3ntelligencer & Journal.
Lancaster, January 20, 1352.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT
INCIMAN,
(Subject to the decision of the. National Convention.)
gyp' We need MONEY badly at the present time,
and should be extremely obliged to our subscribers
and advertising customers if they would call af'the
office and"settle up their accounts. Those residing
out of the City, can remit by mail at our risk.
We sincerely hope this notice will be attended
to. If we did not need money, we would not ask
for it. •
James Buchanan
The Democracy of Lancaster county having,
through their delegates in County Convention as
sembled, decided, with unparalleled unanimity, that
Mr. BOCHAMAN is their first and only choice for
the Presidency, we think it fitting and appropriate
to fling his broad banner to the breeze, there to
remaiw,Jtntil he shall be elected President of the
United States; or, until the ensuing National Con
vention shall decide upon some other standard
bearer, a contingency which is now scarcely prob
able. We have, therefore, placed his name at the
head of the Intelligencer, and, in so doing, we feel
confident that we are but carrying out the wishes
of our entire Democracy.
It is not necessary for us to say any thing in
favor of Mr. BUCHANAN, here, at his 'own home,
among his neighbors and acquaintances, who have
so recently given unmistakiable evidence of their
continued and unwavering attachment to t him.—
His character and fame dire dear to every true
hearted Pennsylvanian, Ind the confidence reposed
in him in his own county is reciprocated by the.
Democracy of the entire Commonwealth. No
statesman in the Old Keystone ever before attained
so high a rank—so one, save and except the im
mortal licirsorr, ever had such a fast hold on the
affections of her citizens.
In raising his name to the head of the paper we
are also giving force to our own predilections.—
More than ten years ago, whilst conducting a Dem
ocratic journal in another county, we proclaimed
Mr. Bucus.,tex to be our tavdrite candidate for the
Presidency . ; and from that day to this, we have
seen nothing in his public or private life to change
our opinion of his high qualifications and peculiar
fitness for that exalted station—nor bah_ we seen
any thing to weaken our attachment for him. On
the contrary, hie eminent abilities, as since dis
played in the high, responsible and intricate duties
of the State Department, have added to his tame,
and stamped him as one of the greatest statesmen
of this or any other age.
We go for Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania men,
in preference to distinguished statesmen of other
States who have been named for the Presidency.—
Our noble old Commonwealth, that has breasted
the battle and the storm for more than sixty years,
and has always been faithful to the .Constitution,
should, for once at least in that long period of time,
be honored with furnishing a Chief Magistrate to
the Union ; and we have scarcely a doubt but that
her sister States will concede the right to her now .
when she again presents, and with much greater
,unanimity than in 1348, the name of JAMES By-
CHANAN.
The County Convention
Ti; the exclusion of much other matter that
would be interesting to our readers, we give place
to the entire proceedings of the Democratic County
Convention which met in the Court House, on Wed
nesday last. It was emphatically the greatest Con.
vention of the kind ever held in this City, every
township, ward and borough in the County being
fully represented—the delegates themselves repre
senting a constituency of over five thousand votes.
The Convention Was composed of two hundred and
twenty-three delegates, and the preamble and resolu
tions were adopted with but one or two dissenting
voices in the whole body—,a unanimity of senti
ment which bee scarcely'a parallel in the political
annals of Lancaster county.
.The proceedings are of great length; but we are
sure they will be read with absorbing interest, not
only in this county, but all over the State.
Verily, the home ofJAINIES BUCHANAN has spoken
in thunder tones in his favor, and we shall hear no
more about his "unpopularity" in his own county.
lir Rev. Mr. HOTTER will deliver a discourse
in the Lutheran Church, this evening, (Tuesday.)
Subject—" The Secret of Kossuth's Greatness."
LANCASTER MOH Scnoot.s.—Our country friends
should embrace the facilities afforded by the-Direc
tors of our High Schools, in this city, for obtaining
a thorough education for their children. The terms,
sts per annum, are so very moderate, (not over
one-third what the cost would be in any other in
stitution,) that, on the score of economy, these
sch6ols offer the strongest inducements. In addi
tion to the English and Mathematical Departments,
instruction is also given in the Latin, Greek, Ger
man and French Languages.
117•JosrEs' Dramatic Corps are performing
nightly to full houses, at the Mechanics' Institute,
in this city. Their performances are highly cred
itable, and will compare favorably with many of
the exhibitions on the boards of some of the Phila
delphia Theatres. They remain but two nights
longer.
1l Kosstrrsf visited Harrisburg, on 'Wednesday
last, and was enthusiastically received by the Senate
and House of Representative's. Governor Johnston
made a short address, which was replied to by the
distinguished Hungarian leader. During his stay
in Harrisburg, he was called on by an immense
number of the citizens and strangers. He left for
Pittsburg on Saturday morning. -
ErThe glorious result of the recent delegate elec
tions in this county, are every where published, with
great commendation on our true-hearted Democ
racy, by the genuine Demo . C . ratic press of the State.
The few guerrilla sheets, here and there, have not
yet heard the news from Lancaster! or if they
have heard it, the result has struck %err; dumb.
One of them—the Philadelphia Statesman—died
from grief and affright the fourth day after the
news from this county reached the city!
[Er We had intended giving the popular vote at
the recent delegate elections in this county—but
not having received the returns from a number of
the districts, we are, as yet, unable to make up the
list. Judging,however,from what we have—about
two-thirds of the county—the entire vote polled
will amount, in round numbers, to about 5,000 !
In several townships, viz: West Donegal, West
Earl, Leacock, Little Britain, Martic, Mount Joy,
Salisbury, Strasburg, and Washington Borough, the
vote was unanimous for Mr. BUCHANAN .
&
tErGen. SETH CLOTEH took the oath of office,
and the new Canal Board was'organized on Tuesday
last. Mr. GAMBLE was elected President, and Mr.
Theme, Secretary. '
Governor Bror.En will be inaugurated to-day.
His inaugural address will appear in our next
paper.
THE FIFTEEN' MILE Minston.—This splendid
panoramic exhibition will be in our city in a few
days, and we advise all our citizens to go and see
it when it comes. It is highly spoken of by the
presses of the larger cities, and we doubt not that
it is far superior.to anything of the kind ever ex
hibited in this place.
Mr. Buchanan and his Enemies.
The Philadelphia Daily Argus of Tuesday Week,
in commenting unoti the brilliant triumph of the
friends of Mr. Buchanan at the delegate elections
held in the city and county of Philadelphia, on the
previous evening, has some remarks that have more
than a mere local application. They are "true as
preaching," when applied to our own county. The
Argus says :
"This is a result that has been looked to for
some time as a certainty, owing to the contest
being made uponl the sustainment of the organi
zation of the party, as well as with reference to the
merits and claims of the distinguished men who
were presented as candidates. Both Mr. BUCUSNAN
and Mr. Cass are entitled to the confidence and re
gard of the Democracy of the Union, for their tal
ents and services in the councils of the Nation, and
in defence of those; principles which, as Democrats,
we all are interested in sustaining ; but it is a fact
that we feel no desire to conceal, that the prospects
of Mr. Cass were materially injured in thin county
by the class of men who claimed to be the leaders
of his forces. It could not be expected that honest,
faithful Democrats, those who cling to the party
for the love of its principles, would feel the same
interest in a contest that was headed by these men,
as they Would if circumstanced differently. Not
that many good and valuable Democrats were not
friends of Gen. Cuss, and supported him with all
the honest truthfulness of these motives; but then
thousands were deterred from taking any active
part in the matter, and thus the issue stands. No
man, no matter what his popularity, could bear
the weight of such men as -those whose presses
groaned with the loads of falsehood and calumny
that they scattered broad-cast over the State, and
thus succeeded in !defeating a portion of the regu
lar ticket. Yet these men had the audacity to
claim to be DEnto'criaTs, and interfere in the action
of that party which for years they have been a dis
grace to.
The result of last night then may be looked upon
in a double light, that of preleretice for a Pennsyl
vanian, and a rebuke to the disorganizers, who are
thus silenced foreVer in the city and county of Phil
adelphia. Gratifying a's the result must he to the
successful, the latter view is one in which all who
are really attached to the patty will feel an inter
, est, and the beneficial effects of which will be felt
in the coming election. The mercenary, the un
principled, and the corrupt, who sought to use the
lair fame and , services of those men to worm them
selves into power, have been defeated, and if this
blow of retributive justice has marked other'men
who deserved both better friends and a better late,
we mean that as far as we are concerned, they shall
know the reasons that defeated them, so that they
may judge and reward accordingly."
The "Stalesmanl , Defunct!
The Pennsylvania "Statesman,' which for the
last twelve meinths has been tilled with the vilest
abuse of Jaxas BUCFIANAN, died a violent death on
Thursday last, as we learn from our City exchanges.
It was a vile and contemptible sheet at best, and
its demise will be considered a happy riddance to
the Democracy of Philadelphia. It was owned
and controlled, by Cameron, Cummings, Brewster
& Co., and having tailed in accomplishing their
dirty work, it is now quietly permitted to go out
of existence.
What the Laneasterian, of this city, and the Key
stone, at Harrisburg, which were mere echos of the
Statesman, will do - now, we are unable to say.—
Solitary and alone they will have to bear up against
the overwhelming tide of popular opinion which is
pressing so heavily upon them.
The demise of the Statesman may possibly bring
to light some dark transactions connected with the
opposition to Mr. BUCHANAN in this State, ih which
certain Lancaster county gentlemen will doubtless
make a figure. We shall see what we shall see.
Mr. Buchanan's Triumph in Lan
caster.
The Delegate elections which were held on
Saturday last in Lancaster county, resulted in a
most complete triumph of the' friends of Mr. Bu
chanan. For many years Col. Frazer and Judge
Champneys have been the leaders of the party in
Lancaster county-'-lthat is, they were leaders when
they used the great name of Mr. Buchanan to sus
tain them. Recently, however, they became hos
tile to him, in consequence of some personal mis
understanding, and determined to carry his county
against him. In thia, effort they had what they
supposed to be poWerful allies in the persons of
Gen. Cameron and Benjamin H. Brewster, both of
whom canvassed the county in opposition to Mr.
Buchanan, and proclaimed every where that he
would be defeated in his own county.
When, however; the elections came off on Satur
day, the people came up in their might in support
of their old and long tried leader, the Hon. Janus
BUCHANAN, whom they had never on any occasion
deserted, and elected delegates in his favor by over
whelming majorities in almost every one of the
thrty-five townships of the county.
This result, whilst of course it will be gratifying
to the friends of Mr. Buchanan, will be still more
so to the Democrticy of the State at large, as it
settles a question that has been in dispute in refer
ence to the organilation of the party in Lancaster.
As a matter of course the minority will now sub
mit, and act harmoniously with the party, as they
claimed in two conventions to have the regular
organization, and staked their claim on this elec
tion.
Thii county was the last hope of the opponents
of .Mr. Buchanan, and having made no kind of a
demonstration here, notwithstanding they have had
the organization or the county in their hands for
the last fifteen years, they may as well give up the
contest, as it is apparent that the majority for him
in the 4th of March Convention will be over-
whelming ; and all future opposition to him in
Pennsylvania of the kind heretofore resorted to by
certain presses, can be regarded in no other light
than as disorganizing and factious.—Dren. Union.
Mount Joy Borough.
After the election for Delegates, held at the pub
lic house of Henry Shaffner, on the 10th inst., the
fliends of Mr. BUCHANAN met at the house of R.
Dysart, when the following toasts were drank:
By Thomas R. Law.—James Buchanan: The
choice of the people of Mt. Joy Borough, Lancas
ter county, Pa., may he live to preside over an In
dependent Republic and the U. States of America.
By John C. Staclihouse.—James Buchanan: The
Favorite Son of Pennsylvania. A friend to the
Constitution and Democracy, may his name long
be perpetuated in the annals of History.
By Henry H. Gormley.—James Buchanan: The
choice of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, and the
U. States. A friend to the poor and needy, and a
succour, to the distressed and affiicted—may his
name be handed down to posterity, and when his
ashes shall mingle : with the dust of the earth may
our children lisp his name.
By James Lair&—Our choice, James Buchanan
for President. Long may he live fo preside over
the destiny of the 'U. States and sway the sover
eignty of an Independent Republic. His name,
may it be handed from generation to generation,
and may our children's children appreciate the
name of James Buchanan.
By Hugh Lytle.—James Buchanan : The star of
Pennsylvania.
By Geo. Bradford.—Here's to James Buchanan
the lavorite Son of; Pennsylvania, may he rise like
Phenix of old from' the ashes.
By Josepls Porter.—James Buchanan: The fa
vorite son of Lancaster county, Pa. Long may he
liveand when his ashes shall mingle with the
dust of the earth after presiding over an Indepen
dent Republic—may his mortal brow be crowned
with glory.
By Jacob Haenler.—James Buchanan: The He.
ro of Democracy. A friend to the Union and inter
est to the laboring ,class.
By Henry Steaman.—Tames Buchanan: Penn
sylvania's favorite On, our countrys hope and the
nation's pride.
AGRICULTURAL INILETING.—On Tuesday last a
stated meeting of the Lancaster county Agricultu
ral Society, was held in the Mechanics' Institute, in
this city, at which: officers were elected to serve
during the ensuing, year. An able address was de
livered by JAMES 'Gowpar, Esq., President of the
Philadelphia Agricultural Society, who was pres
ent by invitation.
THE Guazusre.yonrAL VoTr..—Tri accordance
with the provision:of the Constitution, the votes for
Governor were opened and counted by the Legisla
ture, on Thursday !last, and the result was announ
ced by the Speaker of the Senate, as follows:
WILLIAM BIGLER had - - - 186,499
WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON had - 178,034 •
Bigler's Maj. ! 8,465
BUTLER FOR Rocriests.a.—Butier county has
elected one Representative and one Senatorial del
egate, and instructed them unanimously for Mr.
BUCHANAN.
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V. 4.1 !
DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONi/ENTION.
In pursuance of the call of the Democratic Coun
ty Committee, the Delegates elected in the several
wards, boroughs and townships of the county, on
the 10th inst., met at the Hotel of William J. Steele,
in this city, on Wednesday the 14th of January,
1852, where a temporary organization was effected,
after which they adjoufneff to the Court House.—
The following named gentlemen presented certifi
cates of their election as delegates:
Adamstown—Abiram Kegerise, Henry Herner
Samuel Stork.
Barl—Dr. John Martin, R. Montgomery, Wm.
Miller, Wm. J. Brown, J. Hagans.
Brecknock—Eplim Shober, Isaac Messner, David
MColm, Samuel Frankhouser, Isaac Renninger.
Caernarvon—Dr. B. F. Bunn, Jacob Leber, Thos.
Edwards, Evan Rogers, F. Gillespie.
Colerain—J. P. Wilson, A. D. Whiteside, Robert
Jackson. Samuel MConogLJohn Montgomery.
Cocalico West—Col. Jesse Reinhold, Dr. Samuel
Weis t, Elias Snavely, Jacob Bucher, Peter Keger
ise.
Cocalico East—Cyrus Ream, Israel Heitler, Em'l
Hinkel, Jacob Bixler, Jesse Bucher.
Conestoga—Adam Kendig, John Hess, Henry
Hammer, Tobias Stehman, Jr., Benjamin Conrad.
" Columbia—Gen. A. D. Boggs, A. Stahl, William
Brown, C. M. Strain and Paul Hamilton. .
Conoy—John Haldeman, J. B. Hamilton, Abm.
Collins, Col. H. Haldeman, Peter Sides.
City, East Hard—John Hensler, Dennis Marion,
Hiram B. Swarr, Henry Wilhelm, Reuben S. Roh
rer.
West Ward, do—Andrew S. Reese, Henry A.
Hambright, William S. Amweg, William Mathiot,
Jacob F. Kautz.
Drumore—John Hastings, John D. Harrar, I.
Rodgers, William Barnes, John McSnarren.
Donegal W.—John Gross, Jacob D. Keller, Jacob
Doneker. Jonathan Diffenderfer, Adam Fletcher.
Donegal E.—Col. John Clark, Wm. Pinkerton,
Henry Haines, Christian Brandt, Jno. Hollinger.
Elizabethtown—Joseph Buchanan, Geo. W. Boyer,
Benjamin Diffenderfer, Charles F.bekee, Jacob Felix.
Elizabeth—Lewis R. Hibschman. John Kissinger,
John Elser, Esq , Joseph Kline, John Eberly.
Earl West—John Forney, Samuel Reemsnyder,
Henry Koffroth, Mark Connell, Hiram Hull.
Earl—James Darrah, Jacob Stambaugh, John
Myers. Jr., Benjamin Davis, Ferdinand Garber.
Ephrata—Dr. H. Reamsnyder, Jacob L. Gross,
Levi Miller, Emanuel Nlohler, Ferdinand Snyder.
Fulton—Samuel Weeks, Jas. M'Sparren, James
Hansa, George H. Hughes, David Jenkins.
Hempfield E.--Micbael Sides, Jacob Sehner,
Jacob Hershey, jr.. Berj'n Lutz. Dr. Sam'l Parker.
Hempfield 11'.—Dr. A. K. Rohrer, John Moult,
John M. Weller, J. M. Krider, Abraham Hess.
Lampeter E.—B. Miller, Elias Beam, Henry
W. Gara, Christian Erb, John McSorley.
Lampeter West—Geo. Raub, Sr., Frederick Dase,
Christian Hess, Saml. Schroat and Jas. Ewing.
Lancaster Twp.—Maj. Chas. Nauman, H. M'lntire,
Adam Trout, Benjamin Huber, Gotlieb Sener.
Lcacock—John Reed, John L. Lightner, Isaac F.
Lightner, John McKillips, Eli Rutter.
Leaeork Upper—Dr. A. S. Bare, Mark Connell, jr.,
Washington Simmons, Samuel Foessig, George
Cunningham.
Little Britain—Dr. J. P. Andrews, Elihu Wells,
Samuel Pennell, Peter Caldwell, Rob't B. Patterson.
Martic—William Wentz, John Tweed, Thomas
Curran, David Snavely, David Laird.
Marietta—Lewis Martin, Wm. L. Carter, Thos.
Stence, Chas. Kelly and John Maloney.
Mount Joy Bor.—James Laird, Henry S:ehman,
Henry Gormley, Joseph Porter, Henry Shaffner.
Mount Joy Trop —John Sheaffer, J. J. Hjestand,
George Hein, Jacob Grove, George Firestine.
Manheint Bor.—Joseph McCorkle, Levi Uhler.
Jacob G. Fetter, Benjamin Donavin, John B. Dill
fenderfer.
Manheint Tap.—Col. Samuel C. Stambaugh. B.
Eaby, Benjamin Workman, George Hambright, J.
Hummel, Esq.
Manor—Frederick Sehner, John S. Mann, John
E. AtDonald, Joseph Habecker, Christian Miller,jr.
Penn—Thomas Sands, Henry Fulmer, Henry
Hambright, David M. Eberly, John Long, sr.
Paradise—Henry Eckert, G. D. MT vain, Joseph
S. Lefevre, John Gorman, Daniel Girvin.
Rapho—Joseph Masterson, Thos. Masterson, Jr.,
Jacob Nissley, Jr., John C. Lockhart and F. Gantz.
Sadsbury—lsaac Walker, Robert Johnson,. C.
Williams, J. R. Townsend, C. T. Welsh.
Salisbury—O. P. Wilsob, B. F. Houston, Thos
S. M'llvain, Thos. W. Henderson; David Kurtz.
Strasburg Bor.—W. F. S. Warren, Wm. Echter
nacht, Dr. John Steele, B. B. Gunder, Jas. M'Phail.
Strasburg Ttup.—Col. Isaac Girvin, Martin Barr,
George Withers. Henry Spindler, Jacob Neff
Warwick—Dr. Levi Hull, Samuel E. Keller,
Samuel B. Myers, Daniel Krider, Allen Kline.
Washington Bor.—Jno. A. Brush, Wm. Dunlap,
Jno. Charles, Park Mason, John Shartzer.
The Convention was permanently organized by
the appointment of the following named officers,
all of whom were unanimously elected, viz:
President :
THOMAS S. AIcILVAIN, Salisbury
Vice Presidents
JOHN Gaoss, West Donegal.
HENRY HAINES, East Donegal.
ThomAs EDWARDS, Caernarvon.
CHRISTIAN HESS, West Lampeter.
Dr. J. C. WEIDLER, Upper Leacock
J. F. KAUTZ, City.
JOSEPH S. LEFEVELE, Paradise.
Dr. SAMUEL WEIST, West Cocalico
JOHN REED, Leacock.
JOSEPH MASTERSON, Rapho.
PARIS MASON, Washington.
JOHN MCSPARREN, Drumore.
Secretaries :
William Brown, Columbia.
Joseph Buchanan, Elizabethtown.
Dr. Samuel Parker, East Hempfield
J. L. Gross, Ephrata.
On motion of William Mathiot, Esq., the fol
lowing Committee was appointed by the Chair, for
the purpose of drafting resolutions expressive of
the sentiments of the Convention, viz:
Messrs. Mathiot, Lightner, Stambaugh, Bunn,
Swarr, Hollinger, Patterson, Hull, Walker, Hess,
Bendig, Duchman and Forney.
Two sets of delegates presented credentials from
Drumore and Penn townships, when on motion of
H. B. Swarr, Esq., the matter was referred to a
committee of five. The committee consisted of
Messrs. Swarr, Parker, Hamilton, G. D. M'llvain
and Shaffner.
Tlie following nominations were made for Del
egates to the State Convention, viz
Paul Hamilton, Columbia.
W. S. Ferree, Bart.
Jacob L. Gross, Ephrata.
Dr. B. F. Bunn, Caernarvon.
I. F. Lightner, Leacock.
Col. S. C. Stambaugh, Manheim.
James Patterson, Little Britain.
John Forney, W. Earl.
Wm. Mathiot, City.
B. B. Gander, Strasburg Bor.
Henry Shaffner, Mt. Joy.
James Laird,
J. L. Reynolds, Lancaster.
Dr. N. B. Wolfe, Columbia.
Thomas Johnson, Marietta.
New - ton Lightner, City.
Dr. Levi Hull, Warwick.
U. 31. Johnson, Drumore.
Dr. John Dunlap, Manheim.
Abm. Peters, Manheim.
Charles Ebeke, Elizabethtown.
John J. Libhart, Marietta.
Henry Imhoff, E. Hempfield.
" Adam Kendig, Conestoga.
The Convention then adjourned till 2 o'clock.
2 o'clock, P. M.
'ID — The following persons had their names
withdrawn as nominees for Delegates, viz:
William Mathiot, Dr. N. B. Wolfe.
B. B. Gonder, Charles Ebekee.
Upon the re-assembling of the Convention, the
Committee on contested seats rsported° in favor of
the delegates from Drumore and Penn, included
in the above list. The report was accepted by the.
Convention, and the delegates admitted to seats.
The Committee on contested seats recommended
the adoption of the following resolution—
Resolved, That John Hastings, John D. Harm,
Woo, Earner, Isaac Rogers, and John McSparren,
be admitted as the Delegates from Drumore twp.
The same Committee also recommended the adop•
tion of the following resolution. Both these reso•
lutione were agreed to by the. Convention.
Resolved, That Henry Hambright, David M. Eb
erly, John Long, sr., Thos. Sands, and HenryFul
mer, be admitted as the Delegates from Penn twp.
ADDRESS
Col. S. C. STAMBAUGH, on behalf of the' Com
mittee on resolutions, reported the following intro-
ductory address, which he read' to the Convention,
cheered by the most rapturous and deafening ap
plause:
The delegated Democracy of Lancaster county,
assembled in general Conventi'on, have the inex,
pressible gratification of greeting their friendi
throughout Pennsylii,ania and the whole Union with
the cheering tidings, that "the home of JAMES BUM
ANAH," has redeemed its pledge, by achieving a
victory unparalleled in brilliancy, and giving its
own favorite candidate, at the Delegate Elections
on Saturday last, the largest majority ever Placed,
under similar circumstances, upon the records of
a political contest.
It had been proclaimed throughout the country,
by a few unscrupulous and unprincipled enemies,
and echoed back to us from every quarter, from
the commencement of the present Presidential
campaign, that Mr. Buchanan's own State would
be carried by two, or three to one, against him, and
that in his own county he would be most shame
fully beaten. In the recklessness of their despera
tion this boast has been persisted in up to the
present time, and the friends of Mr. Buchanan were
dared to the conflict, which must prove its „truth
or its falsity. His friends, his neighbors of forty
years, and their glorious democratic sons, took up
the gage, burled it back upon their adversaries. and
the issue was thus fairly made—" JAMES BINH
ANAN, Pennsylvania's long cherished favorite son,
against ALL OPPOSITION!"
The war—the unnatural war, so much deplored
by us, thus commenced. In reference to the man
ner in which it was conducted, let the public
journals engaged in the contest, and livint , witnesses
of the facts, testify. The friends of James Buchanan,
who are the rank and file, the "bone and sinew':
of the democratic party, recognizint , no arrogan
leaders, sustained their candidate by' lair, natural
and honorable exertion, without assailing any of
the other distinguished Statesmen whose names are
prominently before the country as candidates for
the Presidential chair. In our delegate elections
on Saturday, we have the proud gratification of
saying, that not an unkind, not a criminating, not a
retaliative expression was made, even against the
candidate whose great name was used as the pon:
derous instrument to break doWn our own neighbor
and friend, well known to be the Candidate of the
choice of Lancaster county.
But, reverse the picture and look at the other
side : No terms were,too opprobrious, no calumny
too infamous, to be used as the common weapon
applied to effect the destruction of James Buchanan.
We speak of the leaders, and not of the deceiVed and
betrayed followers in this unnatural crusade. These
leaders are small numerically, and possess but little
power, politically, in any way, or at aril. , place, as
has been conclusively shown by the result of 'the
recent elections. If they were counted, they would
reach no further than triplicates in a merchant's
invoice or banker's bill of exchange. They have,
through all time, before the commencement of the
assault upon James Buchanan, hated and despised
each other, with a cordiality which would make
them envied pupils in an academy of demons. No
appellation was too vile in its signification for one
of them to bestow upon the other—and, to believe
his own asseverations, if there was one cavern in
the regions of darkness blacker than another, he
would have consigned him to an eternal asylum
within its vaults. It is an incontrovertible truth,
known to this county and to this State, that the
first and most formidable charge made by Reah Fra
zer—the one he relied upon to excuse himself to
his democratic friends, for abandoitint , ' the cause,
and becoming the deadly enemy of Mr. Buchanan
—was, that he (Mr. Buchanan,) did not, as Secre
tary of State. denounce the election of General
Cameron to- the Senate of the United States, as a
fraud upon the Democratic party.
The apparently relentless enemies, thus briefly
brought in review, took and received the fraternal
embrace, upon condition that each would vie with
the other in hostility toJames Buchanan ; and that
they would consort together .-as messmates and
sworn brothers, until his downfall was accomplish
ed. It must be a delicious treat, to those who can
enjoy the privilege, to see these two Men lovingly
locked in each others arms—swearing upon the
“altar of their consciences," that, instead of being
what they had portrayed each other to he, they
were now, in the same eyes, the brightest stars in
their political galaxy.
Under the autocratic rule of the resident leader
referred to, aided by 'his brother of Dauphin, with
their adjunct from Philadelphia, the battle was con
ducted in Lancaster county. Every appliance, that
money and falsehood could call into ?action, was
used with the sleepless perseverence of desperation.
Every slander and calumny, that our common
enemy, the federal Whig party, had become asham
ed of applying to our candidate, (and which these
modern crusaders had refuted thousands of times)
were newly vamped, and proMulgated as truths.
Their savage ferocity knew no bounds, and only
could find an equal in the everglades of Florida, or
a iNlexican role/ie.
But all was of no avail. Every new stratagem
resorted to by,the enemy, only tended to rouse the
lion.hearted Democracy of our old county, and
stimulated their determination to prove to the State
and to the country, that the*" home of James
Buchanan" was true to their first and' last love, as,
a candidate for the Chief Magistracy of our gloj
rious Union—that Uniosr which, in the hearts of
our democracy, has no North, no South, no East,
no West, but is a glorious UNIT, immoveably fixed
upon the broad platform of the Constitution.
Under these auspices the battle was fOught on
Saturday last, in Lancaster county. Of the forty
five townships and districts, forty-one have' sent del
egates elected as the friends of James Buchanan.
The popular vote polled in .the county,las far as
ascertained, is about five thousand. 01 this num
ber Mr. Buchanan received an immense and over
whelming majority. Alti,ugh the seasoU is unu
sually inclement, and the weather on Sattirday was
very boisterous, yet the noise and boasting 'of the op
position, caused an out-pouring of the har d democ
racy, heretofore unknown at delegate elections. The
whole vote polled was within one thousand of being
as large as the vote at Any previous general election
for Governor of the, Commonwealth or President
of the United States! The city of Lancaiter aloha
polled MK votes, of which Mr. Buchanan received
i
a majority of seven hundred and sixty-sev n !
In thus bringing before the public, wit so much
pride, our late glorious victory, we desir not to
take a laurel from the other counties of he Corn
monwealth,
who have so nobly perfor ed their
duty. The counties of York and Cumber and, and
the city and county of Philadelphia, th e red us at
a good time, as harbingers of our own sucdis,
which terminated the contest for the Stat .' -Penn
sylvania has thus again spoken, in tones ri ot to be
misunderstood or disregarded, in favor o fher dis
tinguished candidate. He will receive thi votes of
at least one hundred and ten of the one hundred and
thirty-three delegates who 'will compose the State
Convention, to be held at Harrisburg, on the 4th of
March next.
The Hon. James Buchanan may now, therefore,
be considered the candidate of Pennsylvania for the
Presidency of the United States. So certain as he
lives he will be presented as such to the National
Convention, to be held at Baltimore on the Ist of
June next, with a unanimity of feeling in his - favor,
which must convince' every rational man in the
country that he is truly the favorite son of the
Keystone State."
Although it may be deemed superfluous to discuss
the exalted character and meritorious services of
Mr. Buchanan before the people, in commendation
of his claims to the Chief Magistracy, (for they live
in the minds of the people,) yet as his neighbors
and friends, who have known him from the early
spring time of his life, we hope to be pardoned for
making a few brief references, which may revive
reminiscences of other days, especially as he has
retired from public life, aiid is now residing among
us as a private citizen.
James Buchanan came to Lancaster in his boy.
hood, studied the profession of the law, and was
admitted with great distinction, by the courts of
this county, as a practitioner at the bar. His great
ability, skill and energy, soon manifested themselves,
and-in a short period he was classed as the. head
of his profession, by the soundest lawyers in the
country. After practising succetsfully for several
years, be was early in life, elected; to the State Leg
islature, where he distinguished himself as a prom
inent and leading member—never, however, re
linquishing the practice of his. profession, which
furnished the only means he had to rely upon. -He
was afterwards elected a.member of the House of
Representatives in Congress, - where his high char
acter and ability as a Statesman, fully developed
themselves. -At the session of 4824-5 he stood
side by side with Gen. Jackson, and as the friend
of that great and glorious hero and patriot, he be
carne a prominent actor.in the stirring' scenes of
that session, which resulted in the etection of Mr.
Adams, over the chosen candidate of the people.
From that eventful period did Mr. Buchanan .cling
to the veteran hero, supporting him with. all his
ability upon every occasion ; and no man in this
vast Republic now holds the memory. ot the dead
Patriot of the Hermitage more strongly clasped
In his heart's affections, than Jamee Buchanan of
Pennsylvania.
In 1828 Mr. Buchanan was again :elected to
Congress, from this district, as the candidate of the
DIXOCRATIC PARTY, leading the whole ticket,
which was also elected by a majority of twelve hand.
drill vote. I The cause assigned for his popblarity,
at rhat time,'was, that he bad contributed more to
rescue the democratic party, in this county, from
the thraldom of fetleralisni, than any other living
man-rand it continued in the ascendancruntil the
spirit of Anti-Masonry again broke it down in
182 b. On the 9th day; of January 183:2 Mr.
Buchanan was appointedl by President Jackson
Minister to Russia, where he remained until August
1833. During that short Period he negotiated an,
impel - hint commercial treaty with the Emperor.
whiCh had baffled diplomatic skill for twenty years,
and whit-h icceived the ratification of his own
government, and has been held sacred by both
parties ever since. 1.
Immediately upon his 'return from Europe to
this! country, and indeed in anticipation of that
event, Mr. Buchanan was recommended by public
meetings and patriotic celebrations, throughout the
State, as the candidate of the democracy, to repre
sent% Pennsylvania in the Senate of the United States.
At the ensuing session of Our Legislature he was
elected to fill that high and dignified place, and
presented his credentials in the United States Sen
ate on the - Bth of December, 1834, where he was
continued by the unanimdds vote of the Democratic
members of our Legislatdre, at two consecutive
elections, until the-9th of 'March, 1845, when he
vvaxselected by President Polk to fill the first place
in his Cabinet, as SecretarYof State. The printed
records of the country will attest the ability and
fidelity with which he discharged his duty to
his country and his party, in these high places. As
a Senator he occupied a position as the proudly
recognized equal of the noblest Romans on the,
deniocratic side. His natural dignity of deport
ment. and kind arid conciliatory- manners—his well
knoWn reputation, unsullied, by a blot or a blemish,
gave him, on the other side,la strength and influence
in the Senate, possess'ed by few in that illustrious
body. The dernocracy of ' t he country then recog
nized him as one of their most gallant and able
champions; and his successful contests in intellec
tual power with the greatest of living orators.
Henry Clay and the Gollob of the East, the great
Webster, in the discussions upon the "Vets Power, -
the "McLeod Case:: andl the other
,important
questions the day, conclusively proved that he
was worthy of the exalted;opinions then entertain
ed'cif his talents and devotion to democratic prin
ciples. Of his conduct as Secretary of State, under
the administration of President Polk, it is scarcely
necessary to. speak. if even time and space were
endued to us for that purpose. It is fresh in the
, recollection of his countrymen. No administra
tion had more difficulties to encounter, or has gone
out.of power with more deserved popularity than
that of Mr. Polk; and Buchanan continued to
the close of his Presidential term, to enjoy his
friendship and undiminisheff confidence, when they
both retired to private life.,
Bur, the administrations of Gen. Jackson and
Mr. Polk were not alone in the high opinion, en
tertained by the Executive; branch of the govern
ment, of the eminent abilities and democratic prin
ciples of - JAMES BUCHANAN; His merits were ap
preciated, and honors offered to be conferred upon
him, by appointment.to high places, anterior to the
existence of these administrations. President Mon
roe, as early as 1823, offered, and pressed upon his
acceptance, an important' foreign. mission—and
President Van Buren, at the organization of his
Cabinet, tendered him the appointment of Attorney
General of the United States.
Having now, in a Mimely manner,• hastily
sketched a few incidents in the public history of
our distinguished canilidat, sAr will briefly bring
into review some evidenc"eMf the high estimation
in Which he was held during that period, at home
in his own county and State, on account of his
public services. We will show that until some
time after he became a member of President Polk's
Cabinet, he was lauded to ' , the skies, upon every
public occasion,mof . only as the darling, and "fa
vorite son" bf Pennsylvania, but as the purest
patriot, most profound Statesman, and ablest advo
cate of democratic principles and measures, living !
and at the head of this laudation, too, the very
men who now denounce and use every means to
destroy him, stand pre-eniinent. We will then
again await the answer to the question, which has
never yet been answered, in any terms that would
disgrace an ordinary school boy, " What has he
done since he became Secretary of State,' on the
4th day of March, 1845, to ,lower him in the esteem
of the democracy of .this State or of the country ?-
In addition, it is an important and striking'fact
in his public history, that our distinguished fellow
citizen never has been beaten when a candidate
before the people, but always run ahead of his
ticket, thus showing his unbounded popularity.
The public journals of the day will show that
from the time Mr. Buchanan commenced his Se
natorial career at the session of 1834-5, he was
distinguished, at every public meeting and celebra
tion, as the champion'of Pennsylvania's democracy,
in the Senate of the, United States. In' the year
1840 his name was first prominently brought out
for the Presidency.: At !the Lancaster county
Democratic Convention, in September 1840, the
following resolirionsamong ojhers reported by the
committee, composed of Rea l Frazer, S. C. Stam
baugh and others, was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the:llon.'James Buchanan, U. S.
Senator, has won the admiration and esteem of
the democracy of the Union, by his able and pa.
triotic conduct I and; that the slanders and false
hada of the common,enemy are unworthy ql notice,
and beneath contempt.
At the Lancaster County Democratic Convention,
of September, 1811; the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted
Resolved, That the course of our distinguished
townsman,Pennsylvania's, beloved and favorite
son, JAES BUCHANAN, in the U. S. Senate,
during the extra session 'of Congress, is one in
which we feel a common pride, as his fellow-eiti
nuns and as members of the same great party, in
sustaining and defending the principles of which
hetes won such unfading laurels.
Resolved, That the powerful, unanswered, and
unanswerable speeches oflMr. Buchanan on the
McLeod case, exposing the hollow duplicity and
shameless chaffering of Daniel Webster with the
honor and welfare of our country, and his high
handed bargaining with a!power wh"Fts - now the
Ishmael of nations—with her hand against every
one and every one's hand against her—whose op
pressions and whose arrogance have become a by
word and a hissing through ' all the countries of
the earth—deserve to bel preserved among our
archilies, es they are engraved upon the Itearts of
the people.
• Resolved, That the speeches of Mr. Buchanan
against the two schemes for the establishment of a
national bank, havdonly added another link td the
strong - chain w hich', binds him to the affections of
the American'?eople.
In the Lancaster county Democratic Convention
of September 1842, an able and eloquent address
and resolutions were unanimously adopted, in which
the Hon. James Buchanan, is strenuously urged as
the candidate of Pennsylvania, "whose merits,
strength in the hearts of the People, his well tried
and valuable services, able statesmanship. true
democratic course and purity of character, unmis
takeably point to him'as the prominent candidate to
be presented to the next National Convention."
At the .celebration in Harrisburg on the Bth of
January, 1842, by members of the Legislature and
citizens, at which Gen: Jacob Sallade of Barks, pre
sided, but one sentiment prevailed in relation tolhe
claims of Pennsylvania fori the Presidency, and
James Buchanan as the candidate. The sth of
the regular toasts was as follows
JAMES BUCHANAN—the 'Lstrongest in intellect
among the strong of the nation. The claims of
our Democratie. Commonivealth are great, but
those of her illustriouacandidate are immeasurably
greater.
1
At the great democratic meeting held at Harris
burg, on 23d March 1842, at which John B. Butler,
Esq, presided, and Pr. Riley, of Harrisburg, Hon.
John Mathiot, of Lancaster; and twenty-five others
were Vice Presidents, all the proceedings and reso
lutions breathed but one spirit in favor of James
Buchanan for the Presidency.
We might go on and add hundreds of similar tes
timonials, promulgated at public meetings, during
the years 1890,'41, '42, '43 and '44. On the Bth of
January, 1843 the democratic party of Pennsylvania,
assembled by' their delegates at a State Convention
al Harrisburg. Every cour.ty in the State was
represented, and the Convention placed the name
ofjames . Buchanan before the country as the choice
of Pennsylvania, for the Chief Magistracy of the
nation, by a unanimzus vote! The eloquent and
glowing addresi and resolutions adopted by that
Convention, in support of the nominee, must still
be fresh in the recollection of our fellow citizens.
At the DemOcratic meeting held in Lancaster, to
respond to the nomination of the Harrisburg on
vention, the following resolutions were unanimougy
adopted :
Resolved, That we respond with, cheerful and
grateful enthusiasm, to the nomination, by the De•
mocracy . of the Commonwealth, of JAMES BU
CHAN AN as our candidate for the next Presidency
—a tribute chat is justly due to his eminent talents,
his unfaltering and single-hearted devotion to Dem
ocratic ,measures, and his effective and memorable
services in the cause of popular principles in the
htills of our National Legislature.
Resolved, That we are convinced that, among
all the eminent men whosel denies are mentioned
in connection with the Presidency, there is none
who would more surely bring success to our ban
ner. Too honest: to intfigue, too decided to palter
in a double sense, too much devoted to the princi
ples of the Democratic party; to pervert them to the
purposes of ambition and interest, the nomination
of JAMES BUCHANAN would be the signal of an
unprecedented Democratic triumph.
Resolved, That we,feel that with the merits of
JAMES BUCHANAN, and r the claims of our great
old Commonwealth, the Democracy of the Union
are too closely acquainted, to require a repetitiOn
of them here. They are remembered Waver the
Union as merits that are unsurpassed, as claims that
are insurmountable; and they have, been referred
to the arbitrament'of the Democratic National Con
vention by the voice of the Democracy of Penn
sylvania with striking enthusiasm—the belief being
everywhere confidently expressed that they cannot
be resisted by that dignified and important body.
. Thus was Mr. Buchanan prominently before the
people, as the candidate of Pennsylvania for the
Presidency, and why did he not receive the nomi
nation of the National Convention? In January
1844, One year after his nomination by the Demo
cratic State Convention, he addressed a letter to
the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, withdraw
ing his name from the canvass and urging his
friends to recommend another candidate at the
State Convention to be held on the ensuing 4th ca
March, for the purpose of electing delegates to the
Baltimore Convention, and nominating an Electoral
Ticket. The principal reason assigned by Mr.
Buchanan for adopting this course, was, that dele
gates had already been elected by nearly , one half
of the States, instructed in favor of Mr. VaadVren,
who believed he was defrauded out of the ere tion
.n 1840, and whose friends were strenuously'urging
his claims as a candidate for another trial. For
the purpose of harmonizing the feeling of- the
Democratic party, by reducing the number of can
didates and thus concentrating its strength upon
one prominent candidate, James Buchanan mag
nanimously and nobly yielded to the impulses of
his generous nature, and relinquished the high pos
ition in which his friends had placed him, to pro
mote the success of his party. In consequence of
his withdrawal, the Convention held on the 4th of
March, 1844, elected delegates to the Baltimore
Convention, instructed to support Martin Van
Buren for President antl Richard M. Johnson as
Vice President of the United States. The same
Convention adopted, unanimously, the following
resolution :
Resolved, That this Convention entertains senti
ments of undiminished confidence and regard for
the patriotism, ability, and distinguished services
of the Hon. James Buchanan, and it would have
afforded the highest gratification to have presented
his name as the Pennsylvania candidate for the
highest office of the republic. We commend, how
ever, that patriotic sense of duty which has indu
ced hint, at the present time, to decline a nomina
tion, and which is characteristic of that uniform and
just determination which has governed his career
to sustain the integrity and harmony of the Demo
cratic party.
At the Democratic State Convention, held on the
4th of March, 1848, Mr. Bnchanan was again nom
inated—receiving on, the first ballot eighty-four
votes; and his competitors, the Hon. George M.
Dallas, Gen. Cass arid Martin Van Buren. receiving
forty-nine votes, of the one hundred and thirty-three.
composing the Convention; and the Delegates
elected to the National Convention were instructed
in the strongest terms, to use all fair and honorable
means to secure his nomination by that body.
The representatives of the democracy of Lan
caster county, apprehend that they have now pre
sented a sufficient endorsement of the often times
declared solemn truth, that James Buchanan has
been for the last twelve years, and is at the present
time the first and only choice of the- democratic
party of the Keystone State, as a candidate:lor the
Presidential chair. They can have no second
choice. When the Democratic National Conven
tion makes its nomination—whether the successful
nominee be their own Buchanan, or General Cass,
who has been made his antagonist in the contest
in this State, or Senators Houston, Douglass, Gov.
Marcy, Gen. Butler, Gov. Pierce, or any other
Democratic Statesman and Patriot who may be
brought forward by sister States, that nominee will
then find himself to be the FIRST CHOICE of the
Democratic Party of Pennsylvania! Such has al
ways been the course of Pennsylvania's Democracy.
The endorsers of our own distinguished candi
date—of his pure patriOtism ; his enlightened
statesmanship; his great experience and skill in
all the workings of the intricate machinery of this
mighty government; liis sound democratic princi
ples, based upon the political text-book of the im
mortal Jefferson ; his transcendent abilities, s? often
listened to and admired in his advocacy of demo
cratic measures; his unsullied private character—
which have ,been presented, in bold relief, by this
Convention, are:
Ist. The Democratic party of Lancaster county,
who elected him to Congress, a quarter of a cen
tury ago, and has stood his firm and devoted friend
ever since :
2d. The Democratic members of our State Leg
islature. who three times elected him to the Senate
'of the United States, by a unanimous vote:
3d. The Democratic party of Pennsylvania, who
at the various public meetings held through a long
series of years. and at two general State Conventions,
nominated him as the candidate of the " Old Key
stone," for the Presidential chair.
4th. The veteran Hero and Patriot, President
JACKSON, who appointed him to an important
foreign mission, and continued to him his confi
dence and friendship, as long as he remained on
earth.
sth. President Polk, who selected him from
among the great men of the nation to be his con
fidential friend and adviser, by appointing him
Secretary of State.
These are the endorsers the democracy of Lan
caster county offer, as vouchers for the sterling
democracy, brilliant qualifications, and high and
meritorious public services of JAMES BUCH
ANANcof Pennsylvania. Such a mass of testi
mony, from each d source, is sufficient to prostrate
and cast into eternal oblivion, whole hecatombs
of the foul slanders and calumnies, which have
been propagated by unscrupulous and unprincipled
enemies
The representatives of the Lancaster county
Democracy, now conclude with the promise, which
its faith is pledged to redeem, that, should the Na
tional Convention concede the nomination of the
Presidential candidate fo Pennsylvania, this county
alone will give its glorious candidate, James Buch
anan, at least one thousand more votes than it ever
heretolore polled for a democratic candidate. And
they feel a safe guaranty in pledging, upon the
same conditions, the " Keystone Commonwealth,"
for one of her "old fashioned Jackson majoraies."
WILLIAM MATRIOT, Esq., from the Committee,
reported the following preamble and resolutions,
amid thunders of applause:
Whereas the Democratic Party of Lancaster
County have repeatedly expressed their confidence
in their distinguished fellow citizen and faithful
public servant, the Hon. JAMES BiIeFIANAII, and
have on former occasions presented him with pride
and pl€Aure to the Democracy of the Nation as
-their first choice for the Presidency of the United
States: And, Whereas, there has been made a series
of systematic attempts by a few disorganizing' and
factious individuals of our County, who were
formerly his warmest advocates, to depreciate
his important services, to disparage his emi
nent'abilities, to vilify hisprivate character, and to
deprive him of the confidence of his political
friends: And, Whereas, to accomplish these un
hallowed purposes, party obligations have been vi
olated, the decisions of two State Conventions dis
regarded, the State ticket assailed, the Party in the
County distracted and divided, and a portion of the
People deceived: And, Whereas, the whole De
mocracy of the County of Lancaster, acting under
the call of the County Committee, recognized and
acknowledged by the two last State Conventions, as
well as under the call of the disorganizilig Com
mittee, have expressed at their primary, 'meetings
held on Saturday last their warm, devoted and
continued attachment to their fellow citizen, James
Buchanan.
Therefore, be it Resolved, by the Democracy of
Lancaster County in Convention assembled, That
the Democratic Citizens of the City and County
of Lancaster, have, during the period of more than
a quarter of a century, furnishqd a series of the
most indubitable proofs of personal and political
attachment to the distinguished Patriot and States
man, whose sphere of usefulness has since been
extended so as to embrace the most elevated and
responsible national trusts; and it is therefore their
duty, as it is their pride and pleasure, to.reiterate
the expressions of confidence and admiration
with which he has always been cheered by those
in whose midst he ripened into manhood, and un
der whose eye he first developed the germ of his
present intellectual greatness.
Resolved, That we respond with all our hearts
to the nomination by our sister Counties of Jame■
Buchanan as the Democratic candidate for the neat
Presidency, and rejoice at the flattering promise
that our wishes in this respect, entertained without
interruption for a long series of years, are at length
to be consummated.
Resolved, That the services of James Buchanan
are recorded in our hearts, not less than in the pa
ges of National History. His brilliant career in
the House of Representatives and in the Senate of
the United States-:his successful mission abroad,
conferred by the Patriot Andrew Jackson—and
his truly able administration of the grave duties of
Secretary of State under President • Polk, have
stamped him as one of the most enlightened States
men of the age, well fitted not only to occupy, bat
to adorn the Presidential office s .
Resolved, That Pennsylvania, by her ancient and
unwavering attachment to the great cause of Re
publicanism, has well earned the honor of furnish
ing the next President to the Country. Relying up
on the justice of her sister States, she now in
vokes their aid in elevating her favorite son to
the Presidential Chair.
Resolved, That we hail with Pleasure the trium
phant election of our State and Judicial ticket at
the recent election. We are satisfied that the ad
ministration of our patriotic Governor elect, Wm.
BIGLER, will realize all the hopes of its friends and
disappoint the predictions of its foes.
Resolved, That the moat serious danger to the
successful and satisfactory operation of the Federal
Government arises from its manifest tendency to
by the exercise of un
doubtful powers, and by the enormous gt!z7P:lmfd,,ivtiturrJe
of public money, thueenlisting fe,ssr4 N o wt
'euatelehoteet ea the reserved riEllo
hosts of greedy speculators who expect to enrich
themselves upon fat jobs and public plunder.
Resolved, That it has become the imperative du
ty of the Democratic Party to iesist this tendency
towards consolidation, by maintaining and enforcing
a strict construction of the Constitution of the Uni
ted Staten—a total abstinence on the part of Con
gress from the exercise of all doubtful powers ; a
sacred regard for the rights reserved by the sov
ereign States of which the Confederacy is compo-
sed ; an absolute non-interferen ce by the people of
the several States With the domestic institutions
peculiar to each; and a rigid economy in the ea.
penditure of the taxes raised from the people, con
fining the appropriations of public money by Con
gress to national objects plainly authorized by the
Constitution.
Resolved, That the corner stories of the Demo
cratic edifice were deeply laid during "the reign
of terror" by the immortal patriots Jefferson and
Madison, in the report of the latter to the Virginia
Legislature in 1798 and in the Kentucky resolu
tions of the former in 1799 ; and that every depar
ture since by the Democratic Party from the true
meaning and spirit of this Report and } these Reso
lutions, has produced dangerous dissentiens and
disastrous consequences to the Country.
Resolved, That the Democratic Party is the true
Union Party of the whole Country; and we rejoice
to witness that the Democrats in other States, who
differed from the Democracy of Pennsylvania on
the merits of the late Compromise measures of
Congress, have for the sake of the Union, acquies
ced in these measures as a final settlement of the
vexed question of Domestic Slavery, and are every
where re-uniting with us in solid phalanx to restore
the Democratic Party to its former ascendency and
power in the administration of the Federal 'Gov
ernment.
Resolved, That we will maintain with fidelity
and energy the faithful exccuj4on of the Fugitive
Slave Law and we will exert'our beet endeavors
to effect the speedy repeal of such portions of the
" State Obstruction Law" as deny the use of our
jails for the detention of Fugitive Slaves whilst
awaiting their trial, or in any other manner inter
ffere with the constitutional rights of the people of
the slave holding States in the recovery of their
property.
Resolved, That we approve of the law passed at
the last session of Congress, abolishing flogging in
the Navy—and that we regard all the attempts to
re-establish that degrading system 'of discipline on
board of our national vessels, as anti-democratic and
at variance with the enlightened spirit of the age.
Resolved, That we recognize in the Lancaster
Intelligencer, the old, able and faithful organ of the
Democratic Party of this County, and we request
that the proceedings of this Convention be publish
ed in the same, in the Pennsylvanian, Pittsburg
Post, Democratic Union, and the other Democratic
papers of the State.
Rerolued, That the false and malicious attacks
made by the Lancasterian on Democratic candi
dates before nomination and their friends, and its
omission faithfully and warmly to support the nom
inees of the party, deserve the severest reproba
tion ; that the issue of this morning contains an
infamous libel on the honesty, sobriety, integrity
and intelligence of four-filths of the members of
the party in the County; and that we denounce it
as a paper conducted and supported to gratify sel
fish and vindictive motives, to distract the party, to
suppress all independence of thought and action on
the part of the people, and as a paper unworthy of
the patronage and not possessing the confidence of
the party.
The Address, Preamble and Resolutions were
adopted by ACCLAMATION—but three faint
voices in the negative
Dr. A. K. Rohrer offered the following resolution
Resolved. That we regard the principle embodied
in the tariff or 1846 as a Democratic measure, having
been productive of the most salutary results, nod we
view the line and cry of a Federal opposition rais
ed against it as calculated only to answer political
purposes, regardless of the interests of the masses.
Col. W. S. Arnweg then offered the foll Owing
Resolved, That we heartily sympathize with Wil
liam Smith O'Brien and ais compatriots in. exile,
trusting that the day is not far distant when our
Country will use the same exertions towards their
liberation as it did to effect the liberation of Louis
Kossuth.
Both the above 'resolutions adopted unanimously
ThQ Convention then proceeded to ballot for Del
egates to the State Convention, which resulted in
he choice of the following named gentlemen, viz :
James L. Reynolds,
Paul Hamilton,
Isaac F. Lightner,
James Patterson,
Col S. C. Stambaugh,
Dr. B. F. Bunn.
Resolved, That we hereby instruct our Delegates
to the State Convention, not only to vote for the
nomination of the Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN from
first to last ; but also to oppose sending any other
than his true and tried friends to the National Con
vention, who will use all fair and honorable means
to effect his nomination by that body.
Resolved, That the President of this Convention
he authorised to announce, at a suitable time, the
Democratic-County Committee .for the ensuing po
litical" year.
The Convention adjourned with 9 hearty cheers
for the Hon. James Buchanan.
ID - The body of a man by the name of Joseph
C. Miller, a resident of Chester county, in this
State, was found suspended to a tree near Haiti.
more about ten days ago, He had been in that
city as a witness in an alleged case of kidnapping
of several colored persons, by a citizen of Maryland
named- McCreary. After Miller's discharge as a
witness he proceeded on his way home, in corn•
pany with some friends from his neighborhood.
After proceeding a few miles he was seen leaving
the cars, and some time after his body was found
as above stated.
Some suspicion arose that the deceased had met
with foul play, and on the suspicion being commu
nicated to the Governor 01 Maryland, he imme
diately ordered a new inquest and a post mortem
examination of the body. After a very laborious
and scrutinizing examination, a verdict of death
from suicide was rendered by the Jury.
1:13 SARAII GARBED, the girl who was instbu
mental in causing the death of Mr. Watson H. Mil
ler's child, of this city, by forcing it to swallow
pins and needles, was tried, week before last, in
Philadelphia, before Judge Kelly, and convicted of
murder in the second degree. The Court postpo
ned sentence, but said they would place her where
she would receive excellent moral training, mean
ing thereby, we suppose, the House of Refuge.—
The prisoner wept when the verdict was announ
ced, and throughout the trial appeared to feel the
solemnity of her position.
DISTRESSING OCCORRRNCE.—In Bern township,
Berke county, seven miles above Reading, on Sab
bath week, a young lady, named Miss Miller, aged
twenty years, met with an untimely death. Wish
ing to visit a neighbor on the opposite side of the
Schuylkill, at Krenig's Ferry, Miss Miller walked
on the ice until she had reached the middle of the
river, when the ice broke, immersing her in water
up to the arms; and seizing hold pf the edge of ice,
she kept herself from sinking althrther. Her cries
brought the neighbors to the shore, and a boat was
obtained for her relief, but none had the courage to
enter it for her rescue. Those on shore looked on
for more than an hour, when the poor girl, becom
ing exhausted and frozen, slipped off and disappear
ed under the ice. Even atter she had given up her
hold on the ice, she swam on the surface for some
time, and yet no effort was made to save her lite.—
In a few hours the body was recovered, and an in
quest held by Ald. Miller, of Reading.
Columbia Co. for Buchanan.
The Democratic Co. Convention of Columbia,
met at Bloomsburg, on Tuesday last, and elected
John M'Reynolds, Esq., a Representative Delegate
to the State Convention, with unanimous instruc
tions for Mr. BUCHANAN.
117 The young lady, Miss Catharine Lawcomer,
who was injured on Saturday week by the shaft of a
sleigh drove by John Witlinger, in East King street,
(lied on Wednesday from the effects of the wound.
Witlinger is under bail to stand his trial at Court.
A BLAST r•nost MISSOURI !—The Democracy of
Andrew county, Missouri, have assembled in County .
Meeting and passed resolutions in favor of JAMMI
BUCHANAN for President and Gen. W3l. 0. BUTLIII
for Vice President.
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DEATH Of TOE MOTHER OF THE LATE. PaxszDZIST •
poL.,--The m other of the late President Por r. died,
on T ues day, at Columbia, Tenn., of apoplexy. She
emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee in.
1806. ,
Er The Keritucky Democratic State Convention
haNnominated Gen. WILLIAM 0. Bomint for the
Presidency.