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BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
a lie 'ilrdf ovfl ibineltr.
Democratic State Convention.
(ircal F.nttiiisinsiii—llnriiioiiiaiis Art ion.
Aoiiiiuatioii of Koii. Slirstrr t'ly mrr.
I'ialforiti. SjirrrUrt. As'.
IIAKRISBTTKG, March 5, 1866.
Pursuant to call, the delegates to the
Democratic State Convention to nomi
nate a Governor, met in the Hall of the
House of Representatives. Precisely
at three o'clock, Hon. William A. Wal
lace, Chairman of the State Central
Committee, called the Convention to
order, and said he was ready to receive
nominations for temporary Chairman
of the Convention.
Bernard Reilly, seconded by William
11. Miller, nominated Hon. John Latta,
of Westmoreland county, as temporary
President, who was chosen by acclama
tion.
SPEECH OF MR. IIATTA.
Mr. litta said: Gentlemen of the
Convention: I would he destitute of all
feeling if I were not touched by this
evidence of your kind consideration in
choosing me to preside over your de
liberations. For all this 1 thank you.
I congratulate you, gentlemen, on the
brightness of the signs of the times, on
the future prosperity which is in store
for you—for all the friends of this coun
try, and for the white race in particular,
[cheers,] on having at the head of your
national government a patriot and a
lover of his country [applause)—a man
who is determined to do his duty.—
[Cheers.] It is not for me to mark out
the line of policy for this Convention
to pursue; but 1 can read your feelings
too well not to know that the man you
nominate in this Convention will la
the choice of the white men of Penn
sylvania [applause]; that the platform
you will adopt will he the embodiment
of the principles which inspire you,
and which the patriotic men of Penn
sylvania will come up, on tin- second
Tuesday of October next, and support
with a unanimity and enthusiasm un
precedented. Let the nominee be who
lie may; let him belong to whatever
party he may, only let him stand upon
the broad principles of the Constitution
and the Union —not a portion of tbe
Union, hut the entire Union —and eve
ry man in favor of the flag of his coun
try, every man with patriotic senti
ments in iiis bosom, will come up and
say that that man and those principles
must he maintained; anil in that you.
and every white man in Pennsylvania,
should agree. [Cheers.] I again thank
you for the honor you have conferred
upon me.
ORGANIZATION".
' F. M. Hutchinson, of Pittsburg: G.
11. Culp, of Luzerne; Charles \V. Car
rigan, of Philadelphia; P. G. Meek, of
Centre; and S. P. Auelimuty, of Dau
phin, were chosen temporary Secreta
ries.
Bernard Reilly, of Schuylkill, moved
that a committee of one from each sen-
Uioriiil K* % * (.*'Vl f)V lilt* Nil"
rious delegations, on permanent organ
ization. Agreed to.
The various delegations -elected the
following gentlemen on the committee
on permanent officers:
COMMITTKE ON PERMANENT OEFU ERS
I District —Dr. Kaimnerly.
II 44 James McLaughlin.
111 44 Anthony Campbell.
IV 44 George Sanderson.
V 44 H. B. Wilcox, F. Kile. !
VI 44 Elias Hogland.
VII 44 .T. P. Gross.
VIII 44 George K. Lora.
IX 44 Bernard Reilly.
X 44 A. (J. Broad head.
XI 44 John P. Smith.
XII 44 J.B.Stark.
XIII 44 S.C.Hyde.
XIV 44 John Cummings.
XV 44 William Leaman.
XVI 44 A. Wilhelrn.
XVII 44 B.J. MeGrann, H.Crane.
XVIII 44 Daniel Reilf.
XIX 44 H.J.Myers.
XX 44 John O. Kiminell.
XXI 44 J. A. McGee, I)r. S. B. j
('rawford.
XXII 44 John Hastings.
XXIII " s. R. Peale.
X XIV 44 Wesley Frost.
XXV 44 Geo. S. Hays, F. Bailey.
XXVI 44 Samuel I>. Wilson.
XXVII 44 John Kennerdell.
XXVIII 44 George R. Knowden.
XXIX 44 Lvman Hall.
The committee then retired. During ;
their absence the interval was agreeu
bly occupied with spirited speeches from
leading gentlemen.
SPEECHES DCRINO RECESS.
Loud calls were made for Senator
Wallace. He finally rose and slid: 1
>ee in your faces an indication of good
times coining. There was hope for the
country, and when there was hope for
the country there was hope for lie Dem
ocratic party. The Constitution was
about to be vindicated. Success was I
about to crown the principles of the
Democracy. He invoked a spirit of
harmony and of concord, byevorything
they hold dear. He invoked the Con
vention and the people to forpi such a
solid and permanent front as must car
ry tin- party standard through the ter
rific canvass that was about to open.
Calls were made for Mr. Carrigan, of
Philadelphia, who said: That if the
great hero of the buckshot war was in
the Convention to-day he would Teel
the throes of a political earthquake.—
He never said anything truer than
when he said in Congress, that lie trem
bled as if an earthquake were surround
ing him. [Laughter.] It j# coming
for such men as Sumner and Stevens,
who the President says, are traitors!
j Cheers. ! i A voice: What about For
nev'.'l Gentlemen, I have nothing to say
about John W. Forney, and in that I
follow an illustrious example. [Ap
plause,] He referred, with eloquence,
to our revolutionary fathers, who, he
said, had fought for constitutional lil>-
erty and a Union undivided, anil when
Gen. George B. MeClellan fought at the
head of our armies it was in behalf of
constitutional liberty. | Immensecheer
ing. i Phil. Sheridan, Gen. Grant, and
all the heroes of the war had fought for
constitutional liberty and a Union for
white men. [Cheers.] Hea-serted that
abolitionism would never lift its bead
again in Pennsylvania after the Octo
ber election.
Colonel J. K. Kerr, of Pittsburg, ad
dressed the Con vent ion at length, prais
ing the course of Andrew Johnson.—
The Democracy must fight the party
that would subvert the Constitution,
deny the States an existence and form
such a central despotism as would rule
in defiance of the majority. God had
raised up a man who is destined to lead
mmjjm
j gress hold their heads in shame from
j an outraged people.
Hon. 11. P. Ross, of Doylestown,s;:id
I that the party had existed throughout a
| period unprecedented in its tyrannies
and outrages upon the rights of the peo
ple, and now "truth crushed to earth"
has at last been proclaimed hv the Pres
ident of the United States. (C'heers.j
Wearcmarehingforward to Union with
one heart and united hands.
Geo. \V. Brewer, of Franklin, said
1 the record of the Democratic party was
a noble one: the long and equally grand
history of the country was the history
of the i Knuoeratic party. That party
had fought the open enemies of the
South and the covert enemies of the
North. The radical- in Congress were
trampling upon the Constitution and
must be rebuked. But a few months
ago the opposition said the Administra
tion was "the Govermrtent, and as such
must be obeyed; but now there are
none of them so poor as to do Andrew
Johnson reverence. We will encircle
; him with a wall of strong arms and
| stout hearts to sustain him. [Cheers.J
The Union and the Constitution must
and shall be preserved. Andrew John
son, in the poet of honor and of danger,
stands there the bold and able champi
on in his defence of the Constitution.
He offered three cheers for the three
J's—Jefferson, Jackson and Johnson.
He proposed to write this epitaph over
his opponents'graves: "All's well that
! ends well!" j Cheers. 1
Gen. Williafn H. Miller, being loud
ly called for, said he was glad it had
been 1 'ft for the Republican party to
demonstrate that for a man to be a pa
triot he must have been educated in
that party. Andrew Johnson had been
true to the Constitution and the party
in which he was educated. He stood
Iby the old land-marks. He believed
that by a resolution of this Convention
endorsing Andrew Johnson the party
would be true to it- antecedents.
The committee on permanent organ
ization now returned to the chamber,
when their chairman, Mr. Reilly, of
Schuylkill, made the follow ing report of
officers. It was unanimously adopted:
PERMANENT OFFICERS.
President—Hon. William Hopkins,
of Washington.
Vice Presidents —1, Geo. "W. Nebin
ger; 2, Stephen I). Anderson; 3, Chas.
li. Wolf; t, Tatlow Jackson; 5, J. H.
Brinton; fi, Paul Applehaugh; 7, Her
man Rupp; 8. D. L. Baidorf; 9, Thos.
; 11. Walker; 10, JolniS. Fisher; 11, St
ephen Wilber; 12, A. 15. Dunning; 13,
F.W. Knox; 14,Dr.H.H.Martin: U>,
Geo. D. Jackson; 16, Wm. H. Miller;
17, Dr. John Martin; D, Thomas Kerr;
19, G. \V. Brewer; 20, John Palmer; 21,
1). B. Milliken; ?2, JohnS. Miller; 23,
James i 5. Sansom; 21, E. B. Ehlred;
25, John George; 26, James Salisbury;
27, Win.M.Stewart; 2s, E. B. Dough
erty; 29, Samuel Marshall; 30, M. C.
Trout; 31, Wm. L. Scott.
Secretaries—F. M. Hutchinson, E. R.
Helmltold, Jacob Zeigler, <L o. B. < ulp,
Geo.W. Ryan, R. M.Speer, .V. U.Dill.
Mr. Hopkins, on taking tiie chair,
saitl:
(Jtidltnien of the Convention: —Perhaps
tile IM- a assurance 1 wlßfl give .you of
my high appri via;ion of thedivtingui, li
ed honor your partiality has so unex
pectedly conferred upon me, would be
to announce my reauinessto proceed at
once to the discharge of the duty for
which we have met. v
But, in view of the peculiar circum
stances by which we are surrounded, I
tru-t that it will not he deemed obtru
sive if I venture a remark t or two in
regard to the present posture of public
affairs.
This is the first Democratic State < 'on
vention that has assembled in this Com
monwealth since the termination of
the terrible fratricidal war which lias
waged with such fury for the past four
year.-.
And first of all, may I not ask that
the Convention shail reverently unite
in humble and earnestgratitudeto God
for His merciful interposition in stay
ing the further effusion of blood, and
for inclining the hearts of our "erring
brethren" to lay down their arms and
return to their allegiance to the Federal
I nion? It is not my province, gentle
men, either to suggest a platform of
principles, or to indicate who should be
our standard-bearer. These are mat
ter- which belong to the Convention as
a whole, rather than to any individual
member, and the work will, 1 doubt
not, be well performed. In regard to
the latter, you will allow me to say that
an improper selection can hardly be
made out of the excellent material pre
sented for your consideration. Who
ever the successful gentleman may he,
Jet us, each and all. claim him as our
i candidate. With harmoniousactionon
our part, and a zealous support of the
nominee on the part of those whose
representatives we are, the result cannot
be doubtful.
The signs of the times indicate with
; unerring certainty that the day of our
deliverance is at hand. The Democra
cy have never been more firmly united
I titan now, and I verily helievethatthere
I are thousands of conservative Repub
licans who have lia'd such a surfeit of
''negro equality" and "negro suffrage,"
a policy to which their party is so fully
commi tted, that they will beglad of the
opportunity to co-operate with us. Let
us assure them that the paramount
consideration with us, in the present
struggle, is to maintain the supremacy
of the Constitution of the United States
: inviolate, and the ascendancy of the
white race against the bold attempts
of the Republican party to degrade
them to a level with the blacks. Let
u- assure them that to accomplish those
desirable ends we are willing, for the
time being, at least, to ignore all other
! issues.
The noble stand taken by President
i Johnson in favor of a speedy restora
tion of the States whose people were
lately in rebellion, to their former rela
tions to tiie Federal Union, and the en
lightened and magnanimous policy he
has adopted for the accomplishment of
this truly patriotic purpoae, deserves
the highest commendation. liis action
l in this respect has demonstrated that
he is a statesman of enlarged v#ws,
one whose deeds are worthy to be hand
ed flown to future generations with
those of the immortal Washington,
Jefierson, Jackson, Clay, and their com
patriot-.
His veto, too, of that iniquitous
measure, the "Freedmen's Bureau
Bill." should challenge the admiration
! of all who wish to see law and order re
stored, and military despotism give
j place to civil government.
That message exhibits, in a remarka
ble degree, the rare quality of self-de
i nial, in refusing theallurementsof pow
i er and patronage so lavishly proffered
i the Executive by the bill in question,
i which is worthy of all praise. .Should
i his bauds not be held UP by every man,
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 16. 1866.
without distinction of party, who de-1
sires to see the Union restored "with all
the dignity, equality and rights of the ,
several States unimpaired?''
But J must not trespass. I again
thank you, gentlemen, for this renew- S
ed expression of generous confidence, j
A motion to appoint a committee of
one from each Senatorial district, on
ro-olutions, wa- then adopted. The j
districts were then called and names ■
suggested as follow-:
COMMITTEE. ON BESOM TIONS.
Hon. \V. V. M'Grath, S, D. Ander- j
son, L. U. Cassidy, H. M. Dec ert, It.
B. Longaker, Hon. Nina rod Strickland, ,
Hon. P. Bos-, \v. H. Hotter, J. Hag
euman,.i.M. Wetheriil, Brod
hesul, A.J. Gerritson, A. B. Dunning,
F. \V. Knox, Joseph C. BUCIK.T, Win.
Elliott, Wm. K. Wilson, Dr. Henry
Carpenter, S. H. Reynolds, J. H.Oris--I
well, Geo. VV. Brewer, Geo. A. Smith, ;
It. M. Speer, P. Gray Meek, Joseph M. j
Thompson, T. R. Beale.J. 8. Sweitzer,
James K. Kerr, E. B. Dougherty, Win. [
Newell, Geo. It. Snowden, B. F. Sloan.
Amotion to refer all rqolulion- to
committee, without deha'e. was adop- i
ted.
On motion, that when this Conven
tion adjourns, it adjourn; to meet at 7
o'clock this evening. Alopted.
The committee then r]tired, and the
Convention adjourned tomeet this eve
ning at 7 o'clock.
EVEN ING SESSION.
The President railed the Convention ,
to order at 7 o'clock.
.Mr. Latta inquired if the committee j
<n resolutions wa- ready ip report
The Sergeant-at-arm-V;:- instructed
to see thefcommittee and ascertain how ;
i soon they would repoft. After some !
time had elapsed, he rejiorted that the
committt'e would be ready to report at
S o'clock. They had agreed upon res
olutions, but wanted to get their sup
pers lie fore reporting.
Gen. Miller suggested that if any
member of the committee wa- present,
the report might as well bf handed in.
A proposition for a recess until 8 j
o'clock was voted down.
Mr. Ziegler -aid we are hound in :
courtesy to wait until the committee ;
I was ready to report, i Applause.
Mr. Ziegler was then called on for a
speech. He said he would liuieh rath
ier hear others, than speak himself. Ile
j had remained quiet and silent in his
seat and enjoyed the proceedings im
mensely. .See all these Democrats, who
have eomeout from over hills and vales,
i and then say the Democracy is dead— j
Great Lord? {Laughter.) Notwith
standing the Democracy was put in '
prison by provost marshals, lick-spittles
and satraps, she still lives! There is j
! one thing that should wed Andrew i
Johnson to the Democratic party, and
that was economy. The Democratic
j party had always favored economy in
the disposition of public funds. He'
said Andrew Johnson wasecomomiral,
because he has said he would not waste
Ids ammunition on—dead ducks, j
! 1 Laughter.j
Hon. Myer Strouse, in obedience to j
i loud calls, proceeded to address the]
' Convent'*-***" rT '' silo >L' ntFiiornu'y
were lure to-night representing the
heart of the Commonwealth. < Mining j
direct from the Capital of the Nation, j
he was able to report that the skies '
looked clearer there. That eminent I
man, the President of the United States,
I Andrew Johnson, had taken decided)
groundin favor of tin-Constitution and
the Union. He counseled harmony, j
Let the nominee be from the East or j
from the West; let him be from the;
North or the South ; let him have rail
road intiueneeor not; he trusted every
Democrat would put his shoulder'to i
the wheel and elect the nominee of this
(,'onventiou. j Applause.
lie had the honor of several private
interviews with the President,in which
Mr. Johnson had said that he was a |
Democrat in the House; he had been
a Democrat in the Senate; and he was :
now a Democrat in the Executive chair.
[Cheers.] This AS a Democratic Gov-)
eminent—free for white men, the ne-j
groes in their place. Whatever has
"negro" in it, I tell you will he vetoed ;
by the President. [Cheers.] This
State was always Democratic. She was
even Democratic when Governor Cur
tin was supposed to have been elected.
Standby your nominee to-night, and
you will stand hythePresident and the !
people. Applause.
Mr. Lewis C. Cassidy alluding to the '
immense crowd in the hall, moved that j
the Sergeant-at-arms be directed to ex
clude every man from the('hamherwho
was not a delegate.
A gentleman remarked that it was j
not in accordance with Democratic
principlesto exclude the people; which j
was greeted with applause.
Mr. Ziegler said, if there were any i
Republicans here, he was glad to have !
them here; but he did not want them
|to take the front scats in the church.;
i They should take scats near the door,
iso that when they go out they might j
j not disturb the congregation. | Laugh- ;
j tor. ]
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Col. J. K. Kerr,of Allegheny, ehuir
j mau of the committee on resolutions, j
reported as follows:
The Democracy of Pennsylvania in j
; Convention met, recognizing a crisis in j
the affairs of the Republic, and esteem-'
i ing the immediate restoration of the)
j Union paramount to all other issues,;
do resolve: j
I. That the States, whereof the peo
ple were lately in rebellion, are inte
gral parts of the Union and are entitled
to representation in Congre— by men
duly elected who bear true faith to the
Constitution and laws, and in order to j
vindicate the maxim that taxation <
without representation Is tyranny, such !
representatives should lie forthwith ad- j
uiitted. _ |
2. That the faith of the Republic K :
pledged to the payment of the Nation- i
al debt and Congress should pass all •
laws necessary for that purpose.
3. That we owe obedience to the Con
stitution of the United State- (inclu
ding the amendment prohibiting >la
very,) and under its provisions will ac
cord to those emancipated all their j
rights of person and property.
4. That each State has the exclusive!
right to regulate th qualifications of <
it- own electors.
.">. That the white race alone is enti
tled to the control of the Government
of the Republic, and we are unwilling
to grant to negroes the right to vote.
(i. That the bold enunciation of the
principles of the Constitution and the
policy of restoration contained in the
recent annual messageand Freedmen's
Bureau veto message of President
Johnson entitle him to the confidence
and support of all who respect the Con
stitution and love their country.
7. That the nation owes to the brave
men of our
lasting gratitude for their heroic servi
ces in defence of the fouinstitution and
the Union: and that While we cherish
with a tender affection the memories
of the fallen, we pledge to their wid
ows and orphans the nation's care and
protection.
8. That we urge upon Congress the
duty of equalizing the bounties of our
soldiers and sailors.
The resolutions, as they were read,
were frequently greeted with applause.
They unanimously adopted.
NOMINATIONS.
John S. M'Calmont moved that the
Convention proceed to nominate gen
tlemen for the Governor-hip. Agreed
to.
Col. M'Calmont nominated Gen. Geo.
W. Oass,of Allegheny.
Mr. Montgomery, of Northumber
land, nominated the Hon. HiesterCly
mer, of Berks.
Mr. He—nominated the Hon. John
I). Stiles, of Lehigh.
Mr. Fugleman, of Philadelphia,
nominated Hon. D. M. Fox, of Phila
delphia.
Mr. Strickland, of Chester, nomina
ted Hon. Richard Vaux, of Philadel
phia.
Mr. Merryman nominated Charles
Dennison, of Luzerne.
Mr* Sloan nominated Wm. A. Gal
braith, of Erie.
Mr. Brodhead nominated Asa Pack
er, of ("arbon.
Mr. Hastings nominated W. B. .Jenks,
of Jefferson.
The nominations then closed, and Re-
Convention proceeded to the first ballot,
as follows:
PLKST BALLOT.
Clymer, 53
Cass, " JO
Vaux, 18
Fox, r ' 8
Packer, 8
Stiles, 8
Galhraith, J
Dennison, 2
Jenks, 2
The names of Messrs. Jenks and Den
nison were then withdrawn.
There being no nomination the Con
vention then pioeeeded to a
SECOND BALLOT.
Clymer, 58
Cass, 35
Vaux, 18
Fox, 5
Packer, 9
Stiles, 8
Galbraith, 1
The name of 31r. Stiles was then with
drawn, and there being no choice the
Convention proceeded to the
THIRD BALLOT.
Clymer, 6('
Fox, 2
< "ass, 40
Vaux, 16
G lbraith, . 0
Packer, 9
Neither of the gentlemen having re
ceived a majority of the whole num
ber of votes, the Convention proceeded
to a
FOCKTII BALLOT.
Clymer, 72
< a—, 34
Vaux, IB
Packer, 12
11 iester ('lymerhaving received a ma
jority of the whole number of votes
east was declared by the Chair to he the
nominee of the Democracy of Pennsyl
vania for Governor.
Wild enthusiasm greeted this an
nouncement, and a salute was tired from
the Capitol Hill.
Mr. Thompson, of Indiana, moved
that the nomination be made unani
mous.
Mr. Kerr, of Pittsburg, seconded the
motion, amid intense enthusiasm.
The motion was agreed to.
Gen. Wm. H. Miller, of Dauphin,
moved that a committee of three heap
pointed to wait on Mr. Clymer, and
such gentlemen as had been voted for
Governor, and invite their attendance.
Agreed to.
General Miller, of Dauphin .Mr. Reil
lv, of Schuykill, and Mr. Kerr, of
Pittsburg, were appointed to this duty.
Considerable discussion was then had
in reference to the appointment of a
State Central Committee for 1867. it
was finally agreed, upon the motion of
Mr. Speer, who moved that the pres
ent State Central Committee he con
tinued until the next Convention. A
greed to.
Mr. Zeigler said that he believed the
Committee on Resolutions had forgot
ten to endorse the action of such of our
Congressmen who had sustained the
President's restoration policy. He there
fore offered the following:
lltsolred , That the thanks of the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania be tendered
to the Hon. Charles R. Buckalew and
Hon. Edgar Cowan, for their patriotic
support of the President's restoration
policy; and that such thanks are due
to all the Democratic members of Con
gress for their advocacy of the restora
tion policy of President Johnson.
Agreed to unanimously.
A motion of a similar tenor, return
ing-thanks to all the members of Con
gress w*ho supported President Johnson,
was also adopted. At this juncture,
the committee appointed to wait upon
Mr. Clymer and the gentlemen who
were before the Convention as candi
dates appeared in the hall, escorted by
the City Cornet Band of this city. The
party were enthusiastically received by
the Convention, when Mr. Clymer, be
ing conducted to the Speaker's chair,
proceeded to address the assemblage as
follows.
Mn Honored Friends: To you Mr.
President, to you gentlemen of the ■
Convention, and through you to the j
Democracy of Pennsylvania, I return
my profound thanks for the honor you
have done me. 1 feel that it comes la
den with vast responsibilities: that to
discharge them properly demands faith,
hope, tirm reliance upon the enduring
principles of our creed and unyielding
devotion to the rights and liberties of
the people, lie who would lead you
to success should stand una wed by the
preseuee of usurped power, uninfluenc
ed by the blandishments of patronage,
lie should he the stern advocate of civ
il liberty; the bold defender of consti
tutional right and privilege; the un
compromising opponent of official and
legislative corruption; the hearty sup
porter of all that tends to promote the
welfare and happiness of our whole
people, to develope the boundless re
sources of the (State and advance her
material and social prosperity. Then,
too, he should stand the avowed and
undoubted champion of the Union of
thaseStates, in itsoriginal purity, ready
and willing, if need be, to sacrifice life
itself in defending from the assaults of
ail enemies, be they Southern rebels or
Northern disunionists, be they the bad,
bold men who dared bare the sword,
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the dastardly miscreants who, under
the garb of loyalty and the guise o
friendship, would undermine and de
troy it. Thesq 1 humbly conceive,
should be among the elements in the
composition of him who would lead
you in the impending civil contest, i
am painfully conscious of my own ina
bility to approach this standard of per
sonal and political excellence. A true
desire to do pight may in some measure
compensate for the lack of ability to
achieve it; if a sincere purpose to be
guided in every act hv the supreme law
of the land and in all tilings to he gov
erned by the viewsand teachings of the
sainted heroes and patriots who framed
it. may challenge the confidence and
support of tlie good men of thi- Com
monwealth, then to them and their
verdict do I appeal with unshaken con
fidence, and through you, gentlemen
of the Convention, who represent such
goodly numbers of them, 1 make that
appeal. Tell them I know no higher
law than the Constitution of which Jef
ferson and Madison were the founders,
Jack-on the defender. Webster the ex
pounder, and of which Johnson is the
upholder. Tell them that I know no
other standard of political action than
equal and exact justice to all, special
privileges to none; tiiat 1 have no oth
er political creed than that given to us
by Washington and Jefferson; that 1
believein the social superiority and will
ever maintain the political supremacy
of the white race ; that I worship at no
political altar whose foundations are
not based upon the sacred Union of
these immortal States. Tell them in
advance, for me, of its peril, and con
jure them, by the love of past memor
ies, by the blood and carnage of our civ
il strife, by the dangers of the present
and by all hopes of the future, to rally
to tic -upport of him who in the crisis
of our country's fate, by a mysterious
providence of God, has been entrusted
with the helm of State. To them he
has appealed in terms of patriotic devo
tion to his whole country. Above the
wild.storm of prejudice, fanatici-m and
treason now raging in the national Capi
tol, clear and loud are heardthewordsof
thefirst Andrew re-echoed by the second,
"The Federal Union, it must be preserv
ed." They are the true watch words of na
tional safety. They embody the holiest
aspirationsofevery true, patriot and af
ford a platform broad enough for men
of all parties, no matter how widetheir
' differences of opinion may heretofore
have been. Let us dedicate ourselves
to this great purpose in the unselfish
and unshaken faith that its accomplish
ment will be its greatest reward. Let
us go forth bearing aloft the banner of
our country, emblazoned with the words
The Constitution, the Fedetal Union.'
Let us appeal to the whole people, from
the Northern border to the Maryland
line, from our inland sea to the Dela
ware, and if public virtue lie not dead,
if patriotism benotextinct, ifdevotionto
principle still lives, if treason is still ab
horred, then indeed in October next
will victory, thrice blessed victory,
crown our efforts, bringing with it a
Constitution preserved, a Union restor
ed, a land redeemed from the madness
! and folly which now threaten to destroy
it.
That in sonic measure 1 may be of as
sistance in producing such results, i
humbly pray. Upon vou, gentlemen,
and those whom you represent, I shall
lean for support and guidance; and ap
pealing to the God of our fathers to
prosper us in all our efforts for the re
demption and salvation of our country,
1 may not doubt that triumphant suc
cess will surely crown our labors. [Ap
plause.]
The enthusiasm with which the clos
ing remarks of the candidate of the
Convention were received having some
what subsided, the President of tlieCon
vention introduced Gen. Geo. W. Cass,
of Allegheny.
SPEECH OF GEN. CASS.
Gen. Cass said that, not being a pub
lic speaker, it was with diffidence he
appeared before this body, and this dif
fidence was much enhanced by the fact
i that he spoke in the presence of gentle
men much more competent to enlist the
I sympathies and engross the attention
of the audience. But he had only ap
peared for t he j >u rpose of congratuiati ng
the Convention upon the nomination
, that had just been made, as also upon
the fact that in arriving at that nomi
nation the proceedings of this body had
been attended with more unanimity
| and less acerbity of feeling than had ev
er characterized any similar nomina
tion. He appealed to every gentleman
present, who had attended assemblages
of the Democratic party, for an evidence
of the fact that the determination and
enthusiasm of Democrats to carry for
ward their party principles was never
so earnestly displayed, lie took this
as an augury of the result of the contest
at the polls, and declared that that por
tion of the State which has presented
his name for the chief office in the gift
of the people of l'ennsylvauia. would
1 roll up one of the largest majorities she
ever gave for a nominee of the Democ
racy.
The speaker concluded by returning
his thanks for the support which had
been so zealously given him, and reiter
ating his endorsement of the nominee.
SPEECH OF HON". RICHARD VAUX.
The President then introduced Hon.
Richard Yaux, of Philadelphia, who
said: Gentlemen of the Democratic Con
vention, your labors as representative
men are ended; the duty assigned you
by your constituents has been fulfilled;
the'nomination you have made for the
support of the Democratic party at the
next election for Governor of this Com
monwealth is before the State —II iester
Clymer, of Berks—a man of pure char
acter and high standing, a Democrat
and a successful nominee. [Applause.]
Gentlemen, the principles that Thom
as Jefferson enunciated in Ids Inaugur
al Address were made the foundation
upon \vhich the Democracy of t his coun
try should build itself up. They were
just and true on the day they were an
nounced, and they arc to-night as just
and true and as applicable to our affairs
as they ever were or will be throughout
the country's history. This Democrat
ic party, dating its existence in our
State and in this country, from the days
of its founder to this day, has ever been
a party of principles and not of men.
Those principles that were thus made
the foundation stone of representative,
constitutional liberty, are to-day the
foundation upon which representative,
constitutional liberty rests. They have
been subjected to all kinds of tests, and
there is to-day no one principle missing
; among all those that constituted the
i foundation upon which the organiza
; tion of the Democratic party rested.—
These are eternal principles. The Dem
ocratic party never has been disrupted
; and never can be broken to pieces.
might go out of that party, and men
vvim had sought nominations time and
again had gone out of it, but the party
still lived; and they would die and the
party would not even weep over their
graves. The principles of the platform
just framed were but the re-echo of those
of Adams and Jefferson.
In thecourse of some further remarks,
which were much applauded, the speak
er answered the oid and hackneyed as
sertion that the Democratic party had
been buried; by a comparison of that
organization with Lazarus, who, though
nutted, rose again, a power to convert
die beliefs and enchain the attention,
.udginent and the faith of men. lie
•ongrattiated the Democracy of the
•State upon the action of their Conven
tion in nominating one whose name ad
ded lustre to the position which he had
been called to assume. Referring to the
President, he said that the people of
Pennsylvania would rally to the support
of Andrew Johnson as they did to sus
tain Andrew Jackson ; the Democracy
would rally them.for this second great
veto President as they had for the first,
it was not the man, however, that made
the Democrat; it wnstheprinciples that
a man professed and believed, and had
the courage, manhood and patriotism
to put into operation.
The mode by which it was now pro
posed to defeat and crush the Democra
cy was by means of a new panacea, a
new nostrum, tried once in Pennsylva
nia, hut not found to answer. The
•Speaker of the liopkin's House was
here the Speaker of the Convention.—
Why did it fail then? Was it because
it w as William Hopkins, of Washing
ton, then, and William Hopkins, of
Washington, now? It was because it
was the Democrat, then, and the Dem
ocrat, now, who made that experiment
utterly futile.
The speaker concluded amid great ap
plause.
Hon. D. M. Fox. of Philadelphia, was
next introduced.
SPEECH OF MR. FOX.
In illustration of theiinmutableprin
ciples so eloquently eliminated by my
fellow townsman ar.d personal lriend,
the Hon. Richard Vaux, 1 have to say
that the experience of the Democracy
of the great metropolis of the Com
monwealth has I ten of a most trying
character, in which in the maintenance
of the rights of conscience and honest
opinion, not only for ourselves, but lor
all others, even those who ditlerwith
us, we have been visited by the most
malignant persecution, in ihepolitical,
the social and the business "life, and I
am sorry to say, in many eases, not e
ven the portals of the church, lias been
exempt from this visitation, iam free
to say that was it not tor an invincible
faith in tiie perpetuity of those princi
ples, we would have been obliged to
abstain perhaps from maintaining even
organization; and I now rejoice that
this present Convention has happily
reiterated those ever living doctrines,
and given us one who, from an unsulli
ed character and invincible patriotism,
as well as unquestioned capacities, gives
us assurance of a standard hearer who
will faithfully maintain them, and of
whom we may justly be proud; and
we can each return to our homes with
the proud consciousness that all have
well and faithfully done their duty;
and I promise, on behalf of the de
mocracy of the city, an unbroken col
umn, and a result in October which
will make a most gratifying response
to this nomination. I thank you most
heartily for your kind attention. [Ap
plause. j
Mr. Fox was followed by the Hon.
John 13. Stiles, who briefly urged the
maintenance of the great principles of
the Democratic party.
The Chairman then declared the Con
vention adjourned sine die.
Great credit is due the Sergeant-at-
Arms,SamiielCarson, and hisasistants,
F. E. Degan, Bernard Campbell, R.
M. Con tout, Michael Sullivan and Ja
cob Apple, for the good order they {ire
served, notwithstanding the immense
crowd that was in attendance.
"WHY do you drive suel> a pitiful
looking carcass as that? Why don't
you put a heavier coat of flesh on him,
Pat?"
"A heavier coat of flesh ! By the pow
ers, the poor creature can hardly carry
wiiat little there is on him now."
"WELL, Bridget, if I engage you I
shall want you to stay at home when
ever I shall wish to go out."
"WELL, ma'am, 1 have no objections
provided you do the same whenever I
wish to go out."
IN a recent sermon upon the training
of children, Henry Ward Beecher gave
the following advice to parents: "Nev
er Strike a child on the head. Provi
dence has provided other and more ap
propriate places for punishment."
A YOI TH of seventy-six was dama
ged by a jury in Ohio the other day to
the tune of &},OOO, for flot keeping his
promise with a maiden of forty-three.
SENATOR HENDRICKS, of Indiana,
,o other day declared in the Senate
that "the rebellion was put down by
tae white soldiers of the country,"
whereupon tiie negroes in the galleries
hissed him.
BREAK a woman's heart, and she
will smile and forgive you. Break a
joke upon her face, and she declares
war—war to tiie scissors.
IFa very rich old lady is dangerous
ly ill, her dutiful relatives are sure to
remember that age and disease entitle
one to every possible attention.
"i SAY. Mrs. Skinny, your milk does
not pay au income tax, does it?" "Why
not sir?" "I don't think it is rich e
nough, that's all."
No MAN is born into the world whose
work is not born with him. There is
always work, and tools to work withal,
for those who will.
SOMETIMES society gets tired of a
man and hangs him. Sometimes a
man gets tired of society and hangs
himself. Bad rule that* don't work
both ways.
"SIR, you have broken your prom
ise," said one gentleman to another.
"Oh, never mind, 1 can make anoth
er just as good."
A RICH upstart once asked a poor
person if he had any idea of the ad
vantages arising from riches. "I be
lieve they give a rogue an advantage
over an honest man," was the reply.
"Aw ! how dutli you like my mous
tathe, Mith Laura?" lisped a dandy to
a merry girl.
"O, very much. It looks like the
fuzz ou the back of a caterpillar!"
WHAT is every one doing at thesame
time? Growing older.
WHAT is worse than raining pitch
forks? Hailing Omnibusses.
To kill aunts—hit your uncle's wife
on the head with a hammer.
A PIN has as much head as a good
many authors, and a great deal more
point.
A LITTLE too much whisky has kept
a man from pursuing a straightforward