Intelligencer & loumctl.
E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR
for president,
JAMES BUCHANAN
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
[Subject to the dectiion of a National Convention .]
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
ISRAEL PAINTER,
OF WESTMORELAND CODNTT,
Democratic Electoral Ticket,
, Senatorial Delegates.
WILLIAM BIGLER, of CtearfM
DAVID D. WAGENER, of Northampton.
REPRESENTATIVE Ef-ECTORS
Dist.
list. |
1.-Henry L. Benner, |
13. John C. King,
14. John Weid.man,
15. Robert J. Fisher,
16. Frederick Smith,
17. John Creswell,
18. Charles A. Black.
19. Geo. \V. Bowman,
201 John R. Shannon,
21. Geo. P. Hamilton,
22. William H. Davir,
23. Timothy Ives,
24. Jas. G. Campbell.
2. Horn R. Kneass, j
3. Isaac. Shunk, |
4. A. L. Roumfort,
5. Jacob S. Yost,
6. Robert E. Wright,
7. Wm. W. Downing,
8. Henry Haldehan,
9. Peter Kline,
10. B. S. Schoonover,
11. Wh. Swetland,
12. Jonah Brewster,
Lancaster, May 2, ISIS.
ID“ THE BALTIMORE r CONVENTION
MEETS ON NEXT MONDAY TWO WEEKS—
-22d INSTANT.
Appointment m the Governor. —Marcus D.
•Holbrook, Esq., to be a Notary Public for the city
of Lancaster, in place of Samuel E. Gtmduker.
whose term of service has expired.
pjr* We are under obligations to Gen. Lewis j
Cass of the U. S. Senate, for a copy of his truly j
able and patriotic speech on the bill to to raise ad- '
ditional military force for the war with Mexico.
The Riglits of tlie States.
We take pleasure in re-publishiug from the i
Washington Union the following remarks ot Sena- |
‘ tor Cameron, in reply to Mr. Calhocx. who had, |
-it teems, seen fit to arraign-the action of the Penn- j
sytvania Legislature in regard to fugitive slaves. ;
comparing it with that of New York on the same j
subject—from which, as Gen. C. plainly shew?, it I
differs as widely as day from night.
On a review of the past we eertmidv discover :
no cause whatever for our Southern-friends to com- I
plain of the Keystone State on the smre-of hostil- !
ity to any of their constitutional lights. When a 1
committee from the State of Maryland represented
to the authorities of our good Commonwealth that j
the act of Congress of 12th February. 17'J'J. was
an insufficient protection to their '• pccuhar/institu- j
tion.’' and that State legislation might lurnish fur
ther facilities for the recovery of fugitive slaves,
the act of IS2C was promptly and cheerlullypassed.
•By that act the State laws, and the State officers,
executive and judicial, were placed at the service
of the Southern slaveholder, whenever required,
for the recovery of fugitives from labor. Unfor
tunately, one section of the act of IS2G prohibited
the slave-holder from seizing any negro and carry
ing him into servitude without process of law or
proof of title. The case - of Prigg vs. Peimsvh'**’-,.
was brought before the Supreme Comt -<i the -.ole
purpose of determining il.e constitutionality o; -thut
serfion of the act ..f '&2n. And it was ve.y pro
perly held, that, iiutstnu* - h as '‘-a> •t./n. rmlt-rfeicd
with the right of j-c.apt~>u, 'vh.rh w*_ a common
law incident of ov* ner.hip, ii was unconstitutional.
Here the action oi the Supreme Court of the
United States should have stopped. But Eastern
fanaticism and .Southern violence coalesced to aim
a blow at State Rights, so that under their malign
influence an attempt \va« made to strike the MaTe
sovereignties into the dust. In sheer wantonness,
when no such question was helot e the- Court, opin-.
ions were promulgated that the States lud.no right
To legislate at all on the .subject ol surrendering
fugitive slaves to their masters! To the honor of
Chief Justice Taxf.y and Mr. Justice Daniel, be
it said, they maintained the true doctrine that the
States had the right to legislate oil the subject, pro
vided they did not enact laws which abridged the
rights of the owner. No part of the act, except
the Ist section, abridged or interfered with tlio.se
rights. All the other sections were in ajfir/n<in<t of
Id’s rights, and were passed at hi* n>pnat to aid him
in recovering fugitives. Ami yet, they were pro
nounced null and void by a majority of the Court,
including Mr. Justice Wayne and utlici- Imm.
slave-holding states!
It is true, this extra-judicial opinion was entiudy
disregarded in this judicial district, and all the sec
tions of the act of 1850, except the one which
really interfered with the rights of the slave-holder,
were constantly enforced, until the enactment of
the law of March 3,-18-17, repealing the act of
1826, and prohibiting. State officers lrom taking
jurisdiction under the a*t of Congress of l*,'.>3.
And this, it seems, is the statute, so oftenshe in the
eyes of Mr. Calhoun, and his able organ, the
Charleston Mercury.. But why complain 1 What
else could Pennsylvania do than pass the repealing
law of 18-17 i Was she to force her good otiices
upon her Southern sisters, after their oten Judges
had declared that she was not to be trusted with the
subject? Was she to permit such a wanton and
daring imputation upon her sovereignty, not war
ranted by single act in her previous history, with
out doing anything to vindicate her dignity and to
sustain the rights of the States ? Does any man
suppose, that Congress can require the services of
the State judiciary, against the wilDof the State,
and withoutecompensation ! When, in the dis
charge of State duties, our State Judges discover
that a right is claimed under an act of Congress, it
is their duty to recognize the claim, it valid. But
they are not bound to neglect th**ir -.proper duties
to the State, under whose authority they hold their
commissions, for the purpose of taking jurisdiction
under acts of Congress. The right of the State to
prohibit her Judges from taking jurisdiction under
Urifted States' lawsvs, to our minds, as * ; clear and
unquestionable,'’ as; is the right to enjoin it as a
duty, /The United Government must find
its own judiciary, to execute its own laws, if the
States require it. , This may seem strange in
the -eyes of' ultra Federalism, but the doctrine
is a sound one, and South Carolina should
be the last to inveigh against it. Now, if the
Representatives of the people of Pennsylvania,
notwithstanding their constant and ofr repeated
proofs of reverence for the rights of all sections of
the Uniorf, could not be entrusted with this subject,
could the State Judges and her other officers be
deemed more trustworthy ? We think not. Look
ing at tire very remarkable dictum of the Supreme
Court, then, the act of 3d March, 1547, does no!
strike us as so very wonderful. Strange that our
Southern brethren so little understand either its
meaning, or the causes that procured it. 5
It is altogether a mistake, however, that our citi
zens are prohibited from aiding the slave-holder in
the'recovery of his property. Senator Cmr.Bojr
has acted well in correcting an impression so erro
neous, and in vindicating his native State from the
charge of violating the Compromises of the Con
stitution, Painful and abhorrent to our feelings as
is the consigning to captivity-of a fugitive from
labor, we yet could never knowingly consent to
any infringement whatever of the guaranteed rights
Of others—and we'take pleasure in-affirming that
those in Pennsylvania, who have no respect for
these rights, are few and far between. The Legis
ture, the Judiciary, the Executive, every depart
ment of government, and indeed all public men
who enjoy the confidence of the State, have ever
Been, ready to stand by. the Compromises of the
Constitution, in every respect, from first to iast.
But they are not less tenacious of the rights and
sovereignty of the States—-should they be even
cloven down by the highest judicial tribunal in the
In the Senate— April 20. 18-18.
Mr. Cameron said he rose merely to defend his
own State—that great State which he had the hon
or in part to represent—on a single point which
had been alluded to by the distinguished senator *
from South Carolina, [Mr. Calhoun.] That senator
had done injustice‘.6 Pennsylvania (unintentionally,
doubtless.) in comparing a recent law of hers with
an act oi the late Legislature of New York. The
New Fork statute, it is said, makes it a penal of
fence lor any of her citizens to aid in the arrest or
restoration of fugitive slaves to their owners. The
law of Pennsylvania is a widely different affair.—
* Her act of IS2'l made it the duty of the State
officer* to aid in the arrest of slaves; which act.
,as has been stated by the colleague ofthe senator.
: was rendered null by the decision of the courts.
. The late act, therefore, was merely a declaratory
one, setting forth the fact that those officers were
not required by the State laws to render such aid.
The duty of the citizens remains unchanged, and
' is in no way affected.
No attempt has been made by Pennsylvania to
i interfere, in any way, with the power or authority
■ of the general government, nor The duty of the
! citizens to that government. The marshal or his
1 deputy can call to his aid a sufficient posse at any
: time, when it may be necessary to sustain the laws
of the Union; and no act in the history of PernF
sylvania can be jointed to, which will show that
1 she has. in a single instance, been wanting in a
due regard tor the guarantees of the constitution,
; and the compromisesjinder it. Nor will'she ever
: be. The senator alluded, also, to a disturbance in
Carlisle. Undue importance has been attached to
I that affair. The persons concerned in it were tried,
and those found guilty were propsrly. and, I may
; add, severely punished. They are still incarcerated
j within the * walls of a penitentiary. As to the
-death «>l a citizen from another State, I am positively
! assured that he was the victim of disease, fend that
j his death was not at all attributable to this distur
! bance.
Pennsylvania ha» no sympathy with the ultra
abolitionists. She has within her borders no fana
tics a.- a body. She may have, and doubtless has.
a few individuals who join in these movements of
the ultra abolitionists: but they have no aid or
countenance from the great body of her intelligent
people. A very few men—honest and well-mean
ing, no doubt—sympathise with the senator from
New Hampshire in doctrine and feeling; but the
masses of the people are entirely willing to leave
the domestic institutions oi other States where
they properly belong—in their own hands/ They
feel that they have no right whatever, under the
constitution, to inter■fern with them. What they
claim- for themselves, they cheerfully accord to
others—the right to regulate their own affairs.
; They are opposed to slavery in the abstract, mid
I have long since abolished it within their own
' horde,.. ' They are willing, as they should he. to
: let other States act lor themselves in this and other
. domestic matters.
He was nut surprised at the upon
this Mihjert by southern senators. It is natural,
and nor to be wondered at. We have.seen a vessel
come within sight of the Capitol, upon which
floats- th*- pioud fiae which. In.- trusted, would ever
lemain a< the «-iiil)lem of our happy Union, and in
the di\.d of night decoy and cany off'nearly a
hundred negroes, the property of citizens of the
District. They feel that it such things are tolerated
here, in the wry presence of the government. To
them the guaranties of the constitution are utterly
; useless—the safeguards »nd compromise* upon
i which they have been relying are only a mockery.
: He differed in tulo from the senator from Illinois
i with regard to the effect of the agitation of this
j question. If anybody is injured by it, it must be
I the senator from New Hampshire and his friends
j Nor did he believe Yjjat this body should be deterred
from discussing a»y question, from a fear of its
effects upon the presidency. The south as 'veil as
the north have interests which they tl )|.c infinitely
above the mere question ns to who shall fill the
president!:;! r An ! why shall they tb-reiore.
' -.oi :• r»• i:**■: in Hi- mi t<i r!-,e e.vcjienirut
grr.v/:..£ ■ o: ih.- r* cm «.nrr;q. win- hh* h.A
alluded, th* seuatow o:n -New Hrinn m.: ;. a s grave
ly inti-id,.ced a bil: juirporriug io be a bill to pro
tec? th- pioperD •»« ciri/ens of-this District; but.
right.v 'tewed, it is a bill calculated to encourage
similai outrage'. A\ hat could have induced him
to intiodnce such a measure at this moment of ex
citement. Mr C was utterly at a loss to determine
—unle-s it "as done as a piece of,amusement, as
the senator from New Hampshire was much in the
habit of entertaining the Senate in that way.
[Here the senator from New Hampshire wiled
the senator from Pennsylvania to order. The point
of .-vv.Um- tain* reduced to writing, the President
decided that the senator from Pennsylvania was not
out oi order ]
Mr. resumed. The bill it.-ell w.i- wh*>!lv un
called fin'. No citizen the Itatrict had culled
lor it : mid it \v<-uld he unjust tn three upon tlieiii
a law tor which they had not asked—to sav nothing
u" the inapplicability of its 1 jirovisions to tin* cir
cumstances of the District. Whenever any such
measure wits needed.’tlie people ofthe District will
doubtless ask lor it: and when propeilv digested hy
the committee liuough which they are represented
here, it will receive the due consideration of (\>n-
But. Mr. (’. haul, he ro-r only for the pm jjc»-c of
putting his State ritthl on a point or two on which
her position seemed to he misapprehended—not to !
discuss this question at length. Mie needed not a
vindication at Ins hands. Her citizens were an in
telligent and reflecting people, stronvlv attached to
the confederacy under which they had prospered
so greatly. . They will’abide by the constitution
to the last. An occasional excitement mav tor a
moment haw* misled u tew of her citizens: hut it
has put been only momentary, and has passed
away with the occasion. Much of the recent ex
citement on this subject. Mr. C. said, may be fairly
attributable to the far-fumed Wilmot proviso. That ;
is now numbered among the things that are passed,
and its results will soon he forgotten. Famous as ■
it was for a time, there ai♦♦ none now in Pennsyl
vania so poor us to do it reverence. An occasional
occurrence mayogive it a teinpuruiy importance.
Some one fuay take hold of it, as heretofore, to
give himself a local popularity or a general noto
riety. He may be encouraged by a'recent appoint
ment here, which seems like a reward for hawug ?
agitated this question, and procuring the instruct
tions by a legislature to her senators to vote for it\
in this body.” But that will amount to \ery little
in the end, and will die forgotton as a dream.
4 We approve of the whole of Senator C.*s speech,
except this paragraph. We are friendly to the
nomination here referred to - , and sincerely hope lie
may be confirmed. [Ed. Intelligencer.
Young Ylen’s Democratic .Issocia-
At a meeting ui the Young Men s Democratic
Association of the city and county of Lancaster,
held at their room, (Miller's Building.) East King
street, on Wednesday evening, April 26th. ISIS,
the tollowing Preamble and Resolution* w'Ore utiau
imonsy adopted.
ir/imns, The time has now arrived when the
clouds which so long obscured the rights and liber
ties of the populations of Europe have commenced
to roll away, ami tin: light of Liberty to dawn on
the nations long suffering in the bondage of Despot
ism ; and whereas, the people of France have in
dignantly hurled from power the despotic anti re
trogade Government of Louis Phillippc. and set
the glorious example of resistance to tyranny be
fore the eyes of the Nations of Europe. There
fore. be it
' Resolved. That we hold resistance to oppression
as the most sacred of obligation.?, and that it is not
only the right but the duty of the people to throw
off systems of government which fail to secure
their safety and-happiness.
Resolved, That Self-Government is the natural and
inalienable Right of Man—that the Kings and
Despots of F.iuope. who deny our brethren its en
joyment, are enemies of the human race—and we
look forward with eager expectation to the time
when all ths other nations ot Europe will follow
the example of the heroic population of France.
Resoh\J y That we most cordially send greeting
to the sons of France, and all others struggling for
the rights of humanity, and bid them Gbd speed in
their noble task, and proclaim our unalterable at
tachment to the cheering watchwords oi Liberty
Equality- and Brotherhood..
Resolved. That the foregoing Resolutions be pub
lished in all the Democratic papers of this city,
JONAS D. BACHMAN. Pu* s ? pio. rc-m.
Jas. Wiley, Secretary.
Death oriSenator Aaliley.
Hon. Chester Ashley, United Slates Senator
from Arkansas, died on Saturday morning last, at
Colemanhotel, in Washington. He is the fourth
Senator who has died since the commencement of
the pre=ent Congress.
. Benjamin G. Howard, Esq., has bee,, chosen
the delegate from the 3d Congressional District of
Maryland to the Democratic National Convention
fCT The proceedings of the Democratic Bedford
eeting will be given in. our next.
Pennsylvania I>elegates to the
National Convention.- i
We discharge an agreeable duty' in the publica
tion of the following letters from the Delegates
chosen on the -Ith of March.last to represent Penn
sylvania in the Democratic National Convention,
written in reply to a circular of the State Central
Committee. Although the Convention did not re
quire more than a formal pledge to sustain the
distinguished nominee of the State, it will be seen
that a large majority of the Delegates have deemed
it a suitable occasion to urge* the claims of the
Keystone State with warmth amigeal. and to testify
their deep-rooted and profound admiration of the
public and private character of JAMF.S BUCH
ANAN. whose fortunes in the National Convention
they have been chosen to advocate and support.
Our great Commonwealth will, therefore, in the
important'body that is soon to convene at Balti
more. present an undivided front. Her delegation
repairs to that city, an unit, with the path of duty’
already defined, and pre-determined to spare no
effort which an honorable fulfilment of instructions
may demand, to crown the wishes of, our gallant
Democracy with success. We iiueud no unmean
ing flattery when we say, that the delegation is
composed of the best men in the State, whose
sterling integrity and high sense of honor are a
sure guarantee that the interests of Mr. Buchanan,
identical with those of the State, are reposed in
sale and sure harms.
And now that the Democracy of the old Key
stone, through the expression of her primary as
semblages. her State Convention, and the public
committal of her delegates, has furnished proof to
the' world, that in this matter of the Presidency she
is inroad earnest —and intends to urge the claims
of her great Candidate with zeal, and energy, and
perseverance—the expectation we hope i 6 not a
vain one, that these claims may at length be re
spected and acknowledged. A most faithful, true,
and loyal ally has Pennsylvania been in all the
hard-fought battles of the past—but she may not
always prove a submissive subject. A tide has
nenv arrived in her affairs, that leads her to urge
a suit, which heretofore she has been too inodest
ami too forbearing to advance.' ) She lias been gen
erous to her sisters—and she now asks that they be
at least just to her. On this subject her Democracy
ftrli deeply. She has never vet. indulged in queru
lous repining, and she confidently trusts that her
past magnanimity will now prove the ladder- of
her suece.-s. I
< hir candidate, foi innately, is a* meritorious as
our State. As a firm, able, and enlightened States
man JAMF.S P.UCHANAN has confessedly nit a
superior in the United States. His views on! all
the gieat questions of American policy are sound
and oithodox, and in his private relations he is
without spot or blemish. In 18-1-1, when a major
ity of the States had declared jur Martin Van
Burlx. Mr. Buchanan fnagnanimomly retired
from the field of competition. Noble self sacrifice!
Surely it is too fie-di in the. public mind to be for
gotten. Lot Mr. Buchanan be nominated at Bal
timore and the Electoral vote of Pennsylvania will
be safe against all manner of opposition by an old
fa-hioneci Ja< usox majority. The Vision will le
safe. h»i' Ihe Democracy "ill have secured a
gallant leader—and the -.ouiitr. a worthy follower
of Micer-un Jackson and Polk
Prir’isUitc, April 20, ISIS
Driw .$«. . -. pledge* • faith to carry out
the wishes of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, in
i < - 1 1jna11ng u candidate lor tlie Presidency,” seems
to me a work nfsupt re rogation, .md were it not fur
partv usage, 1 should deem it an imputation upon
inv political integiov.
Selected on the first briiot b.\ a most Pattering
vote, as one of the Senatorial Dmugatea to tlie Na
tional Convention for the State at large, notvvith
standing’the interposition of Western names, Jar
more potent than my own, is a compliment highly
appreciated, but one, that n reallv and propeilv
attributable to an hone-t preference entertained bv
me, li-r the gieat Statesman of the ape.
The people of I'emuw Ivania have watched ami
scanned his movements with an unerring eye.—
Tht-v have >een him in private life, and in the’high
place* of llnu-riimr-nt. pure, untarnished, talented
and consistr-nt. In all penis, he lias shewn him
self the man u! ’.lie cycle ami the eoirMiUHion.—
When the vj ai-ws of other-: ha\e been unstrung,
his haw- been ner»ed li» the expiession of everv
sentiment, ami ihe peiibnnaiiee of everv dutv in
cumbent up-ni a member of the Republican party.
Firm as the integrity of bis native State, lie lias
been steadfast in all things, ha\ing thith in the Dem
ocratic promise, that out Vif it must emanate the
saletv and good of the nation amhpeoph*.
Individual preferences to a limited extent mav
exist, hut the Democracy of the Commonwealth
look to their lavorite ami illustrious Son, as the
sale repository of those principles, for which they
have struggled, from the first crusade upon the
Press in Old Berks, to the third advent of Federal
ism in opposition to the .Mexican War.
They have nominated him with unexampled una
nimity, ns their first and only choice fur the Presi
dency, und theicjircthren of the I niou, regarding
the permanency.of onr time-honored and conserva
tive party, as paramount to mere halo and expedi
ency, will, with enthusiasm, adopt James Buch
anan as the head of the common family of us all.
This; confidently expected, honest, and wise de
cision of the ,approaching Convention, will be
triumphantly continued by the American people ;
the debt due to single hearted and umieviating
Democratic Pennsylvania, will be promptly reim
bursed j and justice be done to a generous and
confiding creditor, who lias relied for so manv years
upon the faith and continency of her sister States.
I need not sa v to you, that if, in the dispensations
of Divine Providence 1 am permitted. 1 will be at
the Baltimore Convention, ami echo the sentiments
of rnv constituents, reverberating from every hill
ami vallev of our good old State.
Most respectfully and truly,
WILSON McCANDLESS.
E. W. Hitter, Esq.,
Chairman of Slate Central Committee
Philadelphia, April. 7, IS IS.
Dear Sir: 1 acknowledge the -receipt of yours
of the oih hist., written in aeeordhnce with the di
rections of the Democratic State. Convention, and
the recent.action of the Committee of which you
are Chairman, desiring to be apprised whether 1
will accept the appointment of Senatorial Delegate
to the Democratic National Convention, ami, if so,
to accompany that acceptance with my written
pledge to support James Buchanan for the Presi
dency in the National Convention, agreeably to the
letter and spirit of the instructions unanimously
adopted l»v tin* Democratic State (.'(invention.
In reply, I have to sav, that I do accept the ap
pointment of Senatorial Delegate to the Democratic
National Convention, and that if I did not believe
and know that James Buchanan was the unmis
takeable choice of the Democracy of Pennsylvania,
over all others, (which the result of the recent
contest for Delegates clearly proved.) 1 should still
be consistent ami true to the strong and unequivocal
instructions of the Democratic State Convention.
But when the claims of Pennsylvania, and the un
deniable strength of Mr. Buchanan with the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania, are superadded to these
powerful and comprehensive instructions, the duty
of every Delegate to the Democratic National Con
tention, becomes equally binding, imperative and
clear. It is under such circumstances as these, that
I unhesitatingly pledge myself, in the language oi*
one of the resolutions of instructions to earrv
out, in good taith, to the best of my ability, the
wishes ol* the Democracy of Pennsylvania, in nom
inating a candidate tor the Presidency, in the Na
tional Convention, anil that I will continue to vote
for Jamf.s- Buchanan until a majority of the Dele
gates shall otherwise decide.'’
Your friend, truly,
JOHN W. KORNEY
E. W. Nutter, Esq.,
Chairman ot State Central Committee.
PHILADELTIHAf April 7, 1848.
Dear Sir: 1 had the honor this clay of receiving
your circular letter, dated nth inst., informing mo
that I had been chosen the Delegate for the Ist
Congressional District of Pennsylvania, to the Dem
ocratic National Convention, to be held in'Baltimore
on the 4th Monday of May next, and desirin* to
know whether I accept the appointment, and, if so.
to give von my pledge to carry out the wishes of
the Democracy of Pennsylvania in eaid Convention.
I with pleasure accept the appointment, and
“ shall in good, faith carry out, to the best of mv
ability, the wishes of the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia, in nominating n candidate for the Presidency,”
and in said National Convention, I will “ continue
to vote for James Buchanan, until a majority of
th** Delegates shall otherwise decide.”
1 have, the* honor to be, ice.,
WM. J. REF.D.
E. W. Hutter Esq-,
Chairman State Central Committee,
Philadelphia, April 14, 1843,
Gentlemen : 1 am in receipt of your letter of fith
•instant, in answer to which 1 have to say, that I
accept the appointment as Delegate to the National
Convention, and pledge myself that tc I will in good
faith carry out, to the best of my ability, the wishes
of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, in nominating a
candidate for the Presidency, and will in the said
Convention continue to vote for James Buchanan,
until a majority of the Delegates shall otherwise
decide.” . Yours respectfully,-
• JOHN G. SHARP.
E. W. Huiter, Esq., Chairman,
.Isaac G. McKinley. A ~ o. „
John C. Mvr.ns, < s >“ re .? n “ ° r th ' , Suto
Gr.OEc.r. 1-litt, J Central Committee.
Philadelphia, April 6. IS4S.
Dear Sir: This morning I received a circular
signed by you as Chairman ofthe Democratic State
Central_Committee, requiring a pledge to carry out
the instructions of the Democratic Stale Convention,
held on the 4th ultimo, in obedience to its require
ments. . f
I respectfully inform you, that I accept the ap
pointment of Delegate to the Democratic National
Convention ; and in the discharge of tny duties
there. I will, in good faith, carry out to the best of
my ability, the wishes of the Democracy of Penn
sylvania, in nominating a candidate for the Pres
idency, and in said National Convention, I will
continue to vote for James BuciAnan, until a ma
jority of the Delegates shall otherwise decide.
Yours respectfully
JOHN MILLER.
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman State Central Committee.
Philadelphia County, April 11th, 184$.
Dear Sir: —In reply to your circular letter of
the otlvinst , I reply, that I accept the appointment
of Delegate to the Democratic National Convention,
to be holden on the 4th Monday of May next, in
the city of Baltimore, autl 1 give this as rny written
pledge that in good faith I will carry out to the best
of my ability, tfie wishes of the Democracy of Penn
sylvania, in nominating a candidate for tlie Presi
dency, and in sajd National Convention I wfill con
tinue to vote for James Buchanan until a majority
of the Delegates shall otherwise decide.
Yours, &c. WM. DEAL.
E. W. Hitter, Esq., Chairman, See.
Norristown, April 17. 1818.
Dear Sir: Your letter ofthe sth instant, written
by direction of the State Central Committee, in
forming me of my appointment as a delegate to
the National Convention, and requiring the pledge
called for by the 4th of March" Convention, has
been duly received.
I accept the appointment, and pledge myself that
I will ‘*in good faith, carry out the wishes of the
State," and in the language of the convention will
‘ ; use all honorable means to promute and secure tlie
nomination ol James Buchanan.*’ I will continue
to vote for him to the end.
I give this pledge with much pleasure, as well
from inv personal preference for our candidate, as
from a sense of duty to the Democracy of the
State. James Buchanan was selected by a large
majority of the State Convention over all the other
candidates united. Against any one of bis compe
titors, he would have received the votes of three
iburtbs of the convention. After the vote, he was
unanimously declared to be the ‘-choice of Pennsyl
vania," and the delegates were enjoined to ‘-use al ! i
honorable means tb secure his nomination.” and
expressly instructed “to vote in such manner as
shall be material f6r securing the success of flip
presidential candidate. Htuininioiishj recommended. ’
Pennsylvania hu£, therefore, now no ntlnr candi
date for that high office. She has no second choice.
On the part of our'State, .Mr. Buchanan should;be
adhered to ,from frst to lost. lam gratlied to have
the assurance, that the Pennsylvania delegation;
faithful to their high trust, will give their votes,
without exception, to the distinguished Statesman, l
who is their first and only choice.
Pennsylvania is entitled to the presidential can
didate as a matter of riyht. Her delegates should
insist on her claim, strenuously and unitedly. Dis
interested and sell-sacrificing. she has never before
presented a candidate for the first office in thebe
public. lir a spirit of meekness she ha-; allowed
to the other states a monopoly of this high honor.
With a single exception, when tlie voice ut her
honest yeomanry was defeated by spurious voting,
she ha- stood faithfully by the men of our partv.
j In many a perilous conflict she has saved the De'm-
I ocrdtic candidates from defeat. Her vote secured
; ,e - c.ction of Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of
Democracy thereby ending the memorable i: Reisn
of Terror.''' bhe gave her vote,to the wise and
patriotic Madison aiuTsustained his administration
Through the stormy period of the war of 1S I*2. —-
She sustained the election and administration of
Monroe, bhe was the first to declare for the illus
trious Jackson, and throe gave him her Electoral
vote, bv majorities so immense as to send a thrill
of rejoicing to the hearts of the , Democracy over
the length and breadth of the Union “She consented
to the postponement of her just claims in ISUiand
18-10. and supported the nomination of the Favorite
Sou of the Umpire State. Alter a hard-fought
contest, and under the most critical ciicuim tance-.
she gave her vote in i M i to J ores K. Polk,
A? Pennsylvania went. >n went New Yoik. and
-u the Union. Her you*, friend? anil foe? concede,
wa? intensive of the battle. She also >up|iortod jor
the. \ ice Presidency the Ihro of.’ the Thniifs. ami
ever stood manfully by this gallant soldier. Now,
will Virginia. Tenneowq New York.and Kentucky.*
ioi sjej Pennsylvania's efficient support ol ihiirU
\or.ite'soiis ? Can these States-now. hu\ing no
candidate of their u\\ n. withhold their support from
Pennsylvania's choice, and give it to another State,
to which they owe nothing? I will not think so
poorly of their patriotism, or of their gratitude,
1 cherish an unshaken confidence, that they will not
prove unmindful of these services. We ask it. not
as a boon, but as an act of the simplest justice.
The character of the candidate, whom Pennsyl
vania has " unanimously recommended.'' must
greatly enhance her claim. He is one known to
the whole Union us eminently qualified for the
Presidency, lie has no superior, and but few equals.
Of powerful intellect, enlarged experience, and of
spotless reputation, he combines every element of
character necessary to constitute a safe and wise
Executive. In whatever situation he has been'
placed—whether as Senator. Foreign .Minister, or
as Secretary of State, he has won golden opinions
from all men. No great National question has
been agitated for the last fin years, in which lie has
not acted a distinguished part, and combatted the
giant intellects of the land. The friend of J ack.sox.
Van Buuln and Polk, they have rejoiced in his
powerful support, against the assaults of ihe com
mon toe. 'The cause of Democracy, lor the last
quarter century has had no abler, finer, firmer
advocate than JAMES BUCHANAN.
It was my fortune to have served with Mr.
Buchanan in onr National Councils for several
years, where l had an opportunity of witnessing
the eliects of his surpassing Statesmanship and his
dignified bearing in debate. 1 have nut been an
inattentive observer, either, of his subsequent career
in the Senate nl the Fnited States, and in other
exalted official stations. I have known him long
and well—and with great deference to the distin
guished gentlemen named as his competitors, I
declare it as my sincere conviction, that he is the
best qualified man in the country for the Presidency.
His intimate acquaintance with our foreign rela
tions. render him peculiarly fitted fin* the place at
llt’ts juncture, when the •arbitrary got ernments of
the Old World are crumbling to pieces, and lice
institutions are rising on their ruins. Interest anil
duty alike 'dictate the necessity of cultivating
friendly relations with these new Governments, ami
thereby to widen the domain of republican Free
dom. Whoso competent to the task as James
Buchan vn / Let ns trust, then, that the National
Convention will maturely consider the claims of
bur State and her Candidate, and lender justice to
both.
Pardon this long communication. My feelings
would not allow me to say less. It would he too
great a trespass on your time to say more.
Very truly, yours.
J NO. B. STKRIGERE.
K. \V. Hutter. Esq,
Chairman of State Central Committee
Doyi.estown, April s(i, IMB,
Sir: 1 have received the circular of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, officially apprising
me of my appointment as delegate to the Baltimore
Convention, for the Gth Congressional District. In
accepting the appointment, I shall regard it as my
duty implicitly to obey the instructions of the Dem
ocratic State Convention, “in good faith to earn
out, to the best of my abilitv, the wishes of the
Democracy of Pennsylvania in nominating a candi
date for the Presidency”—and 1 shall “continue
to vote-for James Buchanan, until a majority ol* the
delegates shall otherwise decide.”
As a Pennsylvanian, 1 rejoice that the Democratic
Convention took hold and.distinctive ground in re
lation lo’the Presidency—and that, after a full and
free interchange of opinion, it was unanimously
resolved that the Pennsylvania delegation should
present an unbroken front in favor of James Budi-i
anan. With such a candidate, it will be a proud
dutv for her entire delegation, to employ every hon
orable effort to carry out, successfully, the declared
wishes of her Democracy.
. The claims of the old Keystone, in my opinion,
are irresistible , and ought no longer to be postponed
to a more convenient season. She presents a can
didate most favorably known to the entire Union,
and whose qualifications for the Chief Magistracy
are unquestionable. Passing through many severe
and trying political ordeals, lie has progressed,
step by step, to the most exalted and* responsible
trusts. He is now the right arui of the National
Administration, and is presented bv the Democracy
of his native State for the first office in the gift of
the American people.
It Is true, that there will be urged in the Baltimore
Convention the names of other Democrats, posses
sing in an eminent degree the requisite qualifications
—distinguished for love of country, and an ardent
attachment to the principles that have secured Equal
Rights and Equal Privileges to us all—that have
made our land an asylum for the oppressed of all
Nations, and have wrung "reluctant tribute even
from the crowned head 3 of Europe. Of such an
honorable competition, the friends of Mr. Buchan
an will not complain. .On the contrary, they-enter
tain for every rival candidate the highest admiration.
But a coramendablefceling of State Pride, : aad our
just but 'long postponed claims, furnish good and
valid reasons why the Pennsylvania delegation may
respectfully insist on the candidate. Mr. Buchan
an’s‘nomination would.be the signal for-a glorious
- triumph in. Pennsylvania, and at the saincltiine be
acceptable to the whole Union. And, when elec
ted, he would prove himself hilly equal to .every
emergency— 1 -causing the Government of his country
,to be respected at home r and abroad, and adding
fresh laurels to his already brilliant reputation.
Very respectfully, your'obed’t serv’t,
i * W. T. ROGER?.
E. \V. Hutter, 'Esq.,
Chairman of the State Central Committee.
West Chester, April G, IS4B.
\Dear Sir: —ln reply to the circular of the Dem
ocratic State (jTentral Committee, of which vou are
chairman, 1 answer, in the language of the Demo
cratic State Convention held at Harrisburg on the
.4th ultimo, that as a.Delegate to the Democratic
National Convention, l ic/7/, in good faith* carry
.out, to the best of my ability , the wishes of the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania , in nominating a candidate
for the Presidency, and continue to vote, in that
; convention, for JAMES BUCHANAN, until a ma
! jorihj of the Pennsylvania delegates shall otherwise
| decide. . Very respectfully yours.
XI.NL STRICKLAND.
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman of State Central Committee
e, Lancaster, April G. 1848,
Dear Sir: 1 acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of yesterday, and it affords me the highest
gratification to.state that I cheerfully accept the
appointment of delegate to the Democratic National
Convention, - and that J shall consider it a proud
privilege, not less than an agreeable dutv,to “carry
out, in good faith, the wishes of the Democracy oY
Pennsylvania, in nominating a - candidate forthe
Presidency." In said convention I shall “continue
to vote for James Buchanan, until a majority, of
the delegates shall otherwise decide.*’
From an intimate personal acquaintance with
Mr. Buchanan, during a period of upwards of thirty
years, 1 am persuaded that as it regards strict
private and political integrity, exalted abilites, and
a calm,-reflective and statesmanlike mind, he is
eminently qualified for a faithful and proper dis
charge of the duties of the highest olficc in the gift
ofthc American people, and that his election would
insure to them a wise, frugal, and patriotic admin
istration of the Government. When, through a can
didate so wholly unexceptionable, Pennsylvania
I seeks the recognition of her long established, but
i long deferred claims, I cannot but hope and believe
that our meeting at Baltimore will result in giving
to otir S,tate the next President.
• Yours verv respectfully,
'CHRISTIAN BACHMAN.
E. \Y. Hutter, Esq ,
Chairman of the State Central Committee,
Reading, April 2fi, 1848.
Dear Sir : Your letter, calling upon me to signify
my acceptance of the appointment of Delegate to
the Baltimore Convention, ami also, in the event
of mv.acceptance, to give the pledge required bv
the late Democratic State Convention, has been re
ceived.
The appointment of Delegate is accepted, and 1
will, in good faith carry out, to.the best of my
ability, the wirhes of the Democracy of Peiiusyha'-
nia, in n.ominatinga candidate for the Presidency—
and in said National Convention I will continue to
vote tbq James Buchanan, until a majority of the
Delegates shall otherwise decide.
The claims of Pennsylvania to the candidate of
that body seem to be recognized bv the Democracy
of the Nation with a unanimity almost unparalleled.
Her unflinching adherence to the principles of the
Democratic party, at ail times, and frequently under
emhavassing circumstances—her warm support, in
Conventions .and at Elections, of Southern, West
ern, and "Northern , men, coining sometimes from
States that have not always been Democratic —lias
created a very general disposition in those sections
to own ,and favor these claims. The claim bcingre
cognised. it was for Pennsylvania herself to desig
nate the man of her choice —and this she has done,
in the selection of her delegation and in the? in
structions imposed upon them to cast their votes
for James Buchanan as-her first choice. The qual
ifications of her candidate, now universally ad
mitted, are reviewed with great ability in the ad
dress of the late State Convention, adopted without
a dissecting voice.
I regard it, therefore, as the dutv of every Dele
gate from Pennsylvania to carry out both the letter
and’jpirit of his instructions, which I have no doubt
will be done, w itli a strict regard, also, for that
other resolution of the Coinention, that principles
are before men, and that the good of the party, and
the will of the majority must govern'in all cases.
Verv respectfully, See..
' : J. (jLANCY JON'Ed.
E. W. IIi'TTER, Esq.,
(. li.airinan State (’eutral/Committee
Easton, April 14, 1548.
Dear Sir : Your circular, dated the sth instant,
ha - been received. My absence from home for
several ilnvs has preveuted an earlier replv. The
pledge .which you require of me m the performance
of the dutv assigned sou by the Democratic State
Convention, 1 am ready u> give with cheerfulness
and promptitude, and to fulfil with integrity and
tidelitv. That the Democracy of Penusvlvania
should concentrate their efforts to secure the nom
ination of .I ames Bum vnan, whose commanding
abilities, high reputation, ami distinguished charac
ter. have shed so much honor on his native State,
is a result no less creditable to them than it is mer
ited bv him ; and 1 regard it as matter of high grnt
ulatioii to ourselves, thar. whilst -we are urging the
well founded claim of our State to the nomination,
we are enabled to do it in the person of so unexcep
tionable a candidate. 1 do. therefore, as a Delegate
to the next National Convention, distinctly pledge
mvself, “to carry out in good faith’and to the best ol
mv ability the wishes of the Democracy ol Penn
syl \ ania in nominating a candidate forthe Presi
dency ; ami to vote lor James Buchanan until a
majority of mv co-delegates shall decide otherwise.'*
Verv respectfully, vour friend,
' A. 11. REEDER.
K. \V. Hitter. Ksq.,
Chairman of the State Central Committee.
Danville, April 7. 1848.
])?<irSir: Your eircular letter, of the date of
tlx* f»tlr instant, has been received.
The appointment. by the. Democratic State Con
vention, which assembled at Harrisburg on the 4th
ultimo, l of mvsclf as the delegate for the 11th
Congressional District to the Democratic National
Convention, to be liolden on the fourth Monday of
May next, in the city of Baltimore, is accepted by
me
An acceptance of such appointment is
an implied pledge that in good faith I will carry
out, to the best of my ability, the wishes of the
Democracy of Pennsylvania, in nominating a can
didate for the Presidency.” Such will, accordingly,
be my course as a member of the Democratic Na
tional Convention, and, in accordance with the in
structions of the State Convention, “ I will continue
to vote for James Buchanan,-until a majority of
the delegates (from Pennsylvania,), shall otherwise
decide. Very rospectlully yours,
EDWARD H.'BALDY
E. W. Hutter. Esq.,
Chairman of the State Centra! Committee.
Towanda, April 9, 1848
Dear Sir: Your circular of the stli instant was
duly received. My annwer to which is, tliat I ac
cept the appointment of delegate for the 12th Con
gressional District, to the Democratic National Con
vention, to be holden on the 4th Monday of Mav
next, in Baltimore; and, in pursuance of a resolu
tion of the late Democratic Stifle Convention, that
’honored me with this appointment, 1 hereby pledge
invself, that 1 will “carry out, in good faith, to the
[ best of my ability, the wishes of the Democracy of
I Pennsylvania, in nominating a candidate lor the
i Presidency ; and that 1 will continue to vote for
James Buchanan, until a majority of the delegates
shall otherwise decide/’
\ erv respectfully &.c.,
CEO. SANDERSON
E. W. Butter, Esq.,
Chairman of the State Central Committee
Milton, April It), 1848
Dear Sir: I this day received vour circular, in
forming me of mv appointment by the Democratic
State Convention, which assembled at Harrisburg
on the 4th ultimo, as a delegate for the 13th Con
gressional District, to the Democratic National Con
vention to be holden on the 4th Monday of May next
in the citv of Baltimore. In accepting the appoint
ment of delegate to said National Convention, 1
pledge 4 mvself % that I will, in good faith, carry out,
to the best of my ability, the wishes of the Democ
racy of Pennsylvania, in nominating a candidate
for the Presidency ; and in said National Conven
tion, 1 will continue to vote for James Buchanan,
until a majority of the delegates from this State
Shall otherwise decide.
The above pledge is cheerful!) given, under the
firmest conviction, that no other state in the Union
can present to the National Convention, a states
man of more exulted .talents, of purer patriotism,
and of sounder democratic principles, than our
own state now presents in the person of James
Buchanan. No State certainly has stronger claims
to the presidency, none has rendered greater ser
vices in establishing and perpetuating Democratic
principles, and no state has shown njore willing
ness to deter, tune after time, "her own claims, and
to give an energetic support, for the sake of Union
and Harmony,,to the claims of other states. In
view of these facts 1 flunk it not unreasonable to
predict, that the honor, so long withheld, of furn
ishing the Chief Magistrate of this glorious Uniou,
will at Ihe Baltimore Convention be awarded to
Pennsylvania, by the choice of her favorite son.
Very respectfully, fitc.'.
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman of the State Central Committee,
Harrisburg, April 7, 1848
Sir : I received your letter of the sth instant,
informing me, “that.l was chosen by the Demo
cratic State assembled at Har
risburg on the 4th of March last, as the Delegate
for the 14thi Congressional District to the Democratic
National Convention to be holden on the 4th Mon
day of May next in the city of Baltimore.*'
You also state, « that the Chairman and Secre
taries of the State Central Committee were invested
with authority by the- State Convention to require
of each delegate a written pledge to carry out the
instructions of said body in accordance with the
letter and spirit of the' same ”
In reply, idlow me to say, that I appreciate highly
the honor conferred, and- accept the appointment
with pleasure; and that as a delegate to the Balti
more Convention I will most cheerfully ‘‘carry out
in good faith to the best of my ability the wishes of
the Democracy of Pennsylvania in nominating a
candidate for* the Presidency, and that I will
continue to vote for James Buchanan until a ma
jority of the delegates shall otherwise decide.*’
I might say further, that even in the absence, of
instructions, Mr. Buchanan (being the choice and
nominee of the Democratic State Convention.) should
have received my warmest support.
Besides, his steady adherence to Democratic
principles, his integrity, his great ability and ex
perience as a Statesman, together with the fact that
lie is the candidate of Pennsylvania, entitle him to
the energetic support of its entire Democracy.
Yours respectfully,
DAVID POOL.
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman of the State Central Committee.
Dear Sir: Your circular of the sth instant is be
fore me, and in reply I will state, that l feci much
flattered with the confidence.reposed in me by the
late Democratic 4th of March Convention, by which
I was chosen to represent this the 15th Congressional
District in the -Democratic National Convention to
be held at Baltimore on the fourth Monday of May
next.
Health permitting, l shall attend and carry out,
most faithfully, the resolution in reference to voting
, for the Hon. James Buchanan, until a majority of
the Delegates from this State shall otherwise deter
mine. In doing so I shall but conform to the well
known wishes of The Democracy of bur Stated which
'from her local position, her uniform support and
unfaltering devotion to Democratic principles, as
; well as by reason of her .able and popular candi
date, has strong claims upon her sister states for the
•next nomination to the Presidency.
Verv respectfully vours,
. DANIEL BIIKJ-TKR.
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman of the State Central Committee
Dear Sir: I have received yours of the sth inst.,
informing me of my appointment, by the Democratic
State Convention, which assembled at Harrisburg,;
on the -Ith of March last, as a Delegate for the 16th*
Congressional District, to the Democratic National
Convention, to be holden in Baltimore on the 4tff
Monday of May nextyin which you request to know
whether 1 will accept that appointment, and in case
of mv acceptance to accompany it with the pledge
required of each Delegate by a resolution of the
State Convention.
In reply, 1 now state, that I accept the appoint
ment as a Delegate from this Congressional District,
and “ pledge myself in good faith lo carry out, to
the best of my ability, the wishes of the Democracy
of Pennsylvania, in nominating a candidate for the
Presidency,” ami that 1 will in the National Con
vention “ continue to vote for James Buchanan,
until a majority of the delegates shall otherwise
decide.”
I cannot persuade myself that the Pennsylvania
Delegation, in that Convention, will be placed under
the urfpleasnnt necessity of voting for any other
candidate than James Buchanan. When Penn
sylvania, for the first time, presents a candidate to
the National Convention, and that candidate so dis
tinguished a Statesman, and so pure a man as her
Buchanan, to suppose that her long deferred claims
lor the honor to which she now aspires, and the
candidate she will present as the recipient of that
honor, will Le rejected by the Democracy of her
sister States, would certainly be casting an imputa
tion upon their justice and magnanimity.'
Very respectfully vours, &c.,
JAMES H. GRAHAM.
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman-State Central Committee.
Gentlemen : Yours of the sth instant has been
received. I accept the appointment of Delegate to
the Democratic National Cotoventichi, conferred
upon me by the Democratic State Convention,
which assembled at this place on the 4th of March
last.
In accepting the appointment, it is my intention
to obey the. instructions contained in the resolution
of the Convention, requiring each Delegate to give
a written pledge, “ that, in good faith, he will carry
out to the best of his ability, the wishes of the
Democracy of Pennsylvania, in nominating a can
didate for the Presidency j and that the said Dele
gates shall continue to vote for James Buchanan.
until a majority of them shall otherwise* decide.”
Respectfully vours,
JAMES BURNS.
E. W. Hutter. Esq.,
Chairman State Central t’ommittee
Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your circular, informing me of mv ap
pointment by the Democratic State Convention of
'the 4th ult., as the Delegate from the ISth Congres
sional District, to the Democratic National Conven
tion, to he held in Baltimore, on the 4th Monday
ol May next. However conscious of mv inahilitv
to discharge the. duties pertaining to this important
trust, 1 accept the appointment, and do with pleas
ure pledge mysolf.that, “ in good liiith, 1 will carrv
out. to the best of mv ability, the wishes of the
Democracy of Pennsylvania, in nominating a can
didate for the Presidency ; and that in said National
Convention, I will continue to vote for James
Buchanan, until a majority of the Delegates shall
otherwise decide."
With sentiments of the highest esteem and re
garil, 1 remain your obedient servant.
E. W. Hutter, F.sq..
Chairman St:ue Central Committee
Dear Sir: Your hitter of' the sth inst., formally
communicating to me mv appointment bvthe Dem
ocratic State Convention, as the Delegate from - the
19th Congressional District to the National Conven
tion, and desiring to know whether" 1 accept said
appointment, lias been received.
The honorable duty imposed on me by the State
Convention will be most cheerfully discharged, if
life ami health are spared me—and I freely give the
pledge required by the Convention, that in nomi
nating a candidate for the Presidency, 1 will in
good faith, and to the best of my abilities, carry out
the wishes of the Democracy of Pennsylvania; and
that I will continue to vote tor James Buchanan.
until a majority of the delegates shall otherwise
decide.
Pennsylvania's claims to furnish the candidate of
the party for the Presidency are not anvwhere dis
puted.,.and it is time they should receive a more
substantial recognition than their mere adniissioti.
I trust that by the firmness and harmonv of our
councils at Baltimore, this measure ofjustice tothc
old Keystone may be accomplished.
That the result of the National Convention will
he a harmonious nomination we have no reason to
doubt, and such a nomination cannot fail to receive
the approving voice of the people.
I am vrrv respectfully,
Your obedient sorvent,
ALEX. McKJNNKY.
E. W. Hutteh, Esq., Chairman, &c.
Senate Chamber, Harrisburg, >
April 10, 1848. J
Dear Sir: 1 most cheerfully comply with the res
olution contained in your letter of the sth inst.,re
quiring the Pennsylvania Delegation to the National
Convention to give written pledges to support Jas.
Buchanan for the Presidency.
Mr. Buchanau is my first choice for that high
and responsible station, and 1 hereby pledge myself
to use all honorable exertions to secure his nomi
nation.
The Keystone State presents the great name of
her favorite son with an abiding confidence that her
claims will no longer be deferred, and that our own
Buchanan will be math* the standard bearer of the
Republican party in the coming contest for the
Presidency. With such, a leadei, we will have
every assurance of a great and glorious victory.
Verv truly yours,
E. 0. (’RE ACH A FT. .
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman of the Slate Central Committee
Peebi.es Township, Allegheny eo.,}
April 10, 1848. J
Dear Sir: Your letter, written in accordance
with the authority granted by the Democratic State
Convention, held at Harrisburg, on the 4th ultimo,
has been duly received. In reply, 1 have the honor
to state, that I accept the appointment of Delegate
to the National Convention, and, Providence per
mitting, shall be present on that interestingoccasion,
when it shall afford me sincere pleasure, “ in good
faith, to the best of my ability, to carrv out the
wishes of the Democracy of Pennsylvania in nom
inating a candidate for the Presidency, and to vote
for James Buchanan until a majority of my collea
gues shall otherwise decide.”
Nor will this demand any extraordinary effort on
mv part. The claims of and the merits
of our candidate, have passed into a proverb. In
the sublime science of President-making the old
Keystone State has served a lung and faithful appren
ticeship, and it is high time now that she should
claim the privilege of setting up in the world for
herself. When she seeks’the lecogriltion of her
just claims, through the pre-eminence of her Favor
ite Son, I am inspired with lull confidence, that
the Democracy of the Union will no longer disre
gard the modest forbearance that has uniformly char
acterised her conduct in the glorious pant*. She
claims it, not as a boon, but aa a right.
a Very respectfully, your friend.
DAVID LYNCH.
STEPHEN WILSON
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
Chairman of tlm State Central Committee,
Dear Sir: I hereby acknowledge the receipt of
the circular of the sth inst., issued in pursuance of
York Springs, April S, IS4B.
Carlisle, April 10, IS4S.
Harrisburg, April G, 18-18.
Brownsville, April 15, JS4S.
WM. SEA RIGHT
Unr.ENSBURu. April 8, 1548
Mercer, April IS, 1848,
a resolution adopted by the Democratic State •
trail Committee, at its meeting of the 28th ult., de4
siring to know whether I accept the appointment
of delegate from the 22d Congressional District
to the Democratic National Convention to be held
at Baltimore on the 4th Monday of May next and!
also, whether 1 will carry out in good faith the!
wishes of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, as ex-1
pressed by the resolutions of the 4th of Marchl
Convention, in relation to the nomination of a can-j
didate for the Presidency • 1
In reply, I will state that I accept the appoint-!
ment of delegate to the National Convention; and!
that,.whatever may have been my judgment in i9-\
latiou to the nomination of a candidate tor th#'
Presidency, previous to the meeting of the 4th of
March Convention, I bow to the'decision of that
Convention, and as one of the representatives of
the Democracy .of Pennsylvania, in the National
Convention. Lwill feel bound “in good faith, to
the best of my ability and judgment, to carry out
its wishes in nominating a candidate for the Presi
dency, and will continue to vote for Jamcs Buchan
an until a majority of the delegates from the State
shall otherwise decide.
1 have the honor to be
Verv respectfully, vours-. •
W’m! S. GARVIN, i
E. W. Hutter, Esq.,
( hairman of the State Central Committee,
Washington, April 7, IS4B. j
Dear Sir ; I am in receipt of your circular of the
-sth instant, and hasten to notify vou, that 1 accept!
the appointment of Delegate ‘to the National CoiJ
vention to be held at Baltimore,’in Mav next, amu
with freedom and pleasure I give vou iny hearty!
pledge that “ in good faith 1 will carry out, to the)
best of my ability, the wishes of the Democracy otj
Pennsylvania, in nominating a candidate for*lhd;
Presidency, and in that Convention I will continuaj
to vote for James Buchanan," until nominated,'
or” until a majority of the Delegates from the Stain
shall otherwise decide." |
Independent of all pledges, I would coiisidctf
myself dcriliet to every honorable obligation, couhij
I disregard the earnest, united, and enthusiastic
expression of the Convention that designated, hint
as the choice ot the Democracy of the State, lu
common with that Democracy I lcel and claim, that
something is due to Pennsylvania from our sister
States, ami I have the gratification to express the
beiicf that this sentiment is extensively reciprocatetj
amongst our brethren everywhere. The Keystone!
State presents, with her entire Democratic strength]
her Favorite Son, and asks lor him, with unshaken
confidence, the tribute due to his great abilities, hU
eminent public services/ his lofty and unblemishec
integrity—ami due, also, in an equal degree, to lie •
own claim's and services.
In conclusion, let me again assure you, that m
honorable efibrt wliicli it may he in my power t<
exert, shall be wanting to secure the nomination a.
Baltimore of Pennsylvania’s distinguished choice.
With great regard, I sun, yours truly,
JAMES THOMPSON
E. W. Hutter, *Esq.,
Chairman State Central Committee.
Indiana, Pa., April 13, 18-18.
Dear Sir : I have had the honor to receive a cir
cular, signed bv you as Chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee of the Deiiiorrntid party, in which
is announced to me mv appointment as Delegate
from this District to the Democratic National Con
vention, ami requesting to know whether lwill
accept the appointment, give the required pledges,:
In reply, I would brietly state mv intention toi
accept the appointment, and attend the Convention;
at Baltimore on the 4th Monday in Mav, ~unlesn
prevented by unavoidable circumstances. would
not for a moment dream of accepting an appoint
ment from anv Convention, unless I were prepared
in good faith and a proper spirit to carry out all
its instructions ; hut as a pledge has been thought
necessary, I hereby cheerfully pledge myself, “ to
can v out in good faith and to the best of my abil
ity, the wishesuof the Democracy of Pennsylvania,
in nominating a candidate for the Presidency, and
that I will, if present at the National Convention,
coniiuue to vote for James Bvchanan,, until a ma
jority of the delegates shall otherwise decide.”
1 remain, Dear Sir, verv respectfully,
R. \V. Hutter, F.sq..'
Chairman State Central Committee.
Common School meeting’.
At a general town meeting, held in pursuance
ol public notice at the Court Hoyse, on Saturday
evening, April J’dh. lbr the.purpose of pladng in
nomination'll suitable ticket for School Directors:
to serve the ensuing year, Col. M. D. HOLBROOK
was called to the chair and Walter G. Evans.
F.sq.. arid Wm. B Wiley, appointed Secretaries.
The object ot the meeting having been stated,
on motion, a eumimthe consisting of the following
gentlemen, weic- appointed to report a ticket to the
meeting—Col. Reah Frazer, H. Gorreeht. R. F.
Rauch. Wm. Lowery, ami Jacob Foltz.
In tin- absence of the committee. Tho. H. Bur
row is. Emj., addressed the meeting, giving a stute
iiicuL.ol' tin* operations of the Board of Directors
during the past year, and urging ihe necessity of
increasing the number of primary schools. In
conclusion, he ottered the billowing resolutions:
licsolml. That the Board of Directors about to
be elected and appointed tor the ensuing school
year of !SIN. be instructed and requested so to
increase the number of primary Common Schools
in the city as that there shall not hereafter lie more
than sixty pupils on the roll qfi each o| said pri
mary schools.
JMcriK That for the purpose of enabling the
Board to carry the Ibregoing resolution into effect,
the amount of additional Tux To he voted for hy
such citizens as approve the same, shall be $1,30n.
which, at the rate of 27 cents on the Sl.Uim valua
tion,.is an increase of 2 cents on the Slim beyond
; the rate of hist year, which was go cents.
Rtbolrctl. That citizens who approve these rjgfo-i
lulioiis be requested, at the Common School Elec-:
tion. which is to take.place on Tuesday next, to
mb- a ticket containing, on the ontsidiytliC’ words;
■■jSdtHtio.wl Tft.r." and on the inside, the words
“Additional Tax of sl.3<ii). being a rate at t* cent*'
on the 811iiJ more than last year."
T. Stevens. A. 11. Hood and A. 1). Dilmais.
Esq*., followed in support ol' the resolutions, when
upon motion, they were loiuiiimausltj adopted.
The committee, through their chairman, then
reported the following ticker, which was urn'ini
niou-ly adopted ;
For Sehmil Directors
Tliumas 11. Burrowes, Dr. P. Cassidy. Peter (f
Ebennan, Charles Gillespie, George M. Steinmau,
Jacob Weaver. Codified Zuhra, Peter McConomy
'John Zimmerman, Peter Gerber. George M. Kline
Daniel Rhoads.
On motion.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the officers ami published in all the
newspapers of the city.
(Signed by the officers.)
ratal Kailrond Accident.
This afternoon, about 1 as the Train of
cars for Rochester had reached the deep cut at the
curve near Paddleford s. about four miles north of
this village, the great pressure of the train, which
was an unusual heavy one. caused the rails to spread
apart, thus violently throwing two baggage cars
and a passenger oar off from the track, killing two
persons and injuring several others.
One of the persons killed was named William
Aims, an Irishman, who was going from Fall-River
to Waterford, Wisconsin.
The name of the other unfortunate victim is
Nicholas Bender a German, going from New York
to Chicago. Mr. B. leaves a wile and children in
New York to mourn his sudden decease.
There were three persons seriously injured, but
none of them are considered in a dangerous condi
tion. James Howard, residing in Wisconsin, had
his ankle put out of joint, and was otherwise badly
bruised. Charles Vine, of .Baltimore, and on hi*
way to Buffalo, sustained some severe injuries on
one of his legs, and other parts of his body, causing,
much pain.
Cornelius Rodney, a young man from Geneva,
was considerably injured, but was enabled to pro
ceed to Rochester.
Several of the ears wert literally smashed to
pieces, and all more or less damaged. No person
inside the cars was seriously injured. —Ontario Re
jiO;.i/on/, .djiril 'JO.
Remarkable Revival in »a • Remarkable
CnL’iicn.—For several weeks past the venerable
Church at Lnglishtown, in Monmouth county,
distinguished in other limes by the labors of Brain
anl. Whitefield, Tcnnent and Woodhull, and now
under the pastoral care-of Rev. Mr. Van Doren,
lias been the scene of an unusual degree of relig
ious interest. - For the last 7 weeks daily religious
sei vices have been held within the bounds of the
congregation, and we learn by this week’s New N
York Observer that 110 converts were received 7
into the church on Sunday last, while others were
deferred to the next communion. Fifty more, it is
said, will seek admission into adjacent , churches,
and some ’JOU have publicly inanitested an anxious
desire to attain the necossaiy qualifications. The
time-honored old edifice is still daily .filled with at
tentive audiences.— • Newark Mv.
IL7* The Harrisburg Telegraph alleges that two
thirds of the Pennsylvania Delegates to the Whig
National Convention are for Scott. ■
AUG. DRUM.