making another," and I listened in vain for the gay repartees, which, under ordinary cir-. eumitances, would have pained me. Harry only said he was net a marrying nian, as long as he could not hive Nell v, and I averred that I was so enatnored of the single life of my aunt that I should lead it too. - One day I was sitting in the parlor at Judge Hale's alone. My cousin entered and drew a letter froni hispocketirom Aunt Patty. , After handing it to me he left the room. I watched his retreaog figure, and then glancing on the flu& at my feet, I save. the purse which I had knit him. He had undeubtedly 'drawn it out with the letter. I picked it up and examined it. Alas! the forget-me-nots had all faded; and the tears came as I remembered the afternoon and night on which I hail finished it., My letter was unopened, and I dreamedhit of what might have been, still strokinWout the folds of the pule in air absent way. " What does Aunt Patty say, Isabel I" aSk ed Henry at my elbow. I started up covered with confusion, and tnechanicallfgrasped the purse tighter. "I think I dropped something, - proceeded my cousin, looking on the floor. • With "a woman's quick instinct I drOpped the purse, and let him find it. But my ruse was of no avail, he had been ' watching me for some minutes, and did not leave the par lor till Well, no matter'what. But there was to be a sleighing party that night, and I serer enjoyed a ride as much as I did that. \ Three months ago, the large'drawing-room of the good aunts was thrown open, and the - Holland covers were taken off the old-lash lotted damask furniture. There was a vast amount of cake and wine consumed, and any quantity of. White anti; and wreaths, and veils, displayed.; and Harry, with his old sauciness came back, roweTthat I was never happy till he gave me a chance to write my self Mrs. Harry Anstruther. Jo'xtrzstr tntorrat 'VIE LARGEST CIREFILATION IS NORTHERS PENIC.A. E. B. CHASE At. 8.-McCOLLIMI,EDrroui ALVIN DAY, rriblishee. Montrose, Thursday, July 19, 1855. Democratic Standing Committee. The Democratic Counts Committee 51111 meet .at Haul's Hotel, Saturday the 21st day of July, inst., at one o'clock, P. M. The following gentlemen .compose the Commmit.- tee: C. M. Gere, - Daniel Rosa, Daniel Brewster, E. B.. Chase, • Ezra Beebe, .Mahlon Griffis, and Latham Gardner, B. Glidden. ' Isaac Reekhow, C. M. GERE, Chairmab July 1855. Wanted A trusty Irish girl Who can do all kinds of house work. Subh an one, will find good wages and permanent employment. Enquire at this office. . Or A friend has handed us some Cali fornia papers from which we shall make some interesting extracts - next week. Native American Religion. "Brothers, let nc have .American liberty and American religion." . The above choice Sentiment was produced by lion. Kenneth Rayner in the course of an elaborate native American harangue to the 'Know-Nothing convention assembled at Phil adelphia in June la,st. The enthusiastic champions of the doctrine that "Americans mnst Me' Amerita" are getting very extravagant and zealous in their ' • Opposition to every thing " foreign" ! Indeed, this idea of having a religion adapted to the spiritual wants of Americans only,. is one of the most original and remarkable productions of the age. !Probably Mr. Rayner and his brothers" are partial to Mormonism thatbe ing "of purely native extraction. Seridnsly, they who talk so fluently of an American re ligion, as a creed distinct from all others, to be nourished and sustained' by government, have a very poor conception of true christianity, and evince an open disregard for the teach ings of our Savior. " Universality" says D'- . Aubigne in his History of the Reformation, "is one of the essential characteristics of christianity. There has been an Egyptian, a Grecian, a Latin, and even a Jewish religion ; christianity is the •only religion of mankind.. Its starting point in man 'is sin;, and this is a characteristic, not peculiar to any one race, but is the heritage, of every human being: It does not, like the religicns of antiquity, deify national pee uliari ties ;"but sheds its Propitious influence impartially upon prince and peas ant, and is free to all. National religions are human inventions ; they are! in conflict with the doctrines promilgated by Christ, and history shows them to be nurseries of evil. The dusky and unlettered children of Africa, and the superstitious and barbarous tribes that inhabit the isles of the Pacific, de ,' ify the productions of their own 'rude skill, but - the christinn world -contemplates such idolatrous exhibitions ivi i th a shudder. While we regard these practices of, the heathen as opposed to christianity, it behooves us not to • imitate them ;it should be our aim, rather, to 'embody in our religious code that spirit of universal benevolefice- 7 of lore tofull me; which lit '" the essential characteristic of chris ' 'tianity:' • The establishment of a religion on , this continent for =the native-born denizen on , ly, iiould be equivalent to a disavowal of the principles our Saviour taught,and resultin the overthrow of Olir political, as ,well as , religious Tiber let The deification of wooden ima,ps is just as proper as the worship of "nation al peculiarities," and an attempt to prevent a man from sharing the consolations of the chriatian,religion, for causes beyond-his con trol, out-does them both in point of , absurdity and 'superstitious barbarism. 'But this ' Rrop-: °shim' to establish au Americari religion saws that an union of church and stew is contem plated by those who are foremost in the war that is being — waged against Catholics. If over the fate of this .government shall become inseperably connected with that of a •re . 7 ligicius sect, then - may we expect to-ssee • r evival of that intolerailt spirit,whicli pro duced 'the fpauish Inquisition,. dieuebed the streets of Paris with the , blood of inaciimt l• babes and helpless - females,. burnt Bradford Latimer, Ridley, Philpot and almultitude iof. their faithful adherents, at' the stake, and sacrificed in the 'Single Kingdo i m of France above 100,000 human beings ttion its bloody . altar. When church:is united. With state his • impossible to affect a reformation in. the for:. met, without revolutionizi w og the; letter; so . .that opposition to the 'cliictrines lad .decrees :of the established church is in effect disobe dience:to the government: . Erery; man should have the right to worsW.rod as his conscit ence .dictates ; and, thirrtate that ' prescribes a particular fcirm of worship and Compels_its subjects to comply' under'.penalt , y - of • being disabled from holding Of fi ce, 'is ,possessed of a spirit as despotic, unjust and abSuri.l as that . which impelled a. magiitrate of England, in ,the year 1559, to- decree that infants of prot estant birth, , limild be burned for heresy: It is true, that the intelligent people ofAmei ice are' 'not prepared for such exhibitions •of cruelty as were made 'by the - supers!itious religionS ,sects of-Europe in thd 16th and 'l7th .centtii : 44, but they-may easily becoine so by nurs- . . ing a spirit of bigotr' and intolerance = and accustoming illemseles to. regard " freedom of conscience"-as incompatible with . repub licanism. Commende the .work Of prescrip tion and persecution,!and where shall it end !- We have about as much-right to employ "" fire and Aga" for the purpose of • exterminating ' the Catholics on thi s' continciitns We have to burden them with disabilities In consequence oftlieir relit faith, with a iview to dimin- at, . • ish- their number and drive theta •froin our shores. -The differerica is fourtd, not se. much in the character of 'th arcing, as in the means chosen to perpetr ate it..l "Let u have American religion," says t Mr..Rayner, and his preposition is in perfect liarmeny with Other 'acts and declarations .4 the "dark-lantern gentry".--a// of which show thattheir design is to unite church and '!`state. We can tell Mr. R. that people of Ibis. country are un- . frindlyte this project off the disreputable or ganization to,which laoelong,s—that, the re ligions persecutions whicrrdesolated theßinf,r,- doms of Europe-two and; a half centuries ago, will not be solicited to . vf.sit this republic with' theirinstruments of torture and their antag ,.: onism. to peace and libety. We remember well the causes that forced our ancestors to leave -the land of 'their birth ; their - unwillingness to submit; in matters' of. 'conscience, to the dietat4 of any earthly pow :er. We reverence the spirit that prompted them to form a constitution from which every thirg like illiberality wai':carefully.excluded, and with_God's help we will labor to perpet uate •the generoui inoti+ by Which, they were inspired.. i The truths of the c6istian religion ask for no govern*:` , .ntal :aid and nour ishment ; christianity has Its own weapOns ; justice, humility and .meroy are itSattribetes ; it proffers consolation to the afflicted, premis eSa isntter world to the oppressed and is' re- , gardless of race, or - condition. .When '':men talic r of having an :Ainerican religion" "they manifest a very imperfect knowledge of the principles taught by glirist and his: killow cr's,' as well as-a dispostt'ion to make thiS'con tinent the theatei of ar religious War . , with all , -' its attendant norrors. 't Is time for every. - I 'voter in this - cotititry td define his position— 'the issue is made and must be decided.-:- Where will the intellig Ilt citizens of thiS idis trict be found I With itbe Know-Nothings, whose policy it is to ntlite churCh and state and. proseri be men for their religious opinions; or with the beinocracyi pledged by its past history; by its „unanimcius resolves, and bv. its very na7ture! to resist every species of Op pression, to maintain the right of 'every man to worship God accorili to the dictates of his own cuneienee.and to protect t to interests of. all classes I Our liositiCi is understood. We shall remain . firm' in ou r opposition to the flange • 1 rous projects of these I,igots, fur with . the right "we stand or fall l. • The State Courention. We this ,week publish the proceedings of the Democratic - state Convention at 'Eris , burg, July 4th. One peculiar feitture Of the ccncentionwas the large number of stibstituted deeg,ates, and the peculiar stripoc,. of those:delegates. With few exceptions they were th l ose Who have been in some way nearly allied to the passage of the Rill repealing 'the Llisseuri.!CotnpromiP.., and bringing upon die country the terrible agita tion of the slaVeri questionswhich the De mocracy settled, as they supposed permanent ly, by the, election of Fa.v.:•tux baiter.. 'his .Class of men Were beaded. by 1{.•B. Wright -of Luzern e, who kave. the Convention notice in advance that what lie called ralical resolutions shoAldbe adopted;—that is—the :repeal of the Misapuri Gompromise should be endorsed, together, with every other moustrous , proposition which could be thought of to disgrace the detiocraticparty and defeat 'its ticket. The Conaniittes on Iresolutions met and Mr. Wright offered his " radical resolutions." 1 They received but one tie:Sides his own. His endorsment of Nebmika„ Henry. A. Wise I &c., were almost unanimousli voted down; And . 4 set of resolutions-few in. number, and not particularly objectionable;. as tar as they went were adopted and report4d to the 'Con ,vention. Herelli. Wright again 'offered his resolutions as a substitute foi, the majority report, and here they were again voted down by about four to one. Previolas tolhe adop tion of the majority reports; ;;however, an t amendment coldly expressing 'confidence in` President Pierce; one embrzzOng " popular sovereignty" in it's widest sense in the terri tories, and one ins reference to allowing negro suffrage, were appende‘f, from all of which we dissent for the following-reasons. 'We would not endorse .Preident Pierce because we be fieve he inflicted a grievons wrpng upon th e country in lending his Administration to the repeal of-the Missouri Compromise, Aside from this,—from matters Connected with the IC,nsas Bill, there is nothing iti his AdtM"ttis tration about which we shouid feel disposed to. cavil. And intuirnucl as he, has never, in his messages or:otherwise endeavored to de fend that act for hirosel4 we see ;no reason why he should expect the democratic party to take -up the battle for him, By "PoPulir 69vereigtity An its - widest _ avigesr--ipt,4o Put ttu4,erstand AUt meant Nit means the • controlling .of the. elections and organization of the territories by awned invaders from. other States, we Say it is an in sukto the Ainerican,people, but if it 'Aveuld take the whole territorial queition out of Con gress and allow the 'Actual ;residents of. the territories, in • good faith to organize their . oVernment, and elect all their officers, thus , iiercing the .national govern Tent froth any $. responsibility about it, so that its powers and influence should not be used to extend or build up the institution of slaVery in - any. manner therein;-if such be the construe 'pen, then it puts An entire new phase- upon I the doctrine of poplar sovereignty, making it less objectionable to a fair and manly nor- ' them sentiment. ' , As.. for negro suffrage, it is . simply ridicu-. ions, and %yenta ncit have been thought of as an issue by hay one else but Mr. Wright,who for some reason seams to have but one politi cal idea, and that is - black as wool. We ven ture that ten men icannot be found in the 'State who are in favor of any such change in the Constitution, .nd we have never - heard , the proposition 'br ached, save by a litiOw 1. Nothing rneinb4r _O the Legislature last Win ter, named "Smith of Alleghany," who, p6or fool, introduced; A Bill to confer the right] Of suffrage on'negroes, not- knowing -enough" of the Constitutio n of his State to know that it wasprohibited - by that instrument and c t - 1 „-- ; sequently conknot be changed by statute What constr uction the Convention places upon its Diva acts, we are unable to discover: First it votes down an enders ement of. Ne braska, popular sovereignty,' the national . ad * - Ministration and -' all, by an overwhelming vote, and then engrafts upon its resolutions two indireetions which strictly construed mean nothihg particularlY objectionable. and yet which May be .construed to .mean tnuch. IWe'place our own me fi ning upon thein, 1 others may place' theirs..l • . . I . :On - one.issue—and theione which Will pro hably in the State absorbithe.princi pal atten tion of the, canvass—wel' mean Know-Noth ingism—the Comentionl spoke salt sipiarely and•,strongly. And und( i .r the cireunistanee4, if the Convention had : ,ft the slavery ques tion entirely alone, instetd of seeming to try 1 1 to make itself unintellig:ble upon that point, reserving. the platform o 4 that question for a national Convention, it being entirely a na tional question, and con4nted itself with tak -1 int the oneissue of KnoW-Nothin - 7§in, we 1 , could have went hitt. the contest with heart and, zeal. We dislike bush fighting,--we !want square issues,—we will haVene other. All the Conventions in Cliristdndoin will not force us to• endorse dos:triads %Lich here pepred themselves dangerous to the peace of the Union, and abhorant io manly nation . This is our'. position and %ye shall stand or fall by it. • - In the person of lir. Pu-stErt, for Canal tab lished reputation of the students of "Jill Franklin." Of the excellent Orations d e ny-. Commissioner, the Conventi4u undoubtedir s&ne twelve or fourteen made one of' the hest nominations ever made (Ted on the occa ion, s we Ii "'ere from the members of the " Alpha Epsi in the State. He held n seat: in Congress, near zee half* o f a loe , how- State, years, has been Treasurer of the' lon Fraternity;' State, and has discharged.his duties in a pub- • ever, Were by Old, tnenthers; . I lib poSition with honor to - himself and con- On the part of the Ampitictyceis,. but six - stituents. He has been intimately associated, I Orations appeared on tile schelne, and of I - these actually delivered,only-one or two were for a number of Years . with important rail' i written by those who hadibeen at the insti road companies, is a man of large business - . i tution - during the . pa-t stanson. Instead of experience, and would bring to the board of the usual music on the (N I : easion the audience public work:, efficiency arid skilfulness in • I were entirely dependent ott the Epsilons who . rnamseement: - • . , - of. the I had engaged the Jackson . Glee (2-Itth," whO This we believe is a fair statement in addition to the excellent original ' Soll , r , position of the Democracy, for this Canvass, 1 —a position which in some respects we hear- I prepared by the soetety. rho sung anal play tilt' endorse, and in others whielove, never ,ill. ed eeveral tine pieces of_their own mu-ic.— 1 O pposed is : the Know-Nothing filatforin <f; Theyndtled very . .materhdly to the variety of i Re.aling.significarit for nothing but its w.il- 1 the day, and Were _listened 'to with =ell i liminess to make sir million -white slaves in.' pleasure by the assemblage: The. Colloquy 1 ‘, place of three . -million of blade ones.. That acted • in II t . :oreI10611: was that of the Epsis • ateful 'and intolerant Order We,shall ever op- i lon'et entitled "Something. for all of you" by 1 ose. It has nothing good or decent, or re - s 11 IS. W.. Towksb - ury: • : It consisted in ;Part of I publican about it. It is claimed here•that ' able arguments pro ,and con upon sorted_l of the-leading topics of the (lay. It, was - an. its platform is free soil, and attempted to be : excellent literary produethm, well spiced with ' I sustained by. publishing - resolutions which i passed.neveri If they are free soil, Why did comic acting, .thus happily blending. amuse- I . • ' • - - I DocL-I.)itnock, A. Chamberlin, and .Is:end I'. ; meat with instruction. ..the Next -came a ColloquY.by the Ladies, : but Baker delegates from this county, tote . l avnin.V . them Did they rote against . Fr free' as it:did not appear on the. Scheme I am tin soil ris:cautions? That ! ? platform. . simply i able -to-give its. name. lt was well acted and I .1i tended to expose in aI prominent • point of dodges the slarery issue,—ignores it,—as KnoW*otilings would say, Yealiv leasing View the evils of intemperance: "Every Ism that party in a worse position than the Dent- i has • i its day" was the COgnorrien applied . to ocrats"in reference to that question, `' w hil e 1 the Amphietyon's Collbluy acted in the af the principle On which t h e i r o r p th iz a tioh !to 'part. of the day. It as al Nil's' good po- rests is Enteral tot litical burlesque i ntended to show off he judgment of ail liberalsome of the various corrupt doings of modern politi men. IWe apprehend from this confusion I own I Grans. The Nutillc:r's 11314 C! did not.appear,' eleinehts, many' voters . will make their platform. - . „ I but for what reason is bist known to thost concerned. Dame -rumor asserted that there • teas trouble in the .camp thai another none- quy had been writt , in_and forisorne reason re jected. If such Was . the faCt.-;--and it wa s too near so to make a joke Of—it shows a pitiable state of affairs, - and ;reminds me_Of the saying that there is, " something rotten in Deumlrk:" I hope heweter that the mat ter is not as bad as represented. Near the Close of the exercises the Club played a beau; ti tit farewell piece called "Goink Home" . which seemed to- "affect eten unto tears" some of the students Who were about to leave those much loved " Classb Halls" to meet probably no more on card: •lAfter listenin g to an eloquent Valedictory address .from it. F. Te*ksbury, the audience *as dismissed b y the. veuetable President and' separated on their, routes for home well pliased with the day's -entertainment. ,- i The State Connell and its Resolve' s. The State Know Nothing Council met in Reing on the ad inst and resolved . : ," hat the question of Slavery. should not be i oditeed into the Platform of the Amer ican party being convinced that no such is sue waiintencred to be embraced within its principles and objects." This almost unanimous resolve of the Con- I vention shows plainly that it was not i•ery strongly tinctured with Free ; that it lacked the courage and frankness to declare its opinions in relation to slavery. The 'aim of the C cu»cil "was to make a platform on which free-soil and popular sovereignty men could unite; hence it refrained from the ex pression of any opinion . on the questivn ' whether congress has the constitutional right to prohibit slavery , in the 'territories. We regard this evasion of the question as more prejudicial to Free-Soilism, than open -denun : elation of, ; h and opposition to its doctrines.— The Republicali claims that Slavery is the paramount political issue of the present: day, and yet it advocates the cause of a party that resolves " no such issue was intended to be embraced within its principlesand objects.". Is there any thiig like consistency and fair ness in such a course. The 'Republican pr.o leases to be thiChainpion of free-soil princi ples and the foevf all parties that repudiate them; svlly do 4 it sustain the platform of the Reading. Council 1: Come Mr. Republi . can why don't yCu give battle to the party that ignores your faiorite issue. You Complain ed that the Dernoc ratio Count); Convention, last Fall, did nO"!.. resolve against slavery, suul . Was: terribly indignant. at what you politely dominated .riodgrag. Did the 'Reading Council da9•4o the slavery question! Cer-,, tainliv, hnt you utter not one word 4gaitist its cowardly action ;. yon are sworn to, ..ae- quick° in. a decision of the ritojerity,'.and dime not ifyon Wiitld i .fisd fault with such ai.tcision.• You published last week a series of resolutions of a free-soil character; but tbose resolutions were repudiated . by the Council and the iiratianal Platform of the II Philadelphia ConVention adopted, with the insertion of a resolution.. iggrioring slavery in plaCe of the 12th section of said Platform„.•_. The Council 'endeavored to' resolVe, but could not; thht, " slavery existing only in, and• by laW in the Southern States:, ,is necessarily a. local thing." What a patriotic and deter mined free-soil gathering it- must have been! Too cowardly to declare'' freedom National ' awl slavery sectional." The Republican of last week affirmed that the Know Nothing. State Council had "adopted a :Free Soil platform,and severed all connection with the pro-slavery Know NothingS." How .can this Le made to appear, when the National p . m,' slavery Platform of the Philadelphia Conven tion was adopted by the State Council with one alteration, and that declaringAtvery not an issue in the organization of the party; This Ileading-Council is a disgrace to .the ' country—it could pot . elect:ire slavery' local, nor dare it admit the tinestron to,be a issue. Shine on such cowardice 1 Ily .- '' . • . •--7-----41.-40.-o.—r- ,te,' On our first page wil be • fon d . one 4 .. of the cleverest and most readab e -Maine Law speeches ever Made. .V..., is hOnorous and eloquent ; acidis marr y. ed by no I'4. of that •1 .. ill-natured vehemence and passion, (so char-;, acteristie of in)st efforts in oppositio to pro hibitory liquor laws. While we a ire the good nature, wit and eloquence of 0 orator, 'we cannot pronounce. his argument_ sound, the pith of which is, that "great anti good men have used nine as a, beverage, in past ages, and were inspired by its intluenee, con sequently, wine ..is good and ought:to be drank. We point 11r. Howe to.llev. E. 11. Chapin of New Y orkt as one advocate of 'pro hibition 1 1 whose eloquence is unequalled : Wine May give the speaker a :kindSof spas- I itiodie passion, %Chichi we sometimes niii:ta-ke for inspiration, but one who has within hint, an earnest-conviction' that the cause he advo cates is just will,.dir ! . .rys be itupnissive.- -..------ . • For the Dtpnovrat. ' '. parford i 1 7 niver4ity: ircesri. Editors .: I had the pleasure among many Others of beingl present at the Annual Exhibition of this Iflstitution on the t.ld inst. - , . • . The day was fine,•and quite a large ankh- ()nee were in attendance, somewhat less, how 7 ever, than that of hit year, owing probably Ito the ifurry of the season among the farm . i ,ing corn:minim . The exorcises were. quite cieditahle, tloing full justice to the long es- Yours Briefly, July 13, 1855. Democratic State'Courention. This body met at itarrightrg on the. 4th inst., and Was 'organized by de appointment of lion. Jon:: B. GurtmE, of itliegh any, as .temporary Chairman, and WM " . 11,,3rca-rath and Mos. Maguiie, Secretaries.. The roll . of delegates was celled when it appeared . that two sets were' resentfrom Dauphin .county. After hearini both sides, the sett elected two weeks )go—rAlricks, Heck and Bownan—were adated, on a vote of yeas 91 ; nays 28. • • \ A committee of one from ea Senatorial distret was appointed! to repo t permanent officers. . .. , Col. S. B/aik, of Pittsburg, o, erect the fol . lowing: . . Resolved, That in the wtitn tion of this Convention, any than who.belo s to.the se cret Order, commonly called Ku -Nothings, ar - in any way sympathizes. With Lem, is not, and -cannot be a Democrat—he is not fit- to hold a text here or in any Demae'atic asseti• blr. If any such man ntured; or • \ tore to claim a seat in ttli§ hodY, we:dew:Mtn:el him as a base, black hearted deceiver, and essential liar, who tick rves the scOrn and 1 contempt of.every.sietent man and 'woman ; in the-country. . Mr. Alrkki opposed the resolution, because expressions of the . -kind. used, .would detract from 'the dignity of the body. Without com ing to a vote on it,- the Convention adjourn ed. Tlie ! Convention 1-e-assetnbktl at 3 o'clock, Mr. Guthrie in the chair. Mr: Lototh', (coin. the coinmitt4 appoint ed to report oilieerg, for a pi:Tina:lent organiza tion,. made the following: report, - Which WA* unanimously adopted : - . P res' ;dent—Hon: 4. GLVS CEY j ONES, of L'erks county. ' Vice Pre ichnts.--Juel IL Danner,, Adams; Cam. Locklmid, C 9141011; Jesse Lazear,Greene; ' John M'Cart Phil'a county ;. Nathan Woi , ivy, Laneaster ; Thomas Adams, Perry; J. IL Jones, Sullivan.; Thomas- Grove, Yolk; John I'iath4vcomin4;,D. IL Miller, Allegheny ; Jessil Johnson, Ducks.; Wilson. Laird, E r i e ; Rimer Boyer, Chester; Charles Carter, beaver; Timothy Ives, PotteN ...Joseph Lppincott, Phil'a ; A. Lathrop, Susifa ; Weaver, _ . Columbia. Secrelariq,—A. M . Kinn4, Westinoieland;- J. .A. Innif.; Northampton; Thomas A. Ma-.. Catnhria ; W. 11.11PGrath, Philadelphia; John Orr, Franklin. Mr. ,jonf.i on being conducted to . the chair, addles-ed the Convention. ; On tnotion a conunittee of one from each senatorial di,ttict vas appointed to draft reso lutions, as ttllows 1, Peter Login, Daniel 'Barr; 2, Jesse johnsgn, J. Hantech. P. 413m19); A.; B. .Longaker; 4, Georg - e Palmer; 5.1', K. Miller; 0, Is.:tiah 'Jaws . ; -7,11. B. Swarr, Hammond ; 8. Africk ; Hinter; 10, Brodhead ; Beillev.; 12, Beck . ; 13, James Anderson; 14, E. A. Crawford-; 15, John Scott; 16, Wright; .17, E. B. Chase; 18, W. A. Wallace; 20, J. P.. Brawley ; 21, Meylert ; 22.-S. W. Black, R. 11. Rol!erts; 23, J. Lawar ; 24, .1. ; "'5, .I.'B. Loomis; 20, John S. Miller; 27 E. .1. K4-ctnan ; 28. B. Reilly. Mr. Mark withdrew the resolution . otreretl, in tin! morning.. Notnivati , ,ns were then unide for Canal • Qui_te. :t ntuntjer of gelitk.- mon' tverra lilaced in 60tninntion trade and adi l pte(l that the sari: ful n,)ininee of the Con ‘lentionshottld. ziveto the State Central C.uttniittee },led re, [, , ti ler sheuld nr e :elihe, h i l a ti on t o the snlject of Ku9w-Notl!ingistn, that if. he derlini:d to take such ple.47 , ,lthat then the State Central I.., , ,,nitnittee tutl•toriz.,,hl to Inlke•a nomination in his steadt The Cie' k real a ple , lge trout S. Camp bell, and a letter from Arnol , l rumer. • The Convention.then proceeded to ballot for a .tandidate Canal Com Missioner, with the following, result: Ist • Ballot—Arnold 'flamer; 50; Wm..S. Campbell, 37 ; John Rory., 0; George S c ott, 7 . ; Robert- Irwin, 3; Alexander Small, 4; John . P. - Hoover, 4; Murray Whalon, 3; IL Packer, -2.; Barnard - Reilly, 4.-124 Notes, to a choice 1.30.v0!e9.. • lte frit:lids ut nt 111!rt. Irwin, Jmnes 'Worrell; Murray Wltlon, 11. P. raeke'r,.Tolin P. rloovvr and Bernard ItiOly; here withdrew • lialiot—Arnold Plummer, 110; S. Campl,4:ll, 43 • :kiln fop . , 10; Groirge. Scott, 5 ; Mk:x:4:l4ler 4 , ----122. • - • Ti)e Messrs.- 1105 s, Scott and Small, here withdrew their natne;:. - • • • 3,1 133:10t-Arnold .Phipler; 77 -; Wrri. S. 0:1nlolJell, 46; 13ernwd Ricay, 1 7 -124 votes, \411,1 ~.„: ....,,,Ty to 1.4 choice 63. 're,idelit Ileclared Arnold Plummer (fitly n . hated t 1 Detnoeratie candid*. for Ca wil Coinmissi.mer. . ,The.Convt.ntion here ; took a recess half past 7 O'clock. - • The Convention re-a , seml , led at 7 oklock, - and was called- to order by the - Prei - dent, Hon. (;I;lnct,y Jones. • Mr: ilktfis from the Committee on. 10soltt tionq, submitted the following, - which! were , „ reaft amid mu a piause : _• • Rcsoird, 'nut- the Democratic party_ need tot, on old and _settled issues: to declare its principles in detail.. It is sntli.:ient for usto sat,' that we- Itlont-r to the Democracy Of the Union. au I re,,tonize no geographical! lines between the .N:s.trth and South. The itjterests Of - all parts of the country are the same to and so far-as in our rower we will maintain the constitutional rights of every State with uniform ti l,rlity. • .Resolv e d, .That evety one ,who makes-our country his home, and loves the constitution;, the laws and the liberty of the Union, is in its largest sense, a True _American. His birth-place was not his own selection, and should do him neither good- norharrn—his religion is between himself and his God, and should be left to' his- Own judgment, con science and responsibility. I:feared:That we regard the secret Order, .commonlv ".I(now:Nothin7s, as an .organization dangerous to the prosperity and - i peace of the country. We considti - r its de sign q 3 um 4 ow•titutional and void of patriot ism ; beinfr at once opposed to the spirit of true Christianity =La pat. and manly Ameri can sentiment. . , /?csoitted, That the Democratic party reiter ate and re-assert their confidence in, and 'ad herence-to the •folitiCal creed promulgated by Thomas-Jetiersonin his firstinaugaral ad dress, and- practiced by Madison, Monroe,. Jackson, Vat} Buren, Polk-and Pierce, in their . administration; - ---that these princi pies require, -nO - concealment, and that es• perience bus hilly determined-their applica bility to all the interests Of the American people, r - Resolved, Mit we have undiminished con fidence in the ability and integrity of Frank jiu Pierce, and his administration of the government of .our country, Resolved, Th4t the views and principles of the present StatP:Administration, as embodi ed in the nets passed by the recent Legisla ture, and approl..eAby the Governor, by AA: 114.11 the interests Of the State have beet or ate proposed to be serionsly.and injuriously affect ed, contrast strongly with the Wise and ous management of the Gevernment by Cloy ernor Bigler, and tend to show the danger 'of -entrusting the contra of the 'Common wealth to the.handsof men who are . swayed by fanaticism and governed,' by prejudice. Resorted, That we'pledge our •party and united.efforts to, the election of A.inold Plum-• mer, the candidate. for Canal Cothinissioner, whom we have this day nominated without a dissentitit voice. - 1 of 2. Mr. Wright--I will now read the minority report, and willstate in advance that the ptincipal bone: "41;f: contention, was upon the Temperance.and Abolition questions. .They They are the points I wish to subscribe to the reso-' lutiOns which the majority of the committee have reported, but my objection - to them is that they do not go far enough. As man of the c4mmittee, I drafted alet of re' so.; lutioas which I will now read to the Ponven , . tion. as the minority report. —•- ' . MfII I IIITY REPORT. The Democracy . of.the State of Peatisylva: AFTERNOON SESSION, EVENING SESSION. nia, assenibled by their' Delegates, - at Ilar- 2 risburg, ou 'the 4th of July, 1855, do resolve—..: 1 1: That the Democratin party in Penn-' mivania stands to'sJ'Bv where it over his or, the broad platform of 'the Constitution—nor does it know or ackuOwledge any higher law" or better rtiles of .political actton,,than ,are embraced; within its provision's.: Petfeet within ,itselft--it TreqUires tio,imPlication-or construction--the rights of the-people equally protected, and its latortfage which cannot, 'be• language misioderstood. • 1.. That obedience Should be given to the solemn injunction of 'Washington, in his Farewell, Addres's, by frowning : down indig nantly everything' • calculated to - - sever the Union or - .1?.-eaken the bonds whiiir holds the great :family of States togethei—and this can only be done:by Confining the. ail •tional government Strietly Within the limits of the. Constitution. '„ . . . . 3. That the peace,'harmony and prosper ity of the country depend on the•undisterberl 'enjoyment of the 'right.a guaranteed to the States, and Territories-=and that among the* , stand promieentlyand , in - hold rebel . , State I rights, State sovereignty, and the freedom of the people to ma of own: laws and ' goYern and direct their own local institutions in their own' waY. _ .! 1 .• • ' ' 4. That intervention. by the Federal' Gov' t ailment to alter, change Or direct the rightti vested and rescued in then State,; and people thereof, is an act. of tusurpation, .and or nct power 'or curets whatever. !Nor have. the .pear : pie of one State .the right , to-interfere in the domestic mud social relathins of another; be eau l se it is itilviolation,of the federal Compact, andfranght 'fyith immninent peril to the best interest of the whemle country. . . • 5. That time Consi t itution gives no noWer to the Generid Crovernmentin regard te Negro Slavery, but on the' Contrary, commits all. :legislation , on the subject to the States: in Witich it does now, or may hereafter exist. Any direct interference :,with it by the people of the noinslaveholding States, ' or by their representatives; is n violation of the.Consti , tution, and every attempt to evade the Con -1 stitution by indirect interference, is a fraud i - 1 npon •,it, which no honest. and fair minded. I c4izeirshonl.f.counteaance. • : 1 62 -That When a ',Onion of our fellow citi -1 zeds choose:to -t , ettle• upon Territory of the I United States,, beyond the jurisdiction' of any i State, that' they have the saute tight 'that we enjoy, to regulate their domestie affairs, and 04ahlishtheir own ; institutions, and _every 1 6 refusal by Congresst4 concede this right, is a 1•11ation of the catdinal principles.on which I. i ad republient(goveriainents exist t i 7. That if' the : porde of the %vita:, Unioii, by their teoresentati'Ves in .Congress .assem i e hied havn't, legitimate Tower to force slave - I ry or anti % oslavery on the 1:eople of a territory : it fmAlows;by much 'stiot - rer reason, that no snch powi:r can he rightfully 'exercised by i any self-constituted body within' the States, and cotnoosed of' a -part only of the people. •8. That every new State ought to be ad-1 \. mitted into the Union with such a. Constitu tion as•a majority of, the citizens thereof shall I adopt; provided that' there is' nothing therein' conflicting with Constitution of:the United States, and Whether ,such State shall have adopted or rejected slavery is noe.amatterof inquiry by the Getter / al - thivernment.. The adAmtion.oflany measure which would defeat this Is a direct enerainchment on the popidat, sUvereiemity of such ,State. .. 9. That under thesicviews, and which we believe to be correct. rite- bill ereetittg Nebraska and Na*-As..Territelies, leaving the question of,slaver:Wavillt time people was not only eon.- stitutional, but expedient and proper; and thud we do hereby eadt&se : and apptove the same:, 10. That we are . opposed to any chancre in oar 'State: Constitution, , cenferring, upon nea-roes the right of sutfrag,e.. We are .not willing : that this eiass of " American sr shall rule tMs 'Art of 'America 7 .--coaceding', to other States time right to gratif%' 'their owe tastes in this partieular,. however much we, may -differ with,them in opinion. 11. 'That the secret, political oath bound Order, commonly 'called "Know-Nothings" —proscribing men on-Alme ground of their ! religions belief, andthe place of their' birth, is a flagrant violafron of the Constitutiom.'un- Iti.nd, Uncharitable and tin-Christian, and just ly cb.sery cs- the scorn and contempt or every 1 honest man in the hand: - ~ . . 12. The Government ,of this Union was the result of religious perseention,--and• : rung- 1 1 ions toleration 'is • -its life-blood. That . the 1 Constitution of all the confederated States ae knowlemlLre this as ((prevailing prinen'tie—tand . that cla s s of men in our country, whO Would , call into life 'a system of religions bigotry ! and infoleration, ;re not worthy .tolimild pow er,bigotry' , • and the man who acknowledges theetlica cv of -an oath obligatory on hint' to, tell a' falsehood 'iii place. : ,..t . the truth, cannot be .re n-arded •aS a patriot, and that is time last of the, qualm/rem - tons of a state'sman.' 13. -The doctrine that'"Amercans should rile America,-" is.. - true in every letter, and such has ever - been the. case, but lie who in. secret swears to proscribe hi's fellow 'and de ..give him of his civil and religious rights, is no American, he;is the slave of attimPerial' trnisteit' his: conscience is his hypocrisy, he has no attribute of a freemilan,' and deserves nit the pame., 14. That the inordinate , increase of Bank ing ell-pi nd 'at the late. Session, and the weak and inconsistent cOurse of the present Execu tive in; relation 'llereto, are calculated to awaken anxiety acid alarm for the future, and prove the fully of confiding 'the: powers of (.;overtiment.tO hands incompetent to. their 1 - eserci,:e, and controlled by the speculating and greedy interests that prey - upon the earn ings of the peoph. : • _ 15.. That the failure of the llouse . of Rep - 1 resentativems at; the late Session to pass the joint resolution proposing amendments to the I Constitution against State iihd.Muncipal in debtedness! was in contempt Of the popular - will, and tlio interest and. security of the peo ple. - it will bethe . imperative duty'rit the. next Legistaturejfreed from the' elements. of confusion, :inanity, and fanaticism Which in fested Awl last, i to ,ie-c'onnnence t - 1 e work ofreform, !which, when' consummated,. will' protect labor, property and morals by pry venting the creation :of, public dehts, and will restore and preserve time character, the credit and purity 'ofkour State Gofairnment. and of our City, Cour . ,.and other 4uneipal organizations, bylin limiting; them to. the per; fortnanee-. of their, jpst and ..rightful ftitte, tions: .• 16.. That the acts the extirpation - of lice ing other erstablielun ous - liquors, wits' lAgislar.yelra , er, of pablic..opinion; and incapable of ac objects. Disputed i it proceeds, impOtent at property and Ten 3( tion of - overruliOg sentiment - or certain existing evils. IA sly ments; proinpted in tioned.by publio opi the principles of rei that the - said . 1 . 7; D I That the tofore. Ogimilviexh in cheek .the eleinet ion; to Conduct: wii lion Of the: general • of the last Session; for iedl iv iotels, While allo nts.f the sale-Of untvjie eteraise of the wipout the . sanction nperf*t in construction, omplishin t ; its_ intended 1 . the principle on 'Nil:di:h ifor 4044 'and striking ns *About, tbejuStifica eeesSity, general.: public and thorough reform of could give place to enact. a ditferetrt spirit, Sanc tion and in conformity to' ablican government, and Auld be repealed: Imocratic party bas here itited its attility to bold its Of discord in the.Ul - r i nccess tho adatinistra ..7nunetit, in peace and In War' • ',and to secure Pretheis'ibe fate resti .. . And" welfare-the'. whole people, while , . - Of . all other political citgaizations have totally.. failed in •their- great Qbjectic or been tempera- , ry in existence and limited in usefulness—and 0 that it. deserves, therefore;',- - the confidence, re- • :spec:tend support - of the people,..and is essen tial to the probation. Of their - rights—andto their advaneethent and .prosperity. , : . 18. That -we approve and endorie the ineasitroii of Franklin Pierce, and believe that - he has . on all occasions adopted that line of policy cendnetive to. 'the welfare and hener 'of the country, and 'particulr.in the exercise. o f the veto power, be has .1)t carried out ibis principles ,of the eonstituti arid-reaffirmed the doctrines_ of Jetferion.and ackson. .. • * i l / 4.1 '.• 10. That 'we admire the -open, talented and inatily course of Henry A. Wise, per. elect' of Virgiei:r in th recent - cittnpaignef ,by. :that State, the bold and fvti.los,tnanner ' ' in which , he exposed t l e intrigues . a,,ed:eon- ) - conspiracies of a chessoilmen banded togeth , - or, whose work was done, in scorer, and - ivhose objects and designs - were the Attainment.of political power, in' the overthr,oW of 'the Cori: 'stitution, and the proscriptionef the best then in. the Republic. The. Keystone ott- thigi day, hallowed by the - most patriotic' _associations, sends. to, the "Old ' Dominion" greeting, and Dives assurance of the redemption - of Penn- . sylvania, and a general . clearance of the. in 7 cubus Which has, though-, t&tirporarily; im paired her, honer and' . prosperity. . 20. That weleaitily recommend the nomi nation of,. Arnold Plummer; this day wade for Canal CommissiOner, and Urge. upon the Democracy Of the State his triumphat:elec- -. Lion. - - -- - • Mr. flutter- ! -Nr. President," I move, that the resolutions reported bj , the geotlema - n from Allegheny county, (Mr. Black;) be adopt ed. . Mr. Hpfworth—l ;Dive to amend,by saying - that the resolutions contained in the majori ty report be taken.- up and • considered ....sepa rately. _ Mr. 13 7 1:ight-:--I move to amend. by isubsti-- - tuting the'! Minority . report."_ . The question wAs put .otthe amendments 'and it was decided in thelegative:7lr. • The yeas and nays ,were .ordered sonr the amendment to the amendment, and being taken, resulted-4yeas 19; nays, - 89.. So it was not adopted. !Mr. Wright—l now move to amend by, of tiring that portion of the -minority report, which introduces . the kansas and"&braska hill, as part of the majority report. pee reso lution, 8, of the minority repOrt.i. 1' Ou this resolution the yeas and nays -Were ' called and, l resulted as follows : Yeas }G, nays' •• GO. • • • Mr. TV - right offered-as an amendment: that resolution in the Minority report which pro vides-any change in . the constitution.author r i • izing rregroe; to -vote, '[SeO-resolution .10, of mitturi ty.report..] , • • • - 2 .1 : - The yeas tied nays were ordered, and be t ink taken resulted as followit Yeas 61, nayS 28; ,• \ , I • Mr. rid/o.reirnoved to amend -the first resof lution . 0 the majority report, so as to insers after the ord - - " State" the Words." and re- cognize i its 'widest extent • the priheiples of poptila seyereignity in the territories;"., so" that the sentence read-" The :interests of all- parts of the country are the same to. us, `and so fitr a._ in our power; ive. will maintain the constittnionti{ -right of every State, arid_ ree_og,nize in its widest extent the-principle of popular sovereignty in the territories." ,:_,„„d On this amendment the veas and nays; were called 'for; and being OCdered, resulted yeas 01, tiaya 5. , '.. Chase called for the previona question, which tray ordered, end the;majority .resolu, Lions were adopted. Mr.: Chase offered the folloivingt . .Resolved, That the National Censtitntion commits the institution of slavery .to the control . of .the Stases where it -has «sxis--. tenee, and we will resist all.atteuapts: by- the nori-slaveholding States to,interferowith the rights guarlanteed to-the institution; so alsO we Will resist - any attempt 'to use the powers of the General Government to 'perpetuate-or extend .the institution. 1. - Resolved, That the takitia• possessieea of the polls at the election. for the organization of the Territory'. of Kansas by large - bOdies :of men from Missouri, for the ptirpoSe of over- - - awing the . bona fide residents of the Territory; was .a, .gross infraction the lawrein.tid an 'outrage: that calls for the severest reprobation of the lAnierican people, and `we therefore most heartily endorse the - course pursued by the - Ilan.. Iteeder, in his..patrtotieifforts -to enfiirce . the law,- and protect the 'rights . of the ; people of 'Kansas froth.- violence. and . usurpation. - • • • A notion was Made t.. 6 lair the resolutions the !table, - and bping put, was agreed to. • Mr.i t ..4feKinney-1 have .the following reso lution Ito offer : • Resbleed, That the temperan c ce queslioit is , one Of morality solely,_ and 'morality ,must be - educated not legislated into-the mind.. :That the last Know-Nothing Legislature iii; passing w properly denominated the . "jug law" did legislate Up 4.511 a literal <pastier', which° deserves no place in- Our -stattne beoka and we therefore call for its unconditional repel • 'Mr. Johnson moved to lay the resoluticin on the table,' • ." • . Mr. Wright.ealled for the yeas and nays oni the motion, and they were ordered, and being taken, resulted as.follows • • YEAS—Messrs. Adams, James Anderson, Alricks, Butler,: Barnitz, Bare, Baker, Brod head, Bellis, Bower, Bowman, . Biter, Beyer, 13raWly, Brooks,,•Boisal, :Burkholder, Clark, Chase, Duffield, Danner, EranS, Fittim ..rey, Graham, Guernsey, Hancock, Rutter, :Hover, Hostetter,:tilaklethati, Johnson, (Bucks,) JOhnsen,•(Phil*,)4.llitch ter Jones, U. J. Jones; W.. C. lathes; Herr, Ludlow, Lippeticott, longaker,.: Loomis; Lockhart, MevlerLMayer, isrGr;iflOr Orr, Rambo., 'lttitter, Wilson, Reilly, Itank l en,- ,Schell, C. It Smith, John M. Sherrev Si . ..., Mon, Swart, Shirk, Wolf, Weiser, and ley--59. -/ I NAYS- 7 ...Messis:James•M.Andersou;Braek , . en, M. - P:Boyer, -Coffretli, 'Carter, bulk Guthrie, Hartzell,' Huger, J. - Glancfrjoilei' , e' Kestcr, F. j;Keen.hi, Laird; Lingenfelter, Maguire, Maxwell, Joni S. Miller, P. It. Miller, pP. K: i !Ole °eV, Palmer, Piet 4.Prirfer; Bernard, Selfbridge, Searight, - Whithington, Weafe . k' • and Wright-L-34. • 1 _ • . . So the - resolution will laid on` the table. Ludlow-Mr. President,', I offer the foll Owing resolution: Resolved, That the 'thanks of •thii konven tion be presented to:this 'Officers 'for -the ahlq manner in which 41tephave discharged-their dutiert„. - • . • , :The ; resolution :was' agreed to.:. Mi.l.lllaii--1. have, a resolution_ here, Mt. Piesident, which I Should like :tO have read, and cen.'side.red - by the Convention, . The' Secretary - read tho'lrestdationasfol * .. • • • - • Resioleed i . That endorsing. the. Nebraska 'Kansas bill the . Detw.raey, of Penrisylvania did net commit thetniel*s to accept the., lawless acts . , of-armed - aud organized bands' from adjoining Staten-. as :an illnstration of the doctrine of 'eviller sovereigntyy - hut iutea ded . only to itiffini great - pnneitdeir of the the sistutil toad Ale tettient of - the territeriesilo. regulate-their...very dettlestic at
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