Lancaster intelligencer. (Lancaster [Pa.]) 1847-1922, May 31, 1871, Image 1

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think again, darlitil i p, day of delight!
!tow I have lon for you, morning and
night, ••
Watched forti, plund for you all tile day
throug
tiravl i g r uboon and no Weaning but you I
Pray fo on, plead for you, nought you In vein,
i•Atrpt ng forever to nod you again •,
Counting all linguini% (UI nought If I might
Clamp you sole an I clamp you to-night.
Oh I I have Borrowed and Buffered so much;
Since I last answered your lip's loving touch!
Through the night watchem,in daylight's broad
bourns.
Anguished by vinions,and tortured bydream,
DRtlll rOIIIWI so replete with bewildering pain—
It is throbbing in heart and in brain;
Oh! for I drowned—keep fue close to thy Bide,
Darling, oll,darllng-L-I dreamed you had died?
Dreamed that I atood by your pillow and heard
From your palujipm loye'snweet, half-uttered
word;
And by the light of the May morning !Mimi
Watched your Mee whiten, and now your dear
eyes
Gazing far into the Wonderful band—
Felt your fond lingers grow cold in my hand ;
"Darlin" you Whispered, ',My darling !•' you
Raid,
Faintly; HO faintly, and then yea Were tiend.
Oh! the dark 'loam when knelt by yo
grave,
Calling upon you to love and to Have
l'lmullng In vain for IL idgn or word,
Only lo tell tile you listened and lienrd;
Only to 101 l nut you listened and knew
Flow all lily soul wan In unglilebor you;
linter, despoliing, the len.rx that I millo,
• I).trllng, oil, darling, because you were Eli
Yet In the mlibit of daritnegli and into,
Darling I knew I 'Mould Ilnd you again!
Knew, Ile the elniee know, under the'uow,
flow the next summer would Net them lw,lc
So I did alwax. the drear
Keep my he y art single an y d
alteredre to o you,
AK in tile Menull Mll (Illy We were wed
Darling, oli darling, although you had ned
oh! the greatioy of awaking lo know
I did but dream all that, torturing woe;
Oh ! the delight that my searching, van I rar
Nothing of cold iota or eltange In your fat
4161 In your forehead unfurrowed and fair,
None of the light 10.11 out of your hair;
None of the light from your dear eyen Is Ile
Darling, oh, how could I dream you w
dead I
Now von arc hero, yen will always
Never, Oh, never, to tenet: we again!
Now hart It vanished, the angulah of yearn!
Vanished—nay, these are not sorrow rnt
Itappinegs only toy cheek has Intpearled,
There is no grieving for Ins In I he worth ;
Dark eloutlx may threabon, but I heVe no I
Darling, oh, darling, because you are
THE HORAN
BY .1011 N 0. WHITTIER.
My old Welch neighbor over the way
Crept slowly out in this son of Miring,
Pushed frill her I.es the locks of gray
And listened 10 hear the robin slug.
ller grandson playing at marbles, sloppy ,
And cruel In sport as boys will lie,
Tossed a Moue o.t. the 1,11,1, Will. hopped
From bough tO !tough lu the apple tree.
'• Nay!" said the grandmother; have you
heard,
My poor, bad boy ! or the tier• pit,
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lets it rail on the lir ;
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"Amen!" I said to the benut 'no myth;
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Tu out and le.sen the lieu if
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fttiscellancous.
Doomed and Saved
On a handsotne lawn fronting an ivy.
grown matiiiion,in the State of Virginia
one pleasant afternoon not mauy years
since, a group of young people of both
sexes were gathered. Standing in their
midst was an old woman bent down
with age, looking as if she stood on the
brink of the grave, but her dark, rest
less eye allowed that there tew viellroms
lire In tier mind, if not in her body.
She had been "telling fortunes" for
the young people gathered around her,
and to all but one she had foretold a
bright and happy fortune. The excep
tion of this rule was a handsome boy of
nineteen, with a dark, passionate face,
and an expression which indicated per
fect fearlessness.
Five years before the opening of this
story an old gentleman and his nephew
had moved to Virginia from some
Northern State,and, buying a farm, had
made it their home. Mr. Mercer and
his nephew Frank were treated with
kindness by the gentlemen of the neigh
borhood, and they received invitations
to visit the plantations near them.—
Frank soon became acquainted with all
In the country, but his uncle never left
his fatal, and seemed to shun society.
For this many reasons were given, but
the true one was that he had lost all his
family, and Frank's parents having
left hun to Mr. Mercer's charge, he de
termined to devote himself to the boy,
and round sufficient enjoyment in his
company, and in cultivating his farm.
Though reported very wealthy, and that
he always kept a large sum of gold
in the house, Mr. Mercer and Frank
lived in a quiet way, and made no dis
play.
Thus passed Frank's youth from his
fourteenth until his nineteenth year,
when our story opens. A man of su
perior education, Mt. Mercer had been
his nephew's teacher, and had imparted
unto him much knowledge of the world
of letters, and people, so that Frank, at
nineteen, was as well-informed as if he
had possessed a cultivated education.
There were those in the neighborhood
who reported that the boy was wild and
dissipated, and this found ready believ
ers in others ; so that Frank had some
enemies as well as friends.
Thus we find him; and on the even
ingof the commencement of our story
lie had been invited to an entertain
ment given by a wealthy planter to his
children.
Mr. Dewes, the planter, had three
children, the youngest and loveliest of
whom was Mary, a girl of twelve.—
Maryand Frank were the best of friends,
and loved each other dearly ; so that
when the fortune-teller predicted a dark
and stormy flgp.re for Frank, the tears
arose to the Mid's eyes and she said,
" Don't listen LO her, Frank.'
But the buy laughed, mud turning on
his heel walked away.
Two days afterwards he left home for
a week's hunting in the mountains;
but the seCond night after his departure
the neighborhood was aroused by the
startling news that old Mr. Mercer had
been murdered by his nephew. One
of the servants- passing the house at
night heard a cry, and seeing Frank's
window open, he sprang in and walked
aerosl the hall to Mr. Mercer's cham
ber, from whence the cry conic. Lying
upon the Boor, was the old man,
dead, while near him stood his
nephew, .with a bloody knife ht
his hand. In fright the negro rush
ed, from the house and gave the alarm.
Persons from tile neighborhood were
sent for, and Frank was seized against
every protestation that he did, u.>( kill
his uncle, and thrown into jail.
The feeling against the youth was in
tense, for the negro told the story of
how he had found Frank ' and a way
faring peddler, who had Just ascended
the front steps to ask to stay all night,
corroborated the negro's statement.
The trial came oil' and Ole charges
were made known. Prank was accused
of starting upon a hunting expedition
for a blind, and then returning from (lie
mountain by night, had en Lured the
room, and attempted to remove a large
bag of gold kept by his uncle, had
aroused num, and upon being discovered
had driven his hunting-knife Into the
heart of Mr. Mercer; the gold was on.
the floor, itsweighthavingtorn through
the bag when It was raised. The knife
With Which Mt. Mercer was killed was
one he had given to Frank some days
before and was a large dirk-knife en
cased In a silver scabbard.
Pale as death, but showing no sign of
fear or guilt upon his .handsome face,
the prisoner sat unmoved by his' sen
tence, which was to die on the gallows.
When asked if he had aught to say,
Frank arose, and looking round the
court-room, in a clear voice answered
I have! Circumstantial evidence
has condemned the ! I admit It looks as
if I did the deed. But I dui guiltless of
murder. Dropping my percussion (Imp
lant in a mountain stream, I returned
home for more ; for without caps my
gun was useless. It was a lovely night,
and I determinedito enter the house by
my room window, get the caps, and re- ,
turn without - awakening my uncle. I
tied my horse to the fence, sprang into
the window, and then heard a loud
- crash; a call.out, and a shriek in the di
\ rection of, my uncle's rOom.• rushed
tbitJloa rush 1::py ; -me in
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candle, and saw my unda tkidi e cover
ed with blood, gold scattered upon' the
floor, and my own knife, which bad
done the deed, intnear.. I picked up
the knife, and s I peddler . nd y Go o d
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anti seen bythe Aus God
is my witness, I did not murder the
good old man who ,hes protected me
throughout life, and whom I loved as
though he was my own father. lam
guiltless of the fiendish deed, but sub
mit to my fate I , .
A silence fell upon all ; there werei
however, but few who would believe
the youth's statement' among the lat
ter was Mr. Dawes and his family who
through all, remained staunch friends.
Frank Mercer was to be hung, to die
an ignominious death on the gallows,
and hundreds flocked to the little town
where the execution was to take place,
to see him die. How they were disap
pointed to find that the night before he
had escaped ! How, no one knew, but
he had lefta note addressed to the jailor,
thanking him for the kindness shown
him while he was in his charge, and his
regrets that his escape might cause him
trouble, but saying he had had an op
portunity of escaping, and took advan
tage of it, for he had no idea of dying
an ignominious death for au act he was
not guilty of, merely togratify the curi
osity of a gaping crowd. Freedom was
offered him, and he •accepted it, and he
hoped he would yet be able to prove his
innocence.
This was about the subject of the let
ter, and when it was published in the
local palter, there were some who were
glad that the boy had escaped the gal
lows.
Mr. Mercer's property was, In hie
will; all left to Frank, and it
was found to be considerable. Trustees
assumed charge of it, and before long
the quiet community had settled down
to its usual routine, and the murder and
escape were, iu a short time, almost for
gotten.
Ten years passed away, and no word
of the fugitive had been heard, and peo
pie believed him dead. One exception
was Mary Dewes, now grown to wo
manhood. She had never believed him
dead, and though her life had treasured
Frank's image in her inmost heart, the
mystery that hung around him but add
ed strength to her regard. Her sisters
I had married, her mother was dead, and
together with their father, they had
lived at the old homestead.
Business calling Mr. Dewes to Hav
ana, he took Maryflwith him, and they
set sail from Charleston in a fine ship
running south. They had been some
days at sea when in the dead of night
the fearful cry of " Fire" with heard,
which aroused all from slumber. In
vain were efforts made to quench the
flames. The seamen In fright rushed
into the only available boat, and it sank
with them, and left them struggling in
the ocean borne away by the wind and
waves, while Mr. Dewes and Mary, the
captain of the ship, and a few others
were huddled away upon the stern,
awaiting the fearful doom that must, to
all appearance, overtake them.
" Sail ho ! "
The joyous cry came from the cap
tain, who had been straining his eyes
over the ocean, in hopes of seeing some
vessel coming to save them. Swiftly
flying towards thedi came a low, rakish,
three-masted schooner, which ever and
anon sent up a light, to apprise those on
board the burning ship that succor was
near.
Hark! the deep boom of a gun is
heard, untilas the captain listens, he ex
claims, "Ml)ss Dewes, we are all right
'now ; cheepip, for there conies a vessel
of-war to o*aid."
"Ship ahoy I" came In ringing tones
front the schoTier, as she came near the
burning ship, which was being rapidly
driven along by the wind.
" Ahoy !" answered the captain.
"Throw a long line front your sl
and I will send you a boat,'' came iii
The line was thrown, the boat attacn
ed, and, alter a little difficulty, the peo
ple from the ship were transferred to the
.ichooner, and Mary was soon iu the
comfortable cabin, rejoicing over their
escape from a horrible death.
At breakfast the next morning, the
young captain of the war-schooner de
scended to join his guests at the table,
and, as he entered, Mary sprang to
wards him.
" Frank Mercer! Oli! it is you—is it
not
One glance at the beautiful girl and,
though years had passed,• Frank Mer
cer—for it was no other—recognized the
playmate whom he had loved so well,
and whom lie had never ceased to think
of.
Mr. Dewes came forward and what a
joyful meeting was there; but seeing
cloud, as if of bitter memories, 'come
over the young captain's face, Mr.
Dewes said, " First, let me relieve you
of one thing. Your innocence in Vir
ginia has been thoroughly established ;
for a negro running away, hung the
other day for killing a woman, confess
ed just before his death that he had
murdered your uncle, and your arriving
when you did, had prevented him
from getting the gold, but made him
escape from the house. He knew your
uncle kept a large amount of money,
and you being away, as he thought, lie
procured your knife, and with it com
mitted the fatal deed."
Frank listened to Mr. Dewes, almost
breathless, and then, when he had con
cluded, he bowed his face in his hands
and wept like a child.
" 13ut come in," said Mr. Dewes at
length, " we are hungry and need break
fast ; and are dying to know how you
became a captain in the Mexican navy."
" M story is easily told, my dear
friends y ;
for, after escaping from prison
through your kindness, I went to Mex
ico, entered the navy, and, having ren
dered some service, rose to my present
command, which has been the means of
saving your lives."
Little more can be added.
Frank resigned his commission and
returned home, when he was lionized
by the whole community. He came hi
possession of his estates, which were
greatly increased in value, and six
months afterwards, in the town where
he wits to have the hangman's halter
placed around his neck for death, he had
the noose of matrimony thrown around
his life, and the bride was Mary Dewes.
Thus his life had been both dark and
bright In a remarkable degree.
A Family Genealogy According to
Darwin.
If there be any truth or sense in the
new and wonderful theory advanced by
Darwin, then the genealogical table of
some particular family traced back to
about the time of the transition state
from monkey to man, would be curious
and interesting. It might tend about as
fellows:
The human founder of our family was
the illustrious Colonk, a wellknowu
warrior of his day, and the first fully de
veloped man In our. line of ancestors.—
Colonk was the son of that Kodinka,
who was one-sixteenth monkey and the
rest man—monkey proportion only per
ceptible on the closest scrutiny. Ito
dinka's father was Longollb, , one
eighth monkey and seveu.eightlis
man. He could speak human lan
guage but Imperfectly, had rather a
hairy phis, and was altogether too
much addicted to monkey tricks to be
of very much account in society. Long
golib was the oldest son of Chimp . ), who
was a quarter monkey and the rest mall.
Although bearing only the proportion
of one-quarter monkey in his composi
tion, ther6 was, nevertheless, • a good
deal more monkey than was really de
sirable. As a man he could never at
tain distinction, and he was no kind of
a match for a regular full-blooded or
even half-blooded gorilla monkey,
either in the forest or in a fight: Chita
po's father was Gwinob, half-man goril
la monkey, a very curious specimen.—
He spoke a broken human language
one-half of the time, and chattered
the other half. Walked erect, one
day, and on all fours the next ; one eve
ning, clad in a pair of boots and a. cap'
with a tall feather In It, he would sit in
a chair, smoke his pipe, and drink rum
like a man, and the-next evening, dof
fing his cap and kicking his boots etc,
he would scour the woods like a brute.
GWittbb was the Second son of Koboo,
fall-blooded gorilla monkey, with not a
particle of the,
" human" intim. He
was a terribly strong, vicious old fellow,
and could crush and smash the tOnes of
any unlucky hunter he happened to
meet in the forest, just as if he had been
an infant.
The Emperor of Germany Is reported
to be a practical printer. All the mem
berg of the royal family of'Pruasta are
requlre4 to learn some trade, and Wll7,
llam, ehoie typo raphy as tae most.de
,Amble era.% spent three years at the
Lie.
sleep--A bommon•Sense View.
BY PBOY: JOInT B.
.scAnslN.
There aro, perhaps, fetv Subjeptit that,
have been more abused by .igsfentl.ffe
writers than. that of sleep. Men htkv
examined lt on solentlflb principles. and
subjected it to valentine rules ; but they.
never once thought of examing it fu
the light of common ens&
Writers differ vety greatly on this
subject. Soule would have,us commit
an unpardonable' sln if we slept more
than four or tiviehourS out of twenty)
four, while others very magnanimously
allow us eight ; and others still are so
lavish as to give us ten.
Sleep is a necessity ; without It we
would suffer speedy dissolution. Every
act that we perform,'every movement
we make, every thought that passes
through our minds, every emotion that
stirs our souls, breaks down a certain
amount of nervous tissue, and leaves
us weaker than before. These broken
cells can be repaired during sleep only.
The system, exhausted by physical and
mental labor during the day, must be
built up and strengthened for the next
day's work during the dark, still hours
of night, while the senses are locked - in
slumber, and the mind and muscles are
all relaxed ; for at no other time is this
process of building up carried oil.
It is impossible to lay down rules reg
ulating the amount of sleep necessary
for each individual; some persons need
much more than others. The amount
necessary depends much upon the age,
health, temperament and climate. NVe
propose to remain on the safe side; and
this side is clearly pointed out to us by
the dictates of common sense.
We propose to lay down this one sim
ple rule : bleep while it is dark, whether
that be long or Short. This is the rule
that nature teaches us, and her teaching
is always correct. As soon as It is dark,
labor and study should be laid aside;
the mind and muscles should be grad
ually relaxed by light exercise and
pleasant, cheerful conversation, until
twilight has deepened into darkness,
and then, when the system has been
tempered down evenly, and the mind is
at perfect rest, go to sleep—and you will
not wake until the sky lark calls you
in the morning, when the first mellow
light of approaching day shoots up in
the East; then is the time _to rise, and
not sooner. If this rule be adheredto,
every morning will find you fresh and
'vigorous—prepared to live and enjoy
life • and every returning night will
find you ready to relish sound, sweet,
refreshing sleep.
It is no argument against this, to say
that there would be a great waste of
time during the long nights of winter.
When winter approaches it finds us
broken-down, debilitated, and relaxed
by the heat of a long summer. During
the winter, then, this waste must be re
paired, the system must be fortified and
strengthened for another summer, with
its hot days and short nights.
There is nothin gained by " burning
the midnight oil." The body is cramp
ed and deformed by bending over dry
books; the mind is kept on an unna
tural strain ; the eyes are injured by the
unnatural light, and when at last sleep
is sought, the mind is all active, excited
and awake. The body being tired and
worn out must have sleep, so the two act
in opposition to each other, and the con
sequence Is a troubled, dreamy sleep,
which does not refresh or build up the
system. Then, just as the mind has be
come relaxed, and sleep begins to re
fresh, the " alarm " set to wake the
sleeper is sounded, and he must rise to
grope in the darkness and the vapors
and dampness of the morning, inhaling
agues and absorbing rheumatisms; or
doing what is equally as injurious, crook
ing and bending his uurefreshed body
over his books.
It is against the teachings of nature to
suppose that we should labor during the
t.,,pra of darkness. Our eyes are made
only to see oy -e a-,,
method by which we lengthen out the
day is artificial, and was not compre
hended in the original design ; and if
we so lengthen it out we rob ourselves,
mid make of none effect the laws of God.
I know many cases to be cited of men
who took only four or live hours' sleep
during the niOn, who rose early and
accomplished much ; but they are only
the exception, and by no means the
rule. Occasionally there may be found
a man who is so hardy, and blessed
with.so good a constitution that he will
not sutler any very material inconve
nience by losing a part of the hours
that should be devoted to sleep ; but
this is by no means true of the majority
of mankind.
I believe that by observing the sim
ple teachings of nature in this respect,
a great amount of suffering could be
avoided, and life could be lengthened
many years.
So much for the time when to sleep,
and the amount necessary. A few prac
tical suggestions may be profitable ,in
this connection.
Feathers make a very unhealthy bed,
because they retain the heat and keel,
the temperature of the body too high,
thus debilitating the skin and render
ing the system liable to contract colds ;
they also retain the moisture and waste
matter thrown out by the lymphatics,
which is absorbed, producing disease.
A dry straw bed, or, what is better, a
hair mattress, should be used.
The bed ohould be level ; high pillows
should be avoided •, they throw the
head into an unnatural position, pro
duce stoop shoulders, and prevent the
free flow of blood to the brain.
Never place a very young person in
the same bed with a very old one ; the
younger will suffer by a loss of vitality
and heat. One iu a bed is better than
_ . . .
The right side is best to lie upon, as
it leaves the action of the heart free, and
precludes the probability of undue pres
sure on any of the large blood vessels
but generally the body may be allowed
to select its own position.
Sleep with the mouth closed.—Homc
and Ifeal4h.
Haggling In the 11.Ighlande
It Is odd to notice the style in 'which
the country-folk coming into Stonioway
go about their purchases. For instance,
a man comes into town to buy a bonnet
(a Scotch cap). He goes first to the
draper's, and, after loungipg about in
the shops looking round, and perhaps
offering an occasional remark on the
weather and other general subjects, as if
he had no intention of making a pur
chase (for the people consider the space
outside the counter to be public proper
ty),he at last app roach es the business that
brought him. He tries on a, variety of
bonnets, asks the prices, and takes par
ticular note of the bonnets that suit him.
He then leaves the shop and proceeds
to another draper's, where he goes
through the same process ; and, having
gone round the town in this way, re
turns to the place where he thinks' he
will make the best bargain. After a
great deal of haggling to bring down
the prices, he perhaps makes the pur
chase; but, if not satisfied, he wilt go
*away, to return some "other day, and
see if he cannot get the article for a
penny or a half-penny less. This style
of business is not confined to the Jews.
A. gentleman connected with the Perth
and InVerness Railway told me that,
when that line was first opened,
,some
of the natives, wholly unaccustomed to
fixed prices,
endeavored to deal with
the tloket-clerk as they would with a
shopkeeper. The following was one
of 'the dialogues that ensued Conn-,
tryman—" What is the doriee• to
Kingussie 7" Ticket-cand eightpencelerk—and
eightpence." "Two ?
Hoch, never! give you tWo shit
hugs." "There is no re duction. The
fare Is two 'and eight," "Make it, two
and tuppence, and it's a bargain.". "I
tell you the fare is two and eightpence."
"It's only a matter of thirty mile:"
doesn't matter what It is. • That Is the.
fare." "I'll give you Live and three-,
pence." It wont do." "TWO - and•
fourpence,, then."' ."N",9:; ‘rior,,tWo - and
fou *
ence. At twa':and slipengOie•
made " a
dead stand, 411044 Pie'
clerk inexorable; went away cknil waited'
till the next train, when Jae came. - back
With his offer:of-the two and ,sispettocu.
in hopes of finding the clerk more:ac,-
commodating,—Maoraets , Home and
Abroad. ,
The Spying, ex
hibition of the Chester'
cony agleltufnl aeolety;wlll be held'
on u
the t
fairgr u o - tinde on BefolllaY,,t,he .
of June next. • •
Fasten, a nail or .key-to a string and.
suspend it to your thumb and finger t and
the nail will oscillate like a pendulum;
Let some one place his open hand under
the natl . , and it will change;to clicuhd"
'motion.. Then let . a Milo' s kno Place
his hand Upon „lour 2'sheill et; anil,l4'
nail, bedomes in a n 164104 stEttic*TY.
T DEMOCRAMYI
Meeting of the State Coevention !
IA MiONLUINO ACTION
AN EXCELLENT PLATFORM
FDA AIIDITOtt:4)ENERAL,
GENEBIL WILLIAM WCANMLESS,
FOR SURVEYOR-GENERAL ,
CAPTAIN JAMES U. COOPIII,
FORWARD TO VICTORY
The Convention was called to order al
10 o'clock, by Mr. Mutcheler, Chairman o
the State Central Committee.
Matcheler said ;
Gent/men of the antvcittion Tho lasl
Democratic Convention which assembled
here gave to the candidates it nominated
the privilege of naming the Chairman of
the State Committee. By their partiality,
and without any solicitation on my part, I
was chosen to perform the duties of that
responsible position. A violent partisan
registry law, enacted for the avowed pur
pose of depriving us of equal rights at the
polls, enabled our opponents to deny to us
the fruits of a victory which otherwise
would have been fairly and honestly won.
In relinquishing that position I desire to
tender my acknowledgement to the De
mocracy of the State Sir the earnest sup
port given me in my efforts for success.
You have assembled here to-day to nom
inate the candidates of the Democratic par
ty for the coining campaign, and to reiter
ate the devotion of that party to the prin
ciples taught by patriots and statesmen
who believed that the States possess pow
ers not delegated to the General Govern
ment and that the military should be sub
ordinate to the civil authorities. The is
sues that will be presented in the coming
canvass are not of the past ; they belong to
the present, and are of vital importance to
the people. While we recognize the bind
ing power of the recent amendments to the
Constitntion, and only object to the un
warranted exorcise of Federal power by
which those amendments were forced upon
the States, we still claim for the principle of
State sovereignty an enduring vitality, and
will not hesitate to assert our firm and on
yielding opposition to any invasion of this
Commonwealth by Federal troops, at the
bidding of a military dictator, to interfere
with its citizens ill the, free exercise of the
elective franchise.
The people, oppressed by taxation, look
to the Democracy to relieve them—to re
buke what has been amiss iu legislation—
both State and Federal, to restore concord
and prosperity, and to bring about a resto
ration of Constitutional rule in all the States.
The principles of the Democratic party have
given to the country a glorious past, and,
if presented in their vigor and purity, must
and will give it an equally glorious fu
ture.
Mr. Barr moved that the Iron. James
Ellis act as Temporary Chairman of this
Convention.
Mr. Shelter nominated Charles E. Boyle
for Temporary Chairman of this Conveu
Mr. Ellis withdrew his name as a candi
date for the position of temporary chairman
of this Convention, and stated we had met
here for the purpose of having a harmoni
ous Convention, and he would do nothing
that would mar the harmony that he hoped
would characterize the deliberations of
this body.
Hon. Chas. E. Boyle addressed the Con
vention as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank
you for the honor of being called to preside
temporarily over your deliberations. We
have assembled to nominate candidates for
Auditor-General and Surveyor-General,
and to declare the principles and views of
our party. The duties we are to perform
derive unusual importance from the period
at which we are to perform them. Nest
year we go into a Presidential contest, and
the love we bear both country and party
demand that we do our work Well and
faithfully, that we may enter upon that
; 4t 2 [p a va ther?stige of victory and
I feel assured that ovary member of tffe
Convention will discard all other consider
ations, and endeavor to do his part towards
accomplishing results which will be ad
vantageous and honorable to the party
Gentemen, I stn ready to proceed with
the business of the Convention.
Messrs. .John I'. Ahern, of Philadelphia,
and John Barr, of Pittsburgh, were nomi
nated and elected to act as Temporary Sec
retaries of the Convention.
James O'Niel and Joseph Pidgeon wore
selected to act as door-keepers of the Con
vention.
Ml. Turner offered the following resolu-
Mr. Boyle said :
Gotaciit CIL of the Convention :—I have the
honor to present to you the permanent
Chairman of the Convention,. the • lion.
William Hopkins.
Mr. Hopkins, on taking the chair, ad
dressed the Convention as follows:
Genttemen of the Convention:—l trust
you will not doubt my sincerity, when I
say that I feel profoundly grateful for the
honor conferred upon me by selecting me
to preside over the deliberations of this
Convention.
I feel that I am not able to make any ex
tended remarks on this occasion, because
I have beetrthe greater part of this day
confined to my bed with indisposition.—
Since I came Into this ball I have been re
flecting upon the scenes of the past, and
among the most notable of them was the
time when the same party to whom we'
were then opposed and. are still opposed,
attempted then as now to place men in
power and keep them there who had not i
been fairly elected by the honest masses of
the people. I remember that then as now
the attempt was made by the use of the
same means—the bayonet. Th. same
characteristics distinguish the Radical par
ty of to-day, and the same infamous means
aro resorted to in order to re-instate ,and
keep in power, a President of the United
States, who was elected by appeals to the
barest passions of the people. and.that man
to-day is the most absolute dictator on the
face of God's foot-stOol.
Be has been clothed with dictatorial
powers by a profligate Congress, who have
passed laws to suborn the liberties of the
people and transform our Republican form
of government into a military despotism.
Under these circumstances it behooves us
to see well to it that the deliberations of
this Convention shall hoof sucha character
tnat we can go to the people with co
dence of auccees.
I shall conclude In the hope that the min
didatesput in nomination to-day 'will be
men of such high Character' for qualifica
tions, integrity and fitness far the positions,
of Auditor-General and Surveyor-General,
and I feel that such will be the' case.—
Thanking you again, gentlemen, for your
generous confidence, it remains but for me
to announce that the Convention is now
ready to proceed with such, business as it
may have to transact. '
Mr. Miller Moved that the Convention
proceed to nominate candidates for Auditor
General and Surveyor-General of the Slate.
Agreed to.
The following named gentlemen were
placed in nomination for the position of
A editor-General :
/IFS' RFISENTATI VE DISTRICTS. A. D. Markley, of Bucks county,.
Philadelphia.—tat District, Charlea M. William M'Caudless, of Philadelphia.
Leisenring; 2d, It. Lyster Smith; 3d, Win. D. 11. Neiman, of - Northampton county.
M'Afullen ; 4th, Thos. Nulty ; sth, John F. M. Crane, of Wayne county.
Tobin; oth, J. M'Corinick ; 7th, Win. George W. Skinner, of Franklin-comity: ,
Steinhauer; Bth, Goo. S Coburn • 9th, S. T. Shugart, of Centre.
Thos. Gill ;10th, S. Gross Fry; lltb. 'Hugh Mr. Murphy moved the nomination for
Kennedy; 12th, Joseph 8. Hibbs ; 13th, Auditor-General be now closed.
Thomas J. M.'Quillen ; 14th, Lilburn liar- Mr. Murphy said if the Convention oh- ,
Wood . ; 15th, J. M.'Closkey ; oth, H. B. Jested to the motion being made at this'
Coggshall ; 17th, Thos. 11. Flood; 18th, time he would withdraw it.
Win. Milligan. The following
,named gentlemen were
Adams—Robert M'Clief. placed in nomination for Surveyor-General
Allegheny—lsidore Coblons, Anthony P. of the State;
Keating, J. P. Helsel, Robert Liddell, Jo- George Sander
of ,
of Lancaster county.
seph p,, Lynch, John C. Barr. ' Edward White, of Philadelphia.
Armstrong, Col. Win. Harwell. J. J. Spicer, of Philadelphia.
Barks—Edwin Shelter, Bloater M. Nagle, W.' Donnelly, of Westmoreland county.
Aaron Snyner. H. Stewart Wilson, of Dauphin county.
Bucks—J, K. Cornell and Goo. E. liege- W. T. H. Pauley, of Greene county.
man. John A. Morrieon of Chester county.
Bradford and Sullivan,-Caplain C. 11. Thomas S. Brook.;, of Crawford county.
Ames and Stephen P. Wilbur. , Samuel Ketterman, of Bedford county.
Blalr—S, a. Woodcock • Milani Sirwell, of Armstrong county.
flambria—James Xing. ' ' J. B. Cooper, of Lawrende entity.
. Carbon ; and ,Monine—lt,. S. Staples. Mr. McMullen moved a commlUse of
;Centre—krederielt, Kurtz. three be .appointed to well ppon the Com-.
Clarion and Jefferson—Prank 3,1'14 - ntt. mitts on. Itesolationa„ and ascertain what
Clearfield, Forest and 'Elk—George B: time they will Make a report to thls Con.'
Goodlander. . . • venthin. • Agreed - to' • •
.., Clinton, Cameron and M'Elcan—A. M. ThePresliMutappoirited Messrs, McMul-
Benton., .. . , , lie, Jehnean igul..lWle sald.Commlttee.
.
. , Cheeter—Denjamin'Vandever, Sohn Isl 11-, , Mr. McMullen, chairman of the Cimiiiitt.
Jet'. „N., IYl.,Ellis. Lee aPpoilited'tn'kvart L unen the Committee
. , Crawford—W. It. It
Bole, F. M. Itobinson. on estilUtitins,.n3iiorted that' the Conitnit-'
Grantable and Montour--,Cluirlei Mur- tee would. not IA able to report' to the
PliV, . . CortVelathift until folli'o'clocir I'. M. : • •
• Onraheriand,-T. P, Sin leer, ' Mr...Dnyloino , yed the torriention take a
..Danphin.—W..c. AphWeii, ' W. K. Wit - reeeaslintil *Mr o'clock P. M. - Agreed to'
i Thai i convetttlen: reinseemhled' r sr 'four'
, i Delawar,e—W.'Vooiso ,Tellei..; . ' &creek.. ' . ., ~
1,-Kien-li..As)Mekle„..T. Boss lilompson. M3,r%irde„*,Chisirlantla oftheCtiiiitnittse,
• ....l'aJteita--0 128 49 8 ,5 , 80y1e. ,. , , ~ On; Utiplia; Said' the'Copirnigee- Waif '
~ Wean—James I. . rank, .. ' ' . : r rirbpert, Mid if -_thetarberitinti de- ".
'''lluntingt)°,,Mbi ' aPd'JOi.444oPhd: ,aired/4 ,1 1y0f uelisrMalie the report.
D. gthellhe er,11...13. Vaud: • . ; r." 'a ' r ir*onld be batik to
Indiana and Weettnoreland-4Dialbal K. .Make - 4), \lse ilont ti Oria 'prior to acting Upon
Moan, t linurts L. Toner John A. ' March ;a40.0 ki ] br OM pan:atria tin IteSOlutioni.
445 1 ._ ,_.....h . • ..,•;.,..u. , . .. ~ ~
.
fir. hirrol.-ef,4Ml9f..°o#l°6
;loalloaller --Dr. J,qhn 4.l,,aaartin, meorgb, on Element we' Inti Ons. ' ' :•
iikmderaen, W . . llsyealiiivit, Dr.Sainuel. 11,. i Mi , :, .I6h,natAit moved: find the, herniae.
fiartiple„,
._.; . ,_, - , .." . „. ' 'llona' new eletie;' and tint' thn CrenVentioil
Lebanoo,-r-rhlllf P:Mr,00,.. -. ..-:—prodeed to ballot for •ArdiStor;Generet and;
Lallig, l 4 - 4.4.q. A 111 04er,. .-.4'.ii,Witier.. pp , ,eisit,ll,9o(3ioo.rEqe Slate. .A)lreell't ,
~ , .ll4itaynkub!.. ...Union andßnille.racksoi , ,
~.,.. ~,_. - ,. - P.titeriee.,iiklc' - ' . "• •
tealeh., l ll_ l 4 l l V 1 A4; 1 1_04,-4.sarliai.. • ....A:tor' mirklek . • •.,:.,...-..,::.'. z. ~-, ,- 33'
i tmerlisrgi• XBe Ift,o.E.,Faifult, .'.'Vrite. Wciindre;ll§.:: .......................... . ..::.21
r .D.,14..P1iti. ~. .1, :',- ~, . • .. . , ,1".t,1r_... Neiman. ' -''. '• • • -,; - , • . zz
I,..Merear,,Lawientv'sindiiiitlui=:-Witnazir " r „v; m:'Criine ,'' '''' `''':. '' •'"' . ' " ' -• ' 10:-;
14. Ala*. Nv..x. - T!sts, Albert; / . 'rls*,, 1144 ' (10 . O.:W: Winner — . , ,-'' ', - '25,, .
lerYlW..l 3 qPier,. , , • ..•
_-_ ' .S.'• V - Eihnliliti"'' ' - ' '''' '' .• • —2l"
~...
Lon finery 4 Sainimai. Xl , ,..ll94ftritine, . • .Thetfaide of Mr.' Crane was withdrawn.
:Tii sT Nirls rff.. Day* ~ , - • • , • ,' ' ' itmom.tis'iainkr: '' '' -
igg
ni - qfalikOpk—B.P:M49lo,4t4oolesti:. `. ' -Ar.ito.:,.lSt 4.:t - •;:•.•••• • ••'
NortAttul iii 4 4,. Lo ~.,, :. ~; ,72t14' 04...;;;;;.'; . .
.Awry an Xranklin.r.,Tireen*liel4 ,',' , CIE' ''''Pr.,. Tnuirf : '.'.:: -. : - 4,
bart, William 13,. Stenger- . ..7 - .... ~„j. 1 - ",f- - i:l • • -zoitit,„,- --- .L -
tion.
Resolved, That the rules of the louse o
Representatives be adopted for the govern
ineut of this Convention as far as applies
ble.
The list of delegates wee called over am
the credentials of the following gentlemen
}yore handed in :
- •
MN=
I. Philadelphia—John P. Ahern.
11. " Wm. V. WGrath.
III," Charles Dougherty.
IV. " A. Di Boileau.
V.—Chester, Delaware and Montgomery
—Abraham H. Carn, B. Maker.
VI. Bucki*S. Darrab.
VII. Lehigh and Nortluun Mon —IV in.
Beidleman.
VIII. Berks—D. H. Scholl.
• .IX. Sehuykilb—James Ellis.
X. Carbon, Monroe. Pike and Wayne
R. M. Brodhead.
XI. Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyo
ming—Edward Flerridc, of Bradford.
XII. Luzerne—S. W. Keene. •
XIII, Potter, Tioga, H Keen and Clln
ton—R. R. Bridgens.
XIV. Lycoming, Union and Snyder—
Ed..
Balsler.
XV. Northumberland, Montour, Colum
bia and Sullivan—
XVL Dauphin and . Lebanon—Aaron J.
Shamtno.
XVII. Lancaster—James G. M . Sparran
Michael Malone.
XVI•II. York and .Cumberland—H
Manning. •
XIX. Adams and
,Franklin—Dr. A. P.
Dill.
XX. Somerset, Bedford . and Fulton—
John H. Uhl.
XXI. Blair, Huntingdon, Centre, MR
din, Juniata and Perry .7. -John U.Orvis.
Dr. D. Hook. • • • •
X XIL Cambria,.Ludiana and Jefferson—
R. L. jOinistou.
X,XL.V. Clearfield, Cameron, Clarion.
Forest anitElk—R. B. Brown.
XXIV. Westmoreland, Fayette and
Green—R. H. Phelan.
XXV. Allegheny—W. 11. Mechling and
James I'. Barr.
XXVI. Washington and Beaver—
XXVIL Lawrence, Butler and Arm
strong—G. N. Putney.
XX VIII. Mercer, Veuango and Warren
—Chas. Dinsmore. •
X XIX. Crawford and Erie—Seldeu Mar
vin. .
DouSahuyiki, lJ ohn Michael
ley Weaver, Charles
gherty
Somerset,. Bedford and . Fulton—J. W.
Blakeman, G. B. Keeper.
Susquehanna and Wyoming—E. B. liar
vey.
Flogs and Potter—A. Guernsey.
Venango and Warren-4. A. Neill.
Washington and Beaver—William flop
kins, Dr. John Weaver.
Wayne and Pike—Thomas 3..13:Ma..
York—J. Frank t he so
Mr.. Edsisenring offered e following
Beady al, "AS Committee equal to ono
for
egat e e ah fr o S m en e ao h r Senat o ri al
c D ted is by ic t th , .h
ap
pointed to select permanent °Ulcers for the
Convention, Agreed to, and the following
gentlemen were appointed:
Committee en Organkaffon.
1. 0 M Loisenring 17. J O M'elparran
2. Wm Steluhour Dr Martin
S. Thomas IT 0111 IA LI Manning
4. H xt.Cogsliall 19. Dr A 13 DIII
1.1. Col N M Ellis, M. 'IV Dickson
L H Davis 21. .1 Rinehart
O. J J Cornell I R Foust
7. F Z Heebner 22. James Klnir
N. Edwin ti ckle 21..1 Frank M'Nul t
U. John Buckley 24.. J A Marchand
10. T J Ham d.W Mechlhic
11. E 11 Manley Robert Liddell
12. F A Beautish Capt S B French
13. A M Benton 127. Col Wm Slnvell
14. John Platt 0.8. Chun Dinsmore
klvl3ol,Vrittrden FM Robinson.
Mr. Miller offered the following:
_Resolved, That a committee equal to one
for each Senator, to be selected by the del
egates from each Senatorial district of the
State, be appointed to draft resolutions ex
pressive of tbu views of this Convention.
and that all resolutions offered in this Con
vention he referred to this couunittee
without debate. Agreed to, mid the fol
lowing gentlemen were appointed :
tee,,aationr., _
17, H
Hays
Sans
Griedersorn
\V
IS. John (Ilbson
19. W S Steelier
M. .1 It lila
21. J 11 Orvls,
N M Woodcock
Yd Sloan
2.5ri. I/ 11 H.
Hoodlander
. It H Phelan
i. Jas 1. Burr,
Jim P Helsel
1. LCCorshlny
2 W V M'Clrat 11
3. ti D. Dougherty
I. A I) Boileau
5. Geo E Hageman
6.. J II Rhoden,
K 13 Helfeurleln
7. Wm 13eltiellion
8. Edwin Kindler
9. Jan Ellin
111. Cs Palmer
11, Ed Earrlelr„7r.,
12. S Woodward
13. Miles White
11..1 Googhler
15. Thor Chalfant
16 KF WCauley
Mr. Casslday moved that all resolutions
be referred as presented without being
read or debated, and that they be now pre
sented. Agreed to.
On motion, the Committee ou Permanent
Organization were given leave to retire to
a committee room, for the purpose of pre
senting permanent officers of this Conven-
Dr Juo Weaver
W 8 Black
Albert Price
deld.o Marvin
t on.
Mr. Trout moved that when this Con yen
tion adjourns it adjourns to meet again at
two o'clock, P. m. Agreed to.
Mr. Chalfant moved this Convention do
now adjourn. Agreed to.
And the chairman adjourned the Conven
tion until two o'clock, P. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was called to order at
two o'clock, P. N., by the temporary chair
man, Hon. CharlEs E. Boyle.
Mr. Gill, chairman of the Committee on
Perinanent Organization, made the follow
ing report
Pre3i4l.•rol.
HON. WM. H OPKI NS, Wushington.
fire Pro:idol3 :
Rohl L Ponlt Is 17. Michael Malone
S Oross Fry E S Met zger
Joseph S 1 libbs 74. Frank .1 l , l'tloo
n. Mai I. 1 lurwo.4l W. Kohl, M'Cleaf
5. Samuel hurrah '2l. Oeo'l: err,
1.1. A H Caro. A. Dr fl 1' Hook,
Faptj MI ilerShellheimer
7. Aaron Hess 22. 11..LJohnacm
li. D IL Scholl 'LI Col Wln Slrwell
B. John Buckley 121. James L Tuner
0, 'l` .7 Ham, ai. Isidore Coblens,
I. Harvey oieklerW 11 Madding
2. S I W
Keeue t.ll. Frank W lison
IL 1111, lirldgemi 27. hen S Putury
14. SS Barber
.7 12`.1
D . M C Trout
. W Hess 29. D Williams.
11. Aurou J Shamrno
Nerrdarie.v.
John P Ahern John I. Jacobs
Cleo A Coburn W Hl:trier
John M'Cormiek Capt,T F Singiser
John M'Closkey W S Stenger
tt K Hug man John H ]'.well
Col J li Baker 13 H. Foust
Col N ?A Ellis F Kuntz
J J Dillinger II K Sloan
Aaron Snyder John T Hindinan
Chas Dougherty It II Phelan
R M Brmlllead J. 13 Lyneh
Capt 0 H Antes .Cohn C Barr
J I. M'Collum iDr John Weaver
\V in P Furey 3 Frank M'Nutt
Edw Bottler [ Albert I'rlee
C S Murphy
Win K. Wilson • I Mellen! 11 Arbueltel.
meant -at ,A Ms—Samuel Carson.
:Assistant Sergeant-at-Aryls—Thos. Du
ran, Daniel J. Farren, Thomas Gillespie,
James O'Neill, Frank Zerbe, (too. Wart
man, James Pidgeon.
Mr. McMullen moved that the report ho
adopted. Agreed to unanimously.
Mr. Gill conducted the lion. William
IlOpktus, permanent President, to the
chair.
I& T. Shugart. 20
The name of D. H. Neiman wan with
drawn.
TIMM TIM:LOT.
A. D. Markley 43
Wm. M'Candleaa ~... ...... 33
Geo. W. Skinner 11
Lt „
S. T. Shugart .
The name of Geo. W. Skinner was with.
drawn.
, FOUR= lIALAOT. •
A. D. Markley aa
Wm. M'Candlosa. ' . 78
li. T. Shugart. la
General M'Candless receiving a majority
of votes was declared elected. • •
Mr.idolviullen moved the nom Illation be
made unanimous. Agreed to.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
tir a candidate for Surveyor-General , •
. _
FIRST 8AL .. L .. 0 . 2 ..........
......
10
Geo. Sanderson
Edward White 3
J. J. Spicer 5
W. Donnelly- ................. -....------27
11. Stewart. Wilson a 3 '
W. T. H. Pauley . S
John A. Morrison la
Thomas S. Brooks._ 9
Samuel lietterman......... I
J. H. Cooper.-- 15
W. Sirwell 3
The names of Messrs. White, epicer and
Col. Sirwell were withdrawn.
SECOND DA LLOT
IT. Stewart. Wilson
W. Donnelly. ......
ino. A. Morrison...
J. H. Cooper
100. Sanderson
W. T. 11. l'auley....
TlioS. S. Brooks
Samuel Ketterman
The names of Messrs. l'auley, Morrison.
Sanderson, Ketterman and Brooks were
withdrawn.
THIRD 10k . T.T.OT.
11. Stewart Wilson 07
W. Donnelly 49
J. H. Cooper 54
The name of H. Stewart Wilson way
withdrawn by Mr. M'Fadden.
FOB BTU BALLOT
W. Donnelly
Jj H. Cooper.—
Capt. Cooper having received a majority
of votes was declared nominated.
Oni motion the nomination was made
unanimous.
Mr. Cassiday, Chairman of the Committee
on Resolutions made the following report :
Resolved, That theDemocratie party Is in
fever of revising and amending the Consti
tution of the State, and, recognizing the
right of the people to be fully heard on a
eubject so vital to their interests, they do
hereby endorse the course of the Demo
cratic members of the Legislature in favor
of submitting at the next g'neral election
the question whether or net a State Con
vention should be called for that' purpose.
Resolved, That the persistent refusal of
the Republican party in the Legislature to
consent to a proper modification of those
provisions of the registry act relating to the
city of Philadelphia,:by which at least one
half of the electors of that city are utterly
deprived of representation in the election
boards,and fraudulent elem ion returns, for
gery and murder encouraged, must be
condemned by every just man and ought
to be rebuked by the ballot of 'every up
right-citizen.
Resolved, That the action of the Demo.
cratic• majority of the Senate of Pennsyl
vania upon the Apportionment bill and the
Philadelphia Registry Law meets our un
qualified endorsement and ought to receive
the approbation of every citizen who values
fair representation and pure elections.
Resolved, That the force and bayonet
bills recently enacted by Congress are gross
attacks upon the reserved rights of the
States, destructive of the elemental princl-
ples of civil liberty, Intolerable to a free
people, centralizing in tendency and should
be forthwith repealed.
Resolved, That the language of Senator I
Carl Schurz in his St. Louis speech, where
in ho says: " I consider it one of the most
pressing need of our days that we should
return to the sound practice of Constitu
tional Government. The safeguards of our
common rights and liberties contained in
the Constitution are too sacred and valua•
We a boon to be permanently jeopardized
in providing for a passing emergency. It
Is time that the American people open their
'eyes to the dangerous character of this ten
dency. and that neither a great name nor a
an object appealing to our sympathies
should be permitted to disguise it. As for
me, I have seen the working of ir
responsible power and personal govern
ment in other countries and may assure
my constituents unit wane I am a
of this Republic! I shall struggle to the last
gasp against its introduction here," was
but the utterance of well-known and fre
quently announced Democratic doctrine.
Resolved, That the public debt is binding
upon the Nation, and must be paid; and
that wo are unalterably opposed to any and
all movements looking towards rep:Win
ton direct or indirect, but in justice to the
laboring and producing classes the rate of
interest thereon Shenk' be reduced at the
"earliest practicable date.
Resolved, That the Democratic party, is
opposed to the existing system of federal
taxation and finance, ruinous as it is in its
effects upon the laboring, producing, min
ing, manufacturing interests of the people
,and the, fruitful source of "hard tunes,"
poisons' indebtedness and individual
bankruptcy. •
Besdlocui, That labor and capital have no
just cause of antagonism, that we deprecate
strife between these two great forces - and
earnestly seek to place the laborer and the
capitalist on such a platform as will enable
both to amicably adjust their dillerences;
and we aro unalterably opposed to the im
portation of a servile race for the purpose
of degrading the standard and lowering
the position of the laboring men of the na
tion.
Resolved, That WO recognize the binding
obligation of all the provisions of the Con
stitution of the United States as they now
exist, and we deprecate the discussion of '
issues which have been settled in the man
mer and by the authority constitutionally
appointed.
Resolved, That we are for a government
rigorously frugal and simple, applying all
the possible saving of the public revenue to
the discharge of the
: National debt and op
posed to a multiplication of officers and sal
aries, merely to make place for partisans
and forincreasing by every device the pub-
lic debt.
Resolved, That the continuance by alte
'publiban Congress of the income tax, when
the same is atleast of doubtful constitution
ality, and the necessity therefor has long
since ceased. to *ambit, is - an exercise of a
power oppreFedve to the people, and a gross
.vlolation of their, rights and interests.
Resolved, That the present tariff is, in
many of its features, Oppressive, and should
be revised, and that we - herewith request
our. Representatives in Congress, when the
tariff shall be the subject of readjustment,
to see that 'the immense products of the
'State and its industries are properly cured
for.
Resolved, That the soldiers and sailors of
Pennsylvania are entitled to and should
receive at the bands of the national •gov
ernment a prompt recognition of their
claims to a proper and just equalizatipu of
the bounties, in land as well as Money,.
granted for their patriotic services in' the
late war for the supremacy of the Union
and the Constitution.
Resolved, That we unanimously endorse
the nominations this day made, and pledge
ourselves to a cordial support of the candi
dates.
Mr:Ellis moved the resolutions be adop
ted as reported to the Convention, with the
exception of the ninth resolution. Agreed
to.
Mr. Orvis moved the resolutions be
taken up and passed upon seriatim. Not
agreed to.
The report. with the exception of the
ninth resolution, was unanimously agreed
to.
The question then recurring on the adop
tion of the ninth resolution, a lengthy and
spirited discussion was had, which was
participated in by Messrs. Miller • John
ston, iCettermam Stenger and Cassiclay, In
favor, and Messrs. Orvia, Boyle and Ileni
man against it.
On the adoption of the ninth resolution
the yeas and nays were required, and were
—yeas 76: nays 53—aud the resolution was
adopted.
Mr. Cassiday also reported the following
resolulion :
The committee to whom was referred
resolutions providing for the better orga
:dratted of th'il 'party in the State beg leave
to offer thefollowing report and recent.
mend its adoption by the Convention :
• • First. The conduct of all campaigns shall
be under the immediate charge of a State
Executive Committee to be composed of
nine members to be selected as follows :
!Second. The Chairman of said Exeou.
tiVe Cominittee shall be chosen by the.
State Convention and his. eight associates.
shall be selected by the said Chairmaniand
the nominees of the Convention for State -
•silleemi add they shall, as far as practicable
, be chosen, three from the west, three from
the,central and three from the eastern' por
tions' of the State.
•
Third. That the Chairman of the teepee
live Cpunty,Committeee of the State
compOse a Chilling* to be known as the
(101 14ral State CoMmittee, and the said Gen.
, erid State Committee shall meet at such.l
'times and pitmen Mt - may be designated by,
the:State Executive .Committee,l aud the
chairman of the State Executive Coinnilt*,
'shall 'preside at all such meetings. •
Fourth. All vacancies .in the .said State
r Executive Committee shall be filled by the'
Chairman tied the reMalning members of
' the'said - COMmittee;
Mr.,Eills offered the following: •• .
Resolved, The.Gonvention now proceed
.to the election of a Chairnian of the State
.Executive Committee.
' The following named gentlemen were
nominated: •
W. A. Wallace, of Clearfield.
W. MTis Asit..ol schnyLkill. '•
J. p..Davis,,of Perks...
Plolett of Bradford.
.
thanklito Ms friends'
, A)
.. ..
for placing hlid ferthe
Chairmanship of the t3tateiflxemitive Com
mittee, but most reepeetfuh,y, 4044 10 4
bee to
=Wichita.. ,
The ramie of 2,'Vlolett Wes '
drawn. . •
The Conventien,neXt.P.reeernen in, it 1 ,91 *.
lot for Chairman of the State Yawn Iva
Committee, when W.' A. Wallace received
Biltirotes and W. M. Rending° voten. , . Mr.
Walla°. receiving A majority of the votes
cast was declared elected Chairmen of the
State F.:keel:the Committed. '' ' .",,
Mr. McFadden moved that the election
of Mr. • Wallace be made unaulmouti
Agreed for
M. Boyle nroVlid' that tt CoMmittee.of
three be appointed• ta3.wait upon the candi
dates and request them to address the Con.
ventlon. Agreed to.
Messrs. Boyle, Petniqr anti nolloacr wore
appointed said. Committee.: ~.
After a few minutes absence the Com- ,
mittee returned and prokented General
William fireandleas and Captain Cooper,
the nominees, who were received with
demonstrations of the highest delight on
the part of the onvention.
Capt. Cooper, C
the nominee for Surveyor-
General, said that ha had always recog
nized the orders of his superior oillwr, and
as General M'Candless had asked him tri
speak first he would do the best he ooultL
tie was no speech-maker, and therefore,
would content himself with the grateful
duty of returning his sincere thanks to the
Convention for toe honor conferred upon
him, and he was now ready to go to work
and achieve a victory at the polls, which
lie had no doubt would be the result in Oc
tober nett.
General 14'0111,11cm said hojoined his
comrade, Capt. Cooper, with all his heart
in returning his sincere and heartfelt
thanks for the honor the Convention had
conferred upon thorn both, by. making
them the standard bearers of the great
Democratic party in this Commonwealth
during the campaign just inaugurated—a
contest for the supremacy of the great
party to which he was proud to belong. It
is true that Captain Cooper and himself bad
gone through campaigns on quite another
field of warfare, whore they had poured
out their blood like water In defense of the
supremacy of the laws and Constitution of
their common country, but, even in those
trying times, those campaigns worn not as
important, or so vital to the liberties of the
people as the contest now opened before
them, when by Federal encroaehments,
through a profligate Congress, they were
threatening the very citadel of our liberties.
He said : I see before me the represents
fives of at least a quarter of a million of
freemen of this State. I see before me an
army of white freemen who are advancing
to grapple with those living issues that,
like principles, are eternal.
It is but a week ago since I stood in
those halls anti heard the annunciation,
front the lips of my opponent, Dr. Stan
ton, of a charge which was a slander upon
the pure and patrioti en c m
their cou ntry had r..
filed everything to defend n
in her hour of need. But such statements
need no other refutation than the fact that
both his colleague, Captain Cooper, and
himself were here, against whose charac
ters no tongue of slander dare wag, for
their record is spotless in all the relations
of citizens or soldiers. He commended
the action of Governor Geary in his rebuke
to the administration and to the Radical
party, when be, the Governor took ground
against the Federal interference of the Gen
eral Government in the elections of the
peaceful citizens of Philadelphia last Fall,
and said that these usurpations had become
so glaring that even a Governor of the great
State of Pennsylvania had to minister a
rebuke to them in the hope of staying the
tendency of that party to centof a ralizion of
power and the establishment military
despotism in this country. After again
titan king the Convention for the high honor
conferred upon him, he retired, amid the
applause of the members of the Couvention,
who were vociferous in their demonstra
tions of approbation'of the General's re•
marks. •
After which the Convention on motion
adjourned sine.
ROLOFF•S TIIEORY OF LANGUAGES
A Letter from the 31Eurderer.
As regards the theory of languages for
which Rule' obtained so much notoriety,
it may best be shown hi his own language
as follows:
IlistnlANyrox, Jan. lath, 1871.-:-I ;have
never yet published one word in refutation
of error or falsehood circulated by the Vress
in connection with my name. It is not illy
r ....1...., now. I prefer, Kit so please,
to remain as .nerotoio,e, muninuerswou
and unknown, an object of indiscriminate
slander, reproach and execration. lint,
strange as it may seem '
no man this day upon
God's earth has lived with a higher object
than myself, and few have accomplished a
mor d
e esirable result. Though laboring
under every disadvainage, I have steadily
persisted: and even now a few :words may
bo said by way of insuring success to the
work upon which my health; ply Strength
and all the beet energies of my life have
been expended—that is, my work TIPP ,
"Method in the Formation of Language. '
That work may now have to be published
without being completed. It contains, in
the form of a regular treatise, most of the
leading principles connected with the for
mation of methodical lariguago. Its de
sign was at once to furnish 5,000 illustrative
examples. But the examples not being as
yet arranged, the application of the princi
ples without the examples maynot be easily
seen ; and to prevent the rejection of the
work on that or any similar account is the
object of the following remarks:
Fundamental facts in relation to the sub
ject are these: From the .four and twenty,
letters of an ordinary alphabet, without
sonic special method, such elegant, copious
and euphonious languages as are now in
use cannot possibly be formed. At a very
remote period the wants of advancing civil
ization, begetting' the necessity for such a,
language, a correspohding method vvatette
vistal. That method. was in the highest de- i
gree elegant, philosophical and arttstic.—
Admitting of numerous• applications; and I
being the only truly 'philosophic method of
which thetniteectiittauseeptible, allthelead,
ing languages of the human•race haVe I
since been formint often it; as the anoletitt,
Greek, Latin,' Sanscrlt, Hebrew, Ara;
hie, Celtic,, Ge.rinan,•. French, ..Engll.4lAc., , j
Ots. The knowledge of the method 1 ,
was for a Tong time preserved as tilsearet. 1
It was peculiarly. in possession. of the ,
priests. It was. known only to the initia
ted, and never taught to the people at large.
Unless still preserved in some secret order
it is dow entirely unknown. My manu
script is probably the only work in etia
tence which contains anything like a boil
nected statement ef its leading principles.
The knowledge of these principles. is of'
the utmost importance to, the ceases of ed
ucation, entirely changing the charactei t of ,
philological study as a means of mental , dls
elpilne. In languages formed upen this plan,
words are not merely arbitrary signs ! Thy
are signs, each of which IS specially and 'I
appropriately &valet:ult. Theft' signifi- . 1
canoe depends upon certain,artiatio reLa-.1
tions,eyerywherepervadingtheir structu j e.
Tho possibility of such a Strttethre depends ,
upon roots inisceptililtkOPtchange, without
loss of identity. ...Such roots and the mode
of their manipulation are certainty un
known . the modern philologist- Rupp
and others merely observe ttietpresemoi. of
similar forma in different languages,,or o ,
they merely trace the course of such forms
from one language to another. • They'd° .
not - show their origin any. By. the
knowledge of those roots the very origin of
particular words is rendered as perfectly
plain and familiar as it we had made thein
ourselves. i
,• • ' •
The foregoing examples aro hero un
avoidably presented In a detached form;
but they shoW the great fad Ma reenatka
ble oceurrence of the same elementa
morons words of analagpua meaning. When
mature consideration has convinced that
the etymology of these words is precisely
arthere stated, and that we do In this way
attain to the very origin even of such words
as here given, the mystery of the forrnation
of language is' at once and forever die
pelted. And when it is realized that these
same words are on every hand connected
with others by artistic relations distinCtly
assignable, and that these relations are
everywhere in harmony with logical rein
tiona in the world around us, pro foundad
nitration Is felt for the union of philoslophi
cal propriety . and of artictie elegance;
°logical s y tud la p
seen to be capab h l laced in a new lig e t; and
the restored art is uow,
as in days gone by, of dxciting the deepest
Interest, even in the youthful nand, and
hence of subserving the highest purposes iu
Cho cause of education
Respectfully,
. • . .. .
. . , *iii.!fttidyglailpellDOCrillf.- ,
The Cincinnati Esquirei - 'Sneaks' as 'fot 2
load of Vallartdigithir?s reattlutions t , '.. •' -
There .are matters. in the Montgomery.
txtunty resolutions which, It very
very safe, to.
say, will not receive the approvalof the
State' Convention ; and •*h .3h should , not
receive its endorsement. They have faults,
of omission end eourmission. They evince.
a desire to 401 with the wind, and as near
1 the water as possible without' getting wet..
•
The Democracy. every Where believe ,:that
the Constitution; wee altered by, fiaud.arel•
force, and do not, Intend to 'be 'Mealy.'
Shuttled; in theirexprinaion of tbe outrage, 1
*ltateSS• theylitty agree • npori .at; to.hows. I
'the' amendments 'should. he .treated, in the .
fetal* for the sake a saving, if .possible,
What isleft ,of •.emuttitationaL llherty.l,.Thie
Denson:ay - wilt .not :epee, :that gl , ..bondli'
shall be Todd lir..gold,lhat. Will inSisflhat
WM.! -be ;Paid 1 4 greenhacka4 . that a
sumcient” number - of
shall beissued, not more, thtUT't riae ' ht lll-
tired iSllions in• ttmOunt.,• for that , isetnply.
euffielentAtith-thereienbein hand and in
process of reception, Spay off all the five-.
ThetatakaWanms tailmtbasioAnced
the doeil.freight to the taelfrau "owe be,
.fore thestrike. • •,, t) •
Orty"ninielittoo at' Day.
ow 'Ohio: " •
nee, C.lpiarlig:Lietlitailmenin. for a
ZlOWnentliSiornn en antsPort.of the Res.
DAVrok, 17.-- 3 The Mentgoinery
County' Convention' 'Met tccdtty..' PI
ohe . pereens were prosentillicludinglialf It
dozen lebilone Republicans.. I 3 I)ologstav to
the State Convention were appointed.. Val
landiglmm,fronx the Coeur:Moo ou llesp.
Inlione, reported the•following resolutions
prepared by himself :,
WIII:6E/01,. 'rho Deinonrntle
'party of
1871; la made up of men who,' previous to
and during the late wars as also for a tllne
since, entertained totally different opinions
and supported totally opposite measures,
as to the questions and Issues of those
times ; and •
NVIIEURAe, It Is reasonable to assume
that these same men still entertain to a large
extent their several opinions, and would
if in llke circumstances, support again sub
stantially the sane measures ; and .
Witxtexas, A rational toleration among
Men resolved to unite in a present corn •
mon-purpose, does not rime ire a surrender
in any particular, of fernier opinions, or
any acknowledgment of error in to Mea
sures heretofore supported ; therefore, boil
Br:mired, ply the Deitioeraey of Monk
gotnery county
Ist. ' That agreeing to disagree In all re
spects as to the past, we cordially unite
upon the living issues of the day, and here
by invite alt men of the Rep blierui party
who believe now upon the present issues
as we believe—to co-operate fully and ac
tively with us upon the basis of perfect
equality with every member of the Demo
cralle party.
2nd. That waiving all differences of oin
ion as to the extraordinary means by which
they were brought about, we accept the
natural and legitimate results of the war,
so far as waged for its ostensible purpose
to maintain the Union and Constitutional
rights and powers of the Federal tiovern
moot—lncluding the three several amend
ments de facto to Ow COl3MtiLUtlOll, recently
declared adopted, as a settlement in feet, of
all issue's of the war, and acquiesce In the
same as no longer Issues before the coun-
try.
St.l. That thus burying out of sight all
that is of the dead past; namely the right
of secession, slavery, inequality before the
law and political equality; and further,
now that reconstruction is complete and
representation within the Union restored to
all the States, waiving all questions as to
the means by which it was accomplished
we demand that the vital and long-estab
lished rule of strict construction as pro
claimed by the Democratic fathers,., ac
cepted by statesinen„of all parties previous
to the war, and embodied in the tenth
amendment, to the Constitution, he vigor
ously applied now to the Constitution us i p
Is, including the three recent- amendments
above referred to, and insist that these
amendments shall not be held hi have, In
any respect, altered or modified tho.orig-
Mal theory and character of the Federal
Uovernment as designed and taught by its
founders and repeatedly, in the early Ulnas,
in later times and all times, affirmed by
the Supreme Court of the United Staten;
but only to have enlarged the powers dele
gated to it and to that extent and no more,
to have abridged the reserved rights of the
States; and that as thus construed accord
ing to these:ancient and wolf-establialied
rules, the Democratic party pledge itself to
the full, faithful and absolute execution
and enforcement of the Constitution` as It
now ls, so as to secure equal rights to all
'persona under It without distinction of
race, color or condition.
4th, That the absolute equality of each
and every State within the union Is a fun
damental principle of the Federal govern
ment, and that no department of that gov
ernment has power to expel a State from
the Union or to deprive it, under any pre
text whatever, of its equal rights therein,
including especially the right of full and
complete representation in Congress and
In the Electoral College.
sth. That we will always cherish anti up
hold the American system of !State and
i local self-government for State and local
purposes, and of the general government
for general purposes only, and are unalter
ably opposed to all attempts at the central
ization and consolidation of power ill the
handa of the general government,' and
' more especially when such attempts we in
.the form of usurpation by any department
a... ,-.,,,,r,,,.,,t.: and further that we
adhere firmly to the principles of main-
mining a perfect independence between the
co.-ordinate departments of that govern
ment,--the Legislative, the Executive and
- the Tudicial--condemning • all encroach
' meats by one upon the functions of the
others.
6th. That outside of the fundamentallaw 1
all legislation is In Its nature and purposes 1
temporary and subject to change, modifi
cation or repeal at the will of a majority o f 1
the people, expressed through the hitt
, making power and that the pretense that
i any act of Congress not executed and spout
or any, legislative policy of a party is an
absolute finality, hi totally Inconsistent
with the Whole theory of republican goy
t enament, and that it is the uuquestionable
right of the people, of themselves and
through their representatives at each sue
ceasive election, and in each atioeeaaiVe
•Congress, to judge of what legislation is
1 proper and appropriate , to carry into exe
cution or enforce the constitutional powers,
I rights and duties of the Federal govern
ment- -
7th. That, as an instance of the eminent
h. appropriate legislation under the four
' teenth amentlinent,ln the name of wisdom,
justice and republican government to se
cure
universal political rights and equality
among both the white and colored people j
of the UnitedlStates, to the end that we may
have peace at, last, we call now, as well on I
behalf of the North as of the South, upon
Cimigress for tinlYersal amnesty. "
:Bth._ That we are in favor of the payment
-of the public debt at the earliest practlea•
hie moment, consistent with moderate tax.
titian and the more effectually to secure 1
• and hasten payment, we demand the strict- j
strict
est bopesty and economy in every part of I
the administratiou of the government.
oth. That we are in favorer such revenue
• reform as will greatly simplify.the manner
of and reduce the number of officers. en
gaged in collecting madisborsing the rev
n
uee and largely diminish the now enor
mous expense of the Government and. the
annoyance and vexation to people attend
ing the same; and further, will make the
burden - sof taxation equal uniform and just,
and no greater than the necessaries of the
Government economically administered
shall require.
10th. - That we aro in favor of a searching
and adequate reform in the civil serVitar of
the government seas to secure faithfulness, '
honesty and efficiency in all its Lief - Idles,
add In-eitrry officer and appointee connect
ed witli it. .
jlth. That we are, le favor of a strictly
revenue tariff &nformed to the theorrand
principles of all other Just and wise tax
laws.--
12th. That all taxation ought to be Lowell
Ma Wealth itditead of population, and that,
every person should be required to oon
_tribute to the aupport of the government in
proportion to the amount and not with
referencelo the Character of his property.
1.13 th. That specie is the basis for all sound
-currency, and that the true policy requires
as,speedy a return to that basis as is practi-,
cable without' distress to the debtor classed
people:
14th.. That there is no, necessary or ir
repressible conflict between labor and cap
ita, that without capital or consolidated
wealth no country can flourish; that capi
tal is.e_stltled to Just and equal protection
of the Taws, and that all men, whether act
lug-Individually or ima commute capaeity,
!men the-right by fair land honest meals,
and not for the purpose of wrong or op
pression, to so use their property as to in
crease and consolidate to the utmost extent
within their power; but, conceding all'
this, we declare our cordial sympathy and
co-operation with the producers and work
ing men df the country who make and
'move all capital, and who only Hoek by
Just and necessary insane to protect them
selves against oppressive exactions of cap
'lntl and teamellorate their oondition and
dignify their calling.
13th, Titatwe aro totally and resolutely
oppdse4l6 tbogrant of any more of the
public - lands, the property of the people of
the States, to corporations for railroads or
other., purposes, holding that those lands
ought to be devoted as homesteads to' ac
tufa' kettle - re; or Bold in small quantities to
-individuals at a price so laid as to induce
, ?speedy occupation and settlement.
11th. That, holding still to the good old
150nd:octane doctrine -of annexation or ac
quisition of territory,.we areyet totally op-
IF°sed to the scheme of President Grant to
a•Wille San Domingo as a Job; and' by.
Weans and Tor peril see . evidently so lin
lentlecLand accept the Wanehas,tender
ad in his late message, submitting flo,aub-
Ject tO decision of the people. '
"17th. , That the act OOMm only called the.
"Bayonet Bill" recently , passed. y, eon
areas amendatory, to the act of May 31,1870
and stipplernenWyln the act of' J 613! 144,
1870, andall so intended and cOntrived,
as to:interferewithald.practOally subvert'
free popular elections in, all the Slates, stib-•
Jecting theni to theabsolute control:through
the militarV power wheneveS fortth ..
:of the .Presidentand Commander- in lqhltik:
for , the, time being of ',the land and naval,
roreca ofthe i shed States; and the more
'recent act of Congress commonly . balled the
Ku-lihrs. Bill 'extending by Na terms to
every State; inlauneddling with the exebil.
sively local concerns of every State; an
thinisht g the Pritslant, upon the existence
of a &maid= ,of things to be ascertained
L and determined by, himself, and in the
exercise Or his 'sole ludgenent; "to sue.
pond the writ of habeas - corps./fin Onto:
-. .orpasee,And to march the standing;
_army
intoany lstate, and deCiare mardaS haw..
,
eiti St Ida'own wilrand'Pleitsurerithas.
subverting! thb:entirenivil , poweo Jegia 'II4F
E. 11.
RATE or ADVERTISING.
MINIUM kaysntroridarerfflo2 . a Year
sqtuire of ten lines; por year for each a
tional square.
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acti 1 1 ' °3 tu-
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t cants por Itue. •
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titre, exectutlie end Miele,/ In :that State;
deterring the,freedeul of 'pooh. and or the
press and the peatioshie•aasimbling of the
people of the State, and subJeetlnx ovary
person of milltar3rf artest,, trial and execu
tion; worn ettaeted. fox, no other purpose
than to obniplote the Contrallantlon of all
the . power fn 1110 tianidalor the general gm ,
ornuienVcistabllsh a military despotism.
anti thus perctuato the present admitils •
trillion with tit regard to the Will of the
pepole, end not onlyinconsletent with
the %lull° theory ud ohamoter of the Mal
oraliteverutuent . and revolutionary
toil
dangeroter In nature; but In direct conflict
with the spirit and letter of the Constitu
tion, tneltlng t 110.• amendments which
they proton to enforce.
18th: That the Radical party of 1871, as
now constituted; is not the Republioan
party of the period previous to the war, itor
the so called Union party during lino war,
and Is In no reaped entitled to begthe
Ile oontldenee:Vosuult ; that it is Ito w only
nwAtimiuistratlou or timid party, dating
back Le - March 4, 1869,' and to bo judged by
Mitecord shtee, and that upon that record,
totally : hostile to the doctrines and pollutes
herein uutiMained, and wholly committed
to the policies and doctrines herein de
nounced, it deserves the emphathi
condmn
natiott of the people. •
In reporting the resolutions ' from the
Committee Mr. Vidlandigham said :
These resolutions, Mr: President,
unfit
olontly explain themselves. Thu princi.
pies and policies there min:tented require
the benefit censure of those only whose
hostility is sincere. Carping criticism we
both expect and condemn. 'For more than
two years past the bitter and bloody pas
sions of the war have been gradually but
steadily and slimly dying nut Continual
and irreeoncliable disoeneions upon new
issues are necessarily born of to-day, anti
the bitter personal discord among the mon
of the Republican party who had stood to
gether on the questions of the past, inevi
tably followed.
The Democratic party wisely remained
silent or confined itself` to these new Issues.
The Republican party Inc iug fulfilled Its
original mission was rapidly falling Into
decay. Moderation, justice anti peace were
becoming, to Its more violent loaders, the
sentence of death. 'rho administration
party, into which, since the fourth of
March, Ititie, it has been wholly trunsforred,
had begun, from eaUaeS thoroughly ler
stood, to bo tedious and oven intelerable to
the people.
Upcin the issue of amnesty, of honesty
in the Legislative and Facoutive Depart
ments, of the tariff, of revenue and civil
service reform, or land grants to corpora•
netts, of the currency, taxation, San Do
mingo and all other similar questions, it,
was ooriplu to be condemned, anti necessity
requireil that Bottle decisive movement
should be made to avert the Impending
defeat. Not the statesmen but the more
politicians, the syeophants of the party,
the parasites clinging to and deriving nr
tore solely from executive favor, Were
called into council. These Bourbons of the
present hour, the men who forgot nothing,
learn nothing, resolved upon ono morn ap
peal to the expiring passions and preju
dims of their {artisans—the war-cry of the
past. If civil war in fact conk' not again
ho inaugurated, civil war, In form, with all
its Legislative and Executive machinery
and all its political appliances must be re
newed in every State to secure first the
re-nomination and next the re-election of
Demerol Grant. The belligerent protium
ciatuento wont forth. The bloody blast of
the war-bugle was again sounded.
A distinguished Senator, tho confidentittl
adviser and main support of the Presi
dent himself ,a consummate partisan loader,
but powerful In proportion to the unskill
fulness and cowardim of his foes, was put
forth as the Mild fomenter of this now cru
sade. But I say to him and to all behind
him, that the hoar has now come when
neither he nor they can ho permitted to
provoke or dictate issues for the Doino•
erotic party, or to ignore those which the
revolving years and changing condition of
the country necessarily bring forth.
That which since 1865 luta been but a ques
tion of time, Is now upon us. The auspici
ous moment, the golden opportunity, the
tide In the affairs of men to be taken et the
flood, has now in my deliberate judgment
reached us, when the DeMocratie party of
to-day, laying aside every Weight and
shaking from' it the dead body of the past,
yet adhering to its ancient principles,
tutid must at ong bound place itself upon Dm
vantage ground of the present, and defy Its
enemies - to battle upon the living issues of
the bour. .
• It Is the purpose of those resolutions to
establish, the Deinocratic party of Mont
gomery County openly and squarely upon
Una Orin cant Inaprogaalito beats. Tacitly
.and lu fact, we have stood upon it for the
past two years, and victory has 'deathly
been Mire. Confident lam that wo shall
meet a prompt and very porch& response
from our brethren elsewhere and every
where id this and other States. Personally,
I care not for denntuilation. or unjust criti
than 'OM .any quarter. Upon the fullest.
deliberation and ample" counsel with the
wits and bravo mon of the party, I take the
responsibility. With prideand 'pleasure I
add, too, that as these resolutions are tie
fruit, of the joint labors stud counsels of the
Oebtlemeti assnelated *Rh me hero othottie,
so also this movement meets their hearty
concurrence.
It Is not a new departure, but ri return ti
the restoration of the Democratic party onee
more to the ancient platform of progress
anti reform, estOlishing the great fact Lint
that party, like everything else in mann,
intended to endure, • tmpable or adapting
itself to the perpetual growth and change,
which belong alike to the political and phys
ical world and retain yet intact the origi
not principles and laws of its being.
. Moreover, an to the movement here, we
all bear witne ss that in. it there is nothing .
of a merely personal character, either I
advance M. to hinder any , member Ofthe
Democratic party anywhere ;,,nothing ex •
cept the earnest end fixed purpose to pro
mote the welfare of the whole party, and
with it, of the whole country.
On %notion of Mir. Thompson, the rosolti
thins wero adopted by acclamation.
Convention then adjourned.
The PenneyTvlihisi Raillieonarte Grasp of
tho New Jemsey, Roods.,
•
It has already, been stated that the Penn
Sylvania Railroad Cetripany's attempt to
obtain edntrol of the 'New Jersey railroads
reaching from Philadelphia to New York
—has so far succeeded as that the Join
board 'of directors of the united railroad
companies, in their session at Trenton, N.
J., has approved, by a vote of le to U, the
lease negotiated with the I'onnsylvania
Railroad Company, and recommended it
to the stockholders for their endorsement.
All the directors wore present except two
—lion. Tiamillen I , lBli, who is represented
es favoring the Tease, and Mr. Richards, a
State director, whose viewaarp not known.
,It was decided not to call a meeting of the
stockholdere to ratify the lease, as It was
thought War, an undue excitement would
be rahßki. • committee was anpointod to
solicit the votes °I DA stockholders, before
Whoni a atiecinet statement of 'the terms
of Tease wdrati. to.laid. The entire prop
.orty of the United .Cornpaules is demised
for the rent of 81,1748,00, equal to ij le
'per' ghare;' payabbh quarterly. To per
fetiVithe lasse' so • Froposod, the assent of
• two-thirds of, the entire 'stock. of each of the
three companies coMposing the United
Companies is required. The capital of the
Nevv Jersey Railroad is represented by
02,500. shares; consequently the assent of
41,667 shares must be given. The capital
of the Camden and Amboy is represented
by 60,000 'Mares, requiring for approval the
assent of 33,334 shares. The capital of the
Delaware and Raritan Canal Is represented
by 49,906 shares; requiring for approval the
assent of 33,331 'thorns./ The ~Yart has here
tofore explained that the canal, If the lease
be perfected, is to be turned over by the
Pennsylvania Central to' he Reading Rail
road Company.
BRiDTPTOUT, Coen., May Z3.—An affray
oectired In this city on Saturday night be
tween a party of roughs and Mr. Nicholas
Sanger, keeper of u lager-boor saloon. It
appears that the gang entorod Banger's sa
loon as he was about closing the placo fur
We night.
After using InsultLndlanguage and mak
ing yarions threats they demanded to be
supplied with liquor, which was refused
them, and they wore requested to leave.--
Instead of complying, ouo of the rufilans
seized a chair and commenced to demolish
Mr. Sanger's windows, and, un Ws calling
to the police for assis tance, ho received a
torribleblow upon the temple from an arm
chair in the hands of doodler of the party.
The police arrived upon tho spot and sue•
wetted In arresting the whole of the rioters
who were removed to the station-house.
Mr. Sanger continued in an unconscious
condition until three o'clock yesterday af
ternoon, when he expired.
Six of the, parties concerned In the out
rage were bald committed to await the re
snit of the•cdroner's inqnest. Tho dammed
bore au txxcellent character and. was deserv
edlypopulaytspeetally among his CI erinan
fellow-eltlpins. •
1 V .Trouble In 14pnln.
May 22.-To -day's session of
the Spanish Cortex was exceedingly stormy.
Tho 'Radiants preseliti3d a resolution for the
eatablishtriont of a Itopnlilio, and tho Carl
ista submitted a motion declaring the elec.-
tion.of Kltig Amadeus yold, and that Don
;Derlos, of Spain, 18,1,hp rightful king. The
Macuesion as long awl excited, but finally
,the Corte adjourned without a vote upon
- cither proposition.
` ',ChiCago is a fl i nty City; The author-
IWO !'" LC,' passeordinance, forbidding
funeral foc'et3slosiff from' stopping at
saloons'liquor ,up on, their return from
the Cam titles. 'lt appears that this or
tAinatfOe, Is' persistently disregarded, and
AM) ‘ a bst.'neWspars are now hotly
diae t qlie. question,' whether the
1a,(61.t atly, authority to make
Au " '6,llltti co • •