BEDFORD PA., FRIDAY, AC6IIST $5,1865 UNION STATE TICKET. Ron AUDITOR GENERAL, Gen, JOHN F. HARTRANFT, Montgomery. TOR scßvr.roß GENERAL. Col. JACOB X. CAMPBELL, ol Cambria. UNION COUNTY NOMINATIONS. ROR THE LEGISLATURE, Hon. , I*. ARMSTRONG, of Bedford e®. Gen. MOSES ROSS, of Somerset eo. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, J. T. KEAfiY, Esq., of Bedford. ASSOCIATE JUDGE, Upt ARAM WKAVEHI.IKO, Bloody Run. TREASURER, UpL SIMON BICHEBHOOF, Bedford. COUNTT SURVEYOR, DANIEL SAMS, West Provldcnee. JURY COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM KIRK, St. Clair. COMMISSIONER, HENRY J. BRITNER, Cumberland Valley. POOR DIRECTORS, JOHN S. HETBICK. Syr., M. Woodberry, LEONARD BITNEB, 2 yrs., Juniata. AUDITOR, JAMES ALLISON, Napier. CORONER. Capt. AMOS ROBINETT, Southampton. IMMENSE DEBT OF BEDFORD COUNTY. The People grossly humbugged for years. Very few, if any, of the people of Bedford county, during the last few years, have been permitted to see the true financial condition of the county. It is true, the Commission ers, Auditors, Poor Directors, and Treasu rers, make and publish settlements and statements, but it is not true that they have been correct. We assert that for three years these settlements have been grossly false, and the truth has been wilfully or ig norantly withheld from the people. We assort, too, that the facts which have been withheld or concealed, were in the posses sion of the Commissioners and their Clerk. We also assert, that within the last thirty days over seven hundred dollars were added to the debt, without one cent of value to the county, and simply because it was not desirable that the people should find out their condition until after the election in October, 1865. We propose to give a few of the figures as shown by the settlements of the Commis sioners themselves and the books of the Auditor General of the State. These are all, for the time, Democratic authorities, and we defy contradiction in aDy particular. We propose to omit entirely in this exami nation the Poor House of the county, and its affairs. It seetas to be conceded that that establishment is a model of modern Democracy and a fit exponent of the men and principles who now shine as the bright lights of that patriotic organization. This question may be examined at some future time, but to prevent confusion and to avoid touching one of the sore soots of the party, we shall Confine our present remarks to the other finances of the county. In the first place we ask our readers to ex amine the Bedford Gazette of Feb. 20, 1863. They will there find the yearly settlements of the county, made under oath by her offi cials. You find by that settlement a bal ance in the hands of the Treasurer of $2,- 537.49. You also find that the people are told there are State taxes outstanding for 1862 and previous years, to the amount of $10,273,36. No doubt the people felt very comfortable under the official assurance, made under oath, that so large a sum was due to them for the payment of arrearages to the State. They will not feel so comfort able when they realize the fact, as they cer tainly will, in a very short time, that this so called balance has largely disappeared, and that the debt has largely increased. In this same settlement of 1863, the peo ple are told that Bedford county owes John Sill $2,000 00 John Brice 5,000 00 $7,000 00 And just here it is added that there are $3,000 00 in the hands of the Treasurer subject to the order of the Commissioners! Now, notwithstanding this official declara tion, we assert without the fear of contra diction (and we point to the books of the Auditor General for the proof) that in the month of January, 1862, on a settlement be tween the State of Pennsylvania and the County of Bedford, the county fell in debt to the State the sum of nine thousand sev en hundred and seventy three dollars and seventy-one cents ($9,773 71). This debt was never made known to the people of the county, so far as we know, although it was well known to the commissioners. Not only so, but the debt has been constantly increasing, and no warning given to the peo ple. Under the law, settlement is now made every year, in January, between the State and the county, and the interest is compounded against the county. In Janu ary, 1863, the settlement between the State and the oounty resulted in a debt due by the county of eleven thousand seven hun dred and thirty-throe dollars and fifty-nine cents ($11,733 59). The certificate of this settlement is on file in the Commissioners' offioe, and has been for years. Although they pretend to publish a list of the debts of the county, when and where did they ever make this known to the people? Let us next examine the settlement of 1864. Here we again find a list of debts due by Bedford county: John Sill, S2OOO 00, John Brice, SSOOO 00. Not one word is said about the debt due the State. The State and county again settled January, 1864, and the debt had now reached eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars and fourteen cents. In this same settlement we are told that the State taxes out-starding (that is due the county now, and to be collected) are $7,3.4 01. This is nearly three thou- less ,lian la 1863, and yet the debris a little more than two thousand dol lars higher. In this same settlement of 1864, they tell us that there is due the county, from old collectors and other sources, $18,039 81. In January, 1863, they told us that there was due us from similar sources $12,361 16. The settlement of 1864 can be seen in the Bedford Gazette, of Feb. 12, 1864. Let us 100 k now at the settlement of 1865. Here we are furnished a list of debts due by Bedford county. The name of John Briee has disappeared and John Sill S2OOO 00 alone remains. Here again we arc told that there is in the hands of the Treasurer $2,230 52. Not one word again about the debt due the State. And yet the books of the Auditor General, the official record be tween the State and county, show that in Jan. 1865, this debt has reached the enor mous sum of fourteen thousand five hun dred and forty-four dollars and seventy-one cents $14,544 71). All this, too, a genu ine bona-fide debt, every dollar of which must one day be paid by the tax payers of Bedford county, and yet the people, these very tax payers, are not permitted to know it. In the same settlement we are told that the old collectors and other parties owe the county $19,039 23, and the bounty taxes yet due the county are $3,843 82 —in all $21,883 05. Some of these debts are very old. and many of them have appeared in all the old settlements. It will be but little use for the people to rely upon these claims for the payment of their debt, unless they obtain some other agents for their collec tion. But this is not yet all. By a lsffc of 1864 it was provided that in case any delin quent county should not pay its debt to the State on or before the first day of August, 1865, five per cent should be added as a penalty for the default. This law was over fifteen months old on the first of August, aod the Commissioners had due notice. They even met and considered the question, and postponed or omitted action until some future time. What is the result? We have already seen that our unpublished debt to the State alone in January, 1865, was $14,- 544 71. The interest on that sum from January 21 to August 1, 1865, is $537 36 making $15,194 07. By failure to pay at that time, five per cent, of this sum or $755 20 have been added, so that on the first day of August, 1865, Bedford county owed the State of Peunsylvania the hand some sum of $15,859 09 ! ! Is it not time that the tax payers should begin to know something about the true condition of the county. It is easy to tell why it is that the exis tence of this debt has been carefully conceal ed from the people. It was in order to en able those men to continue in power who had the knowledge but had not the capacity nor the courage to meet it. How the debt originated is not so easily ex plained by pereons not having access to the books and papers of our county officers. There is no doubt, however, that the chief cause is to be found in the same fact. There are several ways in which some of this debt may have been made. In January, 1862, it was $9,773 91. In January, 1863, sll,- 733 57. In January, 1864, $11,850 14. In January, 1865, $14,544 71, and in August, 1,1865, $15,859 07, or more than $6,000 greater than it was three years ago. Part of this debt may have arisen from the fact that the Commissioners did not levy a suffi cient State tax. If so it was their fault. Part of it originated because too much in dulgence was allowed to collectors. By this 4V- lnnsos larcelv in interest This is the fault of the Commissioners who granted the indulgence. Part of the debt may have originated by the appointment of incompetent, or in some cases dishonest, collectors. This is the fault of the men who make the appointments. A part of the debt is probably owing to the fact that State taxes are taken by officials for other purposes. This last theory is very strongly fortified by the figures of their own settlements. In 1863 they report State taxes outstanding at $10,274 67. In 1864, $7,374 01, and in 1865, $6,665 52. This shows at once that the fault is not with the people. They have paid in three years an amount of State taxes equal to all assessed within that time and $3,708 25 besides. This view is further strengthened by the other figures of these official settlements. In 1863 they report as due to Bedford coun ty from old collectors and other sources $12,061 16. In 1864 they report $18,039,- 84, and in 1865, including old debts due for bounties, the sum of $21,983 05. These figures exhibit a degree of personal or polit ical favoritism, or of criminal delay, neglect, mismanagement or waste truly startling to the people. Another small matter may be gathered from these official settlements. In settling the ac counts of the Treasurer in 1863 they report in his hands and due the county $2,837 49. In 1864, they report balance due county $3,- 816 71, and in 1865 $2,230 52. When it is recollected that at each of these dates the county was terribly in debt, and just at that particular time this interest was being com pounded, it might not be strange if some per sons should be surprised that so much money was in the Treasury. There are many other suggestions fairly made by these official settlements. For the present it is enough for the peoplo to know that they owe a debt of nearly $16,000, which must be paid, and the very existence of which has been carefully concealed from them by the officials of the county. The people will be able to make their own conclusions and to apply the proper remedies. TUERE are in Des Moines, lowa, and vicin ity about 60,000 pounds of wool, well hand led and in good condition for market. A scamp who had married about a dozen wives in various parts of the country, all liv ing, was arrested in Cedar falls, lowa, as he was preparing to marry another. He after ward huDg himself in jail. FORD'S theater, in Washington, in which President Lincoln was assassinated, is being converted hy government into a fireproof building, to be u*ed as a depository for the archives of the late Rebel Confederacy. A remarkable instance of elopement aud abandonment, in which distinguished person s are the prominent actors, has come to light in New York, creating a sensation in fashion able circles. One G —, a young man of good standing in society, whose parents were very wealthy, was married some 15 years since to a neice of an ex-President of the United States. For several years they lived happily together, two children being the fruits of their union. G— then became enamored of an American prima-donca, and neglected his family, After repeated warnings his father disinherited him. On the 12th inst. G— was arraigned in New-York for abandonment, his wife confron ting him as complainant. The case was act tied amicably by the husband agreeing to re* turn to and live with his wife. THE STATE CONVENTION. The Union State Convention that assem bled at Harriaburg last week did its work promptly and well. Its proceedings were of the most harmonious character and have everywhere met with the approval of all loyal men. The appointment of our towns man, the Hon. John Cessna as temporary chairman of the convention, and afterward as chairman of the State Central Committee, was a deserved tribute to the Union Demo crats of the State and a practical demon stration of the confidence of the convention in the wisdom, energy, and ability of Mr. Cessna. Without regard to party ties and at great personal sacrifice, Mr. Cessna has stood by the country and her interests du ring the last four years and has aided in no small degree in making the Old Keystone the main support of our national edifice. No better man and none possessing in a higher degree the qualities requisite in a chairman of the central committee could have been chosen. His speech, which was delivered amid thunders of applause, was characterized by his usual, able, sensible, and practical views of the great issues before us. The platform is admirable in every respect, it speaks out clearly and distinctly on the great question of protection, not only to the interests of Pennsylvania, but, of the whole country and sees in such a policy the best security for the easy and speedy pay ment of the public debt, and the only one consistent with our highest prosperity. On the question of reconstruction its tone is clear and unmistakable, and strikes at the root of the matter by recommending the confiscation of all rebel estates exceeding ten thousand dollars in value, knowing that the only method of destroying the power of the rebel leaders and of opening the Southern states to the immense tide of immigration and enterprise which stands ready to pour into them, consists in breaking up the great plantations into moderate sized farms whose owners shall at the same time be their culti vators. This policy, while breaking most effectu ally the power of the slave aristocracy, will at the same time afford a source of immense revenue for the payment of the public debt. The sanction of the President's policy, of speedily testing the fitness, of the States lately in rebellion, to govern themselves and thereby ascertaining the earliest possible moment when the military forces can be, with safety, withdrawn, was eminently proper in order to show him that he retains the confidence of those who placed him in power, notwithstanding the efforts of flat terers and cajolers to drag him from the path of duty into the ranks of his heretofore open enemies. The country now fully ac cepts it as an experimental policy, by the results of which we are to be guided in both military and legislative measures according to the spirit elicited by the people them selves, so that the continuance of military rule among the Southern people will be regulated entirely by the promptness they display in adapting themselves to, and ac cepting the changed condition of Southern society and institutions. It is now with the people themselves to say whether they will at once enter upon a career or unexampled prosperity or remain in a state of sulky and lingering probation. The resolution in re gard to our brave defenders was not left an empty compliment, but was at once put in practical operation by the prompt and unanimous nomination of a State ticket of gallant soldiers. Never was the work of a state convention more promptly, completely and satisfactorily accomplished. The nomi nation of the hero of Fort Steadman, Gen. Hartranft, for Auditor General, and of the gallant Col. Campbell for Surveyor General, meets the approval of every one who loves his country and desires to see her defenders rewarded. The Harrisburg Telegraph thus briefly notices the careers of the candidates: "Major General John F. Hartranft is of Montgomery connty, and at present a citizen of Norristown. His first business engage ments were in connection with the construc tion of some of the improvements in that part of the State, he then acting in the ca pacity of a civil engineer. Later in life, young Hartranft devoted himself to the study of the law, to the practice of which profession he was admitted with great honor. After pursuing the law for some years, the war of the rebellion was precipitated, when the lawyer immediately become a soldier, and was called to the command of one of the first "Three Months' Regiments." In this con nection it will be remembered that the 4th Regiment refused to go into a fight because its time had expired while the battle was in progress. Col. Hartranft remained an the field when his regiment marched off. and was placed on Gen. Franklin's staff, who compli mented him for his bravery. The conduct which distinguished our candidate for Audit or General, thus early in the war, has charac terized his career during the entire struggle. He has been in all parts the of country as a soldier in defence of the Gov ernment —hag fought bravely in very many battles, and has to-day a record as glorious a3 that of any man in the nation. His capacity for civil station is as great, too, as was his ability as a soldier. A clear headed lawyer, a close business man, and aconcientious gen tleman in all his actions, no fairer or safer official could be selected to guard the interest of the people in the Auditor General's office in Pennsylvania, than John F. Hartranft. Col. Jacob M. Campbell is a citizen of Cambria county, and entered the volunteer military service, as Colonel of the 54th Regt. P. V. The 54th was organized at Camp Curtin in July, 1861, from volunteers re cruited in Dauphin, Somerset, Carbon, Mon tour, Northampton and Lehigh counties. Col. Campbell, early after his appearance in the field, was promoted to the command of a brigade, in which position he performed good and valiant service. Indeed, the record of Col. Campbell extends over fields where some of the hardest fought battles of the war took place. For his gallautry in the contest he has been frequently complimented by his superior officers, and for his services to his country in the hour of its peril, a grateful people will shortly exhibit their estimation of his worth by electing him to one of the mos t important positions in their gift. DURING last week, the Post Office Depart ment re-opened 30 offices in the Southern States. NORTHERN emigrants are pouring into North Carolina by thousands. THE Rebels in Alabama are killing the blacks by wholesale, and burning their houses and churches. The negroes are fleeing to the woods for safety. Union State Convention. SPEECH HON. JOHN CESSNA. His Appointment ns < halruinu of tile fltotc Central Committee. BECOOXrntIW OF THE CEAISIS OF THE URATE TO POPII.AR HONOR. Major General Hartranft Nominated i'or Auditor General—Col. I. M. Camp bell, Surveyor General. IIARRISBURO, August 17, 1865. The delegates to the Union State Conven tion for the nomination of candidates for Auditor General and Surveyor General as sembled this morning, in the hall of the House of Representatives, and at twelve o'clock M, were called to order by Hon. Simon Cameron, Chairman of the Union State Central Committee. On motion of Jeremiah Nichols, of Phil adelphia, the Hon. John Cessna was ap pointed temporary President of the body. On taking the Chair, Mr. Cessna spoke as follows : GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION : I re turn you my sincere thanks for the honor conferred in mc to preside over the preliminary of your Con vention. lam fully awa ot tho fact that the position is one of difficulty, and requires ilie discharge of arduous duties. I earnest ly solicit the co-operation of every delegate in ray efforts to preserve order, promote har mony, and hasten the business of the Con vention. On my own part, I pledge you that I will endeavor to di charge the duties of the position to the utmost of ray ability, with impartiality and fidelity. I sincerely hope that the deliberations of this body may be harmonious, ami all the results of our action entirely satisfactory to the people whom we represent. I regard the Conven tion just being organized as one of no ordi nary interest. The position of Pennsylva nia in the Union.as well us her past history, entitles, and will command for her, a poten tial voice in the reconstruction of our Gov ernment. At all hazards, and at every sac rifice of everything save principle, must the action of this Convention, in the end, be unanimous. The whole army of loyal vo ters who, in 1864, rallied around the stan dard of Abraham Lincoln, and proclaimed to the world that the Union should be pre served, and the rebellion oppressed at ev ery hazard, must again e called into the field under the banner which shall be hoist ed here to-day. The military power of the rebellion has been crushed. Our brave and heroic officers, soldiers, and sailors have well performed their part. Uefore the magni tude of their achievements the wars of for mer times and the battles of other nations sink into comparative insignificance. Our nation to-day occupies a prouder position before the world, and is more feared by the aristocracies of Europe than ever before. The glories as well as the toils of our survi ving neroes, both officers and soldiers, the memories of the thousands slam and starved in defence of our cause, the tens of * thou sands of widows and orphans made such by the war, and the millioas of debt willingly incurred by a loyal people to preserve the life of the nation, all demand that the fruits of the great victory of human freedom shall not be frittered away by the mistakes of politicians. Every man of us must be prepared to yield upon the alter of patriot ism all his personal preferences and individ ual wishes for the common good. There may be. and there no doubt are, some ques tions about which we may reasonably and safely differ. Upon all the great vital is sues of the day all truly loyal men must and Will agree. liming Al.v. four vt:r* of fear ful and bloody war juc closed, the rebellion increased and strengthened and was greatly S retracted by reason of Northern sympathy. low, that it is over, these men in the North have grown bolder and more defiant by reason of the aid and comfort which they expect to receive in turn frcrn those lately in arms against the Government True, the rebellion is over, the fighting has ceased, but the war is not ended, -he Bpirit of re bellion still lives, and it is to-day active, in solent, and defiant. The great object of the rebellion was the death of the republic, the dismemberment of the na-ion—that object has not been abandoned. These who un dertook it failed to acc< nplish their pur pose by force of arms. 'They now strive to reach the same end by means of manage ment and appeals to the prejudices of the people at the ballot-box. Tliis nmy appear to be a harsh judgment. I would that 1 could believe otherwise. But the spirit that for thirty years and more has distracted our people, and distrubed the peace of the nation, in a bold attempt to make slavery the ruling power of the na tion, and all other intere -its subservient to that —the spirit which slew our wounded, and mangled our dead on the field of battle after the battle was over—the same spirit which presided over the prisons of Ander sonville, Libby, Belle Island, and elsewhere —that which organized ii responsible bands of guerillas—slew innocent women and chil dren in railroad cars, poi. ined fountains of water, and imported loa hsome diseases— the same spirit which animated the hand of the assassin as it sped the fatal ball to the brain of our late merciful, magnanimous, and patriotic President, will not hesitate to seize the throat or stab the heart of the na tion, and destroy, if possible, the noble old republic of our fathers, utterly regardless of the ruin and woe which may follow. Al ready these men in the South are organizing to send Representatives of their kind to Congress. Their friends in the North are rallying for the same puniose. Allow them to succeed in their scheme, and soon the rebel debt will be assumed, damages paid to rebels for injuries suffered by the war, and pensions granted to rebel wounded and reb el widows. Under this load it is confident ly expected by them that the good old ship of state will soon go down and the nation perish. Should this fail, or whole national debt would next he repudiated and the coun try' ruined. Shall all this be avoided ? Much ot a correct answer to this question may de pend unon your action to-day. Every dol lar of debt—municipal, State, an 4 National —contracted for the suppression of the re bellion, must and shall be paid at all haz ards. Not one cent of rebel debt, damages, or pensions shall ever be assumed or paid upon any pretext or for any reason whatev er- Our present loyal and patriotic Presi dent, Andrew -Johnson, has submitted to these people a policy which challenges the admiration of the world. It will stamp him through all time to come as a magnanimous, merciful, and kind-lieartcd ruler. In his ef forts to carry it out he must and will receive our hearty aod zealous co-operation and sup port But should these people continue, as they have already commenced, to treat his offers of mercy with scorn and comtcmpt, and.present to the country and the world an exhibition of folly, madness, and wickedness unparalleled, let us here proclaim to them and to our chosen ruler that we will, one and all, stand by him in seizing and holding their own territory by the military power of the country, and that the grasp of the military arm shall not be relaxed until they satisfy us, by their professions and their practices, that they are ready and willing to accept in frood faith the results of the war. It was of their own seekii g and of their own making. They have no right to ask the ad vantage of a trial unless 'hey mean to sub mit to the verdict. The war has not ended until the conquered party has fairly accepted its results, and the Govei nment has not only a perfect legal right, but it is her solemn du ty to en lorce those results by the military arm. Our four years war, the most gigantic in the world's history, mast now be in vain. Let the late rebels accept in good faith the policy of our President, and wc will gladly welcome them again as brothers into the folds of our Union. Let them reject it, and we will stand by him and Congress in com pelling them to acknowledge our triumph and their defeat. Slavery is dead, and must and shall be buried. The spirit of slavery must die and be buried with it. The aristoc racy of the South, which has fostered and upheld slavery, and which inaugurated the late terrible civil war ; must be shorn of its power. Already it is at work stirring up opposition to the policy of the Government, and creating hostility and bitterness among the people. For two years we carried on the war without striking at the cause of the war; indeed, we rather guarded and protect ed it. At last, Abraham Lincoln, wnen his time had come, on the memorable Ist day of Janunry, 1863, struck at slavery. The re sult is before us. And yet it still seems as if no lessons are sufficient to reach the au thors of the rebellion. It is fast becoming manifest that no permanent peace, even with the death of slavery, can be secured until the authors and supporters of slavery are sub dued. In the words of our present patriot ic President, "This aristocracy is antagonis tic to the principles of free democratic gov ernment, and the time has come when this rebellious element of aristocracy must be punished. The time has come a hen their lands must be confiscated; the aristocry must be put down, and their possessions divided among the worthier laborers of the land. This result will throw into our National Treasury many millions of dollars justly for feited by the treason ot their former own ers. \\ hat loyal man can object that by means of this fund a few of the comforts, if not the luxuries of life, should be added to the tables of those widows throughout the land whose firesides have been made desolate by the war, or rather by the treason which caused it? Who will object that the bounties and pensions of our soldiers, by whom the victory was won and t he nation saved, should he increased and a trifle added to the pecu niary compensation so justly due them for the sacrifices made ? Who can object that by means of these funds so justly forfeited a large portion of our national debt should be extinguished, and thereby the taxes of all classes of our people diminished, and a part of the heavy load imposed upon the shoul diers of our people by treason thus removed by treason itself? Having proclaimed the freedom of the slave, let us not weaken our selves or endanger his condition by any con troversy among ourselves about his present position or the extent of his privileges, but carefully and surely provide that the free dom thus proclaimed shall be firmly and ir revocably eetablished and secured through all time to come. Let unity of action and a cheerful acquiescence in the decision of the majority mark our deliberations; let the glory, perpetuity, and success of our com mon country, alone, be our object, and all will be will. A temporary organization was effected, as follows: Hon. John K. Morehead of Alle gheny. and Hon. Jeremiah Nichols of Phil adelphia, vice presidents; and Messrs, J. B- Gara of Erie, and Wayne McVeigh of Ches ter, secretaries. The first business in order being the call ing of the roll, the order was proceeded with by districts, the delegates answering to their names. In the cases of the Berks and the Lycoming, Union and Snyder delegations, the seats of the delegates were contested. On motion of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Lancaster, the Chair was empowered to ap point a committee of five on contested seats, to whom should be referred the credentials of all parties in regard to whose seats a con test existed. On motion, a deputationof gentlemen re presenting the Association of Loyal Penn sylvanians, resident in Washington City, D. C., Mr.fl'homas McNamara, chairman, were admitted treats on the floor without the privilege ot participating in the proceed ings. Mr. Robert B. Carnaham, of Allegheny, moved that a committe, to consist of one from each Senatorial district, he appointed to report officers for the permanent organi zation of the Convention. Agreed to. On motion, the rules of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania were a dopted for the government of the Conven tion. Hon. Lemuel Todd, of Cumberland, of fered the following resolution, which was read: Resolved, That this Convention, represen ting the loyal joople of Pennsylvania, rec ognizes the claims of the citizen soldiers of the State, on its confidence and gratitude as superior to those of all others; and in to ken of this, its declaration, it will nominate as a candidate for office none but those who have proven their loyalty and patriotism by services in the field, against the enemies of the Republic. [Applause.] A member rose to a point of order, which he stated to be that the convention, not be ing fully organized, could not consider a res olution which should be considered by an or ganized body. Mr. Stevens, of Lancaster, said that he had hoped the resolution would not have been offered until after the appointment of a Committee on Resolutions, when it could be referred to that committee for action. Mr. Todd said he desired the Convention to decide at this stage of its proceedings the policy which would control it in making its nomination. A viva-voce, on proceeding to the second reading and consideration of the resolution, being taken, the Chair declared the result doubtful. A division of the vote was then taken with the following result: In favor of, thirty-four: opposed to, fifty-seven. Mr. Vincent, of Erie, called the yeas and nays. He asked to have the names of those who refused to consider the resolution. Mr. Stevens suggested that the unanimous consent of the convention be given to con sider the resolution as being before them, for the purpose of moving its reference. The call for the yeas and nays having been withdrawn, and the resolution being consid ered as upon second reading, Mr. Stevens moved to refer it to a committee to be ap pointed, which should consider all resolu tions coming before the body. Mr. Todd then addressed the Convention in opposition to the motion. He contended that, notwithstanding the apparent fairness of the proposition, every one who reflected for a moment must perceive that its adop tion would lie the death of the resolution, because the Committee on Resolutions would not make any report until after the nomina tions were made. Such being the case, the sense of the Convention might not be car ried out. He did not believe there was an individual present who did not entertain the warmest admiration of those men who had hazarded their lives in defence of our insti tutions and our liberties. It was necessary to the preservation of a consistent record in this regard that gentlemen should show that their past protestations in behalf of the sol dier were nonest and sincere. Had it not been for the heroism of those men, there would now be no laws to uphold, and no oc casion for the meeting of political conven tions. Mr. Stevens urged the necessity of a reg ular system of action. To anticipate by a goncral resolution the action of the Conven tion upon any question was in effect suicidal and could result only in binding the hands of the body. The gentlemen who voted for re ferring the resolution did not thereby vote against its substance: and, if referred, as proposed, it was highly probable that the Committee on Resolutions would make a re port on the subject early in the afternoon, and certainly before the nominations were made. When the nominations came to be made, it would be seen who would vote as proposed in the resolution, but for the Con vention to confine itself in advance to the se lection nf A or B, though less worthy than a civilian, would be to stultify itself. While disposed to go as far as the mover of the resolution in the support of our soldiers, the speaker declared ne was also willing to support tne worthy civilian who had Furn ished the means wherewith the war had been earned on. JHr. .Todd, in explanation of the motive which induced him to offer the resolution, said that he had offered it to carry out what he believed to be a debt of gratitude to his soldier. After some further discussion, J. W. Guernsey, of Potter, moved to amend the motion to refer, so as to instruct the Com mittee on Resolutions to report immediately after the re-assembling of the Convention this afternoon. The amendment was accepted as a part of the original motion. Tr he ™ otion * as then adopted. Mr. Wayne McVeigh, of Chester, moved the appointment of a Committee on Reso lutions, to consist of thirteen. An amendment increasing the number to thirty-three was agreed to, when the motion as amended was adopted. . t)n motion of Mr. Stevens, of Lancaster, it was directed that all resolutions coming t C A C? nve ntion should be referred to the Committee on Resolutions without debate. The Chair announced the following as the Committee on Permanent Organization: Messrs. Ketchum, of Luzerne; King, of 1 hiladelphia; Montgomery, of Lycoming; JLodd, of Cumberland, and Fiske of North umberland. The body then took a recess of two hours. KK-ASSEMBLING OP TOE CONVENTION. The Convention reassembled at four o'- clock. The Committee on Contested Seats made a report in the cases of the Berks, and the Union, Lycoming, and Snyder delegations; settling the disputes in those cases. The re port was adopted. The Committee on Permanent Organiza tion reported for President, Henry Johnson, of Crawford, and a list of vice presidents and secretaries. Mr. Johnson was escorted to the chair, and briefly returned thanks for the honor conferred. The next business in order being the re port of the Committee on Resolutions, the chairman, Mr. Wayne McVeigh, of Ches ter, read the following series of resolutions: TOE RESOLUTIONS. The Union party of Pennsylvania, inState Convention assembled, declare — Ist. That as representatives of the loyal people of the Commonwealth, we reverent ly desire to offer gratitude to Almighty God, whose favor has vouchsafed victory to the national arms and enabled us to eradicate the crime of slavery from our land, and to render treason against the Republic impos sible forevermore; and next to Him our thanks are due and hereby tendered to our brave soldiers and sailors, who, by their en durance, sacrifices, and illustirious heroism, have secured to their country peace, and to the down-trodden everywhere an asylum of liberty; who have shown that war for the re storation of the Union is not a '"failure," and whose banner has proven for all time tne fact that this Government of the people, by the people, for the people, is as invincible in its strength as it is beneficent in its opera tions. 2d. Resolved, That revering the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the great martyr to lib erty,. we cannot show greater honor to his name than hy a generous support to bis fel low-patriot and successor, Andrew Johnson, the President of the United States, who has been called to complete a task which was left unfinished. His unbending patriotism in the past is a guarantee that in the moment ous future the authority of the Government will be upheld and the rights and liberties of all the citizens of the Republic secured. Tltqf flio rti ild unci method of reconstruction offered by the Pre sident to the people lately in rebellion, in the judgment of this Convention, has not been accepted in a spirit of honest loyalty and gratitude, but with such evidences of defiance and hostility as impel us to the con viction that they cannot be safely entrusted with the political rights which they rejected by their treason, until they have proven their acceptance of the results of the war. and in corjiorated them in constitutional provisions, securing to all men within their borders their inalienable rights of life, liberty, and pur suit of happiness. 4th. Resolved, That, having conquered the rebellious States, they shonld be held in subjugation, and the treatment they are to receive, and the laws which are to govern them, should be referred to the law-making power of the nation, to which they legiti mately belong. stli. Resolved, That as the late rebellion was wantonly precipitated by the property holders of the South, it is hut just that they should pay the expenses of the war, and Congress should declare as forfeited and vested in the Government the property of all rebels whose estates exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars; and that the proceeds of the property so confiscated should be ap plied to increase the pensions of those enti tled thereto by the casualties of the war; to pay the damages done by the enemy to loval citizens, and to reduce the burden of the national debt. 6th. Resolved , That it is the duty of Con gress so to revise the revenue laws as to af ford increased protection to American indus try ; to secure the development of industri al wealth of the people j to render labor Erofitablc and remunerative; to build up ome markets for our agriculturists; to at tract capital to the mineral fields of the country, and to provide revenue for the maintenance of the public credit. And this Convention recognizes the chief enemy to a policy of protection in that European power which for four years has furnished piratical vessels of war to rebels, and thus endeav ored to drive our commerce from the seas. 7th. Rooked , That any attempt by for eign nations to establish Monarchial Govern ment* on this continent is evidence of a de sign to destroy Republican institutions. Re gard for our own safety, and for the future security of the Republic, demand that no such attempt should succeed. Hfch. iZeso&Mcf.That it is the duty of Con gress to secure the full Federal bounty to all honorably discharged soldiers, irrespective of date of their enlistment. 9th. Resolved. That we recognize in Kdwiu M. Stanton, the present honest and able head of the Department of war, a public ser vant who has deserved well of his country, and has borne himself so clear in his great office as to merit the earnest gratitude of all loyal men; aud we tender to him, and to his distinguished colleagues in the Cabinet, our thanks for their valuable services in the use of liberty and law. 10th. Resolved That the constant devotion of Governor Curtin to the best interests of the State and nation, during the last four years t and his indefatigable efforts, on all occasions, to pay the just debt ot gratitude we owe our national defenders, not merely by words, but also by deeds, entitles him to the thanks of every loyal citizen of Pennsyl vania. 11th. Resolved, lhat this Convention, representing the loyal _ people of Pennsylva nia, recognize the claims of our citizen sol diers on our confidence and gratitude, and that, in the nominations for offices, espe cial regard should be paid to the claims of those who have faithfully served their coun try in the army or the navy, in the suppres sion ot the rebellion. 12th. Resolved, Thatthe leaders of the De mocratic party stand arraigned before the people or 1 euusylvania for constantly ob structing the efforts of the constituted autho <ru' e8 V? , In^' n taio the life of the republic. Ihey aid this by inflaming the passions of their ignorant followers against the legally officers of the Federal Government, and refraining from all reproach against trea son or armed traitors; by procuring a deci sion from the Democratic Judges of our S upreme Court denying the rightof the Gov fn?Vb? . f 80 "' 10 ? °*citizens of this State tor the defence of our imperilled country by diwsouraging men from volunteering into the armies of the Union, thus rendering J necessary to succumb to treason, ortonav arge bounties, and so burdening every ward and borough in the State with debt JO ail tlio r,,oSoar.rai<2l? o ;™ sing the enlistment of negroes for our de fence although thus one white man less was required for every black one who could be enlisted, and this at the very moment when the battle of Gettysburg was raging on the soil of I ennsylvania, and the result of that decisive battle was uncertain; by denying to our soldiers the right to vote while fighting tor the flag of our fathers, on the plea that such rights were not allowed by our Consti tu,t!°J! ' an<l by opposing an amendment which removed their objection and relieved our brave soldiers from this disability- bv exaggerating public indebtedness, denying public credit, and teaching that the finan cial resources of the North were unequal to the suppression of rebellion; by a shameful opposition to the measures for extending relief to the families of Union soldier* by a malignant effort by these means to secure the success of the rebels in the field, or such a protraction of the war as would exhaust the nation in its effort to subdue their friends by now heaping abuse upon the Govern ment for punishing assassins and their accomplices; by demanding the release of leading traitors; by frowning down all at tempts to bring to punishment the fiends who starved our soldiers; by assuring rebels that neither in person or property shall they be punished for their crimes. And if any thing were wanting to complete their infamy we have it in their determined opposition to tree labor and to a tariff, which, while it would make labor profitable by protecting the workingmen of Pennsylvania from Brit ish competition, would largely increase the revenue essential to the maintenance of the public faith and credit. Mr. Cessna called for a division of the question on the resolutions' the first division to embrace the platform, excepting the resolutions relative to the selection of sol diers as the candidates of the Convention, and referring to the appointment of mem bers of the State Central Committee; the second division to embrace the resolution relative to the selection of soldiers as the candidates of the Convention' and the third division to be the resolution relative to the appointment of the State Central Commit tee. Mr. Todd said that the platform contained resolutions for which he could not vote' among others the resolution proposing wholesale confiscation of the lands of the Southern people. He contended that if a man was guilty of crime he should be pun ished ,and and thatamau thus guilty should not escape punishment because he was no; worth a certain amount of money. The proposition seemed to be not to punish men because of their complicity with treason, but because of their being worth ten thou sand dollars. The policy indicated by the resolution was unjust 1 inasmuch as it could not be disputed that it was the poor men of the South who formed the bone and muscle of the rebellion. The Chairman called attention to the fact that the question before the body was upon the motion of Mr. Cessna as to the form of considering the resolutions. Mr. Toad said that he was about to pro pose an amendment to the original motion providing for taking up the resolutions sep arately. A vote was then taken on the amendment wh-an it was not agreed to. The first portion of the Question on the motion of Mr. Cessna was tnen determined affirmatively, the platform in the main I>oitwr A£of>to<3. The second portion of the question was stated to be on the resolution recognizing the claims of our citizen soldiers and recom mending that in nominations for offices spe cial regard should be paid to the claims of those who had faithfully served their coun try in the army or navy. Mr. Todd moved to amend the resolution by substituting therefor the following: That this Convention, representing the loyal people of Pennsylvania, recognizes the claims of our citizen soldiers, in its confi dence and gratitude, as superior to all others and that, in token of the sincerity cf this' its declaration, it will nominate none as can didates for office who have not proved their loyalty and patriotism by services in the field against the enemies of the Republic. He stated that the resolutions of the Con vention were replete with expressious of ad miration for the soldier; and if the Conven tion now, when the question was presented practically, should disregard those claims' woe be to the man who stood upon the plat form of this Convantiou. He implored the Convention by the record of its past history still to stand by the soldier, and not to dig the political grave of the party. He wished to put upon record his own position,and would, therefore, call the yeas nays. Mr. Lynn Bartholomew' of Schuylkill, ad dressed the Convention in a forcible speech. He came to vote for the best man for the place. No man had a right to bind his fel low-men to vote. for a particular class, He did not believe in erecting any class in Ame rica, cither political, military, or civil.as superior to any other. To say that the life of the Union party depended upon two pal try positious, worth about $ 1,800 a year, was ridiculous. The discussion was continued by Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Lancaster; Hon. John, Cessna, of Redford, and Hon. J. L. Vincent Erie. It was contended, in opposition of the amendment, that it was really a pro position to create a nobility out of a certain class, thereby degrading to that extent all other classes. A vote was then taken on the amendment proposed by Mr. Todd, which resulted as follows: Yeas. 17; nays,lll. The amendment was consequently disa greed to. The resolution was then agreed to. The next portion of the question was sta ted to be on the resolution.as follows: That the State Central Committee shall consist of four members from the city of Philadelphia, two from each of the counties of Allgheny, Dauphin and Berks, and one person from each of the remaining counties of the State to be appointed; the names to be submitted by the respective delegations to the chairman to be appointed by this Convention. The resolution, after discussion, was post poned for the present. On motion of Mr. Cessna, the Conven tion proceeded to the selection of a candi date for Auditor General, when the follow ing nominations were made: Major General John F. Hart ran ft, ofMontgomry; John A. Hiestand, of Lancaster; P. B. Mc Contb, of Lawrence; General Charles Albright, of Car bon; General John L. Selfridge, of North ampton. A ballot was then taken, with the follow ing result: TILE BALLOTINO. The first ballot resulted as follows: Ilart ranft, 63; Hiestand, 39; Mc Comb, 20; Al bright, 3: Selfridge, 5. Several delegates changed their votes to Hartranft, who was unanimously declared the nominee by acclamation. A ballot for Surveyor General resulted as follows: Col. Jacob K. Cambell, of Cambria. '.'2; Gen. James Negley, of Schvlkill, 27; Biioe X. Blair, of Huntingdon, 2. Col. Campbell was declared nominated Hon. John Cessna, of Bedford, was ap pointed Chairman of the State Central Com mittee. The. nominees of the convention were then introduced, and returned thanks in brief ad dresses, when the Convention adjourned sine die.
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