THE HUNTINGDON GLOBE, A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND GENERAL _NEWS, &C, THE GLOB 111JEVItinDOM 22. Wednesday, October 24, 1860 LANDS 1 BLANKS I BLANKS 1 STABLE'S SALES, ,ATTACIDIENTS, SUMMONS, SUBPOENAS, MO lITG AGES, SCHOOL ORDERS. JUDGMENT NOTES, LEASES FOR HOUSES, • NATURALIZATION 13'1IS, COMMON BONDS, JUDGMENT BONDS, WARRANTS, FEE BILLS, NOTES, with a waiver of the $3OO Law. JUDGMENT NOTES, with a waiver of the $3OO Law. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, with Teachers. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, for Justices of the Peace and Ministers of the Gospel. COMPLAINT, WARRANT, and COMMITMENT, in case lAssault and Battery, and Affray. SCIERE FACIAS, to recover amount of Judgment. COLLECTORS' RECEIPTS, for State, County, School, • orough and Township Taxes. Printed on superior paper, and for sale at the Office of the 'HUNTINGDON GLOBE. BLANKS : of every description, printed to order, neatly, at short notice, and on good Paper. REGULARLY NOMINATED DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, STEP -141 A. DOUGLAS, OP ILLINOIS. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ERSGEI V. JO-iiiSol, OE GEORGIA. Aiar'BEAD THE NE iir ADFER27SEMENT,S. "'Ea Presidential Electors. The following is the Electoral Ticket as formed by the State Convention at Reading, and pledged by that Convention to the sup port of Douglas and Johnson, the regular nominees of the Democratic National Con vention : ELECTORS. RICHARD VAUX. GEORGE M. KEITH. FREDERICK A. SERVER. WILLIAM C. PATT ERSOI.3. JOSEPH CROCKETT. JOHN G. BRENNER. GEORGE W. JACOBY. CHARLES KELLY. OLIVER P. JAMES. DAVID SCHALL. JOEL L. LIGIITNER. SAMUEL S. BARBER. THOMAS 11. WALKER. STEPHEN S. WINCHESTER. JOSEPH LAUBACU. ISAAC RECK HOW. GEORGE D. JACKSON. JOHN A. AIIL. JOEL B. DANNER. JESSE R. CRAWFORD. HOlt A TIO N. LEE. JOSHUA B. HOWELL. NATHANIEL P. FETT ERMAN SAMUEL MARSHALL. WILLIAM BOOK. BYRON D. HAMLIN, GAYLORD CHURCH. Let the People 'Know ! I That there remained in the National Con vention at Baltimore, after every disorgani zing. Rebel had seceded, 436 regularly ap pointed delegates, entitled, under the rule, to cast 218 votes-16 MORE than TWO THIRDS of a Full Convention. Let them know that, on the second ballot, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, received 181,1 votes of the 218, over FORTY more than TWO-THIRDS of the whole vote present. And then, to clinch all, let them know, that the resolution declaring STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS to be the unanimous choice of the Convention, passed without a single dissenting voice ; so that Stephen A. Douglas actually received 218 votes—SIX TEEN votes more than two-thirds of a full Convention! Let the People know, too, that the Seceders, Convention which nominated Breckinridge and Lane had no authority from any constit uency to sit at Baltimore outside of the regu lar Convention—that it did not contain more than eighty or ninety delegates who had even a shadow of authority from the people to act —that it cast in all but 105 votes—not one of them properly authorized, or binding on any body—let them know this, and Pet them decide which was the Regular and which was the Disorganizers' Convention, and which of the nominees, Douglas or Breckin ridge, is entitled to the undivided support of the National Democracy. MEETING OF TUE DEMOCRATIC COUNTS.' Coat urrrEs.--The members of the Democratic County Committee are requested to meet at the Franklin House, in the borough of Hun tingdon, on Saturday the 27th inst., at one o'clock, P. M. It is hoped that there will be a full attendance. By order of GEO. JACKSON, Chairman. Tickets. The Democratic Presidential Electoral Tickets are now printed and ready Tor dis tribution. The following districts will be supplied from this office : Barree. Franklin, Juniata, Jackson, Morris, Oneida, Penn, Porter, Petersburg, Birmingham, Hopewell, Hun tingdon, Walker, West and Warriorsmark. The following districts will be supplied from the Union office : Brady, Cass, Clay, Cromwell, Dublin, Shirley, Spring field, Tell, Tod, Carbon, Mt. Union and Union. The Democrats in the Districts should make arrangements to procure tickets at least three or four days before the election. gar Wm. E. Lehman, a Douglas Demo crat, received a majority of votes in the First District, Philadelphia, for Congress, but the returns while in the possession of the return judge, were altered so as to elect his oppo nent, a Mr. Butler. A certificate of election was given Mr. 8., but the fraud is too bare faced for even the Opposition papers to de fend. Mr. Lehman will certainly get his seat. te - The official vote of the State for Gov ernor has not yet been published. But Cur tin's majority will not reach 35,000,-33,000 will be near the figures. Large enough for a good 'sized victory. ATTACIPT EXECUTIONS, EXECUTIONS, DEEDS, The Election. The October election, with all its scenes of anxiety and excitement, has come and gone and we remain the same law-loving people that we were before. In this commonwealth half a million of people have spoken by their votes and the once almost invincible Demo cratic party, firmly entrenched, has been de feated. The government of the old Keystone, seldom wholly out of the hands of the Democ racy, will soon by consent of a majority of the people be transferred into the charge of the opposition. Already the Land, Treasury and Auditing Departments are filled by the oppo nents of the Democracy and in a few months the Executive, State and Legislative branches of government will pass to the hands of the Republicans. Sixty-one majority on joint ballot in the General Assembly insures the election of a Republican United States Sena tor and is sufficient almost to stifle the voice of the Democracy in our Legislative halls and yet, we have need to be thankful that even a small number remains to tell the tale of our woes and.stand as sentinels on the battlements of our political capitol. We have been defeated. As if a storm had passed over our Commonwealth - leaving de struction in its course we have been stricken down. Even our enemies partake of our sur prise,for-the most sanguine did not anticipate the occurrence of such a revolution. Strong and hitherto impregnable Democratic coun ties have either yielded to our enemies or had their large majorities reduced to meagre numbers. Republican counties have swollen their usual majorities to almost fabulous fig ures. The choice flowers of the Democracy in the State, in Congressional, Senatorial and .Representative districts, against the moral standing or ability of which the pestiferous tongue of slander could not be successfully em ployed, have been mown down by the keen edged sword wielded by the willing hands of the advancing cohorts of Republicanism.— Thrice in succession has old Democratic Penn sylvania repudiated her former faith and thrice refused to follow her former leaders.— Whence comes this change ? What has caused the good old Democratic ship to float from her former moorings ? There is a moral in these results which if obtuse intellects have not perceived before, they can readily comprehend sow. From the day James Bu chanan communicated the Lecompton Consti tution to Congress we have been losing ground in every free State in the Union. His seeds of iniquity in attempting to force that instru ment upon an unwilling people; in attempt ing to stifle public sentiment there and else where ; in prostituting the power and money of the Government for the advancement of his own selfish ambition and the gratification of revengeful feeling, have germinated and ripened to his own condemnation and to the temporary overthrow of the party which he has well nigh ruined. Nowhere in our discomfit can we turn with better satisfaction than to the returns of the election for our county and district tickets.— That our nominees were men of integrity and ability was freely admitted by the opposition. That they were men of good standing is abun dantly testified by the large vote they re ceived—nearly every one of whom ran large ly ahead of the State ticket. But their per sonal popularity, sufficient for success on or dinary occasions, was not sufficient to stem the swelling tide of popular indignation against the officers and measures of-a corrupt Nation al Administration. For the excited people, enraged by the violation of plighted faith and unprecedented official corruption, had resolved to testify their disapproval of such conduct and without just discrimination have visited their indignation upon the whole Democratic party. - Much as the administration of Franklin Pierce was condemned by the press of the opposition party, it received in all its meas ures the united support of the Democracy and in no manner did it impair the strength of the party which gave it existence. For the same party, yet in the majority, elevated James Buchanan to the Presidency. We sup ported him with all our energy and ability and rejoiced in the election of Pennsylvania's Favorite Son to the Chief Magistracy of our Union. His measures, as far as they accord ed with our sense of right,received our hearty approval and willing support, and when he fell into error we could not and did not stul tify ourself by suppressing inward prompt ings of duty and bow as an humble and sub missive worshipper at the shrine of power.— We have always supported true Democratic principles and intend to do so, but 'gave never been made to believe that the President is the infallible head of the party and the -dic tator thereto. We have never recognized in free America the truth of the maxim that " The King can do no wrong." Our glorious Democratic banner has been trailing in the dust ; it is soiled by the smoke and havoc of three successive defeats ; victo ry, once the surd prize of the Democracy in State contests, has been passing from us ; mutiny and desertion have usurped the places of loyalty. We are no croaker; these are plain naked truths, and 'the sooner they are brought home to our consciousness the better for us. If the true Democrats of Pennsylva nia and of the Union—men who are not wed ded to place or power—wish to see our or ganization preserved in its original purity and its principles carried into effect, they must arise in their might and drive from its high places the hungry Jackals who have been feeding upon its vitals. James 3uchanan went to the White House backed by a Democratic majority in Penn- sylvania. ; with a Democratic majority in the Congressional delegation; and with a Democratic majority on joint ballot in our Legislature. He will return to Wheatland and find a Republican Governor sustained by 32,000 majority ; he will be able to muster only five Democratic members of Congress and but little more than a corporal's guard in the General Assembly. This much for his distinguished services. THE RESULT IN THE STATE—A SHAMEFUL DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT. -7-It must be clear to the mind of every Democrat that the Administra tion at Washington is responsible for the de feat of Henry D. Foster. Its bitter opposi tion to Douglas and his friends, and its attempts to place Foster in a false position, brought about the result every sincere Democrat ex erted himself to avoid. The Welsh State Committee retraced its steps too late to save Foster—but not too late to get back into the organization before the Presidential election. Still we fear the repenting of that committee comes too late to wipe out the mischief it has done—the defeat also of our electoral ticket must lie at its door. We will not say that more Breckinridge than Douglas men deserted Foster at the late election, for we believe that thousands of the friends of both were driven entirely out of the ranks of our party by the dissensions in our own ranks, and they could not be classed on the day of election either as friends of Breckinridge or Douglas. But we do say that bad the Welsh State Committee remained within the Democratic organization and ad vocated the - election of all regular nominees, both State and National, the result in this State would have been different from what it is. There are voters in this county, who three months ago were, some for Breckinridge and some for Douglas, but who at the late election voted for Curtin because they had previously determined to vote for Lincoln. They felt at liberty to go where they pleased on the Pres idential question, for it will be remembered that Mr. 'Buchanan declared in a public speech at Washington after the adjournment of the regular and bogus Conventions at Baltimore, that the Democratic party was without a reg ular nominee for President and that Demo crats were at liberty to vote for either of the candidates for that high office, Too many Democrats believed Mr. Buchanan, and satis fying themselves that the Democratic party could not unite upon one man, they declared for Lincoln, and after. taking that step it was not very difficult for them to swallow Curtin, (and Wharton into the bargain.) Our County Ticket. Against three of the candidates upon our county ticket, viz : John Scott,• S. SiNapion Africa and David Caldwell particular • oppo sition was manifested by the Republican lead ers. It is a proud satisfaction o know that these gentlemen are the highest on our ticket. In the borough of Huntingdon' where they all at present reside, Curtin's majority was 18 ; Scott's 43 ; Africa's 129 ; Caldwell's 98. In Mr. Scott's case it must be remembered that Col. Wharton, his opponent, also resides here and was himself active on the election ground. lied all the Democrats; who pro fessed friendship for Mr. Scott cast their votes for him, his majority would have equal led Caldwell's or Africa's. In Porter, Mr. Scott's native township, Curtin's majority is 127, where Col. Wharton has but 50. Afri ca and Caldwell received a larger vote than Foster in almost all the districts in the coun ty. Africa received in the county this year 2376 votes and last year 2129, an increase of 247. The people of the county could not have placed much faith in the truthfulness of the statements of the " Certificate men," " That David Caldwell did not want the Ab olitionists, Black Republicans and Know Nothings to vote for him," as he received over three hundred and fifty Opposition votes. We append a, list of the majorities given against our nominees in this county : Foster, 956 McAllister, 921 Scott, 458 Africa, 391 Long, 665 Caldwell, 183 Herd, 499 Jackson, 832 Eby, 707 Ash, 1189 Harvey,_ 837 THIS SENATORIAL DISTRICT. —The follow ing is the official vote for Senator in this Senatorial District. It is our candid opinion that before six months roll round, the Oppo sition will regret having elected Samuel S. Wharton : John Scott. S. S Wharton. Somerset, 1373 2968 Bedford, 2547 2464 Huntingdon, 2322 2781 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.—The official vote for Congress in this—District foots up as fol lows: Blair. McAllister. Blair, 2900 2285 Cambria, 2263 2452 Huntingdon, 3042 2120 Somerset, 2980 1.362 "TAntrr."—Upon a promontory at a south• ern point of Spain, running out into the Straits of Gibralter, stands a fortress called now, as in the times of the Moorish dominion, Tarifa. It was the custom of the Moors to watch mer chant ships going into or coming out of the midland sea, and issue from their stronghold to levy duty, according to a fixed scale, on all merchandise. This duty was called, from the place where it was levied, Tarifa ; hence our word " Tariff." MI 8213 11185 8219 Indiana and Ohio. Indiana has gone for the Republicans by about six thousand instead• of twenty thous and as reported by the Republicans a week ago. The Democratic candidate for Gover nor was an out•and-out Douglas man, which of course was enough for the Breckinridge leaders in that State to know to rally their influence against him, which the Indianapo lis Sentinel, (Republican) says they did to the tune of from ten to fifteen thousand votes. Fitch and Bright, Breckinridge Democratic U. S. Senators from that State did all in their power to aid the Republicans. The Douglas Democracy of Ohio elect eight members of Congress ; Breckinridge, none. The Republicans carry the State by about 8,000. Fourteen thousand negroes voted in that State, all of course voted with the Republicans,—throwing out their vote would give the Democracy a majority of 6,000 in the State. gar Since the backing down of the Welsh Committee, the papers in Philadelphia, and - others in and out of the State, owned by Gov ernment office-holders, are more desperate than ever in their opposition to Douglas.— They are now trying to make the people be lieve that Douglas advised the " Lecompton Swindle," and that he wanted Yancey to al low his name to be used as the Douglas can didate for the Vice Presidency. A few more months and the occupation of these bought up editors will be gone. Money can buy such men to say or do anything, and we would not be surprised to find. them in the Repub lican ranks before the 4th of March, claiming a share of the spoils for their services in bringing about the defeat of the Democratic party and its candidates. READ.—We give in to-day's Globe the proceedings of the straight Douglas State Committee, and the proceedings of the Welsh State Committee, to which we invite the at tention of every Democratic voter. It will be seen that the straight Douglas ticket is withdrawn, and the friends of Douglas re commended to vote the Reading Electoral Ticket, pledged to the support of Douglas and Johnson, by the Convention that formed it. NEGRO " WIDE -AwAyiEs."—The Republi cans of Chelsea, Massachusetts, had a pro cession on Wednesday night last, and among the clubs in line were the " Attuke Wide- Awakes," composed entirely of negroes— Hon. John A. Andrew, the Republican can didate for Governor, honored. them by taking his place in the line, just in their rear, the Mayor of the city, and other " white folks" following. These facts are given by the Boston Atlas, Republican. CLOSE VOTING.—In Fulton county the Re publican candidate for Commissioner had 880 votes and the Democratic candidate had 879 votes. In Schuylkill county the Democratic candidate for Clerk of the Courts had 7133 votes and the opposition candidate 7132 votes. In Bedford county John J. Cessna Democrat is elected Sheriff by a majority of 8 votes. IDS''Rennet's Herald, the most prominent Administration paper in New York during the past three years now advocates - the elec tion of Lincoln. Who has "Tylerized" the Democratic party ? John Forsyth, of Alabama. The gallant Forsyth, of Alabama, holds the following language in his paper, the Mo bile Register, of the 12th of October "The egg which, from the complexion of the first election returns now coming in from Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, is about to be hatched in the election of Lincoln, was laid at Montgomery in January, 1860. We saw it done. We heard the cackle of the po litical hens who dropped it, and we raised our warning voice against the deed and prophesied the fearful consequences to the country. We implored the men who sent the fire and faggot of disruption to the Charles ton Convention to pause, to hold their hands, for God's sake, and the country's sake. "Our voice was drowned in the mad cry of "protection," "protection." Zealots ruled the hour, and 'conservative men quailed be fore the revolutionary storm, and "the deed was done." Alex. White, of Dallas, the wri ter of these lines, and some dozen others, whose names will yet become historical, alone stood firm in the last resort, and opposed the infatuation of the hour. And now we stand within a brief month of the grand finale.— Merchants, planters, capitalists, mechanics, working men, fathers, husbands, brothers— nay, wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters— look it in the face and tell, as your pulses quicken, and your cheeks blanch, for what good end will this mighty change from safe ty to peril, from peace to war, have been in voked ? There is but one answer, and it will be "We have broken up the most magnifi cent empire the sun ever shone upon, rather than allow American citizens, in American Territories, the privilege of self-government." "That's all. That's the whole dispute.— If there is anything else, as God is our judge, we cannot find it. For this, the Democratic party was severed. For this, Douglas, the only man who could beat the enemy of the South, was hunted down like a wild beast.— For this, we are brought face to face with the hour when a great empire may fall„in the throes and agonies of dissolution. And for this, if the Government falls, the people of the South and their future governmental des tinies are to be submitted to the wisdom of such political architects as Rhett, Yancey, John T. Morgan, and Robert G. Scott. "Such appears to be the catastrophe impen ding over the South, and all starting from the Montgomery Convention of 1860. Can it be averted ? It may be, though we fear it is too late. The only way is to retrace the fa tal steps which led to the disruption at Charleston—withdraw the firebrand of Con gressional intervention, close up the Democrat ic ranks, and unite upon the candidates of the National Democratic Convention. The people have it in their power to do this. The disruption politicians do not desire it to be done. The tree they planted is bearing the disunion fruit they prayed for.” Meeting of the Democratic State Execu tive Committee. READING, erti oera Oct Statel2, 1860 Execu tive. A meeting of the D Committee was held to-day, at the Dem ocratic Club Room, in this city. The meet ing was called to order by the chairman, Mr. Wm. H. Welsh, at 11 o'clock. Upon the calling of the roll, the following members answered to their names : Stephen D. Anderson, J. Henry Askin, Vincent L. Bradford, Hugh Barr, James P. Barr, W. H. Blair, Reuben F. Brown, 11. B. Burnham, Charles W. Carrigan, James C. Clark, John W. Clark, Jno. Cummings, Al fred Day, Henry L. Deiffenbach, C. M. Don ovan, Henry Dunlap, Peter Ent, J. Lawrence Getz, A. Heistand Glatz, Joseph Gleim, H. Hutchison, Robert L. Johnston, Isaac Leech, F. A. Guernsey, John Hamilton, Jr., J. IL Hobart, Charles H. Hunter, F. M. P. Magee, Robert McCay, Thomas C. McDowell, 0. H. Meyers, Howard L. Miller, William H. Mil ler, Robert E. Moneghan, IL 11. Muhlenberg, Joseph W. Parker, R. Bruce Petriken, Ber nard Reiley, Stokes L. Roberts, Nelson Wei ser, and Willem H. Welsh, President. Upon the Chairman announcing that the Committee was ready to proceed to business, Capt. Alfred Day offered the following reso lution : Resolved, That this Committee do hereby rescind its action at Philadelphia on the 2d of July, and at Cresson on the 9th of August last, and that we recommend to the Demo cratic party of Pennsylvania to stand by the Electoral ticket made by the Democratic State Convention at Reading on the Ist of March, 1860. To which Mr. Isaac Leech offered the fol lowing amendment WHEREAS, It is the duty of all Union-lov ing and conservative citizens to unite in such manner as will best prevent the election of the sectional candidates, Lincoln and Hamlin; and. as it is believed that there are a majority of voters in the State of Pennsylvania who are opposed to the hostile and aggressive doc trines of the Republican party ; therefore, be it 'Resolved, That the electoral ticket formed at Reading, on the first day of March last, be submitted to the voters of Pennsylvania for the votes of all conservative citizens opposed to the election of Lincoln, provided that each elector will pledge himself in writing, within ten days from this date, that in the event of his election as an elector, he will cast bis vote for President and Vice Pres ident in such a manner as the Reading Con vention, reassembled for such purpose on the 20th day of November, may direct, whether it be for Douglas and Johnson, l3reckinridge and Lane, or Bell and Everett. Resolved, That believing that there is a de cided majority of the voters of this State hos tile to sectionalism, and the election of the sectional candidates Lincoln and Hamlin, we call upon them to forego past differences, and to unite as the conservative Union and Con stitutional party in support of the ticket here presented. Resolved, That the place of any one decli ning to give the required pledge may be fil led with one who will give such pledge to the State Central Committee, who shall assemble at this place on October 23d, at 10 o'clock A. M. Mr. Carrigan offered the following amend ment to the amendment : Resolved, That a committee of five from this committee be appointed to meet the commit tee of the same number, lately appointed from and by the State Committee of the Constitu tional Union party, of this State, to confer on the subject of a joint electoral ticket, the de termination of said committee of five to be re ported to the Democratic State Committee for their acceptance or rejection. The State Com mittee to assemble at the call of the chairman thereof. - Upon a vote being had both the amend ments were lost, and the question recurring upon the original motion, it was adopted with scarcely a dissenting voice. On motion the Committee then adjourned. MEETIN G OF THE DOUGLAS STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE• The Reading Ticket Acquiesced In. The Straight Ticket Withdrawn PIIILADELPIIIA, Oct. 18, 1880. Last evening the Douglas Straight Com mittee held an adjourned and final session at the Girard House. Thirty delegates were present. General A. L. Roumfort presided. Mr. Cessna said he had prepared a pream ble and resolutions several days ago, and that since his arrival in this city Mr. Miller had also furnished au address which did not conflict with his ideas; and if it was agreea ble, he thought it would be well to have them published with the sanction of the Commit tee, Mr. Cessna then read the following preamble and resolutions, which, together with the address were, after some discussion, adopted. WHEREAS, The regular Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania, held at Read ing on the first day of March last, in strict accordance with the rules and usages of the Democratic party, adopted a platform of principles; selected a delegation to represent the State in the National Convention, to as semble at Charleston ; authorized the chair man of said State Convention to appoint an Executive Committee to serve for the ensuing year, and appointed an electoral ticket, which was distinctly and unequivocally pledged and instructed to support the nominees of the Charleston Convention,then soon about to be held, and to which the Pennsylvania del egation was commissioned and sent : And whereas, The delegation so sent to Charles ton took their seats in said National Conven tion, participated in the proceedings thereof, resumed their seats in said Convention upon its re-assembling at Baltimore, and, after the nomination of Stephen A.Douglas by the said National Convention, did, through their chairman, Hon. John L. Dawson, all the del egates being present, and no one dissenting,. ratify and assent to the nomination so made, and pledge themselves and the Democracy of the State to its support : And whereas, The State Central Committee, by resolution of July 2d, 1860, passed at Philadelphia, and of August 9th, 1860, passed at Cresson, at tempted to divert the electoral ticket chosen at Reading from the object of its original ap pointment, and directing and providing that in certain contingencies the votes of said elec tors should be cast for candidates other than those so nominated by the National Conven tion as aforesaid, thereby openly and unwar rantably attempting to disregard andoverrule the instructions of the Convention, by which said Committee was appointed, and commit ting, distinctly and clearly, acts of rebellion and disorganization, placing themselves out side of the regular organization of the party and rendering it incumbent upon the true men of that committee, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania member of the National Committee of the Democratic party, to take steps to counteract the disorganizing conduct of the State Central Committee, and to pro vide for the voters of the State an electoral ticket pledged to the support of the regular nominees of the Democratic National Con vention, which was accordingly done : And whereas, The State Central Committee, at its late session at Reading, on the 12th inst.,did, in distinct and unequivocal terms and lan guage, repeal, rescind, and annul its disor ganizing action of July 2d, and August 9th, 1860 ; and having fully repented of its guilty conduct, atoned, as far as possible, for its violation of duty, lowered its flag of rebellion, and withdrawn from before the people of Pennsylvania as a candidate the person pre sented to them, solely by the action of said commitee, and leaving for their support none other than the regular nominees of the Na tional Convention, to whose supportthe mem bers of the Reading electoral ticket stand in , structed by the commissions they severally hold, and pledged in honor by the acceptance of their appointment: therefore, Resolved, That this committe, for the reasons aforesaid, does hereby withdraw the electoral ticket heretofore ap pointed and published by its order and direction. Resolved, That regarding, as we have from the first— both on account of the regularity of their nomination.and the clear consistency of the platform upon which they stand, with that adopted by the Reading State Convention —Douglas and Johnson to be solely entitled to receive the Democratic electoral vote of Pennsylvania, we are not permitted to doubt that vote will be given to them by the electors now left in nomination, in case of success—and especially as the history of the country in the past has never, except in a single case, shown a failure on the part of any elector ever chosen by the people to cast his vote according to the instructions of the Convention appointing him. .7esolrea, That thus believing, we deem it proper,under existing circumstances, for the harmony of the Democrat ic party of Pennsylvania, to recommend to the united Democracy of the State the eleCtoral ticket as it was orig inally formed at Reading, in March last—now Wholly fro from questionable pledges and committals. Gen. Wm. H. Miller said he had attended every meeting of the committee from the day it was organized up to the present moment. He had very clear views as to what was the policy of the committee, which had been strengthened during the last few days, in as certaining what he believed to be the senti ment of the earnest, devoted friends of Ste phen A. Douglas. He conceived it the wise and proper course to withdraw the ticket from the field. He then read the following address: ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRACY OP PENNSYLVANIA. The annual State Convention of the Democ racy of Pennsylvania, held at Reading i:a March last, in accordance with the usage of the party, authorized the appointment of a Central Executive Committee, having the usu.; al powers only, and to perform simply the usual duties pertaining to their position.— This committee assembled at the call of their chairman, Mr. Welsh, at the city of Philadel phia, on the 2d of July, and the hasty, ill-ad vised, and extraordinary action there had by the majority of the committee is a matter of history ; and so, also, is the wide discontent which that action created amongst the Democ racy of the whole State. It is only necessa ry to refer to them, in order to their distinct revival in the public mind. The attempt then made, to release the mem bers of the electoral ticket which had been framed at Reading, from the solemn obliga tion to sustain only the candidates regularly nominated by the Democracy of the Union; and to induce theta actually to vote, in a de clared contingency, for other candidates, standing upon a platform directly the reverse of that adopted both by the Democracy of our own State and of the Union, and that, too, in an important and essential feature, called im peratively for countervailing action on the part of all those who wished to preserve the honor and integrity of the Democratic party, and to procure a fair triumph of its avowed principles. Hence the origin of the Democratic Con vention at Harrisburg on the 26th of July, and the organization of the committee now assembled, the paramount, if not the only purpose of which, was to procure the rescind ing of the objectionable acts and resolutions of the Executive Committee, of which Mr. Welsh was chairman. We were expressly instructed to await a meeting of this commit tee, then notified to be held at Cresson, be fore resorting to ulterior measures ; and it was not until there was a failure to meet fair ly the views of the Convention of the 26th of July, by Mr. Welsh and those who acted with him, that any steps at all were taken by us in regard to a re-organization of the electoral ticket presented at Reading. From the very first, it has simply been our claim that the individual members of that ticket should be left wholly untrammelled by any pledge what ever, except what clearly resulted from their acceptance of the position ; that the honor, truth, and regard for established usage of those gentlemen should never have been doubted ; and, at all events, that it was scarce ly competent for any secondary committee of the same Convention to give them instruc tions upon matters of conscience and plain duty. That such instructions, however, were ventured upon, is well known ; and that they had an undue influence, we were compelled to persume from the reported answers of some of the gentlemen thus improperly ap proached. In view of answers thus irregu larly obtained, indicating a willingness to comply with the_terms of the programme vol unteered by Mr. Welsh and those acting with him in that regard, we felt ourselves bound to present, and recommend to the Democracy of the State, a revised ticket of electors, whom we had reason to believe would faithfully re gard the resolutions of the Democratic State Convention held at Reading, and the platform and candidates presented by the Democracy of the Union at Baltimore. Since this was done, and our ticket fairly placed in the field, Mr. Welsh again called his committee into council ; and on the 12th inst., at Reading, they deliberately rescinded all their previous action, of which the Pennsylvania Democra cy had complained. We have thus stated the circumstances un der which we have this day come together for final action, in the briefest possible form, and without a single note or remark of triumph not inevitable in our own proper record.— These circumstances—cherishing, as we al ways have done, a proper regard for consis tency and the harmony and success of the Democratic party—leave us no doubtful or al ternative conclusion. All the purposes of our original organization as an antagonist com mittee have been effeeted--all irregular and un authorized action on the part of the Reading Executive Committee has been withdrawn, and the countervailing measures adopted by the Harrisburg Convention of the 26th of July stand completely vindicated. A. L. ROUMFORT, Chairman. rerThe Geographical Society of Paris of fers a prize of $1,600 to the traveler who shall first travel from Senegal to Algeria, or from Algeria to Senegal, by way of Tirebue too.
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