pitisburo TUESDAY MOIINVG - MARCII 2D, 1864 The Democratic State Gonvection We have already published tho proceed ings of this body of political doctors:: The Philadelphia Age, in speaking of those proceedings, Gaya that "the utmost harmo ny prevailed in the Convention, and they (the members,] disposed promptly of the business for which they assembled." The Av. being the Democratic -organ of the Stele, we accept as truthful its smtement concerning the harmonious action of the Convention. That body being composed of delegates representing the Democracy of every senatorial and representative district in the State, and those dele gates ,haring acted with the "utmost harmony," the party is thus commit ted to the policy they adopted. We need, therefore, Look for no split, no bolting, in the ranks of our opponent' There Is "harmony" between them. In this they have followed the example of the Ohio 'Democracy/who, notwithstanding expressed differences of opinion, found no difficulty in adopting a platform upon which they could all stand. Indeed, the Democracy everywhere is just now striving to con aolidato its broken ranks and thus make success dark:lg the coming campaign a passifik event. To secure this consolidation, they are willing th concede here a little and there a little of Individual opinion—the =seem of the party being of vastly more. importance to 'the loaders than any asser tion Of principle whatever. The proceedings of the Philadelphia Con minden furnish striking evidence of the truth of this last assertion. Fortunately .for the tltdcgotes, there were so oandhloter to be nominated for State offices, and they were thus spared the perplexity which would have "arisen had they been compelled to *hoes, war or peace Democrats for their standard bearers. What they trout! have done, if oompelled to do anything, we know fall well; but, se no ticket was required of them, they gained somewhat by not sheeting their hands. To improve this advantage, a net of resolutions was adopted which beg the whole question of a platform of princi ples by granting permhoion to the dele• gates to the Chicago Convention to I' 0 o for any batch of principles thatnesy seem at the time beet calculated to ••elect a President" of the Democratic persuasion. There are three of these resolutions, and they might well have taken the syllogistic form: Wher,., The Democratic party of the State or Pectr.sylrania acknowaedges no principles of political faith at the present time but the spoils of calico, and Whereas, General Gean•ie Lt. MCCLELLAN thinks precisely as we do, therefore &yoked, That we are in favor of General GEDEGE B. MeCesta.ts as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. But although the intention of eke Con vention to ignore all principle, cc, in the end, to adopt any principle for the sake of success, was openly avowed, the .mina. of the Convention could not be concealed. While it denounced A Willi ill LINFL.LN and his administration of the Government, it hid not one word of condemnation of the Infernal rebellion which has drenched this fair land with the blood of thou sands of our neighbors and friends, cans-. ed the tears of widows and orphans to fall like rain, and burdened our children' and our children's children with an-'im mense national debt. The party which can deliberately Ignore the cause of this great war, and which heaps curses upon the heads of those who arc (Ling all that hu. man wisdom sae do to preserve the Govern manta our fathers from total destruction, may be loyal cud patriotic, but we do not see IL Removal of the State Capital The, projeot of removing the State capi tal' from Harrisburg to Philadelphia Is mooting with more favor from the members of the present Legislature than we bed thought possible. The Harrisburg corre spondent of. the North American, of Friday, says that the feeling in favor of the removal of the capital to Philadelphia is increaaing among the country members, and if a Tote could be taken now the bill wood be car ried. The notion that the morale of legielators and the purity of legialatioa are beat pre served by locating the scat of government of states and na.ions at distances removed from great commercial centres, has long ago been proved r to be fallacious. Wash ington wart`sel . cptcd as the seat of govern ment of the United Statei partly from this consideratitn, but that city has for years been the synonym for all manner of official corruption. Have any state capitals a worse 1:111T20 than Harrisburg or Albany' Indeed, the history of these three cities oright be quoted as proof of the propo Eiden that their very isolation furnishes opportunities for legislative corruption that would not exist to so great an extent if the legislation were required to be per formed in large citiev, or, if they did ex ist, would be more likely to be counteract ed by better inticences and the greater certainty of exposure. Harrisburg possesses no historical associ ations which endear it to Pennsylvanians. No battle has ever occurred there—not even an Indian fight- The remains of no distinguished Revolutionary hero rest there. Not one of the great intellects of Pennsylvania has Leen buried there. There ift not even a monument in Harrisburg in _Which Pennsylvanians feel a common in terest. Hence, a remora: of the capitol would shook no sacred memories and violate no State pride. Harrisburg was eelected as the capital of the State at a time when it was about midway between its eastern and western portions. Then there were no railroads, and it was a week's journey from Pitts burgh to Harrisburg. Now we can go to Harrisburg by railroad from the most remote portions of the State in snooty four hours. Philadelphia is -natant from it only five hours' travel. The main reason, there• fore, why Harrislulrg was selected as our State capital cannot now be urged in favor of continuing it an Inch. ft hat been the prattle° of almost all the leading nations of ancient or modern times to locate.. their seats of government at their chief cities. To go no fsrther bask, London is the capital of Great Britain; Peril of ?ranee, SL Petersburg of Russia, Pekin of Chtas, Constantinople of Turkey, etc. Those nations have held that the dignity of their respective governments was enhanced by their location at their important cities— planted in the eyes of their own people and in the estimation of other nations. Philadelphia le our great city. These -arc some of the argnmenio that occur to na in favor of the proposed ref:m -u& nee are, herrererinteetioner to the lobe= -which ere will refer to at en early The Pre.hlent'a Recent Proclamation. IL was stated in our special Washington dispatches a few days ago that a judge in California iclea:c , l !mine convicted rebel pirates en taking the oath prescribed under the President's proclamation of am nesty. The ringleader, it was proven, bad gone to Richmond and secured the actoal issue of letters of marque from the rebel government, and with these had returned to San Francisco and was about ready to comploto his scheme of robbery and murder when the - plot—the seizure of a California treasure ship—was discovered. The dan ger that judges whose eympathies are with the rebels might hereafter release convicted offenders against the laws of the United States, has induced the President to issue hie late proclamation defining who are and who arc not entitled to the benefits of the amnesty proclamation. The President says explicitly that the amnesty proclamation `•does not apply to the cases of persons who, at the time when they seek to obtain the benefits thereof by taking the oath, thereby prescribed, are in military, naval or civil confinement or custody, or under bonds or on parole of the civil, military or naval authorities or agents of the United States, as prisoners of war or persons detained for offenses of any kind either before or after conviction; and that, on the contrary, it does aptly only to those parsons who, being at large and free from any arrest or con finement, shall volutitarily come forward and take the said oath with the purpose of restoring peace and establishing the na tional authority." The amnesty proclamation as thus ex plained will not be so tender to rebels as the advocates of a severer policy have af firmed of le. The right and propriety of the exercise of the pardoning power being admitted, we think there onn now h• no objection to the limits and terms rd pardon prescribed by the President. TEI6. Copperhead press alrrad) at w ork predicting a defeat to Lieutenant General ti n.tex in his coming campaign with the Army of the rotor:lse, this, too, witholat the slightest evidence that such a result is to be apprehended. All because Gen. Gutter would not accept the t'opperhend nomina tion for the Presidency' Ir is rendered certain that the Govern ment is concentrating at New ( - Orleans a large army of colored raps but wi ether for detached service or nor can only 1 o conjectured. The London Times, of the 4th instant, contains the follosing jitt,Ol.is 6nd foir minded article tirian oar finsceisr condi- The only souttl conelottisn ou this great question t•f fil..altrO Is oar which we rt leng•h p;atttly ativ..ea el ttt the FLti. ersl 1 real. rt, war 5h,n.0.1 Iti prese:u•nl .0 a Irl last latiott Wont( irr tb t end tier b., and the prof.'' , t•r tot ao' Ittu, eoat„ent to be taxed. l• is !Awn eg tip •a the Americans, at in-', ibod node they have been estonni tog Eurape, as they be 'bread, by the imcoessity o' their °n eon:nes:. sad the une•:empled rnatninta is of their was, they have simply Flanged i n to ,be yilt r s of Ott 55 orld entbsrrss.- .t , ttt from tibial , it wee their prou hot boast to be. free. They now dievern the fact that since 'he year IE4I the i rlinve unheedingly incurred a national debt which will probably equal in its charges the na. lea al drht of Eo,Tland. If they say that they are capable of nut taining this debt, they say no more than the truth. (o doubt the thirty militias of America con pay taxes as well at the thirty millions of Ea : Oa:lid, and wily* greater suffering. But then they moat convince themselves of the (act that Ea,Ti land and America stand for the future or .10.3 t. the same footing. The Tnisteke they have hitherto made is in stipposing that America could do as England hart done, and yet remain ar America was. They must adopt our eye tem of budgets as well as oar system of public stocks, and we can tell them that at present they have made but very little way in the realization of the truth. Their scheme for raisiog £7O 000.000 on foreign and domestic "luxuries" will never anew, r. Luxur.es will never bear to excessive a burden, or yield so exorbitant a contri bution. The burden must be universally distributed,, and lees reliance must be p'a el on indirect taxation, and eept c.ally on Tiro Wave thrills. A revenue of £7O 000 000 Is not to be raised without an income tax, and an income tax levied for the first time on a people said to be the T . :chart in the world, ought to produce considerably more than one-fifteenth part of the whole income required. in short, there it so royal road to ease and comfort in the matter of ta.ration. The imposts accessary for producing a large revenue cannot be aboard on to the ohoul dors of the rich, or joggled Intl the duties on foreign goods—least of a'l into those on foreign "luxuries." 411 dames and all sources must leer their fair share in just pro portion. Of course, the Americana can co cept these conditions if they plesire if they mean, indeed, t 4 pay their way ate:titl ing to their new lights, they wont tree& ih so nor is it far as to *ay that they will Stiffer in anything bat pride and 1,1,h g • by the adoption of the proveec As ter awl cedars the burden .d yet be prosperous, a may they at /owl OF ;array; but to do so th.y mon unlearn the ideas they hare hitherto entertneneil, and teach thenuelres ' as we hare done, t hat debt ear only Le pted by taxes, and taxes only furntehed by the patient submission ef all classes alike to the hard, th,cgh spitalok exactioes necessity. The Irish Emigration to the Culled The Cork Examiner gives a remarkatve FOripitoll of the emigrants who are 1.. testing that port in large numbers for toe United 8.6101. It says there are crow.; them some old people and you og childreo, but the bulk are stalwart young men, fed of health - re - LA vigor, and young women gaudCy dressed, but their bad a.ste cattail conceal the beauty, the aotivity,tho hout.J ing health for which the !trio), pearant girl has been so remarkable. Atu , og them of there le scarcely one to be seen poorly at tired. The goods of each party show that *small farmer'shousehold has turn broken up. Their conduct is remarkably mead". Though hundreds have sotrictimee to wei. a week at Queenstown for the vi e ent-r, there is very little drunkenness among them, and seldom a "spree,' rh,ugh they ore noisy enough romennler. Tue Eromiser thinks that few of the rue.grents are re. omits; there 3.3 none of the Buerger whet so commonly betrays the B pl r glory and bounty. It is true, the passage is paid in many eases with Amerman money, but It is with the money of their relatives to whom they are going. The Ex4minse de nice that Federal recruiting is in any im portant degree the stimulus to Irish tini gratlon, and adds: 'ft arises out of 'he condition of the country and the denting, If not perfectly trustworthy, prospects held out by the labor market of the Northern States." Jim. DAVIS ON TAXATION —Some Of the Demooratio editors are endeavoring to pro judice the laboring classes %gained the Ad ministration, which they declare in Impoe• leg heavy taxes upon them. Perhaps they would like to hear what Jeff Davis said upon this sabject, less than six years Sine,. "I 1 in absurd—Said the then Senator from Mississippi—to nay that labor pays tales. Property pays them. Property incroasee the wages of labor. Property must es iet to pay the laborer; the laborer's consomptlon falls back upon property at last." Teta Supreme Court, in accepting the resignation of Hoo. Jeremiah 8. Black u r. porter of that body, ordered a record on their minutes of their "kind and rempeatful feelings tenants him, and of their best wishes for hie health and happiness,. of which he Was notified in behalf of the Conti b lie. Julia Wayne. Strength of tat talon Force*. A Waehiagtor. corrt.9)ond , :nt writPs Same "well Feted writess have jos! ascertains!' Goat tho lean: cdl Jur more MCI/ was a sudden determination on the part of Mr, Lincoln. This id a peal mis. take, indeed; the President doubtless de tersolued early last Fall in put one million of men into lice field, and the estimates of the War Office were originally prepared for over that number. Awing Burgeon. General Barmen estimated in ()weber, 1863, that provision should be mado for medocal and hospital supplied, for tta Social year 1864 65, far one million two hundred'and thirty-nine thousand two hundred and seventy-three soldiers, whiei at ten dol lars each, made 514 882,730. This was re• &need, and the Military Appropriation bill just passed by the Howse provided for med ical and hospttal dupplles for seven hun dred and fifty•three thousand 'five hundred and aunty-four soldiers. When the quota's squall all bane been filled we dhall doubtless have about that number in the field. A CHICAGO HEROINE —The Washington Repta,?ican has an account of a young woman wbe, under the name of Frank Mil ler, ellinted in Chicago, with her brother, in the 65th Home Guards, served her three months without discovery, subsequently enlisted in the 90th Illinois, was taken prisoner In a battle near Chattanooga, and released after two weeks . imprisonment. Daring her captivity she received a let ter from Jiff. Davis, offering hers Lieu tenaut's commission if she would enlist in their army. She had no bcme and no rela tives, but she said she preferred to fight as a private than be honored with a commis sion from the retie. The insurgents tried to extort from her a promise that she would go home and not enter the service again. '4lO home she said; •'my only brother as killed at Pittsburgh Landing, and I have no home—no ftisivie !" Turas is reason to believe that the enii grotion from Europe to this country this year will be r.esrly as great as in the year 1954, when throe hundred thousand foreign er' arrived at the port of New York alone, I=! LECTU RE POSTPONED E ty tbn 1.1 J. 13 DALES, D. D., 0' L. d.. 1 red In tue Ist U. Y. Cuurch b• Et pollpool d troll T,wday Thure w •e• g . I.i.tvapeew or E 14,111. Yloottt.' Poly°. wbo be" p,rolsurol t.:Letz for Tosd•7 .sing a 11 ploo, ret.o.la tbara 1.01 Ttiurad y free ing. llat nah/9 It . -.N(11 ICE —Several of the Police Otoors of filo of Iv of All gL.ny lf,•lt•ff the Corotalttae are d.dren.cL.htalnitg a auxialar cctpet•tat sod trust worthy MEN to all the •acati Appit ynue, rifts, rera .cally or t. crri , lug, twit be recv!,- , 1 Tl' ESP AY, April 516, •t the ay..r's 051. e. All .pplicatl^tie mutt be cora pa• I , y satisfactory erid,ce rhare,.r ‘ollp [pallor rehl!. J. I. KNOX eFalrmat, L. . 'TIC E Inc to the inolotmenry ."^-,; 0. the wrath. r• n Friday overarm: last tac ard t'art .n tors Me.lll, 1•04 oat poo , rl u..- I/1 H UPSPA Y Fgt. I the Slat instal:, t. IL( 7 tt ct, tbe when it la t will Lin In ati-ndanne. It, ..r.t-t o r thy l.•vmlt''.n IDGAII, ALEX Jill Fin MII.1.1!NGIIII. •CONCERT. THE WELCH CHORAL SOCIETT, t• Conool • , .rt SATURDAY ET VN I :O/. rol 14. In CONCERT PA Lt. the procevalt t It. 4,•.0 to lb. ttubotota flomtulOtti. Ti. k-te en c,tl.•—to to ts 4 S at the M it. tr• awl at OA 11. kat ..pri at' n'rlock. perf., , manen C• 02111, oce aI t o t. k. ,BFI L• cr NATIONAL BAN K. ....... ...... tch ihvtleve cu Ivcrrr t 4. 11311 :iwnt a r.“ , 11.11 y .rgsnlst.l .4 In lineweas reafp,•ru We aro prepared to do • .rvt.eval Haat[lrwin...Wes., offrer orzr c...erevvood..n. to Hacks sad throv..vb,4l the c...totry lip...tat Mt..ma t.. a In thl• and the 4.l,lolrtitni City of Plttsbar,h NI • at nu •II parte or lb =away. 1.1. - mey• received or. depoalt., •3.1 Exelrange on 111 11. e vrlraipal rale, W.a4ht and MN= /OLIN I/ GKR\ Id W'td. AElFlti l tt/1.1, t JO FIN TEIOIIIPIdtII C. C. llttyl,l. N. W !Tn. ' A a/lei...v s Jan. M. IAM nTATES NAVY MARINE CORPS I am ik.b.rlred W nulr• recrca• f r theme er gualtat on, ocd,r • ardor from the W. Depart mem, dated a }larch 250,. ordtpary 9 WAXER will nulr, tramp, tation to PS Ilsdelptta, terry 3:mmou pay In &drat., 4. b, rtfunded (Tom anv wb oh th•l' may bo ) In the MARINE CORPS Ibor. 1. no •drate. pit, or bounty. hut the rmerni. will le. oelre PKIZE SIONE f. Mon fur the N4TILI Yenta. m Ma - In. Onia 1/11: r.•Ilt• d on Ma gnalu 11, draft, the • •nap u man M== Captain and Provost Marshal_ PROVOS, 7111.8.5...... Onus, 224 DI t Pa / Pirrsocass. Marrh 2E, 16M f tolaS.St PrITSCSILOII FT. W AYSIt•ND Cum.° Camerae Co., iirriPa or mac 85C1[7.117, Pittsburgh, Pa., February 24th, 1861 DIVIDEND.-THE BOARD 0 Director. have this day declarad . dividend of SIIVEN Pelt CENTUAI on the lucerne, or Third Illorinage Bonds of Mils Company, out of tbe earn ing. of InCt, pa, able in cub on the Ist day of April ffetn) fl. BARNW, Arley. CIAL NOTICE.—The owners of WI .t the Allethery handler, ars requnted to mature to Ir 1/11 at OM.. otherwise It will have to he reronvol. .t their •ximr se, as lb. re II sot there to dc, the current bovines.. Atteottou to tell trattnr will VMS trouble and ez,uwe mbil JAMES ALLEN. Wbarf Heater ,rE D IrERTISE.V.E.M m A NITr.F.I.I.AND AUCTU)SH:KIi Elegant Elnuseholcl Furniture, Pine VII Paint ings, Beautiful Parlnr Furniture, Large Prensh allrrore, Engreeln a. Chand,,bers, °tante..., , on Wednesday. at 10 o'clock. precisely, at residence No. 242 l corner 11.ntock.t.deprielna the entire Parlor. Chau,Ler, Dadog Made and Hall Fur niture, Ur slut" Tiee a Tete Duran. Deception Rod Sofa Chain and B.kere, Cord .d Hartle Top Tables, Mahogany aecretery, Bat Back and bide Board, E[teusl.q. Table, Mahogany and Walnui Top Dreiming Bunn, lelahognny and Cherry Wardrotrea, LINO no. French Pia. Urrrers, nudge Oil Pal, t. Inc.. One plaid and sol.ded Engrarinta and Gilt Frame.. Parlor Chandelier.., Walnut Cabinet, Ma - hogany unl turned pad Mahan& and Crib., eneln• seal Wash Stand., flair, Hank and Cotton Neut.... and Beddlnd,.ll, nesele, Tapettry, Int, sin and Stall Carpets, mu oil EOM B itch., Torni.orw, China, Glum, Queanarare. Clarke, tr. mb29. rcoDucE 105 . 4 Pre.12,121. , mr 1 ear load Oats and corn; 20 bbl m. Bolbeml Cblmr; In do Apple. Ibm , bm, M do ',mob Egg.: 10 do choirs 1141 Lotter; I kegs Po-km 4 tr.; 2 bb`.• ; I". bomb. grime [by Pto...hor, : o J. , App 40 Idd.. Or.so clover 21.mem1. Ir. store 00.1 101 We et No. 1211 FfEOLAant. mgt. PL VAN GORDZH D BCRIVED ON CONSIONIIEN'r. It I car I .4 Sort Hate ✓r bblr.rstra dde. Oblo do; 1 rar lard the?) d CrAn. 140 bbl•. Lat. [bore 1•0tat0..., 00 f•ry In 414, and f:•r sale by L. D. TOIUT A CU. 14 1 11,E511 ROLL B AND kG(IS. I. —llbrot rind dab', by ...pram, llolr. Una Dn.- ~ In barrelr half barrel. and CllOOllO 'lna.. Oa band, 11 barn.. frx,b Lima. whit/ L. 11. t•OfOT A CO. I A iti) lARD OIL! No I Winter Strained ; Ns 2 4 . Warranted equal t sr y med., tar sale bJ JAS. DALZZLL a SON, mh2J er. and 70 Water street DUL , L HRICATIN OIL —l6O bide prima Duck Creek Lubdcatlng Oil, warranted to b. Ire* from grit .r an Ilment, and •qua! ta.may lubricator In lb. mark t. f r mle by JAS DALZDLL & &ON. mht`b GO and 70 Water strmt 2U1381.8. GOLDP:N SYKUe. v bble N. O Doloeses (new crop); 16 do No 11.01 011; tlereas 'IA, Dam, (Plain and °aurorae/0 Just rocelred sad for .al. by LINDSAY A TELYORD, rebll Ir/ Llbsrav strove. r PAC tA. 1) CLAW M.-41 A.pc•ly ate. quality Thek Bummer. and Clam; also. boar ttyl• Call Bells, Jolly btratorrr, !ft.& T.ttbsrers, tit., for .1. by • JOHN A. RENSHAW, WOO cornwr Libert• ArsA Rand vrroots. I, It Kk El" for Crude an• lietlned on, new and *mond-band, on hand and for eh by JAB. 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