■-ffllMffl VOLUNTEER,
' JOHJTB. BIiATTON, Editor & Proprietor,
CARLISLE, PA., MARCH 13, 1856,
Democratic State Nomination!.
CANAL COMHtSSIONRR,
GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia county.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
JACOB FRY, Jr., of Montgomery county
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
TIMOTHY IVES, of Potvcr county
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS
The Democrats, ami nil opposed to Knmv-
Nothlnglsm, residing in flu* East Ward, Carlisle,
will meet at MOUDY’S Hold, on Saturday
evening, at 7 o’clock, to make arrangements for
the Spring ejection.
The meeting for the WeM Ward, will be held
fft SEOUL'S Hotel, on the same evening and
hoar. All opposed to Know-Nothlngisrn and
In favor of economy in our Borough adairs are
invited to attend. MANY.
As the tln)c for holding the township elec
tions through! the country is rapidly approach
ing our Democratic friends and all others op
posed to Know-Nolhiningism Mould do well
to prepare themselves withoutdclay fur the con
test, The result may have nn impoitant bear
ing on next foil’s election.
Tub Liquor Question.—Mr. Brown's Bill
from the Scnalc.has passed the House with very
important amendments, making it less strin
gent in its operation. The Senate lias again
amended the Bill and returned it to the House,
but the House insisted upon its amendments,
tfftd the Bill is now in the hands of a commit
tee of conference. We hope a bill of some kind
may speedily pass both Houses.
“Counrsmt* .and M vuriaue.”— T. B Pr-
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with all phases of human character ; every :
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bold and startling, and- describes the warm
feelings of the Southerner in glowing colors. In
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value, or superior to this work, and it is a gem
that will well repay a careful perusal.
Copies of cither edition of the work, will 1*
Sent to any one to any part of the Tinted Stales,
free of postage, on remitting the price of the
edition they may wish, to the publisher, in a
letter.
Male Central Coromillee.
We publish to-day theSlatc Central Commit
too appointed by Hon. HEsnnnK H. Wmonr,
President of tho la to Democratic State Coin <-n
tion. It irmado up generally o( active, (aten
ted and energetic Democrats, wlmh mil gue it
an efficiency ne'er before atl.imcd. The selec
tion of Col. John W, I'oß't y, as f’hainnan is
highly appropriate at tin- lime Me has a|wn\ s
kepi his residence in Pcnnsyh aniu, returning
to vole at every election, while being engaged
la official business at UaHimglori, foi the Inal
few years. He is making arrangements to
more lus family buck to Pti l l *-1 j.ht:i, wbcie be
Intends to give the largest pottton nl his tun-*
and tulonls to I he gloat canvass that is appro...• li
Ing ; and being one of the readiest wnteis and
finest orators now on the jHilitie.il stage, w y nmv
expect as bnliiant and glorious a canijiaign m
the‘Keystone State, as any that nut ked and dis
Anguished the Juokson era
Thk Pacipk: The latest news from Kuropc
give no intelligence respecting the missmg
steamer Pacific. Public expectation, especially
in New York, lias been moat eager for Rome
fact or circumstance on which to banc a hope
of her safely. Hut wc arc left still in doubts,
or rather our fears scorn about to be realized
It looks ns if that noble vessel must be added
to the list of those that hate been swallowed uji
in the great Ocean, leaving no trace behind to
tell the living when or how the terrible d sastcr
occurred.
The opponents of the Democratic pm ty
are in a most pitiable condition. 'l'lioy ore rut
up into bitter ami furious factions, and in their
utter despair of success against the Democracy,
will fall to work to abuse and demolish each
other. We do not think that either the lie
publicans or Know-Nothings proper, ran have
any reasonable hope, at this time, of carrying a
single Stale in the I moil The Democrats
can coolly look on, and he amused at their per
plexities.
“ Coiiisu F,vests (’\nr Turin Shukuvj Hi;.
fORS•” A dospalr.il received li„m Chicago,
announces tho election of ihe Dmuor.iaim can
didate for Mayor by yirf hundred majority, and
the success of tho entire Democratic ticket over
thocomblned forces ot Know Nothiugum ami
Abolitionism.
Rbpudiatio.v.— The Know-Nothing Kseni
tivo Committee of Allegheny county have repo,
dialed the action of the Know-Nothing Nation
al Convention at Philadelphia, in tho nomina
tion of Fillmore and Donclson. They offer to
sell themselves out to (he Republicans. If the
consideration to bo given bo only in proportion
to their value, tho transaction will bo an ex
ceedingly small one, not worth reporting on
’Change.
HT* A letter from Home says, “ Vesuvius U
In labor. Tho signs which pr.ccod a violent
eruption ore apparent.
THE ESOff-KOfniWfI’NDMLWTIOM.
The Know-Nothing nominations for President
and Vico President of (ho United States, appear
to meet with a cold response from all quarters.
The old lino Whig papers, with scarcely nn ex
ception, ridicule the nominations most unmor.
citully; and more than one-half the Know-Noth
ing papers appear reluctant in their support.—
Our neighbor of the Carlisle Herald treats (ho
tided with a kind of indifferent contempt, and
refuses to hoist the names of (he nominees.—
The .'hmriran —the Know-Nothing organ of (his
county —hoists the ticket with a shrug of the
shoulder*, and promises to repudiate it altoge
ther if Mr. Fillmore refuses to place himself
■' right upon the Kiinsas-Nabrnska issue.*’ Of
course Mr. Fillmore will never do this, and ne
mav therefore number the American ns among
the opponents of the nominees. The Harris,
lung Telegraph, Gov. Pollock *n mouth-piece,
refuses to support the ticket; and in the city of
New York, (Mr. Fillmore’s home,) there are
but two papers that are not opposed to him.—
The New York Herald , a strong advocate of the
Know-Nothing faction, denounces the ticket in
severe but merited language, and says it cannot
carry a county in the Union. The Know -Noth,
ing papers of New Jersey, with but one excep
tion, repudiate and denounce the nominations;
and the same may lie said of (he papers of the
same faction in Ohio and Hie New England
States.
Such is the position the “invincible Sam"
occupies at this time, the commencement of a
Presidential campaign. A fen- months ngo
Know-Nothingism flourished, like a noxious
weed, spreading desolation and corruption in
nil portions of our country. AW there are but
few who have the hardihood to defend the dog.
mas of the detestable faction. The result Inis
oecnhs wo predicted at the first dawning of (his
God-delving party. Wu felt confident that Hie
“ victories ot Sam" would he of short duration,
and that Know-Nothingism would soon smother
in its own corruption. It is utterly impossible
for men holding different views in regard to
State and National politics, to wm k hannoni
oush together lur any length of lime; nor can
the American people be hoodwinked foievei.
“ The sober second thought *’ will remedy error*,
no dillerence bow dvep-sealcd (hose errors mav
appear. The Know-Nothing part) Mas com
posed, in tiie mam, of rotten main ml —of ‘A bo.
liliuiiists in the North, Slave-holders in the
South, of fanatics, disappointed ofliee-scekern.
political preachers, church burners, bigots, and
! of the <• bold bud men’* of the (Mould panics.
| Such being Hie ns •, it was evident to all re.
; fleeting men that a part) made up ot sueh a
1 heterogeneous compound would soon founder on
i the rock ot Destruction, and break to pieces at
the very time that it most desired success. A
“wild hunt after office" kept them togelliei fo
a short time, but a division of the honors and
the spoils of office in tlio different States, vt
them to quarreling, and they are now a disor
ganized band of political adventurers. All then
etlurts to bind (he members of thuir organize,
torn to a blind adherence, have proved unavail
ing—(heir oaths have been \ iolated, and tlnir
pass woidsmocked at. In flue, Know-Nothing-
I3ID is about us dead as is old Wlnggcry, but the
death of the first is haded with joy by cver\
good man, and that of the latter regretted l.v
many true patriots and statesmen.
Thai the Democrats will elect the next I’resi
dent, is a foregone conclusion. That we will
carry nearly every Statu in the Union, is equal
ly certain. With either J ames Buchanan. Pre
sident Fierce, B. M. T. 11 cutrr of Virginia,
or any other true national man, we will bwcAj
tho Union from one end fo the other. Stick A
pm there, any one who pleases.
Presidential Prospects,
The North American of Philadelphia.a strong
Whig print. which refuses to support the nomi
nations of Fillmore and Donclson, thus speaks
of the prospects of these candidates : ’flu- jour
nals of Pennsylvania hitherto opposed to the
Democratic party are greatly divided in soldi
incut res| cctmg the Presidential ticket nomi
nated by the recent National Know-. Nothing
l 'om cntio:i. The Kmc (ia/.ctlo, Harrisburg
Telegraph. Lancaster Kxaimncr. Lancaster In
dependent Whig, and York (Pn ) Advocate, all
high tonod conservative papers.rcfu.se to sup
port the ticket. There are tnauv other Whig
and American papers which do the same, but
we mention these because they represent dis
tinct sections of the opposition, and indicate
that the dissatisfaction is not, as Some assert,
confined lo ami-slavery shifts.
The opposition of such journals as (he Ris
ton I buly Advertiser, Lancaster Examiner, and
I \ ork Advocate, the jicculi.u organs of the anti- I
' Knon ..Nothing Wing party, shows that polm- I
.Ml interest will be adverse to Mr. Fdlmoie. In ■
our own Slate, relatively but a few newspapers j
sustain the ticket These are in Heading, t
Philadelphia, Pottsvillc. Munch ('hunk, Lewis- I
town and Lebanon. Il.siinlion i.s evpnsM.ll
by the majority of the old Whig puss, while
not * few come out in icsolute opposition.
In Ohio very few newspapers support the
I nominees The lending journals, such ns the
Cincinnati HareUe. Cleveland Herald. Colum
bus Stale Journal and Cincinnati Commercial,
indicate no probability of adhesion. The Mas
sachusetts K. N. Stale Conned lias refused of
ficially to rnliTj the nominations. Maine and
New Hampshire were not rtpreseukd in the
Convention winch nominated Mr. Fdlmorr.nnd
the party there is strongly Republican The
same i.s the case in all llie New England States,
jus well as Michigan, Wisconsin and lowa In
the general confusion before the meeting of the
recent Convention, much attention had been
liinctnl towards the opposition members of
Congress, m the hope that some mnveimut
might he set afoot by them likely to result in a
genet al union against the nominees of the I>nn
erratic National Convention. Mi Fillmore's
nomination has destroyed all prospect of (his.
but neverlhdcc-H (he party which support..l
Mr. Bunks is said to be considering the proprie
ty of calling a People’s National Convention, to
meet in Philadelphia, to nominate a candidate
for President and Vice President. Should such
a convention bo held, and agree with the Re
publicans and Northern Americans upon a
common ticket, it would result in the organiza
tion of a powerful third party.
O'? - 1'oor Sam Houston! Having deserted
Ins patty, and gone ovoi to Its enemies, under
tho hope of being uhlo to reach tho Presidential
chair, now finds himself without {iicndu on
either sldo. Ho recolvod bnt throe votes In tho
Know Notlilng National Convention—lds own
Stato voting against him. After all, U serves
him right.
[£7* A. J. Donclson, the Know-Nothing can
didnto for the Vice Presidency, said the other
dnv, that he is the owner of a hundred slaves.
PROF. JOHNSTON’S LECTURE—“HIAWATHA.
The sixth and last lecture of the course for
the benefit of the “Union Fire Company.” was
delivered by Professor Johnston of Dickinson
College, in the Court House, last Thursday eve
ning. The lecturer’s reputation os a scholar
drew together a large and intelligent audience.
The house was crowded to its utmost capacity.
Ilis lecture though too short, in consequence of
recent indisposition, to enable him to do full
justice either to his subject or to himsilf, has
been highly spuken of.
He charactmzed the Poem of Hiawatha as
sublime in its subject and deserving of a high
rank in Poetic Literature,—as surpassing the
great body Qf modern Poetry ami rivalling that
of Greece and Romo; though lie thought it
violated some of the essential rules of poetrv,
and feared that its rhymeless verse, and lepeti
tion of epithets, phrases and lines, would enable
the facetious to travesty it successfully and
with ease.
That the song of ••Hiawatha” will ever rank '■
with the Thad of Homer, or the .Tlneid of Vir
gil, we very much doubt ; but, that it will he
prevented from taking that place amongst
modern poetry to which its intrinsic merits en
title it, by the parodying of a few of Peter Pin
-1 liar’s heroes who “have mistaken the madness
of poetry for the inspiration of poetry,” we arc 1
still less inclined to believe. Their pet t id'u
i sions arc already popularly known by tiie nig- •
nilicant appellation of “bo>di.” As to us vio
lating the ruhs of poetry: Though making no
j pretensions to that art ourself, we are disposed
to think that Longfellow in “Hiawatha” lias
spoiled t he art of poetry only as Bonaparte
spoiled the art of war, and as Macaulay spoiled
the art of wilting English Prose—by improve
ments upon both. Longfellow's “ Evangeline,”
i was belter received than any American poem
, had ever been before. But “Hiawatha” has al- 1
'ready distanced all nali\e competitors for pop. I
ular fa\or. In it is to be found the noble mu- I
sic of “sentiments which run through the soul |
of universal humanity.” Having passed tin-;
scathed through the searching ordeal of Eng- \
lish criticism—an oidial that has made sad!
havoc of the product ions of many a man win*!
, fondly thought himself a genius—it has severely ,
gained for its author the proud title of poet Lau- 1
; fcale of Ins inline land. It is emphatically the \
American Poem Aineiican in character, m
■ sci-iury and m measure. In character.it has
had wrought into its texture the peculiar le
-1 gciuls of a peculiarly Amencan race: a race , ol
whom we know not “whence they came,” ami
hardly wjnthcr they are going. Us measure,
w hetherorigmal or of Piulandic extraction,is pe
, cnlinrly suited, by its sad and lender monalone,
to the language of that race “that is rapidly
I passing away.” It “chimes with our feelings,”
I and ha.s truly “a tone and ring of its own.”—
Potts we believe, group together us peculiar
ities of style under the name of “parallelism.”
For the purposes of the poem rhyme would
have been 100 artful, and blank verse too stale
ly. W c append pan of a criticism from the
London Alhnucim. with extracts from the
poem itself, by way of specimens ;
“ At length we Inn,; an Ametican song bv an
American singer, While the poets of ’that
eountry weie running n|f to Marathon and the
Seven Hills, to Tendon and the Black Forest,
in scan h of poetic ore, we pointed out to them
the rich loads of laney lying untouched ami vir
gin at tlvuir own foot. Umiod cities, —vanish-
ing races, —forustp, lakes, mountains, and water
lulls.—nil the'mythical and plcforlal Wtfnil'rits
on which imagination loves to work,—are (bore,
in their own great eountry, as wo have said
again ~nd again, waiting tho artist’s eye to see
tlnir bounty , and the singeTs longue to give
them voice. I n breadth, \ai ioly , and color, the
('••alnres of tho \ew World transcend those of
thenld. Wb.U is S.lllendlOln Niagir.l I The
Bbirn- would imi like a mere thread thu.ngb
Ibe M iwvnppi. The mounds of the great Ame
nem vallev are piobably older than the Tm.i
inids and the Kiruse tn WnlN. Who has solved
the mj story of the A/t-e,/ Who lias (nmlied
Hie sad and tender ehoids of Indian store/
Who has seized the poetic lea lures of the’Red
Man/ Surely Imn* me Hue materials for the
Uue pool ! Neither is that talc ot the White
Man in America devoid of romantic interest.-
Na\, it in. m our opinion, one ol the most ro
mantle tales on record, Howfiill o( movement,
how Htei n and dramatic, Imw itilinih Iv \ast. ami
i.ipid, and cotuplex, h ill it stoiy In’.ni Toliim
bin to Hab'igb, from Pi/.arm to IVnu, fi m.i T is
( new in ( iglelhorpL- 1 How nnicii of p ission, of
inlelleei. <>| fancy, weaves itself into that bright
and clouded Web' How intensely poetical, too,
arc all the episodes and changes of that st.uy .!
(mill the s 111 mg ol Hie three- poor caravels from
Palo-* down to i In* I>ecl u at n»n of I ndependence 1
Neele* I of midi a Inciiie b\ Ann riean poets, in
lavoi of 1.-gcnds >d Kmope.in goblins, Kmopean
<- 1 1ami Knropean literjiy fasliions, has nl
"•ip appe u ,-d lo lIS ft SCI lolls impeaclimclll of
i (In' mil tonal genius.
Mi. Longfellow, wc repeat, lias essayed to
remove this liter .ir \ rep,,.ml, He h-.s til |,rn
bo Ins ihr-tne an I ndi in legend, m something
Hut has an uppear.inee o( bejng I M( |i,in leg
end. The (ah* itself is beaut 1 1 id, lain ihil, and
new, and lie has worked u up into u poem ol
umnv parts. Tin* measure is novel as well as
tin* mallei. 1 1 i* .i thy nieless verse, vv ill, some
thing •*( toiesl rniisie in its rise a n >| f.d|. J n j|
we hear, as it were, the swaying (roes, the
whin of w i iigs, the puttering o I leaves, the luck
ling of water. 11 lavvul Im is a sort of Indian
Cadmus, a personage know n, w e are (old, in.
many of the nut no tribes as u legendary being
<d miraculous birth, who cunc (,» teaehthe lied
Man bow to elear (be forest, to sow the (hdds
with grain, to read ami writ.,. Mr. Longlellow
has taken tins auelent legend ns the basis of Ins
woik ; be lias ills,, woven into Mu* texture of bis
poem n few other and more original traditions
loimd among the lied race; and im has produ
ced in an imaginary memoir of the hero, Ilia,
watlia, a nielure of Indian life as it exists in (be
for, si ami by (ho river, full of light and cobu,
repose ami action.”
Hen* is flic account of hks hero's wooing
“ ‘-Vs unto the bow iln* coid is,
So unto t be man is w omaii,
Though aim bends bun, slm obeys him,
Though she draws him. yet slm follows,
I seless eucli w ithoul (lie other!’
Thus the youthful Hiawatha
Said within himself uml jmndered,
Much perplexed by rations feelings,
Listless, longing, hoping, feating,
Dreaming still of Minnehaha,
(It Hie lovely Laughing Water,
In the land of the D.w.utalis.
‘Wed a midden ol yom people,'
Win ning said the old Nokomis ;
•(Jo not eastward, go not westward,
For a stranger, whom wu know not.
I.ikon (Ire upon Ihc lionrlii-stono
Is a neighbor’s homely daughter,
l.iko the atnrliglil or (lie moonlight
Is tlm ImndsoiucHt of strangers t*
Thus dissuading spake Nokomis,
Ami my Hiawatha answered
Only this: ‘Dear old Nokomis,
Very plonsnut Is tho (delight,
But i like (he starlight better,
Hotter do 1 like the moonlight I’ ”
As the habit is, the old gentleman gives a
great deal of advice: and as tho habit also is.
the young gentleman follows the desires of Ins
own heart. He sets out in search of his bride,
passing through prairie and forest, which are
pictured to the fancy by Mr. Longfellow with
R f^-^ clicatc ft nd powerful touches of his
brush; ami on firming in the land of the Da
colahs, finds the lady of his choice —the Laugh
ing Water, bitting by the side of her father the
Old Arrow-maker, nt the door of I heir wigwam
plaiting mats of flags and rushes, and think
ing of himself, as a hunter
“From Another trlbo and country,
Young and tall and very handsome,
Who one morning, in the spring-time,
Came to buy her father’s arrows,
Sat and rested in the wigwam,
Lingered long about the doorway,
Looking back as he departed.
She line! hoard her father praise him,
Praise his courage and Ids wisdom ;
Would he come again for arrows
To the Falls of Minnehaha C’
Having ascertained c lint she reciprocates his
feelings, lie proceeds to the next step in Mich
cases, that of asking the old gentleman for her
hand, who
“Paused n rnnni 'iit i- ic lie answered,
Smoked u litt|<* wMIe in silence,
Looked nt Illaw.itlu pmudly.
Fondly looked ut l.nmrbing Water,
And made answer mi gravely :
‘ Vi's, if Mlnnoliah \ w Dim* ;
Let your heart speak. Minnehaha ”
And (he lovoh E.mgliing Water
Sccine<l more lio-ch ns she stood (hero,
Neither willing nm ?elne(an:,
As she wont to Hiawatha,
Soltly took the n M-ede him,
'While she said, ami Mushed to «ny It,
‘I will follow yon, my Imsli.ind 1 ’ ”
The song of fTiawa'lia moves throughout in
this simple and beautiful measure.
A Know-Milliliig SpCCfll
To give our rctuh rs an idea of the sort of ma
terial in the late Know-Nothing National Con
vention, we publish below the remarks of Par
son lirownlow, one of its leading sphits. Wo
copy from the Phikel Iplna AVic>, wliich w ai in
ly supports the llelui. and whose report of the
proceedings of the Convention may, wc pre
sume, be relied on ;
Loud cries were nmv made for Rrownlow, of
Tennessee. On the stand in response,
he said that his spncli on this occasion would
lie, like all Ins ape h- > short and sweet, like a
roasted maggoty For scu-nleen years he had
performed the dreadful service of editing a pel
itical paper, one! Im could say in (hat Conner
tion (lint his paper had the largest circulation
of any political paper in Tennessee. He had
fought hard and lorn: for the Whig parly, but
ho had seen fit tu leave that organization.—
Why, with Millard l‘iilmorc to lead and even
with Josh Giddings l>< hind him, we could car
ry onr State. But with tins large, patriotic
greny Tennesseean, (pointing to Major Donel
son.j the Pierce pai t \ mil be a transcendental
nothing.
He should go home with the determination to
jump higher and si] ’jail tmidir than nnv man
in Tennessee,ami would open the hall at Knox
ville on Monday m\i ( Applause and laugh
ter.) It had been nndor-Juod as arranged that
Major Donclson wm.ld he put on the ticket
with Andrew Jackson iu lug letters, and Don
clson invisible, and thru tin* old line Democrats
would think that old Hickory had conic to life
Again. Ho then the party should dis
perse. having done the good work.
The Parson’sanggvstion in regard to print
ing Donelson’s name is characteristic of a gen
mne l.et us sec how the
•'greasy TenncsscumV name would look if
printed after the Parson's fashion. We (1 ml it
actually flying at the mast-head of the Lew is
town Gazette in the follow ing style ;
Fcm \ li K riIKSinKNT,
ANDREW JACKSON
OF tkvnkhsee.
The Adopted Son and■ ConJldcn
Hal Secretary of Major Gen. din
tire 10 Jackson.
/ — r—
Tribute of Respect
Mf-ciiANioaocnn Lodge, f. (). or (). F.
Mai oh Ist, ISdti. \
WuuiKAfl, It has plua.sid an all-wiKc (rod to
remote from our midst, a worth.* nod imuli es
li-ciik-iI meinbei ol mu Oub-r, lb■<(lu-r Jo-»i.eu
Ml l- 1-1- a, who in an uii I line h moiiK-lit w as crush -
ed to death hem-.ith the rums ■>( the wan hmis,-
of the Messis, Ibiz.hy's is t '•> ,ni I’lul.i ,on lue
-blh lilt , atul w liil.il we aie w lihng O, ,o-,|uu
in the Dome will, wo m-\ei I la-less inoiiiii <oei
the unluuel* end ol our heho ed l>i«ili l r '1 here
foie,
'lli.it \ve deeph s\rupallnso w ilh bis
lie I tin ed and nlllictud pui'enl-s, w ho h.u e tu-en,
1»\ tlio recent sad dhsaster, depin «.d ol .m al|.-e-
I loii.Ue son. and imo \dm tin main b sled a wo I
hngne.ss to deny himsell' o| (ho hisui w s o| In,-
that he might ho the bettci aide to adiuiiuslri 0,
their wants.
Itemlrcil, That wc attend the linu-ial of uni
deceased hi Mliei as a Lodge, and I hat he Ire in -
leied iieeooliiig i., the ughta and ceieiuouien ol
oui OuU r.
/ifwh'r /, Thai as a token ol respect om
Lodge be dressed in the habiliments ol nioiiin
mg l»u the Apace of thirty days, and that each
member weai (tie usual budge of Humming lot
the same space ol time.
Hitulif'l, That these proceedings he publish
ed in (In- count* papers, and acop> ol ihesann
sent to t lie ]mi ents.
F. A. Matkrii, j
A. N. (Dihis, |
H. F. Fi.I.L«, J. fi,wmi;(r(
Sami rx KeKU..n, [
(iimine Ibmu, j
C'7' Licul. Charles U. Ilnnlcr, whoso death
in the New York Hospital, on the full uist., lias
Urn mention!(l, Ml a victim to discus con
tracted in Mexico. Ho.was horn in Trenton ;
N. .1., was educated at West Point, and enter
ed as a midshipman in the United Stales ser
vice. The first net which drew pul.h,- atten
tion to him was the duel « limb he f.,n-hi „ ,[},
Miller, of Philadelphia, in uhich the latter was
hilled. lie was dismissed from the M-mce.btil
(Jen. Jackson restored him to Ins rank In the
Mexican war lie disobeyed positive orders, and
captured Alvarado, an act which gave him re
nown. but lost him hU command. lie subae
'pienlly was appointed a purser, got into a dif
ficulty about his accounts, was dismissed the
scmiT. ami again restored, returned home
I u iihout orders, bolfSiiso not permitted to intei.
I fere in a quarrel in Paraguay, between our
ffibnttulnnd the civil authorities, and was a ,r nm
1 dismisseiTlhe navy. His n li-.|e course of con
din i was singnluily erratic, but he was nn
doubUdly a man of great daring Ho loaves
beltind him a wife and daughter. Ilulh arc
now in Spam.
f XT’ In 1861, Mr. Mott was imposed on the
members of Ibe Know-Nothing parly l>y Mg
lender* ns a Know-Nothing: in lK. r ). r ), Mr,
Nicholson was impo*cd on the Wings and Re
publicans ns an old lino Whig—thus cheating
both insiders and outsiders.
fTTMI was remarked by u prominent Know.
Nothing, the other day, upon being informed
of the nomination of Fillmore ami Donelson,
that •• that elects the Democratic ticket.” The
leaders see Iho “ handwriting on the wall.”
07” Another Arctic expedition in talked of
in England, with the,view o( searching (or Iho
relics of Franklin andlhls parly. j
Twiss and Tum.BTfl. —A few days since
the wife of Iho Rev. Horace James, of this city,
gave birth to two children at one time, and
since then the wife of the Rev. (Jeo. Rnshnell.
also.of this city, has given birth to three chil
dren, all at oco time. IVoi (ester {Mass.} Spy
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
IlAnutsmma, March 4, 1850.
The Democratic .State Convention, to appoint
delegates to the Cincinnati National. Convcn
vcnlion, Presidential Electors, and to nominate
a Statu ticket, assembled in the Hal! of the
House of Representatives at 10 o'clock A. M,,
when Jamkr F. JmiksTON', Esq., Chairman of
the Stale Central Committee, called the Con
vention to order.
On motion. J. Poktru Riiawi.y. Esq,, of
Crawford, was chosen tempoinry chairman,
and V. |*liel[is, R R. Roberts and 11. F. Sloan
appom ( e< I Sect ct nries.
The list of Delegates were then called by the
•Secrctarus, when 133 answered to their names.
The iMegnhs from Cumbcilaml were—Hon.
.John Stuart (Senatorial,}aud Tlios. M. Riddle,
Esq., and Moses Rricker, (Representative.)
Mr. Purv mncc, of Roller, moved that the
Chairman appoint a ConmulUe of one fiom
each Senatorial dishict. to sdeel permanent
oflictrs for the Convention: which was agreed
(o. [Judge Stuart was the committeeman
from this (the 13th) Senatorial Dislnol. |
Mr. M right moved that the rubs of the
Mouse of Repicscnfnliws he adopted for the
government of the Convention, as fur as practi
cable: which was agreed to.
Adjourned to 3 o’clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The Convention met nt 3 o'clock, pursuant
(o adjournment, and was enlhd loonier hv Mr.
Rn vw i.i-;v.
Mr Pi itvi v\n:, from (he committee on per
inanuU oflicers, reported the following ;
I } rr<ul"ut,
H<m. HKNDIUCK TL WKICHT.of Luzerne,
f" Vnc Picmlcnts.
Tims. CoiutcE, Pliiladelpliiu,
Wm Lamm. “
I’iiii.ir I) (innimiT, Montgomery,
Jno P. Jamkm. Delaware,
Jacoii Wic’Ki.utv. Beiks.
Pan. Ani*i.ebai (jii. Bucks.
A an am \.u Pktkiis. LancasUr,
Sami m, Bit.u.n, Dauphin.
iMn-i i.iN llanm \i. Lehigh,
F, M. I'li.WK, Wavne.
H. d. StAiiuiv. Adams,
Jm>. Rankin. York,
Jas. Black, Perry.
Sami ki. Si iumi;i-KKii. Centre,
Tm-miMMI I I S.M OKU, Blair,
B M Tliuiini*. Lnzi rue.
.Imi. 1- Means, Bradford.
I' u i n B urn *v, .1, i], r-sim,
U. \V, ScoMKi.n. Wanen,
Wn son I.aiui>. Due.
D vv m Tiiuiai.i.. Lawrence.
♦lknio M'Ci 111 m on. Allegheny
Josh L.v/.i-: *a, (Jreene.
Jons D lloimt. Somerset,
Si in ( i.o\ i,it. ( hit ion,
ID-.: in. s - ( ' \\'i u-.it. I 'moil,
WhMt.Kt Fko.st. Fnvelle,
Kd K kauns, Schuylkill.
St<ci rltn icf.
If F Slnnn, Krie.
Fit J. Kmvm. Westmoreland,
I) IF. ('. Juni''*, Pot iit,
B m ,1/ live'hi i. Lebanon.
(>ro H. lirrnll, Philadelphia,
J >hi i .1/. Cim.i'r. Franklin,
l.'irri Z. Mitchell, Untler,
M m M. Fnll.-nrrr. Berks,
I. II i'//iioo/., Pike,
('has. Mrdi nth, Pbiiaddphia.
ALillbnr llurhiuii i, Allegheny,
Alnfc* lincker, Cnmbei land,
11. S. Peck, Bradford.
On motion of Mr. Packer, the nomination
was unanimously adopted
'i'he President elect was then escorted to the
chair, and midi v.-sed (he (.’(invention as follows:
(ieiulemen of the (.’onvoniion—l return you
my thanks for this manifestation of your parti*
n’.ity, I shall endeavor todtKchnrgo the impor
tant dutiea.you have assigned to mu, with fidel
ity ; Rnd Itinay not bdSrnpropcr in mo. at thsi
tunc, to stall- what I rtgard as discharging
1 1 1 f■ cdu 1 1 «• s with fidelity. W'e come hete to- '
day. gentlemen, fnmi all parts of the great
Conmionw i all li of P, tium l\nnia and great she
is —inline-need by eiu-nmslances under winch a
Convention luuj la lore assent bled in Pennsvl
\aimi. We come lieiens a unit--we come here
oiid n t'b d -wi cdine hen- (o ( arrv out a single
p'if i •e.c nml that piiipoM' in In piasenl ihioiigh
lln> l otomomvtalih. to the nation at huge a
nun w 'o-|n in ( iny wa * ijuiddiid to dis--liar g ( .
tin d-i I u s of I lie In st position in 1 he lb public,
and w let in nil pinbiibilit \ u ill occupy n bi-lme
another < 'on\ nil ion shall asM-mlde hen- ft beat
appla-He j Nee-i I say to yon that the name
of that distinguished man is J lines Bm hanan
! \pplaiwe ] A man. who ut tins hme, not
only PenuM Kama, but (In- wlmh- nation, is
nndy to honor (I’eni-wtd applause ] Here- I
lofon-, il has been said that Mr Buchanan
was presented by the politicians of Penns* hau
nt To-day. genllenn n. lie is Inirnc to the
Capitol of \onr Suit e on Ibe sbonldi rs of the •
peoj le. | Hirers. | No poll!mum m Penns* L
vmna as a polm-oan has bad an cm In-iu
haml in bringing about thisgieat, this mighty.
Ibis signal triumph in nor Common w mil h - 1
Mr Bochanan. tin- day. in Pennsylvania i
enshrim-il in the limits of tier people. (Ap
plause.] He is slrongtr to da* in PennsyU ania
than he CUT was before ; he is strong! r’lo da* !
in the Nation than he c* er was la fore ( Cheers ' 1
liming tm-l hen fm I In- purpose- of si (eel mg
d< h gait s who Will cast an unanimous vole for '
this man, w Imin we dilight to honor, in the [
Convention which is to meet in Cincinnati, in J
June iHM.it heroines important that no matJ
should be intrusted wi'b the message to lie car- I
tied there, unless he he a In'e man in every I
narticidar. As for rn* m If. fam frank to nc |
knowledge that I know no second choice. | Ap- '
planse ] I have but om.-choice. find I hat rltniee j
Ihe distinguished man of my own native- Stale !
W hat is in be (lie ellect of onr proceedings to- 1
day? Bm. lot e* on shall adjourn to-night, the
unanimity willi which this Convention has been j
organized —the moral grandeur and power that 1
is presented here— goes o\er (lie wires to all!
pints of tins country, ami il will carry with it
mlo the public mind elsewhere. iy conviction
w inch we bnpe will mukulhu proceedings of the
Cincinnati Convention n unit. Also, in pre
senting our distinguished son. let ua. gentle
men, in Rending our delegation to the Cmcin.
nail Cumcntimi. entrust them with n platform ;
worthy of the great Stale of Pennsylvania, and
’ worthy of the gnal-num that is to slnnd upon !
it when they gel t here ] ,i t a platfntm go with '
that di-legaiinn national mUs character. I.el ,
l it ind be circumscribed by narrow, selfish and
j local interests. Let it be a platform wide as j
j onr country, front ocean to ocean, that even !
I Democrat throughout the land inny Join hand's i
[with ns in support of it. |
In that platform, winch wo are to entrust
with our delegation. let us concede nothing to
the South, but let us do the South equal and
even-handed justice—that is all they ask. and
that is what we are willing to give. ' Embodied
in that platform, let there he the great princi
ple of the age, of popular sovereignty, as em
braced in the Kansas and Nebraska bill.—
[Terrific applause. ] Let there be embraced in
that platform this great principle—taxation
only to meet the wants of a well'conduclcd
government, sullleienl to defray all of its ex
penses with a strict regard to national econo*
my. [ Applause.] Let there be embraced also
m that platform, which these gentlemen shall
carry there, a war of extermination against
that sect or parly of men opposed to religions
toleration in this hind, f Applause. I Let there
ho no dark spot on this glorious platform—let
it be illuminated by reason, ami no dark lan
terns—let every portion of it stand out it in
,f bold relief," and let the gentlemen from Penn*
Nylvanla, who carry to Cincinnati the ark of
our national covenant, lake one they may be
proud of when they get there with it, and be
cheered by thousands who meet there for one
common purpose, and with one common object.
I said to yon that I would discharge the du
ties of the Chair with impnrtiolity ; what I
mean by impartiality is, that no man is to par
ticipate in that great business, unless he is un
der thorough pledges,and has manliness enough
to can y thogo .pledges out. Gentlemen Jit is
about time. I think,in tho history ot this Coun
try, that'this old CotmnonweaUh-r-ono of the
thirteen of the original ; Slates of the : . federal
compact —should have' a delegation of other
perilous of the confederacy in favor of one of
her own men. Wo have been postponed from
time lo lime : but when has Pennsylvania fnl
-1 lend ? In the times that tried men’s souls.
I she won the proud name of the Keystone of tho
I Federal Arch : ami now, when we are in the
1 mi.lst of times similar lo those past, she will,
again, ns she did before, picstrve the Union. —
i (Great applause.]
j And hero is the Democratic party of Peim
syhantn —God knows I am proud to look upon
you. I have frequently been in Conventions
hero for the last twenty-five years, and have
' never before seen so much intelligence display
ed. .Men come up fiom all quarters, old and
1 young, to participate in bringing about the
restoration of things that unluckily, two years
ago. were subverted, and the connlrv involved
in disaster. Wo come lure, operated upon bv
no local feelings ; we conic here, operated up
on by no sectional feelings : we rome here,hav
ing a <lue regard for the while fret men of this
Union, and a due regard, 1 trust, for the black
men of the Union, ilut lam one of those who
think we had better look lo the welfare ami
happiness of twenty-seven millions of While
nun than lo that of three millions of Mack men.
[Tremendous applause.] (Mr politics here in
Pennsylvania is national. We do not take a
one siih d \it w of this great quesi ion, w hirh
presented itself in fanatical Abolitionism, and
in religious intolerance. We occupy the w hole !
ground. We stand upon ground, 100. ocenpud j
by our fellow Democints thonghont nil parts
of the country ; and no Pennsylvanian in his 1
support of James Ihichannn—if he is, forln- J
naielv. nominated—will more lieai tily east his j
vote for him nf the ballot-box', than the freeman 1
who lives upon the golden shores of California. I
in Texas, or m the most remote parts of our
conntrv. j
We pro-son! n national man upon a national
plnlfonn. without i.itns of any kind, and upon
that platform lot him stand or fall. If we suo
<’(od in nominating that man. and sustaining
that platform, who don Ids but what the coun
try is safe { No .sound man. Ido not think,
gentlemen. that we have mu-fti to do. Onr bat
tle has hem fought : and we have only to throw
up our hats m exultation, that Mr. Buchanan
is nominated—and Mr. Buchanan nominated,
is Mr. Buchanan elected. [Croat applause.]
It is a mere formal matter,that we are now go
ing through—to show Mr. Buchanan onr pood
will, and other parts of the eonhderation that
Pemisilvama is in blood earnest, and determin
ed to have her choice—a point that the Nation
al Con von non has never conceded before. 1
again return my thanks to von. gentlemen, for
( leetinp me to this position, the duties of which
1 shall faithfully administer. (Cheers |
Mr Bnruanee oflered a resolution that the
members of the Convention proeetd to \ote
rm/ nice for a candidate for the Presidency of
the Culled Slates, as the choice of Pennsylva
nia: which was twice road and-adopted.
The roll was then cnlhd, when 1*27 voted for
James Buchanan: 5 voted for (Jkoruk M.
Dvi.i.vs. and 1 (lion. N. C- Cnmpbtll of Hun
tingdon.) voted fur the Nominee of National
Convention.
Mr. Vunsnnl said that the Bucks county
delegation had voted for (Jko. M. Dai.i, as mi
der instructions, and moved that the nomina
tion be declared unanimous; w Inch was agreed
—one voice dissenting.
Mr.'Knlly. of Praiikhn, oftend the following
resolution ;
Hi olrnl , That J oiks BiTiMVtv being the
lirst and only choice of Pennsylvania for the
Presidency, the President of ibis Convention
do now appoint n committee of twenty-live.one
from each Congressional district, with instruc
tions to report to this Convention, subject to
its approbation, tho names of fifty-four tlelcr
galea, four senatorial delegates from the Stale
at large, ■ and two representative delegates from
Cach-Congressional district, to represent tho
! Democracy of the State in tho National Con
vention to be held at Cincinnati in June next;
and for (he purpose of advocating with earnest
sincerity before the d» legated power of the Do
monacyof the Union the true position and
senium nla of the people of the old Kevstonc
Commonwealth, the committee shall u-porl no
p< rson ns a ih legale. nor shall any prison be
choM-n us Mich delegate, w ho is not known f,.
Ihi s Convention to be the hrm. consistent and
undir all nrcninslnnre«, rehahle fru nd of our
nomimr and who feels no other preference
.iml I nrlhci . That the said eomimtlec he
m>lrneu d to report, subject lo the approbation
of tins Convention, the names of twenty-seven
persons, two .senatorial and one representative
innn (-idi (’oiigre«sionnl district, ns candidates
fir Klcciors of President and Vice-President of
the I mli d Slates, to be supported bv tile Pern
octane parly at the next election.
Mr. Reilly addressed the Com enlion elo
quently m support of the resolution, after
wlm h it \v as adopted.
Mr. Dawson moved that a committee of
thirteen be appointed to pnpnro resolutions ex
[»r« s'i ve of Ihe sense of the Convention; which
was agreed 10.
The t unvcnlion I hen adjourned lill 7 o'
dork.
EVEMMI SESMnN
The Convention won railed Jo onhr at 7
Tlio Pie.Mdeiit, in accordance with the reso
lutions olleml I)}' .Messrs. Uiclly and Pui\i
once, nnimuivcd ihu (.’omnnttees on Resolu
tions (Id.) and on Delegates and Electors (2.V)
|\\ in Henry Welsh, Esq., of York, was the
I '(iininittee-man lioiu Un.s(lho Itkh) Congres
sional I >is( r id. |
Mr. Rielly moved that a State Central Com
mune he appointed by the President, to he
composed of thirty-three, rqnnl to the nmnher
of Stale Stumors—each district to he entitled
to as many members of the Committee as she
lias Sennloifi: which was adopted.
On motion, the Convention was then most
eloquently nddrenstd by Kx-iluv. Hmii.ku
He was followed by S r v.MI kj.W. Black. Esq ,
of Allegheny, (.ins. 11. Bockai.kw, Esq.. of
Columbia, and Wm, Momuomcuv. Ksn.. of
W ushinginn.
After Mr. M. had concluded his remarks.
Hon. Jas. M. Pokthr. from the Committee to
select Delegates to the National Convention.and
Electors, ieporltd the following:
imi.miAir.s at I.uu;i:
Arnold Plmner. Venango
llcmv D Foster. \\ i siinnreliiml.
Ihu el It Purler. Dauphin,
James 1,. Ki-ynnlils, Ennensler.
Disriurr m:i.i;i,ATi:s.
1 s( —Kdwaid (I, Webb. John MTurthy.
2ml—Janus C. Vandyke, Chambir* M Ivib-
«hl- J‘*hn Rohliins. jr.. Clias. \\ r . Cim igan.
•hh—Jus. UppencoU. John U. llrenuer.
sih—Owen Junes, (Montgomery,) Thus, J.
Roberts.
f»lh—John Rutter, (Chester,) Clias. D. Man*
ley. (Delaware.)
7lli—John D. Stiles, Kdward Nicholson.
Bih—J. Gluncy Jones, P. Iv. Miller.
Dili—H. 11. tSvvarr, Jos. 11. Baker.
lOdi—John Weidman, J. M,. Krdior-1
Uih—Win. E. Dewnrt, C. M. Straub.
12th—II. B. Wright, J. Cl. Monlgomcn*.
Kllli—J. N. Ilutchinson, 11. B. Beardslv
14th—V. K. Plollet, 0. L. Ward.
iruli—Wm. r. Packer. John H. Morrison.
lOlli—Henry Welsh, John Sluarl.
17ih—John Cessna, A. P. Eusk.
18ih—John 0. Kvorhnrl, Richard White.
10th—Jacob Forney, Alex. McKinney.
20th—John E. Dawson, Wm. Hopkins.
21st—Andrew Brake. Chns. Barnett.
22d-Siunl. W. Black, Jns. A. Qibson.
2.hl—M. U I rout. John N. McGuffln.
-4th- -J. E. CiilliN, J. Y. James.
25th—J. Porter Brawley, Wilson Ealrd.
Ei.Ecrrons at i.aiiqm.
f’has. U. Jluckalow,
Wilson McCandless.
7th “ David Uaiirv l cstcr co
'nil*' ■"• Vhns: , ticssler,BcS Mun lj.
Olh Jpipcs'Phttcrson I. W,
10th “ Isaac Slcnker rJ- ii
12th
14th • .Abraham Kdlnarr \l gm ! n Jei
14th -
ln ‘ .. Oco. A. C r a\vford, r ci[°r lc l > r
i- h . J? mcs Block., Per™ c'" 10 '*<h
lllh " .Henry J. Slnhln Zi ' .7
18th - Johnb,,UodT’s'" ra "«.M
20th ■■ J. A. J. ]iu C l, on „S ";, ortl <
21. st “ Wm. Wilkins, Ail’cr.l!^ 6^'
“2*l “ Jnnics (*•■ Campbell Bi.w
-23,1 " 'l’hos- Cnnninglmmp lt Cf 'tl
24th •• JohnlCvnOcyfa';^"'^
2Slh “ Vincent Phelfrs
r l be report of the Committee "J «■
after which,- .
On motion, the Con.ention ,
meet to morrow, morning nt 10 o'clock " 11
SECON-I} PAY—MonXING ,SR,'Slt)v
At 10 o'clock the Convention
order by .the Chairman. "““Mllol,
Mr. Ueiliy moved that n comn,ilt Mof .
he appointed lo mfoim the Hon. j.' w N
riiANMN of his nomination by this f’n fcS
Jiw dm Presidency; which w„ s ' unin |^
Tlic Chnirnimi appointed ihc following
tlemen fin said committee ;
i (i. \\ . Brewer. Franklin: lion. J M p„ .
Northampton; Hon. Jod li. Danner ii'
J. A. Hibson, Allegheny; and (Jeo U 5. .5'
Philadelphia. U>
Mr. Braw ley offered Ihc following rcso i nl .
which was adopted ;
That Hie Stale Central Com,,
may UC increased lo any number mn| LT ' •
ly-livc, at the option of tbo President i,„|
any ten, on the call of the Chairman,' s |i,||?
a quorum to transact business, ’ *
Mr. .(nlm T,. Damian, from the Conimitl,,
rcporUd tho following admirable senes nfttw
liilmns which were read and iinaniuiouth
ailoptid : I
Hrto'reil, Tlmf in (ho present distracted m
-lition of parlies, in which sectional and narti
issues have been allowed to attain a ihuerr«
supremacy, wo recognise In the policy ofS
Deniueialic party, that-which rests itpun ik
Constitution ns its basis; aod that it is 1|| CP »
ly which above nil others bus, in the hmnL
of the illustrious Madison, ever conliuntd
hold the union of JlioStutosas the basis of thi
peace and happiness; to support thu Constifi.
lion, wliie-li is tho cement of the Tnioi, a!MT a
m its limitations ns Its authorities. (oV-ißm
th.< rights and authorities reserved t<> flip Stiff*
.uni to the people, us equally lnr..rj...rate 1 l
with a rnl essential to the success nf ihp gentnl
sv (item ; and to avoid the HBghlpsMnk'rtvrciice
with tho rights of conscience or Pn« tmvclkiiu
of religion, so wisely exempted from civiljnrij.
diction.”
Resolved, Thot by tho general consent of the
wise and virtuous of all nations, the Iranmuf
the Republic of tho United States, exhibildii
(heir individual characters and in the resultd
their public deliberations, ft, degree of
and a practical statesmanship, to which llclk
tmy of the world affords no parallel; that [as
I»jirt of (he Federal Compact’ is the wisdom]
onr fathers morb conspicuous, than in Ichtl\
tho w hole question of slavery to tho Statesk
(heir separate capacities; and that In thcproii
"ton fortlio rc-delivery of fugitives cjicnjirdlra
labor or service, they demonstrated n sensed
Justice —nn appreciation ot (ho value of the IT
ion—an attachment to its preservation—n
avoidance of one-sided phllortthrophy, nnd im
practicable theories of government—which pit
sent ft proper example for the guidance umt in-
Italian of us, their descendants. •
Resolved, That wo look only to the Conslili-I
Dojiirtnd the exposltlon.thefouf which has bcitj
ftfibrdjOd by tho practice of Democratic iidmlnM
.(rations,, for tho -Aihurf .of , onr /'ol/e.r.. Tlull
these constitute, till I 'the fundameplid
changed by methods wlilcli, ItseAf provV\cs,' iltd
I highest law of dhr obcdlepco as cUV/ena; anH
that wo utterly discard that partial and cxappe-l
| mted sympathy, llio attempt to carry which Infn
1 jiractlco, is at tho peril of onr dearest interval!
: as a nation, nnd threatens the Infllclh n "f twilij
of (onloid magnitude to those Which if j■ropnicil
tu heal.
Rewired, That (ho equality of fho Stutci k
tho vital uU'ineul of (ho Constitution itself.nil
that all interference with the rights of (he Stttci
by those who seek to disregard thp sacred (tuif
aiilees of th- past, and by all others, should I*
iehiikcd with the same spirit that would dt
nounce and repudiate all atteiUpfs fn erect odi
ous distinctions between those who me entitled
to share the blessings and benefits of our fn-e
institutions.
lifiolrfii, Thai the ollort to direct flic po»tr
<>f ihe Government by tint {-slavery nplfnHrf.
under the various names and phases oI Free-
Soilistn, Anll-Nctirofil;ai*m, Fusionism ami fi*-
publicaiilam ; and hy Interfering with the rigMi
of conscience In establishing a religions test u
a f|iiali/Ication for ofllco, by tlio secret call
bound society of the Know-Nothings,* is o|»po
nod liotli to ihu letter and the spirit ol the Con
stitution, and to Iho earnest teachings and prac
tice of its earliest and moat honored ndiuuik
tr.itors.
iiciohcil, That wo are now as ever uiulicn-
My opposed to the doctrines and designs of *H
org.ini/.itions which contemplate the oveftliru*
o( the civil and religious rights of the citiicn,
that the equality of the citizen, like the ctpidh
iy of the States, Is a sacred and InulietjaNo
right, never to bo Interfered with by fnclioin
p.irtlos and reckless legislation, without a
version of tho primary objects of our polilifd
system, and u repudiation of our guarantee* d
tho past and (lie hopes of the future.
Resolved, That In tho repeal of tho Oct knotf*
as the Missouri Compromise act, and the
of tlio act organizing tho Territories «1 Kon y}
and Nebraska, free from uiironMlfntlonal rt*
; sfiiciiuns, tlio last Congtess performed ft "ors
I ol p.ilrnKic sacrifice in meeting Iho demand*
| sectional excitement hy unshaken adherence I®
I (he fundamental law.
j Hfsalval, That this legislation cannot
I deemod unnecessary, hut Inat It was expedient
! to meet the questions of which It disposed, nj 11 *
* w Inch could never admit of a more easy scltlf
ment limn at present. That we recognise ,
the application to tlio Territories of tho I n* l(H
Stales, of Iho rule of “ equal and exact
to all inon ,> of all sections of tho confedeMC 1 '
which was designed by tlio framers of
ermncnl, and which wns dell bed as «ne <’*
essential pilnciplcs by the Immortal JrJlvn* 011 '
iicuilvcil, Thai the Democracy ol I’euui-J v
nia. following tin* council of some ol tlio " xsc *
si.iicsinen of the moth and south, were rQU*b l 'j
mure Mum one occasion Itfllte paM, 1° 9;” el '
Mm Missouri Compromise Hud to Iho I’qcljlc
as to make It tho hauls of a final sclth'iiu'ia
tho question of slavery In the Territories !
when this proposition wan rejected in B” 8 '
tho ground that It Invulvcdnn unduecoiice*-'
to tho south, by tho very men who rioxv cm
for a restoration of tho Missouri HnOr ,
scorned to bo but one wise oUortialivo 1c**».....
that was to refer tho .whole, question of •
in tho Territories to tho popple thereof* *°
regulated us they might .deem proper,jftiv i> *
therefore ohoerlhUy oxtflpd.our hearty W j j
tp tho policy of the government ns rccogß.i
In (he Compromise measures of 1860, ft l '‘
bodied in tho laws organizing theTeit}tor|<i
Kansas and Nebraska. ’ ... lo
ReiolvtfU That hnorrlrig Indlcftltp n * «llko
the Hon, Jam'kH BuoirXNAk— dlsllngid'd'c J
by his high personal Vf- t
cracy, Ills groat abilities,exporlortco and ou Q
statesmanship—ns lhd nntldn’d choice 1 /
office ol President of 1 the United Stotos*
term commencing on tho 4th of Marci, J()
and that wo do hereby Instruct ol \ r . p[v,cin
thb National Convention to assemble m
nail In Juno next, to use tllolr eflhrls | o ' ~
him tho nomination to that office.' ''L ; Jiun:.
Hetolved, That’at a period when B cctlo mo
In its worst aspects, attempt* to, “J 1 * I .ndwli? n
foundations of lhqfcdoraloortttUulipn»Jnu. [n
an abolition majority.aspires to snpr
the popular branch o[ lh^r. nl, ?,V R J foroill 0
and with (Ud prospect of dlffloiiHle* wh ° ( ' o
nations, \yho for their purposes hwy," ,m,.»|QD<
tftreopt nhd stay tho progress of l/ 0 ®} 1 )® f,jo‘ro
on this continent, In order (hat