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. li. II. (iOMULAXDKIl ,f- CO.
tltd cjJoclnr.
'lit' ltd nic to
the Itork
than I."
that is Higher
uv Mrs v. v. i.nw i:.
I kco it ever there nlmve my head,
Oh! lead mo up that I may fit and rest:
Then I shall Know where nil tlio pathways lead.
And find nt len;;th the way,
And how I went aftiny.
The thicket lures mo with its mellow gloom,
I fathom dreamily its still retreat,
Nor seo the rising vapors round mo loom ;
Hut thero no fog and d:uup,
hull o'er my breathing cramp.
I reach the slopes o'er-touclied with spots of sun:
They lighten up my heart to pcuciful cheer,
Yet when the noon is hot I am undone ;
l!ut ill that cleft "lis cool,
And calm, and beautiful.
Impatient ns tlio longing butterfly,
I smell the fnr-ofT flowers at golden morn :
How shall I find the meadows where thoy lio ?
Ah ! there they'll come to sight
These gardena of delight,
Two roads I reach at lust. They hold me still ;
Vet ono of them my feet must surely take,
I'll go not with a blind and partial will ;
t'pon that rock of prayer
I'll chouse, and then I'll dare.
O 3ock of Ages ! strong and sweet reposo
For nil the pilgrims of mortality.
Bewildered at the morn or evening close,
Tako theiiinto thy breast.
And show tlio land of rest,
Jtlisccll uncoils.
letter from Jamc3 Macro ami3, Eq
in reply to Mr. Haldeman.
P.EU.F.FONTE, V 21, l-'Vifl.
H. J. H.u.tiE.MAX, Ksq., "National Com
roa Prxv? vi.vam v :" Sir: I received
your circular postmarked Nth inst., un
dressed "to the National Democracy of
1'onnsylvanin," issued by you as tlio soli
tary member of tiio so stylo 1 National
Committee for Pennsylvania, in favor of
Douglas and Johnson, reinjecting all "Na
tional Democrats of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to moot in Iarrisb-..irg on
the L'lith of this month, in ilidcga'0 nnd
mass convention," il'e., to nominate a
straight out electoral ticket pledged to
the support of Douglas and Johnson, if 1
understand you: you are tirota-tingftaainst
the action of thfc State Lxooutivo (,'om
niittco, which met at Philadelphia on tin;
2dinst., who hive recommended that the
Democracy of I'ennsj lvan:a should unite
upon fair, just and equitable principles
against the common foe of the Democrat
ic party, ly supporting the electoral tick
ct nominated by the Democratic State
Convention which met nt He;
which j ou iv i-re a lremher
have plenary power, invested lv the roso-
lution of theConvention ever which Mr.
ioo iresiiieu, oi uiu irienos oi .nr. joug-
l is, i iui mil ; ami certainly it was a, com-
54 c
iili nent to I'ennsylvania lo tind one this measm e, and went for union, harmo
Doii'dasite without imile, while you could ' nv and eoncession ofthe I !,, o,-rn ,,,(,.
'""e '" " (-' , ., ....v. ,
I wear tho blushing honors of "the
poieer," and sing tiie old Siotcl:
one man
h song of,
i "HliaUmlbo Km but Charlie." Put
that Mr. Douglas wns the Presiden'iul of "united we .-land, divided wo fail," is
nominee of the National Democratic Con- as applicable now as whr n it was first in
vention I dory ; and when you refer to tcr.d. 1 regret I cannot give you credit
the proceedings ol tho Convention lit for vour in osent nosition. as vonr r-lrcul.-n-
Charleston, beforo its adjournment to Hal- is d.ited the Pith of July. Hit the edi
! tirnore, you should havo noticed the most! tor of the Philadelphia 7V,m (whom, as
important rcmM-m passed by tho Convcn-j editor of tho Patriot ami Ukiox, you .lo
tion with regard to who should be d ;el.i-! nouneed for his selfish and vindictive op
i red the Presidential nominee, and which j position to President Huchamm; sates, in
was in full force atlii adjourned Conven- un editorial of June 2o, lSOO, that "while,
tion which mot nt tho city of Baltimoro. however, we shall support 1 ha election of
n the 1st day of May, 1.SC0, and thcSth Stephen A. Douglas, the Press w!l in no
day sessi,,,, nt (he Convention at Charles -
n; ir n,;in "10 luWislieJ Proceedings,
that Mr. Howard, . of Tennessee, ofl'ered
two reioliition, ; the second resolution de-
daring it the duty of the President of the
Convention, on a full vote for President
I "'"j '.' y me delegates, ',.
a-ivC two-thirtls ot the voivr t.f (he c e-ffra? cl
I It If.. L ."..1 t t ' t
,,,t ia, ei,ut v,i,u igan, raised a
po.n,oruer...ecu.rmKu.aiuio rule was dates of J. V. Porney, who is now re
Hat two-thirds of tho votes given eeiving the wages of h'is political prosti
Ijliould bo necessary to nominate." Mr. tut;ull with the Hlaek Republican di.-un-loward
replied and said case in point ioni.-t8 J Congress assembled; and, bo
liHd arisen in 1844, when the New ?x, foro you ,,e ,laf -SU(H, hig un
delegation ere excluded from (he ton- rate electoral tickets should bo nomina
vention The decision then was that it fd in every State, and then, like your
roquirod two-thirds of the clo!toral vote self, protects n,ouf i,.i i
j 0,f 1 h previous queton was or-,
, vote by States called, and resulted in fti- r.ake of the editor orthe Press-not a
' 'Tirn J'Wrd'i resolution by a vote lender, but his political automaton. This
4, y2ej 1 IP- and 1 find the vote no-patty Press declares hostility to any
01 the delegates of Pennsylvania, on this cmi'lidato on the local tickets that are
resolution to bo I7i yeas, .)J nays. Thus friendly to tho administration of rreni
- Mr. Howard'ii resolution, in full Conven- dent Puch man, or iU leaders, oritsor
Aion, declaring thnt no enndidate who did gans. Under this anathema, where would
-nur crive two-thirds rf the xvtes of the whole
'''"' 'i in i !, lor,: ,.., ,-, was m.ipt-l '
I'V it (Irciilcd n'ajinilv. II'UV you vnl"d
mi this icMiliitiuii 1 Know not, Imt JcIl'
ill); lioln yotir lilltecedrllt' i.s onu of tin'
clitoti ol the .'. il' 1',,'mn, I should he
lie e viol viileil in the nlliriMil ive. This
. l't'solutiHii hcing in full force and elici t
vvhci: I he Convention adjourned in meet
in l'.altinii ic, and not repealed, it wan us
binding nod us imperative on th ( 'onven
lion at 1'iaitinioio a it win ai Cliarleslon.
An I we lind, in the proceeding l'tln;
Coiivciition, that niter live days of rrimi
nation ami re-critnination, the ( 'onven
tion divided il.to to seperate parts, the
one nominating Messrs. Hondas and
l itpiitrick, the other Messrs. Jlrecldn
liilge and l.ane, and each calling them
selves the D'.'moetalii National Conven
tion. Now, sir, 1 ask you in all candor,
i w hether any of these nominations were
nnde in accordance w ith the provision of
tho resolution referred to? Did either of
them receive "two-thirds of tho electoral
vote," or two-thirds of nil the vo'es in a
I full Convention ? Yon must admit they
ma not; tl.'orctoro neither .Mr. iiouulasor
Mr. Ilreekin rido liavo been nominated
according to the eustoai, usage or irecedent
ofthe Democratic jmrty ol the 1 'nion. it
was under these ciicumstancesj that the
State Kxectitive Committee met at J'lula
dclphia on the 2d i::st., and otl'ered the ol
ive branch to the friends of the respective
nominees in I'ennsyK'.'inia ,md every
Democrat, it ho is honest in his profess
ions, will sustain the Committee in their
lii 1 1 iotic cii'orts to redeem our old Com
monweilth from the blighting rule of
black Kcpublicanissn, by uniting upon
oneelcctor.d ticket, and that, the one put
in nomination by the Heading Convention
and the triumphant elec'ion of Henry D.
Foster. You protest against the action
of the State I'.xecutivo Committee as an
'ti.vii.i'pilonopi.irn-" while you are the
State Committee by Appointment of a cer
tain Southern gentleman, w ho calls him
self Miles Taylor, and very generously
places Pennsy Ivania tin lor your control
I suppose their is no (.miMiiion ( Ks?e in
! whili you can politically sav :
' I am monarch of all I survey ;
My right there is :.ono to dispute."
' Again, find by tlio proi'eedings of tho
Tod Convention, that llcnjamin Fit.pat
rick, of Alabama, was nominated by tho
same Convention ns Vic President, en
the same ticket with Mr. Douglas; and
directly afterwards tho Convention ad-
j Turned ,iV li: A couiaiitteo w as ap
pointed to inform .1r. Douglas and
.1r. Filzivitrick declino3 the iirollered.
honor. Put it appears, ly the
ju'el,
d in
that tho committee hud inv
them a roving power greater than yours
for when the nominee for Vice President
declined, the committee caught Mr. John
son and nominated 'dm as Vice President.
There, is no a-sump'.ion of power in this '.
Yet there U one thing true, that Mr. U.
V. Johnson was not nominated by tho
Convention that nominated Mr. Douglas,
but by a coiiimitt( e appointed to inform
Mr. Fi'zpntrick ofhia nomination : and
after theConvention had'nd.journed :' die.
That committee nominated a Vice Presi
dent i.il candidate, and this you approve
of and sustain as Democratic, and
object to tho Slate Fxeeutivo Com
mittee for acting within the sphere of
their legitimate duty, and for the best iu-terc-t'of
tho Democratic parly of the
State. I regret to se this division in the
Democratic party of tho Stale. When
the party sustained "measure, not men,"
it, wa
fleet
Wo! I
erati
that
deli-
: nlwiys victorious ; and if you re
ni'l look back, w hen t he partisans of
:iivi .uu
nberg divided t he Demo
parly of the Stale, the
result
was
Hit nor was elected, (lov. Kitner was
hted that ho had beaten two Demo
crats, but was astonished to lind that the
"Iron (ir'vf' beat him single handed.
And in a more recent Convention, held
at Altnona. mother contest about men
lin.rr.rindofjnotinoasii.es er principles- resulted in
'J hat you ; elective.' a minority of Henublican mem.
ters of ('ongrcss fi vm this State, tieiti''
t'-.o Semite, and "iviri" a maioritv
in the
House of ltep-.esenta'ives
of this State -.
and, il I am not mvstakr
en. voil ni,tM-i';fiI
And this was in aceordanco with Domo-
cr.alic in inciiiles. Fvervthir rr (,,p i,rin,'U
ciple. nothiiiL' for men. The old truhm
1 respeetlc a part; neictpuprr." "To this ro-!
'mark we must make one exception : tho I
press is fho uncoinpromising fve to the
disunion, secession Administration party : '
the fo, of its candohdes, of its leulers. its'
organs," ,vc. And nirnin. be is the lii-st.l
through tho columns of his Pmx, lo pro
claim thut there should bo no union of
the Democratic party of this State, unless
they bowe 1 down to the imperial man
by the Demoeralie State Executive Com-
you stand,, unless ho has givrn you abso-
you i
ennsv
uipposo that
Iviu ia are to
tin
bo
Do-l.a-
gooiiod by any such course? If you do,
you are mistaken this lime. Hut you
think (iilVci'etitly, and so do those who
uic acting with yo.i in this scheme of
disorganization. If you and your col
e. (goes to the National Convent ion h:id
i piir-uc'i t no same conciliatory course as
hit h'cinlin:r, the same result would have
taken pi. ice. Yon know that tho friends
of Mr. Witte and Mr. Fry were nt dag
get points. The otlieo went in search of
tin; man, and bv acclamation Henrv D.
! Foster was nominated. This reconciled
lull parties; and tho same miidd have
been done either nt 'liarlcdon or I'.alli
I more. Hut now we find that ilenry D.
j Foster, the Democratic noini-.oo for tiov
lernor, is to bo compelled to take side
with one or the other of the two political
Presidential parties or factions in this
j Slate ; and the J'hiladelphi a I Vc.m, (hat
''i"-'ioV luijui," has sounded tin; bugle,
land its editor informs us ho h.r.s written a
letter to icn. Foster, and he must nn
jswer it. Whether this letter contains ns
'much honesty and moral principles as his
'amiiun ,amrxnn l,-rtr, wo nro left in the I
dark. Put if (jeii. Foster is half tho man !
!l believe him to be, ho will treat that let-!
Icr, and all others cf like import, with si-
cut contempt, and tlio true lieniocracy
! of tho State
imil every true biend ot the
j Cnion, will sustain him. No v, sir, I am
I opposed to h iving two Democratic electo-
nil tickets in the field at the same time ;
and thoso w ho aid in so doing, disguise it
as thev mav, intend to eive tho electoral
llt'.ioll t D.:
tiioeiarv of
vote ol the State lo Lincoln anil llamlm, ! them, strong mnnothei
and defeat, if they can, the election of trines of iiolvtheism an
1 1 1 1 . roster. l,ut so lar as( entre coutpy
is concerned, I am sa:i.-licd that her uni
ted Democracy will sustain the action of
the State Committee, support the electo
ral ticket put in nomination at Heading,
and frown down any at tempt nt disunion
of the Democratic; party by those (to use
your own !ar.gt.ai.v) 'composed ol'schc
met's, a-pirants and victims, w hich, as a
whole, now forms an oru.nni.ntion that ap
pals every true lover ofthe Cnion.''
Yours, Ac, ,1 AS. MACMANUS.
Tho Massacre in Sicily.
77.,: (.' i;f Dampens it.i rcal Antiytilh,
tiiC Lift Moissiire nf ClirusUaws there who
tire the Pntse1; '!
The news from Syria continues to be of
me mosi appalling cinracter. the late
advices report that from 7,(100 to S.o.v)
, Christians have been shiui.mnd la villages
laid waste with fire an I sword' The mas
sacre at Damascus where five hundred
, , . , , . .... .
Christians, including the Dutch consul
were massaerei
nnd the American consul
wounded gives renewed interest to tl.o
history of that ancient city. Tho Philadel.
plii:i lhUlctin. supplies some particul.us,
which w e subjoin :
Damascus was an important place at
hast in early as tho time of Abraham, so
that it is jiot less than four thousand
j.cars old. lity m dogiats dispute about,
the moaning of the name. Jt was tlio
ancient capital of Syria, and was thus tho :
(puniesseiico ol tiie (juicKivjUett nice it
represented. J t is called .by so.mo the
most ancient city in the world. This is,
no doubt, eastern exaggeration, but the
fact that everything said by the orieutid-i-ts
about tin- famous capital is e.viL'gera
ted, only shows liow Mrongly its real at
tractioiiii had taken elb'ct upon their viv
id imagination. A celebrated epi-lle ol
an ancient writer calls it "tho great and
sacred city of D.ima cus, surpassing every
city both in the beauty of its temples and
the inagndudo of its shrine, as well an
the timeliness ol its sca-ons, the limptd
ne.sof its fountains, Xhe volume iddts wa
ters, and tho richness of its sail." Its
people call it "a pearl surrounded by emerald.-,."
"Of all tiio cities nf the Kast, it
is perhaps the niol oriental."
The descriptions of Buckingham aro
... i : i ... i i . . . , ,' , ...
.1100 luusKicreu cuurciy rename. J'Ut
iiiero nas neiitom nnyttnnir iHeii written
i.i uumai. pen ,. lore ueauuiui uiiitl lili
picture ol the plain of Damascus, lie
lomparcs it to an -.nglish seat in the
c,.ui,try, surrounded by an immense pa; k.
I. 1 - 1 ....: r ., ,
...j i.ii'.', iii'uiits tii inu laiuiM, aui
linds that they have been for a year in
1 taly. Meanwhile the place has buou most
delightfully unkept, Its rich cultivation
is everywhere partially grown up; tho
wce.-u me. n.m nipping uic.r Urancli
... , ,. -. - ,
os in their sparkling rivulets; the roses
? ii ii i , . '"'-ii Ismail was once in John the
innumerable blossoms. Lveryw here is , K..list. and still earlier in Elijah, while
seen rich verdure, luxuriant growth, with I of Hainsoonre dwelt in the body ol
but such a touch ot wildnes, as to g.Ve ' .le?us. Yet while acknowledging that
the f,...sl.m;i grace to tho lam scape.- j Joslls ollce cxistc, ,ll0y do not think
Such.hosay.s.is Damascus in tho bloom tll,t ,vn, in anv Wilviviliei (I)C
oi tno year. individual soul winch lived in him and
Da,,i:i.sctiswascoiP1uered4.yD.iyid..vho1in 11);iIV c,(r, ,,, not ro,.cive (ivint,
made it tributary. After being held by pmT(.r it tcat.ic, ,1,0 body of IU,o.
L'i in i in i initi iroiN iiiki iini'ofoi not i, i
- " ' ii.icn.Hius via.i, j n,i jn uses do net extend their Iran-
nt the head 0r thirty-and-two kings. It n,i?1.alion doctrines so far ns to nllow that
was subsciuentiy taken by Assyria and : hum:ln 0VeP exist in the rorms of
ler.,u. Alter the. battle of Issus, it fell ailinrips. They think that the souls of
luto tho hands ot Alexander tho Croat, j ,,, ,0 on i f, nt i t i n - dillerent bod.es
und lompey annexed it to (ho Poman wit:i the exceptam of n very le v, whose
Lmpiie. Alter being celebrated for its Sl.lonen permits them to exert a pure
wealth and spleudcr under thoGreal Km- dspirit-ur.lil the resurrection day, when
pcrors, it was eomiuered by the Saracens, I tff (lljthfiil will be resolved for "eterni'y
ami became for a tune (he capital of the into spiritual beings, but by far the
Mohaminedaii world. 'I ho sceptic or Is- ,,,'cator portion of mankind will not be
Urn passed over to Pagdad, but ltoniassi annihilated.
cus is still f.imous in tiio history oI'Sa- - the Druses lived up to the seven
. ... commandments in which they express
It oa i..,t;,i,r.i.i i,,- i ,nf,., :.. ll.l . . , , ., . . J .'
... j. ,,j ur uiu-,,.,,: in nn.-
twt'lllli ce n lury, but they lulled lo tako . dreaded aud so cruel a people, for inur
lt. Li ter still, it was captured, w ith cir- j dor, theft, eovetoiisness and cruelly are
tumsiances oi grent, iiaiuarity, uy I inner- ; prohibited as s.ecid crime, nnd eiiiisti
lane, and finally fdl into tho hands of tho; jv , honesty, meekness and mercy nre re
Turks under Sclim 1. It powwase, too, rtM n. hiU virtue so hiah unfor'u
a high moral interest, for on that beauti- i nHtelv, that the present Druse (fonorntion
ful plain ii was that St. Taul "became I c:mnot reach them. The men have but
obedient (o tho heavenly vision." I one wife each ; t lie form or (iovernment
Among the points of interest connected, pat rial ohal, different tribes liavin" ri
with this famous city are tho Damascus p,i.ik, nnd nrgrinulinre is eurofully nlten
blades, so malleable that they might be I j0j to. No marriages aro oo'ntracled
bent to a rwditar.gle without losing thoir outside or tho suet, und tho Dru-es ad
elasticity ; ho keen that they could sever he;e tenaciously (o their i-cli-iou tia lit-
Mown n ginio floating in the air, or di
vide iion without dcsiro' ing their edge,
j For age, the secret of their nifiiula 'lure
was unknown, (lenenil Anosiolt', in the
I i :w mountains, however, su ode I, in
'plito recent times, in making a sword
which seemed to eipial tho b.'.-t Damas
cus, "with .1 Undo of reticulated burs
such as nlways appeared on the (mcsf Da
innseus bla lcs- -in broad stripes and show
in:: a bright gilded relief I ion. lie cut
through a gauze handkerchief in tie air,
anil cleft bones and nails, feats whit li can
not bo poi formed wi' It tin; I est Kngli-h
steel." Anderson in his recent travels in
Siberia, Mates, liowerer, that the eerel
died with Anossoil', us these swords are
not now made at Damascus.
Another point of interest is, tho famous
Damask st nil's. They are properly silk,
though sometimes made of ot her fabrics
Large qanutilies of silk arc still manufac
tured, and tho Damask roses have lost
nothing of their immemorial beauty.
Thero is at Damascus a considerable
Irndo both with India and Kurope.
From India are brought by tho Persian
Cult', I'ussprii, lingdud and Aleppo, spices,
cotton poods, Boarse and line mu.-lins, and
gold stud's. linclish coods coino throu'di
iiCv roi L una rinn i I he iieoi, mi ,,
j Mahomtnednns, Druses, Ui ieuta! Chris-
I tin ns. Jews, &r. 'I he pnoi.dation i-: about
nne Immlvol iIioik.iihI
ith so many features in their own np-
proximnting to tl,o t linstian religion, it
appears some what, Mrnugc the Dru-j
ses should manifest such fiendish bnt bari- !
tytisthey havo recently (fine, lint to'
s as they arc, doe. I
peculiarly repnl-1
sive. In the ceremonies of the ( d eck and
ltoinnn Churches they perceive what they 1
think to be a worship of more, than one .
Hod. They do not comprehend the rela
tioiis of the three pcrsor.s in the Trinity,:
and especially fail to understand tho in
terpretation ofthe material symbols held
in such veneration in those churches.
The protestant of Syria, whose religion
docs not, present the-o features, woi
.il
probably share better if the
under-food more about them :
Drupes
ut the
Protestants as well as the tireeks and
(
liiolics, all eomo under tho general head
of Christians, and as such fall beneath the
indiscriminating lury of these fanatic.
It doe? not appear, however, that the
Druses are tho only tribes enquired in the
massacres. Arab Mussulmans are oou.dlv I
i : i . .. 'r
guilty. The principal cause ofthe pres
ent trouble most probably a; ises from
the old feuds which for centuries have
been waged between the Druses and the
Maronites. The latter people are. native
Christians, follow ers of a monk called Ma-
ron lived in the sixth century.
"mho at:f. Tin: l.Rf.r.s."
The question "Wj.o ire the Tiriises?"
tho New Yoik lv-t nr&ivoi.- by savitf.- :
They are irineipally a, sect of the Mo
hammedans, existing ""ly in Svri.i,
Tiieir iiiime is derived frrm Dara;:i or
Dnrsi, wdio ns early as Idl'.l fiim-? a -. a
missionary to them from an li'-hoot of
1110 illosleni SIOCK. M!l:rUl:irlV enotl'Ml
haises di -avow nnv beliel'in the peeu -
li-u-d'jetrines of the rian Mirisi; name Mot
bear, and d) not, I esilate to call hi.n a
heretic, and to look upon the title of
"Dr.ise" ns a stigma. The chaiaeici i.-tic
dogma of tin; sect is the unity of Cod's be
ing. Indeed, the Druses rail themselves
l.'iii'.arians. They maintain thaf Cod is
ineonip-eheiisilil1, inexorable, aire, Ih"
(.ssenr-i? of pure life, and can be know n to
his neeepti'd chibiren through human
manifesiations only. They declare the
lir.-l. born of the Deity was the spirit of
Jnteiligiuice, which li i t incarnated llmn
sa. who is the Chi iit of the At ian theory.
To llamsa was confided the creat-oi; cd
the world, and from him comes all wh
ilom ami truth, while through him only
does the Lord communicate with tho hu
man family. Thi- is simply the corrected
tot-don of the great C'hri-ti.iu doctrines
of incarnation
and mediation. There is
n r.i,,, , .1 J,,.. I m . I' . -1 . ,0 1 .i.-.. 1 .....i...
; ' ' " m.i.ii-
t.lino, l,v , he Druses, who like tho fol . !
1(M,(,rs p?-Mohammed, embody i thci.-i
religion many of 1 1, I raditi ns and ict-
S()n:, ot tjlo ,, Tcslntn.t. The'c i- !
a fsatan, or Ismail, as no is called who
first introduced sin into the world.
In regard lo free will, tho Druse theol
ogy maintains tnat tlio iongtli ol every
man's life is foreordained, but
not his
,i...
individual acts. Thev believe
inviiw.iii.il i,,.li. I, n-y i7CH'.:ii. Ill Hie
transm'to,, of souls, and say that the
.i
iiieir moral laws, inoy wouia not lie so
ion-. All ih
from oiit h I
ses have in., i
the Tll'ki-h goVel II lll.'ti I ,
iniuiiiiid sWiiy over Iheiil,
Veal s, l hi'V h I VI h.M'M 1'e.u
fill and 'I'ii' t peoiile, imd w ,-: d
their ni;;.'!il,o.s ol the t riHlitioii:.
as 1 0 t heir I'.'i oci'y and cnte! y,
great i. li i i-t ia:i mas-acre ol tin
proves that their u.o uvi ibie
v.iis not nitheiit a i i-t found, ili
Letter from fix l'residout Picrc
IVi-ton, Jul
1
Toil,- A7.V.. ,.
( iel.t le!!H'll
political pre:
( ail cd to h
',' l!n.sto,; ':
l nave seen, in several
s, conilictin g opinions as-
rc-hi on I I ii'i-co m rcl.i'. io:i
I.-, il,,. r,n;) .w.l,,,,. ..r n .!,: , ..
vention : aii'i li iviip: lia.l th ' opport ur i
!y, at an early period, in a friendly con
versation, to leiu'ii tho views of that emi
nent oi! ien in a en-is so imoortant to
the Deni'.icraev and (
nion. v. in-'
kno'v his furl her relleetion
firmed 1 1 1 i j I- happy lo say
liberty, without iulVingm
coin tesev, to send the let t
kis fu II v c in
that, J am at
on
r to v
irivat
OU lof I
,vc, I
pu
bliealioli.
'erv truly, y.ui s
I!. F. II A Id. I-!T I'
II n.i.-ii'- :io', X. If., June, 2:', Im'.O.
My I 'ear Sir : Your lot!, r fyoiu p,.ihi
lii 't'o dii c'ti'd to me at New York and
forwarded thence to Concord, has at last
readied nic hcie, ard 1 will not lav it a
tidi; without saying a word in reply.
Your 1'ijeciion as a ,1-Ieg.it,, was in my
jti L-einent. ;i clear violi't.;,,n of right, but
it must have gratilied your friends on the
spot, as it has mo since, 1 1 oh-vm, that
the wrong pei'petr.ile.i in yo;-- cxclu-ioti
was ni t more jialpa'.le thiiii your vit.dica
ation of sound princijiles and of your
claims to a seat. wa conelusiys ami triutn
piiant. It was in lain to hope for harmony af
ter the action of the majority upon the
i report el the commill'-n upon ere, lout. ai
n eoui'i nanny nave I llloU to tie uinlei-.
stoo.l generally, that such ai. action must
terminate tho existence ol' the Conven
tion as a body l-epro.-cn ling Ihe Democra
ii il..,.. , , .
cy of the 1'iiion, and eventuate in
present condition of tho pro-vrlul am
the
I pa-
irioll-: organization, wlin h has so hmg
upheld tho eijual righls ;nid vindicated in
peace and war the common honor of
these confederal p(l Marc There has
beep in fact, no nomination made in con
, fortuity with tho cstabii-ned and lecogui
: zed usages of thai organization, and hence
1 sour.d and faithful men wiil find irit.n'ng
in the proceedings, so lar as the noiiiiini
j at ion made in conformity wu h Co- e-tab-j
lished aii't recogioed Usages .d' til. it or
j gani.'.:itioii, and hence sound and fai-hfu!
i men will lind nothing in tin; pi oee.'i'cu
so tar as
I'itid tii
i.
nominees are c.' ncnii 1 to
parly f. .di v. I'n. lor thee cir-
eum-r
iu'!y
land (
the st;
l.ane.
ilc . s. it Would gti.t.iy nie e
it' o p' IVien I ; in all -.c, -lions
dd unite. ,,. i.e. .p,. :,nd,. ,-d:
.ecc
ol t!
lru.lv in
n 1 C
au-e sig
ln. hop-
'pi v! of Mr. I'-i-. i,en:-id.-.
nn 1 thtl j en. tire for
nal victory
ed for. VV
but t his i aanoi ev. i
at '.hen i.- to le dnuc
wit h a.
result so repugnant to our wi.-hf-s? It is
it
ss consefpieiiec to (lis--t
and who wrong upon
i ! "s. who "-ere
the loiestion of
II
membership in the Convention, than it is
( determine how the Democratic pattv,
v-hicii unile l is invincihle, can nvcrt the
calamity ol'nn irrecconeilabl.- breach' If
division is nl j,re-ent im vilable. it mav I"
Weil to in. pi in- whether i: is to he pei'i'.ia -nent.
1 ; devotion ;o principle, I i the
C'l'ial rights of the States, and to the in
tegrity of the I'nion, to he -i .rrifi .1 to
any object of pers na! ambition, or, w hu!
is win-ie, if po---ibio, to blind control of
pa. -ion, of which we ha o had ah ead; ton
much
Ibu-e t
it: do.-'riii
ill'l :-enl!-
lneiils of :
Ptinated 1
of a si-tei-of
excit ;iil
;ectioiiii! laiia:;
ast yea:' in tie
State with tie
i M-stl ; t in i
:-;:i wiiich i -til-nrmed
inv.e i oi
ilViV.ved ptirpo-e
a "d to be d.'iil-
(e: ous
in tho
Where
is the evidence ol ciian.'o
li.'ect ion of sounder and more con-
rvative opinions '.' I do not nercivn it.
It
certain!;- is not to be foun.i intiie want.
of inner!, si apparent among tiio great
boily of ou-countrymen w ho are opp ised
lo I li.-1 principles nn 1 po!i -j ofwhicn Mr.
i.ineoiii aiet .Mr, Hamlin are now t!i i
rc-entative men.
r-l i
1 1 1 1 ; it would he culpable we ikne--s fo
iniermu eiiort, lor t Iso ri
ght.
re is neis j
una w lsiioiu nor courau : in turning 1 1 n u
.... . ' .. .
a tun view o tno emii irra-smon's iv oc i i
b:-et oik paity, and the dangers which
threaten oar country. The only manly
idea on which to act is "filings nro bad
and may bo worse, hut with tin ble.-ins
of Cod wo w ill try to make Ihetn bettei ."
At nil events it is no tinn for orimin it ion
and recriminalion nmoii those who ex-
pect hereafter to need and to have eat h
the support of the ot'ier. It cannot mend
the past cannot help the present rxtid
cannot fail lo prove disastrous to the fu
ture. he w ho takes a (lill'eieiit view and acts
upon it will only aecuiuulato a h ire-t of
regrets by uttering sentiments to be ox
plained, (piahlied, or recalled, unit's in
deed he is already at the "hall Way house"
(w here simany have .-topped temporarily
before) only to resume his march r.nd
take bis place in th" ranks of those w hose
opinions and action hive been in di
rect antagonism with his own. I am
not without hope that the sterling Dem
ocracy of the Keystone State will ha nolo
unitedly to support 'lie electoral tic!
:t.
already nominated bv
Ihem. without re-
garii in piiee.ejiee oi i lie ipi n v iduai liom ,
inees, e..t w.th a sati-fiutoty n,lcrst,p-
dm? as to the manner in which the vole
of the State shiill in certnir. ootin-jeneies
",e uim,, nun mai. iiieir example may oe
followcd by othei States, and thus, soni"
fhing like unanimity br yet secured.
Should a policy like this, nt ni'ieo concilia
tory and just bo pursued ' niav .veil
bo nniniited by fresh havo. and confidence.
I expect to be i;. l!.-ton . next wool;.
Iil.lle poplil it i n is li.ih,, d , " bell W e i;i is i-,t, v! i t, !is ,,,,,
serve in iv ir, itid tho D.ii- fully and - o ;! ii : : i!v t!, m ' i.- po.-ib!..
than ot,.-,. iw"ll" I a-io:-' to do hy ,i 1 1 r. In the ni" or iiuu ii,,,i
.vld.-li iiolds sio the i''i, i-iidth'," ' : p.CwP;, ( 'ol
e, of la',. . I li eeii" i , -vj r , i , M. i j:m-; i,.ii.l;
led a ; i 'iio - 'v tin- well , i I i" I. .,1 !.. i.nd . ' .p., .
, ,. ,in.; Holla!'' :c l,''!,. j vtii -!i t !;, .t:i I,.,
I p'uioii ' v : t It in liii'i u.i'i::' ina "I' :i ilit ided .a
u n l i i the : tioiial '.invent ion, -in I f,,r the churact.i'
: , . 1 , , , ,
s 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 e i 1 I ' ' 1 ;i 1 1 i --..l.i V. 'I i 'I :i.e il--ll ;,i-
ni'toi ictv . 'd a pi i-1 1 ion, '. h!, ,' am ci'lideiil ru a o
hi. ' ample Ci,ie !,,, i t l,-. 1 1-i i will I: 'Iv i i,i;r.
Very In ! 'oiiv I, i. ii ),
Hon. li. I. 1 ! , I i r , r M.:
Lttt'-,' iron Abu Liucolu.
( I ' A m Vf te : . :i 't. v o 1 vi. .,,)..
I
i i,- . ...
Jil'in;;! i
W A no t I'ong.
-d s,
you thi . d.i,'
I pre-- Kuinpney oiie cf liieni
' have I n pokin un .stu 'i a i-
i.d of lhi-e grate tate- mi
don't vote our ticket, Yv u
bein;.' tho 'rail article, ns it
my indivi'b'iiil sels sum do v.i
i w here II itboating d iwn lie
i,.-:
bin o
Wire '
i s sin,.,
'lit b'
Wlll'll
waiia-h river
for this o'.-kaslmn. 1 want u to go in a!id
git up a trenu'ijiis exciteui'Mit ov tiii
yer d d stick .-is it am the only pi ink in
our black Republican platform th it la!;e
at nil and we mu-t bile our egs whilo (In;
water is hot :) we arc poiiers suro as
pri acliin.
lKu-goni.-e yer wi'l-!i-wake ,y wigwam
clubs rite away i lend down to Kerlum
biis Fohit Fosti-e. and Ko for dockiuiei.ts.
l am in Miooks ivith Foil it l'os'.re and Ko.
and diwide the spiles or prol'cts ou tho
diiciiiictiis.
Them er spcachod thats ,uhlisiied as
tnir.e wen; nil writ by old Joe Slu aim that
was sent lo tho penitentiary sum time
lor ho.-s Mealin but were n o-doiicd
1'
out by our republican (luvori"ir for
be'n hi.. How do lliey take down in
Seine, i Co. Sk irter um round ip. long
igiiuionl. farmers and mekanicks j .otu
ly. Let tile kl'O if I shall s.-nd inn
more rale-as we ai cover run with or,
my
Uio
tr
lets
bin
bi.
from abrod. I
s;im what horn
ni. a d i pn
aio
'I ty to say i have
ided in ii.is rail
r cu
dov
s down in oberlin sent
.oi wich J fonvirdci
on lo nn
,r 1 1.
to him ami paid
w l it me had a na
informed that tie
fore lire would i'.'
would for a right
he i halges myself . : he
y'a red. I hov bin I'nec
1 ole kttss cut cm all uj
wonte need any more
s-nart lime to ejm.
I thi:;!.. i am icr mistaken in yoro b
(lit urc of the 'I'illin I n d ,u n o am isay.
iv.-ui'l do fo lef thi-; yer thing git out
the devil would bo to pay if it did. and
mu-t I'hiy tiiis yer tiimg migiity fii ..
J want you to go in heavy on tho e
!li.:t th- .syldhle my la-t name n
t h 1 ist sillible of mv la-t mime and fi
IC(
nd
1st.
I nd hi-t i
i
of both my names niak ?
-ii.s ii mighty good jok'
bi lot of supci-st i t ions anu
'A be Linkum'
and thel e arc .a I
i-1 1 il ft 1 1 1 label-in
a id think it ha
foiordaitied to I
g ' in big (,:i nil
l.-.rd know; th.-;
on -ei, i nie a ko
paper one ,V a v.
men in the K untry tliat
I1'' IK (I
ei n'.isc- wo won
lected don't yer see.
i.e-e things can- e tin.:
not king ( Ice to fto in
of y itir w fry aloahh;
" 1 1 r ; and I !e;n v!i"i;
i I
elected i w,
ill t l 't Villi (Hit Itl
tie-im-
fo.
k"ld.
Id.
e po-.v and in th,.
i 'i g dud h po' t i
'id- ofthe
'!'i.!'-v
;;m vote old ' riend
it , So lit lei-, a p,.
1 in
LINCOLN.
ri:x.vi vam I 'itii-s. The (T-iinis r;
t urns oi I 'it ! - h:;rg and it s Mil ,u; l,s, it is est i .
mate.;, wiii f i it iii :;o,(io i. Jn ().,, y,.ia..
I "o the same tcrritorv ha 1 --J, "12. i'itts
bur; prop.-r h.t ; fit'ty.fiv" i.hous.nid ; the
population on the south sid--- ofthe river,
in. -hiding South and We-t Pittsburg, Hir
miiighatn, La-', i'.inningham, M uiongahe.
la, and Tempe; am "ville, w ill i.-aeh righ
teen thousand. Aiieghenv (,'ity thirty-iivc-t
hotisand, r.nd the rest is in tho iniineor-
ile.J suiiurlis and adjacent tou-nlirs.
V. e have lioiv nioit of t he leading pen li
,;:ia en;
iadelpli:
and towns, ;;.s le
O'.'l.fO:) Pittsbin
v :
I "'.''H Id'
1 -HI;).')
lo.ollll
Id.tMID
M.lMlii
n ,,i
'lO.I'l
11112
2i Otld l.anca.tcr
I I.HlVI Xorri.-t'i vti
l'J.lli.M I'oltsvi lo
M.iM.il ivi-.ton
S.l lf',7 Wilhesharro
I I ll-isbui-e
, Seiniitou
; Ycrk
i Allen I own
Lii'.itiirv ami I'xiov. "When my eye
hall bo turned lo i-ele l 1 for the last tinif
1 ('", glorious sun in
' so" it shining on tin
I lenven, mav not
broken 'nnd dishon
ored fragments da once glorious 1'niou
on Suites (!i..s(. ercd,. di-, ordaiit. hel'.ig
ot ent on a land rent w ith civil fends, oi
'Irene io( it mav be, in fraternal hb.od.
L 't their lad feeble and lingering glance,
rather behold the gloriom ( r.-ign ol th
Ii"iiibii:', no-y kno-vn and honored thr,'
oitt, th" world, 'till fill biu'h .'.ilvaui ed, no;.
a single star ei use
1, ti r
-triiio polluted.
boarinir for its motto no kucIi misiu-atiio
intcrr, g itory ns, -'Vhat is all Ibis worth'
nor tho-e other wnrdsof delusion and fol -ly
'Libji-ty first, and I'nion afterwards ;'
but everywhere, spread it all over in char
acters ofjivintr lieht, that other Rentini"iit
dear lo every American heart. 'Liberty
lind "111011. now and for-yer, one
an 1 in-
pentle-
nerable "-- Jt-vnr ' il '.T.
FltI-It ,, K p. jsr VvTov.-TI,is
,., 1. ,. -,- r,r Cimrnor
Walker
i' Kanw. durinii tho I.ocompton trouh-
les. Inn coin 1 out Ibitlo.ito I for Livcoi,'
and 1 1 a m 1.1 v. Ho ad lie-sc 1 a P.l.iek lie
publican meeting at St Louis on the "",d
lilt. Id k" other nio-t ites from (lid pnrtv
ho cluims that ho has b.'-ui a Democrat nil
his life, und tha. b has not .hrnj-ii
now
icr r.s ... .. .
I'-'i IV. line of the '-lick-,' ! lo ,
lee follow h.g ! ; i . It .,(,,, a,, ,
tlioilglil we (:,. j J . !v j;,..
publie.in ..ipi i , and es u, some i i , i , .
n . to Im.v u : ..I., ,ii :, I I .... i ; . .
I i , .. , . 1 ' ..'
, n- i.i I'l.i) uio iiiiier 1 1 1 . ; 1 1 1 y line ..,
.1 .'..-,;. ',-.
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