from centre to
Circumference, and the waf broke out, In
<cr* asing the expenses of the county to a
large degree. Still ike Democratic commia
cners -were true to their determination to
! pay off the debt entailed upon the county
by their political opponents, and did dis
charge the claim held against the county for
i years by John Brice, amounting to $5,000. i
... . ° ' -? ■
j not including interest. This was doing pret
i tv well for war tunes, but the Inquirer has
not the manliness to give the proper credit i
| for it. Meanwhile, every body, and espe
cially men like the editors of the Inquirer,
who wanted the county to pay others logo
jto war, so that they could stav at,home,
1 were clamorous for bounties to volunteers,
j i be Commissioners were threatened and a- :
! bused and bullied by these men, until they
, consented to pay a bounty. The tax thus
,; imposed upon the people of this county a
< mounted to $24,780.38! which has nearly
all beer: collected. Besides, the war ren
dered necessary a relief fund for the indi
) gent far. ill if s of soldiers in the service, and i
i this v. a a heavy burden upon the tax-pay
i era. Under these eirctttnstiiices, it was
j impossible to pay oti' the whole of the cOt&-
t tv indebted;icso, at any time during the
: past four years. The only wonder is that
3 our Commissioners found themselves able
to pay any of it. Jfhe Inquirer sets down
I the del: 4 "nearly $ 10,000." Very well.
, Your party, J/>. Inquirer , left a debt of
. §IO,OOO for the Democrats to pay. Count
' lug the interest at C per cent, on that sum
I
i iiorr. 1855, when yoit went out of power.
• you wiii find it to be just $5,4u0: principal
} and interest of your debt being C 15,400!
1 And this is just the solution of the whole
question. The Democrats, notwithstanding
i the diff:. allies they b.ad to contend against,
! have, during nine years of their administra
j lion, made the receipts of the county meet
the expenditures, though they could not
. pay off the whole of the debt contracted
|by the opposition Commissioners. For the
facts and figures which we have here given,
| vve refer to the Auditors' Reports and to the
statement of the board ot Revenue Com
>' _ .
; missioners. We jannot close this article,
however, without adverting to the fact, that
some of the collectors for past years, are
still in arrears to the county. For instance,
; the collector for JMiddle Wood berry toicn
, ship tor the year 1862, Mr. Joseph R.
Durbornno, now one of the publishers of
, the Red ford Inquirer, owes on his dupli
cate, the nice little sum of $331.66! Pay
. up, Joseph! The sum you owe will help a
; little toward canceling the debt vcur party
J bequeathed to the county. At least,- for
your own credit's sake, hold voux peace a- ,
bout the county's indebtedness until you
t are no longer its debtor.
Trie Democratic State Ticket.
Tue State Convention ot' ihe Democrat
| ie party, met at Harri#burg, on Thursday
last, 24th ulu, -ntte. nominated tor Auditor
General, Cot. W. W. it. DAVIS, of Bucks,
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county, and for Surveyor General, COL.
JuHN P. Lids TON, -of Cambria county.
Col. Davis was a soldier of the Mexican
war, during which he was made Captain for
1 gallant conduct, by order of Gen. Scott.—
, *
When the late war broke out, he raised a
, company of three months men, and after
wards a regiment and six gun battery for
the three years* service. Of this regiment
(the 104 th I'. V.) he was Colonel, and while
j gallantly leading it at the battle of Fair
Oaks, was severely wonnded. His regi
ment was afterwards transferred before
' Charleston, during the siege, of which place,
he lost his right hand by a shell from the
: "confederate** batteries. He served with
: great credit to "himself until his term cc cn
, listmcnt expired, and he was honorably- dis
; charged fiorn the service. Co!. Davis was
•acting Governor of New Mexico, under
President Pierce, and has held a number of
important civil positions. 3Tv is a man of
line education, has written some historical
works of a high order of merit, rnd at pres
ent edits the Democratic organ of Bucks
county, with marked ability and energy, J
writing his editonials with his left hand, on
ly a stomp of ids right remaining. Next
week we will publish a sketJi of the Colo :
Bel's life, which cur readers will find hirdily
■
interesting.—CoL Linton is a young man
who has distinguished himself Loth as a '
lawyer and as a soldier. lie is a graduate
of Jefferson College, was admitted to ihe !
bar, and before the breaking out of war. |
was the law partner of Hon. Cyrus L. Per-;
ehing, of Johnstown, at which place Col. '
'Linton tiui resides. When the war broke i
out, like Co!. Davis, be raised a company 1
of three months men, of which company
he was captain, and Jacob Campbell, his '
Abolition competitor, First Lieutenant.— j
Afterwards, in conjunction with Campbell
and others, he raised the 54th P. V., of j
whiehihebecaiae Lieutenant Colonel, Camp- !
bell being made Colonel He served gal- !
Ifiniiv during the war and was several times i
badly wour.ded. lie is generally spoken I
of a,s the hgh'ing man of the regiment, j
while Campbell is regarded as somewhat of j
a holiday soldier.—ln short, the nomina-j
lions of the Democracy for stare offices, are j
not only good soldiers, but they are men of!
ability, learning and integrity. We oan I
give them oui support most heartily, and
every true friend of the country will do trie t
same. Let every conservative inan do his j
duty, and the crippled soldier? whose names j
lead the Democratic ticket, will be trium- |
phantty elected.
WHKRE ts TIN: IVotuLE?—The lnqa!- !
rer, of last week, makes a great ado about
the debt of the county, ft is an old, but
true saving-: "Give"a rascal rope enough and
;he will hang himself." So with the writer
lof the article iw the Inquirer. He length
ened out his yarn so much that he caught!
himself, unwittingly in the end of it. He |
says the county debt is "nearly §10,000,"
and in a few sentences preceding this aver*
j ment, that last year's Auditors' Report ;
shows that delinquent collectors <Mv-s the !
i cwmv £21,983.05, cr about £O,OOO more
, • . . 1
than enoagii to extinguish the debt. Well, j
; then, where'? the trouble? All cf this mo- \
\ Yiey is collectable and will be paid in a short
. time, and then this county debt can be dis
| charged. If the writer for tire Inquirer,
Who is himself a delinquent, will set the
i example of paying the county what he owes
j it, we doubt not the payment of these ar
. rearuges will be creatlv facilitated.
B . . 5 I
; G-GOD NEWS FROM IOWA!
' TL? Bemcsncy and the oolair-r Unite j
Against the Abolition Ticket.
A State Convention of the so! liars of lows,
j was held last Week. The boys in blue pahed
■ i resolutions denouncing Negro Suffrage, a*
forth in the "latform of the Republican partv
. •
: cf that State, and nominated as tDir candid: 'z
for Governor, (id Thonia ■ 11. I'cnl ci, ,a ,*
a full tick-'t if!i"t r s. The Iff;t crut
sc Convention met the next day r.:id n nunat-<l .
. the same gentlemen made choice cf by tko soi
' diers. Thougli Tew a gave 10,000 majority for
Lincoln, last ff.ll, this movement give- us hope ,
that t!is Stat*' will be fredveauiH' at the coming
i election. The lowa soldiers have set a noble
example, and the Democracy, by endorsing f heir ;
nominations, have shown a ma?nar.iaious nr.u
t ....
patriotic spirit entirely Worthy of the past his
; tory of the party.
C2TWe undeistand that Mr. John Cessna
complains of what we sometimes find it neces
sary to sr.v about him and that he occasionally
threatens to "sue" and do divers ether ttrr:cio
i thing.-. Now, John, who commenced the war
between us * Have you forgotten the vile at
tack you made upon Mr. Shannon and ourself
at the Abolition meeting is front of the Court
House, ca a certain rainy day, last fain On
' (hat day you threw the first stone and you tried
to csa foul play in throwing is. You laadeas
outrageous and most uncalled-for attack upon
the private character of those whom you assail
ed. Your language in this regard was so filthy
that no printing office outside of the Fishmar
ket has £he kind of type to set it up. If in
stead of vilifying us and our friemJs you had ,
tit as one decent ruan treats another.
■ you would now have no reason to try to scaro
us from your track, by threats to "sue." But
• you have lost no opportunity to vent your nia- |
iignity upon us and others who moTe than ecc !
helped you to obtain office, and we,want you to 1
. understand that o long as you carry on the '
kind of-warfare which you have maiio for the j
last year and are now making, we will not trv
very hard to conceal the fnfi/t concerningthe pub
lic or private character of John Co c sna. V/c
.! understand your trick perfectly, and we give you
| notice that it will not win. iou can't deter us
from telling the truth. Beside*. "suing''is a
' game that several parties can play. Why, we
! can establish a case of slander against you and
fifty rer c m. of the Republican party In this
county. Just go ahead with your "suit" and;
, weft! see wbethi rwe can't j-t one tip. of a chf
j
j fere ot cut, that will f t you better t';.ir. t. .y you j
j can prepare for cs Bat, J>>fiu, you should re- .
' member that just now you are public, property. ;
'! \ eu are chairman of the Abolition State Con: A
■ mittoo. As such you mc.-t expect ;in occasional
shot fc "t. the P .'lEOcrati * latteries, k'cfc have
met yourself up w: a tarfyt-at: 1 you cannot com- <
• tiiain. if. now nnd then, jou are bit. At any
i rate. ns long as y our own tongue wags in such
' bittern ers about yotfr political -opponents, you .
i ought not to wince nt what "they retort upon
you. We know you well,3ohn 1 perk a p? al;'
! tie better than yen tiifiiV we do. and fur this rev- ;
son i.. lay to you, Keep cool John! Keep
cool 1
I <2r "AVarkoSitlii. Itqtdrtr, -.v- ek licfow !.s*.
U>4>ut>lish the pre My lit tic b.ttii id K" icy (an
! nbcJitoOn from I'm fivi.-lpifia) in •
! regard to Simon Cameron, bat has i.ot
j dhnc if. Ft i bouni to keep. j;s r-cr.lc:. r:
! ignorance of what is going on in -its party.
CyWecaft the attention of fl s -r.-l r, i'
j especialiv of the soldiers of ll:-. Commonwealth,
j to the resolutions adopted by the Democratic j
! Stain Convention. Compare them with the i
! Abolition resolves, and judge for yourselves, j
which arc the more in the interest f freedom,
j peace and Un.cm. . !
LOOK O*:X KOR THE BKJ TEKT.— -Gibson, the !
i photographer, has removed Ms tent from the '
Springs to town. Jletueißbcr the "big j
ilf you want to have good and cheap likeness- 1
[ es taken, get under Gibson's canopy.
| !>ro:.rN —A black mare, three year? old, was :
I stolen from Mr. James G. McN'eal, of Clay tp., ;
! Huntingdon co., last Saturu.iy rhght. Thirty j
dollars reward for the mare, or fifty for The raare ,
I and thief, h ofiiTed by Mr Jf-iNeai
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVEN |
I - TIOIL
The Proceedings and Eesolutioiit*. i
THE CONSTITUTION THE SUPREME LAW. |
1 TLe PresMent's Restoration
Poiicy Sustained, '
NEGRO REPUDIATED.
Thß Rights cf White Fieefnr.n
Asserted.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, COL W. W. H.
DAVIS, OF RUCKS.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, LIEUT. COL JOHN
P- LINTCN, CF CAM3RIA-
The Convention met r.i Harri?hurg on Thu; -
' day At 'J o'clock. Ir. the nb- n '- t' Hon. C.
L. Ward, Chairman of the U-catocruuc State
! Cent*d Ccmr.iitlee, Mr. lie ■ J. H rc--'.,
' Seen tnry of the committee,. . '<l :ko Convt ii
. lion to order, when the fctlowbig letter was read
from Mr. Ward:
MONTROSE, anma CO., J
Aug. 2i. 13';.-,. \
Roll. J. Hemphill, Esq. ore. Vem. St?e C'. .:-
trr.l Committee :
DEAR SIR — A very onezpccted contingency
• has transpired, in referenoa to soaie b.j ac—.
. ,/ importance in the court*- of this comity, win :>
; will prevent my being at Hanriburg ou tit.
j 24th in.-t.
| 1 have, therefore, to nsk you t- _takc try plane
[ia th opeuing orgai.izatioe of the Domocrat .
i St te Convention .n ti.at day.
i 1 beg to offer through yoit r.*r rbi-.-n: regreta
I at being prever 'ed at this time mc ti . rin-nun
'dl with the ren-'-rcrtatiVi r .' the P.-rnvcmey
cf the State, nnd to tender at th ; . .."f ti-m?
; n.-.'urnnccr; of the deep per-onal r ,y.i -.1 whlcli 1
cherish f r the Ciilightene'i, tried and bra' e
' composing the body about to m.c t.
Net doubt: '.hat >.l dom atj 1 .ony will
! chariictcriuc. it? deliberations, an ism • ; scr ;v:i
' its labor., I have the !: nor to rem in.
Very re-nee t f'lHv vm: -.
C. T Wa
Cfuilrman Dcmc-crati:- State (. catral Ccin
r.iittca.
On ciotioo, Kobert L. Jidmson, of Can.' .i.-.
- lunty, was elcctr-1 tenn.sraiy cliai? man of
; the Convention. On taking the chair Mr.
■ Johnson returned thanks fur the honor c 'ni-.r
--' rod upon him and throw L.mself upon t.;e in
ilolg- nee of the Convention, as l-.-j had t. ccr
rrcsi-lc.d Wforc.
;* Hesud;
lYcarc ..bout entering a ns# campaign, r--d
::3 had no doubt of i ? rc- • its. We now , t
under the benignant saiilc? of the at gel c.
peace, which he hoped would bo lar - ig. \V. r
is u df*adfu! scourge to a roaubti ■;R co :u
--i try. This w u C has i.-eer. pre c.iate'; on u>
by Fanatics. Our rights hav uec-a tram.Ad
under foot; but be hoped this state of afinit*
|was over
He hoped that this convention would be the
means of restoring to power that party that
; bad ur a Jefferson and a Jackson ; (ehecrrj
party that has ever the vestal lives < '
I liberty hunting on the altar of our country. —
i IXT the delegates be harmonious.
lie trusted that the convention would uphold
the uands of the present worthy I'residcnt in
j his patriotic efforts at the restoration of the
| Southern States to their rights and that tise
I platform about to l>e adopted would vindicate
: Johnson from the Insane attacks ot
: the wild fanatics of the North. [Applause. ,
i That it would vindicate the right of trial hv
I jury; th*? the days of bastiles were past.—
[Cheers-] lie hoped the convention would ad
-1 minister a proper rebuke to th? Northern Se
| cessioniats who would du-'ate the terrr-s on
; which th'; Southern States should be r.stored to
1 the Union, when those States had never been
' out of the Union.
) On motion, lienj. Whitman, of T-lrie, A. D.
iTloilcau, of Philadelphia and Lf 11. Nem an,
iof Northampton, were appointed temporary j
| secretaries.
j Ms. Smith, cf Lancaster, offered the foi'.ow
-1 ing resolution, which was adopted,
i Resolved, .That a committee of one member
from each Senatorial district, said mereb.r to
be named by the delegates from their respective -
: Senatorial district*, be appointed as r rmni'-
: teo to r-T'yt parrr arunt mPct- fi>r this •* nv<a
--' -lion.
j The then tonic a r< cms ©ft r
; nr.inr.res, a f < : the C - r om'::;e op Per o> '
ngn' 'J.-giUrir 'tior. re; nr;-d a?
!! lon. Itiehard A auv, dphis
v-c vvisaw?
k ifrff. Oiit.
• 1 James Tll arraeh, iM J Lrowr.,
■2 S Gross Prey, j J S Baker,
ft John Devlin, I !C L N Baiiey,
j -I C I*' Liiid 'j 1? ifost-ohiL .iiiofb,
1 /> Uicbard Young, j 2-1 B F Meyer?.
Samuel Holmsfn, j 21 J VVood,
CjW ri Birehurt, j Ji* Thompson,
j 7 John D Stiles, j 22 M Woods,
3 iienry Ran if*. i 2ft C L Lamberton j
! 0 Myer Strouse, ' r Martin Ehveli, J
110 H S Molt, 127 Tiieo Farley, ;
1 11 (ieo I)-Ja.-ksnn, j P II Stevenson,
'!CI) H Randall, j Hugh IticGuire,
lift W M William?, j27 D s Morris, |
14 llen r y G Smith i2Blt S King,
! I John A Mei'&rland, j 29 L V McLu jghlin, j
10 John Brady, [ |
A Icrge number of Secretaries were :;hs sr
; pointed.
i G tcbfiou cf B F Meyers, of Bedford, the *
■ following Committee on Resolutions, ;o whom j
• all rrro-atio: s on Fedu-a! or r.' t': ji-dicv -oi. l [
referred without debat •, was u' -cU*J by ;i ■
! differeat d legations-,
i ZXst. Diet.
; I .D. alien, , 17. HnnG Sunder: an,
.2. J. Aanjilton, If. j 11. G. Smith, •
! ft. L. C. Cassiijy, J IS. Jer. S. Black, !
j 4. T. J. ItobeKs, 19. Levi Hanishcr,
' ft. J. ii. Acker, 20. J). Woyan,
:€. Nath. C. Jamea, 21. Edw. D. Parker, j
7. John D. Stiles, Andrew Iteid,
' 3. Hiratu T.udwig, 22. J. B. Sampson,
9. T. B. Dewecs, *23. C. L. Lambertort,'
} 10. H. S. West, 24. W. M. Given,
[II. W. 11. Williams, 25. T. J. Keanar..
' 12. Geo. Sanderson, John J. Mitchell,
jft. W. A. Simpson, | 26. Andrew Grady,
; 14- J. K Bock; I 27. li. S. Morris,
lft. l'eter Ent, 1 18, It. L. Cochran,
'6. Dr. B. C. Keller, | 29. Ik<nj. Whitman,
Mr. H. TV. Petrikcn, of Lycoming, offered
the following resolution, which was referred to
4Le Co&rcffttee oa Jieso'.utions without debate:
R(S?lt\d, Th rt tb" Sui'.h-.- iof 1 c > I -02 shoal 1
have appropriated to th :u not 1 ss than ore
j hundred and : iiy acu sof Govci-nmcm l.u h
| at; 1 <t Cong. 1 . .bo urg. ito mako sae.h a,
' pr >n; i.tiion.
i A receas of two hours was taken, a.ti-r vvhah
i tie C-nnitnitt ' on Re.-uiluttuns report• ft throe •
j Hon. JeTet&iuli S. Btac-k, tl:e ibftowu-g
J I'LATFOUSI:
W IIEUI'AS. It i* the imperative duly and
; should be the exclusive d-.-ire ! every Amen*
! can citizen intrusted wish the power of cotf
i trolling public a'T'tirs by his Vote or otlierwise,
1 to 3- e that they ir.-mlminDtcred with a aing'e
1 eye tj the great objects tvL'th bur forbfttliers
I bad In view when they laid the foundations of
• i!;i? r nublie. \i F.-rm a m .re -ct i:n
--i ion; e ;tablUh justice; insure domestic tranquility;
! provide for the coaam-.-n ii' prom -tc t .ts
1 general wthrrc, and -wa."-: ?.o brfKtfeng# of ti->
■ c. :-- . er. /.v. 1 oi : • -r'.y.
j VVUEUCAS, The tnen und the party atUcinis
;l< ring the Federal Gfoverifnrettt -i .ee j. have
• betrayed their trust, violat. I their sat*re < ob -
g. doc.-, c.! regarded the oonimand? 1 ibo ft. <-
I ilano. idol !;•. corruptly squatrh-r : tl .. juhi:
money, deified m tico to t!:e people. *x-r verted
i the .vhoie govern incut from it* original pur
pose, and thereby have ftrott. !t on unud i cu
ianiitics c.pon the covntry- t: ertnwe he it
Jietolcd, Ttmt we the l.'sni;K:hcy i lVnn
: sy'vcoi"., too now, a.s wo always have b< <-o,
taii'iful to the Uir.o". of 'lie Suites; Ojipcsui"
th. ?vce*.*l->c of the South \> ;-!i ult our i;i!tu
; aid haviiai .o evmpathy or a-sociation what
ever with the p.'.rtv in the North which piolt -2
against llie Union and proironncea the C'oauii
; tution "a covenant witlt death and an agree*
: rtert with hell."
f cond. Th; t if the c .;n- U of the Demo
crat! ' pa.-t} I a.i ; rev ntJ the 1 nin '••• -Kl.; have
been av--.; *,: n! i'.- ; intvg tlj and hot.or,
out the s!au; hter, debt and Ji-gra-c of a civil
war. Put v.; ! the formation ■: sc-cti-.o; 1
•
advent ot ot •.%i.- into the eats ot
power in.. ' ■ .. a *.A vvi .h w> t uhl not
eoui.tc-rac ,-v •i . ufia-.l i 1 ■.!.eai wutu lit. •
.■ - '
' :c-r,t a oat respect fc-r our L-gai n-it an;
1 in. '.t o: o - -an *• u but io o■. i to'
! o" " ■ ; v re u: appi.-ti.ted iia-i u :raved
t
our re* ilitth hary fat hi r- is entitled to oar uu
' qoaliMeii respect and obediouce; the oatb to sup
port it . hi.t'iiivj, rc'.igi maraily, nnd ! -
•' gaily, nt &1! limes, under ail cir nimstaiices, BO 1
i every part of the t-..untry, upon all pulfi'C
officers, from ttia nti)-.->I to the bwevt, as w h
a? upon p Ivato ifi.ii/ ;it i- only by a str.-.-t
•-a -'ervurico 11 it? j!, ovisions, ana a rig id i -.-
■ ♦ ,-rcemv-. ' of its oft T : r .iiioiis in all th. Sfto'
-,i. Tv e ran f.ope f.r p.n-.on, ; ■ c-ity. or yar.-m
lie v.. • v.,liui:y violates it, or counsels vi 4a
aby ic.-rs is a public uicuay and dishonest
man.
Four:!! ft iiat among the rig'uts guaran'fi...;
iius by ic.e plair—t w. = •<> ot the C nstiinfi- r .
ai ifcev. i toe pre?.-, freedom from arbitary r
--, rest *nu fifi.-g.fi imprisonment, trial by jury, the
i v.'iit of habeas corpus, the perfect irnrmicity
• ail peisov.? not in the army or navy f?ota any
, specie? of yunishioent for c p *ine or pretended
i crime .vhich is not the legal consequence of a
legal conviction by an impartial jury, the üb: >
lute piiuorfiiinmion of aii military power to the
j civil auiuoiity, and the privilege of white c,; : -
. zens to vote at the .-state el a*.. n, according TO
t!.e laws of the State.
Fifth. Flint we :ully concur with Dresidenf
Johnson in tl. c nvicrion oxpsi by - film in
: i both ami repe- ted z> vr-.ml ticacasince, tliat the
j Federal Gov rnmeot *.-• sovereign witidr.
' proper aphrre; that it acts n >' t: or up n
tl.e Stßtes, Lt fi.: t'ty ii.- •..•••' .. r..:
! the States , > ifi net absolve the people ft: hc
' their Federal < bligations-, ;ha; .he State ordi- j
j ..iinces •I . .c,e.-r-c w-.rc n.fiii'---, • j there- i
fore, when the. .'.'eiopu-d revolt?,, noi et • a.,
j end by the subiuosion of th- insurgents, th<-
Slides w-ei-e H? much a part of tl. Union a
! they bad before. 'J ii ir people were bound t.,
j mc same duties and clothed with fine ramo n- at> '
: excepting, of course, such rights as in nvi.iL' .o
[ among ikem had legally forfeited >y tl.rir own
j acts in i!;e meantime, and we hereby dci -re
[ that so far ns iv; can prevent is, th;- jc ouvip
i tion of tlicir prop Tplaces in the Union by those •
! State?, Some or whose citizens were lately i.i
■ r'-oelli >ti, s'loti n.'t be IUIJ 1• i or leir.c ■ i
j the unhtwful intarfcrence of that tV-.l- n at tbcj
j North which was alwayt hostile to the Union, i
I which now pronounces it legally ci. l :: rived, aod I
• which ia still raahgnautfty i.ii.uri*g u> • reveut i:s
. -.-Lorafii l.
| Sixth- That the efforts nowmaiting by certain J
persons : > -is-; il e power of the General G >v-'
.
Btßent wttft a view tc tort?e negro on
| the States against tha will of the people and !
; i -udrrxy ' > c.vs. is nor o-.'y r, hi-fi,
j crime ageinst :'te Consiittiti'cai, bttt a deliberate •'
I attempt u> put tii": States ot this U ion (r!1 of!
them ir,;. aor Ds? an 1 soma of llmm c :itir"ly)!
r.n'ier the ft •; t.-.f-mn of-, /row, to Airi ;aniz.-
i ir.j - -• Tttv-a of me t junirr. and ol iunidc th,> ■
! white ra re, runraiiy ami socially m -vrcH as pol
' iticniiy, :o the low level of #ia black. We wi'.i >
i not acknowledge the incapacity of our own race !
j to govern iiw-'.t, aor sotraader the o'c-fimi. j uf •
j too conr;fry :r>*o the bur. Is of nogrocc, -nor put!
J undcf* their guardianship nor give -up to tlicrui
; hie polftieul privileges which wo inherited from !
our tkthcrs, an I wo exhort our brethren in olh
cr S;ntos to ::;Lc up the same attitude and main- j
tain it firmly.
! Seventh. T hat we will support Trcsident I
| Johnson inevcry just "ri". >r t hc may make to place j
j :•.! ihe. I - it-s tl nr propr p>?itficn? f to trive !
them a 'sir ri ;>r -tsenta; ~•!> in Gnrgress, t > s-'.ve
i f-,.i the ct?c of r-.gr.* cqnalitv; he shall |
have our hearty approval when he inflicts legal 1
I pn.u-.bmerH fey means of legal, tribunals uj.- n |
r t'b. icr-v i.g-siu-t w.-i U.fi.tM State 4 - ami wo will
; ne with I'm i:-. every mear? w l ich look? to the j
j int. r. ..-.co ot the ; ,Uic cred-it. But ■ hft.
■ approval of Ms atim'i.aistrati >n can tie founded !
i oniv in >'he b % !i-f that he wi'.i execute the law, ;
, th - wfi'.'.c trd ntnLing but bs la v in all •
of the c- entry, ttmt lie will rot allow tha !
; m.iitary to interfere with SUte oDericnj; ttmt:
! he will punish kidnapping and robbery throagh !
'the legal authorises, whetlitr cc, untied bv'
j Federal officers cr private citizen?, and that be !
: will suffer no person to be murdered bv military
'-commission, and upon there measures there!
| can be no -compromise, he that is not for us is ;
] against us.
Eighth. That in view of our enormous ra- \
tional debt, the great weight ofeur State taxes, 1
and the local burdens imposed upon us in divers j
ways, economy and entrenchment becomes an '
important* duty of all our representatives, and I
to this end the vaat standing army cow on foot •
| ought to be disbanded, the navy should he re- j
duced, and tiw corrupt and extravagant prac-'
ticea lately introduced into the government shi h
bo totally :;'•■ " dici.
Ninth* That W revenue law? BSej m \
•r- ..'i'" it ised in fuch a ic-.i ■-cr tt;rt w
• |h. • * lit wol G-. inuir'iMici.l p r .,j
a-Mmnai • mor rrc3-*\c-d, ta:iuik v." t .
' ' ' '< e
(It!".! ;• ; J ;-t.
, ia: " ti,B . *• rn . ( ~18, 1B
j-uGie. v."!i> so ruljiy , ,nk.*l 'ii-.-ir i'vch j i4
i ,-e of tlv- T niuii ;:>d {he Co."jtu:ica.
"iji? w;!' receive the uiK'ving .gratitude o;' the
Amen-in people. Living, they shall live
*"7_ warmest Hffrctfofi*, and dying, their
r,t\h v.-111 be clic-risiied for all tiroa to ctwnv
To -ay H!V political opponents <!•>, that they
{■" " ' l ' ; i. and di-.'i ir.aiidy for tha frec
.k-m u re? if, ro, i a gross insult on their pat.
Fob m, and an outßage which will he
•■ ! i-hy iiair surviving comrades
thr.:. at. the huilo-bix.
1-.- >• -nth. . i -a the rtotlo manner in which
t! f' -iiK.nr. t:e press •; L'tus Ocmis m'.vealth
h i .- •iic'Kie.l in the defense of the HVrtiea of
the nut: -innl trials and difficulties Rimes'
ot paralleled, w deserving of oar cratefu! : *cag
,:in n, mil] Jm.iiM mjti.ie it to the enc u-.u.n*..
rucnl t! every constitution-loving citizen.
fwdfth. n. t wo reaffirm our adnereuav to
'he Mum >o doctrine.
Adopted unanimously.
AT) MI NATIONS.
Ai::>i;;;iv cjem'.KAl..
On motion, the Convent - n then, proceeded
to t :e '.lomraaUon of candidates for AuG'tor
General.
lion, ll S. tloit nominated Col. \V. 11. fl.
Davis, of Ducks county.
Air. .i.iiiic- 1 no limited Robert J. Hempbi l '
of i iiiir. Icipkia.
.'.rr. George Lt. Jackson nominated Colonel
in- tun U. Eat, of Co! no bin county.
Mr.' . ! halt nominated Colonel Win. Worts.
iii.i i, of A'ashiugtiMi county.
-Jr. Get! noioins.ini Colonel Win. Hopkins,
o* ' • a.-i-.iugion c >imty.
.Mr. ii ymiKls nominated J. T. Shogc-t, of
Centre county.
. i i. .1 i ociiua:e l Charles D. Manly, 0 f
0 fa.i.aro to inty.
It- r si.'! torn: .atcJ I-uao Slsnker of Union
. First Ib'Jot—Davi ?i 21. Vnnzant, 8. Hemp-
Ki.t, !• W .it-kiaan 5j M.iiiy, .5, 81ea>
her. 4-1.
■.hi Jo' —') .vi ,55 Varus int. 9, Ent,
i Ballot—Duvre J, Cat, H -pit ins
: N! o.kor. CO.
Me:-rs. Hemphill, Wort man, Sfiorart and
. Manly were aritf tdrawn nt the en lof hrst
AI Fi. :'t i".o"'an' w s withdrawn
or. the .set-on-; t>T' d.
: . Go v. J a-.!.-'-a m ;vr & tli; nortiinntion
'■e . . tinnninw.i.-. .Vgieed to narid loud sp-
P - C: - g
' tn ityoß CFN-F.RAr..
ihi motion, ' Convent ton then proceeded
i" r.oii:'.'.-anut iatfS for veyor Gen-ral.
Air. j .hris.jii r. minatcd Colonel Julia P.
L.. it Oft. ef Ciunbria c iti'3 .
Mr McGct.tb- "Tsi\ iinrr.fof Allegheny.
Alt Z-.i:. -Co I H. A iiambrig't. Larcastc.
Mr. I'rwi • —J'tninrti lieilly, of Schuylk'!!.
Mr. Halter man—Aom. Lamberton, Curj
herland.
f-?r. J- hr- '-.t- -Coo-ci John Cuinsnings, Sny-
Mr. Gat Try— Colonel J. B. Shrtilzr'-, AJle
: gheny.
'".inter, c- ' 'ir. hr first tn'dot, twenty-three-,
. >t, fifty -Sevan; th'rd rrventy
, fivi. Itatr, (ire Launt, lourty-four; second
; -"'oU f.fty-fivc, Uiird b t'ioJ, fifty-. HSmbrip'nt
lon first baUot, six. Keilly, ftrat ballot, twenty
{seven, laioberton, fi'st eight. Cuia
iiiiiig.-, t, six. S'.Tfttser, a.rst bailot,
< 'ht; cr. <1 i.J! it, fjven. C.srsku.. ~c\ tir.it
ballot, -.me, second ballot, 'on;teen; third bai
; lot, rcven.
ihe names fli . *. B d!ly. Curn
, mtriAsaa.) .. -.'orTt a •> wa.hdraw.i ni tbe
ivt':! •• .' y F-v . tTer v withdraw—.
1 i.c no. r.: i*l- • i<-I, was ni.t e tmur irnou . Uir.id
arm:
TitE -rvT' cntfTßAt. c?.M'tnrsr.
lion, a I- I mtlenuß, ot Gtarbn, offered
the r !!,... trig:
Jlesolctd, Fhal the Stats Central Committee
. -n in i by tl-i- ctmventioJi ta-otinae tn csis
-1 ■ • ■ v.nii. rest of January, 18vi7; provi
. ! J • <-r.-.:c.:trcr.cc of the conven
. i r. nN.rs'r, cl Srrtintor. moved to atneud
• "nn:ii.T the commit tee to January Ist,
i i .7. . 1, in n fir. m, that the-convention e
.. J. cli-.trimm. Agreed, to.
O a mot ins id Mr. Sanderson, of Scranton,
•i:. W.n. - Woilnco, of Clearfield, was u
i.-.y v'ec'-sJ Cliii'imaa cf the. StatoCoa
.'o!.D*r.Rs' Borsxir.s.
A T r. P-trik of Lycosnirg junfv, reoftered
hi- r liutian th i', in tbe esiimrttiotl of tlo
cop.vention, the sol-liars of I8S! and 1862,
who em: v j ith little or r.o bounlv. are cn
t.tk-t.l to, and .-!• >uid receive an appropriation
of !GO acres ol land, era fair equivalent ia
money, and that su :h an appropriation be urg
; c.i upon the next Congress,
j fir. Given, of Westmoreland, moved to lay
' :ton tho tabic,
Tlu motion to lay on the tat lew as negatived.
The resolution finally paused, modified gs fol
lows:
j. n.:.oh'cd, That we are in favor of so equal
i ti . bounties paid tn soldiers in IBbl and
j and 4502, that they shall receive the same pay
"id bounty as the soldiers of 1663 aad 1664,
add that C ;ngre-ss should make sa appropria
; tion thr tbis purpc-se.
i C n vent ion than took a recess to aflfftrtf
: tb-* mervb - an opportunity of selecting a
' st'-Je Central C m .li'teo, which resulted in tho
app ntmeot of ti . fallowing:
C aairntan, Hun W t'/tllace, Ciearfi.* ?
D. trut ! fiisfra-t
1, C. C. Kao-rly, ] 17, H. B Swarr
j- 2, Jurjes McCarthy, j H F FrhtJt.-,
: 3, Jutoct Hopkins, | 18, Jofin 0- 1
; 4, A R Sch<meld,* | 1). F U Kir.-.-,
: 5. Jos 8 Honpt, j 20, 1- 71 Jr
ii E Mcrteghan j 21, K " Csra-f
' 6, F Vanzanf, ' a" s .f f I'. ,r.-a o
j 7, Kcbt McLToweli. • 22. r n-lip a" . r.,
j 8, D Ermsntroot, ; 23, WvV B;rr,
' 9, D E Nice, j 2i. Robert Gwia,
, 10, W H Dimmirk I 25, John G Dunn
i 11, Wrish'n lic.y V, j Andrew Burke
: 12, J B Stark, " 4 2*, \V W Smith,
13, S fierce, j 27, Jacob 7'rglcr,
14, II W Pelt'ken j 28, Albert Price,
15, Tho? Chulfant > 20, M Far it Fhavis.
16, Beni Foster,
i Hon. Richard Vaux and Hon Jeremiah S.
j Blue k then idu'ressed the convention. After
which the Cotivsolion adjorr.cil.